The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-08

This curious document, which we published tho
'iher day, is beginning to create considerable SEN
sstion among the "rigidly righteous" and sanity
people throughout the country. Several journals
beth here and at Albany, have como out decidedly
against Governor Fish, and censured him severely
for granting such pardon, charging him, IN MS
official capacity, with encouraging and promoting
the practice OF gambling, as 1t exists in this great,
mighty, and fashionable city.
Governor Fish's code OF morals may suffer some |
IN this contest, but his code OF practice may re-
main inac, from this day, We suspect, until three
days before the day Of Judgment. 1t is difficult
for laws or governors to prevent fashionable
gambling among fashionable people, in such a
fashionable city as New York, in the fashionable
world The faro banks and banking institutions
for gambling in PARK Place and upper Broadway
are probably as pure in morals and honestly con-
Quoted as several of the banking establishments In
Wall street. Certainly the faro financiers, 80
called, are much more polished and better dressed
and finer looking men than those In w all street
and but tor the patronage which they give in the
parquette and cs,sl,ssss of the Italian opera, we
doubt much If Mr.. Fry could sustain himself a
week. Even the last fancy ball would have failed,
and the approaching grand dress ball must fall
through but for the patronage proceeding from the
fashionable saloons of Park Place and upper
Broadway, where Jack Harrison and his associ-
ates figure.
The blessed Purtans of the present age ought
not to be SO very severe on Governor Fish for
extending his cemency to honest Jack Harrison.
We call him honest, relatively, because we believe
him to be, perhaps, honest as many of the fnan-
ciers of Wall street. The amount of this clemency
only extended to about ten days of the unexplred
term of his sentence; so 1t is not mighty matter
to make moraists throw up the whites of their
eyes to heaven, and deprecate the backsliding of
the honorable Governor Fish In his executive
dutres.
The SHIPPING INTEREST OF NEW YoRx.-One
great effect of the California gold fever will un.
doubleday be, to give an extraordinary impulse to
the Shipping interest of this and other of our At.
lanhc cities. Since the extraordinary demand
tor vessels to proceed to California, and the i'm
mense traffic about to be directed to the shores of
the Pacific, there has been scarcity of vessels
tor carrying on, even at this ofthe year. the
ordinary business of transportation. What, then
will It be In few months time! We have not
ascertained precisely the exact amount of the rise
IN freight which has taken place at this port but
at New Orleans, according to the journals of that
city, within one week, freight OF every kind rose
fifty per cent above its former rate This astound-
ing fact may give some idea of what will take
place.
Who can calculate the powerful impulse which
will thus be given to ship building by this new
start to california! Our shipmasters will make
fortunes, and as much gold, or perhaps more, will
be made by going into the shipping and transporta
hv
spade to the modern P:ctolus Thus it Is grea,
cities are built up by trade and commerce, and
especially by numerous shipping. Such an
impulse has not been given suddenly to
New York at any former time, and yet within a
few years she has steadily progressed to become
another London. Now, we may confidently pre-
dict that in less than four years her streets will
extend to Harlem, and the area covered will be
equal to London or Paris. Tho only thing that
clouds this view Is, the belief entertained IN
Washington that we have no treaty with Mexlco-
that the newly discovered protocol annuls every
thing, and that California no more belongs to US
that Canada or Cuba. Oh
The NEW CODE OF LEGAL PRAcrrcR.-The
wing journals generally In this quarter, are coming
out In favor of the code of practice which has
y,
and are against any return to the old system.
The arguments for such a course are founded on
the assertion that the code of practice is more
simple, more concise, and easier to be understood
than the old mode. This statement, however, is
far, so far, at variance with tho fact We have
heard 1t stated by every practitioner under the new
code OF civil law practised during the last year.
that it has caused additional difficulties and in
eros oad nhotr L.
was ever experienced under the old system, which
was well understood by lawyers We believe that
there can be no doubt but the civil suits conducted
according to the new code, during the past year,
have perplexed the lawyers the judges the sutors,
and the whole community, and have thrown the
whole system OF jurisprudence into a state of
mysterious confusion. This has been the effect OF
the alterations that have been made, and no logic
or metaphysics can obvlate or remove them. We |
do not say but some changes may be desirable, to |
obvlate the difficulties of the old system but our
experience In the way of remedies has, so far,
been anything but favorable. Reasoning and theory
IAN just as easily subvert these solemn truths as
hey can level mountains or remove the obstrue-
ions of rivers.
The new code was an emanaton of the reform
school of Greeley and his coterie, and it may be a.
successful as the associations which these phloso-
piers established to change the face of society,
abolish poverty, and make every one rich and
happy by Founensm.
NEW YORK UNIvRRsITY-A FINANCIAL EXPO. |
sIoN-We hear that this celebrated institution,
which has been rather ncketty for some time past,
IS gong to make regular explosion about these
days, throughout all it's departments. We really
are sorry that such destiny should overtake an
institution of this promising kind. Twenty years
lgo, when the project for establishing the New
York University was started, we entered heart and
oul into the thing, and helped it on in every POSI-
lie way we could. DR.. Matthews was one of it,
most efficient founders; but unfortunately, of late
ears, 1t has fallen into quite different hands, and