Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-05-25
Correspondence OF the Herald
WASHINGTON NJ

Correspondence Of the Herald.
WAsHINoToS May ~, 1887
Since the last effort of the administration to COM
ply with the wishes of the merchants or rather to re-
leve the country from its present disastrous cond
ton, by call Of Congress, and suspension Of pay
meuts of the merchants bonds, all seems to be tran
qull. The Rnovcmentef your collector produced some
little commotion here-some asserting that he had
been authorised by the government to take the step he
has done, and others that it done at his own in
stance, and upon his own responsibility This it
would appear Is the fact Ii nmored on Satur-
day that the President had ordered him to be mmedi
ately dismissed, and Whitney, whose occupation is
now thought TO be gen, was overheard 10 say that
Mr. SwartwQut would not hold his Office ivo hours.
Uarious opinions and conjectcres are hiesiained as
to.tfe mode of relief which maybe adopted By Con-
gress at their next session and arong the 81 dts
is one, which, by the way l DO not,csedn that Mr..
Van Buren, means to recommend he Establishment
of National Bank. But Van is uttefy at a loss to
know what to do in the presen, state things tire
qures wisdom than his little noddle contains or
is PSssessedby his cabinet to suggest plan Of relief
that will save both the party and the country AT
such crisis, il is the duty of every man to throw
aside party altogether, and consider only the true in
terests Of the nation In the midst of prosperity il
has been suddenly brought ruin by an extraordna-
ry degree of n,ismanagement and folly. Let patriot
ism and wisdom now prevail, and Wing and Tory
both aerse TO devise plan which shall bring relief to
all who suffering from the madness of party.
The great want Of small change in this city, an
sing from the suspension of specie payments by the
banks, induced the Mayor of Washington TO CALL last
week, special meeting of the two boards of the CT
ty Council for the purpose Of issuing due bills Of the
Corporation from % cents TO two dollars bill TO
that effect passed the Beard of Aldermen, but the
Board Of Common Council adjourned without doing
any thing in the business The shopheepers and
others in trade being put to great Inconvenience from
the wan, Of change for even the smallest coin seems
TO have disappeared called town meeting on Satur-
day evening last IN the City Hail. to recommend an
issue Of these small notes by the Corporation 10 sup
ply the existing demand for change. Blu, like mos,
town meetings here, it was a mere burlesque A con-
siderable crowd assembled and the would-be orators
were of course very numerous A proposition was
submitted, requesting the Corporation to issue small
notes, &C., which was advocated by the mover as in
dspensable and opposed by its adversares as contra
ry to law. A Mr.. c., formerly editor believe of a
penny paper here, called the Washingto nian offered
substitute calling upon the city banks to pay specie
for all five dollar notes which might be presented,
and which he thought, and think, could be done by
all Of them without the least injury TO themselves and
tainy to the great convenience Of the community
This substitute was adopted by large majority, bu,
whether it will be complied with is exceedingly cues
tionable. Upon this resolution vcnder of epics
called Orator Emmons, arose to enlgh,en the assem-.
bly,, and held forth in obstreperous and crazy
style amid the hoodngs shouungs, Kissing and noise
of the crowd, who wished to put a stop 10 his non
sense-hl finding that this only served to stimulate
the o ators powers Of voice, who cned out in the
midst Of universal hiss, that he not TO be put
down by geese they selzed the poor Demosthenes ho
Oily, and kicked him out Of the room; thus losing as
he said Of the finest bursts of oratery ever heard
in the metropolis. This is fair specimen of mos, of
our town meetings. and uno disco omnes The
readers Of the Herald here, and others who have
through the New York papers, heard Of the ransac-
ton, seem TO think the conduct of those merchants
Of your city who have brought suit against you, 70
the simple error You committed, in publishing their
names having failed, is extremely reprehensible.-
The error was corrected the next day. and no evil re-
suited from its publication to them No injury, more
over, was ntended-and therefore no libel was csm-
mitted. They think, here, that il savors Of malice
and persecution, and that these merchants have eyn-
ced temper in this business that does them no no.
nor. Jury here would not award them ecnfs da.
images.