, 1860-08-16
The Chicago Timer and The Chicago
Herald
fCDrrcIpoadeacc 1t The New York World.1
CHICAGO, AuAust e. 1850.

tC"ucIpondesce Of The New York wor,d'
CHICAGO, AuAust &. 1850.
Your Chicago letter Of July q, contains some
errurs that It might be vel! to correct. 1t IS
for the Chica5o Isma, S3V.0to RI wnleh is
cash." The tact is, he only paid 1000 for It.
Sheahan l. Co. we're Obliged to sel: out. Tto
paptr lad fair patronage, but 3meho + It III X
money! 1t haf daily eiEcul 4t,on al 5000
copies, gnd l.. QUO weekly bu: was rot very well
man WIS no printer; he kew nothing Of the Hys'
terv Of tvpes. His trade was that Of brick
! lsyer. and every nun should stick to his trade.
Lust tp.ipg C. II. McCotmifE dtsi1ed 10 be tht.
| Democratic cand.det for Mayer, aud supposed
be had majority Of the caucus delegates secur-
ed in bis fuvor, which believe was true. Rnt
| On tue day nf the conrentiun, Shsahau, the ed
itor of the 7im<s, whispered around among the
| delegates that Mccormick was not "sound Oh
| the goose )" that he IVES not . Dnugfas man
| that he did not believe in Squatter Sovereignty;
that, in short, be YVES Ddnik, H.: Adn'a1s'
trat}onist Mccormick WAS waited on hy a
committee to ascertain the trnth Of the charge.
lis answer was erasise and unsatisfactory. lhe
result Was that the great reaper man was cut
down, and Waller j. Gurnee, Frsnchman,
uominated in his stead
Whereupou Mccormick waxed exceedingly
xroth. lie rowed that be would be rcvepged
an the said Sheahan. He went stra'ghtway to
| f5aac Cook, our Postmaster, and bough bit frcln
him the Chicago Herakd, the Buchanan paper.
p.7ing IS oVo therefor. Coax vas mighty 9lad
| 10 eet rid of it, IS it had been sinking %l15 e
foU0 per week, and this dcdc;t had TO be inadt
1ood chief3y out Of bis avn poke: and those O
the clerks in his po1tofflce. The nsrshhi, por:
co]]ector. marine surgeon, md district attofneJ
we're aleo bled for the support Of the Oaols'
organ. .nr;a.o. chacoca it ,cto ne,u
ocratic" paper-neither supporting nor assail
| k,& rrcf1rf f1r tho nHCnlrfA nj tn
Charle.ton Convention. This was last spring
Mccormick attended both Conventions Q. III
Democracy. and was warm advocate OF the en-
neraee slave. code resolutions, as basis Of con
nromise, and also ads ds1sed the throwing oFs1ooat
Of the political Jonah {Douglas) and the nom
mating Of Breckenridge as compromise cand
date tor all the factions to support. But fAl1r
ia both endeavors, be returned home about III
lat Of july. snd ordered his paper to give colo
qualified support to the Little Giant: u
prxt commenced busing up the outstanding Of
legations Of the Tina. From ~ piper M
, aeairst bis hated 'riv4l From power pres
; builders snd type founders be purchased e %
more debts oi the coucern. Then be tonk II
lire or six thousand dollars Of extended .pspt
s in bank, and bought + few thousand dGH4t
: worth Of judgments-ln oil aoont 2!oe'
u | When thus prepared fer war, be sent bis bus
;. aess man, = little Scotchman called Camera,
!" to sec 6heahan shout buyiD the 1t17ts.
; 6rzt, tie letter would not listen to the propose
I. but he cooled down-wllted. in fact-when til
4, canny Scot r.sl1ed cut his wallet and e1biblie
over *a4 GOO Of 7im<s obligations, and denao'
'e ed pa. ment Instantly. This brought Sheaha
y to his senses. Alter weeks uegotietio
20 sbeahau submi.ted to fate, and the copce1
); quietly pass.d into McCorm,ck's possession
y The great reaper was AverQedi 0thtr cred
IL tors came forward xi:h cls,1ns suihcneat to a
i'd torb the remaining IS 600. 80 that Sheahan ar
m fnce a!sp ont OF the concero without Iealizit
Dollar iron, it. The foregoing ia the core
hastory ofthe sa1e Of the 1.m<s The new pr
Pnetor has merged it with his Herald, and b.
nc employed Eirginian, named Coz. McComl
to edah. McC.:uas, believe. was elected
~ t6e G heels.ture Of F1rRlu'r, some years ago,
. ~ saesney in the office Of Lieut.. 6, ,;yeroe
in heaee 'ae origin Of his gubcrnatorial iii
-. which he is yer, fond of anyrtinr. Under
he new management, the Tsn<, nsI H+-dh
rial tameiy pro Doug!a., but fiefcejy pro alta,
+1v The hope md aim Of the tor !. tn *rr1
ny States enough for Douglas 10 defest H. r'rr,;
ey. Of Lincoln b. the people, and throw i, into q,
viii gress, where his friend Dreciinr;Jae ~, ~.
III stand great chance Of being t]crted. ~
the House made no choice, then Gen IL. r.
would surely be elected By The Senate
There ara some other Interesting ch.o.u-.
Illinois politics which mar send 1on Z 'a;s
nal permits. Your paper has obtained \ i.raa 9s'
hal cu1alion in this cisY. se