Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-07

inise large rr'p. Which, with ihr brl account
tom Englanl. the scaittfy at Money. aud The de
cline N exchange. liaye knocked that article Ia p
nonclt The sales sn.ail. aud at iuli, ceni De
eliac Oh the Wlpes II last week.
Gcnesee aonf edn inacs 10 sell, ~ II arrives. a
pfire anetHer. I lac sales this morning hayt
been n s. IS so@n 10 o2l. chiefly fof espnration
fftigbt 10 Ehefroo IS "a. 81. per barrel. Sales q
.-outhefu corn At &c .oeHls; dull.
MACON coAyENTIoN-The /" Planters
aud Merchants Convention assembled At Dncot
tGa.) the - instant. On organizing The body
uiin ards al one hundred delegates found TO be
IN ATTENDANCE. on this number. only two werf
from South Cstelna. (eieneal James Hamilton
aial Nh Sehuiz. OF ilan,bufe.) tie greater ppiief
hrIns from Georgia, With small spfinklIng IRON
Alabama aud FLORIDA. Dr. Thomas Iloxle. of Co
un,bus Ga. Wa unanimously chosen president, aud
Charles 4. Higgins appointed secretary.
General Hamilton. WHO bad been charged with 3
mission tn EUROPE. 10 further the interests oil tho
planters and merehants of the South, by proposing
arrangements With some Of the great commercial
housrs on each side u the channel, in regard 10
eonsignmeBls Of otmade report as 10 the result
Of bis mission. II appears from his report, thai
General II. on lis afiyal in Liverpool IN August,
losi Time IN conierrIng withthe houses OF Hum.
phries n Bddle; Prince q Fountaine; Molly
neaux, Wea,herly 81 Co. Parker X Co.; Ilollord
Il To.
Aud n conple Of weeks later. he held conferences
NJ Uayre will Mes.rs. Delamy Il Co. Dndasseur
4 CO.. Pnray. Wei & Co., Lewis Rogers ~ Co,
Hoilineuer &; Co.. Wells Il Green, Bouncie,
Boiseeerand &c Go. To all these houses tsays
Geoeral ilamillonl explained fully the measDics
" hich bad been sueGesIed by the eting al New
lork on the 9th July last, Tor the consideration Of
ihis convention. AID the duties which il moull be
expected that they would discharge, under The pro-
posed agency that by placing them under 10 ad-
vance in fact, and merely the aercpior' Of bills,
drawn'by OF endorsed by The responsible Banks Al
'e South at long sighl, II would be expected thit
their attention wonl5 be- directed tho adyln-
taRfoas sales OF Tie respective cpnsigBneits con.
flfd 10 their care. and TO acting IN eulfe coHcen
aeriher IN reference II the best interests OF those
whose property hcy might old.
The report IN conclusion, alIudtst0 the !" under
standing" bad with these houses respectively, which
understanding srtmsto lave been submit cd 10 lite
action OF the convention, though 1t is not published
According 10 The report 1t remained Tor the conyrn.
ton 10 choose from among the houses named on
10 delegate the ttust elsewhere as they might deem
proper. sfties OF resolutions were theu submitted
by Col Gamble. of Florida. cue OF which dlscldinl
ed for the convention. all intention or wish, by It's
action 10 obtain, for American Couons higher prices
than such MS will naturally result hom thn law Of
supply and demand; aud assumed, that the neces
slty Ton holding such convention, would not have
existed, but Ion combinations ana measures adopted
clseN here. Tor disturbing the operation OF this law.
The resolutions were referred 10 committee oil
twenty one. Alter winch the convention fjourncd,