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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-05
THE QUIET OF THE CITY LAST NIGHT.
TIE ELECTION IN BROOKLYN.

THE ELECTION IN BROOKLYN.
MAN sHcT--ARRHsr OF ILLEGAL v0TARS.
The election in this city passed of With remsrkssc
quictude and good order Although the contest
mated in AL the Districts and especially the Issss
tickets there distrbcnce, except slight sgsw
in OF the districts of the Sixth ward which W. sssu
sueied
ward of $50 being offered for the arrest OF any eg
voter they particularly vglant in preserving ne
purity Of the ballot box.
AT the First district or the Third ward maA VINO hsa
been naturalized by Judge Morris, OF the Court
Sessions challenged and his vote ruled out the In
spectcrs holding that JUDGE Morris had legal nsG 70
nsturalze NO such obeciios was made =, the oshsr
polls, so far Al Ascertaned
Tie night previous to the election difficulty occurred
in The Twela ward between q number Of poitoiansr
who disagreed in regard the local tickets. Patrick
Dmon, who was returning 70 his home through WsAoo<
street was followed by half dozenof these fellows
who without Cred ., him with pistols and wounded
him IN two places One ball toox effect in the SIDE ana
lodged under the shoulder blade. After he WAS dows
several OF his assaiants struck him With clubs ard
bruised him badly. HIS head WAS drcsdfr.ly cut, ana
the physician who called toatend him gives a. hAs
opinion thai .lese wounds suc.ent to desah
Independent az the pistol shois He found by the
neghbcIs and taken his residence by. he has
VIE and QUE child. HI recovery N aISeether su1p<O
bable.
Two arrested on snzpcion of osiag concerned
in the assault Tboir Daniel MAher sad Daafs
sbehsn. They brought before Justice B.A.cAiev,
but were rslsseed bal through the snis-vcsatsa -
some politicians.
Donhsr Of Illegal voters were arrested BY she -
Ice. ~ follows
ocer stoothoop, OF the First Police district arrested
voaDg n: the Second district poll OF the Fra
ward II appeared thai he had removed from the 6xsA
ward 20 days previous, and that he voted shs Pros
DENTAL Congressional and Assembly tossts only. o.
beng brought before Captain smith, be decided that
had violated no law. and discharged him.
Ofcor Car Of The Third Police District srrsrsed Pc
rick Gnlta ior voting Illegally in the Twelfth ward.
oaeers and Cullen, Of the Third strict. arres
ed Natbsnie Evans Tor voting Illegally IN the rvsrA
ward.
Orcer Cam OF the Third district, arrested Jonn NJ
Avoy for attempting 10 vote second the TveA
ward poll
Sergeant Hyde, OF the Fourth Police dIs,ro ar-esses
james henry, Tor voting illegally ., tho Third dlsa>ss
poa OF the Eleventh ward.
offccr urer or The Fourth Police dls,rlct arrssssA
John Burrs or legally voting in the Firm district o( ~
Eleventh ward.
The prisoners Leld for hearing
Excepting the ing AFFAIR Ia. eyesing prsssoo
10 the Twelfth ward disturbance Consequence tosA
pl<r
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-05

carried the STATE By majority graatr than any vuGe ovuw
given In 10 Tia individual carried around o. sous.
bedys shoulders and bet various enormous sums WHOA
scarcely seemed 10 belong eke pockets Of such psn AZ
he had on Mayor Woods reeectiou produced diGsr.
ence or opinion In The crowd the majority being IN avor
OF that gentlemen well dressed person, a svfdeuk
Know Nothing prochvites, declared he had voted tbs
American ticket straight out. but scratched Erassus
Brooks "for he didn't Ike the way In which he had been
barking In bis paper for months past" Thers was
mtaksg tho fact that the democratic seemed
Overwhelming. The Buccaneers were in high spirits.
perfectly intoxicated with their luck One Of the untsr1
ne5 created immense merrment By giving the following
advice, in q high tore-.I say, you Fremont msa an
you've got to do Is jus. to 60 and Hex your wives
guess you've had enough Of election by this time" ft
would be easy to I'll column with remarks such ~
these. We give one two q specimen Of the gooA
feeling prevailing, though the the laugh much more
ON enc sde than the other Tie crowd fingered about ha
HszALD Office Until the small hours Of the morning. end
the non reception Of further returns seemed scarcely s
heient to drive them off, put stop 20 ths bss and
GERS OF the multitude
THE QUIET OF THE CITY LAST NIGHT.
With the exception OF occasional outbursts OF rstrses
feeling the part Of the unter,aed nothing occurred
disturb the tranquility OF the city last night Ths %
in command at the different station houses, tee
Rraphsd TO the Chefs Office saa quiet" at Tx octock
The streets in the lower part Of the city particularly
the neghborhood OF the HsRaLD Office and Tammany Hak
quite animated appearance until The time Of our
going press The democracy appeared better
spirits aDd offered tie most exi-avagAn, bets on Book
and Brock. The Fillmore ard Eremonters had but
N,e 10 say IN regard to the CONTEST and manifested
little disposition to make heavy bets the SUCCESS ~
their respective candidates
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-05
EJeuTpgsTH wAsn.

In the Eighteenth ward there ess ssirnshng than
in mary q tho Others ys' they managed. with the aid
rum rs,r,o,Ism, polars and porsaasioa. 70 Aecp up
very respectable degree o. excitement James Irving
bsa xte rcoopire hecorncr Of Twenty second street
and rn,rd avenue with young man who proved nearly
march cr the hero Of other fights The quarrel origl
mated no body Knows bow, but the prorins'e css q
oaeuce w~s the upse,,ns, soadsntay or otor~se, Of
one Of the Libby boxes Tho oelaeren's were sepsrs
ted when no r. eater damage than the 'oss Of little
cisrss on each side psrcspsbe Peter Cooper The
great resorer ~S u the has, batch Of patriots Who
s,,ussea up 10 he bao, boz 81 Twenty second street.
Al the pou in Nineteenth street corner Firr avenus,
shey were ,olershjy quiet, on'y they made
iew ipeaecsus efforts % Upset me ess Dor
OF thu American cssdldsse The poncs, ofv
ever pfsves,cd them roere ~ss W. usual
.rouvt 4 cheers, lokes. wf,vcss and bssipsgs goa
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-11-05


Everything went along quietly here % 70 O'Clock,
b., alter tia, time ~ the ciOsox q tie pos The ao.gh
borhood was the ~ more than Ordinary excite
mcni Complaints made ~ several republicans At
the station houte this ward that the force vas insaf
Gent mar,sn order NJ the pols and they asserted
that an Organized band q rosdies visited the various
dsr,ess for the purpose Of ovortunns the
and scattering the ballots The sree, bot the Cap'sn
Informed them that he could not rcndv any assistance
We observed . large gang q yoOns osie- rousd the
Tenth ci surng the cay, ~ho were engaged TO 40 up
sono Kind Of dry work Tor 80 oecs head Our re-
porter met With GeymaD who very ind snani Al The
deficiency Of the Inspectors He said ina, they hal y
spell the names NJ the csndostes 10 orcer 10 mako them
out w1 impossible or the poscemen to maintain
order the Fi and Ilghtb os,ycp towards The close
Of the polls The exctmen. great 70 the Eighth
district about o. ocs tina, several voers ~sre iorcby
driven from the polls By ro~d'cs. Up To the time 0
cloeiug the polls arrests we're made 10 tais ward
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IN. voting "a tbs wurd was conducted very qu's'y ior
Asra caccror day No arrests we're made, though a.
-, a. ,he-e was considerable drinking shouting, crowd
ux 40 Tie tickets Of OIL parties abundant though
,hs republican tcnsss had 70 be sought ssd asked or
while onc could not step vithou, having bundle Of 10
sc,as a,d Know pno,h ns tickets thrust into his face
orrsd NV hs hands and sbou'ed uia bis ears There
we're suus-0V persons srouua -orklpe tor Bachsosn
arsoss - keF Wood and Libby esso bo,y slscucneer
Ue fo- Ms estdidste giving os, tickets taking persons
s.~vta 10 polls &c, ~, sbte the 81 Fremont
.xcops In me Fourth dssrc could no, be heard any
rr~msut p,sn dlscovered working for him. Tor getting
y, ,c.so ssiugs and making hong .pceches tns reprb
~.s nave showcs erea, sbilay su, ior gone NO the
,oa,v,dusi work and drsdgery Of campaign, heJ
,.vs snnrr themselves, At lesst 70 Tbs ward, ywy
dss~es,, .ed nsb, well learn 'mpo'~a' es'ons rom
49, democrats. Many Of the voser we're challenges and
-, s. ,s,sc.. vovs found ssscmpsng 70 vote Illegally
Aboa, o'clock IN the evening John Murphy 'oos Souns
rran. nams, Lewis Msnard about y years Old, 70 ne
.ss;A v.rs station bouse, and hsd hin iocksd ur- 20
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
Failure of Prohibition.

Every reader of the papers, perhaps, will
remember with what yehemence and exulta-
ton the announcement was made last Au-
tumn, that Prohibition was a failure and had
been repudiated even in Maine-the State
illustrious-the Star in the East" whence
the first cleaning of light shot up above the
darkened horizon. These announcements
were based upon the fact that a majority of
the members of the Legislature just chosen,
were not selected from the Prohibition can
didates and a speedy and entire repeal of
the Maine Law was triumphantly predicted.
But let us look at the sequel. The Legis-
lature of Maine has been in session for some
weeks, and instead of the Wanting proclama-
ton that every vestige Of the Maine Lawwould
instantly be swept from the Statute book, we
find the Judiciary committee, to whom the
subject has been referred, extremely caution
as to their action-indeed they are brought
to a dead halt-a stand still as to how to
proceed, knowing how very popular the law
is with the people.
A proposition was made in committee, tt
frame a law materially modifying the pres
ent Maine law, but it was promptly Uotet
doaon! Then a proposition to report a reso
luton repeating the Maine Law, and it, alsc
was at once UoLed do,oR and thus the mat
ter stands at present. Whatever may be tn
ultimate result, of one thing the friends O
the law seem to be almost sanguine, that tn,
law will not be repealed, even by its pub
lished enemies, SO great is the fear Of tn
people before their eyes. 1t may be mod
fed in unimportant particulars, but its grea
and wholesome provisions will be retained
Many of the members whowere elected on tn
opposition ticket, will not consent to give u
the Prohibitory principle. These are e
co~uraging signs. Let US look forward an
take courage.
And even if Maine should repeal the Pr
hibitory Law, we are not more confident
anything, than that it would be only temp
rary. A return to free trade In rum, or eve
to the licensed traffic, would cause the grea
est reaction in public sentiment, which hi
been witnessed, for or against, since Il
question of Prohibition was agitated.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
Congressional.

MIR. Iverson, of Georgia, has given notice
Of his intention to introduce a bill to in
crease the compensation of members of Con-
gress. This billwill pass, of course. Virginia
and Maryland Legislatures have sent in Pro-
tests against the action of the late Naval
Board. The Military Academy Naval APP
preparation bill has passed the Senate
Walkers invasion of Nicaragua is being ex-
tensively discussed in the Senate.
In the House, a resolution has been adop-
ted appointing a committee of three mem
bers of House, to take ties imony on the Kan
sas contested election Incorporating
$4,000 to pay expenses, and requesting the
President to give the committee Military pro-
lection, if needed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
New Book.

We are indebted to the Publishers, Messrs.
Gould & Lincoln, Boston, for a copy of a
work, entitled Annual of Scientific Discoy-
cry or Year Book of Facts in Science and
Art for 1856" This work exhibits the most
important discoveries and improvements in
Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoolo-
gy, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography,
Antiquities, &C.; together with a list of re.
cent scientific publications a classified list
of patents obituaries of eminent scientific
men notes on the progress of science during
the year 1855, etc.-edited by David A
Wells, A. NJ. The book abounds with mos
valuable information to every Mechanic ant
Farmer, as well as men of scientific research
For sale at Pomeroy's.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
Latest Foreign News

The Steamer Persia has arrived, with sew
en- days later news from Europe but no t.
dings of the Pacific. The negotiations be-
tween Russia and the allied powers are said
to be steadily progressing. In the meantim e
both sides are adding new recruits to the ar.
mics, in case Of continuance of war. The
Pope has consented to be Godfather to the i'm
perial infant of France. The acouehment Of
the Empress is looked for immediatslv-
Nothing had been said in the British Par.
lament, during the week past, concerning
American affairs. Q
MARKErs.-Cotton dropping, but prices
unchanged. Flour declined Is, wheat Cd.
corn Is.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

a% You have no confidence in mans
integrity, else you would not endeavor 70 re-
strain his drinking habits by law" So says
an enemy to the law of prohibition. Ifman's
integrity is SO reliable-if his moral percep-
tons of right are so very acute, why not
abolish the prohibitory laws against theft
and murder? Why not render these crimes
mere p~astimes for the amusement of villains?
Would not mans moral perceptions curb his
passions and prevent such atrocities as high
way robbery aud murder?
The curse of intemperance is too dark to
be whitened-its sting is too poisonous to be
palliated. determination is the only m
dy. You may build Golfer dams but the
black tide will swallow them up. As well
might the northern beaver attempt to arrest
the foam and thunder of Niagara Falls-as
well might an idiot attempt to cool the hiss
ing cauldron of a burning Vesuvius with an
elder squirt!
1 Prohibition, utter and entire, is the only
sovereign remedy. D~emagogues may sneer
at and oppose it, but it is a rock and a refuge.
Don Quixote tilted against q windmill, but
his folly was good sense compared with that
of those who would batter down the strong
walls of the Reform. Quixote only splintered
his lance and upset his old horse, while they
are battering their heads against a fortress
l that demagogues and devils canneverd destroy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

FoRBEARANcE.-In the social relation there
should be a mutual forbearance. Lenity
should be shown to failings, submission 10 a
brothers hasty injuries, soft answers given
to " turn away wrath" Place a single stick
of wood on the hearth and apply fire and it
Will go out add another stick and a blaze
shows itself; pile on more and a great fire. is
the result. Sol is ia families. If one mem
Der flies in a passion, and is let alone, his
anger soon exhausts itself. Butfight temper
with temper, and you pile up fuel for a great
fre-harsh words follow and the home is en-.
veloped in a flame that consumes its most
precious and fragrant flowers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
The first Gun.

Old M~ecklenburg, as in the shines that
tried mems souls" was the first to speak out
for human rights and freemen's privileges,
so she is the first to declare her principles
and take position against the great enemy to
all the dear rights and interests of man. It
will be seen by reference to the proceedings
of a public meeting held in Charlotte on the
18th inst, that the friends of Temperance in
Mecklenburg have adopted the platform a
greed upon by the Grand Division in Octo-
Der last ; and thus eschewing all party in
reference, seek to have the question of Re-
form placedinto the hands Of the people them
selves. This is as it should bet is the
right move. Read the liberal and conserva-
tive Resolutions adopted, and we think they
will commend themselves to all who desire
an abatement of the evil of intemperance.-
Notwithstanding it was a snowy, Indictment
day, about 60 persons, from different parts Of
the county, were in attendance. The PEG
pie of Mecklenburg, are wide awake on thi.
subject.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
W9Iume Z.
Pitching In ]

lFthe American juveniles have q predomi-
mating characteristic, as a class, it consists
in the proclivity to pitch in to whatever pre-.
sents an opening. Iti ruling passion with
him, and, never stopping to count the cost,
he obeys his national instinct and goes
headlong into everything his impulse leads
him. His first gymnastic exercise is to pitch
into mischief around the freside, where a
wide field is presented for the qualification
of his embryo passion. On being sent to
school, he pitchesinto everything except hard
study. He goes to College and bitches in
to cards, whiskey and the 'wee sma' hours
ayant the twal." He chooses a profession
and pitches into politics or m~atrimony. If
the former, he satisfies everybody that he is
not posted up and if the latter is his bent,
he does not stop to inquire whether his chos-
en- one is capable of rendering him happy
or miserable-he marries in haste and re-
penis at leisure. He is confident he is in
love, and to avoid the romance of shooting
himself he pitches into wedlock; aud either
d deserts his wife, thus eclipsing the honey
moon, or struggles on, barely keeping his
{ head above water. OF all the hasty pitching
in, this is generally the most disastrous. If
a grand, one hundred per cent. speculation
} presents itself, he pitches his Algebra ever
= his head and pitches into the business Of per
u centum. Per centum is in his very gait
g he talks per centum-dreams per centum-
and looks per centum. The project results,
a just as n~inety-nine out of an hundred always
y results, and the poor, duped zcalot drops hi
ne lip and perhaps moralizes upon the folly 0
he pitching in. His moralizing don't prof
him a whit, however; for he is just as read,
We the next day to pitch in as ever. During hi
We early years he is all the time pitching i
and being pitched out; and it is not unit
he has received many bruises that he deem
it best to cease relying upon his instinct an
be guided by sober reasoning and mature
judgement.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
What we have done-and what we
should do.

Inc efforts and sacrifices made by the Sons
of Temperance in behalf of the TEMPERANCE
cause In North Carolina, have been almost
superhuman. In the last ten years they
have carried on a war against the most fear
ful odds; bestowing their time, money, in
huence and energy with a lavish hand,
through which nothing but motives of the
highest benevolence, and q thorough con-
seriousness of the justice and purity of their
cause, could have sustained them.
In this contest, this noble body of men
have had to withstand the opposition Of IL
quor drinkers as well as liquor sellers-the
one, because he considered his depraved APP
petite reproached by the principles and ar
guments they advanced-the other, because
he regarded his sordid interest and his means
of gain, invaded by them.
We have been tainted by the jeers and
misrepresentation of those who, incapable
of noble, disinterested action themselves,
would gladly persuade men to distrust the
motives of others. We have again and again
humbly presented our cause to the Legisla-
ture, and besought a patriotic effort for the
redemption of the State from the curse of in
temperance and we have been as often re-
pulsed and insulted. We have valiantly
stood up against the fercest opposition, anC
have been thwarted by the timidity and
treachery of professed friends. We have
had to mourn over those who, by weakness.
of the flesh, the strength of appetite, AMI
~law-appointed temptations, nave fallen ava,
from us. We have had the opposition of tn
State, and too often the opposition of tn
clergy and the church also.
But under all these d-iscouragements W
have done all the good we could. We hay
carried peace and joy to many a household
given plenty to many a starving family-e
u%cation to thousands of ignorant, neglectC
children, and led up to the holy altar of &c
hundreds of wandering prodigals. For te
long and weary years, we have worked, al
prayed, and labored and we are blessed
the consciousness of knowing we have n
labored altogether in vain.
But what are we to do in the future? O
reply is-"Do our first works over again"
Let us return to our Division rooms-revi
: our public meetings-scatter temperar
: reading among the people and enlighten
public mind upon the enormous burdens a
evils, political, moral and social, heaped
on them by the liquor traffic. Let the
) litical element be tempered with our prin
! Piles Of Reform, without setting oursel
up in opposition to any party political orgs
cation. By this means, we may secure tn
y aid, and certainly not bring down upon
4 their opposition. Remember the sage adv
- of the venerable DR.. Mott, when he sa
- g The concentration of all temperance in
10 ence in any section Of community, would
- a positiUe calamity. Better far that indue
. should be difused through the entire m
so that whatever party may chance to b
the ascendant, the interest of a cause so
ad nign and holy, many remain secure"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26
For the Spirit Of tho Age.
The Poetry of II Heaven.
BY AN INVALID.
Elm Wood

IL - ~ -
BY AN INVALID.
"Ths stars which are the poetry Of Heaven"
BYRON.
The stars have existed from the foundation
Of the world they are the only unchanging
objects that all eyes which have been opened
% the light Of Heaven, have seen as we see
them now, and as all p%osterity shall see them
20 the end Of time. Oceans change their
beds, continents are submerged, rivers stray
from their channels and mountains are I'M
dermincd, forests disappear and cities rise
Ike magic in their places-on all created
things are inscribed mutability, but the stars
change not.
They ore the same to us as they were to
Adam aud Eve in the bowers Of Eden, They
are the same TO us as they were to Noah and
his family, when they descended in the 81.
lencc Of an unpeopled world. They are the
same to rs ms they were to Miltiades on the
plains OF Marathon, and on that memorable
night before the destruction of the Persians
and the delivery Of Greece. The very horo
scope to which the sentinels of the hostil,
armies looked up, still fingers in the Heavens
to meet the gaze Of the beholder.
They are the same TO us as they were Il
the Psalmist in Israel, when mt eventide h
exclaimed when | consider the Heavens
the work Of thy fingers tho moon and tn
stars which thou hast ordained Lord wha
Is man, that thou %visitest him, or the son G
man that thou art mindful Of him 2" An
finally, the stars, the unchanging stars; Oh
how touching the thought appear to us i
the same magniiicence as they did to the r,
deemer Of the word, when having sent IL
multitude away, he won't up into a mountai
apart and continued all night with God
prayer"
Elm Cottage, Va.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

LECTURE BY a LADY.-We learn that Miss
Page, of Wilson county, n. c., proposes to
deliver a lecture on "Woman's Rights IN
this City, on Thursday evening next. The
GOldsborO' Tribune spoke well of her Lee.
lures IN tina town, and as being very differ
ent from those delivered by the farragOs Of
the north.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

Ia Seven of the eight Judges of the SUI
preme Court of Michigan have affirmed the
constitutionality Of the Prohibitory Liouor
law OF that State, which is similar to the
law of New York.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

"Fanny Carey" very much mistakes the
characters that form our +" Social Circle" if
she supposed her cold maidish" fummery
could get a hearing in that merry band
'Twont do, Fanny.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-03-26

s- There was quite an encouraging turn
out of the Sons at the last meeting. Let us
have a still better next Saturday night
Come one-come all.