The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-21


treasury, gensrally Milo Is whole souled, talent
cd fellow; and infinitely superior TO Haws his op.
ponent, in point Of ability and competency for the
Office. Hsws lie, II We are mot misinformed, the gen.
which he was elected two years since, by hiring
newspaper boy with An Irish name to run in the
Bloody Sixth" ward, whore he received votes
enough TO secure Haws election; for which con-
escension, the newspaper boy is reported to have
been presented with . berth in the Custom House,
lew days after election. Mr.. Walbridgs we have
heard OF as IN eloquent stump speaker; and the
name OF his opponent, Mr.. Bowen, is familiar as that
Of the gentleman who was beaten by his own party
in strong whig district, two years since, when Gel
Hart was elected. AS Bowen is thoroughly .identi.
fed with the Sewardites, ii is hoped by many q sill
yer gray throughout the State that he may be bless
Varnum have been heard of iu the rural Districts
the former hard she'll of the hardest kind ut the
late democratic State convention,-and the latter
the silver gray candidate in the whg Assembly eau
Speaker pro tenn. in Raymonds absence, during the
famous extra session. Joe Hoxie, song singer gene
raj to the whg party in l840 every body has heard
% n.rs was rsag
joke. His opponent, Mr.. Tweed, is unknown to US,
rs is Mr.. Walker, though both are vouched for as
hunkers. Mr. Campbell, the clerk Of your Superior
in the Legislature from your esy' and S1 was artery
wards private secretary to President Fillmore. From
these " aKtecedents' he, IS well AZ all the other
whig candidates for Congress on Manhattan Island,
silver grays: Ofcourse there are no bsrnburners
among the democratic nominees
The wing candidate in Brooklyn, Mr.. Sanford, ia
presumed to be silver gray also; and the democrat,
Mr. Cummings, bunker, though we have little in
In the river counties, the presumed or known po-
sition of the candidates of both parties upon
the compromise question, is equally satisfsc-
tory, 30 far as the selections have been made.
ia tad
!" all right Theodore r. Westbrook in the
Eleventh district. Gan active and talented young
mani, Gilbert Dean, of Duchess (who pledged
himself against the repeal of the Fugitive law,
in 1850, when he was elected), David L. Ssy.
mour in the Thirteenth, and Rufus w. Peckham, .
leading and Influential lawyer. of Albany, in the
Fourteenth district, all reliable and true men.
Egbert Egberts, who runs against Mr. Peckham, in
Albany county. is wealthy silver gray, whose
nomination in Thurlow Weeds own county is q ire
nenaous blow to the EUenng Journal clique Of agi-
tators. General Joseph S. Smith, whig candidate
in the Eleventh district, is, however. decided
woolly head, and does not stand ghost Of chance
for election
In the Sixteenth district, the wings have put up
George A. Simmons, most able man, formerly
tutional Convention Of 1885, where he distinguished
himself by his eloquence. He is . decided silver
gray, and "old fogy" generally. Andrew ]. Ire.
land is the democratic nominee; but whether he be
bunker, Marcy man, or barnburner, your correspon-
In the benghted Seventeenth district, Bishop Per-
kns is nominated to succeed Preston King, and will
probably be elected over Harvey Van Rensselaer,, .
Mr.. Perkins is much less able and influential than
the present incumbent but am sorry to say repre-
sents very nearly the identical principles of that arch
free s0ier This district is composed of Herkimer
and St. Lawrence, and is terribly infected with
gropbhism.
The Eighteenth is democratic, but Jedediah Mil
Ter, woolly head, will run Peter Rowe, barnburner
pretty close. The latter is railroad conductor and
his nomination is inexpcable unless it be referred
to railroad influence.
Samuel GOrden, barHburner, runs against George
w. Chase, woolly head, in the Nineteenth. This is
Levi Chatfelds own district, and Gordons election
is sure, although Chase ran well in 1850 The anti
This district, (the Twentieth,) is composed of
Oneida, SOLITARY and alone, and will be the sceno
OF all kinds Of scratching, splitting and boiling The
ball was opened by the nomination Of David Moul-
ton for Congress, . hard-sh who was delegate
to the Baltimore Convention, and whose vote is re-
corded for Lewis Cass forty. eight times. He was
chosen by the county convention overy John Striker
q Marcy soft.shell. The wings have nominated
against him OrsamusB B. Matteson, weolly- head, who
has no less than four times for the coveted Of
flee. He was electedin lS4S, during the Van Buren,
bolt, and is considere ed Mr. Stewards right hand man
in Central New York. little clique Of astute poll
ticians has managed the whig party in this county
for years to their own profit and occasional eleva
ton to Ss and s thes M o ~ Ss
disgust and displeasure of majority. of them
Joshua A. Spencer has consequently been evoked
from his political mausoeum, and brought forth as
silver gray stump candidate; but the great jurist
has horror Of the locofocos, and does not wish to
seem to assist their ends. He and his friends, how
ever will net cast many votes for Matteson; and on
the other hand certain barnburners announce their
to "cut" Matteson's name so that in all
probability both candidates will run much behind
their party's vote.
Elisha B. Smith, of Chenango, runs against
Henry Bennett, the present member, in the Twenty
first district The Issue there is very similar to
soil Seward whig. The chances are in favor Of
Smith, who is deseryedly popular, though he has
enc Of the most indefatigable men in the State to
oppose him. The district. excepting few towns in
Chenango, is singularly free of anti slavery mania;
and, in his own neighborhood at least, Daniel s.
Dickinsons course has been noby sustained by his
party.
The Madison and Osvego distric. is thoroughly
demorazed on the subject Of wool. William j.
Hough is the democratic and free soil candidate
that gentleman ranking as soft SHE'LL" or union
and-harmopy democrat, having voted for the Will
mot Proviso when formerly in Congress, and being
sSw for as az opponsIss; Of the Fugitive
bitter Sewardte, and his friends strive to convince
the voters that he is still more wooly than Hough
while, to crown all, Gerrit Smith has taken the
stump rs the independent and abolition candidate.
Smith will run much better than you would expect,
and will carry whole towns in each county Who
will be elected is doubtful, and in truth your cor
respondent and the Union democrats Of that dis
trict, feel very Indifferent Two Of the three cam
didates are simply demagogues, trading upon the
dangerous sentiment of the district; the third is
an honest but crazy fanatic.
In the Twenty third district Jefferson and Lewis),
Pearson Mundy, bunker, is in nomination, and is
opposed by Caleb Lyon as an independent can.
didate, the wings making no regular nomination,
but supporting Lyon. Mr.. Mundy's chances seem
at present the best, as the district is largely demo.
cratic
In Onondaga, which sends member and which,
you well know, is the most hopelessly abolition
ncighborhood in the State, DIR, Daniel L. Jones
has been renominated, and will be opposed by
Daniel Colt There is also free democratic (Hale
and Tomkins) candidate, Robert II. Raymond In
unfortunate Onondaga, nothing but barnburners
and Sewardtes exist, besides atfooted abotionists;
and the only wonder is that the fugitive Jerry"
has not been nominated by of the three parties
He could undoubtedly be elected
In Chemung, Tioga, and Tompkins, composing
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