The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-09
MATTERS in NEW YORK CITY.
Especial Correspondence OF the Union.l

NEW YoRK April Z, 1S5s--lO, p m.
It has been repeatedly stated by the black republican
and know nothing journals of this city that the ant
compton ticket elected at the town election recently
held in Wescheser county and that the result is proof
of how his constituents approve the conduct of John b.
Haskin. ! happen to know that this statement like
most of those emanating from the sources, is a
barcfaced fulsehood informed by Mr.. McBuer the
president of the democratic convention that Lecompon
and antLecompton were not in issue at the election !;
that the democratic candidates selected all the reg
ular nominees of the convention and believed 10 be ia
voable to the administration and that the only regular
democratic candidate who unsuccessful from
the town of Westminster, who avowed that he OPP
posed to the administration the Kansas question: and
defeated by the independent democratic candidate
Denton Pearsall, by majority of IT, The cause of his
defeat it is well known his avowa of the Haskins
views The Eastern State Journal the Westcheser
ty paper says with regard to the feeling throughout the
county
The county of Westchcster is sound to the core and
holds the conduct of its representative in Congress
greater swindle upon the district than he and
Greeley pretend to consider the Lecompton constitution
to be on the people of Kansas.
The misrepresentation, above alluded to, may throw
up his hat and cry huzza, verbally by Geographic
despatch, in company with Thurlow Weed, Horace
Greeley hoe genus ouc, but there is good reason to
doubt whether he will have any occasion to do again
in Westchcster county. The stanch, good democrats
repudiate him The a. Haskins democrats" few and
far between and the republicans too wide awake to
httst who has betrayed his friends, however
spy may be made Of by honorable high minded men
to effect purpose but he is nevertheless oahed and
dcspised particularly he seeks to attribute vrtuous
tivcs TO his base and troachorous designs.
The Brooklyn charter election which took place yester
day resulted anticipated in ademocatic victory Out
nineteen wards eleven democratic aldermen and super
visors elected The board of aldermen will now
stand eleven democrats, three republicans and five
knownothings giving democratic majority of three
the united opposition The supervisors consist of
fourteen democrats and five republicans The democratic
candidate for justice of the peace chosen by about
1000 majority his know nothing adversary and the
democratic candidates for the offices of auditor, comp
tollcr, and city treasurer elected without oppos-
ton These latter offices already filed the last State
Legislature having extended the terms for which they
formerly held. This act is deemed unconstitutional
and it is now proposed to test the question before the
courts.
The approaching election of officers of the Tammany
Society fixed for the 10th instant is causing good
deal OF excitement among our local democracy. An
outside organization, known 'sthe Forcstcrs aided
by another mysterious body called 'the Regulars -
moving heaven and earth to get the control
of the society, and Dust the present officers These
" Foresters are composed of members of the Tammany
Society who have for time ceased to attend the
meetings in the old wgwam and have been actively
employed in endeavorng to defeat the objects and impair
the usefulness of the legitimate organization The facts
connected with the split substantially follows In
December last the general committee elected and
composed onehalf of those who acted in concert
with exMayor Wood and the other half of those who
opposed to that individual for more than political
reasons After the election Of the Woodes de-
serted their leader, rcpened of their fault and
to the other sde thus placing the wootcs IN the
minority When this was made apparent the latter de
clared the election Of the general committee out of Order
and have ever since constituted opposition have
good reason to believe that the party who support the
general committee will be triumphant the 10Th AT
least, hope so most sincerely If only half be true of
the charges made against the Forcstos at whose head
are, it is alleged prominent federal officer of this city
cannot say how true this may be) and Fernando
Wood 1t broadly asserted by of known integrity,