‘ ...- ....« ..- -.,tg—'.4-. .
it has fallen to the lot of ours to furnish anew item
to itsirecords. Elsewhere, an overflowing treas-
ury indicates national prosperity; with us, the
two years of the greatest revenue have been select-
ed as the ‘epoch which consummated our embar-
rassments. There are sources of taxation which
will supply the public wants from the people’s
surplus 5 those sources are traced in every coun-
try but this ; our system of revenue is founded
on the markets and consumption of the country,
and both dependent on foreign power and interest.
Success may justify the bold experiment, at a time
when moral and political principles have been de--
ranged by a great revolution ; but, when pursu-
ed in a time of settled order and general repose,
it savors not of wisdom or justi ce. It failed even
in the age of v.-'onders~—it would be a new one irr-
deed if it succeeded now. _
‘ The expenses of this government Increase
with the population of the country, yet,- while eit-
penditure is on the advance, revenue is_on the de-
cline. Ours is the last government in the whole
community of nations which is willing_tlrat the
markets for the production, thejestablislrments for
fabrication, should be in a foreign country, trnder
the influence of foreign powers ; we give efficient
protection only to the means of distributing our
wants. ‘We seem not to follow the experience of
ages, but to be making a daring effort to perse-
vere in the assertion of principles exploded by all
national practice ; yet, in their application to one
great and important branch of national industry,
we have discovered and corrected our error, if er-
ror it may be called, before any practical injury
was sustained. During five and twenty years we
adhered to our discriminating duties on tonnage ;
they probably aided our commerce during the
French revolution; but it was foreseen they would
injure it when the occupations displaced by that
event should have obtaitred their accustomed enr-
ployment; when the interests of nations would
staffer‘ them to pursue their policy ; and only four-
teen days elapsed from the promulgation of our r
reaty of peace, before we repealed our whole sys-
tem of discriminating duties as to the ships of all
nations who would repeal theirs ; \\ e offered reci-
procity to all the world-—-but where reciprocity
was refused, the discrimination remained 5 it still
r;emains, and this Congress adheres to the same
rigid course wlrich is pursued toward American
shipping. The committee deem it not improper
to reconrrnend the lesson of its own experience ;
it is but for this Congress to apply its own princi-
ples to another co-ordin:~.te and equally important
branch of national ir.tlustrj.'. Laws foundt-cl on
war, will not suit a state of peace in this country,
more than any otlrer. Let there be no system of
restriction, but one of reciprocity, of liberal inter-
change ; as one of the great family of nations;
let our laws keep pace Vlltll theirs in liberality ;
let them even make the first friendly offer.’
._.....__
Domestic 17lLflInI{,ff.'Cll£T€S.-TTTC ship Magdalen
arrived atthis port some years since from Calcutta
with upwards of 1400 bales of cotton piece goods.
The cargo comprised 140,000 pieces of goods,
averaging 17 yards each piece, seven-eights of a
yard wide, making 2,380,000 yards. A cotton
factt.-ry of 1800 spindles. at Patterson, in New-Jen
sey, produced, during the last three months, 85
bales of sheeting and shirtings, each bale contain-
ing 30 pieces of about 30 yards each, is 306,000
yards. There are nine factories at Patterson,
which are computed to contain 12,600 spindles,
which, at the same ratio, would in a year produce
51,142,000 yards of cloth, being l38,000 yards
less than the cargo of one ship. The above fac-
tory of 1800 spindles employ in and out of doors
109 men, women’ and children. At the same
rate, the nine mills give employment to 663 per-
sons--and indeed, directly and indirectly, they
employ the whole population of the village. The
ship probably employed 26 men and boys. The
ship took specie to pay for goods marmfactured
by foreigners, of foreign materials. Our facto-
ries spin the produce of our soil-employ our own
citizens—-whose earnings go to purchase the pro-
duceof the farmers. Is comment rzecessary.
[Patron qf Irzdustry.
-—«s-2::--n-——
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19.
On Friday night the store No. 15 North Front
street, was entered, and articles to a trifling a-
mount stolen therefrom, besides fifty dollars Au-
gusta Bridge Notes, and a few five dollar Silver
Lake notes, believed to be spurious——Also, halves
of 150 dollars sundry Bank Notes.
This morning a letter inclosing the latter was
received through the Post-Ofli e, of which the
following is a copy : .
‘1*'rz'duy cztenivrg, 12 0’cl0c/l’ at nig/rt.
Sir—-I am very sorry that your notes were only
haves,.as lam very much in want of money, but
as they would not suit me I think proper to send
you them back, so if you are satisfied I must-—l'
would much rather they would have been whole
ones. RINALDO RINALDIM.’
No. 15 North Front street.
The owner»; of the half notes consider them-
selves bound to return their thanks to Rinaldo
Ilinaldini for his polite attention-—he has furnish-
ed proof that he did not wish to inflict injury with-
out any corresponding advantage to himself. If
the Post Office thieves who stole the correspond-
ing halves* (but who are no doubt above the
meanness of entering a store at night, for the pur-
pose of robbery) would take a hint from their in-
feriors in the profession, the remaining halves,
which can be of no use to the holders, would be
thankfully received and gratefully acknov; edged.
* The letter and inclosure alluded to, was put
into the Kaskaskia Post Office some months ago,
addressed to a house in this city, but has never
come to hand.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 12.
Domestic Produce.--Orr Saturday and yester-
.day, there arrived in this city from various parts
of the state, 25 sloops and boats, the total amount
of whose cargoes was 2061 bags of cotton, and
822 barrels of rice, to the difierent factors. It is
supposed by good judges, that there are now on
hand,vof'the last crop, front 35,090 to 40,000 bags
_ of ciitton.
The Deputies to the Cortes ft'on;r?f-life Vice Roy-
alty of Mexico, arrived at Havana oh the’1'st- inst.
on their way to Spain. ,
The Spanish slave schr. Bella Dollores, with
31-7 nelgrocs on boartlgwhich was captured b.y"one,
of,j.B;t'ro‘n’s“'squadron, and manned with, A" prize
. g, _._ ,t_§?.r,erv,ot 22-.m‘e.r,r_,« was» recaptured by four of ‘the
.-
.-*.‘3-7 7 . —
4- -—- . . . - . tear»-
original crew left johflboard by the pr-ivateer, and
has arrived at Havana, her port of destination.
The schr. Harriet, of Portsmouth, N. H. from
St.-. Domingo, bound home, put into St. Mary's
or: the 29th ult. in great distress, the captain and
mate and several of her crew having died ofa
fever, with five others sick on her arrival. She
was brought in by three seamen which was put
on board of her by the brig Sanchez, which was
lost on the 27th ult. on Nassau bar.
NEVV-BEDFORD, Feb 16.
Savage Villainy.-—A letter from Capt. Tripp,
of the schr. Hiram, dated St. Johns, Porto Rico,
Jan. l_3. states that on his passage out, Jan. 7, lat.
25,20. lon. 64, about 8 o’clock at night, he fell in
with a brig of about 20 guns, which came along-
side, arrd without speaking, fired a broadside at
her; one shot took off the head of the mainmast,
about three feet below the cap, which, with the
gall‘, Ste. fell upon deck-3 grape shot also enter-
ed the mainmast--”sbout 80 shot holes were made
in the mainsttil, 6 in the foresail, and 6 in the top-
sail—almost all the running rigging was shot a-
way, and one man slightly wourrdt:d.—--Tlre pirat-
ical villains kept on their course, without uttering
a word.
. -—-no--:1:--n---
| FROM THE PACIFIC.
The schooner Alexander, Capt. Frisbie, ras ar-
rived at Baltimore from Chagrcs. which she left
on the 27th January. It was stated. via Panama,
(18th Jan.) that Lord Cochraue, off the port of
Callao, had ctrt out the Spanish frigate Esmeral-
da with 20 boats, and got her safe alongside his
squadron ; that a great number of her old crew
joined him-—-those that wished to go on shore
were freely discharged. A passenger who was
at Panama states, that an hermaphrodite brig ar-
rived on the 16:11 Jan. from Payta, with accounts
that the communication was cut off between that
port and Lima ; likewise that a counter revolution
had taken place at Guayaquil ; the last report was
not however credited. On the 18th the Vice Roy
of Santa Fe was within two leagrues of Panama,
on his way from Cruzes; he had written several
times for permission to enter, but had be tr as of-
ten refused. Was infornzed w ilst at Panama,
that the Cabildo had formally protested against
the government allowing him to come to that
place in any other capacity than that of a private
gentleman, and that they had themselves written
'0 him addressing him as such ; there was not a
doubt but there would be a disturb;-rnce_in that
quarter very soon.
1lfrz7z{'fcsto Qft/1c Rc/z2zl2r’z'c of Co!om()z'a.—-A most
interesting document, drawn up by order of the
Congress of Colombia, and issued in name of the
people composing that Republic, has been pub-
lished in the Correo dc O2-onz'co of South America.
In this manifesto, the wrongs inflicted by the
mother country,and her designs to reduce Colom-
bia to its former abject state, are depicted in the
unite the king to the people, will become irit'li‘sso-
luble; his throne will be strengthened and his
government consolidated, which, agreeably to the
illustration of the present age, can be no other
that a representative one, notwithstanding the ob-
stacles which may be opposed to it by the anti-
quated notions of the 12th century, and the re-
sistance which may be offered by the adherents
of absolute power.
110?:
From the Madras Gazette, Jlfay 23.
Jllclanc/zoly event at Ifurd-war Fair, India, in conse-
quence oft/zc su]u.-r.s-tz'tz'ou.s- zeal q/' t/re 7Ialivcs.
On the llth of April, 1820, a vast ntrmber of
pilgrims repaired to l-lurdwar, to bathe in the sa-
cred water, the descent to which was by a steep
flight of steps about 10 feet broad. A little be-
fore break of day, a great multitude were assem-
bled at the top of these stairs, where guards were
placed to prevent too sudden a rush. But two
parties (the Sunvasses and the Bvragees) having
contended for the precedency, made a violent ef-
fort to gain the stairs, when the unfortunate Se-
poys, and all the multitude whowere descending,
were carried down with such violence that they
were jammed in near the bottom, in a small angu-
lar space, from which they could not by any ef-
forts extricate themselves, their limbs being en-
twined together. The most vigorous endeavors
were made to relie\e them. but in vain. At
length a great number ofthe dead were pulledout.
About 10 o’clock the living who were below were
e:-;:ricated, but they were in a most horrid state,
their limbs blistered, inflamed, and in a state of
ptrtrefaction: the number of the living did not
exceed 30, while that of the dead amounted to
-1-30. The dead bodies were thrown into the Gan-
gcs.
Terrible Eru/ztion qfa Volcano.——M. Baumbauer,
Dutch resident itr the island of Bands, in a letter
ofthe 13th of June, reports that two days before,
at half past ll o’clock in the forenoon, the famous
volcano Goenong Api, broke out in so dreadful a
manner, that every body who was not obliged by
his duty to remain in Neira fled to Great Banda.
At 2 o’clock vast red hot stones were propelled
with prodigious force into the air, which, on fall-
ing, set fire to every thing combustible in the
neighborhood ; while the most violent shocks
rapidly succeeded each other, so that the houses
and even the vessels in the roads were shaken.
The smoke and ashes thrown out obscured the
whole mountain, and sometimes also the neigh-
bouring Lonthoir. In the evening the shocks be-
came more frequent; the stones were projected
to an elevation, calculated to be double that of the
mountain, which appeared to be half covered with
a sheet of fire. 'l'he scene was rendered more
awful by the shock of an earthquake which was
felt in the evening, and by a terrible tempest, so
that the whole population passed the night in the
greatest alarm, and at day-light all the vessels fled
from the roads. During the whole of the 1/tth,
the mountains continued to throw out fire and
most glowing colors, and with a ervor indicative
of a firm resolution to perish or be free. Alix.-~:‘
rccapitulating recent occurrences, inc.lodir.—g the
destruction of Morillo’s army, and pointing out tire}
folly of Ferclinand and the Cortes calculattzrc; on!
being able to subdue a people who have hitherto
successfully resisted their attempts, this energet-
ic tlocumcnts concludes as follows :
Pea/2.’: of Colombia .’——The sovereign Congress
as the organ for expressing your will, has returr;-
ed such answer to the propositit.-ns of the Spanish
government as you in mass would have done. Ye
have marched over the most rugged part of the
road of independence ; ye are united and ye are
invincible. Ye have nothing to fear from Spain.
even if she do not recognize ye as enfranchised
sons. V‘Vhatever new exertions she may make
to subjtrgate you. will be but adding sacrifices
new and fruitless to those which she has made;
btrt if, convinced that it is high time to close a war
that ought never to have been begun, she (let-;ir'es
to be reconciled to you as equal, and not as tyrant,
extend your arms and say—-S/zaniards, Zez’sfor,.;t-'t
all t/m:’.s- /zast, we are friends and brotlm-.9. But
in the mean while let not her false promises, her
delusive cajolery, mislead ye; always remember
the past, lest the treachery of the enemy triumph,
who wishes to trepan you into slavery.
Martial law existed at the Island of Trinidad
from the 22d of Dec. to the 8th of January last.-—
Cause not mentioned.
New-Yonrt, Feb. 24.
Late from Sfi.1z'n--The brig Victory, arrived at
this port yesterday in 36.da_vs from Cadiz, which
place she left on the 18th Jan. VVe learn noth-
ing new of importance. All was quiet in the
kingdom. The new Spanish tariff, which pro-
hibits almost every article of foreign produce and
manufactures, has gone into operation. The. fri-
gate Constitution had arrived at Cadiz, last from
Havana, with four millions of (lollurs. The A-
merican squadron was wintering at Port Mahon.
Mr. Mead, a passenger in the Victory, has fa-
vored us with a file of Cadiz papers. to the 17th of
Januat‘y_, Containing later dates from Italy, than
was furnished tlrrooglr the last London papers,
and advices from Li!-.l‘)on into January ; but they
are principally filled with the local affairs of those
cotrtrtr'ies. The following are the only articles
of interest they contain.
Trurssrrs, Dec. 1.
The new negotiations which have been set on
foot at Constantinople by the United States for a
treaty of comtnerce, have produced here great
sensation. The city and other places in Italy
are on the eve of being deprived of the lucrative
business of supplying the Americans with the
merchandize of the Levant. It is generally be-
lieved that that government will succeed in es-
tablishing direct communications with Constanti-
nople, Smyrna, Salonica, 3CC.
A BERLIN, (Prussia,) Dec. 10.
Since the return of his Majesty to this capital,
there is great activity in the different branches of
the ministry, and it is aflirmed that they are again
engaged in drafting a [zrojcct for a Constitution.
As soon as this intelligence was known, blessings
were poured down upon our Sovereign, whose
beneficent sentiments never have been doubted by
Prussians; and the particular situation of affairs,
only, has prevented his sooner acceding to the
wishes of the people. If the mere rumor of this
{intelligence has filled the Prussians with joy, what
.-will be their feelings when that. project shall be
stones, and the smoke and shower of ashes spread
over Neira, Lonthoir, to the middle of the planta-
tion of Bogamv. The nutmeg trees are covered
v.-itlr sand, and the wells, w hiclr are not closed, are
l)‘.’2‘.L‘.l<l‘sl\ and useless. %‘=’.7Vegetation is destroyed,
the ground covered with grey ashes, and some
birds and four footed animals have perished ; a
new crater has been opened on the north-west side
of the mountain, from which stones were rolled
down, estimated to be as large as a house in Ban-
da usually is. The most violent eruption, how-
ever, and the most fire, issued from the old crater.
.~‘tccorditrg to Valentyn,the eruption ofthis moun-
tain, which broke out in 1790, continued for five
years; and an old man, whose respectable char-
acter renders his testimony worthy of credit, af-
firms that it burnt from 1765 to 1775. The in-
lrabitants, therefore, look forward with great ap-
prehension to the future.——London jza/rer.
_,1,;¢-more of George IV.-—Tlre two Owyhee
Chiefs were introduced to his Majesty the other
day at Carlton Palace. The King was amused
with their conversation, through an interpreter,
and asked 3 good many questions. Among other
things, the elder Chief told him he had six wives ,-
upon which his Majesty good-humoredly observ-
ed-—‘ Notwithstanding which you left your coun-
try !-—-well, I have but one, and I find that enough
to manage l l’-—-I17-
--€--3l‘:"lj""'
From the .N'ur;fol/c Ifcacon, Fcb. l7.
W'e are authorised to state that the application
of Com. James Barron to the government, for ac-
tive service, has been answered by an intimation,
that a prerequisite to a compliance with his
wishes, in this respect, would be an investigation
of his conduct from the year 1807, and that while
the government was not disposed to call a court
for this purpose, a demand to that effect from
him, would meet with immediate attention. The
offer has been promptly accepted by the Commo-
dore.
From the .N'atz'o72al I7ztcI{r'g'encer, Feb. 16.
VVe have the pain of announcing the death of
another Member of Congress. The Hon. W2’!-
Ziam .21. Burvvell, a member of the House of Rep-
resentatives from the state of Virginia, breathed
his last about 2 o'clock" yesterday, after an illness
of mo or three weeks. Though not mttch older
than forty years, Mr. Burwell has been a firem-
ber of the House of Representatives for "fifteen
successive years, and was nearly the oldest mem-
ber of the House.
1:‘,-gm [h(;I1’l'7?g'S!071, U. C. Chronicle, Feb. 9.
./1 Scal.———On Saturday last, two men, residents
at Cape Vincent, observed, while coming round
the southern end of VVolfe Island, a strange ani-
mal on the ice, about 2 miles from shore. They
immediately pursued it, and on catching it found
it was a Seal. They have brought it over to this
place to exhibit as a curiosity_—-and multitudes
are flocking to view this new inhabitant of our
fresh water sea. When first informed of the cir-
cumstance we were rather sceptical, and were in-
clined to think that the animal had been brought
from the ocean, and that the story in circulation
was a mere hoax. 'We have, however, the most
respectable testimony on the subject, and can no
longer doubt the fact of the Seal having been
found, as described, on the ice in the ‘neighbor-
hood. We have it also on the authority of Indian
traders, that Seals have heretofore been seen on
the borders ofthe Lake, though the circumstance
carried into effect-—then the bonds of love which -is one of very rare occurrence.
, CONGRESS. ,
Votes for President and Vice Presz'dem‘.-‘-On
Vlfednesday, the 14th inst. Congress proceeded,
according to law, to count the votes for President
and Vice President‘ of the United States. Mr.
Clay offered two resolutions, one of which was,
that the votes should be counted by both houses,
assembling in the chamber of the House of Rep-
resentatives ; the other, that if any objections
were made to the Missouri votes, they should not
impair the election. On the second resolution,
some debate took place, and was carried in the af-
firmative, ayes 70, noes 67'.
Soon after, the Senate came into the Hall, pre-
ceded by its president, who was conducted to the
speaker’s chair, the speaker occupying a chair at
his left hand. The president of the senate then
delivered the votes of the several states to the
committee for counting the votes and the oili-
cial authcntications, Ste. were each of them twice
read in an audible tone, and the votes recorded.
The process of this ceremony was very tedious,
from the length of the versjficatiorrs, proclama-
tions, Ste. and the house did not arrive at this
stage of it till after 4 o’clock.
VVhen the votes of the Electors for Masouri
were announced, and handed to the tellers—-
Mr. Livermore, of N. H. rose and said, Mr.
President and Mr. Speaker, I object to receiving
any votes for President and Vice President from
Missout'i, because Missouri is not a state of this
Union.
The Senate then, on motion of a member,
withdrew to its chamber. -
The House being called to order, Mr. Floyd,
of Virginia, submitted the following resolution:
.Resot'-vcd, That Missouri is one ofthe states of
this Union, and her votes for President and Vice
President of the United States ought to be receiv-
ed and counted.
On this motion arose a spirited debate ; after
which, Mr. Archer, of Maryland, moved to post-
pone the resolution indefinitely. Mr. Clay sub-
sequently moved to lay it on the table. The lat-
ter motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Clay, a
notice was sent to the Senate, that the House
was ready to proceed to the completion of the hu-
siness of counting otrt the votes. The Senate a-
gain came in. The votes of Missouri were read,
and the result of all the votes having been read—-
The President of the Senate announced that
the total ntrmber of votes for James Monroe, as
President of the Unitetliltates, was 231, and if
the votes of Missouri were not counted, was 22 ;
that, in either event, James Monroe had a major-
ity of the whole number of votes given ; [there
was only one scatterirrg vote ;] and itr the same
form, announced that Daniel D. Tompkins hard :1
majority (14 scattering) of the whole number of
votes for Vice President of the United States.
The President then proclaimed that James
Monroe is elected President of the United States
for four years, commerrcirrg on the 4th day of
March next, and that Daniel D. Tompkins is
elected Vice President of the United States for
four years from the 4th day of Marclr next.
\Vhile this proclamation was rnaking,Mr.Floyd
and Mr. Randolph claimed the floor, to inquire
whether the votes of Missouri were or were not
to be counted, Ste. apparently with the view of
founding some proposition on the answer.
. Here arose a scene of confusion, which result-
ed in the gentlemen being declared out of order,
and required by the Speaker of the House to take
their seats. The President of the Senate having
finished the anrrunciation, the Senate retired,
leaving Mr. Randolph on the floor. The House
was called to order. Mr. Randolph spoke for
some time, owing to the confusion, without being
distinctly heard. He had, he said, seen every
election of President of the U. States, except that
of the present chief magistrate, andhe had never
before heard of any other form of proclamation
than that such was the whole number of votes
given in; that such a person, A or B, had so me-
ny, and was therefore elected President or Vice
President of the U. States. On this occasion, no
such annunciation had been made, and the presi-
ding offrcer might just as well have said that James
Claxton or Thomas Dunn was elected President
of the United States. VVere gentlemen to be
put down by clamor and by force here for getting
up to assert, not only their rights, but the rights
of the whole people of the United States? Sir,
said be, your election is vitiated : you have at-
tempted to evade the decision ofthat which was
essential to the determination of who is and who
is not elected Chief Magistrate of the U. States.
Mr. R. concluded his remarks by moving the fol-
lowing resolutions :
Rat-olvccl, That the electoral votes of the state
of Missouri have this day been counted, and do
constitute a part of the majority of 231 votes giv-
en for President, and of 218 votes given for Vice
President.
Resolved, That the whole ntrmber of electors
appointed, and of votes given for President and
Vice President, has not been announced by the
presiding officer of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, agreeably to the provision of the
constitution ofthe U. States, and that therefore
the proceeding has been irregular and illegal.
A motion for adjournment was then made, and
decided in the affirmative.
[On Thursday, the House refused to proceed
to the consideration of the above resolutions, by a
majority of about 30 votes.]
Monday, Dec. 19.-—In the House of Represen-
tatives, Mr. Baldwin,from the committee on man-
ufactures, reported an amendment to the Tariff
bill, which was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Smith, from the committee of VVays and
Means, reported a bill for the purpose of having
it enacted, that ‘no clerk in any department, or
other person holding an oliice under the govern-
ment of the U. States,’ shall directly or indirectly
accept of a government contract. This bill was
twice read and committed.
The reduction salary bill was taken up, '-ind af-
ter some discussion, the committee rose and re-
ported progress, when the house adjourned.
. In Si-:.r-mm‘-;.—Feb. 16.
1Wz'ssourz'.——Mr. Roberts, of Penn. having ob.
tained leave, introduced the following resolution
for the admissionof Missouri into the Union.
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives ofthe United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That the State of Missouri shall
be, and hereby is declared, one ofthe U. States of
America, and is admitted into the union on an e-
qual footing with the original states in all respects
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