The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-12

American General CSnn.asss..
mn AND rLAc1s or HoLuNo NoNMA7IsG ooavu.
or AAYoR UNTIL Ayyn THy erArp n rnrIo.s-
eP1OIAL AEDFN0 0nDHxuD.
Inc American General Committee 81 New York os<v
composed OF three delegates from s~oh ward hsld =
regular meeting st the rooms " Lspcrnrd srse
and Broadway, last evenings fall Aelss alton being
present In the sbsence Of zopsaz Mills, ESQ.,, esu.runa
the Chair occupied by the nrss Woo president
Wagner, ESQ, Of tho Seventeenth ward Mr. @ r. WIZ
Ater o. ne Eshssen.h ward, nrss secretary ocaenx n
that capacity.
Credentials OF delegates from the Second ward vc~s
bare cd IN aid approved After tina reading q tho min
wsyd behsk OF the committee Of enc from each VIVID
appointed at the lest meeting to az the time plsoe
Tor nooing ne vsrcus nominating ocnyentions reported
Judiciary Convention, 70 nominate two Justicos OF 3D.
preme Court two Judges or Superior Court ore udgo a.
Con mon Pleas one Judge OF Marine Court, Mon
day, 2h September Of 6S East Broadway, aTxP.H
SECOND.
Convention 10 nominate surrogate District Attorney end
City Judge, Or Que 70 be elected meet on Tuesday
september 20, Is 1877 BoweryVss ~ p. n
THIRD.
Convention to noiDae Recorder Register and Governor
Of Almshouse, to 30sh September NJ Consttuhoa
the conventions three delegates to be elected
Tho committee recommended that the action In refe
renee 70 the nomination Of Mayor be postponed until after
This proposition created some discussion. A mo
Ion was made TO strike the recommendaasa
ne,sru. Bsss, Kstchum and others, On the ground
hat the nomination OF . candidate for Mayor =
this time would be powerful FOR the democrats
party concentrate their forces man; whereas
should they postpone their action on this matter ne demo
cratic party would be pretty certain to nominate
they would be the bes.cr abe in The end 70 x upon soma
man whom they COLD undoubtedly elect al oppoa
Nessrs Foyd or the Seventeenth ward and oshers ad
vccasd the motion to strike out the recommendation
the ground that sy po.spc1ins the nomis'toa
would Lose strength In not being early before the people;
also that might be ued the enemies Of party
into exhibition Of cowsrdce the part OF the Amen
After considerable discussion on both Sides q me-
lion was moved to lay the whole subjea tina taoe until
SENATORIAL CONVENTIONS.
Et1r Senatorial District -Oomprining the First Second
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eighth and Four
teeDh ssrds sending three delegates from each wssa 70
THURSDAY the LIST OF Ostober, al ~ o'olocs
Fyh Dtuict-Compisng the Tenth, Eleventh, ThAS-
each ward meet the corner Of Essex and Grand stree
on Thursday evening, oc'obe, !, at * O'Clock
.eeu.a and EsesDtS rsras also sending ,s dssxs.s;
from each ward TO meet n the same time ut Continental
Hail. Wooster street
Ssv.nn Distria-Comprising the Twelfth, Nine.eensh,
twentieth, Twenty fret ana Twenty second wards also
each sending i've delegates, 70 meet same time u ass
The above report was taken mp and adopted by secoos
effort was 70 have the report 90 altered
A to provide for the meeting Of the Yn three PANIED
yeuons on the sane evening but after hard fought ba
tie IN which was asucd that by having them Ill
evening corrupt cot OF men apt to be elected dole
sates who in some instances, lad heretofore proved
were ablo 70 be tempered vi and the better prospec
OF havg An honest and intelligent delegation from each
council should the conventions be named for different
evenings who could not be tempered With BY log rolling
politicians and ofoe seekcu The motion lost BY a
almost unanimous vote, and the report With the exoep
ton OF the Mayoralty Convention, adopted came
from the committee.
ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS.
report was CALEB for from the committee 10 appoP-
on and make arrangements for holding the several
ict conventions for AmemblymeB but being announced
that the Chairman thereof Of town mo Ion wss
made and carried that the committee be nstru ed
port 1t special meetr 70 DO held on Friday evening nsx
THE CIVIL JUgTTCBS.
question here arose 10 whether the charter
provided for the election Of civil court justices the
general election 81 the December election for city on
GERS when Justice Davidson explained that the oharsr
provided expressly for the election OF such Justices
place u The December election Tho further dscussoa Of
this question was then postponed
Mr. sSnpxR OF the Fifteenth ward rendered his roxgna-
ton - member OF The committee, IN consequence of III
removal from bis ward The resignation accepted.
The Committee then adiour ned.