The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-05

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the ShIs-1hs Worcester Post O6fce-A Demo
cratic State Comvertiom proposed, to act against
General Gushing, &c.
The Convention is getting to be as i'll bred az that
of France, in 1893. That everlasting, still-begin-
ming, and never ending subject-the basis Of repre-
sentation-has been under discussion all this week,
and some gentlemen have been talking about one
another, in Of their discussions and to their
faces just they do in private Some Of the Bristol
" anti-whig" delegates, headed by Marcus Morton,
Mr.. Williams, and Mr.. Hathaway, spirited
bunker from Freetown, have combined to aid
the wings, as it is said. They came to the
Convention determined upon ruling it, or ruin
ing its work. They were regularly used up in q
fortnight after the Convention met, and now do
ing great deal of mischief to their frends-the
mother Of mischief, as the proverb says, being no
bigger than a midges wing. Mr. Butler and Mr.
Hathaway had setto on Wednesday and cut each
other up in fine style. A civil war of two hours
took place, the wings leaning back in their seats as
far as they could (the backs do not slope, though
some of their occupants occasionally dog and enjoy
ing the tragic comedy with great good humor-men
being so very amiabIe when their enemies are de-
stroyng themselves.
The Convention has acted very unwsely in voting
that its members shall be paid SO per day for their
services when it understood that 50 per day
to be the compensation. The contest between the
conservatives and the radicals, about calling the Con
vention, extended over period Of two years. The
wings objected to it, among other things, that i
would cost great deal Of money. The reormers re-
piled that it would not cost the half that the whig,
said, and pledged themselves, through their papers
in conversation, and in Of debate in the Stat,
Senate that the pay of delegates should be So per
day. the that was paid to sc majors and repre-
sentatives. The whole matter was apparently well
understood among men Of all parties; but the chair
man of the committee TO whom the subject Of pay
was referred, and who is wing, reported an addi-
tonal dollar per day, and the Convention, by an
overwhelming majority, greediy swallowed the bait.
The difference in the cost the Convention will from
thirty to forty thousand dollars the latter should
the Convention sit until August is now thought
it will. OF more than two hundred and fifty coali-
ton members, only iftyfour has voted against the
swndle that has been perpetrated The people will
not be much concerned about the additional expen-
dture, but the meanness Of the act cannot fail to
cause much disgust. State tax, for the first time
in many years, has just been imposed and the wings
will be sure to make great use of this grab at Dor
reform The majority Of the Convention does not
seem to be gifted with great deal more wisdom
than it pleased Heaven to bestow upon the majority
of the last Legislature, and perhaps the odium in
CURED by the will come to be balanced by that
| incurred by the other.
The discussions in the Convention are Of the most
wearisome character. All had been said that could
be said with interest," on the representative question:
more than week ago, and the latter speeches and
debates have been OF the character OF the discussions
in noisy, ilgovorned debating society, full Of g
! norance impudence, and want of courtesy. Brawl-
ing pettfoggers are in the places OF statesmen and
sober minded people. Perhaps the " blow out" that
accompanies the Fourth will have the effect of
clearing away the haziness Of the moral atmosphere
The temperance people are showing their teeth in
different places, and are bent upon establishing the
utter nefciency Of our Maine law beyond all doubt.
Complaints have been made the present week, in
several towns. against persons who are equity OF
being suspected of having violated the law. In
Concord, where the criminal term of the Common
pleas court is now in session, bills have been found
against innkeepers. The accused will escape, as
heretofore, the law being mere sieve II is well
known that its friends do not expect to obtain con-
vctions under it, except when they have had the
luck TO pounce upon some poor Irishwoman who
may have disposed of a few cents worth Of whiskey
end abont whose trial feels any interest; but
they do expect to demonstrate that there must be
more legislation against the liquor business, and so
stir up all the fanatcism in the State to their aid.
Every failure to convict will bring vstes to their
cause and SO they will become a power, and will
have the pleasure OF being conciated.
Seine curious statistics haveElatey come to light
on the quantity Of liquor that il requires to heal
wounds in the families Of tenDcrance men. l. has
been ascertaned that if chiE OF temperance man
happens to cut its thumb, it takes three gallons of
the very best brandy to completely restore said
thumb TO condition in which II might be said of it
| that il is "dscharged-cured;" and what is still
more singular is the fact that the accidents in tenn
pennce families from the OF knives axes, and SO
| forth, are astonishngly large.
They are said to maoage ofise-appointng business
in Salem very nicely 1t has been considered proper
to continue Mr.. Miller in the place of Collector of
that port, because he is the son OF his father the
| gallant General Of that name; but he only holds the
place. it were, in trust, and for the benefit ofdem
oerats The real power of the Office Is in the hands
| Of committee, who remove and appoint whom they
please, the collector being the executor of their de-
| crees and the executioner Of his old political COM
rades. The story goes that when a man desires
place in the Salem Custom House-he draws up Pc
titon not TO Mr. Miller, but to Mr. Lord TO whom it
has been given to bind and to loose throughout
Essex county, and at whose suggestion and by whose
advice Mr.. Merrill, the Garrisonisn aboltionist was
appointed Postmaster of Gloucester Mr. Lord is
lord paramount over the men Of Essex, and ! sup
pose that the coaitOnists down there are ready to
exclaim, with the Englishman in Charles rs time,
when angry with that bgoted churchman, DIR.
Laud,-"Great Laud, unto the Lord, and little Lord
We have had any number Of stories about the Post
Office here for the week just ending. One day Mr.
Bailey had the commission In his pocket whereup-
on Mr.. Bailey's virtues came out in full blow, and
men declared That was Wudt Lney nau always
expected, and that they knew Mr.. Bailey was per
son sure to go ahead he had much tact; but when
the 30th Of june that magical quarter day had been
added to the list of by gone things, and left no COM
mission in Mr.. Baileys handsome that the public
knew anything about, at all events-the same men
were ready TO declare that it absurd to have sup
posed that that gentleman had any chance; how
could the idea have been, for moment entertained,
they asked. They were sure that Mr.. Gordon would
hold overload always thought so-or else why had
that gentleman, after the death of Mr. Webster had
released him from his party obligations, voted for
General Pierce? The whole thing was clear as light,
but still we can't into it. The probability is that
tile place has been affected by the recent change Of
opinion on the subject Of Massachusetts, offices that
has happened at Washington, and that the commits
sion for 1t is of the nature of "roving one and 50
is call at sea-
There are many country Offices which have not yet
growing like bears 1t is thought that some i'm