New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ELECTION.
A BFDLAM OF BOYS.

The Thirty-eiehth Annual Eli ction of the Mercan-
car,le Lhrnr, Assertion tok "ce last evening at
Clinton Hall. TIE votii g commenced at o'clock
in the morning, and corti'ued during the day, the
chief portion Of tic ballots being cast after' o'clock
in the evening. Two beard fences were constructed
throug gl,ont the whole length Of the hall, between
which the voters passed sngle file, each dcpo-itiug
Ia vote in turn Grcat excitement was manifested,
tie members aI ing had i'll efficient operation all the
trnp-work snc virePuing Arrangement hts Of political
bodies.
For the last two weeks, it is said small parties
we're in the habit Of holding eAcited caucuses, break
ipr up usuoly hour or two after midnight, il the
anfe.roons Of the Secretly The large hall of
the Cooper Institute bad been engaged by th- more
eLljglteIed, who dispensed wisdom by speeches ou
the nornertou4 questions of the day during the even
ing Ahunt o'clock the voting ceased, the can
vasscrs adjourned to the Library Rooms, ani the
body polite bctook Themselves To mi,crane-
Gus mischief, such cheering, hoo,ng, shutiiing
cuilipg the policemen, rushing. nov one way and
tLeI apether through the hall, Loudly haoong IN
honor Of their several candidatcs, and singing I've
wont ~ Z" home TIL morning." Rolling asbbarrels
mean the door the great Intimidation of tender Bid
dies, who happened to be passing that way, afforded
another innocent source of amusement to
the lightheadcd. Once slightly intoxicated poll.
tician mounted the bari-ters, with the intentiOn
apparently of making stunning speech in favor Of
his candidate but bis el0quence cut short by the
moving Of the crowd, which caused him TO lose his
ec1ihbrium He fell upon the heads uf the rabble,
and waa canied triumphabtiy into the street, amid
desfcrirg clcers gruuns, yclls aud hoOts. speech
was commenced upon the tables which had been used
by the canyaseers but ii ended in fnale of smashed
furniture al torn coats among the speakers immcd-
ste auditors A rougl-lnokug Sixth Ward gentle
nsn. who had elbowed bis way TO the rabble seemed
di.eusted at the sight and exclaimed that it was a
peyfrc, shame" aud - it was a pity the mechanical
library did ut 20 down.; he bad just come up street,
and heard 'cm scrertchn al the way down TO Great
Jores street II would be different thing if they was
,oudic, MS he wa-" The outside performances
ended with the firing of couple of ash-banels in
front Of the Hal on Ast"r place, kicking them to
piece, and singing with shout of glee the antiqaaed
but f.yoriie old song commencing
"Old John Brown bad a u;lc Indian"
Tie cenvassers announced in the hearing Of few
comparatively intelligent and dguihed members, the
following a. the elected ticket:
Fzc,t,s,;j...:::WW ,ye,5,;....W Il E;Sala Mfesa.n
sy,sess.g sc,,|oyg II Il s,hDtoRp ssip%SRE
.C"1aLrsk T. n SHERMAN
wy. >. srnolY, CnAs H. SWORDS.
crHs W MAJ, SAmrri POLLOCK.
$. NEWTON SNiTH.
There were two regular tcs,is in the field, Frank
W. Ballard being the unsuccessful candidate for the
Presidency. Orig .uauy fse parties existed, who
were eventually meIe ed into two. The total number
Of votes cast was C93, about q hundred more than
iacf