The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-24

&c" affair. Never was . greater bore hunted
down since the Boar Of Calydon, some thousands OK
in the House, much more SO than was expected.
There were several causes for this The fear Of in
juring tho Western Railroad, in which the State
holds million Of stock, operated on one class OF
the bowels Of the mountain on such indef-
mite data as we now have to the character
Of its contents! Yet a third set would have
voted against it, had they been made certain that
it led to Aladdin's Cave or Sindbad's Valley
Of diamonds, they being men Of that sort who would
not allow the State to build railroad to heaven,
supposing that such q road had beef>dem onstrated
as practical. (Mcm.-That the chief objection
that would be raised against = celestial railroad
would come from State street, the frequenters OF
which would have no interest in what would be the
other terminus, their abodes for the future being
permanently arranged for the exactly opposite d.
rection.) Other men, who are liberal enough in
their ideas not ready to risk the credit OF the
State in favor Of an undertaking that no Individual
capitalist had shown the slightest disposition to
back up. The security that had been offered was
wholly inadequate to the risk the State was asked
to take. In the transa ctons Of ordinary life, the
security is thought to be none too high which
amounts to two dollars for one; but in this particu-
lar case, it was expected that the reverse course
should preyal-the State receiving security pro-
perty, ut the utmost valuation that can be placed
upon t,not worth above the half OF the two millions
it was endorse for. This was COOL certainly, and
shows that some OF the people OF the western part
Of the State have very odd notions OF what goes to
the borrowing Of money. Let them come into the
Legislature with, say, three millions of property in
their hands and the State will not be back ward in
endorsing their paper to the amount oftwo millions
more II is said that his Excellency the Governor
was greatly delighted at the rejection of the bill,
as he thus saved from the exercise OF his veto
always an unpleasant power to have recourse TO.
The Congressional contests are going on with
great animation The bunker democrats OF NO.
are to hold convention in Salem next week, to
nominate a candidate against Mr.. Rantcu!. Ii is
T. Of
Mr.. Phillips, an old bunker, for Sheriff Of Essex
county, was rejected by the executive council, and
though the Governor fastened TO bind up the
wound thus inflicted by making Mr. Phillips
bank commissioner, the said wound yet drops
blood often free soiler coalition democrat
goes near to the sufferer n their hands. Mr.. Phil
lips rejected, it is generally understood, be-
cause the coatisnists wish the place for which he
was nominated TO be conferred Frederick Robin
son and as MIR Robinson i: thought good deal
Of in quarters, rs the next coalition candidate
for Governor, there are people 80 suspicious and
wicked az to insinuatc that Mr.. Hallett and Gen.
Cushing were regularly sold'' by his excellency,
when ut their request and urgent Recommendation
he nominated the gentle nan fcs the Office which
he would not get and that Mr.. Phillips himself
was sold and sent home" by the Governor and
council: in other words, it was g sor. Of good
Lord, good devil affair." in which it sought to
please botn hunkcrs and coationists, tho Governor
and his councillors perfectly understanding the
matter The fleet has been rather injurious to
MIR. kantoul, but it is quite impossible to say rs
yet to what extent There is very strong deter
innation to elect him on the part Of the great ma
ority Of the democracy OF bis district, and the free
sellers are, az you have seen from the action of
their convention, unanimous and most jealous IN
his favor.
In the fourth district the free sellers laborng
very hard 10 effect the election OF Mr.. Halirey.
Among their lecturers is John p. Hale, who, AZ
of the meetings, is said 10 have given sreci-
mems of what was thought TO be not very good
kind oftemperanoe Even Ralph Waldo Emerson
- La-<1 l.t oAl
his fingers to vote heretofore. lie dcyo.es himself
to lying the character Of Mr.. Webster Moral
character, nc says, the Secretary of State has none
and TO his intellect, none OF hs SPEECHES or writ
ings will ever take place in The literature Of the
country. 1t is lucky Tor ME. Webster that he has
so magnificent physique, or the great giant trans
cendentalist would blow him away With puff Of his
breath. Horace Mann, too, is in the field, he
devil with the compromises. The free soilers expect
to elect MIR. lalfrcy straight out, they believing
firmly that the democrats will support him, now
that plurality law exists, and somebody must be
elected. To q certain extent they may be right,
but not entirely so for some democrats will vote
for Mr.. Thompson, in the hope of thus preventing
Mr.. Palfrcys election; and Mr.. rockingham will
not run much behind the usual democratic vote. In
point OF fact however the fate Of the district is in
the hands of the wings, and 4 they come out on the
18th rs they can come out, their candidate will be
chosen by handsome plurality. But they are des-
perate slow coaches at times, and often become
aware of what they might have done, not until the
day after election.
The Legislature will probably rise on Saturday
next. The Finance Committee have reported in
favor Of issuing State rip to the amount Of $780,,
00O, the whole probable deficit being estimated ut
si2 l02 of which sj7 l02 belongs properly to 1851;
all Of which might have been saved, had the Legis
lature adjourned on the 10th Of APRIL as il might
have done, and still have performed all the real
business Of the session. The laundering boobyism
displayed in the inismanagcmcn, Of the senatorial
question has cost the State $4,000. CoLoSSA.