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CONG RESMON AL
f.V BEXATE— Mowkat. Jan. 1«,
MR, lUtYNEPS
The isdicy proposed in the amendment winch
3 have submitted, 14 founded on the ju< (ifjnci
ides I have advocated. Tho arrangement o
the details we are willing to Wave to the com
mittee. We do not propose to destroy, or even
To injure llio manufacturer*. Wo are willing
they should have the incidental protection afford
ed hy a fair revenue system, and on any |dao ot
reduction, the duties and char pcs on the foicign
manufacturer, will not fall much short of 33'
v a>er cent.; and surely, Sir, if, with a protection
to one-third of the cost of the article, on
manufacture* cannot bo maintained, they ougl--
to he abandoned at once, since nothin* can be
clearer than that they would then bo sustained
at a certain Jos* in the country. Ue do not in
sist on an immediate reduction, to the lowest
revenue standard. As the public deb! is not
yet paid, we ore willing lhat the reduction "
the protected articles should be gradual and
spread, if gentlemen please, oser two or three
yours; and, if they desire it. wo wi-1 not ohjec
to making an immediate reduction on -.‘re e.i
protected articles, 10 to 1 ' , r cent, the m
mediate effect of this dan, so ft from be -14 a;
juiious to the manufacturers. w. I1 n . ursnad
eil, serve -athcr to siren *l6-.o them ami e'en |
in its nlnm itc results, no in invitac u.-i *1- ’•« m
jure '.I that does not depend on peat act mu tin
existence. and is nut sustauid it the puhliu m
pense. Sup o*e the duL.s oclhu aroieetmi 1.
tides were now reduce u-i ~er rein, min 1
their ircsent 1 at••« r. . s.rUeiii .in san
ried doevn g ado illy . ■ revyimm stan
dard, what would ».- tie •.£. 0 ••i -I ■;
ducHo.i of ten [•; Ob Il■ ft Hill • :
cloth cost a dull: nil
and, with the ad . 10 >f »»g ■ .
tuileil at two do ; 1 • :; . this r
would only he to r luce the rice !■• one i ..
ninety emits. So that the protection to the \-j
mo:lean manufacturer would he lessened only 1
five per cent. Now, it* this provision were ac- {
companied hy an immediate 1 eduction of the du
ties on the imp. Steeled a tides from fifty pe
cent, to fifteen, would not 1110 nianuf icinrei>
derive some compensation ill the diminished n s
of every article w hieh enters into their consump
tion 1 And if, in addition to tins, there should
he aeon idcinble reduction of duties on the ran'
material, I would submit to their serious consid
oration whether their con lit ion would he wm
fh in it is now. 'J'lie line policy of lire maimfn
Hirers, it appears to me, consists in obtaining
liicir raw materials cheap, and having their cx
penses (Ii 111 iiiihliv<f hy taking oil' imnecßSsaiy
taxes on theii consumption, .Sir, if tins is to ho ,
come a matiufiiciii; ing country, we must lo d< to
tin) markets of the woi Id. A feeble and .sickly
existence may be preserved at home by a sys
turn of protection and of homines—but tube put
on a sine foundation, and to ampin o lhat vigor,
strength and energy, which will enable them to
enter into successful competition airmail, with the
manufactures of other countries, it is necessary
they should he prepared fertile contest, hy being
lull 111 a groat measure, to their own unaided el
foils, dn one respect, the IJ. Slates possesses au
advantage over all the world, of whieli it seems
to me, it would he madness nut to avail our
selves. Wo can 1 educe the cost of production
in every doiiarluietit of industry, to the very low
est rales. Out pro la a;o not necessarily h nne
down hy an almost inso; 1 oilnlile weight of tax
ation. Wiv have no debt which can never he
paid—no bui thensomu establishments— no King,
Lo ds, and Commons, to eat out the substance
of tier people. In this consists our groat advan
tage, and it will lie our own fault if wo do not
avail ourselves of it, lo the fullest extent. This,
Sir, is not only lie favourable moment for ad
justing this great (piestion, hut if 11 (nr still'eied
to p iss away, it can norm- bn recalled. The
nianufactures now can be let down, without
idioek, fiuui the position to which they hav<
been so unjustly elevated. They will now In
remunerated for any diminution of their mice
tion; but if the plan proposed 10 (he gentleman',
resolution should picvail, the immediate elicit
will he tin inf rMSf of their protection 1111 enlarge
merit of their bounty, and, of course il those an
to bo reduced hoiuuttor, the shock will be intieb
greater than lhat to which they would now be
subjected. Sir, I do consider that, in making
rny proposition, I am proving myself a tiue
friend to the manufacturers—and that they ate
limit worst enemies, (whatever they may them
selves believe,) who would adopt the policy
embraced in the gentleman's resolution. In
this o, inion, Sir, 1 lord lam not singular. The
manufacturers themselves, and some of theii
ablest uni most zealous advocates, have avow
ed the same sentiments. In a wo. k just put in
to my hinds, containing an exposition of evi
deuce, about to bo su'm.iited to Congress, in
auppoi 1 ottbo memorial of the fen ir ule ion
venlioo, lately assemble'! at Philadelphia, (a
tvo:k lo which 1 earnestly invite tliu attention m
every member of this body,) I tin.l some extiaets
•from 1 lie Register of lleZekiah Ndos—certainly
one of the most uncomp utilising chami.iuns Ji
the protecting system— which ,inrushes doeisivi
aulbo.ity in lavo: ufmy o inion. 1 there lino a
lolte. f our a person who la represented to bo an
t>MVU#iVU tnamifaeluror, in which he says;
“ The only I nit ft lends of the inn nnfacltirns,
arc those irho now seije In repeal tlui ridiculous
tarffnfll-'iS. J‘ut a duly of revenue alone, on
cloths, un i remove the duly on wool. It would
ho much bi ller for in, if we vvoio placed in
England ; for we could there, with our j resent
bauds and advantages, make cloth, send it to
New Vo.k, pay the duties, and lake mo e money
than we do now, ihn difference is in tin stock’;
nml this difference is attributable lo the ahsnrdi
ties of the American system, as it stands The
duties on dye-muffs, oil, soap, and wool, taken
in connexion with the derangement of trade, hy
making the manufaeturor an expoiler, amounts
to a much higher protection to the foreigner,
than all the tariff affo ds to us. Sut Ir are the
facts, ami such the tiuits, ofthe “ system” which
the American manufacturer has (oiled to sup
port.”
Thus, sir, it will ho soon, that we w In* pur
pose to repeal 1)10 tuirff of ’at*, "are the only
tiue friends of the manufacturer y mid lhat thev
are their worst enemies, yv ho are striving to per
petuate the " absurdities ofthe American Sys
dem.” ij. xt wo liave the opinions of Air. Nile
himself. • that tiro act oITStIM was the result of a |
political bargain, and passed on prineij les disre
putable to a Congress ol the United Stales,” to
Which the enlightened author of the c.Xj osition, 1
very justly adds, " that nothing can ho rnoic oh' 1
vious titan th«r fully of jnelcndtng to encourage
rnanufactuiirig industry, and at the same timelo 1
lax the iiivv materials, i.on, hum pi, ilax, wool, 1
load, indigo, and other component | rets of man
ufaclu.es, andeonslituliiig the jirincipal value of ■
them, from fifty lot tvo bundled per cent.” And i
here, I am willing la rest rny case. ,
11.e gentleman complains o (frauds upon the 1
rename—and fraudulent invoices, and smuggling 1
but 11 is his system which lias produced these 1
gfihug, from the very nature of things 1
whoa the duties exceed the 11-k and 1
die ilicit into; course. For a season, I
h moral sense of a .young and uncoi- 1
ap'«, may oppose non e obstacle I
tcticca. No go, eminent on earth can
cm. Napoleon, m the p entiludo of
was unable to maintain Ins continen
■«is prohibitions and restrictions
anllf violated wi’ . impunity. Vos
o snorted with kingdoms, who con
dones on the rums ol empj.es, and ap
”"i olficei s ol'hisbou ehold to till ihcin ;
uiies were his custom house offieoisj I
' >is cordons around llie nations which
.a..led, was utterly Uvalde to pul down
rinciples of free trade. It has bai n
hr, " that win n all 1 uiopu was ohe
ood—the smuggler'disputed in-torn
at naugly hi-ediejs, laughed toscom 1
C ONG RESMON\b
his lower, and overthrew his policy." How 1
is it with England, that sea girl Isle surrounded t
with . thousand slops, and thirty ‘housano guar
dians ofber revet** I *r, do vve not al know
th it smuggling is ". «rs a profitable trade, and
that the revenue h*-«'of England are constantly
violated with imi unity? And how is it in Spain • t
A modern traveller .sse.ts that liter• ®r« »h» j
dred thousand persons m that unhappy count y
who live by struggling, and tbit there are thu l
thousand others, paid by the govettmen . to .«■
UiCt ihi-ir practice, l>ut who a;e m league
the offenders: and as to the condition -> '--J'
in our own country, the gentleman has to.u ■* -
ule this day, which, if he be not nim.se-t -
e d, shows what fearful progress tutv* l ' :
have already 01 ide. The tune wis ews w : -
glmg was absuliilely unknown an - r r
ibis country as it still u hi the jou'-iteci
It m vour protecung svstsoi wMcii aa« •> '
edit.' It is the na’.mai eer.-su'iraue-; it mf> •"*
• —the evil was forotelo. ami. is ■ 1 n’-"i
od, it his come up on m*. Iho u-m. - "u
nsaieady muw nnii.m of u.m ’ aim
1 .1,11111 voicil fell Ilimlv r-a-a mi His ‘Ji u.'*'
UwwSttttho jscymu .bo * IlsimmosUmi
Kitor rose ip in nis UIIO« Ima ami bad Mis -m
g-,.ige; ■ \ riir tarif aoiiiy ’uu ns -■.■me.
mm ; » 111.11 i mill aw 1 mou lloan ' 1 b
egird ta ii.m’n Units n '"‘er .. tiliilo •» »-
. issmilH. (I vis ns pm fiat reny-.i.i'i n.
th«m vs- tot 1 il units nttn.tlwnugooiu bo
' mi, win would MOW lliink 1 01 riiiimii n •mug,; u
■mu am lounin ivory irliolti mummed n -
Hid vilv lit-oauso uu Uroo ilum tu it 0 salt
lofttmas ’ tn .vmui ill use auiititnen i shall
i mi* -1 111 1 ■ irovtuiml, it hut 11 mil "om v:l ‘.•■••.-.•me t
1 ., lint v’mimii Hlh* **m g v ililiUtsti iftec the
acMiiml 01 Inliiis Hindi ouiim obe consc-c.i-rd
i is 1 i.idgn at -uivil’iue
M; I’li : i.jc .au tc'ii-rantiou ; t t •; -*• -'a
'hi mi K..M11 mil;' m. tai ' . ' rl -s t '
in, tsat mow starrda : "
•had ••in.l.l> up uebr■ ‘ —ih.f. V.i t’.s corttrM.ic ■
rov la.i.airi. : s resure aes. lej'isUce, and ■
m ■ ’ii. d in\ lolate. Let j
it some ot ho existing provisions
I ,1.1 - ii.t-m. Slime of them, in tile exposition ,
•la wli'.a I h ,ve heto •• relerrcd. ate detailed f
' .vail a evantoss to wh • h mailing can lie added ;
!by me Here are tables of the duties Oil Wool |
lens, li ami Is, bai/* s, ami earpelii'g, ranging •
IVimii foay dye lo upwaids ol luo bundled pet
. mil. I will read a few extracts, in illustration
ofthe effect of these duties— [Here W.. Havm
. .id sece al extiaets from ihewo k in i(UCSliuli,
slmwiiig llial llie duties on coarse woollens, such
as are used hy stage duvets, watermen, and
oilier lahoiois, for great coals, pea-jackets. »Vc.
are so e\orbit.inily taxed, as lo raise the eosl ol
the articles to about "three limes tilt! price winch
the English laborer has to pay fur the same kind
of clothing;’'—that Ihe Western fanner, in con
seipuniee of the high duly, is compelled lo pay
four dollars a ya d for cloth which costs the
English farmer hnl one dollar seventy-live els ;
that 11 minds, so indispensable n> all llie women
and childieii in the country, arc subjected to a
duivoff.oin ninety lo 11 hundred mid fifty pm
eeul., whereby on article which cost in England
fr in eight to nine cents, is sold here for twenty
cents, amt that which cost in England twenty
mi’.n cents, our manufuclu’.ur can obtain fifty
cents foi; that cottons aio charged with a due
of from twenty live to two liimdied per cunt.,
whereby llie co-’l to the American eoiisiimer, i-,
in many instances incieased one hall; and thai
'he duty upon iron is from an huudied and fifty
in two linud ed and eighty per cent. On lies
noint, Mr. ll.u’NK- read from the repo t m ilm
hlneksnnlhs’ petition, made to the Senate during
thei. last session, and (ptoled the testimony of
lohn Harehet, a witness exiunined oil oath, he
s i e tho ('ilintniltee, C oin which il appeared
"that under the existing ■ ate of duties, a lon u
I hammers and sledges can be imported, for the
use 01’lhe American manufacturer of those very
articles, at a less cost than the bar iron from
which they are made; that wheel lire has ac
tually been imported, in a finished slain, for
about so ly seven dollars a ton, white bur iron
• ntahle, lor the pm pose, is selling fm about
ninety dollars the Ion; that ton-trays can be ini
orled fu lids the price of the raw 'iiniterial out
-.f which they aio niunnfaclurod; kmiluig nee
dies fora hundred and forty tlnee dulla.s a ton
less than the raw material out of which they are 1
made; lhat a ton of chain cables can now he
imported into this country at a less cost than the
rods out of which they are made; and that the
necessary conse piem e has been, lhat a number
of wo: kurs in i.oa, and of mechanics, estimated
alone hundred thousand, had theii profits so di
minished, that Mr. Sareliel had declared that he
ha I never seen any bl leksmiths so poor or car
ryingon a less prosperous business than those of
the United Stales, owing, as lie believed, to the
high duties they are coin; idled to pay on llie raw
iron.” ) Look, continued Air. Hum, through
your whole iirotccling sy stem ; your duties eve
ry whore ate so arranged as to fall must heavily
Hum the poor. The 1 001 man is taxed five dol
lars upon a coat, which cost him ten, and a : ii-li
man ten upon one which cost him forty—a lax
of eight dollars u, on eoaise col tons for Ins wifi
and children, which cost no more than eight;
and the rich man hut eight dollars,for what costs
linn npyvaids of ihirly. Can any thing he con
ceived more monstrous than the system ol 'mini
in 11 ms. lo impose a duly of twenty-live percent.
aJ valorem on eollon aoods, hut provide, lloil,
If limy should cost less than lid.ly live tents
per sipiaro yard, they shall lie deemed and tnhin
lo have cost thirty live cents and pay duty ac
cordingly—lo piovide that it duty of Italy five
per centum ml valorem, shall he imposed upon
woollens, hut provide that goods which cost
more than one dollar, shall be deemed and tak
en to h ive cost two dollars and a half, 'l ids Is
like i 0. using tin income lax of fifty per eeul.,
and thi ll providing that every man’s income
shall be doomed and taken to he tlnee thousand
dollars; or that a lax of fitly rents pet gallon
upon stills, and providing that every sldl shall
he considered as containing fifty gallons. Novy,
arc gentlemen prepa.ed to say that such a ft
tern as this, with all its im; crfeclinns on its head,
is lo he hold as saeied as the laws ofthe .Modes
did Persians; lliusl not.
Let not gentlemen so far deceive themselves
is in su. pose, lhat the opposition of the South In
die ; mu cling system is not based on high and
lofty pi inci; les. It lias nothing to do with 1 arlv
nolilies, or the mere elevation of men. Il use's ■
far above all such considei utions. Nor is it in
llueinx’d childly hy calculation of interest, but is
founded in miie.li Holder ini| ulses. The inslincl
ot selfinteiost night have taught ns an easier
way of reliey ing ourselves from tins oppi ession.
It wanted hut the will, lo have sup; lied our
selves with every article embraced in the pro
tective system, fine of duly, without any othui
urlicipation on our part than a simple consent to
receive them. But, sir, yve have scorned in a
contest for our rights to resort to any but open
and fair means to maintain them. The sj hi'
with which we have entered into this business, 1
is akin to that which yy ys kindled in the bosom <’
of out falhuis, when they were made d.e victims J
of oppression, mid if it lias not displayed used
10 the suite way, it is because we have ever
' hoiished the stiongest feelings of confraternity
towards om brethren, and the warmest and
most devoted attachment lo the Union. If yve
have been, in any degree, divided among our
selves in this matter, the source of that division,
I"' gentlemen bo assure , has not arisen so
much fiom any difference of opinion, as to the
I ue character of the oppression, as fiom the
different degrees of hope of redress. All pai
In « have for years a»t been looking so. ward to
lltia crisis lor the fulfilment ofllieir hopes, 01 the
confirmation of thei. tears. And God grant that
the result may be auspicious.
Mr, 1 call upon gentlemen om all sides of the
house to meet Us in the l.uo spoil u£conciliation
and concession. Remove, I earnestly beseech
you, fiom among us, this never failing source of
contention. D y u ; . at its sou ce tins fountain ol
the waters of bitterness. Restore thatha'inony
which has been disturbed, that mutual affecliuii
and confidence which ha* been impaired. It in 1
g»n frusta
in vour power to do it this <hy-but there is but
one meins under heaven, by which it can he ef
fected—by doing justice to all. "
be assured, that lie to whom the country shal be ;
wSSJfc "... »;»!•» , -
the second founder ot the Republic. Ho wm .
be regarded, in all after-tunes, as the in mist cr
i„. angel visiting the troubled waters of our i o
dissentrons, and restoring to the element
it* healing virtues. , .
I will tone ude by invoking ibe authority of
oa-e whose name is deservedly dear to the Amo-
M ., whoso life was the practice o
v . f .'uiwli so lips there constantly Bowed
... of ucal wisdom, and whose ex- ,
T • . w ; < . ;he lemolest generations a light
‘ ' '.jr «. ait J 1 lamp to our path. The rostor
, whah Washington achieved;
... ~i • \ ■ saved the Constitution even at its
ltt l , a 1 TlllM.U Jtl TKRSO.V.
v, K set's lnaiigu,al Address, lie
:„. u -h >w.:tg strong testimony in favor of
to in \ i!; via 8\ stem. .
ai; ue sense of onr equal right
■to ,:.i; . a.'u faculties, to the arqnist
imi> ■■ industry * * enlightened
i t‘lurngiy ■; pws * * with all these bles
• ui;-, vii.i i« . ■; .< necessary to make us a hap
uni i rosi ■; -.us people.
s 1,, i" mo.e, fellow citizens—a wise
mu rg-i p. vt mueiit, which, restraining men
mm uijUroi one another, shall laivc than otk
iruruv rut, I * KECUL..TE THEIR OWN I’UUSOITS
■ ■ : lustra and imprnccmcnt —and shall not take
.n t.ie ni utli ot iiilior, llio bretui it bus ounicd.
Hush the sum of good gov eminent; nn«l ibis is
nocessut y to close Ibe rude ol our felicities.
That God may inspire us, gentlemen, and all
abo are entrusted with the administration ul our
üblic atfairs. wiili such dispositions, is my con
stant J.f.tyer to Him who hold in his hands the,
destinies of nations.
«««
Theory of the Earth. —.Reynolds, toe Apostle
•if John Clt-ves Svinines, of the Theory ot that
strange mortal was travelling In Valparaiso at
. last advices, preaching his doctiines. He had
■ lieeri ovei the greater part ot Chili, study ing the
i history mid resnm ccs of that country— making a
large collection of birds, beasts and plains, and
taking notes of every topic which might herd
use. as well to the history of the climate and
character of that count y, as to the interests ol
physical and natural science. He promises to
make us acquainted with several new species ol
bids and plants—although his ma n..object ap
pears to be, rather the illustration ol bis theory
by these discoveries—which is said they will
do —than for the general increase ol knowledge
which tiury alfurd. —VhaiUsluu Vitij Uuxcllc,
«««• I
Melancholy.— A case of suicide occurred lust
night at the Mansion house Hotel, in Milk street,
of which wo learn the following particulars,
Mr. J. Ci. Shiite, whose name is familiar to our
leaders hr a manufacturer of Suspenders, was a
In,aider at the Mansion House. He returned
eery late 'last evorriirg to his late lodgings, and
woiiltohis chamber, where bis wife, to whom
lie had been mariied hula few weeks, was sic ep
iiig. About one o'clock the inmates of the
bouse were ulatmed by the cries of Mrs. 8. and
going to learn the cause, they found her in tire
deepest distress, with her husband dead on the
door, and welteiiug ,iii his blood. It appears,
dial when Mr. Simla entered his ■ hamher, he
up eared wild and deranged, insisting that some
one whom ho called John, was in the entry, Ho
lm-mined to murder him. Ho locked the door,
and after throwing off pait of his clothes, went
ni a ii unit and look from it a pair of pistols.—
This did not much ala m his wife, as she know
they w ere nut loaded.
Ho continued to pace the room, going I'Ve
queii ly In the door and threatening to kill any
person who attempted to enter the chamhei.
M's. S. cndeavo.eii, but iticllecluaiiy, to sooth
him, he still declaring that there was some one
in the flit i y, who hud o\ 11 intentions against him.
M.s. S. believing that there was no oll’cnsivo oi
deadly weapons in rbo room, w as tlni.wn tnfhci
gua. il ami did not anticipate serious consequen
ces, until her husband seized a razor, that had
been, until then, concealed from her sight, with
w hich, before she ■could into loro, ho cut Iris.
thmaffiom car "to ear, and fell almost instantly
lifeless. —liusluu Transcript, Tib. 10.
MM •fee «««. I
A new Post Ollico under the name of Fair piny,
has been established in Moigim county, m this
state—A. Awrnv, Post Master.
The Town Council, wo understand, have re
ceived several plans, on which it is pi opened to
throw a bridge across the Chattahoochee Rivei,
it this town. On the first of March, the time
for receiving eX| ii us, so that the bridge will he
iuiiij luted early next winter. —Columbus Lnq.
•»M> «««* ■*
Phii.aoki mi v, Feb. 15.—About twelve, last
night, a geiitlem.in passing through .Second-si,
below Ma’ket, found linen or four wiileluncii
looking up at a second story window, vvlrcie a
I ,dy w as ending out for hoi. , holieviog that there
was a thief in the house. As she was afiaidtu
, oine down and o; on the rhvor, he took tiro lib
erjy of eiitcring n ibe window, got a light, and
went down slai s. He hcaid a great noise in
die kitchen, but before he could gel there, fell and
was left m the daik. He got another light and
lei in some of the watchmen, while the others
ke[ t a look out. In the kitchen, after a diligent
sea 1 eh, they found a rat with his tail in a steel
t-ap, with whiih ho had been capering among
die dishes.— Chrnn,
Misery. —A watch was requested hysrmcol
the neighbors in go into a house in Water-street,
mil interfere in behalf of a family, the head
■ f w hich was d. unk, and beating them all mer
cilessly. He aecoidingly ascended the stairs,
dime slin ies high, and directed by tlie shrieks
uni ci ies of females in distress, entered a hack
mini, where pei feet dm kness and confusion pro
vailed. They were all grovelling about, the fa
tiler having caught his daughter, a young woman,
by the hair, was heating her over the head ami
shonlduis with a pnilor buttle! The watch hav
ing pioctt ed a light at a neighbor’s, and re-en
lineil the room, a scene of genuine misery, pe
nury, an.l wielehedness piesented itself. The
father, still holding the daughter by the hair,
•with the bottle diavvn in the other hand, the
mother silting in a corner, surrounded by two or
three half-elad childien, the blood streaming
f.oin a w ound on her cheek, who were all cr y in<>
and subbing violently, and liquor spilt in every
pin t of the room.
The h.ntc was lugged from his hovel, and ta
ken to the watch-house. He was committed to
prison this morning.
99* H<*
Cholera in .Mobile. —Wo have noticed
with astonishment in the Into ,\. Or
I lotins papers, h report that the ('holer;
nail broken out in this oily, said to have
| !ioon inlrodueed l>v the tiny .Jessie front
j !,iverp()ol, ami we embrace The earliest
; opportunity to give it au umjimliMerl con
I Irmlietion. W o are auth'iriser! hy the
l Physicians to say that the report Inis not
i the semblance of truth for its foundation.
[ There were live deaths on the Kith ami
I Till instant,—one from consumption, one
from debility, one in childbed, and two
I from eholie. Since then, one man has
been drowned, and a patient cc nlined in
tin' Hospital with eonsump-lion. has dir d
This embraces nil the deaths that have
I occurred within the time menlh tied, and
with the exception ol theialiuenza, wliieh
has prevailed here to some extent, the ci
ty was never more exempt from disease
\V e trust our friends abroad will not | 1
stiller themselves to he imposed on hy an 1
idle rumor, which from whatever mo- 1
live it originated is entirely, destitute ol ;
truth —fllMk (/m, Meg. Fch.24. I
Ai«k»>T\:
~ svh hdvv.jn .
“ Be jutl, and fear nut .** ______
TO COUHESPONDENTS-.
“ Carlos ” carat) too late for au insertion in
to-day's paper.
THE CHOLERA.
We publish to-day, a letter from our worthy
fellow-cltizo|>, Dr. Pali. F. Eve, to the Editor of
the Charleston Coirricr, on the nil-absorbing
subject of the Cholera. It is an able and intei
esting article, and well worthy the attention ol
our readers.
\EW POST-OITKT.'.
Wo are requested to stale, that a now 1 ost-
Ollicc has lately been established in Coweta
County, under the name of “ Watson s I’. O.
and Thomas Watson, F.sq. appointed Postmas
tor.
COTTON MARKETS.
Our advices from Liverpool are of the lltn
Jan. The operations in that market had been
respectable, though not as large as during the
previous week. Sales It 5 ,213 bales. Import
9,573. Quotations 5d a 7d.
We give the following extract of a letter, from
a highly intelligent House, dated Liverpool, l lth
January:
“ Last week’s business in Cotton reached tho
large amount 20,970 hales,& an advance of an J
ler lb. was fully established on all sorts. The
demand has not been so constantly active Ibis
week as during ilia foimer one; on one day the
sales wore but 1000 bags, but on tho next they
summed up bgtwecn 4 and 5001) b igs, and alto
gether a very good business has been dene, llio
without any further advance in pi ices, the bidd
ers having met the buyers very readily. Our
annexed Price Current contains particulars of the
transactions of this week, (o which please refer.
“We have not made any sales on your account.
Wo arc waiting a favorable moment to bring
your Colton on the market, as wo arc not san
guine in our opinion as to a further advance ol
prices for the present. The market closes s'ofily,
holders being very willing to quit their stocks.
Politics look again very doubtful.”
Our advices from Mobile arc of tho £?lth ult.
The sales of Colton had been respectable in
that market, without any alteration in prices.
Quotations 7 a 101 cents. The latter price so
choice only, and we will here remark, that choice
.Mobile Cottons arc quoted U cents higher than
choice Uplands in the Northern markets.
Advices from Charleston and Savannah, hy
last evening's mail, repiosent those Colton mar
kets as dub. Quotations 0 a 101 nominal. No
alteration in Freights.
The Export of Upland Cotton from Savannah
to Livei'i oul, from Ist. Get. to Ist Inst, has been
■13,1790 bales, against 37,777 hales dining the
same pc iod the previous season. Total export
of Upland Cotton from Savannah from Ist Oct.
to Ist iust. 110,235 hales, against 78,199 hales
dming the same period in 1830-31, shewing an
increase in tire expo.la in 1831-32 of 38,130
bales.
The weather has been unpleasant tire greater
part of this week, consequently our receipts of
Cotton have been light. Holders continue as
unreasonable as last week in their pretensions,
and lire sales sum up small. Sales of a few
hundred bales have tome within our knowledge,
which were about jj of a cent in advance oflhe
prices current in Savannah and Charleston, ship
ping expenses, &c. &c. taken into considera
tion. Wo quote as follows:
jJriccs Current.
MVERPOOI.. AUGUSTA;
Ordinary sd. Infeiior B]cts.
Middling sjd. Common 8;j
Fair sid. Fair 9
Good fair s'[d. a Cd. Good
Good and fine, (7,d.a7d Pnine&ehoicc 9 j a 10
Fukigkt s— to Charleston, §1 jcr bale—to
Savannah, 50 cents.
Exchange.— . Rills on llallimoro, Philadelphia,
Now-York, Providence, and Roston, at (50 days
sight, 1 per cent, premium—at sight, on the same
chics, J, per cent, premium.—United Stales’
Ratik Notes, 4 per rent, premium,
The following is the continuation of the proceed
ings of the Free Trade and State Rights
Convention, held in Charleston, on Sain.day,
the 2511 1 instant, forwarded for publication in
onr last No. Ihe Charleston madl not aniving
in time to deliver tho letters on Tuesday eve
ning, we were ncecssai ily prevented from do
ing so.
Charleston, Feb. Gtkh, 1832.
Col. James H. Hammond, of Columbia, offer
ed a resolution expressing the regrets of the
Convention, at the absence at Cul. Joseph Wau-
Ui N , !l delegate, and a gallant warrior of the
Revolution, win. h he prefaced with a few pu
tiiotic remarks, and it was adopted unanimously
The Committees Printing on Distribution and
Contribution,reported that Political Tracts on the
subject of the State Rights and Free Tiado doc
trines, should bo published semi monthly, at Co
hiuihia and Charleston alternately, 10,0(10 eo; ies
of each that they should he distributed among
tho several State Rights and Free Tiado AssrT
cialirms throughout the Slate— and that an addi
tional sum should ho assessed on lire now Asso
elation*, to aid in defraying the expenses ofpub
lication which reports were adopted unani
mously. Judge Cut cook, from the Committee
on tho Address, reported an able and eloquent
Address to the people of the Slate, advocating
the doctrines of the State Rights and F.ee Trade
party, urging the right and the duty of resis
tance to oppression, and declaring the determi
nation to resist, should iclicf 00l ho speedily as
lorded, and at the present session of Con
gress; which was loudly cheered and unani
mously adopted. When tha detoiurination to
resist, was read, the applause was instant and
unanimous, and the cheers lend, long, and fre
quent. The venerable Judge advocated the Ad
dress in a very able and patriotic speech, dislin
guished, among other virtues, for its kindly feel
ings toward Ins party opponents (feelings which
were manifested, more or less, by almost every
other speaker.) Ho was satisfied that time and
relleetion were continually drawing them closer
and closer to their brethren of the State Rights
and I ree Trade party, and would, soon, with
few exceptions, unite them with it entirely.
t!GI>TA!
And though he knew that fbrtve of tlicrn had in
lulged in unkind and severe 'expressions, yet fur
litis Jiu could freely forgive them, believing that
iliev knew not what they did. His motion far
the adoption of the Address was seconded by
Col. Pufsion, of Columbia, and advocated by
him, in one of tiro ftiost able, eloquent, and pa
triotic speeches I ever heard. I had, of course,
heard much of the splendid oratorical powers of
Col. P. and was, therefore, prepared to expect
very much from him ; but, my anticipations,
though wrought to the highest pitch, and at ft st
somewhat disappointed, were far more than re
alized before he sat down ; and I was then con
strained to behove it at least one of tho most
splendid, powerful, impressive, and finished spe
cimens of oratory I bad over witnessed. Its bit st s
of eloquence, its patiiolic feeling, powerful sar
casm, commanding and dignified manner, ap
propriateness of gesture, originality of thought,
and strength of argument, might, in many re
spects he equalled, hut, take them altogether,
could scarcely be surpassed. I cannot but wish
that every Georgian, yea, every Southerner, had
heard bint; for bad such been tilts case, I can
; scarcely believe there would long exist any nil
teri.il, irreconcilable opinions between Georgia,
or the whole South, and South Carolina, in re
lation to to tho present nuhlo struggle of the lat
ti i forthe liberty bequeathed by our forefathers—
for free-trade and crpial rights, the Constitution,
and the Union—aye, the Union for it never can
be otherwise preserved—never, by submitting
to the usurpations of those who are perverting
its original blessings into an odious, oppressive
1 tyranny. —I would give you a brief sketch of
Col. Pues ion's speech, but tlrallliavo not time,
before the closing of lire 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. Hamii.ton re
commended that it should he signed by the Com
mit le'o who reported it, observing that from tho
nature ami importance of the document, it was
impossible to say how interesting might become
their autographs at a future day. Tin Iniriuoss
of the Convention being then closed, Governor
llamii.ton addressed the Delegates, at parting,
in a beautiful, a tie el mg, and impi cssivo manner—
ti ging them to return homo with the most kind
ly feelings toward theif opponents, however it
might he their solemn duty to adhere to their own
principles; to remeinbcq that whatever might
ho their difference of opinion, still they were h.o
thers, friends, neighbors, ami countrymen, and
never to divide against them, till they would
otherwise have to divide against their own
Statir, and their duty to the principles bequeath
ed by their forefathers, to their protection, and
for their benefit, ami that of posterity—(heir
ti Id r'dth' ' ll en’s children, whose
: 1 dr-ti' i aid happiness, as fee
m i v'r tic Ii rids. To do jus
til 'o ' M . loquonce of his senti
-111 i' " and wo shall not there
d o say, they were sueii
** ' ’-•led from one who is
01 m i-of the South —a patriot
" - ’ 1 ropioaeli—or, us hb is
ft■ l —' l ■ j ■ *••• nl by all who speak of ■
h • i low.” He is, indeed,
v 1 ■' Ii• cial head of the Stale
>' he is engaged ; ami
v 1 'f him ?—After ho had
•' tdge Eakle was called
h thanks to him, (or the
at>ie, iiiipar ii.it, anu nigmtied manner in whicli be
bad presided over tlio Convention, and to
the Secretary, M. M. Cohen, Esq. for bis able
and faithful discharge of bis ollieial duties, was
unanimously adopted.
ron Tin; AcircsTv chiuimci e.
Mr. I.niToit;—lt tells well, for the general
taste ol all civilized communities, llmt Nature's
sublimes! scenes of mountain and Hood, and tlio
picturesque regions of fertile field and native
forest, are Tnado tlio retiring places of those,
who, though votaries of fashion, ami eonrtiers at
the throne of taste, yet rejoicingly seek to ex
change, fin- a season, tlio artificial gaiety and
display of city life, for the not less harmonious
sights and sointds of the country—such hearts
admire, while they confess, with South ev,
“ I'lie voice ulrtrli iliriTiigli lire ttrieiii.'i litre- 1
Is nue, whicli having ne’er been il,',- -piq
Os iiiTirshiilling sweet soinrils to sweeter notes,
filers all iiiipmniTlilole, at will.
'lire citizens of Georgia have reason lobe
proud and happy, that their own State | ossesses
scenery not inferior in interest to drat of any
land under Heaven—indeed, where is there, on
earth, n grouping of such varied interest as is
found in the county of Ilaber-'ham, These re
marks have been engendered, Mr. Editor, ba
ilie consideration ol how many of onr citizens,
overlooking their own State, annually wend
their way to tire North—to Ifallston and Niaga
ra—as if a retreat, during the summer months,
could not he obtained, short of those places, and
the Cost of reaehi g them. They are mistaken,
amt will find sights and sounds of equal romance,
hy making a visit to tho town of Clarksville.—
Parents who would wish to withdraw with their
children from the hot city, will there find excel
lent schools, in which the lender mind may he
cultivated, while health is invigorated by the
mountain breeze, and tho spirits refreshed and
refined by dm peculiar elasticity of the atmos
phere which belongs to that region through the
whole summer, as well as hy views of the
splendid Panorama of hills and vallics, which
nature has there prepared. Tho invalid will
there meet wilh his best restoratives; lire man
of leisure and of taste, will find there, ample
scope for interesting enquiry and adventure.
Many days may be occupied in visiting the nu
merous places ut attractive cu-iosity with which
the neighborhood abounds. Among these, are
the many valuable mines now wrought with
spirit and to increasing profit, (Tho speeldulive
capitalist should go of course.)
A ride to Mount \unali, a beautiful eminence
about 10 miles from the village, tills up a day of
plcasuie; from this, tho lollies! point of (he lllue
llidgc, which, in transeendunt loveliness, girds
in tlio landscape at the hoi ison, (as seen font tho ,
town)for two thirds its range. Tlio visiter,looking
beyond the vain-colored clouds which lloat be
low him, or hang upon the sides of the Mountain,
descries the Spiro of Clarksville Church,its tinned
belfry glittering in tlio sunbeams, and llie neat
Ironses of the village, with grout distinctness. In
other directions his eye tldlp upon primitive
lur(,sl3 :| " 11 winding m ,.y
cultivated plant
Tho next day tl, e ‘ !l '
:1 v.».i t..ti,,. T\,l l:lofT B|||||
N " re,ns I
astonishment tic [,,,1..'':' ■lii
Ti,-i:-Immm
the savage, m „, ' i"/ " ■■■
rorky HB
111 fi'Tossivo lie,,] s . ■lili
. Tl,c r,, ' Ml fl( "« Clark< v ;Il,> 1 l,>i (1 .i
11 ' VMI(I3 "ver lull miil
vmesor continued
; i, 7 i f ni r r,ws,,i,:
0l co ’"**=y below, V.' H|
inomitains of S. Carolina t ■
hii-lr i1,,. tr.ivoll,.. 1,,..,;. ■■■M
buds himself :i, the dec Bi
lar precipice of about jo„ flf , ;' ■
escaped |W„„ lire frlis. A- ,l„, .: ..Wlmi
Mght, in ns in rctr-.c..
«I. m to: lent ieucl.es his
Atleng.h from a, oinicallc.lßl
takes m the who!,. |i m ,, f ,•., 1 Mjjßi
the fir thercs, and 1,--,
oral descents, till it rests WMM
beneath him, at a (hq 11, „f If HM
he --lands; this largest , in !,
broken mid-way hy jutting BIS
up Us st’earners of spray mt„ p,,..'HHHj
1,,; ,ll(:rl r, 'f acted inlu liriliiani raj,
arc I'm more sinking,
'he dark and rorky lam;
l, '« fl 'eain. Alter |',r:|
slalnui, the i is, -p,. 1 .],(
ofthugn
i\
low, .1 ur. ~, uir-1 and sigh:; .-„,j
he used, h,.-.l lire lirol sir, nri lini ua,; . r.H
eov-n i-d stones whir Ii i: !-,< g p.HH
lord, now is very line, the low ■
"hu h the cat,Tact m rushing, no
-I’iied in I I,ices, as to iinl-riT; fa,
the work of giant masonry, Tlr-; !.'
growing I'.mil
sh-nhs, at MJ'lr alii-igiil; ami tin. i
Heaven abov •' all, and lire «!,;> f..
ben eii'li, cm ripe I the min.! of f ■ v,. ; v^B||
a, li- c-r.-I.ili-nr of the harmony an ; HH
rede, and (ho terrific of intlnre.
This very unworthy skctrli offemoa
most ; eiiiarkahlu secnci v in mlr ! a,a.
drawn w il.’i a hasty p- it, it is . - HH
i's cl,Hills to at 1 1 llt 101 l in- I
In 111- se lu-11-rr able I'M or' - ry i'
. able to er j-o iliem as lire pi cm hi e liter.
-<. 1111111) d. 1 1 i-l 111 S for I’-.IV-L li-M sai>• .1-
increased this season at Clarhsviile,
cuinfo. t will be foiimT -lieic; u stage v.a'\
weekly to and from tire village, iiii.l
tends to make it for lire future a fuslrinn
so. t —indued, lire Gir'i-nuilc "f"'ir 51.r1.. ■H
I'lllMl-till'SlitilU^^H
niOM THE CIIUI 1.5T0N COITGEIt.
Mr. Eililor. —ln lire rnnnliers ald'-ur va.:^^S
paper arrived this wci k, I inn Sony
with others, tiihocaling the ciwhuj'wvs
ter of the Choltrn Minims, wlricli Iras
tng in Europe firr the past eighteen
Eullv coiivinceil that the sy'slnns now in I
for its pi elr ndcrl prevention of
this c'rtintry ate nseh.ss anilynjinions,
ing that it may he proven satislm-to ily.
ratolagUHUt, ami lliat it enimal
by inanimate objects, 1 trust no rij ~!»?*«
smy for (firming this crimimtiicatiuii
ymir numerous reader*. ,
lam perhaps, sir, the only Anirr'-MU'; M
had an o;i| m-iiiniiy of treating tire
Cholera Mo.host and having o.vpr'rrenoed
than one attack of it in the city ul Uaisaw .*
summer, 1 indy from these circumstances
he entitled to at least lire expression»>ll n>)
ion un this Ful'joct, wliirli mi\v •" >u
vilized world. A concise yet
its rnortalitv, &e. in Ku;oj u, wasintnli'lj- H
some of the daily piints upon niy
country from the wreck ol uni'*: lur'.-i-c
the enclosed ts a copy of lliat ru.iinirun.c
In epidemics, we believe tiro mun'a ,■
is exposed to a predr-.-osing and at - jm
cause. In certain districts, "“ .''h;. B
I used to intermittent lever, Inna " 1 j
ud miasm, a sup: o c 1 el.at.go in
which Wn are still ignorant, am get' ll - '..‘.M
I ..sure to cohl, Ac., cx.-ilc*or. |U'. ■
tack. With res; eel to tho I'-'-’h', "j.'M -■
the Cholera Mo Ims i.s it ex*' 9 «* ; ; • J
have no p.ositivo inlonnatioii.
takes place in lire almosj here,or ‘ ‘
rfm, i re l.ninr not, and ft mint jH
destroy »r trait it. Neither tiro f „r J
lb. mod as to the r rei, ‘ s ;' Inlliltti-1
opidemi.H, theMeasds, \ ehoa 1 ’’...(a-n
za, Ac. The analogy still conlinue*
consider the exerting causes; they • ■ »
well usceitainod ami defined, m ; M aB
diseases. K ror. of diet, ciitinn l '|» tiw «-rl
sotlr not.l, Ac., cold we. fret, A ;
to havo p. minced Chohe. or .. (be eliec^l
Vo bus: much greater .ben mm ■
oflliesn causes when the-o U■. I' t ,jiceß
from atmospheric, inlluencc. • )rfC J
hy this the dilforcnee b'rd" cen a • n)(l , e I
I ora Morbus which we have (:V . C '--p iU -o<eil
less in this country, and lire Am ( , |lU „,iB
Cholera. In the Utter there « ‘ h
which wc are all exposed-- u» k ■ ina ( o ;nl
and the irn; overislied I ole, llw r'
ferocious Constantine as well .t’ I
Eiichslnnan at Gateshead. ~ ko'«''l
That the disea’o under ctf»«|
or, is not contnyions, that tt l,|S 1 c . V ent}'
municuted from person topef.-o • jiviiloal'" - j
certain something generated )/ •*” 03t i, a iijlV : ‘|
liming under it, can, I 'l’liik, , j f!U c,' u |
rily proven. In suppo; of l';« doc I
hava negative and positive ,n- jmyoin 4
If contagious, "by kas j- n ,i icr ct.m>"f
crc this in'tn 1 ng!.nnl n i 1 . fo’
by their fr cqueiit intcicoo s« flrolet*
dies! All agree that il m ilia ’^.. lCS d'
Could the sea arirslor destroy i ’ c ,,nfr2 *:
; then it ditfurs widely ’.lom lll! ” whi‘
. diseases, tiro Small I'"'. | |V i ; , n ,lorct 1 13"' 3 "
have novoryel been mtis; ">! ’ J, .j„ a t**
,If uontagious, why ii is >’• ,lJ lt _‘ a u cr-; 11 - 1 ®
rognlar manner the f-cnn: !ii '•]" 4 fSI tralf '
ic«’—.progressing from otisl " jjof* 1 ,
erned hy the state ol tho v - e ‘,‘ ‘ . rC;I idl’d'
the fact of fowls and catihj relief ■
hy an epidemic in Poland 5 a tin-> ? l. i‘‘
tho arrival of tiro Cholera, troV ptl in 1
agency 7 Were not oven
same manner in some ol »ui. i^rjuc.'
Has not the Influenza, then vm