The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-17
City Politics.
HoPr SHELL PRIMARY ELECTIONs.

hOFT sHELL PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
Pursuant 10 notice The soft shell administration
democrats held their primary elections hast evening, be-
tween the hours If nnd p NJ to choose delegates to
the soft state convention which will assemble in syra.
cuse on the Goth inst.
As general thing the elections were sIiy attended,
and the Custom House officers had everything their
way. The list Of delegates was cut and dried weeks
age, and though reporters told Of fabulous
jcres for this and that ticket the fact Is that each
polling place was visited by about thirty persons, and the
whole number Of votes pollcd In the city less than
thousand. There little opposition manifested
In several Of the Districts but outsiders in instance
got the best Of the Custom House people.
There strong effort made to induce respectable
hard shells to consent to allow their names be used
delegates or alternacs, but 1t will be from the st
given below and from advertising columns, that
with but few exceptions the delegates chosen
the softest stripe There quite number who claim
TO have been CTS men in Isas, but as they are new
nemes In the political it il impossible either to
pio,e or drpfove their statements The hards In the
New York city delegation may be set 8own precious
In such Assembly districts contain one or
wards Ave delegates elected who will meet in
convention next Tuesday evening, Goth inst, In their
respective districts Of places designated BY the General
The following Is list of delegates chosen last night
far received -
Iy.a Ward-polls held at 10 Greenwich street--M.
Neary, N. poran, r. Walker u. jenkins, u. Carrsn.
Second Worlds Dutch street-A Chancellor James
Mexican, Michael Waters, James Watson, A. b. Miller.
Thtrd Wdrd.--66 Murray strect-Thomas Munroe r.
g. Mallory, John Mccoy, Daniel Moony, Il. II. Crosby.
Karh Wdrd.--Corner Roosevelt aud Oak ssreets--Jo-
seIh Rose, William Baird Alternates.--John Baach,
IvM WGrd.--lo7k Hudson strcct--IIcnry r. Hot
T,e, John Creighton. Al'en"tes.-samuel Haughtou,
srth Hdrd.--a7 Bsyard street--patrick Neax Barney
sialoney. William b. Fay, John QUINN Michael MeMa-
Sern Ward--Corner Of Gouvcrneur and Division
streets--wson Small James Murphy. Altcrnates--wm,
Caytc Daniel Garyey
W. = Bonsen. Alterpatcs-Albcrt W. smith, Edwin
Wainwright.
NinA Ward.--so Perry strect--Josepb D. baldwin
John Richardson. Aiternates-william valeau, Thomas
hghcr.
2,z,a ward.--Corner Broome and For.yth streets
Henry d. johnson, Norman Mcleod. No alternatas
Eir,mh Ward.--Corner OF avenue and Fourth street
Hiram iran, Lage John Petit No alternate. chosen
istIation ticket. suprosed 10 be chosen.
11i,tr~'A wdrd--Corner q 0rsnd and Clinton strs-ts
,-tinnes uRsee, I'd Mcconnell Altcrnates-Jchn Orr,
IIs,sowh wsrd.-corner Of Grand and Elizabeth
stIee's--John Kelly Andrew II. Green. Aitcrnatcs--
Fyfle,M Wayd--5Gs Houston ssreet--yohn Van
BURN; John H. Rssr Administration r. Ross, Jun,
S;stzrA Hari-les West Seventeenth s.rees---gd.
ward Riley, Henry Donohoe, Patrick Lynch Asernates
-Arci'ihald Noble, chas n baldwin, with power TO
&str,teenh Ward Eleventh strect-John Cochranc
Ceoige H. Rose. Aternstes-Willian Coulter, Michael
Smith.
LifLte,ah Word.-Thrd aud Twenty second
streef-Amos y. Hatfield, Ananas Mathews, Ia. Brad
ley. Oliver I. Hibbard, II. knem.
NrdonM Wdrd.-Ftrty second street and Fourth ave
nue--John X. Cunningham, Daniel Gailager, Francis
RuI perth. Alternates-Ianrl Mccarthy, VIM. McManus
ALI anti Herrck
Trnddh Wdrd.-North~cst Of Thirty fourth
stiect and Ninth avenue-1homss Herman, Daniel X.
Kennedy, joseph Miller Alternstes--John NJ Thomp-
son, James Eaglan.
7trn,s :sya Wdvd-Fourth avenue and Thirty second
sreot--Charlcs H. Harwel Walter Roosevelt, George W.
Can't, Henry W. Ryer, Douglas Taylor.
Is Understood that in the Sixteenth Assembly district
comp osed of the Eighteenth and Twentyfrs wards the
following ticket win be chosen :-Delegate .-forexo u.
shefsId Kobt. Kelly. Alternates-John Murphy, A.
IeIny.