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VOLUME VI. CIILRAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA, "[TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1842. NUMBEPL3I |8B
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'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
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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,