New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17
STATEN ISLAND POLITICS.

We published in our yesterday MORNINGS Issue the
report Of two Conventions held in Richmond County
OIL Saturday evening, both of which were handed in
TO us with claim from each that il was the true Con-
venton and through its delegates the sole repre-
sentative of the Republicans of Richmond County.
The fscts, however, we understand to be these
On Saturday evening number of gentlemen well
known to each other the regularly elected delegates
10 the Richmond Convention, convened at the ap-
pointed place in that town, and when the usual hour,
q oclook-the uniformly "usua hour on Staten,
and, We believe, generally everywhere else in the
country, for evening meetipgs-arrived, motion was
made that the Convention TO order. The Conven
tior did co. and it being evident that more than two
thirds of the whole delegation of the county were
present whose claim to represent nobody
the meeting was organized by the choice of Geo. Wm
Curtis as Chairman, and Tompkins Westervelt as
Secretary and then proceeded without delay the only
business that called it togetherthe choice OF dele
gstes TO the Syracuse and Congressional Conventions
While this was going on one person objected to the
meeting as irregular, nasnuch as the hour, he as
serted, a. which ii was called, was s O'Clock. The
President, Mr.. Curtis requested this doubtful gen
ileipsn to give some evidence tina. this wa,
the fs,;; but this happened to be impos'
sible, irssmuch as the call for the Convention
signed by Mr. Esbert, named no hour Whatever
the usuoI hour of course being understood Mr.. Curtis
asked the Convention what. in view OF this objection
vas its plC asure. The objection Of the doubtful and
now dissatisfied gentlemen, however, met with no
response and the ohjector himself retired, not suii-
ciently satisfied of HE own correctness apparently to
make any further question to the proceedings and
the Convention, composed let il be observed of the
zRcloHeagcd delegates of more than fr0nirdS
of tie whole county, and having, therefore,
fhe right to come 10 order they pleased sfer
the arrival Of the usual hour, voted unanimously to
proceed with their business. They did so without in
senuptiOn, and chose without a dissenting voice the
yeutemen whose names we gave yesterday, and who
will Of course be received bare statement OF the
facts at Syracuse and at the Congressional Conven
ion as the true and sole delegates from the Republican
party Of Richmond County Having done this, which,
being ali of one mind and undstnrbsd by any hostile
element il took but few minutes TO DO they ourn
ed and quietly dispersed 70 their several homes.
AS they did so, night was msde hideous aud the
peaceful village Of Richmond startled by the advent,
IN large wagon with fine team Of four horses, of
score or more Of howling, blasphemous, drunken
wretches who had come up from the shore 10 be
"counied in in anything that might happen, ss some
Thing is pretty 10 do wherever such creatures
found at large. They probably did not clsim, and
nobody supposed them, to be delegates. They
certainly not there in the interest of the who had
nes6y done their business and gone home; aud there
is therefore, but one rational supposton possible in
regard to them-tbst, they OF the same sort
they WEI there with the same purpose as the men
who, week before, had turned the Republicans of
New Brighton out Of doors and chosen as delegates to
90 to Richmond three employees st Qdarantne and
tie nephew of a Quarantine contractor. However,
they were too late for the Convention. That mad met
n, the usual hour and with unchslenged msjority
OF the whole county delegation, had done the work 70
which was called. ana dispersed. 1t wss no doub
expected that this meeting would have been KEEP. ia
check till o'clock and the tourhorse reinforcement
arrived together. But accidents will happen to the
most careful OF physicians and the Thompsonisn Sys-
fem, in spite Of Lobeha and No. g. is sometimes fall
nIe The Doctor had, in this csse, brought up rems
dies enough OF the strongest sort TO work the ps-
feni te'nbly. He only happened to bs little too
late. There was no Convention there TO be put
hrosgh' according to the new practice When the
leaders Of this precious mob found how COM
pletely they were foiled by men who
had had no thought of doing anythius but their
simple duty, and could hardly understand how tbav
had escsped the difficulty they were prepared for
these dis,urbers OF the peace is said looked Ike
patients who had been pu; through most heroic
course Of Thompsonanism 10 their thorough disgust.
However they had to put some sort of face on the
mstier' and so they got together, and pretending to
be Convection, they msde believe choose delegates
10 Sy'scuse, to the gres. delight and profit Of the
Richmond groggeiies, Who would bs glad to have
HEM come and do the same thing ever again every
olght between now AMI the Syracuse Convention.