The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-23
Our Philadelphia Correspondence.
The Wing State Conrention


The Wing State Conrention.
The wing State Convention has adjourned after Ak
ing of matters in a very peculiar manner. The in
uences which procured tho nomination the ticket
worthy Of note. Henry W. Snyder, the candidate
for Auditor General is Of old Governor Snyder.
If there ia any in the history of Pennsylvania,
which the people of the interior that of
apostle of rcpublicanism and democracy it is that of
Governor Snyder. You hear him every where spoken
Ct as the very beau ideal Of first rate Governor Well
this is the Governors The wings Of expect
that the fathers reputation will elect the son. mat
ter what he may be. Indeed this was urged, though
in very polished language yesterday in the
| by agentemap from Lycoming county On the pre-
vous ballot, Snyder lad got small vote, but the
very next ballot he received seventy votes, when
fny.six would have been sufficient to put
him in nomination. Joseph Henderson, the
for Surveyor General, Is OF Washington county the
great wool district of Pennsylvania There the wool
interests Of the State all centre and consequently
when the wings nominated Mr.. Henderson. they made
direct appeal to the tariff prejudces of the State.
Joshua DUNCAN, the can ddate for Canal Commisso
er. is Bucks county farmer. There's another tub
thrown to catch the whale That is doaee for East
srn Pennsylyania-a bait to catch the agricultural
votes, and an effort to get wing majority from loco
foco county.
On looking at the resolutions reported to the con-
vention by the committee, and adopted with sccsma
ton, find that the interpretations of the Clay
are not Of so decided character as had been in
formed Notwithstanding all their efforts In committee
they only succeeded in expressing towards
the south In general way, declaring that General
Taylor not elected sectional grounds aud
making allusion, In the tariff resolution, to Mr.
Cooper reply in the Senate to the British Minister'S
note relative TO the alteration Of the tariff There is
no disguspg the fact, that Messrs Clay and Cooper
were oyerslaugbed because OF the people who advo-
Gated their merits in the convention. This wings Of
P,nnsyyania will permit designing demsy CUES
TO array in open hostility Henry Clay and General
Taylor. They true - steel 10 their old leader,
Harry Of the West. ans love and admire him much
they did but they will not submit to him
praised in such manner TO east n ccnsure old
Jack and the cupabe effort to do this has caused this
neglect Of the convention.
PHILADELPEIa, June q, 1850
Several attempts at incendarism were made last
night. About 10 o'clock, some boys fred frame car
pentcr shop, In Lombard street east of Broad The
young Williams were discovered by Waterman, who
gave chase notwithstanding they managed to escape.
About tive O'Clock A NJ, two men forced open the
door of the FRANKLIN Hose House with crow bar, aud
set the building hre. They, also, were discovered
by colored boy but though the alarm given they
escaped In the OF the night desperate effort
made to set IRE to the extensive stables OF Mr.
| Conkiin, In Lodge Alley Some old lumber piled
up against the weathers, and between fty aud one
hundred boxes Of matches placed under 1t only few
Of the matches igued and those going out the ehor,
proved abortive In the two former casos DANA
1 WAS done by the flames.