The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-11-10
The Election in New York City.

New York City on Tuesday gave Al, 600 major
ity for the Democratic ticket. AS an instance Of
the way in which this great majority was OBJ
tanned, we give the following from the New York
Post, Democratic journal
Police Commissioner Acton visited the TWEEN
ty-seventh precinct part Of the First ward this
morning. He found at the polls of the First,
Second and Third district many hand-bils, an
nouncng that the polls were places for Demo-
Gratis to meet and were g Democratic headquar-
ters," &C. These bills were ordered to be torn
down, Mr.. Acton holding that the polls were vo-
ting places, and not the headquarters of any
party.
In several downtown wards some of the men
who have been ranked with the Democratic par
ty are voting for Horace Greedy for Congress-
A few of these are Trishmen. 1t appears that a
fair proportion of the laboring men who are not
in strong sympathy with the Copperhead party,
batw have voted with it, do not support Mr..
Fox, Greeley's opponent; but the number of
these is not large enough to affect the chances of
the election. s
A very salutary check has been given through
the action of the police to men who intended to
poll illegal votes. A private order was given to
the police Captains from headquarters to canvass
the city, and inquire at the alleged residences Of
registered voters whether any such persons lived
there.
The result was that many instances were found
several hundreds in some districts we under
stand and some thousands in the city at large,
in which the men who were registered had no
Enthusiastically no such residences as they
had recorded on the registry lists. The fact that
the police were about this business becoming
known, was sufficient warning to persons who
may have intended to vote illegally not to at
tempt such an experiment.
John Devereau, Inspector of the Fourth dis
trict of the Fourth ward, was arrested by the po-
lice on charge Of misdemeanor, in stufting the
ballot-boxes This Inspector is Democrat
He was taken to the Tornbs, and Judge Bowling
held him to bail in 81 900 TO appear when want
ed. The complainant in the case was Theodore
D. Williams. ~
When the Inspector had given bail and had
been released, he went back to the poll and claim
ed the right to continue TO act as Inspector, The
police in charge, however did not believe he
ought to begin anew, and against his protest
they ordered him away, and reported the case to
headquarters, for the appointment Of another
Inspector.
The specific charge against Devereau was that
be pretended to drop the Republican State ticket,
and managed to pick up Hoffman tickets.
This, it appears was several times repeated
and policeman who was charged with being
aware ofthe cheat and who, on application to
him, refused to arrest Devereau, was withdrawn
from duty and sent to police headquarters to set
tie with the Commissioners.
In the Seventh district, of the Fourth ward
there was some bitter feeling among the Demo-
cratic Inspectors, who threatened that if the po-
lice nterfeared with them they would give the
officers sweed mugs The Inspectors sup
posed they had the right to control the police
They were informed, however, that il they did not
attend to their duty the truth would be made
manifest to them, They acquiescsd,