The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-12
THE VIRTUE OF PArnIorIsM-PRrslpxNr TrLrR,s

The VIRTUE OF PATRIoTIsM-PREsIDxNr TYLER's
OFFicE-HoLDERs The Globe and the Madisoniar
are quarrsiling about the responsibility of the ap
polnfment oil Goddard the Postmaster, at Peter
sham, who recently astonished his neghbors by his
forgeries, and the Globe establishes him as Tyler
lie appointment. "Ve, votof it Z" Who are the
men who stand the most prominent as politicians in
general The most accomplished in chicanery is
the best politician; the system which is pursued to
secure the election OF any particular asprant fits the
politician for no reputable business certainly If
man is too lazy to follow his honest calling, let HIM
turn politician, lay pipe cheat the unsuspecting cleo
tors out of their franchise, get fat office as the
reward Of his services, and help himself literally in
anticipation of rainy day. ALI this operates to hi.
advantage, and he becomes ennobled henceforth
and forever. Goddard added touch of piety to his
responsibility: that was most assuredly an old
"dodge," but il is never falling one and for his
42 900 prize it may be political "chum" held him
to bail in $1,000 only leaving 1897 900 balance in his
favor to purchase absolution from his church. and
immunity from the laws. Again we ask, Swell vot
Of It" Who would be gretuitous and disinte-
rested politician? Who would grease the wheels of
the great political machine if he were not to be
entitled to some of the waste matter in the way of
perquisites!
But there is some honesty still extant in the
world, and proverbial is the virtue and disnteres-
ted zeal of the unpaid delegates to Conventions,
whose self devotion and immense sacrifices ought
to be applauded throughout the land There were
many paragons of patriotism in the late Syracuse
Convention, and it is refreshing in the midst of al
to the country. Mr. Benjamin F. Buffers exertions
to secure the reelection of Mr.. Van Buren,, and his
great anxiety ts become delegate to the Conven.
ton, could not by any possibility, have any relation
to the fees of the District Attoraeyshp. Mr.. Sc
cor had no squirting towards any Navy Contract
Nor could any prospective Indian. Navy, or Army
Contract influence any other delegate. Patriotism
then, is a private virtue, and exists abundantly
There various schools of it, it must be admitted
though of the arts and sciences, and Darlington
patriotism is not unfortunately, the least preva-
lent.
OUTRAGEOUS VIOLATION OF CoNTRAoT-MIsTAKEs
OF A NIGHT Our sapient City Fathers have con-
tracted for the lighting of this modern Babel, for
some seventeen nights per month, with an implied
contract on the part of the neon to do that duty
ected for moment the fckleness of her character,
we are not satisfied, but certain is, that she de-
means herself most outrageously. On Sunday night
last the weather was wet, cold, and inclement, and
she positively "kept out of the wet and cold" and
we poor Gothamites were left in worse than Egyr-
tan darkness, to grope way through the Streets
stumble over hydIants, tumble down areas, or
come in collision with gas posts the case might
be. No malice, nor error of judgment can be
attributable to the City Fathers, of course, for
they never err they did their duty, and now
We want to know what remedy we have against
the tickle jade who thus left us in the dark.
To what court is she amenable? BY what process
can we receive damages for skinned shns, noses
fattened against projecting gables damaged toggery
BY stumbling into cutters, or the loss of property by
thieves, to whose avocations this thick murky dark
ness was exceedingly favorable. But worse still,
and for this no adequate compensation can be made
Several staid matrons returning from church, acct
dentally CROPPED their way into the embrace of
other ladies' husbands, and the mistake was not
discovered until they arrived at the termination of
their journey. In one case, however, come doubt
exists on the part of some crab apple husbands whs
found their opinion of perfect understanding be-
tween the parties, the fact, which may not, after
all, be fact, that certain piercing sound was
heard when they met, which has been asserted to
be proof irrefragabe that they knew they were not
husband and wife, such affectionate passes being
rare between persons so closely allied This we
deem matter of SO much importance, as to require
further investigation by committee of the Common
Council, TO whom we commit it.
1E- The corner stone of st. Peters Catholic
Church, Kenslngton, Philadelphia, was laid on Sun
day last. The Philadelphia Chronicle gives the FOL-
lowing particulars:-
The foundation is already bull; several feet above
the surface OF the cellar. and extends $50 feet in
length by 20 in breadth. The steeple is to be 265
feet high, which, together with the body of the
building, will be of beautiful model The cere-
monies of blessing were performed by Bishop Ken
TICK, assisted by about twenty priests and students
from st. Charles Borromeo's Seminary who walked
IN procession, preceded by silver crucifix censor
and accoltes with lighted tapers around the foun.
dation of the church, which he sprinkled with hoIy
water, reciting the customary prayers of the ordina
at the same time. The Bishop preached previou.
to the blessing, end German priest from Baltimore
The collection taken I'D amoanted 10
between i've and six hundred dollars.
LAUNcH.-On Saturday last, the elegant schooner
COMMODORE KEARNEY, owned by Capt Paine, and
Messrs. Hedden IL Keene, was launched at ahe
yard OF the latter gentlemen, in Perth Amboy. She
Is above 175 tons, beautiful model, built and
launched on strictly temperance principles. The
ancient rite of breaking the bottle over her bows,
more honored nm the breach than in the obser-
vance," was, in this CASE as in the late more strik-
Ing instance Of the launch of the u. s. frigate
Princeton, dispensed with An old salt proclaim
ing her name from the knight heads, as she gently
eded into her destined element
NBLo's.-To-mght the Raves repeat the suc.
cessful Pantomime Of "the So MTsfortunes of Fortu
natu'," which seems more attractive than any of
the celebrated Pantomimes of this talented family
Gabriel improves and adds to the character of
"Fortunatus" nightly-the machinery is most ad-
mirably Planned, and the transformations executed
with astonishing rapidltY-ihe change In The last