The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-28
Catv Intelllgonce.

MOVEMENTS OF THE WHIGs AND DyMocRArs-The
democrats having got through with all their Difficult
ties with regard 10 nomsnsors, sXcept the candidate
for the syo atty the wings have made start IN me
contest and from the signs apparent there VIII BE-
great splitting and scratching before the political
battle is In all OF the wards the primary esceo
held yesterday for the election OF he nominang
committees and 10 some Of them, there were strong
contentious for the election Of those who would support
in their nominations the fsverites Of certain poiti
friends Of the present inoumbents in the Com
Council were successful, though most power
riot was expected but the of several Of the
executive officers Of the ward cooled down the wrsth
and turned It into brnt"tuimcn rnsrs are nnmoep
three tickets for the councilman In the Tenth ward
there also considerable difficulty between the odd
mons faction" and the young mep's faction whlch
will be likely result in the support OF the two tickets
nthe Eighteenth ward also two tending factions
the Maynard and Jackson parties Both ara now in the
Common Council but the friends Of Mr. Jackson seem
determined to place him. il possible in the Board OF Al
dermep while the friends Of Mr.. Maynard are equally
axious 70 have hin; re- In the other wards the
party ia pretty much harmonz.d with regard TO ne
once Of Mayer md coupc%sn Tie s1%ersi w s
thu mayorsty and unless of his friends prove re-
creaut there will be verytls doubt OF bis nomination
With regard to the national feature of whggsry tho
principles Of Mr. Clay adhered to, aud lac would pa
their preferences for the Presidency ever any other man
However much they differ upon local anairs, they are
generally Hrni on this point The democratic mayoral
ty convention will meet this evening at Tammany Han,
vheu il il expected nomination will be made ana the
general Impression now Is that Wfsm F. Hsvemeyer
will receive that nomination though there are nany OF
his party who the firm friends Of MIR Gienier and
will in all probability be willing to sacrifice the nomi-
for the satisfaction Of their personsl preJuiices
With regard tho chief national officer there appears
20 he conflict Of opinions Some will stand up Tor Cars
while others dsnouncing him, cry up woodbury., Iay,
Tor, Buchanan Polk, and several others The Wllmet
proviro question which for time seemed destined TO
overthrow the party, has been dropped and no moro
care is had for ii.
The contest has now fairly begun and until the char
tar election over nothing else win be thought of by
the leaders of both parties There will be yet some rich
before the time to seal the doom OF the as
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pot-houses, nothing else is thought or spoken or
The name of the candidate Alderman in the Second
ward should have been James, s. Libby. instead Of
James Libby In the First ward Oliver Chariick has
been nominated the candidate for Alderman, and
Nicholas Dimond for Assistant Alderman.
The WEArnER.-Yesterday was quite an unpleasant
day; but the Visible, and then but for
few moments There frequent showers during the
day and the heavy clouds bespoke the approach OF the
equinoetial storm. The night set In dark, and with
every appearance of continued storm.
FIRE-A FIRE broke out at O'Clock on Sunday night
in the basement Of house No 81 Greenwich street oc-
cupied by w. Welsh Co., rs German boarding house
| 1t was put out with trifing damage
! CRY ImPRovEMENrs.-The spirit of improvement
seems to prevail in every part OF the city ana many
places in the thickly settled portions the old and
dilapidatsd buildings giving place to new and beau
tui structures In the Tenth ard this spirit prevails to
geat extent snd there no ward in the CITY save the
number of small wooden houses which entirely dis
figure appearance of some of the most business and
| handsome streets Of the ward. The streets are
| kept very clean and free from filth of every
| description There lis thing, however, which
very little credit to the appearance OF Grand street
The market between Grand and Broome, and fronting
ON Essex street. presents very poor appearance Its
sides are filed with bills Of every description and cha
racter it looks like stable than place where
the good things of life sold Several OF the CITY
markets recently been repair and none much
required il as this Ia the 18th ward too Improvement
&, the wachword. number Of private palaces are be-
ing reared in the neghborhood OF Washington Squsre
which fast filing up thos vacant lots on Eighth
street. long inclossd by mscrably dirty looking
fence In point of Improvement the Eighteenth ward
seems outs,rp sill the and though there were so
great number Of buildings erected du,ing the past
We ar that number viii fall far SHORT OF ihe present
From one extremity Of the ward to the other Che sound
Of the hammer family to be heard In Fourteenth
street there are q great number Of most magnificent
buildings in Of erection most of which 'front.'
ed with brown stone, making beautiful appearance
Not street between that and Fortysecond street. but
in almost every block improvements are going on In
the Sixteenth ward there is also decided Improvement
large number of handsome store houses now going
up, the Sixth avenue and through the cross streets
TO tho North river the work is going on. In tho
upper section of the ward, where most of hs chonirs
located the buildings generally small sad con-
t,ruced wood and the building Of private
Is very little carried in that vicinity In the Ninth
ward are still number of old houses, whsh are said TO
have been standing the days of the revolution; they
are generally in poor condition, and present q very
antique appearance There is great room for improve
ment this ward and to have caught the oon-
tagious influence the vacant lots bsing filed up very
fast