New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21


Ed. Riddle, when he left the Wings and same over
to them. Mr.. Cherrington has been watery kind
Of a Republican, but he Ia not able TO accs pit Mr..
Andrew as the candidate for Governor. / believe
be has heretofore been b. Id of sufficient consequence
to be on the Rallying Committee Of his Ward, OF
on the board Of vote distributors; now be has be-
come great man, all at once. There is nothing
like change of politics to make big man ou. " a;s
little one. Mr.. Holmes, before spoken OF; se J
ferent kind of q man. He is lawyer; ora'o, ~.
! believe, in the clerical line. suou' @
year 1864 he was chosen 70 tnI
islature by the Wings of Boston, ana nId .nn
prospect of becoming az useful ana a. Proinnon' ~
political life as most Of the young nie Vi
that day. Unfortunately, Know NStIinglsn' cane
mn the NEXT wear and the practlse Oh eiecung young
Wb;g LAWYERS 10 the Legislature received sudden
~ AZ Holmes went out Of politics, and has
heen in an unhappy frame of mind ever since. In
the course of that exhaustive process by which the
Mayor and Aldermen hope, by and by, to make the
Fonrth of July nuisance, Mr.. Holmes was Sc
ected as Orator of the day. II is VIGOROUSLY diff
cult for common man to say anything original IN
Fourth of July GRAFTON. Holmes apparently des-
paired Of becomT an exception to this rule, 30 b"
determined to make sensation in another way.
Therefore he took occasion TO assal Gov. Banks,
who was an invited guest and one of his hearers.
This was striking out new path, but am sorry
to say the ungrateful public aterward neglected
Holmes worse than ever. and don't wonder that
at last bis name has got misprinted in The TRIB-
UNE. Old proof-reading habits, and not sense Of
the innate Importance of making the correction,
have induced me to set you right as to his name.
Mr. Edward Dickinson of Amherst weakens the
Bell ticket by declining the nomination for Lien
tenant Governor. The Old Wings generally have
exhibited much GOODNESS toward the ticket, Mr..
Lawrence's nomination being not OF all to their
taste. II is reported that the Know-Nothing lead
ers who are in the Bell movement "sOd their
slow and heavy coadjutors, the Wings, in shock
ing way They frst got Wilder 10 withdraw on
the pretense that they wanted Clifford; then got
rid of Clifford by ptrsuading him that the Douglas
men were peculiarly hostile to him, and, having
thus dsorganzed the Fogies, were able to rush Mr..
Lawrence in, though he was not the choice of more
than one-third of the delegates. The Wings dislike
Mr.. Lawrence because they cannot trust him. His
connections for the last four or FIVE years have been
mainly with the Republicans and the Americans.
He is particular friend of Senator Wilson, and of
other leading Republicans, and, if he should be
elected would be quite likely to follow their advice
in State matters. Two years ago he was seeking
tie Republican nomination for Congress, and prob
ably would have got it if he had had sense enough
to take proper measures. But it Is as a John
Brounist that he excites the greatest disgust
among the Wing leaders of his party. In 1855 or
1859 he met Brown and other Kansas ruffians
and murderers" as Mr.. Gushing would call them,
at the house of Dr. Lawrence. i am not sure
whether this was just before the Harpers Ferry
" raid or Just before the expedition which missed
FIRE the wear before. Mr.. Lawrences VOTE in the
Kansas Committee was given TO put into the hands
of Brown the rifles which were intended for the de-
tense of Kansas, but which afteTward found their
way to Virginia; and he was one OF the largest
contributors 10 the fund raised for securing home
stead for Brown at North Elba. / mention those
things in praise of Mr.. Lawrence, and as showing
that he comes very near being as Objectionable, in
respect of having " heart" as Mr.. Andrew him
self. AS far as / know, the only useful work he
has done in politics, has been in connection with
Kansas. Liberal in the use of his money for be-
nevOlent purposes, he has an uncOnquerable habit
of meddling with other matters, of which he is des
perately ignorant and of course makes bad work of
them. The X N. leaders expect 10 bleed him very
freely this Fall, and viii probably succeed. But
the Old Wings if called upon to contribute for
" the cause" will probably grin and button up
their pockets, or send their contributions to the
middle States.
All hope of recovering the State being given up
by the FOgies we shall expect them to devote their
energies TO other fields of enterprise. We had a
characteristic specimen Of their operations at the
Court. House the other day. A call appeared in
the newspapers for a meeting Of members of the
bar, to do something in honor of Chief-Justice
Shaw. 1t was signed by Charles p. Curtis, Ben
r. Curtis, George I. Curtis, Charles G.. Loring.
Sidney Bartlett, and b. +. Thomas; in other words
by the Curtises and Mr.. Thomas, who seems to
have been brought in to re move the curse Of un-
popularity with which the affair would otherwise
have been burdened This call was wholly i'm.
promptu and unauthorized having been got up by
the Curtises themselves. The meeting was held;
Mr. Bartlett moved that Mr.. Elias Merwn be Sec
retary, Mr.. Merwin is Curtis though his name
is NOT so spelled. Mr.. Merwin then nominated Mr..
Loring for Chairman. Mr., LOring took the chair.
Somebody, probably Curtis, moved the appoint
ment of Committee to prepare an address. On this
Committee was placed Mr.. Bartlett and Mr. G. T.
Curtis, with others; and they reported that Mr.. CT
Curtis had prepared an address, which in their
unanimous opinion ought to be adopted. Mr. G. T.
C.. was then requested to read the address, which
be did. Somebody at the request of one of the
younger members of the family, moved the appoint
ment Of q Committee to present the address 10 Mr..
Shaw. Mr.. Bartlett suggested that the Chair, Mr..
LoIDg, should appoint the Committee. Mr.. LOring
of course felt msef embarrassed, and consulted
with Merwn, who handed out of his pocket piece
of blue paper with the names of Mr.. Bartlett Mr.
b. R. Curtis and Mr.. B. f. Halett, and these per.
sons were appointed on the Committee. Then, on
motion of MI Thomas, G. II. Curtis was added and
on motion of B. X. Curtis G.. G. LOrng was added;
and the business being all done in the most approved
STYLE, the meeting adjourned. No notice whatever
was taken of such men as Gov. Washburn, who
was at the meeting, Judge Abbott, John A. An
drew, Peleg w. Chandler, and score of otbsr en-
inent members of the bar, but the whole affair was
family arrangement by men, some Of whom are
not practiciug lawyers, (Mr. G.. G.. Loring for in
stance), and others of whom have no reputation at
the bar (Mr. g. T. Curtis for instance) aud others
of whom are mere politicians, (Mr. b. f. Hallett,
for instance Of whom it may be said that no touches
nothing that he does not deface)
There was rumor some days ago that Mr. E. C.
Baker, Mr.. o. A. Brewster, Mr.. Tenney, the State