C H BR A W G A Z E T TE
AND' , ' .
PEE DEE PBAMER.
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M. MacLcan, Editor and Proprietor. CHERAW,S. . VVENESDAY, MARCH 20, 1839. Vol. IV. No. 18. "
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ii^se<ted; otherwise they will be coutinued till
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0"The Postage must be paid on all communications.
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Prom the Cultivaior.
CORN CROP.
Volney Osicrgo co., JYor. 27, 1888.
Mr. Buel?Sir?I saw in your March
number of the Cultivator, a premium oftlrtd
on several article of agriculture ; 1 therefore
send you a statement of one acre of corn
raised by me this season, hoping that if I do
not prove a successful competitor, the cause
of agriculture may receive an additional witness
in its behalf. The soil is a warm grave!;
tiiccorn was the yellow variety* About
ihe 1st of May, I carried on and spread, all
over the ground, seventeen loads of stable
end barn-yard un fermented manure,
plougheJ before the manure dried; bushed
and harrowed the ground wdl, being care,
ful not to disturb the sod. whit h ha . lain to
pasture four years: und on the 14th and
15 h of May, planted the same, three feet
and 3 inches opart each way. It was diess.
a*I vvtiiK hticKolo r\f nron/l it r. o !I
\>U n till CtlkU WIIJUVIJ Ul ^VWU UII>VMV?V~
house ashes, mixed with one end a half bush,
els of plaster, when it made i s appearance
: above ground. On the 10th Jane, went
through between the rows both ways with
' rultivator ; 18th June, cultivator both ways
then thinned to four stalks in each It'll, and
hoed out the weeds. On the 3d July, cultivator
both ways, and commenced hoeing;
put no more earth about the hills than wo
took from them, but carefully cleaned out
all the weeds from the hills. The seed was
prepared by rolling in tar water and plaster.
The corn was cut up the 1st of September,
at the ground, and shocked in small shocks,
and on the 25th it was husked and housed.
The product is 110 bushels of first rate
corn, and 6 bushels of second rate, making
in all 116 bushels of com, and four loads
of stalks per acre.
EXPENSE CF Cltor.
Ploughing 1 day and board, $2 00
Bushing andjharrowing 1 day, 2 00
Planting 1J days, 1 13
Hoeing 4 days, 3 00
Horse and hand withcul tvalor 2 days, 2 00
Cutting and shocking 2 days, 1 50
Huskingand housing 8 days, G 00
Ashes and plaster, f 1 25
Interest on land at $50 per acre, 3 50
Thrashing corn 3 days, 2 25
17 loads manure at-25 cents, 84 2o
Carting and spreading, 4 25
83 50
Deduct 2-3ds for succi cd.
ing crons 5 66
2 64
To:al charges, 827 47
value cf cnor.
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110 bushels sound corn, at
Cs. 6J. $S9 37^
8 do. soft corn, at 3s. 2 25
4 loads stalks, at 8s. 4 00
$95 62*
Deduct charges, 27 47
# ??
Nett profit, ?68 15*
WILLIAM INGALL
! hereby eerily that I am personally ac. ;
qnniutcd with the acovo named William In- :
gall, and b? lieve him to be a person of ve - j
? -t - ? < !.!, I
racify, an J war tnc train 01 ujs fian.jiK.iu j
may be depended on.
AAllOM CI. FISH, X.c'/r> !
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BLACK SCA WHEAT. j
A friend in INn.ulsco: County, requested
us to procure hinj some wheat that would
not rust. Knowing ihat Mr. Jcwett of
Windsor, raised a valuable kind, wo wrote
to him respecting i', and recei-.ed the follow,
ing reply, which we think contains valuable
information and ougkt to bo made public.
He will therefore, excuse us fur publishing j
it.
If he will be so kind as to inform us, or
rather the farmers through our paper, how
he prepures his seed for sowing?quantity
to the acre?kind and quantity of manure?
-L :i K,?u
genera: quanty oc mc sun uu wmv.u u .
sown, and quantify produced to the acre, |
-&c. he will perform a good act.
Windsor, Fed. 1st, 1839. !
Mr. Scavey:?I received your lines yes. j
terday respecting seed wheat. All f can say |
is, my wheat is the true Black Sea Wheat an l j
when you sec it growing you will know it;
from any other by observing about one six., j
tecnth part of the heads being short and j
square as a square block with four or six'
rows on a head. The kernel is largo and
lull. It generally makes from forty-seven,1
to fifty pouu s of flour, whiter and better !
than any other kind lever had. It has
?ever been known to rust as yet; it has been
aowed in almost ail situations in this vicinity,
side by side with otht r wheat, and the .
other wheat has been hardly worth reaping,:
but this was goo:.' an 1 f .and not a par- :
i ticle of rust on it. I sold nt Gardiner last, a
! year, what I could spare at $3.00 per buslu j y
! eh I hall sell tin's year at $2,50.?Maine, j p
! Farmer. ' v
J. JEWETT. i i:
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From the United States Gazette. p
.MOItUS MULTICAULIS. U
Leit< rs received by the luftt packet from j-1
France, state that the sales of trees and j .
cuttings of the Moras JMuliicaulis lias ceas- ^
ed, in consequence of the greatly men us eg
orders from this country. The nurscr)-!.
men there had not been prepared for such ;"
iiiiiioimI nr?3 nnesmeeted demands : am). ! *
after increasing their prices 200 and 300 |
per cent, they finally quit selling their p an s, I
at any price in orJer to cut them up, to pro- ) i
pagate an udd'Uonal supply for nexf season.
It hag hc?u' ftwjnrtitly stated in the papers
that the ]\lorus Multicaulis s too tender to '
withstand tlie sev ritv of the winters in
c
Pennsylvania, and that the Alpine, and Moretti,
or Morus Macrophy/ia, were le:t< r
adapted to litis climate. It is believed that! 1
this opinion is erroneous, as there are now ! f
growing, in the Bar tram Botanic Gardcr, *
tiiree miles S. \V. from Philadelphia, severe 1! C
trees of the two last varieties, which were 1
received from France ten years sir :e (soon j J
after the Morus Multicaulis had been pro- ,
cured from Manilla.) The plan's were j '
slightly protected from the cold of the first; ^
winter,since which they h >ve never been ,
sheltered, nor suffered the least injury from | N
the fros*. The largest trc of tlie M.ihicau-! C
I s
lis is 18 feot high, and ten incites inciicumq
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fere nee. I In; leaves are urg< r luaa iuo;e
of the Macroph\l!a, and of a smooti er and 1
finer texture;?tliey are preferred by the ^
I silk worms. Colli varieties appear to be j ^
quie as hardy as the white mulberry (Mo-!
rus alba.)
ROBERTS SILK MANUAL. j
Price per single copy, 371-2 cts.?to!
dealers who take 100 copies or more, a de. i
duction of 3d 1-2 per ccn;. discount will be | (
, made; to those who take a less number, 20 i f
j per ct. will be allowed, j j
i Address E. P. Roberts 6c S. Sands, J j
Farmer & Gardener office, Baltimore, Md. ! r
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Citron IVtpion.?This most excellent i j
and delicious ar icle w s introduced into ,
this conn:rv by Commodore Porter, who*;
gave a few of the seed to Lieut. Gamble,' j
then at the navy.yard in this city, who cul- .
tivatcd them successfully. Lieu'. Gamble s
was transferred to the navy.yard at New 1 ^
York, at which place lie continued the cul. ? [
tivation, and it gradually spread over Long : j
Islan and along the banks oflho Hudson. c
In the wheat growing districts of New c
York, it has almost entirely superseded the , j
common pumpion. It poss^sees all the j .
good qoaltities of tiie pumpions and squash ,
it is neither watery nor stringy, makes a j
most dehcious pie, far superior to that made j c
of the former, and goes much farther. It is 11
j also served up at table with meat, in the | s
same manner as the squash, and if not su \
periour it is certainly equal to the best of .1 \
the species. For all culinary purposes it is ( I
a super.our ar icle, and as it contains a vast j r
proportion of saccharine matter, we are per- c
suaded that it would be highly beneficial to c
cattle, especially milch cows. Another J;
great nno very decided advantage is that the t,
citron pump on may be readily preserved a
througliout the whole winter, provided they v
are k' pt free from the influence of frost, p
The sc ed may be planted at the usual a
time of olantin^ :ho numnion in the spring. s
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William P. Jenny, of New Bedford, in'a p
Idler to a gentleman in this city on the sub- e
ject, says, ' They require a rich, moist soil;
1 planted in beds six leet aeross ; they require
considerate room, as they are great
runners as well as great bearers. I have F
, seen the grounJ li.eraliy covered with thrm I
With us they frequently grow ;otho weight t
of thirty to forty pounds, and I have no ^
doubt that they would with proper attention
in the cui ure reach the weight of seven'y c
to eighty pounds. They are in deservedly c
high repute with us. They resemhh in a
shhape a melon, have no neck, are easily c
cultivated, and in great demand, all brought
tO t'llS !U?li K? t lu?i lull Lo:np iinmcrlliilply j ^
brought u: . '?Philadelphia Farmers' (Jab. |1
inct. ' \C.
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Greasf. for Wheels and Machinery, |
M. d'Arec', ihe celebrated Freneli chemist,'
anJ masu r of the mint in France, 'recom- !
mends the following composition as the best '
grcaso for wheels and machinery, viz. t
T.*' I . ^ t ^ ,
cigniy pans ol grease una twenty parts ot
plumngo, (black lead reduced in a very fine j
powder, and intimate !y and very completely ; fi
mixeJ together. A very little suffices." ! ?
So says a French paper. j w
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From the Philadelphia Lcrfgjr. I
SII.K. j S(
We are no very easy believers in mania:, j t!
having observed the fate of some, and read jlv
about that of others. Our country was ! fr
onco visited by a merino sheep mania. | b
Ilavo we now a silk mania ? No. Great : A
;:eul is now manifested for the cultivation of, h<
silk, and mulberry trees command high ! ei
prices. f>ut o.i considering the quantity of j H
siik consumed in the country, the prie s w
paid for i\ the increase of demand with tlio j
increase of population arid diminution of to
price, the capacity of our country forj pro- j <n
ducing silk, the profits of the culture at prices j d(
m.ch less titan those paid for foreign silk, fa
tho public utility of tlio culture in furnish- th
ing employment to those who most need if, th
and the productiveness and early maturity eti
of the Chinese mulberrv, which will afford U<
, silk producing plantation in tiio second J
( ar, wc can see no mania in the prices now i
aid for mulberry trees. On the contrary, j
re s c that eagerness to obtain them which j
? founded upon a knowledge of resul.s dolonstrated
to be easily attainable The .
> rices paid for trees in New York, on Sat- .
irJay las*, as noticed by our correspondent j
.?another column, in ?y appear extravagant:
o those who have not examined the subject, ,
3u! totliose who have experience in thccul- J
ivation of silk, and know tlie productive- |
icss (.f the Chinese mulberry, these prices j
ire not be}on I the r value Trees two
"ears old were sold for four dollars. But
he planter of such a iree will find that, in
ea Autumn, its produce, in trees worth
10 more than 20 cents, will be v\or:!i five
UXf&i ihis cost, clear oTall expenses.
But we siiall be told that if trees increase
o raoidlv. the whole coun'.rv will soon be
I ' *
illed with them. Let us reckon, To proluce
all the silk now consumed in the lTnii
d S.atcs, would require more trees tlmn
he whole s'ock now in the couniry would
iroduce for the next five years. Hut shall
ve be able to produce silk enough forborne
:onsump.ion 1 Not in five years. But we
enture to predict that in ten years we slmii
upply ourselves,and export largely to Eng.
and of raw silk for her manufactures. The
diddle, Southern and Western States equal
Jhina for the production of silk, an J thereore
any excel any part of Europe. Then
vhat should prevent silk from becoming
>ue of our exports ? Abou: loriy-five years
ince, many thought that the United States
:ould not produce totlon. Let eul ivators
>f siik remember this, and persevere. We
ice no viania \et in the eagertu's of farmers
o purchase mluberry trees for silk orchards.
kVhen we do, we shall cry aloud and spare
io', for we have no great respect for ticu.ions.
TO PROCURE FLOWERS IN WINTER.
From a German Publication.
A branch proportioned :o the size of the
jbject required, is lopped from the trro, the
lowers of which are to be produced) and
dunged into a spring, where it is left for an
iour or two, to give time for such ice as
nay adhere to the burl; to melt aud to softtn
tho buds ; it is then carried into a hamjer
heated by a stove, and placed in a
vooden vessel containing water; quick lime
>cr3 as something new under the sun.?
2very physician knows that caitfcer is
o be cured only by the removal of the
liseosed part; for which purpose the knife
ir cantics may bo used accordiug to eirumstances.
The chemist will see that "the
ishesof red oak bark, boiled down to the
lunsisience of molasses" is only caustic
ilkali, Any other caustic destroying viality
in the same portion of the patient's
lesh, and causing it to slough off, woulJ
iave cured the cancer as effectually ;?that
>, would have removed it, and the sound j
lesh would then have healed.
ED. CH. GAZ.
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SOMETHING NBW. j
By the politeness of our old and valued j
iends, Dr. Moorman, of Greenbrier, and
)r. S. R. Campbell, of Rockbridge, we
'ere sometime since supplied with a quan.
iv nf nil's, obtained hv hoilin" down some
J ... r -j o t y I
f our Virginia Mineral Waters. Those
L'nt by Dr. Moorman were obtained from j
ic water of the Whito Sulphnr Spring, and .
ere unaccompanied with nny observation ,
om our friend. Those sent by Dr. Camp- i
ell were obtained from the water of die j
Ium Spring. In an accompanying letter,
2 remarked that h* supposed every prop fy
retained except the carbon'c ucid gas.
[aving no occasion for the use of any sucn !
ledicino and being anxious to know the,
due of tiio pills, we n\c permitted others j
use them freely. Thus far the testimony I
i favor of their efficacy is strong nnd deei. j
*1. Tnc pills, we believe, would, on a ,
ir experiment, be decidedly preferred ,
e bottlod water when carried far. Should
o experiment succeed in cither of these
iscs, it w.'II, of course, introduce a ucw ar- j
*!e of 'rade and must erohnr.e'' he value:
of the waters in our mountains, which arc
now so justly c? lebraieJ throughout the
wot Id. The gentlemen of the faculty, u ho
remembered, us, have our sincere thanks.
? IVatchman of the Soath.
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New System of Telegraph.?Mr Goiion,
the inventor of a new system of commuiiieating
intelligence by telegraph, is
now in our city, lie has mafhraaeAperimeet
in tije presence of jnnny members of
1 the council of the Second Municipality, the
I results of which produced a decided itytpres
.? ,i.? /if his nlan. In
?IU11 Ul lltti |>l uuilV/uumi r I
! a few days, arrangemonls will bo made to
\ try uii exper.meRt' upon a more extended
vale, Telegraphs will be stationed on the
'Jl/O dome oflhc French Brcchangc, and at
some point several miles belovr, on the
1 coast, and communications .will be carried
| on between the two stations. There can
! be no doubt of the success of Mr. Gonnn.
i Mis system is evidently superior to any hilh.
| erto invented ; and i:s general adoption in
j our country, will be followed by important
advantages* The f.ici ity and speed with
which intelligence can be transmitted from
point to point, is truly asion:shing. Only
one hundred and fileen stations would be
| required to establish a complete line of hie.
j graphs between New Orleans and New
i York. Communications could then pass
! from one to the other, m fitem minntes.
1 In this way, even the President's message
, might be received herefrom Washington, m
! three or four hours after its delivery. The
i importonce of tho invention should comj
mend it to pub ic notice, and to the fostering
| care of our state and national authorities.?
I X. Orleans Bui,
I Novel Sale.?A gentleman of PulLlo,
has just sold all ins real estate there lor
$130,000, payable in instalments, without
i interest, at the rate of one doiiar an hour.
The advertiser remarks. " According to
these terms the purchaser will have 14 years
j 34 days and 20 hours to pay be in, ai the
rate of 8,750 per annum." Phil. Gaz.
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| A Novel Oyster bed.?When the
j frigate Constellation was taken into the Dry
; Dock, in Charlestown, on Saturday last,
I her bottom was a sight to behold; entirely
i encrusted with a cost of oysters from
' stem to stern, the Average size of which
- - 4 ?- ? ' ' ? ? tlvaf n i*ti n^i rnll ii
s lo bo added to the waitrund left for 12
lours. The branch is then removed into
mo'her \esscl containing water with a
?
anal! quantity of vitriol, to prevent putreaction*
In a lew hours the flowers will
>egin to appear and afterwards the leaves,
f more quick lime be added the appearance
)f the flowers will be expedited ; if oti the
ton tray none bo used the branch will vege.
a:e more slowly and the and the leaves will
ircccde the flower."
Cure for Cancer.?Mr. Thomas Tyrell.
>f Missouri, advertises that a cancer upon
lis nose, which had been treated without
iucccss by Dr. Smith, of New Haven, and
he ablest surgeons in the Western country,
lad been cured in the following manner:
Ie was recommended to use strong potash,
nade of ho ushos of red oak bark, boilul
lown to the consistence of molasses, to
:over the cancer with it, and in about an
lour afterwards to cover with a plaster of
ar, which must be removed after a few days,
aid if any pertubcranccs remain iu the
vound, apply more potash to them und the
ilaster again, until they shall disappear;
ifter which, heal the wound with common
alve. Cautery and the knife had been
reviously used in vain. This treatment
fleeted a perfect and speedy cure.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
The above is going the round of the pa
was aooui eq IUl IU IIIU?U mat lilt
| sold for half a cent. There was scurcely
! a vacant space of tho cizeof one's hand or
| the entire copper under liglu water mark,
j Theoystcrs were mostly sing!?,hut wocoun
: ted a number ol clusters containing from sh
: to eight, ami sometimes more, 'i liis frig
; ate has been absent about three years or
tho West India station, when she unqucs|
tionably acquired these unwelccme append,
ages. Large quantities of eel grass were
! likewise a'.tached to the oysters, hanging
1 down in s,.ires of from one to three feet long
i
| The workmen sny ticy never saw so fou
; a bottom. She is ofu beautiful model, nnt
' when clean and in good trim, must n ras
; sailer. The wonder is how she sailed u
all.?Boston Post.
' "uiipoKt.
OT HIE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
(Continued)
! PART III. THE CORRECTMESS OF THE RETURN!
WH1CR HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PRESENT
COLLECTOR AND VAVAL, OFFICERS OF THE
PORT OP .NEW YORK, RESPECTIVELY.
' Conclusions of the Committee.
1st. That the returns of the collector ol
customs at the port of New York have not
been correct, as they have not at ail times
embraced, as paid into the public Treasury,
1 tho moneys received by him jr unasccr|
turned duiics, and at no lime for duties paid
; under protest.
i id. That said collector, in his returns,
' has violated the instructions of the Treasury
j Depariment ; has pot at defiance the du.ies
assigned him by the Secretary of the TreuI
sury; lias repudiated the official decision of
| the responsible law-officer of the Executive
dcpaitment; and is guilty of an illegal re.
tention and use o( the public money, in tho
amount tlien held by him for protest and
' liuascertained duties.
3d. That the Committee has been prci
vented from ascertaining what is the exI
tent of the illegal retention and use of the
I public money by the present collector of the
' port of New York, cither in funds collected
under protest, or furunasccitained du?i??
nr it, /-.thf'P l"iirwl?j p.nli^rtrd hv him he.
cause of his refusal to exh bit his own book
of casii deposites in bank, or to permit the
banks used by hirn as depositories to ex.
hibit their accounts ofhis dopes tcs.
4th. That the public moneys received by
said dollector are mingled with his own
moneys on deposi'c, and are not kept bv
him, nor by bis banks of deposite, distinct
and separate from the individual moneys of
the collector and of his "professional clients
and his returns cannot, therefore,
be founded upon them as a separate and independent
fund, belonging to Government,
though in his keeping.
5th. Thau as appears by the letter of
Gorhani A. Worth, the cashier of the City
Bank, the present collector has deposited
public moneys in his hands with a bank
which could not, under the law prohibiting
the selection of any bank as a depository
which has issued notes under the Jenom- j
inatiou of livo dollars, be selected by the j
Secretary of the Treasury himself as a dc- j
positorv of moneys carried to the credit of,
fno Treasurer of the Uni.'ed Stales.
Oth. That the mode adopted and prac. j
Used by the said collector, f keeping and;
making returns of the public money co!/":
I ted ! y him for unascertained duties and uni
der protest, in the language of the present
I Attorney General of the United States,
" could never have been the intention of
; Congress ;H and being 44 lolcraledit lias
marie it- in thti lanrrimrru r\f ilw? ? ii-rto Kirtlt
I ' o~o~ "",,v "'o"
officer, ' ihc interest ot the collector to postpane
the ascertainment of duties, as in die
| mean time he Would have the uncontrolled
| use uf the money." It has, also, in fulfil
m< n' of the reasoning of the Attorney General,
increased" the danger of faithlessness
j in ijw collector, by permitting large amounts
, of money to remain with, htm, an J under
. his individual control, instead ofhoing in
j tlx* Treasury of the United States."
j 7th. That, in the language of the Allor.
\ ney General, ?ititrienui tnitHqilrtt pr.all
j our reveuue laws seem to Inculcate the idea
that the intention of Congress has, at al
limes, been, that money collected for revenue
should be promptly placed in the
Treasury, and net be permitted to remain in
' the hands of the collector."
Sth. That the returns of the nival ofiiccr
; in New York have not been correct, as il
j is found in the testimony of.he present deI
puty naval ofiiccr, " that the naval ofiiccr.
i under its existing system, is not enabled, ci?
| iher to determine what amount of bonds lias
been taken by the collector for duties in any
quarter, or who are the parties to said bonds
or the dates of said bonds, or when they arc
j payable, or when such b nds are paid, 01
I whether the collector does or docs net ac.
i count truly for such bonds."
: Part jv. i>efalcatio:xs amoxc receivcuj
cp public mom:vs.
The Committee, in fulfilment ot that por
lion of the da y assigned them, by wliic!
i they w ere directed to inqu're into ''any do
i falcations araocg receivers, &<\ whic!
| may now exist," report to the Mouse
j that the limited period which they had fo
' a thorough investigation of the subject;
! with which they were charged,and the tiini
necessarily consumed in the examination o
| the cases of the late collector and di trie
! attorney of New York, have prevented ;
1 | minute investigation of the extent, nature
i and causes the ccfaications of receivers o
| i public moneys, arising from the sales o
! public lands. The Conuniiteehove, however
| prepared, from reports made by the Sec
| j rctary of the Treasury at the last and pre
; sent session of Congress, a tubular s ate
ment, of the names of such defaulters, th
1 1 amount due from each, when due,: nd th
' j penalties of their official bonds, respective
1 fy ; also, the corrcsponUenctTTmi] uciwee
[ the Treasury Department and fife? n ofth
! individuals whose names appear on sar
1 statement?the Committee having callc*
! for, and been furnished by the Depurtincn
' Willi the answers of the receivers to the lei
' lets of the Secretary gftlw 'iTCasury, as con
? tamed in IIouic document No. 297. Tires;
j j fffeen eases arc reported specially, so cx
am pics merely of the manner in which th
President of the United States and the Sec
' retary of the Treasury have executed th
1 l:?w? in rrsnnrf to ihn nnhlic moncv and o:l
j ... ?J ? , f
t er property of the United Stales in the hanc
l of this class of public officers, and in respct
J to their official duly.
The law provides for the appointment b
i the Executive, with the concurrence of th
1 | Senate, of a receiver of public moneys c
teach of the places respectively where th
' public and private sales of the lands aie I
; be made, who shall give bond, with appro
, ved security, for the faithful discharge of hi
trust; who shall transmit, within thirty dayi
| in case of public sale, and quarterly in casi
i of piivatc sale, any account of nil the pub
i lie moneys by him received, to the Secre
! tarD cf the Treasury and to the reg slcnt n
, the land offices, as the case may be. H<
! is allowed a salary of five hundred dollar
; per annum, and a commiss en of one pe
centum on tho moneys rccoivcd ; but his sal
I nry for any one year shall not exceed 83,j
000. The Secretary of thegTreasury m.13
'1 allow to the several receivers of the public
1 money at die several laad offices, a reasoni
able Compensation for transporting to un<l
! depositing such moneys in any hank or an>
j other place ofdeposite that may from tiim
to time be drsignated by the Seciciary ol
I the Treasury for that purpose, do is a'sc
j authorized to prescribe fill, k farther regain!
lions in the manner of keeping books and
: accounts by the several officers in the fund
j offices, as to him may appear nececssary and
! proper. 1" is made his duty, at lensr one*
; in everv veur, to cause the books of titt
I ? *
I officers of the land offices to be examined,
and the balance of public moneys in the
I hands of the several receivers to be asccr.
tained.
Tnc foregoing synopsis of the law rela.
tive to land receivers. and the correspondence
with a portion of those who have proved dcfaultcia
and faithless to their trusts, are subknitted,
without further comment than thai
the facts and circumstances here exhibited
show sucli a dereliction of duty on tlx? part
oft! o Executive deportment as cjfl-s loudly
j for searching examination info this brrnoh
i of the public service, and tor a thorough re
, form.
| Tho pruciicc the foregoing corn s
I pondonee exIW6itS of retaining men in office
after "ro** and repeated violations of U.v i:;
j keeping and using the public moneys
private speculation, and the cliurac.? r ^r'.hcorrespondence
i'.selt, but too clc.vtv ptwiit
to the inference that such ofliers w.'ce re.
tained in place because they possessed extensive
political influence, and were useful,
and cttve partisans. Whether such mal.ad.
minis'ratio i comti t s ofl'.oj^ corruption in
those superior officers Ol'u* Executive departments
wJbo kpew J a,|j ocnn't'c:! : j
|
I tl.e.r subordinates the conduct which has
i been referred to, .3 a question which the
Committee submit to the House and thy **
country to decide.
Part v. Facts connected wi th the foregoing
defalcations, and deemed MATERIAL
TO DEVELOP tneir true cxiaracj
tett.
I I n concultion, the Committee cannot forbear
remarking, that during their whole inj
vestigation, they have not found the case to
i which the laws, as''they already exist, not
^nl.> .1 ' ?
i ui wuicn mey are ueiective. I no
permanent provisions of the laws constitute
I every necessary check upon collectors, re*
i ccivers, nnd disbursers of public money ;
U and the checks which, by law, have been
| nnd nmy be created, in the discretion of iho
' 1 Executive, have only to be at tended to anil
' ; r.pplied by tiiose whose duty it is to suporiri5
tend the execution of the laws, to en1
sure faithfulness and detect derelictions of
defalcations in public officers.
' j Iadced, in all the new recommendations
1 j which have been proposed by the President
' i or the Secretary of the Treasury, the Com'
j mittee has found either what already exists,
or what might have always bi/on prescribed
1. ai d enforced in the form of Treasury reg.
{ ulutions, and which, if enforced, Would have
' prevented the late defalcations; and theso
! ! new recommendations can, iiKlecd, be regarded
us so many proofs of what rcgulu'
lions in respect to the late defaulting collectors,
receivers, dee., have been hitherto
j wholly neglected by the present Excclivo
5 ; and heads of Departments,
i Part vi. Mr. Hopkins's special concie'
i RI NCE IN THEREPORT OF TUB COMMITTER,
' ! APFCA d*-"D THERETO EY VOTE cF TIT? com
" i SUTTEE.
1 j I have not had the requisite lime for scru*
| ttniziug the report of ?ho Committe withtnnt
r i care and iitieuiion which iis length and ims
| portnnce deserve, and which ? would have
" desired ; and 1 should have preferred.for tffs
! reason, to have presented tlic journal of the
1 Coinmitt e, without coroir.entt to the jlouse
a j of Representatives. Hut as oonfl'cting op';
inions prevail in the Committee. and.lire, to
1 ! he submitted to the country in the simpe of
; formal reports, I consider it n.iy tfu'y to say
' (that I concur with the Commit cc in ail the
" i conclusions at which they have urrived, so
far as those conclusions apply to the extertt
and character of the defalcations of Samuel
r Swartwout ai d William M. Price.
I should he faithless lo my duty, and do
violence u> tLa nibii ?i?iiui ii.uuuu9 ? "ilk" w
H f lions of my judgment, if I did not also de^
: clare my erirc concurrence in tlioso con1
I elusions of the Committee which relate to
the conduct of the late naval officer of the
" | custom-house at New York; to the l?tc and
: present Solicitor of the Trcusury ; to the
Secretary and accounting officers of the
8 j Treasury Deportment, including the dam
Comptroller of the Department, and in thai
0 part of the report which reviews of the conduct
of J. Iloyt, tho present crdlecior of
c 1 the customs at ihe port of New York.
I; I GEO. VV. HOPKINS,
s ; Member of ihe CommiUce.
?? -
y i The Slave Case. The Recorder ystter
c day gave judgement in the case of Calebs,
it ihe blave who was brought here from Porto
e j Rico. His Honor decided that according
0 | to (lie constitution of the United States, and
* ! the iaws of the state of New York, all slave
s: brought into this state from any foreign
't | country, become ipso faclo free the moment
* i that they land here. And that the laws
- | which authorize the slave-holding states of
* | this Union lo bring their slaves, and hold
f i them to labor here for the spaco of nine
b | months, do not apply to the slaves brought
* j here from any foreign couutry.
i* After his Honor had given this decision he
* ; caused an interpreter to inform Calcita that
- she w as no longer a slave, but free, and
f I might leave her master or remain with him,.
J and stay in this country or return to her
"! own. just as she chose.
' 1 C ilciita in reply said that she had a husr
j band and parent* in her native land, and
- ; was determined to remain as her m^ter'a
f I slave and return to her own country.?Jour*
> I rial of Commerce.
I!
1 j Santa Anna. _
i
The National Intelligencer furnishe^tfflHp
j following sketch of the public I ft
' | individual.
(j Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, is again
; President of the Republic of Mexico. What
1 a chequered life has Ids been ! First dis
i tinguishir.g himself in publ.c life (in 1821)
i ' as the supporter of Iterbidc ? then in arms
| against him, and rhieflv instrumental in his
1 fall, and in procuring the adoption of the
: j Federal Constitution ; in a year ;.;kerwarde4
attempting and failing to obtain the Pile n:..! .
I power of Projector of ti.c Republic i then
; for five years living in reririaneiv, out of
j public employ ; rc.nppuir'utg in 1828, on
j the news of P<:(!r.2a's fclect on toll.? Pres..
j idcncy, raiding die standard in favor of his
1 opponent. G*ji>-;r< io ; then defeated, driven
. ".<0 jrjCc-r.'aui!*, ?ii<J outlawed ; torhi.Vd
\''iiioz[ imrne<JtateSy?anJ uiacci aMuo
i <\ (l o Ui .uV SO!!? out to OppOso l:Mi> ; ill'i.l
I (in April, 1S2U.) mado Bemfary of V/ar
j and Comrnuu<Jer.i:i Chief of the Army ; in
i that capacity ;rpe Jin? an J conqu' tiio
i ill.di^t's eJ Spanish invasion under B ?j;a i
as ; soon after, ch-Aou from office vrit'i tin
President Quei "cro ; ajpun in arms, Jrivin.?
Rus am^nv item power ; then sucmiinp I"
! the Presidency of-lit* iUpulfic, .in.},
' Prosi>nf, in t!:c of a six-?3-fyi mrf.*
*