New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-31
A Breeze that will do Coed.

Mr.. MIKE WALSH appeared before our
State Senate on Friday, charged by Mr..
SAMUEL A. SUDAN, who is said to be
boss gambler Of our city, with a blunder-
buss, which he proceeded to discharge,
with considerable effect. The smoke has
not yet entirely cleared away, but no Sen
ators are killed. We think none are wound
ed; though those specially aimed at have
asked and obtained an investigation on that
point. Mr.. GEORGE w. BULL, Sergeant
alarms of the Senate, is said to be very
decidedly missing, the Walsh-Suydsm dis
charge having hit him vitality. He may
"tun up" like Micawbcr's good luck, one
of these days; but, until we hear from
him, we shall give credit to Mr.. Suydam's
affidavit, which exhibits this state of facts:
A bill providing more effectually for the
Suppression of Gambling was submitted to
the Senate weeks ago by Mr.. c. D. Rob
ipson, from a Western District. This
movement was not prompted by the Anti
Gambling Association in this City, nor by
it's agent, j. H. Green, who has in no man
per 1--WE are confidently cOuntenanced any
application to the present Legislature for
change in the laws. This bill was re-
ferred to a Select Committee, consisting of
Messrs. Robinson, (Chairman,) Stone and
johnson. And that is the last that the
public or the Legislature has heard of it
until the Walsh-Suydsm demonstration.
But it seems that Mr.. Sergeant Bull
scented in this bill chance for specula-
ton; whereupon he came down to this
City, and applied to Mr.. Suydam for money
to disburse at Albany in the worthy bust
ness of stopping the passage of this anti
gambling bill. At later period, he aP-
piled again, protesting to have engaged two
Senators to speak against the bill, should
it come up, in order to defeat it; and final
ly, when the Legislature were recently in
this City. he procured the sisnaturss of the
aforesaid Members Of the Select Committee
to statement that it was now ISOLATE In the
Session that there was no probability that
the anti Gambling bill would be acted
upon.-For his Jealous and indefatigable
services in the business, as also for his
alleged disbursements in the cause, Bull
made repeated applications to Suydam tor
m,ney, though it does not appear that he
received any, and if so it is quite safe to as
sumo that he did not pay any. But Com
mittee of Investigation has the whole mat
ter in charge, and in due season will report
on the inculpation or innocence of the par
ties implicated respectively.
We trust the Committees opinion ex-
pressed to Bull that there would be No time
at this Session to act on Mr.. Robinson'S
bill will not be justified by the facts. The
bill seems to be a very good one, and cal
culated to prove effective. We trust,
therefore, that the Committee will report
and the Legislature enact it forthwith
Very little time need be expended on it
after tho Committees shall have carefully
scrutinized it. Do allow Mr.. Suydam the
credit of having for once contributed to the
promotion of a moral reform! Mr.. Bull
has accomplished a good work in the way
of embarrassing the profession of legis-
lative lobby agent for some years to come.
Let Mr.. Suydam have an equal chance tO'
checquering his life with a good deed, how
ever unprecedented, And if any Mem
bers have taken his or any other gamblers
money as payment in advance for their
services in opposing or impeding the pass
age of this bill, let them have a chance to
earn the money. Messrs. Robinson and
colleagues will you be good enough to
move vour bill ahead