Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

From The Baltmors Sun of yesterday
The ELECTION YEsTERDAY.-By courtesy the
term election but suppose the record of American
suffrage in the whole history of country contains
thing humilatng the transactions which took place
yesterday under the nominal preerce of an election
To call the thing "farce is sport with the
vicious and demoralized political condition of this
munity Moreover disorder, riot and bloodshed have
again disgraced the of city, and stand in
the record of yesterdays hdeous proceedings blot upon
the escutcheon of popular ibertys very mockery of
political independence.
1t unnecessary to refer to any particular facts to
tell the story of the day is related with emphasis in
the returns Of the polls of the several wards which su
cienty indicate that many thousands of the people have
been virtually disfanchised and that no election has
taken place. certain number of will be returned
elected members of the first branch Of the City Coun
cil and such will take their seats but under circum
stances which few viii be disposed to
template.
In presenting the returns make no comparison with
former electons the thing ludicrous 1t enough
say that in Baltimore which gave vote year
President of 26771, yesterday only a. 667 cast of
which the American candidates received s7S and the
Democratic g 792.
The result consists of 10 Americans and Democrat
the membership of the first branch of the City Council
Last year the branch of the Council stood-Ame
ricans 13, Democrats The second branch which holds
over, consists of FIVE members of each party.
From the Baltimore American of yesterday.
THE Riots OF most deeply regret
scarcely wonder at the of riots yeser
day The violence and ruhansm which displayed itself
in the vicinity of several of the polls is but the legitimate
effect of that system which condemns disorder and law
harmful results but only is exercised by this that
set of men in behalf of this that party The prac
tce of making rowdyism element of political tactics
of paliating exposing defending condemnng its
outbreaks only they have been exertsd in favor
against Of particular political purposes has
been strongly, but still will continue to hope not
permanently established here Years of steady persist
and continued encouragement have brought it to its
present power of evil and msrule. The correction
be looked for from neither of the existing parties for
both have been directly indirectly the promoters Of
the mischief 1t must from the determined action
of the people, acting aside from their political partia-
ties and uniting view rufanism, with all its accom-
panimens of dsordery clubs desperate purposes and
overt acts nmical to the peace and welfare of the
community and for that to be crushed out, if
need be, by still stronger and mere daring than
its own When the public conviction settles down to this
point and local disorders to be viewed merely
as the of elimination and reerinnation between
heated partisans may look for action that will be in
some degree ia power with the monstrous
proportions of the evil sadly needing rebuke and
| reformation
TIT is dogma with certain class of politicians
| that ssmankind are governed too much :" but we
question whether recent experience among us does
not prove that American mankind, at least, are
governed too litle.]
From the Baltimore Sun Of ysssrday.
RIOT AND BLooDsHED-The electiOr for members of
the first branch of the City Council yesterday resulted
in the selection of nearly all the Amer candidates.
and it be regretted that blood again she'd Ser
geant William Jourdan having lost his e and several
others were seriously shot. At early hour in the
morning it evident that there wouh be trouble in
some of the wards, but that obviad by the with
drawal of some of the Democratic candidates.
In the First Ward there but little opposition Of
fered the majority party and beside few skirmishes
i there trouble.
In the Second Ward it was stated that the Democrats
| were excluded from the polls, but thfre not much
violence. About hafpast one o'clsck there was cry
for the boys rally and they puuit to man who
| ran up Canal street, and finally escaped by jumping
through cellar window and going by way of Eden
street The crowd in pursuit armed with new and
bright barrelled horse pistols, mosof which fired
at the party running without, how,ver reaching him.
| In the Third Ward there sone fighting with fists
at an early hour in the morning bt afterward all
quiet.
In the Fourth Ward there was b opposition to the
American candidate, and the day D jsed off quietly
About haf-past one clock part, ,Ngassine up Cav
street the top of omnibus fred pistol in the di
recton of the crowd standing about the house where the
polls were held, and then jumped off and ran down Gay
| street He was followed by a number Of persons who
gained on him rapidly that he took refuge in the store
Of Mr. Jehu Gorsuch at the Of Front street and
escaped by going the top of the building and descend
ing through another house. The pursuing parties then
returned to the polls, when fight took place. and one
OF the contending crowds retreated down High towards
French street There number of police officers at
hand and they used every effort to qpe the riot When
they reached the corner of High strees vosy was fred
up French street from the of Buren, and it is
| said from the windows of Jackson Hall One of the
balls struck Sergeant Jourdan who said I am shot
fell and expired in q few minutes At the same time
police officer Thomas, of the middle district received
shot in the left hand, lacerating of the fingers SO
much so that it is probable of them will have to be
| amputated. young man named Joseph Emmert re-
ceived shot in the left thigh just above the knee pro-
ducing severe wound-one which il is thought will
| render it necessary to amputate the limb Another
man, whose could not learn was shot through
the cheek, but the wound is not of serious nature
The police charged on Jackson Hail. in front of which
was loaded swivel which they captured With was
| man named John Fossitt, who arrested. In the
house they arrested John Ryan, Michel Dougherty
John Burns, James Murray, George Bradley Michael
Cox, Michael j. Grady, John Carrgan Patrick Fitzpa-
trick, and man named Mcfarland. John Burns was
arrested the charge of attempting 10 shoot officer
Thomas Dennison from window Of Jackson Hall, and
who escaped by the flashing of the powder in the PAN
Mcfarland arrested the charge of attempting to
shoot police officer Wm Pinde The others were held
without bail for the killing of Sergeant Jourdan Be-
sides the swivel the officers took from the house twelve
fourteen rifles, ksg of nails, and large iron spear
all of which were taken to the police station.
When it had become known that Sergeant Jourdan
killed. large party went to the police station where
the arrested parties in custody and camorous
for the delivery of the prisoners that they might
cute summary vengeance upon them.