The one and the other act with fervor, but the number of well affected to the public good exceeds that of interested persons.

Mr Sacket is now busy constructing a Bridge for the conveyance of the Tar to the River side. Those belonging to the interested party wish to dissuade him from it, but as he is aware of the evil design of these Reformers, he pays no attention to them ; continues his bridge and laughs at them. The people perceiving tliat the construction of this bridge foreshadows the manufacture of a large number of Barrels of Tar, disapprove likewise of its erection and say the bridge will rot before it is put to that use -- Meaning that they do not intend to remain on Livingston's lands long enough to make use of said bridge. This last opinion does not disturb me. The advantage already gained over the people makes me hope to effect a complete victory over them. But the dissension in the Court leads me to apprehend a bad effect. For how can things be pushed ahead by a Board that does not act in concert, especially when having to deal with so perverse a people ; when every tiling tliat the one proposes is suspected of partiahty ; when meetings are avoided as much as possible so as not to be obliged to take part in the aftairs to be discussed there -- when the President of the court who, in view of the public interest, ought to be the least in the Board on account of his private interests, makes no scruple of despising and treating with indignity a colleague who, with a good intention, confers a pleasure on the people, which tlie other does not find to his advantage -- when others renounce every employment and conceive no other object than that of ridding themselves of the superintendance of the people-- Wlien all this, I say, is experienced among the members of a Court, what good can be expected therefrom ?