The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-29

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the repairs being made the Contracting Board will reid,
the section, and possibly the identical individual who
abandoned il will retake II under contract at high
~ advanced Thus the canals will be suffered
10 into decay and the Legislature will discover ere
long that the present system must be abandoned and tho
canals kept in order under the old system.
II such thing does exist that high officers OF State
Canal Engineers and Canal enter into secret
understanding and solid compact % rob the State is
no amount which they may not obtain The Engineers
certificate Of survey Is all sufficient Tor the commission
for him to present when the Legislative Committee come
to examine his accounts For instance, suppose oou
tractor has really done work amounting to twenty thou
sand dollars, body examines but the Engineer His
certificate for thirty thousand dollars goes % the COM
mission Here is ten thousand dollars which the state is
swnded out Of which goes directly into the pockets Of
very few individuals How long would it take a pubic
officer, II he felt disposed encourage such sysr nS
robbery 70 accumulate fifty thousand dollarsp II could
be done in much less time than three years. the term Of
| service.
or course Governor Morgan will not render decision
upon ca pdrte Statements under oath. The party
accused viii have an opportunity of presenting counter
statements 10 rcbut the charges OF maleasancc
against him. and from the known integrity and Fearless
ness Of his Excelency, there be no doubt he will
render just decision.
Albany, Oct "a, 1850
Arrangements for ESTABLISHING Uniformity in Astronomical
Time Becsen Ne,o York and AHdny-Importaye Of True
Time in Ndpigdon-The Ne,o Instruments for the Obo
tory-Dr Goud's Costly Crotcheas, &C., dc.
movement is going at the Observatory this city
in which New York deeply interested. time ball TO
paCcu SapltOl III Albany ana the McrChautQ'
Exchange in your city, by which the time at meridian
will be communicated from the Observatory and the bar
will drop within fraction Of second of twelve O'Clock
The apparatus is to be constructed in your city, by the
essrs Chester well known manufacturers Of teegraphic
APPARATUS the ball is 10 be feet in diameter, and will
be at the Narrows and board Of all the vessels in
your harbor.
The importance Of true time in navigation is wen known
to seamen in asccrainng their longitude by chronometer
You will be indebted for this reatmprovement to Messrs
T. Tleston and Dewitt Bloodgood Of NewYork and to Thos
Ocot and Dr. Armsby this city During recent visit
to the Observatory learned that its great equatorial
telescope will be here and mounted in another month,
and that the magnetic apparatus for recording obser
vaons is nearly completed. The meridian circle sur
passes the great at Greenwich in its accuracy and
delicacy. The trustees have removed the costly
shutters up Dr. Could which cost many thousand
dollars, and wooden substituted which work ad-
mraby costing only 1928. Five thousand dollars were
expended by Dr. Gould for iron shutters which be
replaced by wooden such used at Greenwich
Putowa and Berlin The calculating machine which was
bought his recommendation for $4,000, the trustees
would be glad TO sell at half price, as is perfectly
less to the Observatory, though it would be entirely ap
pcabe TO the business q the nautical astronomers at
| Cambridge.
The better the public understand the difficulties which
recently threatened the very existence of the Dudley OBJ
servatory the they convinced that nothing
the frmness and ability Of Messrs. 0cott, Armsby and
! their associates saved the institution from ruin.
ALBANY, Oct Is, 1852
Alarming, Condition. Of the Repu5licans-Thres -Four of
their Senate Districts in Great Dou-Oucrslaughing Ez-
professionalism State Committee IndustyI
ously at Work, de-, dc.
The greatest CONSERVATION prevails here at republican
headquarters of the fear they entertain Of tho
loss Of the State Senate Weed will sell everything else
if majority Of that body can be obtained There is only
one candidate the State ticket whom he desires elect
and that is the Canal Commissioner He be moulded
into any shape easy poters clay With the radicals
he possesses no power Their Independence de-
clarng for Selden as United States Senator put
Weed upon his mete to prevent it, Therefore he has
prevented the nomination Of single radical candidate for
the Senate, as they not to be trusted in 1881.
The election Of the notorious Sam Hammond for
the seat SO ably and honoraby filed by Senator
Dven will be difficult matter to accomplish Mr.. Dven
could be renominated account Of his anti Seward
ISM also because he would not submit to the Regency
dictaion When in the Senate he took the leadership
completely out of the hands Of Senator Noxen, the
Amounted Seward leader of the Legislature this un
warrantabe impudcnce Mr. Diven has been Frustrated
in his district, he in two State Conventions But
Hammonds course recently is satisfactory. All fhat
| he wrote and spoke against Seward and Weed
when editing the leading Know Nothing paper in
this city, is longer remembered against him. He ID
considered good enough republican until after
the next Senatorial election chances
of election are daily growing beautifully less" Re-
schuyer and senben show that
cannot receive their votes. They consider him the most
uDprinCpled traitor existence, abandoning
after having obtained all their secrets tactics &C. Their
determination TO oppose Hammond has alarmed the
here, and bogus Americans Of the Chartaus stripe
been despatched to the Twenty Senate district to
adjust the machne" by the application Of the right kind
Of kerosine oil This district win not elect Hammond
Equally disastrous intelligence looms up from the
Eleventh Senate Observation-Disclosures and Columbia counties
Last year the republicans pledged themselves the
ricans, that if the latter would assist in cecting
| would support any for the State Senate
whom the Americans might DESIRE But at the nominal
| inp ipcp he iran hrole
the bargain, violated the agreement, rejected the can
date brought forward by the Americans and nominated
rabd, violent republican Of the blacklist kind The
Americans feel highly indignant at this breach Of faith
this violation of solemn pledge, and have become SO
their the the 2st instant take the matter into
consideration. Then Mr.. Wetmore, their rejected candi-
Emans, the democratic nominee. The cheat deception
and rckcry Of the republicans in this district has been SO
palpabe that all efforts which Weed may make for re-
Cancellation will be unavang and the district will be lost
The oversaughng Of OK Senator Hubbell and ex Assem-
! byman schodeld in Oneida county, by Congressman
Conking, by direction Of the Albany Mogu has aenated
many reliable friends Of those two popular and influential
in the last Legislature. Senator Hubbe repudnted
many Of the political schsms of his party questioned the
infabity Of Seward, and successfully resisted the i'm
portunes Of the strong lobby OF New York city railroad
spectators Fer these Mr. Hubbe has been o.
tracised Major scholfed, member Of the last house,
john and rather republican free thinker and indepen-
dent speaker In throwing those two overheard
Regency triumph only the moment for they can nei
Their be drowned carried the other side of
Jordan" They'll rise, phoenix like, TO plague their
mentors There is evidently great split an irrepa-
| rable breach in Oneida.
| The State Democratic Committee are not idle Perhaps
industrious and efficient committee never existed
II the State in all its localities does not become more
thoroughly completely and systematically organized than
ever known before, will be no fault Of theirs Political
documents and elcconecfing articles Of much strength
are laid before the people in abundance so that there
need scarcely be eector in the party but can be easily
well posted upon all issues The democrats are passing
however tho republican rulers III. present nancial
condition Of the State, and charge that many millions
Of existing Indebtedness for the payment Of which every
mans real estate is pledged has been caused by tho
recklessness, dishonesty, and party favorism OF the
Seward party. The republicans are datory in sending
| their electioneering documents abroad.
Central Railroad has obtained control Of the Albany
Northern Railroad placing, H. H. Martin the City Bank
| us its President A new superintendent has been APP