New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-05
DISTURBANCES At THE POLLS.

| Early IN the morning several Of the polls in t6s
first Wad weie taken osession Of by gangs Of mes
armed wi clubs, knives and pistols, who used every
effort 70 prevent those OF different politics from them
| selves depostrg their votes. A large number Il
Fersots applied TO the Mayor Chief Of Police and Re-
cordeF for sufficient force Of men 10 be stationed a
the ioIs TO preserve order. The Recorder took five
ahidaNTs sgans, joseph Petty and Thomas Hairy,
and issued warrants for their arrest but he soui no<
| get sufficient force to serve the warrants.
The Recorder then sent TO the MAYOR and Chief e
| P,hce for ten men 10 make the arrest The M,vsr
refused giving him any but the Chief sen, some dow,
and executed the warrants. By direction Of the M,v
the culpris brought before him instead of being
taken before the Recorder. He il is said discb.rved
them without bail The Recorder then went N IN.
Mayor, telling him that mis!emennor 10 dis
charge Prisoners without bail. The Recorder the,
applied to the Sheriff and posse of men were cent
down at noon. In the mean time, however, fighting
lad been going on, the police amounting to nothing
while few stout Iiishmen were iOurshing their fsts
and clubs and having il all their own way
AT the Second District Poll another rabble had il
al their own wsy-ony no policemen were visible.
and thew were IL the poll-roon most of the time.
yote-ditribuor said that one man had been chased
away and fred a, with pistol and did not dare to
turn 10 vote.
in the lid Ward there were two fights, but ,hey
were not of much account.
In the With Ward 4 great deal of confusion pre-
vailed Attse Fourth Poll District the Anti-wocdites
headed by Councilman Kerrgsn, and the Weed men
under Pat. Matthews had terrible fight which re-
suited in The defeat Of the latter At the Third POI
District tie Fremont ticket stand torn down aud
the ballots scattered. The police, it is said, would
f,t inf IN ,,st, h.. WAni and Ru-
ohsran boxes.
The Wood party at the Fourth Poll District, after
berg defeated by the AttW ODDITIES rallied ani pr,-
ceedrg to a stable by where they had secretef
pistols oxos. clubs, brickbsts &C., armed themselves
and reStat ked The enemy. Atcrrible conflict ensued
duiirg which fifteen pistol shots fred
and several had the heads cut open with clubs and
biickbsts. Police Captain Bowling notified and
repaired to the place with posse of men, who in
about half an hour quelleo the disturbance.
AT the Sixth Poll District of this Ward, the Whiting
baot-hoxes were broken to pieces by the Woodites.
and the fragments were carried off for kndng wood.
In the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Wards.
the election passed of with comparatively little dis
order.
In the Eleventh Ward, two men got into fight.
ard ensral row. which continued few minutes, was
the resul. No great damage sustained.
No disturbance occurred in the Thirteenth.
In the Fourteenth Ward, slight disturbance took
place at the Second District Poll and another at the
Fouih District Pol.
In the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Wards, the voting
passed OF quietly.
H. the vtnteenth Ward, some of the Wood boxes
were destroyed by the anti.W ODDITIES.
During the fighting in the First Ward, John Gleason
wac severely stabbed by one Mike Curan, who also
in turn was terribly beaten. He was arrested for
stabbmg Gleason, and is now in custody. Lawrence
Firnegan was stabbed in the back ut the second pod
District and the man Who stabbed him tried to plunge
the knife into his abdomen but failed and then ran
away James Brke was arrested for carrying
loaded pistol and held to bail Notwithstanding the
various disturbances during the day. but very few ar
rests were made.