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

street. Of B. the worst part OF MackereI
Vile. boz there torn down, and not after
wards put up. No arrests were made.
Atl O'Clock or thereabouts outbreak occurred at
the ofavenue 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 as Aackereville The
vile Boys, the Forty Thieves the Dry Dock Boys the
Levens the Buena visas the Blues, and perhaps other
similar outlandsh titles, which they assume not pot
cal distinctions but local designations of clans const
tuted for no more definite purpose than that
of fighting other similar clans. They give the
turmoil 'na The ss
took place between fusion Of the Forty Thieves
and Ievens who came from the Eleventh ward 70 attack
the Blues IN the Seventeenth ward The fight continued
half an hour or more during which time plentiful shower
Of brickbas thrown ndscrmnately into the crowd,
and ten or twelve pistol shots and musket shot
fired. The musket shot fired from the top Of house
one side Of the and hit the wall Of house on
the opposite side Various parties were more or less
wounded by the brick bats, and rumored that
man was wounded by pistol shot, but the particulars
could not be obtained Word Immediately the
wards, and Captain Hartt despatched tweny five men,
under Sergeant McKelvey the Of the disorder
but before they arrived the disturbance ended and
the crowd dispersed
EIGHTEENTH WARD.
At the poll No. % East Twenty first street, Of the
ticket boxes thrown over but Immediately right
ed and the party offending arrested Aside from this the
ward was quiet.
This ward has usually been rather dsordcrdery on
election days, hut yesterday comparatively quiet
There fighting rotng, but little haoing
pushing showing, and the like around Of the polls
Some OF our foreign citizens INDUCED in little merry max
ing in their way and among themselves around the
polish Forty seventh street. between Second and Third
avenues. An attempt made TO get up little
cement at the polls Of Sixty and Second
avenue, but there was serious fighting The republican
ticket box capszed and the crowd enjoyed
TO their full in showing, pushing laughing, yer9 ana
hurraing At one time they made rush at the polls
thought TO break the ballot boxes but meeting the
upiited clubs of considerable force of police they
thought better to retreat with brayado than with loss
and wounds One OF the crowd judciously remarked
~ not going to get my head cut open for the election
of anybody" No arrests made during the day
The voting was nearly all done in the early part of the
day; the polls were crowded when first opened while
hardly votes cast during the last two hours that
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
ed the places during the entire day Of the late
State election and during the day the number Of votes
cast exceeded those of any previous election for years
Up 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 (over l20 all told including
specials and 2s from Brooklyn, f. D., under charge Of
Sergeant Bennett serious outbreak took place About
four O'Clock party Of young men, who had commenced
paroling the ward and visiting the various districts for
the purpose OF Regulating" affairs, the corner
Ninth and Thirty sixth street. where the boxes Of
the respective parties and candidates located for the
purpose OF distributing tickets. Here they halted and
after proposing three cheers for Mayor Wood and three
groans enann proceeded in the most approved style
to upset the Temann box. This, however, proved
70 Or BE 30 Vn pAr
had opportunely arrived the ground
few minutes before the others, each armed with club,
and calling themselves Cub Boys who gave the would
be rowdies very and unlocked for club reception,
thereby preventing them from carrying their project into
execution and easily keeping them bay although they
fought desperately the arrival Of sergeant bennett
with posse Of police who succeeded in arrcsting the fol-
lowing named persons, who were taken to the station
house and locked up after desperate attempt at
the part Of their riendsJohn Corrigan, John Delaney
Hugh Nolan and Torrance Kelley. The arrest of these
lion the above, the police arrested John Fanngan for
dsorderly conduct at the Seventh district poll lie
locked up With the above exceptions everything passed
/ of quietly in this ward.
| TwENTy-FIRsr WARD.
The election this ward yesterday passed of with per-
feet order regularity and quicude. There the
least disturbance confusion. Not single arrest
made in the whole ward during the day. The citizens
went to the polls at an early hour voted and quietly
turned their homes II has been many years since
municipal election has passed on quietly Nearly all
business suspended during the lay, and seemed
more like the Sabbath or holiday than the day Of an
exciting election.
rwENrY.sEcosD WARD.
There eight polling places in this district ranging
from Forty second street and Tenth avenue Eighty
fourth and Broadway The regulations with respec,
to keeping the cxet booths at distance from the polls
was rgdly enforced though the number Of exceedingly
happy soveregns denoted that the liquor law
successful its operation. There large crowds OF
and boys all the polls during the entire day. and
Mayor Woods friends seemed largely in the majority.
very large gang Of lively individuals paroIed the ward
all day, visiting the pods in detail Occasionally
Inn M 20 OF Sa Sa ~ sn1 MN n
demonstrations were made on the ballot boxes In the
First district the crowd seemed greatest and the rcmann
boxes not very stationary In the Second district
| there at one time gang Of four hundred
| men, who came marching up TO the polls, but
they conented themselves with cheering. In the Third
Fourth Fifth sixth and seventh districts the vote poed
very heavy, and the travelling OF the demo
crazy present at intervals but though there were
few friendly set tos and inconsderablc number o
black eyes. The would be Alderman Seagrist and the
regular Alderman Drake TO be riding about in
carriages good humored az they not Interested
and each equally popular with the boys when the
other out Of sight Justice Connolly omniprcsent
and was always struck BY the boys for nfy cents or
trct where Mayor Wood resides the enthusiasm for him
great The cry nearing the polls, was "heres for
Mayor Wood, this way-no monopoly and no mousiachi
ousr II said however that in this district Tie
mann running very well The police were patroling
the ward In squads all day. The specials mostly
toned at the polls and the regulars either kept IN reserve
the station house parong the wards. Consie ering
there great many Of Celtic fellow citizens IN this
ward, who always have enjoyable time on election day
the election yesterday may be said 10 have passed OF with
unusual quiet There up TO the closing OF the polls
but eight arrests ana these we're TOT asofdef cohducf
and drunke mess The police and tho dcscrv.
| ing Of much commentator for this excellent order
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| ARRESTS FOR ILLEGAL VOTING.
Quc n number Of arrests for Illegal voting made
by the police yesterday The prisoners, In most
we're OF the districts wherein they attempted
to exercise the privilege Of voting some Of them even
came from westchester and Kings counties with view
Of exercising their right 10 vote upon matter which was
entirely foreign their interests al nome while IN other
cases not few o the accused think that voting
Ia the ward they lived In and that which they did bust