The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-21

All others. ................. 2S4
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The democratic plurality over the wings, as we have
previously estimated will be about eight thousand but
the whgs and free soil vote combined will exceed that
Of the democrats about four thousand.
The vote Of the State in 1874 was, for
Polk. .45,7l9
Gay. ............... .o4,31S
Birney.. ............... 1896
Total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .s4,s33
The Kennebec Journal says -" The wings of Maine,
anticipating some increase of the late liberty party
under the barnburning and free soil movement did
ton and did not 60 into it with any expectation Of
carving the State They now find they are stronger
than they @ and have of car
This calculation seems to us highly improbable with
a democratic plurality now of eight thousand. Set
down Maine for CASH. Ed HERALD.
ANOTHER STATE CoNvENrIoN.-The liberty leaguers,
national reformers &C., hold q State Convention at
Canastota Madison county on the 2sth inst to take
into consideration whether they will keep up sspa
rate organization, fall into the free soil movement
Gerret Smith rays he is in the hands of his friends,
Ezur Wright Of the Chronyfype +. C. Treadwell, Of
Brooklyn, II. H. Van Arminge, Rev s. r. Ward, and
other leading reformers will be present, and address
party Three four national reform papers have de-
clsred for Van Buren, and Adams The antirent
Albany.
Mr.. Corwin is still stumping the disafected whig
part of the state he Western Reserve" in favor Of
Taylor. He meets, however, with strong opposition
from the Van Buren, wings and abolitionists The
Ciepeland Plain Dealer Cas- paper, thus speaks of
whg meeting In Ashtabula county
s'We learn by gentleman preser that the Giddings
clan in Ashtabula did everything in their power to
preyent gathering to hear Tom. They circulated
stories that he positively not comingthat he WAS
to be ats another place, SC, &c. When he did come
they insulted him by sticking Van Buren, banners In
his face elevatng them above the crowd, sc. So OBJ
noxiousw demonstration Of this kind that the
Tay men stoned the getters-up off the ground Gid
dipgs made himself interrogation. &c neral and cate
chsed Corwin continually. The agon-boy bore 1t
patiently four hours and half when he left the stand
to MIR Ciddibgs.n
A Cincinnati wing paper has the following remarks,
as to the Western Reserve :
"some have supposed that the Western Reserve
would give majority for Van Buren,. We
WINGED this is mistake The Reserve will turn out
majority of thousands for Taylor and Fillmore The
Reserve yankees are much Ike the Green Mountain
veImonters They will be influenced by the same
causes, will yield to the same Influences and In the
end vote for the whig ticket Taylor and Fillmore
the Vermonters have just doneo
Hon Samuel +. Vinton, notwithstanding his
pressed with not to be considered udida:e, has
been nominated for Congress by the wings Of the
Second Dis. riot Of Ohio.
The st. Louis Republican (whig) says the free soil
party In that city Is large and respectable 1t adds =
I'VE apprehend that the Union will find many
tbousa nds it formerly willing to concsde indi
Is nm, and we believe correcv that there is
very large portion of the party who sympathise with
the movement and wish it success, but they &c res
trained from open avowal participation by their
disrust in it's success from fear Of jeopardizng
their prospects for Office and standing with the party
1t has been stated to by those who ought to know,
that large majority of the German portion Of CT
tizeps give the movement their cordial support, and
will the free soil ticket" This is curious for
slave State like Missouri but the electoral vote Is safe
enough for Cass.
NEW JERSEY
Jonathan Pitney, M. D., is the democratic candi-
date in the first Congressional District OF New Jersey
At Detroit, the Sth inst. ex Governor and Sena-
tor VIM Woodbridge, presided at Taylor meeting and
made brief speech. Among the officers Of the meet
ing recognize several Of the Oldest and saunches
democrats in the city Il b. Miner, Wales, and
Alexander Davidson x-united States Senator John
Norvell (dem.) United States District Attorney,
under Polk, made an admirable Taylor speech.
Messrs G. c. Bates II. I Backus and Jacob M.
Howard (whigs,) also addressed the meeting.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Wing State Convention at Concord on Thursday
last well attended Hon Joel Eastman, Of Conway,
presided and the following list Of electors nominat
ed - Jas Bell Of Guilford and VIM Halle Of Hinsdae,
for the State at large District No b. Wentworth,
of Somerswortb No 2, Richard Bradley OF Concord {;
No 8, Edmund Psrkar Of Nashville No. 4, Jonathan
Kittrdge, Of Canaan. Judge Collsmer, OF Vermont,
was present and made an able speech. The chairman,
and other gentlemen also addressed the
At Derby, Conn on the 9th instant, the body OF .
young woman found floating in the river. II ap.
pears that she was an Irish girl, between 70 and 2.
living for week two in the family Of MIR Iiubbell
Derby, who Monday night paid her her wages, and
he stated she had got place In birmingham 70 I'VE,
and wished to leave That night she retired 10 bed at
the hotel of Mr. M Bristol but about o'clock In the
morning got up, audit Is supposed jumped into tho
river, where she was discovered floating on Tuesday
morning.
The Railroad Companies between Albany and Buna-
10 are gsng to reduce their the LIST OF January
er which 1t will be as follows Albany and Science
tady zoe Utica and Schenectady, 81 rs; Syracuse
and Utica, 81 50'Auburn and Syracuse, soc Auburn
and Rochester 81 SO; Tonawanda, 81 30; Attica and
Buffalo, 9oc-total, SO rs.
James McTIsrg, formerly q resident Of Rome In thi,
State and ex. sheriff Of Oneida county, died at
Washington City on the 18th inst He had been 70
Mexico n volunteer, and was at Washington prose-
cutting claim for bounty land and extra pay.