The New York Herald Newspaper, October 30, 1854, Page 1

IS . 4 ‘meeting of the members of our Order, in this wai HE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6640. A NEW SECRET ORDER. THE OATHS AND OBLIGATIONS—A NEW VERSION OF KNOW NOTHINGISM, &C., &C., A pamphlet, of which the following is a copy, was lately sent to us through the penny post. We give it as* & curiosity of literature, and await an explanation. It seems to be a formula of initiation in some secret society:— POLITICAL AFFAIRS, FLARE-UP AMONG THE KNOW NOTHINGS. Grand Fistic Display and General Bolting. INITIATION. The 8. at A. having announced that a candidate or candidates are in waiting for initiation, two brothers of the council, with the Chaplain, will proceed to the ante- room for his or their examination, whom one of the brothers will address as follows:— “You have been presented as citizens (or a citizen) desirous fn being lonore! by admission to membership | of the American Order of the Sons of the Republic. such your wish?” (If answered in the affirmative, the brother will continue.) “It then becomes our duty to inquire if you believe in. the Deity—the Supreme Ruler of the Untverse—and in the truth and inspiration of the Holy Bible? (An answer in the afirmative being given, the brother will continue.) “You have thus far anawered satisfactorily; you must now assume an obligation of strict secreay to all that anay transpire during this examination, and your initia- tion, before you can be admitted to our order. Are you willing so to dor”? If answered affirmatively the Cap. lain will present the Bible (open) to the candidate, who, lacing his right hand thereon, will then take the fol owing obligation:—"T do solemnly awent that 1 will keep secret all that may transpire during my examina- tion or initiation previous to my becoming a member of the order of the Sons of the Republic. I further solemi ly awear that I will well and truly answer all inquir that may be mate of me having reference to my qualif cations to become a member of said order; and I further solemnly declare and swear that this obligation is as- sumed by me of my own free will, and that in all ite parts, and a whole, I will conform to it, without equivo- cation, mental reservation or falsehood. To this I solemnly swear, so help me God.” You will then answer me, alst. “Are you by birthright an American citizen ?”” 2d. ‘Are you a Roman Catholic by religious faith, practice or belief 7” 34, “Do you, under the solemn obligation of your oath, deny that you owe, or hold any allegiance, obedi- ence or duty towards the Pope of the See at Rome, or to the church as assumed to be controlled by him as its supreme head and authority upon earth 2” ith. “Do you declare upon the sacredness of your oath, and the presence of the Supreme Being, that you are not at this time, nor ever have been, # member, or in any manner attached to, or employed by the Society of Jesus, of Saint Augustine, of St. Joseph, or any s0- | ciety whatsoever having for’ its purpose the aiding, as- sisting or advancement of the interests or supremacy of the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope at Rome, or any of the cardinals, archbishops, priests, or any officer of the church of which the Pope assumes to be the head ?”? If answered affirmatively the Chaplain and brothers will retire and report—‘ satisfactorily answered, ” and the President will ask of the Council, ‘Are any objec- tions now made to the initiation of the candidate (or candidates? ””) If mone are made by the brotherhood, the 8. at A. will be instructed to proceed to introduce the candidate, (The Chaplain having frst been placed in the centre of the room with the Bible open before him.) ‘The S. at A. will give an alarm at the wicket, when tho brother in charge will inquire : “Who calls???” To which the 8. at A. will reply : A brother and a stranger, (or strangers) who seck admission to our brotherhond, Inquiry— Why doth he (or they) seek to become thus associated with our order?” Reply— To serve God, our country, and our fellow men. Inquiry—‘ How know we this ?”? Reply— By my voucher as a brother; and by the pass Tclaim admission. ”” Requirement—‘ Give it 1” The 8. at A. will then give the pass word of the d in a whisper, and then be admitted with the initiate (or initiates,) and proceed to present him (or them) to the Vice-President, as follows :— &. at A.—‘ Worthy Vice-President, I present to you (giving the names of each candidate,) who seck to’as- sume the obligations of our brotherhood.” The Vice- ‘HOW MEMBERS OF THE ORDER ARE INITIATED. @OMcs OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE, Whigs Repudiating their Candidates, &o, &., &e. UNANIMITY OF THE KNOW NOTHINGS— Rows IN THE WIGWAMS—SPLIT UPON CANDIDATES. Our spiritual telegraph informs us that the mysterious ‘order called the Know Nothings are by no means unani- mous upon the city ticket which has been selected for them by their executive committee. This executive head is organized by a delegation of three meinbers from each council in the city, (each ward having one council, ) making the total number comprising said committee sixty-six members, who are clected on the Ist of Janua- ry, to serve for one year. The present committee, chosen -on the Ist of January last, when the order was in its in- fancy, not numbering more than about three thousand smembers, do not reflect the views and feelings of the corder at this time, its numerical strength having so largely increased, now numbering some twenty or twen- ty-two thousand, It seems that this executive commit- tee have taken upon themselves the privilege of nomi- nating candidates for the various offices, and have not sufficiently regarded the choice or preferences of their large and continually increasing constituency. Among “their nominees the following gentlemen are members of that committee, thus virtually having nominated them- selves :— For Mayor... sess J. W. Barker. For Surrogate. ‘Alfred Melntire, Commissioner of Streets and Lamps..Jos. E. Ebling. Recorder... ....+++ ‘John H. White. For District Attorney... ::Chauncey Schaffer. ‘The independent members of the order say that it is ‘not to be wondered, when nominations are made in this ‘manner, that members revolt, and that the eye of the public is surprised by such announcements as have been anade during the past week in the various city papers, to the effect that the Sixteenth ward council on Monday night last broke up ina row, and that a certain candi- date for Mayor was pitched out at the window, &c. Inthe Ninth ward we are informed that the council numbers some 3,000 members, and that a large majority are most decidedly opposed to the nomination for Mayor; enot so much opposition to the gentleman himself as to the means and manner by which he is presented to the order. We learn that the executive committee are de- termined to punish the refractory council, and that the President, who is also President of the order in the United States, and also in this State, has given permission to organize a new council in the Ninth ward, which council when organized will be recognised as regular, and the other excommunicated. Annexed is the organization of the entire order in the city:— New York, July 17, 1854. Dear Brorumns—At a mecting of the Executive Com- amittee of the city and county of New York, held in, the month of June last, the following plan was adopted for | President will reply “Tt is well;”” then rise and address the more thorough aud efficient organization of the sub- | the candidate as follows :— ordinate councils within the jurisdiction of said commit- ‘Citizen, I grect you. You are thrice welcome here; asa freeman, a¥ a countryman, and as a brother! As & ipo epee freeman to serve your Maker, as a countryman to pro- Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary be autho- f |. | tect your country and its institutions, and as a brother Senn een Uise onataing Ot 8 DA: tS occ rest tilay oar al-paie oug Caninerarehen aot the I'resident.of each Council within the said ween tke . teuth, of county, with the directiom from this committee it }® ‘ < 3 be pui in operation as soon as may be practicable. Most | Truth requires nabal ile ASB pp i we the Tereaaltulie, ee., oA SOUTHWORTH, M.D. service of God. Liberty demands your patriotie devotion Cor. Seo?y Executive Committ to your country and your countiymeny and humanity | 1s for your aid for the oppressed, and your assistance for the unfortunate and distressed. We owe these duties to God, to our country, the memo- ry of our sires and our countrymen, and lastly, to our fellow-men throughout the world. ‘The objects of our institation are briefly these :— 1st. To protect the institutions of our country by re- sisting the influence of ignorant or bigoted foreigners, and to guard the civil And religious rights of the Ameri- ARTICLE I. fee. 1. There shall be a Corresponding Secretary elect- ed in cach subordinate council, who shall hold his office for the term of one year. Sec. 2, The ward is hereby divided into — districts, ~corresponding with the election districts. Sec, 3, There shall be @ superintendent for each dis- trict. See. 4. For every ten men there shall be an assistant | can people against the insidious and persevering efforts superintendent. 2 e of the Homiah Chueh to establish a power tha would RYICLE IT at once proclaim liberty lost to the American people, “ ee one ect rne, eacteener aman and assert the iifallibility of an intolerant religious fasth, Se Te coe ae tdent aah be meuuinte’ by the | 24 Tetid, assist and ‘protect each other as country: men, and as brothers in a holy and patriotic work, With these, objects thus frankly declared, are you ‘still desirous to become one of our brotherhood? (if answered. affirmatively, the 8. at A. will place the, candidate e(ora she chaplain in a proper position to receive the obligation of the order—the ition being kneeling, withthe right hand resting on the Holy Bible, and the left ed towards heaven.) ! The President will then say:—You are now about to assume a most soletfin obligation, and may God evor keep you faithful teiteduties. The Chaplain will now | President, with the consent of the Council, and hold office during his pleasure. See. 3. The Assistant Superintendent shall be pean ~ed by the Superintendent, with the consent of the Pre- sident. N ARTICLE Mil. Sec. 1, Either of the officers herein mentioned, may be removed for neglect of duty, or suspended by the Presi- * se until the judgment of the Council shall be had in case. ARTICLE Tv. rocced. : See. 1. The Corresponding Secretary shall prepare two | "ite Chaplain will then ‘direct the candidate to repeat Lists of members of the Council, arranged alphabetically, - ‘with their places of residence, one of which shall be kept |‘, following obligation: “Im the presence of ,the true and ever living God, and on these sacred Scriptures—his bet word—I do declare that I will well wud ttuly fulfil all my obligations to- warda-my brethren of the Order of the Sons of the Re- public, and. that I will keep sacred and secret all the signa, tokens, ‘and degree words, grips, emblems and salf order, and any and overy portion hereof, ym all persons except such as I shall know to be entitled toa knowledge of the same by being in dy the President, and the other by himself; also, a list of the members of each district, and furnish Saperinten- dents with copies thercof; also, the squad list for the Assistant Superintendents, under the direction of the Superintendents, arranged ‘so that the residences of the ve shall be, as near as may be, in immediate prox+ See. 2. The corresponding secretary shall give to the superintendents such notice as shall be required by the | membership with the brotherhood, in good and regular President, or by a majority of the members SETS Perera eg eee i tee ere ond meeting duly convened. Such notice shall be communi- | that I will not knowingly vote for, appoint or elect any cated by the superintendents to the assistant superin- person of foreign birth, or » Roman Catholic, to any Eprtente, asd by them to the members, of thelz reepee- | caics-in the Iseal or general administration of the ‘Ame- rican, it api further re swear, seaioas ¥ diate Silvaee Ail the means in my power to counteract Sec. 1. Any member removing from the ward, or chang. | yng: the influence of foreigners and of Roman ing his residence, shall immediately notify the assistant | Catholics id the administration of the government of the ~ superintendents of his squ: or corresponding secre- 1 P parts both ae, who shall, if necessary, transfer him to another Pol nme arg gira themes bare f squad. deteie 1 a rs 7 a std atid naiasteny, A tion we my v art, withont reservation or juivocation, Sec. 1, All oficers herein provided for shallhave at- | Eiycver be able to remain fave sod stoadfeet, se ielp tained the second degree. me God!” ARTICLE VII. After having assumed the obligation, the President Sec. 1. This plan shall apply to all the members who i J 4 pik pec Rm firs Caen of ees vd. bo Lemna the brother, on his ig a member, as fol: The following is the call for the organization of a new Pe ware nll member io bard cred ean het a wi me your dut ¢ ~council in the Ninth ward, which has been handed | order, it wit poner y a and ail ues only to those who it is believed will support the powers ‘that be, and ratify the nominations:— Broruxr—You are respectfully invited to beer A who are in favor of order and decorum, at the corner of Mor- ton and Bleecker streets, entrance in Morton strect, on -Saturday, October 28, 1854, at 73¢ o'clock, P. M. The object of the above meeting is to take into’eonsi eration means and measures that are calculated to pre- serve the interests of our order, and protect the organi- zation against lawless and unj 5 . ¢ Please bring this notice with you. - ‘The storm of Saturday night and yesterday has so de- tanged the wires that no communications have as yet or predilections in the service of your country, in order that the corrupt and evil influences of party, and of pion may be effectually combated and destroyed; and here it will be that while it amay be re- commended that the members of our order shall unite in the xupport of certain candidates, or of measures— the reeom emanating from the constituted authorities of order—still, if such recommendation shall be in violation of a conscientious discharge of the duties of a freeman, you are not bound to obe: recommendat mndence of our country, established and sacrifices of the patriots of reached us in regard to the results of the above meeting. | the Revolu ve to the American people & national- ‘We have a sleeploss and vigilant fer at the spiritual | ity and a to nelf government, and under the igs atey wi emma tea | SNR SSP dae enorae ed e firs = to "the consistency of this order of Know Noth - religious libertp-liberty unk: to man in Aiher parte of the, world! {tis mot to be supposod that ig. the niaking of laws for eagerias jeome the founders of this republic ever contemplate’ that they were legislating for others than ‘American citizens by natoral right, or such as might become citizens by the ity of American laws, and itis absurd to apd the disaffected contend, is illustrated in the nominatibs of Mr. Ebling for Commissioner of Streets and ep Mr. Ebling is a soft shell democrat of the ay order, and supports the party who put forth the former reso- lutions adopted at a meeting of the softs sometime in Au- gust last, and which excited so much indignation liens have or ever can me any bake nc hic wee civil right the American may deem proper to enact Since writing the above we have been informed that vested alone in the native born. iam noe ‘the invited guests met together at right of the American to create s government = to make and to alter laws for their government, it the time and place ap- pointed. At half past six, although the mecling ‘wee See AEN At ciems Lnodign, Uilen ty -called at half past seven, the room was pact cht, institutions of our coun- pe of Gee os Le Se onaies nine i! to resist, iets by everyman, al influences that tae of the most shameful to corra rity of our nationality or sub- Numbers were refused admitt: tions of our republic. eaapeloee panty tan ert decerces ct these hands the same cards of invitation, The impa Seaeeiees Ney ing Rescine Sanansiee, Oe divide hood ofthe native. bors into. con ‘icipate in the proceedings going ing fai ‘whieh ie Una wealites ¥ ir the doors were broken the best In aur tors a ine valers, ‘knock down fight ensued. The entering party of the erga) ‘he with clubs and blows by those inside, and many, we are | Tite % pmo Me Bie eed foreign informed, received severe bloody injuries. -It is ‘and te etoxtod by tovelen American’ pri stated to'us that the entering party composed | orb and Steetien ee tte ets -of the Ninth Ward took m of | Ind unbrincipled priesthonh ae aoart the meeting, assuming, that to ‘the laws of | party « itt, fmclgans tad Popey, cate eerie the order but one couneil could exist in the same ward, | Pungatby wag over all and that the president, J. W. Barker, had no authority |’ may at any time unite ge Benge to organize a second on the ground that the existing | it it the right to fi south oe council had refused him its su A scene of the | dictates of ioe Bee saith, tenes te cs most violent disorder was ended by the entrance of the | these influences that we are banded Me ee, police, and the belligerents to protect ae loved. land, bet ‘ald Lye lands as far ss may our power 0 i JERSEY OITY POLITICS. will become your duty to be ever reed? to ald, asent at Poumica, Trovsixs.—Twenty of the members—just | to protect a her, and ss you expect the assistance of cone half—of the late whig convention of Hudson county 4 Rector oo WOeA mae pak coyon tet wean have put forth a statement charging the other portion | should necessity require it. of the convention with unfairness in the proceedings. Ifa brother be in aid him promptly and effecta- claim that another member voted with them, and | ally. Ifa brother ‘be slandered in your that, being in a majority, the chairman disregarded their | protect him. If s brother should be in be Ais, and rendered it necessary for them to rettre. | speedy in his relief to the extent of your ability without there he nominal alar and aot hnding, snd sak tt anole Whig’ cous cout tion vo i MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, OCTOBER 3), 1854. WHIG RATIFICATION MEETING. BICHMOND COUNTY EBPUDIATION OF THE CANDI- DATE POR CONGRESS. The whigs of old Richmond turned out in full meeting on Friday evening, October 27, to act upon the State, district and county nominations. Such a meeting has not been held in the county since the days of Heary Clay. Samuel H. Frost was appointed Chairman, and Daniel D. Tompkins Secretary. Hervey J. Sxaman, delegate to the State Convention, reported the State nominations, and eulogised each can- didate as his name was presented. He urged upon the whigs of this county to give their undivided support to the ticket. The report was apgroved, and the nominations ratified by an almost unanimous vote. - ‘The delegates to the Congressional Convention pre- sented their report through their chairman. The report was adopted and appréved by a very decided majority, and is as follows:— TO THE WHIGS OP RICHMOND COUNTY. The undersigned delegates to the convention for the First Congressional district, which assembled at Jamaica on Wednesday, the 18th instant, consider it due to you, their constityents, ax well ax to themselves, to full eine Saahenien Aarne Serres they were appointed suc! ten, their rejection, by » most extracrdipary and unprecedented vote of the a vention. The circumstances under which they were appointed, are ax follows:—On the 2d September, Henry I. Seaman aid demes Guyon, ax chairman and secretary of the Ge- ne al Cmmittee, called a meeting of the whigs of the county They acted under the authority of the commit- tec. The cail was printed on a large sheet in the usual form, was posted up and freely circulated over the en- tire eee: It read as follows:—“Whiga of Richmond county! You are requested to meet at Ryer’s Hotel, in the wi age ef Richmond, on Friday evening, September 14th, at half past 7 o’clock, to appuint a delegate to the State Convention—also, eight delegates to the Congres- sional Convention, and'to transact such other business as may come before the meeting.” It was signed by the Chairman and Secret of the General Committee. The meeting took place at the time appointed. ‘The attend- ance was unusually large, and a more respectable, or- derly, and harmonious meeting, has not been held in the county for many years, Henry I. Seaman was appointed delegate to the State Convention, and eight ta tes were appointed to represeft the county in the Congr sional convention. The whigs of the county were quested to meet in their several towns on the 28th Sep- tember, to select seven delegates from each town meet in county convention on the 9th October, to make the county nominations, and they were also at these town meetings to select eight from each town to form General Committee for the county, for the ensuing year; and this was all the towns were to do. In accordance with this request the meetings were held in all the towns, and the delegates to the county convention and the members of the General Committee were selected. ‘The towns thus regularly and properly called together, and acting under such call, certainly approved of, and aequicsced in, the proceedings of the mecting held on support to the same measure. in} every manner in bev may officially come before hen Resolved, That this Grand Division considers that the eis imperativeiy ilemands that every Son of apperance, every luyer of his kind, shall do his whol duty to himself, his country and his ‘God, by rallying to the support of the Maine law candidates in the ensuing election. DANIEL H. MARSH, G. W. P. ‘Waatxy Bamay, G. Scribe. THE NATIONAL WHIGS OF NEWYORK. {From the Richmond Whig, Oct. 27. It will be remembered that we have frequently express- ed the opinion that the national or silver gray w! of New York would nut support the ticket nominated at Syracuse, consisting of Clark, Raymond & Co. We are gratitied to believe that this opinion will prove to be en- Hy correct. There are now strong indications that they will either not vote at all in the coming election, or else vote for Bronson, or otherwise nominate an indepen- dent ticket composed of men of national conservative views, free from the taint of abolition, and the sworn foes of William H. Seward. That such will be the case we confidently anticipate. Indeed, the Fillmore whiga of New York have no other alternative left them. It will not do for them to denounce the principles and policy of the infamous Seward coalition, and yet support their candidates, They will be compelled, therefore, to take a high and firm stand against them and their schemes, if ig would preserve their character for consixtency and an devotion to the constitution and Union. We have never felt any apprehension as to what course they would ultimately pursue. But if we ever hadany doubt, it is now dispelled, seeing that the silver gray press, with almost perfect unanimity, are zealously urging their political friends to wash their hands entirely of the Seward platform and its candidates. v % POLITICS AND PARTIE3 IN NEW YORK. {From the National Intelligencer, Oct. 26.) We have already adverted to the divisions in the demo- evixit party in the great State of New York, and to the dissatisfaction among the whigs. With the first the dif- ference appears to have ripened into settled enmity, and the feuds of the latter are tast tending to an irreconcilea- ble estrangement. ‘The result of the election neargat hand will therefore, we prosume, be no test of the strength of ei her ot Uhe old parties, nor will it afford any certain index for the future. Soon after the whig nominations at Syracus were made, the free soilers held their adjourned convention at Auburn, and adopted as their candidates Messrs. Clark and Raymond, who had been previously nominated by the whigs, and put forth a platform altogether ultra and objectionable. ‘The candidates accepted the creed and at once alienated thousands of national whigs. The Com- mereial Advertiser and the Courier and Enquirer, of New York city, the Commercial Advertiser at Butfalo, und somé other journals, spoke out promptly and plainly in disapprobation of the facility with which the nominees @» braced the free soilers. The defection is now proba- ‘Ty rremediable. The nomination of Daniel Ullmann by the Know Nothings ‘‘complicated the case,” as the law- Pg would term it; and now nobody can tell what is to @ the result, though the temperance question is a prominent, if not a controlling, feature in the canvass. AWFUL CATASTROPHE. the 14th September; and a material part of the proceed- ings of that meeting was the appointment of the dele- Collision on the Great Western gates to the Congressional Convention. No dissatisfac- Railroad. tion was expressed in the town meetings at the manuer | SIRRammammmmss——~ ringing me of appointing there delegates. The delegate to the State Convention attended the convention at Syracuse on the 20th September. The county convention met at the time designated by the meeting held on the 14th September, and made the county nominations. And the General Committee selected by the towns is now iz ed as such throughout the county. No honorable man can or will say that the several towns have not ratified and approved the proceedings of the meeting of the 14th of September, and the appointment then made of delegates to the Congressional Convention. If diasat- isfaction wae felt, it should and would have been ex- pressed at the town meetings. Forty-Seven Persons Known to ~ tbe Killed” FORTY-ONESWOUNDED, NEARLY ALL FATALLY, . WOFUL SCENE OF SUFFERING. © LISTS OF THE KILLED, WOUNDED AND SAVED. ‘Thus matters stood until the evening of the 17th inst. the day before the Convention met at Jamaica, when I. Safety of Thomas F. Meag?.or, ©. Moore and Abraham C. Simonson, of Northfield, and. | - & & be Wm. H. Vanderbilt and Hamilton Britton, of Southfield, Cry Coy called together a few of their political friends, not to ex: ceed eight or ten in each town, and three of the number were by them appointed delegates to the Congressional Convention. It was altogether a secret, private move- ment, irregular and factious, and in direct violation of the recommendation of the mee! of the 14th Septem- ber, under which the towns d already lor movement of _ $05 [rrom The Detroit iribune, Oct. 27.) = Through the kindness of W. O. Rugyles, we are able to ve the particulars of the most heartrending and terri- Gis raltydod disaster that ever occurred in America. ile says fow minutes alter? P. M. yesterday we leit Nia- Falls h the first’ class and to second one car. Atter wi on and bye icetelt engine bei ‘on thétrack.” After a delay of an hour we started ai reached London sbout six hours behind time. About three miles weat of London the cylinder head of our en- “towns, sud” feuts would be contested wut hey et the day the Cor Tf their: m1 ot e- - lar, and satisfa to the whigs of county, why were not the town! Jo und Castleton called je t os ‘ine burst, which delayed us two houra. We backed “Sine Congres Ronenseti met at Jamaica, on the | down to London, took a new engine and started 16th inst., and Gelegates were present to represent | ivr Windsor. About one o’clock and about thirteen s west of Chatham, on the Baptist Creek Fits, gf about twenty miles an hour, we came in collision with» gravel train of fifteen cars backing cast. The culli- sion was frightful in the extreme. Our Jocomotive was completely thrown over to the tight, the ex} car thrown over and crushing the first and second lags cara into mere splinters, demolishing the next and making a wreck of the third ear and driving in the end of the fourth. ‘The passengers in the last cars oscaped unhurt or with slight bruises. Almost the en- tire load of the second class cars were killed or wounded, sone cut completely in two, others with mangled heads and bodies, and without limbs. The sereams and groans of the mangled wereawful in the extreme. Every effort was nade by the conductor and passengers to relieve the suffering; but, notwithstanding the almost superhu- man efforts, to relieve them, all were not extricated until more than four hours after the collision, Among those the county. The; ted their eredentinls, signed by Samuel H. Froit; searing ‘and W. A. Fountain, socre- tary, of the ing held on the 14th. All the facts herein stated wer, explained to the Convention by your delegates th wrong attempted to be done to the county 0 d was urged by them upon the Con vention; but tha body rejected your delegates, and de- clared the three “individuals named the regularly ap- inted delegates to represent the county of Richmond Feuat | Couventionsaatso giving them, yover. ll up the Selegation. Your delegates are grieved to state tha’ Mr. Vail, of Suffolk. comnty, who, after the pretended delegates were admitted to-seats in the Convention, was nominated for Congress,) yoted, with the majority, to reject your delegate’. ‘The nomination-should and would” have been conceded to Richmond county, but for the conduct of the indi- viduals named; and one of them has said that they had no other object in view than to take the nomination away from Richmond county, and thus defeat a gentle- man who stood prominent asa candidate. Your delegates will not indulge in any comments upon the conduct of the men who have thus assumed to be your ay: of mite in an important District Conven- tion. That a gtosa wrong has been done to the whigs of the county, and to us, your delegates, is obvious to every unprejudiced sthed and we leave it to you, whigs of Richmond county, to determine how you will express your disapprobation of the conduct of ‘tho individuals bamed, and # proper sense of thr injustice done to dele- gutes and constituents by the vote of the Convention. ze ums are Thomes F. Meagher and Junk, the gage man, Mr. 0 A. Brownson, and others of the passengers. Heaps of the dead and wounded were found in the ruins, piled together in all mangled shapes. One poor fellow was cut out of the express car, his limbs hanging out of the side, fifteen feet trom’ the ground. One of the strangest features of. the accident is, that all the gravel cars were demolished and piled upon cach other, with the tender of the engine stove in, ‘he conductor of the gravel train was on the rear car, with his signal light, and a negro boy at hia side. The conductor saved himself by jumping; the negro was kill IFFRY I. SEAMAN, EDWARD CUNNINGHAM, . . B. H. MARTLING, TURAHAM GARRETSON. ‘At ihe time of the collision there was a dense fog, it G. PRINCE O86: A ALFRED MERSEREAU. being almost impossible to sec lights. {Where the blame HENRY SIMONSON, belongs in this awful catastrophe, we know not; but Norw.—H. 8. Seguine, one of the delegates, declines to | there is gross and culpable negligence in the affairs of the the report, on the ground that }.» at notattend any | road. The conductor of the gravel train says he wag he meetings, and has no personal knowledge of what | ordered out by the superintendent of the gravel pit took place at but he concurs inthe conglusion | We ought to mention that on the third car from the rear, we had no light at the time of the collision and were in total darkness, nor had we anything but pieces of candles stuck in tubes at any time. Those had gone out at the time of the collisivn. i which his associate delegates huve come to. ‘The contesting delegates also reported that Harvey W. Vail, of Suffolk county, was nominated for Congress 1y the convention which met at Jamaica on the 18th inst. |" The dead are iying around, an) tag mgitly emi Axranax C. Stuonsox moved that the nomination of nts, names cannot readily’ a “ ity are killed outright and many of 1 tinst Mr. Vail be approved and ratified. die of which pega rosty alive. ‘Mhvee Woe Fucuarp G. Surra offered an amendment:—That the nomination of Mr. Vail does not meet with the adproba- tion of the whigs of Richmond county, and is not exg titled to their sup, , and that the same be rejected. at ie an ea ‘sare. Anthon, ‘mm! others took part. ‘The motion of Mr. to reject the nomination of Mr. Vail, was adopted by a large ma- Z notion to reconsider was then made by Mr. Anthon, and advocated by Dr. Stewart and Mr. Seaman, but the motion was lost. The nomination of John F. Raymond for Assembly, and the entire county ticket were ratified and approved. The meeting an dalton with a determination to stand by the entire ticket as ratified and approved by the meeting. It was, altogether, the most spirited meeting held in the county for many years. The malcontents were few, and were voted down by a rey large majority, and have thus been taught that a ‘oa jon will not be allowed to repudiate the will of the majority. MEETING OF THE GRAND DIVISION OF THB pw TEMPERANCE FOR WESTERN NEW ‘This body commenced its annual session in Ithaca on Tuesday evening, the 24th inst. The divisions compos one woman buried under a mass of ruins, and lay there over four hours before she was extricated. She must ie. We were thirty-two miles from Detroit and thir- teen from Chatham, the surrpy nateg country for miles a vast.cainp and fo aid or physics at hand, whic! ith Ue denseness of the fog and feightCul screams 10 We for elp and water, rendered it the most appatiing’ scene imaginable. It’ was heart sickening. Yet all was done that could be during the long five hours that the miserable unfortunates lay waiting thelr turn for assistance. One man had six friends with him, all killed. There are whole familigs killed, avd wo can- not ascertain thar names. _ We are informed by R. P. Toms, Esq., of this city, who was also a passenger on the train at the time of ¢ , that no blame can be dttached to the engineer train, ax he had taken every precaution by tel graphing from one station to another, by waiting for trains to pass, and by the strictest orders to run very slow, to avoid any accident. The conaure, he thinks, must rest solely with thone in charge of the gravel train, and with the watchman left to give notice when the last train had passed, who, instead of attending to his duty, tecms to have fallen ‘aslecp—at, any rate he gave false iuformation to the engineer. Why the gravel train was the track at such a time, is for those to explain who we thus caused this fearful loss of life. Mr. Toms informs us that when he left the scene of the disaster, it had been ascertained that 25 men, 11 women, and 11 children had been killed, and 21 men and were 20 women and children badly injured—one half probably po al To [steno weet, bine talicwicg mnsiod fatally, It was thought that as many as 15 dead. bodies gentlemen were elected officers for the current year:— were still buried in the ruins when he left. Our reporter G. W. P.—Daniel H. Marsh, of Oswego. is now on the spt gna will furnish additional particu- . We AI Reddy, of Penn Yen. lars, which we sh: Ferg in an extra. ‘SOur citizens G. W. 8 —We Bailey, of Utica. will rejoice to know that Mr. , and a”son of 3. H. G. W. T.—H. Newland, of Utica. at Emq., Who were on board, have escaped unin- LIST OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED UNINJURED, 6 +e+e St. Clair, C, W. New York. Boston, Mass. Vermont, whose exertions were conspicuons in saving the vic- | a Benjamin Zumb; Henry W. Newhall Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain Miss Whiting and sister, ‘illard Gardner and wife “Richmond, Va. New York. Moses J .Barnes, Levi Wilson, wit “e F. Abigail Day Lonis Day Lorenno Day Yary Ashton... Yayson Ashton George Leech Mrs. J. G. Spen John D. Day Maria M. Scott do. Clara A. Da do. Caroline K. Day: do. Lee Day do. Wm, Da; do. Lucian Niles, do. Hiram R. Moore do. Susan B. Moure do. Susan EF. Moore . do. George M. Moore. do. Ainaa B. Lyman, wife and two children, Massachusetts. Mix. I. H. Preseo and family......Pennaylvanin. | k. M. Howard, wife and two children, Massachusetts. $lu mar Cummings, wife and child, . Wisconsin. Felot Pecar... New York. Wm. Rockliff, Maine. Wm. Mullan do. New York. New Hampshire. msburg, were on the 11 olclock train, and rendered great assistance to the wounded. LIST OF WOUNDED AND DEAD, AS FAR AS COULD BE LEARNED. George Hester, German, badly injured. Charlotte M. Sipe and child, Chicago, do. Francis Galliger, Ireland, do. Jobn Galliger, do.’ do, Chas. Koboll,, Germany, do. John W. Soughny, broken leg, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Peter Galliger, dead. Ellen Galliger and baby, dead. James Fermoy, fireman, knee hurt. Engineer badly scalded. ‘Thos. M. Boshardt, Penn., badly hurt. George Boshardty Williamsport, do. Catharine Boshardt, do. do. Margaret Watson, Courtland Co., do. Harriet Maria Watson, do. do. ‘Three colored men dead. One child, parents dead, slightly injured. 0. Eustus Roberts, badl, Eliza M. Bosharaty slightly do. ‘Thomas Boshardt, do. One boy, seven ye ; do. 11: o’oLo0K. There are about 50 dead and 36 wounded. Some whole families are killed, and no trace can be found of their names or resklenee, Everything ix being done to alleviate the suffering of the wounded, Physicians have arrived on the ground from Chatham. G. V. Nutter, the | conductor, is doing everything in his power for the’dis- tressed. [From the Detroit Free Press, Oct, 28.] One of the most dreadful railroad accidents that ever cceurred took place yesterday morning, about thirty | miles from this city. “The passenger train on the Great | Western Ruilroad, due here at 11.20 P.M. on Thursday, in collision, at five minutes past five A.M. on Fri: | tha gravel train, a short distance east of Bap- he loss of life that ensued was very great. senger train, of which Mr. G. F. Nutter was and Thomas Smith, enginecr, left the Suspen- ge atthe usual time on Thursday afternoon. cam The train ted of four first-class, two second-class, at on board a large number | it came tp with a gravel train whick wa aul was delayed in eonse- hal. When. train ha sht teain wWad'in advance, * farasPrinceton—there- quence about ou } gut under was n. After having ran p that place the cylinder | head of 1: of course brough the train to a stend still An engine was sent from London, which drew the train back to that place, where another engine was attached, and the train again started for Windsor, going quite slow—the conducter having given orders to the engineer not to rnn al a rapid rate, ay the night was dark andl foggy. When the train left London the recond time it was about four lours behihd time. | A few minutes after 5 o'clock, when near Baptis | | some # Creek, the passenger train, which was procee ling at th rate of about twenty miles an hour, eame in collision with a gravel train, which was backing towards the east | at the rate of about ten or twelve miles an hour. “The | gravel train was composed of fifteen cars, heavily loaded | with wet gravel. The shock produced by the collision was tremendous. The second class cars were smashed into atoms, and ngarly every person in them killed or dreadfully injured, he first first class car was also badly smashed, and most of the passengers in the front part of it met with the some fate as the passengers in the second class cars, The scene presented after the collision was a horrible one. Intermixed with the fragments of the broken cars, dead bodies lay in profusion, many of them mangled in the most dreadful manner; while from out the heap of Tuins proceeded the groans and shrieks of the wounded. ‘The passengers who were so fortunate as to escape un- injured immediately set to work to draw out the wounded and the dead from the heap of ruins in which they lay. At 11 o'clock A. M., the bodies of twenty-five men, eleven women, and ten children, had been brought to light, and it was supposed that from ten to twenty others yet re- mained to be discovered. Twenty-one mem and twenty women and children were found to be badly injured—many of them fatally. Sove- ral of the dead were crushed out of all human shape, pre- senting a heart-sickening sight. ‘The two second class cars, which bore the main brunt of the coftision, were filled with emigrants, mostly Ger- mang: The first class car, a number of ‘the inmates of which were killed and others wounded, also contained some emigrants. ‘The second, third and fourth first class ears were some- what injured, and some of the passengers received some injuries, but none, we understand, of a dangerous char- acter. Mr. R. P. Toms, of this city, who was on board the ill- fated train, and trom whom we derived the greater por- | tion of the foregoing melancholy particulars, informs us | that, in the opinion of the passengers, no blage gitacies | to either the conductor or engincet of thé, passenger | train ‘The train wax thrown behind time by a seriés of unfor- tunate circumstances over which its offleers had no con- trol, and every measure was taken by them to guard against the ocourrence of accident. From all the facts we have been able to ascertain, the fault of the accident rests upon a watchman, who fell asleep upon hin post, and on awaking informed the mas- ter of the gravel train that the passenger train liad Passed, Supposing this to be the fact the gravel train started, and in a short ¢ime came in collision with the senger train. Two men on the gravel train were te ‘The engineer and fireman of the pacsenger train es- almost miraculously from serious injury: ‘Among the passengers on the express train were Thomas ¥. Meagher and 0. A. Brownson. early hour in the forenoon yesterday several 8 from this city left forthe scene of the dis- LATER. Our reporter bas just arrived (12P. M.) from the scene of the casualty. He reports the number killed at forty-seven. The following is list of the killed, as t m the minutes of the coroners: Michi; 2 Be Bodfish, of Batavia, N. Y., going to Galesburg, jad on person $27 29, : Hagher. 8. Young woman, name unknown; had on fur gaunt- letts, gloves, and black silk bonnet, with artidcials, Wenn, with dead iatant; bad two keys 5. Woman, wi infant; on person two . husband said to be No. 4. r 6, Child of No. 5. 7. F..Robinson, per reeeipt in pooket; had $107 50 im gold, nil $6 63 iniver, 8. —_ Martin, brakeman on passenger train; had $5 and key in 5 9. R ‘Thornton (his wife 5 10. Henry Mason, AY Bat pacts Be $2 40in et. 11. T. P. Sawin; had watch on person; had lived 14 years in Chatham. 12. Female, unknown; bad on red dress, lace collar, and gloves, sian Young girl, name Mary Kingston, per papers on Te Female, unknown; middle aged; had ear rings. 15. Ye ‘man, supposed to be John Davis. 16. Boy, about 10 years old, unknown, u. known. "bad a duoDill frém Marshall, Michi- ee hon $19 in bls, and .¥., going to Gales- _ re ree om bis poenen, child, unknown. O'GUALeD; boTG29 od bis pervon F burs, . Hf e +} i a8 lE PRICE TWO CENTS. 24. Female infant, unknown. 35. Unknown woman; had straw box. 36. Ephraim C. Mooer, blind man. 31. Unknown man; had $20 60 on his pe son. 38, Unknown female, with cuffs, 39. Unknown man. bonnet and anaT- 40. Female child, about three years old yeknowm. 41. Michael Fly; ‘had $12 on bis per: om, 42. Unknown man. 43. Unknown woman. , 44. Young girl, unknown; had $04 on her person. 45. Unknown girl, about 15 years of age. 46. Martha Bedtah, wife of No.1. 4 , 7. Daniel Oakes, cousin of Nos. ‘ The Coroner's jury will meet this morning at Chatham, whither the bodies were conveyed last evening. ‘Twenty-four men, eleven women and sixteen are badly wounded, and were talen to Cha\ large number of the passengers are more or less brizised. Aman by the name of Irvin R. Beech, of Dundee, Yates county, New York, is badly bruiged, but it is it will get well. ‘The Herald of Vesterday. ‘There was a world of intelligence, domestic and for- eign, in yesterday's Henatp. There never was a greater variety of events laid before the public in a single news- paper—from the particulars of the great Russian tragedy now being enacted, to the minor incidents of every day life. Here is the summary:— OITry AFF AIRS. Among the different pieces of city news there was @ thrilling account of a diabolical attempt to destroy human life. Some evi-disposed person had placed am infernal machine in the office of Earle’s Hotel. Con- cealed in a heap of baggage, it exploded of its own ac- cord, as the perpetrator of the foul act had undoubtedly designed. Whether the crime was or was not committed to gratify personal vengeance, is not at present known, but happily no one was killed, though several people who were in the room at the time of the explosion were seriously injured, and the building suffered no little damage. The inmates of the hotel, particularly the ladies, were much alarmed ; and no wonder, for the house was shaken to its foundation. The police are on the lookout for the criminal. Besides this atrocious act, there was a record of offences against the laws, usually committed in a farge city—one man ars rested for a highway robbery in Elm street, and two others for larceny, together with a description of = daring burglary at No. 50 White street, figured most conspicuously. Completing the calendar, wes a full ac- count of tho brutal murder of a sailor named Sweeney, who was beaten to death and thrown overboard by some of his messmates, on board the ship Excelsior, while she ‘was lying in the stream off the Battery. One of the sup- posed murderers was arrested and locked up in the Tombs, to await the conclusion of the investigation pend- ing before Justice Osborne, Another man, too, has fallen a victim to rowdyism. John Mitchell, who was shot im Wert Broadway on Tuesday morning, by rowdies, died at his residence on Saturday. The testimony before the Coroner's inquest went to show that the man who fired the pistol at deceased was named Paddy Brattleayand the jurg rendered their verdict accordingly. Brattles Was supposed to be concealed in the neighborhood, and had not been arrested. Turning from crimes to casualties, it became our duty to record a destructive fire in Forty-second street, by which the car house of the New York and Harlem Railroad Com- pany, containing several new cars, was destroyed; the loss being estimated at upwards of $30,000. Another fire, supposed to be the work of an incendiary, occurred im Fifty-seventh street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, but the damage sustained there was not heavy, We more- over gave a synopsis of the report of the City Inspector onthe mortality of the city, from which it appeared that during the week endiog Saturday there had beem 478 deaths, 203 of these being children under ten years of age. The most notable destroyer of old and young was consumption. There was also full report of the meating of the Bar in reference to the supposed loss of four members of the Profession, who were on board the unfortunate steam- ship Arctic. At this meeting it was resolved that # | committee of five members be appointed to ascertain, if Possible, the fate of Messrs. Edward Sandford, Abnec Benedict and Heary Brady, and be instructed to report their opinion upon the disaster which caused their loss. The death of Samuel M. Woodruff, the fourth member of the profession, was established beyond a doubt. Among the general news of the city were to be found musical and dramatic criticisms on the amusements of the previous evening—an interesting communi- cation from Doctor Chilton, explaining a chemi- cal examination made by him of oysters and shell fish, which will tend'to allay the present anxiety on this score—the usval amount of legal intelligence, containing the latest decisions of the courts—religious intelligence, with notices of scrmons, ordinations, installations, invi- tations, &e.—marine intelligence, with all the arrivala and departures from this port, and with accounts of re- cent shipwrecks and disasters at sea—personal intellf- gence, with notices of distinguished individuals, arrivals at hotels, &c.; and alsoa great number of well written communications on different local subjecta, from. citi- zens of New York, which generally forms one of the dis- tinguishing features of the paper. NBWS BY TELEGRAPH. From Brentford, Canada West, wo were grioved to hear that a serious disaster had occurred on the Great West- ern Railway, twenty-five miles from Chatham. The traim had been thrown out of time by an accident to the ma- chinery, and was progressing at arapid rate, when it came in collision with a gravel train, It is believed that forty-eight persons have been killed, and that forty- one have been badly wounded; but we await further pare ticulars. From Cleveland, Ohio, a telegraphic despatch gives the particulars of a most destructive fire, which occurred there on Saturday morning, involving the loss of the New England Hotel, and the buildings n the entire square on the hill where It stood. The loss of paoperty is estimated atover a million of dollars. . From Charleston we learn that there was.only one death from yellow fever in that city on the 27th; but the scourge had assumed « violent form at Montgomery, Ala. Boston ia represented as particularly healthy at the present moment. 5 From Montreal it was reported that the New Brunge wick ministry has been defeated, but the confirmation of the reciprocity treaty was considered quite safe, From different quarters of the Union telographie des- patches were received of the progress of the elections, presenting an interesting summary of political news. UNITED STATES, Letters from our correspondents at Albany, Boston, and St. Paul, Minnesota, and numerous extracts from the more prominent newspapers and periodicals of the country, were even more readable than usual, aad were as varied as they were interesting. MEXIVO, Yesterday’s Herat contained some important intelli- gence from Acapulco. General Alvarez in a seriés of skirmishes had again defeated the government trgops, but owing to the appearance of cholera, he fell back om Providencia, after taking Yutla and destroying its forti- fications. We also published the official correspondence relative to the arrest of Captain H. Stocker, bearer of Gespatches, from which it appears that Mr. Dentmam, United States Consul at Acapulco, deserves groat credit for his energy and decision. A long communication om the silver mines of Mexico was highly instructive. SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. Alengthy and highly interesting summary of news from the South and Central American States was also published. Appended to it we gave some instructive e&- tracts from the journal of Mr. J. A. Talbott, who hag recently complete@ an exploration of tho rivers Matma- non, Amazon, and their tributaries. An exténai ried correspondence from European. capitals, ire of other matter compelled us to hol "6 publication, ably from London and Paris alone, We here ited the Fastern war in the different views in whi regarded by our numerous correspondents, and readers to form their own opinions on this event of our time, BDIFORIALS, Editorial articles were written on the “a jects“ Our State Canvass and nal st, ny id our usual orticles on Soalarapacel under appropriate aaa ie o— oe advert ime amount a Bunday’s ae—presented and wishes of our busy eommunit oot eapeions sevicr of pesterdey’s Naw Youre ,