New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-04

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FREEDOM OF ELECTION In RICH.
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TIE Staten Islanders had lively time OF it at the
town election in Castleton on Tuesday, and came
TO conclusion sdented, we believe, in cleo
ton annals We explained, two or three days
sirce, how new town had been secretly gerry
wandered" out of Richmond County, making
new election of town officers in CastetOn necos-
sary, and u deep dissatisfaction felt BY the people
when the measure wSs made public. For ones,
party lines were forgotten, pablo meetings were
held. and ticket nomr ated of men esteemed by
u cir feIow-citizens for their integrity, without
regard to their party procivites A handful
sisred by Mr.. Daniel Low as Chairman, was
printed and left at every house in the to w. appeal
pe in such terms as these TO the citizens and tax
payers:
broush the las, Lesi.lasare dividing this cutting
bali Of IT. ana osn O Speq voc Our sSs
profound ignorance Of this shameful msa.as ua;
ocs .esiers The mover. have published toe
I S1, have gasps.s and 3, s. lection ssosci to get
the Board Of supeyisor t ~ believed ni ~, eec
and l..a 10 the uon OF paoic aha'
For these reasons, peoples ticketwas nominal
ed, composed, the hand. bill goes on to say
Of .n whom they believe entitled your aes, confidence.
FOR hey selected tho Of Mf francis o.
FIJI dse q ID. dute, Of his once and who only accepts
with hope THAT be render hi. fellow esn. ser.s In
Ing and others 10 believed viii prove equally a''eP'soo
The election came of on Tuesday. The act
which created the new town designated the place
and time of election, and named Mr.. OBrieD,
Mark Cox and Patrick Oaarc, az Inspectors Of
Election Patrick OfIare, however, declined to
serve, and Geo. w. DAILY DIETER known asthe "one-
eyed") was chosen in his place. The day passed
or quietly, owing probably to the presence of
,quad of the Metropolitan Police, aud the turnout
of electors Notwithstanding the inclemency OF the
weather, was q very large one. AS somebody says
in the play, Gentlemen who rarely went to the
"polls at all, on this occasion pulled on
"their top.boots and voted for the respect
" able party" II was evident that the ticket
headed BY Mr. Shaw was far ahead al
day long, and that the town had borne strong tes
tmony to the high estimation in which Mr.. Shaw
il held by HE fellow Citizens and had administered
strong rebuke to the political trickery which the
other party had attempted to impose upon them.
At shutdown the polls were closed, and an anxious
crowd waited outside 10 hear the official announce
ment OF the result.
But the crowd was doomed to disappointment by
dodge" as unexpected as it was novel. The
Chairman Of the Board Of Inspectors announced
that he was taken suddenly ILL., was unfit for further
duty that night and proposed to take the balobox
home with him. Mr. DAILY, with bis single eye TO
the exgencies Of the case, assented to the unfortu
nate ipcspacity of the Chairman, owing to the un-
happy condition Of his health, and was determined
that the votes should not be counted then and
there. Mr.. Cox was in a minority; the crowd out
aide was in minority; the friends Of the Shaw
tciet inside were in minority, for the law on
the side Of Mes,rs. OBren and DAILY, who were de-.
termned that their three eyes should not that
night the majority which the box would, withou.
| doubt, disclose to them. The matter was warmly
discussed for two hours, the boys" outside decar-
ing, with earnest and not inappropriate explosives,
considering tho occasion, that they should never
"see the box again if il was taken out Of that
ROOM" and others inside expostulating and argu.
ing in vain against the decision Of the Chairman,
who, notwithstanding tho serious indispositOn
which continued to Cypress him, had RETAINED
already from that medical advice for which he stood
in such imminent necessity long enough to have
counted the votes three times over. At length,
compromise was effected, the law and-order party,
even under such provocation, aud apprehensve Of
the result being unwilling to commit breach of
tho peace, lay themselves open to any charge of
unfairness II was agreed that Mr.. o Brien should
20 home with tie box, and that Mr. Cox should 20
with them, as his services as watcher, considering
Mr.. OBrieD's state of health, and considering the
contents Of the box might be requisite in both cases.
Mr.. 0'Brien, however, after they had started, sug-
gested, with some delicate alusion to Mrs. O'Bren,
tavern in the next town, instead Of his own house,
and TO this change as proper courtesy required the
party consented. Here they remained uutl II
O'Clock, when the gentlemen who had taken the
affair in charge left the three inspectors in room
by themselves in charge of the box, carefully tied
up with tape and properly sealed the key being in
Mr.. CoI's pocket.
What happened and how it happened after that
hour is known in part or in whole, we have no
doubt, to the three inspectors. We have only Mr..
Coxs staten but viii cheerfuy publish that of
the other two, when they also viii tell US all they
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