Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-06-10


and Capt Tyler, of the Marines. Their families and
valuables have been removed to places of safety.
A heavy shower is now falling, and every thing is
comparatively quiet.
From the Union Of Tuesday.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
THE CRY ELECTION YEsTERDAY-RiorrNG AT THE
POLLs-SEvERAL MEN KILLED AND WoUNDED-The
citizens of Washington were called upon yesterday
to elect members of the two boards of councils and
other municipal officers and in the place of their
being allowed free and full exercise of the privi
leges of the elective franchise armed gangs of bull
lies and desperadoes imported from Baltimore
with the view of intimdating all from voting for the
anti.know nothing candidates through the persua-
sve influence of bludgeons, sung shots pistols, and
bowie-knves. Yhe Star, of last evening, in its
count of yesterdays bloody proceedings, says:
A gang of hired ruffians and bullics, "pug ug
lies" and other worthless from Baltimore, have been
imported by the Know Nothngs to take violent pos
session of the pols and armed with revolvers, bill
lies, and slung shots to prevent our own citizens
from depositing their votes.
In the first precinct of the Fourth ward this
morning general fight occurred, in which several
hundred men and boys were engaged indiscrmi-
nately. 1t seems that some forty or fifty plug ug
lies came down from Baltimore this morning to as
sist citizens in the election to-day. After float
ing around for some time without efectng anything
of note they pitched upon the fourth ward first pre-
cinct, as the eligible scene for their operations
A long line of voters standing in the street.
extending for some distance from the polls, and COM
posed principally of anti-know nothing voters The
Plugs assisted by several squads oarge chunkers and
rip ofour own city, endeavored to break into this
line by crowding, but not succeeding in this they
left the scene of action to concert more hostile
After short time they returned largely reinforced
in numbers, and with revoivcrs, stones, billics,
br:ckbats, &C., they made ce.ted onslaught up
on the voters. A terrible scene ensued, in
which the entire crowd participated. Stones and
pistols were rapidly discharged, and men were tram
pied to the earth beaten, stamped on and severely
wounded. Among those injured was r B. Owens,
Fourth Ward commissioner, who had his wrist bad.
ly shattered by pistol ball. A. Klopfer received
spent ball in his forehead, which stunned him, but
inflicted no serious injury. Capt. Goddard was,
with several officers the ground and the captain
did good service with his long and heavy fists
in quelng the affray. He was severely struck sew
eral times, but got off without any serious damage.
Several cf the ringleaders arrested and taken
to the guard-house; amongst others, young man
| by the name of johnson.
The bull lings in the neighborhood were damaged,
the doors and windows being broken in on all Sides
In the skirmish Mr.. George D. Spencer received a
severe blow in the face.
At the first precinct of the 4th Ward the officers did
all in their power 10 prevent the riot, placing them
selves between the begerents and the voters liz the
line, with Captain Goddard at the head who de.
manded the peace, when they rushed on en- musse,
and with an impetuosity which nothing short of a
| military force could have withstood; and although
the police fought like heroes. they were forced to
| abandon the field to the possession of these hired
! mscreants.
| Our Baltimore visitors were about IL o'clock
good enough to pay vsitto the Second Ward polls,
wearing the know nothing ticket as q badge, and
shouting for Dixon" as rallying cry.
| In few minutes their inevitable revolvers were
out, and some thirty forty shots were fired in
quick succession, in the neighborhood of Eleventh
street and the avenue.
In this affray, young man, residing on Thir
teenth street, between H and |, named John Olzely
was shot in the knee. About this time some OF the
their residences armed with muskets, as if they had
some notion Of going on cunning expedition The
| plug uglies seemed to think the Second Ward all
| was getting insaubrious and they left in body
probably with the design of Regulating" some o.
| the other precincts.
| At one o'clock, noisy crowd of boys and mer
| passed up Pennsylvania avenue from the direction
of the Fifth Ward, dragging after them small bras:
gum Where they got it we arc unable to say, but
it was said they intended to it to defend them
| selves Immediately after two companies of United
States marines, commanded by Captain Tyler wen
to the City Hall, and reported for service to the
| mayor"
! At noon it became evident that nothing short o
military interposton could save the city from al
| most universal riot. A, letter was addressed by
| Mayor Magruder to the President of the United
| States asking for a company of marines in order tt
maintain the peace of the city. The request was
| promptly complied with. We Wecontnue our extract!
| from the Star: >-....s.. f..
| "Shortly after o'clock, p. m, the marines tive
companies, 10 in aD arrived the ground first pre-
cincl of the Fourth ward, under charge of Capt Ty
| ler and accompanied by Mayor Magruder. The op