New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-09

| greatest part Of the showing aud when the long
wished for tive minutes 10 came and the door Of The
polling place was closed such yell of delight and tr
umph never before heard in the First or any other
ward One soldier succeeded in getting within few
/ feet Of the door, but he was Immediately pounced
4 upon by halt dozen men and carried of bodily a
considerable distance down the street, and quietly
deposited upon the side walk. Thus terminated the
grand race for the polls and although the Mayor
defeated in the end, it is to be hoped he viii be sue
cessful the next time.
There is no doubt that the police might have done
much better and it is said that the crowd were absO
lutely emhodened by their want OF energy and pluck
In the attempt keep the boat on which the soldiers
were from landing, the crowd assaied it with stones
but we believe without iniartng any one. No arrests
were made. We should state, in conclusion, that
| when the long struggle was over, the crowd when
they found out that the Mayor was among Them gave
| him three hearty cheers.
In the Eighth Ward there was some skirmishng
about two OF three Of the polls and at the poll in
Spring street little fracas took place. which resulted
in several bloody noses black eyes and the other con
! comitants of an election fight.
| The Second, Third and Fifth Wards were unusl-
sually quiet, and though there were two or three
fights they did not-in the language Of spectator
amount to muCha
The Sixth Ward maintained its ingIorious fame for
violence and bloodshed upon election days, In the
forenoon the denzens of the Five Points were amused
by rabbe Of little boys, who, initiating the example
tTeQuentlyset them by their elders in that locality
beatand bruised each other considerably They wonId
crowd up together, and then commence a general
rough and tumble fight, striking right and left at
whonsOever was nearest several OF them in that way
got badly bruised faces.
At r Nj, however, a more serious affair took
place. Some men from the Five Points went up into
Pearl street. to the Fifth voting district of the Sixth
Ward, and gotint0 difficulty with some of the Young
fellows there; the latter turned out and drove the
former back toward the Five Points. In passing
along Park place one Of the Five Pointers pulled out
a revolver and fired six shots at his purSuerS. On
getting into the Five Points the same man ran into
house and brought out a doube.barreled shot gun,
which he Immediately discharged into the crowd in
the street An innocent man, who CHANGED to be
walking along the sidewalk, received the charge in
his neck, which will, it is feared, cause his DEATH
The wounded man was Immediately conveyed to the
City Hospital, where he was well cared for
The Police arrested two men, neither of whom had
fred any shots, and lodged them in the staton-house
OF the Sixth ward Their names are Timothy Suli-
van and jeremiah Shay They had, when arrested,
two double.bawelled shot guns, with both barrels
heavily loaded, and six barrelIed revolver
Mr.. William ID. Connolly, Of No. 4SS Pearl street,
who conducted the wounded man to the hospital
gives the following account of the disturbance:
fight began in Pearl street, between man from
the Five Points and some Others Jeremiah Geary
drove the Five Pointer down to Little Water street
and the Five Points In Park street the man from
the Five Points fired six shots from a revolver A
crowd gathered round and tried to take his pistol
away from him. AT Little Water street he run into
a house and got musket. Coming out with it, he
took aim at somebody and fired. The man who was
wounded and | were coming along up the street to-
gether when the gun was fired the whole charge
was lodged in the right side of his neck | immedi-
ately conveyed him up to the hospital | canuot give
the name OF the man who fired the musket but can
swear to him when see him, for | know him by
sight saw him around all day. | saw mana
lew belieye-he was shot in the door OF his store
he fell instantly. | cannot tell whether he was killed
or not
A lutte girl who was standing in the doorway was