The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-06

We're going i 70 vim
ar Opfy kc's prime minister has perhaps, than
any other IN The canvass, been visited by
rHz srRIKKRsn
The strikers IRE inseparahls from election
pagn IN New York the poll clerks the ballot boxes
They VINO live BY false pretences, and pounce
uron all candidates alike. The striker takes the candi
date his representative aside tells him he can COM
nand certain number Of votes-tfty = hundred or q
thousand. according The extent OF bis ardacty-and
thai he Is willing 70 turn these 70 the candi
date provided the said candidate viii 10 certain things
II will Of course, be 70 have money
the canvass ANA the candidate hiers freely De - salts
ned: he does noi le IS threatened with the active and
vigorous opposition Of the striker However literally
the striker is rewarded. he unite likely to
so from The candidate ne has just hargIned
with directly 10 a candidate the other side
ana pledge him the same support like terms;
anu thus he goes from TO the other, until ali
visited ana biea; wte TACT he cannot. perhaps in
fuence single vote beside hs own.
OF all promises those Of the strikers 1sive.
There is probably not candidate in the ied who
ne 70 give credit 70 the promises OF these eeches woId
not regard his election sure thing But the re-
turns come IN they viii ind, perhaps that IN the districts
where these had promised their great H.
duence, nothing has been done.
The only place perhaps free from the visits Of these
sharpers,
THE OLD LINE wHrG HEADQUARTERS.
would be both cruel and unjust in this connection to
omit 10 mention the headquarters Of the old line wings at
rear VI Opuyke rooms.
The apartment is decorated with several specimens Of Pc
tred substances and buck horns are nailed TO the walls
was announced week that the headquarters would
be open every night until election and the promise has
been kept the door has been but the chief difficult
~ has been hardly any has felt sufficient interest
pass through IT, republican orator recently declared
that the old wing party consisted Of Hiram Ketchum and
General Tallmadge Since that time Mr. Ketchum has
Deem expelled for making speech in the Havemeyer
meeting at the Exchange and although the meeting
which decapitaed the quasi President nominated Have
meyer lalso ii s believed General Talmadge has since
had sole possession Of the field
THE PEOPLES HEADQUARTERS
Are In ball at No lis Bowery Beneath is Deutsche
Restaurant and Lager Bier Saloon" where the thirsty
and hungry Teuons wont to congregate to sau-
sages and qua the lager and by way variety the sour
est Of Rhine wine AS enters the entryway the am
brosia odor Of rcaseeng sausage and bacon redoent
with choicest Arabian perfume sautes his nostris and
makes him behnk himself Of the feass OF the gods To
think Of the idea; Juno mastcatng ancient Bologna;
Minerva exercising her powers OF degution side Of
bacon; Venus at rump steak; Apollo drawing nspra
ton from junk Of bread saturated with pork gravy;
and Jupiter tue father Of gods and OF men, recruiting his
energies with the muscle and liver of sturdy boar Hebe
carrying lager from deity to divinity and Ganymede
plying tobacco Not unlike this picture are the scenes
daily or nightly occurring at this celestial home.
Above are the Headquarters" The first view that
greets the eye number of chairs arranged in rows
that those sitting in them would face table standing
against the wall next the street On this table docu
ments addressed ssto the electors OF the city of New
York. cards setting forth the feasibility of electng OPP
dyke and various missves TO enlightened cZens all of
whom Is presumabe, only waiting the occasion to
help to defeat Wood, which they demonstrate can
be done only by voting for the republican nominee.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIMS.
William Pinkney receives his friends in little eide
room on the first floor at the Smithsonian. Ten dozen
are present all the time discussing the prospects Of
the ticket, the good fortune OF Hull who will receive
thousands Of votes which belong of hereditary right
Greene Bronson and upon the gratifying prospects of
Opdyke table surrounded by chairs occupies the CEN
ire Of the apartment, aud IL is covered with umoers
near which are couple of dark bottles containing mys
FERROUS lud OF magic powers AS our reporter entered
the place he was cordially greeted by the occupants
raj Of whom courteousy inquired to his condition.
No documents setting forth the feasibility of Opdykes
election, answering the question, sWho is solomon L.
HUN" or suggesting anything as TO the Amshouse
kept here no banners posters snipes 10 he
A modest piacard at the window announces that the
lriends OF Governor Pnkney meet here and that s all
He has an "executive committee like the other candi
dates who are supposed to do certain of avaa
Ole work al eectloneering and blowing
TIE RESTAURANTS AND DRINKING HOUSES
For the last few days have been electoneerng depo,
from one end Of the island to the other The candidates
for small offices make these places their battle field and it
NOT comes about that the who drink
the most bad whiskey and ana buster the oades
sent TO the Common Council elected to ward Off ,e
In the best class of restaurants the election is the ab
sorbing topic although the work is carried on 10 more
respectable way The betting men congrepae at the res
taurants and discuss the probabilities over oysters
The Pewter Mug, Of course is in full blaze Of glory,
uofhcccis aic oNSTT WIN business. This
Gent temple Of democracy was profaned few nights
SINCE by three republican reporters who actually drank
to the success Of VIM. II. Seward in 1860
TAMMANY HALL DODGE.
The Tammany Hall men, anxious to have appear that
republicans were support their ticket resoted to the
following method I'm Fourteenth street republican
bandbil for ward meeting, with the of several
republican orators speakers; and the upper
part Of this they posted the heading for the Havemeyer
meeting at the Cooper Institute leaving the list of repub
speakers sight. making IL read.-HHavemeyef
meeting at the Cooper Institute this evening will be ad
dressed BY D. Dudley Field, J. ". Nye, William M
Evarts," &c.
CANDID TES REEQPE THE PEOPLE