New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-04
u. we need a Legal Reform

win the dictates of Religion ann Morality not mere.
w. bu, OF the very FIRST principles and purposes OF
! Civil Government,
Do we need Legal Reform {
/ In recent conversation on the subject OF Legal
Rseorm. the following facts were related 10 ps ss
happening within the knowledge Of The narrator
A Young man OF this City became indebted on
note or bond With another ii the sam OF $50, which
be was unable to pay he was sued in our Marine
Court and q Judgment Obtained there beng no &C.
fence ont want of means which is not valid In nu-
man ccc-,s On The iudgmen; be was lrnmedia'eiy
/ sued 10 the Court Of Common Pleas, and Judg-
rent with costs obtained there. Then in the supe-
ror Court where the same process ~as blessed
With the same resul;s, the only difference being II
the larger coats. Thence back in the Marine next
in the Common Pleas next in The Superior. and Sc
on. The case had gone rapidly through the ssrsath
Judgment when last heard OF, end the deb: was
swelled 10 $3.50 bat industry and perseverance
will soon roll !; aP 70 $1,000. All :his time, the
prosecuting lawyer has been at perfect liberty to
! take out creditors bill and discover any property
that the debtor may have 5u, he has not attempted
thu or any other means of obtaining his pay Pro
! badly he will when the debt has been swailed 50
as TO make i, an object
When we hear Of such cases, land they sre by
no rRcaoe few we understand, though we DO
not concur in, the Gvowed resolution OF MAN. TO
vote fox no lawyers as Delegates TO the Constitu-
f, ,ionni Convention. They ought to consider, how
ever that there is the same diversity Of character
aud conduct among lawyers as among other men.
IL THE LECTURE or Da. DoDs on MEsaER-
ISM a, Clinton Hall evening attended by nu-
uerous End intelligent auditory. The topics dveii upon
were the application % mesmersm 10 Surgical and NE
dca Purposes and It's Present Relations 20 Puoiic OPINION
The Doctor presented srrny Of well authenticated ca
see in which surgicsl operations OF The most difficult Hod
serious nature had Aeen performed :ythou: pain the
patient being 10 the magnetic sleep lie maintained thai
the brains Of ell persons should be su6dueG By nesner
s, and ,fa. whan this had been effected any surgical
operation whatever that might become necessary from
sudden accident from other might &c performed
without Inc sghies; degree of suffering The pain Mt
tending disease of al kinds could be prevented by the
same means All persons could be brought under the III
auence of ipesirerlsm il suficen! length Of t!:ae
were allowed An hopr cuch day for thirty coDsecu-
tive 5sys oil lhs, he bad ever found 10 DC necessa
r. Ia the mos; obstinate casea. and when :ae brain
! lind been once brought unde. subjection, child
could induce The mesmeric sleep in q quarter OF
minnie No man had right. in fairness and cour-
ersy 10 pronounce tho thing humbug when
men OF sll 6enomiuai.ons ard pnrtes-Ciergymen'
Judges Lawyers and physcinns-had been convinced
OF rs truth Among the believers ne mentioned pr
Mott Presidon; Of Union College. Dr. Wayland, OF
Brown University. end Dr. Reocher OF Lano Seminary.
These and other advocates Of the System bad forgotten
,nofe than unreasonable skeptics knew. would
not be twenty five years before mesmerlsm would be
universally employed in sscerisning the ard cure
/ OF disease
Dr. Dods after concluding HE Lecture, gave ser;es
of interesting and convincing experiments In gavanisn
,nseue;ism, electricity. &C. Mr. Tsrbox. the ciarvoy
ant examined several persona with y;ew 20 ascertain
the disenses under :ich they suffering and was
subjected 10 variety OF experimental tests with the
most satisfactory resute.
u THE HARLEM RAILROAD was seriously 90.
sructcd on Monday by the which fell daring the
late storm The early moJung trains went through each
way without difficulty but the II o'clock a. NJ train from
White Pains was completely blocked jus; ;s side OF
Tuckahoc by the suow which bad oricd on The track
after the previous trains had passed The qusntity OF
ro-T was nc; great but the engine attached the train
was toe weak 10 overcome me obstruction. Tho trains
which left this City after 10 O'clock A. NJ were blocked
at point only halt mile ths side ard it not unii
: O'clock H. NJ yea;eriey ;,a they we're extricated.-
The down train then drawn back to the Tvckahoc
swtch by oxen to enable them 10 pass 10 White
Plains On reaching that place difficulty occurred
which prevented their re.urp early anticipated
so ha; the passengers who left there Monday a, II
o'clock. 4. NJ were detained 81 Tuckahoe Until yes.er-
day a; 10 and aid not arrive here until ll24 hours from
the time OF starring
We aye constrained 20 say ha; there is in his cops
ny sad lack of enterprise and Of preparation for sac
emergencies The eneipea in general use only sut
cen: when there s obstruction prope the trains
u. the glow rate OF IS miles IN from .! &c hou.ss,
less, ,hi. the ordinarily required TO pss over the
road Whenever spy obstruction, however slight, oc
curs they are as powerless many iesko,es. The
enterprise and OF the SCENTS snd conductors
about tie same scale WIN ;hs company learn
;hs regard for their interests if not for The feel
uss Of the pubic demands thorough reform
RocHxsrEK-The Wings Of Rochester held
Convention on Friday 9Th nit and nominated
WILLIAM PtTKiN for Mayor, md 0cTAvIus P.
CHAMBERLAIN for Marshal Of that City
The LEGO ocos held Convention on the eve
nins Of the same day and dominated Major JOSEPH
MsDBuRY for Mayor. and HIRAM DAVIS for Marshal
CORTLAND CoUErr.-Tbe Loco .Focos Of Cortland
have nominated HySRY STEPHENS and SAMUEL G
HArAswAY as candidates for the Convention.
~ The Senate OF New.Jersey On Friday even.
ing Last confirmed the nomination OF HENRY W.
GREEN us Chief Justice of the Supreme Court OF
that State The Trenton State Gazette cousra.ustes
The peepleof New Jersey the appointment OF so
eminent urist to succeed the distinguished Jos C
Hornhiower
- The Senate OF Louisiana have designated
Baton Rouge, the future cspts OF tho STATE. The
lower Ucuar has made no decision YET
Nor Is TME-The mail bags dispatched irou
this City, containing about 5000 letters and guam
ti,y Of papers intended Tor the Cambria, were pre-
voa;ea reaching Boston by the storm, until after
iho steamer hsa ssied There were seven pssscn-
gers On board The boat carrying the rls who ike
wise disappointed. The Cambria ssiec Sunday, with
30 passengers for Liverpool aud for Halifax Among
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