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Is i: practicable on the soil and to ihe rb'r.ritti ifrnns-tts fo procure n* suc?"essa>n < ; crops I lo could not (picstion it ; >1 r;ti he b-<d eoire confidence in the im^ pfc>vt?mcn!s to our husbandry, and the groat ?!<lvriMi ig 's which would accrue iron> a '>. (i teams rotation of pro fuels. The cajviOiPos ni i.he soil o! M .ssnchttso ts wore undoubi (!. tfie hundred l?u-iie!s of corn to an acre ha I been repeatedly produced, net! oilier crops in 1 in; abundance. Hi: this fcmil i tiOi eiToes ?l;e prop'-r < nJ?of a judi. ions and profitable agriculture, unless we 0. oouid so manage our husbandry that by a j rHicious and prop?T succession of crops, he 1 ityd wooiu not only bo res ored afcr an exhausting crop, but gradually enriclied hv ^ . I C' w > ino cultivation. I; is of the highest nnpor. i ?rico lU?t our farmers shotiid increis" their % power,of feus uioing iivo slock, that tii -y iiia.' dicrcbv obtain the tneans of trnprov i'l-j their terms. ii-s had already remarked that in some things. we hud I advun of ilr*rr? par T?eo! irlv in ?*?*' <-*'!:tirsii implements. {] : % h id seen ofvn lIn? piou^d wiih wlia;Is, but ho dti-mcd ii an ur.kwd and etnnbro.K in. strument. Ih.ti iive stork of Rutland was :ri n state of improv em'-ui. ii.* had seen the fine h< ids of fior l S.aTiOer. Mr. ik?t?s, an J ijljiors, wilii salisl.K'lior-. Toe specimens ofltn? unmoved tori t lores brouij'tl to tins country have be i; a capital siock ; km the cinraciur of too stock raised among? lis should iiuve rt ii.*: neo to tne nature?) our c.iimate. OurpM.*$? breed ofoxen are beyond doubt bits l sodeilto the plough. lie was inclined to t>i'!ieve that rio stock Iwr the dairy among lis and upon our short pastures, eouid be found superior lo-ilte Ayrsuire i>:e*d of'cows. Kvry effort should bo rtnde to improve our own breeds. Tno tlcvoiisbiiv s'o"!\ brought here at an early perm 1 and now generally diliuscd over New England, would probably prove tlie ImxsI sock, upon l'i<! whole. for us. It un lioubtedly a<Jiui!;oLuTi;r<!nt improvement. lie uracil alien if**|f strongly io the seeds of gram* which wo somW. (Ireal improve. "%L mcuts had been ma?fe>r> fiiese r? alters by a cutefm selection and culture. He consido. red Umi die mrrod.iet <>n of :be Leicester and Soulii Down s'loep among us would prove an eminent advantage. The Heices ler retjnire extraordinary feeding. and must always Ik; kept fat. The Sou'li Down wore an exceedingly profitable animal, both for woo: and mutton , and woul i subsist well in short pastures and an exposed (flinin'e. i is not advisable to cross the Leicester with the Merino, or indeed the long-wooLd with the short-woo led races. It was easy to see the immense importance of a successful agriculture "<> Ivagiunu; and lhut even llirt amount of one per cent, added to their agricultural products would materially affect the subsidence and coml it t of nuH'Ons. I: was ofe n said that England was a gar(1 n. This was a s'rrv.g metaphor. There ? - i j was rriucii poor i *?i?.-? rmu syu?; j?uui uuiiiva!ion in England, hat he had looked at -? - ifiipioveinen s wt b {he highest p!?asura end admiral o#. l? associations for fb^ improvement of agriculture, in agricul. loral societies, we had no before Them. I !o would not s?V thai (!u:v were following i-ur cx.nnpj , bu: tls*y were now doing what we had done, lie had ibu pleasure of attending the lirsl meeting of the British National Agricultural Association ; and gentlemen of'the highest distinction in rank, mien's and wealth, were apprized of the ..real importation of !ins vast nation.?t mti r st, and were (cud tug their heady co-operation in the cause. They ha.i made m Lng] md immense ndvaneos iti agiiculttr', and liearcr approaches !o*he perfect ton of the art than in any other country. He concluded bv adding thai he had on lnu way some fow individuals of the Leicester anil South Down breeds of sheep winch, not ; > the fines-, but as fhir examples of these vid-ntbie breeds, lie would be happy to exhibit to the farmers of Massuchuset s. '?Vy would,-ots their arrival, remain in Bitston some sine ihr h at purpose. He had i keivise brought ov? r a Tew bushels of (lie best kinds ot wheat grown in Mnglaud for seed, which would bo iefi at the agrioul!oral warehouse of Messrs. iireck and Co., that the farmers if they elms*', wight avail iniMosoives of if. [ We ought. in jasi.co to a contemporary, hi .scute, that, for the: advantage of publishing the whole of the pi eroding Sport h on the same day u lien tht: last half of it appears in the Farmer, fi<r which it wis reported, we arc indebted to the courtesy of \Jr. Hreek, o* oof the proprietors and editors of ir?at paper, who coiTteotisiy, lavored us with a proof-sheet. It is proper also lliut the Sp?;'.oii should ha accompanied by the t ilhiwiijo explanatory nob', which appears in lite Farmer to day :?J In the hurry olFd-e Speech from our notes, some errors occmivd, which u is desirable to correct. Tin; southern parts of I higland are no' suarfg* as there staled, hat u thin 1:!ct ioarn res ing upon chalk. Ueaus and t . peas are not green crops, as teniarkeil but white and exhausting crops. because liiey are allowed Co perfect their seed, 'i w h'*re om: bush i oi oa:s was rais -d, ten liu>!ie!s of turnips could be pro-uocd, should i.uvo been staled in t!;e form of a supposiiioy, and not us unascertained fact. Tiio case of the person alluded iO as to lie employed tiiiuugh th? wiiiier in digging turnips, biioidd have included also his slicing them cud. feeding them lu. the sheep ; and this is the vritiler occupations of hundreds in F.;ghart. Wo j;ivfi.ilieso corrections in jus ice rn . Air. Webster, But we have also the pha. . sure to say, thai Mr. Webster, at our reoues\ engaged as soon as bis leisure wiil per. mir, after lie roaches Washington, to write . nut and enlarge iiis Speech on litis occasion, rwu.l we th 'n propose to issue it in a pumpk]?:t form ; and >ve hope at the same una: i?> he uhleio it Id a lull and corrected report of i!ie instructive remarks of IVofessor !S lii| man on the Farrh; occasion, of which >>?: it'V1* an ins perfect absracf. We know toey wr? t?< t pjvrd U'iih great lucrest pleasure l>y the u 'ricutturj ;>uShc. il. C. L *4'111'ii T f ^ _ ij EPi/1 ^'.ii'Ji'i.'r tnm , ? [Id may be proper, in this conaeolion, to copy from tlio Fa ruler of this day, ?ht* fc>|?. lowing n<ivor:is?,ITien'.?as some have un, dersfoo 1 that thft ?ccds in question had nL ' ready arrived arid were ready for cJistributioi). At the Agricultural Moe'.ingat die State. ilouse, on the evening of the 13tb, Mr. Webster stated that la? had selected some seeds while in England, which he thought wuuid bo important to in'rodueo into tnis coun rv, and that he had ordered them to tin; A griculmrnl Depository in litis city. Nas. 51 and 50 North Market.street, where those v\ho wished to trv them would havthe opportunity to procure them. As there h is b considerable inqmry about llietn, we would inform our agricultural friends .... , that we have received an invoice of t :< 1 seeds, an 1 that they are on the way from News York : as soon as they coin" to oaed wo shall give no iee in the NoWwEng and ' Fanner, and publish a list nf I lie seeds. JOSEPH DliECX & CO. New R.i /I.hi I Farmer Oifie<?. ) 'Region, J iiiuary 2l*t, IS4J. $ ; SILK CULTURE. From the Silk Journal. NOW IS THE TIMK TO RKGi'N. The price r?t uiuitic.-iuli i Ires havinp 1 fallen to a very low rate, the present is a most propitious time fortho commencement ; of the silk business, by those who hnv ; heretofore avoided it on account of th lug i prices of the Tees. Every thrifty far iner in the Union ought to plant at leas: o e j acre of ground?some out of the way ol i i ficl-l, some chesriut ri'Jge, sum inconvenient | hdl-sidc, tlmt y:- Ids little or u profi' in any thing else. It will cast now b u a tnfl .? ' j A thousand In os should be obtained and I planted either by lawns or eu'tuigs. and i tbcrw will onoug'i bo e r.ain .0 grow, to ! occupy the ground. Plant fiem in ro.vs, four ieot up nt, and if they grow sosnat bey st ill id nearer than t vo fie! apart in 11.0 row, take up iuiefwn ng trees and jila.it ih'un 11 where failures had lelt open spaces; and if you have st II more than ill* above properj lion, exumd toe li vk In July, they will have grown so far as ( to enable your daughters, or your f male servants or cliil iren, to feed worms ; and ' yon may then ha eh 10.000 eggs. Any ' common room wilt do to kc p Ji ut in, and i the first volume of tiie S Ik Journal w.11 ' : leach you how to manage them W.wn 1 i 11n; first crop is three \v<m ks old, liufh 1 20.00') more, to be rc.?dy ;o ake the p|.r*e ' t ol the first as s.ioa as tncy spin co'-oous. j I When the second cr- j> is tiiree weeks old, 1 lirm.r nut ilu> I u l'iO 111 illl of "iD.OOi) I .in batch. As 5,0<KJ trees will produce of leaves* and as each worm \v.|i ' cat o;;e ohm- o o- leaves, your 5,0d0 trees ' I will f oil 80,000 worms winch )Oii will have 1 i fed in thoabove three parcels. As soon as ' I your first crop has finish'0 die cocoons, sei | a couple of iutellifp'ii; giils to r<*eling. You : can'.eacii ihoin from the Silk Journal abo\e ; referro 1 to. To- l*i Jmoiiu'se reel sho.uM ? be use I. In a lew wacks they will le-rn 1 I fo reel as well as you may desre; an J ihen i I- t |:i? ni lake one or two other g i Is as 1 | apprentices to learn to reel. B ? ill'* time ; the last c rop of worms have s >tin cocoons, you w ill have lour ivl-rs, who w i.i he able to esc up tho Coeuons speed ly ; The result vvill bo twenty-four to twenty eii'hi a lunds of raw situ, which vou can 1 r -- ' . ? | , ! t: it r s- n lto in it ki t, or c-iusc lo be m nl?' ' into el* gant s;Ik dresses for your daughters 1 woo have so well deserved th? m. Next 1 ' year, double tins amount in iv bo in id??, and every year from two io five hundred dollars worth ol silks may be produced wi.houl any cost to yourself. Then why i.o! begin ? flow bar 1 iii'Js' a fanner work to produce u hundred dolLrs i tn wheal* corn, or tobacco; or in Hour, whiskey or poi k, or any ottier pro hi t.? Let us sec. Me must break up lour jmtos 1 of ground, there is eight or tenduxs hard work at ploughing and seeding in () tuber. During wint'T lie is tan!aliz"d w:t!i j realises of good weather, Ilia; sei lorn happens, jand in the spring ho fears bis wheat is | 'v\ int? r killed or, if it escapes tba', in I March there eom"s a season of Ire-z ng and thawing, that threatens to spew it out | of the ground. Weil, it escapes even that : and now the fly flits about,-but even that 1 spurt's it. Toe spring passes, an 1 s.,mm r i with i:s cradles and rakes, and li:irv?*s labour arriv s. b'.x or right ! iys more j of hard labor is strain r quired and perform'd. The harvest is in the stack, (?? j lober again arrives, and the flail i:o\V telh heavily of six or eight days more li ir?! , labour. Bui tlie wheat is :n the stack, and I two or three days more hard labour with the four-horse wagon, is required to carry the one hun bed bushels of wheat to the 'null. The w heat is ground, and the flour | O ; in the barrels. Well, now we have two or three days'labour wiih the four.horso wagon again to carry the sixteen barrels to ! market, an I sum-* time in November, the farmer returns home weary and hungry, : with his hundred dollars. Here we have hard work enough, and time enough occuuid too, for an huudr J dollars sur- ly. B?t his picture bv the sale ol td" huh' cocoon* i ery oi 80.Odd worms, and tnen choose betweon them. B it we would not interfere with the grow eg of wh^at, nor \vi h the ' : .( ?.?U. , _ i ir?I;> Wi! IV. old Wn.'liU'" IWJJ ?'i ?iUJT IJ|I|< I ?? ? not take I:.a hardy ploug an in fro in ^is ; plough. Uut vvliile ha labors ia the fid J ' io pro luce his hard-won dollars ia wheat and corn, we would enable Urn more de licat" inmates ofliis house to add something to his income And this th y will be able i to do, it be v\ ill only ia the first tas ante, furnish them w ah a small mulberry arch ?rd. Try it, farmers, try it. u. B. s. Correspondence of the Baltimore i'atriot. Washington, Jan. 2t). INTERESTING D3i> \TE IN THE SENATE. TUB ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS, i A good day's work hasjnst been finished by the Senate. The idle and uiisc'iievious resolution of ilr. Id.id-.m, rgainst a rnnuof -J : straw of Ms owncro.ation-aiiainst a proposition which has never yr.l been submitted to the Sena'c !?for Me nssump ion by Me Pednr- j al Government of the debts el' the States,' were referred to a eomm tee, it will I).- re- j me inhered, about 111 re? * we* ks ago, after a ! long and s.vel iug hanngu 1 from fti* ir an* tiler. The Co nmi tec after taking all this ! tiin?. f?r exnmiu 11ion and .>?udy, sent in a report m> div. bv ill hands of their chair, man, Mr. Grundv who, to g've greater em phasis to ts d<?etii i s a el argum nt< a.id d -clamutinu, read u hnnseif from the Sucretary's desk. A debate arose upon it instantly whin, for animation interest an I imnor auco, has not been surpassed hy any Ming tli.it has 01 cured during lie* present sesso.u. t'lie scope and tendency <?l he resolutions and the report were attacked wch gu-at power be Messrs. Crit en Irn. Pp'slon, Southard, Webster, and South of Indium; .and so heavy and e|f ciive were their blows, that after a leehlifdefitnc" by*the c tairm in of t ie eomnutiee. an I hv die au'lior of lier solutions, ilio leport was sent, back to'he comm Uecfur correction and emendation / Tnc report a.ijvnr d to l> \ for t ?e m is' part, a ti fciwrdo or hash of Colonel BenIon's spi*e ts ?m the sii ij-'ej ; and that reiii irliiih e Sen uor sre.no l ?'o be u: u if< d by <f?iro fihep tJo and j" tl .us'v of p iternilv respecting it, lop !h; took upon tie.nsolf a great deal of Mo care an i burden olV\|> lining certain p.?rt<, k.s w< 11 as of its general suppoit and d l'eneo. X . .... ... ,k,? .Iirtnp .if .t. n.it.'ll > I. \f |\ ' 1 1 Ol/.J.I HI illV." I" II M?l? nil HHI-I. -I Cri ten f??n rose, and common od "n thr extraordinary character of'tnis whole prooee. diajj. I jrca !v rc*ixr?*: t?i at, o virj-j to en X ?iTf ?n*'n?< in I'm House, I ,]: I not lr* ?r t ie < firs; part and til s '>oit olI cs sp cch, b?l t is rujifs u i'i s li"inif da? in^Mi>li J, m an 1 eminent degr" , bv force r>rs?r_'min?3i? and j1 Mic tv of iilu?ir i ion. and tint iiimii able j wu and sarcasm w..i -!i nice so imic i s,> ri; j an I poin t> his style. Lie mad" an able < a id cio pi (!' d?*fi-?iitt?* of tar course an 1 eon- < dij'*t of lie Si;i!('s, and pro:csod an tins t m : liiiwarran able intern rmv of |!i" S n it" in i llieirdomestic concrns. Iut isao iii" tm.i I iin nilti led to rrvr'ai i fnnous revsolu i ?ns. Jrawn up |>y Mr. Calhoun, i:n n -diaitdy j wita reference to li design an I niove.n aits : >1 ill Ah ? it'oitfsis, but rout lining stroll.- 1 l"frlarations of a ^cn t d an I oompr dion.. < sive tdi tractor anr unst the \ of on Si t e, i :>r a combination of St re., or lho (J ner d liovermn if, o interm 1 ile -vi'b fie mter- i nal policv and tlotn s ie cone- nis of any : Stat" of i'tis (Jnton. He ;j to 1 the Ian- !' ana^e of .Mr. Cal innn, and called iJnot: I lu?n :o say vviie'bor ih*; resolutions of VI . i Uenton and tin's report ofihe committee I were not "intcrmd inny" n llpab'e and direel i i ? t(/li.aiir>i* i'Vitu word fit" unia !v r-?ion an ' i t ensure contained in liieni was no', *4 in I erliiieiKo .U one unwarrantableand ithul- l| lin?{ to dio States* r i I hoped tins illusion would brine Mr. (Jalhoun out?bit lie k"pt h$ >out; audi Mr. Grundy tool* I) cue fl >o-< J . II* said (I doubt ii it wit.i j) ifeel sinc'-r , it\ ) that he hud nope I the hseussion at the report would have b''eii delaye I lor s ?m Hole, until the ninini 11??t? should be prepa | red for if. Tljefo ejln be no qtjes'ion it all i :b i t.he authors and fiieiids of loo P'pot'l : were no! reu ly to m*et th ; rnuiiKui s with which he ?jis in^uisie'tj <r n 1 ,n u of the* i)p:)0>dlion as-ailed it on the veiy s, ur of | Id occasion, Mr Grundy, however, went s j f ir in the defence as to dselaioi most i limpliat cally at.v design to injure the States, ur to rehul;.* or insult the ?. U ?t -vtmt ma. 11 ii'fy all those disc/aim rs, when tin; vvliol : ' I......#. ...wt .....I ..I ll.u .1 .'/<! Ilf liw? 1 1 I I 1 I I ' . ! ?un ?;in wi mc i* ?u wB tee is to do :his injury and ijivo lfiis j With r> to a L'ro*$ r?*or in Hi r* port, in stating l!it: amount of tue d d>t oi i Louisiana, Ml*. Grundy virlnwly adur i *d ; that ho ua.J tak'Mi tli- repmt of a Ncw-Vuik j Comptroller (Mr. hi lor his nuiaoM'y. So ;i bri f but pungent rejoi di r. Mr. , Crittenden r iwfonvd, I understood L were Irs former objections to lie report. Tno States of ibis Union are bel l up in it invidiously,as Ir i-u in debt to the amount of Two lltwdkud Millions of ?l. lars ,* and I**st any of the evils oi i such u s ate of iuJcm'-dorss - sho d I j esojpo ill'! notice of tlie woiLl, they j are commented on w lit all the prodi i i ii . * glil y ?F I 11i;u ?g? I1IKJ IIIUS n; u:i, mm on t'u; CMirnmt ei are asked fo; the j grounds of heir statement i'^ v can she v I i i nunc! IJ'j' t!?* Chairman tells the Square of a ! calculation thai has trfiiuc*;'! tain on ..i. menior\?awl it was die basis of l.isstrnc?tire ! (] ?\v, Mr. Cr flendee asked, coul i a Sta csrnan come into the S-nute and v? n turn to announce to the world a * ealculu. lion" on this most im{).?rt.m; and <!fli?*ai?* subject without being sup* of Ins grounds? He repeu'ej, all disclaimer* *o the con. trai v notwithsnnding, that this report was in substance, lone?its whole aim and object, a gross indignity to the States. Sujj- ! pose a man were to go on 'than c and pro- j claim to every body be met that one of bis j neighbors was immensely in debt, (and that | too without knowing any thing certain j about li:s cot di;,<m.) a:id that neighbour t li .#1 )i ?i,?r inii mm ? :?? lmii or s - i cunty, for he .shout 1 not y t i ?would j that no' bo rewarded as offensive / This is a similar case. flavn tiie SM es asked this Government .o become T ivr security ? Whence? Where ? What Sia:c ? They have not asked i\ Tel ihey ar<* hrouyh' J U{) here in view of the whole woi! !?not for punishm nt?oil no !?ihey are not caught hy the I read and shaken, or hy the throat and constrain d?hut :hey leenive j lector s and auimadvcrs.ons in a most cir j eumlocatory manner, and the whole world | is to d o mask '.veil that lliey ni? gt'.'a !y in | debt, and that the (iovernment w;ll not b'-'Cainc their sc cuiiiy ? Mr. Ci in ud?n made no motion, hut lie expressed his hop" tin: the majority would see the propriety of rec? nunitlin^ this report, with instructions to inquire into the facts, and ascertain how much was the a/? mount of the whole deht of the States, ajid j how much was the part of each, and state these things, not with ambigiou* verbosity j but plainly and specifically, so that ff Committee wfre determined to enact chara *t??r of Mentor-, thu country m' have correct information. Mr. Benton, t mtighnol a member of ronnni tc, had I d ire siy, much to do vt Us work. II'! now rose, and after a f exphn.rions proposed the printing of largest number of copies thv h d e' b- c.i jiriti ? of any document; no less tl iliir.v tu ns ind! He far her inov d I tue Ilepor siiould he made the order of dav for eext Monday. Mr S m'lnrd next cot h" floor, and a: < d he C tHirmun of lint Commi tet? win itc found tin* proposition lot assuming I State d?-b wlnca tie had been cornbu;t so indus riously ? .Mr. GruAtly replied that notice had he given by a member of the House of F presentanves, of h s in cntion to bring f! ward n measur" oftne kind. Mr. Southard, ' Anfl that is the gen iti in's groued -or action by us in the Sena To anticipate and rourferact a proccedi ill the other branch of Congress." Afer commenting very properlv on tl indecorum to dm House of R. -p esentativ Mr. .Southard proceeded to show die in<.* iniiiriniis effects of dm nromulgati of i'tis report >vi h the sauc.t on of toe. Sen Mr. Smi'h of I:i liana, followed vvi'ii so( jn licious iiii'l ?orri? I rem irks against t wlvil" proi ceding. ;M'. IJro.vn, of X. C. spoke a short tin hut lie added I t ie or no ;o what h been said bv bis abhor friends, Messrs. Eh ton ni l (5rundv. Mr Preston then rose, and followed he attack on tnis poor report, vvilh :i spec ill giyat ji'i l'Ty and eloqu lire. d tn tae jur .s lie ion of Con^r-ss over !>' Stat D'i litis mat er. and cond trine I this p.-oci Jmg is an attempt tit little else :]i.ti) issot 1 corntntsion ol'I) ink np'ey agtinsl the lie e.Xjiosed v. rv e|. arly the detftmen ellc!?*t it must li ive on tii" in'erests of i vn St ile ot Silt 1 Ciroluia pnriienlni in I of all, and of the (1 n rd (/bivermn i self. For tie renin le i too ?)U tors, t I rgo sums hel tie 11^ to I t.r (ioveriMIO or tor which ?t wms iru lee, . rro inves' i) tii"se S tie s in ks, lie roprob.il s rongly 1 h<? m muffy tig of the J b s ot ! Slices by t to eonrmtlec, .and adtlnci d s< T il flagrant instances ot this miseliievc e.X igg'M ji Mr. Preston :?sl;o I what right tliey li to im ignic ill -t the S ales were Coming ask ill.* hoon ? YViio s^ys that Soli I) C aiiii.i is coining 1 Who savs that ev? S ato :s soli aling your favors ? What wot t ley ro.no for? Wa it hope would bring?h< lo your exhausted Treasury? Do then t Know that every aecusa lot) of uiiprudein ff prodigality, ofctiqiibh oxrivogun with which you have v.'ltip-ra e I rliern, true n-sprrfinir yours-'l?es t An* r *y < rriiii^ to your iron chest (or ill it which it) know is not here ? lie obj"eted most strenuously to tl?r? S< ate oiv ijo any s Miction 10 tins r-pnrt. L ii be printed, and it will in twenty-five dn In; on? Vi ry bunker's table m London.Ev broker them di forthwith try to lied iiinisoif. 11 will bo .tnotimr violent bli tin ik! American credit, and briu^ do\ ill our s ocks in tl?" Iviropem ill irkoi. Alu r Mr. 1',1's on fiusned, thero w sotn conversation .ib"tr striking oil1 e t iiu parts of the rejmri beforo prmnn^ old especially tbat which stat d ihoindo tidii'-ss o' Louis ana. Mr. Iviiiir. of Ala . ilrn rose, and mov to recommit ;int report, w i!s instruction* s ril\<* out t!?o statements cuiiccnfig I j tits of {??r icular St-itc*. O i ihis pr??p isiion, Mr. VVcbs.vr tu I'm* floi.r, and hy a speech, of unromm fuv?\ gave a s<*:llor to the r? port I'cr t present, .-it least. Ili-s.ntJ, ho was certainly for sending !>:t? k to |!it? ronmiittee ; and keeping there?for, ill li?s op nion, it was the im cxtruord.narv docu nont ev< r put forth wise and r? Hoc iug in 11. When he look at the time of its introduction?the ciiciu stances?the absolute absence of any n eessity tor it, lie could no? but regrd it llie most gratuitous, uncalled lor, an ! ind cre< i paper lie had ever seen in his l.f?\ Very many of the S ates have Iter: amounts in foreign markets?his o State, Massachusetts had?and shall world he told l>v this Senate that the Lf'Q I inre t . S a h .d over hup. . u?*d in uitudelit? St, ("outinued Mr. \Vebst< I renounce entirely ai d absolutely the |ej iation of that gen Ionian, or of any hr else, on this m pit r. I protes' against tl: at : ng arguments in-o the inoijc s of o'h to us'* ag.lime the S'ates of this (Jnior taeir iusii.ua ions that tlr-re is danger of St.res of tins Uu'on not fulrtding tle ir o gation. ft is ad mi led they can pay. *V hen do gctrleineii go out of their road say the States will not do their duty. VV touch these concerns at all. Who brou the subject here ? Win;re/ore do gentlon stand up in the Senate and read us Ion" guments against eases wli c!) no man I :>roii?? c lor?vaid, an I winch no nan in emiinry i-? wo .k enough to maintain ? \V is the object of da ?c .s o iling and ii;fl unr orv r sii,lu.ioii<, on .1 y<* 1 in gin ly and fli sy r H-tonc, |>u hn.ii au-l .suppor ed?i to lie quoted in ' very foreign couutry ? He could conceive nothing more <:e ment.d to the interests of the Slates and country. He instanced the case 0/Lou ana. anoot which di commit?* . d so i u-.llv blundered. What, he asked, v du re of iusiice or statesman-like conduct magnify in# and showing up the amount its debt / IJe a-, glad to see tlio majoi themselves hod heroine alarmed ut t!i own work in tins instance. Hut why, any thing of h.s kind was to be done, I i:<it thecomni t put their inquiries to Stan Hin;.on?ie* ? Would they have da to (J?? dial ! No. I ey knew the iinpropi ty nf it. Ye., if any ihing was to be d< ori the subjec', that unquesiionahjy was piopi-r method. Mr. Webster del were J his remarks w gr? at animation and en-nesti.ess of rnanii and he was listened to with deep attend He concluded hv suggesting to the cc . 'a . *+ the miitre that if they did make a report, it the should be in five lines, aftd simply declare g-ht that the resolution of the Senitor from Missouri, had no application !o any case before the he Senat". Mil) By lies .me the Administration members bw had become pretty well satisfied thai their th'1 committee had blundered sadlv. vor Mr. Grundy, nnher humbled apparently tan said something about tin; importance of ha looking to dancer at a (lis anee; and in an ihe apologetics trait?, aJmitted that in so long a report some tilings might have crept, which sk- were not altogether accurate, and so, i're tie woul I assent to lite rorornmitrnen / But, tnc tie tulded, ho could .assure the Senator from tig .Massachusetts, that the report would consist - of more than five lines, for the subjects ;cn were, in his opinion, of grave moment, h; 'Very \vt'll"(rejoined Mr* VVebster)rtand or- I hope the honorable gentleman will give us one thing; and whether he do-s it in five. le- or inJive hundred lines, I care not. Let j ite? hirr> sta'e the particular amount to which ng each Sta e is indebted." Afl"f some conversation between Mr. hu Cr.tier.den and Mr. Grundy, the quos ion os, was taken on the rceommi moot and carried vi- in -Ite .fiirurifive wi hout a division, on Mr. Calhoun did not open Ins lips on the tc. subject. lie he Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. IVashinglOti, Jan. 31. 1'? The debate on Mr Grundy's report ^ '1 against assumption of State deb's bv the G neral Government, alter I closed yesterday was of ihe inosl exci ing character.? "P Mr. Preston addressed the II mis * lor about l(''1 h df'an hour, in a verv seven? sp-wh, and 1,1' w is followed by Mr. VV lister, who propcc O I * hm. jt> Substance of the In!(-pendent Treasury !).- Act. See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate As House t<J of Representatives ofihe Uni ed State* of to Amer-ca in Congress assembled, That I he ib"re shall be prepared and provid d, wi hin ih? new Treasury hu Mini; now erecting ink at the S(,at of Cioverumen', suit., bio and mo convenient rooms fur the Treasurer of tin* he Uni ed States, his assistants and Vf-iks; and sufficient and secure fireproof vaults ii an I safes, for lb- keeping of the public moit ivys in the possession and under the imme. ust j dial" control of the said Trea>ur< r; which by I iid rooms, vutdts, and safes, are hereby .cd | coristi ufed and d clarrd to be, the Treasury n- oftbe United States. And the said Treasu11 ? rer of the U. States shall keep all the pubiie as moneys which shall eortie to his hands in is- the Treasury of the Uni ed States, as In r? hv constituted, until the same are drawn ivy therefrom according to law. wti Sec. 2. And bo it further enacted, That thu the Mm' of ih?* United Si.ill s, in tin; cily of j is- Philadelphia, in the Stale of Pennsylvania, | it'if and ti ? Branch :M nf, in the city of New j r.) Orleans, i:i the Slat of L^uitvnna, and the 1 /is- v.trlls and safes thereo'*, respectively. s!.: II j ;dy . be places of d'-posite and su'e-kcepin;* ol! ieir tfie public mowns at those places respective ers ly ; a? d the Treasurer of the s-?id Mint and i? iirr.rieh Mint respective ly for lue time hern ; the ^l?ul? have the cus'o'iy and tare of all pub. I bit- lie .noueys deposited wiilrn the same, and j by shad pet form all tIk? duties required to be i to performed by them, in reference to the re- i r!iy fercnce to the receipt, safe-keeping, transitu fer and disbursements of a!| s::c!i mouevs ien according to I ho pro\ .stuns* heptnufer ru? ar j tained. has' fh.-r- 3. And ho it further enacted, That the | there shall he prepared and provi led, within hat . the cus;om houses now erecting in the city m- ! of New Fork, in the cily of B -;ton, in than. S ti of M issachuse Is, suitable; and onn;d venient rooms for liio use of receiv-rs ?eueral of public moneys, hereinafter duorled fri- lo be appointed, at Uiose places, respectivthe lv ; and sufficient and secure fir' prod ist- vaults and safes for the koepinj of the pub lie mollis collected & d?posted vvth them, vaa respect very; and the receivers general F in I t\f rail mnrii'v frnm lime t<j Inn*1, nnntiinf. I , j ui ...v.-y,..- , -rr [ oi| ed at those points, si) II have the custody 'ify and care of the said rooms, vaults, and suf- s, leir respectively, and of all the public moneys if deposited within the same; and shall per. );ni form all the duties required to tie performthe' ed by them, in reference to the receipt, safe rod keeping, transfer, and disbursement of all ie- such moneys, according to the provisions of me this acf. the Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be erected, pr*-pared and provirrtb ded, n: the expense of the United States, er; at the city of Ghurb'ston, in the 3fa:e of on. South Carolina, arid at the city of Si. Louis, irn- in the Slate of Missouri, offices, with suite s? iht* most disas rous consequences, if' ii?:s pap t was 'lirown into ilu* HnJistr n~ S.o' k market, as "nnimg from n bud} of so muni weiga: as tln? Ainei n: in b na:?'. Alter tl' .1 long lielwt', Ine Report was p-committe I ',|s in h Commi me. on a m- lion made by '* Mi. Iv ?ii{. <il Al ?. Ii w is Hourly dark when i ? S nut" adjourned# 'I bo debate on Mr Grundy's report con tinned :bis morning, tbo Chairman having l ^ siilnni U'd it ti^.nn w rh a f.ttv correction". ' Mr. Pr?'sto!i was opposed to t e wilol t af'l,(' lair, and wished no r* port of any kind to r:v* l?e rn rlo on I n subject. do exprcsse ! an ojiin on utifivoribl 'o tin* assuin tion. if it \v is suhtn :!?; i to mm as an abstract qu s|;M' tson, *?ij at tins time lie did not consid- r any ,f) iii'tioi pro or con necessary. r' Mr. Gruu ly rfcpli? d tbar if became tho 'ry Senate to'ake time, by thro forelock in this matter, ari l proceeded to read I i? l**tt??r m of M ssis. Uiriiigs staling tint it was r, . ,() . essary to have some "national pledge," in (,,, ? rder to save Suite Stocks Irom i s trrificp. *c' (1 considered dint w!cn danger was f ared, H it was tin? dtny of Congress to look to it im mediately, mid not aw ii its appio <cli. Tais ?y was the sate of the question ar pp.sent?i was a direct proposition that the General n* GoVerumcnt should endorse the debts of the JU States. He dewed that any charg" was ')s in ide in the It port, dimly, upon the rred'rv it or willingness *o pay, on tun part of any ofihe States. If* hoped they \V'Ould be >,v able to do.sot but it was no reason why a vn disclaimer should not lie made by the General Governnu nt dial u bad no ritiht to nav blc convenient rooms for the use of 'he re- \ ^ ceivers general of public money hereinafter directed 10 be appointed at the places above , n med ; and secure fireproof vaults and saf'-s for the keeping of tho public money collected and deposited nt thoso places respeciivcly; and the said receivers general, from time to time, appointed at those places shall have the custody and cafe df tltc said ifii cs, vaults and safes, so to be oroetedf prepared, and provided* and of all IhC public deposited within the same ; ond stiali pe.forrn all tho duties required to ho p rtormH by them, m reference to the receipt s ife keeping, transfer, and disburse, men' of aii such moneys, according to the provisions herenifter contained. Sec. 5, And be it farther enacted, That the President sliall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint four officers, to bo denominated "receivrs general of.public money," which said officers shall hold their respective offices for the ferm of four years, unless sooner removed tin re from ; one of whidh shaH be located at the city of New York, in tho State of N"w York ; one other of which shall Do located at the city of Boston, in tiic Si a to ot M issnchuse;t9; oncuther of which sh ?|l be located at tho city of Charleston, rn the St it?? of'So.ith Carolina ; and iho rc. uinming ojv of which shaft bo located of the c.iy of St Louis, in the State of Missouri; and all of which said officers shnl| givo bonds to tho United States, with sureties, according ;o the provisions hereinafter con* ahi' d. for the faithful dtschnrge of the du? taof ihfir respective offices.' Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Treasurer of the United S;aics, tho Treasurer of the Mint of the United States, the Treasurers and those acting as such, df tlx? various Branch Mints, all collectors 6t* ^ rijc cus'oms, all surveyors of the customfs ^ acting also as collectors, all receivers general of public moneys, all receivers ofpuh. lie moneys at iho several hnd offices, and d| post mincers, except as is hereinafter par- ' :i ui irly provided, be, and they are hen by, r?q(j:r>-d t'? keep saf< ly, without loaning or Usinir, all the public money collected by tnem, or otherwise at any time placed in their pos rssion and custody, till the samo is oidi-red by the proper Department or officer of h?'Government to bo transferred ??r pud out; and when sueh orders for transfer or payment aro received, faithfully a.id prom (ly to nitke the same as directed, and odo and perform all other duties as l?>cal agents of tho Government, which may be imposed by this or any other acts of Congress, or by any regulation of tho Treasury Depnitnvnt, made in conformity to la a ; and ?!>? to do and perform all acts and duties required by law, or by direction of any of the 12toeu ivo D payments of tlio Government, as agents for paying i ensiona# or for making any other disbursements wliicli either of.ho heads of those Depart* men s may bo requ red by law to niakcv and which are of j character to be made by die deposit ores hereby constituted, consist* cutly with dio other official duti'8 imposed ujion diem. Sees. (J and 8 require bonds to be giv. en. Sec. 9. Requires all icceivers of | ubbc money to pay them over when directed by .he Secretary of Treasury, and l'ostmns(u^ jieueral respectively to the Treasurer trr Washington, the Treasurers of the Mint, .nd tin* "Receivers General" where theso officers r? speclively are located. And tho ^ . Ti 1 D....* \t, ntTrtjiury vi ijh* i ri'Ubuij unu t uai ihuo^i General are require ! to have such paymen s inrnj-- as o(t- n us once a week, a of 41 oitener if nee** ?ry. Sec. lU. Aii hori7.es the Secretary of the Treasury an J Post Muster General toiruiM'*, funds between the depositories us may be needed. Sects. 11, 12. 13 provide for exnurninjr moneys deposited and the books of trie dcjws taries. Sec. 14. Provi !es for paying expenses of chests, vaul s, clerks &C. Sec. 10. enjo ns promptness oti tbo S cr< mry of the Treasury in transit ring moneys to the new deposi ories. Si c. 13. Author.z s Marshals and others ol ling money lor dio U. States to pay >t to thtj depositaries. ^ 1 ^ Rl.. tlta Iah ninrr nein/i am II, IHilftrs IIHT luuiru^i uoui? ui embezzling (he public money felony, pun.* ishnble by imprisonment from 6 months to 5 yearS, an I tin-. See. 18. Authorizes the u*n of suitable rooms for ke< ping the money till vuuits &Cr <-.?n procured. S<ic. liJ An ! be it further enacted, That from after the .bfrteemh day of June, which *ill be in (he year one ihousnnd eight hundred and I'ortv, the reso'ution of Congress of the thirteenth day ofApr.l, in the year one tfiousand eight hundred and sixteen, so far as it authorizes the recept in payment of duties, taxes, sales of public lands, debts mhI sums yf money, accru ng or becoming p y .bb to tie United S.ah s, to be? collected ;o.d pa J in the notes of specie paying bunks, .ihali be so modified as tiiut one fourth pari ofall such duties, taxes, sales of public finds, debts, and sums of money accra ng or becoming cue to tin* United- States, shall be colli c i d in the* legal" currency of llur Uai ed States; aud from and after the thir? tcenth day ot June, which will be in the ' \ear one thousand eight hundred and forty one, one other fourth part of all such duties, taxes, aires of public lands, debts, find sums of money, shall be so collected ; and that fr?>rii and utter the thirteenth day of June, w hie i will bo in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two, one other fourth part of all duties, taxes, soles of public lands, debts, and sums of money, shall be so collected ; and that from and after the thirteenth day of June, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three the remaining fourth part of the said duties, taxes, sujcsof public lands, debts and sums ol monev, shall bo also coiiected in the legal currency of the United States ; and from ;?i d alter (lie last mentioned day, ot! sums a coining, or becoming payable to tho U. States, for duties, taxes, sales of public hinds, or other deb's, and also all sums due for pos'ag"s, or otherwise,to the gen