Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, February 16, 1836, Image 1
CHER AW GAZE T TE.
CHERAW, S. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1830. ... .: ^ ???? "& 4
** ~??? " !,, , ?? bwdhaMjfc ^
Published every Tuesday.
TERMS.
It" paid within three months, - - - 3. 00
It paid withintlirce months after the close
oi the year, - * - - - * - - 3. 50
If not paid within that time, 00
A company of six persons takiug the paper at
the same Post Office, shall !>c entitled to it at ?15,
paid in advance, and a company of ten persons
at ?20; provided the names be forwarded together,
accompanied by the money.
No paper to be discontinued but at the option
of the Editor til! arrearages are paid.
Advertisements inserted for 75 cents per square
the first time, and 37$ for each subsequent inser,
tion.
r | Persons sending in advertisements are requested
to specify the number of times they arc to he
inserted; otherwiso they will be continued till
ordered out, and charged accordingly.
ILTThe Postage must be paid on all communications
sent hv mail.
MEDICAL.
Causes wbich favor Old Age.
From Dr. Rush's "Inquiries
Most of the facts which I shall deliver
upon this subject are the result of observations,
made during the term of five years,
upon persons of both sexes, wfio had passed
the 80th year of their lives. I intended to
have given a detail of the names, manner of
life, and occupations, and other circumstances
of each of them ; but, upon a review of
my notes, I found so great a sameness in
the history of most of them, that I despaired,
by detailing them, of answering the intention
which I have purposed in the following
essay. I shall, therefore, only deliver the
facts and principles, which are the result of
the inquiries and observations I have made
upon thifc subject.
The circumstances which favor Ion
gevity arc,
1. Descent from long-lived ancestors. I
have not found a single instance of a person
who has lived to be 80 years old, in whom
this was not the case. In some instances I
found the descent was only from one, but,
in general, it was from both parents. The
knowledge of this fact may serve, not only
to assist in calculating what are called the
chances of lives, but it may be made useful
to a physician. He may learn from it to
cherish hopes of his patients in chronic', and
in some acute diseases, in proportion to the
capacity of life they have derived from their
ancestors.*
2. Temperance in eating and drinking.
To this remark I found several exceptions.
I met with one man of 81 years of age,
who had been intemperate in eating; and
four or five persons, who had been intempe
rate in driilking ardent spirits. They Had
all been day-laborers, or had deferred drink- 1
ing until they began to feel the Wg or of old I
age. I did not meet with a single person,
who had not, for the last forty Or fifty years
of their lives, used tea, coffee, and bread
and butter, twice a day as part of their diet.
I am disposed to believe that those articles
of diet do not materially affect the duration
of human life, although tliey evidently impair
the strength of the system. The duration
of life does not appear to depend so
much uj>on the strength of the body, or upon
the quantity of its excitability, as upon
an exact accommodation of stimuli to each
of them. A watch spring will last as long
39 an anchor, provided trie forces which are
capable of destroying both are always in an
exact ratio to their strength. The use of
tea and coffee in diet seems to be happily
suited to the change which has taken place
in the human body by sedentary occupations,
by which means less nourishment and stimulus
arc' required than formerly, to support
animal life.
3. The moderate exercise of tlie understanding.
It has long been an established
truth, that literary men (other circumstances
being equal) tire longerlived than other pcopie.
But it is not necessary that the understanding
should be employed upon philosophical
subjects, to produce this influence
upon human life. Business, politics, and
religion, which are the objects of attention
of men of all classes, impart a vigor to the
understanding, which, by being conveyed
to every part of the body, tends to produce
health and long life.
- 71 - f T? rpf. _
anger, in these cases, was probably obvia- fi
ted by less decrees, or less active exercises, c
cf the understanding, or by the delect or c
weakness of the other stimuli which keep c
up the motions of lite. h
5. Matrimony. In the course of my inquiries,
I met with only one person beyond g
eighty > ears of age who had never been li
married. I met with several women who r
had borne from ten to twenty children, and a
suckled them all. I met with one woman, t
a native of Herefordshire, in England, who c
was in the 1 OOtli year of her age, who had
borne a child at 00, and frequently suckled t
two of her children (though born in succcs- i
sion to each other) at the same time. She
had passed the greatest part of her life over i;
a washing tub. Of forty peroons who died
in different parts of the world, above 80 i
vcars of age, in the year 1806, there was v
but one of them that had not been married. J
A majority of them were women. c
6. Emigration. I have observed many t
instances of Europeans who have arrived 1
in America in the decline of life, who have 1
acquired fresh vigor from the impression of t
our climate, and of new objects, upon their c
bodies and minds; and whose lives, in con- >
sequence thereof, appeared to have been
prolonged for many years. This influence <
of climate upon longevity is not confined to
the United States. Of 100 European
Spaniards, who emigrate to South America .
in early lite, 10 live to be above 50, whereas
but 8 or 9 native Spaniards, and but 7 In- !
dians, of the same number, exceed the 50th 1
year of human life.
7. I have not found sedentary employ- 1
mcnls to prevent long life, where they are :
not accompanied by intemperance in eating 1
or drinking This observation is not con- t
I
fined to literary men, nor to women only, in .
whom longevity-, without much exercise of
body, lias been frequently observed. I met 1
with one instance of a weaver; a second of
|
a silversmith : and a third of a shoe-maker;
among the number of old people, whose his- f
tories have suggested these observations.
. 8. I have not found that acute, nor that (
all chronic diseases shorten human life, j
Dr. Franklin had too successive tomicas ;
[abscesses] in his lungs before lie was 40 4
years old. I met with one man beyond 80, *
who had survived a- most violent attack of ^
the yellow fover; a second who had had 1
i Me l>nnos fractured bv falls, and
oV> Wilt* v* v ^
in frays : and many, what had been frequent- *
ly allected by intermittents. I met with one 1
man of 86, who had all his liie been subject (
to syncope [fainting]; another, who had *
for 50 years hcen occasionally atfeeted by a 1
cough,* and two instances of men who 1
had been afflicted for forty years with obstinate
headaches, f I met with only one r
person beyond 80, who had ever been afFec- (
ted by U disease lit tlio stotriaeli; afrd in liim
it arose from an occasional rupture. Mr. 4
John Strange ways Hutton, of this city, who *
died in 1793, in the 109th year of his age, 1
informed me, that lie had never puked in his
life. This circumstance is the more remarkable,
as he passed several years at sea 1
when a young man4 These facts may i
serve to extend our ideas of the importance '
of a healthy state of the stomach rn the an- ]
1 ' ?*? ?
imal economy; ana mereoy 10 uuu iu our knowledge
of the prognosis' of diseases, and 1
in the chances of human iife. (a) ?
9. I have not found the loss of teeth to J
aflect the duration of homan life, so much
as might be expected. Edward Drinker, j
who lived to be 103 years old, lost his teeth (
thirty years before lie died, from drawing j
the hot smoke of tobacco through a short
pipe.
Dr. Sayrc, of New Jersey, to whom I '
am indebted for several valuable histories ;
of old persons, mentions one man, aged 81, j
whose teeth began to decay at 16, and another
of 90, who lost his teeth thirty years
before lie saw him. The gums, by becom- 1
ing hard, perform, in part, the office of teeth.
But may not the gastric juice of the stom.
ach, like the tears and urine, become acrid
by age, and thereby supply, by a mere dissolving
power, the delect of mastication
* This man's only remedy for his cough was
the fine powder of dry Indian turnip, and honey, t
1
t Dr. Thierv says, that he did not find the itch, t
ulio-lit of the h>i>rosv. to prevent Ion- <
V* ? o A ' A | ?.
govity. (
| The venerable olii man, whoso history first ]
suggested this rsmark, was born in Now York 1
in the year 1G81. His grandfather lived to be t
101, but was unable to walk for thirty years be. j
fore he died, from nn excessive quantity of f.it. j
His mother died at 91. His constant drink3
water, beer, and cider. He had a fixed dislike to
spirits of all kinds. His appetite was good; and {
he ate plontitully during the last years of hi.<? life.
Ho seldom drank any thing between his meals. (
He never was intoxicated bat twice in his life, c
and that was when a boy, and at sea, where he ^
rcmombers perfectly well to have celebrated, by a *
feu do joye, the birth-day of queen Anne. Ho L
was formerly afflicted with the headacho and j
giddiness, but never had a lever, except from the ,
sinall-pox, m tlie course of his life. His pulse
was slow, but regular. He had been* twice mar- c
riod. By his first wife he had eight, and by his 1
second seventeen children. One of them lived S
to be 83 years of age. He was about fivo feet s
nine inches in height, of a slender make, and j
carried an erect head, to the last year of his life. (
(a) Tiiey also teach the great importance 11
- ^ ? -1 ? ? " ^ V\ f/\ " / 11 ^ 4 h /~v ?"? ?
oi cany uuuiuuu i\j ui j,
ach. A mail who begins to sudor from ]j
dyspeptic symptoms, ought, if he wishes to ti
attain o!d age, to take special care. lie "
ought particularly to be tempera e in diet r
and drink. He ought never to stimulate his tj
stomach by liquors or condiments to crave a
food. And he ought to avoid every thing ii
in dietTand habit, which he finds to disturb si
the functions of the stomach. A man can
no more have vigor of health, t(=) old j,
age without a healthy stomachflV a tree s(
can with docaved roots.? Editor. N
?
<*. r*quam:nuy oj 1 tmpcr. i au > iuivm
and irregular action of the passions tends to
. wear away the springs of life.
Persons who live upon annuities in Eu.
rope have been observed to be longer lived,
in equal circumstances, than other people.
This is probably occasioned bv their being
exempted, by the certainty of their subsist
tence, from those fears of want, which so
frequently distract the mind, and thereby
weakan the bodies, of old people. Life,
rents have been supposed to have the same
influence in prolonging life. Perhaps the
desire of life, in order to enjoy for as long
a time as possible that property, which cannot
be enjoyed a second time by a child or
relation, may be another cause of the longevity
of persons who live upon certain in/ niripti.
It is n faM thit flic rlpctronf lifn iq
?- ,w VWCtb IIIV V V* ? ?' ?
a Veiy powerful stimulus in prolonging it,
especially when that desire is supported by
hope. This is obvious to physicians every
day. Despair of recovery is the beginning
of death in all diseases.
But obvious and reasonable as the effects
of equanimity of temper are upon human
life, there are some exceptions in favor of
passionate men and women having attained
to a great age. The morbid stimulus of
Dr. Franklin, who died in his 64th year, was
descended from long-lived parents. His father
died at 89, and his mother at 87. His father had
17 children by two wives. The doctor informed
me, that he once sat down as one of 11 abult sons
and daughtars at his father's table In an excursion
he once made to that part of England from
whence his family migrated te America, he discovered,
in a graveyard, the tomb-stones of seve- 1
rl persons of his name, who had lived to be very
old. These persons ho supposed to have been his '
ancestors. (
hi
rom the loss of teeth ? Analogies might
asily be adduced from several operations
>f nature, whicli go forward in the animal
conomy, which render this supposition
lighly probable.
10. i have not observed lahhicss, or
ray hairs, occurring in early or middle
ite, to prevent old age. In one of the histoies
furnished me by Dr. Sayre, I Find an
iccount of a man of 84, whoso hair began
o assume a silver color when lie was but
>ne and twenty years of age.
11. More women live to be old than men,
>ut more men live to be very old than wonen.
I shall conclude this head by the followng
remark.
Notwithstanding there appears in the htinan
body a certain capacity of long life,
vhich seems to dispose it to preserve its exstence
in every situation; yet this capacity
Iocs uot always protect it from premature
lestruction; tor among the old people whom
examined, I scarcely met with one who
tad nbt lost brothers or sisters in early and
niddle life, and who were born under circumstances
equally favorable to longevity
vith themselves.
On the Employment of Chloride of Lime in the
Treatment of P*ora. [Itch.] Taken"from a
French Medical Journal.
Professor Pantouctti, of the University of
?avia, litis lately published a statement of
he happy results obtained by himself, both
n private and public practice, from the apilication
of the chloride of lime in thctrcatnent
of psora. The Professor has treated
eight cases ofitch, all of which were received
nto the Hospital of Pavia, about the same
jeriod with this remedy. Out of this mini>er,
five were cured in from six to eight days
rom the commencement of the treatment,
ind the rest in a few days more.
The manner of using it, is to prepare a loion,
composed in adult cases of from one
>unce to an ounce and a half of the chloride,
o a pint of common water, and in children,
)f one ounce of the chloride to the same
quantity ot water, witn which uiu pai? ejected
are to be washed three or four times
i day. Every third day the patient should
akc a warm bath, for the double purpose of
dcansing the surface of the body, and washng
off the crust of lime, which may adhere
o it. The warm bath moreover, tends to
;ooth the irritation, which this remedy someimcs
occasions, as when the quantity of the
diloride has been too great in proportion to
he water, or its application too frequently
epeated, or when the skin itself was origiwily
in a state of irritation.
[The Chloride of lime may be had for not
nore than 25 cents per pound from any
Iruggist; It will keep for years in a well
topped botilo. if the wash is found to irri
ate the skin, it may be weakened by adding
ivater.J
A discovery was made by a chemist ol
bis city a few days ago, which rs worth
ecording. He had been slung by a wasp
n the hand, and while suffering extreme
oain, had occasion, in the course of his business
to put his hand into a jar of potash,
.vlien the pain instantly left him. Surprised
it this effect he determined to try an experincnt
to prove the efficacy of the remedy,
md accordingly on the following day he
xiught a bee, which he irritated until it stung
lim. He applied a drop of liquor potassrc
o the wound, and the pain he had previously
bit was instantly removed.?Bait. Gar.
If the liquor potassac should not be al
iand, a strong solution of potash, or pearllsh,
or a little strong fresh ley might pei *
laps answer. The only difference between
he u Liquor Potass?" and the ley, is, thai
he former is stronger and purer.
Cher. Ga7.
Rl'RAL ECOXOMY.
TIIE SILK CLLTIRE.
The culture and manufacture of siik in
his country is assuming a deep interest.
But it has attained in a \cry small degree
he importance it is yet destined to acquire;
md years must elapse, and the subject receive
far greater attention1, before the dcnand
for silk goods in our own country
done, can be nearly supplied from domesic
manufacture. But the fact that there is
i gradual and constantly increasing atlcnion
to the subject, shows that it is advancing
owards its place as an extensive and imlortant
branch of American industry.
The history of the silk culture in this
rountry, shows that the better it is understood,,
the more it is appreciated ; and is
'ull of encouragement to those who are en
rag:-.ig in the business. The first attempt
11 America was made in Virginia so early
is the year 1623; but it was not carried
>n to any extent until after the middle of
he last century. About that time, and for
overal years subsequently, it received conidcrable
attention in the Southern States;
he quantity manufactured, however, coninuetl
small. Early attention was paid to
ts culture in Pensylvariia; In 1770, Susanh
Wright, of Lancaster county, made a
iie<^ of mautua of sixty yards in length, of
icr own cocoons; in the same year, a filaLire
was established at Philadelphia,- and
i 1771, 2300 lbs. were brought thereto
eel. The business however declined du.
ingthc Revolutionary war. In Conneccut
the business was early commenced1 on'
lirm basis, and has since been constantly
lcreasing. The white mulberry and tlie
ilk worm were first introduced into the
)wn of Mansfield in Windham county,
y Nathaniel Aspinwall in the year 1760,
nmediately after which an extensive nur2ry
of the trees was planted by him in
,rew Haven, and afterwards disscmniinated
throughout the state. In 1709 two hundred
pounds of raw silk were made in 4he
single town of Mansfield alone. In the
year 1810, the value of the sewing silk,
made in the three counties of New London,
Windham and Tolland, was estimated by
the I'nitcd States Marshal at 823,503; but
the value of the domestic fabrics made
from the refuse silkj which may fitirly be
estimated at half that sunn was not taken
into consideration. In 18^5, the value of
the silk and of the domestic fiibrics manufactured
in the county of Windham had
doubled. During all this time, the only
machines for making the sewing silk, were
the common domestic large and small
wheels: with ltetter machinery, sewing silk
of a superior quality M ould have been
made, and at less expense. Three fourths
of the families in il/ansfield M erc engaged
in raising silk, and made annually from 5
to 10,20, and 50 pounds in a family, and
one or two, cacli 100 lbs. in a season. In
1832, four or five tons of raw silk were
grown there, worth $35,000; when manufactured
into sewing silk this would be
worth about $60,000. Four or five of the
adjacent towns each produced about as
much as that town. A bout the same time,
the quantity of silk raised in \Vindham ai'ftf
Tolland counties, was sufficient to give con.
stant employment to 50 looms wer'vingfivc,
. yards each per day or in all about 75,000
yards |>er year. In our own state the subject
has not, until recently, received much
attention; during tlie late war however, one
individual, the late Samuel Chidsey, of Cayj
uga county, sold sewing silk of his own
manufacture to the amount of 6O0jdollaf3 a
I year, raised from trees of the white mulberry
introduced by himself at the first settletlement
of the country. A few years ago,
atone establishment in Pennsylvania, (Economy,)
one hundred silk handkerchiefs, and
an equal number of vest patterns, of superior
quality to foreign articles, were made
annually. In Massachusetts, Jonathan II.
/'~kk rinnlioni fhn r?iilfiirr>
of silk in 182G, and lias since that time extended
his operations so much as to be in
tlie habit of bringing into the Boston market,
American silk manufactured to the
amount of one hundred dollars per week,
the year round. His spinning machine,
propelled by water power, is capaplc of
preparing annually, 1000 lbs. of silk for
the loom. In the same town there are a
number of silk looms, as well as in several
neighboring towns, which arc worked by
hand, and in most instances by persons in
their own abodes.
We have deemed it proper to exhibit this
:' view of what has been done already, in or-*
j der that those who are deterred from entering
! upon tlie business on account of supposed
difficulticsmay see that they have been sursurmounted
by others, with ease. The
subject has indeed been supposed to
bo involved in much mystery, and a
great deal has been written upon it.?'
| Many persons on reading the elaborate ar11
ticles which have been published, deseri1
bing so minutely every process, are led to
; suppose the business intricate and difficult.
To the inexperienced it must indeed be
, new, because it is ditil-rent from most other
I pursuits, and has none similar to it to serve
as a guide; but when once understood, it
? becomes quite simple, and is as easy
; ! n?a rnisinrr nicrs nnd nnnlfrv. It is onlv no.
? ??d r p i . j
; ccssary, during the short period of the ex!
istenco of the worms, to supply their wants
j and protect them from injury, to shelter
I them from the storms, cold, and wind, and
,! ro feed them with proper food when hungry,'
' | and there can be little danger of success,
j Many indeed have been entirely successful
' j who have never had the advantage of see-;
ing a single silk establishment; and nearly
. all in this country have been mostly guided
by their own experience. Yet in many
respects, American articles thus produced
have been found fully equal, and often superior
to foreign ones. In Economy, Pa.
it has been several years since large quantities
of silk have been manufactured into
vestings, handkerchiefs, and other broad
articles; which have been reeled, dyed, spun
woven and finished at that place; and in
T~\ . * -1-. i ii i.
uayion, vmo, uomcsuc suk. imnuKurcuiuis
have been made of most excellent quality,
the product of the native mulberry, where
the process of winding, reeling, doubling,
twisting, &*c. were performed by machinery,
principally of the invention of the proj
prietor of the establishment* Sewing silk
i of all colors, is a very common article of
manufacture in all parls of the country.
The following calculation of the labor
attending an<i connected with the culture of
silk, in Connecticut, is by John Fitch, Esq.
of Mansfield, in this state.
One acre of full grown trees, set ono and
a half rods apart, will produce forty pounds
of silk.
The labor may be estimated as follows
:
For the tiircc first weeks after the worms
j are hatched, one woman, who is acquaint!
cd with the business, or children who would
be equal to such a person.
For the next twelve or fourteen days,
five bauds, or what would be equal tc five,
if performed by children. This period .
finishes the worms,.
For picking off the balls, and reeling the
| silk, it will require about the same amo'urtt 1
of labor, for the same length of time, as
j the last mentioned period, which may be
performed by women ancF children." The
aforsaid labor and board may be estimated
at eighty dollars, spinning the silk at thirtyfour
dollars; forty pounds of silk, at the
lowest cash price, is now worth two hundred
dollars?which makes the following
result *
40 lbs. silk, at at 85 per pound 8200 00 ;
| Labor and board 890 00 i
Spinning, 34 00 114 00 ]
Nctt profit per acre, 886 03
0
The principal part of the .labor may be a
performed by women and children. But o
where the business is carried on to a con. n
siderable extent, it is considered more pro. r<
fitable to employ some men for the last pe. ti
riod of the worms. " c
It is now believed by many, that if in. tl
stead of transplanting the trer~, in the or. fl
chard form, as in the above estimate, they tl
are placed in rows about eight feet apart t
and twb ofr thrfcc feet in the row, by proper4 t
care and culture, five times the amount i
may b'e raised front an acre. Bui even on c
the supposition in the above estimate, (which (
experiment has proved to be very tnodef- t
ale,) how can an acre of land be made to t
yield a greater profit? If the rockiest c
towns in Connecticut produce annually sev: t
cnty or eighty thousand dollars ; why may t
not the more fertile regions further west do <
/* /ii OJ C I
as mucn f i^miaren may mane tnotv irom i
an acre of mulberry trees, than men can t
make from an acre of wheat or corn. i
Perseverance and judgment are required '
for success in this, as well as in every
branch of business; and those who engage ,
in the work must be prepared for some disappointments
at the eomrrtenccmeut, for
experience is always necessary in every undertaking:
Ilut difficulties will soon be
overcome by practice.
Competition cannot affect it; except for
the better; for the greater the number of
cocoons produced, flie greater will be the
inducement for the erection of silk filatures
and manufactories of the best construction,
which will not only cheapen the labor but,
incrcaso materially the value by improving
the quality of the articlesr Nor cari there be
any danger of the market becoming soon,
overstocked, while ten or twelve millions of
dollars worth are annually consumed in the
United States; besides which millions of
dollars worth of raw silk are yearly imported
into France and England to supply the
manufactories.
Gcnesscc(N. Y.) Farmer.
[From the sarae.]
cdlture of Rata Baga*
DY JAMES HOUGHTON.
Mr. Tucker:
I observe an article in your Gencsscc
Farmer, No. 43, of the current volume, on
the culture of the Ruta Baga, or Swedish
Turnip, by J. H. Gibbon, wherein he states
that 300 bushels to the acre may be raised
with a permanent crop of wheat, rye or barley,
after the last dressing. I have this sea
son grown about an acre of Kuta liaga;
and 1 have this day measured off a squarerod
of the piece, and it contained five bushels,
or at the rate of 800 bushels per acre;
and taking each bushel at 06 pounds, winch
is the weight, gives 44,800 pounds, or 22
tons 40 pounds per acre. I hesitate not to
say, that the crop may be increased by
good care to 10 or 1200 bushels per acre.
Mine was scarcely more than half attendec!
to?tho ground was in potatoes last year,
and was plonghed in December after taking
up the crop. In May I ploughed it again,
and sowed it in carrots; but the seeds tailed
entirely. I then ploughed it up again, aiM
I harrowed it. so as to frive a irood mellow
surface. On June 2?'3d, with Robins' drill
harrow, I sowed it in ruta baga, one pound
to the acre, the rows 18 inches apart. I
hoed them once in August, and this was all
the attention they had. Now the rows to
be 12 inches apart is far enough, and in
thinning out leave the plants 12 inches apart
also?this is standing thick enough.I
have heard many farmers say they nc.
vcr could succeed with this crop, or turnips
generally, unless upon a piece of new cleared
land; I can tell them with truth, if they
will give up their lamentable jXTseverancc
in manuring the public road by letting their'
cattle and cows lie about all night,-(as is too
often the case, to the great annoyance of
travellers,) and yard them at night, or give
them a patch of an acre close to the barn
during the winter coming, which will save
them the trouble of hauling it?in the spring"
plough it so as to have a mellow surface by
the harrow before sowing, and about the
20th of June sow it as I state, and soon after
they are in the fourth leaf, hoe them and
thin them, and ns soon os you see weeds
growing, hoe them again, which, if left a
week too long, must materially injure the
crop?on the other hand, if done in season,
one man can hoc them in a day; I will
guarantee them 800 to 1200 bushels per
acre.
If farmers would turn their attention to
root crops more than they do, they would
find it incredibly to their advantage?their
cattle would be kept in far better order, and at
a vast deal less expense, than buying"
mill food for them, which, in comparison, is
poor stuff*.
Yours respectfully, '
James IIougiiton.
Carthage, Nov. 2,1835.
SCENE IN CONGRESS. j
The following vivid sketch of the recent i
exciting Debate in the House of Reprcseu- i
tatives, is from the Bal imorc Patriot of 1
January 22. <
Mr. Adams commenced by alluding to i
the declarations which bad recently been t
made in another place* that to that House t
belonged the responsibility of loosing the
Fortification Bill lie went on to anirnad. I
vert upon the opinions and declarations ,
which had been made in that place ^ which a
he said were untrue and not warranted by tl
facts. As he began to grow severe, the n
Speaker reminded him that the rules of the t<
House did not permit a member to animad- n
vert upon the proceedings of tho Senate, n
Mr. Adams said ho did not say any thing q
about the Senate; he spoke of & place?he w
did not say what place*; it was left for the hi
members of that House to associate in their si
minds the Senate of the United States or J al
ny other body with that place thathespok6
f? &c. Mr. Adams then wfcnt on. The
lembiers in great numbers began to flock . g
jund him. It was palpable that something
emendous was anticipated." And true
nougli the orator began to bear down upon
he Senate with renewed sarcasm. . Mht
iercernow called him to carder and stated
he point of order. The Speaker decided
hat he had'no authority to put a construciori
upon Mr. Adam s words, and there,
ore, as he did tjot name the Senate, he
:ould not say that he waS out of order.?
Here cries of ugo on?go on/* were ut- 0
ered by many' members.lt Mt. Adams
?rent On mor$.and more severe. Mr. Mar
jef again called him to order and .reduced
ho Objectionable words to writing. . Ano:her
member made one or two unsuccessful
ifforts to '*iay a fow words," but consoled
?- ?.-J! ?? aahU Ktr m inner otter
11IIISUiI W5 WUU (U 1 vvutvi wy
incc to a few vollies of round oaths (in an
under tone) at ihe disorderly state of things.
The words Mr. Mercer took down* Mr.
Adams would not admit to be his. The
Speaker put the decision to tlie House
whkfli declared that that were not. \ Mr.
Adarfis again proceeded. Before this how.
ever, he said as it appeared to give gentlemen
so much disqtnetpde, for him to allude
to the senate, he could transfer hisplace to
tlie office of the Rational Intelligencer.?
(Here was ah aticllbfe laugh.)', In that paper
he said he found a a prodigious orgument
going to fathef that House with the
loss of the Fortification . Pin, op the last
night of the last session, , charging that *
House with subserviency and manworship.
He went on commenting upon the great
speech recently delivered by Mr. Webster
in tlio Senate, in the most severe and cutting
rnanficr; denying its assertions, running .out
against im positions and ridiculing itp arguments,
with tjfiefljendoys sarcasm and indignat'o;\'
Once roofe Mr." Adams was caHcd
to order. Considerable confusion and
great sensation' prevailed:
Mr. Wise hqfed gentleman would be
permitted to co on, out of order or in order.
He wished him to divulge, all he knew
opon this important subject.?If ever there
was a time when it bchovbd men to speak
out, it was now tfpon this question, let it
cut where it might, whether the Executive,
the Senate, the House, the Speaker of the
House, or the Chairman of the Coirimittec
of Ways and Means. .It was time to speak
out and let the truth be heard!
A J.mfl ?rtnin ttvmf ATI. If ft
lUl /1UUU13 UgUUI "VM? ?
into a history of the doings of thofaqt night
of the last session ; told what he recollected
and knew upon the subject; justified the
83,000,000 appropriation, said he voted
for it, and if there was.oqe act of his, life,
which gave him more satisfaction than any
other it was that cf voting .for the necessa|
ry and proper appropriation. . He passed,
an over-wrought panegyric upon the ExcI
cuiivc, and asked m scorn and derision who ^
were the sycophants and man worshipers*
of that House, of wliom so much was tqld,'
in argument of such prodigious eloquence,^
in the National Intelligencer! He ridiculed die Senate
for pfbfcssing so much ignorance of 7
the Executive's views in reladan to the thrco "
millions of dollars appropriation, and said "
it was very easy lor 11 10 proiess not iy ,
know what it should know, and to,know
what there was no necessity for its know. ]
ing. He took up the declaration made by
Mr. Webster, that if the enemy were ^hpn. >.
dering at the doOrof the Capitol, he would v*
not vote for co^fejring upon an Executive
such unrimited ?rant of ppwer, and dwelt
upon it for some time, uttering comments "
aud insinuations whioh no man else isca.
pable of doing. What, said he, see the
enemy battering down this Qapitol, as they
did in the last war & not vote for an appropri.
ation, so asked for, to defend it, because it
was granting too much power to the Execu
tivcl There was oui one step oeyonu
such an expression of sentiment, and a most/
natural step too! It would be only for a
mkn who could utter such a sentiment, to
go himself over to that enemy and help to
batter down the Cwpito!! (Herea tremendous
clapping of hands tool; place among
the members. t, The Speaker jumped ppon,
his feet, thumped his ivory 6eal, and called
loudly for order. He said that for the.lsst
ten years, and he thought that ever since tbo
formation of the Government, there had
never been such - an instance of disorder
and contempt of the rules of. the House,
The old members cried out, no, no, neoer,
never! * - Mr. Adams resumed and went
on in the same powerful, sarcastic strain#
dgaihSt Mr. Webster and against the Senate.
He brought up a message sent to .the.
House by the Senate on that famous last
night, to remind the former that the appropriation
bill yet was to be acted on. Here
he brought oil his great powers at ridicule
C.ll nlav Thft Spnntfi infivm thn
House of its duties! If ever he felt regret I
and indignation in his life, he said it was I
jpon Jibaringthat message read to the I
[louse. If ho could have got on opportu- I
litybc should have moved to: have two I
nembcrs of the House appointed to cany' I
>ack the message and cast , it upon the flpor I
)f the Senate, telling them' that tho Houso I
vould receive no insolent messages from I
iiorn. lie said that the Senate knew at I
he time that the House was dcad-^-defuoct. I
VchiJtes was dragging the deaif body of I
lector around the wills of the Capital^
As soon as Mr.' Adams bad^cotkujded, I
nd he spoke nearly three houfsy including fl
fie interruptions^^. Wise rose and com* B
fienccd.* He said the House had. been en- fl
?rtained with the greatest blind fold argu- fl
icot ho hod ever heard, lie said be might' fl
ot present what he iotdndodto offer in' H
uite so connected a shape as he could ^fl
ish, not having had time to prepare alF' H
is (acts, hut he promised the wMo fl
lould be put in print. It was not tbefeq.' I
to, it was net the House, he said, that was* fl|