The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-03

guarded by two of the Mayors squad and four Ave
others, among whom was the Mayor himself with three
hundred o opposing crowd hanging close on their
The AFFAIR in some of its aspects said 10 have been he
most amusing that took place election day. and
u ,he Mayor runs as well when he 10 AGAIN = can
didate as he did on this OCCASION ne will distance all com
pettors Whatever doubts there may be in regard 70 ms
qualities as Mayor, those who saw his performances on
the Battery yesterday must admit that no pcrec
"hoss when there's any running to be done. Away they
went as have said fast as their legs could carr
them and close behind them three hundred pursuers yell
ing and hootng at the top Of their About forty Of
the police behind in the race ana brougnt up the
rear cloud Of dust marked the course Of Che dreadful
rou swept over the Battery the quiet pedestrians
gazed with asonshed eyes the race, wondering what
all could mean There the four soldiers in
their uniform leading of in the race, and there was
the Mayor, and Sergearts Croft and Seaman close
aongside then came the crowd OF three hundred
yelling as only crowd can yen, and last OF all
like the Mayor turned out TO be east and kept their
distance well from the start In fact, they rapidly
leaving their pursuers behind and had already passed
out Of the Battery gate facing Greenwich street, with
fair prospect Of reaching the polls when to the dsmay of
both soldiers and Mayor and the undsgased delight of
the crowd formidable looking array OF about hun
dred and fifty Of the denizens Of the First ward was
observed precisely in the very place where they should
not have been at such tme-Tght in the way Of the
soldiers, and completely blocking up the road to No 80
Here was terrible state OF affairs and what made mat
teis worse II was fast approaching the moment when the
polls were TO close Not more than fifteen minutes were
efttime was precious, and desperate and final effort
must be made to get in the four votes But how
they to accomplish this THAT the rub The soldiers
and the Mayor, and the two sergeants and the
three four friends Of the soldiers attempted to force
their way through but just as they in the act Of
doing so the chief magistrate himself was colared by q
powerful fellow about six feet high, and made in proper
on who was about TO dispose Of the municipal execu
himself coared by Sergeant Croft and finally lodged in
the Second ward station house. He subsequently
released however, the Mayor found, investigation,
that he was endeavorng 10 clear path for the soldiers
and imagined that his Honor was one OF the opposing
crowd But here they all within stones throw Of
the polls the long sought for No 49, and but ten mi
W
brought up the rear, now made their appearance,
and commenced series Of pushes and shoyes
clubs, but the mass was not TO be driven from
their purpose in this way. The police might
Mayor but after ALL the crowd did the greatest part of
the showing and when the long wished for two minutes to
five came and the door OF the polling place closed,
such yell of delight and triumph before heard
in the First any other ward One soldier succeeded in
getting within few feet Of the door, but he mme
diately pounced upon by half dozen and carried off
bodily considerable distance down the and quiet
ly deposited upon the side walk Thus terminated the
grand race for the polls and although the Mayor de
the next time.
There no doubt that the police might have done much
bodened by their of energy and pluck In the at
tempt TO keep the boat on which the soldiers
were from landing the crowd assaed il with
stones, but believe without injuring any one.
No arrests made. We should etae, in conclusion
that when the long struggle over the crowd when
they found out that the Mayor was among them,
In the Eighth ward there some skirmishing about
two or 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 concomtns Of cleo
ton fght.
quiet, and though there two three lghts shcy
did not-in the language Of spectator-"amount TO
much"
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
RowDYisM IN THE SIXTH wARp-FREE USE OF RE
yoLvERs AND PlsroLs-oSE MAN FATALLY
WOUNDED.
The Fourth Congressional district is composed OF the
Fourth Sixth and Fourteenth wards In the Fourth and
Fourteenth wards unusual quiet and order obtained for
an election day The enjoyed the privileges Of the
elective franchise then pursued their ordinary ayocatons
seemingly paying little attention 10 how the election
The and children promenadcd the streets as IL
gala day Banners and flags waved from the prin
cpa buildings and ponrcs bazed many of the streets
The Sixth ward maintained its ingiorous fame for vio-
lencc and boodshcd upon election days In the forenoon
the dcnzcns Of the Five Points amused by rabpc
little boys who, initiating the example so frequently
s them by their elders in that locality beat and bruised
each other considerably. They would crowd up to-
gcthcr and then a general rough and tumble
nght striking right and left at whomsoever nearest;
several Of them in that way got badly bruised faces
M3P. NJ, however, more serious AFFAIR took place.
Some from the Five Points up into Pearl street
to the h voting district OF the sixth ward and got into
difficulty with Of the young fellows there the lat.
ter turned and drove the former back toward the Five
Points In passing along Park place Of the Five Point
pulled out revolver and fred six shots at his pur
suers On getting into the Five Points the
house and brough, double barrelled shot gun,
which be Immediately discharged the crowd in the
street An innocent man who chanced TO be walking along
on the sidewalk, received the charge in hts neck,
which win, Is feared, his death The wounded
man was Immediately conveyed to the City Hospital,
where he vas well cared for
The police arrested two men, neither Of whom had fred
any shots and lodged them In the station house Of the
Sixth ward Their Timothy Sullivan and Jcrc.
miah shay. They had when arrested two double bar.
relied shot guns with both barrels heavily loaded and
ak barrelled revolver
mr. John W Hooker the house surgeon At the City Hos
p,al, reports the condition OF the wounded man, John
Gaghren as foTowsHe Is shot in the right side Of the
neck; there are about holes, which have been
made with buck shot, artery in the neck has been
wounded which has probably given rise 10 false
rism. II cannot be told tor certain what artery H
wounded. nor whether i h false aneurism or not.
large quantity of blood escaped rudeT the tissue the
neck. The wounded man Las suffered very mrch from
this accumulation a blood upon his wind pipe. 10 very
uncertain whether be will recover or not.
Mr. William II Connolly, of No ass Pearl street, who
conducted the wcund nan TO the hospital gives the fol-
fight began IN Pearl street between from the Five
Points and others jeremiah Gcary drove the Five
Pointer down Little Water street and tho Five Points
In Park street. the from the Five Points fired
shots from a revolver. a crowd gathered round and
tried 10 take his pistol away from him. Al Little Water
stree, he run into house and 10, musket Coming out
with H. he took aim nj somebody and cred. The who
was wounded and coming along up the street TO-
gether when the gun was fred the whole charge WAS
lodged in the right Of hts neck immediately conveyed
him up 10 the hospital cannot give the name o. the
who fred the musket, but can swear 70 him when
ronn fnr Irovw htrrh nv Il
day saw a maD--a Jew beicve--be was shot In the
door Of his store he fell instantly cannot tell whether
he was killed or not
little girl who Was standing in the doorway was shot
in the face but the wound Is not serious Another man
who was engaged in the fracas received wound IN his
eve, but il was ouly slight one.
One of the Inen engaged IN the affair thus descrces ":
crowd Of rowdics up from the five Points 20 the
rih district IN the sixth ward and tried to kick up dis
,urbapre and prevent our voting not inclined Ia
suffer this whereupon they pulled out their revovers and
pointed them nj We rallied around and drove them
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