The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-27
The News.

The hard shell section of the New York democracy
made an imposing demonstration in an open air mass
meeting in the Park last evening. The meeting was
called for the purpose of ratfying the nominations
Tor State Offices made by their division of the party
st the receut Syracuse Convention. The call was
most numerousy responded TO- and at one portion of
Tie evening there could not have been less than
some twenty thousand persons present The was
eniyened by occasional discharges OF fireworks and
artillery. The meeting was presided over by Mr.
Augustus G. Schell and among the speakers were
Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Hon. George w. Clinton,
Mr.. James T. Brady, Mr.. Martin Of Georgia, &c.
During the delivery of Mr. Bradys address, the plat
form erected for the accommodation of the speakers
and reporters, but which was improperly allowed to
become crowded with people who had no right to
be there, gave way with tremendous crash, preci-
pitating a,i upon pcn Iuen anons tho ruins of the
6mbers. Several persons were seriously injured, in
eluding Mr. Mike Walsh and Mr.. Thomas P. st.
John, the Secretary. Our reporters have furnished
full and graphic account of the whole affar.
The Ninth ward city retormers held meeting last
evening at the Blocker Street Building. The i'm
putaton of Interested motives, applied by the
dience to the Leading speakers detracted very much
from the force OF the morale of their assertions.
The Young Mems Democratic Union Club last
night insueurated the opening of their rooms with
several speeches, an address from the President,
John Cochrane and a supper. The rooms are very
elegantly fitted up, and do credit TO the taste dis
played in their execution. See the report Of the
proceedings elsewhere.
Advces from the city Of Mexico to the 18th inst,
announce that the Indians still continue their raw
ages in Durango and Chihuahua. The savages, find
ing that the government is either too weak or too
a.
bold and threaten, with fair prospect of success
to drive the whites entirely out from the sparsey
settled districts of those States Santa Anna has
lost another member of his cabinet General Tor
nell the Minister of War, died of apoplexy, at Tacu
baya on the 18th inst.
Fatal cases of yellow fever have become so scarce
at New Orleans that it is now deemed unnecessary
to continue the issuing Of daily reports. From the
commencement of the epidemic, in May, up to the
18th inst, it had swept off about seven thousand
nine hundred persons. There were only seventeen
fatal eases of the disease during the twentyfour
hours ending yesterday merning Nine persons
died Of the fever at Mobile last Sunday. The con-
tibutions Of the different cities Of the Union for
the suf;yers at New Orleans amount to S242,743
for those at Mobile, s25 e54, and fer Galveston,
81 ,955- making grand total of s270352.
by q letJCT ITOUl AuChldNu on Tie Slu vi feDruary,
we learn that regular stampede had been produced
among the sailors board Of the whale ships in
consequence of the circulation Of false reports of the
discovery Of gold mines within forty miles Of the
port. In some instances vessels were completely de
serted, but finding that they had been humbugged
the men returned to their work.
A letter from Fort Union, dated August 6, informs
us that all the parties connected with the Pacific
Railroad Exploring Expedition, under command Of
Governor Stevens, had safely arrived at that post,
and would move on towards Fort Benton in couple
Of days. They were all we'll and had enjoyed them
selves exceedingly having, with single exception,
met with no serious disaster. An engineer soldier,
named White, accidentally shot himself in the latter
part Of July The writer Of the letter declares that
they had not thus far, encountered any serious OBJ
structions to the laying OF a railroad track
Money is in great demand in Wall street, and the
supply is very short, will be seen by the monetary
report ia to days paper The report of the condi-
ton Of the leading departments Of the city banks, az
compared with the statement of the previous week,
exhibits an increase Of deposits to the amount Of
300 033, while there has been diminuion in specie
of s6193l0, in circulation of $50 ,1s2, and in dis
counts of S97 ls4. This is looked upon az decidedly
nniavorable. Nearly ten millions OF dollars in specie
were locked up IN the safe OF The Assistant Treasurer
last night. Could this large be legitimately
brought cut and put into circulation il would greatly
tend TO relieve the pressure, but under existing cir
cumstances we may as well prepare ourselves for
still greater stringenoy.
Flour, wheat, corn oats, &c, still continue 70
pour in from the West in immense quantities, as will
be seen by our dispatches from Buffalo and Albany
Nevertheless, the high prices of breadstuifs arc
pretty well maintained in this market; however,
many merchants yesterday were disposed toawait
Me character Of the weeks later news by the
America, nov due a. Halifax, before operating very
heavily.