Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, February 14, 1840, Page 54, Image 2
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
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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.
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*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