Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-31

in his mouth, and q small barrel of beer
strapped to his back. Cold water man
stood on the hydrant with the water
turned on, and had his pockets full of
icicles. Whisky man brought in drunk
on cart by 'admiring friends, who be-
sought the crowd to do as he did-eo ID
blind. Special deputy, who wanted 10
be appointed policeman, was very &C.
tive; he arrested an apple woman,
knocked down a cripple, kicked a little
boy, looked the other way while his
constituents were picking pockets, and
took a little match girl up An alIev
and spanked her soundly for presuming
to show herself in the street without
shoes and stockings; motto on his hat
:" SIC ittr ad dstra'-Go it, or you'll never
be o star. -. ..I0
Irish woman with bag of patatoes on
her head, came up to vote-she said Den
mis- was sick, drunk but rs Mr.. Hoges
had paid for his vote, she brought ID her
self, In order that it might not be lost.
She was with difficulty choked off by the
heroic aspirant to the civic star. Whis-
Ky men began to fall behind, messenger
sent to Randall's Island, and one Black
wells ditto, for aid. Fresh caught
Irishman came up-been but fifteen min
utes of the ship " Pauper's Refuge" but
was brought up by the bullies to vote for
whisky man-challenged him-he swere
ne was twenty-seven years old. and had
always lived In this country-ten wears
in Maine-eleyen in South Carolina
eight in Maryland, and the last nine Of
his life he had spent in this city. Said
he was q full-blooded American that
his father was New Hampshire farmer.
and his mother Mohawk squaw; that
they had separated three years before be
was born, and had never seen each other
since. Inspector-who was a friend of
whisky man-tOOk his ballot. Paddy
had slipped in two others with his left
band, while his right was on the book
taking the oath. His kind friends took
him by turns into eighteen different
wards, in every one of which he deposit
ed whisky vote, and swore it in /; after
the polls were closed, and he couldn't
vote any more, they sent him to the sta
ton house for being "drunk and disc
derly."
Elated with their success in this in.
stance, the b'hoys now brought up a
newly-imported Dutchman, who could
only grin idiotically and say yaw."
Inspector asks; 4; 'Are you a voter g.
Yaw." care you twenty-one wears
old!" Yaw." do you live in the
city?' "Yaw." Here one oe Noge )
friends culpably interposed, evidently
with the desire Of ridiculing the august
proceedings, and asked: {" lave you got
thirty-one wives?"-another man asked
il be had his hat full of sour-krout-and
q third was anxious to be informed if be
could stand or his head and smoke a
pipe, and balance potash kettle on his
heels; to all of which he placidly re.
sponded "Yaw." Inspector hurried to
the rescue, and put the test question
"Do you vote for Hoggs 2" and receiving
the same complacent "Yaw," he took
his vote, and showed him aside. All
sorts of odd customers came up to deposit
their ballots, but it is remarkable fact
that if they wanted to vote for Boggs,
Scroggs, or Noggs, or in fact any one
but Hoggs, they were sure to be crowded
and hustled, and generally left the room
with bloody noses. and their ballots still
in their hands Fun grew fast and furi-
Gus; whisky man ahead, but wanted
tremendous majority; Inspector kept the
polls open twenty minutes after sundowH
to receive the votes Of sixteen promiscu-
Gus raScals who had been habeas corpused
Idrom the Toombs particularly for this
occasion only, and who voted every man
for Hoggs.
Polls closed; intense excitement: bon
fires built; squibs, rockets, guns and
Chinese crackers; liquor scarce, the can
didateS having cut off the supply as soon
as the voting was over; crowd sat down
in bar-rooms and engine houses, and
crowded about the secret rooms to get
dispatches; about l2 o'clock they began
to come; it was soon evident that Noggs
, was beaten; Boggs was diStanced, and
Scroggs was nowhere; it was Hoggs
everywhere: Hoggs in the street; Hoggs
in the tavern; lloggs at bonfires; Hoggs
forever: no one but Hoggs; triumphant
Hogs; victorious Hogs; high old Hoggf,
the peoples choice.
This morning Noggs's typographical
, organ announced the utter ruin, and
speedy annihilation of the country, un-
der the destructive rule of Hogs: and it
asserted that honor, honesty and truth
had left the nation. Patriotism and de-
cency had deserted, hand -in-hand, and
that the outraged Goddess of Liberty
had taken off her night-cap, pinned up
her petticoats, put on pair of cow-hide
boots, and bid an eternal farewell to fall
len, degenerate Columbia. On the other
hand, Hoggss papers rejoiced over the
defeat of the allied armies; bade Noggs,
Bosgs and Scroggs an affectionate adieu,
consigned them to oblivion; and
-edeh rejoiced that they had chosen a
ruler SO capable as the glorious Hoggs,
the proud, far-seeing, generous, liberal,
independent Hoggs, who guarantees "a
the people their daily gin, and nightly
riots. Hoggs, the magnanimous-Hoggs
who stands up to the popular creed-un.