New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-24

Ill ,aL, no further y1eas1res IN relation ~ The
subject, and Will let hrs name remain as candda'"
OF course the pTysrct OF nominating nun i0r 'o.r
gress il at an end. This leaves the field open IN
the WITH District for Mr.. A. II. Rice and Mr..
Comins. the present member, who has recon-idered
his determination not 10 b. a candidate, and II now
DESTROYS 10 be nominated.
AT The American Convention, Mr.. Il. r. Cooke,
Of Boston, who. should judge by his conduct, has
been successfully persusding some person to ylo-
late ia his behalf the prohlbit0ry liquor Law. mad
come sparrng with the Ex-Oovernor and the latter
ordered him 10 BE- put out of the hall, (which ne
was" During the melee, Cooke was heard 70
utter fhe words fourteen years standing; VII
some dabbler in Notes and Queries tel US what
he meant BY the phrase
The TEMPERANCE men held State Convention
in This CITY last week. II was well attended and
bsruonious The reports from various parts of
the State a. 10 the working of the liquor law and
tbe present condition of the cause were very con-
fic,inc. Retired country clerg:men can hardly
be expected TO know Of all ;he wickedness that IL
transacted in the world, and 1t Is not TO BE- won
dered al that they sometimes represent things IN
too fascinating light. There was a good deal Of
Inhalation over Judge Shaws ruling at Salem, in
The nuisance case, and the people were urged to
resist all efforts 10 repeal the law which the Chief
Justice had interpreted so faithfully. But hear
il minated that the Supreme Court VIII override
the Chief Justice in this matter, and declare the
statute void for such purposes as 1t was used for in
Essex County. The gentleman who informed he
of tbi. probable decision, sad it was owing to the
fact that Judge Shaw's ruling was unpopular"
But this must be a SANDER on the Court. Besides,
there is no evidence that it IS unpopular.
The only Congressional nomination yet made Is
that Of COL John 7. Heard by the Democrats Of
Burngsmes district. This is not regarded as
very strong nomination by the knowing ones, and
Mr.. Burngames friends brag that their man will
beat Col. Heard by 800 TO 2 900 majority. We
can tell better about that by-and-by. The Demo-
cratic meeting at CharestOwn on Monday evening
showed that the party, in the neghborhood of BOs-
ton is not altogether destitute of vitality. The
managers Of it, however, made great blunder IN
allowing it to be controlled by the Custom House
clique, who introduced resolves denunciat"ry OF
Senator Douglas, and ndorsing all the Pro-Slsvery
acts that Mr.. Buchanan had committed, and all
he might hereafter commit. There are great
many Democrats here who, III the contest which is
gong on between Douglas and Buchanan, sympa
thlze with the former, and VIII eventually take
ground in his favor if the warfare is continued.
At this Charlestown meeting the Hon. f.
ID. Beach, the Democratic candidate for Gov
erBOr, was trottcd out and made 10 show
his PAGES. He is not q fast nag by any
means. but on the contrary decidedly slow. He
il, however, patient in harness (anybody can
drive HIM aud this il the great desderatum in a
Democratic candidate. He will be " sold " for no
fault. his owner, Democracy, being "about to
leave the State" cannot imagine what induce
ment there is for Mr. Beach 10 90 about the State
making stump speeches. He cannot be chosen
Governor this year; next year be will not be NOM
mated; in 1860 either the Republicans or the anti
Buchanan Democracy Will be placed in power and
in either case he will be nowhere. He had not IN
fuence enough at Washington to procure the ap-
pointmeDt of his favOrite candidate for Postmaster
of Springfield, and how can he expect TO get any
thing f9r himselfl Probably he is governed solely
by patriotic motives, the good of the country, and
OF the party which has done much for him.
Mr.. Ebenezer Francis the richest man in Bos
ton died to-day at the age of e3 years. He has
left property valued by some as high as six millions
of dollars and by Others as lop as four and half
millions He has two daughters, of whom
is the wife of n Ingersoll Bowditch, and the other
the wife of Mr.. Robert NJ. Mason, the partner of
Amos A. Lawrence. The bulk OF the property
goes TO these ladies. Mr. Francis was native of
Beverly. His deposits IN the Boston Banks the
dsy he died amounted 10 nearly three millions Of
dollars. He was not man of llberality public
spirit and il will do no harm To have his money
scattered little. 1t is pity that there are not
hundred heirs instead of two.
That mild hammered and gentlemanly pirate,
Capt. Townsend Of the Echo, is still here. His ex
animation was TO take place to-day, but has been
postponed until Saturday, his counsel, Mr.. Train,
and the witnesses for the Government not being
ready 10 proceed.