New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-26
THE TRIBUNE.

To Me Editor of The Tribssne yus
+ understand that there are number OF WINGS
Who will not vote at this coming Election. ne :.
excuse they make is. that there are q aurnoer OF
persons who hold appointments under the Com
rnoa Council that serve as Watchu1en, ard have
regular posts Surely this is wrong, when there
are so many Wings OUT of employ. Cannot this
be remedied before the Election WHO.
r We know nothing about the matter here
spoken of; but we can imagine no reason why a
man who works for the City should not also be q
Watchman az well as one who works for Robert
Smith or Goodhue & Co. The proper questions
to be asked are-Do they perform their au''e'
ably and faithfully and--Do they ask ana &c,
ceive only the far market price of then SERVICES
IF yea, then why may not lampiignter' ior NJ
stance, be Watchman, just IS properly as eai
penter or stsvedore?
The mischief in the premises is here-SsT0sces
to the 0ablic are generally paid for more f'oe
ra1zu than similar seYpacss PegJoTmea Jor mar
uiduals. So long IS this is the fact, there will be
continual struggling to get into Office in preference
10 discharging duties equally reputable in private
stations We do what is in our power to remedy
this, bu. to little purpose; for most men appear
to prefer to multiply Offices or make them lucra-
tive, and then souabble for the places. So long
as this is the popular tendency, what can be done2
AS to there icing any Wings who will refuse to
vote this fall because some petty Offices are mol
filed to please Them we believe nothing of the
sort. All such mercenary creatures turned Tyler
mon long ago. If'A Wing knows any SUCH we
will thank him for their names But it is nj
possible.
MuRpERous Attention. Saturday morning
Midyhipman Rhnd of Newly ork, and Mdship-
man Knapp Of this city. met on Badgers Island,
near Bristol, Pa, and at the distance OF EIGHT
PAGES exchanged six shots, the first Ave proving
them to be unskilful marksmen. At the last ire
Knapp was shot in the right cheek, and ne either
swallowed the ball or spit it out. 1t is thought
shat the wound will not prove mortal. We I'M
derstand that some difficulty occurring on the
West India station gave rise to this brutal appeal
70 false code of honor. 1t is one of rhe results
consequent upon the ccnnivance of judicial autho-
rites in facilitating the escape of dignihed Of
tenders
An OurRAeE.-The Charlottesville Gill Re
view saws: An attempted assassination was
made on the evening of the 9TH of October on DIR.
Joseph t. Allen He was returning from Court,
and when within one hundred yards Of his house,
was way-laid and shot at. He was thrown from
his horse, and 50 seriously hurt to be unable TO
move. He lay on the ground all night and got
home delirious and exhausted the morning after
the attack. The shot pierced his clothes, bat did
not enter his body. Suspicion rests upon six per-
sons, who rent land from him, BY the name Of
McElroy. They are now in Jail. The Doctor, it
was thought, would recover from his fall though
he was seriously hurt
MoB LAW REBuKED.-The citizens Of Raleigh,
N. c., have no disposition to submit quietly to the
exercise of mob-law. A meeting has been held
in reference to the case Of the colored man who
was beaten BY mob, (Which was alluded to on
Saturday, and after addresses from three or four
of the principal citizens, strong resolutions were
adopted, dsnouncing the persons who took part IN
this violation Of the law and requesting the corpo
rate authorities 10 offer reward for their detec-
sss- am, apprehension. We are glad TO see the
citizens Of Raleigh taking such manly ground.
American.