Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-30

test for Public Printer Postponed
Yesterday afternoon, at the hour oftwo, by "Shrews-
bury clock" . shaded, close carriage drawn BY
brace Of Conestoga horses, seen to move slowly
aleng PENNEY avenue and the driver evidently
directed his steeds towards the Executive Mansion.
After the lapse Of an half hour, the carriage was
seen to enter the gates Of the palace; and when II
had reached the front entrance, the decr o the car
riage was thrown open, and gentleman was seen
to leap out IN great haste and rapidly enter the ns
threshold by short, bald pated man, apparently Of
the aye Of hvc and fifty.
Tive fct, that John Z. Calhoun and Martin Van
Bure dined together yesterday, and afterws held
secret sesso in the Presidents Cabinet, has set
all the Political philosophers in notion and they do
not know what to make Of il. They will know ere
the lapse OF coup G OF weeks.
The two Houses Of Congress got trgether today,
At II o'clock, usual and usual, at this season
Of the year, and at this particular uncure all hands
more or les annoy ed by the headache and dry
Of the throat but Notwithstanding all this, they
went TO work in good earnest.
In the House, Mr. Speaker presented letter from
Mr.. g r. Mercer, Of Virginia, resgsing his seat. On
motion of some one. the letter was ordered TO DC
round for backing He has long been an lntoera-
| BILE bore TO the House.
! A message'was received from the President, CO.
vering letter that he had received from the Gov
| ernor Of Iowa in relation 10 the that is now
raging between the border settlers Of Missouri and
Iowa, with reference 10 the boundary line.
| On motion OF MIR. Wiss, il was ordered that the
| Speaker appoint the Standing Committees. On
making this motion, Mr.. Wise said that he asked in
the Of his constituents, and personal favor
to hiInse [, that ne be not placed any committee
He had reasons for making the request; but he did
not wish to make them public. His request was
| unanimously granted
joint resolution from the Senate, for the election
| Of chaplains adopted
On mot, on Of MIR. Briggs, OF Massachusetts,, il
was resolved that " hen this house adjourn, il ad
journ till Monday next
MIR Dixon II. Lewis Of Alabama, moved that the
vote the joint solution from the Senate to elect
chapIains. be reconsidered. And here the House
resolved itself into PrRIrAS CONFERENCE Met
ING.
| Mr. Cooper, Of Georgia, took the floor and made
very rqaant and sensible speech against the right
power Of the House to elect chaplain at all. He
was an advocate If religion, and wished to see it
fourish bat as he was Of opinion that the introduce
tion Of prayers and homiies into that body tended
to bring religion into disrepute, he opposed to
the election Of chaplain. Besides this, the Office Of
| chaplain unknown to the constitution. and the
| House had a right to create it.
i MIR Rice Garland was opposed to the election OF
a chaplain. de was warm in his eulogies on the
value of religion and wished TO see il every where
sustained; but the Office Of chaplain had become
subject for Office hunters To hang 10, and as II had
| been rendered subservient to political objects, he
was Disguised with il And besides. he had wit
messed more Of the vile and detestabe spirit Of elec
pioneering carried by the candidates for the chap.
laincy, than had ever disgraced any ohcr class Of
| Office hunters, and therefore willing that the
| office should be abolished. As II now stood, it
only the means Of bringing religion into contempt
| MIR. Nesbitt, OF Georgia, dapper gentleman, who
| came here with a reputation twice big his boz
dy,which cannot be maintained next took the floor
and let eat a conference exhortation on the French
| Revolution, Mary Woolstinc raft Hannah Hill, the
| Maid Of Orleans, Robespicrre, st. Bartholomew
Day, the Holy Spirit, and the Pulpit The gentleman
was excessively pious; very pathetic, and evidently
excited the pieus feelings Of that very pious gen.
| tlemaD, the Rev. Henry Clay, who sat by and lis-
| tened.
Mr.. Nesbitt was pleased to speak Of the piety Of
the pilgrims Of the old colony; and he made them
tho ost delectablc saints the world produced
His object was, suppose, 10 tickle old Massachn~
rein lnc prk1 IwSisf what they were wsrth, aa.
wise him to read . little Of their h,story-let him
read Cotton Mather, for instance ~
not find that those same pilgrims We. A. ..~s.ess
as 81 rascaIs asever existed, then am very much
mistaken. They fed, it is said, fer conscience
their whole history, from the day they landed from
the Mayhower, up TO the year 1850, nothing but
succession Of acts Of bigotry, intolerance, rapins
| fraud and murder!
ciple Of humanity; and at time entered into co.
Tenn pledge to murder daily. "for the glory Of God"
given number OF Indians. Their cold bIooded muir
DER o. Ansnon, and thei, cowardly assassination Of
Philip Of Metawan, entities their memory to eternal
cxecration. I am lineal descendant Of one of the
rascals-the first Secretary OF the Cclony-and sup
pose his cold booded villiany entities me to- proud
Distinction, among the s'admirers of the Pilgrims
| Mr.. Wise was very warmly in favor Of schaplain
and took occasion 10 say, wha man doubted that
he wa the greatest of sixners the chief among ten
thousand. He was warm in his laudation of religion
Mr.. Slade, OF Vermont, made speech about c,Dun.
cipaing the so ID OF men and when II goes home
| u will make him q goodIy number of votes among
the Puriians of the Green Mountains.
Mr. Craig, OF Virginia, opened the doors Of his
soul ON the subject, and had good deal TO say about
his blessed Lord and Master.
| Mr. Hopkins, of Virginia. having made m his
msa ,nst there had been quite enough Of piety dis,
prayed Tor the day among the sanctificd brethren
and as il was evident that some of them we o an.
hungred and Mirsfing after righteousness or GIN he
dema ded the revious question. and the motion 70
reconsider was lost-Ayes IL Noes 1853 So we
are TO have Chaplain IT the choice falls on zen.
tIcman and not on bac guard, a. IL has too often
'aien heretofore no nc will complain, and the Office
may be useful. God forbid that the choice of the
House should fay again On csnting illIteraic, mis-
| cradle Mawwornn.
Thirty thousand extra copies Of the Prcsidents
Message were order.d To be printed.
The matter Of the election of Public Printer was
| postponed till the 10th of January. In the mean
Tune, the clerk 10 TO employ whom he pleases.
\ In me senate, report was received from the Sc.
cretary OF the Treasury on the whale fishery
Notices Of bills TO he introduced were made: and
bili To punish connterfeiters, and bill 10 punish
crimes az inst the United States, were introduced
Nots,ng Else ofany consequence. Senate adjourned
| till Monday.
Yours, with blessing from slicer,
TOMAS TRorr.
Tcxns.