The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-10-18

papers, from the archives of Col. Beekman. The
letter oil COL A. Hamilton, is particularly appropos
TO the present times-especially regards national
engagements-good falkland the honor of the
country Read it, we regulators, and learn your
duty.
The NEXT STEAMER.-The Boston steamship has
now been out fourteen days. We may therefore
look for her news tomorrow and in all probability
she will bring Bulwers new novel OF the " Last of
the Barons T"
The Sentence OF Col. Webb In tho Court OF
Sessions to-day-The Millennium at hand.
great deal of interest and curiosity is felt by all
classes in this city and neghborhood relative to the
singular scenes that will doubtless be enacted in tn
Court of Sessions this morning. 1t is expected that
the Millennium will begin
Upon this occasion, one of the most important and
novel questions that ever has come up in Court of
Justice, will have TO be decided This question will
be, whether the legal and sacred institutions of CT
vii society, established in conformity with the
latlons OF christianity, to be preserved, or whe
her the code of honors established in the dark ages
of European paganism, and still practiced upon by
cques OF vain cyclists in the most christian coun-
tries is TO be the supreme law of the land Let the
Millennium begin
Mr.. Webb will this morning be brought up in the
Court ofSessons, to receive the sentence of the law
from the lips of the Recorder, under his recorded
plea of guilty The proceedings will probably be in
the following order THE District Attorney will
order the officers TO put g James Watson Webb to
the bar" This will be done, and the Recorder will
order the Clerk to arraign him. The clerk, Henry
Vandervoori, will then say in his politest manner,
James Watson Webb you may remember that
heretofore you have been indicted for offence by
you committed, &c; on that indictment you were
arralgned for trial. on that arralgnment you pleaded
guilty. and threw yourself on the melcy of the Court;
what have yen now to say why Judgment should not
be pronounced against you, according TO law -
Then Mr.. Webb will most probably make long and
eloquent Speech giving his reasons, like Colt why the
law is all wrong and he all right; and the Jour
nal of Commerce" had very savage comment on
him yesterday ne will probably deem il part of the
code duelo TO reply TO IT. turn the Courts OF Justice
into sort of philosophical academy Then, when
Mr.. Webb sits down, out OF breath, Recorder Tall
madge will pronounce the awful sentence of the law
upon the culprt this be not less than two years.
nor more than seven years In the State Prison. In
doing this, Recorder Tallmadge will probably deli
yer long and able address, giving his reasons why
The vielaters of the laws of the country should be
punished with equal and exact justice AS soon as
this part of the ceremony is over, the Secretary of
the Governor, o. perhaps his Counsel will step for
ward with an imposing piece of paper, containing a
full pardon for Mr.. Webb, and giving more reasons
why the established laws of the State should be null
lifted from henceforth and forever. And then Mr..
Webb will be surrounded by set OF politicians and
others, who will shake his hand oongratuating him
on his courage and honor Atthls moment the Mil
lenninm begins.
Thus it is evident that this will be one of the
most novel and curious that ever took place
in any court of justice. 1t will involve the most
rous principles. II will indicate the issue of
fict between the well settled laws which regulate
all christian communities, and those principles
which had their origin in the dark and barbarous
ages of Europe, and which have been picked up
and retailed by modern men of honor for the ad
vancemen of their own purposes. II will also de-
eide whether, TO use Webb's own classic and chase
phraseology Grand Juries are, )" so he me heaven,
grovelling BEINGS" and District Atornies degra-
ded wrerches'', or not whether our jurors and law
officers and courts are really of any at all, and
whether il will not be better to do away with the
whole of them at once-and send them all to the
State Prison. to occupy the cells there, of the
offenders, and so begin the Millennium at once.
In short, the scene to-day will be grand starting
point for the century in morals, CRIME religion,
politics, finance, MURDER robbery, and every thing
else, and great guiding post for the traveller along
the high road to honor, glory, or rascalty. And if
things turn out expect they will to-day, we do
not see who or what is to prevent our amiable CO.
vernon from pardoning Col. Colt, or Col. Monroe
Edwards, or any other respectable offender, with
the same nonchalance that he will pardon Colonel
Webb.
III l. l.
40. We are in favor of general wiping out and
clearing out old scores-a general amnesty tor en-
minals of every grade There is not much doubt
now that the laws and rules enacted by club OF
fashionable men, over their wine and cards, will do
well enough to regulate society, and therefore, all
theirs should be abolished as useless and expensive.
We have had an amnesty for bankrupts, and spun
Sed out $3.50 600 600 of debts now let us have an
amnesty for robbers and murderers, and duellists
aud fighting Of every kind. and wipe out all punish
ment for all crimes. Let the Millennium begin be-
fore Miller's day.
AT any rate,swe shall have great excitement,
and great crowd, and a great scene in the Ses-
sons to-day, and as soon possible afterwards we
shall issue the whole affair in an EXTRA HER
AID Newsboys will therefore leok out and be
ready.
ArRocIoUs CONDUCT OF A -" SUM- CARRIER
brutality Of Beach seems to have been infused into
the carriers in his employment. A highly respecta-
bic gentleman named Dean, who keeps grocery a,
the corner of 18th street and the Third Avenue and
who has taken the 'Sun" for several years past
chiefly, he says, because it useful for wrap
ping up soap and other articles, informed the carrier
yesterday morning that he wished to stop the paper
as he considered that any publication which gave
circulation to such blasphcmous and scurrilous arti
cles as that which appeared during the past week