The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-11
CITY INTELLIGENCE

| The ELECTION YEsrERDAY--The election to fill
the offices of Mayor and City Council was held
| and the result is shown below. At an early
| hour the friends of the different candidates
were stirring and each party sanguine of success.
! Those of Mr.. Hindes laughed at the idea OF Mr..
! Brown being elected, and counted confidently on
| defeating him by several thousand votes At eight
o'clock the polls in the different precincts were
| opened, and the voting commenced 1t soon be
came evident that the Reform party fully alive
to the occasion, and the members thereof took the
precauton to vote early.
| The police arrangements admirable. The
| squad of officers, regular and special assigned to
each poll, were early on the spot and acted in the
most elcent manner. When the polls first
| opened there n slight rush for the window al
several of the precincts in different wards but the
| police cleared the gangway and the crowd speedily
thinned out by the ballots being cast. The judges,
unless they were well acquainted with the voter,
questioned him closely in regard to his place o res
idence length of time he had lived in the ward, and
| required him to give the number of the house and
| the street in which he lived.
| Previous to the opening Of the polls the Roughs
were actively flying around, asserting that they
would show the ''pecans as they style the police
before night, that they were more account than
chaff. Threats also INDUCED 10 against the
| naturalized citizens, which was doubt done
| for the purpose of inimdsting them, and thus
| keeping them from the polls. 1t was soon found
that this would not work, and the determined front
of the police prevented the ill disposed from using
any threats when they approached the polls.
The utmost quiet prevailed during the entire
morning. and the voting progressed rapidly. About
| nine o'clock a slight excitement occurred at the
4th precinct of the 9Th ward. Moses p. kusel ap-
| preached the polls, when a man named Samuel
McClintock went up to him, when kuse (fear ing
that McClintock intended to assail him) remarked
eff yOu strike me now will cut YOU" McCin-
tock called an officer and charged Kusel with
threatening to cut him. kusei was taken to the
Eastern police station, but after short conine-
W sp1 q IA ne
had no intention OF cutting McClintock unless
sailed. He had just cause to suspect that McClin-
tOck would assault him, for on election day one
year ago, McCntock committed most unpro-
voked and violent assault upon him, in which he
knocked Mr.. kusel's front teeth out and bruised
and cut his body badly. When McClintock ap-
preached him yesterday morning he feared that it
was to assail him again. and used the expression
given to warn McClintock. As soon as Mr.. kusel
released he had warrant issued for the arrest
of McClintOck, who was taken into custody and
carried to the Eastern police station, where JUS
tce Gritlin released him on security for his good
behavior.
About o'clock an excitement took place at the
lst precinct of the third ward A gentleman
named Solomon Benner came up to the polls and
when within a few feet of them he rendered a
ticket by one of Mr.. Hndes' friends but refused it,
remarking that he had one. MIR. Benner then
turned to Mr.. James NJ. Muller, a well known and
respectable citizen, and asked him if the ticket
which he had in his hand was genuine one. Mr.
ner, examined it and returned it, remarking that
all right friend Of Mr.. Hindes, who OBJ
served Mr.. Muller take the ticket from Mr. Benner
charged him with pulling the ticket from Mr.. Ben
Ber's hand without the permission of that gentle
man, and called upon an officer to arrest Mr.. Mul-
Ter the charge of intimidating a voter.
policeman accordingly arrested Mr.. Muller, and he
was taken to the office of Justice Duncan, where
he was released security to answer the charge.
MIR. Benner did not make the charge he
aware that Mr.. Muller had been held to answer.
There was also a slight disturbance at the first
precinct of the first ward, occasioned by man
named James Cooper acting in very dsOrderly
manner. lie was demonstrated with by his friends,
but without effect, when policeman Dove arrested
him and took him to the Eastern district police
station, where he remained for the remainder of
the day.
Soon after the polls were opened at the third
precinct of the fourth ward several of the friends
of Mr.. Hindes, among whom was Justice Ridge
way, were holding tickets, headed with William
George Brown. These tickets were spurious, and
the police, thinking it was violation of the law to
perpetrate fraud in that manner, officer Offut
rested Justice Ridgeway and took him to the Cen
tra police station, where the Commissioners of PO-
lice, not deeming the holding of such tickets an in
fringement of the law, ordered his discharge
Justice Ridgeway considering himself aggrieved at
the arrest, procured warrant for the
arrest of officer Offut and placed the war
rant in the hands of Constable James
(alias Tobe) Mathison, who proceeded to the third
precinct, where Ofiut was stationed, and attempted
his arrest. Offut had learned that the warrant
had been issued for his arrest, and inquired of
Marshal Kane what course he should pursue. The
Marshal ordered him to remain at his post and not
allow himself to be arrested. Accordingly, when
Mathison served the warrant Offut refused to go
with him, and when MathisOn attempted to compel
him, Oifut struck him a blow in the face which
Knocked Mathison down. Instead of the latter
taking Offut to the station house, Ofut arrested
Mathison and took him there. Justice Hiss heard
the case and dismissed the charge against Mathson
of riotous conduct. Mathison laid charge against
Offut of assaulting and beating him, and the JUS
tice held him to bail for Court
With the exception of these slight disturbances
the utmost quiet prevailed during the Gay. Not
pistol was fred nor a knife drawn. There was not
a bloody head or black eye.