Year: 1859

Charles for attempting 70 vote without being citizen
James Hutchinson was also taken into custody for at
tempting TO vote illegally in the Eighth district and
Daniel wcks was arrested for having actually sue
ceeded II casting his vote, not being lawful citizen,
but subject Of her Majesty Queen Victoria The liquor
stores undhgusedly kept open during the day. in
defiance Of law and ninety four OF violations
Of the statute were reported the station house. One Of
these Offenders Broderick-was sent Justice
Steers for summary action.


#Ns EIGHTH WARD.


Our reporter visited each Of the polling districts In
this ward, and found that everywhere quiet regned
supreme In the early part Of the day, however, there
were several parties about anxiously desiring rough
and tumble, and who succeeded In getting up ncpent
rows, only to be promptly suppressed by the timely In
reference Of the police. No doubt these fellows finding
their game blocked retired other field Of action
The rum shops were almost universally closed in the
ward still, from the number 70 be "har overn
it was evident that few suffered from thirst There were
arrests made In the ward.


NINTH WARD.


The election In Ninth ward passed of comparatively
quiet when into consideration s character the
stronghold the Gibraltar Of the opposition The elec
ton Of Mr.. Opdyke was regarded as sure thing and
hence very little excitement prevailed among tho par
sans Of that gentleman In the western portion Of the
ward, however, where the democracy are somewhat In
the ascendant rather excitement prevailed. The
tive factions Of the democracy here continually
wranglng over their respective candidates, and Ia
bleaux Ia Keenan, and Morrissey were to be wit
messed ON almost every corner. These contests,
to be sure, were not often very serious
in their results excepting black eye bloody nose
and them which the disciples Of the manly art OF
seemed to regard the natural consequence
Of their pugsc efforts and took in very good part The
regulations to the closing oquor stores generally
well observed but the thirsty traveller always
to find Of aaying his thirst through the agency
of mysterious side entrance back door, the latch
string Of which, the backwoods people say, "aways
hung the outside" The police record presents the fol-
lowing peccadoes during the progress Of the election In
the tenth district John Cox arrested for illegal voting
He had deposited his ballot when the inspectors had their
suspicious aroused by circumstance and caused his
arrest Warrants have also been issued for the arrest Of
James Irving, and another, whose name we have been
unable to learn-he latter for Illegal voting and the
former for aiding and abettng in the same. Irving It
appears that his companion entitled to VOTE
and that he himself householder both statements
1t is alleged, being untrue Patrick ONe Robert Brock
and Thomas Doremus in the Eleventh district and John



conduct in the neghborhood Of the polls.


TENTH WARD.


The denzens Of this ward comported themselves in .
tolerably respectable manner. Although, in all the
other wards, there were large gatherings Of popular
sovereigns around the ticket booths and polling places
their conduct on the whole was Of the most pacific
character. Beyond betting largely on Opdyke and
Havemeyer, and darting into rum shop TO take an
occasional hamo there nothing to distinguish their
behaviour from that Of ordinary occasions The police
torce on duty in this ward fully equal to all the
emergencies Of the day. and every that threatened the
public peace was suocated In its incipiency At about
midday, in the v,nity Of the Tenth Ward Hotel, in
Broome street, there we're some indications Of muss,
but the NJ Ps distinguished themselves by extingushing
it. In the Fifth district in Allen street, Of Havsmey
ers men, named Jacob Smith, violently assaulted by


in the crowd, in consequence Of some observation
falling from Smith neither complimentary euogistc
Of Fernando Wood. regular fight seemed imminent n
this me and the roughs and plug uglies who were hang
ing around began rub their hands with gee But thcf
Joy very short lived The police were the
battle ground with their slaves Of Office and succeeded n
separating the combatants. The crowd was somewhat
dspleascd at this summary termination of the glorious
contest, and poor Smith quietly skunk away, with deep
cash Of his eyes, In tho early part Of tho day
it was claimed that Wood was ahead, then that opdyke
bad peatfp BIN al n pieces but at three o'clock, and up
to the closing Of the poll the friends Of Havemeyer
tended that he had gained the ascendancy Nothing dea
mite could be learned from the polling Clerks who ap.
peared to be busy to speak, The "Old War Horse"
Elijah F. Purdy, hand in this ward, and seemed
delighted at the successful prospects of the Tammany
ticket. There arrests made for illegal voting
The presence Of the police the occasional
Of few members Of the city miia-showing that ample
at hand for the preservation Of order-pre-
vented any acts against the public peace. Many Of the
rum holes in full blast, but reporter did not
notice much drunkenness around the ward.


TWELFTH WARD.


There six different polls in this ward all Of which
opened very quietly and closed with cheers by the
side crowd No fights Of any consequence occurred and
but little rowdyism was displayed. The crowds around
the First Second and Third district polls rather large
but, Notwithstanding that, there but little excitement
manifested The crowds around the Fourth Fifth and Sixth
SMALL and the Inspectors had very easy times Of It.
In the First district large crowd Of boys gathered to.
gether, and went around from place to place bullying
and in instances, striking both and boys but
as they kept out Of sight Of the police, none OF
them were arrested Some fifteen or sixteen
drunken 1rishmen and Dutchmen kept around
this POLL talking loudly swearing terribly and making
great noise generally, but not arrested At the
Second district POLL man named Mcdonald, and another
whose name were unable to learn, got into dispute
about the capabilities of Fernando Wood but were not
arrested. There were about 300 and boys around
this poll, great number Of whom were slightly
inebriated Some dozen or boys got into
a fight, and created quite an excitement for a few
moments. No arrests made. Patrick McGueo was
arrested for voting Illegally at the Third district
poll, by officer Cuerker. Mr.. McGueo, alter voting,
returned home when officer Cuerker hearing of his case
proceeded Immediately to his house and arrested him.
He made resistance, and when arrested said that
had voted for about years back only natu-
ralzaon paper and acknowledged that he knew at the
time Of his voting, that he was doing SO Illegally.


In the Fourth district there a crowd Of about 800
gathered around the booths, chiefly composed Of boys