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[From the AVic York Evening Post ]
We have iiad before us for some time, a pamph
let published in London, to parts of which we wish
to draw the attention of our reader?. It is the re
port of tfw Manchester Chamber of Commerce on
‘♦The effects of the administration of the Bank of
Endand upon the commercial and manufacturing
interests of the country.” The writer of it ie AJ r.
Richard Cohden of Manchester, a voting man of f,uc
abilities, rapidly rising into political distinction, and
who has given a great deal ofthought to investiga
tions of this nature. He show-- clearly that the
management of the National Bank of England is
conducted altogether on selfish principles, or by pro- I
ducing suspensions and contractions of the currency j
to sub its purposes; and in his developement of its
disasttous action upon commerce, manufactures and
trade, has brought to light many instructive facts.
This pamphlet reviews, the course pursued by the
Bank from the vear 1335 to the present time, but is |
particularly directed to a history of its agency in j
bringing about what is known as the crisis of 1837. i
For several years,previons to the close of 1835, it ap- |
pears there had been in Great Britain a uniform |
prosperity in all branches oi business. At that time,
the Bank threw an unusually large amount of mo
ney into the market, and by the facilities furnished
to bill brokers and joint-stock hanks, gave an exces
sive stimulus to trade. A rage tor speculations im
mediately set in; schemes of vast extent but of an
impracticable kind were rapioly undertaken, pur
chases were many and brisk, and a general rise of pri
ces imparted anextraordinary activity to production.
In July of 1836, the Bank becoming embarrassed by
its too liberal policy, sought by raising the rata of ;
interest, to administer a check to the fearfully in
creasing business of the nation. But its interfer
ence had been ton long deterred, as tne specula
ting mania, had seized a greater part of the com
mercial world. By the close of the year 1036, the
stock of Bullion in the Bank had sunk to tour mil
lions, whilst its liabilities amounted to thirty mil
lions, which was more than twice the proportion,
that, according to its own statement made in 1832 to
the House of Commons, was necessary to its safety.
An immediate increase of its gold and silver then,
became a primary object. But a supply or specie
from abroad could only he procured by effecting a
reduction in the prices of commodities. The Bank
instantly st tto work to accomplish that result. In
loss than two months, the rate ot interest was ad
vanced from four to five percent. By this the fears
of prudent minds were excited that mischief was in
the'wind, and ti e trading community upon whom
(he slightest restrictive measures operate with elec
trical effect, suspecting some impending catastrophe,
wore seized with a blind eagerness to dispose of their
stock, and place themselves in a position secure
from the approaching danger. Before the summer
of 1837, the prices of all commodities, which in the
smallest degree have been made subjects of specu
lation,had receded to a point much lower than had
been known for many years. As the extent of the
depreciation of property, we quota the subjoined
statement from the report:
“Without attempting any thing like an accurate
estimate of the amount of the sacrifices incurred,
sufficient proof may be adduced to show the extent
of the pecuniary loss, and the stili more serious na
ture of the moral mischief inflicted on the manufac
turing and trading world.
“It may be estimated that in the manufacture of
cottons, woollens, silks, linens, and hardwares, ca
pital, fixed and floating iy employed, amounting to
an hundred millions sterling.
“The rates of depreciation, caused by the late
panic upon all of those great articles of production,
mav be gathered without difficulty, from the prices
current of the spring and summer of 1837. They
fell in price variously from 20 to 50 per cent,
“To estimate the amount of loss upon these man
ufactures, they must also he followed into the hands
of wholesale and retail dealers, whose losses upon
Block consequent upon the operations ot the Bank
ofEngland on the currency, are incurred simultane
ously with those of the first producers. Scarcely
one of these escaped in 1837, without the sacrifice oi
the whole of the ordinary profit of the year’s trade
and many lost in tiie value of their stock the whole
of their capital also. In proof of the latter fact, it
may he stated 1,939 fiats in bankruptcy were issued
in 1837, the average of the four previous years
amounting to 1,266 only ; whilst a proportionate in
crease occurred in the number of pm ate composi
tions.”
The report continues;
“At a moderate computation, from twenty to thir
ty millions of capital may he estimated to be em
ployed by the wholesale and retail trader?, engag
ed in the’distribution of the live great manufactures
enumerated above.
"It has been shown how the policy of the Bank of
England affects the foreign trader, by compelling
him to import, at heavy sacrifices, the bullion re
quired to replenish its exhausted coffers.”
“Ofnil our produce and manufactures consumed
in foreign countries, the greatest portion is sent
abroad by British capitalists. Nearly tiie whole of
our exports to India and China, at least seven eighths
of the amount shipped to South America, and a
third of the exports to the continent of Europe, with
the whole of our colonial trade, are forwarded by
British merchants. From thirty to forty millions of
British capital is probably employed in the foreign
commerce of the country. ’
The amounts of British capital thus enumerated
are as follows:
“Employed in the production of the five great arti
cles of cotton, woollen, silk, linen ami
hardware, .... 190,000,000/
“In the wholesale and retail distribution
of ditto, 25,000,000
“In the whole of the foreign commerce of
the country. 3,»,000,000
160,000,000/
Lowest estimate of loss thereon 25 per ct. 40,000,000/
(Equal to near two hundred millions of dollars.”)
The report goes on: “without embracing the pro
minent branches ot our domestic manufactures, in
cluding that trade in a thousand articles of daily con
sumption, and omitting the traffic in agricultural
productions, all of which were more or less affected
by the revulsion of prices; reference has here been
made to a capital of one hundred and sixty millions,
upon which we may trace a tangible loss, varying
from 20 to 51 per cent, bv the forced depreciation of
value in 1837.
“This sacrifice of forty millions, at the least, and
which constitutes a fraction only of the losses sim
ultaneously sustained bv the entire commercial
world, was incurred in order that the Bank of Eng
land might regain possession of six or seven millions
of specie, which it had previously forced out of the
country by the undue expansion of the currency.”
But Che effects of this stagnation of business, not
stopping w ith the commercial classes, were far more
severe upon manufacturers and workingmen. As
the exports of 183/ .compared with those of former
years, had diminished more than tea millions of
pounds sterling, and were followed hy a correspond
ing curtailment of the home trade and censation of
the demand for labor, large bodies of workmen were
suddenly stripped of employment, and cast upon
their own scanty means for support. Statistics are
collected by the writer before us, showing the extent
of the misery which was thus produced. 0 The first
resort of workmen, in times of distress, is to the pit
fiances, gathered from a life of toil, in the banks for
I savings. Accordingly, it was found that in all the •
manufacturing districts, the sums drawn from the
j Savings’ Banks since the crisis, greatly exceeded |
I the sums deposited with them during a long course i
ofyears. V* hen these reserved funds are exhausted, j
destitute workmen mast next apply for relief to the :
parochial poor fund, and it appears from the repmt
j of the Poor Law Commissioners for that year, that
j they were wholly unable to comply with the frequent \
| and distressing demands mad? upon their assistance, i
I Though they had extended their charities, and en
; larged their accommodations, they sought in vain to
: relieve the wants of the thousands of unemployed
; operatives who solicited their aid. At the same time,
charitable societies of every description found the
demands of destitute families increasing upon them
j beyond their ability to respond. Large subscriptions,
: made by tiie rich in different parts, were soon ex
hausted, and every scheme devised to relieve for a
time the spreading poverty, seemed to fail.
| “In Birmingham large subscriptions were raised
I to relieve the distress of the almost unprecedented
I numbers of unemployed work people. Sheffield
1 was divided into districts and upwards of fifteen j
! thousand persons were at one time supported by j
j charity. The committee of the distress fund stated, ]
| ma public appeal, that in hundreds of families child-
I ren were crying for food to parents unable to give if;
i and in others, sickness, arising from ihe want of the
j necessaries of life, threaten*, without a speedy re
j lief, to bring the sufferings oi the wretched individuals
i to a dose. The eighth annual report of the Liver
i pool Visiting Society for the year 1830, states that
j during the four proceeding years, the average inim
i her of cases relieved by the hoard was two thousand
eight hundred and ninety two, at a co?t in provisions
of 557/ 4s 2 d: whereas during the lastyear the num
ber was nine thousand nine hundred mid two, at tli?
cost of 1,338/ Is 2d; and hy a table of the number of
I inmates of the Liverpool Asylum for the houseless
| poor.it has been found that fifteen thousand seven
i hundred and eighty one wore admitted in 1837, whilst
j the highest number admitted in any one of the three
; preceding years, amounted only to ten thousand five
hundred and fifty-nine.”
It appears, also, that:
“Scotland was the first, as usual, to feel the effects
of a pecuniary crisis.
“A public meeting was held in Glasgow on the
19th of May, 1837, to raise a subscription for tho re
lief of the distress of the working classes. Upwards
of eight thousand pounds was placed at the disposal
of the committee. At one time about eighteen thou
sand five hundred persons were fed from tiie soup
I kitchen, of whom upwards of three thousand eight
hundred were grown persons. Large bodies of la
borers were at the same sime thrown out of employ
ment, and rendered destitute in Dundee and other
large towns in Scotland. In Paisley, a public meet
ing was held on the 11th of April, 1837, to raise a
subscription, and in June it was calculated that
twenty thousand persons were unemployed, and at
Strath? ven and other towns and villages in the west
of Scotland, destitution and disease prevailed to an
affirming degree.”
Whicn was true of Ireland, as the returns of be
nevolent societies and public institutions indicated
Hospital and prison statistics proved at the same
time that there had been an alarming increase of dis
ease and crime—diseases of the most fatal character,
and crimes of the most fearful kind.
Now, all this dreadful suffering was brought upon
the nation that a monstrous bank might recall a re
quisite amount of specie to its vaults. Most truly
does the report observe that such a power over the
property, and, ns has been seen, the health, morals,
and very lives, of the commit litv, should be vested
on the hands of twenty-six irresponsible individual?,
f>r the exclusive benefit of a body ofbank proprietors,
must be regarded ns one of the most singular anamo
li sos the present day. That the secret nets of
these individuals, veiled, as they are, even from the
eyes of their own constituents, should decide the !or
tunes of capitalists, and th 0 fata of artizans; that
upon the error or wisdom of their judgement should
depend tiie happiness or misery of millions; and that
against the most capricious exercise of this power
there should he neither appeal nor remedy—that
such a state of things should he allowed to exist,
must be regarded as a reproach to the intelligence of
tire age. and as totally irreconcilable with every prin
' ciplc of public justice.
Tuesday Jloruing, ITtay .5, 9&-10.
[Ci ’The result of the elect ion in Virginia,for the state
Icsgislatnrure, is not so favorable as we could have
wished it to he. But considering all the means em
ployed by the whigs to bring about such a result, we
are surprised that it not worse. The fact is, the state
was inundated with pamphlets and handbills, writ
ten purposely to lead the unwary astray,by misrep
resenting fact?, ami falsifying public documents. Not
content with resorting to such disgraceful means to
bias public opinion, the principal leaders of the op
position, with the distinguished VV. C. Rives at their
head, visited many of the counties of the state to de
liver speeches, in which any thing but a fair and hon
est expression of opinion upon the great topics of
the day was exhibited. Our friends in that state re
lied more upon the justness and goodness of their
cause for the votes of the people: hut they have
momentarily failed. There is no doubt that at the
, next election in that stat?, an independent and high
minded people, will distinguish between their true
friends and those who are ambitious only of power,
and of perpetrating in their own hands an absolute
sway over the country.
[CT We publish in this day’s paper the proceed
ings of a meeting held on Saturday evening last, hy
| the friends of the re-election of Mr. Van Buren, in
I opposition to General William H. Harrison. The
i meeting was the largest held in this city, combining
j much of the vomanrv of the county, and the indus
| trious substance of the city. It is with pleasure we
j have to record that the meeting was visited by a few
j our citizens friendly to the election of General Har
r I rison. We say with pleasure, because they will
i bear witness with ns, oftbe harmony and enthusiasm,
1 | which prevailed among those which constituted this
! | large assemblage of citizens, and of the absence of
. : angry feeling towards those of our fellow citizens
’ ■ who unfortunately differ from us on the principal
' I topics of the day, and on the choice of a chief magis-
I | trate of the union. From the organization to the
adjournment of the meeting, nothing occurred to
mar the pleasure which every one present felt, at
1 the harmony that was exhibited, and at the resoln-
I tion every one seemed to entertain, to carry out the
1 object of the meeting. Indeed it was a pleasure to
I us to find associated together on the occasion, men
f who, firm and unwavering republicans, were estran
ged by former divisions, but now entirely forgotten.
I At this meeting all former opposition were notper
' mined to enter the sitting:hall, and all present strove,
* with patriotic zeal, to give to the proceedings that
, importance which cannot fail to he attached to it, hy
> our fellow citizens of other counties, for the
the respectability and the known devotion to south
[ era interests and institutions, of those who called
, and were present at the meeting.
- General Glascock’s address was eloquent and im
-1 passioned; he placed before his hearers in strong
‘ language, the great objects to he attained by the re
, election of Mr. Van Buren; the evil consequences
i to the south, should General Harrison be elected;
» and the danger in which the union would be placed
1 hv raising to power a party which never felt, any
\ regard for the south, and which would strive to por
r alyze southern industry, destroy southern institu*
———v—————a—firt
• lions, and reduce every southern state to colonial
vassalage.
Mr. Wigfall, of South Carolina, present at the
meeting, was called upon to address his fellow-citi
zens of the Georgia side of the Savannah. He ac
cepted the invitation, and with much eloquence,
gave his views at large upon the great topics of the
| day. We heard this gentleman with great pleasure,
I and the more so, because at one time we were act- j
! ing with a partv which opposed the doctrine ot t.iat
: party to which Mr. Wigfall then belonged, and which
| we believed could not be sanctioned by the pririci
' pies of the great republican party to which he as
I well as ourselves claimed to belong. Mr. W . ailu
■ ded to those differences, in a conciliating and forci
j hie manner; he eloquently portrayed the objects the
1 party he then belonged to wished to attain; ami in a
i masterly conclusion, he exhibited the necessity of
i oblivion of all past divisions, in order to create a
j close union between all the members of the repub
-1 lican family, which cannot fail to save the country
and prevent the high destinies of the South from
falling info the hands of those who would sacrifice
all, at the shrine of power, official distinction and
emolument. The address of .Mr. Wigfall must have
! a happy effect. It must show to the state rights
men of our own state, the necessity of rallying the
members of the republican party, for the purpose
of forming hut one solid phalanx. Indeed patriot
ism must he aroused ; all former divisions must be
obliterated; and the republican party of the south
must, with its concentrated strength, present to the
people of the whole union, the principles and the
policy they wish the federal government to follow ;
they must present themselves with the federal con
stitntion in one hand, and the doctrines of 1798 and
’99 in the other, and declare that these are their guide ?
and that to no other will they submit; and they must
also declare, that they cannot give their support for
the public offices of the country, to no other citi
zens but those who arepledgcd to take as their guide
the federal constitution and the political doctrines
of 1798 and’99. The question of re-electing Mr.
Van Buren, besides the great interests of the coun
try which will be promoted tlwreby, has effected an
object of lasting benefit to the south. If has re-uni
ted the democratic party, and led all that have, claims
to be members of it, to act together for the common
good ; and Mr. Wigfall may rest assured that the re
publicans of Georgia will not forget his patriotism,
and the motives which led him to urge with such
eloquence and force the necessity of union among
us, in order to accomplish, by a common cause, the
great objects for which the south is contending.
Mr. George Schley addressed the meeting also in
a few remarks, with much force and effect, which
evinced a determination to act in such manner as
the crisis required.
A resolution was adopted at the inerting, for a
general celebration of the 4th of July at Milledge
ville. We approve greatly of this plan. At this
celebration, where citizens from every section
of the state, will he congregated, our congressional
ticket may be so altered as circumstances may rc
• quire; for we have understood that several of the
citizens upon that ticket have expressed a desire to
decline the nomination. On the 4th of July a con
gressional ticket may be so arranged as to he accept
able to the democratic party of the State, and to re
ceive an undivided support.
[Gr 5 It is with pleasure we find that the publica
tion of “The Emigrant and Old Countryman,” has
been resumed in New York, with new and beautiful
materials, a large weekly paper, entirely
devoted to intelligence from Great Britain and Ire
land, and to all the news from Europe and other
quarters of the world. This paper deserves the sup
port of ul! those who take interest in what is pass
ing in the “old country.”
THE LADIES’ COMPANION.
We have received six numbers of The Ladies’
Companion, a monthly magazine, published in New
York, by Mr. W. W. Snowden. This periodical is
embellished with engravings, music,embroidery and
the fashions. The terms are three dollars per annum.
It is neatly and elegantly printed, and the contents
selected with great care and much taste, and ail ori
ginal. We have read several of the articles, and
can say with truth, that we were exceedingly pleased
with them. Many of the pieces exhibit literary ac
quirements of a high order, with ability and genius.
’ We would recommend the periodical to our friends.
Among the contributors we find names of high repu
tation in our country, such as Mrs. Lydiu H. Sigour
ney, Mrs. Frances S. Osgood, Professor Ingraham,
Mr. Park Benjamin, and Mr. John Neal. Thenum
-1 | hers of the work can be seen at {hi? office.
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POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
1 A post office has been established at Coopersville,
Cass county.
The name of Shivers’ Mills, a post office in War
ren county, has been changed to Mayfield.
The following postmasters have been appointed :
1 j A. B. Barker, Newbridge,Lumpkin county.
Win. Harris, Mayfield, Warren county.
: | J. L. Gresham, Social Circle, Walton county.
' I T. J. Walford, Coopersville, Cass county,
i E. S. Candler, \ ilia Rica, Carroll county.
The Fredericksburg Arena says that the storm of
[ thunder, lightning, wind, hail and ram, experienced
, there on the 25th ult. was the most violent ever
, | known there. The rain fell in torrents, resembling
ft the outpouring ofa waterspout, and tearing the sur
? t face of the land into enormous gullies.
j The Havre-de-Grace Advocate says that the Shad
, i and Herring fisheries in that vicinity are yielding
, i large supplies.
1 The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episco
’ pal Churrh, recently held in Philadelphia, refused
' by a nearly unanimous vote to petition the General
Conference to make a change in the rules regulating
slavery.
Resumption of Navigation on the Lakes. —The
steamboat Chesapeake, of the Clinton line, arrived in
’ Buffalo, on tue 24th inst. The navigation is now
1 free.
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, The city of London is supplied by 18 Gas works.
- —They consume 118,000 tons of coal annually,
i The consumption has doubled within the last two
periods of ten-years.
r A letter from Camden, received in Charleston on
- Saturday last, states that the steamer Camden, Capt
s Donald, on her trip from that place, snagged about
; twelve miles below Camden, on Thursday last, 30th
1 ult. It is thought she will not be raised. She had
; on hoard 230 hales Cotton, 30 hales yarn and 8 hales
- Cotton Osnaburgs. A portion of her cargo is in
• sured.
PUBLIC MEETING.
In pursuance of previous notice, a very large and
respectable meeting of the citizens of Richmond
county, friendly to the present administration, and
opposed to William H. Harrison for the presidency,
assembled at the Masonic Hall in this city, on the
evening of the 2d inst.
The meeting was organized by calling JOHN
PHINIZI .Esq. to the Chair, and appointing James
; T. Gray, W illaim R. McLaws, and A. G. Willis,
secretaries.
Gen. Thos. Glascock moved for the appointment
i of a committee of five by the Chair, to draft resolu
tions for the consideration and adoption of the meet- j
ing :—Whereupon the Chair appointed the follow- I
ing gentlemen that Committee —Gen. Thos. Glas
cock, John Bones, Janies McLaws, George Schley, |
and Gen. V. Walker.
The Committee having retired for a short time,
; returned with the following preamble and resolutions
! which, after being supported in a very spirited and
i eloquent manner by Gen. Thos. Glascock, George
Schley, Esqr., and Col. S. T. Wigfall, were unani
mously adopted.
The Committee appointed to prepare and report
Resolutions for the consideration of this meeting,
REPORT,
That they have found no difficulty in executing their
task; they find all here Union men—all States Rights
j men—all southern men in principle and feeling,
j It is now fully ascertained that in tiie c hoice of our
i next ChiefMngistrate, the country will he confined
in its selection to MART IN VAN BUREN, flieprc
sent incumbent,and Gen. WILLIAM H. HARRI
SON, of Ohio. In such a contest, and particularly
i at such a crisis in our affairs, your Committee do
i not hesitate a moment in recommending to your pre
ference MARTIN VAN BUREN,ofNew York, the
present Chief Magistrate of our country, and be
lieve that he should be the choice of every southern
man, and every citizen throughout the Union, who is
for the maintenance of the Federal Constitution in
its parity, for the rights of the states and especially
for the sacred observance of the Compromise, under
which alone the southern stales joined the Compact,
a compromise, which was not more essential to the
formation of the Union at first, than its non-obser
vance, in regard to the domestic institutions of the
south, would he fatal to its longer continuance. It
cannot ho longer doubted, that if Mr. Van Buren is
re-elected, he will be generally indebted for that re
sult to the concentrated votes of the Republicans
of the Union, who, forgetting their former divi
sions upon matters which may never recur to es
trange the members of the same family, generally,
and with patriotic zeal, have come forward to wrest
j their country’s destiny from men who would only
1 drive the vessel of state into channels from whose
j shoals and quicksands the republican party have so
j long struggled to save her, and whose political coin
i pass, would direct them on a course directly op
: posed to the great principles of government, which
j Mr. Van Buren is solemnly pledged to sustain in
1 practice. Under such circumstances the committee i
I cannot believe that the southern section of the Union
I
! will fora moment doubt, as to (he choice it becomes
! its interest and policy to make.
The viral interests of our section, the pormnneuey |
of the Union, an impartial administration of the Fed- \
oral Government, the best interests of our beloved i
j country, all require at our hands the support of j
i Martin Van Buren. In pursuing this course we will '
he cheered by our Republican brethren of the i
North and West, who at all times, at periods of alarm ]
| and danger, have re-united with us, heart and sonb \
j to rescue the country and the government from the i
| hands of Federalism' and the base vassalage ofa |
j monied aristocracy. They now unite with us in
j resisting the dangerous combined influence of North- |
! era Whigs, and their infamous co-adjutors, the Abo
i litiouists. Your committee desire the facts to he
i ! prominent, that to the manoeuvres ofthe abolitionists,
, principally, was the nomination of Gen. Harrison
. owing, and that, therefore they considered him the
I most likely to answer their designs on the domestic
institutions ofthe. South. In accordance with these
. views, your committee beg leave to recommend the
following resolutions:—
I Resolve J, That we give our support to Martin
I Van Buren : because,
Ist. He has given a pledge to veto any Bill to a
bolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
2ndly. He. and his friends generally, unite with
us against the introduction of Abolition principles
and petitions.
j 3rdly. He and his friends have sustained the puli- ;
’ 1 cy of Georgia in all her Indian difficulties,
i Resolved, That we can in no event support Win.
I Henry Harrison for the Presidency: because,
j Ist. He has never given, and refuses to give any ,
i pledge to Veto any Bill for the Abolition of slavery '
’ in the District of Columbia.
2ndly. He is indebted for bis nomination to the
j combined influence of the Federalists and Aboli- j
1 tionists of the North, whose feelings and interests I
j are at war with the great principles of the Federal
j compact, the rights of the South, and its domestic j
| institutions.
, 3rdly, lie voted to sell white persons into slavery,
j who were unable to pay the fines and costs imposed
| by a Court of Justice.—And
f| 4thly. Because we believe him wholly disqnalifi- j
i ed and incapacitated to preside as their Chief Ma- j
r gistrate. over the American people.
r \ Resolved, That although willing to yield to the
- general wish, the expression of which may be given !
by the approaching National Convention at Balti- i
more, we would be highly gratified to see admitted,
1 the claims to the Vice Presidency of our distinguish
;■ ed fellow citizen John Forsyth, as the just reward I
; of his past Republican career, and as evidence of
1 the full confidence with which the nation trusts in
his talents for future services.
* i Geul. Glascock offered the following resolution :
* I Resolved, That such of our fellow-citizens
’ i throughout the State, as can make it convenient, |
■ and are friendly to the present administration, and
a ; opposed to William H. Harrison for the Presidency, i
be requested to meet at Milledgeville on the 4th of
* July next, for the purpose of uniting in such ar
rangements as may be calculated to insure success
and maintain the great interest of the South.
Mr. James McLaws offered the following resolu
tion.
j Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this
meeting be forwarded to our Republican Delegation
at the Baltimore Convention, with a request that
i they use their influence in procuring the nomination
. of our fellow-citizen the Hon. Jolm Forsyth, for
t the Vice Presidency,
i On motion of Genl. Glascock,
1 Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting
? be signed by the Chainnau and Seer .laries, aud a
* copy furnished to the editors of the Constitutional
ist for publication; and that all papers throughout
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the State friendly to the present administration and
opposed to William H. Harrison for the Presidency,
be requested to publish them.
All of which passed unanimously.
On motion of John Bones, Esq., the meeting then
adjourned.
JOHN PHINIZY, Chairman.
Jxs. T. Gray, )
Wm. R, Me Laws, > Secretaries.
A. G. Willis, y
It is estimated tJmt 50,000 emigrants will reach
America from Europe, this year. 6,000 Irispmen
will embark from Limerick, in May.
TheJevt. —A Hamburg paper, the Dorpxcitunp,
says “the Jews of Constantinople have, w ith their
l Rabbi, declared that they will wait no longer tharv
| another year for the Messiah.—ls, within that time,
i docs not appear, they will conclude that he has
i already come, and then they will try and discover bv
j what religion he is already recognized. The Rnbbt
is entirely ol this opinion, and has even proposed to
his congregation to profess Christianity forthwith.”
[FKOM OIR CORKESPONI>KNT.]
WASHINGTON, 28 April.
I closed my last letter at 9 o’clock this morning
leaving the House in glorious confusion, and the dt-
I cision of the question under consideration verv un
j certain. I take up my “grey goose qvill” now at 2
i o’clock, to record for the benefit of the people tho
course of their Federal servants; and I do it more in
sorrow than in anger, inasmuch ns the course of the
latter is as far from doing honor to themselves ns it
is to their country. Every pettv quibble is resorted
toby those who arrogate to themselves extra prin
: ciples of honor, in order to do—what? Certainly
! not to increase their reputation with those who are
! looked up to as guardians of public morals or po-
S litical purity ? No! It is a mean pursuit of popu
; larity, or notoriety rather, which has for its object,
| and only attains, an evanescent squib from partisan
speakers or writers, digraceful alike to the donor
and receiver. Scenes from these causes have be
come so frequent among those who are supposed t »
be representatives of the people, that a record of them
very often leads to their repetition, just ns a popular
writer describes public executions, to be one of the
I greatest provocations of crime. Ido not agree with
j this w hole proposition, for I believe that if the pres- '
j cut House had followed the example of the Pennsvl
; vanin Legislature, in expelling the first individual
who dare to insult our country ,by disgracing tho
Hail with either a fisticuff or personal rencontre
of words, we should have, had no more of them. As
the matter now stands, however, reporters onlvhavn
j been blamed—while they have merely been engaged
| in describing the. disgraceful scenes of those who
' assume to be, w ithout foundation, the acme ofgentil
ty, in contradistinction to ns who write of their act'*.
Wc have had laughter, drowsiness, personalities,
and the usual characteristics of noisy bacchanalian*
during the session, and last night and this morning
. followed in the same train. The slang ofpartv was
i put forth in ail its bitterness by our opponents during
j a sitting of twenty four hours, which was ended bv
! nothing being done. Your delegation were g n*rnl
i ly at their posts, and those that w ere not, came back
i in custody of the Sergeant-at-arms, and were con
i deemed to pay their lines for absence. The princi
j pal topic under conversation was a proposition to
j increase the salary ofthe Commissioner of Pensions,
i from $2,500 as reported in the appropriation bill, Nr
i $3,0*50. As this person was ton ml out to be a whig,
! ami iifid his salary reduced by the wliigs, (not being
1 aware of bis politics.) bis good natured fri nds wish
j cd to restore to him bis old salary on the nrcsent oc
casion. Mr. Black, of Georgia, opposed this on the
• sround stated, in a sharp debate with Air. Briggs, of
I Massachusetts. Exception was taken to Mr. Black'*
I remarks by a S. C. member, and “confusion cun
j founded” followed. Air. Black acquitted himself
j very handsomely in this affair, though there are ve
i ry little laurels to be gained in such thing* generally,
i With the exception of the chairman ofthe Com*
I mittee of Wavs and Means, no Democrat detained
| the House with orations; the principal speakers
i were Ohio or New York abolitionists. The restur
! ted tolerably decent during the morning—that is the
j usual gentlemanly portion of them. We had all
j the customary buffoonery of tin actors, however, du
i ring both night and morning.
The appropriation for the Pension Agent was fi
nally struck from the bill, on motion of Mr. Johnson
: of Maryland, a gentlemanly w hig, with the intent of
| providing for him in a separate bill. The next do
! zen sections were passed very smoothly, until we
arrived at something relating to clerks in the Topo
j graphical Bureau, when Mr. Rice Garland ohjested,
j and Mr. Jones was, as usual, ready with all necesa
j ry explanations.
After Mr. Garland was satisfied, we had up Mr.
Graves, of Kentucky, and some of his colleagues.—
j 7’lien followed a few other random shots from tiio
j rank and file of the party, on small matters, such as
Clerk hire. See. Notwithstanding (his, however, wo
succeeded in getting through with about two-thirds f
of the hill by 7 o’clock, when, after a continuous sit
ting of thirty one hours, the House adjourned. In
all probability, the bill will pass this morning (29th)
; as the whig choler is almost exhausted in its own
smoke. .
I . .
Tiie Senate arc waiting upon the House, amusing *
i themselves ad interim with passing whatever pri- |
vate bills may be thrown in their way.
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. \
Council Chamber, )
May 2d, 1340. {
Saturday, 11 o’clock.
Present, Hon. D. Hook, Mayor; Aldermen Harper*
Bones, Miller, Crump, Fleming, Jackson, Warren, v
, Parish, Richards.
The minutes of the last meeting were rend and’’
J confirmed. 1
The following cases from the Police Docket were 1
| then called and tried: ,*
i City Council versus —
Thomas Callan, violating 18th sec., guilty*.
fined $5,00. " f
Morgan Sweeney, do do do
fined $5,00. n.
W. R. Tant r do do dis ~
missed, the case being carried up to S up_Cou r$
W. It. Tant, violating IBth section, guilty*!
fined SIO,OO.
do do do do
fined SIO,OO. * J
do do do do
fined SIO,OO. »- j
The petition of A. Reed, with the accompanying
communications, were read, and, on motion, thi- J
praver of the Petitioner was refused. id fl
The Committee to whom was referred the mem 0k j
rial of C. J. Jenkins, in behalf of himself and otheY j
heirs and distributees of Seaborn Jones, decease* j
reported unfavorably to the Memorialist. I