The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-24

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In the Senate this morning, after the prayer, M
| Archer rose, and said he was sure it must hav
| escaped the attention OF the Senate thai this wa
the anniversary Of the birthday OF the Faith er Of hi
country; and he supposed they would agrVe wit
MIN IN saying that there were two days winch shout
De observed by every AmericaDand patriot, as day
OF nigh jubilee in our country: the one, the birth
gay OF our independence; and the other, the birth
Gay OF That illustrious man who, in the hands O
providence, was the chief instrument in achieving
II. In honor Of the memory of tina, hallewed in
strument, he moved hat the Senate adjourn whsct
motion was unanimously agreed to. IN l,.i 4, r.
The day has been celebrated in an appropriate
manner by the military of the city, and by severa,
charitable and other associations The Executive
mansion was thrown open in the evening, and the
President recei, cd large number Of hi, fellow.
citizens, with his accustomed dignity and grace
Mr.. Lewis Williams Of North Carol ina, the
Oldest member of the House Of Representatives and
Gov. Morrow Of Ohio, the oldest man in Congress,
are very seriously i'll with the plurisy. 77
To give you an idea Of the general accuracy of the
correspondent of the New York Courier &c Enquirer,
!
recently, he has mentioned rumor, that Governor
Pondexter had come into possession Of letter
written by the Secretary of State to Mr. Curtis,
Collector of the port Of New York, in which the
President was spoken of dsrespectfuly-and added
to this his speculations the subject of the political
importance Of this letter The first and only history
Of this matter is contained in the Courier IL En-
quirer. Neither Governor p, or any other person
in this city, heard Of 1t, except the correspon
dent of that paper The whole story is sheer fabn
cation, made up for the purpose of exciting interest,"
without any reference to the truth The correspon.
dent of the Courier also says, that the Committee Of
the Senate, the subject Of the Fiscal Agent, would
be unanimous in their report There is no truth in
this, the proceedings will show. These are merely
given samples Of what appears in the Courier 81
Enquirer. auA3
The same letter exhibits the ignorance of the
correspondent in relation to Mr.. Boodgood, and his
prospects for the office Of Postmaster of New York.
There is no reason to believe, that the Executive
has changed his mind or his purpose on this subject
If the pipe-layers in New York, dogs in the man.
ger, can succeed in preventing the appointment Of
any one TO that place unless they are permitted to
make the selection, the wings will know to whom
they are Indebted for the retention Of their oppo-
nents in Office; but let them not complain of Presi
dent Tyler. Mr.. Graham, may be strong candi-
date in New York, but his pretensions are not re-
garded here, constituting any formidable obstacle
to the appointment Of Mr.. Bloodgood.
House of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Birth Day. aes.f.H
After the opening Of the session, to-day Mr.. Ken
nedy presented petition praying for subsistence for
from 8 900 to 10000 militia during encampment
about to take place in the neighborhood Of Balti-
more MIR. FEssENpEN, next reported bill from the
naval committee to determine the rank Of profess
sors of mathematics in the United States naval SER
vice, which was read twice and referred to the
committee Of the whole on the state of the Union;
and then Mr.. SALroNsrALL rose and said this was
TIE anniversary of the birth day Of Washington.
There were two anniversaries-ihe birth day of his
nation, and the birth day of him to whom we are
indebted more than to any other man for our secu-
rity and independence-whi he thought ought
to be forever set apart and kept sacred
and that they might show their devotion
to the character and services of Washing
ton by the observance of the day which
gave him birth, he would move that the House do
now adjourn. There were loud cries of" agreed
but when the vote was taken there were many
'noes' heard from various parts of the Hell; the
ayes, however, prevailed, and the House adjourned
In the city the occasion was celebrated by an impo
sing military parade, and from early dawn to the
last hour of the recedng day, the notes Of martial
music were waited on every breeze. The military
companies, with their band, attended the theatre in
the evening.