Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1842-02-05

UTICA, Jan. ~, lSaZ.
Reading Room IN Ui;ca- btrigues for te Pos. Office
-SamueI Bsodssey-T Iosbks in ne ChsrcA-Pioss
Reflections.
JAMES GORDON BESrErT, ESQ.
DEARSrR,-
There is located in this city, at No. ia Genessee
street, one Of the best newsrooms 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, Philadephia, Boston, Al
bany, &c are received and sold at the countera the
usual prices, adding postage. Among them, 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 copesof the Herald and other
papers. The proprietor, Mr.. j b. Loak, is polite
and enterprlsng man. and his news room is quite
a valuable thing to our place.
promised 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 wing admnistra-
ton at Albany. He had been an antmason 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.
tom after the close of the special session, prevailed
il is said, upon the President to send the name OF
Mr. g. to 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
mout, as the President would send in his name with
others the next morning. The news createda great
sensation here, and 8. and his friends felt greatly
elevated at their victory over the other wing candi
datee, and the letter to which alude was exhibited
to 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 indlgna
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 imme
diately sent to the post Office department recalling
the appointment Of Mr. 81 and the office remains in
the hands Of the old incumbent The dlsappon-
ment of the individual alluded TO, and his friends,
you may conceive but will not attempt TO describe
The subject is tswn talk to this day
Samuel Beardsley OF this place, formerly Attorney
General, Is at Albany, pressing his own re-agpont-
ment to the Office and 10 likely to succeed. He was
a semi-conservati,e throughout Mr.. Van Burens
administration, and though not professedy opposed
TO the sub-tre asury, he dsc0untenanced the
ing by which it was advocated, and dlsapproved and
opposed the famous specie clause" He is the rank
enemy of SIlas Wright, Flagg, Dix, Young, Ed
monde, and that class OF locofoco politicians. He
has one grievious faut-he is an enemy to the Her
aid
There is great excitement here in one of the
churches. The First Presbyterian Church, other
wise called 'The High Steeplr," come time ago
asked their late pastor resign, (and he did so Tor
conduct similar tenor, though not in effect, with
hat C NJ Van .naf nf Rop Affers eral
months Of consultation, they lately called" bya
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 Presbytcry, The heverenu
gentleman came here abou! a week since, ana na'
preached once in the church. Several oil Inc major
Ity say IL he breaches snce or twice more anu u9,s
as well. they shall join the minority. Inc n,,no,W
Yesterday sept very respectable committee 10 wat
on the Reverend gentleman, and present 70 nun
their nvotest and the reasons TOR H. nave uot
hea IA ih,s result Among the mnonty are inc ". o.
Ds,,ct Attornsv for the Northern Dslrct, me CIr-
cuit Judge. the late First Judge etne county, MI y
OF BsevS Hotel. and many otner prominent and
wealthy gentlemen. The exciteIie ~ runs very hsh
and No man cso foretel the result: ~ a4
The srlends Of Henry Clay. Ia this place, are not
wiling o risk running him Ter lresident, and are
Ipokise for an available" candidate In some other
goarer
u nov Numbers thirteen good. active, and Influential
mcn, al Of Them 1T for leaders, and by another year