The true Democrat., 1855-11-27
From the Louisiana Courier, Nov. '. The Scenes on Monday and their Conseouences.


 the disgraceful and outrageous scenes which at tended our election the day before yesterday. ! We do not imagine that they have been paral- leled outside of Louisville Law was a mock cry; oaths without respect; passion unbrid led outrage unrestrained.
 Men who had taken oaths to act according to the constitution and the laws of the United States and of this State had evidently forgot ten that there was either law or constitution, outside the wigwams to which they elonged as Know Nothings of the strictest sect. The legislative and judicial power of the State were set at defiance, and in their stead the dic- tates and ritual of the "Order'' reigned su- preme.
 Nevertheless there was an appearance of good order and harmony at most of the precincts during the forenoon and up to the close of the polls. The first disturbance was created at he eighteenth precinct, third district, by some well known rutfians, Who according to the in- formation we have received took possession of the approaches to the ballot box, and not only announced their intention to carry out the Louisville theory that natives had the right to vote before the adopted. citizens, but also ini- tated thelr peaceful and ordcr-loving bre hren m that famous city, by actually prohibiting any man whatever, but a native from voting at all during a considerable period. A man was shot at and was wounded in several places He Was said to have offended very grievou,lv against the Know Nothing ideas of proprietv: which all who know anything of the delicate and rehued senSibilities in that respect of tho,e who usually represent the "orler' on such oc- casions, is no very hard thing to bring about.
 With the exception of an occasional knock down at several other polls, nothing of very serious nature took place until after they had been closed. The result, so far as the leading patriots and sons of the soil" could ascertain. was, we should judge from what subsequently, took place, anything but satisfactory. There was actually danger that they had failed in their efforts to carry the city by any majority at all, much less by their boasted one. It was necessary to save the credit, as prophets, of their orators and organs; and hence the imme- date question was how to effect that great end We think that there was but little time occu- pied in defiberation, before it was resolved that as the seventh and ninth precincts doubtless contained larger anti Know Nothing maiorities than any others they should in turn be storm ed, and their vote thereby, if possible, destroy ed. The attack was begun at the north pre- cinct, and took place, we hear about 9l5 o. clock, P. M. Everything was perfectly quiet
 
 in counting the votes, when all at once a mum Der of men who, according to our informant, were genteelly dressed, and who were not row dies, in the usual acceptation of the term, made their appearance in the room. After several of them had some conversation, in an under tone with one of the commissioners, two of them rushed at the ballot-box while their acuuain- tance was stopping over it, seized it, threw it into the air, and when it fell, joined with their companions in trampling it to pieces, and kick. Ing the ballots which 1t contained, about the room. The box contained 405 votes, of which there was an average democratic majority, ac- cordlng to count made by two of the com mlssioners, of about l3O for the democratic can dldates. No loud words were used; the thing had evidently been concerted, and 50 soon as thelr work was accomplished, the valiant pa trlots retired. The destruction of this ballot. box, secured, as the performers thought, the election of MeSsrs. Eggleston and DevalI, Know Nothlngs, to the House of Representatives, over Messrs Gordon and Leblanc, democrats; but of this, we hear the Legislature will have something to say
 The votes for justice of the peace and con stable for the third district, both of whom were Know Nothings, and whom it was known would probably have considerable maiorites in the eight precinct, which was the other part of the district had been first counted, the re- turns made out and slowed safely away They were not touched during the diSturbance- Some persons, we opine will think it rather strange that 1t was thought necessary to ascer- tain the result for these insignificant offices be- fore that for chief ma sstrate of the State, mem bers of the General Assembly, and other State officers, had been made known They must recollect, however, that we are living under new regime.
 Several hours elapsed before any further operations occurred. There was probably some doubt as to whether the seventh precinct would give so large democratic majority as to en- danger the success of the Orier'' in the third representative district, which, with the fifth and sixth, 1t compo5ses At last, however it was decided that, that famous democratic Mala- koT must be carried. But few persons were in it when the invading forces arrived, and the door was burst open, the blllot-b box, the poll books and the tally-lists seized and coverted into a bonfire before the door. The knights of the order had, however, waited too long, for the whole vote received for Governor and Sheriff had been counted out the talies compared and summed up, and the result, so far as those of fees are concerned, declared Wickliffe had 2l3 and Bell 2f9 majority. The commissioners and clerks will be able, therefore, to make cer- tlicateS for the returning officer on that I,oint, as was done last spring at Cincinnati, and Mir. Bell will not we imagine, be deprived of the benefit of the vote cast there in his favor.
 It will be remembered that, at the election for city officers, held last spring at Cincinnati, the entire vote Of two of the precincts was de- Stroyed under circumstances almost identical with those m the seventh and ninth precincts on Monday. But in both instances the votes had been fully counted, and in the case of the Mayor, at least, the majoritieS were known to the inspectors. They certified their knowledge to the returning officer who did not hesitate to give the benefit of the majority to the candidate who had received it, and his |" American" con- petitor, in the promptest and handsomest man. ner publicly expressed his concurrence with, and satisfaction at that course.
 We take 1t, therefore, that according to all law and justice, JOHN M BELL is the sheriff elect of the Parish of Orleans, and that the fact that JOSEPH HUFTY has nominal ma ority of seuen uote, on the number returned to the sheriff's office. cannot prevent his entering upon the discharge of his duties. He is un- occasionally the choice of majority of the le- gal voters of the parish according to the strict rules of construction, adopted by Major Hufty's party friends, who constituted majority of the commissioners at each poll in the city, and nei- ther the voters can be deprived of their choice, nor himself of his honorable place by the acts of a band of rufians or bigots.
 We have received intelligence that the de- mocratc candidates for Senators will contest the right of Messrs. Burke, Burthe and Michel, Know Nothings, on the ground that their ma- jorties in the seventh and ninth precincts, can be proved with sufficient certainty to have been greater than that exhibited by the returns to the sheriff of the election in those precincts where the ballot boxes were unmolested. The whole question, therefore of the..rights and du- ties of commissioners of election under our State law, will come up for examination in three diff ferent ways. The contest for sheriff will be decided by the Judge of the First District court, or if either party demands it by a jury, a majority of whom may render final decision; by the State Senate and by the House of Re-