The American patriot., 1855-04-14

I pefS containing inc particulars A"c Ne" Aon
papers published the following dispatch;
CINCINNATI, Monday, April 2.
The result Of to-day's election is not deter
mined, but the Know Nothings are probably
ahead. Several serious rows have taken place
during the afternoon and it is reported that
one American and two or three Germans have
been killed. In the melee the ballot-boxes
were destroyed. Still further disturbances are
apprehendcd.
| A Dr. Brown was assaulted at the polls in
the Eleventh Ward, this afternoon, by foreign
ers, and so severely beaten that he died in
short time. The Know Nothings turned out
en- massc, and taking cannon from the Dutch
and Irish, turned it upon them and fired, and
afterwards seized and broke up the ballot
boxes. The number killed during the melee is
not known The tumult is very great and the
excitement intense. The Know Nothings are
marching in procession through the streets
with cannon, and have ordered q rendezvous
in the Eleventh Ward tonight
A still later report says the Eleventh Ward
contains large majority Of Germans, and it
having been charged that parties were prevent
ed from voting American tickets at the polls
in that Ward, large party Of Americans took
possession of the b. 'ot-boxes and destroyed
the tickets. Several were wounded in the
struggle which ensucd, but no one was killed,
Dr. Brown being yet alive and likely to re-
cover, although badly injured. The Eleventh
Ward is supposed to have given majority Of
600 or 700 for the "Sagnicht" ticket but the
vote cannot now be counted.
An exchangepaper says: From every point
of the compass the intelligence is waited to us
of American triumphs. Towns, cities, coun.
ties and States are wheeling into line. Like
Roderick Dhu's clans, at every bugle blast
they start up from every bush and brae, ready
for the charge. The storms of misrepresenta.
ton, reproach and ridicule, falls unheeded upon
the great American host now marching with
giant tread over every State. Political huck-
sters, party intriguers, corrupt placcmen, and
Shiny demagogues are in utter CONSERVATION at
the rapid sweep with which the new element
overrides and crashes opposing factions The
American heart is throbbing and all ablaze with
the principles Of '76; and as well might cor
rupt politicians attempt to allay the tumultu-
Gus belching Of old Htna. as to arrest the
mighty upheavings of the native sons of the
soil in their resistless determination to purify
the ballot-box, uphold the dignity Of the ma
ton, and rule this country to their own liking
Let the American party ignore and rcpudiate
in their councils, the usagcs Of log-rolling man.
agement, caucusng cliques, understand side
movements, contemplate parliamentary tricks,
and do everything in an honest and sincere
manner, and they will win the confidence of
all, and hind themselves together in such a
solid array that they can resist any and all op-
position, whether from within or without. The
country, the whole country, needs purity of
action, honest effort and direct Legislation for
the good Of the whole nation, independent Of
all personal interests, and without any regard
to parties or factions. Let the motto be-
Work for the country, for the contest thick.
ens.'"
On the night Of the 2sth ultimo, the Wings
called meeting in Spring Garden Hall, Phil
adelphia, for the purpose of passing resolu.
tons against secret societies, but the Know.
Nothings were in the majority and passed .
series of resolutions, and defeated the whole
object Of the meeting. The original resolu-
tons were rejected, and the meeting adjourned
| with three cheers for uCap
The five men, Perkins, Herr, Budd, Boss
chart and Loeb, who were arrested in Philadel-
phia for enlsting men in the British service,
after partial examination on the 20th ult.,
were held to bail, the three former in the sum
of $4,000, and the latter in $500 each. Several
of the recruits were committed as witnesses.
1t was stated in the course of the examination
that the Governor-General at Halifax had
given directions to obtain as many Americans
as possible.
W Pipe laying" is practised to con.
siderable extent, it appears, among the politi-
clans in Canada. A late official investigation
by the Provincial Parliament exhibits the ex.
traordinary fact that, at the last election in the
county of Saguenay, 1880 votes were polled,
whereas the county only contains a total pop
ulation of 1895, and an aggregate of legal
voters of 1864! Infants in the arms of their
mothers were held up, and their names received
as voting by the returning officers. Queen
Victoria's name was down more than once
among the list Of voters, and Lord Elgin's
seventy-two times.
A CANADIAN ARMY FOR THE CR1MRA.-The