The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-30

MEETING OF TIE VAN BURENITEs, OR FREE SOIL
DEMOCRATS.

City EOlAtlces
MEETING OF TIE VAN BUREMTEs, OR FREE SOIL
DEMOCRATS.
An adjourned meeting Of the Young Mems Democratic
Union Club held last night at the Club Rooms in
Broadway. The announcement that this was very ina
portant meeting sufficient to call together about
twenty five young men, who presided by the
President, John Cochrape, Esq
The committee appointed to prepare statement setting
forth the causes of the split in the party called upon
to report They did this by reading document remark
able for its LENGTH which teemed with denunciaons OF
Msssrs. Bronson 0Conor and Brady, and the national
democrats generally The reading Of this bilious paper
occupied about hour and half At its close motion
made to refer back to the committee to abreyae
for the public press, which carried.
After further uaimporant business the meeting
adjourned.
FREE SOIL SENATORIAL CONVENTION.
Last night the delegates from the different wards
stutng the Sixth Senatorial district of the free soil
democratic party met at Union Hall, at the Of
Third avenue and Twenty. second street.
The meeting having organized by electng Edmund d.
Miller chairman James p Pagan and William p Valen-
tine secretaries letter read from the candidate
already nominated, Wilson G. Hunt, declining to be put
forward Edward Cooper, Of the well known politi-
cal reformer and merchant Peter Cooper ESQ., then
unanimously nominated free soil candidate for the
Sixth Senatorial district and accepted the Offer Of being
the candidate of the party
committee, consisting of the following William P.
Valentine, Joseph Westerfed Michael Cox H. W. Ryers,
Benjamin Fairchild John F. Ropes Reuben Cornell,
David Wood, and James p Pagan, constituted to
range the place and time of holding ratification
meeting.
THE ELEVENTH WARD ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE.
Mr. Valentine the free soil candidate for Assembyman
the Eleventh ward declined last night at meeting Of
he party, to be put in nomination. and Colonel Joshua
A. Fleet was nominated in his place,
CITY REFORM.
The City Reform Association on Thursday evening
nominated Judges Duer and Emmett for the Superior
Court Judge Daley for the Common Pleas, and Mr..
Blunt District Attorney for the Office he how hlls'
1t resolved not to nominate full judicial ticket but
only to recommend for support those in Office.
general meeting Of all those friendly to city reform
is to be held at Metropolitan Hall to morrow Monday
evening" at half past o'clock 1t is supposed the
meeting will be large The city reformers the
most industrious party now in the field.
THE REMOVAL OF MR.. BRONSON.
To morrow afternoon, at three O'Clock the merchants
Of this city hold meeting express their sentiments
respecting the removal Of Collector Bronson. Not
merchant In a hundred win approve Of this act
Of the administration Tomorrow will publish list
Of the gentlemen who signed the call for the meeting
City Intelligence.
FIRE.-Eary yesterday morning. between 2and O'Clock,
FIRE broke out in tho store of Thomas Prendergast No II
West Eighteenth street. the flames spreading with great
rapidty and communicating to Nos is 10 and 81 in the
same street BY which the roofs and upper floors Of the
houses were destroyed. They occupied by large
number of poor families The district bells arc said to
have been very slow in giving the alarm, and in
quence the Gre engines were not SO promptly on the
ground they would otherwise have BEEN This is the
account given by the poice bat would imagine that
even although the fire bells did not ring the officers
duty in the vicinity would have been of the circu
stance and could have given the alarm without waiting
for the lire bells In such emergencies 1t Is every bodys
duty to be prompt
MELANCHOLY DEATH OF Mr.. SUFFER-, Cmw ENGINEER OF
TIKI STEAMER MERIINA shocking accident, which resulted
in the death of Mr. Suffer- chief engineer of the British
steamer Merlin occurred Saturday morning. board that
vessel as she was entering port from Bermuda and St.
Thomas, occasioned by the bursting of cannon. Mr..
Suffer was engaged in firing for pilot when
the piece exploded, portion striking him the head
and scattering his brains the deck He died at nine
O'Clock Mr. :. was very promising and intelligent
young man.
Run Ovn-On Friday morning boy, the son of Pa
trick LaIkin, residing at No 100 Mulberry street.
run over by wagon belonging to Michael Lynch grocer
No 81 Crane street he taken home to his parents
by one of the police
R,T11ANly TREATMENT A poor boy. wi bout parents or
home whose name supposed TO be Stanley about
fourteen fifteen years age was found on Friday af
ternoon at the corner avenue and Thirteenth street
the police to attend to him, and he that
the boy should be convey cd to the City Hospital which
was done According 10 the boys statement, as far
could be made out, he knocked down by
in the avenue without any provocaion. The boy gets
bis living we believe by gathering chips of wood about
the shipyards.
AN OWNER wAND-On Friday officer Green, of the
Fifth ward, was called upon to arrest man who
his name Ak George Van Ness German ut the iewelry
store of Mr. Seribner, 395 Broadway where he had
detected in the act of tas ing pair of earrings. Mr.
Scribner refused to accompany the officer to make
plaint whereupon Green searched the man, and found
ohouf 4,vo OH idaptl u TAX
some other stores. One heavy curb vest chain,
with snakes head the other light ladys guard curb
away from the officer and, throwing of his coat and hat
made good his escape The owner of the chains may OBJ
tain them by calling Captain Carpenter of the Fifth
ward, at the station house.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
The subioined language was comprised in paragraph
published in the HERALD on the 23d ul'.:-
Much scandal the meeting Of tho AGA
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It appears that Mr. Hare with the mes. sneering con
has even for to prefix the usual
Of tbs ShS% hs are Us
Harss opinion TIE isHorsns iiekassss the
would cay that The he esna lowed by general burst
beg leave to correct the impression which
this paragraph may create. Far from mentioning the
members of the Acad my opprobrously mentioned
Arago of the most distinguished electricians of
Europe. did alege ignorance to exist in the Academy
ss subject Of to s Opinions ana
truly urged that under the uspices of the Academy
of their President the celebrated Arago within less than
two years two reports had been made Numerically oppo
site in their conclusions. Agreeably to one my expana
ton of tornades adopted, without any acknowlecg
ment to its originator and certain insurers were in
sequence obliged to pay for the damage done tornado
as an electrical storm; sgreeably to the other report
Espys hypothesis sanctioned ascrb such meteors
to heat evolved by ensing moisture 1t follows that
the report correct injustice done to the in
surer were the other report correct injustice was done
to science Should any scandal arise alleged, from the
publication of these facts it must attach to those who in
voved themselves in this dilemma not upon the fair and
fearless exposure Of the inconsistency.
will here quote from my pamphlet some lines in
which defined my prctensiors -
I" To conclude have submitted to the scientific world
memoir in which the tornado is shown to bear the same
relation to lightning that the carrying discharge does to
the electric spark and claim to be the first electrician
that pointed ont this simple and true relation be-
tween those awful meeors. maint Yin that the reports
and proceedings OF Tire French academicians prove
that they entirely uHprepared for this view OF the
subject and that Notwithstanding Peters report on the
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