The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-01-05

| Tor some time In existence IN our ueniociati'
ranks, concerning the judgeships, &c, to be filet
up IN short time by the ''powers that be" IN AL
bany First in importance and emoluments comes
the office of Surrogate This will soon be vacant
| by the expiration of David B. Ogdens term. Fo
this place, valued al some $4,000 per annum, W,
have heard the following names prominently mem
toned: Hon. Charles McVean, COUNSEL ,r at law
formerly member of Congress from Montgomer,
county, and the counsel OF Edwin Croswel il
several OF the libel suits brought against him. Mr.
McVean stands 'letter A, No. l." with the Gov
ernor; but there other than personal matters to
be taken into consideration in the settlement OF
this question. Hon. John w. Edmonds, counsellor
at law, formerly Senator from Columbia county,
and now first Inspector of the Sing Sing Prison Mr..
Edmonds is man of much weight and influence
with the democracy of the State, and he is put
down certain of the place by many persons who
profess "to know all about it," Hon. John r. Liv-
ngston, counsellor at law, and formerly Navy
Agent of this port, under the administration of Mr..
Van Buren,. Of him perhaps it may be said ''last
and least" These three gentlemen are the prom-
nent candidates.
In the second place comes the judgeship of the
Common Pleas, worth about $4,000 to $4,000 per
annum. Alderman Waterman, of the Ninth Ward,
goes in for this place; does Thos. j. Smith, for
merly of Florida and James M. Smith, Jr once
a resident of Lockpoit, in this State. 1t may so
happen that neither of these applicants will receive
the appointment. Very uncertain men are polit-
clans, and the getting Of office is not by any means
a surety.
We come then TO the vacancy soon to happen in
the Marine Court by the expiration OF Judge Ham
mond's term This seat is worth perhaps some
S5,000-depending in great measure on the capa-
city of the holder to use his "ten commandments"
Judlciously. The name of the squabblers for this
office is legion Hon. G. p DAILY, Daniel Stone,
Esq, William Shaler, Esq, Thomas w. Clerke,
Esq, Allan M. Sniffen, Esq, and John Smith, Esq.
and unless we are misinformed, James Green, Esq,
is also on hand for the place.
An Examiner in Chancery is also to be appoint
ed-andfor this situation, worth perhaps from $500
to $1,000 dollars, there are so many young shoots,
that we have not space or time to mention them.
We can only say
Oh, how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes favour
There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
More pangs and Tears than man or woman have
THE Holy WAR.-CAN THERE BE CHURCH WITH
OUT BISHOP The third or fourth gun in the Ho-
ly War, was fired last evening by the Revd Dr.
Potts, and it may therefore, be called the evening
gun of the Church Militant in New York 1t is as
follows-
REV. Dr. PoTrs Rev. On. WAINwRIGHr.-Rev. and
Dear Sir had prepared an answer to some points
in your last communication and was about to send it to
this days paper when struck me that there should be
previous settlement of the question to the form which
this discussion should take rather the channe through
which it should be made known to the public will
therefore withhold my communication until this question
be arranged
believe each ofthe plans you notice has its peculiar
claims should prefer the oral FORM because OF the grea
ter freedom it affords and besides have objection
that this any other subject shall be brought before
public tribunal consider this to be subject vitality af
iecting the public interest, can be- some among
you to hold, degradation of the claims of the
Church to defend them before popular assembly. IT,
therefore mind be not entirely made up beg you
to consider this point.
Ihave, however, precuded myself from any right to
insist upon this and indeed any other iormbu the OBJ
ect of this note is to request you to meet half way
and agree least the selection of of the daily
journals have this objection and it is serious one
the employment of the columns of the religious journals
viz that as they appear only once week the discussion
would be protracted interminaby Besides these jour
nails circulated among that class of readers who
likely to be influenced by the discussion for proba
bly, their minds are made up upon the point at issue.
therefore beg should you utterly decline oral dis
cusson that will at least assent to the courte
munications have oiroosy srpsa,ei ana wnlch has .
claim upon for the courtesy has already extded to
As these points settled, will he happy
give respectful notice to your last communications
With much regard, Rev. and
dear sir, am yours, sc
GEORGE POTTS.
THURSDAY MoRNisG Jan. 4, 1874.
We are decidedly in favor Of the GO oral plam'' Sc
lected by DR.. Potts. Do, DR.. Wainwright, agree
to that mode of dscussion-and give the whole
world chance to hear you. If it be confined to a
newspaper discussion, only small portion of the
community will ever see it--and should it be pub
lished only in the "highly respectable" old wo-
man, called the " Commercial Advertiser" very
few will ever see it at ALL Get the Tabernacle at
once and have an oral discussion Then all the
newspaper press will spread it by reporters each
morning onheir one hundred thousand wings to the
tarthest parts OF the earth. We will promise to
surpass all the other'papers in reports, and give
it at least to fifty thousand readers at once each
morning.
THE STATEN ISLAND MURDER. COURT
OPENED TO THE PUBLIc.-Our reporter arrived last
night at twenty minutes to ten from Port Rich
mond, having chartered the good sloop "Hunte -
Captain Richard Taylor The trip was made In
forty-fve mnutes-a run unprecedented in the
history OF sloop sailing on the bay. The good
qualities of the little craft and the skill of her cap
tain were well tried, as it blew gale, the sea
running very hgh and the wind being nearly
northwest. We have merely time to state that the
report in the Sun of yesterday, of the murder Of
the infant by Polly Bodine, was most base fabr-
cation; the verdict Of the jury was that the child
was stil-born. The following memorial was pre-
scented by the several reporters, and the result was,
that the doors of the Court were thrown open at
half past two:--
TO b. b Phelps, Esq. the Commissioner Of the Supreme
Court and Lot C. Clark, Esq. District attorney for the
County Of Richmond
SIRs-
We the undersigned, representatives of the New York
Daily Herald the Daily Express True SUM- Tribune, and
Pebeian newspapers Of the city of New York respect
fully represent that the subject OF the examinations
pending before the honorable Court of which you Of
icers exces the greatest interest aud anxious expeca
tons of the communityThat the conductors of the press
called upon every hour the day to convey nforma
ton through their columns Of what is developing with
regard to matter Of deep interest that
der consderaonThat in their opinion and in that OF
the public generally the ends Of justice cannot be SUBJ
served by any further proceedings in private the parties
whom the finger of suspicion has been pointed being
already under arrestand that harm result to any