New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-17

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John Petit. ! elected.
XI. Edward c. Mcconnell, John Orr,
Francis Is. OKeefe, Henry Lewis.
XII John Kelly. James w. Smith,
Andrew II Green. John FreD.
XIII. join Van Buren,, John Z. Ross, Jr.,
Join q RIVER. Daniel W. Norris
XIV. dom Cochran, William Coulter,
Geo pc III. Ross. Michael , ntd.
The Districts comprising more than one Ward
chose the following persons to select deigates'
u" u IN i..Mrct,el Neary, NJ. Doan, R. Walker D.
jenkins ID. Cunan.
2..Alhed Chancellor, james Mclean, Mi
chGsl Weters, James Watson, a. b. Miller
Il III ON, Monroe, !. G. Moloney, John Nc
Coy, Daniel MOony, X II. Crosby:
ePack Ns, BARN." TcS MsIoTey %am
X-le. John X. Cunningham, Daniel Gallagher,
Donie Mccarthy Francis Rupperth, VIII
liam McMauus
o. William VsLorden, George n Spencer,
Cbailes abertson, David !. Cha'fed, VIM.
c. Smith. I'VE did not get a ticket from
the MI Wardl.
XIV-l6. Edward Riley Henry DOnohoe, Patrick
Lynch, Archibald Noble Chas. Baldwin.
20. Thomas Herman, Dauniel Kennedy, Jo-
seph Miller, John NJ. Thompson, James
Beglan.
XVI-1s.. Amos r. Hatfield, Ananias Mathews, j. j.
Pradley, Oliver S Hi'bard, ID. KLEIN.
2l.Ci aries II. Haswe Water Roosevelt,
George w. GafEt, Henry W. Ryer, Douglas
Tay Tor.
In most places only a few votes were cast, and
quiet prevailed; but the farce 20 which primary
elect OBS have degenerated illustrated in the
XIXth Ward. The voting place was low shanty,
contiguous to one. sto y rum shop, built OF pine
scsntling and nicknamed "McBeDnetts Tavern"
The room in which the polls we're held was en- end ex-
tension of the tavern, apparently used by the family
as q kitchen, and communication was had with the
latter through small door. The front of the shahty
bad been STR ng,hened by the addition Of stout iron
band running the whole length Of the room, which
was boled 10 the wall and another bar, equally pom
deIous guarded the door that led TO the tavern. The
small window in front bad been panked up, leaving
very small crfce at the top, through which the In
spectors received the ballots Of the " free and
independent Democratic Soft Shell voters
"of the XIXth Ward similar window
in the resr was completely barricaded with
stout planking, and the "purity Of the bal
" Io,-box was deemed mprrgpable The elect
ors were eay in the vicinity of the polling place, as
were also good many who had no claims to that
title The popularity of the neigbborhooi, in fact
almost Of the Ward is that at least in every
other house. and very frequently several rooms in the
same boue are appropriated to the sale of the vest
kind of ardent liquors-genericay known as fight
g. ing rum As a consequence the majority of those
who assembled 10 exercise their electoral franchise
wee either under the influence of liquor very soon
became So The assembsge at the polls presented
motley spectacle Of red shirts, blue shirts, brown
shirts and in some instances, of no shirts at ALL but
we saw scarcely single fully attred man IN the
crowd. The language TOO was of n character calcu'
lated to shock any but barbarian ear; jests the
most filthy and Osths of the oulest filled the air. and
judging from this sample Of their morals, the citizens
OF the Nineteenth Ward stand sadly in need OF the
benevolent efforts of self-devoted missionaries
The pol were opened at O'Clock, and then COM
monced a scene OF crushing, and crowding, aud Vio-
lence indescribablc and but for the strong police
force that formed in front Of the shanty 1t could not
have stood for a moment against the pressure. The
Capteio of Police went with some of his men to the
,ear of tie building, broke in the window and put
three policemen into the room. II Is said that votes
were polled by the handful by the Fernando Wood
faction, white the opposition found it extremely dh
cult to deposit their ballots ngly. During the hours
which this farce lasted good deal of fighting took
place aud in several instances the police were CON-
peeled TO ply their clubs pretty freely in order to
maintain their ground. One man, whose name we
could no, learn though they said he not Wood
"map." cot so severely dubbed that he was taken
away in state of nsensibily.
After closing the polls TIE Inspectors accompanied
by the Police, anc followed by mighty crowd, took
the ballot box to the upper room of the Railroad
"Hotel. another rumshop on Fourthav., where they
proceeded TO canvass the ballots, while the democracy
repaired to the tsyems around and drank till they
were as combustibo as gunpowder aud geat deal
more dangerous.
Our reporter was refused admission TO the room in
which the canvass taking place, and after wait
log two hours he informed that the result could
not be known until O'Clock in the morning. there re-
naming over 5000 ballots to canvass; but the ticket
above given was designated by the Inspectors as the
one that was sure to win.
Mr.. MoCARrHY wished to inform the reporter,
End through him he public, that the little disturb
" ance amopg the free and indepindint dimmicraey
was intreiy a family quarrel which, whin the day
OF election came wud be oil hailed, and the party as
"bowl as liver it was. The Know-Nothings nor the
"Whes had nothing to do wild it, and it was simply
" a little fall out in the dimmicratic family
When our Reporter left the neighbOrhood rum the
pure fighting article was producing its legitimate re-
suits. and symptoms of free fight doomed largely
in the perspective.