Washington telegraph., 1856-06-18
M The Hemnsteaa Democrat. in its |

4 ic~ VI yCStciud(, IcpfOuuCeS "hos VT
believe to be a tissue of Infamous lies
from the New Orleans Courier, concerning
the recent election in that city We are
compelled to defer comment upon the das-
tardly, craven spirit which ascribes to Am
ericans all the blame which should of RIGHT
attach to these unhappy proceedings; and
we pity the man whose spirit leads him to
turn from the provokers Of an outrage to
censure the provoked
We ASK our readers to examine carefully
the affidavit which We append below, and
draw their own conclusions Will the Dem
ocrat republish it? Will it dare to do it ?
You have virtually called the American
party murderers and espoused the cause of
Italian Brigands. and yet call yourselves
Americans. We will revert to this subject
next week:
ELECTION IN NEW ORLEANS.
MORE BLOODY WORK.
The Municipal election in New Orleans
on the I'd instant, resulted in the success of
the American party by very large major
lty-their entire ticket having been elected
with the exception of the Assistant Alder
man for the Fifth Ward. The vote for
Mayor stood for Waterman, 4.726 for
Elmore, 2.762 majority for Waterman,
1926
The Crescent contains the testimony of
SIX or seven witnesses before Coroner Oil
vier, which goes to throw the blame on
those who were instigated by the democrat
ic party We give below that of Mr.. Jos.
Hernandez, which seems to be the most i'm
portant
Joseph Hernandez, saeorn.-Says that
in Orleans street. at the Eleventh Precinct.
between III and II o'clock, on the day of
the election, a man named Tortoricbo. who
appeared to be the leader of a band of men
denOminated SieIiians. came to the polls at
different times with voters. As was near
MIN, [ observed that he was prompting the
voters when questioned By the Commission
ers; then called Mr.. Charles Reffel's at
tention to the same, and also that of Mr.
Hubbard l told them that they ought not
to suffer him to approach so near the voters,
and begged them to remark to Tortoricho to
discontinue, as he was disturbing the Com
mlssioners and voters. A few minutes af.
ter, Tortoricho came in with voter; and.
as soon as that voter was on the platform,
Tortoricho approached him closely. when
Mr. Hubbard remarked to Tortoricho that
he had no right to stand where he stood.
and requested him to permit the voters to
answer themselves 10 the questions of the
Commissioners To this Tortoricho refus-
ed. persisted in remaining where he was
and then Mr. Hubbard showed him slightly,
remarking-"You ou shall not remain on this
platform Then Tortoricho furiously Jump
ed back and went into the middle of the
street, and from his umbrella drew long
wide sword-knOWn In French as latte
and then shouted twice an Indian veil.
which yell received similar answer from
two houses in front of the polls-a coffee
house and an oyster Standard immediate
ly after 25 or so men ran out from the
above mentioned places. armed with revolv-
ers. daggers. and other dangerous weapons,
and surrounded Tortoricho, who, brandish-
ing his sword. gave the order of mata-Ios.
(which is considered by witness as kill
them Then the Sicilians began their
shooting running to and fro and shooting
at every one around the polls. Then, and
after the firing commenced, | saw Messrs.
Chas- Rieffel, Octave Andry and r. D.
Hubbard with their revolvers in hand: did
not see any one OF them shoot at the aggres-
sors- l must say that when the affray CON-
menced L was inside the polls, unarmed,
and had the waist of my frock coat pierced
by ball Perceiving that the affray was
gaining strength. [ left for Hospital street,
IN order to get my weapons and to call for
assistance When [ reached the polls of
Hospital street, l found very few of our
members, (Ameriean.) but met Mr. Emile
Poincelin and asked him where was the
nearest poll. lie told me that would meet
one at No. s Engine House. and informed
me that he would accompany me to it were
such my desire accepted bis offer. and
we went down, where | met many of my
friends and friends Of the American party,
and related to them what had happened.
and requested them to accompany me back
to Orleans street Many of them did So
some on foot, others in carriages. When
we Teacn6O orleans street the CONFUSION was
great. but the Sicilians had left, and then l
heard that Mr.. n Trepagnier had been
dangerously wounded by Sicilian An
hour or two after l heard that two Sicilians
had been killed in house on Levee street;
| heard, furthermore, that they were MEM
bers of the gang which caused Mr. Trepag-
nier's murder, and l know that these two
men, the two SiciIians killed. were present
at the affray and acted conspicuously. The
two dead Sicilians l recognize as being en-
gagged in the mob Most of the Sicilians
wore belts having small apertures for the
lodging of pistols Messrs- Riefel and
Hubbard were members of the challenging
committee of the American party was
told by Mr. Reiffel. on the day previous to
the election, the Sieilians would come
to the polls armed and determined to shoot
down the Americans At the time the af-
fray occurred the Americans were quiet
and docile all the morning.