The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-28

1HE CONTEST FOR THE MAYoRALrY-JouRSAI-
lS1s sAAk KING OrFIcr.-During the pest week
number Of our Contemporaries have bean castiuU
abou fr an available candidate for tbe Mavor.
atty, and In one or two instances have namaa
Mr.. jam Gordon Bennett as ct person 70 an
the place. All sorts Of kind and complimentary
things are said Of Mr.. Bennett-his services "a
the country generally, and the metropolis par.
tcularly. The writer's seem much distressed In
their minds to find out whether he would accent
the Office if it was rendered to him. They are
all agreed that better selection could not DO
made.
At first sight the extremely handsome way
in which these philosophers allude to Mr.. Ben
nett is eminently kind and quite refreshing. But
the truth is, that they are all politicians as
well as Journalists, paying quite a. much st-
tention to their caucus a. to the editorial dutiea
In each Of their bureaux there may be found -
many as halt dozen candidates for Office, ready
to take anything from President Of the United
States down to Alderman, Councilman or Con.
stable. They are therefore pleading their own
case over Mr.. Benefits shoulders, be being
known to the masses a. journalist, pure and
simple-not politician or party man In any
possible point Of view. They argue that II any
journalist could have the public voice II would
be Mr.. Bennett, and that, therefore, to support
him would be the best possible means of accom-.
plishing their desjgna
We find, In the first place, our amiable cotem-
porary of the Tribune, with the Hon. Massa Gree.
ley, whom we nominated for Governor Of the
State last year. Lately the Hon. Nassa Gree
ley has extended his line of country, and is pro-
baby ready to receive the nomination for the
Vice Presidency. In the same category Is Me-
phistophiles Goethe Dana, who wishes to be State
Senator, and who would, very likely, be good
one, making speeches long enough and reports
sufficiently elaborate to satisfy the most exacting
constituency. Then there Is Mr.. Mozart. Handel
Fry, who was suggested for the Congressional
nomination in the Third district, and who would
probably keep the House of Representatives up to
time, regulate the proceedings according to
proper pitch, and introduce harmony into the
usually discordant element of national politics
Another of our contemporaries presents the honor
able Jefferson Brick Raymond, he who described
the battle Of Solferino in such an extraordinary
way that no one has yet been able to find
out, from his account, what it was all
about. Beyond the description of some
ambulances with wounded soldiers, the Honor
able Jefferson Brick Raymond's account was
utterly incomprehensible. But it had such
an effect upon his nerves that he was frightened
almost to distraction by an Austrian hussar
He feared that the French had been beaten, after
all, and in his rapid retreat he lost his
notes, his hat and other valuable articles,
and never stopped until he was under
the shadow of the Louvre. If good run
ming is consideration the honorable Jeffer-
son Brick Raymond would be splendid candi
date for the Mayoralty, to which, it is said, he
aspires. Another candidate from the same es-
tablishment is Mr.. Anselm- Rothschild- Wesley,
who had an experience of some two years in
Wall street.-the Juden strasse Of the United
States-and who succeeded in making terrific
explosion there. He is, therefore, perfectly ac-
quaintea with The Encouragement of financial
matters, and is entitled to the nomination for
Comptroller. At the extreme end of all these
patriots is the reverend Cicero Demosthenes-
Hurlbut, whose remarkable article upon the
italian Quadrilateral, and the elbows of the
MiDcio, gives him claim to be elected either as
a State Senator or member of the Assembly at
Albany. He would be invaluable at the State
capital, because no one could understand word
of his reports and speeches. It would require
something deeper than an Albany politician to
find out what he meant.
There are several others Of our contemporaries
who are burning for chance to serve their
Countryside Chevalier Webb for one; but we
shall not 60 into further particulars to day.
Enough is as good as feast; and there is a bare
possibility that the country might have too
much even Of the glorious confraternity we have
named. In the meantime, the country, with so
many patriots ready to serve it, may consider
itself safe.
LICENSED SwNDING SHops-We transfer to
our columns to-day an article from the New York
Courier and Enquirer in regard to the mode in
which the poor and unemployed of our city are
swindled by the institutions designated intelli-
gence offices and employment Offices. For all
practical purposes 1t might be much better for
us to have no law at all for the punishment of
criminals than law which either cannot be or
will not be enforced. There is not a day on
which strangers are not victimized and robbed
in mock auction stores, in bogus ticket Offices,
in so called hotels that are owned and frequented
by thieves, and by emigrant runners and licensed
hackmen and cartmen, all in the very teeth of