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consent to make myself re»ponsibl© for by con
tinuing to perform the duties of the Treasury De
partment under that character.
I have the honor to he, very rwpectfullv, your
obsdient servant, ^ S. Ii. INtiHAM.
Washington, June 7th, 1831.
StR :
Mr. Itcrru !• to Mr. Blair,
Wasihnuio5,20i1i July, 1831.
I have this moment received your note, in sn-
BHrr to mine of this date. 1 mike no apology for
continuing this correspondence, although yon in-
, , . tunnto a wish to conclude it, because it will be
The President, with lit* r©«p©«ls U> Mr. Ingham, rea dily understood, that it i« in your character as a
'* oft he 7th HUl. nilhlir i. inriinl i-t ■ml n . u. >
acknowledges the receiptofhis note ofthe7th mat. p„bhc journalist, and nut as ah individual, that I
hich he haw tins moment received. Its contents )OU . | f . x ,. rn „. „ r ig},t, therefore, which,
as the Editor of a public journal, you can with no
he has read with surprise. Surely nt no time has
he in any way intended the slightest indignity, or
any thing that w ould wear sue h an appearance to
any gentleman, who has been connected with I on
in tlie government It ought not nor cannot he
conceived, that a notejhaatily written, and address-
ed ‘♦acting,” when it should have been Secretary
ofthe Treasury, should be consider' d an indignity
offered, or could dimmish or alter the authority un
der which ho was tran»j»c!mg tb** duties oftlie De
partment. The President in justice to himself ran
on/y add that it true not intruded to alter them.
June 8th, 1831.
The President of the t r . S.
Bir—Your note of last evening removes the dif
ficult? which had arisen in my mind from that of
Monday. The duties of the office will be attend-
•d to aa usual, until the weights and measures
•hall be so arranged that the workcan progress w »Ui-
out embarrassment.
I havo tho honor to be, very respectfully, vour
obedient servant, B. D. INGHAM.
June IHh 1831.
To the Editor of thr Globe.
Sir,—The Telegraph of this evening, in a coin
mentary on the alleged conspiracy to aswasunnle
Mr. Ingham, contains the follow ing passage.
“We have heard that even A moo K*n«lall wa*
in the plot, A that §uch was his anx ety, that lie not
only visited tho Treasury building, hut kept himself
advised of the progress of the war by mewing' rs
and * eorrespondenrr w ith one of tho brotlurs-in-
tmr. n
With the exception that 1 was once in the
Treasury building that day, these allegations are
totally false. It is false,that I was in any plot; it
false, that I iiad any anxiety ; it ia false, that 1
propriety withhold, when I claim the insertion of
this note in the same paper which conveys your
o« n communication to the public.
1 repeat the quotation from your note of yester
day :—
“ My sole object was at once to clear the skirts
of the President of a charge, which you are well
aware ought not to be attached to him; for you
have, as f understand, declared that he disclaimed
to yon, nt the tune when you were in communica
tion with Col. Jobuton, any design like that now
imputed to him.”
The first remark which 1 have to make upon
this quotation, w ith reference to your observation,
that 1 do not seem to controvert the first branch of
this statement, is the following:—
lour assertion that / was tret/ aware, that the
charge against the President, to which you refer
red, ought not to be attached to him, was made ex
pressly to rent upon your understanding, that I had
explicitly decl red, that he (the President)disci
edto imr, any such desim». When, therefore, I told
you, that such a statement was not warranted by
any dcclara ion ever made by me—and of course
that your understanding was not correct, I gave
you a very broad denial of my having any hucIi
knowledge as that which you had imputed to me.
In more distinct terms, however, (if that be possi
ble,) 1 now renew that declaration. I have net such
knowledge— Nay, more, Sir; I have no knowledge
of thr paper, “ in the Imnd writing of tile Presi
dent,” to which you refer. No such paper was
ever rend to me, or shewn to me, or spoken of to
n»e. ff it had b« en, I should most certainly not
now have had occasion to address myself to the
public on this subject, through the columns ofyour
paper.
Having thus disposed of the paper to which you
kept myself advued ol the progress of the war by refer, and shewn that tin scan furnish no ground f<>r
messengers; it is false, that I had any “rorrrspon
denre with one of the hmlhcrt-in daw" or any on*
else, on that subject 1 knew nothing whatever of
Major Eaton’s designs or Mr. Ingham’s alarms.
In the evening of that day, I several tunes pas
sad Mr. Ingham's dwelling with my wife on my
arm. We werf looking at several houses with a
now to rent one. Probably we were mistaken for
a “recruited force but I most solemnly declare,
I had no hostile design against Mr. Ingham, nor do
I believe my wife had.
Very respectfully, AMOS KEN DALI.
July 16th, 1831.
. !«M
raovi Tiir. m.onr.
Mr. Berrien to Mr. Blair.
Watuiiuro i, 20th J-
Rta: Your note ot yesterday, *♦»•* i«
der circumstances winch prevented my immediate
attention to it. I reply to it now, to correct th
misapprehension to to which you htve been led, an
which, by the publicity which you havo given to it,
is calculated to inish-ad the public.
I extract from your note the following sentence
“ My solo object was nt once, to clear the skirt*
of the President from a charge, which you i
• ware ought not to he attached to linn; for you
have, •< I understand, explicitly declared, tint h
dis> laimr.l to you, at the time when you were hi
communication with (’ol. Johnson, any rfe.ugti like
that now imputed to him.”
I make this quotation for the purpose of saying
to you, that yon have been entirely misinformed
that the statement cortained hi this extract is i»**t
warranted by any declaration ever made by |me) ;
and still Hamming it to be vour wish to represent
this matter truly to the public, I ain under the ne
cessity of asking you to give publicity to this note.
I am, very respectfully,
Sir, vour obod’t serv'f,
JN. M \CPIIKRSON HF.lt 111 EN.
To Fra a« is P. Hi.air, Esq. Editor of the Globe.
Mr. Itlair to Mr. Berrie n.
WasniaoTov, July ‘JO, I J, ll
8m!—Y our note of this m Tiling will he given
immediately to the prejs. In reference t »the sub
ject of which it tr?ats, you do in" but jumic • when
you say that “ / Irish to represent this malt •r truly
to the pnbtir. n You will permit me then fore brief
ly to show the ground on w hich I felt myscl author
ized to say that “you »cere well nicarc,* tlint the
charee implicating the President, ought not to be
attached to him, and that von had yourself expli
citly declared that he disclaimed the purpose im
puted to him.
Aa to the first branch of this statement, which
you do not seem directly to controvert, I have t«*
support mo the positive written declaration of l’o|.
Johnson, in which he nays that the President al
uays disclaimed such a requisition, mi l that he told
yan so. Besides this. | have before me, hi the
hand writing of the President, the identical paper
which ho read to yourself, and Messrs. Hritnch and
Ingham, and which presented the nttitu.le tlint lie
thought it his duty to assume m relation to the
Ciimstances which alfected the harmony and char
» r ter of his Cabinet. The course which lie though
proper then to adopt, was predicated on mfoniri
lion given hint by several member* of Coiigres>,
•howing that a combination had been entered into,
in which yourself and tho other gentlemen named
woro concerned, to ills grace Major E iton, and
coerco hia dismission from the ('ibmet. A tier a
prefatory verbal explanation of the reason* indu
cing the interview, the President proceeded to say,
that if it were true thnt vou !..-»■! taken the course
of winch lie spoke, he felt liim-eif culled on to make
tho declaration which he read toyou from ins writ
ten memorandum, in winch he nays that it was us
ing Ins own words, “ N'..t only unjust in itself, but
highly disrespectful to me” (the President) •• mid
well calculated to destroy the harmony of my Cab
inet Th« grounds upon which tins opinion
founded, are substantially these : I do not claim th.
right to interfere, in any manner, in the domestic
htions or personal intercourse of any member of my
Cabinet, nor have /in any manner atlnnjled it,
your undersj.Hiding, of wheel I teas or trees
atenre of, since I never saw it, and its ronUnts were
never communicated to mr, I advert next to your
suggestion, that this under-t.Hiding is warrant' d
by Col. JohnsonVdpositivc asseveration. Upon this
subject, I have already told the public, through
you, tbit! consider myself bound by the implied
understanding re ulting from my correspondence
with that gentleman, not to publidi any statement
of the conversation which occurred between lum,
Messrs. Branch and Inglrnu and myself, until lie
shall have hid a reasonable time to reply to my
letter. I told you, at the same tune, that any de
parture from tins understanding, which wm author
ized by that gentleman, would absolve me from its
obligation. I still adhere to this view, and content
my Self, at present, with repeating, in reference to
Hitt of whu ii you h iupo • hV t f>* well nwsre,
that I have nee such k nitwit dg
speedily arrive when tins forbearance will be no
longer necessary.
Your next r« fere nr o is to a letter of mine t
Maj. Eaton, which you say is in your possession.—
As you have published an extract, you are bound to
give the correspondence—even la-fore that is d
it is very easy to see that you have entirety i
understood the expression which you have quoted
- that a disclaimer of an intention to press n requi
sition, is a wholly different thing, from denial of ■
er having made it—and that in using this expres
sion, I could not have had ullusion to “a written
declaration,” w hich i had never seen or heard of.
You will perceive then, Sir, thnt you are w holly
iinsust.imed in all the points ofyour statement,
except by n declaration which you admit that you
have used without authority, and which will he
met if it becomes necessary. As a fuithfiil jour
nalist, you will, of course, seize the occasion to
correct your error ; you can, no doubt, do this, in
relation to the paper on which yon have placed s<
much reliance, by a direct appeal to tho President
w ho will not, l think, authorize the statement, that
that paper was ever shewn to me. However this
may be, i hear Him testimony to the truth. Nei
ther inviting controversy, nor seeking political ef
fect, I find myself in a position, in whu Ii I must ei
ther s|)»nk, or silently permit the public to lie mis
led. I havo n sufficient sense of what is due f.•
them, not to intrude myself nncnMed iijm»ii their
notice—and the cons« loiiHiies* of w hat I owe to
myself, w ill not f*>mttt me to eflintik from the per
formance of my duty.
I am, very respectfully,
"In ill* nt m< rvant.
M ACPIIEKSO.N HER MEN.
s P. Hi. %i a, Esq.
Editor of the Globe.
I thought not, in ibis cane, her mi** nosuch requi
sition had be**u mad** Col Johnson jays. th* Pr» i-
idetildisclaimed to bun any desir* to control jour
domestic a flairs, or pnvata intercourse, and he lotei
you so. The record of what the President said to
yoti, derhiret. that he claimed no right to interfere
“ in the domestic relatione or personal intercourse of
any member of Ins Cabinet; ’ nud, in nUiuuon t ith**
same convert iti'»n, joii say. lie 11 iLsetuimeeL ein .
disposition topn such a requisition." S\ hell nosU' li
requisition bid been mid* hv f*<»| Johnson, when
he told you tin* President made none , and wh'-n you
elo not pretend he meuh unit either dirrrt'y or indirect
ly, I con’d not but und« rstaud your declaration, that
“ he ilmi let lined <en»t d/.jiosifurt to press surlt H rreju t-
hon," as a declaratu/n that be made no such requisi
tion.
Hut I find, in the character jnn hare always sus
tained before the public, other conclusive proof, that
no such requisition w as ever made oi y o. and that
you know it If the President Iiad signified to you,
directly or indirectly, that be required you to compel
your family'to associate with any one, contrary to
their will and yours,you would not. n** man ot linn-
vr, lisve wailed for an mranbon tv region. You
would have thrown your cniiiiuiMtioii m tli« face of
the President, snd said to him, ‘ • r. I am no longer
adviser or associate with a man wh" requires m« to
disgrace myself and fiiu.lv though lie b*: the Presi
dent of tho United States •” In your public char
acter I bads guarantee that you w<u!d riot |«»r the
sake of vour honor, salary mid emolument*, us At
t'-rney (ienernl, sink yur character a* ;i man, by
lamely listening to sueh a requisition No, sir, it i*
impossible to believe t’
forgot vour southern h
> the
hdjonr self respe
id humbly bowd
who bad insulted \
It i
i tii it
untd politilif inrifut to \
you could bury such an insult, pr*
of the President, make the speec
cently in (ieorgi I. nnd now- that y »u are'
rlisclose a fact winch would seal your «w
No, sir, no such proposition w i- ev r ina
yon bad no cmine to complain ot the
you eulogised liim in public and |»rivnt**
would have ladly ai tsd ai \ t • rnsy Gei
end of his administr :liou, had you not Leri
sible tha
duly, which shows that American manufactures do
not require the most exhorL tanl duties to make them
thrive It was quoted, in ie!6, at ^9 to $16, it is
now ut*iO tc $!:> :»o
It ye• Hoods In 1*16, Braziletto was at per ton;
now it is at $!Ui. Fustic the lowest, was at$35,nor*
it is at $‘-11, *18, and sums evsn now as low as $1*.
I d it * t’. now it is at
M. D .imngo J.ogwoml w asat$-C» f now it is at
.VI Nicaragua Wood was ut $l‘45for l.a llache; it
is now at jar.u—for all other kinds $115, now ihsy
irest jkiiOtor M iracailio, and $^5 for Bonaire Par
NV*^>d wraat $ti7n j»er ton,now itisat $67 10. Now
let ’he reader keep in mind, that these dye-wood*
hare *1 .. ayu, for the bene fit of manufactures, been ad
milled nviv ran:, and, if our laws have had any
operation in reducing their price*, it Ins been by ap
plying to them the principle* ..f free trade, aud the
'•nly protection which might to be extended to man u
tores by legislative means
!h ugs and Uyi stuffs
Aium, cwt.
Aloes, lb.
Annatto, lb.
A ntimony, crude, lb.
H visa in C^pi
I8IC
fit7 5tt
I'rimsto
0 25
0 10
() !*0
:i 5o
I I
$«ra
n u7 1-2
o w
ii Of
o 16
1 -7 I J
Flo
. refined, lb.
of Tartar, ib.
0 18
o :to
o :k"»
Ijiecacua..;
I ml .go. Ill
'
. Ih
Hut the rirrum
of the bite (’alum
winch you \\ ill liu
r which the
id,JSf>®I the i
root,Ib.
Madder, IK.
Manna, fiakey, lb.
sorts, Ib.
<Ipiutn, Ib.
Oil, < 'iiftor, gallon,
Vitriol, pound,
Hhuhaih, lb.
Senna, th.
:t5
« 1
r. :ft
i th** ambiguity of it*
lent tli it you denied t<
it ion in tho polite al r
i l i drive M i I
pUbllMll
i hi* doors hv the jMiwer of
ouhl p..s«*ildy IniVe hei li to
l‘J [••
vho i
- the
f the "ity—by tlie i
-t h"
viable p iplr
uhr«
Sir, \
JN
To Frax*
lly here, and by t!
tinguished by st ill *n To thJ • i. • * »nd i
bilily of parties tints attended, the appear.oic•« ol
person* constrained by tlie autlioritv "I 'he Ex«cu-
tive, if it could have been exerted f-r hucIi purpose,
would have added nothing. It could have scrv* <1
no pur|>"St> to have exacted such a requisition ns that
now imputed to the injury of the President. 'To
ha vs forced the wife of th* HecreUrj of Wax, up n
that portion of *c>. n ty "’hreh e•'•* miwiUnur t*» re-
tion. It i* ridiculous to impute to tlie taiiure of micIi
a design, the dinsulution «*t tlie late (
ihn
• tin
suit
tlie diversity of politic:il view*, which attached tin
tiro parties in tho Cabinet to dillerent division* m
parties which b
I l et
I the I’l
i.l \ .
This pred
knit U
able •>'
the then *t.ite of the (’ubiuet,combi-
s«. calculated to dsfrnt the most sal-
icasures of the administration. In the oppo-
vhich showed itself with regard to the 'i’ur-
gocistion, th* nieinhers of the Cabinet tavor-
pposition, were expressly ex-
’ I ho
omptrd in tho donuncialioito
the Senate, who then cam-out and di
first time, their hostility to he Presidt
of hi* Cabia*!. That a wish to brii
am! his family, into society here, had i
eifibs
i*d, for tlu
nt mil a part
g M ij F.uton
(’abinet, is aji-
parent from the fact that it operated t" consign them
ami him to privacy. The want «l the hi run ny
essential to the public welfare, however originateil,
was pregnant with political effects snd produced tin*
result.
Y«»u require n * to correct the error of my decls
ration, predicated on the iiiforui.ili >n wliicli Colonel
Johnson ciuniniiiiicated t.» me, upon the ground that
f have no authority to use the evidence which c*
tahli*lies the fact. 'The testimony which I have ini
my p*>*«en*mn, undet.fol. Jolinsmi's hand, satisfies
filly ot the truth of the asser'.ion 1 have | pc
the foregoing list it will be seen that,
most of the articles, there ha* been a very great fall
in price. (>nI v om- viz Madder—lias remained
stationary ; and only—vix : Opium—has rise
It would In* too tedius to state the duty "ii each
He ; hut. as alum, copperas, cnstoroil, aud oi
Vitriol, are oClh-)rb greatly relied on as proof lha
high duties make goods cheap, we state upon the
.uitli Tity of •• The llritinh and Foreign Price Cur-
‘ at London.on November 30th, l*:W>,
alum, at London, i* jLI3 sterling
stinuiting the pound sterling at $1
cwt.—no that, wer* it not lor our
of 2511 cents pef cwt. alum would
be sold cheaper than it now is. L'pon th* same au
thority we n-M*rt, thnt, were it not for tlie jirohibit-
ory duty of 200 cents jicr cwt. on copperas, that
ti'de would now he sold at .*! CO per cwt or tirmty
per rent Ussthon its present price, for it is now selling,
in London, al 6, per ton, which is, estimating tin
pound as in the other case, $1 26 per cwt. In l*|l
Lr»||s these articles were very properly lelt free ot
duty,as dyestuffs, for the benefit of other manufac
tures In thnt year a duty was laid, of $1 per cwt.
<*n • !< h, I ut the article becoming cheaper in Eng
land, could not be shut out by that duty, and, in
I 1*2-1. it was raised to $2 56 up -n ajum,.im! +'• ttpon
copperas at which rate, owing to the »tt!l fuithor :!c
cline in England, it accomplished its end, that of
prohibition Still there was some alum imported,
lor consumption, so late a* 1827, and copperas sn late
ia l*2*> As to castor oil, it can he purchased, in the
West Indies, 6 r such a price astlr-t, were it not for
the duty, which is almost prohibitory, it would be
iui|i*-rted and sold for considerably less than now.—
Oil of Vitriol sell, m England, at I 12 |». lire sterling
per pound, wliieli is less than three rents, and, were
it not for our prohibitory duty, it could be imported
and s*dd at less than the present price.
Edit hers — In 1*16, were at < *41 cents; there arc
nntr.TJ for American, and 14 for foreign. Here i*
a fall of 50 to 75 percent, under a moderate duty of
Ei*k—‘The folio
years—
» n f '
9 the prices m the two
Dry Cod, cwt
t*rale, cu t.
Pickled I'od, barrel,
Msokersl, N * 1,bl.
No 2. barrel,
Sind, barrel,
Herrings, barrel,
The duty «>n fish, i
cents' per quintal
12 .
12 66
260
trade <
•rror.
•Mr. Blair to Mr. Bcrritn.
ice. See.
In the conclusion of the same paper, after recap
itulating the circumstance* to which he wished to
call your attention, h" says, as the result of the
matter, “ Therefore h tve ) sought this interview^ to
assur' y m if there it any truth ia the report th it you
hare rnlrrrrif into thr combination charged, to drive
Major Eaton from my ('abinet, that I feel it an in-
dignity anil insult offered to mysrlf and is o f a char
meter that trill be considered off
This is the ground on which this matter was
placed by the l , resi h , nt in his interview with you
m the beginning of the difficulties. And from it.
•nd the absolute ajH'vcrnti »n of Col. Johnson, I
conuder my statement, that v«»o were icell mean
that the President di*claim«*«f all right to interfi
WvsitnnTo.x, July 21, 1831.
Sir: Your last letter was received lute at night
lien the (Slobe was made up fur the press. Tu
give it insertion with the correspondence which
preceded it, rendered it necessary that I Humid
defer th** whole until this day, and siib.-dituto other
matter, previously act up, for uiy paper.
Without adverting to the s|n*cimI pleading
your letter, (in w hich, being no lawyer, I have no
skill,) I come nt om «• t" the fount. You take
again with me, by declaring “that no such paftrr
as that quote l by me teas rvrr read to [^m] or shewn
toy nt or spoken of to y m" Xml you further a:»v,
that the President *• will tud, you think, authorize
the statement that that paper was ever shewn to
[V""”l
NX lien the statement win -Ii I made, predicated
upon Col. Johnson’s letter, wa* inipenehed m your
•corn! note, I made the appeal to the President
hn li yon seem to think I ought now to make.—
lo immediately put into my hand* the original
leniorattditiii which In* wrote and w hich he read to
leasrs. Branch, Ingham and yourself; and I am
noW expressly authorized t» state again, that hi the
rview referred to in mv note JL in your owu let-
quoted therein, hi hit l in his hmnl ty read to you
the paper from which I have given the extraits,
lilt'll you s.»v w as never read, sliew n or s|Hikeu « f
to you. ,l t ! I a n authoriz< dfurther to say. that if
you will call on the I'nsid nt, he trill again exhibit
l to you this original document. It was
prepared by linn in contemplation that the inter-
lit lend to nu immediate dissolution of Ins
Cabinet, nud it was intended bv him t * record the
basis ho assumed in doing an act which involved
Ins ow n character and the utt* rents of the country.
Th© paper thus prepared by the President, wa*
coiirnuiiK’Ried at the tune t * several of lus friends,
honi lie consulted on the ocensioti. And the
substance of the conversation which preceded and
followed the communication, w*as also immediately
educed to writing, and connected with the docu
ment read t» you, that nothing might be left to re-
•>!lection, if circumstances nt a remote period
KMlId make a reference t.» it necossarv. With re-
• to print it,
rly, in the disco
, hv nn intimati«
'Iudii
eth-
and dictate the boomI inb r Mint of the finoily "t I gard to t transa ti m so recorded, and vouched bv
•jiv member of the cabinet, to be ie*ll iceirranted. ] the concurrent teniuno’iy ol those consult'd ti
Tbit 1 Bin also warranted in having 'aid that | the occasion, there ran be no mist.iM* \
nd, therefore, 1 will not admit it t
Your excejitn ii to the use I have made of' left
hi# testimony, may be applicable as a censor
upon my course.— Hut 1 consider, thnt circiimstan
ces fully justitiv that course, and I urn only respon
xiblc |.> ( i.l. J ilinson fir my tomlu.l m rolati.m li
his letter. Your objection to tlm authority unde
winch I have acted ns to (’ol. Johnson's exidence
doc* not, III the least, chunge the nature ofthat ev
idence. It is ns convincing as it could be unde
full authority to use it, and probably more so thui
evidence purposely prepared for the public eye.
You seem to think that I am hound to publish, oi
my own account, the correspondence between M.i
jor Eaton nnd yours* If. b *. nuse I have u-'*d ii par
ngnphJiRving exclusi\e reference to the Pr ulent
I do not think so. I will hive nothing to do w ith 1 1
the controversy between Major Eaton and y«uir- j
self. You have a right to bring that subject b<
lore the public in any way y. u plcnse, and*
own respoMibil.ty. I w il
any part yon ui.iy choo?c
sum with me.
I closed my last note t
that it would conclude our corre.-pondein-e.
so because the issue between us depended alt
er upon the verity of the >t it • melds | had made
ci>ntradictij»gii>si*rtion.sin the ’J’- !•*graph, f-r w hicli
I did n<>t know tliat you wi 11 When
you volunteered to question iny statements, I laid
before you frankly the ground on which I acted ;
and then in n second letter, brought to your view
the proof on which, ns to myself, I wns \
rest the issue. Hut as you seem melin'n
through me, nn attack oil the President .a
arrespondenco on which you «*nt«
tainly without being called ter by any tin
as to yourself) ns th** medium of bringing on a
general discussion oftlie qtle-tnui of t • di !u-
tionofthe late (.’abinet, I shall c *, tainly .-.icrifi« , »*
lination to wli.it yoiiconsider my duty. My
reluctance to continue the corre*|xmdence with
you, proceeds from no want of respect to you.
But 11
satisfied w it li the dissolution of the old (’ ihnnt. and
the formation ot the new one ; and this induced the
Imatioq 1 have evinced to spire the country the
disgust of the dissection «*fa subject, \\ !..i ii it >i*cms
Iling to bury. At all events, the progress we
have made will be. sufficient for one lecture. If
u think fit, we will resume it again.
Your*, & c.
F. P. BLAIR.
160 i
3 on
|8|i», was, upon dri**d fish 100
k<-r»*l 126 cfiits per b irral, - lit
nt* jier barrel, all other pickled **0 cent**
I In that yar tlie duty on mackerel wa*
156 cent*, that upon »a|u;on, and dried fi.sli
tore, nnd that upon all other kind* raised
nt*. These rates have not since been alter-
Hi
III I * 16.
now r* rent* lor |{ii*i>i;iu. mid
Tb*duty . in I -16, wa* • pel
year reduced to 15. If the «'
per ion, wliieli was imposed hi
mid bv the silent operation
is 12 cent* per Ib.; it is
7 rent* for American.
’ cent., nud w'iih in that
mormons duty of $35
l "2**, wdin li is now ji |5
|will he $66
month* from this time, ha* had the
effort of making fi«x cheap in Russia, so that the
Russians can even afford to send it to ii* under *
dhty of get*, a pound, wa* a bad duty f*r our Ur-
Ehu Sted—In 1-16, w»* nt $16 per rn*k ; it is
now $11 75. 'f’lii* duly was 2-5 per centum, and wa*
in that year reduced t<» 15 per centum.
In I 16, was at $7 to 7 75; it has until
n nt $5 25, but i* now $6. The duty in
twenty •five per cent, and is nuw 50 cents
ly her
M6, wa
v\ t
In I**l6. Wheat wa* .at si 37, I’ve .at $|
rn 6 ! I. fs. H.arlry at $1 12,and Oat * at
XX lo t is now at *>l 25, Rye at 76 cents
rp at 57 ceuis, Barley at 78 cents, and
( Kit# at 27refits The duty in I~I6, upon all, was
25 per rent it is now, ttjion wheat 25 cents per
bushel, oat* 16 cents, ami upon the others 15 per
Bog's tsird—In 1-16, was 17 cents per lb.; it is
now is 1-2, which isjust half price. lias the duty
of 3 cent* per pound, imposed in 1-24, reduced the
price of this i If so, the farmers are uot benefited
by it.
Honey (llnrneui)—Tlie price in 1816. was 05 cts.
per gallon, it is now 55. ||us the duty of 15 percent
reduced it* price • If so, moderate duties produce
the same effect* as biffli ones
Bops, ifirst sort.)— In hlC the price was 2c* cents
per lb it i* now fifteen, flop* pay fifteen per cent
only.
Horns —In 1H6, the lowest price quoted
per 160, they are now quoted as low as $5
also have fallen under a duly of 15 percent
Iron -The prices ib the two year* referred to,
quoted us follows :
i $10
They
1816.
$ 40 00
1-31
$30 00
ril 00
65 66
*7 56
‘Ml 66
150 (Ml
126 00
812
146 06
Rusia, and
i English bur $37, on sheet
Pig, ton
(’•>untry refined, ton
Russia, bar*, “
Swede*, bars, “
Englith, bars, “
“ sliest, “
“ hoop, “
The duty on Pig iro
Swedes, bur .>22 40. or
i »n *7- -1" [i
Tint the American consumer may be able to cal
culate how much lie pay*, for the benefit <.f * few
rich owner* ol iron mines, we subjoin the following
li*t of prices at London, on Nov. 30, l"36.
Bars, ton, £»i 15—Equal to $32 40
Hulls, and Rods, ton, 8 66—Equal to 46
IMates, fslieet) ton, 12 60—Equal to 57 00
({••ops, ton, 16 (HI—Equal to 4* 00
I ' I Ml Equal to $4 00
In this calculation we have taken the pound ster
ling at $ I HI. The freight and charges of impor
tation would not exceed $16 per ton, and by adding
that sum, therefore the reader can see at wliut prices
the different sorts could be imported at, und whether
lnuh duties make good* cheap.
Leather—In 1-16, Hole lentber was at 22 cents per
Ih., upper leather dressed, $2 56 jier side, undressed
$1 25; the present prices are, sole 26 cents, upper
dressed, $1 75, undressed $ I 56. The duly on leather
in 1761, was 15 per cent.—in I“12 it was rnissd un
der the war act, to 30 per centum, where it lias re
mained ever
—consequently, were it not for the duty, they would
be 5 cts per lb. cheaper than they are. A* evidence
that they continue to be imported, we subjoin th*
following statement, from the Official Report of th*
Secretary of the Treasury, recently submitted US
Congrt
1 -25,
J -20,
1 -27,
1 -2-,
1-26,
Imports.
lbs. 363,803
230,6! *»
502.457
653,055
532,107
Eipints.
)*. 5 814
30 105
II 248
40 048
8 870
.Vara/ Stores.—The following are the prices at th*
periods: 1810
Tar, per barrel, $3 00
Pitch, per barrel, 3 50
Rosin, per barrel, 3 50
Turpentine, per bbl. 3 12 1-2
Spirits of do. [per gal. 0 56
The duty on all these articles,
per cent. ; but was in that year reduced to 15 per
cent, at which it has ever since remained.
[To be continued in our next J
1831
$1 37 1-2
1 50
1 12 1-2
2 56
0 28
1816, was 25
StirfournAl.
What it illuil * iim |»nl liut j lile Cow per.
MII.LEIH. rVIELE, Al (i. 11, t«$t*
O* CIIF.ROKEE EMIGRATION.-The Pre.i-
dent of the L’ruted States, we understand, lias di
rected the office for enrolling emigrants to be again
opened in the Cherokee country. Expectations ar*
entertained that the result will be very favorable Us
the wishes of Oeorgia.
The people of Georgia are indebted, for this mea
sure on the part of the President, to the earnest en
deavors of uov. Gilmer to obtain possession of th*
Cherokee country at an early day. It is understood
that the incliiiAtmns of the United State* govern
ment were against the measure; but that they yield
ed to the urgent representations of Gov. Gilmer, of
its indispensable necessity.
Lead
1816.
$6 00
II 00
I) 60
1831.
$1 20
4 76
Pig, cwt.
Bar, cwt.
Sheet, cwt,
Rod, cwt. 12(H) 0 60
White, cwt. 15 00 8 50
Ground in oil, cwt. 16 00 8 00
This ia a great fall—but let us see w hether we get . . - . ,- . . • -
1 w..huulddo iflli, dut... wrt.iiot! r ' tll °! , t. tl ' n comincnU °< ">c nrwspapfr, which
the way. The prices nt London, c
l-:in i
Pig, cwt.
Bur, cwt.
Sheet, CWt
Red, cwt.
XX lute, owl
Tim* it
ill I:
14, Od—Equal to $3 46
11, (ul — Equal to 3 46
15, Od—Equal to 3 71
6, 0d—Equal to 3 04
£1 3, Od —Equal to 5 51
that, notwithstanding the
extensive working of our lead mines, which, by be
ing overdone, has brought down (lie price -1 lead
below tlie cost of production, it would still be cheap
er than it now is, if it were not for the prohibitory
duty. That it is a fact that the lead-mining business
lias been overr' jj|
nrtiH.* whi'li
“ Lead-Mines—According to the reports nia«le to
the Ordnance Office, tlie quantity of Lead made at
(be United States’ Lead Mines, at Fever River, and
Missouri, amounted, in the year
1825 to lb*. 1,051,120
1 -26 to 2.333,804
1 -27 to 6,062,500
D2S to 12,311,7:10
1-26 to 14,541,310
l-:t(> to 8,332,058
In the l.*.st item, the return for the last quarter on
ly from .Missouri is included, the other three not hav
ing been received. The whole amount returned
from Missouri, in the four quarter* of If*26, was
1,16-,100 lb*. The falling off at Fever River, in the
last year exceeds 5,000,1 MM) Ih*., owing, no doubt, to
the gre.it reduction in price.”
Lumber.—The followingare tlie prices of the two
periods—
[ nidations which arc tmnroidaMy deferred.]
North River Pine Hoards, 1000 ft.,
Scantling, pin*, 1000fiat,
oak, 100 feet,
Albany Pine Hoards, each,
Oak 'limber, cubic feet,
Shingles, cypress, 1060
piue, bundle,
Staves, pipe, l(HH),
hogshead.1000,
barrel, 1660,
hogshead, red oak, 100,
Hogshead headings, white oak,
Hoops, l(HH),
The duly on lumber, in 1810,
. 00
1-10 1831
$23 00 $1
15 (H) 'l
30 00
06 25
(H) 44
6 00
I 00
;h4 oo
56 66
35 00
35 (M) 23 (H)
20 00
00 14
(H) 26
3 25
2 56
5o on
36 (to
70 i
36 66 30 00
125 per cent., and
ed <
i that year reduced to 15, where it has remain-
Mahogany.—In 1-10.—Bay was nt 13 cent* per
square loot , it i* now al 5—St. Domingo was at 25
cents; now it is at (5. This article, for the protec
tion of Cabinet-makers, has always been dutyfrer.
Molassis.—The quotations in 1810, were as fol-
00 to 62 cents
58 to tin cent*
56 to 53 cents
60 to 0»3 cents
60 to 02 cents
-flea
I 1-10, t
* at $ ( per ih. it is
: 12 - Mu
per
M ; iti
A'tliing
*2-ltr<t r.
-.1 (c
nt 36—< )tter w.
was nt .81, now
ave all been ft
they have fallen ns much as u
protected by high dut
been applied to them.
the
at Hi—Mar
ti,- Mink wa* 46
at $ I 50, now it is
t is at 00 cents.—
■. of duty—and \.-t
as many of the articles
I l id the Raccoon System
is no tilling w hat Would
un)—The prices at the two period*
Hurinam per gallon
Trinidad,
Havana,
8t. Vincent*,’
New Orleans
In 1-31, they are a* follow
Martinique A (iuadiloupe, 25 to 27 cents
English Islands, 27 to 30 cents
Havana A Matanzas 23 to 26 cents
New Orleans not quoted.
The duty,in 1*10, was lOcents per gallon—but in
that year w as reduced to 5 cents, ut w hich it contiu-
ued until 1“2**, when it was raised to 16 cunts—on
the 30th 8ept. l-:t(i, it was again reduced to.' cents
Mustard In 1816, th* price of English wa* 75
nts per Ib., and $2 per dozen in bottles ; it is now
2- cents per lb., and $1 25 per dozen—American
in 1-|0, 70 cents per Ib., and $2 in bottles; it is
now 25 cents per lb , and 75 cents per dozen. The
duty, in ItH», was 30 per centum, A has never since
been altered.
a meeting at Athens, on the subject of the con-
at Phuad 1
ntion proposed to be held at Philac* »1* ’*ia. It is
hoped that corresponding meetings will be held in
all the counties in the State—that the proceedings
of tlie meeting at Athens may be confirmed, or
other delegates appointed—or that both may be
done, just os may seem proper to the people. What
ever is done, should be done sj>ecdily.—There is
no time to be lost, if Georgia is to be represented.
There have now been two meetings in this State
—One nt Savannah, nt which
JOHN M. BERRIEN,
Win. GASTON,
RICHARD HABERSHAM,
EDXVAIU) TELFAIR,
JOSEPH CUMMING,
were appointed Delegates to represent that com
munity.
The meeting at Athens, included these gentle
men iti its ticket, thus ratifying, so far as wa* to
its power tho jiroceodings of tlie Savannah meet
ing.
FREE TRADE MEETING.
All person* in favor of selecting Delegates to th* i
General Convention to be held at Philadelphia in
September next, for the purpnae of expressing th*
views of the South upon the subject o( the uncon-
stitutmnality of the Tariff of 18V*, are requested to
meet al the Chapel, this day at 4 o'clock I*. M.
August 3,1831.
In pursuance of the above notice, a large and res
pectable number of th* citizens of Georgia, who
w ere in attendance on the commencement oL Frank
lin College, cc nveuvd m the College Chapel on th*
:td instant.
On motion of (Jen Edward Barden, the Ho*.
XX M II CRAWFORD was called to the Chair, and
AS HI’IH HILL was appointod tfaerstary.
The lion. Judge Clayton explained the object of
lie meeting, ami moved the appointment of a com-
- In I
! mil tee to nominate Delegates to the Convention,
by 6 per box of 50 ft.
II t«* 13 cents per ll» ; wrought do,,
all fu**. 12 to lucent*. They are now quoted—
Cut. 4d to 40d per pound 5 1-2 cent*
3d 7 to 8 cents
2d 8 to 6 cents
Wrought ^ 10 to Hi cents
This article of Nails, being one of universal use.
it is of immense consequence to the strength and.
security of houses, ship*, boats, stores, barns, wag-!
on*, fences, mills, factories, and other structures of;
wood, that they should he as chenp us posbible. Let
us see whether this is the caso or not
It is not enough, in our estimation, that nails, nt
the present day are cheaper than they w ere in 1-10.
i*h to know whether they are as cheap as they
after.]
XVhereupon the Chair appointed the following
gentlemen, namely,
The linn. ./ *. Clayton, of Clark county.
It ais Holt, E*q. of Baldwin.
(Jen. Ba>den, of Clark
Duct, li ia. Johnson, of Richmond.
Doct. James llh tihead, of llurke.
Doct. Habersham, of Savannah.
Thos. s.ocls, Esq. of Greene.
Gen. J. C. Ilarns, of Elbert.
Get: art .Indrtws. Esq. of Wilkes.
t' hick Carnes, Esq. of Richmond.
Idlward Paine. Esq. of Clark.
and 137 l-2l would be, if it were not for the'prohibitory duty now| The committee having retired for a short time,
raised upon tlm fi>r existing—a duly imp-wd, not fi»r the protection of/oiade a Report, which after discussion and amend*
1-10. 1 -31
$1150 $2 75
» “ “ “ 12 (H) 3 IH)
2, “ “ “ 14 00 3 50
duty in 1-10, upon the two first named sues
> cents p> r box,and upon tlie I i«*t named 17.
was reduced in that v
peclively. In 1-21 It U r _ „ _ ... ,. f . .
il 56, and upon the Utter to $l ?.», w here it j the great body of blacksmiths and nail-makers, but j was adopted as follows
r tlie protection of the rich owners ot' iron mines, j At a public meeting of the people assembled from
‘«.!lo
» not quoted i
8 by 16 do.
10 h v 12 do
Hut tin.-* gl.
1-10, but its pres
$3 50
IDEITICR FOR FARMERS.
Yrvni the Hanntr of tks Caiistitoho
$5 06— Duty off,
5 IH)—Duty off,
ft 25— Duty off, 3 50
»np«n an ivSrag* worth $2 per
proved bv the
the above « t u »xt. it seems that 4«J cut nails, \ different partsoftke State at Athens,on the 3d of A»-
*V all larger ones to 46d. are a-Iowa* 5 I-2 cts per lb gust iu*t to take into consideration the notice of a
Tiles* nail* are made out of bar iron, rolled to the 1 proposition to hold an Anti-Tariff Convention inth*
w idth equitl to the 1 City of IMiiludelplua, on the 30th September next—
II a* quantity
you, yourself, had declared that the President dis
claimed to you any disposition of the sort, will op
pmar from (lie extract which I make from a letter
of your own now before me. Alter recapitulating a
conversation ofyour own, held with Col. J.diuson,
(the tenor of which you inform me is to be adj usted
between you ami him,) ton nuke tin* aiugl
mark in ndatum to tlie President:
“ In the interview to which I teas in rite I by the
President, same fete iluys eiflmrnrsU. I frankly ex
posed to him my views on this subject, nnd ht tits
claimed any disposition to press such a requisition.”
In tlus you have allusion to the written declara
tion read to you by the President, which can bear
Bo other interpretation than that winch you have
given it in tins extract.
In both the points presented by me, in the extract
quoted tax your la*t note, 1 Joel myself fully sustain-
ed by the documentary evidence, which 1 now lay
before you; [ iruat vou will also consider it a*
lolly vindicating th© statement whrh I have made
Having tliua justified tuv self, you will permit me to
conclude my correspondence W1 th you.
1 am, Sir, your obethent servant,
k\ V. BLAIR.
It i- law rted hi th* > «n
fall which b»s taken place,
the ar '
memory may be treacherntiw when the tn.m himself ' altogether
is honest. 1 am willing to believe tin* is y«.urease, were true.
You hay* innocently forgotten th© »!••«rlsrati >n I ti© * •'
made by the Pn^sident, w Inch stands authentica
ted, as I have told you, us well as tho communica
tion of the same pnrj*>rt made to you by Colonel
Johnson.
1 ant obliged to n ly on this wriftm record of a
fact rather than on y»nr memory, ©specially w hen
I find this positive proof cntiriniiig tlie statement
of Col. Johnson, that the President di^ lsmied any
right or d**s:ro to interfere with the private asso
ciations of yourself or your family, and that you
knew it.
1 next quoted your own written admission, con
firming the statement of CoUmd Johnson and th*
written record of tlie President, m the following
words—“In the inter?i»*w t - win. h J wa- invited
by the President some few day* aftorwarils, ^after
If tli
ith tin
per
«• um* <;u* nll v would li
considered, much cheap*
it not for ll»e duty.
In 1-10. Xinrrican wa*
rapes!; the dies or *t is m
cheapest quality, was, i
"W at I I—but it pays a
rnily, if it
ynahty \
thickness of the
length of the n ul The price of thm iron may be The following resolutions were adopted
estimated at $l(H)per t >n. and. as 5 1-2 cents per lb llesolred, That tlie object of said Convention, a*
fir nails is Wnly'$123 20c t*. a ton. it would seem that: far aa it propose* by peaceable and constitutional
>23 26. which is a fraction more than I cent per Ib., means a redress of grievances, resulting from th*
than the pay * for rolling the iron,cutting the nails, and all ex- uniu-t and unequal burthens of Ul© Tariff System,
i of transportation. The** nails are usually ia approved, and that it if *xp*di*til to bars th*8(ata
upon of Georgia
: 40 cents made of Russia or 8\vedi«h
w 13 cents'
. I-Hi. ,1
duty of >
were not |
!. Johnson’s visit,) I frankly expressed to Inin
my vi»*w* oo the subjtu-t, un i ha dis«'Limcd any
dispfieilion t»» press such a requisition. 1 *
You sav that **a disclaimer «>f an intention to
j fires* suc)t a requisition, a u holly difTirvnt thing
1 frwfu dtmoil of «t«r havmg mid© U.”
j should be ..
thing Ims fallen m a great
our agricult'tr.t! produciji
whu ii tr> aubject to high
true, finu-e lei's every
price, including articles *
low duties, snd no duties
to «di >w pr«--serving ih<
which We Coinuienced.
Back—The follow mg are
and 1-31, respccUvviv, per p
A r.l 2, 1-10
Ruse a, first quality, $27 I
** 2nd pliably, 24 •
3rd quality, 26 i
S\>t.
Put it
thatl
for tli
wliieli i* Aw//' thi pr
Tariff compel the I
ail the world al Its*
1816?
!» llrn "* /few/#-In 1-16Ru*»iar
•>«•! \ m .t *i:m, i... i ,
fr* r :T!!i a"o* tii. j.hv
ut in that year was reduce«l to $30. Ini-21 it wa*
I raised to $.37 .'hi. ,n l-2>,to $15, and is now $55—
the quotations of 1-10,1 and yet with this burden upon it.it i* impaled,
** *1 at more than d-.-ubl* the price of the Amer-
i It th.* h gh duty uiake* goods fall abroad, a*
I as .it home, why has it not occasioned a greater
ot hemp in Russia, than the one that has luL
Inch is | cent per Ib.—and consequently.
uot for the duty, thebe nails could be made for 1
cents per Ib. But suppose cut nails were made
f English iron, admitted duty free, vvh.it would
i represented in tli* Convention.
all,** we t.
alphabetical
Jan
Ravens,
Holland, 3d
The duty in 1-10, w.is’JK pen
In that year it w.is r du> rd t > >
Russia, *1 25 upon Raven*, A >
and, in I"24. was changed to 1 •
|-2*. to l)cents per sqr yard If
duty. those article* would be about $3 p
13 <
not I
Id tor 6 oerits per pound, then be the price ; The cost of bar iron in England, 1
ht .Imrrican. Doe* our as we have seen above, is only $32 40 J
to sell the gun-powder to Add to this, for freight, and all charge* of
x fourth of the price of. importation, 10 00
! | Add to this the expense of rolling and cut-
i x* at £22-'* per ton, and , ting it intu trails, the same as in the above
i>*r is now >2.*6. and the I rklimale, 2:1 26 i
1-16, was $ |6 p«
And the whole cost of a tor would be, $05 601
XX hich o liss than li rents per tb.
H it will Engli*h iron answer for cut nails? We
think any one will allow.that it does answer in F.ng- 1
land, when we assure him. front authentic state-,
Bides
fo cent* p
In !-|.
•f the former
ll-
o:» the farmer* and
the price of Hirer. * Xyres was
I the prt •• of XV 1 13. the price
the falter
been duly free, and we
of Philadelphia
d t
"g duty \
•atron—l »r Jngbdutir*.
ahvspef. E>tu./*<'(«*« iKlvk,♦«!! under the waur* of the Tvrr.F party, u*ae things fiUl in price.
That
JOHN M. RF.RRIF.N, of Chatham,
AFGI’RTIN H. CLAYTON, of Clark,
JOSEPH CCMMING, of Chatham,
XX ILL!AM GA8TON, of do.
RICHARD If AHF.R8IIAM, of do.
ALEX ANDER TELFAIR, of do.
XVII.I.l XM CCMMING, of Richmond,
XVM II TORRANCE, of MilledgeviP*.
I.L! 8 SHORTER, of Putnam,
J AMES CAMAK, of MilledgevrlD,
JOHN FLOYD, of Camden,
JOHN WINGFIELD, of Morgx*,
.XI H LAMAR, of Putnam,
S II ARI.OW, of Burk*,
JAMES II COPPER, of 8t. Simon*,
JOEL ( RAW FORD, of Sparta,
WARREN JOFRDAN, of Jena*, and
SEABORN JONES, of Columbus,
men’s, that ’he who e quantity of foreign
ported into Great Britain, during the ten years
" ’6ig with I-14. A- eruJin«g with 1-2:1, did not ex- be,and they are hereby, appointed Delegatee for th#
• t ed. upon an average, 14.060 tons per annum—. purpose above expressed, and that they unite witJ.
vvl.. Ii, when we reflect upon th* immense const!nip- their fellow-citizens from the other parts of the Cnr-
in that country, l«»r building machine- on in their best exertions to procure from Congress,
Hboots. aud all otlti-r purp le*, could have a repeal or modification of said Tariff System.
i very small part of the total demand. | R> sol red, As this meeting entertains the most hr*®
I ' ’ •»» now e how the t j*e stands with Wrought! !y devotion to the Cnion ot tlie Statee. and to pre-
N . - 'I hey s-r■* quoted fr*»ni 16 to 10. cenu per Ih. | vent a misunderstanding of it* views, thatourSlat©
'1 be duty upon them is 5 cents per lb., to w hich it | Delegates be instructed to confmq tlreir discuseiqf©
was rvied v* 1“W4 ; and they reB/’©©< to be «mfurtsd 1 and tna result Ihaftpf, ejclusivehr, to t m
y, ship*
implied but i
DISSOLUTION OF THE LATE CABINET.
. . Many of our subacribers having expressed a
1 —Tiie following are the prices of the two pc- j desire to see the corresporclcnce wliich has follow-
led tlie dissolution of the late Cabinet of General
Jackson, and which wc had declined publishing, on
account of the disgrace which we conceived it
could not fail to throw upon the country, we have
accordingly complied with thnt desire, and re
publish the whole, from the firm letter of Mr. Ea
ton to Mr. Inghatn, to the address of Mr Berriei*
to the public. We publish this correspondence
ms were not "mui
the 30th of 0° vc taken a conspicuous part in the business,
leaving' it to the reader lo draw the conclusions
which its perusal may suggest. We will beg
leave,howevet, to give our opinion, next week, of
the whole matter, leaving it also to the reader to
determine, whether w c have or not taken a cor
rect view of the subject, as presented through the
correspondence. We shall be as brief as justice
to the consideration of the subject will admit.
[Other matter, the publication of which could
not bo postponed, prevents the address of Mr.
Berrien from following the correspondence, which
, will appear 1/om th* 'following I " >11 be found on the first page of the paper : next
going the round* in the news- j week it shall be attended to, with other commit-
JOHN C. CALHOUN.—We have received
the exposition of the sentiments of this gentle
man, on tlie question of tire relation winch the
States nnd General Government bear to each other.
It shall be published as soon ns w e have room for it.
. In point me nts by the President.—Lons McLaivc,
of Delaware, to lie Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States. Martin Van B kfn, of New
York, to be Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
States to Cireat Britain. Aaron Vaii., of New
York, to be Secretary of Legation to Great Brit
ain, in the place of Washington Irving, who ha»
signified lus wish to retire from that station.
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