Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-04-21
NO. are.
From our Evening Edition.
From Washington.
WAsHIyGTos. 4

Hamer has placed hmself in most cone rapble atti-
tude, and IS an object Of to friend and foe He
avowed, IN his excuse for renewing his resolution
concerning the resumption Of specie payments by the
Banks that his object operate on the city cleo
tons Of and lntinaes that that the de-
sign of the letter OF the Secretary ofthe Treasury but
that both having failed it longer necessary To
adopt it and absolutely voted against his own resou-
ton when offered by Hopkins
The National Treasury is literally exhausted There
remain at present in it, million and four hundred
thousand dollars of Treasury Notes, which the Sec
rotary means to issue at per Eight millions have
been returned in the payment OF dues to the govern
ment and unless some plan be speedily devised nation
al bankruptcy is inevitable. Every body asks, what
is TO be done ?-or what will the administration do .
And the is, nothing. The icicle IN the palace
shuts himself up in his marble tomb, and smiles ane
grns the dstresses around him. and has the madnea
believe that tho people frantic and stupid enou
10 support him and his characteress administration.
He sanguine in his expectations OF success IN Con
nec,ics and all the he has experienced onl
prove ia his mind that the people under momenarl
delusiou, and will return to their srst love. Ht
thinks II impossible that the man who follows IN TIT
footsteps Of his lustrious predecessor without doing
any thing else, be deserted by the people, who
looked upon the Tberius who preceded him god.
The people have had their eyes opened since howev
and begin by what a pack of apes and unprn-
ciped demagogues they have been governed for nine
years past and who have reduced the country state
of bankruptcy.
In the discussion which took place yesterday, on the
bill reported by the committee the public buildings,
initiate deal of nonsense and baderdash utters
by Mr. Yell, of Arkansas and one Ratlif Boca, Two
distractions of locoocoism. Yell "roared like anv
sucking dove" the extravaganza OF the good society
administration, which he supposed would follow the
present bat would support the seoxomy OF the Jackson
and Van Buren, admnistratons-though their expend-
lures have been treble that of the preceding which
denounced and put down by the very men who havo
wasted the public money favorites and for the
runous and dscreditable purposes. Boon is a nero
party haek-ebstinate mule and stuFid ass
without intellect and without intelligence If Jackson
and Van Buren la tell him hat uiohf whs
the sun shoae with uncouded splendor he would go
further and swear that the shone at all He
sits along side fttle p O. who like the cuckoo in tho
clock, sings out all occasions, Previous question:
previous question" which is all he says-'tis all ho
has to say" The bill provides for the taking down Of
the new Treasury building, and employing the
rails in the erection of post Office building tho
ground that the now constructing will stand,
and Is 50 placed to obstruct the view OF the Pres
dents House from F. street and the Capitol along the
Pennsylvania Avenue Waddy Thompson, who was
opposed to the BILL because Mills the architect from
his state. cut up the administration with bitter
ness. He said that he thought that the shutting Of
the view of the Presidents House from the Capitol,
would be argument in favor Of the present
building. as he wished see it, till it should be
occupied by something else thsa iceberg insen-
sibe to the mseriss and sserings Of the people over
whom he was called TO preside, and that it in keep
ing with the administration to build up and down.
for the mere sake Of spending the public money.
Yell hoped that the obstruction might always exist
only to the view but to the Of in the
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low. .~d .r...i- ---.ss administrator which
they had put into power, and rally round good
society administration tina. wanted to the peopes
money by erecting splendid palaces for the accommoda
ton ofthe public ohcersspoke Of the good old JeHer-
son principles, Of the simplicity sfesoney democracy
and the extravagaace of the administration of Mr..
Adams and that which mgh follow. 1t really
sbsurd-and must have sickened every whe listened
TO the ranepole declaration of an ignorant Jack Cade
who did not know that those splendid and magnificent
edifses the Capitol and the Presidents House were
erected under Jefferson him self and otber
hcan Presidsnts, and that sdmins alton that ever
controlled the affairs Of this natoa before had been
more wildly and reeklessly wastefu and extravsgant
or had done fcth much TO annihilate all the in.
terests ofthe country.
Felix Grundy cosld get No one to make speech in
favor OF his bill imposing penalty of 10000 dollars
and the punishment Of ten years con6nen hard
labor for issuing the notes OF the late baHk Of tho
nted States His friends cswea off the grosnd fits
and the bill postponed Ii will be
gnaly rejected. Felix do something in addi-
lion to HE past services for the office he is to ret
which, it 10 thought, will be that OF Postmaster Gene
raj He must be in haste, or he will have but a short
Tune to keep IT, the democracy OF the eountry tumbes
to pieces fast has done for year past Felix 10
very indignant at Biddle fer presuHng supply the
people with the only toerable curreacy they have and
seems provoked that any body should issue shin Pers
bat the administration.
The Of the Hall was granted today and tomorrow
to professor Rspey enable him deliver Lectures on
Meteorology-and he accordingly eommeaced this
morning At half past O'Clock, . pretty ful and very
and his illustrations very clear and saris-
factory He endeavored prove that in this latitude
the storms were usually in the east and that the winds
always moved in the direction Of the storm wherever
might be. II was the emily satisfactory explanation
have yet heard Of the Of the frequent and vo
lent winds experienced IN this city The in the
Capitol bring all the winds Of heaven rushing upon it
during the sessions Of Congress.
The House today, got into some confusion about tho
Cumberland road bill, which consumed the whole
mon ming. II rejected and then motion made to
The vOfe and de til
motion the table, &c.
Mr. Fisher, the artist sndng il impossible to sell his
beautiful paintings le in number, which he brought to
the city prevailed uron rattle them OFT and four
or FIVE members fortunate enoughto win each,
for which they paid 30 dollars. Your representa-
tives successful the game Of chsnee and will
thus have opportunity their psrors with
fine specimens Of the arts very cheap Poor
Clay and Preston. unsuccessful with the dice box
but bore their disappointment very philosophcally.
HoRAcE.
PERvERsIor OF TERss-One Of the papers states
that Losst AID Matthew'S hanged At Toronto,