New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-11-08
VOLUME XII.
J(e@ Orleans 1ailp Grestent.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1859.
THE ELECTION YESTERDAY,

THE ELECTION YESTERDAY.
Doubtless the general public will be inmea-
surably surprised by the tame character of the
undergiven report of the election yesterday; for,
after reading the reports Of the suphlrous appeals
and frotly denuncatons of the oratorieal oppo-
nents Of the American ticket, and the ominous and
terrticaly portentous leaders of city cotempo-
raries, the majority of citizens had made up their
minds that bulletins of killed and wounded would
fill the local columns Of the papers this morning,
and that feast of horrors, perpetrated BY fiends
wretches, at the November election in New Or
leans, would regale all the world of the United
States.
We confess that we were among the deceived.
We acknowledge, with certain feelings of morti-
cation in confession so injurious to our reputa-
ton for shrewdness, that we among the hum
bugged, who constitute a ''large and respectable
body Of citizens, for we had allowed ourselves to
be persuaded by the strenuous augmentation of
the "Independent American journals that fearful
doings were to be enacted, and, in order that our
readers might be fully enlightened thereanent, we
made most elaborate and expensive preparation
for reporting all diabocal atrocities which might
be perpetrated at the various polls of the city
We detailed strong corps of reporters, swearing
into that special service every available editorial
quill about our establishment to each one we as
signed the equipment of the best and feetest cab
which could be secured regardless of pecuniary
outlay; we geographically districted the city off
into beats and to each beat we assigned particu-
lar reportorial quill, with strict inculcatons to
practise continual and eternal vigilance through
out the day. And with what result?
Evening came and one by one our army of re-
porters dropped in. each with droopine heads
disappointed men all Each and every one had
the same tale to tel-the same monotonous report
of no item of interest-the same drearv story of
perfect quiet at each and all of the singular and
several polls in the eity Below we give the
mighty aggregate of the reportorial retnrns of orr
numerous special reportorial corps:
F1psr D,srp,cr Iolly ronoralr,. on,,ifo.o-
from Common street all III. ,var nm ,o No Io.s
bonse nm TcbounitouI,s stroe+ on,no +I,, oot.on
presses I'm to . o,cock m oyc;tcnen, and NM
few ,,nopa abont the mills Ratweon . and 2
o'clock a sign of life at the p.uldino scboo, no1l
corner of Constance and J,aionni.traets An Inde
pendent and an American rot into q disnnta and
from that to a cnch and a struggle. The Inde.
pcndent commenced drawing a nistol- Officer
Nixon of the police (tliough not acting as a police
man then and there } Jumped between them scpa-
rated them, and led the Independent off reuon
slratins with him in polite and friendly manner.
As they reached the middle of the street, at the
intersection crowd of Independents rushed np,
with drawn pistols, shouting, Don't you take that
man. GOu cant take that mani and with the
words. pop-pop-pop went their pistols. Nobody
hit, but the schoolhouse fence perforated in several
places. IT that fence had vitality. human
organization, it would have just cause to consider
II L.
worth OF putty Will MI the holes and set it all right
The Independents were led by Mr.. j, l. Platts-
mer, candidate for Constable who had pistol in
each hand and fired the first shot An American
named Dixon was struck in the forehead with
pistol barrel, receiving a bloody but not serious
"o"io. me shoouhs Created scat'efmeht and
an eSc'temeh. "h'eh spread lar ana near Amer
ica"s d. o'eF places' oi nearing 'he news mounted
III ot i's'e anu i'e" ~ 'e sceiie' ohf 10 ma that
'.e enemy ii'u Sa''oseu 'ne rai'ehe' Al aiio'hef
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excitement amona the sovoreien ole,tor. ,ssa,,
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