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? V-J uuujii-. ^ ^jssssss^ From the Ghb?. THE $AttIFF BILLS. gfrlfcr ami (iiimlu r still succeed?; and the 'Three Vtri.r iiills^niready occupy UtcHtoseof Keproeontiiiv?", Sn-1 a fourth' Ic.--- j-i.-t appectfed in the Senate. comes from the (iouirnit'ro on ^ Manufactures, t!is member* ofetvhich are chief"1 ly manufacturers; and, Invito*the .(Ueh in their, own hands, they have cut a.id carved for th.vm'toa^gelves in !.Lr'i style. In object, it is the eamoj . ^rorith ail the oilier tariffbills?n:i:ncly, the trnur-1 *s *Tefr'of money, by 1t>^ from the pocke's of the |? * popple to the pockets of iJjo manufacturers; l::i: p*1 'the mode of operating is new, and be peaks talent in tlia modern'art of lcgirstativo depredation. Cuirn'ativc r^Td compound a'd rclofcm (if are assessedqftr'flflmry sUtutory Ya!'.ri.';;:u;, . which take a maximum of dcubjp ?r fjaadrtile the real value of the best article f,f the class, ]f and thanur.ake ii. a mir.for the whole class. ^Jnon this'factiltous valuation, a (inly generally Of 25 per cent, is first impose:!, witii a cumulation of 20 per cent, more for articles above that class, and a further duty of 10 percent, mere if the article is imported in foreign snip, ami a ^ further duly of 10 percent more if the article come from beyond the (tape of Good Hops ? Tho following extracts from the bill will illustrate this statement: "ore. 1. MANurACTcr.es or Cotton shall he valued as follows, that is to 'say: Uleached and unbleached cotton clot lis shall he valued, at 31 cents per square yard; colored and stained cot, $bn-cloths, or wove plaids cr ginghams, at 30 cents per square yard; printed cotton sir,;!)-, <..> . .. not morej.jhat one rolor nor more than two > shades?f8fat color, and not excecdirijr 27 inches jtt widnBfyafc" 18 cents per running yard, or yard in length; exceeding 27 arid not exceeding 3'J inches in width, at 2{J cents per runnjpg yard; prints of more than o'iifc color (generally blocked j or fancy print?,) not cxeeding 27 inches iu wroth, { < at 24 cents per running yard; cxcecdinsplJTaniJ; not exceeding 39 inches in width, at 35 con's j per running yard; exceed iug 39 inches in width,: at 35 cents per square ya'd: Provided, Titet any gcod^^f the kinds above enumerated, the cost or value whereof at the place of export, with an addition of 20 per cent., shall exceed 40 cents per square yard, shall he valued alike j cost or value at the piace of export, with an addition of 20 percent" Every house keeper in Washington city y knows that the above valuation of cottons is double, triple, ar.d quadruple the value?that to say nothing of the wholesale prices in the importing cities, you can go to any dry-goods "Hjg store in VVashington city, and purchase from 55? the retail merchanfthe articles above mentioned, for the one half or the one third of what they are valued at. Thus by giving a false r valuation to the article, and by help of c^mvihtive duties, what is ostensibly a duty of 25 nor fcent. becomes, in reality, a duty of 50, or 100,1 or 150 per cent *5."Third?Manufactures of \foor. shall la; valued as follows, that is to say: Milled an:' fulled cloths, known by the name oi Kendall I cottons and plains, of which wool shall bo ;!.oj only material, shall be valimd at 004fe:sts per' square yard; known as Kerseys, of which weed; 6ball be the only material, at one dollar and twenty cents per square yard ait oiiier n?iiic:ij 1 f. and fulled cloths, including all varieties of cas-i simeres, and of broad, beaver, pi!o% and felt clor lis, coatings, and all other cloths not otherwise, specified, of which wool shall be.thc only ma-1 ferial, "shall be~valuc"d at throe doniirs per s poire'* yurAijJiroiided, That any goods of the kind,' above*omipaer.-iled, the cost or value of which tj at'the plaC0;?f export with an addition of 20 per I cent,, shall exceed four dollars nor square yard, 1 4ft ' sha&fte valued at the cost or value at the place j of/i&fport, with an addition of twenty per con!.:' ' *?ll cloths and coatings of mohair shall be valued i at one dollar and fifty cents per square yard." * The arbitary valuation here placed upon wool-! lens is equally outrageous with that upon cot-j tons. It is notorious that the valuation, in ina-; ny instances, will ho double cr treble what it; ougfrt to be; subjecting the laboring person who, purchases the cheaper kind to pay double or tre-; * ble the tjjc wfaicii is paid by those who arc able to purchase the better article. "4th. Manufactures oj Leather.?Boots, ( bootees, shoes, and slippers. Men's pumps,: shoes, and slippers, shali .be valuou'-3* two del- j 1 ?- nn/t hr>r\fr>ci?. nt P*IY dollars | liirs |4Ci paii , 1/ww ct.iv* ? per pair; wbmens double Sbled pumps or wc:t'.1 at two dollars per pair; boots and bootees, at three dollars and fifty cents jflfc pair; shoes.or slippers of silk or of any taaWnM mixed with silk, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per pair; children's boots and bootees of silk, or of any material mixed with silk, at one dollar and fifty cents per pair; of all other materials, and j " children's shoes of all kinds, at sixty-five cents *per pair; ail boots, bootees, pumps, shoes, slipa. yers, for men, women, or children, partially <?r" manufactured, shall be ...value d as if wholly ^ manufactured; shoes made wholly of India rub*. ber, at sixty five cents'pef pair." The sam-s remark applies to aU the articles in this clause. Every persgp that lias ever bought a r.hoc, knows that this valuation is false?doubly ialre; and ..made co on miracle; in order to double the tax on thgj"orcij|g^rU'-Ie. afid to! double t-'ic prom to me nompgncmaninsn hilt. "5th. Ready made clothing.?< fverconts and rhort cloaks shall be valued at forty dollars each, cloaks at sixty dollars each; froclf coat&at thirty dol!arwsch: dress coats of all patens at nnrty six dollars each, ruudabouts.^or short jackets, . ft at twelve dollars each; uni/OTm coats, and nil coats not otherwise specified, at forty dollars wfeach; brocade, onibroidered. figured silk, or satin and silk velvet vests, at five dollars each; drawers and under-s .'irts of every materia), ex" copt silk, or materials mixed with silk, shall be valued at $i<rht dollars per dozen; cotton si.jrifb madeor^Ja while cotton shirting, at nine dollars per dozen; dickies or false bosoms, and in cotton shirts with linen bosoms, or wrist hands, at eighteen dollars per dozen; linen and ali shirts nor otherwise specified, at thirty.dollars , per dozen, all other articles of clothing for men, j l women, or children, shall.be vaiucd at djgfelei the value declared by this bill to be the valjWdfj the material of which the}' rnnv be made;*and! if made of the different materials, as if made ci i ho innct rnottv mnlprin! in t I,o r We appeal to every man, or boy, that has ever bought a coat, a cloak, a waistcoat, a sliirl, or even "a dickey," or "false besom," to say il these valuatio is are not downright phinderinge. Thixfreix dollars for a coat?twelve dollars fur ft a rqttfijabou'.?ton f? r overall?nrJ this the mini^bi! So tiiat the median c or laborer ' who skou d bay a cent at fifteen ii 1 ?r, a roundabout at three dollars, a pair of overall.? at two. . . doilar?, to work in, must pay the same tax 0:1 it that lite dandy pay*. on his luxurious app e al. "2SJ. (.'oai. salt, a::! lime.?t'oal. au.? a i yr b -f" pgrratjons thereof, shell be valued at eight dollar. Igfcv and sixty-four cents per chaldron of thirty-:-!-; 6^ ' bushels; rail ft forty cents per bu-hol'ol fi.'.;. pounds; lime at one dollar ana seventy live ce.'tly r ' per cask", not exceeding forty gallons in^c^gaciI Forty rents a bushel for aai^which Jjlt is proved l.y tlio custom-house books, to'-ooet as to Hows: i/verpool, fifteen cents?Turk's Island, lino en is; St. I'be-, six cents: Mediterranean, live cents, I'rom ii.o Adriatic, three ccDts:?yet ail put n;> Jo fort v cents a lin-liel of fifty-six (wfric.'i lS alinuWhtsageci.'s and a half.) , :;i:d :;ie.i forty con? nrfra itpbn ii ii ii comea-1 j in a v : Thus the actual dyi'v on ' sr.'- wnT 1 he iV.nn one !iur.dr.v.i to two liininred ! percent, w'.'h the further mischief cf fixing the I price by law; for, when llis Jaw value" the push 1 M III n: v ci^^i^pnni iw.ts ??v I tlio .r.i'.i ! rd price of 1 i:c rail fr sr; to which I lie | tfcty bei:\i- j:<Mad, will knnrk i;p the iir?ro:!:i:io:i | of foreign oal", and throw the psojiio tied r.cc'c ; and hee! , into the fancier hands ot'lhe home-inei KOpulizf VS. i " r roll-.-. C'C ?Guitpo*,vector, gomor, ! red iiuuerini tcxi fehStl ha "tUot'l al seventy-two | cents pw* pound; ntt other fpreii leas, at fifty : cent? ; r pound; Cf#JTee at nine cents per pound; L-UfcX or ground,jitSy.'civo roils per pouudrco! cctal eight ccntgfper round." j Green tea at fifty cents a pound!?black tea. at , for'v rents a nnov.d!?Java, Mucin, and Weal ! India coder, all rated alike! Twenty per cc-iit-l | urn kOjAiidded for a foreign vessel, or lor com! i '.r (wHfceyond the Cs >e of Good Hope. We I forbear comment uppn the enormity of lliesc>imp isitid^?'die sca.n'al of thus confounding, in | one"ufnforrn value, articles so ditfercnt in quali| ly, and so various i:i-p;bce! YVc cease our extracts. We only give a few by way of example. We'liopr some- practical hand will take up tiie whole bill, lay it open to the core, and display its enormities and ' iniquities. This is the fourth bill now on hand to establish pro'.ccia&tariirs. In the shameless invention oi falseraluaiions, it boats them all. In other respects, it is like them all. It holds on to the land revenue, wiiiie violating the condition on which the land biil was passed, and, while pillaging the people by a plundering lax on the necessaries of life?on lea, cofie?, -alt, sugar, shoes,coats, shirts^and Lats?j4omakegood ibe .amount lost by iho finds. iWax&^Weryihing "which !hc people con.suin", and exempts from tax everything tin: t ie manufacturer i.s m. The farmer is sacrifice&Uo the manufacturer. Foreign materials are imported duty free, (hides for example, three millions of dcliars worth per annum,) and on these foreign tna'crials domestic manufactures are established. TKfe people are taxed one.iwe, three, four, live hundred percent. ir> pro:eel these manufacturers in working up foreign materials, which tiioy yet free of duly; and tiiis is cnllr.-l protecting d .-mostic industry! It is pkcndori.i;. t ;c Ain ;r. an pcopir. I. i in Referring property by law! It is legislating fortunes ol classes! It is vo ing money out of the packets to seventeen millions of people, to put it , into t.be pockets of a few thousand mar.ulactu- 1 tors?to give t horn incomes of tens of tkousan is, hundreds of 'liousaiiJs per annum; while the wages of labor, the price of produce, and the value i oi property, aia '-inking ievror ami lower every day. This is V.'h . ry?Federal Wliigye.-v; I as much worse than ihe oi l Federalism of i7-3, '.vac, as tiio cionskin campaign of 1 j 10 was Laser and meaner ti?an t.be Federal campaigns of 17hd and IS'JO. We wish to call public attention to this rub- ' ject?to these four tariffs now on the an^il in j the two Houses of Congress. They will all} pars?all four will nass! mot, ia_ii' rer1 l~Q-j nT7T-:X-.: nrkVd up iAtl'Mj&rup together?coii-f giornerated into one huge, heterogeneous mass? and an driven uiroogn lO'Tiuer, uuuu mw ( nipole.-jt argument of the gag. T/iyy will al! J pa.-s! that is- to say, flic worst pans "every bill \vii 1 L.e put info a single lull, and then crammed down ! !<c throats cf members, and shoved through j the House. The gag may be looked for soon. ; fCo debate on items will be allowed! That would he fatal to the plunderers. Theoretical speech-1 er, for uudjagainst a tarilTin flic general?spec- i ches whicnrocide nothing, and which show nothing of the bills?may be tolerated for a few days longer; bat the moment the items are touched, j and practical views taken, and the iniquity of the ; tiling displayed, that th< gag will lie clapped on, ' and all discussion Pilot cod. And what is tlie j remedy for all this abuse. It is the change of rulers! It is the expulsion of the coons front the high places which they have climbed?driving j tiieni back to their holes and caverns;?and re-1 storing- to power tha men who legislate lor the nias.-??whose policy has forever given pr?sperity j to the country, V.'.b'di u:ll do it again, r.s soon as sliey were rott-Orci.'. l'cderahsm bar . now been tried throe ti::.tv, r.is:l wor. e cveiy^ time. The second Adams was worse Ilia.'.' *-'ic first; and the coorskins of the present, day arc1 worse than all. Political power alone was the object of the old Federalists: the present Federal Whips go for.!ho same power, and for plunder added to it?plunder by means of tariffs banks,! monopolies, corpora! ions, and legislative nans-, lots of money froin the many to the few. It is j tiie union between thot-jjoJiticians, tantntes, and national bank, which maJSfts Whiggcry ol 1S10 so much worse than Federalism ol 1600. From the. Boston Daily Advertiser. THE 1(13VENUE LAWS. .. It is a question of doubt among lawyers, who-1 ther, under the existing laws, any duties whatever can he collected on "goods, wares and merchandise" imported into the United States since the 80:h of June Jsnt. That question depends j solely upon the constuction to he put upon the | third section of the compromise act, passed March 2d, 1033. To enable the reader to under-1 stand the true miruort. of'hat. section, it is neces sary to advert only to the following provisions j of the act. The object of the act appears to have boon, not I to establish a permanent revenue system, but to , :pake a gradual reduction an,! equalization of ex-! isting duties, during a period of ten years, preparatory to the establishment of new regulations by jh'.v, to be based on a principle of a. nesting j all duties on a heme valuation. The first section of the act provides for the repeal, in certain proportions, at sir-successive p?riods, of all execs'? of existing duties over 2<) per cent ad valorem, including not only those wln'chAwere originally ad vaiurejp. in their from, but those which were speeitic^vofqn the 31st of December, in the year 1033, '35, '37, and, 39, each one-tenth of such c'kcqsz; on the 31st of December IS 11, ihrcc-tsnffift. Then comes the third section, which is in tluf following words, t ii further evaded,'Via', until the thirtieth , dav of Juna*"5??e thousand eight hundred and forty "two, the duties imposed by exiaiiiig laws, as "w. t.t'.'d ! .; ii?is act, shali remain and continue' io bSC'disClCll. - | A.;.-! iruni ujiu afieriiio thy hstfgfpj-c.'nirf, a!l la::<>s upyjj i filj-oria shail be. ertfwxbfaiu ready /. . "j;;::> *! all cjtwi'* now aJiotviSl fey Jaw, in j l.:v-;j.;y:::0.it CiMi'iitiessAall ee, bud iiereuy are,. Hledisiied; and seea amiss shall be laid/oriltejtur- j / oft: 'if ru is such rc venue as tony be necessary / to ,tu feel admiiiist&iion of the Govern * & W ft; vicryl; and from and after the day lasrt afoifosaid, the duties required to be paid by law on gqctffii] warcs^md merchandiso^sft'*# be assessefchifton Ihe^efmthercrf at the port where the same 0dll | be entered, under suck Rr.cuLATN^AS sSs^be j, PKESCRIUED BY I.AW.", " "jAj I Besides the foregoing prrvisioS^r?he;fe?tf:ecy 1 ticn of the law i't.r briiigingdown exist!ng"dutfoa* | to the level of?.0 per cant, another acC^a^MSTscd at the extra session of last .year for Jjriiigjjjg j certain other duties, which wore-Jieitfw 20 -pj?r. I cent up to that level, and for "imposing duties I not exceeding 20 per cent on aldfge numqfr of j articles previously free of duty. . . | In determining the construe!ihn-o'f llifea/prcI said third section, it cannot be.a#?i i n c d*!jthai J t j was tiie intent ion of the law to abolish the rcsjcttl1 urn of duty, after the successive repeals*.aniOTSfec ing to 20 per cent; but tiie or.ly question is, wheI liter it. has done so in fact, by abolishing Ihi ; mode hy which they were by law assessed, and reqn ring tit it* they c hail be asetsed in another inoddSfer which tiiere is no legal provision, and, in Q.vtlress term?, "under such regulations aa n-.ov Ka !?* Ina* " \trlmn in it it? nr\ tpr.ous that no such regulations have been prewscribcd % law. i In assessing duties therefore, rrn merchandise, ( importer], founded on the invoice value thereof, j .verified in the mode prescribed bylaw, ihe ofj ficers of the customs were required to proceed according to the regulations so prescribed. But in assessing-duties on the value of the goods at the port where they are entered, the collector? would be entirely without chart or compass to direct them in the course of proceeding. What is to be the test of value? Who is to bo the judge? Is all left to the discretion of the collcc. tor? Is it Ihe collector of each port'to make his j own regulations? These questions seem to be | answered by the law itself, which requires that (they shall be assessed "under such regulations, ' as may be prescribed by lay." and, in the absence I of ail such regulations, no assessment can be le?^ I gaily made. ' Wo understand that circulars from the Trca-; j sury Department^ Washington have been addressed to the collectors of the several ports, requiring them to assess the CO per cent duty on all merchandise not free under the above named law.-:, on a valuation to be made at the respective places of importation, by the appraisers and other officers ol the customs; the mode of proceeding not being very definitely prescribed, and consequently left, in a great measure to the discretion ot t ho collectors. Whether such proceeding will be suffered to stand, in lieu of regulations prescribed by law, we presume will be deter* 111iM. 1 hi l!rr? !'icf rr*cnrl l>o ! !io /,rntr,e nf loir I * t " Frorff'ite .ftiiuli <nnian. 1 IMPKACIlSB&T-XiPTIIIi PRESIDENT. ; As coon as the t'anf: distribution lull passes the <louse, perhaps en Saturday next, John Minor iJoLts, (ii' ho he not in the mean time fright one3 | froin iiis purpose by the Madwoman,) wiii rise in ; his place and prefer articles of impeachment J ! -.gainst tiiO Chief Magistrate .of our country. Immediately a resolution will lie adopted by a Clay whig caucus majority, declaring the Presi- j dent's leg til "inability"' to discharge the duties | nid powers of his office while his trial shall be pending in iiia Keuato. "It will r.ot bo a joint resolution?for tba\ by i the Constitution, (which they would not appear to orerihrow at the onset,) would have to be ap- j s&gyyiiusg; Suspend:-!. The Ririffdistributioh bill will then ' he n/SiWthrotigh the Senate and signed by Man. j num. Mangnm must retire to his boarding house, if the White IIousc ts not surrendered to liiin, , am! net us President of the United States. lie' will be regarded as such by the Federalists, and j obeyed accordingly. "In the mean time, the Constitutional Prd&qrnl: (always conforming to the provisions of that sfe i crcd instrument) will retain his 'scat, although not recognised*as the Chief Magistrate by the' Federal Clay whig majority. ".Mangummay require the office holders toj obnjWnn, and inasmuch as most of the important 1 offices arc tilled by the minions and sycophants of Clay, it is probable the\- wiil yield obedience. Those who do not, can he easily removal. "The session will he prolonged. The sweets rvf ciirirntnn rrtmmonil trill not hn mlinilMichot 1 I?v ' ~* , the powers that be, until the last possible nio"inent. The trial will be purposely continued lor months. ^ "In the moan time a duplicate Cabinet may be ! appointed, should the old one prove refractory.' There ?nay be a struggle for the possession ?*fj the archives. Sonne ol the Cabinet jilinislers | have their marble tenements pretty well garrisoned, and wili doubtless be found to have hearts J bold enon-iJi to nrfor.d them. "Thus the reign of terror commences. We ji will be among the first of its victims. And we j pray Heaven that u'c.imy not live to witness the j utter, hopeless, complete prostration of I.ikgiut! j "It is said that most of the Army and i\avy of-' fiocrs are the partisans of the Dictator?bin, thank God! we have reason to believe tint the rank and file are not. If any of the officers should lie found willing* to obey the mandates of the the Koyal Deputy, wc have full confidence ; in the sterling patriotism of the bone and id new of the land.. V" "iMay that Almighty God who watched over up, and protected us in the gloom of the Revolution., not forsake us in the present crisis! He who now occupies the Presidential cjiair was called thither by the voice of our Heavenly Father. We place our trust rn Hir.i. He will not forsake us. He will still guardjfor our glorious Constitution, and shield our.Uowtitutional President against the wicked atggjmfoof all political blacklegs and inebriate traitors:'*"' "Our country cannot he doomed to fall thus ignobly. The Republic cannot be thus sacrificed to appease the ambition of a few reckless, unprincipled demagogues, wnu Cl'UllI JiCVUX | tain tiie power they seek by means of the ballotboxes. ^ ".An impeachment wns once meditated and moreu against Tito,mas Jfjkekson, the Apostle of Democracy. Then, Henry Ciay was a Demoerai. When this Doilouian prototype rose to prc-fer his charges, Mr. Clay sprang to the floor, and cried out, "Mr Speaker', the gentleman soils the Jloor upon irhichhe stands#' "Is it any wonder, thee, that the ardent and zealous disciple of Jefferson Democracy should share the fate of his illustrious predecessor! Dui Mr. Clay is not there to rebuke the -nover. An,d . were lie present, would he do it? lie is no longer a Democrat! I5ut if the i:i"V$r of the resolution - - - > ,1 in the case ot .Ictinrsoii uwuivsu \v.':ich lie received, and which in our .opinion he eminently merited, what ought to be said of the unworthy being who has avowed his determination to impeach President Tyler] y "We tear not the rcsuit. Wej^now that tiie President is as spotless as Washington, in his . oilicial capacity. What "treason, high crime, or misdemeanor," hqe.be co&mitlcd? None! and his accusers know it. Bufiheytfhj resolved to J* ?$ M ** *'* m . ... * . . 'Ife- w j* ' i * sfljfcirra ttfij^that they mayT in the* intgyval, fix i lOjxTrfthe cofrntrv the fangs of their FdWfii raea",ura*^ ? be acquitted, triumphantly acquitted, jffld^OT^ted a^ftt sustained, by the unanimous ^ aiEht fw^teigri of t^t|ijjL]io\ycvcr shortymay fix ^stwmpa unoi^ttcite publican system of Governsurpers will be punished. TSejr^rcign'wfrDe brief as it will be inglorious, aMuie penalty ^8^8 adequate to the offence." A PirLG'T.iv.?-ihr Ihet s'i'>> Ontario, at New v?.i.v>.A., I uu^iauu, timiju p.iascngcr jiiias umriet L?Wroorep*6turiiTng from a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. r* This, if we raistakd r.ot, is the rc< ? ad visitation *Wjjich that, extraordinary woman lias made, withoiitany attendant, to Jerusalem?wandering in the talifcy cf Jehosnpliat, bathing in the^stream j of Jordan, was.hing iier feet in Kedron, straying to the manger at Bethleham, and back to the sumfnjtof Olivet, gathering pomegranates in Gethsemono, kneeling on Calvary, and stretching herself in the sepulchre "hewn in stone." Armies of mailed men, that went to redeem the temple and the tomb, whiten the plains of Syria with thcir-blcachcd bones: guarded caravans fallji prey to robbers from the Desert, as theyjotfrney towards Jerusalem. Ar.d yet a' lonely woman, with no kindred on tRie soil, no knowledge of their language, and no money to brjbe to protection, goes up from the .shores of the Levant, and the plague touches her not.? Civil war, that devastates, spares her. The robi ber, whose trade seems to have the prescription ) of ages, assails her not in her progress. Arid ii*? the city, where poverty and suspicion bar the door, and the zeal of the Moslem makes a merit of procuring misery or death to the christian pilgrim, there the wicker gate of the con#nt opens I for her reception, and the wasting rneal, and the Ldecaying cruse of the mendicant, seemed to be [blessed to increase, for her comfort. | It is delightful to sit and listen to the tales of I the wayfarer towards Jerusalem, and the sojour-! I ner within its gates. Others go hedged about i with firmans and decrees, defended with spear, j | supported wiiii staff, and provided Willi scrip.? | i&licy enter mt the innermost recesses of the j "Houses and hearts of the people, and yet attempt to describe their manners and their morals, by what they sec at the weite, and hear at the caravansories. It is not strange that such should find all barren and waste, moral and physical, from Dan to Beershcba. But the traveller, whose want3 require, and whose sr-:< warrants, that she should he oi the in-1 most chambers,-that tikp should sit. down with ' mother and childrcnj she can learn t!.c secret of' their living, which'is not revealed to the won-j deringworl.l of travellers. She can tell what is j devotion, and what issuffcring. She can see and judge, and she will know, that beneath the ex- . tenor of strange custom?, and binding laws, tbe i feelings of women are the same i:i Syria as in j America. And though the tyranny of custom may bind or crush there "these fe^^gs, yet they will, like the he lUhfuKBcrbage, fb?ce a growth, a.itl perhaps sweeten and ornament the very object that, has pressed them down. We sliali learn sotnething^of this from the re-: turned pilgrim.?Philadelphia U. 8. Gazelle. :uifp.a l cr niosrrr?Trie T i rxxci, a nd Lake' ?This bp'iig'1'A, ''I'le ,-i!:p i.i -JrVanlr -.^itrrrty, TTnins olater psioout^J miles di afoot from Warsaw. It is satiated upon a high ing ridge, and at the upper part of lire tunncgijic circumference of which, at the inouth, is about one hundred and fifty foe:, and about ten at the j bottom. After descending J10 or 40 feet from the ' natural winding stairs, we come to the mouth of) the cavern leadin? to the lake, which is the el-; iipuc circle. \v e cnzerc.i uie silent cavern, and liaJ another descent to'nuke of some l'orty or lit ty steps before we sto&d at the brink of the, wa-' ters of the lake. The*'surface of this sheet of: water contains about two thousand square feet, and the cavern has some appearance of being the J work of art; but its high and vatilted chambers, and its s^apendous and magificicnt ceilings, as of the im|>ehetrabie adamant, prove 'to man that man knows but little ofthe bowels of the earth. The cavern like would be a rich and pleasant treat to the tourist or gcologiaf, ^ajid should be visited by all the lovers of naiiurey (Mo.) Valley. Novel Fishing- j^-On tE sday afternoon, just j before a heavy thunder agnail came up, great quantities of lish. of the trout species, were*observed .at Exchange wharf, rushing in school, j through the"space between the ship Midori:, and the dock, and the negroes caught numbers of *tlicm with their hands. Yesterday o.tcrnoon, the dish again made their appearance, & several ne- j groes stationed themselves on the fenders of the j ship, lumping just nl ove the surfacjrofthc water, 1 &. '.Vittt$n?in:p r.cir, uaxKcts, cvc cornmenceu mm- . blieg out the fish in great numbers, some of them of large size, being from 9 to 10 inches in length. There was probably 100 fine fish cought in this ,'1 manner, in the course of an hour or two. What 1 cat} have caused these inhabitants of the deep to 14 tie.thus reckless of their safety is more than! we can divine. Wc have not heard of their be- j ing seen at any of the others-wharves, which ic makes.the circumstance appear more singular.'f Charleston Courier. 11 " *?? Revivals.?Religion is makingrapid strides in ' ] ?...i i,,,? ro.T..? , i AINJUJU r JUl iUd, auu 11.-5 Humanizing juiiuguvw : j arc anxiously awaited in that heretofore pugna- ] cious and violent coufitry. There was an am pie field for improvement?broad enough to take in all the charities of life; and though the improvement has come overat the "eleventh hour," yet there is hope for the sinners. We shall be j * very happy, after all has been gathered there r into the paths of virtue, love to God and man, ^ that influences may travel hitherward. Our goodly city is white to the harvest, and only a awaits the sickle for ihericollccti.'ig of the ^ sheaves.?Si. Augustine News. * \ . - ). '''i? s Joint Stock in* England.?A Parlia- t inenlary return wa^puhkshed early in 1840 rela- a live to these establishments, from which it appeared that the number of joint-stbek banks in 1 England on thtffst of January, 1840, was .108, a ' conffiderablc^oportion of which had le?n insti- h tilted within the preceding ton years. The num- <] ber 6f partners in these banks varies from 50 to 1,200, anijjnay average about 500 There are a b-Jf n dozen with less than 50 partner^ the small- 1 est number being seven; .33 of thejffianks have J Branches,' including the parent bank are from 2; t to 07 in number. There are 8 banks which have i more than 20 branches. T!.e whojp number of j parent banks and branches i|jjB35. .There are v besides about 530 private banks in England? tiiat is, banks having not more than 0 partners. Adding these to the joifl^stock banks and their J branches, the whole nuiHDCT of blinking estab- i lujbfments will be about 1,2(^0. I c ic Hf " *r> ' WEDNESDAF Mg^^WtLY 20, mi ' .."; Washiri^ton Temperance Society. T ' o?.-.rU ST i lie regular seini-monuuy meeting m irjin will be li'cld on Saturday evening . Ilall, at 8 o'clock. Persona friendly cause arc invited to altond. . d - %; / ; [CTln the fifth line;of Mr. William E. Johnsonfy toaat, published fast week, for whictf read^ white ' . W* THE BANKS. ? The Bank of the State,-Union Bank, Planters', ! and Mechanics Bank, and South WesternfcRaiU Road Bank, continue to.jnake monthly?*jjf>ortd^ to the Comptroller.General, in pufsnance^gg^jp ^ provisiqiis-jjlf-the'act of 13th Dec. 1840, w9|R@E vent the Suspension of Specie payments. Our "P readers will renumber that in the commencement of these reports, we occasionally condensed sucft portions of them as we considered most interesting1, and published them in our columns." We regret that this course was'not more generally pursued, by the newspaper press, and public attention often directed to this financial thermometer, by which 6ome just exception might-be formed of the state and condition of the currency, as contrasted with different years, and different periods in the same year. . This thermometer would certainly more perfect if all the Banks were forced to make similag'exhibite, and to which, if they are honestly coiwfccted, wgcan con^* ceive no reasonable obiectfon. and if thev are dis vy-.vT* +> jf' honestly and unsafely managed the sooneiff the people, and we might add the Stockholders, iSTow it, the better. We say Stockholders, because there arc few, even of t|u$e, who know more about the magner in v. hichjJieir funds are nianagej^Ban dolhe great tra^of the coj^mtfnity. The wnole concern is under the control of a few Directors, elected annually, by their own votes, as the representatives by proxy of the other absent Stockholders, who are as much in the dark in relation to the conditior^i^tW^ank after the "annual meeting of the Stockholders" as is the rest of the world."Under this state of the case, it is (1 iiQ to the interest of the Stockholders, as well as of the community, that those institutions, whose prerogative it is to furnish a currency for fhc people, should be forced, occasionally, at^v least, "to unloclfcthc secrets of the prison house,'* so that those most deeply interdsiedmight be able to judge of the honesty andjjBMitjlness with which they perform thfifhigh function. But we find ourself going on this subject lie-* yOnd our original intent,. We commenced for the purpose of laying befort^gur readers, the con- ' ditior., so far as circulation and specie is concern- & ed, of the Banks named at thc^commencement^of * this article, on the ."Q'.h .fanoJasVand contrasting tt with what it was on tho.'30-h June'of last year. ' Oh the 30:h June 1841 these Banks had a circu->ij latioa of 81,439, 275 42 and 84S5,94^JB specie. At the same period this year tbeirl^Rla-^ i lion-was 43, and their specie 85G3, -J ICO 32. FrorSpHfetatetiicnt it will be perceived that the circnSBbn has been reduced to the I amount of ?441,680, and the specie increased 817,223.?Tijere is also a reduction in depositee it of 820,000, as compared with last year. Ta- *? king iuto consideration the decrease in the de- .j positcs which usually perform the functions of currency, ar.d that of circulation, to which adtf. the increase in specie, and it will show a de-v crease in the currency of this state to the amount of S478,003. Ifa similar comparison could be instituted in relation to the other Banks, more than probable that the whole redncti^ of the currency of this? state as comparqi^itfcflRsi period last year would amount to at least one million of dollars. We do noJt;feel disposed to indple&jn any-refloctions ti^on the result to wmfh th6^jjjp.tement brings us; kytyOo one, we are sure, can" examine it. without feeling the necessity nf-mmo nun, by which they may at any timerarrive at a knowledge of the fact wiiichcoBstiafjes tiie'basiifflBe Since the foregoing was in type,\ve have been alaced in possession of the Report of the%ondi;ion ofethc Bank of Charleston, on the 1st inst. \s we^ave before us also, the Reports for the fears 1640 and 1841, we annex a statement >f its^irylgtion, depositee .and specie on .the irst of Tuly, in each of those years, .as well is that of the^present: ^ . Circulation. Deposites. Specie. L840. 8233,885 00 8404.802T65 8150,54945 L841. 153,71100 316,50734 181,9$219 1842. 253,568 00 355,396 31 397,60200 CONGRESS. IT"'-. In the House, the debate on the Tariff has ieen kept up, for several days, and .i^goodly' frlumber of speeches made on both sides; .l^es lay last, was the dajpsigned for the deb&tie to. top. . Mr. Bote, inaMjpe^h on the bill orrfee tf&tfnst. <frok occasion to repcathis intention of . noving articles of ingpeaebmerit against the Preident, and 6tated it ae'his opinion that unless he House moved in the matter, "Pennsylvania .venue would, in less than^h? months, gleam villi len thousand baijrmels!" But from his decaralions, it appears that he is going it on hisovfo 100k, without any autliorityfrom hiH^adA? Fhe probability is, that he #01 be ipne," and that Capt Tyler will hefdefl his time. & *... In the Senate, Mr. Pre*tqn. offered a resolu ' ion, which was adopted, cafffng bifi^e President or the recent correspondence betweei/this.fioeniment and Mexico, in relation to Texas. & Relf.asC of the Tf.xian Pkisonffs?tha^ciT atest arrivals from Mexico bring the gratifying ntelligence of the release of all the Titian Pris* >ner6.