Litchfield enquirer., 1854-11-16

We are lnsl emerging from the excite
ment Of one Of che most extraordinary pO>
litical contests. that ever occurred in this
State. There was an army or rather
half dozen armies of candidates in the
Geld, and the returns Of killed, wounded
and missing are awful.
| The official figures are not yet announ>
ced, but il may be set down 80 certain.
that HoratiO Seymour, the soft siell and
liquor dealers candidate il re elected Co
vernon, and that Fernando Wood, who
was on the same tickets mayor elect Of
this city. Seymour probabIy4has seven
or eight thousand majority over Clark.
Wing; and ten or twelve, thousand over
Ullman, Know Nothing. Bronson, the
nominee Of the hards, is no. WHERE
The lieutenant governorship is yet in
doubt. | ut the probability is that Ray
mond. Wing. is elected; still the vote is
close, and it may be that the immortal
Scroggs Brigadier General Gustavus
Scroggs-("Phebus what nancy or
Ludlow, the soft candidate, has won the
prize. AS far as the returns have come
in the three are neatly neck and neck.
The Legislature will be wing by round
majority, and more than tworthitds Of
the Congressional delegation are ditto.
There is scarcely a corporal guard Of the
Nebraska men elected in the State. In
our common council the Rsformers and
Wings will have decided majority.
The Know Nothing vote has amazed
everybody: although there was some
opposition in, their ranks to Mr.. j. A.
Barker, the Know Nothing candidate for
mayor, he received about 1850 votes
and comes within about 200 votes Of be-
ing elected. His party claim that he has
actually aplurality. and that he has been
defeated by the rasosiity Of certain in>
speetCrs of election in one or two of the
strong "foreigD" wards. Seine ten thou
sand Know Notbings assembled in the
Park last evening and passed resolutions
1 to that effect. After the meeting had
adjourned a portion of the crowd formed
in column and marched up Broadway
with music, lights and banners. The
procession numbered about Eve thousand
! men. @#} & @ IA
/ The election here was unusually quiet,
the friends Of the liquor dealers being too
hard at work, and having too tough lob
before them to spend any time in fight.
ing. The friends of "license" incredible
as it may seem, drank very sparingly dur
ing the struggle.
| AT Williamsburg there was riot and
murder. The deputy sheriffs were at,
tackled by the Irish. and one of them
named William Henry Harrison, res.
pectable citizen was 30 fearfully injured
about the head that he died on We'd,
nesday. Mr. Silkworth, another deputy
was se,iously injured. and Mr.. John Fl.
Smith. a fireman. in endeayoring to se-
cue the officers from the mob had his
| skull fractured and will probably die
4 Last evening the Know No,hings assem>
a bled az Williamsburg in great force, with
4 the evident intention Of avenging these
outragcs. but through the exestions Of
the mayor and Of Mr.. Andrews. one Of
the editors Of the New York Courier and
Enquirer, bloodshsd was prevented. An
attack was however made upon the Ro-
man Catholic churches Of 81. Peter and
/ st. Paul. and some damage done to the
exteriors Of the buildings. The presence
OF strong body Of citizen soldiers alone
prevented the burning Of both edi6ces.
fear that The end is not yet.
We have had two murders and three
, attempts at murder 10 this city since the
date OF my last letter. On Saturday
evening policeman named David Gour~
lay, wrs stabbed through the lungs by
John B. Holmes. candidate for Aller-
man in the FIRST ward. Holmes was al
tempting to rescue some of has rowdy
constituents from the custody Of the OF.
GERS. and was seized by Gourlay when he
inflicted three stabs upon the unfortunate
man. one OF which proved almost innie-
diately fatal. A cotoneis jnry have found
a verdict equivalent TO wilful murder
against Holmes. who il now confined in
the Tombs.
j On the same evening Saturday. a
young Is'shman Of the name Of Patrick
Quinn, was killed by the thrust Of knife
in the hands Of q boy Of seventeen, nam. d
Edward Allen. II seems that unken
fellow who was with the lad, staggered
against Qiinn ard scuffle ensued be-
tween them, du ing which Allen s4abbed
Quinn to the heart and made of. He
has not yet been taken. y
An attempt was made to poison Eve