The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-22

nee must DO sound on the great question 81 Tho day,
else they win also secede from their party This be-
ing the case the South, irrespective of party, viii
combine upon third candidate for the Presidency.
and the result win be the entire breaking up dfs-
memberment, and dissolution Of the two old parties
The new party will be healthy, sound, and vigorous
They will carry the Presidential election into the
House of Representatives, where with the assistance
Of the Union men of the North, they will be able to
elect their man. We shall see
The proceedings in relation to Kossuth, at Newark,
possess the interest of little novelty. slight
rpple has ruled the calm monotonous sameness that
has generally pervaded his career. The Irish, who
are the principal population Of Newark, are race
full Of frole and fun, and we are mainly in
dcbted to them for this diversity. The mud boat
was no doubt their invention, and in the shindy at
the church, they took an active part. They
looked upon the whole affair as a good subject
for sport. and were determined to make the
most of it. IL sort of serio-comic drama
from beginning to end The rolling of the Grand
Marshal in a sea of mud-the progress of the
boat in the same element-the partial giving way
Of the balcony and the panic Of Kossuth, together
with tie closing at the church, all mixed up
with dscourses on blood and battle and revolution
present such ludicrous aspect that the most dull
and stupid person imaginable cannot help laughing
outright on reading the description. What would he
have done if he had witnessed the reality!
The dispute between the Fillmore and Scott
wings in the Baltimore city convention, had not
been settled at last accounts, although ii pro-
bable that the resolution in favor of the General
would be tabled The ward elections next Monday
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people of that city. Fillmore stock will rise in that
vicinity when he action of the Congressional caucus
comes to be generally known.
despatch from Boston furnishes melancholy
evidence of the disastrous effects of the storm.
The British brig Joseph was wrecked on Truro
beach last Tuesday night, and all but two of those
on board were doubtless drowned. A large num-
Der of vessels ashore in the vicinity of and be-
You'd Boston. 1t will probably be many days, per-
haps weeks ere we begin to estimate the extent
Of damage produced by this gale
The Putnam divorce suit, which was the action
of Mary Ann Putnam against Theodore E. Putnam,
has occupied the Supreme Court Circuit, for the last
three days eing thirty days less than the Forrest
divorce case), and terminated Yesterday evening,
at a late hour, with verdict in favor of the de-
fendant; but the jury, in acqutting the husband
of adultery, severely censurcd him for his mpro-
priety and recommended the Court to give the Gus
tody Of the child to the mother.
| Yesterday evening tn Common Council made the
following disposal of Police magistrates and Police
clerks for the presen year. Justices Osborn and
Bogart first district Police court, (Tombs); Justices
Mc(rath and Stewart. second district court, Jeffer
son market and Justices Wood and Welsh, nj
the third district court, Essex market. Police
| II. Johnson; second district, James McMurray
and William j.. Davidson; third district, Will
| liam j. Rockwell and John Labor. The re-
port Of the committee the Potters Field, from
| the Board Of assistant Aldermen, in favor of pur
chasing of Abram r. Lawrence, sixty-nine acres
and four rods Of land on Wards Island for city
cemetery, and appropriating the sum of $l03, 400
was concurred in by the Aldermen. Airport Of the
| Committee on Ordinances, in favor Of sweeping and
| sprnkling Broadway at least three times a week,
and as much oftener as may be necessary, before
seven o'clock in the forenoon, adopted The
| Board then adjourned to meet the first Monday o
May next.
Notwithstanding the issuing of double sheet
every day, our advertising friends crowding up
| on our SPACE to such extent that we are forced
to defer the publication Of large amount Of local
and other reading matter. Much interesting in
formation will be found in the miscellaneous tele
graphic dispatches, and also the inside pages
special reference