Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-04-05
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days in New York, by way of relaxation from an
RENTED legislative duties, and stimulus to vsri
Gus appropriation bills now pending before them in
| favor Of the great metropolis. This invitation he
Senate and Assembly accepted, and, not subiectng
il to the strict construction which their own enact
ments are sometimes subjected interpreted it to in
cude their wives and families, and accordingly pre-
| sented themselves en- m0sse, bag and baggage, to
the Inequalities of our worthy Corporation. The
taxpayers gumble e but the two three thousand dol
lars required the hotel bills of the guests regarded
in the main prudent investment bread cast upon The
waters be found again in very few days. The city kept
its company very busy all the while they were here rousng
them up halfpast eight in the morning to convey them in
omnbuses washed very clean for the occasion and furnished
with dashng drivers and crack teams the various humane,
charitable and other public institutions PRISONS hospitals
amshouses &call Of which the Legislature gravey in
speced devo,ng halfa day to half dozen of hem making
up perhaps for the horness Of the time devoted the nspec
ton by the number Of eyes brought bear upon them and
the intensity Of their scrutiny.
Good eating and drinking in abundance Of course
prominent feature the legislative visit Along with much
inspection of poverty and crime it was than fair thai
they should have equal view Of the plenty and comforts of
New York, and accordingly, the boun tables Of the
Astor House, they resolved themselves into committee Of the
ous unanimy the various provisions Of sundy biso fare
Well after hains fs..ted and fitted 10 their hsurs content
in New York. the Legislature must needs 60 to Brook
yn where The Corporation anxious to vie with tie
other side If the river in hospitality and cvy There the
same sort of thing done overagan, untno few Of tie
country members, sfeared slightly themselves;
but the whole the entire Legislative corps conducted then
selves with great proPety and got back TO Albany in good
business condition, prepared 60 to work again with
ed vgor and make up for lost time. According to the pro-
vision Of statutes and very it is the Leg
atue, though not limited any particular duration Of se
sion, only paid for hundred days. The consequences
is that the session rarely exceeds that length and the hum
dred and first day witnesses general dispersion Of both
houses. The end of the present session will be busy time
and to balance the account with their constituents, they pro-
to BET three four days gatuousy, be
charged with wasting the public time in junketngs about
the country at the expense of the people. This is fair
enough, and the hurried glance which they gave
to the public institutions of the city have the effect of
opening the eyes Of Of them the amount of
misery, misfortune, and crime in this crowded city, and
citing them to of prevention and REFORM such
within legislative power and the manifest Of the
city, the visit Of the Legislature may not be without its good
effect.
Amongst the distinguished attaches to the Legislature in
of the occasion, was MI. MARTIN FARaHuAR UPPER,
the author of Proverbial Philosophy" and the last literary
lion who has alghted our shores Mr. TurrER is well
known in this country Proverbial Philosophy decid-
ed hit in its tme and the Crock Of Go story of English
life, which followed it. capital tale. OF late he has
taken to poetry, with facility Of expression than force Of
thought but his GRACEFUL POPULAR and attractive
He affects the Of the mnstres Of old times in intro
ducng himself harp in hand, and oresang hospitality by
laying under obligations TO his simultaneously
with bis arrival sundy saluaory to the New World
appeared in the daily papers his name and wherever he
has gone In the capacity Of public guest he has poured
forth unprecedented lays suited to the circumstances Of the
for instance at the blind asylum, and sunday
ing at Episcopal missionary meeting in behalf of Oregon
where be reced ode in favor Of the cause which formed
novel feature Of the services Mr. TUPPER evidently con-
templates sort Of lyrical progress through the country and
his forthcoming book. may be in this original mould an
agreeable variety, instead Of the patudes Of many
lists from the other side of the water ~
veteran Of the press departed last Saturday in Major NJ
M NoAH man whose name was as familiar in the circles
of this city that Of any Of best known citizens
man, the vcssudes of whose had brought him into
contact with every class Of the communication those whom
he delighted with his brilliant qualities editor those
whom he hung sheriff ofthe city and county Of New York
American Republcansm, while his later days actively
employed the same sort Of pursuits which claim the
gies Of young He about the only editor in the
city who could connect himself with the Sunday press without
losing caste entirely with the better portion Of his friends
Being Jew, Hebrew Of the Hebrews considered
no reproach It was perhaps on his part genemany protest
against the christian Sabbath and involved charge Of in
consistency violation of acknowledged duty His literary
talents very varied but the Editors chair the post
which he filled with the best success and in which he
tanned bis reputation most happily The National Advocate
the Enquirer, the Eueg Star, and the Sunday Times
the principal papers with which he connected the last
being under bis management the time Of his death. As
Jew ne will be remembered for his project Of collecting the
scattered Tribes and rebuilding jerusalem proposal which
he gavey preached in 1885, designating Grand Island in
the Canada river tho place of rendezvous and creating
the time quite sensation by his proclamation his brethren
OF the faith OF Abraham to cooperate in the enterprise
Mr. Asa WHITNEY, wellknown as the protector Of the
grand scheme Of railroad the Western country the
Pacific ocean, left this city yesterday in the Asia for Liver
pool ostensby for the purpose Of opening communications
with the English Government upon the subject Of his plan
Successful OF unsuccessful either in this country abroad
Mr. Whitney and his project certainly strongly marked
illustrations Of the characteristics Of American energy ind
perseverance, For nearly ten years he has devoted himself
to this one object with enthusiasm which amounts almost
to monomana There Is grandeur in the idea which
eves from any thing like rdcule while the history Of the
inventive arts and the progress Of industry forbid any
from throwing the word impossb" in the teeth of even 50