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OL. IV. MJLLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEIiKlMUY 11, 1S23. i\o 1. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, 111 S. UllA.VTEAND -V «• M- OR ME, n i r?«n«-.j><-kSireet, 0|>poaitethe Auction Stoic, /VTffRi'K dollars,in ad van if., on i ot’R DOLLARS AT TUB EXPIRATION OF THE V :*R. Advertisements conspicuously inserted «t the customary rates. Letters on business, in nil cases, must be post pane GUNUYYViSS. j to apeak. At home, “ where wo knew IN SENATE. Tuesday, Jan. 21. Mr. Stokts laid on the table the follow ing resolution : Resolved, That the Committee on the \> ll9 t Office ami Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route, for the conveyance of the mail, in stages, twice a week, the most direct way from Fredericksburg, by Cartersville, Cum berland court house, Prince F.dward court house, Charlotte court house, to Halifax court house, in Virginia ; by Milton, Castvell court house, Greensborough, Salem, Salis bury, Concord, to Charlotte, in North Caro lina’; by Mason’s ferry, York court house, Finckney ville, Union court house, Laurens court house, to Abbeyviile court house, in South Carolina ; by Petersburg, Washing ton, Powelton, Milledgeville, Fort Hitwkin Creek Agency, to the Coweta towns, i Georgia ; hy Line Creek, Montgomery, Ci liawha, to Deinopolis, in Alabama ; hy Jack- sou, Port Gibson, to Natchez, in Mississq pi- The Senate then again resumed, in committee of the whole, the considera tion of the hill to aboli-li imprisonment for debt. Mr. Smith, of Md. in the chair. Mr. Fan Dyke, offered his views of the propositions before the Senate, and his reasons tor being opposed to the broad measure originally proposed, yet in fa vor of a modified system of exemption from imprisonment for debt, lie con cluded by moving that the bill and a- mondments be referred to a select com mittee of seven members, that they might, having heard the various views offered by gentlemen endeavor to frame, from the different substitutes which haii been proposed, such a bill as would meet the concurrence of a majority of the Senate. This motion was agreed to ; and Messrs. Van Dyke, Johnson, of Ivy. Van Bcrem, Southard, Mills, Tayi.or, cl' Va. and Smith, ofS. C. were appoint ed the committee. A message which was received from the President of the U. S.^on Thursday Inst, and read, was taken up. and, on mo tion of Mr. Bariioir, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The message was as follows : To the Senate of the United Slates: The Convention concluded and sign ed at St. Petersburg, on the 12th day ot July last. unJer the mediation of his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, having been ratified by the three powers, parties thereto ; and the ratifications of the same having been du ly exchanged, copies of it are now com municated to Congress, to the end that the measures for carrying it, on the part ofthe United States, into execution, may obtain the co-operation of the Legilature, neressarv to the accomplishment of some of its provisions. A translation is suh- him best and loved him most where opportunities were most abundant lor observing the delightful sway which the simplicity and modesty of his character exercised over the higher faculties ol his nature, it will lie allowed us to in dulge in an affection for the individual which is quite equal to the admiration which accompanied him abroad. In tin softer charities of human life, in the re lations of a husband, parent, friend, and ( Lowndes, master, he was amiably and conspicuous ly loved and distinguished. There was a belief in which public opinion is supposed to have indulged, in regard to Mr. Lowndes, which was radi cally unsound ; that he was deficient in decision ofcharacter. The mistake na turally grew out ofthe extreme tacility of his disposition, in relation to all objects that were personally advantageous to himself ; out of an habitual acquies cence in the postponement of his own interests and distinction to make room for the aspirations of the more sanguine and confident. But. in nny of those de licate junctures which arise in morals and patriotism, where it might be expe- reasnns. The most important was, that i ;o shed new light upon all subjects t he fell ho was unequal to the office.— which he applied his vigorous and dis Nor was it necessary, after the picture 'criminating mind. His industry in dir which had been presented to us to-day, charging the arduous and responsible to which, he attempted to add any co- duties constantly assigned him, was pet louring, lie should only contribute to' severing and efficient. deface, perhaps that which did not re quire to he improved. Panegyric, on this occasion, was indeed rendered un necessary hy the settled feeling and n- pinion of this country in relation to Mr. Lowndes. He had been, for a con- ' sidcrahle time, conspicuously before the public, a part of that time compre hending a very trying period of our his tory, and the judgment of the public had been awarded in relation to him.— He was already ranked with the eminent names which had passed by, and been consecrated to national respect. Hp was already ranked as a man superior in worth as he was in mind as one of the purest, and ablest, and most faithful of the statesman who might claim from our country the tneed of honor—as combin ing a large share of the highest titles to human deference and estimation, talent, and public service, and virtue. Mr A. saiil that the House would be deficient in dient to be wrong but honest to be right, j the discharge of its appropriate office, it he dttl, and would, uniformly h ive vinced the triumphant resolves of an un dismayed and inflexible spirit. He had To manners tlm most unassuming—ol patriotism the most disinterested—to morals the most pure—to attainments to '.he first rank in literature and sricnc.e— ke added the virtues of decision ami pru dunce, so happily combined, so harnin. niously united, that we knew not which most to admire, the firmness with which lie pursued his purpose, or the gentle ness with which he disarmed opposi tion. His arguments were made, not to en joy the triumph of victory, hut to con vince the judgment of hi-* hearers ; and wien the sucross of his efforts was most -ipial, his humility was most consptcu- ofs ! You Mr. Speaker, well remember his ?j -il in stistaing the cause of our country ii the darkest days of the late ivar. A ou Cinnot have forgotten—who that heard I'm can ever forget, the impression of Its eloquence, in announcing the resolu tion of thanks to the gallant Perry, lor lie victory of Lake Erie ? Alas ! nl is ! lie statesman has joined the hero—ne ver, never again shall his voice he heard m this Hall. We shall see him, no more, until the voice of the Archangel shall summon the grave to surrender its dead. When Mr. Taylor sat down— Mr. Archer rose again and said that there was one topic of especial recom mendation ofthe regard of his House possessed by Mr. Lowndes, which thro' inadvertence, he had omilled, and which lie would non, in reference to his own feelings, and not for any purpose of aid would not reflect the sentiments and the wishes of the people whom it represent ed. if it omitted Ihe testimony of respect- emphatically less self love and more self I ful regret which was due to this afllict- denial than any man who ever came | ing occasion. The face of this country within the sphere of my experience.— i 'fas clothed in mourning, and tins coun These virtues were exemplified in a J lenance ought to be reflected in its pro- remarkable degree, in the manner in 1 per mirror, the proceedings and Inn- which he received, and invariably treat i gtiagn of this House. The House would ed, the nomination which was made, in be wanting in a due respect to itself, if his behalf, by his native state, to the first j it omitted this last tribute to a man who office in the gift of this people. i had filled so large a space in its service. Whatever opinion he might have cn-1 and brought to it so great an accession tertained, as to the propriety of this meas- of reputation. The House had, he ure, he could not but he sensible of the j knew, no disposition to withhold the j to the resolution, ask permission to sup- favorable estimation of those who had a tribute. Their feeling, on the subject, ply. It >vas that although the highest right to know him most intimately, butj was in a true accord with the feeling of allurements had been held nut to him his generous sensibilities were principal-1 the countrv, Some gentleman might | do so, as Mr. A. had good reason to ho ly aroused, hy the ill omens which might! suppose, however, that the ease was no; hc-ve, he could never lie induced to possibly be gathered from flinging nno- j compre.hended by the rule of usage of the I change for iny sphere of public service ther competitor into the perilous and 1 House, in this respect, lt d wi re not generally regarded as more honorary troubled are a. Whilst ho was consci- so embraced. Mr. A had no hesitation |' ie service of this House. There was ous that “the office of President of the i for hi nself. in saying this was a case in j nothing Mr. A. said, which could have United States was one neither to In. toli-1 which he would make n vnli f>r 'iw* or- j . p irated Intn from us but the grave cited or declinedhe would have re-! casion. He Holnvvvl.-dgod himself the I I'iie miestion w»* then taken nn aw obligations of precedent in no other lace, than a r. or! of > isiire ; c.uncciv- tpar. in all olhe. pi. os, ,* higher obe li! u • t< be 'ou to Ihe. sources <»T prove dent, the justice and reason from vhirh it was ptesumed to sptiog. But the ease did fall within '.lie principle and in tendment of the usage. We h i been told by hi- friend li m South Carolina, that N|r. Lavvndes was constructively a, member of this House at the period 0 f j ‘oniciLR* form, unfounded as it is. Aiwa hi . lamented demise. But for the near j ^"{l ! l "\ nulh " q>i,roach and prospect of this seat would never have been vacated ; and he' ause he refused to hold an office of which he. was unable to discharge the duties, and had given, in his last public art, a new and farther proof ot his just elainis to our esteem, was the testimony of our respect to be withheld from him which would otherwise have been ac corded ? This could not, Mr. A. knew, be the sentiment ofthe House. It was among the first dti'ies of patriotism, es pecially in a free state, to acrorJ a dun testimony of public sensibility to emi- setvea, to have sheltered him from ajo-U re sponsibility, by so great a violation of the confidence reposed in you, and Buuh a flag rant contempt ofthe legitimate authority "I her thereof, however infatuated hy party zeal, who feels the slighest respect for the dignity of hi® station, could, without dishon or, regard with indifference. A. 15. Mr. Dwight, of Massachusetts, made a motion, w hich was subsequently reduced to writing, in the following words: Resolved, That the letter of Messrs. Gales k Seaton he committed to a select committee, and had been nny fault nny where. He v islied a full inquiry , and to liar e all tile circumstan ces connected with this matter placed be fore the House. He had never heard ol the the house of representatives, Hud no mem- fact stated hy the gentleman from Ohio, nor even seen the publication in question before it was presented to the House this morning. But lie bad formed his opinion that there was no fault any w here,from the single fact which speaks loudly to all parties. This House is in possession of the original letter from the Cashier. Yi In n calls are made on the departments for information, it is usual to furnish copies. In this instance, the ori- that said committee have power to send for I ginal paper had lieen sent to this liousi— persons ami papers. and he rould not conceive any other motive Mr. Lillie, of Mary land, hoped the course for the department furnediing the original now proposed, would not bp taken. He j paper, uless it were that the H' o-e slwld he hoped the house would not pay so much j in possession of all the facts i i.netted with respect to an annoymnus pulilii alio: newspaper, ns to make it the subject of in quiry by a committee. He moved to lay ’lie letter, kc. on the table. the subject, tho’ it might not have been pro per that every particular of it should ba spread before the public. Mr. Archer, nf Va. expressed his surprize Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, suggested that if that the gentleman from South-Carolina me gentleman from Maryl.in,l were some- j should have expressed his entire confidence what bettei acquainted with the subject in- in the print! r s, and yet have oproswj ihe voiced in this inquiry, he would not make {proposed inquiry. Here is the g-ave asser- s " light of it. He did not know whether | lion of one of the most reqipctnhh mem- the gentleman had been favored with a view of a certain document, of the last session, gurded it as the greatest misfortune ot his life if he could have won it, by ivtflie' Ing Upon III? couutr r »L- .0 successful intrigue and profligate ambi tion—if he could have obtained it even by one harsh collision, which could have shaken the foundation of this Union. In this review of an interesting era of his life, l am doing little more than giving utterance to those sentiments, that fell from his own lips. Alas Sir, when I contemplate the void his death has produced at horn- , that in a state, not absolutely sterile in the pro duction of able men, it will be lung, t! even that we can hope for the proud dis tinction of furnishing such a contingent of genius, worth, and knowledge, so large in its amount, «o estimable iu its qualities for the service of our common country, I cannot hut sink under an in vincible dismay. Good men do not die, however, without bequeathing something to posterity. 1 have some w here seen a I lie question was then taken on agree ing to Mr. Archer's motion ; and it was determined in Ihe affirmative, nem. con. The speaker laid before the house the fol- Washington, Jan. 31, 1823. Sir—-In the Washington Republican of last evening is an article, a copy of which we have the honor to annex hereto, im peaching the honesty of our conduct us printers to the house of representatives. We are glad to meet this charge in a avs which ought to have been published, hut of which e part was not published—and which seemed to demand an inquiry by the house. It lie had seen it, he was persuaded the gen tleman would not desire to prevent the in quiry, kc. Upon this statement, Mr. Litlle, not wishing to prevent any inquiry vvhirli any member ofthe house should think necessary, withdrew his motion to lay the resolve on the table. Mr. Archer, of Virginia, called for the reading of the paper annexed to the letter (which had not previously been read.) Mr. Ilhigbt, of Maryland, enid, after ' the statement which had been made, lie was clearly for investigating the matter, and ex posing every thing connected with it to the face of day, without regnid to persons, af fect whom it may. He therefore cordially concurred in the appointment of the com mittee, as proposed. Mr. .Mitchell, of South Carolina, said he hoped the gentleman from Massachusetts would withdraw Ilia motion, and that the precious time of the hous would nut he ant lered to he occupied with a matter of this description. We are not so sensitive our selves, said Mr. M. in regard to the reputa tion ol tile members of this house; when our conduct is assailed iu the ncwspiqier, we do not call for the authors, or appoint com mittees to inquire into the truth of the im putations against us. He was very certain, lie said, that Gales and Seaton had conduct ed themselves properly' in the discharge of their duties, and were deserving of the con- was made upon their characters by others, why not let them resort to a court of Jus- tire ? Are vve, he said, guing to investigate newspaper slanders ? To convert ourselves into an inquest on characters ? It is unbe coming in us to appoint a committee mere- . _ _ ly on the foundation of a newspaper para- ter against Ihe servants ol this House, and it joined, of the three explanatory docu- remark, which appears to me to be as uients, in the French Language, referred philosophically just, as it is consoling to to in the fourth article of the Conven tion, and annexed to it. The agree ment executed at the exchange of Ihe ratifications is likewise communicated. JAMES MONROE. Washington, Jan. 16, 1823. DOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. TuesdaY, Jan. 21. HONORS TO A DECEASED PATRIOT Mr. Hamilton, of S. C. rose and said, the melancholy intelligence which was announced in’lhe Gazettes of yesterday, of the death of my distinguished prede cessor, the private advices which I have received from South Carolina have but loo fully confirmed. When, Sir, (said he) it is recollected that Mr. Lowndes was constructively a Member of this House at the period of his death, for I believe that his resignation at that time had not then reached his home ; but, a- bove till, sir, when we consider the sta tion which he occupied on this floor, with such remarkable honor to himself, and advantage to his country ; w hen we are sensible that he was here as it were but yesterday, occupying that place which I now so feebly and inefficiently fill j that the impression left by his delight ful character and commanding intellect, is yet almost animated hy the vigor of life, I am sureyou will not regard the few ob*?rvationsl shall offer on this mourn ful occasion, as an unseasonable tres pass. I knotvtoo well how you cherish the recollection of his virtues, not to be certain of your kindest and most res pectful sympathy. It might, Sir, be seemingly presump tuous in me to descant on his public vir tues in this assembly, where they were so conspicuously exercised for a period of ten years, in which the richest and most various knowledge was success fully blended with tho purity and ar dor of an ingenuous spirit, and the in telligence of a lofty intellect. But, of his private virtues, I may he permitted humanity. However feebly, I will at- nent public service. It was the most un- tempt its illustration. Vice in its im-! questionable dictate of policy, in such a mediate operation is nndoubtely perni-! state, to hold out the incitements, at cious. The bad man poisons the at- once so cheap and so splendid, to public mosphere in which he live®, contamin-| virtue, which were afforded bv Ihe priv ates, *'frets hie busy hour on the stage," dies and is forgotten. But the virtuous man, such a being as our deceased friend, not only is a blessing to the age in which he lives, but his virtues visit the re motest posterity in a thousand impres sive shapes, giving” nrdor to virtue and confidence to truth.” f rom his grave there arises a halo of unfading bright ness ! 1 would now tender to yon a resolution which would seem naturally to follow the few observations in which i have in dulged; but, I give way to the gentleman from Virginia, whose fortune it was to poet of posthumous honor and reputa tion. A case could scarcely occur, cal ling more loudly for action, in reference to this duty' and this policy, than that which now presented. Mr. .Archer had no doubt that Ihe House duly apprecia ted its obligation ; and that there would be an unanimous accord in rendering the last office of respect which he was about to propose, to a man whom it would long be a subject of our pride to remember, and of our regret to have lost ; and that, too, at a period of life at which he might have, been expected to render still farther services to his country and to lers ofthe House, that the House has bn imposed upon by them or by siuni h y else: Messrs. Gales and Seaton are at p,e- t printers to this House, and it is pti ha lite will come before us at the close of this session, ami ask a re-election to that trust. Mr. A. asked the gentleman from South < a- ilina, and any oilier gentleman, if ;hi“ mat ter was not satisfactorily cleared up, v> I '*/■ ther be would give his vote for them? The gentleman from S. Carolina professed to bo the friend ofthe printers, and yet his course mid be surh as to prevent any man from conscientiously giving them a vote, for re- election. Air. A.said he should lie * xtr nit - ly reluctant to suppose Messrs. Gales nd Seaton really culpable, as was imputed to them—but, w hen a charge to that effect was formerly made against them, standing on the high creditor one ofthe mi mbers o! Um House, what could lie do? It was die to the parte-s—to the gravity of the charge— to the respectable source from whence i; now emanates, being one ofthe members of f his House, that an inquiry should take place. Mr. Mitchell, of S. C. said he had consi- sidered this charge merely as brought hy nrx editor of a newspaper against Gabs ami Seaton, when lie opposed the appointn ent of a commit ten on the subject. !!•• dirt not suppose it wrs supported l y any member of the House. So long as it rested merely nn the assertion, perhaps unfounded ass' rtion, of a newspaper, lie was opposed to the exa mination of it. But he had too much res* pect for the members of this House, to re* sist an inquiry into a charge supported hy the authority of any one of them; and there* lore withdrew his opposition to the propos* ed reference Mr. Ingham called for the reading nriliu document referred to in *1, bate, to shew the efl'ei t of the rums don ofthe part of it which had not been printed. Mr. II rigid repeated that (he charge now presented was one of an aggravated charac- raph. It would be otherwise if anv char w were presented by a member against these gentlemen.—As it was he Imped the resn- lution, kc. would be suffered to lie on the table. Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, stated, that, if there were nothing lint newspaper authority *° act upon, the sourse commended hy tl I* IrcRI x> ft gentleman from South Carolina, w as one J tile Hon.-e, and it turned out to he which he should he stiongly inclined to fnl j Air. Ilrigiil again piolested against insti- lov. But bt: stated, that the perusal of the {toting a partial investigation into the merits publication in the newspaper had induced I ol this matter, on a question whether it If m to go to the clerk’s office, in see the j ought to he inquired into. It would he time document referred to in that nulilication. enough to. investigate it, lie said, when the Ii seemed, upon the fare of it, that this I "hole matter was before the House. *hu have and deserve the abounded cerifi-i establish a still larger, though not more dence, friendship, and esteem of my dis- tinished predecessor, whilst it comports best with my own feelings, that any tes timonials of respect you may accord to the memory of my deceased Fried should not come from the State I have the hon or to represent. Mr. Archer, of Va. rose to follow, with the resolution which had been in timated by his friend from South Caro lina, the Feeling annunciation which had been just addressed to the House. That gentleman might well feel k speak more strongly than any other member of the House could do, on the subject of this melancholy event, from his more inti mate n 'jociatinn, lioth*by residence anil friendship, with the eminent man whose loss we deplored ; and the peculiarity of whose character and fortune it was to be esteemed ami beloved in the exact proportion in which he was known. It was, indeed, a character, Mr. A. said, in which the qualities which won esteem, were blended in the happiest unison with those which commanded it. lie had no intention of entering into any minute delineation of h s charae’er, for many , • | ij •!. ■■■■ house for the faithful discharge of " ’ tl,s 'our official functions, we ask, of the house, that it will do os the justice to institute a committee to inquire into the correctness of our conduct, herein impeached, with pow ers to send for persons and papers, and re port the result of its investigation to tile hon. body over which you preside. With * lie highest respect, we have the honor to he your most obedient servants, GALES k SEATON, Printers to the House of Representalivos. Hon. P. P. Barbour, speaker, kc. From the ll'ashinglon Rep. of Jttn. 21. house has bean imposed upon either by T!ie following communication we are in- ptinter® or some other officers of tin go- ■lucedto insert m our paper, not from any vernment. He did not undertake to declare feeling of hostility to the respectable gentle where the fault lay, but the censure rested men to whom it is addressed—a feeling we somewhere, and it ought to he fixed at the are incapable of cherishing towards them— proper place. The letter in que-tion, he hut, because We think it due to them to af- ®aid, was one from W. R. Dickinson, cash- ford them an opportunity of doing away with ier of the bank of f'eulienvilie. In the o- an impression which has been made on the riginal of this letter was one paragraph in- iiiinds of some members of the. house, and closed within brackets, and a cross made which if suffered to remain, may he disad- over it with a pencil, which peihaps had vantageous to their reputation : been done as a notice to the printer that I jV V' “ Messrs. Gat.es k Seaton : that part was not to he published. That 1 001 ecle<1 ’ (Srntlemen : Influenced by Ihe charitable paragraph was one which ought not to have principle of considering every man innocent, been suppressed, a3 it had been. Mr. C. until his guilt is proved, nuu knowing that said lie presumed that when a member presumptions even the most violent are not makes a statement of this k"ul in his place, always In lie iclied on, it is the object of it is due event to him that a committee this address, which shall lie short, to elicit should he raised to inquire into Ihe matter, from yon explanations that are indispensn- The marks i-efeired to might perhaps have lily necessary to acquit yourselves of snspi been inadvertently made: they might, for cions highly injurious to you, that have ex j example, have been made hy the person isted lor nearly twelve months past. who first lead the letter, anil tal It will he recollected that, at the list ses-1 printers for a mark of omission. The thin,., sion of congress, Ihe house of representa- might, however, to he investigated. Whin 1 lives adopted a resolution calling upon .Air. a department is called nn for information,^ Crawford to exhibit a statement.-of h was due to them and to the House that it should be inquired b to. Mr. Dwight expressed the same senti ment in justification and support of his mo tion. Some conversation tonic place as to the point whether the letter which had been read was tile Original, taken from the files of undoubted title to itsesteem. He should, therefore move that this House do Resolve, That the members of this House will testify their respect for the memory of AVr.i. Lowndes, late a member of this House, from the State of South Carolina, Ly wear ing crape on the left arm for one month, Mr. Taylor, of Netv-York, addressing the Speaker, said, I rise to second the motion ofthe gentleman from Virginia, and to tender to him sincere thanks for having made it. To omit this horn ioe of national respect, could in nn wise im pair the exalted and well-earned fame nf our lamented friend, hut it would indi cate a want of sen-ibility to the greatest bereavement in the loss of a citizen, which has befallen the Union since 1 have held a sent in its councils. The highest mid best hopes nf this country looked to William Lowndes for their fulliltneri'. The most honorable office in the civilized world—the Chief M 'gis- tracy of this free people would have been illustrated by his virtues and tal ents. During nine years service in this llotise, it was my happiness to be asso ciated with him on manv of its most im- actinns with all those hanks, which had hern made hy him the depositories of public mo neys received from the sales of public lands. In conformity to which resolution lie in idi hi« report on the I Jth ['■ binary, 182‘i, and accompanied it with numerous eurohin-aling and explanatory documents, all of which the house ordered to he printed. You were the public printers to whom these docu ments were delivered ; and it was your du ty to have printed them correctly—yet it is a fact, incontrovertible, that parts of those documents, implicating .Mr. Crawford tb Pile question was then taken on Air. Dwight s motion, and decided in the uffii ma uve, nem. con. CULTIVATION OF COTTON. \A e have received a Circular, in a pamphlet form, issued by tlm house of Cropper, Benson k Co. Liverpool, 27'h fopt. last, “ on the cultivation of cotton." The range of facts, which they have very extensive—and the conclusions, to which they are conduct ed, are hold, recommended by the ap pearance of sagacity, ami calculated to maintain the hopes ot the cotton plan ter®. They take a comprehensive view of the quantities of cotton consumed and piro- duecd. 'i hey conclude from a compa- " Ly 1 lie j rDon ofthe quantities used in Great l’ri- tieihine. f ro(n •, scrips of years from 1816, that “ the scale of increase f of consump- and, in communicating it, a part of a letter j *' on ) a ' ,0,| 5 “ HI P rr cent per annum ; is suppre-sed, or ii is in any nilirr way sup- und though it may not have always kept pressed, it is: treating Ihe house in a very at that rale exactly, yet it is probably shameful manner. It was due to all who near the fact.” Their “ estimate of the eoold lie suspected »l this suppression, that : consumption of G. Britain is 574 000 itshmiM be inquired into. Let those who , „f kinds.” They estimate’ Ihe are innocent appear so, and those who are „ r> .■ . ,, e guilty be exposed. Il is our duty, as mem- ! o( the 1)1 L ""’Pe hers, to see that such frauds do'nnt go mi- I lnr at 290,000. “ Die consnmp- puni“hed. Suppose that liny member, hear j lion of America is estimated by sonic at i”g from tliis cashier whai he had written I 100,000, and by others at considerably to tin* secretary ofthe treasury, should state : less ; we will take it 60.000 ; thus niak- it on this floor, and on turning to the print-1 j ng t> ie consumption nf Europe and A- merica, in 1822, 944,000 bales.” i d documents, should find nothin; the most strongly, wero suppressed, arid totally j sort there, w hat an unpleasant situation lie I omitted in the printed document, with which would be placed in, kc. It was due, under j 'J hey then calculate the rate of pro* von furnished the house, professedly in every vieiv, to Messrs. Gales k Seaton and | duction. They estimate that “ the obedience to its orders. Of this fact, anv I to tlm head of the gentleman may he fully satisfied, w Jo will take the troll tile to compare tile piloted docu ment with the one transmitted to the house hy Mr. Crawford, mid which is nmvin the possession of the clerk. Tile latter also af fords intrinsic evidence, that the omissions were not accidental, for they are inclosed in black lead pencil Brackets, which would seem to have been intended as a guide to your compositor. Strong, as are the. implications which those facts seem to w arrant, and decided, as an inquiry ter. Mr. ‘ H| ! °f ll"' treasury departmi nt, that ] growth of rotlnn in America, in the, years y should take place into this mat- hpip, 11;’0, and 1821, has increased at ....... . . a rate short of 10 per cent per annum ; II rigid intimated his opinion taat ; P0 f ilr as o’esciiption goes, it was very improper to go into an tnvestiga- i, ., ., , , , -r,* J , ■ ; -. p keeping pace with tfie increa ' d ccu- tion of the sidi|(Ct Itself on a mere question, 1 ' n . whether the hoove would impure into it or .' ;,r M'"or,. . J >"7 ®;"te that *■ the quan tity imported fiotu the Brazil- and from the W est Indies has not, on the average, varied very o afeiinllv for a number of 1 ear 0 past"—that “the average import into Great Bii'ain, from these parts, has your partiality for Mr. Crawford has liren.j investigatesi. He was, then fme. in favor of r,,,t ,:X . C , Pedei1 2( ’^, 0G0 ^ l"* r / w * n ' im I will not indu^H the*, brlirf, (at until) tho resolution—not becaiifie hr believed thwi* | I ; V’*'»r MSJl} j you have had an opportunity of explaining)! had hern nny fault on the part of the printers j l^ ,f ’ itnj-oi l was on! , 100,000 bug*, anil portant Committees. Ho never Tdiled that you would have reconciled it to your- to thii llmise # or because \w brlievcd there this* year 11 it) not climated at more lh»tn not. Hi; Imped, aft* r \\ hat had passed, that a larce committee would he raised to in quire into the matter. Mr. Mr La nt, of Delaware, thought that where any imputation was seriously made on any ofliecr of this Mouse, it ought to he