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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* :