The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-03
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1916.
The Winding Up of the Year.

The Winding Up of the Year.
We writing out the old year. while Methodist
fellow Citizens, two squares OIL, are praying 1t OUT
Well WELL it is Office to WRITE and their bounden
duty to pray and thus wag along. How thickly the
"reminiscences Of the brave old year crowd around
The y.four forty stampede, headed by Senator Cass,
all ending in smoke, and the forty nine men, coming up
in the nick of time with orders the President for
treaty, noens poiens.
Twas then the President came down
From the frozen Russian line
And made old Buck that man Of pluck
Subscribe to forty nine.
Just and upon the heels of the treaty comes the
Mexican and Palo Alto, and the Palm Ravine, and
Matamoras, Burita, Point Isabel, Camargo, Ceralvo
Monterey, Santa Fe, Tabasco Tam pco, Monclova Sal
to and the CALIFORNIA; say nothing Of Alvarado and
Tabasco and as an Offset to all these we
have some five hundred men slain in battle two thou.
sand slain by peatence and exposure among the rains
the heats, and the internal chaparrals The expense
moonshine-the greater the better-at least the
high tariff people think but thus il is-Oregon and
Mexico almost fill up the calendar year. The readers
OF the Herald have kept up with the temper Of the times
We have told them all about Oregon and Mexico day
by day aud ouandou the best history of the year will
be found in the files of the New York Herald But for
the items Of the day.
When tho Van Ness ease was submitted to the jury
yese day. with instructions that there sort OF
satisfactory evidence TO sustain tho presumption OF
marriage there jurymen for the widow, (rs
ConneT) and five for Governor Van Ness your late col
lcctor, the defendant They upon the instruc-
tons and all agreed upon them except Capt. Easily
who infexible for the widow, when by consent
OF her counsel he was permitted to withdraw and the
eleven lurymen, remaining, rendered verdict substan
tally, that the plaintiff not the widow of Gen Van
Ness. They have been occupied to-day in court in de-
batting the mode Of proceeding TO the presentation Of
ions to the Supreme Court and in view Of the
case, think it not worth while to say another word
upon the subject except that with mind simply looking
at the ends Of justice and the maiatenance of social
der heartily endorse and approve the decision Of the
court righteous decision and the verdict of the jury
as the only proper verdict
We expect still paper from the President early next
week the subject ofthat lieutenant and
mis- aids.
We expect that open reconciliation will be pro-
nounced in the House Monday between Messrs Gar.
rett Davis and Thomas Haynes Bayly, and graft
fed 70 be assured of the fact
We attended the exhibition at Mrs Burr's Young La
dies Academy last night and were much pleased with
the evidences presented of the accomplishments Of her
scholars She has some very pretty singing birds among
her young musicians.
BY the way, by and large, as Col Benton would
say, il is said that Mrs Gen. Gaines has nearly argued
the President out OF the notion Of that Lieutenant Gene
raj The way that she does stand up for the rights
that gallant old soldier and patriot, Gen. Gaines 10
caution to Secretary Marcy and venture to say that
the Secretary would undertake conversation
with silas Wright the sub.treasury question, or Nh
Van Buren,, TO attempt vndcaton OF the course oil
the War Department toward Gen. Gaines, before the
estimable lady of the veteran soldier Mrs 9eines il
here, attending TO a suit before the Supreme Court
and in law well rs In the mystery OF war she is to
superior degree well informed, which, added to her
many other accomplishments and her feaflessness in
that which right constitute her Of the most adm
rable and remarkable women ofthe day We pray that
tue lady with whose name have been thus familiar
may appreciate the spirit debating these observations
Tor then we know that oil will be well Upon the sane
titles so justly allowed to the never wish TO in
rude but are really defend and sustain them in
the right They have been to like the 10 the