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United ft tales ttuuK. i
We have before us a report f. in ihc Se- 1 j
crelary of the Treasury, da,ad January |
'23d, in compliance wi h a resolution of’ the *
Senate, directing; him to communicate, if a- J
tile, a list of tne foreign s mckholders in ‘
said Bmk—the amount of deb a due die J
Hank and its Branches from individual* and '
bodies corporate —a list of the Directors of; J
the Bank and its aeveial Brandies— he
names of domestic atock-holdera, with he /"
ainouni held by each, and then places of '
residence. The Secretary of the Treasu- ■
ry no. having in his p> ssesdon the means of
answering these inquiries, addressed a note *
to the Piesid nt of the Bunk, soliciting the ’
infoination, which was promptly furnished. ,
JV*. V. Jour Com.
It appears 'hat the amount of stock held j
by foreigner* is 85,055 shares, eq.nl In y
88,40,590, without including the premium.
The heaviest foreign aleck holders are as ~
follows : - | y
Baring, Bro hcrs & Co, 7915
John Marshall, 3878 (3
Charles Dixon, 2500 T
Thom 0 oterllc ct al. trustees, 1829 p
Sparks He On. 1236 v
Benjamin Haywood, 1784 R
Jonathan Austin, 1200 \
The m a’ hon. Francis C. S. Conway,
Mi qria of Ha iff, 10,03 <•
James ill. ke, Havana, IfOoO
Ab I Smith, 1000 |,
John M .r in & Co, 924 |<
Don J >r Xrtrc, 900 (J
Samuel Mierwond, 875
James P-'irann, 864
Cropp i, Benson k Go, 8)5
H bert Philip-, 800
O n Sir William K. ppel, 722
Ann R seen, 716
M j lien. M cd > aid, 649
Mi a, Cnnd-laiia Bell, 636
Lord Erie Reery, §OO
Joh.i V an Haize, 593 !
J >«. H Wm. P & Wm. 11. Anderson, 55d|
I'h mas P. Ackland, 54 >\
Tlmnia* Sexton, 538
J me* H own L* da, 537
Edward Bid Hughes 510
Si. Edward Tucker, 501
J 1,. Lane, Situ
J£ Sloth, 500
Li. lien. Sir Marmeduka W. Peacokc, Sou
John Overend, suo
HuiUon Gurney, 500
U &. J Barclay, 500
Si Colin (kSu Richard 11. Campbell, 371
11 v G. G iidoii, D. D. Dean of Lincoln, 311
James Dunlop, 300 /
Theie are 30 or 40 others, b»side« thoaej
we have t nunieraten, holding trout 300 (o'
500 shares. The whole number of foreign
»ti ck-holders is 470.
The amount of bills discount* * 1
rd by the Banks a. d it* '
Buinches on personal se- 1
i u' idea, is 848,758,570 34 1
B * discounted on funded I
hi bt. 18 850 10'
I) < on Bmk Stock, 781 i 57 53
Domestic bills of exchange, 16 l>9l 1-9 34 S
Mutigages, 205 394 66
Total, R - it>s 10 > 87 «
Doe fiom S'ate B nk« 3 944 847 74 t
llie dmne ic -nick* ntdi-i* I dr, b.mk t
are, us we con t h n S6P? in number, re- (
aiding in die folh win;- .8 i ■«. The n.m |
b*r ni -hares h d in cue.. State, u given in I
the s-cond column. I
States. No. of N■ es |
Stockholder. Shares. i
Maine 14 49#
Ve.munt 4 j
New Hampshire 24 "30^
Connecticut 60 1 539
R Vide I aland 36 I 2iß
N w Y ‘ ,rk \ Oity lhC Cit 's73 i SO 88i
N w Jersey 7o 2 787
Pennsylvania §72 31 <£B
Deli, ware 42 1 531
Maryland $ JJ e *'3 ,e * Balt. 119 >
J ( Baltimore 505 $
Dridict of Columbia 61 2 723
V uguiia £6B 11,617
North Carolina 36 2 39i
S. Carolina 5 I* 4 '' 1 " Ch ’ ,on I ™l 4U 242
< Charleston 554 $
Georgia 42 1,981
Ohio 14 556
ken ucky v £2 252
Tennessee 5
Indiana £ sij
Illinois 2 167
Louisiana 17 l t 9
Aikansaa 1 42
Dumeaiic Share holder* 360 4 Sn%l9» 62u'
F ■ ign share holder* 470 84 065
U Hi d S a es 70.000
In trasi u belw-en the different
Tiausfei Offices 3 25*
Total Satfuuu
These, at gIOO each, make 'lit am .unt of
capital, vix ; 835,000,000. Pr »em premi
urn per s are, 124 1-8 to RI24J. Some of
the l«rg. »i domestic stock holders arc a»
follows :
Shares,
Stephen Girard, (
Ch ..t. s Carroll, of Carrollon, 2683
R b i Ralston, of P nudrlphis, 202t>
M 41. J, Uaiksd.de, Vuumia, loUU
B-rnard M. Caner. P .iladelphia, 1417
Uuu Poiier, South Carolina, 14Uo
Wm. G. Bucknnr, New-York, 316 ft
Don Francis Layzeir, do. 1150
Peter Harmony, do. 957
L wi- Kershaw & Co. S C. 9*2
John G. Cosier, New-Ymk, 900
Mills Smith, do. 87»
Lemuel Taylor, Maryland, 860
Clendening, .New York, 859
Don Francis Lazua, do. §SO
B. &. J Bnhien, S, C. Bi 9
Daniel C. VrrpUnck, New-York, 805
Stephen Burkely, S. C. §B7
William Patterson, Mil. 730
R. bert Giimor, do. 703
Mr*. Ann Donnell, do. 700
Pnme, Ward & King, New-York 683
Win. Coleman, Pa. 680
J-ihn Gdibs, do. §su
Brown, Brothers & Co. New-York, 650
I’homap C. Vandcrhout, S. C. 628
lames Dc. Wolf, 632
William Brown, Pa, 630
Hard' er Green, Boston, 600
Sol. Wm. Alston, S. C. 609
Win Wightman, do. 600
Isaac Smvil'*, Md. s 591
Joster & Carpenter New York, £3l
I'homas P. Cope, Pa. 520
Paul Beck, Ji. do. 513
H s Mu y Ann Gilm re, S. C. 510
H.her F S'-.ck n, N. J. 500
Wm. A kin, Charleston, .500
I he amount of specie on hand at the Bank
jt he Uni 'eii Stales, 6c.i's. gi veral Branch
s, on the IstotJanuay, 1832 was us fnl-
Inw- :
Bank United States’ 82,811 640 83
Dffice Purllaiid, 70 452 22
“ Piirmnouth, 50 ill 76
•• B-iston, 328 -77
“ Providence, 102,626 74
“ Hardind, 28 0»4 00
•* New Ymk, 661 686 64
•• Baltimore, , 228 000 00
“ Wa- f ngton, 54 610 53
•• Richmond, 197 212 u 2
•* N 1 folk, 112 .59 58.
II Fayetti-'ille, 18,913 75
" Chailes op, £71.468 8n
•• S.vannuh, 5/6,640 24
" Muj'e. 153 671 72
" Nrt'.v O leans, 5 0 346 n 6
•• Nrrbez 57 835 83
•• S'. Louis, 136 897 61
“ Nasvile, 167 866 36
•* Lniisvil’e, £Bl 43i 25
•• Leung .n, 91,513 28
" Cincinna i, 111 028 16
•• Pittsburgh, 31,89 84
" Buffalo, 115 232 46
“ U'ica, 67 750 66
•• Burlington, 72,4*2 48
Agency. Cincinnati, |
“ Chillicuthe, 1
Total. 7 038 643 t 2 '
• Tliere appears to be a mi-'Sku i 11 e 1
numb-r us share- <tw ed in New II iit'sh"' .
whiefi should be 511 instead of oUI; and of
Cnui-te the footing would be «IT c ed see r- >
dingfy—leivii'j a less rnnnu t m indtu. j
[ EdtV.t . Juw. of Com. |
From the Stead-rJ. 1
SPEECHES ON 'I HE NOVIINAPiON
OF MR. VAN BURES.
Ou' Extra of to day w>s dalavcd to en
abled uh to include the speeches ofMi ssrs.
Smi h ,nd Forsyth in f.v .r o M V. Bu
ran— woof the moat triu upUa -t answ-- s
to thi- false and pu • »le pretences < f he op
pusitinn which ever ■ <-t have bee.i, given O'
ttie world to unm sk hynm isy, anil set a'
b> and an Sena oiia deli quency. The res
ponstbiliij for (he instrnc'ions is not only
shown to b."on » to thi P esnlent, but in the
niae i f Mr. V..,n Buren’s insl. uciiuus to
Mr M'Lane, Mr. Smi h say* :
“ Since die above speech w is ilelivered, 1
have seen and conveiaeci with the Prend«nt.-
and huve b-e* airh >P7, d .« say, • hu the
obj clion btr paragrop.'n a u led n> j n 'he
deb le were dicta:td by him to Mr. Van
Buren—tint th >y . «>-V HIS ACT, and
MM’ THE ACT OF MR VAN BU
RKW and 1 hive been subsequently in
loiaiud by a Senator from Tenhensee, that
|>-ior to his leavj.,g home to assume his sia-'
lion in the Senate, the Preside,.! had told
him that he (Genera. J.irkson) would on
all occasions of consequence, require the
opinion-,4 his Cabinet in w.idna, that (*•
the Se, «,or u deistood him) dispensing
i with Cabinet m etii gs. Tin- fact, tnen, of
nut cadi l g hi» Cabinet together was the
President’s own ac . and no in co *e
' quencc of the advisement of Mn Vm Bu
-1 ren. »b has bean so lepeatedly ittirmnd.
I’hi» ex', act answers also, beyond cavil,
1 b” v *l »■ slander* ol the oppusi ion in regard
io Mr. Van Buren’s interference in reter
enc* to C .biuei Councils, It will b» re
membered that the ch,vaiiic Ken uckySena
■ or Mi. C.ay, said i . his that Mr. Van Bu
1 ern s ated what w s false or he was cul
pobly ignorant f>r om kimwi .g that it was
• JaheS I :iis aiiertioti is uusunp iried b? a
(Pai’iclo »t ’ ct or prnbabdi y b.n rh e Sen*
1 " , r •• himself couviclrd of palpable falsehood
■ 111 111 ire than unt instance by Mr Smun oi
Marylarid, who -aye:
Ihe Seiiaiqr I rum Kentucky, (Mr. Clay,)
in a subsequent speech on dm subject, re
maiked, tha, be ha.i imnself instructed Mr.
Hughes, the C 'arg.- ties Aff.ires to Sweden.
® flttcfd to thn clttiiim yt uur
g.riuit Swede , md hat the Senator from
Maryland. (Mr. Smiwi,) w.,* either inistak
» or misndornied. dr. Smith in de no
irp'y, bui addi eased a note to the Secretary
d S ate for information, whether Mr, Ciav
•hen Secretory of S e, had ever given
the inatiuctioDs, winch tie asserted had been
by him to Mr, Hugh**. The reply j
"t the Secretary of State, contradict! the;
averment »f Mr, Clay on thi» point.—(_se«.
note at fool of the tperch
The I (lowing m the (.NO TE.)
Tne Inllowihg let er, and accompanying!
'x ract from ancu.er le"er, on the tame sab
jr cl, have been received from the SecieUry
; of State; -
Dkpartmkht or State, ?
U .istnngton, Jan, SOth t 1832 $
Samuel Smith E-q. .
Senate of the. United Slates.
Sik—i have the honor to state, -in answei
to y .ur inquiry of yesterday, (hat the re
cord* containing *he instructions of Iht I)e
--panrnent to Mr,Christopher Hughes, when
(ormerly Charge il’AfFures of the Uui'ed
Sta eg in Sweden, have been cin fuiy ex
amioed, and that nit which is found in 'h n m 1
in relation to the then claim* of our ci’ i;ns
uptm the Government of that country, is
g.v«n in the subjoined ex'ract of a letter
t om Mr. Adams to him dated 17th June,
1819 I
I am, Sir, very respectfully, V rar obe- I
dient geiviint; i - - !
(Signed) EDWARD LIVINGSTON i
Kx'raci of a letiei from Mr. Adams, Se- i
crefary of S'aie, to Mr Huges, Charge I
d’Affaires of the United S aus at Stock- t
holm;— (
Department or State, ) i
171. Ji e, 18i9 J i
"The President his oecn abseiii (mm (
die sea' of G imminent, on a tour to the I •
S uth anil Wes', since the 30 h Much. I
Hi* return to this place, in the c ur»e ofi
'wo or three weeks t* cxp' C ed. Since his 1
depsi tore, Mr. ll'i-sel’ la e»: correspun- >
deuce with 'he Svedi-h Giverrmien;, on 1
die subject of the S ralsuud Claims, has *
b p ' received, s well as unt wijxb lullow *
ed M'. Russell’* t,ik. g leave of 'he Court. 1
I is painful to pm eivi ’he pers veien< e «
■f 'h ß fw-li' G.ivrnment, in wi'hhold-I
.mg 'h" n deniuity, jus ly a; d ind.smita- I
bty ue io our fellow /.*ua, who auff red''
by 'hose s l ,! r winch no’ even n.l
plaus'ble pre r x , i a'lcged.—l* i* atiif'r
in r • p liofii 'o find his denial of ju* iOe,|i
.ccmnpani ‘d by insinuations, mi’li or can-|i
ilirl nor iripodly, aid ti, iil!-g;l|.,i* utterly t
destitute of fm mJ ition i*min si|y desirous i
ot iiiaiiiiainii g, wi'h S de,n, i e most <
friend 'y ami iiarmoi.i u> i ela'ions, 1 sh >ll, I
lese've, Un i, il r the Premien ’s return,
II further rt marks t sufij cl.” f
Bit Mr. Clay is c nv aeit, y Mr. Smith t
of a far in'"e w ik-d and i> ofaeed false- I
hood—or rafter .ill " ds us the pportuni y t
ol r.iiivicting Mr. Clay. Mi. Soii.li *'»*'; t
| Before I finish my renin Mr P *i-i<
hleot [ will notice whit passed betwee tiled
then Secretary of S ne, (M ■ Clay ] odd
to si»i|,jn i*»• ation to tlie ac of Par i.;meni{’
ot July, 1825. I first saw a cop ot that 1
ac in Bii no .<•«, md in • ,i d v i toiht-;'
Secretary. He sui t di ht had the. •ct in' i
his possession and Handed il to me ( sk>dj‘
hull, whether <e uunr p, .. ed we e sa« It
iisfactorr. He Said th n it C"ji»iil'Ted th-y i
'were nil we could ante I ilie,;i ..hserve I, I
|why not issu a proclam itum u der uur
acts, and ihua ep",! the ir-de? He re- <
Ip'ied, that he wuuid prefe rug M.tioc. I >
asked—why ? f., wha ,w\lj y., u ..eg i.it, ? s
We have no'hmg o d , but to give nu as-h
snot, and the r.ide is »i mice pem d. 1 I
had the act printed, a id hand I „ c c, u> i
Mr. ADAMS,, who had neve seen it be u
Jure, He agreed that, he Unas were su/w-j 1
factory. | ih n pressed him to is i his I'
p rci .inaiion and told him tha ! if h did I
no', 1 slmuld bs compelled to i;. ru luce a '
b:!!. Mie rein 'ked, lha'he wished I would
do ao, and th i Ue wan'd out only sig i it, i
bi‘ sign it wi h p ea-mre. Idil pr pare a
bill, under the onler of the Sen i'ir amj :
ts iibtfm whether it might be directly'
’■drawn, so at to effect my o ijeci, I sen' i' to
th--S crefary of S ate, [vl City,] with
a ' eq»' st thil be would c >rrect •' u
,sary. He replied IN WRITING [vrit.
iaog w>i| speak hi h.] o tins If c ; •• that
’.the bin was rlnf -d m mee my object, that
lit was *o d ub fa I whether it Wcie best, to
ac l by a law, or by negotiation, that it was
'' diifi-reut wftich Cours. should (jo ad >pted.”
!'h- but was opposed uy Mr Lloyd, who
1 was believed, had the Co, lid..oca of the
tix xu ive. II failed to become a taw 1 be
lieve from want of |i,ne to act upon it.
» Is it no; j *u[f ruble, that after this in
Ijiervifw, Mr. O; la in should be instructed
‘ by M . Cuy to say. as ne di I nit *rv to
• Lord Dudley osf 1 he 3 1 Oc . ber, 1827. more,
than tieo years afe wards.
I *' T* this day h G.iv.-.rutnent of (he U.
> States are ir"T sure that unukhstand pre-
I ciseiy what int nded by the condition,
• and il i stead of offering to comply with
■jthe act of Parliament which cenaiuty was
■ the most simple proposition «nd the mhm
likely to bo favorably received (now degrad
ing if Mr. Mi Luie had used the words)
i a specific proposal had been made it is, in
' fact because*, it was thought unsafe (how!
cituiious iheold fashioned diploni. v) to a
l gree to 'erms not su/ficienl/y understood ”!
'j H* re we have the direct assertion of Sena '
tor Smith that he conversed personally wi'h!
) Mr. Clay * n ha su'j*ct of ihe a t of Par- i
■ li intend of J uy, 1825, and Mr. Clay told!
• him *• the term an; salisfae’ory and yet'
i two yeai s a/leewardi, Mr Gallatin was in-1
i suucled to say iiiae Mr. C ay Mid our G >v-j
1 eroineot, did not Understand that veiy • c.j
—it had beddea, never oeeo officially coin
-1 maaicsied ! !!
| Passing uom Senator Smith to S- oa or!
Forsyih, we rornmend his speech to the
carelul and candid porusal of every Arne*'
ncan, and especially to the citizens of New
jToik, as eas of Ih# most splendid display*
iever made in th; Berate—as ai. eloquent
.and conclusive vindication ul Mr. Van Bu-j
Iren from all censuie—- and a beautiful and
Jperfect portrait of him as a sound statesman
,—a pure patriot—an hor.est man. The man
sfho rends this speech, founded as il is, on
•ruth illustrated by facts, and embellished
by the highest ornaments within rhb scope
of the highest forensic capabilities, cannot
but rise from it, an enduring admirer of the
Honorable Senator, s sure friend of out per
secuted feliow-citiien—and a cm dial con
temner of those d. graded Senators whose
damning not gave occasion fur its delivery!.
HISTORY OF iHE COTTON GIN.
F, in tlie memoir ol the life of Mi. VV.iit
ney we now quote s .mw par graphs showing
the results of this improvement to the in
ventor.
•’ln the year 1812. Mr. W. made appli
cation to Congress for the renew il of his
patent for ihe cotton gin. In his memorial,,
he presented a history of the s rugeies he|
had been forced to encounter in defence of;
bis right, observing that he had been unable
to nb ain any decision oh the merits of his
el Aim -Until h* hid been eleven years in tlie !
law, and thirteen years of his |,a‘ent term
bad cxpiied. He as f >r,h, 'hat bi< ioven
finu had been a source of opulence u> ihous- I
ands of the ci of the U. S’ates; that, 1
as a labor saving machine, it would enable
one man to perform the work of a thousand
me ; and that it furnishes to the whole
fami.y of mankind, at a very cheap rate, the
most essential article of their clothing 1
Hence, he humbly conceived himself entit
l'd to a further remuneration from hia coun- 1
Ty and though he ought to b” admitted to' 1
a mors lib ral parncipation wi'h his fellow 1
cit'z ■ sin ihe benefi*s of his invention. A ; - 1
(hough so great advantages had been already '
experii-nc. d, and the pr spect of future
benefits was so promising, s ill, many of 1
those whose interest had baeo most promo- '
;i ed. and the value of whose pmperiy had 1
been most enhanced by this invention, had !
obstinately persis ed' in refusing to make
any compensation to the inventor. The
very men whose wealth had been acquired
t»x the use «f this machine and w.io had
grown rich beyond all former example, had
combined their exertions to prev hi the pa-j
teote- (mm deriving any Emolument from! 1
his invention. Fom that State in which he 1
ha t 6 st made and where he had firs' io-;i
troituced his machine,and w icu had derived 1
th - roost signal benefi s f om it, be had‘ re
ceived no'htng; and ' m no state had he 1
received the amount of half a cent pr pound
on the cotion cleai.il w h his ma*hiuet iuj
one year. Gstiina'ii g the value of the labor 1
of me man at twenty cents per day, the
who e amount which had been received by!
hm for his invention, was rot equal to ihe!
v due ol (he abor -aved in one hour, by his'
i machines then in use in the Lulled States.
I* i ois invention, ( ie pro eeds) now gives to
ih*’ sou hern s c ion of the ifition, over and;
above the profi's which would b • derived
from the cultivation of any oihef crop, "sir
«'«olum?nt of at iaast three millions
oj dollars'* The f Tegmt.gstatement d >es
ooi n-s, oq co j elm,—ii <« B 0 voluntary |
speculation—ali those advaat *g'*s have been
Tea'nsb; the planters of the sou hern sta es
hsva counted the cash, felt the weight of i>
in iheir pocke*s, and heard the exnilarini
sound of its collision. N t do the advait
I ’lgi's slop here: this, immense sou cc of
'wealth is but jut; beginning to be opened.’
Cotton is am.re cleanly and healthful ar-!
"cl*- f cul’ivition than tobacco and indigo,
which i haa suiierneded, and does not so
much imp i verishthe" soil. This invention
bas already trebled the value of 'h ; land
JuP ,«gti a great ex'ent of terfitoryj ,| ie ‘
degr.exto which the cultivation of cotton!
■.nay be still augmented, isa'together incal-l
cu able. This species of cotton fma been!
k'uwo ioall countries where coUon hid
b* n raised, from time immemorial, but was
never known as an article of commerce, un
til since this mediuil of cleaning it w.*s dis-j
c vered. In short, (o quite the' languago;
ot Judge J mnso i.Jif we should asl'n that:
she. benrfl's of tins inve 'ion exceed one
hundnd millions ’f dollars, we can prove
the assertion by correct cakuU ion. "It it
objected that if the patente- succeeds ini
procuring the renewal of his patent, ha will!
be too rich. There is no probahiliiy that the'
patentee, if the terms of his patent were
extended fur tw nty years, would everob- 1
;*i aid■ ft his iuven'ion one hilf as much as :
many an individual will gain by the use of
it. Up to the present time, the whol# a !
mount of what he haa acquired from this
, source, (after deducing his expenses,) d ;«s
not exceed one half the sum which a single'
i individual has gained by the use of the m«-,
chine in one year. It is rue that conside i
ruble suras hav** been ob ained from some of
the States where the machine is used; bu'
n " small portion of these sums have been ex-'
jpen.led in procuring his claim in a S ate!
| where nothing has been obtained, and where
ibis michine bas been used te the greatest
advantage,
| " Tour memoralist ha* not besn able to
discover any reas, n why he. as well as
mtlier* is not enli led so share the ben ft s
of bis own I abut s, H • who speculates upuni
, he mirkets, and axes advantage of the ne
cessities of others, and by these raea..s ac
jcumulates property, is called"? rain ol
l»o:erpiise”—'• a man of business”—he is
cnmjiliinTiled for his taleira, and is pro
jeced by the laws. He however only gets
into hi- possession, that which was before in
ihe p .-sessi m 0 f another; he adds nothing
t# Ih# public stock ; and can he who has
> given thousands to others, be thought un
t reasonable, il he asks one in reiur. r
** I' is to be remembered, that the pursuit
of wealth by means of new inventions, is a
i vers precarious ai d uncertain one ; —t lot
tery where there are many thousand blanks
Ito■ ne prise. Os all the various attempts at
improvements there is probably not more
i han one in five hundred for whiJi a patent
is taken out, and of all the patemi taken
out, not one iu twenty has yielded a net
profit to (he patentee equal to (he amount
of the patent fees, iu cases where a useful
and valuable invention is brought into ope
ration, the reward ought tu be in proportion
to the hazard of (he puisuit. The patent
law has now been in opera ion mure than
fourteen years. Many sui t for damage*
have been instituted against those who have
infringed the right of patentees ; and it is
a fact, that very rarely has the patentees
ever recovered.' If you would hold out m
ducemen a for men,uf real talent* to engage
in these pursuits, your rewards must be stir*
and substantial. Men of this description
can calculate, and will know how to appre
ciate. the recompence which they are to re
ceive for their labors.--ts the encourage
ment held out be specious and delusive, the
discerning will discover the fallacy, and will
despise it : the week and visionary only will
be decoyed by it, and you, patent office wilt
be filled with rubbish. The numbc. of those
who succeed in bringing into operaiion real
ly useful and important, improvements, al
ways has been, and always must be, very
small. It is not probable that this number
can ever be as great as one in a hundred
thousand. It is therefore impossible that
they can ever erert upon the community an
uhdue influence. There is, on the con
trary, much probability and danger that
their rights will be trampled on by the
many.”
Notwithstanding these cogent arguments,
the application was rejected bv Congress.
Sumo liberal minded and enlihghtened men
from the cotton dis ricts, favored the peti-.
tion ; but a mj trifj of the in- mbers from*
that s< ctiou of the Union, were warmly
opposed to granting it. *
in a coi respondeuce with the late Mr.
R hurt Fu ton, on the same subject. Mr,
Whitney observes aa follows ; The difficu
lties with which I h ve had u> contend have
originated, principally, in the want of a
disposition in mankind to do justice. My
invention was new and distinct from every
othei ; it stood alone. It was not inter—
wov n with any thing before k mwn ; and
item seldom happen that an invention or
imp ovemeot is s> strongly m rked, and
jean be so clearly and specifically .deutified i
artel I have aUvays believed hat I should
have bad no difficulty in causing my right*
to b- respected, if it had been Jess valuable,
and been usrd only by a small poniou of
the community. Bui the us* of this ma
chine belt,g immensely profi able to almost
every planter in the cotton districts, all
I were interested in trespassing upon the pa
ent right, and each kept the other in coua-
M"’'shce Dam g.gua# m>k* themselves,,
popular by miaiepresen ation, and unload
ed c amours both again.it the right, and a
gainst the law made f-.r its p .itec>i> no
Hence there arose associations and combi
nations to oppose both. At ode time, but
i ftw id Georgia dared to com** into c-urt.
ja"d -estily to the m st simple facts within
itheir knowledge, rela ive to the use of th*
machine. In one ins'tlnce. 1 had gre.t dif
fi ulty m proving (hat the m.chine had m en
|U» d in Georgia although, at the sama mo-,
meot, there were th-ee i-parae se-ts of
.this machinery h modon, within fifty yard*
i 't the building in which the court sat, and
all lo near that the rattling of the wheels
was distinctly heard on the steps of th*
court house.”
| In the midst of these fruitless rffirt* t®
•"euro to himself some portion of his ad
vantages, which so many of hi« fellsw cits
* ns were reaping from his ingenuity, his'
d<m iry proceeded with a sum but steady
j space, wiich bore him on toaffljrnce.. For
: the few following years he occupied himself
'principally in the concerns of his manufac
: tnry, inventing new kind* of machinery sod
improving and perfecting the old*”
i Five I)ai,s Lattr fro in England.
j The ship Tally Ho, Capt. Fjshsr. SS
days from Liverpo d, arrived in Hampton
Roads on Saturday. Captain F. furnished
jlhe N.)ifilk Herald with L ndon papers to
. the 4 n, and Liverpool io the sth January,
j The p.ipois are unusually barren. The
report* from the cholera district ; show no
increase or extension of the disease since
:ths last advices. There is but little in th*
papers on the subject of the Reform Bill.
I laondon Times of the Sd boldly assert*
lha , “ whatever comes, it is as clear a*
sunshine that the Reform Bill must be car
ried.” Tire Times, however, founds no re
liance upon the supposed influence of popu
lar indignation with all itt terrible conso
quentes. operating on the fears of the li-.rd*.
i There is much speculation on the subject
jnf the delay on (be part of ihe Emperor of
Rus-ia to ratify the treaty between Holland
- and B Igium. Ihe Courier says it is to b*
ascrib'd entirely to motives of delicacy to
whmls II illaod, and not to any desire of the
Emperor to preventer retard the sett'l*-
iment of the Belgian question. •• We art
(assu.ed,” says that journal, '< (hat he hai
already signified his approved of the S4(l
articles, and that the delay in ratifying rhi
tre« y itself ig merely one of form.” Tin
Times, however, insists that Nicholas hai
refused to' ratify, and arguea an intentioi
•o his part to back Holland in her claim t