The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-03

| PRESIDENTIAL MovRmNrs.-The wing COM
mittee of this city have agreed, by vote nearly
unanimous, to prefer Henry Clay as candidate
for the next Presidency, and to recommend him
to be taken up by the national convention. We
also understand, that public meeting will soon
be called in this city, for the purpose of nominat
ing M. Clay for the Presidency, subject, how
ever, to the decision ola nation convention; and
great Efforts will be made to render this meeting
the greatest of any which has taken place at
any time in New York.
There is no doubt that the great body of the
wings In this city, and it appears in the greater
portion of this State and New England, are at
present most favorable to Mr. Clay for the next
Presidency. The manifestations are too open and
too numerous to leave any room to doubt the
fact. That section of the wings whose centre
is In Wall street, and who are known as the
'piPe-laying" clique, who have come out for
General Taylor, seem to possess very little nfu-
ence among the rank and file of the wing party
Indeed, the Tay lor movement here, we must ad-
NIT, has been singuIarly impeded and diminish
ed, IN consequence ofthe bitterness, the violence,
and want of harmony, amongthe chques and clubs
who are in it's favor. The Rough and Ready
Club, so called, has in it small number of per-
sons who have come out openly for General
Taylor; but they present strong points of anita
gonlsm to the pipe-aying clique in Wall street,
who have called the great mass meeting on the
ed of next month. Both Mr.. Hale and the
Journal of Commerce are favorable to General
Taylor; but are equally hostile to the Rough-and-
Ready Club and to the pipe-layiug clique; so
that there Is no union, no harmony, no adhesion,
among the raw materials Of those who support
General Tayltr.
The friends of Mr.. Clay are warmed up, OF
late, and conceive great hopes of getting the
vote of New York, from the serious divisions in
the democracy growing out of the Wilmot pro-
viso. Their hope 10 rational, too. The friends
of General Taylor, on the contrary, seem to
have but little hope of success at the approach
ing election; but many think the best policy will
be to nominate an electoral ticket In every
State, in his behalf, during the present year,
to run 1t and get many votes as they
can, and SO make an organization for the
next election, four years hence. 1t is difficult
for such man as General Taylorto break down,
ali at once, the heavy shackes of the party disci-
pine of the old factions. General Jackson had to
run twice before he could do it, and the proba-
bility is that General Taylor will have to do the
same thing.
THE Russ PAvEMENT.-We are pleased to OBJ
serve that movement has, at last, been made in
the Board of Common Council, to introduce
this admirable plan of paving the streets, in the
leading thoroughfares through which the dit
ferent lines of omnibuses pass.
We have repeatedly called the attention of tho
Corporation to this subject and now that it is
regularly before the Board, we trust that no
party opposition will mark the proceedings
in reference to this most useful and service
able plan of paving the streets. The piece
of the pavement opposite Stewards, in Broad
way, has now been sufficiently tested, and
good order, as when it was first laid down. What
saving of expense does not this effect! Since
this piece of pavement was first laid down, we
have been somewhat curious to observe the con-
dition of the other parts of Broadway-and what
a condition! Here we find the pavement upon
the old plan, deeply rutted and filled with mud,
and all kinds of filth, with patches of men
here and there, turning up and laying down the
cobble stones, which cannot possibly Withstand
the travel of the heavy omnibuses, cabs, SC.
for more than one or two weeks; and thus
a perpetual jobbbing is kept up, during
the entire year round. We would venture to
say, that one years expense of the labor thus
employed in Broadway, if applied in laying
down the Russ pavement, would 60 far
towards its completion and then, on the
score of economy, how much would not this eff
feet! The pavement would be not only durable,
but we might say, almost everlasting.
But there are other considerations-the clean
illness that must ensue There would be but lit
tie trouble in keeping the streets clean. We
would have little dust in summer, little in
winter, whilst it would add considerably to
the beauty of this leading thoroughfare. These
remarks apply with equal force to the other
leading thoroughfares; and the project is now
fairly before the Common Council, we cannot
see how they can hesitate to let it become the
law.
THE New YORK HsRALD IN EURopR.-The
London, Paris and other European journals, are
full of extracts from the columns of the Ne,o
York Herald, embracing politics, commerce, and
gene raj articles Of all kinds. The London Jour-
nails, particularly, copy at great length, all our
articles on commercial affairs, explaining the
financial position OF this country, IN connection
with the commercial movements and purposes
of the great London capitalists, including the
Rothschilds and others. One of the leading
journals states that the commercial expositions
and articles of the Heratd are the most com.
plete ever published; and what is more, they are
correct to the very letter, to it's own knowledge.
Indeed, we know from private sources, that the
commercial and general articles in the Herald
produce as great a sensation on the London
change, as they do in Wall street.
OPERA SouABBLEs.-We have intelligence from
Boston, communicating to us some of the squab-
bles of the Opera managers here, and the troupe