The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-03-07
Albany.
Correspondence Of the Herald


ALBANY, March 4, 1874
The SpoiLs-7he old White Hor~-1He Admiral
Hon. Tom Can in high feather
FRIEND BENNETT
II strikes me that your Albany correspondents.
generally so very pnnctual and particular, have Of
late somewhat neglected you, and as you are nei-
ther TO be neglected or despsed purpose to fill I'D
the hiatus Oh, there is glorious sport here among
the lockers on in Vienna. who have no axes to
grind and no office to SEEK as is the case with this
your present correspondent
The question of who shall be Master in Chance
ry in your city, which has been a subject of con
siderable interest here, still continues to be so. and
'his excellency" is sadly puzzled as 10 the cours.
to pursue. The candidates are Mr.. Garniss Mr.
Gaines, Mr.. Winslow, and Mr.. Henry, formerly
apractitioner of this city. AS but one of the an
plicants, Mr.. Garnss, is Knickerbocker, accor-
ding to form and usage, he is looked upon as out of
the question. The difficulty with Mr. Winsow
appears to be that he was clerk to the wing Aims
House Commissioners, Id had charge Of them
spoons" when they mysteriously disappeared vet
such clever fellow is he that he has got maiori-
~ OF the delegation to recommend him, though
must DO some the credit tosay they represent they
did not know that he was the same man, and thew
took il for granted that all must be right when he
came recommended as first rate democrat, died
in the wool. by Abm Hatfield, Tighe Davey, and
ward in lS4l or 1892. His representative here is
Captain Ipta S9ot GIooneD Webb, Of The Eleventh
Gaines, who has been few yearsinyour city, and
therefore must succeed, unless Henry can show he
has not been there quite so long. MIR. Garnss' ia
hsr Is here e pushing his son with that pernscy
tons is riz." The Governor called the delegation
togethera few days since, and gave to each one
the naming IN Of commissioner Under this arrange
and will probably be appointed: MIR. Holmes, Mr.
Valentine, Mr.. Martin, OF the I4th ward and
Wood, of the Plebeian.
vernon has made up his mind TO retain Strong and
some other wings, which will operate much against
him. Speaking of the Governor, the opposition
which sprung up against him last year is almost en-
tirely died away. have consulted with many from
the interior, who say Boucks denomination, and
success by Is to 10000 is beyond the shadow of a
doubt. believe so, too. The old man Is honest,
and means to do what isright. He made some mis-
takesast year In his appointments, but then he
new hand, and had bad advisers. His appoint
ments this year have generally given satisfaction to
all but the disappointed applicants Admiral HOff-
mans stock is going down fast. His opposition to
the State Prison bill, now before the House, has
made all his friends drop him, as well as the me-
chanics, who you know are half the voters of the
state.
Judge Smith, of your Marine Court, is here, boz
ring the Legislature to pass law to make the:Ma-
rine Court court OF record, and to give it the pow
er to grant new trials, and set aside defaults. bill
from the Senate passed the House this morning,
putting the Common Pleas OF your city on the same
footing as the Superior Court in relation to its uris
dictlon.
The subject of employing convicts in the State
Prison, at mechanical labor, has been for several
days before the House, and still continues to occu-
by irs. attention. !, Saturday, Mr. Huntington, of
Ontario, made first rate speech in support of the
bill introduced byMr. Suydam to employ convictsin
mining and making iron. The house was charmed
with 1t, and when it adjourned all admitted it was
the. best speech ever made on the subject. Mr.
Carr, of your city, opened the debate tins morning
and for hour and half held the attention of the
house by one of the most emphatca.ly thrilling,
eloquent and argumentative speeches have heard;
at the close oft, the galleries. and even the House
applauded it, have heretofore looked upon Carr
as one much overr-ated, and he snot great iavo-
rite of mine; always believed his speeches were
all set speeches conned over in the closet But no
one who heard this would for moment believe il
as such. AS many things noticed by him occurred
after ne entered the house, and even while he was
debating. My former opinion of Carr is much
changed for the better there is no question he has
talents of the highest order.
Yesterday was spring day. But alas! il is fol-
lowed by northwest snow storm