The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-07
Mem Fork Correspondence.
LETTER Xxx.
New YoRK, January 4, 1912.

than what was already known to all parties. II ID
not surprising the papers have been kept back their
publication, at last, does not reflect much credit upon
the individual whose they bear, and far better
for him il would have been if he had withheld them
altogether If they had been forthcoming when the
public mind was full of the subject of "the frauds,
they might have created some sensation; but those
times have been followed by SO many startling
events, that curiosity is difficult to be reused.
The session of the State Legislature commences
to-day at Albany The Governors farewell message
will be brought to the city by four different expresse,
so says the Sun one the railroad, by way Of Berk-
shire and Brldgeport-an another by way Of Springfield
and New Haven another down the east side Of
the Hudson-and fourth on the west side to Co
shen, and thence over the New York and Erie rail-
road This will be one of the greatest races on
record. The Herald has offered one hundred and
fifty dollars to any that will deliver at its desk
copy of the message in time for publication in the
morning edition Of Wednesday The Sun and Her
aid have long been rivals in running expresses The
railroad proprieors have in showna degree
of favoritlsm which does not harmonse with the lib
cra object of establishing railroads wiz the great
est good of the greatest number"
am gratifed to see that Mr. Buchanan, the Brit
sh Consul, has with his characteristic promptitude,
made communication to his Government in relation
10 the late death by starvation of one of the steerage
passengers in ship recently arrived here. 1t is the
duty of the inspecting officer in Liverpool, whence
the ship sailed to see that there is sufficient provision
made for all the souls taking passage This officer
has been shamcfuly neglectful Of his duty well
as guilty Of the death of the girl alluded to. The
suferings shipboa Of the poor emigrants who
seek an asylum in this country are represented by a
recent correspondent of the Sun as dreadful. He
says, speaking of The agents, am of thousands
in this city who could supply evidence to the evil do
ings of these men, having gone through the damna-
tory ordeal of Storage voyage in a transient ship
across the Atlantic. family Of four persons in the
ship came out in, passed inspection, having board
but haLfd ham and but shilings tcorh of biscuit.
There was poor Pennies Scotchman on board,
whose friends in this country had RENTED money suf
fcent to provision him over &C., put board by the
penurious cupdity of the agent with not half the
cessary stores. Wecomplaned (before quitting por)
Of the crowded Of the second cabin and pointed
out part where there were but three yards Of floor
before the berths which occupied by twenty one
passengers. The inspector took out his line pre-
10 lne agent anu exclaimed,
Mr. B you may send four more passengers
Public sympathy is awakened TO this subject, and
trust some legislative measures will be taken
cure the poor seerage passenger from the tyranny of
agents of transport vessels.
The statistics of the upper police of this city give
2,776 persons committed to that prison during the
past year, S4l and state that 597 lost children have
hapn faka tha ,la ~ !,
taken Of till called for by their parents and that
nearly all were reclaimed.
Judge Noah delivered very able and interesting
charge yesterday to the grand jury 1t was compre-
hensve yet concise embracing all subjects, and only
such as they were bound to take official cognzance
Of give you one or two extracts, the first from a
fact which il contains relating to telegraphing, not
generally known, and the second which is the closing
paragraph, to give you some idea Of its style and
spirit.
g The ingenuity of parties interested in the nsi-
rance of numbers in lotteries have at considerable
expense, invented line of tecgraphc signals of
colored fires and pyrotechnic conrivances BY means
OF which, the numbers drawn in lotteries in some of
the Eastern and Southern States, have been convey
ed to this city in few hours, and being so far in adj
vance OF intelligence by mails express have ena-
bled the inventors to insure the numbers drawn at
various offices, and for very heavy amounts most of
which were paid without suspicion"
" With your powers as members of the Grand In |
quest OF the country believe you are all familiar
1t was said by an eminent urst in relation to the
powers OF Grand Jurors that all the operations of
Government, and Of its officers are within the com
pass of their view and research They nav suggest
public improvements, and the means of removing
pubic inconvenienccs they may expose to public in
spection or to public punishment public bad men and
public bad measures. There are however rules and
limitations to the use of this power the testimony
before you, through parae, must be, in all cases,
strictly legal and competent Either of YOU from
your own knowledge of the commission of crime |
may bring the subject before the Grand Jury for its
dellberation and action, but the most approved and
salutary course in the administration of Justice is to
act upon such matters shall be brought before YOU
through the proper law officer of the court and this |
course VIII, IN most cases, secure the legality and
force of any indictment which you may direct You
are, gentlemen of the Grand Jury, in measure, the
Cabinet of this court, and while il is our duty to Law
before you facts in which the public are supposed to
have interest, bound to carry out YOUR s,g-
gestions and sustain your acts in the legal discharge
OF your important duties"
Judge Noah has been one of the most popular
justices we have had on the bench of the Court of
Sessions and il to be regretted that political causes
as they promise to do, should operate to bring about
his removal One of the first acts of the Legislature
will, probably, be reorganization of the criminal
sessions that the city may act independently of
in the election Of its own Judges.
There has been sometime building and fitting out
here, under the superintendent of Capt. Howard,
two beautiful clipper schooners. They cleared on
Saturday as merchant vessels for Mexican port
out before they got out Of the harbor the Collector
having some information that led him ito suspect their
character, sent cutter to bring them to. On being
boarded they were found to be fully equipped with
var armament each having Paixhan long AZ
FOUNDER on pivot amidshp, and six Is pound car
onades with chests of arms, &C., &c. They are
chooner rugged and about 200 tons burden, with fifty
each. On hoard wer discnuornL snrnrnl |