Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-10-02
OUR NEW YORK C0RRESP0lDENCE.
New York. Sept IS, 1851.
or TIE TRIBUNE


Some Of the legal bubbles raised by
starving pettifoggers. and gr&voly admit
! Ell as law by the Bench, are so utterly
absurd that, to the locker on, they appear
nothing more or less than a frst-rate Joke;
I although the results are often serious to
the parties Interested
Recently at Providence, Rhode Island
an action was dismissed on plea Of the
defendant, that by the Constitution Of the
State, no person was eligible to any civil
office" unless he had resided certain pc
rod within the State and was an elector.
And the plaintiff. admitting that he had
not resided the required period in tho
State. the Court, in its wisdom, decided,
that the Office Of complainant was civil
Office, within the meaning Of the Consti-
tuition, and the plaintiff in the case was
ineligible to Office. and consequently nom
suited
question might arise, I suppose, by
the same train Of quibblirg (for [ won't
call it reasoning) in which 4 New FORK
ioater, accused Of appropriating a Rhode
islanders goods to the supply Of his own
necessities, might be triumphandy acquit-
ted. and assured By the learned Judge.
that he left the Court without any blemish
on his character; on the ground that be
ing Ineligible TO ofice- the position lie had
been called to fulfil Of Defendant in the
dock was violation Of the Constitution.
An attentive reader Of the Pennsylya-
MIA papers cannot fail to sec that on the
success Of Col Bigelow, the Lccofooo can
didate for Governor. hang all the hopes Of
James Buchanan for the Baltimore nom
inati0a. 1t is well understood here, ~
politicians, that the nomination Of Biglor
was strongly opposed by Simon Cameron.
y. 5, Senator. Col Fraser and other Cass
Democrats and that these gentlemen are
even now so cool and lul1e-Warm and so
Damn the Candidate Of the Party" with
their taIat praise, that it is evident their
game IS to Indirectly favor Johnson's cleo
, ton. and then shelve Buchanan for the
race Of - by pointing out that he cannot
/ carry his own State. Whether this game
VIII succeed. or not. is OF course doubtful:
but the Barks Co. Convention, the ne plus
ultra Stronghold Of democracy although
. it urged the support Of Higlor. ncyertbe-
less threw Buchanan overheard in - and
come out strong in favor Of Cass
see that political affairs in California
are assuming a far more favorable as0cct
for the Wing Party; Appearances strong
3 ly indicating that the Locos will be beaten
throughout she State, au9 with Wing
Legislature Of course. Wing Senator
for the term expiring in 1851. would be
secured The Hon. Thos King Of Gaor-
gia. now Collector 1T san Francisco will
in case of such hitherto uu-hopcd for sue
cess. be the fortunate candidate for the
honorable distinction and the lucrative
mileage
Tie stock Of goods in San Francisco is
declared to be tremendous sufficient, it
IS supposed, to last ] 9 months, conse-
quently goods are knocked off at auction
. few hours after their arrival at ruinous
, prices for the shipper Efforts are being
made to supply the city with water, by
: means Of pipes from the mountains In
roar Of tie town. The buildings which
are taking the place Of those destroyed by
Jhe recent calamitous confaarati0us. are
5 described as substantial. and of a charac-
. ter 60 prevent the recurrence Of such dis
asters 4 splendid theatre is being built
Of hammered stone - feet in width. by
! 49, in depth This theatre according to
the local papers. Is to he opened by Edwin
Forrest, as the bright particular star -
This is looked uF0u as doubtful, liz these
, .diggines !" as Mr. Forrest commenced an
engagement at tle broadway a few nights
sace and for the further feas0n. that
little legal difiic1Itv with certain lady.
who now bears his name and claims him
as her husband viii not. | fancy. be so
very quickly decided as to enable HIM 10
make bis first appearance OF tic Pacif-
. ic stage for some time
Chanfrau. the Nose" the paragon Of