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■.ilSCKLLANHOUS EXTRACTS.
Spontaneous Combustion.—The spontaneous
-onihustion of certain bodies is not only a sub-
•ert of ; n!erest in a scientific pr int of view, but
•,s one i »me concern to out' merchants, nnd
it, ' mrt at larce, and particularly to our In-
siirancr ornpanies. We have therefore, taken
,onic ins to se,. . out the cases on record,
•indla” aka a sum arv of those that we have
•.band j and we shall now lay them before our
readers in as few words as possible.
I'lour.—In December, 1785, we read, an
ex'dosion took place in a Bakery at Turin. It
proceeded from the ware-house, where, in the
evening, a Imy was stirring some flour l>v the
iiicrt of a lamp. The bouse was injured, and
tin Imy searched with the momentary flash
which attended the explosion. The weather
v is exceedingly dry, and the explosion took
place on the falling of a quantity of flour ill the
b e'er.
T'o. baker, when a boy, had witnessed a
si nd mun ition in a flour warehouse, but
wt . i ,< the explosion. And one had also oc
curred i.t another bakehouse.
1m mi the relation of these instances more
at I ii in the Emporium of the Arts. 0 appear,
t'ta' ,i tu first instance here was an extrica
tin' ' i .flammable air, which coming in ron-
:i, ' >. tli the light produced the explosion. In
the cner two, the di v dust in the warehouse
was simply set on fire by the lamp,
Lamp-black anil hcinp-sred. oil. —“ The con
flagration of a frigate belonging to the Empre
of Russia in the harbour of (’ronsiadt, on hoard
of which thorn hud been no fire, shows that
lump black, by being moistened with hemp-
seed oil, is capable of producing flume : the
was proved by the experiments which the Aca
demy of Petersburg made upon the subject liv
order of the Empress.” Emp. of Arts and Sci
ences.
Oilcil Cloths.—The burning of a sloi-e house
of sails, which happened at Brest in 1757, was
caused by the spontaneous inflammation of
Home oil-cloths, Which, after having been pain
ted on one sido and dried in the sun, were sto
red away while yet warm, as wan shown by
subsequent experiments.”
Linen rags anil vegetable substances.—The
heaps of linen rags thrown together in large
quantities in paper manufactories, the prepara
tion of which is hastened by means of fermen
tnlinn. often tnko lire if not carefully attended
to. Fermentation will also produce spontane
ous combustion nnd inflammation in other ve
getable substances, ns in new hay, wet grain,
madder, mall, &c. Ifn pieec of iron he left in
a stack ofhay in fermentation, inflammation is
Hbenst n certain consequence,
hthaal Substances.—.Spontaneous iiilhwi-
ni itinn tmsliceii known to take place in animal
S'lVUanres, ns in woollen chilli not scoured,
beans of woollen yarn, nnd clnlb while going
to 'he fullers. These instances occurred where
!ii substances heaped together retained n con
siderable degree of mnisnirn ns well ns nil.
Mineral Substances.—Pyrites, an mu ore
containing sulphur, if wetted and exposed to
tin air, will tnke fire. Pit coal laid in heap
will sometimes inflame spontaneous!
is probably owing to the pyrites which it occa-
sionllv contains. An instance of this kind o< -
enrred in n coni yard in tins city near the foot
of Rector street, during the summer of 1822,
at the time of th< prevailing yellow fever.
It is well known that when water is admitted
to ' .line in contact with quirk-lufle, the heat
p; 'duccd will set fire to wood.
Spontaneous inflammations are frequent, and
tb ur causes various, requiring attention and
vi; 1 nee. parti,ml irly over deposits of hemp,
for.l.qgo, lamp-black, pitch, tar, oiled cloths,
&c. which should never he, left heaped up if
they have nny moisture in them.
Substances requiring contact of flame.—
“Substances in fcrinentinion'irc vetv often un
able to inflame of themselves, bul the simple
contncl of flame is sufficient to kmdle them
rapidly, ns many examples demonstrate ; so
tlmt we might make a separate class of those
substances in which inflinnmatiun cannot take
place of itself, but which are sot on lire by the
approach of flame ; of this we have nn example
in thn accident which happened in the flour
ware house.” Emp. Arts nnd .Sciences.
This is the cmft with thn distillation of snir-
its, ether, nlcoho), spirits of turpentine, and in
places where, our domestic whiskey is rectified
or converted into neutral spirits. Tho subtile
and inflammable vnpours occasionally diffused
in places, will take fire on tlio nppinach of
a lamp or candle.—Journal of Commerce.
“ At present there ere about six thousand)lines, the temperature being 12 or 13 degrees,
trees planted in rows, about three feet distant Reaumur below Zero.
from each other. The climate appears favoura-
Ido to their growth ; they bloom in the months, | Curious Fad.—Cut a couple of cards each
from July to September, nnd their seed lie-1 into n circle of about two inches in diameter,
comes perfectly ripe. This circumstance, with perforate one of those at the centre, and fix it
the similar attempts to cultivate other Asiatic .on tho top of a tube, say a common quill,
plants in America, is another proof that the ! make the other ever so little concave, and
prosperity of plants principally depends on the j place it over the first, the orifice of the tube
similarity of the latitude. The tea is planted, | being thus directly under, and almost in con-
plucked, nnd dried, precisely in the same man- tact with the upper card. Try to blow off the
ner as in China itself. The Portuguese go- upper card,and you will find it impossible. We
vernment has directed its particular attention I understand that the cause that counteracts the
to the cultivation of this plant, the produce of j effect at first expected in this singular phe-
which. to the value of 20 millions of dollars, j nomenon, has puzzled all the members of the
is annually imported from China to England. | Royal Society. A medal nnd a hundred guin-
The late minister, Condo dn I.inharcs, invited leas are said to be the reward of the successful
several hundred Chinese colonists, in order by discoveror.—Exeter Alfred.
their means to make the proper manner of
growing and preparing tea better known.
These Chinese were said to have been people
who were perfectly acquainted with the ma
nagement of the tea plant. Most of these
Chinese however do not now livo about the
holnnic garden, but in tho vicinity of the royal
irlencc of Santa Cruz, except a few who are
employed hero under the direction of Col.
\hreu,to tend the tea plants, and gather and pre
pare the leaves. The leaves are plucked
three times a year, and laid on gently heated
kilns of clay, on which they are dried and
crisped. The director of the establishment
gave ns samples of thn different kinds, which
horn also arc chiefly distinguished according
to tho season of gathering. The taste was
strong, yet by no means so delicately aromatic
as the best kinds of Chinese tea, but rather
enrlhy nnd rough. This disagreeable proper
ty must, however, lie no discouragement in
any new branch of cultivation, for it is n natu
ral consequence of tho plants not being per
fectly accustomed to tho climate.”
The author of the travels from which the
nbove extract is made, is probably mistaken in
nscnbjug the want nf flavour nnd the rough
taste to the plants being unaecustomed to the
climate. It was more properly owing to the
■vnut of the fragrant olive (oleafragrans) the
leaves of which nre mingled with tho Chinese
tea, nnd improve its taste und flavour.—JV. F.
Journal of Commerce.
Ifol and Cold.—Some time since we pub
lished the foil nving article:—There is n place
on the surface of the earth where, if two men
meet, the one shall find it so hot that he will
immediately throw off his clothes, through the
heal; ant! the other shall find it so cold that
ho will immediately put on those which the
other has thrown off. Wlmt place is this?
This article was published in a London pa
per, and ladies of thn metropolis were request
ed to furnish the answer. It was republished
in the New York Courier, the Editor of which
pnner said, that if a reference to the Presiden-
ial Chnir would not do, he could not answer
•he inquire, ll was natural enough to think of
the Presidential Chair as not an unapt answer
to the inquiry. It is very certain that the air
round it has arisen in many degrees above
i5 , ihe usu->l lemnerature. and perhaps many may
This 1 T it as many degrees below the
Athens, May 20, 1828.
“ \v.” shall have a phee next week.
In announcing our design of changing the day of
publication of this paper, wc expected to have issued one
on Friday last, and again this day, but on further con
sideration, deemed it molt expedient to defer it. Here
after, until a further alterition of the mails shall render
a change necessary, it will he published on Tuesday.
By the arrival at Ncw-Vork of the ship Columbia,
bringing London dates up to the eveaingofApril 1st,we
learn that tho Russian Proclamation for War against
Turkey has been issued, and that her armies have re
ceived orders to cross the Pmth.—The foreign news
which wo give, would justify a belief that Europe is on
the eve of some important revolution. England, it is
surmised, will join the Turks, should tho Russian go
vernment persist in acting upon her own responsibility—
of this, however, little is known. The particulars aro
necessarily excluded this week.
In this day’s paper an article will be founded on the
cultivation of tho Tea Plant. The southorn part of
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, it is thought, might, on
experiment, be r iund well adapted to the growth of this
plnnt.—The immense amount of specie which is an
nually carried from the country, for the purchase of
this article, olfersstrong inducements for itscultivation.
If the opinion of naturalists can be relied on as correct
that plants, like men, are the victims of habit; and that
those habits may he changed and adapted to any climate,
we can sec no insuperable barrier to the introduction
and successful cultivation of (his plant in the states
above named.
Cotton, by the latest arrivals from Europe, is stated
to have improved in price. The price in our markets
has advance a little in consequence. The last advices
from Augusta quote from 10 to 11 cents.
I!is Excellency Governor Forsyth, is now on a visit
to Augusta.
freezing
In arming at a morn satisfactory answer
than thn. to those less fond of polities than gross,
newspaper editors generally are, we refer to
Goldsmith’s History of the Earth, p. 89 vol. 1,
whero it ts written ns follows :—
It is remarkable, that at Tnriguagua we of-
The I louse of Representatives, by a vote of 124 to 61,
have fixed on the 20th inst. for the adjournment of Con-
We have been favoured with a copy of the Speech of
Mr. Berrien on the Claimsof the Revolutionary Officers
—and also, of Mr. Gilmer’s on Internal Improvement,
ten see instances of the effects of two opposite j s * lu " rc ^ cr to *' iem ln our nclt '
temperatures, in two persons happening to . „” .
1 - - 1 I An ‘‘Observer's” Marine List from the
meet; one of them leaving the plains below,
and the other decending from thn mountain.
The former thinks tho cold so severe, that he
wraps himself up in all the garments lie can
procure; wliilo the Intter finds the heat so
great that he is scarcely able to bear any
clothes whntsonver.
The one thinks the water so cold that he
avoids being sprinkled by it; tho other is so
delighted with its warmth that he uses it as a
hath. Nor is tho case very different in the
snmo person, who experiences the snme diver
sity of sensation upon his journey up, and upon
his return. This difference only proceeds
from the chango naturally fell at leaving a cli
mate to which one hns been accustomed, and
coming into another of an opposito tempera
ture.”
Tnriguagua is in South America, and is si
tuated nonr the foot of the Andes.—E. Flori
da Herald.
Tea Plant.—We hnvo long been of tho opr
nine that thu Chinese ten plant could he intro-
du-ed into* tho Southern States of our Union,
as well as tho mulberry, and the silk worm.
These, with the olive tree, the fig. tho vine,
and the date, may hereafter he the happy
means of ameliorating the condition of the
slave population in thoso states where slavery
has not yet been abolished. If our southern
friends could diminish the cultivation of tobac
co, by growing something as profitable and
more useful, many of the hardships of the slave
would bo overcome, for we believe that the
cultivation of tobacco muses more suffering
among the hlark population than the planting,
rearing, or cultivating almost any other vege
table production. The vine and the silk worm
appear to be viewed with the greatest favour nt
•he present time, and must ultimately succeed
m may parts of our widely extended territory,
Other things, however, should not he forgot-
ton, and wc now mention the tea plant as one.
This has been successfully raised in Brazil,
whose latitude south of the equator is about
(he same as that of Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida, north of the equator, and of course the
< limate of. the two regions is n-nrly the same.
The following extract from “ Travels in Bra-
v.il” (1820) shows what may be done in our
courtry if the attempt is made. The tea plants
referred to were growing in the neighbourhood
cf ftio Janeiro.
Tho following experiment will show tho ef
fect of salt in extinguishing fire :—A house ten
fuels qunre was built of seasoned timber, with
two openings on each side to give free access
to tho air, nnd tarred all over, both insido and
out. Thus prepared, it was set on fire all at
once nt the four openings, and in a few minutes
the whole building was in flames. The com
position was conveyed l>y a small fire engine,
t'ic pipe of which did not exceed a quarter of
an inch in diameter, nnd in six minutes the
whole was completely extinguished. The
composition consisted of 18 gallons herring
pickle, 17 gallons red oeltre. nnd ten of water.
In another experiment 16 tar barrels were set
on fire and in the space of about hall’aminute,
it was extinguished by a composition of two
parts herring pickle and three parts of lime,
These and many other happy discoveries of a
similar nature, were fully evidenced by the
magistrates and incorporations of Stockholm
and Norrkoping.
On the 17th Feb. an extraordinary pheno
menon was observed at Bucharist. The mer
cury in all tho barometers rose to an unusual
height, passed all tho degree* upon the scale,
and remained nt llint elevation till the 20th,
when it suddenly fell very considerably. The
weather during those three days was cold and
dry, the wind south-east, and Reaumur’s ther
mometer 10 degrees below zero. On the same
days the Barometer at Vienna was also nt the
extraordinary height of 29 inches, three or four
Port of
Thu’npertown,” i§ at hunJ.—It is too ambiguous to bo
generally understood. Had the writer have given us a
clue to his “ hit,* 1 and assumed the responsibility, it
might, as the quid pro que, in part, accompanied it, have
found a place. It is ton palpable for our use, without a
sponsor—we therefore wait his name as a prelemin&ry
9tep to its publication. If not given, 4 ‘ Observer’s ” draft
shall be honoured at sight—our account stands thus:
Remittance, 81 50
Postage, 37J
Balance due “Observer,” 1 12j
Major William Triplett, of Wilkes county, is an
nounced in tho Augusta Courier, and Col. D. H. Brails-
ford, in tho Savannah Republican, as candidates to re
present this Stato in tho next Congress,
Tho following information, from the Journal of the
12th instant, cannot but be interesting to the reader.—
The acquisition of all the territory within the chartered
limits of the state, with a view to its improvement, and
tho permanent establishment of its civil distinctions,
cannot he too early or strongly urged upon the con
sideration of Congress:
Wc have great pleasure in informing our readers that
there is now a good prospect of getting rid of the Chero
kee Indians. Within a short tiino past, the President
and the Secretary of War, have professed to have come
to the determination to use all the means within their
control to reinovo them to other lands. A treaty was
making, at the date of our information, with that por
tion of the nation that has already gone west of the
Mississippi, by which powerful inducements arc to be
held out to the remainner of the nation, still in Georgia,
to emigrate. Very little doubt is entertained, that the
terms which will be proposed to thorn will be accepted.
Nothing can be more desirable, than that they should
be removed speedily. And go they will, if tho authori
ties at Washington will but follow the advice of their
Agent, Col. McKinneyTake them kindly by the
hand, and tell them they rrnut go.” This is the only
course ; and it is certainly a strong evidence of obsti
nacy, and perverseness that it was not admitted to be
so by the President, long before Col. McKinney told
him of it. Gov. Troup urged it upon him often enough;
but without effect.
Fitly thousand dollars have been appropriated, for
the purpose of carrying into effect the agreement of
1902, as regards the Cherokee Indians.
A letter from Washington city, to the editor of the N.
York Enquirer, says, “ Mr. Randolph, as you will have
seen, has left tha House for the remainder of the ses
sion. On the passage of the Tariff Bill, he was seized
with a sudden illness. Previous to his leave, he con
ducted T.dward Livingston to his seat, with ail his pa
pers and packages—there he installed him aa the oc
cupant, and putting bit right hand on his left breast,
bid him an adieu—most affectionately and imposingly
as I might say,**
Mr. John Randolph has obtained leave of absence
from the House of Representative for the remainder of
the session, and has returned home. We ere eorry to
learn, that his health has been much impaiied bv his
exertions during tfce session.—Rich. Enq.
Mr. Clay’s health has become eo delicate that he has
found it necessary to visit Philadelphia, for the fnr{»»
of consulting some of the medical faculty of that city.
He left this city yesterday, in the morning line steam
boat.—Baltimore American, 6th inst.
The Nose Affair.—Washington, April 22.—The great
talk of the day still continues to be the celebrated dis-
torqueated nose of Prince John. I never saw men so
happy at having one of their own picked out of ten thou
sand nosca pulled, as the Adams men seem to be. It is
now admitted, and it is proved, that the young fellow
grossly insulted a party of ladies, the majority of them
of his own political stamp, because the husband of one
of them was in favour ot Andrew Jackson. Yet, such
is the infatuation of John Quincy Adams, that he sent
his twin nose messages to Congress, sustaining indirectly
such conduct and ouch atrocious principles. The whole
ha9 been got up for political effect.
Soon after the mighty event took place, the noise of
it flew like lightning from east to west.—Neither the
earthquake, nor the African lions, nor the Morgan busi
ness, nor any other extraordinary afTalr, be it marriage
or tm-marriage, stirred up half the commotion in the
city of Washington that the nose has done. The mar
ried and the single, the widow and the widower, the
tavern-keeper, and the tavern-keepee, all hung out of
their doors and windows for a whole afternoon, and
enquired about the nose—the nose. The Fabella Slaw-
kenbergii, was partly made matter of fact.—It was not,
however, the size of the nose—it was not its peculiar
dimensions—its length, breadth, and thickness, which
created this extraordinary movement in the capitol j
neither was it the materials in the component parts, as
the Tariff men cay—of which it had been manufactured.
“ Monstrous !” said Mr. Storrs, looking at the nose—
“ most monstrous!” repeated he, “ I would kill any
man who would colour my nose so.”
Mr. Everett looked over the top of hia golden spec
tacles in his own quiet, gentle, classical, sui generis
way, and said, se apnd Nasorum promon torium fuisse,
but lie had never seen such a nose in his life.
One of the most bewitching bos bleus from the East,
held up her hand—Dolus est, arri—me mi, ait—nassus
est falms. 11
“This admirable nose,” said Clem Dorsey of Mary
land, “ come let ua make a devil of a fuss about it.”
“This is better than the tariff,” said Wright of Ohio;
“it will destroy Jackson’s popularity—huzza! for the
nose”—“down with the puller and up with the pullet. n ’
“Pd have nothing to do with that protuberance,”
said Daniel flora the East, “unless the President inter
line this letter in w hich certain promises are made, and
then it shall bo tho nose—the whose nose—and nothing
but the nose.”
“Let us give the nose a pension with the widows of
the mutineers,” said Doctor Whipple, “it will pay
physician’s fees and vex Jackson.”
41 1 declare before heaven and in my place on this
floor,” said Tristram Shandy, (Burgess, I mean,) “that
if the colour of that noise is to bo the colour of the ;
noses under tho new administration, they will be a
curse upon tho county, and destroy the American sys
tem.” Gen. Van Ransscllaer smiled benevolently upon
the nose, but spoke not a word.
When Prince John had mounted his gig, cracked his
whip, and retraced his way along Pennsylvania Avenue,
the curiosity of the people to see tho wonderful nose,
was irresistible and overwhelming. 14 ’Tin an alien and
sedition nose,” said one man, with a sarcastic twist
about the leeward 9ido of the nether lip. “ It looks like
a wart with a little caustic on it,” said a broker at the
corner of Fourth-street. “ It is black and blue,” mourn
ed a widow near the market. “Oh! what a beautiful
azure nose!” said a poetess in the neighbourhood of
Williamson’s,” it is a nose carved out of the bright blue
sky.” “ Fudge!” said a Jacksonian, “ *tis only a chip
of the old block, and looks for all the world like the
impudent nose, that has got itself into, or rather out of
a difficulty.” Clay laughed outright when he heard of
the nose, and swore it would be as good as the Morgan i
excitement. Southard sighed and felt if his nose was
in its right place. Barbour unsheathed his ropier and
wiped its edge upon one of the “ coffin handbills.” Rush
smiled benevolently over a long calculation about the
national debt. John Quincy Auam9 started up from the
torpidity of the ninetieth degree of northern latitude,
called for his thimble and his pen, and wrote a couple
of diplomatist messages, the interpretation of which is
44 let us-rc-enact the alien and sedition laws as applica
ble to noses.” In short, never since the creation of
tho world to the flood, from the flood to the call of
Abraham, and from that to the present day—never did
the pulling of a simple nose make people so hippy, as
that of Prince John’s has made the Adams men. Laus
Deo and Mahomet his brother. Adieu.
Nasuvillf., April 18.
Jackson and the Tariff.—On the 22d January, 1828,
the Senatorial Branclrof the Indianna Legislature, in
obedience, no doubt, to suggestions from \\ ashington,
by a vote from 14 to 5, adopted a resolution instructing
the Governor of that Stato to address a letter to Genera!
Jackson requesting his views and opinions in relation
to tho Tariff. The motives which actuated their Senator-
ships in this indecorous procedure are as clear as “ the
sun at mid-day.” If General Jackson responded to the
interrogatories of the Governor, they hoped that some
thing would be said, calculated to alienate from him
either the advocates of a Tariff or their opponents. If
he failed to give an answer,he was then to bo accused of
offering an indignity to the State ot Indianna. Neither
of these expectations, however, has been realized. Gen.
Jackson, with that promptness and fearlessness for
which lie is so much distinguished, replied, without de
lay, that there had been no change in his opinions on
the subject, and referred them to his letter to Doctor
Coleman and to his votes in Congress. It will be said
by tho friends of tho Coalition, that Gen. Jackson’s an
swer is not sufficiently specific. Why then do they not
publish his recorded votes? He flinched not when thu
question came before him in the Senate of the United
States. He recorded his opinions on the subject of the
Tariff and internal improvement on the journals of the
Senate, and there must the Governor and Senate of In
dianna seek for answers to their interrogatories.
P The following is the resolution of the Senate:
“ Whereas the friends of Gen. Jackson, in the Wes
tern States advocate his election to the Presidency of
the United States on the ground of his being friendly to
Internal Improvement, and the advocate of a judicious
Tariff for the protection of American Manufactures ;
and whereas the friends of the same distinguished indi
vidual in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia. Tennessee,
Alabama, and Mississippi, advocate his claims to the
first office in the nation, on account of his opposition to
the above measures, or system of policy; Therefore, for the
purpose of enabling the citizens of Indianna to ascertain
what are the real sentiments of Gen. Jackson, and to
give them an opportunity to vote understandingly at the
next Presidential election, in reference to these great
interests.
Resolved, by the Senate, That his Excollency the Go
vernor bo requested to address a respectful letter to
Gen. Andrew Jackson, inviting him to state explicitly
whether he favours that construction of the Constitution
of the United States which authorises Congress to ap
propriate money for the purpose of making Interna! Iin*
provements in the several States, nnd whether he is in
favour of such a system of protective duties for the be
nefit of American Manufactures a9 will, in cases where
the raw material, and the ability to manufacture it, exists in
our country, secure the patronage of our own manufac
tures. to the exclusion of those of foreign countries and
whetnei, if elected President of the United States, he
will, in his public capacity, recommend, foster and sup
port the American system.
Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be re-
uested as soon as he receives the answer of General
ackson to the letter contemplated in the preceding re
solution, to cause the same to be published, together
with the resolutions, in the newspapers printed at In
dianapolis.”
Now we do not hesitate to assert that the above pre
amble contains an assertion directly at variance with
truth. It is averred that Genera) Ja’rkson is supported
in the Southern States on the ground of his hostility to
44 Internal Improvements” and a “judicious tariff. n A
more wretched and malicious fabrication wc have rarely
seen. Where is there to be found the slightest evidence
of the truth of this Sotoforio/affirmation ? Is there a sin
gle print in the Southern States that hns ever pretended
to intimate that Gen. Jackson was opposedtn the tariff?
Has not John H* Pleasants, the notorious Editor of the
Constitutional Whig, laboured unceasingly to shew that
between Gen. Jackson and Mr. Adams there existed no
difference of opinion on the subject of the Tariff? I low
then did these fourteen sage lawgivers of Indianna dis
cover that the Southern States supported Gen Jackson
because of his opposition to the American system 1
The following is Gen. Jackson’s reply to the Governor
of Indianr.a.
His Excellency, James B. Ray, Governor of Indiana.
Hermitage, Feb. 28,1*28.
Sir—I have had the honour to receive your Excelled,
cy’s letter of the 30th ult. enclosing resolution* of the
Senate of Indianna, adopted, as it appears, with o view
of ascertaining my opinions on certain political ionics.
The respect which I entertain for the F.xecutivc and Se
nate of your state excludes from mv mind, the idea that
an unfriendly disposition dictated the interrogatories
which arc proposed. But I will confess my regret at
being forced by this sentiment, todepa », in the smallest
degree, from that determination on which I have always
acted. Not sir, that I would wish to conceal my opi.
nions from the people upon any political or national ‘u.b.
ject; but as they were in various ways promulgated in
1821, I am apprehensive that mv appearance before the
public, at this time, may be attributed, Q9 has already
been the case, to improper motives.
With these remarks, I pray you sir, respectfully to®
state to the Senate of Indianna, that my opinions, at pee.
sent, are precisely what they were in 1823-4, when t^ey
were communicated by letter, to Doctor Co'eman, of North
Carolina, and when I voted for the present tariff, and ap.
propriatjons for Internal Improvements. 4s that lette;
was written at a time when the divisions of sentiment,
on ita subject, were as strongly marked as they now are.
in relation both to the expediency end constitutionality oi
the system, it is enclosed herein; and I hep the favor
of your Excellency to consider it n part of this commu
nication. The occasion, out of which it arose, wai. ruj.
braced with a hope of preventing any doubt, vnirron-
9true*.ion, or necessity for further inquiry re**pnetin : my
opinion on the subjects to which you refer—particular,
lyin those States, which you designated as currishin,* a
policy at variance with your oWn. To preserve our in.
I valuable constitution, and be prepared to repel the inva*
j sions of a foreign foe, bv the practice of economy, mid
I the cultivation, within ourselves, of the means of national
} defence and independence, should bo, it seems to .vv,
• the leading objects of any system which aspires to *ho
name of “ American,” and of every prudent adu nig.
tration of our Government.
I trust sir, that these general views, taken ?n eon-
auction with the letter enclosed, and the vo*es referred
to, will be received as a sufficient answer to the enqui
ries suggested by the resolutions of the Senate. I wili
further observe, to your Excellency, that my views of
constitutional power, and American policy, were injbih-
ed in no small degree, in tho times, and from the sa
ges, of the revolution, and that my experience has not
disposed me to forgot their lessons r and, in conclusion,
I will repeat, that my opinions remain as they existed in
1823-4, uninfluenced by the hope of personal aggrandize-
merit] and, that I am sure, they will never deprive mt
of the proud satisfaction of having always been a sin
cere and consistent republican.
I have tho honor to be, very respectfully, your me*:
obedient servant* ANDREW JACKSON
Congress, April 25.—In the Sonate yes ter-
day, the Joint Resolution from tho House,
respecting the adjournment of Congress, wap
laid on the table to be taken up on Monday,
The Tariff Bill was read a second time and
referred to the Committee on Manufactured
Tho Bill remitting the duties on iron and ma
chinery imported for the use of tho Baltimore
Rail Road Company, was discussed, and or
dered to be engrossed for a third reading.
Some time was spent in tho consideration of
Executive besiness.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. L
Williams, called for the consideration of the
resolution offered by him some days since in
relation to the rank of Major General. After
some discussion it was adopted with a modifi
cation proposed by Mr. Slcrigcrc, couplin'*
with the instructions to the Committee on the
subject of rank, an instruc'ion to the revision
of the organization of the army. The House
then took up the amendments made by the
Senate, in the Bill making appropriations for
Internal Improvement. All tho amendments
were concurred in, with tho exception of that
which restricts tho appropriation for surveys to
such only ns have been commenced ; and of
the chango in tho title of the bill, in both of
which the House refused to concur. The
supplementary bill making appropriations for
the? military service, being a provision for arm
ing the fortifications, was then acted on in
Committee and ordered to bo engrossed and
read a third time to-day. The House then pas
sed through the Committee a bill to reduce the
duty on the importation of Greek and Latin
Books printed before 1775, which was ordered
to be engrossed and read a third time to-day ;
as also was a bill for tho relief of Rebecca
Blodget. Another bill, giving tho State of
Tennessee a right to issue grants Sic. was ta
ken up in committee, but before any question
was taken the Committee rose, reported pro
gress, and obtained leave to sit again.
April 28.—The Senate did not sit on Sa
turday.
In the House of Representatives, the House
resumed the consideration of private bills.—
Some time was tnken in the discussion of a
bill to authorise the cancelling of a certain
bond, which was before the House in an
earlier stage of tho session. The bill was
ordered to be engrossed and read a third time
to-day.
April 29.—In tho Senate, yesterday,
Committee was appointed on the part of the
Senate to recommend a proper time for the
adjournment of Congress. Tho bill making
provision for certain surviving revolutionary
officers, was ordered to be engrossed for a
third rending. Some time was spent in tho
consideration of executive business.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Mar-
tindale made an unsuccessful effort to call up
his resolution on tho subject of a duty on auc
tion sales. The various bills ordered to u
third rending on Saturday were severally pas
sed. The House then went into Committee
of the whole on the state of the Union, and took
up the bill making appropriations for the pub
lic buildings. Some amendments were made,
to the bill, which was then reported, and or
dered to a third reading to-day. Among the
amendments adopted was one offered by Mr*
Everett, providing Bn appropriation for the
purpose of making an entrance into the Capi
tol on the west side from Ihe terrace. By
other amendments, tho office of Commissioner
of the Public Building is ordered to be retain
ed, at the present salary. The office of Ar
chitect is to cease on the 4th of March, 1829.
Matj 1.—In the Senate, yesterday, the
Committee appointed on thn part of the Senate