The Washington union., 1858-03-10

TAaMANY HAIL MEETING ALMOST q RIOT p
! THE EBcErroS OF ADMIRAL MoIIAMMED IA
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Nrw YoEK, March g. 1858.
We very near having an old fashioned riot here
GA saturday The supreme court ia the streetcomuis
soner 81 Deviin r. Conoyer decided saturday
morning in iasor Deviin wieTeupon the suboninates
Of the latter attempted forcbe possession oi the
strcct-ccrnmissioners office Resistance followed which
would have resulted ia ioolshed and potatcd serious
trouble but for the interference of the rssycT and police
Justice TO Mr. Dcvin requires that be should be eXcpa
ted from all that is ccnsugablc in the conduct OF be
clerks and deputies He had previously agreed with M
Conover that everything should remain saH quo until
the court Of appeals had rendered final decision and he
claims through this morning paper have strictly adj
hered to his part Of the bargain His mcrcuris adj
hercnts however, very precipating matters
rrepar,iy, without his knowledge. Tho patronage Of
the street commissioner il immense greater in fact than
that Of any other federal municipal officer Hence the
anxiety that is felt by democrats and republicans respee
tirely the subject The general opinion Is that thcre
will bc serious trouble somewhere before everything IL
made straight The moral Of 1t all will be that every
experiment in black krcnln legislation and representa-
tion results dslsousy the interests OF the governed
But for Governor King wanton interference with our
municipal Legislation difficulty whatever would have
occurred.
Mohamined Pasha is being feted to-day 10y the city
thories lie entered the City Hall ia the midst OF
crowd and squnll. aud appeared equally indier-
ent to either He looks like shrewd gallant sailor lac
has very sensible, matter of at look and is the picture
of sturdy good health IL Is to he hoped that no tncure
OF the usual abruIdities which characterize New York
lionizng may be permitted 10 minglc with the hospital
tiles which il is doubtless proper and right TO show to
quasi representative OF great foreign power.
The republican papers unable 10 dcrac from the merit
al the proceedings at the Tammany Hall demonstration
in Of the policy Of the President the Kansas
question, trying to make out that there nobov
there. The truth is that the hall crowded and that
there nj time about two thousand persons in
front o the building unable to obtain adttapce These
latter gradually dispersed after il had been announced
hy Captain R,nders that o-of doors meeting would
he organized in consequence of the intense cold Sag-
Cling crowds continued however to and 20 until |
o'clock and those who remained in the lower part OF the
building estimate the number of all who al between
ten and twelve thousand The weather most un-
propitious but If is nevertheless unquesonably true
tbat New York has seldom ever given a impo.
sing emphatic endorsement to the Of
tonal executive than il gave Thursday to the present
administration.
There many interesting circumstances connected
with the speeches that made which ought TO he gem
erally known. The address cf John Van Bur,n II uni
verslly pronounced to hsye been o his alest efforts
But few aware however, that before delivering il be
received eight sgas cf suggestions from his venerable
father. the President uf the United States who has
considered il TO he duty advanced in age he is
sustain the President the Kansas issue with all the in
hucnoe private and public. at his command General
| Dix opened the meeting which he presided with
clear emphatic, and ably reasoned expression Of his
victon in favor of the Presidents course which the
convincing because Of its moderation and the evi.
dent esdar with which he treats the democratic opyo-
nenis Of the democratic party The most carefully pre-
pared and consrituiionay profound effort of the evening
WAS. heyeald all question, that of the Hon. John Coch-
His speech is being published, nj the request OF
his Iarnmany Hall friends IN pamphlet form, and will bc
found Of the alle~t EXPOSES the utter inconle-
tency o Congress to interfere with the domestic instit-
tons OF the inhabitants Territory and of the illogi-
cal stupidity of those who claim that the Kansas costi-
tuition ought to have been submitted 10 the people
Cochranes speech would have been, ordinary occa-
ons beyondthe depth Of most popular asemblages but
seldom laxR saaRs s'tasty pows and thinking men
Hall ON Thursday Nollector Schell and every other fed
eral officer in this city we're present
1t desirable If the proceedings OF the Tammany
meeting, published in last fridays Herald could be
laid before every voter in the country The letters
the Secretaries Of te Treasury and Navy and Of the
Postmaster General il taken alone, contain fs enough
which, coming from members OF the cabinet must be
regarded by the most pujudiced ineontrosetibe to
settle the question forever of the ipropieiy Of permit
ting the Kansas agitaon from continuing any longer
The argument is entirely side that the oppos
ton press either becoming erasve having recourse
like the Tribune TO downright lying and black kuaIdisrn
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