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AND SOUTH-CAROLINA STATE JOURNAL.
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?olumwa
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in adcantt, or luv* Doll^m payable It the
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?7-Wc are authorised to announce
JAMKB O'HANLOfl, lUq. as a Candidate at the
ensuing election, If represent the district of IU?h
!?ik) lo (he next Eegitlaturv.
June 13; 1626. 24-tf.
OyWc are authorited to state that
? candidate fur the
district, nt the ftp*
CDML'ND REYNOLDS i- a candidate fur the
oflllce of tfbmf of Fairfield di
?teci ion.
u 24?tf.
We are authorised to state thut
ItUlURD 0. IIAItlllSO.M is n eandidate for
the ofioe of Sheriff Of Fairfield district, at 1I10 ap
proaching elaellon.
June IS. Cm.
(?7* Wc are authorised to state that
Col WILLIAM M'CREIOHT will be a cndklnte
Ibr the otQre of Sheriff <>f Fairfield district, at the
dpproat lilng electioo.
April 11 1.7 t Jan. 7
(lOT VVo arc authorized to
fttate that Maj. THOMAS J. COOK, will be a
candidate for the office of (herlff of Fairfield dis
trict, at the approaclihiceiectiou.
' May JO. Cm
(f$T The subscriber informs his I'rieruls
that ho hat faceted himself in Columbia, and has
opened an office, one door below Mr. levin's
More, where he will attend to the dutieaof his
profession.
ALFflLD BYNUM. .Ittornry at Law.
Colombia; 4 <??. ."* ^4?tf.
*fown Taxes for 1826.
THE subscriber hereby gives notice to ell c<
censed, that ha will eomaseooe receiving the
Work,
TUG subscriber hereby gives notice to ell con
eerned, that ha will commence receiving tlx
Taxes, and also exemption from Street Work.
nit J*at hheSeelntiielWw Ml> msd wiM
continue to reeehre tbisame &u?a' 10 o*doeb, A.
.M. until ft P. M. every day a alii (ha first day of
August next, after whi?h it will be his duty to
t rotted against all defaulters according lo law.
B. HARRISON, Jr.Clerk.
Jnne 17. fiS-tf
Poor Tax for 1826.
The Com tnta loners of the Poor for St. Bar
tholomews J'arUh in conformity with a late act
of the Legislature, do hereby give notioe to "II
persona who pay in other couectloa districts, the
general State Tas on property in this, that if the
poor Tax for (bit year (twenty per cent, on the
amount of the general Ta?) is not paid to the
Tax Collector of said Parish by the liht day ol
July next, esecutions will issue agntast all dc
faults*..
Hy orderof the Commissioners ol tiro poor for
St. Uanhoir?ftews Parish.
A CAMPBELL, Set'y. If Trtaturrr,
April 1,^0. 10 lit
To Kent,
In an tlfgibU and healthy titration, at a
. ?, * $ummer rttidrnce.
ALARQL and eoatBodiou* IIOUBF. at Lo*
namiville, about two inJ ? half milt* from
Columbia .together with ? four acre lot ?u?<Ur good
f ence, an elegant fpriog of good water and tpriag
house, with three apaitraeata o*er the tame.?
1'or lerim inquire of the tubacilbar. .
JOHN FARfl.
Columbia, Jano'JO, !02?V S<V?tf.
l^OSt. I
'fUli; iuWib-r travelling from Wioiboroaih
A. V> C?fn?ble, Iw* a mmII red POCKET
BOOK, oottfaluing Hveitjr l?ra dolUra in e*ab;
rWi had. when luat, W>, T. Diwitt written in
Ani p*r>ow finding tlie tame, will ha reward*
ed by returning h to the owner, or giving aucb in
formation m wdl enable Mtn lo obtain K
JAMUC. ROYD.
N. n TV number* of aowa of the bill* are
ktoira
ColuaMa, 8. <*. College Mafeli 28 13 tf
Notice.
MK7HEUF.AM) L. Wakr|y liatli MMtnfii over
ff to the ?ub?criber hi* txmki nml all the uo
?etiled a'cotmta they ^onlein.and it l? #aM ihat
iheaafclAVanety it collecting the rant* from all
who wilt pajr lo hint) I do hereby forwarn nil prr>
vuf whotn??erer paying *e(<l Wakrly any ae
rount or aceounl*, or to any perton bill myaelf
I ha ?uWertber, or |>. J. M'tord. ant Ihat all In'
debt*! I? ?*id akely, on aeeouH, aiutt c??e
fnrwnriHi>iM<!ii?t?l>, end elmq Ihe ?ama by ea?h
or n'?t?',a? longer iodulgenen will not be given;
and Ihat no account Milled with tnid Wakety will
lw. rotifkicrrd valid, ainee Hie alignment.
JQIIN BLACK
Tuna SO u
Notice*
A LI/ |>fnon? in<l?Mc<l In (Im **(4(0 ?f iviL.
MAM A. A BKI.T0N.UefM*!, J* ?<mZ
r?] to mulct payment Imforr ||>Q Ini a-J
r or th?y will ftnd tH?lr nota/amt
n in Ibr. ha*><l< of an rtfftrof fcrrulltwtlon
Th? aMmtion of tha^tMc r(H|tiirM4ni?|tunrii??U
?y. Prr*.f.? having <l*matHl? ?S*H*t?M?atat?,
**? **qwlrH to rantfar tham In pr*>p*rlr aUa*?o
wHWa ti., tlav, pMKrihcd by law.
? _ IAMP.S RO(IIKU? Mm'*
PairlUM Dfetkt, April ?P, It*) 9ft~f*Tp4.
HOUSK OF COMMONS.
Mr. !!USKt4SO.N*S ipMcb in reply to Mr. F.ixica
?nd Mr. Williams, o* the fubject or tin* pro*
? hihtllon of (Aftlpi Silk, (routdtd on o^oUlion
of the Silk WoovorSto lhatefect?
[CvtUinntd from our /?</.]
Hit nest recommendation ww, n re*
view of our Reveuue lawi. 11c stated, I
very properly, thut they were so numer-!
out, <o complicated, as to b? not only trou
blesome and grievous, but la many c?srs
unintelligible. ? hoi 1 allow wm ? great
and important duty 5 the goverumeut did
not shrink from it, It occupied much of
my time, nnd it is but justice to state, thut
if I had not the asaietancs of a Gentleman
in the Customs, of great practical know
ledge, it would have been impossible to
have accom|ilished the task cither so speed*
ily or so well.' '11m difficulty of the un
dertnking will be ertinated when I state,
we had to wade through not less than 600
statutes relative to tto Customs, independ
ently of tho laws on smuggling, our foreign
plantations, &c.; that iu the performance
of this duty wo encountered difficulties in
numerable, nnd tlnd to fight battles without
end with interested parties ; and jet now
this little volume, which I bold in my bund,
contains nil the laws on the subject, which
are put in a manner such si must l>e intel
ligible to every man. Sir, 1 refer to the
existing state of the Revenue laws, in order
to prove we have not been inattentive to
the second recommendation of the Honor
able Gentleman. [Hear, hear.] Then,
Sir, comes the third proposition of the
Honorable Member for Taunton; aud that
is, to substitute in ?11 case* protecting for
prohibitory duties. (Cheers.) Sir, 1 ahull
quote a short extract from a very accurate,
perhaps, indeed, n too accurate report?
( A laugh)?of this pnrt of the Honorable
Gentleman's speech. " Another destra
ble step was to do away totally with the
entire of the prohibitory system as much
as possible." Totally and entire might ap?
pear tercts somewhat synonymous, but I
have no doubt the lion. Member meant to
express his thorough detestation of prohi
bitioos itv that way?{a Ji^gt))?*iod mark
bis sense of their impropriety by that rei
teration of phrase. (Hear, and a laftgh/
Again he says, 4*his idea on this j wr 1 of the
subject is to dojuvay total prohibitions al
together; and wheo protection was meant
to be extended to any branch of trade, to
let it be done by a formal duty." (Hear
"Actual prohibition was moot unwise and
impolitic" said the lion. Member, and he
thereforo desired its abolition. Consider
ing that were protection for a particular
manufacture nqccssnry, it ought to be af
forded by means of a duty, and not by
prohibition. Tho Hon. Member proceod
cd to assert that prohibitions seriously in
jured the revenue, nnd spokn of the cus
toms as having fallen short ?1.600,000
partly inconsequence ofthoir continuance
in the last year. Although lie admitted
amer cauacs might have been n work, ho
thought there whs no donbt ? ^mat part oil
the defalcation in the revenue was attribut-l
nbte to the prohibitory syatera. Sir, thel
Hon. Member prooeeded to atato that"uo-|
thing could be more absurd than to snp-l
pose thnt any prohibition would prevent I
the introduction of the articles which were I
in demand. The fact wat, that an advance
of 20 or 25 per cent, on all light prohibited
article! might be had at our door?.M? I
(Cheer*.) He would not ?>ay which ae* I
waa most to blame, but such was the lact " I
(Cheers.) Now thin was the opinion of a|
practical man, who had gathered it from]
frequent visit* to Pari*. If he hail not in]
this instance silk in hit view, I am at a losa
how to apply the expressions. The Hon.
Gent, wee then the fowling profisMOr ot I
those doctrines which he reprobates me]
for now upholding, while he was then as]
free in censuring government f >r not more ]
readilv adopting b? sentiment*. In 1017,
the Hon. Gentleman had declared to thel
House that "the smuggling of*ilk* w.?* car l
ried to the greatest estent. The proof wml
that silk* of all other nation* were ao abun-|
dnnt, thai the home manufUctnreN were]
absolutely mined." (Loud cheer*.) In
the year* IR07 and 1012. the aiik tuanu-d
factum which we were toki would only]
flourish ttuder a prohibition, waa in a atate
of complete and utter ruin. [Hear, hoar.] ]
Now. Kir, I should be carried too far from]
fha subject before us. were I to call the at* I
tention bf tin* 11 raise to circumstances of j
feat fid resemblance. existing between this!
and that other question which now agitates]
the country*?! mean the state of the cur l
runcy. And yet light might he thrown on
tlie subject by a reference to the nvOrtradJ
ing which existed then a* now. 1 compare I
the *ta?e of the *ilk trade to 1807, with its!
condition at present* In the preceding]
year it wm 1.1 AO/JOOth*. weight, lu 18101
it amounted to *,100.000lb?; being an *o-j
creeaeof 81 per cent. *At the feme tU
the Increase on the importation ofaheej
wool, w?| 130 per cent.; that on cotton
per cmI.; and on taitMr, 80 p*i cent?
Now, comparing the overtrading of 1818
with the stale of commerce last jjar.nnd I
think it possible to attain ft greater certain
l.v in the Utter thai* ia generally supposed;
the importation of silk appear* in 1825 to
hiite increased SOpir cent; cotton 38 per
cent; and in fore%n wool lOOnercent; in
the article of tallow>S^ percent. Now, I
will put it-to any Hob. fleeter, whether,
tuch an fcnmfMO importation, to Ur oi
ceedlng that of preceding yean, could by
any possibility havf taken ptaca without
causing a glut io the mavteiaM consequent
emlnrrasnment I W^Jputitto any one,
whether the increnwreur population and
the increase ot our wealth, nes been ancb*
or could have been auch. at to have war
ranted the conclusion that sock m immense
augmentation in our Imports eould have
met with a ready market! There are two
other points to which 1 wish, while on the
subject, tu call theattootionoflhe House.
In the report of the Bank Committee, it is
said, that the Bank poseeiiml a greater
stork of gold then, than at *tf former pe
riod. No sooner, however, had tt given
notice nf paying in sold, than the exchanges
in consequence of cxceashro imports, as
sumed an unfavorable aspect; (he gold
went out and was exchanged for the conn
try one pound notes, and all Ibis was owing
to the excitement [by whatever cause pro
duced] nf 1818, which; as might naturally
have been expected, was followed by n de
oretsion. Under these cirCumrtunccs it
was that in IBI8, we were acked for nn is
sue of Exchequer bills. But, to return to
the speech ot his lion. Friend : the next
point contained in it wits on the subject of
(lie navigation laws; and he called upon
Minister* for their repeal or amendment.
Ilo "wished to seo tho right of bringing pro*
'luce into thi* country, directly from the
place of its growth, admitted, so that wc
might bo fy?e to import thp productions of
all the world.*" [Hear, hear, hcjr.J Far
ther he thought, "a change in tho naviga
tion lawa would be beneficial to commerce,
by relieving it from tho weight of many
needless n?*tnctii,ns, tho removul of which
should not impair our maritime strength.'*
[Hear.] Government, howejer. did not
choose to go an^e to fsr lyn. Gen
tleman recommended them rogo. life
ferred the matter to a. Coflhnittf ? which.
aAer inquiring into the matter,recommend
ed certain aerations which led to a change
in these laws highly beneficial to com
merce, attain no degree injurons to onr
strength as a maritime power. This there
fore has been attended to. he next thlog
which bad boon strongly, be had nlmost
Paid bitterly, forced on Government, was
the annoyance and inconvcnience arising
out of the eaistence of transit duties. Tho
Hon, Member for Taunton thought "every
thing jphould be permitted' to be directly
imported for the purpose of exportation,
and "that transit duties should not be .al
lowed to exist on articles of foreign pro
doce in their passage from one port or this
country to another." At ihn ?:
tho Hon. Member vro? pressing thia point,
he must have been awnie hit A* treaty's Mi
nister* wished to remove those restrictions,
and simplify a system which its complice*
tton, however, rendered particularly diffi
cult. Then the Hon. Member complained
of the duties and drawbacks which existed
in particular departments of our trade,-?
Tho transit duties are now exploded, and
the system of duties and drawback* havo
been revised. [Hear, hear.) The aixth
recommendation of the Hon. Member for
Taunton was, "to remove the restrictive
>nd excessive duties that impeded our com
mercial intercourse with France,** and he
added, that ?uch a ay item told against our
national prosperity, ' for the restrictions
had not made his country grow greet, but
operated against ita grea'.nvst,* The Hoe. i
Member explained to u? at great length the
unfavorable impression* which eor restric
tive and monopolizing system had created
on (ho Continent. Ami what had beeq
done in this case 1 We had set a good ex
ample to the nations on th? Continent?we
had shown our retulineM to acton esystem
of reciprocity?and we had invited t rance
to follow in our track. That country hat
taken the first step in the same course, and
a step which I consider of greet import'
nnce, inaamuch ns it shows a disposition to
fallow in the samo line of policy?* line of
policy, which, whatever ^ome people may
think or say of it, must wcntually lead to
the moat beneficial results. On the sub
ject of the commrrcinl convention between
this cpuntry and Fnn<*, it majr perhaps be
said by some, that tho icgutatieos attains!
fie introduction of the product ieoe of%s?a,
Africa, and America, through tHfcfcoonlry
Into France, U a matter of stipula
tion This I f?eg leave to deny?the arti
tie was merely pot Wi the shape of a re*
commendation to the government} end, in
fact, we act in precisely the asM wtfy to
wards Franco in that retf*#* the decs to
fct. Farther, ?? the ??
raaerve to themselves the L
by mutual consent, such rttoratioos io the
. -V
ttrict ?Mention of (he uticlji, at they may
think useful to the respective interest! of
th? two countries, on the principlo of mu
tant concessions, affording each to the
other reciprocal or equivalentadvantages."
This win all wo could stipulate, or, indeed,
had any right to expect. (Hear* hear.)?
In thnt respect, we hare done all in our
power, what remain* matt be left to time
to effect. We have at all events followed
to lar the recommendations of the Honor
able Member, an<l what remnint mutt be
leftio the operation of time; to that time
which ia always necessary lor eradicating
prejudice, and which, I regrtt, that it it to
frequently impossible to eradicate hy any
other meant. But 1 would appeal to the
House, and to the Wight Hon Member him*
?elf. whether ifie bett plan to do .away .with
thote prejudices and unfavorable impres
tlont on the Continent, would be to retrace
our ttept, and to re-enact the prohibitory
system?to exclude foreign merchandize
ami foreign shipping, n* we had formerly
done ? Thn Hon. Member had alio re
commended the enlargement of our trade
with British India; and ! trutt it it need
le* for me to say that our attention hat
been incessantly directed to that object If
we hove not succeeded to the extent of our
wUhet, tho fault ia not with ut j we have
dono our utmost to effect a change, but we
have no means of compelling it, nnd mutt
retpect those rights which the Legislature
has veiled in the Company. Thote were
tho grout points on which tho Hon. Mem*
ber had insisted, with the exception ot tome
general recommendation* in regard to the
adoption of the principlet of tree trade ;
nnd on very eager was the Hon. Member
for enforcing his views of commercial po
licy, that when mv Hon. Friend (now
Chancellor of thn Exchequer) aUtcd the
great difficulty attendant on such changes,
and the strong prejudices which had to be
encountered, the Member for<Tnutjlongot
opto reply, and wound up his oration hy
saying, that the principles of the petition
hud mot with such unanimous support, and
been .so universally recognised in every
part of the country, that he wondered from
wlience that oppoaition sprung which ao
Manned the President of tho Roard of
Trade [a situation then much tnoro ably fill*
ed by my Right Hon. Friend.] and-a* press
oil a hope that bo would not litten to tho
tuggestions of others* bat follow tbe die
late* of hit own excellent understanding.?
With this admonition the debate closed and
the adrice he had that night received, sink
ingdoepinto the mind of my Kight Hon.
Friend was not unattended to, i{t his tub
sequent conduct hasproved. In this House
the Foreign Trade Committee was formed,
nnd in another Houto a noble Murqois,
(I.ansdown) who takes the greatest interest
in whatever rclntes to tho trade and com*
merco of tho country, nnd if not to correct
in his views as some members hflre, he at
all events hut the merits of being much
more consistent, moved for a Committee to
inquire into the same subject. Ami what
?Ji?i it <k> ? Hearing in mind tho vilu ?3?
teni of smuggling, prohibitions, Uc. on
which th?s Hon. Member hiwl discoursed so
eloquently, it reported (Report 18*1,) that
in the nilk trade there were no bound* to
smuggling, owii:g4o the system ot prohibi
tion, nnd recommended u protecting duty
to be substituted instead of it. Two foreign
merchants were exnminod by that Commit*
tee, who hod no interest whatever in giv
ing nny fnl*c account of the comparative
Mute of tho silk trade; and what wan
their evidence? Why, the one of them
Mid that the difference in point of price in
articles of silk manufacture, was /rom SO
to 2i>per cent.; the other, that it did not
exceed 20 per cent.; while in all articles
ot hosiery, the English manufacture was
decidedly cheaper and better. An altera
tion in the lawjvue accordingly recommend*
ed, and recommended on substantial
J grounds. In P23, the Hon. the Member
or London, presented n petition from the
master manufacturers in Spiulfields, who
wished to hnvn nn nbominnble law repeal
ed, which interfered with the free exer
cise ef their trade, proceeded upon the
vile system of Axing certain rates of wagea,
and contained vnriona prbvisione of the
most vexatious nnd injaroua nature ; and
when 1 hod an opportunity -of conferring
with them the other day, If I had pot it to
them to mnko their choice between that
act ami tho prohibition, and told them that
thoy could not Have both, t feet confident
that they would have said, prohibit the Fo
reign Silks, and give the Spitalfolds' Act
to the wind. Those partita said, in their
petition, (I8C3) " that some relaxation
might with safety tie allowed considering
the immense quantity of silk which might
be procured from India, and the immeoae
amount of capital employed in tftn trade."
J?P?, Sir, ihe immense capital; although
the Hon. Monitor fot Coventry basstated
(he 4ilk trade }a eo much superior ia
respect in Switnerlend, and that the
he represents la not equal in
h of trade to n?M per* ef the'eon
Mr. Ellice.?My observation applied to
the ribbon trade.
Mr. Haskis?oo.-?Tba petkMo went oo
to 8?y, "Youp petitioners do not hesitate,
considering tho*- circumstances, ill* aupOr
riority of our machinery, and the thill rf ?
our working, to declare their opinion, that
those advantages ki* such as to pine* us kk
it situation to triumph overaby opposition,
that can Imb offered, Mid rsadsr tUiilk 4*
staple trade of the country." I h>T< dwa
ad it necefanry to go over nil these things
in order to show tho house Witt the m??
wrei wluchllMOATiVMMtldMtiki,*^ ,
measures of aumthiMrj^r Ibe BMNNI
which it carried' in opposition t^ tks_ j
vailing opinion* of the country, measures
(of tho good policy of wbish iU member*
w?re well convinced) which were in n
manner forced .open Up*, end wbtcb thejr
introduced incbmplialfet with repeated so? '
licitation. Nor were we precipitate in
carrying them; for it wet not until 1834,
that my Right Hon. Friend (the Cbancel,
lor ot the Cscheqner) finding tho finance*
of that couotry in a prosperous state; and
seeing that ho could afford to sac r Ace the
?'uty on foreign silk, determined to do en
compliance with tho wishes of thai .ma
nufacturers, and to substitute a protecting
duty. From that moment, Sir, wo had-to
take leave of the support wi.ich till than wo
bad experienced from tbe oppostta side eC
the llnnsa. Wben I said that wa would
give them two years to ptepara for thia
change, how was the proposition received
by my Hon. Friend? ?'Well," said be,
??we ifill take these two years, but the and
of it will be, that tho trade will gradual!/
decrease; >di o| the very many persoue
who depend upop it tor support, must ine
vitably tail, and thousands Will to a moral
certainty be thrown out of employment/'
Now I have to remark, that ot mII the let
ters that I rcccivcd last year, and 1 certain
ly was wlinost overwhelmed with then,
ttior? appeared to me to be one case liist
called moro loudly for compensation th;?n
many others?it was certgitdy a most dis
tressing case. Bat still I do not go tho
length of considering it u case for compen
sation, and 1 informed the person to wbom
I allude, of my hopes tliat bis fears wera
groundless; ami I have now the aatisfac
tiooube oaabUd laatHle, thai Abat honor-,
able inriividunl soma tima since sunt roo
word, through an honorable member of
thia bouse, uot only that bis fears bad hot
been realized, and that my ly>pes ware well
founded, but thut he had not suffered} and
those events which ha apprabfadad would
bnve been fatal to bis trNle^ hhd occurred.
Let us see then how far the $redictiona4)f
my honorabla Aland have iHjan realized,
and if they have been realizuh in any de*
gree, ho has been indeed, endowed with a
prophetic spirit. The bill was parsed in
1831. During the yuar I8\M, the silk
trade went on notwithstanding the opera
lion of this ** annihilating" wcL In the
Spring following, such was the increase of
our wealth, such the growing extent of our
prosperity, auch the overflowing of our ca
pital, auch the euger demand for our. me*
nuftctures, such (be nccenity for new
buildinge, in which to carry on onr manu
facture*, not Jike the olil working establish
ment* with their plain regular loom*, but
new and splendid erection* on Unproved
plant, and which I am told were eacn to
cost jC 15,0(K): not yet now, at tho end of
twelve months, not one of thtfee building*
lua ever been roofed, notwithstanding the
imtneo?e sums of money they had coat, and
although they had been commenced in fbaat
which wm de/bribed aa the moat prosper
ona period in the history of the country.?^
They built therefore to no eiceaa that M
never been equalled in the moatproaperoO*
state of their trade, or indeed of any trade
that had ever existed in the country. Ta
thia fact I entreat the attention of the House,
1 entreat particularly the attention <of my
lion. Friend. I know, and with Jeelioc*
of undiaaembled sympathy and aorrow lor
the auflerinfi of the pec pie of MnceleciaM,
I declare that 1 am aware of the diaUeted
situation in which they are at Ibfc moment.
(Hear.) Butletualooktothecirceaeatao*
cee that preceded thia diatrett. The whole
population of that town, in (he year II9I#
according to the calculation of a gentleman
well acquainted with it amountedto 17,740
person*. Now, I will suppose that be*
tween that year and 189ft, the population
may have increaaed to *0,000. Hot wkat
waa the aituatioe of ita ruined trade t , In
the MecclfafieW Newspaper of lOth Feb.
I ft ?6, there appeared the fallowing adver
tisement .
*?To ttw Oranaaw a> tha IW, and to fcmtftaa
ilaslrrw af setiliiMt ?o Maaataaftatd t
- Wanisd lasiaadlataty-.From fear totlvatkoa-.
?m<4 paftaot." ~
?Mir?w4 i
tM llMiaatoi
u,?frfii*?ati
of savau jraer*, aMtJme wa*% to