The herald., 1837-05-12

Matters and things Yesterday.
Twas heavenly day. Aurora smiled as she
peeped over Brooklyn Heights, and looked down up
on our beautiful CITY, PhGbus smiled as our heaven
pointing spires glittered in his earliest beams. The
light silvery Clouds and the arched sky smiled
upon the green earth and gterng waters, and these
smiled back to Heaven, where the pure and holy an
gels are forever smiling and happy in the enjoyment
of perfect bliss.
On Wednesday, Wall street was the scene Of ex-
citement Yesterday, was Little Wall street, in the
vicinity of the office Of the inimiiabe Herald AT an
early hour the immense run had exhausted all cur
large morning edition. We were obliged to suspend
receiring specie for our paper. The demand increas
ed-,he crowd thickened. One, two, three and even
four shngs were Offered for single copies. This
state Of things could not last long The mob became
PRESSING and our bulletin. board was in manifest dan
ger from lawless violence. Expresses were inmedi-
ntely sent to various parts Of esablishment-thc
steam was raised in the basement-the forms sent
down from the composing room in the upper stories
and our beautiful double cylinder was soon at the top
Of its speed. The press was kept in rapid operation
until twelve o'clock, and at three the second edition
was exhausted. We could not have circulated less,
in all, than twenty thousand copies.
novel and interesting Nobody knows what day
or an hour will bring forth All is suspense, bat i is
suspense Of less anxiety than would be imagined.
Hundreds Of happy faces greeted us in Broadway
Beautiful ladies were throwing charm and lowell
ness over the horrors Of real siraton There was
an effort to appear gay and happy The As,or House
loomed up rs proudly as ever, Notwithstanding Boy
den is losing two hundred and fifty dollars week
bu, the steps were not covered with the usual man,
Der of lsafcrs
There were idle men and beys looking at the print
shop windows-dandics sippng soda in the fashion
able drug shops-auctioneers knocking down goods
az less than cost, in hundred places. Brisow had
his signs and his specimens Of Improvement hungout
TO gull the fa,s,-and small change was becoming a
very scarce commodity.
Wall street looked unusually busy at an early hour.
The omnibu.cs were crowding and jambng about
worse than we ever saw them besore. There were
more candy stands and apple women than we re-
member to have seen any former occasion and
the caricature corner was better filed and more
densely crowded ,hsn any day for many MONTHS
The banks were full Of busIness-not doing il on a
borrowed capital but no capital whatever. As we
pa ssed down the street, we heard variety Of
sing specua,ions. How said one, can the bank 8
resume specie payments, when they have bat 500,
600 among the whole lo and prospect Of ever get
ting any moreT
"Yes" observed another, "ana the banks in Bal
tmo-e and Philadelphia have stopped payment toe"
"So they have in New Orleans and Boston before
this time" sais a third.
Alet,er from X. Y. Robinson, in which he proves
hisinnocence, attracted some attention. Many were
foolish enough TO be gulled bylt. We could tell the
writer's name 4 we chose to. Every one who reads
il, will perceive at once that II is most stupid for
gsry.
"Hallor cried sJons,ban, "I shouldnt wonder II
there's nd Of mob, down there" welooked in
the direction indicated and there certainly appeared