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Mtm (smmmnw M>vwwwsLB* li VOLUME VI. CIILRAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA, "[TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1842. NUMBEPL3I |8B By IV. .VAC LEAS. 7 Tnmi:?Published weekly at three dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid within three months, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscribers inay take the paper at fire dollars in advance; and ten at twenty. Four subscribers, not receiving their papers in town, may pay a year's subscription with ten j ? w dollars, in advance. A year's subscription always due in advance. ' Papers not discontinued to solvent subscribers j in arrears. \3doertisemenfsnot exceeding 1 Rimes inserted J ?T one dollar the first time, and fifty cents each j nbseouont time. For insertions at intervals of i --r: ---two woeks 75 cents after the first, and a Hollar j if tho interval* are longer. Payment Hue in jkji advance for advertisements. When the nuinher of insertions is not marked on the copy, the advertisement will ke inserted, and charged til ardered out. CTTho postage must he paid on letters to the editor on the business of the office. 'V CthTl'Uy. OF INDIAN CORN. Messrs. Gaylord <fc Tuckkb?I now ' propose to redeem my promise, made some ; time 'eirrce, by giving you an account of my crop of corn. There were four acres 5 in the field?one acre of Dutton, two do. of Brown, and onedo- of China. The following is the amount of each variety per acre. 1. Dutton.?One acre produced 7.711 j lbs. ears; 100 lbs. ears, taken prom!scu- ! otisly, made 82 1 2 lbs. shelled corn?e. i qual 361 1-2 lbs. shelled corn per acre, or : 113 bushels 331-2 lbs. per acre. ' 2. Brown Corn.?7,300 lbs. of cars; per acre; 106 lbs. ears made 81 14 lbs.) of shelled corn?equal 5,931 1-4 of shvl- !. led corn, making 105 bushels 31 1-4 lbs. per acre. There were two acres of this VflPlA^U in fKo fiislrl* I tr nniw r\ C vt r\ *\ i fT** ???v ?ivm?9 ? r\uwi* VI ?IV uiuci I ence in it, but think one acre as good u* I . the ?-''?er. 3. China Tree Corn?third crop, from ; seed obtained of William Thorbt.rn, Esq. of Albany, in the spring of 1839. it produced 7,020 lbs. ears per acre; 100 lbs. . mount of free articles at 18 millions; leaving ears made79 1-2 lbs. shelled com?equal 5.5803-4 lbs. of shelled corn, or 99 busii? els 36-3 4 lbs. per acre. The above crop of chrn was all miscd in the same field ; the Pntton and China were on a part of the field that has been under cultivation for a time that extends beyond the knowledge of any of the pre- I sent inhabitants of our village. The j Brown corn was on apart of the field that J was broken up to subdue the sweet elder, j with which it was covered about six years j ago, and has been under cultivation ever ! since, with a crop of corn or oats, w ithout j manure, except the two last summers. The Chine com grew on the same acre of ground that yielded me 100 bushels of Dutton corn-rn' the summer of 1840, and j 80 bushels in the summer of 1839. For the present crop, the ground was plowed late last fall; this spring, the ground on which the Dutton and China corn grew, had fifteen loads of unfermented stable manure per acre, spread b oad cast and plowed in, the ground marked aero** the furrows four feet apart for the Chna, and three feet apart for the Dutton. Corn planted across the marking, the same distance apart, making the China corn four feet apart each way. Seed at the rate of one-half bushel per acre, soaked in cop. peras water and rolled in plaster; the corn thinned down to four spears in a hill at the second hoeing. The China corn was planted 26th May, Dutton cdrn 29:h of May, and the Brown corw 2d and 3d of June. The corn was hoed three times, and worked twice with the cultivator? no hilling allowed; the ground kept as level as possible. I commenced cutting ap the corn at the ground, the 18th Sep. tember, and put it in sma'i.--touts to cure. | The Brown corn was planted in rows , three feet apart, and hills from sixteen to ! eighteen inches apart in the row manured in the hili with fifteen loads unfermcnted manure per acre; three.fourths bush, seed per acre, soaked and plastered as the above. A part of this corn failed to' come up, from bad planting on coarse manure in the hill; it was replanted about the 12th June. This corn suffered more from drouth than where the manure was spread broad-cast; it suffered in earing, , also, from being left too thick in the hill, causing the ears to be short. I was absent from home at the time of hoeing and thinning the corn. On my return, about the last of August, I saw the fault, and inquired of the man who had charge of it, why it was not thinned as 1 directed; he said 44 it looked so ower 1 when they hoed it, that the men all thought it a pity to destroy it:" so they killed it with kindness; but it was too late to lemcdy the evil, and I let it go with fr >m five to ten stalks in a bill. This corn was cultivated in all other res. peetsas the above. I think by proper man. agemqnt I can get a much larger crop of j this kind of corn per acre than I have; this year. Bv measure, the Brown corn will outsbcli the Dutton, as will the China, but j they both tall short by weight, as will be j aeen above?the Brown 11.4 lbs. in 100 of ears, and the China 3 lbs. in 100 of ears. The China corn makes a beautiful meal for family use, but is too late a va?' riety for elevated lands in this latitude, j The acre of China corn product*, about j four too* of fodder, the Dutton three too?, and the Brown two tons. The Brown j corn produces more corn for the amount j of stalks than any variety that I have | cultivated. I am anxiously waiting for a statement of the methed pursued by Mr. Oshorn in raising 144 bushels of corn and 130 bushels of oats per acre; also Mr. June's state* ~ I" (i.a nmn of nats. 11ICIII III ICIUICIIV-I; IU inii vi i/j' v. , , l?oth of which F trust will appear in the i Cultivator. I never have had any success in raising oats, and am desirous of learning how it is d*nc by others, who do succeed. I should he glad to learn something about raising barley; which is the best variety to cultivate, which the best method of cultivation, what amount of seed per acre, die. die. If some of | your readers would furnish the inform*.ion they would confer a favor. From the Gennesee Farmer. MR. II. Colmax? Dear Sir?In compliance with your suggestion, communicated through H. no * ^ Whitney, Esq., of New Haven, I will endoavor to give you a few statements respecting the quantity and quality of ihe milk from my thorough bred Durham cows. "Lady," from whom my stock originn tod, was purchased in England hy Htv.ry DcGroot, Esq., in May, lv29, of Asahel Ashcroft, Esq.,of Bank iialc rarrn, Run was then four years old. She arrived in this country in July of that year, and on Dec. 29ih, brought a fine heifer calf? named Favorite. Lady, during the wintcr succeeding, averaged 18 quarts, and when in her prime ?Ilve, while in full milk on good feed, 80 quarts per day. At two years old, Favorite gave22 Q-s; hut losing one teat hy accident, her greatest quantity since has been 24 quarts. Favorite's first calf, "Beauty," is a 1 superior milker, giving m?lk freely up to the very day of calving. On the 4th of May last, she gave ten quarts in the morning, and in the afternoon returned ' from the pasture with the calf she haci 1 dropped during the day, hy her side, and gave an equal quantity. She immediate- ' ly increased to 30 quarts a day, and so ' Ct ? f. fi iifAolf a until tl\o nnu. ^ v;<jiiu ihkth mi \j \ u w ** t* rvoj uum lures failed from the drought I have eight thorough hred cows, de. scendants of Lady, and all superior milkers. We csiiinnte their average quanti. ty during the 8 weeks after calving, on good feed, at 24 quarts per day. As all my milk, for several years, has been sold in New H aven, it has not been convenient for me to ascertain the precise quantity of butter which might he made from the milk of each cow. My milk is rich and sells readily at the highest price in the citv, and is pronounced by good judges there, the '>est which can he obtained. Butter made by us from milk left occasionally, is of the first quality in color and in flavor, and the thickness of the cream, as compared with that upon the milk of native cows, placed side by side, has been such as to attract the notice of my family. The person who has purchased my milk for the year past, has had experience in the business, and lie declares the m.lk from my Durham cows the richest he has ever taken to market. Very respectfully, (fee. WM. K. TOWNSEND. From the Zancsvilie (Ohio) Gazette. Mr. Bennett: Having recently paid a visit to the silk manufactory of Mr. John W. Gill, of Mount Pleasant. Jefferson county, in this State, I offer you for pub licntion a few notes taken on the spot, which may serve, in some decree, to show that the manufacture of silk in this coun. try is not only practicable, but, under sktlfull and proper management, really profitable. The first operations of Mr. Gill were commenced in 1838, by purchasing 8400 worth of mulb rrv trees. In 1839 he commenced manufacturing?producing that season 81,000 worth of fabrics. Helms now in operation four Piedmontese reels with improvements, one winding machine for raw or reeled silk, two twisting machines preparatory for tramming, one doubling machine, two tramming machines for orgnnzine, one winding machine for dressed silk. All the machinery, execp. ting that for weaving is propelled by a steam engine, yet the most delicate ope. rations are performed wih the greatest exactitude. The whole cost of engine and mnchinerry, up to this time, is about $4,*200. Thirty acres of land, worth 100 dollars per acre are devoted to rnulbury trees. He employs at the factory 20 hands?one half of whom are females, and several of these are children from 1 0 to 14 years of age. The children tend the reels, prepare the cocoons for reeling, &,tv The females are paid from 1 dollar to 2 1-2 per week. For weaving and all job work, he pays the London established prices, and with these the operatives are well satisfied. Some experienced females can make at job work $5 per week. iMr. Gill's fabrics are all excellent,and some of them uncommonly beautiful.?fie exhibited n piece of lui-trinj, which i? by the best of judges ptonounecd superior to the best imported, and yet this, as well as all his other articles, are afforded at the same or a less price than the foreign ones of the same k.nd. Mr. Gill has manufactured, during the last year, upwards of $9,003 worth of rrnriftc nrifl rtnf u/lfhutn nrtincr nil the ob ....... b _ ^ stacles attendant on a new and untried business, has been able to realize a clear profit on the capital invested of 10 per cent. Mr. (Jill is clearly of the opinion that nothing but a little legislative protection is wanting imthe outset, to establish the silk manufacture among us upon n sure, substantial, and profitable basis. The progress which has already been made towards effecting this important result, cannot hut be truly gratifying to every well-wisher to his country's independence and prosperity, and the time is approaching when those who have demonstrated the feasibility of the sillc manufacture, will he regarded as among the greatest public benefactors of the age. Mr. G.'s establishment is managed with admirable neatness and order, by Mr. Fox, the superintendent. ATr John Fox jr., appears to he a man of much mechanical ingenuity, and under his direction the mf><.liinorv tins m.-irle and out tin. J r-The machinery nt the extensive silk work belonging to tlie community under Mr. R::pp, at Economy, Pa., was also erected by him. On visiting this place a year or two ago, 1 was struck with admiration at the performance of a machine which he had just put in operation. V.it Mr. F. was weaving, nt the same time, nine different pieces of rihand, each varying in width, colors, and figure! This machine, so complicated in its structure, and wonJerful in its operations, he erected and get in motion with no other guide than his own brain?not being permitted to bring with him from London even a draught or a figure relating to it. Yet on its first trial it was found perfect in all its parts. While viewing the different departments of Mr. Gill's establishment, and observing the apparent cheerfullncss and contentment of the operatives, I could pot help reflecting how much tictter it would lie for many of the children in our towns and in the country, could they be similarly engaged, earning their dollar or a dollar and a half per week, instead of being brought up, as they loo frequently arc, in idleness, filthinesg and vice. Here they were cleanly, induutriou*, and happy From the Connecticut Farmers' Gazette. INDIAN CORN FOR FODDRR. Mr. Editor? : I wish to sow two or three acres of corn for the fodder, and not being acquainted with the crop, I should like to he informed ns to the qunntitv of seed to be sown per acre, the time of sowing, the manner of tilling or putting in the crop, at what time the crop should be cHt up, and all other little particulars concerning it, that I may be successful in the experiment. If you will give the necessary information through your paper, you will afford many subscribers valuable information. If such a crop will produce from five to seven tons per acre?after being cured? as some persons pretend that it will, it would be well for farmers to understand it. LEDYARD. Cayuga Co., N. Y. in r v i ntr c mtf a OAtrt? n Cii'I AI\A.l l/*l 1 11D rtDV/1 r The cultivation of Indian corn for fodder may he well recommended to the farmors, especially where pasturage is deficient, or in a season where the crop of hay is likely to he small. Among the farmers who supply the cities with milk, it is a favorite crop, and is given to their cows at night and morning to assist a . j short pasture. In such cases it is sowed at successive seasons, every week or fortnignt, so that the crop may he coming on as needed. It is sometimes cut when it is knee-high, and then in general it will start a second time, so that another cutting may he obtained. This should not, however, be confidently relied upon.? Where it is wanted for green feed, it is of course advisable not to cut it until the plant is in perfection ; we do not mean until the seed is ripened, but until the leaves and stems nie as abundant and large as they are likelv to he; that is when the flower is protruded, and the (*r formed, and yet no part of the plant has become too hatd to be completely eaten up by the cattle. Every farmer, therefore, may make his calculation as to the time of planting. The earlier he plants, the sooner he will have the fodder and the more of it to give to his stock ; and by planting at successive times at his convenience, he may keep a supply of succulent food to the very end of the season. None need to he lost; and every leaf and stem of it should be saved, even after the frost has killed it. We have seen the plant cultivated to great advantage for soiling cows, in many instances; in one where twenty cows were kept; in another where n hundred cows were soiled. In the latter case sev. era! acres were sown with corn for this (lie barn As wanted. There was no feed i ; of which the slock were more fond ; none which produced more milk j and none obI tnined at a less expense. It was nil cut i short bv a machine, and while gathered i green every particle of it was consumed. When in the autumn.it became dry, it was steamed for the stock. Among the milk farmers, near the cities, its cultiva* tion is constantly increasing. We have known it likewise used for store hogs. Where pasturage is defi. cient, or where they are kept in styes, no green food is more relished hy them or more conducive to their thrift. In this cnse, however, it is of course given to [ them in a green and succulent state. We have not known it cultivated ex. tensiveiy for winter fodder, but there is no reason why it should not bo. In this ; case it would be desirable to sow it early. ' if we would have the largest crop, and let ; it come to what maturity it will. The j value of well cured corn fodder for stock is settled. The entile have determined the question long ago hy the relish with whieh they eat it; and the good condition in which it keeps them. The amount of well dried corn fodder, including butts as well as tops, where the crop is fifty bushels, is generally estimated at two tons; this is of the small yellow flint variety of corn ; the southern gourd s*?'d variety and the western corn, pioduce a much larger amount. Farmers in genernl ore disposed to estimate the fodder upon such an acre of corn well saved, as equal for any neat stock, to one ton of English hay. Some place it at one and a half ton ; none lower than three fourths of a ton. The only instance, which has come within our knowledge, of ascertaining wiih any exnctiiw? ac*ual amount oi fodder or stover upon an acre, ,n Pennsylvania, where we infer the gourd1 seed variety was cultivated, and where the crop amounted to 66 bushels. In this case. Tons, cwt, lbs. ' The blades, husks and tops, when cured, amounted to 1 6 13 Stalks and butts ? 1 7 00 2 13 13 How much could be obtained by sowin# it exclusively for fodder, wo have no means of determining with any nccuraCy* Nor have we any certain prescription to give as to the amount of seed to he used for any acre ; certainly not less than I u..lr _ n.. ,i . I L_r. iinu a uumici, iiui iinut; Winn iwu iiijsucis, Corn is a plant which, in rich soil, tillers abundantly or throws out many suckers, unless where it is very thickly sown, in which case it conforms to every other | plant in^its habits of growth, and runs up ! in a slender form like bushes in a thick : swamp. Many persons advise to sow it I hroad cast, in which case it admits of no after cultivation, and the weeds, if the j j land is rich, will check its growth and fill I the ground with their seeds. It is best { to sow it in drills two feet apart, and quite | thickly in the drills, scattering the seed i over a space in the row, six inches or a foot in width. It may then be ploughed or passed through with a cultivalor once : at least; and in a measure kept clean from j weeds, It is believed that as much fod. dcr may in this way be obtained from an acre, as if sown broad cast. The land cannot be made too rich for it; and it need not be gathered until it is ripe. There may be a good many iniper feet and some ripened ears among it; but the cattle will not like it the less on that account. The Irishman was asked how he kept his horse so sleek and fat; and "faith!" says honest Pat, "he lias nothing but whate straw, your honor, and that is not half threshedIt is a prevalent opinion that the two top stalks of Indian corn when cut in a succulent state, and cured quite green, are better than when left to ripen. It is believed I that this is an error; as the experience of observing farmers, we think, will show , that their cuttle do better, prefer them, give more milk and show better thrift, when fed upon the butt stalks that is the leaves and husks upon the butts after the corn has been gathered, than upon the top stalks gathered and cured in a green isiuiuf a.i aui'tc ucoi.i u;ru. ? iuuuvi need not then be harvested until it is, as j it is termed, nearly dead ripe. Corn fodi der when cut green, especially late in the season, is cured with great difficulty ; but if left to stand until it is cither killed by the frost or reaches to maturity, it is as easily saved as hay. In putting away corn fodder, we have found it advantagej ous to insert occasionally, layers of wheat straw. The sweet flavor of the corn fodder is communicated in some measure to the straw; and the straw serves to keep the corn fodder from being injured by healing. No fodder suffers more or snorv* er from wet or rain than corn fodder.? Every possible pains should, therefore, be taken to avoid this; and it is a good way to hang as much of pur corn fodder, as j we have room for, on the beams and on poles extended over the barn floors, and in sheds where it will be out of the teach of the cattle.^ . As to the kind of corn to be sown. the Southern gourd.seed or the Western-eorn, will undoubted}* give the largest weight; hut rtiuch of it will be in the butt, no p:ir 1 mon Northern small flint corn will yield n large amount to the acre, as it will bear thick sowing; .and the main stalk is not so large but that a good deal of it will be eaten, especially if cut up? SUGAR FROM CORN STALKS. Mr. Ellsworth Commissioner of Patents, in his valuable report, says that a new mode of raising Indian corn has been dis? O # .uliw.h trnKlaa tHn Knrohflrinft ?T 111 V? 11 uwuavo w ^ quality of the stalk, and, with attention, it is confidently expected that 1000 lbs. of Jiugar per acre may be obtained. Complete success hasattended the experiments on this subject, which leave no room to doubt the fact, that if the stalk is permitted to mature, without suffering the ear to form, the saccharine matter, (three times as great as in beets, and equal to enne,) will amply repay the cost of man ufacturo into sugar. This plan has heretofore been suggested by German chem ists, but the process has not been success, fully introduced into the United States, until Mr. Webb's experiments at Wilmington. the last season. Mr. Ellsworth says that should the manufacture of sugar from the cornstalk piove as successful as it now promises, enough i might soon he produced to supply our entire home consumption, towards which, as has been mentioned, at least 120.000.000 pounds of foreign sugars are annually imported, and a surplus might be had for exportation.?N. Y. Sun. C ?? <U.. Pnnnnntloill Plirmor'c fin?/!)tp r rum iiic v>?iun.< ubm ? v.. ? ?. Preserving butter. Mr. Stkokp.r,?Having seen a number of articles in the Agricultural papers j relating tn the making and preservation of butter, I thought I would give yoti an account of the manner in which I have mine put up for winter use, a sample of I wmvli I a?W"ni you. I have had my butter for a number of " - (lin '1 past up i\m ??tiif tiiu ?%?? part of May or the first part of June, by Mrs. E. P. Parker of Woodbridge, There is nothing peculiar in Mrs. P's manner of making butter. She does not wash her butter, but is not particularly opposed to the practice, but does not resort to it, as she finds no difficulty in extracting the hutter-milk without. After the butter is j churned and washed the first time, it is j malted with fine rock- When it has lain till the salt is desolved, it is worked once or twice as occasion requires; or till the hutter-milk is thoroughly e\traded? j when is added, in the following proporj tions. one pound of finely powdered loafj sugar, and from 4 to 6 ounces of finely powdered saltpetre to sixty pounds of butter. The sugar and salpetre are worked in and thoroughly incorporated; then the butter is pressed down close in e'eon | stone pots holding about hO pounds each made level on the ton. and covered about 2 inches deep with brine made in the f?>|. lowing manner: as much rock salt as the water used will dissolve, boiled, skimmed, and settled, till it pours off clear; when a little loaf sugar and saltpetre are nddcd. The brine is poured cold upon the butter and a small bag of salt put in it, to keep it from growing weaker. The pots are carefully covered and set in a cool derp celler. If the pots are not filled at first, when more is to be added the brine is poured off; if there is any sediment on I the butter it is carefully scraped off, the i butter pressed down as before, and the j brine returned. My pots of butter are brought in about the middle of October. I set them in a cool closet, keeping them covered close, but do not think it of much consequence whether they are covered with brine or not, alter that time, as the butter is generally used by the first of May: I have however had to keep u tit ill the 4th of Ju ly, 13 month after it was made, cutting upon it daily during the month of May ; and June, and it remained perfectly sweet j to the last. N. B. The pots are cleansed every j Spring before using,, by being wet all over ! outside and inside and turned bottom up. wards in a brick oven immediately after bread or pies have been drawn and allowed to remain until the oven is cold or nearly so. I have known jars cleansed, (that | had been used many years to hold soap i grease.) by baking two or three tunes in i lhe above manner, so that they were as I I sweet as when thev first came from the kiln, Mrs. N. DARLING. New Heaven Feb. 26 1862. CO^The sample of Butter accompany, ing the above communication was of the i very best quality such as we should fejoice to see on our table every day in the year. If such is the result of making and prepn. ring Butter according tq Mrs. D's recipe | we can without hesitation recommend , the method to the consideration and imi! ration of every dairy women who reads our j Gazette. Two children, son and -daughter of the Rst. J. P. Lancaster?ono aged abooi u and the other sevon years?met an nutimciy end at Boonslich* Mo., in the following manner:?One ct his sons, about ton years of age, was engaged in hauling b'iaks, four of his younger brothers and a sister were sitting in the curt, when' it came in contact with a log and up?et, killing two of the children instantly. Tl?o others were but slightly injured. , Paul Back, Esq., an eld and wealthy merchant of Philadelphia, Iras presented to the PeunsyU vartia Acidemy of Fine Arts hi? entire roMnct?vn of piiiutingr. valued at 40 i Thr-a of the jvuulinga alobo cost f ? ?*255311 SPEECH OF Ma. CLAT JR^^H Upon hit Resolution, concerning tKe Tariff un:/ other great objects of public policy, {Concluded.) IS SENATE?Ma*CH "1. ^ %$; / ^S^H' && i now approach the consideration 01 ^ very important branch ot the subjeci ^ its connexion fcith the compromise act. ,M I shall not heie attempt to go again % I into the history of that act. 1 will onfyT; say that, at the time of ?N passage, ^ was thought right that the country make n fair experiment of its effV?ctf and f |gg that, as the law itself met theapprajjutiaa.-l R of ail parts of the country, its P ^JW(ii " g? ought not lightly, to be departed Jfcfe; that the principles of the act sihjj/X&Wb.# observed in good faith ; and^thpri, if it be necessary to raise the dutiesjhigher.than ^ twenty per cent, we onghj^to adhere to i . to the principles of the Compromise, then . , as far, as it should bejfttssible so to do. I have been animated,Hn the proposition*-^ - 'W I now offer to the Senate, by the samn^f desire that prompted ine, whenever tWra VJ act has been assa^d by, its opponents, to S I But it is necrwatry-now to con*i*W' *2| what the principles ol the compromise j? I. The first principle is? tb*t there should l>e a fixed gbe of ad \*\trciu dot) f.p and discriininatiodf below it. & ^ If. That the fcj^ess of duty beyond _ | twenty per cent, nhd|atd by a gradual pro- 4 , K. cess, commencing oCihe 31st December, H 1HH3. he reduced no that by the Jlitllr *'?f| June, 1642, it r.hould )? brought uown ioM _ BM i twenty per ce'it. ^8 III. That, after that wy, guch duties % $3 should be laid for the puAMM of raising i _ *?fsuch revenue as might be necessary for || an ec onomioal administration Gov. [ eminent; cmmr?(.?> .>.3 tc? sort to internal taxation, or to ceeds of the public beads* Eor* ceotMd^^^nmj poraneotisly with the pendency compromise act, a bill waa- pending. M the distribution of those proceeds* ;r w ''IIP IV. That, after the 30th Jnne, ';'"Ty\ a!l duties should be paid in ready-uu*a* y H to the exclusion of all credits. V. That, afij&Jhe same day, the **r ' ^ sess merit of the value of allimpart* be made at home and not abroad. 1 VI. That, after the same day, a Hat w| articles specified and enumerated in th<r I act should lie admitted free of duty, for ?j the benefit of the manufacturing tnltf.jl These are the principles, arid all thejj principles^ of the compromise act. ;A/r^j impression has been taken up most erru- ^ neously that the rate of duty was nefel IrtS exceed twenty per cent, there is no | un*?K limitation in the Act: I admit thatrlP at the time of the pds&age bf the net; I hope was entertained that a rate bf duty H not exceeding twenty per cent. tru>ifijj;/l supply an adequate revenue to tin economical administration of the <*overnirieriti^ Then we were threatened with that flow of revenue with which the Treasury was subsequently inundated; and the difficulty was to And articled which should 1 be liberated from duty and thrown Ifttisf the free class. Hence, wines, silks, aniTj other luxuries were rendered free. 8u^?;J the act, and no part of the act, wht?o^^^| (airly interpreted, lun^ts Congress to the ' || iron rule of adhering forever, and uhdbr?*^ all circumstances, to a fixed and unriltcr*-^ - : hie rate of twenty per cent duty. The first section is in thb following wofdar^ '! uBe it enacted &fc. That,- from arti ^}| ; after the thirty-first ih?y of December, orTbfii thousand eight hundred and thirty-three in all cases where duties are imposed o'&nj foreign imports by the act of the four^ teenth day of July,- one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled *An abt^ to alter and amend the several acta impbsing duties on imports,* or by any other p? acty shall exceed1 twenty per ceritum cut .'t the value thereof, one-tenth part of suehr I excess shall l>c deducted; from and afar * I the thirty-first day of December, oho thousand eight hundred and thirty-fi*>, another tenth part thereofshall l*e dedu<s?|?i? I ted; from and a ft or the thirty.first day of Decerning, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven,- another tenth pott i thereof shall be deducted ; frorti a'ndhftf r the thirty?first day of December; Uno thousandeight hundred and ihirtyldfhef j another tenth part of thereof all bo deducted ; and from and aft?r the thirty; first day of December, one thchiand eighi hundred and forty.one, one half of thaw' residue of such pic ess shall Hedetlhbted; and from and after the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, the other bail thereof *luH ho The provision of rtrtb sectioir is nothing more nor less thin that the existing duties aboujdcJSi*; by the 3<Jth June, IS42,