The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-03-09
Albany,
Correspondence Of the Herald.l
ALBANY, Saturday, March 4, lS4S.

Correspondence Of the HERALD
Albany, Saturday, March 4, lS4s
judicial Afairs-Revie,c Of the Session-The Sage Of
Lindendorf and Politics.
strong effort is being made since the appoint
ment OF the Hon. Aaron Vanderpoel TO be Judge of
the Superior Court in the City of New York, to have
the Court abolished. l am not enabled TO give any
opinion as to whether such measure would be a
satisfactory and Just one or not but this know,
the MOVIES which pro pit the present application
for the abolition OF this Court are far yery far from
being either an honorable or honest one We heard
nothing OF this movement, until il was found out
that Judge Tallmadge could by no means have the
reappolntment when this was discovered, there
was also developed the opposition to the Court
The leaders IN this affair may as well stop where
they are with the assurance that all their efforts
will be Of ne avail, with the present Legislature, at
all events.
The legislature has been in session now over two
months and have done in that time little or nothing
but waste the peoples valuable time in wordy idle
and frivolous debate. They are certainly the most
nermnable set of takers that ever congregated In
Christendom or Heathendom either The cacoethes
Oq,sendi prevails among them to most alarming ex-
tent and there ia nothing, It would seem, that has
the ability to- stop its course but the day OF adjourn.
ment. A slight retrospc Give glance over the past
part of the session will demonstrate what | say
First, we had the State Printing question, which
liked to have been the death of the speech-makers
in the Senate ; then there was the six weeks talk
Laws, the New York and Erie Railroad, and last,
the Bank Commissioners bill now under considera-
ton. When they will get through with it, heaven
only knows. The Speaker to-day, in the House,
spoke two hours on the subject in reply to what had
fallen from Messrs. Sherwood, Williams and Hub-
bell, and others, they day previous. The main OBJ
ect OF the Speakers effort, however, was 10 clear
himself from the charge Of having called the people
"pigringers." He was very eloquent on this classic
point, and entertained the House with most elabo-
rate and convincing argument to show that the art
OF plg-ringing" was not of the occult sciences
and its claims to be considered as one of the fine
arts, and far from being degrading employment
All OF which was demonstrated to the entire
mind. The, Speaker advocated the appoint
ment of Bank Commissioners by the Governor
and Senate, contending that it had been the ia
yorte project Of the '"Sage of Lindendorf," and
Col. Young. He spoke most dlsparagngiy and
sneeringly of what was termed the progress and ad
actually secuted the idea that we of the present
day are not wiser than our forefathers. All this
may do, but Gen Davis will find it far easier, judy
ing from present appearances, to ring pigs, than to
force this amendment upon the House The 'sub-
terraneans,'' are determined to make this test
point, and the result of this fight will deveope the
resources of each division. | observed Judge
Leland, and Messrs. Williams and Sherwood,
taking notes, for reply doubtless to the Speakers
speech. Judge Leland had the floor when the
House adjourned. On this question, in the House
at least, the Wings hold the balance of power,
though how they will 60, can hardly be determined.
Enoch, however, likes not the subterraneans, and
this vote also will be, important as deciding the
Mr.. Van Buren, is still here, and the intrigues are
being prosecuted with great vigor relative to the
Presidential question. The Lindendorfer is wide
awake, and is determined not to be out-gcneraled,
may be cabbage raiser he is far from being a cab
bage head. SIMON.