The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-28

The Weater-High Pricss--Municipat Nomina
tioms--M Many Candidates for the MIyoraky-
Representative Eiections-Sketch of DIR. Froth-
ingham's Connection ioith M: Densocratic and
Free Soil Coalition of Massachmseys--H Is slecf.
ed to the State Legislature by Coaltiosists--H is
Nominated for Congress By Coalaionists--He is
Elected Delegate to the Democratic Nat,ossl
Concsntaon By Coalttonists--T Votes for 446otitioD
Resolves, &C., &c.
Winter has opened upon US as suddenly as roughly
On Thursday, while we were oil engaged in the
usual pous exercises of the festival Of st. Jonathan
es Puseyite would call Il, thinking no evil, and
doing none," dark cloud rose over the city, and
most people hal to light their lamps or burners.
Even the churches were darkcned The general idea
was, that the dark day had returned, while some
believed that the dead constitution was taking a
rise" and yet . "selecs few" were of opinion that
cholera had come at last. But it was only autumn
bidding ns rough farewell. The clouds blew over
before Gerce, cold wind and the thermometer fell,
between sunrise and sunset, some thirty degrees.
Since then have had clear aud csld weather with
some indications to day OF the brewing of a SNOW
storm, which are diappearing So we are fairly aur
aises with winter, which will hold us in his cold e-
brace for months. The poor were congratulated
on the lorg continuance of warm weather, and, with
fuel at killing prices, the benefit was - Light to
them. In spite of the abundance Of employment
that has marked the present. year, the poorer p,r.
tions Of our population must suffer greatly through
the rigorous season upon which we have now en-
tered. The prices OF all things from house rent to
'cons, rule so high that pinching want cannot fail
to be steady guest, though an unwelcome ose, q.
thousands Of Boston hearths
The citizens union party" have nominated Dr.
J. " G. Smith as o candidate for mayor of Boston
He made very good run last year, and his support
ers now speak with great confidence Of his prospects,
Neither the wings nor the democrats have yet nemi
rated. The democrats nominated their condidates
for aldermen last evening but postponed action on
ence people will probably have candidate, aud so
will tue young mems league" On the sueposition
that the wings are to nominate Mr.. Seaver, already
in the field as the liquor candidate we shall probably
have five candidates for our chief magistracy which
would seem to promise long contest.
The final trials to elect members of the House of
Representatives will take place next Monday, the
28th. The number of vacancies is 159. In places
entitled to esct lOs members, the coalition had ma
jOrities over wings and hunkers on the 14th in
places entitled to elect 10 members, the wings had
msjorities over oil other parties; and in places en
tied to elect 90 MEMBERS the hunkers, of all kinds
held the balance of power. know OF no man who
expects that the whigs will meet with rebuff on
Monday. The Boston Post, which is much anQered
at the insolebce of the wings, after doing all it
could to bring it about, has been earnestly calling
upon some party or other to select anti.whig men-
bers to the vacancies. Perhaps party or otner
will do SO, but the chances are that it will not
see that the Post denies that Mr.. rockingham
wrote the article that appeared in that paper in july
lS49, wherein coalition between the democratic
ard free soil parties Of Massachusetts, strongly
advocated. | did not say that Mr.. rockingham
wrote Il, but only that it supposed he did, from
ltq aNfa
of the Post that Mr.. Fr0thingbam never had any
thing to do with the coalition-for that is what its
articles on the subject an cunt toare of more con-
sequence, Is Mr.. rockingham has been General
CuahiDgs partner in the deusve game that has been
played, for the purpose Of cheating the South.
assert, in the most unequivocal manner that Mr..
rockingham, fierce as he now is against the coali-
ton, was as deeply concerned in it as almost any
other man in the State, Of no greater importance
in our political world. In 1850, SIR. rockingham
was nominated for Congress, in tho old Fourth dis
trict, by the democrats, TO run against Mr. Pafrey,
the contest being for the balance of that Congress-
which was to expire in March, '5l. In October,
Democratic County Convention for Middlesex was
held, at Concord. This convention nominated
from the Mddlesex towns in the old Fourth District in
connection With delegates from the Worcester towns,
nominated Mr.. Banks for Congress, leaving Mr..
rockingham nothing but the fag end OF the thirty
first Congress to for, with small chances of get
ting it. Mr. Frothingham took this neglect suffered
at the hands Of the most thorough going coaiti0nsts
in Massachusetts, very unphilosophically for man
who had written considerable his history, acted an
historical part, and read more. He got some of his
friends to Mr.. Banks, aud persuade him to with
draw. Mr.. Banks did withdra ", and a ne cuuven.
ton was called at the same time and place that
was called to nominate new Senatorial ticket for
Mddlesex county the free soilers having objected
seriously to two Of the democratic candidates the
coalition ticket that those candidates withdrew their
names from the ticket which necesstated the meet
ing OF new nominating bodies The democratic con-
hat mot MIA Mr RarIr m no 60
Material ticket, in place OF Mr.. Hazewel, and the
same men, 10 very great exteLt In district c0nven
tion, nominated Mr. rockingham, he thus taking
nomination at the hands of democrats Who had not
only made coalition with the free soilers, but who
had allowed the said free soilers to say who should
be the democrats to be placed the coalition ticket
Mr. rockingham held on to this nomination until
late in the next year, some seven months, when
plurality law having been passed, the democrats
abandoned him, almost In mass, and divided
their votes between Mr.. Palfrey, the free soil
candidate. ard Mr.. Thompson, the whig, and
one hundred over the former, and by a pIu.
/ raity Of some six thousand over Mr.. rockingham
At the trial to elect in the same district, in ovem
ber 1850, Mr.. Frothlugham received ,653 votes at
His animosity to the coalition is supposed to date
from that disastrous day OF humiliation and fasting
from votes. 1t certainly was anything but agree
| able incident to politician to find himself aban
donsd by five sixths of his party for no good reason
| to have been in the position of Irregular nomi-
Dee''-could not have stood it. Yet Mr.. Frothing-
ham ought to have rejoiced the result; for It
was the triumph of q whig over coaltionist; and
of late, the great object Of his abors has been to
exalt the wings at the exoente Of the coalitionan
object, it must be admitted, in which he has sue
ceeded in6iherenty well.
In the autumn of 1851. when the free soil and
democratic county conventions met at Concord, to
renew, the coalition ard to nominate a coal
ti,n senatorial ticket for the third time. the
delegates to the democratic convention were,
to very large extent, also delegates to a con.
veDtion held at the same time and place. Of the de-
mocracy of the Fourth Congressional district for
the purpose Of choosing delegate to represent that
district in the national democratic convention,
which was to meet in June, '52. 20 fur were the
delegates to the county convention also dele
gates to the district convention, that the
former body was compelled to adjourn in or
der to afford the latter opportunity to perform its
very important business. am particular 10 stating
this fact because 1t shows how completely was the
of tho lad