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

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last night TIE soft shsii an1 the hard shei
dsno ratio Maycralty conventions we're hcid. Tse
SorEsr passed o. Larmosiously, aRc Fernando
Wood received tho nuinina'ion FOG Mayer Rat tho
csse was FAR difcIott In the camp q TIE hard
shels. lyon gong mo an Inforral hsllat u va
Discovered that traitors hal usnetrated lato e.
stror ghold OF the ada nsnslnes, and that co. iH
malignant Influences we're Al work 70 dsieat theis
plans. This was quite minifosg when u Vas "a.
cared that Fernando Wood bad received q Esjsity
of the votes cat, ana ,heFenn0n the harris pro
VA ated the plse n meeting, lcaVlng Tho hiend
OF Wood 10 thsnssy >, organized . separate CO
vention and proc eceed % b1snc.y. Nothac q
accomplished, howtSer, and the real original lar
shell democrats are as yet vithoa, = eaadidsis or
Mayor. A full report OF these interesting proceed
ings Is ai7en on the lrst page. The following can
didstes for The Office o. Mayor ere already before
the Pr ope, but the programme Is no. haiiipsdsup:-
Pollics. Czadds1'sa,
Hard sLen democrats. crnsnao Wool
soft shsa! demo sTsts. .Tesna- 10 Wool
Tsmperspce. ...........,......t ihssa
Know hcttinsa.. .............. james ". bafter
lnceps pdcot and ciSan streets. .Jchn Y. Genin.
Daniel L. TicG,ann has received. BY an inios M
ball,.,irg, the nomination % the Manicipal Re.ogn
Committee.
Tee hard shell democrats and tie whas have
formed Il cir S,cssts for judicial officers. They arc
as aDae yed -
HARD saEzl ur.iocrtHc yezrIsTsCss
surrogate John X Brndy.
ih'Iict tsotney.... ..Jonas p. Hhliss
CRY william u. Leo0ara.
Rec. rider. james !. Smith, u.
VIC soaSusoSs
surrosa'e Alex. ". E.aaiord
District sttorney. GA Oakley Hau
hty Judge.............t.. 4 Stuart
Resorder. .......................John IL. White.
AFFAIRS IN THE CITY.
The Board of Aldermen held thor usual meeting
last evening, The proceedings, which were OF 10
general interest terminated in discussion Of tie
Reyrold ofal contract. the Board finally refusing
20 take from the table for consideration the report
of the committee on that subject.
The Board Of Councilmen was in session last eve.
ming, and transacted large amount OF ordinary
routine business. Another effort was made 70 ex.
tend the hospitalt.es OF the city to the officers o.
TIE French men-ofwar now ia our habor, but The
propositcn y, under the rules Of tho Board was laid
on tie table. 1t is very prob able that before the
Board make up their mind on this subject, tbs
French feet viii be far on their way homcwara
bound.
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday. Awonr
the reports ADOPTED was in favor Of paying the
quarterly bills OF the four corcpers Of tha city,
amounting to sj,774.
Yesterday additional complaints were mlde be
fore Justice Stuart regarding the alleged fra11s OF
George G. Holbrook, tire intelligence Office zoe per-
upon cor 6ding and unsuspecting strangers. lNc
persons made afijsvits to their having been swim.
died cut Of sums Of money varying from twenty 70
one hundred dollars II 10 surprising that, AFTER
the repeated warnings given in the newspapers
against the shsrpers Of this city, 20 much creda-
lousuess is to be found. The extreme folly Of the
unfortunate victims deprives them Of much Of the
sympathy which would under the circumstancts be
felt in their behalf.
Through the alleged carc!essness OF switch ten
der on the New Haven Railroad, near Mor7isar,s
yesterday one Of the locomotives capsizcd, buryng
beneath il the engineer, Timothy Smith. Before he
could be extsicated the hot water from the boiler
had scalded him from head to foot. lie was con
,eyed - the City Hospital still alive, but no hope
eould be entertained of his recovery il is impossi
BILE to conceive o more excruciatincly painful con
tition than that which happened to this unfortunate
man. yet he bore his suherngs with great forticlde
and even expressed the opinion that he would sur
yive them.
LATER FRox BuENos AlRTS.
We have received our files of the -drgsn,sns
Packed to the 18th of August but che papers contain
no news of political IL tcrcst. The state Of society
was bad, and some barbarous murders ani other
outrages had taken place. In tho Confcdeistcd Fro
yinces the national government had taken measure.
to enforce the circulation Of the new paper money
which it was feared would iOjuriously alice, trade
A late market report Is given elsewhere.
NEWS IRON THE WEST INDIES.
We publish to-day somc additional extracts from
our Jama aflles with an editorial article from on
of the journals, which viii be found interesting
a. an evidense OF the feelings with which tie colo
nists LOOK upon the questions Of the annexa.i0a o
Cuba ard tie aboI.io Of slavery, as agl.ated IN
this county.
Our correspondent. at Bermuda announces the Al.
jour- ment OF the House OF Assembly, tho nob.-rri
val Of Governor Murray, the termination Of the
drought by ref eshiDg RAIN and he very active
movems MS Ct the British ships OF war On tiat ga
lion.
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