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CONGRESSIONAL
IJV SEMITE— MoN»Ar, Jan. I«, I* 3 -- i
MR. HAYNE’S SPEBCH.-coKeivDEo-
Thu policy proposed in the amendment which
1 havo submitted, is founded on the just pnnci
tiles 1 have advocated. The arrangement of
Uio details wo arc willing to leave to the com
mittee. We do not propose to destiny,-or even
to injure the manufacturers. Wo are willing
they should have the incidental protection affod
•d by a fair revenue system, and on any plan of
reduction, the duties and charges on the foieign
manufacturer! will not fall much short of 3".!.
per cent.; and surely, Sir, if, with a protection
orjual to one-third of the cost of the article, our
manufactures cannot bo maintained, they ought
to he abandoned at once, since nothing can he
clearer than that they would then he sustained
at a certain loss in the country. Wo do not in
lilt on an immediate reduction, to the lowest
revenue standard. As the public debt is not
yet paid, wo are willing that the induction or.
the protected articles should ho gradual—and
spread, if gentlemen please, over two or three
years; anil, if they desire it, we will not object
to malting an immediate reduction on the un
protected articles, 10 to 15 per cent. '1 he ini
mediate effect of this plan, so far from being in
jurious to the manufacturers, will, I am persuad
ed, serve raltirrr to strengthen them, and even
in its ultimate results, no manufacture will he in
juroil that does not depend on protection tor its
existence, and is not sustained at the public ex
pense. Suppose the duties on tho protected ar
ticles wero now reduced ten per cent, heluvv
their present rates, and by snhsu ,uent steps car
ried down gradually to the true revenue stair
dard, what would ho the effect of this li si re
duction often per ci tit. If a yard of English
cloth cost a dollar, paid a duly of (illy per cent.,
and, with the addition of charges, could he re
tailed at two dollars, the effect of this reduction
would only he to reduce the ( rice to one dollar
ninety cents. So that the protection to the A
moiicau manufacturer would he lessened only
five [ier cent. Now, if this provision were ac
companied hy an immediate I eduction of tho rln
tins on the unprotected articles from fifty pe.
cent, to fifteen, would not the mamif.icinreis
derive some compensation in the diminished c.s
of every at tide which entois into then consump
tion I And if, in addition to this, there should
he a con ddei able roduc! ion of duties on the raw
material, I would submit to their serious consul
-oration whether their condition would tie ivin-r
than it is now. The true pulley of the iiiiiiinf.ie
hirers, it appears to me, consists in obtaining
their raw materials cheap, and having their ex
penses diminished hy taking off' unnecessary
taxes on their consumption. Sir, if tins is lobe
come a iiiamifai in ing country, wo must look m
tin; markets of tho world. A feeble and sickly
existence may he pr nsurved at home hy a sys
tern of protection and of homilies—hut tube pul
on a smu foundation, and to acipnru that vigor,
strength and energy, which will enable them to
enter into successful compel it inn abroad, with tin
inamifactuies of other countries, it is iiy
they should he prepared for the contest, hy being
left m a groat measure, to their own unaided el
lints, lu one respect, the U. Stales possesses an
udvanlage over ill the world, ol which it seems
to me, it would he madness not to avail our
selves. , We can reduce the cost of production
in ovoiy department ofinduslry, to the very low
est rates. Out people are not necessarily home
down by an almost insupportable Weight of tax
ation. \\ o have no debt which can never be
♦ id—no hu. lliensomo establishments—no King,
I,Orals, and Commons, to eat out the substance
of tho people. In this consists onr groat inlv.ni
tago, and it will hn onr own fault if wo do not
avail ourselves of it, to the fullest extent. Tins,
Sir, is not only the favourable moment for a i
justing this great question, lint if n he self
to pass away, it cull never he ier,-tiled. Tin
ni.inufnctinos now can he letdown, without >
hWn so'UHJhll’/j u> t „' I vl,i ‘ h > Il! "’
remunerated (or any itimnliilinii of ilnor i roiei
lion; lint if the plan proposed in thy gentleman'.
resolution should prevail, the immediate ,11' . t
will In- mi increase of their prnlee.liiin an enlarge
ment of their bounty, and. ofeotirse it iheso ai •
to he ie bleed hetcatter, the shock will he rein h
greater than that to vx he ll they would now he
subjected. Hie, 1 do consider that, in making
my proposition, 1 am proving myself a tine
friend to the' manufacturers—and that they are
linin' worst enemies, (whatever they may the n
solves believe,) who would adopt the policy
otnb.noud in the gentleman's resolution. In
this opinion, Sit. I In, I m not smgul.n. Tim
manufaclu ers themselves, and some of then
ablest and most zealous advocates, have avow
ed the same sentiments, in awo k just pot in
to my hands,'containing an exposition of evi
dence, about to ho submitted to Congress, m
SUppoitOl tho memorial of the f,eo tr ade Jon
vent ion, lately assembled at Philadelphia, (a
work to which I earnestly invite the attention ol
every member of tins body,) 1 tied some ext'a.ls
iVom the Register of Hezukiali Niles—certainly
"Hu of the must uncoinp.ionising eh.ameions ol
the protecting system— winch In. indies decisive
authority in favor of my o anion, 1 there find a
latter from a person why Is lOpresenUid tube an
extensive manufacturer, in which he says :
“ TAc only true fricmls of the muinfie'turers,
nrc llnist trim now seek to rejirol the ridiculous
tarijl oj lirtW. I'ot a iliihi of revenue nlone,on
• Laths, and remove tho duly on wool. It would
ho much hotter for us, if we wore placed in
England; for wo could there, with om present
liamls and advantages, make cloth, send n to
Now York, pay the duties, and take mo o money
than wo do now. 7hr eUff'erenec is in the stack';
ami this difference is attributable lu the ohsunh
'iv-s oj the Ame neon system, ns it stands The
duties on dye-stuffs, ml, soap, ami wool, taken
m connexion with the derangement of Hade, hr
making the niainihictui-„r an exporter, amounts
ton much higher | roleclinn to the forei-iier
thrill nil the tariff - affix ds to ns. Sin h arc tin-
Orels, and such the I; oils, of dm “ system'' u hieh
the American manufacturer has toiled to so
port." ' 1
Thus, air, it will be seen, that we who pro
pose to repeal the tariff of '!>S, “are the onlv I
•truefriends ofilio manufacturer-, mid that they !
urn their Worst enemies, who are striving in ,er 1
polualo tho “ absurdities ol'tlio Amoiieim ]
tem. * #cxt wo have die Opinions of.M;. Nile- I
himself, dial tiro act oflSffrf was the result of.,
political bargain, and passed on principles disre
putable to a Congress of dm United Slates," m
winch the enlightened author of the ev-usition
veiy justly adds, “ shat nollimg can he more oh’
Viuus'liun the folly of pretending to encouinue
niamiluctaiing industry, and alike same tmio'to i
tax the raw materials, iron, hemp, tl.ix, wool,
lead, indigo, and other component ) arts of mini
nliiclu.es, and constituting the principal value of
txiom, from fifty lu two lumdioJ pt»r ceul. M And
here, 1 am willing to rest my case.
The gentleman, complains of frauds upon thi
revenue—mid fauduleilt invoices, and smuggling
—but n is hit system which has produced these
evils. Smuggling, fiuiu the very natu.e of things,
must exist, when tho duties exceed the tisk and
expense of the ilicit intercourse. For a season,
*ir, the high moral suStise-of a y oung and uneor
r> poi people, mayglbo|iposo souio obstacle
movent ‘ft," on caul, can
|. s U ’ NEE-m, the p eutitmic of
Jus power, xvas unuußTnm.int.nu Ins conlmen
wL?rnnT.‘ Mid I OStl ict ions
were constantly violated win Yes
, r , h ® w '° "r'OUcu with kingdoms, who con
structed thrones on the mins ut empties , in ,| "
pointed the officers of Ins huu eliold to till .
whoso armies wore his custom-house officers’
who drew Ins cordons around the nations which
m c>immjjr|jL was utterly ui.ublo to pnt ,| 0 \vn
v»°.n ‘ l ' ,us °‘ ,ro ° trado - It has bom
die, ■" 'lt* l wlwo all l urope was oho-
S inan t Obd—the.smuggler disputed his ami
b wagdx, tpn m naught hijcdictg, latighet! to scorn
L
his power, and overthrew his policy.” H®*
is it with England, that sea-girt Isle surrounded
with a thousand ships, and thirty thousand guar
dians ofher revenue 1 Sir, do we not all know
that smuggling is there a profitable trade, an
that the revenue laws of England are-constan <y
violated with impunity? Andhow is it inopam
A modern traveller assets that there are a hun
dred thousand persons in that unhappy country
who live by smuggling, and that there are nr y
thousand others, (.aid hy the government, to de
lect their practice, lint who are in league with
the offenders: and as to the condition of things
in our own country, the gentleman has told us a (
tide this day, which, if he be not Inmsell deceiv- ,
ed, shows wlnu fearful progress these practices j
have already made. The lime was when smog- j
ghng was absolutely unknown any where, in i
this country as it still is in the Southern Stales.
It is your protecting system which has introduc- -
ed it. It is the naUital consequence ol high hi- ;
tics—tin; evil was foretold, and, as wo predict
ed, it has come upon ns. The protecting system ;
has al nady. in the minds of many, removed the j
odium which formerly rested on this ptneliee^
It was but the last year, lh.il a distinguished Me- ,
nalor rose up in his place here and held this lan
gunge: “Your tariff' policy compels respectable j
men to violate your law; you force them to dis*
regard its injunctions, in order to chide its op- j
press ions. It was Ins perf ct conviction, that ■
ihnro wan iijit a viituoiiH man throughout llio Ln- ,
ion, who would now think it criminal to smuggle j
into the country every article consumed in it ,
and why? Uecause you force them to it in self
defence.” Sir, when these sentiments shall ,
become prevalent, what think you will become
of that system 7 How long will it last after the
payment of duties shall come to he considered
as a badge of servitude ?
.Mr. I’linsiin-.NT, the proposition of the Sena
tor tiom Kentucky, in, that the protecting sys
tem, as it now stands upon your slainlo nook,
shad remain untouched—that all its cotffradic
to y provisions, its absurdities, injustice, and
inequality, shall he maintained inviolate, i-el
os look, then, al some of the existing provisions
of this system, riome of them, in tho exposition
to winch I have before inferred, me detailed
with a clearness to which nothing can he added
hy me. Here are tables of the duties on wool
lens, flannels, baizes, mid carpeting, ranging
from foily live to upwards of two h-oidied per
cent. 1 will rend a few extracts, in illustration
of the effect of these duties — [Here Mr. Hum
read several extracts ft om the wuik in question,
showing that the duties on coarse woollens, such
as are used hy stage diivers, watermen, and
olhurtaljoicrs, for go al coats, pea jackets, iVc.
ire so exorbitantly taxed, as to raise the cost ol
the articles to about “three times the price which
the English lahorei has to pay lot the same kind
of clothing —(hal the Western fanner, in con
sequence of the high duly, is compelled to pay
four dollars a vied for cloth which costs the
English farmer hut one dollar seventy-live ''is ;
that flannels, so indispensable to nil the women
and childien in the countiy, are subjected to u
duly ofl'iom ninety to a hundred and filly per
cent. , wheiehy an article which cost in England
from eight to mite cents, is sol., here'fur twenty
cents, and that which cost in England twenty
nino cents, our manufacturer can obtain fifty
cell's for; that cottons me charged with n duty
of f,om twenty five to two Inin,lied per cent.,
whereby the cost to the American consumer, is,
in many instances inci eased one halt; and that
ihn duty upon iron is fiuni an bundled and fifty
to two hundred and eighty per cent. On this
oint, Mr. Havnc. read from the repoil in Hi,
blacksmiths' petition, made to the Senulu during
their last session, and quoted the testimony of
John Sarcliet, a witness examined on oath, he
fiiollm ( omtcillee, from which n appealed,
“that under tin: existing inlu of duties, u ton of
hammers and sledges can ho imported, for the
use ol the Aineni an niatillf.ielmer of those vorv
articles, at a less cost than the liar iron from
which they are made; that wheel tire has »c
--tutilly been imported, in a finished staff:, for
about fo.ty seven dollars a lon, while bar iron
fur the pun use, is selling fur iilx.nl
oiled liir lialfllie price of the raw material out
of w hich they are, inalllil'iictllied ; knitting nee
dies fora hundred and forty linen dollars a Lon
less t'i:i 11 the raw material out of which they arc
made; lh>l a ton of chain cables can now ho
impelled into this country at a less cost than the
rods out of which they are made; am* that the
inn: issiny consoqneni e h.e, been, liiul a number
of workers in i.on, and of mechanics, esllni iteil
nt one liuml ed thousand, had their profits so di
minished, that .Mr. Sai chol had declared ilia! In
ha I never seen any blacksmiths so poor or car
rying on a less prospeions business than those of
iho United States, ow ing, as lie believed, to the
high dm ies they are com, tilled to pay on the raw
iron." | l.ouk, continued air. H um., through
Mini w hole piiiiecling system i yom duties eve
ry where are so arranged as to lull most heavilv
upon the peer. The | onr in in is taxed five del
lars upon a coat, w hich cost him ten, and a lieh
man ten upon one which cost him forty—a tax
of eight dollars upon coinse cottons for fii- wile
ami children, which cost no more than eight;
and the rich m in hut eight dollars, fix what costs
him tin vvaids of thirty, tain any thing he con
ceived inoi u nionstimis th in the sy stem ut' mini
mums, to impose a duty of twenty-five percent,
ad valorem oti cot ton goods, hut provide, that,
if they should cost less than thi ly live cents
per square yard, they shall tic r leemnl ami tol.i u
to have cost thirty live cents and pay duly ac
cordingly—to provide that a duty of forty five
per cnnluin ad vah rein, shall he Imposed upon
woollens, hut provide that goods which cost
more I linn one dollar, shall he deemed and tak
en to have cost two dollars and a half. This is
like iniposing an income lax of fifty tier cent.,
and then providing that every mini s income
shall he deemed and taken to he tlneu thousand
dollrns; or that a tax of fifty cents pci gallon
upon stills, and providing that evciy still shall
he considered as containing fifty gallons. Now,
are gentlemen pi opined to say that such a sys
1 in as this, with all its imporfocli ms on its head,
is to he held as s.-med as the laws of the Modes
and I’eisiuiis? I trust not.
l et not gentlemen so tar deceive themselves
is to suppose, that the opposition olThe (vmtli to
ilni protecting system is net based on high and
| lofty princij les. It has nothing to do with party
politics, or tile mere elevation of men. It uses
\ far above all such consideiatiens. Nor is it ni
llueneed chielly hy calculation of inteicsl, Inn is
founded in much nobler impulses. The -inslinci
of selfinloiosl might have taught ns an easier
Way of i cln-v ing ourselves from this oppression.
It wanted but the will, to have sujq lied our
selves with every article embraced in the pro
lectivx* system, line of duly, without any other
nrlK-i alien on onr purl than a simple consent to
receive them. Ifiil, sir, we have scorned in a
contest lor our l ights to resort to any hut open |
ami fair means to maintain ilium. The sj i■ i>
with winch wo have entered into this business,
is akin to that win. h was kindled in the iftsmn
ol onr tatheis,when they were made the victims
of oppression, and •!' it has not displayed itself
hi the S.IIHO way, it is because we have ever
chei ished the strongest feelings of confraternity
towards our brethren, and the warmest and
most devoted attachment to the I'nion. if we
have been, in any degree, divided among our
selves in Ibis matter, the senteeof that division,
let gentlemen he assured, has not arisen so
muoh from tiny difference of opinion, as to the
line character of the oppression, as ftoai the
different degrees of hnpe es i. dicss. All pai
lies have lor years past been looking foi ward to
this crisis lor the fulfilment oflheir hopes, or the
confirmation of their turns. And God gi ant that
the result may be auspicious.
Sir, I call upon gentlemen on all sides of the
house to meet us in (lie true spilit of conciliation
and concession. Remove,! earnestly beseech
yon, f,om among us, this never failing source of
contention. I) yxtp nt its source this fountain of
the vvatsrs of bitterness. Restore that hanneny
which has been disturbed, that mutual affection
and confideqco which lias been impaired, It js
in your [icwer to do it this day — l>ut there is but
one means under heaven, by which it can be ef
fected—by doing EqUAi. justice to all. And
he assured, that lie to whom the country shall be
indebted for this blessing, will be considered as
the second founder of the Republic. lie will
be regarded, in all after-times, as the minister
ing angel visiting the troubled waters of our po
litical dissentions, and restoring to the element
its healing virtues.
1 will conc'ude by invoking the authority of
1 one whose name is deservedly dear to the Arne
11lean people; whose life was the practice ol
virtue ; from whose lips there constantly flowed
I the lessons of political wisdom, and whose ex
: ample will be to the remotest generations a light
:to our feel, and’a lamp to our path. The restor
{ er of that libei ty which Washington achieved;
the man “who saved the Constitution even at its
i last gasp’’ —1 mean Thomas Jefferson.
j In Sir, .leli'ei.son’s liiaiigmal Address, he
bears the following strong testimony in lavor ol
• tile true American System.
| ‘T.nlei laming a true sense of our eiplul right
to the use of our own faculties, to the acquisi
tions of our own industry ” * enlightened
'by a benign religion * * with all those hles-
I sings, what more is necessary to make us a hap
! py and a prosperous people.
| “Sir I one tiling more, fellow citizens—a wise
; and f ugal government, which, ■ entraining men
j from injuring one another, shall Imre them oth
erwise t REE. TO REGUL..TE THEIR OWN PURSUITS
nj industry and improvement —and shall not take
fern the mouth ol labor, the bread it has earned,
i This is the sum of good government; and this is
1 necessary to close the circle of our felicities.”
That Ciod may ms; bo us, gentlemen, and all
who are entrusted with the administration ofuur
j oldie affairs, with such dispositions, is rny con
stant prayer to linn who hold in Ins liunds the
destinies of nations.
44**
Theory of the I'.arth. —Reynolds, the Apostle
of John Cloves Syomins, of the Theory ol that
strange mortal was travelling m \ alparaiso at
last advices, preaching his docilities. He had
been uvui tliugieutei part of Chili, studying the
history and resoinccs of that country —making a
large collection of birds, beasts and plants, and
taking notes of every to; ic which might he ol
u j e, as well to the histniy of (he climate and
character of that country, as to the interests ol
physical and natural science. He promises to
make us acquainted w ith several new species ol
buds and plants—although his tno'ii object.ap
pears lu lie, ralbor the illustration in Ins thorny
by llieso discovciies—which is sai l they will
do—than for the general increase of knowledge
which they all’urd.— Charleston, City (JujeiU,
Milanelodn, —A case of suicide occurred last
night at the Mansion house Hotel, in Milk street,
of which wo lean; the following particulars,
Mr. J. (i. Shuie, whose name is familiar to our
readers as a manufacturer ol Suspenders, was a
hoarder at the Mansion House. He relumed
very lute last evening to his late lodgings, and
went to his chamber, where his wife, to whom
he had been married but a few weeks, wassleep
tng. About , one o clock the inmates ol the
house were iilaiined by the cries ol Mrs. S. and
going to learn the cause, they found her in the
1 deepest distress, with her hush aid dead on the
■ floor, and welleiing in his blood. It appears,
1 dial when Mr. Slmlo entered his i handier, lie
appeared wild and deranged, insisting that some
olio whom he culled John, was in the entry, de
termined to mmdcr linn. Ho locked lliu dour,
and after throw ing oil' part of bis clothes, went
1 in 11 mik and lm k from it a pair of pistols.—
Ties did not much ala m Ins wife, us she know
they were not loaded.
Ho continued to pace the room, going fre
pirn ly to the door and threatening to kill any
person who attempted to enter the chamber.
Mis. S. cn.lenvo.eil, hut inellectually, to sooth
him, he still declaiing that there was some one
m the entry, who had ov il intentions against him.
M s. >S. believing that there was no offensive oi
ioudlr *«•"- ••• - **•-
"Haul and eid nut anticipate serious conscqueii
ces, until her linshaiid seized a iazor, that bud
been, until then, concealed from her sight, with
which, before she could into, sere, bo cut ids
tii!cist fmu ear lo ear, and full almost instantly
lifeless. —Huston Transcript, Tib. lli.
H »♦ ♦** •*
A new Post Ollice undei the name of Fairplay,
lias been established in Morgan county, in tins
stale —A. Awrnv, Post Muslei.
The Tow n Council, wo understand, have re
ceived several plans, on which it is proposed to
ilnow a bridge acioss the Chattahoochee Rivei,
it this town. On the first of March, tbo lime
for receiving expires, so that the liiidge will be
completed early next winter. Columbus liny.
Pint.ahfi.mix, Feb. 15.—About twelve, last
night, n gentleman passing through Second si,
below Market, found three or four watchmen
looking up at a second story window, wheic a
lady was calling out for help, believing that theie
w as a thief in the In.use. As she w as uliuid to
cornu dow n and open the door, lie took the bb
orty of ciitejliig .il the window, got a light, and
went down slabs, lie hcaid a great noise in
tin; kitchen, hut before he could gel there,fell and
was loft in the dink. He got another light and
let in some of tin: watchmen, while the others
kept a look out. In the kitchen, after a diligent
search, they found a rut with Ins tail in a steel
trap, with which he Lad been capering among
ilio dishes. — hrun.
Mhcry. —A watch was requested by gr me of
I lie neighbors In go into a house in Water-street,
and interfere in behalf of a family, tho head
of which was diunk, and beating them all mer
cilessly. He accordingly ascended the stairs,
three stories high, and directed by the shrieks
and dies of females in distress, entered a back
room, wlie' O puifeet darkness and confusion pre
vailed. They were all grovelling about, the fa
ttier having caught his daughter, n young worn in,
by the hair, was healing her over the head and
shoulders with a pm tor bottle! Tho watch hav
ing proeu cd a light at a neighbor’s, and re-cn
lured the loom, a scene of genuine misery, pe
nury, an.l wretchedness pitmented itself. The
father, still holding the daughter by the hair,
with the Imtllo drawn In tho other hand, the
mother sitting in a corner, sunmmded liy two or
ilirec hall-dad children, the blood streaming
from a wound on her cheek, w ho were all cry ing
and sobbing violently, and liquor spilt in every
part of the room.
Tho Iniite was lugged from his hovel, and ta
ken lo the watch-house. He was committed to
prison this morning.
«««• {
('holvrn in Mobile. —We have noticed
i with iistonMunont in the late \. Or
leans papers, a report that the I’holcrn
had broken nut in this city, said to have
been introduced, by the Hrisj Jessie front
Liverpool, and we embrace the earliest
opportunity lo give it an unqualified con
Iradiction. We arc authorised hy the
Physicians to say thnl the report hits not
the semblance of truth for its foundation.
There were live deaths on the Kith and
I7lh instant,—one from consumption, one
from debility.one in childbed, and two
front ehoiie. ‘Since then, one man lias
been drowned, and a patient confined in
the Hospital with consumption, has died
This embraces all the deaths that havt
occurred within the time mentioned, and
withtbeexceplionoftheinllueiiza, \x Inch
has prevailed here to some extent, the ci
ty was never more exempt from disease.
Wo trust oar friends abroad will not
sutler themselves to be imposed on by an
idle rumor, which from whatever mo
tive it originated is entirely destitute ot
truth. —Mobile Votn. Jteg. /V&.SM.
AtcrsTA:
SATURDAY, MARCH 3, ‘
“ He just, and fear rial-’’ (
TO CORRESPONDENTS. *
“ Carlos ” came 100 late for an insertion in 1
to-day’s paper. ,
r
THE CHOLERA. *■
1 AA’e publish to-day, a loiter from onr wort y v
1 fellow-citizen, Dr. Pall F. Eve, to the Editor of t
I the Charleston Courier, on the all-absorbing s
• subject of the Cholera". It is an able and inter- a
' esting article, and well worthy tho attention of s
5 our readers. a
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p NEW POST-OFFICE. ? t
W’e are requested to state, that a new Post-
1 Ollice has lately been established in Coweta
j County, under the name of “ Watson’s P. O.
and Tiiomas Watson, Esq. appointed Postmas
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COTTON MARKETS,
1 Onr advices from Liverpool are of the 14th j I
? Jan. The operations in that market had been . f
u respectable, though not ns largo as during tho ■ I
• pievious Aveek. Sales 15,213 bales. Import | i
5 9,573. Quotations 5d a 7d.
, Wo give the following extract of a letter, from j
r a highly intelligent House, dated Liverpool, I4th
• January :
“ Last week’s business in Cotton reached the
largo amount 23,2711 bales,& an advance ot an J
per lb. was fully established on all sorts. Tho
t demand lias nut been so constantly active this
t week us during the fomier one; on one day the i
■i sales wore but JOOO bags, but on the next they 1
' summed up between 4 and 5000 h igs, and alto- i
j get her a very good business lias been dene, tho |
I without any further advance in juices, the liold
*. eis having met the buyers very readily. Our ,
j annexed Price Current contains particulars of the ,
I transactions of this week, lo which please refer, i
“We have not made any sales on your account.
1 w o are waiting a favorable moment to hi ing i
, your Cotton on the market, as wo are not Ban- ,
gnino in our opinion as lo a further advance ol
prices for the present. The market closes softly,
I holders being very willing to quit tlleii slocks. ,
i Politics look again very doubtful.”
Our advices from Mobile are ol the 24th ult.
~ The sales of Cotton had been respectable in
J that market, without any alteration in prices.
1 Quotations 7a HU cents. The latter pi ice so
1 choice only, and wc will hero remark, that c/ioice
, Mobile Cottons arc quoted 1J cents higher than ,
I choice Uplands in the Northern markets.
Advices from Charleston and Savannah, by
L ‘ last evening’s mail, ropiosent those Cotton mar
’ kets ns dull. Quotations 9 a Hli nominal. No
a alteration in Freights.
The Export of Upland Cotton fiom Savannah
j to Liverpool, from Ist. Oct. lo Ist lust, has been
. 43,01)0 hales, against 37,777 bales dining (he
same po.iod the previous season. Total export
of Upland Colton from Savannah from Ist Oct.
lo Ist List. 116,235 Lulus, against 76,199 Lales
dining llie same period in lrt.il 1-31, sliuwing an
i increase in lliu expo.ts in 1631-32 of 36,130
“ Lulus.
j Tire weather Las lionn unpleasant the greater
i «f* flii. n uftnup jii»*nfly onr (it
■ Cotton liave been light, lloldets contiimo ay
J unreasonable as last week in their pretensions,
, and the sales sum up small. Sales of a few
f hundred Laics Lave come within our knowledge,
which were almiil j) of a cent in advance of the
prices current in .Savannah and Charleston, ship
i ping expenses, ,Vc. &c. taken into eunsidura
s lion. We quote as follows:
Trices Current.
, LIVERPOOL. AUGUSTA;
, Ordinary sd. Inferior 6}cts.
- Middling r>(d. Common 6jj
Fair 5J.d. Fair 9
Hood fair fijil. a Cd. Good 9(
, Good and fine, Gpl. a7d PriineiSLchoice 9[ a 111
Freights—to Charleston, ikl per bale—to
i Savannah, 50cents.
| Exchange.—Hills on Rallimorc, Philadelphia,
, New-York, Providence, and Boston, at CO days
sight, 1 pet cent, premium—at sight, on the same
1 cities, 1 per cent, premium.—United Slates’
| Hunk Notes, 1 per cent, premium.
, 'Flic following is the continuation of the proceed
i ings of the Free Trade and State Rights
Convention, held in Charleston, on Saturday,
the 2,0 h instant, forwarded for publication in
I our last No. The Charleston mailt not arriving
in time to deliver tho lellois on Toe-day eve
-7 l
‘ ning, \vc were necessarily prevented from do
ing so.
Charleston, Feb. 20th, 1632. \
Col. James 11. Hammond, of Columbia, oll’er
ed a resolution expressing tho regrets of the ,
Convention, at the absence at Col. Joseph War
ren, a delegate, and a gallant warrior of the
Revolution, whit h he prefaced with a few pa
tiiolic remarks, and it was adopted unanimously
The Committees Printing on Distribution and j
Contribution,repot led that Political Tracts on the
sub ject of the State Rights and free Trade doc
trines, should bo published semi monthly, at Co- I
Ininhia and Charleston alternately, 10,000 copies
of each—that they should he distributed among *
the several State Rights and FVee Trade Asso '
elutions throughout the Stale—and that an addi- '
ttonal sum should bo assessed on the new Asso
elutions, to aid in defraying the cx| cusps of pub
lication—which reports were adopted unani
mously. Judge CofCocK, from the Committee
on the Address, reported an able and eloquent
Address lo the people oftho State, advocating
the doctrines of the State Rights and Free Trade .
party, urging the right and the duly of resis
tance to oppression, and declaring the determi
nation to resist, should relief not be speedily as
forded, and at the present session of Con
gress; which was loudly cheered and unnni- ''
muusly adopted. When tho determination to 1
resist, was read, the applause was instant and
unanimous, and the cheers loud, long, and fre- 1
qiicrit. The venerable Judge advocated the Ad- I
dross in a very able and patiiotie speech, distin
guished, among other virtues, for its kindly feel- 1
ings toward bis party opponents (feelings which 1
were manifested, more or less, by almost every
other speaker.) He. was satisfied that time and *
reflection were continually drawing them closer 1
and closer to their brethren of the Slate Rights
and FVee Trade party, and would, soon, with
I few exceptions, unita them jviUt it entirely. c
And though he knew that some of them had in- fi
dulged in unkind and severe depressions, vet for c
iliis°ho could freely forgive them, believing that a
they know not what they did. His motion for
the adoption of the Address was seconded by a
Col. Preston, of Columbia, and advocated by ti
him, in one of the most able, eloquent, and pa- r
triotic speeches I ever heard. 1 had, of course, I
heard much of the splendid oratorical powers of t
Col. P. and was, therefore, prepared to expect a
very much from him ; but, my anticipations, r
though wrought to tho highest pitch, and at fi st t
somewhat disappointed, wore far more lhanie- r
alized before he sat down; and I was then con- i
strained to believe it at least one ot tho must \
splendid, powerful, impressive, and finished spv t
cimensoforatory I had over witnessed. Itsbu st s
of eloquence, its patriotic feeling, powerful sar- i
casm, commanding and dignified manner, ap- i
propriatencss of gesture, originality of thought, t
and strength of argument, might, in many re- 1
spects he equalled, but, take them altogether, i
could scarcely be surpassed. I cannot but wish i
that every Georgian, yea, every Southerner, had (
hoard him; for had such been the case, I can I
scarcely believe there would long exist any tna- i
terial, irreconcilable opinions between Georgia, i
or tho whole South, and South Carolina, in re- i
lation to to the present noble struggle of the hit- I
li x for the liberty bequeathed hyouiTorcfalhers— I
tor free-trade and equal rights, tho Constitution, i
and the Union—aye, the Union ; for itnover can '
be othertyise preserved—never, by submitting
to the usurpations of those who aie perverting
its original blessings into an odious, oppressive
tyranny. —I would give you üb. iof sketch of
Col. Preston’s speech, hut that 1 have not time,
hoforo-tho closing of the mail. Perhaps I may
do so hereafter, if it be not published, which 1
hope it will.—After Col. P. sat down, and the
Address had been adopted, Gov. Hamilton re
commended that it should ho signed by the Com
mittee who reported it, observing that from the
nature and importance of the document, it was
impossible to say how interesting might become
their autographs at a future day. Tin limitless
of llie Convention being then closed, Governor
Hamilton addressed the Delegates, at patting,
in a beautiful, a (feeling, and impressive manner—
u ging them to return ironic with tho most kind
ly feelings toward their opponents, however it
might be their solemn duty to adhere to their own
principles; to remember, that whatever might
ho their diiforonceof opinion, still they wore Mo
thers, friends, neighbors, and countrymen, and
never to divide against them, till they would
otherwise have to divide against their own
Statu, and their duly to tho principles bequeath
ed by their forefathers, to their protection, and
for Uieir benefit, and that of posterity—iheir
children, ami their children's children, whose
future political destinies, and happiness, as fee
men, they now held in their- hands. To do jus
tice to tlie beauty and eloquence of his senti
ments is not in our power,and we shall not there
fore attempt it. Sullico to say, they were such
as might have boon expected from one who is
ein; haticnlly the Ha v ard of the Smith —a patriot
without tear, and without reproach—or, as lie is
familiarly and fondly styled by all who speak of
him, “ a most glorious fellow.” lie is, indeed,
well worthy to he the ollieial head of the Slate
in wlwso glorii.ua euusu ho is engaged ; mid
what more can be said of him?—After lie had
reti ed from the Chair, Judge Earle was called
to it, and a Resolution of thanks to him, (or the
aide, impailial, and dignified manner in which lie
had presided over tlie Convention, and to
the Secretary, M. M. Cohen, Esq. for his able
and faithful discharge of ills ollieial duties, was
unanimously adopted.
: * i
FOU THE ACOCSTA CIISoSICXir.
Mr. Editor: —lt tells well, for the general
taste of all civilized communities, that Nature's
siibliniost scenes of mountain and Hood, and the
picturesque regions of fertile field and native
forest, are made the icthing places of those,
who, though votaries of fashion, and courtiers at
the throne of taste, yet rejoicingly seek to ex
change, for a season, tlie artificial gaiety and
display of city file, for tlie not less harmonious
sights and sounds of tlie country—such hearts
admire, while they confess, with Southey,
“ Die voice which through the ringing Kire.-i (louts,
Is °ae, which having ne’er been taught the shill
Ol marshalling sweet sounds to sweder notes,
filers all nnprcnieilitme, nl will.
Tlie citizens ot Georgia have reason to he
proud and happy, that their own State possesses
scenery not infeiiorin interest to that of any
land under Heaven—indeed, where is there, on
earth, a grouping of such varied interest as. is
found in the county of Ilaber-ham. These re
marks have been engendered, Mr. Editor, by
tlie consideration of how many of our citizens,
ovei looking their own State, annually wend
their way to the North—to llallslon and Niaga
ra—as it a retreat, during the summer months,
could not be obtained, short of those places, and
Hie cost of reach! g them. They are mistaken, ,
and will find sights and sounds of equal romance,
by making a visit to tho town of Clarksville.—
Parents who would wish to withdraw with their
children from l ho licit city, will there find excel- ;
lent schools, in which tlie lender mind may he 1
cultivated, while health is invigorated by the
mountain breeze, and the spirits refreshed and '
refined by the peculiar elasticity of the atmos- I
phero which belongs to that region through the
"hole summer, as well as by views of tlie !
sjdendid Panorama ol hills and vullics, which
nature lias there prepared. Tho invalid will ,
there meet with his bust restoratives; tiie man
of leisure and of taste, will find there, ample
scope for interesting enquiry and adventure. ,
Many days may he occupied in visiting the nu
merous places of attractive cu-iosity with which 1
tlie neighborhood abounds. Among these, arc 1
tlie many valuable mines now wrought with ]
spirit and to increasing profit. (The speculative
capitalist should go of course.)
A lido to Mount \onah, a beautiful eminence
about 10 miles from tlie village, tills up a day of
pleasure; from this, tho loftiest point of tlie Blue
Ridge, which, in transcendent loveliness, girds
in tiie landscape at tlie liorison, (as seen from the
lownjfor two thirds its range. Tiie visiter.loolring
beyond tlie vain-colored clouds which (loot be
low him, or hang upon the sides of tlie Mountain, 1
descries tlie spi.e of Claiksville Church,Us tinned |
belfry glittering in the sunbeams, and the neat i
houses of tlie village, with great distinctness. In •
other directions his eye fuPj upon primitive !
i '
Vv».- . ‘s<^v u ■ j v , ■ ..
forests and winding rivers, extensive and fi ne i
cultivated plantations, and a green paradise 0 f
almost endless variety of elevation.
Tfie next day the horses may bo ordered fl
a visit to the Falls of Tallulah. These “hith
to unsung” Cataracts deserve to bo comtnetnn
rated as among tlie very grandest in Aniericj'
No visiter returns from their survey without
thrilling recollection of their awful sublimity 1l)( j
astonishment Hint he lias not heretofore hear!
more of them. Their voice spoke to the soulof
tho savage, and the sight of the tremendous
rocky gorge through which the waters tumble
in successive heaps, filled his untaught mind
with affright, and he rightly named them Tallu
lah, or the Terrible.
The road from Clarksville to the Falls is g OO J
it winds over hill and valley, and through re!
vines of continued beauty. At various tlov
lions in its course, commanding views may b 0
had of the country below, and of tho remote
mountains of S. Carolina. Arrived at the point
at which the traveller leaves his conveyance |„. I
finds himself at the edge of a nearly perpending
litr precipice of about L2OO feet—below in ifo
rocky chasm, foams and dashes the rive-, j u . t
escaped from the fails, & tho visit, rs with red'
ing sight, turns to retrace the course of il le trou
bled stream, liil lie is led to the great pan of tl .
falls, about a quarter of a milo above. Grander
increases upon him as ho advances, and tin; n, r
of tlie torrent roaches his ear in deeper tones
At length from a point called pulpit ruck, hi Sej , (
lakes in Hie whole line of the falls, retracing to
the farthcrest and smallest pilch, down its seT .
oral descents, till it rests upon tiie mighty oca
beneath him, at a depth of 1500 feet from %%|, eta
ho stands; this largest pitch is of about 00 f M |
broken mid-way by jutting rocks, and throwing
up its streamers of spray into the sunbeams to
lie there refracted into brilliant rainbows, which
arc tho more striking, from their contrast with
the daik and rocky ramparts that overhangunj
confine the stream. After a full survey fiorr. iliij
station, the visi'er should descend tn the level
of tlie great fall, this isa work of pleasurable toil
hut when accomplished, all trouble is ainph
compensated by tho accumulation of tnnjosty
u ilh which he is brought into immediate vicinitr
led so near to tho dreadful brink over which ilia
torrent is rapidly hurrying, his senses arc swab
lowed up in sound and sight; and caution should
ho used, lest tho foot slip on tlie wot and iiiosj,
covered stones which it hvs gained. An upward
look now is very fine, the towering rocks tlnou«!i
which tlie cataract is rustling, are so regularlr
piled in places, as to induce the fancy that it h
the work of giant masonry. The tall trc?s
growing from their crevices, look idee pendulum
sh. uhs, at such a height; and tlie tranquil bluoof
Heaven above all, and tiie white frothing waleu
beneath, compel the mind of the observer to an
a; predation of the harmony and discord, the se
rene, and tho tori ilic of nature.
This very unworthy sketch of some of the
most remarkable scenery in our hind, has been
drawn with a hasty pen, it is to ho hoped, tin!
its claims to attention will ha noticed in future,
by those better aide to j oitruy itsclmrins, andm
aide to enjoy them as tiie present write:. Tlie ar
couiinoi),ilions lor travcllois are la bo great!;
increased this season nt Claiksville, and even I
comfort will he found there; u stage now naval
weekly to and from tlie village, and every liiiiijH
tends to make it for tlie future a fashiunablore
sell —indeed, Hie Greenville of our Slate.
Puilo-Geoki,kcs,
from the cfiAnLr.sTo.N cotmen.
Mr. Eilitnr, —In the numbers of your vabwUi
paper arrived ibis week, lam Sony to sue you,
with otiiois, advocating tile contagious cliuruo
ter of the Cholera Morbus, which has heeling'
ing in Europe lor tlie pas; eighteen months -
Fully convinced Hint the systems now in tores
far its pretended prevention of introduction into
Hus country are useless and injurious, and bop
ing 1 hat it may bo proven satisfactorily, nut Ink
contagions, and Unit it cannot he communicchi
Inj inanimate objects, 1 trust no apology is neces
sary tor offering this communication to you cl
your numerous rcadeis.
1 am perhaps, sir, tlie only American wlmlnil
had an opj orlimily of treating tlie Spasmoil'H
Cholera Morbus; anil having experienced awn 1
than one attack of it in the city of Warsaw la;!
slimmer, I may from those circumstances ulonc,
he untitled to at least the expression of my opin
ion on lids subject, which now interests the ci
vilized world. A concise history of its progres; ; '
its mortality, Arc. in Europe, published 4
some of the daily prints upon my,arrival in ibHi
country from Hie wreck of unfortunate PolanJ-
Hie enclosed is a copy of that communication.
In epidemics, wo believe the animal cconoii?
is exposed to a predisposing uihl an cxcitir:
cause. In certain districts, wo are pied*
posed to intermittent fever, from what i; ten:
od miasm, a supposed change in the air, (
which we are still ignorant, and getting wul,et
posore to cold, Sc c., excites or illuminates the at
lack. Willi respect to Hie predisposing causecL
the Cholera Moi bus ns it exists in Europe, "ig
have no positive information. What chanjtfl
takes'phicc in tlie atmosphere, or what is its ' •
rus, icc know not, and cannot. therefore tidi®
destroy or prevent it. Neither arc we belter inH
formed ns to tlie predisposing causes of nllwH
cpidemi.s, tho Manuels, Yellow Fever, Inlluci-H
za, Arc. The analogy still continues when 4
consider tlie exciting causes; they arc generM!®
well ascertained and defined in all prcvailitj®
diseases. E rors of diet, eating of cold flaujiß
sour crout, Ac., cold wot feel, Aro. are kne'-M
to have produced Cholic, or common ('bole-®
Mo bus; much greater then must be the cfTrtH
of these causes when there is a predisposin'®
from atmospheric influence. Wo sec at out®
by lliis the difference between the common Cl®
lura Moi bus which wc have every year more [ Jn
less in tliis country, and the Asinlico-Eurojf if a
Cholera. In tho latter tlicie exists a c.-iusr Ijl
which wo are all exposed—the glutton Diek'-Mj
mid the impoverished Pole, tiie passionate v Ej
ferocious Constantine ns wei! as tlie
Englishman at Gateshead.
That tlie disoa'o under consideration, hoove ■.<
cr, is not contagious, that it lias not been c'jr-B
municatod from person tt» person, or even bJ’B
certain something generated by an individual H
boring under it, can, I think, be mosljsatisruo ®
’ ily proven. In support of this doc trine, u
have negative and positive facts. B
If contagious, why lias it not been itnp°t |c ‘K
long ere this into England and other counin ®
by their frequent into.couiso with tiie East - J
dies 7 AH agree that it is the Asiatic
Could tiie sea arrest or destroy its progress
then it differs widely from known coiit-ip; ■
diseases, the Small Pox, tiie Venereal,
have never yet been interrupted by land pro.'
If contagious, why has it followed in a 'l®
rcoiii,..- manner tlie general laws ot all epi - ■
ics?—progressing from east to west, ana - B
ernod by the state of tho weather. D l ’?*., B
the fuctoffowla and cattle having been
by an epidemic in Poland the year pro' B,
the arrival of the Cholera, prove na nttn'ri Hi
agency t Were not oven fish destroys ..- ' ®!
same manner in soma of tho lakes ut I ®|
Has not the Ifrflucnrs, tjicn the ‘ IJ