The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-04-12
THE ELECTION AND THE RIOTS AT cINcIN.
NATL

We copy the following from the Cincinnati
Gazette of Monday evening, April I'd:
+" The City Eection.-The American ticket
has been defeated in Cincinnati much to our
regret. The German and Irish vote was cast
almost in body against it, as will be seen by
the vote cast in the German and Irish wards
While we write this article, lat one o'clock A.
NJ, we have returns from only portion of the
wards, yet we have enough to satisfy us that
the American ticket is defeated, wholesale and
retail Mr.. Faran's majority will probably
not fall below eight hundred, and it may be
larger, irrespective of tho eleventh ward, the
votes of which have been DESTROYED The re-
suit has sorely disappointed our hope
In postscript to the above, the Gazette gives
partial returns from various wards, which show
majority of 424 for Mr.. Faran over Mr.. Tay-
lor and adds:
ave do not deem these returns to be correct
in every particular. We think that the ff.
teenth ward will give between five and six hun
dred majority, when complete, for Taylor; while
the ninth will give six hundred for Faran. 1t
is possible that portion of the American ticket
is elected
The Gazette gives the following account of
the riots, which, though deeply disgraceful. and
much to be deprecated do not appear to have
| been so serious in their results as has been re-
ported through the telegraph:
1.-THE election yesterday was a deeply ex-
| citing one, and was characterized by scenes
| which all good citizens must regret. The fights
in some instances began in the morning, with
| the opening of the polls. At the fourth ward
there was a fight, in which several persons par
ticipated, but we believe no particular injury
was inflicted on any one. In the sixteenth
ward, American judges were chosen. This led
| 10 ar1 nd Grb ~, Oh
or four persons were pretty severely beaten. In
the eleventh, difficulty arose early in the after
noon. 1t was rumored that the Germans would
not permit Americans to vote, and, in conse-
| quence of this rumOr, party of seven or eight
Americans went up to see what was the state
| of things, and to help their friends to get in
their votes. German was arrested by the
| police officers, and, as they were taking him
away, he was rescued, and officer Carey severe
ly beaten on the ground. The Americans were
soon informed, and towards six o'clock the
fighting was resumed, in the course of which a
man named George Reeder was severely, and
it is supposed fatally stabbed. DR.. Brown was
hit on the head with a colt, and much hurt ;
and Mr. Higdon, William Smith, and John
Leonard, were beaten more or less severely.
Soon after this a rush was made at the polls,
the balotbox seized, taken out of the house
broken in pieces, and the tickets scattered about
the streets. A party then went up to Jackson's
hill, to seize the cannon which had been used
: yesterday to fire minute guns in honor of JEFF
ferson's birthday. The gun was captured. The
sword was taken from the captain of the CUR
squad, and the flag which belonged to it was
carried off and planted on the engine house
where the polls were. The crowd soon after
went down town, passing by the ninth WARD
polls, when another Eight was got up; but, the
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thirteenth ward polls. AS the party was pass
ing with the cannon, they were assaulted b,
Irishmen there assembled, who threw boulder
at them. A general scrimmage then ensued
in which boulders few like hail, and pistol shot
were heard on every side, The Irish gave wa
! when they saw the Americans loading their car
8 | non with boulders. The windows of the house
in the neghborhood, into which the Irish re
i treated, were riddled with boulders. One Q
! the boulders shot from the cannon struck a ma
] not engaged in the 6ght, and inflicted sever