The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-09

fashionable streets, from Fourtesnsh 70 Twenty sixth
street, could not be expected that IL would do so un
fashionable thing 10 excited when aths rest
world -xas quiet, and accordingly Il remained mo
quetest Of the quiet There arrests Of drunken
or disorderly persone, for illegal voting There was no
excitement around the polls and the very
hgbt probably not than twothvs or what appears
the registry. Near thrcet ourhs Oi votes cast in
the ward were poed esore noon. % far - was prac
fore going down town % their business the morning
The Registry law operated in this ward N il did every
where else and Was generally declared to DC a bore
Being mp almost entirely from YEARS. poll list
full Of bunders In the speng Of names lmbers Of
residences &c, all OF which caused great
sxatious delay great many voters hsd moi regis
tered their Names and had 10 through with the for
maliiy Of proving their qualifications by the aldaviu or
two houschodeIs, while these whose names were on the
registry had 10 wait unreasonable time depos their
votes The swearing in provision Of the law was univer
sally voted 10 be al uhmitsated nuisance
NINETEENTH WARD.
The election throughout this ward was carried on yery
quietly.
Tho poll In the first district opened with no excitement
and the voting commenced very slowly being about an
even thing to oil parties. The Registry law caused much
delay here number Of votes protested against on
the ground thai their residences were not on The books
their names having been taken from last years. poll list
No arreets were made for Illegal voting The voting and
everything connected with conducted In an orderly
and apparently honest manner When the poll opened
there were very few around but during the day largo
crowd gathered.
Towards the close fighting commenced around the out
side Of the poll and two were made the parties
being Patrick whaen and John Brady Patrick Wnaen
was stripped OF every article Of clothing aud had IN be
taken 70 the Nineteenth precinct station ny officers K4yser
ana Clark One attempt sas made at Illegal voting bat
NO arrest MADE John Eagsn WAS severely the
peck The cut was not very SERIOUS one The distur-
bsrce was caused BY Egans friends attempting 70 take
AVN he books OF the Mozart Hall party
In The No. ud district the voting on the opening ar the
poll commenced "a very spirited The Inspec-
tors had stle ~ 70 how they should 20 work.
check was kept on the egstry here AL day Tue
pubEcsns received the early vote The Registry law
worked well although there wse GOOD deal Of swearing
IN Of votes There were s2i names registered aud only
4TS votes poled There arrests aAds for dsor
derby conduct or illegal voting
In the hird district during the day all passed on very
q"~t'y. No arrests mace ivs "sks' yeuns a,nd
orderly conduct Everything appeared 70 be ''s "
he less cf about hundred votes The Inspectors we're
unable to take all the Names not having time before the
polls closed Outside aud IN there some load talking,
and few hard words 0ccasioned by OF the
men nc. waiting for their turn TO vote
In the FoIth district the polls opened with no particular
interest shown on the nart Of the Mr. Scheey
OF the poll clerks absent AID Michael McCann appoint
ed in his place. There very fttie challenging There
was no attempt made at Illegal voting, nor any arrests
struck here during the whole day The conduct Of both
police officers and Inspectors very good at tho POLLS
Registry law and voters.
TWENTIETH WARD.
The election in the Twentieth ward went of very quietly
and orderly so much so settlers
had never such "tame election" There seemed
TO be drunkenness, NO quarrelng, betting even
swearing no excitement Of any kind, with solitary
exception and that the shape Of largo express
wagon, with age and hung with bearing
the inscription side Of "John Hardy for Assem-
bly, )" ana the other "Rchard B. Connolly for Sena-
tor" II was drawn by four hay horses, plumed and
covered with blankets, with Unon and Victory in
scribed thereon, and contained band Of music, quite
small but noisy one and another banda band OF bro
Tiers of he great unterrhcd" democracy. 1t paraed
up and down Seventh and passed nearly all the
polls in the ward but did interrupt the voting which
went of in the following and figures in each Of
the DISTRICTS
In the First district everything quiet orderly
No arrests made There plenty OF challenging,
bnt illegal voting The voting, however, between
twelve and one O'Clock p NJ was quite spirited and the
policemen had considerable diff guilty in keeping the voters
in line go tina, they might not obstrnc the polls At one
o'clock p NJ IFS votes had been pollcd, ana about a
doyn Of these had been registered, for which afn
davis were taken aud sworn TO by witnesses and the
voters allowed Ia cepcsit their unregistered votes
In the Second district the voting conducted in
perfectly ordery manner No arrests up to one o'clock
had been made aud there had been attempts, up to
that hour, at Illegal voting. At p d. 1856 votes had
been deposited
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and very shabby and nconvcnen, place for holding the
polls in There made nj the polls
There was no Illegal voting AZ about r. NJ s22 votes
bad been poed ana thirty six Of these mot regis
tered. Afdaviis were taken, and the votes sworn
In the Fourth district arrests made at the polls,
there attempts at lep /. voting, ami fight
mg Al 2a5 NJ. 2S3 votes had been ba.oted; eighteen
Of iheee not registered aud eighteen andavits
taken and sworn 10
In tue Fifth district hundred and ten votes at P.
H. bad been deposited in the ballot boxes at the polls
bt rod n
In tine man, name unknown, tried to voc twice, bat
was promptly challenged, and concluded forthwith to
In Tie sixth district al half past twelve O'Clock 2s5 votes
bad been poed; everything wus proceeding quietly and
orderly and very riine number Of these, 10 that
tine had been unregistered votes No arrests were mace
In The Seventh district at go T. ~, tSo hundred ant
ninety eight woes haa been deposited az ,he pols al 20
West Thirty sixth street, and nineteen % these
registered They were properly sworn IL One man. an
Ishman said 10 he in,cxcted tried 10 vote twice HIS
name was Bst known and he did not seem t. know bis
usmo himself.
In the Eighth District at c35 p N, two hundred and
ten votes had been poIed ana twenty three of these
registered aud had to b. in. No
made and there attempts at the POLLS, No.
IFS West Thirty eighth street, TO vote illegally
IN the Ninth district, at l y p. NJ, one hundred and
ninety six votes had been poed dozen OF these
unregistered and hac to be sworn IN by affidavit Every
thing orderly AT the polly, 27s Seventh avenue,
IN the Tenth district, at la1s r NJ one hundred and
sixty votes had been poeo No arrests hal up to that
IN the Eleventh district there plenty Of challenging
at the polls 12l West Thirty first street. but attempts
at Illegal voting. The polls were very ,Dconveniently
located IN small house, with but entrance in Of
rush every thing would have been ssAashed,
but fortunately dstnrbancc occurred and no nDsess
made. At li5 =. NJ two hundred ana egs1y votes
had been deposited. There was attempt AZ Illegal
voting up 10 that time,
In The Twelfth district. at 2 p NJ, two h,ssgred and
seventy five votes han been poed One man, Charles
ronney, arrested for Illegal voting. About twenty
votes had to be sworn NJ otherwise the registry law was
well Observed.
In The Thirteenth district at 2p two hundred and
thirty votes bad been po!ed AM ten Of these
gis,eTed aid Tere kwora Ia Thoro wore no arrests
made
IN The Fourteenth district at $50 r. M Eo,r hundred
md fifty five votes had been polei aud twenty five Of
these were unregistered The voting conducted very
osoery. No arrcss made.
TwENTY-ffRsr WARD,
Tbs word was remarkably quiet throughout the entire
day. Not o single arrest made for drunkenness,
dsorderly conduct Illegal voting up % the closing OF
the rolls. The drinking saloons generally closed
The vote pollcd, taking the whole tgetner, vas
lighter than usual and remarked that tho falling