The Daily Madisonian

New York Correspondence.
New York, January 9, 1843.

A dense fog has enveloped the whole eastern world for several days back, and we are without any regular advices from the good old Bay State. I am not sure that the heavens will be released from clouds and darkness before I can close this letter, though there is a slight indication, at this moment, that the sky will soon be cleared, and that the long absent sun will once more enliven us with his rays.

The Hon. P. W. Tompkins, as you know, has been elected to the Presidency of the Senate of Massachusetts, and I am very glad of it, for the reason that he is a gentleman of ability, and a sound Democrat.

Mr. Tompkins was, for a number of years, Collector of the Port of Fall River, Massachusetts, which office, I happen to know, he filled with ability. He was appointed by General Jackson, re-appointed by Mr. Van Buren, and when, in the month of June or July the last year, his term of service expired, he was renominated by President Tyler, but the Whigs of the Senate rejected him because he was a Democrat, and friendly disposed to the Administration.

Mr. Tompkins is a gentleman of correct notions of honor, is true and sincere in his friendships, and I feel very confident that he has not forgotten the good offices of the President. I cannot doubt that he will, now that he is elevated to power and place, render the Administration a firm, a manly, and an honorable support. It was the rejection of his nomination by the Senate that endeared him to the Democracy of Bristol County, where he resides, and of Jeffersonian Democracy of the State of Massachusetts at large, and I know that he will not forget what is due to an Executive who, in his hour of emergency, was his friend.

The Hon. Charles J. Ingersoll, I am happy to see, has corrected the accidental errors of the reporters, and in the most manly and honorable manner, stated on the floor of Congress that he readily admits the great influence that has been made on the public mind, in reference to the remission of the fine imposed on General Jackson, by Judge Hall, by the suggestions that were embraced in the annual Message of President Tyler.

Mr. Ingersoll is entitled to much credit for the prompt and honorable manner in which he corrected the unintentional errors of the reporters. If the bill to remit the fine be carried, the President will be entitled to the thanks of his countrymen for its success. Had he not referred to it, and recommended its early adoption, the subject would have been forgotten, and General Jackson, in all human probability, would have gone down to his grave unappeased for an act of injustice, which he has always considered a reproach upon his character. It was magnanimous, and it was noble and honorable in the President to take prompt and efficient steps to do justice to a predecessor, whose name and fame are dear to his countrymen.

The venerable and war worn hero, cannot but feel grateful to President Tyler, for this act of noble generosity.

Mr. Adams, by opposing the bill to remit the fine, has done more to tarnish his once great name than he ever before accomplished. His conduct is here regarded, by all parties, as niggardly, prompted by envy and jealousy, and an extreme meanness, unworthy of an enlightened mind. His object was two-fold, and could not be misunderstood. It was, in the first place, based on a disposition to feed an ancient grudge and spite he owed General Jackson; and, secondly, if possible, to render nugatory and impotent the noble designs of a President whose growing popularity and fame he envied.
We had several arrivals yesterday from Europe. One of them furnished dates from France and England two days later than those previously received; but, as I have not yet had time to examine the news papers brought by her, I cannot give you any extracts. You will find the news in the evening papers.

Rumor points to other, and heavy defalcations in Wall street. I do not deem it safe or expedient to point out men on the basis of mere rumor only. There is enough of infamy, at all times, in Wall street, without manufacturing cases of villainy.

Thus far, so far as matters are visible to the public eye, every thing goes on smoothly at Albany. There is a cloud, however, in the horizon, and not a little thunder in the index."

The "course of true love never did run smooth," saith the Great Master of Nature; and the sentiment embodied in the remark will apply to politics. Governor Bouck is secretly denounced for his views on the subject of internal improvement and Banks and banking, by a detachment of the Tammany Hall party. A storm is rapidly brewing, and will, by and by, assume the aspect of a tornado.

The Hon. Aaron Vanderpoel, it is reported, is to be translated to the office of a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of New York.

Yours truly,
Neckar in New York.