The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-14

esmlas soavizssd that % Q party candidate he
70 smprsstissbls. Are csnssltiAs spon the sxps.
disccy Of falling back upon John J. Critssadsn,
In opposition TO Mr.. Ctay, az the candidate for
the wing convention. Mr.. Crittenden 10 de-
servedly one Of the most popular men of the
whig party, for he is one of the strongest men
of the country-one of the very ablest, and the
very embodiment Of frankness, courage and
magnanlmity But If he assents to stand in
the whig convention as the antagonist of
Mr. Clay for its SURFACES, he is defuoct
politician. 1t will extingush him. he would
hardly permit himself to be presented TO the
convention, except with the approval of Mr..
Clay. although the, partiality of Mr.. Crittenden
close relationship of confidence which, for a
| quarter Of century, had existed between Mr..
| Clay and the senior Senator from Kentucky.
The first thing incumbent upon the Taylor
whigs, therefore: If they should determine to
fall back upon Mr. Crittenden, is to ascertain
| whet Their he will subscribe to the arrangement.
| If he does not, then there may be time enough
adopted in the event of the abandonment Of the
hero of Buena Vista, who does not care straw
| for the dlsrresses OF the politicians To him it
appears equally matter OF indifference whether
| he Is adopted by the wings or by the democrats,
| or by both, or by neither.
| The House committee in tn. case Of the con-
tested election between Jackson VS. Monroe,
have reported, the majority in favor of Monroe,
| (democraD The reports will be acted upon to-
morrow; and if the wings have majority left,
Monroe wilt get the seat new held by J'ckson.
| The Speaker has n.med the following as the
select committee on Wnitney's railroad project,
70 wits Messrs M'Ceand. of Michigan, Will
| liams, OF Alabama, Woodward. of South Caro-
lima, Dixon, of Connecticut, Venable, of North
Carolina, Taylor, OF Ohio, and Maclay, OF New
| York.
| We learn that they have bill ready to intro
duce, granting strip OF land OF sixty miles wide,
| from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, as compensa-
| ton for the construction of the road. The COM
mlttee, we understand, are unanimous in support
of the measure, constitutionality, feasibility and
expediency, and all. The project, then, is be-
ginning to assume practical shape. Stars alive.
what an epoch that wi be when by rail we shall
| go from Gotham to the Pacific In ten days, and
from the Pacific to China. by Cave Johnson s
mail steamers to Canton, in twenty days-thirty
days carrying us TO the anthropophagi and the
| A case is before the Circuit Court sitting in
this city, in which Samuel Parks is prosecutor,
and John Ross, the able and powerful Emperor
| OF the CherOkees, the defendant-Henry May,
and Benjamin E Green, Esqs. for plaintiff, and
Joseph H Bradley for defendant The object of the
plaintiff 10 to recover OF Ross sum of money re-
| celved by him out of the Cherokee funds. in the
| hands of the government, In trust for those who
| furnished wagons for the emigration, of whom
Parks was one. Plaintiffs evidence admitted
Defendants counsel ask instructions to the Jury;
| but the evidence is not sufficient. We shall give
| the verdict when rendered in.
! Mr. Edward Mills has submitted a statement
to Congress "in relation to his mail contract
with the United States, and the assignment OF
his interest therein to the Ocean Steam Naviga-
ton Company" printed copy of which we sub
init In this enclosure. The sum of his COM
plant is, that the Postmaster General has vio-
lated the government contract with the said
Edward Mills; and, from a careful examination
Of his pamphlet, it would appear that the petit
TONER has made out a case demanding the atten-
ton of Congress.
The torchlight procession appointed for to.
night by the Democratic Association, in honor
of young France, did not come off at all, at all,
owing ostensibly to the rain but the fact that
It was made a party affair would have spoiled
the illumination, because the wings of Wash.
lngton will regard no pronunciamento emana ing
from Jackson Hall, an establishment built upon
the money which they lost in bets upon the cleo
ton of Henry Clay In "a. II the citizens of all
parties would unite, handsome demonstration
| could be made.
| We have Van Amburgh's menagerie, Vanden-
hoff's Hamlet, and the Hutchinson Concert, as
| the entertainments of the evening The cara
van has nightly an audience between two and
three thousand strong The Doctor