The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-02

Ihe splendid steamer Isabel, Wiu snortfy leave
to be taken into dock and coppcred. She is re-
ceiving the finishing touch now, and steam will,
probably, be got up next week.
Our camp meeting folks are beginning to STIR up
for their grand annual froc. They are all too far
from the city, however, to use up much horse flesh
The politicians are beginning to stir up for the
campaign. and Rough and Ready and Hickory
Clubs are forming In good number.
BosroN, July n, lS4S.
Movements of the Politicia~s in Massachusetts.
The progress Of political heresy els still on
ward" to use political newspaper phrase-as if
progress sometimes took the form of crab, and
went backward, which does happen to be the case
with political parties just about these days." If
may be permitted to use the nervous expression Of
that sublime original, the Farmers Almanac.
The recusant wings are concentrating their forces,
and assuming the attitude of thoroughly organ
lied and most formidable party. Great exertions
are made by them to work on the public mind,
and thus far they have been highly successful l
have, however, to reiterate what have more than
once written you before, namely, that the fate OF
bamburning whiggery depends almost entirely on
the action of the Buffalo Convention. The pre-
lminary measure of elecung delegates to that
Convention will take place here, In the various
districts, for TIE next eight or ten days. and as the
time draws near for the Convention meet the lead
ing men begin to feel the full force of the RESPONSE
bility they have assumed. They have commenced
calculating the 'avallablity" of Mr.Van Buren,, and
the result that many OF them have come to is, that
the adoption OF the " little rejected" who would
take nomination from gang Of gipsies, would
upset all their plans Their aim is, to break down
regular whiggery in New Eng and-to convince
the cotton gentlemen that they alone are not
6nf IN kaarN dn Tho dam in, M.c
chusetts, Connecticut, and Vermont Now. they
well know that under Mr.. Van Buren's lead, this
cannot be done. They know that his nomination
at Buffalo would send of three fourhs of their fol-
lowers, either to the Cass or to the Taylor ranks
Tor, as between Van Buren, and Cass, many wings
prefer the latter, because of his known respectable
lty, and that he has not been engaged In any of
those dirty and nauseous proceedings which are as
necessary to Van Buren, as the breath of his nos
trls.
The common opinion is, among men of all par
ties, that Mr.. Van Buren's nomination will give to
Gen. Taylor the "a votes of Massachusetts, Con-
nectcut, and Vermont, or about one-slxth Of the
number necessary to elect him. When we con-
slider that this is just what is not wanted by the
wing boilers, we can easily understand the cause
OF their present calculating humor Nor Is thus all.
taken the alarm, and believe that to put up Van
would be giving their electoral votes to the old
hero, In Western New York, Van Buren, is, and
ever has been, very unpopular and there 1t is that
the wing strength lies. A letter from that region
was published in the Boston Wing, the other day,
having something more than awful squirting
towards an imitation Of the course of the Balti
hook man. The feeling against him in Western
New ! ork Is, perhaps, stronger than in any other
part OF the Union and his recent course has tend
ed to confirm the ancient and we-founded opi-
mon OF his unparalleled roguery. The writer of
the letter, however, says, that the disposition of
Mr.. Van Buren, will be left entirely to the New
England delegates. If SO, and those delegates
should represent the opinion of their constituents,
Mr. Van Buren,, will be pitched into Lake Erie,
before getting the nomination. But what is feared
is, that all the Van Buren, claquers will be there,
and that they will get up such noise over the
remains OF their leader, that the dough faces"
of New England will be put down, or coaxed
down. and the "northem man with southern
principles" nominate; the North being bound to
WIN on all occasions, and New York being more
t to the north OF New En- nd Should things take
electoral votes that now, to say the least very
doubtful. Should the New England delegates al
loW'themselves to be oyerawed' by the Sandy
Hill bunker, and permit rnce John to "givr them
JESSE or rather what he gave Jesse, they will
show themselves to be the softest set of gentlemen
that ever yet played at politics. But can hardly
believe that such will be the fact-certany 1t will
not, If firm men shall be sent to Buffalo. Among
those spoken of as likely to go there from the
fourth district (Palfrey's) is Mr.. buckingham,
lately OF the Boston Courier; and he has not only
the requisite firmness, but Is by means Impress
ed with any special reverence for Van Buren,. l
may mention, that Mr.. Buckingham has been
spoken of as among those gentlemen from whom
an editor for the Boston TVhig is to be selected;
but 1t is now all but .certain that the editorial
charge OF that paper will be conferred on Mr. Ro-
bnson, formerly of the Lo,ceH Courier, which pa
per he left rather than support General Taylor He
has the ability to make it the ablest political paper
In Boston.
Our democracy made demonstration against
the barnburners last week They banished from
their reading-room the Euenimg Post and Globe,
of your city; the Albany atlas, and the Taunton
Democrat and Dedham Democrat, all boiling Jour-
nails. The portraits of Van Buren, and old Morton
were taken down from the walls, where they had
so long been the objects of the peculiar devotons
of the flies, and sent up into the garnet, among
other lumber. Moron's letter to the Park meet
ing excited no feeling whatever, into so utter con-
tempt has its author fallen.
ST. LOUIS, July 18th, lS48
Artral from California Murder of four Ameri
cans IN the Eaton Mountains.
The farfamed mountaineer, Lieut.. Kit Carson,
arrived here last night from California, via Santa