The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-23


Law" so far applied to the election Of delegates
vacancies must be done secretly. This was test
question: and the coalition victory was decisive
enough to satisfy everybody that that organization is
SO strong that what it sets about in earnest in the Con-
vention it will accomplish. On Thursday, the re-
port from the committee to whom the subject of re-
constructing the Senate was referred was taken up
in Committee of the Whole Governor Morton in the
chair The principal point in the report is, that the
Senate shall be divided into forty districts each to
elect one Senator and that the districts shall near
y as possible, be equal in point Of population. twas
moved to amend the report by substituting legal voters
for population. The effect of the adoption Of the
amendment would be to make the Senate represent
town corporations rather than people In most of our
small towns the number of voters is large Probably
the average throughout the State in the small towns
is one-ffth. town of $500 inhabitants will have
about 500 voters in its list, and in proportion. In
the large places the average number OF voters Is not
above oneseventh Of the population It is so in Bos
ton and Lowell and in some other places. There
fore, the effort would be, supposng the amendment
adopted, and the people to ratify the Conventions
action, to greatly lessen the political weight Of the
large places. The debate was very spirited, and
some OF the most thorough going advocates of ultra
radicalism took ground against the population basis
all because they wish to lessen the power of Bos
ton, presume. They like the people, but not in
large masses As most of cities and large towns
have many foreign born residents who would be dis
franchsed to certain extent by the adoption Of the
Illegal voters basis, the foreign born voters do not
like this. Yesterday the amendment was rejected,
and the report of the committee accepted This de.
cision is in accordance with justice and the spirit OF
the age.
Governor Clifford has been on visit to Salem,
where he examined one OF the public schools and
talked very prettily to the scholars His Excellency
is having new uniform made, in which he will
:" show Of " among the soldiers. His first appear
ance will be on Wednesday next suppose, in the
Cal acity Of Commandern- chief, as that is our May
training day. when some fourteen OF our city compa-
MES Will parade. Governor Boutwell, played the
military dodge" very successfully though a peace
man, rather peaceable man. Whether there is
anything military about democracy, or anything
democratic about the military, | don't Know; but
while our wing governors have always stuck to the
dress Of private gentlemen hitherto, those belonging
to the democratic party have mounted the gay
cockade the sword, the shoulder knot, and plume"
the poet has it, Governor Everett used to walk
with the soldiers and review them in full suit of ga
bles, looking Truth. Governor Davis never
went beyond putting on his Sunday suit, and Gov
ernor Briggs sole claim to military glory was stiff
stock and remarkable absence Of shirt collar There
was no "dickey' about him. When Governor
Morton came into Office in ls40, through the ardu-
Gus exertions of that one voter to whom political
writers annually make such eloquent appeals he re-
solved to show respect to the military. He procured
suit of clothes from Bratle street that might have
been worn 10y washington, SO Iar dB age was COnceF
ed stout cheese-knife fora sword (Which some pe
pie declared was yataghan, while others assorted
that it was krease,) and three cornered hat pop
ularly supposed to have been worn by Napoleon in
some OF his battles. He was truly an awful looking
parsonage, and conveyed terrible idea Of the power
of the sword but nevertheless made no effort to es
tablish military government IN Massachusetts.
Governor Boutwell, adopted the military dress, but
his taste was better than that of Norton and he
not afraid of his money. 1t was supposed that Gov
ernor Clifford would remain "pekin;" but he has dis
appointed these expectations, and will pay the mill
tary the compliment OF being zone OF em;" an ex-
ample which other wing governors-shoud we have
them-will not be slow to follow. He is handsome
man, and will make good figure on horseback, un-
like most Of his predecessors.
AS illustrative of the differences and distinctions
in politics, the positions of the two democratic jour
mails here worth abiding to. Both the Post and
the Times fought through the late contest to the
best of their several abilities, and SO far as national
issues were concerned am not aware that the one
differed in any respect from the other. Now that
fat things in the shape OF advertisements are sent
forth, the Post gets the cream, and the Times what
it can. This mornings Post has ten column ad-
vertsement for which it probably has its own terms
as its propretors not the sort of men to be die
tated to- while the Times has four columns of adver
tisements which it publishes according to the terms
Of the party advertising. The latter paper has six
times the circulation Of the former anditspurchaser,
are among those classes from which come demo
cratic voters while the Post mainly crculates in the
business world, where wings and free sellers abound
or seven thousand year, while not a man on the
Times has received anything, or expects anything.
Such is life in politics. and the conductors OF presses
would do well TO ponder upon the subject
from the countenance that is afforded to it by lead
ing PEOPLE, who visit !" mediums out Of curiosity,
and come away astonished and puzzled. Two emf
nent public men, the other day, visited lady, who
has reputation as a medium, and she called up
the spirit OF great man, recently deceased (not Mr.
Webster,) who made some astonishing revela-
TONS" He told some remarkable stories . about
distinguished member of President Pierces cabinet,
which showed that he carried from earth to Paradise
certain mundane feelings not generally supposed to
be adapted to celestial ATTITUDES. The vsiters left
the place as much puzzled as Hamlet was, and dis
posed to think that there was something in these
!" spiritual manifestations that transcends mere
human reason.
1t is proposed to createa board of seven commission
ersto have charge ofthe public lands Of this city The
present value Of these lands-situated on the Neck
and at South Bost0n-is moderately estimated at
three millions of dollars, which cannot fail to be
greatly increased in a short time. There are other
closely up to the immediate wants Of the day as
those specified. The growth Of South Boston is very
rapid and it is supposed that no very long interval
will elapse before the city's buildings there will have
to be removed for the accommodation OF the popu-
lation.
Madame Sontag closed her engagement here last
night. She has been very successful. She will not
visit Lowell, as it was expected she would.
next, when we shall be favored with the same
"creeds Of doctrine that you got earlier in the
month. We do not, however, have the proceedings
Of the meetings reported as they are given by the
New York press, and particularly by the HERALD.
Donations to our City Library continue to come in
Mr.. Appleton has just contributed q handsome work
to it in eleven Volumes being the " History of Nor
folk County" England. Everything promises that
this institution will be an honor TO Boston.
The Athenaum, which has been closed since the
l4th, will be reopened on the 26th. The amount of
money which is to be raised for this institution will
come up to $l20 600, the expenditure Of the annual
income arising from which will render the IL
brary one of the largest as it is of the best
in America.
mentioned, in my last that Mr. B. F. Watson, of
Lawrence, who had been made postmaster Of that
growing city, was the only coationist who had re-
ceved place in Essex county. 1t seems that Mr.
Watsons appointment is not altogether satisfactory
to the democracy of Lawrence. The Sentinel, de-
mOcratc organ in Lawrence, declares that it is un-
satisfactory TO seven eghths Of the people there and
will be as destructive as il pithily adds Mr. VS.