The New York herald., 1868-06-07

OF conversation seems to be the anticipated nomina
al Convention. Like all good democrats, and es-
pecially those who want oces, and 1t Is very hard
low ne nomination and to 60 for the strongest man
who can beat the bloody radicals. Further up in
this ward. at Presbyterian meeting house called
Lebanon Hall, q sort OF political Jerusalem, the
straight laced faithful meet and ON every Wednes-
day night discourses on the condition OF the country
are delivered for their edi1catiOn. This movement
engineered by George Norton is intended as a sort
of counterp0lse to the respectable dodge which is
50 sue successfully played nY by the neral radicals s
during the week and pray little ON Sundays. The
Democratic Republican Association of the Ninth
ward are disposed to give away little OF their prin
ciples for great deal OF success and consequently
last Wednesday night, although lec,ured to by
Christian suffrage man from the wilds of Illinois,
were disposed, Judging frOm their conversation, to
avoid the pleasure OF being defea ed In the coming
election: From the Ninth ward we entered the pre-
and stopped awhile in Johnny Hampson's place,
where Paddy McCabe, Jerry Coffee and Dan F, |
and others OF the district politicians descaned on he
behold the redoubtable Peter Larkin from behind
his bar apparently gestculaing upon the expediency
OF thirsty souls Into John WOrden's hosterie we
shortly entered and here discovered q number Of
Sleek red faced beef eaters, who discussed Pende-
ton. Seymour and Chase during the intervals allowed
In their rapid consumption OF pork pies and arf and
arr and altogether about as intellgbly as English
men usually discuss American politics. From the
F1fteentn few minutes brought us into the
FOURTEENTH WARD,
into two sections. One portion of the party residing
in that part OF the ward embraced in the
Sixth Aldermanlc district ana holding the politi-
cal control OF the ward, led by Jimmy Hayes
and Joseph shannon was violently opposed by
the lower section embraced In the Fourth
assembly district and marshalled by the indefatga-
BILE John Bush. In this section Is contained the
largest election district In the Ward and on election
5 ss ID aea
are made manifest In the seven or eight hundred
votes which they roll up for Mickey Connolly, or
same proportion Of the outs to the ins and about
the usual compliment Of growlers "Begorra,"
sey's imported whskey" house. there's ere Jimmy Jimmy
everything; and wnin they have an Anything TO to
Young Burke and make diputy sherlfrs Of thin. BY
gobbs wouldn't like me nick strtched by the likes
utter stagnaton Of opinion the political tyranny of
the ward being so great that opinions on national
politics move with the machine. From this ward
SEVENTEENTH WARD,
the largest In the city, containing population
tonic element preponderates and the smell Of stale
lager, sour bread and Limburger cheese reminds one
Of the famous stenGhes n Of the city Of Cologne The
Tony Dugro and Sixt. Ludwig Kapp among the
democratic Dutch, and Paul Raene among the radi-
calls. The republican Germans cluster about Germa-
MIA Hall and Raefe Restaurant, and at the last elec-
ton these red hot radicals went for the conservative
ticket. This ward is noted for its cOherence when
ever German is nominated for Office, an almost
solid vote being cast for the German, be he republi
can or democrat. Some dissatisfaction was eX-
pressed about the County Clerk by an enthusiastic
Teuton that we met in the Raene Restaurant. ''Wen
tells you, vas promised Elm hundred dollar If go
for the County Clerk, and shust brought elm hun
dred voters to the poll, and ven goes to the office
OF Mister Loew he receive me like Won great Ger
Wan WSa and he say dont know YOU Mister
son in sumo Offcer and then he say to Won tall man,
Put that fellow out Of der oflce he interrupt der
bisness OF der county, und vas daken by the col
lar and boosted into de hallway. Dey bees all demd
big humbugs und votes no m0re.n Leaving our
German friend to his cogitations and his lager, we
discovered that Hartman was again in the field for
Assembly and that considerable talk was INDUCED in
about Chase. The lager beer radicals manifested
Frank Resch, German radical assuring US Is that il
would be strong ticket for the Germans. Adjoin-
ing this ward are the
TENTH AND ELEVENTH WARDS
where the Teutonc element ts II possible still more
numerous, while the neighborhood Of Stanton,
'New Jerusalem" from the preponderance Of the
sons Of Judah and Benjamin among its habitants.
Here, amid the shops for the renovation Of second
hand garments, we tarrted awhile and listened to
Benjamin Lazarus one Of the oracles Of the section
discourse upon the faithessness Of the local ward
tells you dat we be bought and sold vera sheap.
Shust before de last election Why dey promised every
ding TO everybody. and now dsy tells us to all go to
aged BY few enterprising Israeltes, who barganed
away the suages OF the crcumcised their personal
ton Of the ward ea1ented @ % By y" American n snip sSo
wrights, who have but little work at present. and
nights n such wess SUorf or Pete sf Bowes
liquor shops Here cluster the local magnates, such
ss Young 1ackman, Johnny Green, Nike Murray, Joe
McVey, Tom Waters, A. B. Rollins, Harry Bishop,
Bill Abbott, and others Of lesser note. The Presi
Dental question Is at present the bone OF contention
having their strong partisans the desire being to
win with whichever Of these men ts the strongest
the In to n
Bowers, an ex.Kn0w Nothing politician, in
commenting on the civic departments, observed
Gage, and went into the headquarters Of the Control
Ter, and found that every soul was an Irshman. By
I'M s1n G d socey
ONCE put me in mind OF q German INDECENT Emt
grant Aid Asylum, while department near there
saw 80 many old faces.n Above Fourteenth street
we came to another section Of the city, which Is
ern section, comprising the area between the Third
avenue and the East river, is densey populated by
the better portion Of the laboring classes, and we
ind that the political atmosphere is purer in the por
tion comprised In
THE EIGHTEENTH WARD.
Here we find the independent democracy led by
Peter Woods, of the Third avenue. and assisted by
several aids, with the guerrilla democracy led by
Mike Salmon, the hard nsted democracy marshalled
by Jim Irving, the "histersn under the command
OF Steve Geoghegan, while John Hayward Eugene
DINNER and John Orien hold their own at the club
rooms at Seventeenth street and the Third avenue
Jimmy Tompson holds the radical rens, while Colo
mel Hen Beeny whips the restive steeds. Between
the Third avenue and the Eighth avenue Is the middle
section, and Is almost exclusively peopled by well to
do American families The residents Of this section pay
more attention to the making OF money from b1si-
ness than from politics, and prefer to swndle the
people with stocks rather than by stuffed ballot
boxes. Tom Pittman, Pete Tranor and Jack Grdley
are the highnyers OF this highcality. The sarea be-
tween the Eighth avenue and North river corre-
spends with the East side and is equally noted for
the vigor with which the independent democratic
organizations flourish and fade Our trip over these
sections has been somewhat cursory and we have
deferred intimate visit to the resorts of the
kingmakers for more favorable opportunity.
RESUME.
The gossip the wards indicates that the vote ofthe
masses WIN be cast solid for whoever the party
nomnates at the July Convention and no attempted
split can be made effectve, and that any political
leader who will risk his fortunes by stand against
the current will be swept away and will be lett on
the day OF election, with but handful OF followers
upon the rocks OF disappointed hopes and blighed
prospects. The tide at the present moment seems
to be setting strongly for Chase and while the dlcta
OF the leaders communicated to their understrappers
has had great deal TO do In the sudden formation
of feeling among the independent democracy, the