The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-09

that al party dsfino icns confounded aud politics
In snost admired disorder" There was no organi
zation TO formally receive the returns announced from
time to time but The principal leaders pre- ,ent
cludng Augustus scheL, Alderman Barr, John B. Has
kjns Hart, r. Dillon, John whesler George sichles
Tsasc Townsend Edward O. West &C. together with the
candidates and any number Of politicians
There was another thing tst rendered the sconfuson
con<ounded dnamey, that there were all kinds Of
barteng the part Of the candidates and their friends
selling the State candidates for the city and ,ice versa
The chief point Of interest not whether wings or
democrats conquered n the many aided contest but
whether and how far the hards the sofs prevailed in
any particular ward district. number of rumois
arrived from time to time but until rather an advanced
hour Of them assumed the defined ape Of authen
tic intelligence As time progressed and towards the
hour Of ton O'Clock, the numbers and excitement in
creased and the spirit also Of the nationals rose In the
scale Of bucyancy, they informed not of their
victories but of the defeats Of the softs" or Van
Buren, free soil faction The general and prevailing OPT
nion appeared to be- that the local tickets the reform
ecs had for the most part been successful and that
Though the candidates Of the hsrds we're not elected they
had the satisfaction Of defeating their opponents with the
aio OF the wings, who it understood were far from
being successful in electing their tcks, throughout the
city 10 enhance this satisfaction 1t announced
that the State ticket in the county Of New York was
triumphant and that appeared to bs the chief source
of solcitude all hands, particularly os regarded
the chances for Governor The people assembled
were gathered into groups all the. room, cal
culatng and discussing the probable results,
till some person rushed into the room, almost
out Of breath, and in state OF excitement
that the softs defeated bis district or perhaps
messenger of evil tidngs entered slowly and with
sad ccunteuance whispered at arst the Of soft
tn hon bv fhai al.
ngencs spread from to another till all quietly
made acquainted with the fact But whenever the sots
we're defeated the announcement made aloud and
in jubiant tone, and loud applause followed Thus
the crowd distracted between hope and fear and
anxousy looking to the door for every from
the battle asld One thing appeared to be settled and
that was that the hards would have majority Of
thousands the sofs in s whole county aud It was
confidently predicted by of the sages that tho
State ticket, particularly Clinton, would not only
defeat the Marcy and Van Buren, ticket but would defeat
the wings also, and be elected The that Clinton
running ahead of his ticket received with i'm
satisfaction and applause, cause that was re-
Rarded as tie fatal blow to the soft shell policy of the
Cabinet.
Among the incidents that excited merrment was some
person nquipg where the free democracy night
which were to have met in the adjoining roomP
yorcR They not there; they vent with John Van
Buren and Rynders to night 70 Tammany Hail. They
have given him their vote.
ANorHHR voIcT-But they would not have him in his
own ward In the Fifteenth the lofts have not pol'd
hGsazaeER FROM THE SEVENTEENTH wARD.-The Second
district has poiled for vsrplanck TO- for Clinton l6o and
for leavenworth 100 QIurrsh, hurrah
MAN IRON FRsr nrsraIcr EIGHTH WARp.-Clinton has
poled r. aud vsrpsuck but 40, in the First district.
(Hur1nh, hurrah)
MAN I2oa Tam nrsrglcr E,enrn wARD-Clinton has
roled 223 votes and yerphuck but o2 in my DISTRICT
(Applause,)
~; Leayenworth 1t0 and Clinton 343 (Great cheerng)
Nr. IhsxSs II have Just G me from tho Eighth ward.
We have beaten tho sOts in the shth ward two to one
E1Nufl B HNsr here entered, and ouuced that in
the Fifth ward the national candidate for Alderman was
elected by srge majority, and IN the same ward tue
State ticket Of the hards ae,l Of that OF me sofs
(Appanse)
A ymtT-Gloiicu us news.
Another vomK-Has Kenusdy caved n'
Alderman BARa-1he Fifth ward was spiendidy organ
sed. n other wards had been equally well orgaaized
che ycsory would have been great
geptlemen he-s arrived from the Eighteenth ward,
and teiTg assea what WAS the news, said the state
ticket was . cat up that there wa 40 calculating the
voIcI-- hat about HowsraS
Another yoICl-Eoward is elected,
Another NoItE-I fear not BE aden has tbs best
chance.
Shortly after large posse arrived from the sizt ward
In state of gh excitement announcing that Howard
had been elected in the Sixth hy twenty majority
(Hmrah hurrab.)
An lElsHMAN-It s running ahead In the Sixth
mmedatcly after II was announced that George De
Wit Clinton was elected for the Second Assembly dis
ApAassrHF ard Alden is also slsatsa FOR tha As
selnby. (Hurra hurra
As sssoa TO ali this good news, il oozsd out that
card and sIsls Gr and Barr and
II next announced that William Chauncey, the RS
form candidate "a dsmocrat) was elected in the Eff
Here Ogden Hoffman, the whig candidate for Attorney
General entered the room and said he hoped ne might
greeted the sucasssfl csnddss 10 which he replied
that he was sorry he was candidate at All. de re-
NAMED for length Of time waiting for news and con
versing about the chances
Here semet speculAtons we're enteredYnto to the
suit Ia the State.
10000 in the whole State do what We please.
B = B. HAEr-I am greatly mistaken or the hards viii
poll .000
AvoIcr-What win Marcy say to thatP
ANOTHER voIr-Gen. Pierce said to friend OF mine
that would not leave hard 10 the state in six months
ApAMANlNESfarcy will have enough to do to bury tho
dead In that Iaughter)
HARD SHgII-We win have at least 10000 over the
sofs in the State, and Will elect Clinton besides
would feel proud to belong to such party as the hads
even In minority.
Mr.. DnIoS-It Ii o magnificent party, which it viii be
found neither the influence of patronage nor otcisi
station put down. 1t will grow every day, while Its
opponents will dwindle away
voNF-I is very hard to contend against such edda
the Cabinet the Custom House. and the spo, being all
against u.s.
had pursued had done harm in the city, but good In the
State al large.
Mr. DlrIox--Not at all Mr. BRONSON Is trump card
everywhere.
In referring to the defeat Of the hard shell candidates
for Aldermen concluded BY the leaders that 1t
bad policy have nominated any charter ticket Mt all
the psoplc determined to put out every man o
the old Common Council.
it was nov half past IL O'Clock, and the assembly
which had for the last half hour grown small BY degrees,
now separated the returns coming In slowly,
and no seemed disposed to wait any longer IN
lights then exngushed aud so ended tbs ineetin,
OF national democrats at the Stuyyesant Institute.
Whig Headquarters.
There was no meeting last night at the broadway
House. although there large assembage OF person
age coec there to hear the results Of the election
~ they came In from tho different wards 1t was for
crly the custom to the votes they
ce,ed but the old system has been entirely charged by
the order of tnirss There were no speeches, nor
any thore enthusiastic demonstrations with which the