The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-01
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set. asa. CONCORD a gust ST. 1854
free soil fusion convention was I'D yesterday a.
Wolboso About 600 persons preseni embracing
persons Of Gil shades If pnIitics. ION Ich.bod Gcoi
win, of Porsmoub presided During forenoon session
speeches wore made ny the President Hon. Amos Tuck
Hon. james Bell and son ; p Cha ., Of ohio The
4encr Of the speeches encouraging .ioa >, 90
Htical crds in tho formation II eat Northern party
opposed 10 slavery ensvn The Nebeaska ansas bill
wes ssvateiS eoudenpea. -
Msssrs. J. Goodrich of &.slacbusetts Hon J.
Hale, ses. Dr. low Others acdresvd the meet
ing in the afternoon. Tue speeches we're all Of an anti
elavery cas aDd deunpei4toy of the administration
No resciu ions we're passed.
GREAT GATHERING OF KNOW KsorHrYas
BosroS, august 81 1854.
pic mic gathering Of Know Nothings t. tho nu umbsr
OF 4,ofe or 900, heli in Geo getown yesterday
Several in the north part Of Essex county we're
largely represented. Major Ben PerIes Poore with
Others, addressed the aasemcags The aoidy gro wing
strength and OF the party the theme
OF eloquent ccng.atula,ion from the speakers.
kicn the C"nss OF AZ icu.
MOVEMENTS OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON THE
-NE4 COAST, ETC.,
Bosros AUGUST 81, 1854
Captain Freeman of the bark ida. frsm tue Cost Of
Mcnrovis July and the Un,tei states obp sarion at
Gore. July is-- With all hands w The iarion was to
sail on the fplnv log day Tor GAMBIA.
The rsiny season had cot before the Ida lett the
coast, and Ii was 'ery uoheai h. Several merchants
who bad reside at Blssaa for many ye RS had did
The Ida brings letcI bags from hs Constitution and
Narion. W
From Sousns AQaM
SUSPICIOUS Lo0GISs DRAFT, ETC. ETC.
n BALTIMORE, Aug 81, 1854
The Hsi ish schooner Povet from Nassau had arrived
ct Charleston The cspan reports tnat on the eth inst
wbilst tne voyage from Baltimore to Nassau he ell in
with suspicious locking craft, hav,g the sppe france
Of vessel Of She seered Tor Rover as f wish
ing TO eommanicate ~th her, out nigh: coming on she
was iost sight OF.
Tie &nerican bark Ioaic, Captain VIM McCalloch
from portland Ne. bound for Havana with c,cgo Of
railroad ssopess got ashore on ,ow Cay Reef on the
morning Of the ieth instant She got OF by tue
wrcckers, and brought to Nassau rhe Cham,er of
Commerce there awarded tho wrecsers t~o thousand
dollars for their services and then tho called for
her declaration Captain acCaoch states that tho
16Ih insisnt he Suspicious ootins fore aod aft
schooner With q great number OF men orsrd, be
Log eown; but in about tour large ship hove Ia
sight, when the schooner immsdn.ely hove about He
thought FIRST seeing the zee ths, sne might
have BEEN whaier, bat after seeiug SO maa,
deck and Hlft suspected tbat shs Sas after good
Sixteen bales of op good MI ling CT tton hal
been rscei ed at Charleston aud sold atskc
The May snd coa trade, Of the last week, amounted
to u, c,stctons.
The .obsle papers that the new steamship Norris
win be put on the line hat port and New York
letter in the New Orleans Do says that II is pro-
babe Aer all tsat Count was not captured at
auysmas
The Southern mail late due has been received.
Naval 4 ses,ages..e.
TH sTEAhKR BAN JAcirTo rHOc9HDs TO rHs BALTIC.
e. s W BosroS, August ~, 1885,
The fteamsr sAn Jacoto vii leave for the Baltic on
saturday next. She tbo'oagely exsmlasd n the
damage TO her machinery found to b. 30 serious
o. st arst supposed. eN
Adratt Of one hurdred seamen under eomn, nd Of
calling Master Moore leave Chaisstowa Nsvv Yard to-
day, to join the q. ship indepeadsnse At New YORK
now fitting for the Pacido.
The crew OF the sloop Of war Cyans win BE- pald on
soon, and probably discharged
The corvette John Adams fully prepared to receive
crew, AND win haul out OF deck at onoe. rs rs
The work the steam frirats ID progressing as
rapidly NJ ire appropriations Will ALLOW.
Al pocn to-day the Thermometer God at 80; but Il
has bad rapid fall Tb evening ~ u quite COOL
be vod east, end ehessy tog g,thsring with strong
\ tsaeAtiona of rain