The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-03

baby have carried their point had there been time
counting heads and finding that they strong
enough carry the nomination Of Mr. Abbot Lawrence
course Of the world in general and make virtue OF
cessy and by aiding in bringing about the nomination
with the buS e. the psrty al he same time give
severe blow to the conscientious" people who, for q
wonder were taxing part in the proceedings Of the Con-
ubernstoris csnadie would have been given Sy bal
lot; in which Mr. Phillips would have received
large number Of votes to have rendered him almost
certen of being selected Governor Briggs
At all events he would have been placed prominently
before the community, in connection with the sue
cesson and would have become the central figure of
ship at the Lawrence shrine had no idea Of permitting
thing OF the kind to take place They abandoned all
solved win the regard Of the Briggs men, BY sec
tation of zeal In behalf of their leader Their tactics
of those members of the Baltimore convention who
cevery put the bow string around the neck Of Mr. Van
accsmatisn, their invention and opposition to il
came only from the abolition portion in convenop
of the Governors friends for its inventors and Of
citing their i'll will against the friends Of Mr.
with reference only to its immediate effects sort Of
wing two thirds rule operating to the end OF stavng OF
that disagreeabe to old whiggism. whether was
equally wise If considered in connection with thot fu
Su, which s the ss1 thing that really great lake
into consideration, is quite another matter think
and mot in ms in Hsd M
allowed the privilege OF giving the votes for their IA
v0rte they would probably have beer satisfied there
" rode rusty" during is47 Governor Briggs might have
again been brought forward to Shoks them Of II:
most liksy bead to cessation Of civil discussions.
in The. hope that whig union might lead to
the quarrel might have been hushd to say nothing Of
the chances of its indefinite postponemsnt BY the occur
lead public attention to different matters from those in
which it had its origin As it, the wound about to
thought proceed from the dictates Of wisdom, 10
generally thought to have been pece Of political
the modern stephen, facing each other with .enti
nens the reverse Of psterna and the former would be
Of Mr. Phillips the lapdary operation scisntihcal
brought to bear By the jew, against his namsssks,
hard 1ss sS, .:.
tons Of the whig party for the next nomination.
most liberal application Of that spe.
cihc for suffering wings, Briggs healsll aided by
allowance Of which latter invaluable remedy was I'D
minstered to the last convention towards the close of
The Esenins 7rsSsiisr. Of the i7th assuming that Mr.
Parey will not be candidate for reelection, named the
a hat The s.
perience in one branch of public aiars, having been
BY our to ri IL rssn 10
complete our lists Of State papers. and he
qualified for the station but can assure you that
Of giving up the tplsce. He can hold Il oven
Il elected Congress, there would be nothing NE.
once had S I. Boon chosen Congress on he OH He
i otsvs.lthy man. and il i probable .hst he snolu
asss!,l =: = 8. ssssa ss y sS:. ]. Pro:
whis viii vor sno.ssS man for i. sos & saouSta
matter. that would be going altogether too FAST even
Mr. webster. friends here are very anxious to run
him for the Presidency in 1892 can imsgins but one
hnr ike easonsSo Srouads sr success Ss
the ihe's democracy ' run Mr.. CsihsraN go
ass;s q. fro" . s.i1S psn; M s. ::
such great men. in the del1, We skeeM hsve
into which there would .1s 1,o msTs
CURED for almost half century. They would sdmi.a-
bly, represent hs two great interest: q the land and ths
V % 5. ~ nominated; or ~ VIII only s. .
suffer aS. an y I'm ,.,.,.no. 20 N.
late N ws Eoi. !. severely sny. The point q
condsnnatic. = IN ~ NJ ut nat troop.
you'd s aes Be made ssd calling for
loan, the .uccssfoi n<sssslsn q which followed
s n:
government Of great nation, and 70 the last degree dis
and IS much %i to Be- rssrssd that ever tsek
place, It is liable to great misconstrucon, II "a
fair BUSINESS Transaction" which many say 1t could not
In my letter Of the lsh said that the wings had car
good authority Il appears, h.wsvsr iron the oiosi
Count which was completed on the ast that there was
s u ses
for choice Mr. Hale has carried the 9th district by the
G Sny Is s 70:
lowed the democrats when they disrctsd the State In
1912 They contriysd to throw into i heavy demo
cratic majority which they could not conveniently dis
pose of in any other way and fact give better
idea of the orlorn condition of our dsmocracy than that
they lost the only district conceded TO them by the
wings and in such strength too, that their ascendency
therein was held be the reach Of attack
when the wings had netenths of the dsicts where
the representatives Of the 900 Of Massa
chusetts p The question now is where are the $1,000
Monday the 2sth Of December has been appointed for
trial TO elect members Of Congress in the I'd and
4h districts Should the wings be fortunate
with success on tht day, they will effectively close
triumph for that party in every quarter Of the Union
Whether their brilliant victories TO- be productive Of
what Bacon ea, fruit or whether IKE many others u
ssnsions who shall say All must depend upon how
structive chapters in their past history.
HORRIBLE MuRDKR.-The Cincinnati Gazette, of
the 18th, gives the following account Of strange
tragedy occurring in the city OF Springfield, Illinois
living hs Of Buck
creek in the outskirts Of the village few weeks ago.
my married ons Of the sr: and went to live At The
house On Sunday morning, early the body Of Hslsey
Peck %aa esGnsns = soan
low the Black house, with his throat cut and number
of his head The character and extent of the
wounds may be understood by reference to the depos
ton Of DR.. Glett, given below. On the shore there
was quite pool of Blood Immediately under the rocks
was found hammer and q half dollar On the rocks,
which about IS feet high blood found and blood
could be traced stump and tree 70 feet from the
rocks Heis, evidently the murder committed There
between the stump and the tree and the latter
good deal of blood, and deep cut in the sod IL can
never DO but by the murderers confession under
/ what circumstances the fatal blows were gven-whe'
Their the victim warned struggled and was overpow
n W mai
of the hammer deprived him Of all power o. comRre-
hcnson. From view of the ground, and from hat has
fallen from Davidson and Lewis, Is our opinion that
Peck was sitting quietly on the stump when ne was
ruckthst he sprang up and fell stunned with his head
at ths foot OF the tresthat downward blow was made
with kne at bis throat which missed is object and
sunk deep into tho sod that second blow with the