The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-06-07
Election in New Orleans.

on Monday last, another startling and bloody
tragedy was enacted, resulting in the death of
several citizens Of that place, and the dcpri-
walton of thousands of quiet residents OF the
privilege of voting Elections in that city
have become dsgraccfu farccs and mobocra-
cy, and bloodshed, and wanton cruelty run
madly riot The city has become dark and
foul stain upon the South. We clip from
the city papers the following account Of the
transactions of the day.
The Bulletin says of the election:
The election yesterday was attended, as will
he seen by reference to another column, with
violent disturbances. The vote pollcd was Il
remarkably small one about two-thirds of the
usual number of votes cast at our city ccc-
tons. The Democrats in large numbers re-
Trained from voting In Mr.. Logan Me-
Knights precinct, the twcnty-third, which
usually gives large Democratic majority, that
gentleman received some siXty-three votes and
his opponent two hundred and thirty The
official vote will be declared to-day or tonor-
row. We give the reported maioritics in the
several precincts for Mayor. The majority
for NJ. G. NJ. Waterman, the American can
didate, is about two thousand, and the whole
ticket of the same party, including the four
Recorders, Comptroller and Street Commits
sioncr, is elected by about the same vote. The
candidates for the Council of the same party
are also nearly all eleccd.
The Courier, under the head of "Mock
Election" says:
Mob law again rcigncd supreme over the
city of New Orleans yesterday From the
tone of the Know Nothing press, and from the
conversation of men of responsibility who be-
long to the Know Nothing party, we were in
some hopes that the election would have pass
ed off IN peaceful and orderly manner We
in common with most of Democrats were
much disappointed.
The paid and salarcd bullics of the Know
Nothing party, armed to the teeth. began
early IN the morning going in gangs OF TWEEN
ties and thirtics from one precinct to another.
In some instances as many as ten carriage
loads were counted in one squad. Where they
found themselves in the complete and ndisput-
ed possession OF the polls they passed Oh to
another precinct. where they did not they
left just as many of their rulliianly band us
they thought necessary.
Whenever a naturalizcd citizen offered to
vote every possible impeachment was thrown in
the way and in repeated instances as the oath
was being rendered, to voters they were seized
by the collar or the hair, dragged away from
the polls, beaten, kicked and otherwise insult
ed There was no safety for any Democrat
at more than half the polls at 10 o'clock A. NJ
At II O'Clock, there was not n single precinct
which was not in full possession Of Know Moth
ing DULLES After two o'clock it is doubtful
whether there were ten Democratic votes poll
ed III the entire city. For Democrat to
oller to vote after that hour would have been
to put his life in useless jeopardy.
The Democratic ticket stands at most of the
precincts were destroyed by rulians as often
as they were set up, and at many of the pre-
cincts all the Democratic tickets were stolen
AT the Eleventh Precinct, from the best re-
ports we could gather, an assault was made
upon Mr.. Joseph Genois and Mr.. Bernard
Avegno, when Sician, name unknown, arm
ed with a cutlas, interlcred in their defence
Mr. Trepagnicr, Clerk of the First District
Court, arrived at this moment, seized the Sci.
liam and threw him down. but he instantly
rose to his feet, grapplcd Trcpagnier around
the neck, when they fell together, the Scilian
stabbing him as they fell They arose and
S'"DIi'' icll III lit Sulilc llllllltT
the Sicilian repeating his thrllsts until he had
stabbed Trepagnier four or five times.
Meantime several shots from revolyers were
fired at the Siclian, some four or five of which
took effect upon Trepagnicr. After the latter
had finally fallen, it is supposed mortally
wounded, the Siciian lourished his cutass
around, and having driven back the crowd for
"a few feet, he ran away bleeding from many
wounds, and succeeded in making his escape
Whether the Siciian ran in that direction
or not, the X n. crowd rushed down to the
Marine Aotel, on the Lcvec opposite to the
Lower market. They went to the door of
room in the second story which was locked,
burst it open and killed two men, supposed to
be Siclians by shooting and stabbbing. The
cuts and stabs on one Of the bodies were near
ly a hundred in number. The Sicilians had
not left the house during the morning 1t
was an act of mere brutal insane fury--the
most horrible that has ever occurred in this
city.
A BATTLE AT LAWRENCE-LOSS OF
LIFE ON BOTH SIDES.
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