New-York tribune., 1841-10-27


u The richest practical joke which has 0eeh
given to the public tor some days IS Contained Il
ard Of me Ebert Herring to the public IN some
: Yesterday, papers 1t seeHis''hat this odd sfl
49,. .ou,. lime since appointed Paymas'er OF the
,r,,y re believe BY Mr.. Van Buren, In July last
:. received orders to proceed to Florida AID pay
.,o ,,.ops there. which he declined 70 com-y with,
and went to Warrington to be excused, The War
Department; at arst inclined to allow him to send q
substitute, bu, aerward very properly reconsidered
ne matter, and told him he perform his own
iutie:. But he could 10; OF would not. Ample
proof, says ne. Of .ny inability to perform the
service on accou-- q: bodily inhrnity, was sub
- Initted TO the Department; bot in vain Il was
equally in vain that the order Wa stated 20 be in
violation Of an agreement made With me. BY which
'' was to DC permanently stationed IN this Pay
District, aad which was my Involvement TO &c
cept the otace.'
So it seerns that NJ Herring was disqualified
BY bodily ,nirrnity cor the efficient discharge OF
MS duties That is very good reason for re-
signing, bat none at all !or holding 10 the pay
and refusing the duty. Bot we do tlls- the peo
ole will be allowed at once to know wha; high
fuac;icnary makes agreement, with COY ca:'!i-
date. for Office ,ha., If they VIII only accept the
place and the pay, the duties shall De- rendered
merely nominal. This matter IS decidedly worth
looking into.
Mr. Herring, having thus declined to obey
orders. was most properly and promptly relieved
from farther duty by removal. What else could
the Government dc, unless +; were TO hire on set
Of men to ill the Offices AMI another to discharge
he duties IAN operation which, in the presen;
low state of the Treasur! and while money is SO
hard to borrow, would cost rather more than it
came to.-Bu. our ex-Payma,ier takes it right TO
heart, asd as he says, e" knowing that | have been
dealt with harshly and wrongiully, my only
alternative Is to submit the whole mater 70 the
decision Of d Jury, aud my only redres. Is by Tie
retention Of money, without which the establish
rnent OF an equitable claim would be =hadowy and
upayaillng.'
The coolness of that last paragraph would pat
Augustus romlinsoa to the blush. What is it that
he jury are to be called to decided The whole
matter Ay but the whole matter appears 10 be
that he is holding on good many thousands OF
the public money after he has ceased to have
properly any thing to do with it but to fork over,
and the Jury can only determine how much he has
got, and that he ough, to disgorge it forthwith.
What else His closing assurance that he shall
pay over whatever balance shall be found by
whom to be equtaby due to the Government,
ne eds some qualification Of time or sureiy-hip TO
render it perfectly satisfactory; and, the whole,
we consider him about the most promising speci-
men OF Sub-TrcasurcI that has turned up lately.
Counsellor Price viii of course manage his case i'll
Court.
p' Col WILLIAM JONES, Comb Maker, OF the
Fourteenth Ward, Is the Wing Candidate for As
sen,bly, and not Gen. James l. Jones. We print
cd his name Gen VIM. Jones by mistake; and
the,eupon the Herald pra,es of his fine horses,
carriage, SC. as though he were a man of fortune,
mistaking him for the other Jones. They are both
good men and true Wings, but Col. Jones who
was the Wa,g candidate for Sheriff last Fall, is
our candidate for Assembly.
TEsSEssEE.-Gov Jones was inauguratcd
tho lG h., and delivered trunk and manly Inaugu-
ri Address. Gov. Polk, wAo recently defined
his position in an Annual Message, sent in Val
dictory Address in leaving the Governors Chair.
,ei,, sing his Loco-Foco ipculcatons the stiff
necked renncsseu,ls He reminds Us Of Haueck's
Actor
Whose last fl-evel. still linger DER Us,
AND. like cat. die by inches.
No election of L. 5. Senator's yet, nor day fixed.
The delay leads us to fear that the Wings are to be
swindled
e The Philadelphia friends of MARTIN VAS
buren, as candidate for President at the next
Election, held meeting a; Haohnn's on Monday
evening to wind up the machinery and st it in
motion. The American Sentinel (Porer) notices
i, very coldly and says that Commodore STEWART,
JANIS BucnANAS and LEWIS CAss have each
many irieads in the ranks of the party.
~ The Wings of Wayn, County have nonna-
ted LAoMl WHlrcoNB OF Ontario. and BARTLETT
P. RopGkRs Of Lyons for Assembly. Wayne is
close but ever watchfu
~ The Wings OF the new County of Wyoming
have nominated JoHS W. BKowSsoS OF Gaines
Vile, and ELEAzoR BALDWIN OF Sheldon for As
semby. No doubt OF their election.
70 Gen. ApxzR BAKER. Jt. of Wa,-rtown, ha,
bscn placed on the Wing Assembly ticket for JET
ferson County, In place of Mr.. Webb declined.
% Old Onondaga has taken the field. For As
.ensly, Gen. AMOS P. GRANGER Of Syracuse
AxARlAH SMITH Of Manlius. DoRAsrus hoLLoGa