The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-12

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freehold estate of the value Of two hundred and fifty
dollars, and above all debts and membranes
charged thereon and shall have been actually rated and
ton And person OF color shall be subject to direct
taxation unless he shall be seized and possessed Of such
real estate as aforesaid.
Independent, therefore, of the other reforms in
troduced into the new Constitution, our citizens
will have to decide by their votes whether the
colored race shall be placed on the same footing
in regard to the elective franchise as our white
citizens Their decision on this point may settle
that question for twenty years to come.
We also recommend our citizens to read and
study the sixth article OF the new Con sution, re-
lating TO the Judiciary. This is most important
article, and embodies changes and reforms Of
great magnitude.
HE CITY CONVENTION AND OF OUR New YORK
CIVIL TRIBUNALs.-The City Convention intend to
take up the report of the Judiciary Committee
This evening We think the best disposition that
can be made of it would be to lay it on or under
the table. There IS too much of partisan feeling
in 1t to be Palatabe to Convention chosen as
this has been, to give sati sfaction to our cti-
Zens.
1t is well known that there has been, for some
time, class of lawyers who have zealously la
bored to destroy the New York Superior Court, as
they found, with serious disappointment that ins-
tice was honestly administered, and that it was
impossible to humbug the learned and upright
judges composing that Court. Let any disinter-
ested man look at the causes on the calendar of
this court, and see the class of lawyers that prac
tice there, and the nature of the suits brought,
and he will be satisfied that the most eminent
counsellors practice there only and that suits of the
bunal and yet this nommittee would destroy it
wantonly.
Passing from the higher to the lower courts, we
find the committee also propose 70 abolish he
Marine Court, for faults which probably have long
since disappeared. Our citizens know that this
is emphatically the poor mans court, where
speedy justice can be had at small expense, and
without feeling lawyer; and this it is which
makes lawyers OF a certain school oppose this
court.
There are many, too, wings and natives, how
wish to get rid of these courts, because they offer
too great facilities foT naturalization. Give such
men power, and not only would naturalization
laws be abrogated, but civil protection to men Of
foreign birth would forever be denied.
The report also recommends abolishing the Of
flee of recorder, breaking up the Court of SEES
sions, and to abolish the office of Coroner, and,
(here comes the climax OF the iolly,) to have two
Justices of the Common Pleas, new Judge of
the Oyer and Terminer, six Police Magistrates
and eight Clerks, seven assistant Justices, and Sc
ven Clerks-in all some thirty oficers-all elected
over again.
Let the Convention ponder on this important
subject before they vote.
WRECK OF BRITISH SHIP CROMWELL, FROM
QUEBEC FOR LIvERrooL.-Every mail, and al
most every arrival, furnishes us with some fur
Their accounts of the destruction of life and pro-
perty attending the late gales, and we fear it will
be month yet before we know the full extent
of the damage done.
Annexed we give an interesting account of the
loss Of the above vessel, furnished us by Captain
Eldridge, of the packet ship Roscius, who fell
in with her, and took off thirty persons, and
brought them to this port:-
strong winds from the westward, and cloudy. At
?. NJ. the wind canted into the w. 8. w. and s.
W., and so on increased to gale, SO that by I'm. we
were obliged to furl everything but the main topsail
close reefed The gale lasted about 80 hours and long
hours they were, and although the Roscus rode il
under main topsail close reefed 1t was nevertheless
hard gale bad sea, and high ever saw it
in the Atlantic After the gale moderated,
the see.e s"Gns M ana a
ter being battened down for two or three days We
made sail and proceeded to the westward. When
abouts NJ lat 20 30 long 80 IS, we fell in With the
pool. water logged; wished to be taken off i'm.
mediately shortened sail rounded to- backed the main
topsai and with some difficulty launched boat and
under the judcious manag Of Mr.. Moore the first
officer Of the Roscus after making four successful trips,
sound with the exception Of the u first ocsr' who had
been previously hurt very badly by of the logs
oftimber. The Cromwell was considered 6ne ship,
two years old built at Quebec, deeply laden and
heavy deck load on her. to which attribute the loss of
the ship as the was high they could not scud her.
the timber got drift on deck and all the logs that
could wash of, on account Of their length,
in ee rail and Ss
sancheons one side the on part Of the poop entirely
gone and every part of the cabin knocked into cock
ed hat, and the furniture stores, clothes. charts
and instruments all gone fore and main yard gone and
number Of other spsrs The ship full Of water above
her. and what with tho sea and several large logs.
some 50 feet long, and ~ inches square, going fore
pecesshe could not long There was not dry spot
any part of her. excepting the tops where the crew
living under cover of some Of the sails spread over
them They had no provision-it had all washed away
and were entirely without water consequently they could
not have held out great while, their situation was
uink as Dad ss could be.
IL was fortunate for Capt. McDougal, of the
Cromwell, and his officers and crew, that such a
me ship as the Roscius fell in with them. Al
though the X. had four hundred and fifty souls on
BOARD, the reception Of the shpwrecked sailors
produced no inconvenience the ship, therefore,
must have been full found.
our hoo'e packets are like so many big life
pIeservers upon the ocean.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR GovERYoR-We have
seen a letter from Henry Bradley of Penn Yam.
who is willing to be elected Governor of the En-
pire State by ''the toiling millions" We are rich
in candidates for the ensuing election.
INCREASE OF Posi- OFFICE CLERKs.-We are
happy to inform the public that by the adjourn
ment of the State Constitutional Convention, our
City Post Office has received the additional aid of
one. We now hope that Mr.. Postmaster Morris
will attend to his duties here.