The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-28

IN Syracuse Oh the 10Th of September. II is full
tire that the dslegates thereto from this city
we're elected; but owing TO the squabbies among
rival committees ard rival leaders no detinite
action has yet BEEN taken for thas purpose. Ne
gctiations are, however, on foot with the object
Of splicing up truce, and bringing ebout such
state Of amnlgamation between the various sec
tons OF the party as will admit of the democracy
OF this city being ,epress ated at Syracuse by only
one set OF delegates AT present it is very doubt
full whether the effort a. fusion will prove Sic
| cessfuL. Present appearances 90 not place the
chances in q favorable aspect
We understand that the reported conference in
The Custom House on Wednesday afternoon. had
no foundation in reality so far at least as Mcssrs
| Weed, Small and Fowler were concerned There
were, however, soma grounds for the report mas
much as Messrs. Hart and Sweeney the one Yep
| rcsenting the Wilson Small Committee aud the
other the Eti@ard Cooper Committee. had
| called On Mr.. Scholl-who rs the uBcrq,rolled
distributor of place and patronage ir tue ,Istom
| House. has the whole game ia bis own BAUD
| and had trist to psiaver him into making such a
use o: lis power az would promote the coniem-
| plated fusion The informal conference how
! ever, ended IN nothing. Mr. Scheli recognizes
ard acts upon the rule which we have been all
along intoxicating, that The Custom Honse is not
| an institution for the benefit OF broken down po-
liticians rowdies and shoulder hitters bu. for the
collection of the general revenue ard for tue pro-
motion Of the interests of commerce. His APP
poin!nlents and removals will be therefore made
| not 20 much in reference to the wants Of po!iti-
| clans as in reference to the proper management
of the Custom House. And in tkis view of that
| part of his duties he is fully endorsed by Mr.
Buchanan. Therefore We think it hardly pcoba-
bic that the Custom House appointments will be
made the lever whereby Inc difficult task is to be
accomplished OF iusng the hostile elements of the
democratic party into one solid and united mass
There are various runners afoat as 10 the result
OF the recent conferences in Washington and New
York. Nj. Schell had removed from the Gus
tom House some oillceholdcrs whose antece-
dents or whose qualifications FOR their respec-
| i've Offices were noue of the best. Mr..
| Sickles, whose constituents those individuals
happened to be, called upon the Collector to as
certain the reasons .or theirremsval Mr.. Schcllde-
clned to assign any reason. Sickles applied to the
Treasury Department at Washington The Trca-
sury Department invited Mc. Sickles 90 90 up and
have a confab over the mstter-the invitation
was accepted. Then Mr.. Schell was sent for. He
also attended, and the result of all this was that
Mr.. Schell was allowed to have his own way
although it is said that some provision was made
in another department for the first victims of his
impartial discrimination Mr.. Schell was at the
same time invested with full discretionary
power over all the Custom House Offices coupled
only with the recommendation that the federal
patronage in his hands should not be made use of
TO give increased influence TO either Of the sec
tons of the democratic party in this city. Mr..
Schell is the very person to avail himself of the
hint thus given. and to administer bis Office with
the slightest possible regard to factionist ccnsd-
era.ions
The Collector holds middle course between
the tao principal factions of The party in this
city. He Is rot identified With either, and is con-
sequently courted by both The Tammany in
sders-or those who support The Edward Cooper
Commit.ec-are solicitous to have the weight Of
bis influence thrown into their scale. The Tam
many outsidcrs-or those who marshal under the
Wilson Small Committee equally solicitous
TO have that advantage on their side. And the
joke is that each Of these sections fatters itself
with the assurance that Mr.. Scbcll is on lis
side. We cannot say which of them, or whether
either Of them, Is justified In this conclusion.
We understand, however, that at d(jeenes, or
love feast Of some FORT given the other day by
Mr. Sickles TO The Secretary Of the Interior ard
his lady Mr. schcll was one OF the guests This
would look as If the Ccoperitcs were likely to
have the Collector en- their side. But still the
circumstance Goes rot Of course, afford ground
for any thing more than speculation.
Should there be fusion Of factions In New
York, it is confidently believed by some That Mr..
Wood will be the regular nominee for Mayor,
while it is asserted by Others with equal cont
dcnce that Judge Inpaham will be the candi-
date. The latter is regarded ne being almost as
closely identified with the struggle for municipal
liberties as the former. The contest FOR the
nomination viii probably nc sharp ono be-
tween thesc two. II the fusion do not take
place, Judge Ingraham may still be the Tam
many Hall candidate. Robert j. Dillon and
Godfrey Cun,her are oiso spoken Of az available
Candidates on that aide but Mayor Wood will,
in that event, be run by the democracy, rallying
under the Wilson Small Committee. and will
take bis stand as The candidate most prominently
identified with the defence Of municipal rights
II all this miserable cliquism could only be
exercised from the party in this city, and if the
democracy could be got 10 join unanimously in
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