The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-03

morning last to the nour OF publication; several
interesting letters from Mr.. Bennett; the latest
news from the army and navy; letters from
Washington the Legislative proceedings, &c.
&C., and a full account VI the crops throughout
the country.
II will be emb llished with a beautiful en-
craving OF Genera Taylors kitchen, taken from
drawing made on the spot.
Single copies, IN wrappers, sixpence each, or
So per aInum
News from Europe,
To the hour of our going TO press this morn
ipr. three o'clock, we had not received any It'd
inps of the steamships. Either the Caledonia or
the Union may arrive to-day
The spectators are in state of anxiety, lest
they should not obtain the news ahead of the
press. They have made every preparation for
telegraphing it as soon as it is received, from
Halifax to Boston, by rocket signals, and if it do
not arrive early to-day they will be most awful.
ly disappointed, because tomorrow will be Sun
day and the day after will not be a day of bust
ness, the Fourth of July will be celebrated
throughout the country on that day.
In FIVE minutes after we receive the news we
shall post on our bulletin the grain and -four quo
tations alone, and in an hour afterwards, we
shall publish an Extra Herald, giving the news
in full
Beware of spectators. Neither buy nor sell
until you see an extra.
The Chicago Convent i0n-Its Object and Effect
Our Arrangements.
Delegates from all parts of the Union are on
their way to, or have arrived at, Chicago for the
purpose of forming convention, to take into
consideration the important subject of improve
ment of our rivers and harbors. The two great
political parties of the country have not made
this party question; and bills providing for the
Improvement of our internal and external navi
CATION, have several times passed both houses
of Congress by the votes of both parties, and
having received the signature of the President
have been carried into effect. Under previous
administrations, large appropriations have been
made for the improvement of our rivers and har
bors, and our internal navigation has been par
ticularly benefited by these expenditures.
There is no other public measure in which the
whole country has such universal interest as
this. We have such an immense extent of navi-
gable waters, in the interior, both on rivers and
lakes; that every individual is more or less nte
rested, travellers for pleasure well as the mer-
chant, are interested in having every thing cal
culated to endanger life and the safety of proper
ty removed We have an immense extent Of
coast on the seaboard and our great western
lakes, and large expenditures are required every
year. not only to preserve the beacons, the break
waters and the bars which guide our seamen in
and out of port, but to add to and improve them
in every possible way. Appropriations for this
purpose would be more generally approved OF,
than for any other, and all constitutional objec
tons to them, are brought forward at very late
hour.
1t is our impression that the principal OBJ
lection to the bill that passed at the last session
of Congress, in the mind Of President Polk, was
the barrenness of the treasury, and the existence
of the Mexican war 1t would have been much
better to havel based the veto upon that point,
than to have raised constitutional objec
tons, when, in fact, none exist, unless
it is with the executive. Previous presidents
have found nothing in the constitution prevent
ing such appropriations, and have freely APP
proved of all bills passed for the purpose. During
the administration Of General Jackson, appro.
priations, for the improvement Of rivers and har-
bors, were made, and he did not consider them
unconstitutional. They are not more so now
than they were at that time; and we do not be-
lieve Mr. Polk will be sustained by his party,
or by the people, in the position he has taken
upon this question. He has committed himself
in this matter, and cannot hereafter approve of
any bill of the kind. fit was unconstitutional in
Mr.. Folks mind at the last session of Congress,
II will be at the next; and TO be consistent, or to
adhere 10, and support the constitution, as he
understands it, he must veto any bill of that
nature passed at any time during his admins
tration.
What are the prospects for the passage of a bill
making the necessary appropriations for the i'm
provement of our rivers and harbors, during the
administration of President Polk Judging
from the perfect amalgamaiion of the two polit-
ical parties of the day in the convention to be
held at Chicago, we should say that they were
very favorable. The prospects are good tor a
two-thirds vote, or the President may, in consd-
Grafton Of such unanimous expression Of the
will of the people as will be given at this conven
ton resort tothe only altern ttve, and suffer the
bill to become law by default, by retaining pos
session Of the bill until the expiration of the time
allowed by the constitution.
We have despatched special reporter TO Chi
cago, to send daily reports of the proceedings of
the Convention TO the Ne,c York Herald. These
will be read with interest by all classes in the
country.
Hon. DIXON H. LKwrs.-The friends of free
trade in general, and the admirers Of the Hon.
Dixon H. Lewis in particular, az one OF Its most
hearty advocates, have taken advantage OF the
temporary stay of that distinguished gentleman
In this city, TO tender him public dinner The
invitation, was couched in very fattering
terms, and was signed by some one hundred
names Of the first men in the city. In reply to
the invitation, the Hon gentleman briefly re-
viewed his course on the tariff claimed nothing
more than having done his duty, and concluded
by regretting that his private business will not
allow hi the honor of dinino with HE fraa do