The herald., 1837-05-02
WAsnrsaros. April 2a,h. 1897.

Inc Commtteo appointed at the meeting OF the
merchants Of your city, has not yet arrived. The
gentlemen comprising it are expected tomorrow morn
ing and presume will present themselves before the
President on Monday next. They are looked for with
great cagerness by the citizens Of Washington who
are just beginning feel the pressure. The pet bank
of this city Bank Of the Metropolis has been recent
y shaken tors centre Several drafts have been made
on its specie which have nearly exhausted that arli-
Gle in the vaults of this bank citizen of Wash
ngton held warrant for $1,000 payable at that bank,
which was refused to bepad. Heimmediately called
upon the Secretary Of the Treasury to communicate
the fact and was told ,hatt could not be paid because
the fund out OF which it was to be paid had not been
created This fund was to be produced by the sale
of the stock held by the government in the United
States bank, which had not been done He also re-
marked that several pensions were aso due-some 10
poor men Of $40 per annun, who had not received
their pay for months. The other banks are con-
sdered as safe but the pressure here is considerable
Notwithstanding the araount Of public money expend-
ed IN this city, and the regularity and certainty ofpay-
| ment 1t is believed that Van Buren, will no consent
to revoke the Treasury ORDER though he may agree to
call an extra meeting of ofCongress. He is prepared TO
receive the committee, and has concocted sort of
non-commlttal reply 10 the resolution of the mer
| chants convention. He considers himself under no
obligation, 1t is said, TO comply with the expressed
wish of Congress its last sesson-hat having been
vetoed by his predecessor | will write TO you daily
TIL the committee has executed the object Of its mis-
sion 10 this city.
| The Coal TEADE.-An extra, dated last Saturday,
18th ult., from the Miners Journal Pottsville, Penn
has the following
numerous and respectable meeting of Coal ope-
/ nc h1lI Iaxr HILL
The meeting called for the purpose of taking in
| TO consideration the state Of the Coal Trade The
/ embairassments of the commercial community
abroad, have reached our region, and produced their
natural consequences general curtallment Of coal
operations has taken pace-many of the largest mi
nlng establishments have discharged all their men,
except sufficient number 10 keep their mines in or
der Others have greatly reduced the number in their
employ. 1t IS supposed that the number Of miners
and iaborers thrown out Of employment tins day, in
dependent OF those employed in hauling coal, will
not fall short Of 500 men. The immediate cause Of
this suspension Of operations is to be found in the
fact that contractors for coal in the Atlantic cities
have directed shipments to cease, inasmuch as they
are unable to effect sales and consequently unable to
meet the drafts drawn on them by coal shippers ex-
cept at long dates and our banks refse to discount
| such paper. We hazard nothing in predicting that
unless measures taken abroad to receive the coal
| already mined, total suspension of all coal opera
tons must take place IN this region.
| BoRRowING.-The people who have the happiness
OF calling this city their home, often have some ex-
cusc for borrowing, and even stealing the Herald, in
asmuch as we find it impossible to supply the de-
mand. Yesterday every copy was gone by s o'clock,
and so it is day after day. We order more printed,
but il is of no We would have the matter stereo-
typed at once, and employ two or even three extra
double cylinders, were II not policy keep the
generous, sensible and discriminating public little
short just TO give them higher relish. Therefore
when citizen readers disappointed in procuring
paper at the Office, il is very natural that they should
borrow the frs; one they can lay their hands on Ir
the country the different, and those people who
bore our subscriber, only subscriber in Middle
vile, death, respectfully informed that the,
manifest taste than lberality and that we shal
not put up with il.
3r OF all the miserable beings that infest society
tho croakers are the worst If their predictions coul,
accomplish any thing, ruin, starvation, and utter an
initiation would sweep us, and the whole worl,
would 90 10 the devil. These pests are very busy n
this time, prophecying war, pestlence and famine
when every one should be keeping up his own an,
others spnts-making every laudablc exeron. an,
hoping for the best instead Of predicting the worst.
4 |
II The alarm of fire last night, al about II o. clock
arose from chimney at the corner Of Beekman ans
Water street The flames were almost immediatel,
extingushed.
II The cdi,sr Of the Brenclose Miss Repubica