New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-04
THE ELECTIoNS I'm THIS CITY.

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city bs, .een for many years. Inc weather was
n,on;tors and the grog-shops ard money.
ns,.e, in such condition Of structure
| ,h,t comparatively few could be bnbed. Many
men held of till late in the day. for the fee
| which they were accustomed to receive when they
vote, ard as that was not forthcoming large num-
Der cid not vote at al. The vote was conseauent,
| very light. The lack of money prevented all mer-
censry rows, so that those which did occur we're
got up for the love Of the thing entirely. Tue
lower wards were wonderfully serene; and the
MackereIville rioters did not improve their oppor-
tunities, as they were expected to. Reporters
scattered over the city throughout the day give US
accounts Of all the WARDS:
FIRST WARD.
The Den ocracy of this Ward is losing its distinctive
character. Nota Republican ticket box was upset and
no arrests made for rotiDg. The vote was very
light liquor scarce, most Of the shops shut, and
everything went off very quietly. The total number
of votes the State ticket was: LIST District 42l;
lid, 3i5 lid, 29S Ivth, "a; vth 2le, Total, ,3i8
"a decrease Of rearly 400.
SECOND WARD.
At the polls in the lid District several fights oc
cured. About Il o'clock, a company of Eastward
marched into Ann street. and attacked the friends of
Conner, the independent Democratic candidate for
Assembly. The latter, mainly members of Fire Com
panies in the vicinity, armed themselves with clubs,
wreDches and other wespons, and repehed the assault
sharp, hsnd-to-haad fight ensued and for the space
Of fifteen minutes there was lively time. The police
with much difficulty quoted the disturbance At 4
o'clock the attack was renewed-this time without the
assistance of the doughty Alderman of the First; but
the assslants were promptly and efectually put to
figh. No arrests were made for Illegal voting, or any
other Oense connected With the election and but very
few Of intoxioation visible The total vote
on the State ticket LIST District 253; lid, 2iS;
total 5O-being decrease Of over 100 the vote of
last year.
THIRD WARD.
The Third Ward was tranquil and the electors were
very sober Not an arrest made for violating the
election law during the day. The whole vote on the
State ticket was Iss District Dol lid, l6l IIId 2O6;
WITH IS; Total, 6i3-Or decrease Of one half from
last year.
FOURTH WARD.
For wonder, the liquor law was toeraby we'll OBJ
served in the Fourth Ward. There were no fights of
momeIt, and very little excitement, save in the WITH
District. There few fighting rowdies set upon the
Republicans, and tried to drive them Off A liberal
Use of the locust, however, brought them to their
sersep. Chas. Bogard, Lucian Luciner, Jas. Barr,
Joseph Manuel and John White were arrested for
illegal voting. VIM Csigan was locked up for iu-
citing men to vote illegally. Jas. Kenion nterfsred
with the officers and Michael Walsh drank more
fghtirg rum than he could stsgger under; both We're
arrested. The total vote Of the Ward on the State
ticket was: Let District, 372; lid, 454; lid, 273;
Ivtb, 500; With, 426;-tota 2,Oi8. considerable
falling off from last years vote.
FIFTH WARD.
The election In this Ward was conducted at all the
polls in the most orderly and quiet manner. The LIST
al lid Districts have usually been characterized
by fighting and rowdyism, more than ary Of the
others but yesterday the shoulder hitters de-
funct Many of the porterhouses closed, but ALL
or nearly ALL were fitted with the sidedoor arrange
ment. No arrests made for disorderly conduct,
ard but few intoxicated persons were visible.
SIXTH WARD.
There has seldom been such apathy manifested in
the Bloody Sixth as was apparen. yesterday in
matter off much public interest annual election
Nothing trapspred which might not take place any
day during the year in the Ward, and if more
citirg events occur in the future within its limits the
prestige of the xth Ward riotOus sndlaw defyiog
territory will be lost The pols were opened In each
of the els h districts at early hour with but lin
tied attendance of citizens and throughout the morn
| Ig the voting proceeded very slowly. Up to II
O'Clock but one belligerent demonstration had been
made, and that was quickly suppressed.
In this case an IGsh citizen in the Sixth Ward who
was distributing Republican tickets at the polls, No.
l2 Malbeiry street. was attacked by Of the DEM
ocIac crowd ard attempted to be driven away, but
the interference of the police and some Of the bystsnd
ers queled the disturbance, ard the man was permit
ted to perform bis work undsurbed during the rest Of
the day. A circumstance which caused no little
price, announcement ma ie that portion of the
d. ad Rabbit party, with John Dunn at its head, was
electie nee,pg for the fusion ticket with considerable
success and inquiry proved this to be true. The
police force Of the city scattered throughout the
poll districts but the number in attendance at each
was 30 email that they would have been Inadequate to
que any serious disturbance which might arise, and
il IL due to Dunn and others who were with him, to
cay that they active throughout the day in assis
rg the police to prevent fights and disordery conduct
and to suppress the few disturbances which did take
place in the vicinity of Chatham and Mulberry streets
Mo.ely Lyon the Republican candidate for the Assem-
bly, last year was also active in his exeitons to keep
| the boyr quiet.
| The law relative to closing hqsor shops was very
| generally disregsrded, and to this fact may be
attributed the tw fights that t,anspred in the Ward
| In the afternoon the voting was more brisk and the
attendance of the idle much more numerous.
The fret difficulty that occurred in the afternoon
| was occasion ed by two mer-one Bowery and the
other Mulberry street boy-getting into fight 10
grocery on the corner of Mott and Bsyard streets
1t lasted but moment, the parties being separated
by persons present. The Bo~esy crowd. who were
at the polls in Canal street near Elizabeth, immedI