Washington telegraph., 1851-11-05
OF the TeIegraph
NV YORK. Oct. 2, 1851.

w. ,. .ur,s IN operation. bet weru this caiiDi nv
i", C,,op. il ar. ms rather singular THAT tl,-r-
~" I'D mol be one running direct to London
81 hundreds whn arr'v" IN Tins country by
M . ar other Of the present lines, would doubtless
cue avail themselves OF the advantages "e d
'.,m line direct from London I" The Z, o,ates.
ST. Th.rp can be no doubt that steamship line
from New York to London would be a
s,.hs investment for capital. The packet
P ,.,wr-u this port and the British metropolis.
'"f in, some dnz-m or more. invariably carry
w ,,nl,rrs Of passengers, and upon the Whole
'as ,f a superior class 10 those brought by
'''' ,,.r,.uI packets Some Of the London VS.
~, La,r shipped the largest and most valuable
"~ EVER brought tO this c0untry from Europe,
'''f ,r,rd hence to that continent. One adj
u ',.rr winch would much conducr to the sue
81 New York aud London direct line.
cee ia he tl,. fact of It's not having 10 compete
with mail hhe' co.,;s ,h,.d -,
o.,,u,,uy hall on Monday evening New York
-, ,,c.l politics cannot sen>'bly affect The ~.
Wy .,. ,f your readers, one way or The other.
, therefore, think oi referring, IN my Cor
..nou,Irnc- To local poluics as items OF po!tlcal
p.mot;ou. except when thy hav- an ''h'"e.
.,. and prr"eplbe bearing upon Stale or ma
,.J u Affairs. As, however, provincial pClui-
invariably like to know how things are
I" ~, bv their metropolitan brethren, shall
"'" Tins letter 10 a sketch Of nv visit TO the
..,,,n,hoId Of Democracy" on Monday evening.
,h.,- atou, o'clock, soon after which the
- "a ,.yau 10 assemble, aud the rum began I"
y, ,,,s,,-d Capt. Ryndrrs was ''g"ny III,
podv and boots, ior Jam Fury. ot the Eli v-n'h
W.rd. a. Sup. Iin'rndant oi Lain.'> aud u A..
T,r F,I,I, " ard men were sw-i riug That ti-nry
.uI,r,us or no one si,, ud have II. aud the Eighth
W,m most tmpl,ailcally declared that II pan
D.l,vau did not get the n"mina;'oh they would
Iol, the ticket. Thus matters progressed unt'l
y o'clock. At that time Jim Fury ca'ne III
.wi,h his martial cloak around hun, and " ot-
c,m. "A came OF wond-rm,-nt, soon alter, how IL
WAS that PERSONS who were dead brok- lew
NOM MS before suddenly appeared to have Pleniy
Of MONEY. The money was there, however, ana
" was Jun Fury.
D.,rr of the Eighth Ward put in the char.
r,,cb Camp. whose seat was contested, Was
,,oiut.d QUE of the secretaries; and, alter half
,n hours effort 10 get somr body, Ira b. DAVIS
v,.s rrct.d as the other The question now CAMP
N, ..huw should the roll b.. caiIed?" Mr.. Camp
vau,-d ti,osr who had the Inspectors certificates
IA br rrcrived: white numerous others wanted the
,,u called from the National Democrat, and wi,-r.
,h.rr WEI. Two or three tickets from one " ard 10
,,,s j, over. THUS was carried, when It appeared
tina, the 81, 9th, 18th, l7th and 18th Were Con-
t,,,.d. Ii was then moved that all contestants
leave the room, aud come IN as ti' 'r names were
called. John A. Smith moved that each b- al
lowed ten minutes, aud that those having the In
xprctors returns be perinitted 10 speak nft. ih'S
VA, carr-d, but several immediately the trap
winch thr prntl, men han sprung "p"n Them, ann
u,,, sled syainst It, as Mr.. Snii, had no rig I To
make the mo,un, It's seat eng contested. Tie
Was Sustained, however aad the gag law" Was
strictly rniurcrd
In the Sd ward. the pocket book dr"pp-d'
iuk.t was admitted. Ih-s- g-ntrnirn, "h"
cIalu Il tn-ir seats aud got III" were the Insiec
,ors of the election, aud alter just seven minutes
bdlulug their friends away With the baiioi- =
buX, aud the gcntl-nen in>PectOrs t'-ieuP ~ ue-
cIar-d ti uist Ives elected, and sig .ed their 0Ua
ertfcQteS ln the 9th ward, tii- Ijrrnnan anh
C.u1 III kct was ruled ou' wiIrn CAUSED rigI'r-
ou, tuu..h 10 "swrar uioS. iorcl'y, aud drciaie
thai # hr had two hundred d"iars lie could have
bourht the whole couventiou, body and soul.
In the 9Th ward, the regular" thkei was ad-
mited.
Blu, now came tn. 18th, where the 'tug ui
war" was to lie cou,n-ncrd. and the issue "i
Land RETURN or not" was 10 hr fought. Ou
ifr side Of K-iolmtrS oil ih.s wAid. john \. SHiifh
spprar~d 10 cUut, 81 the s'ai. aud Isaac '"t'nycd
on the p,rt "s TIE ..uId line r. rug that nr.
Smith might get the upper hand oi hr opponent,
who was a man Of '.iall- arung aud less "",
the c-lrLrated, audacions bis gun Of r"nn,any,
john CocI,rau-. Esq, was sru. ia as counsel
Hr was Quickly sent out, however, aud the w"
con,-stans were left to fight their owu battles.
Mr. Smith OPENED the ball aud stated his case.
presenting atfidavts as to the facts The other
side pies, nt-d as many sdavils, and swore direct
,O The contrary of the first There were some
b-auuI iact~ disclosed IN the course OF tins iii
yeslps,ion, aud some uns xamPl-d sc"n-s Oi cor
ruplpn aud fraud Were brought 10 h.ht. As
Mr.. Camp said, the side tha, had the most money
carrieG tll- uay, auh The Laud Reform ticket Was
unc-remoniously elected from Eannany by d
vote Of 81 to Is.
You may set it down rs sure that the Land
Reorm-rs in New York city are Wings this taH,
and they riH go the Wing ticket. The 18Th
ward was admitted without much debate,' and
The convention adjourned two O'Clock III the
morning. after pretty freely ind"lging in Capt
Browns best Holland giu. I here was not ii sober
man in the ro"m when the convention ADJOURNED.
with the exception Of Your correspondent aud The
rrpmt-rs Tor the " h,y mo- mug pup:rs
Another of those fearful trage.iirs which shed Il
g~m ov.I ,idngs from our b,e,hr-n on the Pa
che, has occurred al San Francisco IL would
app-a: that Charley Duane, well known in the
Eve Points ui thus city "Dutch Charley" had
been convicted OF mansaughter. and condem,n-d
10 the very mild sentence Of two Years iupri-on-
mrni The authorities, however, IN spite "f the
kEovn feeling of the people, were nbsmrdly
len"ni. strongly tempted by thu hr,b-s ri his
cr"nes, that in v--k THIS ruff AMY ruwty
~as 1T loose once mOIe to prey nIO" s"cIetl !;
~h-r-upon the public feeling SD outraged
mat the Vigilance coInmiiie- Resolved that The
oncris OF justice should not b. exposed to kr
'hpation Of their virtue in the cases Of two
e'rvicls than in Jail under sentence. Accordingly
o" The Sabbath morning, while the chaplain Was
engaged !" Offering up prayer in th- prison yard.
shiher the inmates OF the Various cells had been
ra. comnttee Of th'rty-s'x Of the vigilance
committee fUrced the cutter door of the jtil,
powered the four officers duty, secured the tw"
eonV'cts aud hurried them eff to the rooms of the
"Q,ancr committee The engine bells tOlled the
wen known signal for the instant ass-nbI.age Of
%s members; ropes were reived to two blocks
"s' hung from beams projecting from the second
s'of!; nCoses were made aud slipped round The