Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-09-06
OurNeW York Correspondence.
NEw YoaR. Aug. 80. 1851
EDiroR Of the FnkEAAS =


EDiroK Of the FRkEMAS:-
New York has been in state of ferment,
ever since the news of execution of the Amer
leans, 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 dispatch
on the subject. left the Rioters and police nu-
thoriIeS. in Rsituation well calculated, like the
last paragraph Of chapter of story in Sum-
day newspaper. TO make the reader look out
for the deaOumeRt, sin our next number" with
avidity. believe the last despatch left two
thousand Rioters in front of the Jail. demand
ing. with savage shouts and fearful impreca-
lions, as the authors of the yellow covered lit
erature say, the body of the parish Consul
she Jail guarded by only fifty policemen. As,
up to 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 ali anxious to know. how be gets on.
l have i' upon good authority. that great
efforts are being made, in this city, to enlist
young men to ito Cuba A friend of mine,
Thadeus w. Meigham, connected from boy
hood with the press of this city, has been Of
fered $4,000 worth Of Cuban bonds, to raise
a company offfty persons. and take rank as
their Captain, 1t is stipulated. that all the
men enlisted shall be Of good family. fan
cy that, at least, two thousand recruits will
be obtained in this city and its suburban viii
lagos.
John Van Buren is sanguine that he will
carry the Democratic State Convention, that
is soon to come off at Syracuse, with perfect
rush. He told me. not long since, that he had
the Democratic party of Empire State in his
breeches pocket; BY which infer that he had
Everything arranged to his satisfaction, and
had received written pledges from the party
Headers throughout the State, which commit
ted them to his line of policy, whateverit may
be. Perhaps, however, John meant that he
had that in his pocket which would enable
him 10 buy up the party whenever he might
chose TO open negotiations.
| The Democrats are in very bad FIX, There
will be two. and probably three, Democratic
delegations from this State the Baltimore Con
vention, There will be two Democratic State
conventions. certain. The Hunkers are few
in number; but, they are bitter. deadly. and
Iirreconcileable, in their hatred of the opposite
faction, and will, without fail. call separate
State convention, as soon as they shall have
been voted down in the "fraternal meeting, u
as Syracuse.
A Hunker of this city, viii be delegate
to the Syracuse convention, declares that. il
the Freesoilcrs do not come on to the HunkeI
platform, he will call another convention, him
self, elect delegates to the Baltimore conven
ltion, and re-enact the scenes of '48
A third faction is growing out Of the dis
lcordant elements Of the Locofoco party, whicI
lit is thought, will knock both the others into
a cooked hat. This faction is a cross of Hun
kerism and Barnburnerism, and is compound
of those members OF the Locofoco herd who
possess neither the sense of the Hunkers, MOI
the shrewdness of the Barnburners, conse
quently, the third faction,like the 'ihrd house
at Albany, bids fair. numerically, to outstriE
both Of the other factions; while. in the mat
ter Of brains, energy, and perseverance, il vii
fall long way behind them. Take John Val
. Buren frumthe Barnburners, and Ned Cross
! well from the Hunkers, and you have nothing
, left, in either party worth speaking Of s.
that the idea of forming third "Locofoco par
ty" that will not include one or the other o
these gentlemen, is supremely ridiculous
which. by the BY, is pretty good evidence tha
it will be formed.
Marshall, the manager of the Broadway
Theatre. realized the snug little sum of $9o30
: at his benefit at Castle Garden, a few'evenng
ago. In these hard times. when money
worth from ! TO 9 per cent, per month il
Wall street. Nine thousand and thirty dollar
are not to be sneezed at--lf those fbuIou
individuals. the Capitalists" would ouly lent
me their ears, for few moments, coul
whisper the name Of one street, and the mum
Der of certain house. where money is S
scarce, that per cent per month is not cir
cumstance to the rate Of shave to which on
indivial would submit
Yours Truly,
!, PETER WHITE.