The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-22
Oar Besssn Correspondence.

eNS NRt"s0ssS-<As OufWS 12VUeUkMs
So far - can ascertain, the Know Nothings have
made the following nominations: -For Members Of
Congress, In the First district Mr.. Eliot, the pre-
sent member, who viii be supported by all parties
except the administration democrats; in tho Second
district, Mr.. Burlington, now mayor Of Fall River,
whig and q merchant, and personally popular; he
leans STRONGLY to the anslavery side of the commu.
nifty. In tho Third, William s. Damrel, of Dedham,
. printer, who does business in Boston, and who
managed to foer Mr.. Ely, in whose favor the odds
were quite great until very recently In the Fourth,
Mr.. L. B. CorniDgs, now mayor Of Roxbury, to
which post he was elevated by Know Nothing in
huencs and votes 80 long ago as last December. He
was one Of the first persons raised to Office in this
State by the new party. He Is q whig, and
10 popular. In the Fifth, Arson Burlin-
game, . free soiler, and too well known
to need any further description. In the
Sixth, Mr.. Timothy Davis, of Gloucester, quite
young man, who is concerned in the shipping bust
ness, and is wealthy. In politics he belongs to the
coalition democrats, and was steady supporter Of
the late Mr.. Rantoul. In the Seventh, Rev. Lyman
Whiting, Of Reading, who is an orthodox minister,
and in politics used to be Webster whig, bu. came
cut strong against the Nebraska bill, with the rest
Of Mr. Webstefs massachusetts, friends, last winter.
He is about thirty.seven years old, gra iuate Of
Dartmouth College, where he was not considered to
be remarkably bright youth, and is said to be
eccentric, and Of Eighty and excitable tempera-
mentust the sort Of person, in brief, TO make fun
In Congress, If honorable members should deem 1t
worth while to " trot him out" He used to preach
At Lawrence, but left his congregation there under
circumstances of an odd character, and is now
engaged in dOipg his best to save the souls
Of the good people Of the pleasant town Of
Reading. He is said BY some to be an able
man, and to be popular where he lives. In
the Eiohth district Chouncev T. Knann q tha
candidate. He is an old liberty man, and joined the
free sellers in ls4S, who ran him against Gov. Bout
well for Congress, in that year. When the coalition
got posse Of our Legislature in 1851 Mr. Knapp
not found competent to fill, 80 that it became
necessary to call a whg to his assistance s,n Of
Mr.J. I. Buckingham. who had had some expert
ence in business Of the kind. When the question
OF Ie-electing Mr.. Knapp came up, In 1852, 1t was
resolved to drop him, the ground ofincompetency,
on hearing which decision he tainted away. The
place was conferred on Mr.. Under xood. Since that
time be has not been much heard Of until he has
the Know No,hiDgs in No. 8. In the Ninth district
Mr.. Dewitt is that partys candidate, and 1t would
be useless to oppose him. he being supported by the
free soilers at least half the wings, and some OF the
bas been conferred on Mr.. James Blanchard, whig,
and manufacturer Of locomotives, but who is not
possessed ofsny marked talents. OF No. IL nothing
Is known, and 1t would be useless for the attempt
to be made TO defeat Mr.. Goodrich.
Such are the Know Nothing candidates. Five Of
them-Lessrs Eliot, Burlington, Comins, Whiting,
and, Blanchard-are wings. F0ur-Messrs. Damrel,
BuIlngame, Knapp, and De Witt-are free soilers.
have the larger number, Jet they &C use the Kuov
Nothngs Of having given themselves up to the free
soilers. All that their talk means is this they wish
to Tighten the new party into nomina ting some IN
mean to abandon Governor Washburn, and Axe the
whole body Of Know Nothings captive, and having
voted for that parsys candidate, make . whg ex ;
cuiive of him. and wing voters of his friends. In
I'D s sSss P ss T nsa party ss 70
Awa'l. we'd up, it is the intention Of the wings to
make war 1t openly, in the hope of getting tn .
whole foreign vote on their side, as the foreign po
mocratic party in existel ce heIe-none; mean, Of
such strength 40 Would warrant any party not alb.
solutely mad, to think Of it as means Of support.
As to the chances Of the Know Nothing candidates
purchasing at any respectable price. It is possible
that in some Of the districts where the Know Moth
iDgs themselves are very powerful enough free soil
eIs and demo- rats may vote for these gentlemen TO
peciaDy IL the wings with that perversity which is
charming trait in their tharscter, should put the
most unpopular blockheads in their party to oppose
u EN-. Beyond this, the Know Nothings have no
chance OF electiDg their men,. few Of whom bring
any psrsonal strength to the aid Of their party.
have known b To TO be taken this week that our
whig delegation win be q strong in the next Con
gress as 1t is in Il present, where it stands nine TO
two. Those who take this view of the matter assert
that the whigs will Offset their loss in one Of the
other oii tricts by gaining that Of Mr.. Banks,
where tte are probably stronger than any other
party, or than the republicans and democrats COM
bned, and upon whose combination must Mr.. Banks
now depend for support and sdccess-and such COM
bDation is not the most likely thing in the world
The only district in which the wings have no hope
whatever is the Ninth, where one half Of their own
number are supporting Il ee soiler. The other hall
propose to have candidate but their exerti0ns will
be attended with no effect on the result. Those
Know N0things who have the best chances Of being
elected are wings, or such stuff as wings are made
Of, and, If chosen, would soon be fused into that
eat party which, under some name or other 10 not
nprobsby destined to have possession Of the alton
al govern ment for the four years following General
Pierce's retirement from Office.
Mr.. Edmands as been nominated 70. Congress in
the Third district, though he had formally declined
put II to the field ~ many practical anti Nebraska
men % possible. Mr.. EGmands voted in such way
satites the more derate anti slavery men, and
30 10 as good An opponent TO Mr. Damrell as could
have tten selected.
There is ching new to be said about the guber-
patolial nomination Of the new party. MIR. Pierce
continues to be mu talked OF for il. He Is an old
csmoc' at and q straightforward man, who would
fill The ecutve chair creditably. He has, though
dtmociat, always Teen ayerse to reign infu-
eIce" and this is relied upon by his friends 70
cure hfs nomination; but the result in the TLird
Congressional district may open their eyes TO the
danger Of their position. There Mr.. Ely was tripped
ny by Mr.. Damrell, though he had been for years
alive American, and apparently bad irresistible
claims on his party. Mr.. Perce's tlaims may prove
of more weight than those Of Mr. Ely, though his
prospects certainly have good appearance at this
time.
Mr. Buike's movement in favor Of Gen. Houston
fer Il P esdtncy extites considerable attention.
The gene, al opinion is that II viii not advance the
To exntac - Afn oft tpn tntA ba
White House. Still IL is q movement Of importance,
concerning New England politics intimately, and
Mr.. Burke Is no ordinary man. ALG0MA.
MURDER On Saturday, the 30th ult., Peter Cur.
ry, son Of one Of our Oldest citizens received
twenty -four stabs from the hands Of one Luke Now.
ell, from the effects Of which be died on the follow
ing Tuesday. The sffair occurred at right in the
Warrior district tf this county, and 90 far as we
learn, in the folloWirg manner NOVEL;, Curry, and
tthers were attending at "corn shocking" at the
HI use Of ole Of their neigbbors, when one Of the
party proposed to go TO corner OF the fence where
n hattie GuuOr Wa secretcd and there take n