The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-25
The Sorr SHE'LL observation-disclosures or

THB SOFT SHELL Observation-Disclosures OF
CHARLES O'CoNoR AND COLLECTOR BRONSON
HARD HrTs-Yes yes; the glory Of Tammany
| Hall has departed. The soft shell ratifca-
| ton of Friday evening was failure. The
| True National Democrat puts down the
| gathering at ten thousand democrats which is
surprising. We had supposed the number much
smaller In fact. the gathering was failure,
| the enthusiasm all CANNON, and the ratification
a fizzle. Not the first solitary man of the thirty
| or forty distinguished speakers advertised an
| swered the summons. Even John Van Buren,.
who was expected by every body to be present,
| whoever else might fail-even the Prince was
non est. They waited for him, called for him
| but the call was like that of Owen Glendower,
and they called and waited in vain. Where
was the Prince At all events, the expected
| glory of the occasion was completely dimmed
| by the absence Of the Prince.
Nor is this oil. The letters from distinguish
| ed democrats in some cases were highly often
| sive. The secretary read half dozen or 3d.
but said that there were some twenty-five more
| which he would not read for want of time. The
letters of Judge Bronson and Mr.. O'Conor were
among these twenty-five. Pity the secretary
didn't read those letters Of our Collector and
District Attorney. His omission, however, was
amply supplied by the HERALD in the publica
ton of those letters. They were too good en-
tirely to be lost. Read, for instance, the fol-
lowing paragraph from our Collectors address
to those soft shells. Hear him.
You say Of the State administration that it must
| be sustained" am at loss to know what you in
e. LII o. ia R,,
they have SO conducted public affairs for che past
few years, that not one OF them with the exception
| Of Mr.. Mather,) was 80 much "a mentioned for a
nomination in either branch of the Convention The
Only way in which you can sustain them u by per-
petuating their policy In relation to the canals aud
in my judgment, nothing could be mrre injurious to
the best of the city and State Of New York
We rather suspect, after this, that the Judge
may be counted among the hard shells
| Charles O'Conor gives it to the Buffalo
democrats still more heartily. He says ofJohn
| Van Burens Convention among other hard
| things, that
1t has, indeed, presented platform Of principles
unqua6edy denouncing that political agitati IN Is
dangerous 10 the permaneDcy Of the Uoioa. aud in.
| admissible among democrats; bat when it Is con-
| sdered that the leaders, with uuimpressive
ctption expressly withheld assent to that plat Orm,
repu0iated IT, the resolution iop,ng Il IS not, In
| my opinion, entitled to any confidence whatever.
| No confidence whatever. Was it all trck?-
We bow to the legal opinions Of Judge Bron-
son and the District Attorney. The resolutions
| Of the Van Buren, Convention then was all
humbug. The letters from which our extracts
are made were the cream (of tartar) of the
ratification. "Call you this backing your
| iriends?n
Tibet AND CASHMERE GOATS IN SOUTH Ca
RoIINA-We have received, through the hands
| of Col A. G. Summer. two samples of beautiful
silky snow-white Cashmere wool from Dr. James
X. Davis, of South Carolina. These samples
are from the offspring of certain Thibet and
Cashmere goats, brought home from the noun
tans Of Persia by DR.. Davis, for the purpose OF
trying the experiment of introducing these ami
mails among the wool growers of the United
States.
It will be remembered that, some seven or
| eight years ago Mr. Davis. at the invitation of
the Sultan. went over to Turkey to try the in
PRODUCTION of the cotton culture into that coun-
try upon that superior system of cultivation
| which has given to our Southern States the
monopoly OF the raw material in the great mar
kets of the world. Mr. Davis, upon this honor
able and benevolent mission, carried with him
the seeds Of the best varieties Of Southern cot
! ton and the necessary agricultural books, i'm
plemcnts, &C., for the enterprise. After his
arrival at Colstantinople he was encouraged
by the Sultan to send for his family. Mrs.
Davis received the summons at Charles
ton, and with her seven chldren-the oldest
of whom was boy Of fifteen--ehe promptly
undertook the long and hazardous jour-
ney to the confines Of Asia. She set
out on this long journey, not only with
her seven children, but with seven or eight
negro slaves, raised on a South Carolina cot
ton plantation to join her husband at Siam
boul. From Liverpool to France, and thence
across the Continent of Europe to Naples, thence
by sea to Constantinople, she passed in safety
and safely arrived at her destination without
accident, or any serious trouble or detention
DR.. Davis had fourd that the Turks, and the
slaves of the Turks, were wholly incompetent
for the cultivation of cotton field upon the
American plan, and hence the extraordinary
expedient Of bringing to his aid detachment
of his own field hands from South Carolina.
The experiment finally failed. Even had the
soil and the climate proved favorable in the
highest degree, (Which was not the CASEY the
ignorance prejudices, and Incidence of the
Turks in agricultural affairs, were insurmount-
able impediments to success.
DR.. Davis, however, from that spirit of
lberality which has been SO frequently illus
trated in the history Of the reigning Sultan,
was not permitted to return home empty
handed. Before his final return westward,
however, under the special protection Of his
Oriental Majesty, he made the tour of the Holy
Land, and penetrated into Persia In these
travels he picked up his Cashmere and Thibet
goats and pair of peculiar breed Of Asiatic
cattle, called water oxen, from their amphi-
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