The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-10-03

Col Johns0u's Rllgrimage-The Rival Can
didates-The state OF Parties, and future
prospects.
Oar announcement on Sunday morning that Col.
Johnson designed quietly to slip through this city
on his way TO Hartford, produced the effect among
politicians of a bomb shell amongst pent-up city 8
inhabitants in a besieged citadel. They gaped in
extreme wonderment, and asked their neighbors
what il meant Those members of the committees
appointed to conduct the arrangements for the
Colonels reception, whose meetings were appointed
for late period OF the week, looked supremely ri.
diculous on finding that Old Tecumseh would have
passed eastward ere they could meet. They may,
however, possibly learn lesson of wisdom from
this incident. The old hero, they will perceive
does not intend to trust to the tardy movements Of
politicians; he takes the business into his own
hands, and, after ALL that the only effectual mode
to secure success. He will prove himself as danger.
Gus a customer to MIR. Van Buren, in the next presi
den ial campaign, he was to thellndlan Chief in
the battle of the Thames.
The state OF parties is indeed singuarly obscure,
and the position of each candidate is peculiarly criti
cal. Mr. Van Buren, and Mr.. Calhoun have been
hitherto the most prominent, and the elections OF
delegates TO the National Convention have been de-
cided in most cases in reference to the claims OF
those two distinguished statesmen; but, like con.
testing horses in race, having made the running
from the score, unless they have "good bottom
and sound, wind and limb" they will fail ere
they approach the goal. There are already ad-
vances made by some who were nearly invisible in
the far distant group Of competitors, and an "out-
slider" may yet gain the prize.
Seriously, we see waning of the fortunes of Mr..
Van Buren,. BY the superior tactics OF his party
leaders, he gained the thirty-six New York State
delegates to the National Convention, and this
event was calculated to give confidence to other
States, which DESTROYS to give their support to
the most available candidate; but here a mass
meeting of the people was called to respond to the
dongs OF the Syracuse Convention, and the whole
affair was SO disastrous, that proof was given Of
Mr.. Van Buren's weakness in this, which was
deemed his strong hold. Some expectants and
walters on Providence, magnfied hundreds into
thousands Of the congregsted masses but the ex-
posure of the fraud has plunged them into hopeless
desperation, and it will be wofully calamitous to
them elsewhere. But the arrival of Col. johnson at
this opportune moment will complete the rout of
Mr.. Van Buren's forces, both north and east Be-
sides, Mr.. Calhouns friends are becoming more &C.
tive, and Gen. Cass is making rapid advances in
the general favor. For Mr.. Van Buren, there is
lack of enthusiasm amongst his friends, and he has
to contend with the detection Of all disappointed
applicants for Office during his occupancy of the
Presidential chair, and their names are legion :"
and in some States, which are now deemed! secure
for him, his well-informed friends admit that his
popularity is overrared. Mr.. Calhoun has many
friends but it is very doubtful whether they are suf-
hciently numerous to obtain for him the nominal
ton, nor can Mr.. Buchanan or Col. Johnson be
without the coalition of other parties-
The probability is, then, that neither of the promi-
nent candidates which we have named will receive
he nomination of the Baltimore Convention.
The second choice OF the friends of Mr.. Calhoun,
Colonel Johnson, Mr.. Buchanan, and many of Mr..
Van Buren's most talented friends is, General Cass
and on him they will ultimately unite If General
Cass should be nominated, no human power nor
earthly agency could prevent his election. He
would unite the democratic party with large por-
ton of the wings, and establish the go, eminent on
firm basis purge it OF the corruptions which have
disigured it, dismiss to obscurity the mere selfish
intriguing politician, and be the harbinger CT new
and better era. In such an event the republic
will be safe.
the present peculiarly interesting, and those of
Colonel Johnson more particularly. He is deter
mined to try his own strength in the national con-
vention, and if he fails he will give his aid to &C.
neral Cas-, but at all events he will stand arrayed
against Mr.. Van Buren,, and so will Mr.. Calhoun,
who will also aid General Cars when his own
chances are exploded. With the convention then,
as now constituted, Mr.. Van Buren, is in danger of
losing the nominations; but if he obtains it, Mr.
Calhoun's friends may disown its authority, as un-
fairly constituted, run the free trade candidate on
his own merits, and apathetic as the people are to-
wards MIR. Van Buren,, the election will go to
The House OF Representatives, where his chances
Of defeat outbalance his chances of success
The signs of the times are omlnous, but we shall
1ecpher them carefully for the information Of our
readers.
MOVEMENTS. the arrivals at the Ameri-
can Hotel we perceive theiname of the Hon. w. S.
Hubbell, member Of Congress elect for the counties
Of Steuben and Allegany, New York. Bishop Doane
of New Jersey, was at the Astor yesterday, but he
left in the evening for Boston.
NIBLo's.-Donizetti's new opera OF Gemma di
Trgy was very successfully represented last night
by the new singers Caveti and Perozzi 1t is to be
repeated tomorrow. Tonight the Ravels produce
their last novelty, the Conjnr@'s Gift During the
long run of the g IS MiyrtMmes," the family have
been necessarily employed rehearsing the Conju-
rer's GDt Antoine appears as the clown, in which
he is !nlmitable. Gabriel, Jerome, and Madame
Leon also appear Indeed, the pantomime is cast
with the entire strength of the corps dramatiqM-
The whole piece is produced by Jerome Ravel, who
has become celebrated as an author from his Ma
sul'ne, and Fonunatus, and the pantomime of this
evening is said to be equal to the one, superior to
the other The beautiful classic groupings of the
three gadiators, are TO be represented in the usual
reliy Of the Ravels, by Jerome, Antoine, and the
Gabriel
CHATHAM THEATRE -Grattan's new drama OF
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