Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-09-11
Our New York Correspondence.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 81, 1851

been in state Of ferment, ever since the
news of the execution of the fifty Americans,
at Havana, reached us. Meetings have been
held in the Park, every night, and the most
intense anxiety is felt and expressed for
News" from the Pearl of the Antilles. In
the absence of that, however, the New Or
leans Riot is, considering the weather, not
SO bad; especially as the last Telegraphic dis
patch on the subject, left the Rioters and Po-
lice Authorities in situation well calculated,
like the last paragraph of a chapter of a sto-
ny in Sunday newspaper, to make the
reader look out for the denoucneat, in our
"next number" with avidity. believe the
last dispatch left two thousand Rioters in
front of the Jail, demanding "with savage
shouts and fearful imprecation,; as the au-
thors of the Yellow Covered Literature say,
the body of the Spanish Consul--:he Jail
guarded by only fifty policemen. As, up 10
this moment, this is the last heard, in New
York, Of the Spanish Consul, you will not
hesitate 10 credit my assertion, that we are
all anxious to hear how he gets on.
John Van Buren, is sanguine that he will
carry the Democratic State Convention, that
is soon to come off at Syracuse, with a per-
feet rush. He told me, not long since, that
lie chad the Democratic party of the Empire
State in his brecches pocket" by which in
fcrred that he had everything arranged to
his satisfaction, and had received written
pledges from the party leaders throughout
the State, which committed them to his line
OF policy, whatever ii may be. Perhaps,
however, John meant that he had that in his
pocket which would enable him to buy mp
the party, whenever he might choose to
open negotiations.
The Democrats are in very bad fix,
There will be two, and probably three Demo-
cratic delegations from this State to the Bal
;imorc Convention. There will be two de-
mocratic State conventions, certain, The
Hunkers are few in number; but they arc
bitter, deadly, and irrcconcilable, in their
hatred Of the opposite faction; and will with
out fail, call separate State Convention as
soon as they shall have been voted down. in
the paternal meeting at Syracuse.
y bunker of this city. who will be dele
gate TO the Syracuse Convention, declares
that, if the Free Sellers do not come on to
the Hunker platform he will another con-
vention, himself. elect Hunker delegates to
the Baltimore convention, and re-enact the
scenes of 4S.
A third party is growing out of the dis
contened elements of the Locofoco party.
which, ii is thought, will knock both its ell
der brothers into a cooked hat. This fac
ton is cross of Hunkersm and Barnburn-
erism, and is composed of those members of
the Locoioco herd who possess neither the
nerve Of the Hunkers, nor the shrewdness
of the Barnburners; consequently, the third
faction, like the ''third house" at Albany.
bids fair, numerically, TO outstrip both the
other factions; while in the matter of brains.
energy and perseverance, it will fall a long
way behind them. Take John Van Buren,
from the Barnburncrs, and Ned. Croswell
from the Hunkcrs, and you have nothing left
in either party worth speaking Of So that
the idea of forming "third Locofoco party. =
that viii not include one or the other ofthcse
gentlemen, is supremely ridiculous, which,
by the by, is pretty good evidence that it will
be formed. ,e
a gentleman from the rural district, 50
had lis pocket picked. at Barnum's Muse
UNI, one day last week, by which operation
he lost some $500, and few valuable pa
pers. This notorious Museum is the
daily rendezvous of prostitutes and sharp
ers; and people from the country should
avoid it, as they would the Points" or any
other place of i'll repute. Its attractions are
not sufficiently strong TO warrant the risk OF
having ones pocket picked by cheraIie,
IHdtSirie, or his mother, wife, sister OF
sweetheart, jostled by inrudcnt women Of
the town.
There are now SIX or seven theatres ant
concert rooms open, in New York. Three
Il these are In Broadway, one in the Bowey
cne IN Chatham street, one in chamber.
street. The latter establishment is owned
and conducted by Mr.. Burton, whose com
pany is better than any one congregatcd il
The United States. Mr.. Barry, the Actin.
Manager of the Broadway Theatre, (whici
IS to open to mighty has just returned from
England, and says that London does not con
ain dramatic troupe superior TO Burion's
30, you see, we are not "behind the age, - il
The matter OF Theatricals, but are rather il
advance of it.
Yours truly, NEWTON.
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