The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-18

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! Crayon Sketches.
| JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ:
DEAR SIR
| Your somewhat remarkable silence, in relation
to the doings here, has excited no little wonder
ment, not only amongst the Solons. who make laws
| and speeches at $3 per diem, but in the community
| at large. AS you do not seem this winter, to have
regular correspondent, will occasionally fill
small space in your truly valuable paper, if in con-
| sonance with your wishes
| The Legislature should perhaps receive my first
| attention. Well, they have been in session two
weeks, and have passed two small bills, one merely
personal, the other relative to the terms of courts
blame for this, attaches to the Speaker, who is the
poorest have ever seen in the chair; he has mel
iher the necessary knowledge, experience, or tact,
and is physically feeble old man. His com,
till Friday, and they are such strange mix
lures. Courtesy and duty. both, were grossly
violated in the placing Mr.. Bosworh, third
rate lawyer Of your city, as Chairman of the
Committee on Constitutional Reform, instead fMr
| Hoffman, man of real ability, great experience,
and who is sincere and honest in the views he
takes of the subject BY the way, | have as YET
seen no tull explanation of the modus opcramdi by
which Mr.. Hoffman was not elected Speaker, es'
peciay the barn-burners had known vote OF
! 81. Croswell was the magician who moved the
puppets, and the result shows that his time since
the election has not been spent in vain, for he was
| determined the Old Admiral, HOfman's Congress
sional sobriquet should not be speaker; for if he
| were, he would be most formidable rival to Gov
| Bouck for nomination next summer The means
| used by the State printer, were, the promises OF
Executive patronage, and appeals to sectional tecl
| ing. Thus in the former case, members were pro-
| missed that certain appointments in their counties
| should be made on their sole recommendation; II
the latter, the members were told, # MIR. Hoffman
is elected speaker, his known hostility to internal
| improvements will insure the appointments OF
committees opposed to all canals and railroads, and
| your Black River Canal, which Governor Bouck
supports, will never be constructed, and your Erie
Railroad will be left to the tender mercles Of Mr.
| Fagg and the leaves and fishes and self interes
| prevailed.
The Assembly has, think much more talent
than usual, but there also would-be Orators-and
If the promise thus far held out, continues, the
sion must reach into July. Your delegation, thu
| far, has contributed its full share-Maor Devazac
holds forth daily, Mr.. Bosworth every few mo-
| ments, Mr.. Carr often, and Jansen, and jeremiah
now and then. Mr. Carr will, think, gain con
siderable reputation speaker, though his style
| is by far too earnest and energetic for delibera
tive Assembly. Mr.. Jansen is quite young man.
and seems to have talent and but little dis
| creton. He delivered written speech, much OF
| it from Leggett's writings being kind of lecture
on the morality OF politics, Astounding in every va
rety of figures, and dipping into every subject, but
such speeches never exercise the least influence in
| the House. For several days the Assembly have
been in Committee of the Whole, on the State oil
breadth Of the debates. The national debit re.
| trenchment, expenses of government, lands and the
| tariff, postage, and Gen. Jackson's fine, are the
| subjects, and from the speeches made, spectator
would surmlse that the members were all disappolnt
ed candidates for Congress, who were determined
TO give their views all subjects of national inn
portance and to make the speeches to Buncombe
which were to have been made at Washington;
Candidates for office are not quite as abundant
as last year, but there still quite number
From your city are Captain Russell Glover and
Captain Wandel; the former you know as whole
souled seaman the latter is the man so much spo-
ken OF by Mike Walsh, and who is said to have
been master of a nice sloop. They are candidates
for the office OF Port Warden. Captain G. ha,
very strong letters Amongst the other seekers al
Cornell, Anthony ]. Blocker, Asa Hall, L. B
| Shepherd, and few others.
| A great change is soon to take place in the anita
| gonst portions of the great democratic party-the
old hunkers and barn burners are to be again united
and the Atlas is TO cease to attack the Argus, ano
the lion and the lamb are TO lie down together
Mr.. Van Buren, has set a sort OF embassy on too
| to accomplish this and the preliminarles are in 8
train of settlement but ! am afraid Governor
,ouck will break upthe arrangement in this way:-
John Van Buren, is candidate for Circuit Judge
in the third this circuit, in the place of Judge
Cushman, who Is sixty years OF age. John has
a strong petition, but he Is opposed by Amast
J. Parker, of Delhi, Delaware county, an ex-mem-
Der of Congress, who will get it, and unless the
"VIy Summit changes his mind, Master John vii
not wear the ermne. Another difficulty to b,
| overcome, is to induce Messrs French and Cassl
day, OF the Atlas, to consentto play second fiddle.
but they VIII have TO IN the end, and the party Wi
| again be unit.
Your correspondent here few weeks since, gavc
a most perfect likeness of Croswell it was real,
capital, and merted, as it received, the warmes
COMMUNICATION for It's Vralsemblance. As an of
| set, will give crayon sketch Of Thurow Weed.
that is, If my letters deemed worth the publish.
ing ToMKINs.
New YORK LEGlsIATURE.-ln Senate, on Mon
day, Mr.. Varan introduced bill relating to the
Court of Common Pleas in the city and County OF New
York Mr. Porter offered a resolution relative to the Cour
Of It to abolish the present absurd system
form the Court with eight judges to be elected by tn,
people overy five and ten years.
In Assembly, bill was reported 10 incorporate tbs
Mendeshon Benevolent Society in the city Of New York
Mr. Davis introduced bill To amend the Exemption Law
| ofls42. Retrenchment" again under discussion
| SwEErHEARrs AND WIvEs--oR BEFORE AND Ar
| TER MARRMGE,-We have here another of Anthem;
fine domestic stories, from the press of the Har.
pers, which issues every thing from the pondrou.
history to the school girls favorltc tales. II sci,
forth clearly and beautifully moral truth as it shout,
be developed in our phase of domestic life, and in
| cucates through its simple and emineny pleasinp