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M 'RNING HERALD:
^?NDAvV VHrRIBlR IM?
U> No M??tan yet, eitker from Vu Buren or
Mf u; pfAapngt of one* Grcit rows if?
cipccttd tkis vetkd Wubingtoa Having *11 the
Mif* from Liverpool and Washington, we shall tarn
oil oar undivided attention to the House of Repre
sentatives, and the " saying* and doings" of the
Copilot- - ;
?Me Nkt?l-8b?ridan KiowIm*
~~N9w Ploy-Tbe Revolution in the i*i?*a.
Tomorrow, if possible, or VV ednesd y at furtue.t,
we shall pob ish the whole of Sheri tan Knowles' new
ploy in one of oor splendid double aheets. Price
only two cents. Thus wk go. The inte lectUul ie*
volution which we commenced four years ago in tht;
)i crary and newspaper press oft hi* country is goin*
< n with unabated success. The whole li era ua, the
t teat and g niug of the age, are concentrating on the
daily press.
On Friday last, at 10 o'clock, an Extra Hekaid
containing the most important news received here in
0 year past, was the only paper which reached
Philadelphia The following extracta will show
this :
{From the National G?*?tte, Dec 6.]
We liar* received through a friend au Kur* from the office
?f ttie New York Herald, aunoiuyiuglh* ?rri?al tf the ste.iin
dtiii Li??r^ool, with L*oUou J Mr* to the )6th,and Liverpool
t* the 19th ult. 4c lie.
[From the Philadelphia i;^7rtte,>J)ec. S ]
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
JrmtKi tf ike tteam $kt? Lnverpfot?iS days later from
Rutland?Rise in th' price of Cotton?Effect of the Sui
ptnsiam oj Mtr banks in Kngland, fc.
We have been lnvora?l b. the i>rtictr? o' the U 8. Batik with
Um rending of ili? turn of the Jie# York Herald, received by
their expre??, &.c. kc.
[ From a pri\at* letter. P iladelplm, Dec. 6 ]
Your Estr* wa? the flrst to reach the city. It came on by
?iprrn to the United Stale? Bank, the officer* of whit h ullow
edit t ? be read at tl.e Exchange, and furu'khed it with a copy
before 10 A. M So mueh for ruterpriae.
Thus it appears that we not only beat every estab
lishment in this city, in issuing the first Extra ivith
the news here, but that by our enterprise and organi
sation, we enabled the United States Hank t? run au
express to Philadelphia, and furnish the Exchange
ond the evening papers with the same news, lurhour*
ia advance of every other paper in this city. Where
is the glory of the Wall street press now"! All
wreeked?all down?all dead?all rotten.
But not only is the daily commercial press of Wall
street in danger from our enterprise, we mean to
carry the war into Africa itself. We were the fir?t
to engage and pay literary persons to furnish us with
original articles, and to issue theiu in cheap editions
?and we have made arrangements to carry this
ont to any extent. For the first time since the in
vention of printing, a whole play in five acts, will '
he sold tomorrow for two cents. The system which j
we organised at our commencement?and which is
beginning, in ouly one rcspect, to be imitated by two
contemporaries, will not only give a blow to
the old daily press, but the Albion, Mirror, Corsair,
Spirit of the Times, and several other raw weekly
ohoeta, must change their system into ours, or be
carried off in the flood. Already half a dozen
Weekly papers have snnk into oblivion, and more
will follow- W e are not half begun.
???rral ffcolt rht alfd br the isnlilicrnna?fto
?iaiui?a mf (jirnnal HnniMit-Hrrakin^
?f of ibr W his Party?Tna Bnr?-ti'? rr-rlrr
Um certain
On Saturdar ffeninj, about 10 o'clock, a great ten.
cation was created among the various circles that
lounge around the hotels, by the announcement, on
the authority of Chandler Starr, oae of t he New York
delegates, direct from llerrisburgh, that the National
Convention had pat iu nomination Or nerai W. H
Banaisc*. of Ohio, as the whig candidate for the
MXt presidency. It was doubted, and ridiculed,
?nd tailed of, aud sworn about, all Saturday night,
ftanday morning, and up to tke period of yesterdar, i
When the letters wire received frwm Harrisburgh>
confirming the curious and interesting fact.
la another column will be found a fall history of
the steps which led to this droll termination?this
last art of the farce enacting during the la?t four Tears,
e'ection*. William H. Harrison is now the only le
gitimate antagonist of Martin Van Buren, General
tioM having been abandoned and cheated by the ras
cally politicians. At the last electioa Van Buran
Carried this Mate against Harrison by 28,000 ma
jority, and what ia to prevent him from again
carryiag it by as manyl Nothing, except it
he the position in which we may assume,
in the eocisg contest. And on thia point we find
great difficulty in making up a judgment. In the
Inst canvass, General Harrison was called the "old
woman"?" the petticoat candidate"?"the granny
of Ohio," and the opinion was confirmed by a very
respectable majority, which elected Mr. Van Huren
by twenty-six electoral votes. Now if all the wis
doaa, nad patriotism, and talents which the Harris*
*?rg Convention boasted so much of postering,
?east, after having been three mortal days in the
Srtraw, bring forth nothing better to support for the
aext President than a " petticoat," they might have
given es a young petticoat, aid not nn old greasy
flannel garment With a fine, fresh, tall, beautiful,
engaging, ripe young woman as a candidate for Pre
eident, ire c<mld have raited the very devil with
Van Buren at the polls, and no doubt elected, by ae
elamation snch a fair young Presidentess for this
ffarioas land But what on earth can we do with an
?' eld woman," bnt supply ler with sneff, and see
h?r buried decentlyl Mrs. Harrison of Ohio, is
Vkdoebtedly n very excellent matron in her line, but
if we meet take a woman for next President, let's
have yoelh and beauty,and not age and imbecility.
Yet in spite of ibis untoward accident, 1 am so
much ender the iufiuence of the petticoat?the inte
resting petticoat?the divine petticoat? that 1 should
not at all he surprised if I go for Harrison against
Van Bnren. There ia only one thing that may
prevent roe, end otherwise occupy tuy genius and
talents. Having been defeated in selecting a Presi
dent for this eoentry, 1 am eo much cast down in
?pirit, that, like any man in misfortune, I must turn
round ssi 1 select somebody fnr something. I must
beep moving. Go ahead is my principle. If I cant
nelect a President for this glorious country, by tbe
holy petticoat of the blessed Virgin, I shall go to
werk end select a wife for myself. Taking little
iwtereet in a contest between Van Buren and Harri
eoa, I shell have time, during this aeason of neutra
lity, to pick out a wife, and then show the National
Coeventioa that if petticoats are te be put up for
the Presidency, they have yet to learn what sort
and sixe, and ahape, and look, Mnd gait should have
been selected.
Herio'asly, however, the nomination of Harrison,
after such an ex|>dbditure of talent and wisdom and
eloqnenee and patriotism, by the Convention, looks
eery maek like a farce?a miserable farce. There
bee been in the whig party for ten year* p?tt s railing
*g?in?t all "military chiefteins" by the lamp. They
wonld not?could not?should not tench su h arti
cles No, not they. Well, what of ill The very
ftrit ehanea they have, they not only select a " mili
tary chieftain,H but aalaet one of the weakest, oldest,
and most superannuated of the lot. All those milita
ry obieftakM, now before the nation, who possess taV
aat, energy, freshness, vigor of body and mind, are
passed over,and the veiy/me whose right foot is ie the
t)??ar % ???#
their idct, Qfet moat Ian* ?| impataat aanelu
?ion ef whigw|tfa?!
Th?f hare, fcawe ver, the sanation af usage, long
established in a high and holy quarter for thia most
exqnisite act of folly. During the last twelve cen
turies, His Holiness, the Pope^ has been (elected from
among the ol Jest, weaheet, foolishest of the college
of candidates. Some two ormoreof themoreyoatb
ful cardinals or candidates, electioneer and intrigue
against each other for the purple. They fight and
lie and cheat and humbug in the Vaticau.as our col
lege of candidates have don* at Harrisburg. After
insulting high heaven above, and outraging the world
below, one picks up some weak old woman that he
can rule, and elects him vice gerent of God upon
earth. Thus has it been at Harrisburg. General
Harrison is verily another name for defeat.
The whole history of this intrigue, frem beginning
to end, with the mauner in which the real and origi
nal friends of General Scott and Mr. Clay have been
outgeneraled, outwitted, outvoted, and most cru
elly cheated, we shall fcive at length in a few days.
Mr. Clay is finished, but General Scott, though
cheated by the politicians, the people themselves
will yet rise up in their majesty, and du him justice.
Meantime he will withdraw from the contest?go
out to graaa for one ysar?and be ready to en
'ter the field at the close of the general elections
of 1840, for the Presidential 'contest of 1844. He
will be the successor of Mr. Van Buren, and no
mistake. We rejoice, therefore, that the result of
the convention is nothing worse. We never ex
pected any thing of such a body of blockheads,
nor have we been disappointed. Between this time
and December, 1840, 1 shall have time to get mar
ried, and then get ready to start General Scott
again in the field.
?ait fiom ihence thi? wr^k,up to the high*,! catarect of Salt
River Thurlo* WVnl, Jame? W?isou Webb, M. If Noati,
and Charles King hare a!! taken berthi. A loafer ealieU
Bennett, who hud one of the situgge't berths. gave it up,be
cause. as he fjU?|y alleged, she w.s leaky. and tl e ol?l lady
frnm Ohio kn?w nothing of steering. A guarantee on Uuited
State* Kank stock a^a-nst all leak*. The vessel was built by
?ne Philip linne. aud h-*? keen aight y??m in the service N>j
second class passengers taken, mtue hut military *ud fashiona
ble people.
#7- or freight or passage appli to
Ohatov ajid Music.?Professor Bronson com
mences a course of Lectures tonight at the Stuy ves
ant Institute, on reading, speaking, aad singing
i aese lectures will be very curious aud very in
structive. 1 hey will involve all the phenomena of
speech and song, in accordance with the mental and
physical organization of man.
Ladies F air.?A beautiful Pair, got up by a great
many beautiful women,commences today atAlmack'a,
in Broadway, formerly Concert Hall. The Fair ia
under the managemeat of the ladies of Transfigura
tion Church, and is for the benefit of the poor con
nected therewith. It will be crowded till its close.
ADVERTMRIKNT.
FOR SALT RIVER.?'The
great steam ship calle' the
Whig Party, measuring53,000
tons. 10H0 jackass power, com
mandcl t>y Mrs. H irrisou, an
old la''y from Ohio, is now ta
kiu?r iu C'ials and "rslj ?n- ;
tals" at Harristiurg, and will
THURjlOW WEED, Chief Cook.
Great Chance of Fo?tu?e ?About thirty
years since, Mr. Mobbs died at Islington, and left a
farm in trust for bis two sons, both under 5 years of
age. They are *o be well educated. The executors
concealed the will, bound the boys apprentice to
shoemakers, and never told them of their fortune.
They hare just discovered and proved the will; the
property has thirteen splendid taverns upon it; is in
Hoxton, Old Town; and is worth *5,000,000.
Packet shit Ville de Lvov.?No tidings yet
of tins ship. Captain Englesdue, of the Liverpool,
says that a report reached Liverpool on the 16th ult
of the arrival at Cork of a Havre packet, dismasted.
The mi vie dc Grasse, arrived here on Friday last,
sailed from Havre on the 3.1, and pat into Portland,
England, on tbe 5th, and the report may have origi
nated from this. We have had no fears for the safety
of the Ville de Lyon, and if she be out till a new
year sets in, we shall still think her safe, unless news
to the contrary be received. We cut the following
from a Boston p-per:
Jiirimtd, t>*e. ??Ship Stephen Phillip*, Thorn**, from Li*
verpool, Oct. ft; list rrirncd rrrj nrterr weather, with a
constant ?uree??i.>n of hud windi. t? the Btuki; lisct when
?he rao to Cast r'* Letlg* in M hour*.
The Ville de Lyon tailed from Havre, October 6th,
one day alter the Stephen Phillips did from Liver
pool.
Canal and River navigation ?Lake Erie and the
Erie Canal are again open, and large quantities of
produce are rn rout# from Cleaveland, Hullalo and
other places along the line. The weather has for
the la?t week been very mild and a good deal of rain
fell This will aid navigation very much, and if
another frost does not appear for a few days,the stock
ol flour in this n.jrket wi.l be mack increased. From
the far West the acounts are dill*rent The Illinois
river is completely closed, aod the Missouri is en
tirely unnavigable fiom the immense field* of floating
ice The Mississippi may soon cloee, a* the weather
in the upper vicinity was very cold.
At Brockville. Indiana, tke thermometer stood at
two degreje* below zaro on the 25th ultimo.
Cfniut of Sonlh Carolina ?Acrordi z to Got.
N?hlp th white population of South Carolina .a
257.117.
Fin in Saro ?A fire occurred at Saco, on Thurs
day evening, T?> machine shop connected with th
factories, with a grist mill, a house an i barn, were
total y cons<.med. The maehine shop contained muck
valuable mac .incry.and man? tools, m st >f which
were destroyed l>oss $3 ',C01
[Private Oom^uri<lcoc( of th* Herald ]
\\ ashiroto*, Dec. 5, 1839.
The scene exhibited at the capitol for the last few
days bis been one of ? novel and pe-kaps alarming,
but not of a very interesting character. The people
here are beginning to feel a great deal of uneasiness,
lest the members who ought to compose thi; House
skonld dissolve without being able f? form a quo.
ram.
Tke poor laboring boaae keepers are very doleful,
and all classes h ere are at a loee to know what to
make of tkii very strange and novel state of tkinga.
Tke Secretary of tke Navy ride* to tke capitol every
day in a splendid carriage, with his roat of arms
glaring out on tbe pannels, and eervants in livery
like a Duke or Marqnis, while poor Forsyth, the
Minister of Stale, has ensconced himself in a small
edifiee to avoid thn expense of parties. He is poor,
has a large fsmilv, and is therefore wise in fhe course
he has taken. Paulding is decidedly the most dash
ing in his tqiiipa^e. of nay of the Secretaries, and is
? aid to he engaged in writinr another romance ab<>nt
a* brilliant as his Westward Ho The gmssestfavor
itism seem* to influence these men f'hat worthy and
talented citizen of yetirritr, whojhas de voted sever
al years of his life to the construction and manure
inent of steam engines and steam ships, a.id whs 'us
been employed very usefully on bo?rd the Fulton,
and in furnishing new design* for the new steam fri
gates, has been.placed below another. tak?n from
Weet Point, at tke recommendation of KewiMe, the
. relation of Psnldintf?and instead of I ring ap|H.inted
| the first or principal engineer, kaabeen made tiie se
cond.
Secretary Woodhnry remains tke same; kis elegant
and excellent earn sposa renders his how*e still at
tractive and hit Boir/n delightful Fell* tJrundy,
tbe happy, ha* not yet got up lo g carriage, and seems
to be satisfied wilh riding about the afreets of the
eity as Jefferson and Madieon nsed to do, I under
stand, with a aegro servant behind kim Hie gsud
jolly face and belly "with good capon lined."are qui to
pleasant to tha eye as he natsas along the Avenue,
meditating on the honor* be hue received, and tke
money ke kas pocketed from tka government, witk
greet aptrtet wtirfuiw. VImM kevfll qeit
Sit pMaeet situatioa, ie wbicb It is leiilp i? bow
MrfM% au/aif,and ?e beck into the Si?li to wbicb
he hi a' een elected Is yetfe ?eM)e*. Is 1888, e Mr.
Miller, I recollect, stated le the public print* el Ten
nessee, that he should apply for his expulsion, on the
ground that Mr. Grundy bed represented tket he bed
travelled 1000 miles, when he had travelled less than
760, by which he drew from the Treasury #200 more
thnebe was entitled to by law,endthet be bad been
in the habit, daring the preceding four years, of thus
drawing $400 more than he was legally entitled to.
But Felix is too much of a philosopher to regard
such thing*, especially when he knows that he ha* a
good many compulsions who love to travel further
than the law allows them. Thomas H. Benton nev
er ba ks at constructive journeys 1 don't think
Felix, if he holds onto his office, will give any par
ties this winter, as he belongs to the Temperance So
ciety, and is opposed to dancing Asa philosopher,
he loves to go to toirtes, but he is principled against
giving anv. If Congress, however, don t settle the
present difficulty, it is not likely that we shall have
any parties this winter at all, and the fashionable loaf
ers are beginning to look most melancholly and som
bre.
The President has had his message cut and dry for
some days?and looking out every minute for a visit
from the committee to announce their readiness to
heur from his "democratic majesty," as you were
pleased to dnb hiui lie is getting quite restive, I
understand, and traverses his splendid apartments in
great agitation. Amos consoles him by telliug him
he will write an article for the Globe, to show that
it has all originated from the "obstinacy of the <1?d
whig*1 who have put his majesty in a fever, from
the fear of losing his $25000,during the present year.
1 Amos is still omnipotent and is a man of all work?
he has among other things been appointed, as a sort
of commissioner of the public buildings, from his in
timate acquaintance with architecture, and his ex
quisite taste. He apnor.ted a loafer as a superin
tendant of the post otiice building, who has, by his
niismanftgcmen*, stopped the work.
Judge White says lie has received the resolution
of the Tennessee Legislature. containing a sort of in
structions that he shull consider, though he thinks
they are now making a farce of the principle. The
idea of electing Dixon II. Lewis as Speaker, en
tertaiued by the Calhoun party has been abaudoned,
in cousequence of some opposition on the part of Ben
ton and his friends. Pickens will no doubt be the
candidate of the. administiation party, butt hetherhe
will succeed or not is a question. Bell is the prom
inent candidate on the whig side.
[Pnv.ite Corret|M<D(le)iCF of the Herald ]
Washington (Jity, Dec. 6, lSJi).
Whatever may have been my opinion for many
days past, in reference to the ultimate issue of af.
fairs in this city; and however sincerely I may have
ridiculed the idea of anticipated scenes of violence
and outrage within the walls of the capitol, I am
now pretty well satisfied that bl<H)d will be shed,
and that, too, pretty freely, before the difficulties in
which the Mouse of Representatives is now involved
will be brought to an issue. The excitement each
hour increases with delay, and God knows how soon
the dagger and stiletto may b? put in requisition.?
Of daggers and pistols, or Bowie knives, there is no
scarcity in the hall of the House of Representa
tives!
In the progress of organization, no advance has
yet been made; and. notwithstanding the resolution
of yesterday, we are further from the point proposed,
at this moment, than we eTer were.
Today at twelve o'clock, Mr. John Q. Adams, the
President of the House of Representatives, in con
vention, called that body to order. The journal of
the last four days was then read, and alter it had
jttu amended in some unimportant items,
Mr. Rkett, of South Chrdina, submitted a reso
lution requiring the call ol the roll of the House,
omitting the names ol those gentlemen whose seats
were coutested
The uyet and noes were demanded on the passage
of the resolution, but before thej were ordered, the
demand wa? withdrawn, and tellers were called lor.
Mr. Adia*, Chairm in of the Convention, appoint
ed Mr. Dromgoole, ot Va , ami Mr. Davies, ol i'enn.,
to act as tellers.
Mr. Dronigoole? I would enquire of the chair who
are to be counted 1
Mr. Adtuns? Every gentleman who has legal evi
dence of hi*election.
Mr Dromgoole?Am i to understand that the gen
tlemen having the certificate of Gov. Pennington of
New Jemey. are to be counted*
Mr. Atlaiaa Certainly.
Mr Dromgoole?la that the decision of the
chairl
Mr. Adams?It ia.
Mr. Vandeipoel ? By the standing rulea of the
House ol Rsprerentati vea, <vhich have been adopted
by thia convention, no member ia allowed to vote on
any subject in which he is personally interested.?
With that rule staring the President in the face, does
he decide that the geutUmeu front New Jersey can
votel
Mr. Adama?The chair decides that the geatlemen
from New Jersey, having in their possession their
credentials signed by the constituted authorities of
New Jersey, are entitled to seata in this House; and
that ia voting on the queation at issue, they vote on
a proposition in which the people of New Jersey,
and n<>t themselves, are interested.
Mr. Vanderpoel?And from that decision I appeal
from the chair to the convention.
A very long, and a wide debate here ensued,
in which Messrs. Hhett,Stanley, Mriggs, F. Granger,
Craig, Wise, Photons, Hoffman, Vanderpoel, Uiddle,
White, and Duncan participated, and which, taken
aa a whole, had hut very little to do with any thing
legitimately before the convention.
Mr. Tanderpool in the courae of the morning hap.
pencd t" ?ay aoniethiug about Mr. Adam*' usurping
the chmr ol the House ; and notwithstanding he dis
claimed the intention of any kind of diareapect for
the presiding ottiier, he was called to an accoant for
his language by Mr Wise He expressly and freely
admitted, that he oad spoken incantn usly and un
designedly in the midst of the heat of the debate of
Mr. Adams, but nodded assent, whe.i Mr. Wise said,
th.it he was ?ure that his friend from New York,
whom he had known and regarded for yeara, aa ?
highmmded gentleman, did not intend to be person
ally ru e to Mr. Adams. I he pa?sage between
Measr>. Wise and Yanderpo 1 was highly courteous
and creditable to both, and I had supposed that there
the matter would end; hut it so happened that the gal
leries,the ladies'gallery and all, were crowded toe*
cess. It afforded a fine opportunity for Messrs. Gran
I;eraad others to show off, and they seized on the in
ucky expression o| Vanderpoel, an I in "dreaaing him
down," ao belabored, and tx-nneared, and bespattered
Mr Adama with eulogy. in "soft soap,*' and thai too of
the aoftest kind,that the poor ol<i gentleman, net of ab
solute disgust, muttered in undertone, spare me, for
Gal's sake, spare me; "too much puddiag will choke
a donkey."
Vanderpoel replied at length, and though never aa
elegant speaker, he was most happy in his defence;
aad rendered Mr Granger ao supremely ridieuloua,
that the whole House was convolved with langhUr.
He accnaed Granger of speiking to the galleries,
"gagging the pit," as the players would aay; and
what waa the most provoking of all, he made Frank
Granger out to be "his vei arable friend," of nearly
threescore years and ten Mr. Granger made at re
ply } but with all decent expedition left hia aeat and
retired to the lobby.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to get the com
mittoe to adjourn until Monday. It refused to do
ao, aad meets to-morrow The Senate met, shook
hands, and adjourned. Yonrs, A.c.,
ToniAs Tnotr.
Nmiossisl Ceavsallsa.,-t hr QarslieN ?elilrd
? Ilisrrl??ss, lis* WI1I3 4 m tirfidnlr.
II**ar?atr?tn, Fmi>Ar?ATTfnisoon.
Long before the hour for the assembling of the con
vention this afternoon, the ladiea of llarrisburg,
presenting a captivating array of beauty and fashion,
made an irrnption into ehurch,and took posseaaion of
all the wall alips on the ne~thern side. The mem
bers eyed them with looks that indicated a greater
anxi'ty to support the anti Maithusian theory, than
to make a President
?"Governor." aaid a gallant General from Ken
tneky, " By G? this wilt never do. I have already
been so long from home that these pretty women are
beginning to play the devil with my allegiance to
Madam Heaidea if the ladiea are to distant ua with
heir aaiiling couateaaneea ia thia war, we shall not
be able to make a nomination until after Ongreaa
get* organised."
?|f our deliberations are diaturbed bv nothing
??r? dangerous than the ladiea," said tae Gover
nor, with great statelineaa, " I ahall rejoice at it, and
will take oar chance for tae effecta of that."
The Convention came to order at 2 o'clock, aa4
Ipfcarlaaraiaftftkat the Uoeaaaittees wmr% not wmdj
?a rapott, downed Ht in the eveaing.
[" The MW dbperaed with a quissical lack of
ippointaAt oa their feaaottful faees, determined to
|e ia at the da*h wheaaver the gam* should be ran
down.
The Committees are in the full tide of unaucceaa
fal balloting. The last vote stood as follows :
Clay. 108?Harrison, 94 - Scott, 57.
At aevea o'clock the Committee met agreeably to
adjtfUraweat. There was a very full attendance of
ladies, and the galleries were crammed full of loafers.
Mr. Wet more of New York, offered u series of
| resolutions which he said he was directed by the
Whif young men of the City and County, to present
for the consideration of the National Convention
These resolutions recommend the calling of a Na
tional Convention of Whig Young Men to respond
to the nomination of this Conveuti n On the read
ing of the resolutions, Mr. VVetmore took occasion
to deliver himself of a short speech, With which he
seesned to have been laboring for some time. Ha
represented the Whig Young Men of the City and
County ol New York as an extraordinary set of fel
lows,in every res|>ect, and apprised the Convention
of the important fact that this august body had come
to the conclusion, in the most decided manner, thai
Mr. Clay was a suitable candidate forthe Piesideucy.
Whereupon Mr. Mathe*w L. Davis winked with his
spectacles, Dudley Selden shut up one eye, and
'Ihurluw Ward fi?wued, and some |>art of the Con
vent on applauded and some did not. The Commit
tees were not prepared to report, and the Convention
tonka recess until nine o'clock this evening.
The different parties in the Couvention .arc in a
very curious position. New York with her 42
votes, can settle the question at any moment, by go
ing for Harrison or Clay,but the delegates held on to
Scott iu the hope of drawing off from Mr. Clay suf
ficient strength to effect the nomination of their fa
vorite. Thurlow Weed waited upon the Virginia
delegation this afternoon and informed them that un
less the friends ol Clay consented to throw their in
fluence in favor o| Scott, New York would go for
Harrison and defeat Mr. Clay. The piopositiou was
indignantly rejected, and the determination clearly
expressed, to conscnt to no compromise, but to ad
here firmly to Mr. Clay, until he or somebody el&e
obtained a majmity of the votes, and then to ?upport
the nominee of the Convention with zeal and una
nimity.
A letter from Mr. Clay has been received herein
which he expresses his readiness to withdraw from
the canvass, if iiis friends think best, but they will
not consent.
It is refreshing to observe the contempt in which
the petty intrigues and paltry purposes of the New
York city politic ans are held by the sagacious and
highminded gentlemen who represent the south and
west in this Convention. However important DuJ
ley Selden may be in his own set at home, and how
ever useful Mr Davis may be as correspondent of
the Courier and Enquirer, their influence here is
less than nothing. Even the ardent supporters of
Clay from the south, who will hardly listen to the
name of any other candidate, spurn the idea of pro
fiting by tne little trickery of such men. Air.
Leigh, Gov. Tyler, Mr. ArcLer, and the host ot no
ble fellows who have come !>ere to express their
warmest preference for Mr. Clay, are moved by
the holiest impulses of patriotisio. As Gov. Har
bour remarked yesterday, t*iey are net here for
venal purposes, longing after the " flesh pots of
Egypt, ?they have loltier and purer aims. The
seltish schemers from New York cannot appreciate
such motives of action, and have the want of com
munity of sentiment and feeling among them.
The Courier and Enquirer ol Saturday, which the
" old boy in specs" circulated among the members
yeaterday, contained an impudent dictatorial arti
cle. prescribing the oourse for the Convention to
pursue, and insisting that an adjournment for several
months should take place, if the nomination of Mr.
Clay should be found impracticable. If the rebukes
which his presumptuous armogance recived f om al
most every quarter, could have reached the ears of
the editor, it is doubtful whether his great modesty
would have borne him up #under them. This inso
lence was scourged in the Convention, and sneered
at out of doors.
9 O'clock.
The Contention came to order. Mr. ReTerriy Johnson
of Maryland ?aid that the committee from the del*<;a
tions were procrastinating their labor* in the most ex
traordinary manner. lie would therefore move
that the committee appointed by this convention,
in relation to the candidate* for I'resident ?nd
rice president, be instructed forthwith to report
progress, and be discharged from any further
action on the subject. I'he motion wu? laid on the
table.
Mr. Garret of Virginia, moved to take up the reso
lution.
Mr. Taylor, of New York, said there was great
impropriety in adopting the resolution at this junc
ture. The Committee would be ready to report in
half an hour, and thia resolution would destroy all
Ibev had already accomplished.
Mr. Roane from South Carolina, moved that the
convention do now adjourn.?
Mr. Johnson,?Mr. President; Mr. President!
The President,?Order, Gentlemen! order.
Mr. Taylor,?Mr. Preaident!
The president,?Order! Gentlemen will take their
seats.
The motion to adjourn has the precedence. As
many as will adjourn,
"No!'' " No'" "Yes!" " Yes!" resounded from
all parts of the hou?e.
This motion was finally put and rejected.
Mr. Chambers?Mr. Preaident, I move that the
Convention take a recess for half an honr.
Mr. Sherman?1 move that the C<aamitte? h ?ve one
halt hi ur to make a report, and that meantime the
Conve- lien take a recess.
Mr Jt> itison?Mr. President,'.what assurance have
we that tli*' Committee will report^ We have ad
journed from day to-day, and from hour to hour, and
no progress has yet been made, that I can learn.
The President?The gentleman is not in order.
The question is. Shall th Convention take a recess
for half an hourl Gentlemen?
" Honr!" " hour!" roared the members?the ques
tion was finallv put and carried.
At half past 10 o'clock, the Convention assembled
for the fif h time today.
Governor Owens, of North Carolina, an Chan man
of the Committee of the several delegations, stated to
the Convention that the ?Committee were ready to
report progress, and asked leave to sit again.
He then announced that on the Joint Hallot fcM
votes were cast for President. Of these Harrison
had 148; Clav HO; Scott 10
He stated further that no vote had been taken for
Vice President
The Convention then adjo?roed to 10 o'clock to*
morrow morning.
BnoADwur Ciacts.?The revival ? f the O ympic
Games at this cla?*ie resort, has been the means of de
solntint the theatres, and crowding every evening,
the splendid coliseum of Welch k. Co., with the flour
of the cltr An infinite diversity is advertised
by this talented company, for this evening. Amon?
other novelties, Mr. J Aymar, "the Undaunted,"
will ai>|>ear in the aren*, and perform some of his
most danug feat' of horsemanship, iVe
Jambs Gohdon Hkiisbtt, Ksqr.
Dear Sin,? I observe in yourpaperof the 7th,t* at
Captain Rurr*ws, of the George Washington pic
ket ship, has been presented by his passengers with
a piece of plate; I should feel mnch obliged if you
would inform me if this piece of plate was paid for
by those passengers or by the agent of the ship;
as our transient captains never meet with any H
these presents, we are a little jealous, and have come
to the conclusion that the?e presents are made
h? the owners throngh the passengers, to puff their
ships and commend into notorietv. ?
noyr.x u % Hit at v.
Minsdiiy, u.c ft, A r. !H
The rise winch took plaee iu stacks immediately sfler the
r'eeipt of I lie Knfli?h n?w?, wm loo rapid to Isit, an! was
succeeded by s reaction st the botrd yMterday, a-d prices fell
off from th??e ??f the prttiouidsy, U. Bank drtl nrd
per rent } N Am. T. I# |i per rent.) Delaware and Hud
ton, 1|> r eert } Kenlurkt, 4 |?<r rent.; Ilarlem, \ per reel.;
Htonnglui., | per rent.; ' aiitru ? o. I per ernt , Utifa Hal!
Road improved I per rent (>? Philadelphia eiehanje neae
fl'J fiOO was sold at HJ per rent, diseeunt, which is an is*,
proeement of | per cnl. In Oer'inj hills a moderate business
foe the Live?p>?>| parkrt ai 9s!>J,(or >4,*4 a $4,8* th* &
sterling.) |?er eenl, jtremiiitn, whub it abo it par; on ffraaee
the este is Of We s 6f. lie. In the msrhei generally ibers Is
hut lillle Wn Corporation bneds h <*e been seld at a dis
count tf ? i Jj p*r cent 1 Corporal ion I'l, inAO, at Ifl per
?eat. diseenni or H!ty.
At H?ilad?lphie th* mirkri is also iiaprosing, sad the rate
of snsmey laur.b decreased. Heeaes J. Lewis kae bee* sleeted
president of tie ?chwylklll Bs?k The Rank ef ftbawaae.
tows III. still pay? specie. All the hsnks of Ohio havs re
msaad escspt the Canton Hnk. The nrsulation of the hanks
A
fr wry iMk nlwii tiiiamti Ml Mi jrtan continually
fatting. Th. operation of the old system of advancing money
to aillm ud i|tnti for th* purchase of wk*t is lk? interior
led to suck ruinous low* tkat the tjfitiM it mw discontinued,
the consequence of which ii an on tiro revolution ia th\? Mi
ner of doitg buiincH. The rale of exchange at Cleveland
New York at eight, ia 1 a 8 par ceatum premium. Suck
being the case, the buki cam ot expand ky advance* to
miller* without being expo ted to a demand for specie
before eastern bill* are provided, drawn agaiuit the crop*.
Therefore pork, wheat, flour, and other produce aro
still falling, although they have reached point* lower than
for many year*. We will mention a* an instance that* miller
at Dayton, Ohio, recently contracted to deliver 1030 bis. flour at
$3 per barrel. 16,000 bushels of wheat were sold at Marshall
M. T. for 30 cents, and large quantities of pork are offeriag at
from $2 to $4 per hundred, without fluding buyer*. In this
?tale of tilings, lone of the banks propose to i?su* po*t note*
'? to relieve tlie people." The day ha?, however,gone by,when
the intelligent public will lubmt to the imposition of aa irre>
deemable currency; accordingly tke chamber of Commerce of
Cincinnati, met on the 29th instant, and to their honor,
patted resolutions in substance as follows:?
III, That au ittue ofimdccmable paper, *? ill tend to fhflate
prices ?*>ove their just values.
a I, Tint ill attempts by banks to depreciate the currency
ought to be resisted; that the ultimata injury i* more than the
temporary advant ge
3 J, That an emission of po*t nolo* I* of questionable legality
and . uglit not to le sauctiuned by receiving them in payment
of debt*.
4th, That it is the firm heleif of this chamber, thattho bank*
are now amply able to redeem all their circulation in *pecie,
at.d that all solvent institutions in the neighboring State*, will
speedily follow their example in resuming.
Signed (jR'ntin Taylor, President.
Henry Rockat, Secretary.
The hopes of the shinplaster companies are therefore likely
to be cut off in that quarter. The a<'vantage* of the new sys
tem of purchasing bills drawn against actual shipment, are
already sufficiently obvious to warrant its rapid extension. The
St. Louis Bank, excitement seems entirely to hare died
away. The Bank perseveres in its course and the merchant*
adhere to theirs. Time onlv will furniih the result.
The *eak banks of Maine are rapidly breaking down by the
force of the revulsion iu the credit system. The Washington
Co. Bank of Calais, ths' Fr?.ukfart Bank, the Agricultural
Bat k , and the Medomak Bank have failed. Tke followiug are
the returns made in Juue, 1839 :
Aguicultubal Bank.
Retoureet Liability t.
Loan, 69,782 70 Capitol, 60,000
Sptcie. I,0i9 66 Circulation, 14.056
Mills of other hk's. 2 623 Depositee, ? 449 M
Balances <iue from
other banks, 1,287 .',8
61,612 94 64,604 >6
Kkankfort Bank.
lit tourer*. Liabililiet.
Loan, 87.614 47 Capital, 6O.OCO
Specie, 1.662 38 Circulation, 32.433
Bills of other bk's. 3,014 Due other kk'*. 6.818 13
Dej.osites, 3 813 46
92.080 86 $91,869 68
Medomak Bank.
Rrtource*. LiaHliliet.
Loan, 79 173 17 Capital. 60,000
Specie, 3.620 62 Circulat on, 34,876
Hills of other bk V 1,939 Depositee, 3,106 19
Balance iu Suffolk, 3,000
87,612 79 87.676 10
The*r are small banks, and are principally of the mushroom
growth of 1936?6. Their extinguishment i* a eery healthy
feature iu the progress of even'.*
One of the Providence papers give* the following, as the cir*
CHiation of the banks of that city, on the 2d in>t., a* compar
ed with the return of Nov. 26:
1839, circulation of 21 Providesce Bank*. $818,681 60
do. do Dee. 9d, 773 344 26
Decrease, 46,3*7 26
This is indicative of the force ofpeblic opinio*. These bank,
suspeuded and expanded their issue, but were speedily forced to
rrs'.tr.e, aud contrast their circulation.*
A bill has been intro ucrd into the Senate of tko State o
Grorgia. to repeal so much of the act iacorporatng the Bank of
tl>e Stale of Georgia, as requires the establishment ef the
branch at Milledgeville, and to authorise the discontinuance
of the olRes there.
The following is a table of the circulation and specie of the
banks of Georgia, according to the report made to the Slate
legislature, as compared with the same item* in tbespriug of
I; 38.
Buhi or Otoiait.
0Wa6ar, i?39.
Cir'n.
B* k of Augutta, 353,3 13
Auguata In* fc bk co 91.443
Central R R bk. 56-000
Miriic fcFire ln? bk. 74,90*
Planter"* bk Sar'h. 1?8,690
Bk of St ?te of tiro.
Georgia U R bk.
Con M. Macon,
490,^0
6*7/93
93 486
njm
310,1 M)
Ocmalgee Bank,
Batik of Calumbut,
Farmer** bk of Chat
laitoochae,
Plantn '? fc Mi ch't.
Bank, Coluuibut, 117,430
lut bk. t'oliiinbu-, 7,096
Bk of Milledgrt illc, 90.035
IIa?kin?ville bk.
Bk of St. Mirjt,
Bk of Bmniwick,
Darira Hoik,
Ccn'ral Bank,
Wrtleru Bank of
tiro., (Rome;
18 >67
69,737
*,460
76 930
W3,7?"
66.943
Specie.
63 406
43,'439
74 945
78,460
90*14
303 786
157,111
87,897
33,068
*6.503
34,814
47.487
19.169
36 701
30.836
61,819
>3.440
48,497
Jtfril, I838
Cir'n. Specie
415,810
636,737
463,744
349,978
363.684
1,117,130
341,790
308,666
191,400
337,711
33,770
149,408
39 137
316,M5
379,864
66,930
910.83V
130,378
186 678
110,390
384,74*
407 659
339, *48
60,607
63.3*7
136 368
1,614
69 490
303,043
104,950
36,930
14,644
613 914 136 IM
rt>,185 9,137 313,136
88 900
3 868 713 1,396,698
Bill* held by Bk'*. 638,010
6,496,334 3,463.313
3,946,301
Actual cireuPn. 9,333,70) 4.946,16)
Thi? table thowt an imineuae .lie reate io the circulating me.
dium a ail alio of the tpecie heU by the biak*. Much conaider*
at ion ia, however due to th? time of the year. In the epriag of tha
year the balance*ihould b? inker favor at k?r last year'*produce
haa tken principally gone forward, Mid payment for the
?print pnrcha*** of her merchant*, not falling due antil later The
decreaae it, however unutually large thi* year, for th? immh ,
both oa account of the backwardne** of tha crop, by reaton
of the low *tate of the rivet*, and alto on account of the chinge
going on in tha lyitim of doing hutiaa**. The bank* caaaot now
advance on cotion bnt curtailment to continually forced upoa
them ay the ad versa *tate of ntliinpt, aud although apropor.
linn of the bank* hare tutpendrd to avoid a apacia drain, public
opinion doe* not warrant an captation on their part. Their
pretent condition being nearly $1 ia*|Kcie to 9 in circulation ia
apparently healthy.
The following i* a return of the b?uk of Virginia, aa reported
to the h?u*e of del*galea, oa the 6th ia*t. aa cimpared with tka
return of July, 1898.
(n?na or viaaiwta.
July, 1-34. Dec 3,1836. /taareare.
Laati*,
Slock*,
Specie,
Notei <>f bank*,
Due from "
Sterling bill*,
Raal aatala,
Capital,
Circulation,
Repotlta*,
Pr< fit and le?t,
Ho U. S. Bank,
Stale Va.
6.349,970
601,700
7:4,6^6
>81,639
746.106
148 888
314 073
3 340,000
1,475.036
1,964 341
663.?77
196,477
>36,000
6 664,374
676 331
701.796
I78.7??
167.1 36
18,986
>36 64 J
>637,400
3 613,413
9.'3,804
I4>,358
174,631
9 >76
>97,400
Dtcrt*?*
685,506
180,796
303 744
1 678 970
130,679
061,633
44< ,f*7
616616
196,477
336,000
Thi* table *how* a heavy decreaae of buaiaa** Thi* i*con
?equeat upon t a new charier granted hy the legitlalnra laat
hlater, which wa*con*ider*d *o onerout that a majority of tha
?tocllmWer* valed again*! lU acceptance, and prefarred to have
the old charier eipire, but it wa* in a manner forced upoa by
Ihem. By the term* of the charter, >600.006 wa* wib?crtbed
to Ihe dock of the Jame* River and Kanawha Company. Thi*
canted the bank to kavv that amount mora in circulation than
It otheiwiee would. and when tha Philadelphia haak* tutpend
ed, the balance bring iganitt Virginia, numeroa* tpeculalorj
in tpecie went cn, and demanded tpecie for aotet, which they
had collected, and refuted draft*. To thate circamtlai<?e*, it ae
crihed the necettity of tke late tutpention of that bank which
placet it* charier at Itie merry of the legitlaliire.
The mettage of the Uovaraor of Ohio contain* the follow.
?Ml *tatem?nt of the liabilities of tha Stata :
Periaaneat loan *6,060,873
Scrip itaued to Rtilroad 93) 516
Hubicribed ta lurapikea, caaali, fcf. 9.368,700
Dometlic debt 1,317,697
Surpfut loaned fram ceuatie* 166,946
Totftl 6I3J766W
In a4ditiaa t? thto to tha aaaouat received of tha Mtrplaa ra.
venae of the Uaited Stale*, *9 6T6.947, Thto to liable ta to
called for, bat ao in tared I* paid upoa it. The resource* of
tha State la ?Mat thaaa liabilities, an at fallow* :