The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, July 20, 1842, Image 2
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From the Ghb?.
THE $AttIFF BILLS.
gfrlfcr ami (iiimlu r still succeed?; and the
'Three Vtri.r iiills^niready occupy UtcHtoseof
Keproeontiiiv?", Sn-1 a fourth' Ic.--- j-i.-t appectfed
in the Senate. comes from the (iouirnit'ro on
^ Manufactures, t!is member* ofetvhich are chief"1
ly manufacturers; and, Invito*the .(Ueh in their,
own hands, they have cut a.id carved for th.vm'toa^gelves
in !.Lr'i style. In object, it is the eamoj
. ^rorith ail the oilier tariffbills?n:i:ncly, the trnur-1
*s *Tefr'of money, by 1t>^ from the pocke's of the
|? * popple to the pockets of iJjo manufacturers; l::i:
p*1 'the mode of operating is new, and be peaks talent
in tlia modern'art of lcgirstativo depredation.
Cuirn'ativc r^Td compound a'd rclofcm (if
are assessedqftr'flflmry sUtutory Ya!'.ri.';;:u;,
. which take a maximum of dcubjp ?r fjaadrtile
the real value of the best article f,f the class,
]f and thanur.ake ii. a mir.for the whole class.
^Jnon this'factiltous valuation, a (inly generally
Of 25 per cent, is first impose:!, witii a cumulation
of 20 per cent, more for articles above that
class, and a further duty of 10 percent, mere if
the article is imported in foreign snip, ami a
^ further duly of 10 percent more if the article
come from beyond the (tape of Good Hops ?
Tho following extracts from the bill will illustrate
this statement:
"ore. 1. MANurACTcr.es or Cotton shall he
valued as follows, that is to 'say: Uleached and
unbleached cotton clot lis shall he valued, at 31
cents per square yard; colored and stained cot,
$bn-cloths, or wove plaids cr ginghams, at 30
cents per square yard; printed cotton sir,;!)-, <..>
. .. not morej.jhat one rolor nor more than two
> shades?f8fat color, and not excecdirijr 27 inches
jtt widnBfyafc" 18 cents per running yard, or yard
in length; exceeding 27 arid not exceeding 3'J
inches in width, at 2{J cents per runnjpg yard;
prints of more than o'iifc color (generally blocked j
or fancy print?,) not cxeeding 27 inches iu wroth, {
< at 24 cents per running yard; cxcecdinsplJTaniJ;
not exceeding 39 inches in width, at 35 con's j
per running yard; exceed iug 39 inches in width,:
at 35 cents per square ya'd: Provided, Titet
any gcod^^f the kinds above enumerated, the
cost or value whereof at the place of export,
with an addition of 20 per cent., shall exceed
40 cents per square yard, shall he valued alike j
cost or value at the piace of export, with an addition
of 20 percent"
Every house keeper in Washington city
y knows that the above valuation of cottons is
double, triple, ar.d quadruple the value?that to
say nothing of the wholesale prices in the importing
cities, you can go to any dry-goods
"Hjg store in VVashington city, and purchase from
55? the retail merchanfthe articles above mentioned,
for the one half or the one third of what
they are valued at. Thus by giving a false
r valuation to the article, and by help of c^mvihtive
duties, what is ostensibly a duty of 25 nor
fcent. becomes, in reality, a duty of 50, or 100,1
or 150 per cent
*5."Third?Manufactures of \foor. shall la;
valued as follows, that is to say: Milled an:'
fulled cloths, known by the name oi Kendall I
cottons and plains, of which wool shall bo ;!.oj
only material, shall be valimd at 004fe:sts per'
square yard; known as Kerseys, of which weed;
6ball be the only material, at one dollar and
twenty cents per square yard ait oiiier n?iiic:ij
1 f. and fulled cloths, including all varieties of cas-i
simeres, and of broad, beaver, pi!o% and felt clor lis,
coatings, and all other cloths not otherwise,
specified, of which wool shall be.thc only ma-1
ferial, "shall be~valuc"d at throe doniirs per s poire'*
yurAijJiroiided, That any goods of the kind,'
above*omipaer.-iled, the cost or value of which
tj at'the plaC0;?f export with an addition of 20 per I
cent,, shall exceed four dollars nor square yard, 1
4ft ' sha&fte valued at the cost or value at the place j
of/i&fport, with an addition of twenty per con!.:'
' *?ll cloths and coatings of mohair shall be valued i
at one dollar and fifty cents per square yard."
* The arbitary valuation here placed upon wool-!
lens is equally outrageous with that upon cot-j
tons. It is notorious that the valuation, in ina-;
ny instances, will ho double cr treble what it;
ougfrt to be; subjecting the laboring person who,
purchases the cheaper kind to pay double or tre-;
* ble the tjjc wfaicii is paid by those who arc
able to purchase the better article.
"4th. Manufactures oj Leather.?Boots, (
bootees, shoes, and slippers. Men's pumps,:
shoes, and slippers, shali .be valuou'-3* two del- j
1 ?- nn/t hr>r\fr>ci?. nt P*IY dollars |
liirs |4Ci paii , 1/ww ct.iv* ?
per pair; wbmens double Sbled pumps or wc:t'.1
at two dollars per pair; boots and bootees, at
three dollars and fifty cents jflfc pair; shoes.or
slippers of silk or of any taaWnM mixed with
silk, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
pair; children's boots and bootees of silk, or of
any material mixed with silk, at one dollar and
fifty cents per pair; of all other materials, and
j " children's shoes of all kinds, at sixty-five cents
*per pair; ail boots, bootees, pumps, shoes, slipa.
yers, for men, women, or children, partially
<?r" manufactured, shall be ...value d as if wholly
^ manufactured; shoes made wholly of India rub*.
ber, at sixty five cents'pef pair."
The sam-s remark applies to aU the articles in
this clause. Every persgp that lias ever bought
a r.hoc, knows that this valuation is false?doubly
ialre; and ..made co on miracle; in order to
double the tax on thgj"orcij|g^rU'-Ie. afid to!
double t-'ic prom to me nompgncmaninsn hilt.
"5th. Ready made clothing.?< fverconts and
rhort cloaks shall be valued at forty dollars each,
cloaks at sixty dollars each; froclf coat&at thirty
dol!arwsch: dress coats of all patens at nnrty
six dollars each, ruudabouts.^or short jackets, .
ft at twelve dollars each; uni/OTm coats, and nil
coats not otherwise specified, at forty dollars
wfeach; brocade, onibroidered. figured silk, or
satin and silk velvet vests, at five dollars each;
drawers and under-s .'irts of every materia), ex"
copt silk, or materials mixed with silk, shall be
valued at $i<rht dollars per dozen; cotton si.jrifb
madeor^Ja while cotton shirting, at nine dollars
per dozen; dickies or false bosoms, and
in cotton shirts with linen bosoms, or wrist hands,
at eighteen dollars per dozen; linen and ali
shirts nor otherwise specified, at thirty.dollars
, per dozen, all other articles of clothing for men, j
l women, or children, shall.be vaiucd at djgfelei
the value declared by this bill to be the valjWdfj
the material of which the}' rnnv be made;*and!
if made of the different materials, as if made ci i
ho innct rnottv mnlprin! in t I,o r
We appeal to every man, or boy, that has
ever bought a coat, a cloak, a waistcoat, a sliirl,
or even "a dickey," or "false besom," to say il
these valuatio is are not downright phinderinge.
Thixfreix dollars for a coat?twelve dollars fur
ft a rqttfijabou'.?ton f? r overall?nrJ this the
mini^bi! So tiiat the median c or laborer
' who skou d bay a cent at fifteen ii 1 ?r, a roundabout
at three dollars, a pair of overall.? at two.
. . doilar?, to work in, must pay the same tax 0:1 it
that lite dandy pay*. on his luxurious app e al.
"2SJ. (.'oai. salt, a::! lime.?t'oal. au.? a i yr b
-f" pgrratjons thereof, shell be valued at eight dollar.
Igfcv and sixty-four cents per chaldron of thirty-:-!-;
6^ ' bushels; rail ft forty cents per bu-hol'ol fi.'.;.
pounds; lime at one dollar ana seventy live ce.'tly
r '
per cask", not exceeding forty gallons in^c^gaciI
Forty rents a bushel for aai^which Jjlt is
proved l.y tlio custom-house books, to'-ooet as
to Hows: i/verpool, fifteen cents?Turk's Island,
lino en is; St. I'be-, six cents: Mediterranean,
live cents, I'rom ii.o Adriatic, three ccDts:?yet
ail put n;> Jo fort v cents a lin-liel of fifty-six
(wfric.'i lS alinuWhtsageci.'s and a half.)
, :;i:d :;ie.i forty con? nrfra itpbn ii ii ii comea-1
j in a v : Thus the actual dyi'v on
' sr.'- wnT 1 he iV.nn one !iur.dr.v.i to two liininred
! percent, w'.'h the further mischief cf fixing the
I price by law; for, when llis Jaw value" the push
1 M III n: v ci^^i^pnni iw.ts ??v
I tlio .r.i'.i ! rd price of 1 i:c rail fr sr; to which I lie
| tfcty bei:\i- j:<Mad, will knnrk i;p the iir?ro:!:i:io:i
| of foreign oal", and throw the psojiio tied r.cc'c
; and hee! , into the fancier hands ot'lhe home-inei
KOpulizf VS.
i " r roll-.-. C'C ?Guitpo*,vector, gomor,
! red iiuuerini tcxi fehStl ha "tUot'l al seventy-two
| cents pw* pound; ntt other fpreii leas, at fifty
: cent? ; r pound; Cf#JTee at nine cents per pound;
L-UfcX or ground,jitSy.'civo roils per pouudrco!
cctal eight ccntgfper round."
j Green tea at fifty cents a pound!?black tea. at
, for'v rents a nnov.d!?Java, Mucin, and Weal
! India coder, all rated alike! Twenty per cc-iit-l
| urn kOjAiidded for a foreign vessel, or lor com!
i '.r (wHfceyond the Cs >e of Good Hope. We
I forbear comment uppn the enormity of lliesc>imp
isitid^?'die sca.n'al of thus confounding, in
| one"ufnforrn value, articles so ditfercnt in quali|
ly, and so various i:i-p;bce!
YVc cease our extracts. We only give a few
by way of example. We'liopr some- practical
hand will take up tiie whole bill, lay it open to
the core, and display its enormities and ' iniquities.
This is the fourth bill now on hand to establish
pro'.ccia&tariirs. In the shameless invention
oi falseraluaiions, it boats them all. In
other respects, it is like them all. It holds on to
the land revenue, wiiiie violating the condition
on which the land biil was passed, and, while
pillaging the people by a plundering lax on the
necessaries of life?on lea, cofie?, -alt, sugar,
shoes,coats, shirts^and Lats?j4omakegood ibe
.amount lost by iho finds. iWax&^Weryihing
"which !hc people con.suin", and exempts from
tax everything tin: t ie manufacturer i.s m. The
farmer is sacrifice&Uo the manufacturer. Foreign
materials are imported duty free, (hides for
example, three millions of dcliars worth per annum,)
and on these foreign tna'crials domestic
manufactures are established. TKfe people are
taxed one.iwe, three, four, live hundred percent.
ir> pro:eel these manufacturers in working up
foreign materials, which tiioy yet free of duly;
and tiiis is cnllr.-l protecting d .-mostic industry!
It is pkcndori.i;. t ;c Ain ;r. an pcopir. I. i in Referring
property by law! It is legislating fortunes
ol classes! It is vo ing money out of the
packets to seventeen millions of people, to put it ,
into t.be pockets of a few thousand mar.ulactu- 1
tors?to give t horn incomes of tens of tkousan is,
hundreds of 'liousaiiJs per annum; while the wages
of labor, the price of produce, and the value i
oi property, aia '-inking ievror ami lower every
day. This is V.'h . ry?Federal Wliigye.-v; I
as much worse than ihe oi l Federalism of i7-3,
'.vac, as tiio cionskin campaign of 1 j 10 was Laser
and meaner ti?an t.be Federal campaigns of 17hd
and IS'JO.
We wish to call public attention to this rub- '
ject?to these four tariffs now on the an^il in j
the two Houses of Congress. They will all}
pars?all four will nass! mot, ia_ii' rer1 l~Q-j
nT7T-:X-.: nrkVd up iAtl'Mj&rup together?coii-f
giornerated into one huge, heterogeneous mass?
and an driven uiroogn lO'Tiuer, uuuu mw (
nipole.-jt argument of the gag. T/iyy will al! J
pa.-s! that is- to say, flic worst pans "every bill
\vii 1 L.e put info a single lull, and then crammed
down ! !<c throats cf members, and shoved through j
the House. The gag may be looked for soon. ;
fCo debate on items will be allowed! That would
he fatal to the plunderers. Theoretical speech-1
er, for uudjagainst a tarilTin flic general?spec- i
ches whicnrocide nothing, and which show nothing
of the bills?may be tolerated for a few days
longer; bat the moment the items are touched, j
and practical views taken, and the iniquity of the ;
tiling displayed, that th< gag will lie clapped on, '
and all discussion Pilot cod. And what is tlie j
remedy for all this abuse. It is the change of
rulers! It is the expulsion of the coons front the
high places which they have climbed?driving j
tiieni back to their holes and caverns;?and re-1
storing- to power tha men who legislate lor the
nias.-??whose policy has forever given pr?sperity j
to the country, V.'.b'di u:ll do it again, r.s
soon as sliey were rott-Orci.'. l'cderahsm bar .
now been tried throe ti::.tv, r.is:l wor. e cveiy^
time. The second Adams was worse Ilia.'.' *-'ic
first; and the coorskins of the present, day arc1
worse than all. Political power alone was the
object of the old Federalists: the present Federal
Whips go for.!ho same power, and for plunder
added to it?plunder by means of tariffs banks,!
monopolies, corpora! ions, and legislative nans-,
lots of money froin the many to the few. It is j
tiie union between thot-jjoJiticians, tantntes, and
national bank, which maJSfts Whiggcry ol 1S10
so much worse than Federalism ol 1600.
From the. Boston Daily Advertiser.
THE 1(13VENUE LAWS. ..
It is a question of doubt among lawyers, who-1
ther, under the existing laws, any duties whatever
can he collected on "goods, wares and merchandise"
imported into the United States since
the 80:h of June Jsnt. That question depends j
solely upon the constuction to he put upon the |
third section of the compromise act, passed
March 2d, 1033. To enable the reader to under-1
stand the true miruort. of'hat. section, it is neces
sary to advert only to the following provisions j
of the act.
The object of the act appears to have boon, not I
to establish a permanent revenue system, but to ,
:pake a gradual reduction an,! equalization of ex-!
isting duties, during a period of ten years, preparatory
to the establishment of new regulations
by jh'.v, to be based on a principle of a. nesting j
all duties on a heme valuation. The first section
of the act provides for the repeal, in certain
proportions, at sir-successive p?riods, of all execs'?
of existing duties over 2<) per cent ad valorem,
including not only those wln'chAwere originally
ad vaiurejp. in their from, but those which
were speeitic^vofqn the 31st of December, in
the year 1033, '35, '37, and, 39, each one-tenth
of such c'kcqsz; on the 31st of December IS 11,
ihrcc-tsnffift. Then comes the third section,
which is in tluf following words,
t ii further evaded,'Via', until the thirtieth ,
dav of Juna*"5??e thousand eight hundred and forty
"two, the duties imposed by exiaiiiig laws, as
"w. t.t'.'d ! .; ii?is act, shali remain and continue'
io bSC'disClCll. - |
A.;.-! iruni ujiu afieriiio thy hstfgfpj-c.'nirf, a!l
la::<>s upyjj i filj-oria shail be. ertfwxbfaiu ready
/. . "j;;::> *! all cjtwi'* now aJiotviSl fey Jaw, in j
l.:v-;j.;y:::0.it CiMi'iitiessAall ee, bud iiereuy are,.
Hledisiied; and seea amiss shall be laid/oriltejtur- j
/ oft: 'if ru is such rc venue as tony be necessary /
to ,tu feel admiiiist&iion of the Govern
* & W ft;
vicryl; and from and after the day lasrt afoifosaid,
the duties required to be paid by law on gqctffii]
warcs^md merchandiso^sft'*# be assessefchifton
Ihe^efmthercrf at the port where the same 0dll
| be entered, under suck Rr.cuLATN^AS sSs^be
j, PKESCRIUED BY I.AW.", " "jAj
I Besides the foregoing prrvisioS^r?he;fe?tf:ecy
1 ticn of the law i't.r briiigingdown exist!ng"dutfoa*
| to the level of?.0 per cant, another acC^a^MSTscd
at the extra session of last .year for Jjriiigjjjg
j certain other duties, which wore-Jieitfw 20 -pj?r.
I cent up to that level, and for "imposing duties
I not exceeding 20 per cent on aldfge numqfr of
j articles previously free of duty. . .
| In determining the construe!ihn-o'f llifea/prcI
said third section, it cannot be.a#?i i n c d*!jthai J t
j was tiie intent ion of the law to abolish the rcsjcttl1
urn of duty, after the successive repeals*.aniOTSfec
ing to 20 per cent; but tiie or.ly question is, wheI
liter it. has done so in fact, by abolishing Ihi
; mode hy which they were by law assessed, and
reqn ring tit it* they c hail be asetsed in another
inoddSfer which tiiere is no legal provision, and,
in Q.vtlress term?, "under such regulations aa
n-.ov Ka !?* Ina* " \trlmn in it it? nr\
tpr.ous that no such regulations have been prewscribcd
% law.
i In assessing duties therefore, rrn merchandise,
( importer], founded on the invoice value thereof,
j .verified in the mode prescribed bylaw, ihe ofj
ficers of the customs were required to proceed
according to the regulations so prescribed. But
in assessing-duties on the value of the goods at
the port where they are entered, the collector?
would be entirely without chart or compass to
direct them in the course of proceeding. What
is to be the test of value? Who is to bo the
judge? Is all left to the discretion of the collcc.
tor? Is it Ihe collector of each port'to make his
j own regulations? These questions seem to be
| answered by the law itself, which requires that
(they shall be assessed "under such regulations,
' as may be prescribed by lay." and, in the absence
I of ail such regulations, no assessment can be le?^
I gaily made.
' Wo understand that circulars from the Trca-;
j sury Department^ Washington have been addressed
to the collectors of the several ports, requiring
them to assess the CO per cent duty on all
merchandise not free under the above named law.-:,
on a valuation to be made at the respective
places of importation, by the appraisers and other
officers ol the customs; the mode of proceeding
not being very definitely prescribed, and consequently
left, in a great measure to the discretion
ot t ho collectors. Whether such proceeding
will be suffered to stand, in lieu of regulations
prescribed by law, we presume will be deter*
111iM. 1 hi l!rr? !'icf rr*cnrl l>o ! !io /,rntr,e nf loir
I * t "
Frorff'ite .ftiiuli <nnian.
1 IMPKACIlSB&T-XiPTIIIi PRESIDENT.
; As coon as the t'anf: distribution lull passes the
<louse, perhaps en Saturday next, John Minor
iJoLts, (ii' ho he not in the mean time fright one3
| froin iiis purpose by the Madwoman,) wiii rise in
; his place and prefer articles of impeachment J
! -.gainst tiiO Chief Magistrate .of our country.
Immediately a resolution will lie adopted by a
Clay whig caucus majority, declaring the Presi- j
dent's leg til "inability"' to discharge the duties |
nid powers of his office while his trial shall be
pending in iiia Keuato.
"It will r.ot bo a joint resolution?for tba\ by i
the Constitution, (which they would not appear
to orerihrow at the onset,) would have to be ap- j
s&gyyiiusg;
Suspend:-!. The Ririffdistributioh bill will then '
he n/SiWthrotigh the Senate and signed by Man. j
num. Mangnm must retire to his boarding house,
if the White IIousc ts not surrendered to liiin, ,
am! net us President of the United States. lie'
will be regarded as such by the Federalists, and j
obeyed accordingly.
"In the mean time, the Constitutional Prd&qrnl:
(always conforming to the provisions of that sfe i
crcd instrument) will retain his 'scat, although
not recognised*as the Chief Magistrate by the'
Federal Clay whig majority.
".Mangummay require the office holders toj
obnjWnn, and inasmuch as most of the important 1
offices arc tilled by the minions and sycophants
of Clay, it is probable the\- wiil yield obedience.
Those who do not, can he easily removal.
"The session will he prolonged. The sweets
rvf ciirirntnn rrtmmonil trill not hn mlinilMichot 1 I?v '
~* ,
the powers that be, until the last possible nio"inent.
The trial will be purposely continued lor
months. ^
"In the moan time a duplicate Cabinet may be !
appointed, should the old one prove refractory.'
There ?nay be a struggle for the possession ?*fj
the archives. Sonne ol the Cabinet jilinislers |
have their marble tenements pretty well garrisoned,
and wili doubtless be found to have hearts J
bold enon-iJi to nrfor.d them.
"Thus the reign of terror commences. We ji
will be among the first of its victims. And we j
pray Heaven that u'c.imy not live to witness the j
utter, hopeless, complete prostration of I.ikgiut! j
"It is said that most of the Army and i\avy of-'
fiocrs are the partisans of the Dictator?bin,
thank God! we have reason to believe tint the
rank and file are not. If any of the officers
should lie found willing* to obey the mandates of
the the Koyal Deputy, wc have full confidence ;
in the sterling patriotism of the bone and id new of
the land.. V"
"iMay that Almighty God who watched over
up, and protected us in the gloom of the Revolution.,
not forsake us in the present crisis! He
who now occupies the Presidential cjiair was
called thither by the voice of our Heavenly Father.
We place our trust rn Hir.i. He will not
forsake us. He will still guardjfor our glorious
Constitution, and shield our.Uowtitutional President
against the wicked atggjmfoof all political
blacklegs and inebriate traitors:'*"'
"Our country cannot he doomed to fall thus
ignobly. The Republic cannot be thus sacrificed
to appease the ambition of a few reckless,
unprincipled demagogues, wnu Cl'UllI JiCVUX |
tain tiie power they seek by means of the ballotboxes.
^
".An impeachment wns once meditated and
moreu against Tito,mas Jfjkekson, the Apostle
of Democracy. Then, Henry Ciay was a Demoerai.
When this Doilouian prototype rose to
prc-fer his charges, Mr. Clay sprang to the floor,
and cried out, "Mr Speaker', the gentleman soils
the Jloor upon irhichhe stands#'
"Is it any wonder, thee, that the ardent and
zealous disciple of Jefferson Democracy should
share the fate of his illustrious predecessor! Dui
Mr. Clay is not there to rebuke the -nover. An,d .
were lie present, would he do it? lie is no longer
a Democrat! I5ut if the i:i"V$r of the resolution
- - - > ,1
in the case ot .Ictinrsoii uwuivsu
\v.':ich lie received, and which in our .opinion he
eminently merited, what ought to be said of the
unworthy being who has avowed his determination
to impeach President Tyler] y
"We tear not the rcsuit. Wej^now that tiie
President is as spotless as Washington, in his .
oilicial capacity. What "treason, high crime, or
misdemeanor," hqe.be co&mitlcd? None! and
his accusers know it. Bufiheytfhj resolved to
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sfljfcirra ttfij^that they mayT in the* intgyval, fix
i lOjxTrfthe cofrntrv the fangs of their FdWfii raea",ura*^
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be acquitted, triumphantly acquitted,
jffld^OT^ted a^ftt sustained, by the unanimous
^ aiEht fw^teigri of t^t|ijjL]io\ycvcr shortymay fix
^stwmpa unoi^ttcite publican system of Governsurpers
will be punished.
TSejr^rcign'wfrDe brief as it will be inglorious,
aMuie penalty ^8^8 adequate to the offence."
A PirLG'T.iv.?-ihr Ihet s'i'>> Ontario, at New
v?.i.v>.A.,
I uu^iauu, timiju p.iascngcr jiiias umriet
L?Wroorep*6turiiTng from a pilgrimage to
the Holy Land.
r* This, if we raistakd r.ot, is the rc< ? ad visitation
*Wjjich that, extraordinary woman lias made, withoiitany
attendant, to Jerusalem?wandering in
the talifcy cf Jehosnpliat, bathing in the^stream
j of Jordan, was.hing iier feet in Kedron, straying
to the manger at Bethleham, and back to the
sumfnjtof Olivet, gathering pomegranates in
Gethsemono, kneeling on Calvary, and stretching
herself in the sepulchre "hewn in stone."
Armies of mailed men, that went to redeem
the temple and the tomb, whiten the plains of
Syria with thcir-blcachcd bones: guarded caravans
fallji prey to robbers from the Desert, as
theyjotfrney towards Jerusalem. Ar.d yet a'
lonely woman, with no kindred on tRie soil, no
knowledge of their language, and no money to
brjbe to protection, goes up from the .shores of
the Levant, and the plague touches her not.?
Civil war, that devastates, spares her. The robi
ber, whose trade seems to have the prescription
) of ages, assails her not in her progress. Arid ii*?
the city, where poverty and suspicion bar the
door, and the zeal of the Moslem makes a merit
of procuring misery or death to the christian pilgrim,
there the wicker gate of the con#nt opens
I for her reception, and the wasting rneal, and the
Ldecaying cruse of the mendicant, seemed to be
[blessed to increase, for her comfort.
| It is delightful to sit and listen to the tales of
I the wayfarer towards Jerusalem, and the sojour-!
I ner within its gates. Others go hedged about i
with firmans and decrees, defended with spear, j
| supported wiiii staff, and provided Willi scrip.? |
i&licy enter mt the innermost recesses of the j
"Houses and hearts of the people, and yet attempt
to describe their manners and their morals, by
what they sec at the weite, and hear at the caravansories.
It is not strange that such should
find all barren and waste, moral and physical,
from Dan to Beershcba.
But the traveller, whose want3 require, and
whose sr-:< warrants, that she should he oi the in-1
most chambers,-that tikp should sit. down with '
mother and childrcnj she can learn t!.c secret of'
their living, which'is not revealed to the won-j
deringworl.l of travellers. She can tell what is j
devotion, and what issuffcring. She can see and
judge, and she will know, that beneath the ex- .
tenor of strange custom?, and binding laws, tbe i
feelings of women are the same i:i Syria as in j
America. And though the tyranny of custom
may bind or crush there "these fe^^gs, yet they
will, like the he lUhfuKBcrbage, fb?ce a growth,
a.itl perhaps sweeten and ornament the very object
that, has pressed them down.
We sliali learn sotnething^of this from the re-:
turned pilgrim.?Philadelphia U. 8. Gazelle.
:uifp.a l cr niosrrr?Trie T i rxxci, a nd Lake'
?This bp'iig'1'A, ''I'le ,-i!:p i.i -JrVanlr
-.^itrrrty, TTnins olater psioout^J miles di afoot
from Warsaw. It is satiated upon a high
ing ridge, and at the upper part of lire tunncgijic
circumference of which, at the inouth, is about
one hundred and fifty foe:, and about ten at the j
bottom. After descending J10 or 40 feet from the '
natural winding stairs, we come to the mouth of)
the cavern leadin? to the lake, which is the el-;
iipuc circle. \v e cnzerc.i uie silent cavern, and
liaJ another descent to'nuke of some l'orty or lit
ty steps before we sto&d at the brink of the, wa-'
ters of the lake. The*'surface of this sheet of:
water contains about two thousand square feet,
and the cavern has some appearance of being the J
work of art; but its high and vatilted chambers,
and its s^apendous and magificicnt ceilings, as of
the im|>ehetrabie adamant, prove 'to man that
man knows but little ofthe bowels of the earth.
The cavern like would be a rich and pleasant
treat to the tourist or gcologiaf, ^ajid should be
visited by all the lovers of naiiurey
(Mo.) Valley.
Novel Fishing- j^-On tE sday afternoon, just j
before a heavy thunder agnail came up, great
quantities of lish. of the trout species, were*observed
.at Exchange wharf, rushing in school, j
through the"space between the ship Midori:, and
the dock, and the negroes caught numbers of
*tlicm with their hands. Yesterday o.tcrnoon, the
dish again made their appearance, & several ne- j
groes stationed themselves on the fenders of the j
ship, lumping just nl ove the surfacjrofthc water, 1
&. '.Vittt$n?in:p r.cir, uaxKcts, cvc cornmenceu mm- .
blieg out the fish in great numbers, some of them
of large size, being from 9 to 10 inches in length.
There was probably 100 fine fish cought in this ,'1
manner, in the course of an hour or two. What 1
cat} have caused these inhabitants of the deep to 14
tie.thus reckless of their safety is more than!
we can divine. Wc have not heard of their be- j
ing seen at any of the others-wharves, which ic
makes.the circumstance appear more singular.'f
Charleston Courier. 11
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Revivals.?Religion is makingrapid strides in ' ]
?...i i,,,? ro.T..? , i
AINJUJU r JUl iUd, auu 11.-5 Humanizing juiiuguvw : j
arc anxiously awaited in that heretofore pugna- ]
cious and violent coufitry. There was an am
pie field for improvement?broad enough to take
in all the charities of life; and though the improvement
has come overat the "eleventh hour,"
yet there is hope for the sinners. We shall be j *
very happy, after all has been gathered there r
into the paths of virtue, love to God and man, ^
that influences may travel hitherward. Our
goodly city is white to the harvest, and only a
awaits the sickle for ihericollccti.'ig of the ^
sheaves.?Si. Augustine News. * \
. - ). '''i? s
Joint Stock in* England.?A Parlia- t
inenlary return wa^puhkshed early in 1840 rela- a
live to these establishments, from which it appeared
that the number of joint-stbek banks in 1
England on thtffst of January, 1840, was .108, a '
conffiderablc^oportion of which had le?n insti- h
tilted within the preceding ton years. The num- <]
ber 6f partners in these banks varies from 50 to
1,200, anijjnay average about 500 There are a
b-Jf n dozen with less than 50 partner^ the small- 1
est number being seven; .33 of thejffianks have J
Branches,' including the parent bank are from 2; t
to 07 in number. There are 8 banks which have i
more than 20 branches. T!.e whojp number of j
parent banks and branches i|jjB35. .There are v
besides about 530 private banks in England?
tiiat is, banks having not more than 0 partners.
Adding these to the joifl^stock banks and their J
branches, the whole nuiHDCT of blinking estab- i
lujbfments will be about 1,2(^0. I c
ic Hf
" *r> '
WEDNESDAF Mg^^WtLY 20, mi '
.."; Washiri^ton Temperance Society.
T ' o?.-.rU
ST i lie regular seini-monuuy meeting m irjin
will be li'cld on Saturday evening .
Ilall, at 8 o'clock. Persona friendly cause
arc invited to altond. .
d - %; / ;
[CTln the fifth line;of Mr. William E. Johnsonfy
toaat, published fast week, for whictf read^
white ' . W*
THE BANKS. ?
The Bank of the State,-Union Bank, Planters', !
and Mechanics Bank, and South WesternfcRaiU
Road Bank, continue to.jnake monthly?*jjf>ortd^
to the Comptroller.General, in pufsnance^gg^jp ^
provisiqiis-jjlf-the'act of 13th Dec. 1840, w9|R@E
vent the Suspension of Specie payments. Our "P
readers will renumber that in the commencement
of these reports, we occasionally condensed
sucft portions of them as we considered most interesting1,
and published them in our columns."
We regret that this course was'not more generally
pursued, by the newspaper press, and public
attention often directed to this financial thermometer,
by which 6ome just exception might-be
formed of the state and condition of the currency,
as contrasted with different years, and different
periods in the same year. . This thermometer
would certainly more perfect if all the Banks
were forced to make similag'exhibite, and to
which, if they are honestly coiwfccted, wgcan con^*
ceive no reasonable obiectfon. and if thev are dis
vy-.vT* +> jf'
honestly and unsafely managed the sooneiff the
people, and we might add the Stockholders, iSTow
it, the better. We say Stockholders, because
there arc few, even of t|u$e, who know more
about the magner in v. hichjJieir funds are nianagej^Ban
dolhe great tra^of the coj^mtfnity.
The wnole concern is under the control of a few
Directors, elected annually, by their own votes,
as the representatives by proxy of the other absent
Stockholders, who are as much in the dark
in relation to the conditior^i^tW^ank after the
"annual meeting of the Stockholders" as is the
rest of the world."Under this state of the case, it
is (1 iiQ to the interest of the Stockholders, as well
as of the community, that those institutions,
whose prerogative it is to furnish a currency for
fhc people, should be forced, occasionally, at^v
least, "to unloclfcthc secrets of the prison house,'*
so that those most deeply interdsiedmight be
able to judge of the honesty andjjBMitjlness
with which they perform thfifhigh function.
But we find ourself going on this subject lie-*
yOnd our original intent,. We commenced for
the purpose of laying befort^gur readers, the con- '
ditior., so far as circulation and specie is concern- &
ed, of the Banks named at thc^commencement^of *
this article, on the ."Q'.h .fanoJasVand contrasting
tt with what it was on tho.'30-h June'of last year. '
Oh the 30:h June 1841 these Banks had a circu->ij
latioa of 81,439, 275 42 and 84S5,94^JB
specie. At the same period this year tbeirl^Rla-^ i
lion-was 43, and their specie 85G3, -J
ICO 32. FrorSpHfetatetiicnt it will be perceived
that the circnSBbn has been reduced to the I
amount of ?441,680, and the specie increased
817,223.?Tijere is also a reduction in depositee it
of 820,000, as compared with last year. Ta- *?
king iuto consideration the decrease in the de- .j
positcs which usually perform the functions of
currency, ar.d that of circulation, to which adtf.
the increase in specie, and it will show a de-v
crease in the currency of this state to the amount
of S478,003. Ifa similar comparison could be
instituted in relation to the other Banks,
more than probable that the whole redncti^ of
the currency of this? state as comparqi^itfcflRsi
period last year would amount to at least one million
of dollars.
We do noJt;feel disposed to indple&jn any-refloctions
ti^on the result to wmfh th6^jjjp.tement
brings us; kytyOo one, we are sure, can" examine
it. without feeling the necessity nf-mmo nun,
by which they may at any timerarrive at a knowledge
of the fact wiiichcoBstiafjes tiie'basiifflBe
Since the foregoing was in type,\ve have been
alaced in possession of the Report of the%ondi;ion
ofethc Bank of Charleston, on the 1st inst.
\s we^ave before us also, the Reports for the
fears 1640 and 1841, we annex a statement
>f its^irylgtion, depositee .and specie on .the
irst of Tuly, in each of those years, .as well
is that of the^present: ^ .
Circulation. Deposites. Specie.
L840. 8233,885 00 8404.802T65 8150,54945
L841. 153,71100 316,50734 181,9$219
1842. 253,568 00 355,396 31 397,60200
CONGRESS. IT"'-.
In the House, the debate on the Tariff has
ieen kept up, for several days, and .i^goodly' frlumber
of speeches made on both sides; .l^es
lay last, was the dajpsigned for the deb&tie to.
top. . Mr. Bote, inaMjpe^h on the bill orrfee
tf&tfnst. <frok occasion to repcathis intention of .
noving articles of ingpeaebmerit against the Preident,
and 6tated it ae'his opinion that unless
he House moved in the matter, "Pennsylvania
.venue would, in less than^h? months, gleam
villi len thousand baijrmels!" But from his decaralions,
it appears that he is going it on hisovfo
100k, without any autliorityfrom hiH^adA?
Fhe probability is, that he #01 be
ipne," and that Capt Tyler will hefdefl
his time. & *...
In the Senate, Mr. Pre*tqn. offered a resolu '
ion, which was adopted, cafffng bifi^e President
or the recent correspondence betweei/this.fioeniment
and Mexico, in relation to Texas. &
Relf.asC of the Tf.xian Pkisonffs?tha^ciT
atest arrivals from Mexico bring the gratifying
ntelligence of the release of all the Titian Pris*
>ner6.