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CONGRESS.
House of Represent atives, February 15.
JOEBATE ON - THE TARIFF.
Mr jSrrimblp, of Ky. again took the floor,
in reply to Mr. Hamilton. He now under
stood it to be admitted, that the hemp of
Kentucky is, on its first trial, 10 per cent,
sirmger than the he mp of Russia—but, it
was contended, became weaker by use. In
, thisffspect, Mr. T. said, if the fact were a?
9 t*vf| thfi hemp resembled some irgu
mehwhe had heard—they seemed strong
at first, hut became weaker and weaker the
mofii'hey were tried. Mr. T. had some
doubt of the fact respecting the hemp, bow
ever, not believing that there could be any
ttiitajt in the climat e of the country, which
■■producing the strongest h-mp, should
Kwav its strength, Mr. T. replied to
of the gentleman, that if this
■|on ho?? 1 0!? werp not laid, he would he
gSHlig to lake off the duty on cotton. If
jHHid that, Mr. T. said he would venture
to Hy, that the gentleman’s constituents
mi|tl take him out of this House, and send
. jgffikndy here in his place who would put
); again. With regard to the lo-
and interests, against the influ
■B of which the gentleman from N. Yuk
SMpsteu the other day. Mr. T. said liut no
ji| could discharge his duty to the public
jjJ&rge, if in making out a tariff of duties,
||3)id not look to local as well as general
interests. The tariff cannot be equalized
wHess hy doing so, and it was the duty of a
9|p-m in to look to such considerations.—
?f form an equitable tariff, the pressure
b lessened in some place*, and in-
Hti*ed in others, &r —and after all that
be done for this purpose, a change of
would still make a change of pres
&v The amount of the existing dutj' - , Mr
■ argued, had been overrated; it was but
Hper cent, and gentlemen who bad made
jHmount to more, had only mistaken the
Hares with which they set out in their cal
The whole country was interest
■ he further contended, in encouraging
production of hemp, it being an article
■ necessary in war to the maintainance of
He navy as the hulls or any other parts of
■p ships composing it.
■Mr. T. here entered into a calculation
Biich, he said, would show what the migb
B burden of this tax on tbe cotton planter*
to. The price of cotton, he said,
■ higher than that -of bagging and bale
■pp ; but, in selling cotton, the baggingand
Hu>. rope are weighed and sold as cotton. —
Host what it may, it brings to the grower
Ha price of cotton, and is, in point of fact,
Mttnn to him. Five yards of bagging are suf
■lent fora bale of cotton, wetghing from
Ho and a half pounds each yard; add to
Hi* ix pounds of hale rope, and there is a
Htal of something lik-’ 20 pounds weight.—
Hv that the cotton sells for 25 cenls, and
■ thi* country they never get it for less.
Sough they used it of rather inferior quit
S—multiply the weight of bagging, Sic. by
■e price of the cotton, and it would be
■eti that the cotton planters make, noon
iSery bale of cotton, three dollars clear!
■hat is, upon every bolt of bagging wmch
Spy use. they actually make a clear profit
■2O dollars. There could, therefore he,
■d there actually was, no cause
■tint on the par’ of the cotton planHH!—-
Hr. T. here took a comparative view of
Be progress of the duties on the importa
Km of hem|i, and of tarred and nntarred
HBrdagp. Beginning at the year 1785, when
duty on hemp began, at GO cents per
HH? pounds, and on cables, tarred and tin
tfrred, at 75 and 90 cenls, he came down
.to the present time, when the duty on tar
jtld cordage is three cents per pound, and
that on untarred cordage is four cents p*r
pound. All the protection hitherto given
by law, Mr. T. went on to argue, had beet
tide-water protection. Os this he did not
<unplaiu. All that he asked was. that some
little protection should be extended to the
■pastry 11ml the capacity for production of
Alher parts of the country. With reference
tetbe duties on sugar, rice and cotto*, irn
■fted, whether they are intended to pro-
Klfct t lie home manufacture of those articles,
Wo, Mr. T. argued, of no importance. The
Jh&tter of fact is that they do encourage it,
Ukul the fact is all that is material. The
whole people of the United States are taxed
to protect the sngar grower, the cotton
planter, the lice grower, and the indigo
■flier; and he might go further, and he
considered it no more than fair and jus! that
ttoene little protection should be given to
thn staples of other parts of the country.
Mr. Brent, of Louisiana, rose to correct a
part of the calculation of the gentleman
from Kentucky. As to the cotton consum
ed within the United States, it is true that
thn bag is sold with the cotton. But the
amount consumed in the United State* is
bat 40,000 bales, while the quantity ex
ported amounts to 600,000 bales, io the
foreign market the bagging is not weighed.
The merchant pays for the cotton alone,
deducting the bagging. The gentleman,
therefore, would get nothing by this argu
■rent. The duty on foreign sogars, Mr. B.
said could have oe Weight in this discus
&sn. The very reasons on which the gen
tleman supported an increase of tbe duty
HE hemp would justify a proposition for a
duty on sugar; for the l'uct was
THE MISSIONARY.
that the state of Louisiana alone, was capa
ble of producing more sugar than can be
consumed within the limits of the United
States.
Mr. M‘Kirn, of Md, went into a calcula
tion to show that the duty of six cents per
square yard was not all that was laid by the
bill in the article of cotton bagging, be
cause the width of the bagging being forty
'wo inches, instead of thirty-six inches, the
overplus in width made the duty on the
runomg yard amount to seven cents; and
‘hp third section of the bill laid on all goods
lor which bounty was paid by a foreign
country, a duly equal in amount to such
bounty; and by the laws of Great Britain,
-i bounty equal to three cents the running
yartj was given to the manufacturers of this
article; the bill, therefore, laid a counter
vailing duty of this amount, which, added
to the former seven cents, made the total
duly per running yard laid bv this bill op
‘he article of bagging, amount to tpn cent
instead of six. So he understood the ope
ration of the bill, and he applied to the
chairman of the committee of manufactures
to explain,
Mr. Todd, in. reply, said, that the fact erf
a bounty being laid by Briiain on the arti
cle was one ol the strongest arguments to
-hew the propriety of our protecting it. He
.liavoweci any intention on the part of the
committee to make the total duty more than
six Cents, and said, that if the gentleman
from Maryland would move any amend
meut producing that result, it should have
his assent.
Mr. Cobb, of Geo. said that the object ol
this duty was distinctly avowed ; it
to protect manufactures (hat exis'ed, but to
assist in bringing them into existence, and
•he price of doing sa was to be laid on all
the cotton growing states. But if Russia
could raise and export hemp to Scotland,
aod they could manufacture and export it
to this country, and after ail charges, could
undersell Kentucky, with all its advantage ■
ol hemp land, it was certainly not owing to
a want of protection, but a want of skill or
proper management. Mr. C. then stated
from personal knowledge, the average
amount of bagging required by a round baie
to be from five td five and a half yards, and
the average price of imported bagging to be
thirty-five cents, makingthe amount ofbag
gmg on a hale amount to one dollar and
eighty five cents. But bagging, thong*
sold witn the bale, did not bring first cost,
and there was beside!-, Ivy custom, a deduc
tion ol three pounds for which nothing was
paid. The weignt of bagging on a bale
wa about ten pounds—so that eight pounds
only was paid for, and this at about four
teen cents. But if such were the case now.
what would it be if this bill should pass ?
The operation of it would be to impose, for
the benefit of Kentucky and Ohio, a tax on
all the cotton growing states of not lessthan
§300,000 a year. Mr. C. then went into an
arguin -nt to show, in answer to Mr. Mar
vin, that the cotton grower was the real
consumer of the article. Its price regular
ly increased till it got to his hands, and as
regularly decreased till it got to the manu
facturer, who would allow little or notbiui;
for it.
Mr. C. repeated the offer to give tip the
protecting duty ot three cent* per pound on
cotton, if gentlemen would give up the do
ty on bagging. To which he added a fur
ther pledge, that the duty which was urged
to be a bounty on sugar, should also be sur
rendered, if they ought only escape this,
he had almost said, cursed tariff. He put
a case of two tradesmen, a saddler and a
batter, who had equal capital, but unequal
tiu*ines —and asked what would be thought
of a government that would tax the one to
pay it to the other, in order to equalize their
condition? This, he said, was in substance
what was now proposed to be done between
the different section* of the Union. And he
added, by intimating, that although the peo
ple of the South were orderly and snbmis
■uve to the authority of their government,
there might be a point to which, if prohi
bitions should be pushed, they would he re
sisted.
Air. Cook combatted the justice of tbe
objection of the gentleman last up to tbe
principle of the bill. If two sections of
country enjoyed by nature unequal advan
tages, and legislation interfered in favour
of tiat which had the greater, it ought cer
tainly not to reluse to aid in an equal de
gree, that which had the lesser advantages.
He said that the protecting duty on cotton
had encouraged the cultivation of that ar
tide until from nothing it had arisen to such
a height, as not only to supply the entire
demand of the whole United States, but to
export double the amount consumed in the
country. It was not very surprising that
now, after having been placed upon a solid
foundation by the bounty, the cotton grow
ers should be willing to give it up—they
could afford to do so. And nothing could
be a greater proof that (be duty w; 3 a di
rect premium than the very offer with so
much readiness to relinquish it. Mr. Cook
then stated the total amount of cotton rais
ed annually in the Southern States, tbe
bonniy on which, at three cents per pound
is $950,000, which sum was paid to the
growers by the con*umers. Now the whole
duty proposed by this bill to be laid on bag
| giag, would amount only to $66,000. So
Os all the ittiiMiiUnn. oa , i nt ? ‘ke world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. —Jesus Christ.
_____ a 1 s w 10 lead to po itical prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.— Washington.
MOUNT ZION, (HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA,) MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1824.
that while the other states paid the rotton
growing states §950,000, all they asted in
return was, that those states shouM pay
§36,000. The cotton too consumed in the
United States, was used by the poor in the
form of coarse cottons. And the growers
of hemp too, though respectable, as well as
a part of the yeomanry of the countrj,
might be classed in general among the com
paratively poor. The proposed duty, there
tore, would be paid by the rich for the be
nefif of the poor.
Mr. Gurley, of La. said, that the hill was
professedly brought in to protect not only
the manufactures, but the agriculture of
the country; but if this was the kind of pro
tection intended, he thought it was ofan
ex’raordioarv kind; aod (he severest dis
pensations of Provide.nce in the form of bad
crops and unfavourable seasons, werv not
to be compared with the severity which
threatened the Southern agriculturists from
•he bill upon the table. In reply to what
bad yesterday fallen from the gent'eman
from Kentucky, Mr. Trimble, he world re
mark, that he returned to that genfeman
and his constituents hi hearty thark* for
their protection and p tnoti-m, as (isplay
ed in 1815; but he must say, (hatshnuld
the bill pass, their protection and tleir pa
‘.riolisai would prove to have beenlo little
purpose—they would take back, [and he
must he allowed lo ay, with usurots inter
est,) all the b-re fit they had beshwed.—
I he gen'leman from Illinois had remarked
that figures could not lie—he would, there
fore, shew hy figures what would be the
operation of the bill on the agriculturalists
of the cotton growing country. the re
port of the Secretary of the Treasury, in
1822, it appeared that there was raised
that year io the United States 144,000,000
pounds of cotton, which, when made into
hales, weighing on an average about 300
pounds each, would make 522,829 bales.—
Ibe bale required on an average seven
square yards of bagging, which would give.
3,657,803 yard* necessary for halving. By
he tariff of 1816, a duty was allowed od
nis of three rents a yard, producing an
amount of §109,734 09. Might he not ask
if this was not sufficient? But if the bill
should pa*s, the duty, (which ought fairly
to have been avowed as amounlmg lo teo
rents a yard,) would amount to §240,648.
God save me—s aV e me, said Mr. G from
uch a protection as this! But this manu
far.ture is already protected to the amount
zarpo wm ana a manurtn., ,y, a ,
couldwiot stand with such a protection, wa
ne! worthy of being upheld. The protec
tion now proposed would, instead of 25 be
68 per cent, ad valorem. Mr. G. conclud
ed with a general remark, that there never
was a bill presented to the House which
was likely to produce such extensive eff- cts
••n the future condition of the country, a
this.
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A COM PEND OF
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[To be continued weekly ]
3. We come now to consider the taber
nacle itself. This consisted of several cur
mins. The external covering of the tent
was made of rams skins dyed red, and heep
-kins dyed blue over them NB. The
Hebrew word translated “ badgers' 1 skins,”
has no such meaning. This external cover
ing, Wileios supposes, extended over the
•op only ; nut it does not appear from the
language of the Scriptures, that it was a
mere canopy. Under the two external co
verings, was what is strictly called the tent,
which consisted of two curtains made of
goals’ hair, and connected by laches of
brass. Tbe tabernacle properly so called,
consisted of ten most exquisite cortains of
One twined linen and blue scarlet, with che
rubim of excellent work wrought in them;
these were attached to upright planks of
the choicest cedar by loops and laches of
gold.
Tbe parts of the tabernacle, properly so
called, were two—the sanctum, or holy
place, and the sanctum sanctorum , or most
holy place, or holy of holies
Tbe entrance into the sanctum was by a
•neilofblue purple, scarlet and fine twioed
linen, Exod. 26, 36. This was supported by
five pillars of the choicest cedar overlaid
with gold and furnished with golden hook
aod sockets. The furniture of tbe tancturn
& holy place was, first, tbe golden table—
second, shew bread on it on the north side—
third, tbe golden candlestick on the south,
opposite to tbe table—fourth, tbe golden
altar of incense adjacent to the holy of holies.
The sanctum sanctorum was tbe most sa
cred part of ‘.he tabernacle, which was se
parated from the holy place by another
veil of the most exquisite workmanship,
called by the Apostle Paul the second veil. —
Its use was to prevent (hose who minister
ed in the sanctuary from looking into tbe
holy of holies. It was made of the same ma
terials and in the same manner as ihe veil
already mentioned; and it closed the en
trance into the holy place. It was filled
with figures of cherubim wrought into it,
and suspended on four pillars of the finest
cedar, overlaid with gold, and furnished
with golden hooks and with silver sockets,
Exod. 36. ,
VVifhiQ the holy of holies there was do-
thing but the Ark of the Covenant , with its
contents and appendages. Over the ark was
the Propitiatory nr Jvltrcy-Seat ; within ii
were the two tables of the testimony , the pot
of manna and Aaron’s rod that budded, and
on the outside of the ark was the Autograph
of the law or Penteteuch.
Q.- What were the dimensions of the ta
bernacle ?
A. The whole tabernacle was 30 cubits
long and 10 broad: two thirds of this space
was occupied by the holy place , and the re
mainder, 10 cubits equare, was occupied by
the holy of holies.
Q,. Where was the entrance into the
court, and in what part of the court was
the labernacle ?
A. The entrance into the court was on
the east side, and the tabernacle was erect
ed opposite to it on the west side of the
court, with its door eastward.
Q. Os what materials, form and size was
the candlestick ?
A. It was made of a talent of pure gold,
which is about sixty pounds our weight, and
was formed by the hammer into 6 branches
besides the perpendicular one in the mid
dl f *. —Exnd 25—30, 39. On these seven
branches were suspended seven lamps fur
nished with their proper apparatus, and,
(almonds with a knob of flowers,) decorat
ed with three bowls made alike.
Q.. What was the use of this candlestick ?
A It served to give light in the taber
nacle by night, and perhaps by day also,for
there was no window in the tabernacle.—
And though many are of opinion that the
lamps were lighted every evening and put
out iu the morning, yet this is by no means
evident from the scriptures ; and the priest
who officiated needed light at all times,
and accordingly it -was said, that “ they
bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for
the light, to cause the Ir.mps to I urn conti
nually/ I —Levit. 24—2, 3& C. (In F.xod
30, 8, it is said, “and when Aaron lighted)
the lamps of even.” But ‘-he Hebrew word
translated “ lighteth,'’ means “to put up”
or “ cause to ascend. ”) It is true the next
verse seems to favor the idea of extinguish
ing the lamps in the morning, but it is not
asserted. The first appears tome the more
probable opinion.
Q. Os what was the table of shew bread
made ?
A Os shittim wood, or the finest cedar
overlaid with pure gold, two cubits long,
one broad, and one and a half in length.—
There was a border of gold round its edge
surmounted with a golopn crown; on eacn
corner there was a golden nog, through
which staves overlaid with gold were in
serted to carry it— Exod. 35 Oo this ta
ble were placed twelve loaves of bread
every Sabbath piorning, when those which
were removed were eaten hy the priests
within the tabernacle. Frankincense was
also spread on the table over the bread—
this was the bread that David eat when
hungry.
Q. Os wbat kind was the altar of incense?
A- As to the materials, it was made of
the finest cedar aod covered with gold.
2. As to its form, it was square, with
horns projecting from each corner.
3. A* to its dimensions it was a cubit in
le g’b and the s-une in breadth.
4. As to its uses, Aaron was commanded
to burn sweet incense upon it every morn
ing and evening.
5 Like the golden table, this altar was
furnished with a crown of gold roundabout,
and with rings and staves for carrying it.—
Exod. 30—1, 10.
Q. What was the form of the Ark ?
A. It was in the form of a chest, two and
a hall cubits long and one and a half broad,
tn; de of the finest cedar and the purest
gold. It was also surrounded with a gol Jen
border or crown, and furnished with riDg
and staves for carrying it. Its use as has
been said, was 10 contain the (wo tables of
testimony aod some other articles. Over
the ark there was a plate of gold called tne
mercy-seat, or propitiatory, and two golden
rhej'ubims, one a! each end, beaten out of
the same fine gold, with expanded wings,
and face* turned towards each other, or to
wards tbe mercy seat. But how many wing*
or faces they had, the learned are not
agreed about.
Q. How can the words of Paul, Hebrews
9
wherein was the golden pot that had man
na, and Aaron's rod that budded, and Ihe
two tables of the covenant,” be reconciled
with 1 Kings, 8, 9—where it is said, “ there
was nothing in the ark except the two ta
bles of stone which Moses put there at
Horeb ?”
A. There are two methods adopted by
the learned of reconciling these passages,
which appear nearly equally probable.
1. The first is that tbe other articles
mentioned by Paul, were originally placed
in the Ark, but when it was carried to the
catnp they were taken out aod left in the
tabernacle. And when the Ark was trans
ferred to Mount Zion and afterwards to the
temple, they were replaced.
2. The second is, that the preposition
translated “in,” might easily enough be
rendered “ by” 1 or “ near.” which we most
adopt in relation to the volume of the law.
According to tbi* opinion, the uni of manna
and Aaron's rod never were pHted in tbe
Ark, but laid up by or near it.
[Prtce $3 50 per ann.
Q. Was there any thing else io the most
holy place ?
A. Nothing made by the hands of man;
but over the mercy-seat ar.d between the
cherubim, (here was exhibited a visible ap
pearance of the divine glory, called by the
Jews Shechinah.
Whilt the Israelites were in the wilder
ness, ihe pillar of cloud and fire rested on
the tabernacle wherever it was pitched,
and on some occasions filled it, so that
Mosps could not ecter on account of the
glory within. This symbol of the divine
presence aod manifestation of his glory, it
is believed, took up a permanent residence
in the most holy place, over the mercy seat
and between the cberubims, to which there
are many allusions m Scripture.
INDIA.
SUMBHOLFOOR, JUI.V I, 1823.
A Suttee and its unexpected result .—The
following is a most remarkable instance of
a Suttee which has occurred in this place,
the issue of which will be perused with
pleasure by ail the lovers of humanity, and
excite sentiments of sympathy for the un
fortunate sufferer in Ihe bosoms of all sus
ceptibe of human kindness and fellow feel
ing.
On the 291 h ult. intimation was given by
(he local authorities that the widow of a
Brahmin, who died the preceding evening,
had voluntarily expressed a desire to per
form Suttee at the funeral pile of her de
puted husband; every possible argument
was advanced with a view to dissuade her
Irom thus sacrificing herself, but without
effect; seeing her determined, she wa of
course allowed to follow the bent of her in
clinations, and, accompanied by her rela
tions and the Brahmins of her sect, sbp pro
ceeded to the spot where the pile was erect
ed on the hanks of (he Alahanuddie, conti
guous to the town of Sumbhulpoor; the
construction of the pile, which was compo
sed of bamboos, differs very materially from
those generally used in other parts of the
country ; the base was a tetragon of about
seven feet, with walls a* nearly as possible
frve feet in height; these, gradually dimi
nished to the top, and assumed a form some
what spherical; in the centre was placed
the wood and other combustibles, on which
was placed the dead body, folded in a sin
don of white cloth; steps so as to facilitate
the ascent, were constructed on the west
ern side; on the woman approaching the
pile, (the wood in which had previously
been set on tire,) she appeared without the
slightest agitation, perfectly cool and col
lected, and evinced wonderful fortitude and
resignation, and entirely free from the m
fio-nce of intoxicating drugs. She twice
walked, unaided, wiih a firm step round the
funeral pile, ascended the steps, and threw
herself spontaneously on the flames. A so
lemn pause ensued for a few seconds, and
every one considered her a martyr to her
religion, when io the astonishment and
agreeable surprise of the great number of
ihe by-slanders, but the evident discomfi
ture of the Brahmins, she eagerly scram
bled over the pi/e, ran and threw herself
into the river, whence by the prompt and
exemplary assistance of the European gen
tlemen present, (Captain L. of the Madras
establishment, and Mr. Babbington, the de
pujy postmaster,) she was instaotly rescu
ed, aod conveyed to the military hospital,
where she now remains severely scorched,
but in a favourable way for recovering.
The poor woman is deprived of her caste
in consequence of what has happened, and
was it not owing to the humane aod gener
ous interference of the Political Agent, to
whom the circumstance, as it took place,
was immediately communicated; the un
fortunate wretch, not even recognised by
her family and connexions, would be allow
ed to wander an outcast, without a single
friend to pity or protect her.
Calcutta paper.
From the fV orcettcr Yeoman.
MR. SIMON.
It appears that Mr. Simon is the son of
the chief Rabbi of Sloppa, in Poland. Hie
father designed and educated him to suc
ceed him as chief Rabbi. This office is
considered by the Jews as peculiarly sa
cred, and is esteemed with great reverence.
Young Simon was reluctant, at the age of
twenty three, to assume it, especially as he
was very intimate with the principal young
men of the place; and he thought his famil
iarity calculated to dimmish the respect
due to such an exalted station. To reme
dy this inconvenience, his father sent him to
London, where he spent some time. Du
ring this period, he, for the first time, pe
rused the New Testament, which was prov
identially put into his hands in the Hebrew
language. He was surprised to find that
Christians called (heir Christ Mtttiah; that
they believed the inspiration of the Old
Testament; and that they worshipped the
God of Abraham. He had been accustom
ed to contemplate Christianity only in its
most perverted terms ; and to see men cal
led Christians, traversing the streets, and
carrying images of (be Virgin Mary, and of
tbe saints, and paying senseless homage to
them. He bence considered Christians as a
species of idolaters, aod expected to find
their sacred writings filled with legendary
tales of false gods. But, on examining tbfi