On all manufactures of wool, and of which wool shall would not in the smallest degree serve his object. Mr. be a component part, except worsted stuff goods and B. said, in reference to this subject generally, that he blankets, which shall pay twenty-five per centum ad val-wished to have it discussed; not from any particular deorem, a duty of thirty-three and a third per centum ad valorem. On all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, twenty-five per centum ad valorem: provided that all such manufactures, except nankeens imported directly from China, the originnl cost of which, at the place whence imported, with the addition of twenty per cent. if imported from the cape of Good Hope or beyond it, and of ten per cent. if imported from any other place, shall be less than thirty cents per square yard, shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost thirty cents per square yard, and charged with duty accordingly. On salt, ten cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds. On white clayed sugar, cents per pound. On linseed, hempseed, and rapeseed, oil, fifteen cent. ad valorem. per Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the same drawback shall be allowed on the exportation of spirits distilled in the United States from foreign molasses, as was allowed previous to the passage of the act entitled "an act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved, 19th May, 1823. This bill having received its first readingMr. Ramsay, of Pennsylvania, from a decided objection to the introduction of the discussion of such a bill, at this session, objected to its being read a second time. According to the rules o the house, in case of such objection, the question was stated "shall the bill be JECTED?" sire to make a speech about it, but he wished it brought into view in reference to the present condition and cir cumstances of the country. He wished the question to be fairly presented whether we shall continue a rate of duty on imports beyond what the wants of the country and the demands of the treasury require; whether, for any cause, the country is to have a settled immoveable tariff of the present extent; whether, under the power to raise a revenue for defraying the expenses of the government, was intended to bring into the treasury an overflowing stream of revenue not wanted for the ordinary purposes of the government, for the distribution of which, after it shall have been forcibly extracted from the pockets of the people, there is to be a never ending struggle on the floor of this house? Some time during the session he was desirous that this subject should be examined with that attention which its importance deserved. Mr. Strong, of New York, desirous to defer, for the present, a discussion, which might occupy the whole of this day and to-morrow to the exclusion of private bills which are the order of the day, moved to lay the bill on the table. On this question the yeas and nays were ordered, at the instance of Mr. Cambreleng. [This motion is not debateable.] Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, wishing to have a full house on this question, moved a call of the house; which was agreed to. The roll was therefore called, and upwards of a hunRE-dred and ninety members were found to be present. And on this question the yeas and nays were ordered to be taken. By the time the call of the roll was completed, the hour allotted to the consideration of morning business had expired, and the subject goes over to another day. The house then took up the report of the committee of elections on the petition of Silas Wright, for contesting the right of George Fisher, of N. York to a seat in the 21st congress. [The report concludes with a resolution awarding the seat to the petitioner, who it appears, was not returned as elected in consequence of the words "junior" being omitted on several tickets, evidently intended for him-There was also some informality in the returns from one district, from which the whole number of votes received in it were returned, without specifying for whom.] Mr. Cambreleng, of New York, rose to suggest to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, the total futility of thus attempting to destroy this bill. If he were to succeed in his object, the discussion of the subject would not thereby be prevented; for the propositions contained in the bill could be revived in various torms. It seemed to him, Mr. C. said, that this proceeding was very small game. He did hope, he said, that the gentleman from Pennsylvania would withdraw his motion, and let the subject take its usual course. It was a very harsh procedure towards any committee of this house to stop a bill of this importance and interest on its first reading. There were kindred questions already before committees of this house, and when they came up, the principles of this bill could readily be introduced by way of amendment, &c. if the gentlemen were to succeed in procuring its rejec-acquiesced in its justice. tion now. The report having been read. Mr. Alston (chairman of the committee of elections) stated that the report was, he believed, not objected to by any one; and that the sitting member himself entirely the affirmative, ne n. con. So the seat of Mr. Fisher, the sitting member, was vacated, and Silas Wright, jun. was declared to be entitled to the seat. The peaker laid before the house a letter from the secre ary of war, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the militia of the United States; which letter was read and laid on the table. The question was then taken on agreeing to the resoMr. Ramsay said he could not concur with the gen-lution with which the report concludes, and decided in tleman who considered this proceeding small game. He considered it large game, and such as the house ought now to pursue. Wasting the time of the house he considered to be small game, and any course which should prevent the misspending of the time of the house, he should consider that a large game. He believed, he said, that there was not a member of the house whose mind was not made up before-hand, on the question presented by the bill. For his part, he wanted the tariff law, which the bouse had so much trouble in passing, and which the gentleman from New York had so strenuously opposed, to have a fair trial. He did not wish it brought up here until it had been tested by fair experiment. He meant no disrespect to the gentleman from New York, but he could not consent to withdaaw his objection. Mr. P. P. Barbour, rose not to engage in debate on this subject, but to remind the gentleman from Pennsylvania, that his formal objection to the second reading of the bill would only have the effect to consume the time of the bouse. Whenever the house should be in committee of the whole on the state of the union, it would be perfectly competent for the gentleman from New York, or any other gentleman, to offer, in the shape of a resolution or resolutions, identically the same propositions as are contained in this bill; and in committee of the whole there was no means by which he could arrest the progress of the discussion. So that, if the gentleman succeeded in preventing the second reading of the bill, it A letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting the annual statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending September 30, 1829, and statements of the tonnage of the U. States for the year ending December 31, 1828; which letter and statements were laid on the table, and 6,000 copies thereof was ordered to ne printed for the use of the members of the house. Some time was next spent in the consideration of private bills, after which the house adjourned until Monday. Monday, Feb. 8. After the call for petitions, the speaker presented the memorial of certain chiefs of the Creek nation now in Washington; which, after various motions, was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The bill reported by Mr. McDuffie, on Friday, to reduce and modify the duties on certain imported articles, and to allow a drawback on spirits distilled from foreign molasses, was taken up. The question being, whether the bill should be laid upon the table. The ayes and noes having been ordered on this question, they were ta ken, and the bill was laid on the table-ayes 107, noes 79--as follows: The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, accompanied by the annual report on the state of the mint, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The speaker laid before the house a report from the commissioners of the sinking fund, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. YEAS-Messrs. Armstrong, Arnold, Bailey, Barber, Bartley, Bockee, Borst, Buchanan, Burges, Butman, Cahoon, Childs, Coleman, Condict, Coulter, Craig of N. Y. Crane, Crawford, Creighton, Crowninshield, Davis of Mass. Denny, Dickenson, Doddridge, Dwight, Earll, Ellsworth, Evans of Me. Evans of Pa. Everett of Mass. A number of private bills having been passed, Everett of Vt. Findley, Finch, Ford, Forward, Fry, The bill providing for taking the fifth census was then Gilmore, Goodenow, Green, Greenell, Halsey, Haw-taken up. The question being on concurring with the kins, Hemphill, Hodges, Hughes, Huntington, Ihrie, amendments adopted by the committee of the whole, Ingersoll, Irwin, Irvin, Johns, Johnson of Ken. Kendall, which were severally concurred in, and the bill was or Kennon, Kincaid, King of N. Y. King of Penn. Lecompte,dered to be read a third time on Wednesday. Leiper, Letcher, Lyon, Magee, Mallary, Marr, Martin- Some minor business was next transacted, when, on dale, Maxwell of N. Y. Maxwell of Va. M'Creery, motion of Mr. Condict, the house adjourned. Miller, Monell, Muhlenburg, Norton, Overton, Pier- Tuesday, Feb. 9. Mr. Newton, from the committee son, Powers, Ramsey, Randolph, Reed, Richardson, on commerce, to which was referred the amendment of Rose, Russell, Scott, Shields, Sill, Smith of Penn. the senate to the bill, entitled "an act to authorise surSpencer of N. Y. Sprigg, Stansberry, Sterigere, Ste-veyors, under the direction of the secretary of the trea phens, Storrs, Strong, Sutherland, Swann, Swift, Tay-sury, to enroll and license ships or vessels to be employ lor, Test, Thomson of Ohio, Tracy, Vance, Varnum, ed in the coasting trade and fisheries," reported the Vinton, Washington, Whittlesey, White of Lou. Yancey, agreement of the committee to the said amendment; and Young-107. it was concurred in by the house. NAYS--Messrs. Alexander, Anderson, Angel, Archer, John S. Barbour, Philip P. Barbour, Barnwell, Barringer, Bell, Blair of S. C. Blair of Ten. Boon, Bou!den, Cambreleng, Campbell, Chandler, Chilton, Claiborne, Clay, Coke, Craig of Va. Crockett, Crocheron, Daniel, Davenport, Deberry, Deslia, De Witt, Dorsey, Drayton, Duncan, Foster, Gaither, Gordon, Gorham, Hall, Hammons, Harvey, Haynes, Hinds, Hubbard, Isacks, Johnson of Ten. Lamar, Lea, Lent, Lewis, Martin, McCoy, McDuffie, Mercer, Mitchell, Newton, Nuckolls, Pearce, Pettis, Polk, Potter, Rencher, Ripley, Roane, William B. Shepard, A. H. Shepherd, Smyth of Va. Speight, Spencer of Md. Standifer, Taliaferro, Thompson of Ga. Trezvant, Tucker, Verplank, Wayne, White of N. Y. Wickliffe, Wilde, Williams, Wilson, Wingate--79. Mr. Dorsey, from the committee on naval affairs, to which was referred so much of the president's message as relates to the navy, made a report on that part thereof which relates to the privateer pension fund, accompanied by a bill relating to the said fund; which was twice read and committed. Mr. Dorsey, from the same committee, to which the subject was referred on the 25th of January ult. reported a bill for the relief of the widows and orphans of the offcers, seamen, and mariners of the sloop of war Hornet; which was twice read, and committed to a committee of the whole house, on Wednesday, the 17th instant. Mr. Ingersoll, from the committee of ways and means, to which have been referred sundry memorials on the subject, reported the following bill imposing regulations on sales at auction, for the further protection of the revenue; which was twice read and committed. A bill imposing regulations on sales at auction, for the further protection of the revenue. Mr. Cambreleng, from the committee on commerce, made a report on the commercial intercourse with foreign nations, and on the past and present state of our navigation; which report was referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union. [The National IntelliBe it enacted by the senate and house of representatives gencer says the report is very voluminous, but its gen-of the United States of America in congress assembled, eral design may, perhaps, be gathered from the following concluding intimation. "In pursuance of the policy recommended in this report, the committee proposes to submit to the house during the present session, the following measures: A bill further to regulate the salaries of our custom house officers; A bill to amend the acts regulating the collection of the revenue; A bill making an appropriation for public warehouses; A bill allowing a drawback equivalent to the duties levied on raw materials consumed in ship building; That, from and after the thirty-first day of May next, no sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, the growth produce or manufacture of any foreign place or country, shall be made at public auction within any city or town within the United States, which, by the laws thereof, has been or may be erected into a port of entry, or within twenty miles of such city or town, unless the auctioneer, or person so selling said goods, wares, or merchandise, shall, at the time of said sale, exhibit the original invoice on which the duties have been levied at the custom house of the port into which they were imported or a certified copy of the entry of said invoice, under the hand of the collector of said port, or his deputy. A bill allowing a drawback on cordage when exported; A bill repealing our tonnage duties; and Sec. 2. And be further enacted, That from and after A bill to extend our intercourse with foreign nations."]the thirty-first day of May next, in all sales at publie On motion of Mr. McDuffie, 6,000 copies of the re-auction of any goods, wares or merchandise, of the growth port were ordered to be printed. produce, or manufacture of any foreign place or country, Mr. Drayton, from the committee on military affairs, in any city or town, which is, or may be, by the laws of reported a bill to prevent sutlers from selling ardent or the United States, a port of entry, or within twenty spirituous liquors, and for other purposes; which was re-miles thereof, the auctioneer, or person so selling the ferred, &c. same, shall publish, or cause to be published, in one or more of the newspapers printed in said city or town, forty-eight hours immediately before said sale, schedules of said goods, wares, or merchandise, containing the Resolved, That the committee on the library be in-name or names of the importer and consignee with a structed to report a plan for a general statistical return of description of said goods, wares, or merchandise, with the United States of America. the original marks and numbers of the packages, casks, The committees having made their reports, Mr. Everett, of Mass. submitted the following resolution, which was agreed to: Mr. Everett, of Vt, submitted the following resolution: or chests in which they were imported, and of the pieces Resolved, That the committee on internal improve-not sold in packages and the name or names of the vesment be directed to inquire into the expediency of maak-sel or vessels in which the same were imported, together ing an appropriation for the surveys of a route for a canal with the time of importatation, and shall also exhibit a or rail road, or for the improvement of the navigation of number of such schedules, at the time and place of sale: the Connecticut river, from tide water on the sound, to the Canada line. The speaker submitted a report from the secretary of the treasury, on the number of salt works in the United States, which was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. provided, That if no newspaper be printed in such city, town, or place, said schedules, either written or printed, shall be posted up for the same number of hours before the sale, in three public places within said city, town, or place, and in like manner be exhibited at the time and place of sale. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That any auctioneer, or other person, who shall, after said thirty first day of May, sell, or attempt to sell, at public auction, any goods, wares, or merchandise, so imported as aforesaid, without having exhibited the invoice, or a copy thereof, mentioned in the first section of this act, or without having published the schedule or schedules, according to the requisitions of the second section of this act, shall for feit and pay for each and every offence, one third of the value of the goods so sold as aforesaid. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any auctioneer, or other person, who shall sell, after said thirty first day of May, any goods, wares, or merchandise; the growth. produce, or manufacture of any foreign place or country, at public auction, knowing that the same goods, wares, or merchandise, had been smuggled into any port or place within the United States, or any territory thereof, or knowing that the same had been introduced into the United States, or any territory thereof, in evasion of the revenue laws, or that the full amount of the duties by law chargeable thereon had not been paid, or secured to be paid, shall forfeit and pay, for each and every offence, the full value of the goods, wares, or merchandise, so sold as aforesaid. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the collectors of the customs, in their respective districts, to prosecute for the recovery of any of the penalties or forfeitures which may accrue under this act.And all penalties and forfeitures which may so accrue; or be incurred, shall and may be sued for and recovered in the district court of the United States for the district in which the said penalty or forfeiture may accrue or be incurred, in the name of the United States, or of the collector of said district, by bill, suit, or information; one moiety thereof to the use of the United States, and the other to the use of the informer, or person who sues for Resolved, That the medal recently offered to the acceptance of the president of the United States by the president liberator of Colombia, be deposited by the clerk of the house in the department of state. Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the consideration of the residue of the message referred to them relating to certain negotiations with the government of Colombia. The report was adopted by the house. The resolution moved by Mr. Storrs, of New York, yesterday, and laid on the table, was read, considered, and agreed to by the house; being modified by the consent of the mover, to read as follows: Resolved, That the president of the United States be requested to communicate to this house (if not in his opinion incompatible with the public interest) copies of any correspondence which may have taken place between the fifth auditor of the treasury department and Wm. B. Laurence, since the month of July last, relative to an outfit, salary, and one quarter's salary on his return, as charge des affairs at London, to said Wm. B. Laurence; and also, relative to clerk hire in his accounts; together with copies of the enclosures contained in such corros pondence; and also, to inform this house at what time the said Wm. B. Laurence was appointed charge des affairs at London by the president of the United States; ment to the said Wm. B. Laurence, informing him thereand a copy of any communication from the state departof; and a copy of any authority which may have been transmitted from the department of state to Messrs. Baring & Co. at London, to pay or credit the said Laurence any sum of money, and what on account of outfit or salary, and such charge des affaires; and that he also be requested to inform this house (if not, in his opinion, incompatible with the public interest) what instructions, if any, were given to said Wm. B. Laurence, as charge des affaires; and also, what correspondence, if any, took place between him and the department of state; and what Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the provi- duties, if any, he performed as charge des affaires, dursions of this act shall not be deemed or construed to ex-ing the absence of the minister plenipotentiary of the tend to any sale made at auction of any property be- United States. longing to the estate of any citizen of the United States, who has deceased, nor to any sheriff's or other sale under process of law, nor to any sales where the same goods, wares, and merchandise had been theretofore sold, bona fide, at auction, under the forms and requisitions of this act; nor shall the provisions of this act be deemed or construed to extend to the sale of any goods, wares, or merchandise, from whatever place imported, unless the same were, at the time of the said importation, chargeable with duties under the laws of the United States; nor shall the provisions of the first section of this act be deemed or construed to extend to the selling off at auction of the stock or goods of any retail mer the same. chant or trader. The committee on foreign affairs, to which was referred the message of the president of the United States, communicating the offer of his acceptance of a medal by the president liberator of Colombia, and the result of certain negotiations with the government of that country, have had the case under consideration, and report: The presentation of the medal in question under the circumstances stated, affords a gratifying evidence of the friendly sentiments of the head of a sister republic. As it belongs, however, to the province of the executive department of the government to testify the acknowledgements which may be considered due on occasions of the manifestation of sentiments of this character, the committee have no recommendation to offer on the subject. The public functionaries of the United States being prohibited by the constitution from the acceptance, without the consent of congress, of any present from a foreign state, the committee have proceeded to inquire into the mode of disposal of such presents, as may heretofore have fallen under the operation of this provision. This they find to have been to deposit them in the department of state. They recommend this disposal in the present in stance. As regards the portion of the message referring to negotiations with the government of Colombia, calling for no action on the part of congress, the committee forbear any suggestion in relation to it. They submit the following resolutions: Mr. Chilton moved the following resolutions, which were read and laid on the table, viz: 1. Resolved, That all legislation should be directed to the promotion of the general good; and that the public funds, which are the common property of the American distributed for the general use and benefit of all, but that people, should, upon some just and equal principle, be no system in peace or war, should be adopted, calculated to draw from the people, a sum of money beyond the absolute demands of the government. 2. Resolved, That in time of peace it is inexpedient to make appropriations of money for the purpose of promoting the prosperity of one section of the union, without due regard to the corresponding interests of the others; and therefore, that no appropriation should be made from the treasury to accomplish an object, the benefits of which must of necessity be local and not general. 3. Resolved, That to avoid the necessity which may exist for a resort to a system of direct taxation for the payment of the public debt, and to keep the government in healthful operation, it is inexpedient to make any further appropriations in money for internal improvements," until such debt be paid; and that then the surplus revenue, if any remain upon the foregoing principles, should be divided among the several states upon some equal and equitable plan, to be applied by said states as their several interests may require. Resolved, That it is more equitable and expedient to reduce the duties on those articles which enter, of necessity, into the consumption of each family of the community, rich and poor, than to possess a redundant trea sury, the benefits of which are, often unequally divided, though replenished by a common contribution. On motion of Mr. Wickliffe, it was Resolved, That the committee on the library be instructed to inquire into the expediency of separating the books of law and equity, in the library of congress, from the other books in said library, and placing them under the superintendence of the judges of the supreme court, reserving to the members of congress, and others now entitled to the use of the library of congress, access to the same, as freely as they now have; or of providing a separate library for the supreme court of the United States. A message was received from the president of the U. States, transmitting to congress a report from the directors of the mint; which was read and laid on the table. The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting the annual abstract of public accounts made by the officers of the treasury department during the year 1829; a statement of payments made according to law at the treasury department, during the year 1829, for the discharge of miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for; a statement of contracts and purchases made by collectors for the revenue service during the year 1828, and a statement of the expenditure of the marine hospital fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen during the year 1829. Laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Bates the house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, Mr. Sutherland in the chair, and on motion of Mr. McDuffie, took up the bill making appropriations for the support of the government for 1830. Mr. McDuffie moved the committee to take up the bill making appropriations for the support of the government for 1830, which motion was agreed to. Mr. McDuffie moved to appropriate $135,000 for the contingent expenses of both houses. Mr. Wickliffe offered an amendment, specifying the expenses to which the money should be appropriated; which amendment he supported by a few remarks. Mr. Coulter was opposed to the amendment-but he was willing to limit the expenditures in some manner. Mr. Polk supported the amendment. to the executive papers, reports of committees, deci sions of the two houses on points of order, and other documents, from the origin of the government; and, also, a general index to the journals of the two houses, from the first to the present session of congress. This resolution was read, and on motion of Mr. B. laid on the table until the 20th day of the present month of February. On motion of Mr. Pearce, it was Resolved, That the committee on commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to defray the expense of a survey of the creek leading from the ocean into the large pond, on the west end of the island of Block island, for the purpose of ascertaining the expense of so far extending the width and deepening said creek, as to admit vessel to pass through the same to said pond, and thereby furnish a safe and commodious harbor to the navigation of the country. On motion of Mr. Verplanck, it was Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be in structed to inquire and report on the expediency of providing by law, that in those states in which judgments in the courts of the United States are a lien upon lands, the same limitation of the force and duration of such lien shall apply to them, as may be provided by the laws of such states, in relation to the judgments in their own courts; and, also, of so regulating the fees of the clerks of the circuit and district courts of the United States, as to make them conform to the legal fees for similar ser vices in the supreme courts of the respective states. On motion of Mr. Spencer, of New York, it was Resolved, That the committee of elections be instructfor the taking of testimony in cases of contested elections ed to inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, of representatives to congress in this house; and regulat ing the manner of taking such testimony. On motion of Mr. Condict, it was Mr. McDuffie said he had no objection to the amend ment, provided it covered all the expenses properly following under that head. He suggested that it would be better to appropriate $130,000, for the specified contingencies, and $5,000 for other contingencies. Mr. Eve- Resolved, That the committee on retrenchment be inrett agreed that there ought to be some check. But he structed to inquire and report how far the expenses did not think they should say, as they did in effect by incurred for printing done for the house of representathis amendment, that no contingency should happen.tives may be diminished, without detriment to the pubMr. Ingersoll said, if the bill passed, they placed at the disposal of each department, of foreign missions, &c. &c. a larger sum for contingencies. He wished to see how it would operate if this amendment should be made uniform. If they could specify all the contingencies of one department, they could do the same for others. If the house could not be trusted with their own contingent fund, how could any department be trusted? lic service. The speaker laid before the house a letter from the secretary of war, transmitting a report as to the nam ber of military and invalid pensioners, who have failed to call for their pensions during the past year, and what amount of money is now due to pensioners standing to their credit on the books of the department; which letter and report were read and laid on the table. Mr. Barrenger did not advocate the abuses, but he objected to the remedy. Messrs. Ellsworth, Huntington, An engrossed bill, entitled "an act to provide for takCoulter, Wilde, and Taylor, opposed the amendment.ing the 5th census or enumeration of the inhabitants of Messrs. Daniel, Wickliffe, and Polk, supported it. the United States," was read the third time, passed, and sent to the senate for concurrence. Mr. Polk then offered an amendment to meet the views of Mr. Barrenger, which was adopted; and Mr. Wickliffe's amendment, as amended, was adopted-ayes 65, noes 61. The house resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union, and took up the bills making appropriations for the support of government, in which some progress was made, several having been tion was postponed until to-morrow, and then the house Mr. Semmes then moved an amendment, that it should not interfere with any previous contract-which was re-ordered to be engrossed, when their further considerajected, ayes 49, noes 53. THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. On motion of Mr. Everett, that $5,000 be appropriat-adjourned. ed to the expenses of the library, it was agreed to-ayes 56, noes 49. On motion of Mr. Haynes the committee rose and reported progress, and the house adjourned. In the senate, a resolution, submitted by Mr. Foot, Wednesday, Feb. 10. Mr. Powers, from the com- was adopted, instructing the committee on Indian afmittee on the District of Columbia, reported a bill for tairs to inquire and report whether any and what further paving "the Pennsylvania Avenue," from the president's provision may be necessary to prevent encroachments house to the capitol, which was twice read and committ-upon lands belonging to, or in possession of, any Indians Mr. Spencer, from the committee on agriculture, reported the following resolution, which was read and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the committee on agriculture be instructed to inquire into the expediency of adopting measures to extend the cultivation of the white mulberry tree in the United States, to promote the culture of silk by introducing the necessary machinery for reeling the same from cocoons, or Indian tribes, whether guarantied to them by treaty, or in which the Indian title may not have been extinguished. The senate resumed the consideration of Mr. Foot's resolution in relation to future sales of the public lands, when Mr. Barton concluded his remarks, and the senate adjourned on the motion of Mr. Holmes, In the house of representatives several bills heretofore inatured passed. Pending the passage of the general appropriation bill to its third reading, a little deand for acquiring and disseminating prac-bate arose upon some comparison drawn by Mr. Verplanck, between the expenses for foreign intercourse during the two first years of Mr. Adams' term, and the probable expense during the same period of the present administration. tical knowledge therem. Mr. Burges moved the following resolution: Resolved, That the clerk of the house of representatives be directed to cause a digested index to be prepared FOURTH SERIES. No. 26-VOL. I.] BALTIMORE, FEB. 20, 1830. [VOL. XXXVII. WHOLE NO. 962 THE PAST-THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURE. EDITED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. NILES & Son, at $5 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. A large number of very interesting articles are waiting an insertion. But it is impossible that we should keep pace with the events and proceedings of the times. party is suffered to run into every question; and an "East Room letter" answers just as well as an extract from holy writ," if it shall produce effect-there being no choice of instruments used. The inference drawn by the editor of the "Monitor," is not only in opposition to the plain meaning of our remarks, but in resistance to the very letter of them, and yet the "veteran editor" is called on to explain! If it is thought that the readers of the "Monitor" desire truth, and the subject is worth explanation, let the whole article be published-(it contains only a few lines), and no one will be at a loss to comprehend us. The editor of the "Monitor," published at Franklin, Missouri, by cutting off the head and regarding only the tail of a few remarks made in our paper of the 26th Dec. concerning the interior trade with Mexico --and even yet with severe violence to the plain meaning We continue the "great debate" in the senate; of the part left, makes out a case that seems mightily to and now present our readers with Mr. Webster's first please himself. He is heartily welcome to all the satisspeech. Mr. Hayne's second, in reply, has been receiv-faction that can be derived from such a proceeding. Edi ed, and fills thirteen and an half of the closely printed torial gentlemen should not act thus towards one another. and capacious columns of the National Intelligencer." To suppress the truth, is just as criminal as to tell that Mr. Webster's rejoinder, we suppose, will occupy about which is untrue. Indeed, as we had occasion too often the same space. Thus, all the extra room that we can to say, and as applicable to cases of this sort,-the worst spare, for some time, is engaged, and what shall be of falsehoods may be stated in the words of truth. The done, in regard to certain other speeches, of Messrs. Ben-press is lamentably degraded by dirty electioneering, and ton, Sprague, Holmes, Rowan, Barton, &c. must be left to future decisions. We cannot promisc them now. M- on's speech, from its peculiar manner and character, will probably be earnestly read by more persons than any other recently delivered. Mr. Benton, it appears, had indulged himself in much severity of remark and broad censure and to him, Mr. Barton specially replied, though he afterwards entered into argument as to certain things said by Mr. Rowan, and argued them ably. The first part of his speech has all the point, strength and fascination of Mr. Randolph's invectives; less classical, or choice as to the words used, though less rude and abusive--equally severe, but more logical, It is seldom that we attack any of our editorial breththan the "orator of Roanoke;" less of snarling contempt, ren-and, if they express sentiments that we think but more of indignant accusation. Take this speech for should be noticed, they are also regarded as being im"all in all, we ne'er may look upon its like again!" It portant enough to be fairly given in their own words. was listened unto with great and increased interestWe have never been charged with failing to do this. though, like Mr. Randolph's speeches, it had but small We would rather pick a man's pocket, than thus attempt bearing on the subject before the senate. Mr. Barton to pick a hole in his reputation. If aught that he says is was himself sensible of this; and made it rather a ques-worthy of remark, it is worthy of being honestly repretion, if it was "in order" to speak at all on that subject, sented. With these observations, we close our commuseeing the wide and wild range that the debate had taken!nication and exchange with the editor of the "Monitor" It has been strongly intimated, that an occasion was-peaceably retiring from all controversy or contact sought to stir up local feelings, and that such speak with him. ings (we cannot call them discussions), as have taken place, would be forced. The gentleman who made the inotion as to the surveys of public lands, does not seem to have had any idea of it-for, at the rate at which such lands have sold, the stock surveyed is sufficient for the supply of very many years to come. We do not approve of such speeches in the senate. But Mr. Barton had an "inalienable right" to defend himself and his friends; and it he has "carried the war into his enemy's camp," severely--the severity of the attack must be also considered in the account. "FOREIGN PORTS." The Norfolk papers contain some well written remarks, because that gov. Owen, in his message to the legislature, urged the establishment of a port, as without it, "North Carolina will still be tributary to Virginia"-in the use of a convenient place as a market for her productions; such as nature has denied to North Carolina, though prodigal in the diffusion of other blessings on that state. We have thought it was no great matter to producers where their market was: its convenience and profitaIf it shall so happen that, when we have disposed of bleness being the only things that would enter into the speeches promised, (and which we thought must consideration. But the idea expressed by gov. Owen is weeds be inserted to keep up the history of political not a new one. When the petition of the Baltimore and events), we can make room for Mr. Benton's speech, Ohio rail road company was before the legislature of VirMr. Barton's shall follow it--it being the well known ginia, this city was called a "foreign port." There is somerule of this establishment to preserve a strict impartiali-thing very extraordinary in such declarations from those ty in all such things. And besides, Mr. Benton's is not less interesting or peculiar in its character and manner than Mr. Barton's, though of a different construction. who are so great sticklers for the "freedom of trade." They not only pronounce their fellow citizens, (contributing equally to the common stock of the nation), foreigners; but would impede the progress of art, or quarrel with nature herself, to divert the trade of their own We have a copy of Mr. Cambreleng's new "book" state from its most convenient or profitable channels! against the protecting principle, in the shape of a report How does the principle of these things apply to the opfrom the committee on commerce. It is of the same position of such to a protecting tariff? We surely comcharacter as Mr. McDuffie's essay on the same subject, mend them for their wishes or exertions to increase the which was so strangely got up, and called a "report on prosperity of their own particular states--and such prosthe finances." That the public printing of such books perity must be beneficial to the people of all the rest of may not be all on one side, we suggest to the committee the states; but we cannot approve of the policy which on manufactures the preparation also of a general essay would deprive certain parts of the population of some on the subject, to contain 60 or 70 pages, that the friends peculiar advantages that they possess, unless these adof the "American system" may have books about it pub-vantages shall be forced into the benefit of certain particlished at the cost of the nation, as well as their opponents; and 10,000 copies of it may thus be printed and distributed, by money drawn from the treasury. The fairness of this proceeding will not be questioned. Voz. XXXVII-No. 26. ular locations. And on all doubtful questions of this nature, the will of the majority immediately interested, should be consulted and observed. On this broad ground, we always favored the cutting of the Chesapeake and Del |