New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-09

probably finish the work Of revising the statutes
before the middle of December. The Mann statue
question was finally settled By the passage Of tho
resolve without any restriction such ss the House
at first succeeded in attaching TO II An attempt ~
now developing itself 10 prevent the Ccmnitee OF
Mr. Mann's friends from asking tor place m mo
S,ate-House grounds corresponding IN ightlnes 10
that occupied By the Webster statue. Some men
of whom better things were expected have yielded
10 the solicitations Of the Webster men on this
question. Few questions have ever arisen m our
Legislature which have excited such strong feelings
on both sides as this statue question.
The contested seat Of Mr.. Griffin has been dsci-
ded in his favor, whcrcat We hear cry that the
Constitution is suspended and nulfed, aud abol-
ished and annihilated and all that, that we shall
have 10 resort to the bylaws as Mr. Choa'e did
when his constitution was worn OUT The question
was of very small consequence, and might have
been decided either way and no harm done.
Speaking of Mr.. Choate let me say, that the best
portrait of him. on a small scale, which nave seen,
Is the one engraved for Mr. f. q. Parker hem,nis.
cences. This book viii also contain fac simiis OF
Mr.. Choates handwriting, which mas PazLed 70
many persops. including Middlcsex County deputy
sheriff Of wfom this story is told: He received
subpoena with Mr. C.'s name attached, and after
contemplating il in various aspects be rushed mo
the Office of a neighboring attorney, and asked,
~What in h-n is that :" "Why, don't yon know
what that isl" "No; and I've been trying for
two hours TO find out" "Well, wnat saon,a
Won think il was" Think! why, L shco'a
ihink il was Jesus Christ" When you tnlnk
Of the initials and that the numoer u Nacs'
is the same in both names, the mistake OF the pro-
fame Deputy is not TO be wondered at. Mr.. Choafe,
I am told. was sensitive when illusions were made
10 hs handwriting Some one went INTO MS once
and found him reading The Post, which he laid
down with the remark that he wished people wouid
not concern themselves about his Handwriting
The writer looked at the paper aud found para
graph stating the prevalence Of rumor that MT.
Choate was about TO quit his profession and estab-
Iish himself in Canton, having been offered
large salary by merchant who de-
signed 10 employ him in lettering forecasts.
Henry d. Thoreau delivered lecture en- John
Brown at the fremont Temple on Tuesday evening.
II was one Of the Fraternity" course. there
were some Just and striking remarks in Il, and
many foolish and ill-natured ones. sneers AZ the
Republicans were quite frequent. Men hike Gen:
Wilson. and editors like those Of The TRIBUNE and
The Liberator, who while the lecturer was culti-
vating beans and killing woodchucks on the margin
of Walden pond, made public opinion strong
enough on Anti-Slayey grounds TO tolerate speech
from him in defense of Instruction, deserve better
treatment than they receive from some OF the up
start Abolitionists OF the day.
To-day in the House OF Representatives there
has been great fuss over Burnham, the Liquor
Commissioner. He refused to produce his books
before the Committee and the Committee asked Tor
further directions from the House. After long
debate the House suffered itself to be driven by the
noise of two or three Democrats, who wish 10 make
capital enough out of the question to get reeected
10 the Legislature in Republican districts, into
ordering its Sergeant ALARMS to arrest Burnham.
And he was arrested, and brought to the bar for
contempt. But by this time the House was without
a quorum, and was obliged to adjourn without cat
echizpg him. Some of the members urged that he
should be turned over to the officers OF the law put
this was too sensible proceeding to ma any iasor
What will be done with the elephant" remains to
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