Year: 1876

THE ELECTION.


Nothing is talked of or heard of in the
city, but the election. It passed off here
very q quietly, there being but few fights,
and no riOting whatever. The night before
the election, there was a little trouble in
Desbrosses Street, in which one man was
killed and two or three wounded. A color
ed club from Jersey City had participated
in Republican parade, and were on their
way home. Now, it has been the rule in
this city, that an Irishman had a perfect
right to beat and maltreat a negro, when
ever and wherever he chose, and it has
never been expected that the Ethiopian
would resist. Consequently party of Irish
Democrats assaulted these negroes with
shower of brickbats and stones, and made
the usual rush upon them. They were as
tonished. The negroes-most of them had
served in the army-drew up in order, and
poured volleY into their ranks from re-
volverS, and then charged upon them with
knives. This was so complete a reversal
OF all rule and precedent, that the Irishmen
did not understand it. To kill ''nagur."
was good sport, but to have f'nagur"
kill them was not so amusing. Such Of
them as were able fed ingloriously, and
the negroes proceeded very quietly on their
way. The ''nigger" is getting to have
rights which red-nosed men are bound to
respect. They were st the polls all day
Tuesday and voted the same as other peo-
pie, much to the disgust of the thousands
Of natnralized Irish who hold this city in
their hands.


Tuesday night was an eventful night in
this city. A drenching rain that had been
falling all day continued all the night.
But it had no effect upon the eager and ex-
cited pOpulace. The headquarters of the
National Republican Committee we're at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and as early as
seven o'clock the streets in the vicinity
were crowded with an excited mass of peo-
pie, awaiting news Of the result. Twenty
third street, Fifth avenue, and the streets
adjacent were packed with throng, with
and without umbrellas all eager to hear
the returns, and know who was to be the
next President. The doors of the commits
tee rooms were guarded by policemen to
keep out the impatient throng who had
money, or what was more, opinions, staked
upon the result,


At eight o'clock the peWs commenced
coming in. It was all one way. New York
city has gone Democratic by majorities
which no one anticipated, and the Repub-
licans looked blue, and many Of them went
home feeling that chaos had come again,
and that there was no hope for anything in
this world. Following this came the re-
turns from Indiana, showing complete
and overwhelming Democratic victory in
that State, and there was another exodus
Of Republicans.


Then left the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
went down to Tsmmany Hall and Irving
Hall, the headquarters of the Democracy.
The scene was quite different. ALI was
jubilatiOn and Joy. There was more drunk
enness, more unreasoning, unmesning jubi-
lation than | ever saw before or ever want
to see again. Men who expect places under
Tilden, men who have promises of positions
in the event of Democratic success, were
reeling drunk in the hope of the victory
which they believed they had achieved,
and they did not conceal their exultation.
The rum-mills in the vicinity were packed
with them, and the entire territory was
made as complete pandemonium as the
most malicious devil that Milton ever paint
ed could have desired. And so through the
whole Of Tuesday night. The Democratic
quarters Of the city were awake and, drunk.