Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-09-19

counts of the great Democratic row al oyra.
cuse. We find the proceedings summed Up
in few words, however, by the editors ana
of this summary we avail ourselves:
= Well. the long agony concerning the New
York Democratic State Convention Is Overland
the result of the labors Of the hard and soit
shell factions are to-day spread before The
world. The entire proceedings may he SUNNI.
ed up in few words. The leaders OF both
factions were determined not to yield to their
sdversaries The rank and file were terribly
excited. Two temporary chairmen were ap
pointed--one FOR each party-and these 9th
3 GERS. in turn submitted their claims 10 vote
of the delegates present. The soits. finding
themselves outnumbereJ, withdrew and got up
- a separate convention. All oil this was nntc-
ipated but there is one feature that y as moi
before though, oi,and that is thai some oil those
who were elected as hards also Withdrew, aud
cot up clique OF their own; consequently
the democratic party of this State rs now dlv.
ded into three factions viz the ultra hards,
sometimes denomina,od the unmItigated ada
mantnes, under the leadership OF Messrs
w HlsH, plbTY, 1IpsWtb w hS'''' WV
radical softs, under The chief guidance Of Jno.
Van Buren, and the vacillators, headed by Mr..
Grant and other seceders The hard shells de-
serve crcdi, for the acavity they exhibited In
taking the field early, performing their duty
and then retiring They organized ,made their
nominations, passed resolutions substantially
the same as Hon. d. B. Tay Tor sand then ad
iourned.- Here is the ticket:
George w. Clinton. Secretary of State.
James T. Brady, Attorney General,
James L. Cooley, Comptroller,
- J ID. Fay, Engineer and Surveyor,
w C.. Watson, State Treasurer,
John C. Msher, Canal Commissioner,
NJ w Bennett, Prison Inspector,
C. II. Rugges and IL NJ. DEMO. Judges Of
Appeals,
S. S. Bowen, Clerk of Appeals.
The gentlemen composing The above ticket
have served long and faithfully in the party
ranks-ther principles are known II is a
ticket that will make The eyes of the hunkers
gsten with joy Blu: " ho will the soft shells
nominated Rumor hnih il that they intend TO
select majority OF their candidates from
mong those who supported Gen. Cass III S4s
The greatest hilariiy prevailed among each
faction at the close of our Dispatches last
night
We observe that Mike Walsh, tic noted
leader of the Sublerranean Democracy threw
the weight of his august name in The scale OF
the Hard shells. and announced that he wash
/ ac.I
Hardshes can boast OF Walsh the Barn
burners can point to Rynders a. one other
jewels. This distinguished inJivdu i figured
conspicuously we observe, in the scenes of
rowdyism that were enacted at Syracuse, hav
ing marched at the head of column of Barn.
burners to the Hall where the Hunkers were in
session with the view of illuminating and brea
king them up. lie and his friends were met,
however, with screams. yels and dsorderly
cries as loud as their own, and the attempt
wholly failed.
The following is the response of the Hunk
kers to the message ofthe Barnburners, invit-
ing the former to come and join them:
have been waited upon by James Nab.
bott, Esq. Of Duchess, requesting my a,ten-
dance at Brin,nal's Hall. to act as presiding
officer in conjunction with the individual who
claims to have been elected. My reply is,that
myself and friends do not consider ourselves
i'll safety in an assemblage controlled and o
verawed by bulies imported for the purpose,
and therefore respectfully presenting my com
pliments TO the persons there assembled, de-
cline participating in their deliberations.
Very respectfully, J p. BARNES.
Altogether, this Syracuse affair appears ,c
have been eminen,ly discreditable TO both
factions. The breach is no doubt final and ir
,eparable, and the Washington Union will
find in it ample material for commentator oil
the national and comprehensive policy of the
administration, by which 1t has been produced
And could ought else have been reasonably
expected, when the conservative men of lS48
1850 and 81 have been kicked out by the
Executive, and those who were then deemed
traitors to the Constitution and the integrity OF