New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-27

ratrioc citizens ard presses nj crosspurpoes when
The day Of voting comes. OF what avai Is Il to
speak disrnal speeches at the same meetings, aud re-
fove gloomy eeneratics together and gnash their
tech IN the most perfect cadence, IL they fling dif
ferent tickets on election day None at all. hope
tbey will think of this.
Tie other Municipal elections vent of quietly,
and produced no very remarkable results. In Cam
bridge the confest was between two old Wings,
john Sargent, the present Mayor, aud James ID.
Greene the earliest Mayor of the city. Greene was
ehO,en. lie rs eounder on the goose than Sar-
GENT though fear that be would not come up to
The O Cono' standard. In ChaIiestown, Mayor Dana
vac reelected BY the "ctZens" over the Repub-
can candidate. Dana stands on the same platform
with Greene He hates Slavery, but hates Anti
Slavery great deal more. He may come up to
Mr.. O'CoDOr's standard by and by. Lynn also
ee cted the citizens candidate, Dir. DAVIS, who -
the present Mayor. Roxbury reelected Theodore
Otis, Republican, on the citizens ticket, over the
Democratic candidate. Lowell elected IL. Z. Ser
ceaIt. Springfield, Daniel L. Harris; aud W0r
cester. William w Rice-an regular candidates Of
the Republican party. Mr. Rice presided at a John
Brown meeting few evenings before be was chosen.
This locks as if the Worcester people were not su
ficicntly impressed with the enorlnity of Browns
invasion. Gov. Lincoln had better attend TO his
own bailiwick. When the cat is away the mice
will puy. Lawrence elected Daniel Saunders, jr.,
New Bedford Isaac C.. Taber, and NewDuryport
Albert Currier, all Democrats, nominated as citi-
zens In Chelsea, Mr. Ilsey was reelected without
much opposition. He is Republican The Other
tiles have not yet held their elections. In party
p,int of view, the Republicans seem to have lost
grouEd in Lawrence aud New-Bediord, and gained
in Boston and Worcester. The other cities show
10 change As the election took place after the
Uutn meeting, il can hardly be said that the dan
gerous element of sectionasm was suppressed b.
tLat insfrumentality. | believe Mr. Lunt is OF
different opinion, however. He thinks that the
monster was chlOrOiOrmed by the reading OF his
resolutions, and that Mr.. Cushing's club then
smashed the head of the hydraDt," Ito use one OF
the Hon. Richard Sibbey's expressions in the Know
Nothing Legislature of 1852 This confidence on
Dir. LuLt's part is happy thing for some OF ms
readers. / know one old gentleman, retired
from business, and OF lazy turn OF mind, VINO IN
vaIsbly asks for bis Courier every morning soon as
le wakes for the purpose OF asccr;alnlng whether
the world is likely to last through the day. for if it
isn't be don't wish to take the trouble of dressing
ard the expense OF breakfasting. If he is TO die,
be may as well die in his nighi-shirt and
empty stomach any way. lie has 30 often, how
ever waited in this way for the final crash that he
beeiGs to lose confidence in his prophet, and will
now probably begin to be re-assufea by his more
cheerful tone. If his heirs presumptve have any
interest in keeping him on the by pochondrcal lIst
should advise the daily reading of selections from
the speeches Of Mr.. Everett and Mr.. Washington
Hunt. Mr.. Cushing's speeches and the debates in
GOngTess will never answer the purpose. They so
cessiy contemplate the approaching tact of a Pres
ideniIal election, eleven months hence that the old
gentleman would pretty surely see through the
trick.
The Legislature will be of in day or two. II
has been in session about twO-thlrds of the year,
and large committee of its members was in ses-
sion all summer The new code is completed, at
ali expense Of about $TJ0,0C0 or more, 1t Is TO
90 into effect on the LIST of June, 1860, and will
probably be printed about that time. The statutes
have been thoroughly OyeThauled, and every of
the 1873 chapters OF the BILL as it was reported by
the Commissioners, has been subject to amendment,
verbal or substantial This is no ilnputation
upon the work of the Commissioners, but
only an evidence that our legislators could
not istrajn from alterations and attempts 20 i'm
prove. Most of the changes, j presume, are
good ones, but it Is impossible to tell, at present,
what they arc One gIeat victory OF common sense
has been achieved by The insertion, in the chapter
on witnesses aud evidences Of . secton overruiing
the oId law which forbss Athests from testifyne III
Courts. The Legislature hss at last come to the |
conclusion that il is wise 10 eDdeayor to get at the
truth from all sources and foolish TO refuse to hear
because the man who has il to give, does
not believe with the majority religious matters
Our law allowing parties to testify in civil cases,
still stands finn aud by and by hope we shall lind
some way TO avid the inconsistency OF making wit
ness swear 10 tell the uhOe truth aud then stopping
his mouth the moment be undertakes to fulfill his
yow. We are chiefly indebted for this new section
about testimony TO Mr. Nathaniel Hinckley of Barn
stable, WHO has made it specially for the last %
years Mr.. Hinckley was a cO-laborer with Robert
RantOul, jr., when that gentleman made his noble
efforts TO amelorate our criminal and civil code.
He left the Democratic party, in company with
most Of its earnest and sincere mea, eleven years
ago, and has acted with the Free-Soilers and Re-
pubhcans ever since. He has always been found
on the side of liberal legislation and trust he will
have the satisfaction OF seeing his favOrite measure
permanently established as law.
Messrs W. A. Richardson, and George p.
Sanger will be appointed TO edit the statutes and
prepare them for the press. Mr.. Richardson was
one of the Commissioners of Revision, aud Mr..
Sanger was one of the Judges of the late Court of
Common Pleas. The new code goes into effect on
the LIST Of June, 1860.
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