The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-05

UTICA, Jan. ~, 1917.
Reading Room IN Utica-h nsrigues for The Post Office
--SamusI Bsods!ey- Irow5<s in nc ChsrcA-Pious
Reflections
JAMES GoRDoN BENNETT, ESQ.
DEARSrR,-
There is located in this city, at No. ia Genessee
street, one Of the best news-rooms in central or
western New York. Il is supplied with all the
valuable American and foreign periodicals. reprints,
&C., and all the most valuable aad interesting papers
published in New York, Philadelphia Boston, Al
bany &c are received and sold at the counter the
usual prices. adding postage. Among then The New
York Herald, daily and weekly, is always to be
found. mention this for the benefit Of strangers
visiting this city, that they may know at once where
to apply for the latest copes'of the Herald and other
papers. The proprietor, Mr.. ] b. Loak, ia polite
and enterprisng man, and his news room is quite
a valuable thing to our place.
Ipromised to tell you the Joke to which alluded
in my former letter about the post Office in this city
There were three ,whig Candidates. One of them.
]. A. s., was supported by the whig administra-
ton at Albany. He had been an ant-mason. Since
that administration went into power, the disposal Of
all offices and political favor ia this comfy in the
wing party, has been in the hands of General, now
Colonel S. p Lyman, .and Nicholas Devereux, Esq.
These gentlemen were friendly to the applicant in
question; and Mr.. l. the former being at Washing.
ton, after the close Of the special session. prevailed
il is said, upon the President to send the name Of
Mr. g., the Post Master General for post master Of
Utica; and thereupon wrote to Mr.. s. these facts
and assured him tina, he would have the appoint
mcut, as the President would send in his name with
others the next morning The news created great
haro nd nd fatt al,
elevated at their victory over the other wing cand-
datee, and the letter to which alude was exhibited
several persons by him 10 confirm the truth of the
report His friends congratulated him. and his op-
polents hung down their heads in grief and ndlgna-
ton.
The President did send in the name at the time
mentioned; but, there's many slip between the
cup and the lip" The next mail brought to the
Presidents hands the Evening Journal, containing
the wing ukase, denouncing the President and the
vetoes, and calling state convention, IN order to do
il still more effectualy Report says that he mme-
diately sent to the post Office department recalling
the appointment Of Mr. s. and the office remains in
the hands of the old incumbent The dlsappoint-
ment Of the individual! alluded to, and his riends,
you may conceive but will not attempt TO describe.
The subject is town talk TO this day
Samuel Beardsey OF this place. formerly Attorney
General, is at Albany, pressing his own re-appont-
ment to the office, and 10 likely TO succeed lie was
administration, and though not professedy opposed
to the sub-re asury, he dscountenanced the
ing by which it was advocated, and dlsapproved and
opposed the famous "specie clause" He is the rank
enemy of Sllas Wright, Flagg, Dix, Young, Ed
monde, and that class Of locofoc0 politicians. He
has one grlevious fau-he is an enemy to the Her
aid
There is a great excitement here in one of the
churches. The First Presbyterian Church, other
wise called {" The High Steeple," come time ago
asked their late pastor TO resign, (and ne did So Tor
conduct similar tenor, though not in effect, with
that Of Mr.. Van Zandt Of Rochester. After several
months Of consultation, they lately Called" by
vote of IS to 49, that devoted brother, the Rev. Mr..
Porter pastor Of Presbyterian church in the Third
Avenue, New York. The minority have protested,
and taken an appeal to the Oneida Presbytery,
which is 10 meet at Rome the fore part OF mex!
month"; and appointed large committee to attend
and oppose him in the Presbytery, The Reverenu
gentleman came here about week since, ana na'
preached once in the church. Several OF the major
Ity say il he breaches snce or twice more, anu u9,
as WE'LL they shall Join the minority. Inc n,'h",y
yesterday sent a very respectable commune. W was
on the Reverend gentleman, and present 10 nun
their pvotest and the reasons for IT, nave MOI
heard rhr resut Among the mlnonty are inc ". ,.
D.,sict Attornsv for the Northern Dstrct me Cir-
cult Judge, the late First Judge eitne county, MI y
OF BsevS Hotel and many otner prominent and
weslsby gentemen The excitement runs very hgn,
and no man can foreteil the result; M a3
The friends Of Henry Clay. 10 thus place, are not
wiling To risk running him Ter lresident, and are
lyokiee for an I" available" candidate in some other
quarter.
II nos nunbers thirteen good, active, and influential
men, al Of them e, for leaders, and by another year