The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-11-11
New Orleans Election.

in our Commercial Emporium where
she evils Of the present times are most
sensibly felt that every body here
has been on the q'si-rire to here from
there. This interest has been increas
ed from the fact, that much betting
has been made on the result. Up Ia
two o'clock on Monday every thing
was qnietly progressing The heav,
Storm that came ny at night prevent
ed telegraphic communication hn'
yesterday morning, City papers came
to hand, giving sufficient Intelligence
t. base calculation upon. W. are in
debted 10 our friend +. Prendergast.
for Tuesday afternoons edition Of the
licayune wherein we found the follow
sng:
We had hoped that the election ves'er-
dav would have been one nf the most quiet
that ever was held N this CITY. and the
orderly manner in which matters were con.
Quoted during The earl part of he aay
seemed to indicate that the hope was well
founded Unfortunately. as noon approach
cd. an excitement commenced at the Eigle
teenth Precinct having its origin as we
not far ,,rn,olnpro
preaching the pils Major Henry HAZE
lone of tn officers nf a Germ military
company who assumed championship on
the Den,orratcs side struck ole Of the Am
orleans. and the,eup,n ha f a dozen revol-
v.,s were drawn on him He started to
run aid some eighteen or twenty shots
! were fired at him One bullet took effect
in his thigh another in his loot and a third
one IA sed across his breast We counted
eleven SLOTS in hoard fence. all of which
hal been fired at Blazier
Soon after several fights ensued, and a
mrng others. T.. d. White, a city contrac-
to was badly beaten and wounded.
l"neyr, difficulty occurre at the Tweu-
ii, h Precinct How it comm need we
cund not ascertain. hut of the bloody issue
Feiler. tive OF France, who had his n,-
tura ization papers in his hand was stab
bed IN the centre IF the a 'd,u,en by some
bnLv-whn. we could not ascertain His
frsends put him IN a cab and conveyed h''n
to Charity Hospital bat he WA dra |
before he arrived there. An inquest will
held on his body to-day. OF as soon as wit
nessrs can be procured
Towards evening DR.. sherry who kept
drug store a. the corner of Greatuen aud
St Ferdinand street. was fatally wounded
by pistol ehet at thu polling booth # he
Twentieth Weclnct u Is sail that he
went 10 the poll with his naturalization ia
rers in one hand and a pistol in The other.
and that, being Opposes, 10y an American,
he fired al him and wounded him IN his arm.
| The American then returned the fire. and
the shot proved fatal The drceasee had
occasionally been subjected 10 fits OF in
sanity.
a man named Antonio was shot IN his
| leg several shots were fired AZ James Boy
Ian while he was on horseback and Ger
man was stabbed or wounded in the ~ce.
Towards u o'clnrk p VI. a party Rmsn
broke int, the Ninth Precinct and destroy
| ed the ballot box. with its contents There
is said to have been a Democratic majority
Of so or I" in this precinct.
At midnight. a crowd--rrohably the same
one that destroyed the ballet box in the
Ninth Precinct-forc.d theltavay int~the
engine house where the inspectors VI the
Seventh Precinct were engaged in counting
the votes Tney at once forced the inspec-
tors and clerks to retire, when they seized
on the ballot box and utterly demolished
both it and AMI the ballots The were in
this precinct. s94 votes cast, and previous
to the destruction IT the box. it has been
ascertsned that the democratic majority
on the State ticket was 2l3
If the above is a correct statement
| land we have no reason to doubt i')
it is alike disgraceful, and should be
made the grounds OF criminal pros
ecution. There can be no circum
stances to warrant such proceeding
There should be united effort on the
part Of all good citizens to make pub.
lie examples of each and every indi.
vidual concerned in this disgraceful
proceeding. @
Goose HoLLow.-This ancient and
respectable portion of oor liberties
and part of the domain. of this con
siderable city, was completely washed
ont, by the rain on Monday night
Tho hridnes were taken LID by the