The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-28

ae fugitive slave Law. viii not do Mr.. Winthrop
much service with the 'lAw and order" wings Who
dc Roman cement q the Union. NJ Ms Park
ct Guild have been Attorney Gener raj or District At
toruey for Suffolk and then his otica duties would
no. have left him time TO engage in the mauufac-
turc Of wing Governors. He u capable of filing
ehher office better than il is filed now and Is Door
able, and ambitious. Clearly he is a dangerous
an.
There was rather amusing collection of gentle
at the house OF lieutenant Governor Laurence
81 Rhode Island, at Newport, one day this week
~ Laurence Is the very essence of hospitality and
fDding many distinguished gentlemen in Newport,
1 gave them u capital dinner. One # these d s.
4, suished guests was Mr. Sumner, our new soma
TO-, and his ris-a-riS was Mr. Winthrop. On one
side Of the latter gentleman Mr.. Ames an
Agerine wing, from Providence, who went the
" ole hog ag anst the supporters OF Mr. Dorr; and
oD che other was MIR. Bancroft, the historian, FROM
your city, who went the whole hog in support of
n Dorr and his party. Both those gentlemen,
contrary as are their opinions in other respects,
had expressed their joy that Mr.. Sumner nad
tessen Mr.. Winthrop in the Senatorial race which
wcid not have improved the latter gentleman's
appetite, had he known IL. Mr.. Crittenden was
a 0 present, and so was Judge Woodbury.. 1t is
tot often that the pedal extremities of so many
clever men find themselves under the same mahog-
a. The feast of reason and the dow of soul, 20
quote singulsIly unhacknied sentiment, was no
d,ubt as grand AS the march Of the waters
of the ocean along Newport beach. Mr.
Lawrence, il must be admitted, showed a GOOD
dc Of that kind of skill which Burke said Chat
hsu displayed in making up a cabinet, only that
tla incongruity Of materials that was so fatal to
he cabinet proved only agreeable zest to the
dinner party. 1t was perfect piece of mosaic,
ant must have been highly pleasant to the accom-
p'iahed host, who is one Of your New York gentle
Eon-or was; for, if | speak in the present tense
r.-pcting his citizenship, | may be instrumental
H 'evivins controversy, respecting which there
la been ink enough shed already.
AE the meeting Of the Democratic Ward and
County Committee, q few evenings since, an at
{ mpt that was made to commence dem or stra ton
against the coalition was put down. Colonel
\ merry, q veteran democrat, and member of the
{ ccusiye council, put the question direct to the
uceting, whether it would be the part of wisdom to
pursue a course that would tend only TO benefit the
w'4igs and overthrow the de mocrlcyi aud the re-
s1onse was Enthusiastically in favor of sustaining
Governor Boutweirs admnistrs ton This is q
~ = good beginning foe the powers that be.
Lte Free Soil { snventisn will not meet until the
Of September. At present il appears that Mr..
Iilipe will receive .ae nomination Of his party
candidacy is by no means an unimportant thing
& # the Webster and Winthrop quarrel should
Sake the turn that IL expected, the person who sh all
eve the free soil nomination will no: mprobably
h ad the field, 50 far As the popular vote i con-
G. ned
Ia addition TO the many other gentlemen who
lave been proposed for the whg domination, Judge
1houas, OF Worcester, has just been brought for
L cory is, that he was beaten by Charles Allen,
- o. long since, 10 political fight. One recognises
these whig aspirants now, by the number of their
defeats, instead, Is formerly by their victories.
some of the democrats, it il understood will press
To- nomination Of Judge Woo ibury, in the State
Convention, for the Presidency The object is,
probably, toipjure the old gentleman for what else
can follow from his being nominated by Z" coaIi-
tion oonyentionl
Neverai of our fashionabies have been finely
tenen in by a fellow, who represented himself as
tting an Ebglish nobleman, member of the Lord
Io,oo's family, and who raised the wind high
ough TO blow himself away to your city,
where lie will, perhaps, try to pas; himself of upon
Gle upper ten, as polished shaft in the CORN
20 the ancient family of the Sotts, loaned him
. 8 andk ONE SUN Of money, which he is graciously
,ea-ed to regard ia the light of permanent invest
iler,s What be loaned them IN return il not
s,1tcd.
ihe coteries Of scandal have been eulive ned for
ne day. past by the particulars Of the career of
v .at the Irish lady called gay Lutheran"
a. aiming Lothario, who seems to have been an uu.
CO nnoa4J vicious chap Considering how pous
ead nssel we are, and how unlike sinful neg h-
tovs we must attribute his conduct TO the great
and long continued beat Of the weather. As the
G. ~ moral bard has it, It's
- AL the fault CT that lndece Mt sun
Who cannot leave slone helpless clay,
But will keep baking, broilirs burning on
Thst howso~ver people fast and Pray,
Tie nesh = frsl and so the soul undone."
There have been numerous suicides. together
VIth crimes OF another sort, Of late, and careless:
observer might be led to suppose that Boston 10 q
Yicte ed place; but the intelligent knows that
tlese things all owing TO the nhux OF foreg ners
lac descendants Of the old Puritan stock can't sin
Leing the elect. They have inheri led the king
con Of heaven, and mean to hold fast by their in
lcritance. But if foreigners are to bear the odiuu
Of all the vice and immortality of which Boston j;
Che scene, they may take il into their heads "a
some pleasanter burthens being already
tIuerous enough TO cause alarm for the gods wor-
fnifped by the rulers and managers of our city IL
D expected that they will be organized in such a
manner as to be felt AZ our pext election.
ALTOONA.