New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-05
CITY POLITICS.


Lsst evening Tammany Hall swarmed with Soft
Shell delegates to the City Convention for nominating
Civ and County candidates to be supported at the
VAT election. Thomas Burns Of Tie First Ward pre-
sRed
The contested delegations hom the Fourth Fifth,
Thirteenth and Nineteenth Wards were decided 10
accordance with tie certificates Of the Inspectors of
he Primary Elections in those Wards. In the Fourth
Ward the ticket known "a the Baird ticket was adj
ni,ted In the Fifth Ward the one called the Ken
redy ticket was uDsuccessfuy contested by the Nor
rssey ticket. In the Thirteenth Ward the Ferris
ticket was admitted, and the Herrick ticket in the
Nineteenth Ward.
nations.
Azariah C. Flagg was renOminated Controller by
The Convention then proceeded to nominate Street
ConmiesioLer. There were lour DdiotIngs, WIN the
FIKsT BALLOT Samuel Allen, Eleventh Ward, 3d.
Charles II. Ring, Eighth Ward, %; John Chambers,
Fourteenth Ward, IL Wilson Small, Seventh Ward,
~; Harry Howard, Sixth Ward, 7; - Coulter,
Seventeenth Ward, 6-totel 100.
Allen received A votes the second ballot, IS on
Ne third and 10 on the fourth ballot, and was de-
dared duly nominated for Street Comm ssioner.
The Conv.utio then proc eeded to ballot for can
adate for Commissioner Of Repairs and Supplies.
The contest was between Wm III. Miner and Nathan
el Seey On the third ballot Miner received Sc votes,
but on counting the votes it found that two votes
had teen cast more than the number Of delegates
meselt. This was laid to the Seely men, and 1t was
said TO have been done to cheat Miner out of the NOM
nation.
An tffort was then made inside the Convention by
the Seeley Delegates TO adjoDn the Convention with
out eff citing choice. The Seeey outsiders also be-
came greatly excited, and proclaimed Loudly againet
Miners nomination predicting that he certainly would
be defeated, and declaring that the election was being
given to the Know-NO thngs
AT this time the trough old politician known
s obi Harrington, formerly leading Wing fighter,
who atpeared on this occasion to be in the interest OF
Seey, placed himself next to the door in which the
Convention was in session, and about forty o: the
outside supporters packed themselves next to him.
Han ngton forced ofen the door and rushed ill.,
followed by the Seely party. The Miner men in the
Convention rushed for the door TO put the intrudefs
out, aud the Seely delegates inside rushed to the
rescue of Harrington and his party. brief but &C.
we're fight took place inside, the Seely men being
essily victorious and the Convention then bro
ken up.
The parties then left the Hsl-the Seely men in
creat cee and the Miner men exceedingly wrathy'
When the proceedings ended it was near o'clock in
he morning.
Capt Rynders was greatly enraged at the result and
applied some choice ephets to those who produced IT.
THE OLD WING PARTY.
Most of tie transparencies which used TO adOn
Brosdway. announcing that demonstrations froA the
densr,ed could be Witnessed within, have disappeared
Last night, however, large one at No. $50, ex-
cited considerable curiosity. On entering, parry of
gentlemen estimated at from $50 to 5OOO ghosts in
ended were to be seen promenading hall about
twenty feet wde stand in the center was occupied
by two or three old men and two or three boys Over
their heads hung picture which we were told was in-
tended TO represent Henry Clay. Underneath the
Ebel were these WORDS;
uT,ps 70 the man who always true to
George Wood Of Cotton celebrity, was caiiei 10
The chair. and on assuming it he made short speech
remarkable for the manner in which gentleman IN
the audience, evidently of foreign exnacuon' pro
nourcod q, short intervals the word bee-yutitu'"
Whether the extatic individual was IN love WIN MI
WOODS appearance, his delivery or his ideas, we
conId NOT divine: but there he stood, saying as he
rubbed his hands with invisible soap, bee-yu-
"tiful."
s.rios Of resolutions was then proposed as fol-
lows: sn,a.r..
Vb,,oa, the Wits Party was oy n,in snJ 70
Hsnyx Cl.y and paoe Webster, aud omen, 70 y, and
yoSss certain am Msa RpdSy from uod1
re,gn lsbor and foI Industry ana 0 @ and arbors and
.ne. of eperoachns Federal Executive posT
wy n ,jhts Of the the recent abandonment u on
Ss.a ny,nririe. by possessing thetaseNes " = ~
h.S IRIS party Syracuse and the transfer OF 20
@ ~, and Of this state IL
.sopab principles SheIei 70 %
R,sorS That the spirit and priheip es o our
vs., live and breathe IN their assosia'es
"a ar "a, vindieSors though dead--snd that pneipe'
- The Cops ution and upon the rights ana inter
"..S wmsu die enc n7ver con oe oul arc y
Immortal 4, the great ssiesmep who beqaeNheo
dxn, ssrss 70 cherished and 90 be pronug 20 'e
world forever - ,,-,,. D., ,,,.. 20, .rch
Resolre5 That the invitation 20 US hss , F,oyxn
Democrats Preston King and AbjAh Mana men wei
40 Cop,rts and long opposition our Gays an W
wbh whom for twenty have not had hs pu
n'e in common I'D insot TO injury I1ey ia
not charged and hsve wel They are they nave pee ~,
tw,n,'fve yesrs bat where are they who haNe "on'1
PsS That the sacrifice Of the Interests of twenty
hor SCI white and silence al tbs principles
ronr,rn them TO supposed interests Of some three aad
h. miops Of negroes abandonment OF our own race
and color 10 asgrsndks into greater import the se9 ana
colo, of The African The Wing parry made for the Ane'i
can and not the African. -, WI.
ps.o,S therefore That the recent delivery Of the wing
matt, AT sr,euse over 20 mock Democrats and Aooons o
men ham nir 10 have IN their hands the mere mscnery OIL
thai party achery q. principles aud eeedent' o
qusiter century and that such treechefJ ought W % "
sisted In every possible and honorable way. y,
Rssors5 there fore That the Wigs OF the stae OF New
be invited to assemble IN State Convention Const'un la
Nev.York Tuesday Oct y 70 take such me ~ 1J
be dee advisable Antsn int gritty ana our
JAMES BROOKS of The Ezpress followed 10 iong
speech in support Of these resolutions in which ne re-
viewed the course Of Messrs. King snd Mann IN Con
gress and declared with the mos, solemn emphasis
that he would never have voted ss they did
f. A. TaLInADcE contepded that the Wing party