The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-02

II you are Ignorant Of the fresh breezes-the clea
skles-the pure atmosphere-and all the delights o
the Jersey Mountains, ] would ask you to come
here This is a most refreshing and invigoratini
place-full of beauty--hne drives-fne mutton
hne butter-fne milk, and every thing you car
desire. We have two houses on the Mountains
Hinchman's, Belmont Hall-and Marsh's. W.
have altogether about 200 visitors and room fol
more. There is every thing agreeable and quiet
The conveyance from New York is easy and com.
Portable. From Jersey City TO Morristown by
railroad in two hours and half-there stop at the
Jersey Hotel, one Of the most splendid have seen
any where, and kept by Burgess in first rate style.
Then to the Mountain in three hours and halt.
l will write you again tomorrow
| MAYOR HARPER ON THE BENCH OF THE COURT
| OF SEssIoNs.-The appearance Of his Honor the
Mayor as the presiding magistrate on the Bench Of
the Court of Special Sessions, the other morning.
is represented by the industrious historians who
give US the daily life Of that world of injustice,
misfortune, and crime-comprised within the pre-
cints OF the "Tombs, "-as having created quite a
sensation. This is not at all wonderful. The pre-
| sence of plain, honest man-whose chief mags-
terial qualifications are common sense, shrewdness,
and sincere love of justice-in some of our crimi-
tribunals awakens feelings something like those
which would be excited by the interesting specta-
Gle of the Apostle Paul officiating as Chairman
Of the Trustees of Trinity Church. or ofthe Coun-
Gil IN the case of the Rev. Mr.. Falrchild. And
yet, what business can any body have 10 be asto-
nished at the sight Of an honest man on the bench
at the I" Tombs;" or what is there SO very absurd
in the idea Of an Apostle presiding at meeting Of
holy trustees sanity divines! 1t is clear that all
such establishment is impairment and intrusive,
when we recollect that in this latter day of light
and glory, an influential portion of the community
is endeavoring. with marked industry and success,
to illustrate the sound philosophy of those two SUBJ
lime maxims of antiquity" set rogue to catch
rogue," and, "the nearer the church the farther
from God"
It was remarked, that, on this occasion, the SEES
sion of the Court was protracted till three o'clock
in the afternoon, being four or FIVE hours longer
than usual, although there was no more than the
ordinary number Of offenders arraigned. This
shows conclusively, that Mayor Harper has a great
deal yet to learn before he can act as an efficient
Judge at the g Tombs" The idea Of occupying
time by ridiculous inquiries about the temptations
the hunger, thirst, nakedness, and despair, (which
may have impelled poor wretches to commit petty
crimes, is absurd. The proper way Of doing the
business, is TO convict the miserable devils by the
dozen, without any such preposterous investiga-
ton into the circumstances which have made them
inmates Of the "Tombs," and to send them off to
the Penitentiary in batch, like large family Of
sparrows spitted on one skewer, and sharing the
benefits of cookery together. Again, the admoni-
tons which his Honor delivered to some of the
| culprits before he discharged them, are described
| as livery amusing''-as reminding one Of the
days of Dicky Riker.' Certainly it must have ap-
peared very odd, to hear magistrate of the Court
of Sessions, talking of sobriety, temperance, virtue
and the world to come The accents Of Chris
tian charity and affectionate advice, must have
sounded strangely in the ears of the poor wretches
at the bar. No wonder that the officers, with
hearts Of more enduring hardness than the
crumbling pillars which sustain the blackened
dome Of that temple of justice, looked astonished
| as they heard the drunkard exhorted to go home
and join the Temperance Society, instead Of being
sentenced to ten days confinement in the poisonous
vaults Of the city prison. Who could help being
surprised as they saw, for brief moment, the cur
tain lifted, and obtained glance at the causes Of
the vast amount of petty crime which crowds the
Tombs," from week to week and year to year
It was something new, to attempt in that place, to
convince the community that it Is not so much ow-
ing to the love of vice and crime, it is to msfor
tune, which the charities OF the world overlook
to the want Of education amongst the poor-to the
want of adequate provision for those who are will
ling to earn the bread of honesty, but cannot fine
employment-to the destroyer of female innocence
whom society yet refuses to brand with infamy-to
"mans inhumanity to man,
that our prisons are filled with such numbers OF the
lower class of offenders against the laws But this
the Mayor did attempt in his own sort of way
And was it not funny? VAST not strange? Wa
it at all surprising that the reporters recorded the
fact as something remarkable?
THE CONVERSION OF THE JEws.-We perceive b.
recent London papers that the Association for the
Conversion Of the Jews to Christianity, was il
highly prosperous condition. Twenty-nine thou
sand pounds sterling had been contributed to it.
funds by the pously disposed Christian public; bu
apparently without much effect for the Association
has, it seems, expended the twenty-nine thousand
pounds and besides ninety pounds sterling in debt
and after all, this expenditure of money and ex
ertion are able to state at their annual meeting tina
they have converted-or rather expect to convert
one Jew by the next anniversary, which will de
pend mainly upon the assistance rendered by thu
| Association.
| The best authenticated case we ever heard o
the conversion of Jew, is the one handed dow
to us by some Hudibras of the time, in the follow
ing stanzas, wherein it will be seen how poo
Jew, who, while skating, broke through the ice
was converted by Monk who happened to pas
by, and seized the struggling Hebrew by the neck.
Monk. " Do you papal father hold
Heavens Vicar and believe ALL TOLD 2"
| Jep. ~ do, by God
/ One moment more Pm food for cod.n
Monk. damn al. your brethren, great and small"-
| Jew. "Wih all nv heart, o dam 'em nll-
i Now drag me out freeze-I die !"
| Monk "Your peace, my friend, is made on high
New converts duly shriven,
| Are always sure to get to heaven"
| So said, the Father in trice,
His conpert plunged beneath the ice
This mode of conversion resembles good des