The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-05
INVITED STATES SENATOR FOR Nxw Yonk-Nsw

UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR NKw YoRk-NEw
CAsDIDArE-Ao that the STATE L-ssltt,rr il n
session, the nth ues o, the rival p,l,tc,sn. in
Albany have begun, having fov their object the
election OF a -enator r. m this State, to sappy
the vacancy which will be created in the United
States Senate on the 4th of March next, by the re.
,irement Of Mr. DIX At present, the most prom-
neLt candidate in the field Is Mr.. Seward but
his posllloa traceable to the popularity of the
man SO much as to the skill and tact which hi.
supp' rttrs pcssess in managing and Lift Iencing
the Legislative chambers in Albany.
Other candidates, however, are springing up in
every direction. We have already en- imerat-d seve-
raj; but to the may nov be added new nam.-as
suggested by one OF our cote mporaries-Mr. Hugh
Maxwell. What chances he may have, t il AT present
fficut to say. We have reason 20 believe him TO
be- an able man, and one fully competent 10 dis
charge The duties of such Distinguished position.
He was formerly District Attorney Of this city, and
obtained considerable notoriety many years ago.
during prosecution which one clique OF stock.
obbers III Wall street Instituted against another-
out Of which spraDg most inOrdInate quantity Of
aflectaiion and morally. W. refer tn the famous
Life-and-fire Indictment cases, In which the late
Henry Eckford and Jacob Barker, (aow in New
Orleans,) figured 30 prominently, besides many
other names OF les. distinction. II took place In
the year 1924 or 1925, and arose from revision
which then happt ned In the money market in
Wall street. The terrible charges of fraud brough
against the parties indicted, although they doomed
largely befo the public, ale now known TO have
been all humbug--the whole movement having
originated IN pres and revulslon IN the mo
ney market, causing quarrel among d'feren
cl,quts OF spectators. The losing party did no
brock the discontinue they sustained; and to gra
tfy their vndctve feelings, trumped up their
charges before grand jury; and procured lndlct
NJ. nts, which eventually were qaashed, and ended
IN nothing. In the management Of those indict
m. nts, Mr.. Maxwell leaned more than was neces-
sary towards one Of the cliqaes; and, although he
then obtalned some reputatlon,i not that spe.
cies of reputation which stands the test of
time and the result OF investigation. We
think, therefore, that the less his friends
refer to those days, the better chance Mr..
Maxwell will stand tor election to the Uaited
States Senate. OF late years he has lived In the
country, quiet, and retired from the turmoil OF life,
STUDYING his catechlsm, reading his bible, and
paying liue or no attention to political or inan-
cal matters, until he came forth few months ago,
as an advocate for the election of General Taylor
to the Presidency. In this movement he made
himself veIy conspicuous, and exhibited consdera-
bic talent the reports of the Heratd, about tn
period will bear satisfactory testimony. He would
make good Senator; but we doubt If either he,
his friends, have the skill capabllity to com.
pete success uly with 80 ex. ert tactician az ex-
Governor seward.
Although we should not like to zee the ex.Go-
vernon a. he lead OF the iol, on the day OF cleo.
ton, Of OPP ion that a. present hi, chances
OF success are The best pr, cuary a. our anna
BILE, and adroIt contemporary Thurlow Weed, with
ali his consummate tact and fn-s-e has made Up
his mind TO choose the ex. Governor to be his re-
preventative in the United States Senate OF
course this settles the question.