The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-02
New Fork, Thursday, November y, 1854.
The News.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE CITY.

The News.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE CITY.
The hard ahell democrats had q large aad respect
able ratification meeting ct the Tabernacle las.
night f which we publish full report this morn
Ing. The hon of the evening was Mr.. Dickinson,
md hin speech was the special attraction. We com
Hsndit to tina attention Of all parties concerned
Dfesh, as Mr.. Dickinson is, from the rural districts
u exhibits considerable insight into tie merits Of
- liquor question: though he judiclously refrains
rom attempting anything like an analysis Of the
parties and principles involved in the canvass fol
This Corporation. TIE address in favor of Wilson
q. Hunt Nor Mayor appears to have gone down
seEy smoothly; and, altogether. the spirit and the
confidence of the hards In behalf of their cause AMI
their candidates were decidedly fsttering to thei.
n0minees. How far their enthusiasm may be raj
he'd on election day is another affair, which it is
lss to anticipate by any idle conjectuses It is .
~ free light; every man for himself and the devil
hike the hindmost is the universal motto. And
O. there is little Of everything before tue people,
and something over, let no man atteu pc to excuse
himself from attending the polls on the bloody Sc
Venih.
II e anticipated whig ratification at the Broadway
House last night did not come of. From the seace
yesterday of the whig papers Of all stripes in REGARD
70 this ratification, we presume it was abandoned by
general consent Perhaps there was a,k Of con-
Rdence respecting the Short Boys and the liquor
men among the camp followers of the whig array;
perhaps there were appsehensions Of und,gnfied
shindy, instead of q graceful approval Of ire od6s
and ends of the whig coalition. At Ill events The
hiure OF IT, ratification last night ia significant OF
active oissifection in the Shig camp. Very likely
they have postponed their ratidcauon till af.e; tae
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contingencies lager ber, Irish wbissey, aad the
Know Nothings. fhe political eau dron is bubble
and boiipg as length, aud steanng at an
awful rate, cid The Tamnidny Halt ratification 10
night will uuquesticoaoly add hnn I'D pc: &c At
tO'the existing tnroTs.
TIE NEW HAyEE RAiLRO 4D COMPANY
A meeting of the stock ioldes OF this company
was held in The Chspel of me Uuive SHY llss evs
ming, ia order 60 Iops su;h measures vito regard
10 the assumption rriecioa OF the over issued or
'Schuyler" sock as .hsy would recommend to the
assemhh stockholders at the next meeting, to be
held in New Haven. After q technical discussion
and long speech fro Judge R ooscvelt series OF
resolutions were passed-pub ishsd else where
which contain the entire gist of the affair.
INTERESTING TO POLITICIANS.
We publish in another part of to days paoer
hst OF the Of the different candidates for Con.
ress and for State and city oicsrs. far as they
have been ascertainei. From this /, app BARS that
there are no less than sixteen parties n the field,
and over one thousand nominees before the pc ,pe.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The most impC RANT measure brought up in the
Board of Education las. evening was O report from
The Finance Committee, recommending certificate
10 the Common Council to supply the deioiency Of
one hundred and ninety-eight thousand and ninety
one dslas In the school moneys for the year ending
December 81, 1854. An abstract Of the report, as
well a. synopsis of the debate which ensued
thereon, viii be found IN another column.
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.
By the report Of the Commissioners of Emigra
Sion it appears that the number Of aliens arrived ..
1his port from Jan. to Nov. L. is 273 ISL. OF this
number 2,s2l remain In thu Marine Hospital and
Emig ants Refuge ia charge of the Commissioners.
me total epts of the Board this year, up to LIST
inst, $5sS,56 o.; disbursements, SAT-, O22 10
balance on hand, sll3,543 SO.
THE ST. LOUIS PRIZE FIGHT.
We give to-day an account Of prize fight which
took place near st. Louis on the 26th ult between
two Of the amateur fancy, named fom Hyer and
Pat MCGOWAN, the latter q laborer on the Pacific
Railroad. Immediately on the receipt Of the new
Il this city two of the Wall street journals issued
extras, with full account of the exhibition sup
posing that one OF the contestants was Mr.. Thomas
Hyer, Of this city, and calculating that the al
nouncement that he had been beaten would create
. great sensation throughout the city; but az we
had before stated that Mr.. Hyer had not left the
city, and consequently not engaged in the fight
which had been announced, the public who take an
interest In such matters at once came TO the con.
slusion that the Tom Hyer who was McGowsn's an.
aagonist was spurious, and that the individual had
assumed the name; and uch is the fact, as Mr..
Hyer's letter in tsdsys paper abundantly proves.
On the day on which the Hght took place Mr. Hyer
vas riding out with his amily on Long Island. For
The last three or four weeks he has been suffering
frsm an attack Of the rheumatism.
STATE OF THE MARKETS.
Common and inferior grades of -four were l2kc. A
25c. per barrel lower yeste rday, while fancy and
sxtza brands were unchanged. Canada, in bond.
sold ct 90 IS, and at $40 IL, duty paid. No whea,
Or moment was offerin!. Indian corn adyan ed
enc TO two cents per bushel for sound Western
mixed. Mess pork opened at sl2 IS, becam,
Acavy and sale of 100 barrels sold at the close at
el2 so. The stock of all kinds in this city was
AIKEN yesterday, and amounted to 63,44l barrels,
and the stock of beef was sscertained to be 24ss
barrels. The stock of hemp in this market yesier
day amounted to l. 453 bales Of addressed aud 1874
10. dressed. The former was held at $l7O $l95
md the latter a. $3.50 $275 per ton.
Messr. Wilmerding & Mount held large cats,
ogue sale yesterday Of assorted sessonable goods
Viii consisted chiefly Of shawls and hosiery
There we're 62i lots embraced III re ci'alo me. Ths
a.. vas very good vne, AMI en- A. Il 4 lias OF
i out 1000 shawls, being tn sa.we stock OF the