The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-02

street. Of avenue b. the worst part OF Mackere
VILE box was there torn down, and not after
wards put up. No arrests made.
Al O'Clock thereabouts an outbreak occurred at
the corner ofsvenue and Thirteenth street. There has
been for some time past eud existing between various
organized local parties In the district lying partly in the
Seventeenth and partly in the Eleventh wards which Is
the region now generally known Mackereville. The
VILE Boys, the Forty Thieves the Dry Dock Boys the
Levens the Buena Vsas the Blues, and perhaps other
similar outlandish titles which they assume not as pot
cal distinctions but az local designations Of clans const
| tated for no more definite purpose than that
| Of fighting other similar clans. they give tho
| in continual turmoa The nght on this occasion
| took place between fusion Of the Forty Thieves
the Blues in the Seventeenth ward The fight continued
half AN hour or more during which time shower
OF brckbas was thrown Unfortunately into the crowd
and ten or twelve pistol shots and musket shot
fired. The musket shot fired from the top of house
on one side Of the avenue and hit the wall OF house
the opposite side Various parties were more less
wounded by the brick bats and was ruored that ono
man was wounded by pistol shot, but the particulars
could not be Obtained Word Immediately the
Police station houses o"the Seventeenth and Eleventh
wards, and Captain HART despatched twenty five men,
under Sergeant McKelvey the of the disorder
but before they arrived the disturbance ended and
the crowd dispersed
EIGHTEENTH WARD.
At tho poll No. % East Twenty first street, ono Of the
ticket boxes thrown over but Immediately right
ed and the party offending arrested Aside from this the
ward was quiet.
NNErEErTn WARD.
This ward has usually been rather dsordcrderly on
election days, but yesterday comparatively quiet
There was no fighting rotng, but little haong,
pushing, showing and the like around OF the polls
Some Of our foreign citizens INDUCED little merry
ing IN their own way and among themselves around the
polish Forty seventh street. between Second and Third
avenues. An attempt made TO get up little ex-
element at the polls Sixty first street and Second
avenue, but there fighting The republican
ticket box was capsized and the crowd enjoyed themselves
TO their full in showing, pushing, laughing, yelling ana
A tiQn fhnU M I'm rall,
thought TO break the ballot boxes, but meeting the
upited clubs of considerable force of police they
thought better TO retreat with bravado than with loss
and wounds. One Of the crowd judcously remarked
81 am not going TO get my head cut open for the election
o. ANYBODY NO arrests were made during the day.
The voting nearly all done the early part of the
day; the polls were crowded when first opened while
hardly any gota2 were cast during the last two hours
the polls were open.
TWENTIETH WARD.
The forces Of all parties in this ward pretty fairly
represented. In many of the districts more votes had
been poed by ten O'Clock in the morning than poll
the places during the entire day Of the late
state election, and during the day the number of
exceeded those Of any previous election for years
Up to about three O'Clock everything passed of perfectly
quiet all of the polls Of the ward although each party
not at all remss in forwarding the claims Of their
respective candidates. yet with the large body OF police
in the ward and at the polls lover i20 all told including
specials and ~ from Brooklyn, d., under charge OF
Sergeant Bennet serious outbreak took place About
four O'Clock party OF young men, who had commenced
the purpose Of regulating affairs TO the corner of
Ninth and Thirty sixth street. where the Of
the respective parties and candidates located for the
purpose OF distributing tickets. Here they halted
after proposing three cheers for Mayor Wood and three
Tcnann proceeded in the approved
TO upset the Tenann box. This, however, proved
not to be easy a task for q party of
twenty or more young men, friends Of remann,
had opportuney arrived on the ground a
and calling themselves Cub Boys" who gave the would
be rowdies very warm and unlocked for club reception
thereby preventing them from carrying their project into
execution and easily keeping them at bay although they
fought desperately until the arrival Of Sergeant Bennett
with posse Of police, who succeeded in arrcstng the fol
lowing named persons, who were taken to the station
house and locked up after desperate attempt al
the part o their rends-John Corrigan John Delaney
Hugh Nolan and Torrance Kelley. The OF these
parties Immediately put stop the difficulty In add
ton 70 the above the police arrested John Fanngan for
locked up With the above exceptions everything passed
/ OF quietly IN this ward
TwESTy-FIRsr WARD.
The election this ward yesterday passed off with per.
feet order, regularity and quieudc. There the
least disturbance confusion. Not single
made in the whole ward during the day. The citizens
to the polls at early hour, voted and quietly
turned To their homes. II has been many years since
municipal election has passed on quietly Nearly all
business suspended during the lay and IL seemed
like the sabbath holiday, than the day Of
exciting election.
TwEsTY.sEcosp WARD.
There eight polling places in this district, ranging
IRON foryseCoDd street ana TENN avenue 70 Eghty-
fourth and Broadway The regulations with respect
keeping the ucSet booths at distance from the polls
rigdly enforced though the number of exceedingly
happy soveregns denoted that the liquor law not
successful in lis operation. There large crowds
and boys NJ all the polls during the entire day, and
Mayor Woods friends seemed largely in the majority.
very large gang Of lively individuals patolled the ward
all day visiting the pods in detail Occasionally an en-
thusiastic Temann man, an offensive nemsnn ticket
box overset but up 10 the time OF closing the polls,
demonstrations made on the ballot boxes In the
tho. h. Mari
boxes not very stationary In the Second district
there az time gang of four hundred
men, who came marching up 10 the polls, but
Fourth Fth sixth aud seventh Districts the vote poled
very heavy, and tie travelling OF the demo
crazy present at intervals but though there
few friendly set tos and inconsiderabc number Of
black eyes. The would be Alderman seagrst and the
regular Alderman Drake 10 be riding about in
carriages, good humored as they not Interested
and each was equally popular with the boys when the
other was Of sight Justice Connolly omnprcsent
dollar supply the nccdfu smuans In the Eighth dis
trct where Mayor Wood resides the enthusiasm for him
great The cry nearing the pols "hcres for
Mayor Wood, this way-no monopoly and no mousachl
ous said however that In this district Tie.
running very well The police patrolling
the ward squads all day. The specials mostly
toned the polls and the regulars either kept
a the station house patrong the wards Conse erug
there many Of our Celtic fellow citizens IN this
ward who always have enjoyable time on election day
the election yesterday may be said 70 have passed OF with
unusual quiet There up 10 the closing OF the polls
but eight arrests and these for dsorderly conduct
and The police and the citizens deserv.
ing Of much commentator for this excellent order.
| ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL VOTING.
Qstc a number Of arrests for Illegal voting made
by the police yesterday The prisoners, In most cases,
residents Of the districts wherein they attempted
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