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iiv ' SSS ' ' " ' - , " - ' - ." ' ' ' ' 1 Life Is nlf t be valued it ia nsefallf employed." OLUMK IL-NUMBER U. ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY C, 1842. WHOLE NUMBER 9G. TpujiiSHED WEEKLY, BY" . t it. CHRISTY & CO., IjliiSen I Ibe law. of the United Statci. 1. 11 J L I- IP.. IVit' Fim Cists per annum, m advance ; or r n ...mm 1 1 nnwiucii. m twmivn . v . f "... . 1A1K Number from the time of aub. W' - rr Tk urns wilL in mil cut, it r-jjfarM r ' ' ' Vr'1 .: JiMnntinned fexoent at the on. fcnMf 7 7 IMn aiinCI ii'kiv" . . . ...Kii.hAr.1 until all arrcarairea are paid. . : MISCELLANEOUS. iacdate ! Whlnf ton. .:. -went address, tho Rev. Dr. Cox I , ..j ika fnllrtwinor temperance anecdote f .k- p.therbf his Country. The officer fiW to was the father of a member of h.Cot'n church: .t Towards ma ciose ui un itiu.uuuuoij :.. .ffirir in the armv had occasion to (jy III V'MV " -i Mct some business with Gen. Washing. bo, and repaired to rnnaocipnia ior uroi Lirnote. Detore leaving no rcceiveu km JittttOn to OHIO Willi wo ucibi.i, t. kecpted, nd upon entering tho room, ho f, J himself in the company of a largo mraber of ladies and gentlemen. As they rere mostly strangers to him, and he was Aturally of a modest and unassuming dis. ositioir, beiook a seat near the foot of the nblo nd refrained from taking an active art in the conversation. Just beforelhu linner was concluded, Gen. Washington ailed bim by name and requested him to Ifiok i glass of wine with him. "You will have me goouness to excuse' i8'Gencral,"was the reply, " as I have isd it a rule not to mice wmo. illsvoa wfrn instantly turned bnon the All vj J I nfRmr anil a murmur of aurnrise uuiik u,"uw i - r .mi I.A... ran iirniinil thn room."' T'hnt A atju huiimi -v. VrMn should be so unsocial and so mean ju oewr to dnok wine, was really too bad j M that be should abstain from it on an oc- !,.;- lilra (hat. and even when rwTered to ,v,avw " " bio by Washington himgelf.it was perfectly inioierauie : . Wiuhinirton saw at oncft the feelin?s of hiis guests, and promptly addressed them : "uenuemen, saiu ne, .nr. is Xt t Annul ivioli antf of rrv mineta in Urtitra nl anv tJiinir a Vnlnst thnir ihnlina. Iiioo, and I certainly do not wish thexn to violate anv established vrincivle. in their social intercourse with me. I honor Mr. for his frankness, and for his consist, epcy in thus adhering to a rulo which can ruivn. An him Harm n twt fi i t Via ftrlrmttVin nf i which I have no doubt he has good and suf. 'c . ft iiixai reasons.:: . . .. : Dr. Cox remarked, after concluding this uecdote, that the nam assumed by the present rrformera lha name of Wasliimr. tonians,"- was peculiarly appropriate. He thought that if the " Father of his country" u alive at the present day, ho would be first and foremost in the great cause of re. form, and that the Door drunkard would find him a friend ana a Drolector. indeed. Standard " 7 The way to Wilmington. Not lone since fsava the PicavuiieV a Itettmbodl travpllrr n nn hiii wnv frnm Ckrkisto teilmr rounded inatSmithville landinir. N. C. It ;wm late at night, and of Day & Martin uamaess ine piack chaos around was a kind of polished Erebus and nothing was distinguishable save a boy waving a torch at aome distance from ' he boat. Now, as hoya do not stand on waves when they, want 1 wave torches, there were many on board " boat shrewd enough to know that there must be land somewhere in the vicinity. On Utsatrengthof this conviction, one of the passengers, anxious and cautious as to the progress of his journey, called out to the with the torch "Hello!" " -.! wnllness. .-. . " - : 1 J? What place is this t" North Carolina' sung out the boy. ihn answer nrnvnLcl a rr-aat loimh nn i A! enoi,Sh amng the passengers, and oozen other . . ,VVhat, yourbamef" roarded one who naa iung.strength enough to drown all the rest. '! tol ?tow " shuted the boy! Where do you live ?" bellowed the hu. reorous questioner still louder. an V01" was once more the knT!-' 5)llowed by a tremendous peal of IT a T lhe nni a -ympathetic .r'V""" oi the paddles. When a PWW silence ensued, the stentorian cross u ?rwas heard again. ' tuu 1 Vn of Nortn Carolina ?" La . 7'UP there were Miss Effy Butts "a to live !" This reply created more boisterous fun r t)kplace before, and it seemed as if " laughter would never cease. At length wwer question was put, just as the boat 7, ""g the spot where the boy s'ood : Whtch is the way to Wilmington 1" t.rl- y Pauscd Instant, and then nrerinj!!7 y int CODTulsioM by an- S W - - ob aUS.ID inf?rmBnt is not always met with -0t dart "'ghfln North Carolina. vith the apotnecary it takes three scru. P tomakea dram ; but with the drunkard ""V drams to make one acrople. Police Scene. A stout, hearty vender of small wares, of genuine " Jerry Sneak" aspect, made his way into the Bow street Police Office, London, and after peeping cautiously about him, as ii to be sure some object of dread was not present, walked up to the magis- trate, and in an alarmed whisper,' said "1 want to swear my lile, your worship." Magistrate Against whom T Applicant (looking about carefully) against my (sottiy) wite. Mngistrate What has she been doing T Applicant She s always a hiding me. There was only this morning she smacked my lace because I put another lump of su gar in my tea when I thought ahe wasn't looking. Magistrate Well, you know you took her for better or worse. Applicant Yes, but she's all " worse." I'm so miserable that I'n sure I shall do something shocking. I think I could ma. nago her if I could separate her from the anti.colder bottle. Magistrate Lock it away from her. Applicant She's got all the keys. Magistrate Don't let her have any mo ney. Applicant She keeps all the cash. Magistrate Part from her. Applicant She won't lot me. " Then," said the magistrate, in a tone of perplexity, I don't know what to ad- vise. 1 here a only one course run on to America ri Iiiquiiitlveness. A well-known civic wag, at a Inte period of political excitement, maintained a defen sive colloquy with a rustic inquisitive, which could hardly have been excelled by any Transatlantic performer. In travelling post, ho was obliged to stop at a village to replace a..horsc!s shoe, when the Paul Pry of tho place bustled up to the carriage win dow, and, without waiting for the ceremony of an introduction, exclaimed " Good morning, sir! horse cast a shoe, I see I suppose you be going to " Here he paused, expecting the name of tho place to be supplied ; but the citizen answered " You are quite right, sir : I generally go there at this season." Ay hum do ye ? and. no doubt you be come now from" " Right again, sir ; I live there." " " Oh , ay, do ye t - But I see it be a Lon don shiy? Pray, sir, is there anything stirring in London T " Yes ; plenty of other chaises, and car riages of all sorts." . . .. 1 . v - " Ay, ay, cl coursa: but what do loins " Their prayers every bunday." " That is not what I mean : I wish to know whether there is any thing new and fresh." " Yes, bread and herrings." Anan! you be a queer chap. Pray, muster, may I ask your name ?" Fools and clowns call mo ' muster, but I am, in reality, one of tho frogs of Aristophanes, and my genuine rTsmerrc UrekekekcrKoax. Drive on, postillion. Think of it. rj A humming bird once met a butterfly, and being pleased with tho beau ty of its,person ond ths.ory oL'its wing. made an oiler of perpetual friendship. " 1 cannot think ot it, was the reply, " as you once spurned at me, and called me a stupid dolt." . - " Impossible!" exclaimed tho humming, bird " I always entertained tho highest respect for such beautiful creatures as you.' Perhaps you do now," said the' other ; but when you insulted me, I was a cater, pillar. So let me give you this piece of ad vice : never insult the humble, as they may one day become your superiors. u. A musieal amateur of eminence, who had often observed Mr. Cadogan's inatten tion to his performances, said to him one day J"Comc,-1 am determined to make you feel the force of music pay particular at. tention to this piece." It accordingly was played. "Well what do you say now?" " Why, just what I said before." " What ! can you heiW this and not be charmed? Well, I am quite surprised at your insensi- bility. --Where are your ears?" " Bear with me, my lord,"; replied Mr. Cadogan, since Itoo have had my surprise; 1 have often from the pulpit set before you striking and affecting truths : I have sounded notes that have raised the dead: I have said, Surely he will feel now; but you never seemed charmed with my music, though infinitely more interesting than yours. I too have been ready to say with astonish MAn. Whpi'ii nri vonr pnrfl ? '"'- Clerical anecdote. 1 heKev. Mr. W, of Bristol county, Mass., related the follow, ing anecdote of himself. Ho wished to ad dress every portion of his flock, in a man ner to impress i them most deeply, and ac. cordingly gave jiotice that he would preach separate sermons to the oia, to young men, to young women, and to sinners'. At his first sermon, the house was full, but not one aged, person was there. At the second, to young men, every lady in the parish was present, and but a tew tor wnom u was in. tended. At the third, a few young ladies attended, but the aisles were crowded with young men. And the fourth, addressed to sinners not a solitary individual was there, except the sexton and the organist. "So,' said the good parson, " I found that every body came to church to hear his neighbor scolded, but M one tared to be spoken ef liiuvcu. i.:..tr ; - - - : : 777. J Facts In tne history of cotton. Until the beginning of Jdie 18th century the small quantity of cotton required in England was brought from Cyprus and Smyrna, in tho Mediterranean. The avo rage annual importation into England, from 1700 to 1705, was 1,171 .OOOIbs. . In 1730, cotton was first spun by ma chinery by Mr. Wyatt. In 1733, on the 25th November, Mr. Philip Miller, of Chelsea, England, pre. scnted tho Trustees for the settlement of Georgia, a paper of cotton seed, which reached here in March!' 1734. la 1735, the Dutch Colony of Surinam, in South America, nrst sent home cotton. In 1741, the imports of raw cotton into England were 1,000,000 lbs. In 1742, tho first cotton spinning mill was erected at Birmingham; the motive power was mules or horses. In 1760, tho entire" value of cotton ma nuftictured goods in England was estimated at only 200,000. In 1761, Arkwright, (afterwards Sir Richard.) obtained his first patent for his spinning frame, though it was not brought to any great perfection until some years subsequent. In 1707, James Margraves invented the spinning jenny, which spun eight tnreaas instead of otic,and was ultimately improved to an astonishing extent. The imports of raw cotton this year were only about 3,000,. 000 lbs. L In 1774a Jbjlljreceived tho royal assent, prohibiting the exportation of utcnsi!s em ployed in the cotton manufacture. In 1777, tho mulo jenny was invented. In 1781, Ireland first exported cotton goods to England, having sent over cotton to the value of 157, cotton stockings, 17,339 pairs. . ' In 1782, lirazil nrst exported cotton to England ; ...L-.-, There was exported this year into ling. land 11,828,000 lbs.;" and exported 421,. 000 lbs., and the quantity manufactured is set down eleven and a half millions lbs. In 1785, tho power loom was invented by Rev. Mr. Carlwright. Steam engines of Watt s invention was first introduced as the motive power of ma chinery in cotton manufactories. 1788, Chlorine nrst used as a bleaching agent, . ,, , 1787, cotton spinning machinery first set up in France. 1789, Sea Island cotton first introduced into the South, and short staple cotton be gun to be cultivated. 1790, Mr. Slater erected the first cotton mill in America, at Pawtuket, R. I. The village in its vicinity is now called Ilattcrs ville. - ' 1792, Eli Whitney, of Connecticut, but then of Georgia, invented the cotton gin. 1798, cotton mills introduced into Swit zerland. Exports from the United States, 9,300,000 lbs. Price in America, 39cts.; in England, 22d. to 45d. Value of A mo. rican exports, three and a half millions dollais. 1803, first cotton factory built in New. Hampshire. 1815, tho first power loom -introduced into the United States, at Waltham, Mass. 1822, first cotton factory erected at Lo- well. L823rEgypt,ilst exported, cotton, to hnjnand. 1826, Robert's self-acting mule spinner invented in England. Thus from 200,000, the value of cot ton goods manufactured in England in 1760, it rose in a little more than half a century to over 34,000,000. In 1841, the cipital invested in the East ern States of this Union, in the cotton ma- nufacture was $40,612,984. A GLASS FOR THE INTEMPERATE. Who hath wo? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? " Who hath . wounds without cause ? Who . hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine ! They that go, to seek mix ' ed wine, Look not thou upon tho wino when it is red when it gi vet hits color in the ' cup; when it ' - moveth itself aright. -At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. IBfBlAND DESTRUCTIVE BUSINESS. Dealing out, the nauseous and poisonous drain was never an honorable trade in its best days. But now, when a large portion of the very drunkards themselves have risen up against it and condemned it when they arc begging and entreating the retailer andgrog-scller to desist from his vile traffic, it is rendered doubly criminal. The dealer sins against j light:' lho forlorn wife and ragged, hungry shivering children, are held up to his view. If tho picture is not hideous to him, as the.anthor of all their suffering, it is because hrs feelings are seared, and his heart has become a hard as adamant. The thief and highway rob ber are small offenders compared with him. They take property only. He robs of health, peace, comfort, and every enjoy ment, and sends poverty, disease, family discord, misery, and death itself. Shame on wen business ! -Ijiwi JSetori Warren's idea of a Government. In a letter written by Gen. Warren on the 26th May, 1775, loss than a month before his death, which was read by Mr. Bancroft be. fore the Lyceum on Thursday night, he defined a truo democratic government in the following words; " I would have such a government as would give to every man the greatest liberty toi do what he pleased, without doing injury to another such a government as would contribute to the good of the whole with thy least injury to individuals." Ideas like there, which are found plenti fully among his writings, prove that War. ren was ah able and liberal minded states, man, as well as a brave and patriotic sol. dier ; and that (in the words of Mr. Ban. croft) " there was not in our country a man who had more of futurity in him more of lhe' glorious promise than Joseph Warren when he sank in his blood on IJunker Hill. Boston Post. A swearer reproved. A man in the State of New York, who was extremely addicted to profane swearing, was one day at work with a yoke of oxen, not working to suit him. ho began whipping them sc. vercly, at the same time uttering vollies of most horrid blasphemous oaths. 1 he oxen breaking loose from their burden, ran to the house, whilo the owner in a passion pursued them,, and cdmirig ; up "with them at the house, began whipping them again and swearing horribly as before. Uislittle boy, at this time lust ohr enougTTTo brain to talk, began to prattle his profane oaths over after him. No sooner did the father hear this, than his feelings were wrought up to a lively sensibility. . He paused for a moment, dropped his . whip, sat down and wept bitterly. A flood of keen reflections at one rushed upon his convicted conscience, w hich produced such an-effect, that he found no rest to his mind day or night, until his sins were forgiven and washed away in the blood of Christ, which took place a few weeks afterwards. Cltas. Observer. A printer's anecdote. It used to be related of Corporal Nymn, a printer well known for many years in this town as being more remarkablo for his odd humour than tho length of his purse,.' that whilo he was travelling from Lowell to Boston he was met by a highwayman, who politely (as is the custom of those gentry) demanded his purse. "My dear sir," quoth Corporal Nymn, " I perceive you don't kiiow me!"" " That is nothing to the purpose, sir, give up your purse immediately," demanded the highwayman. The Corporal repeated with earnestness which could not be misunder stood. "Positively you don't know me." " Well," said the highwayman, surprised at tho manner of the Corporal, " who the dpvil are you?" " Why I'm a printer." " A printer did you say? Whew ! I'm off, dry picking .'"Lowell paper. From the Farmer's Cabinet.) Accidental Experiment Results of Tor Dressimo on Clover. On walking over a clover field Which hnd then brm mown the rond time for seed, and the crop raked windrows, I observed that a square space, about an acre, was much moru thickly set, and the leave of a more vigorous aj pcarance, than any oilier portion of the field, and Hecing that tlx? prcat tliicknera of the crop was marked with the exactitude of a line, I pointed "it burto rny Tricrid from a "cfisf aneB' ashsfwork-p of a bad mower, who had k it part of the crop on the land, not having cut " the bottom half inch," but on a closer inspection I could perceive that the line ran across the swathes, and not trilh them ; so that this could not bo the cause of the very great difference in the appearance of Die crop, which was found to proceed altogether from a closer plant of mnch more vigorous growth ; on whichjnjiriend remarked, " The clover seed with; which this field was sown, was saved Tiy myself,' was carefully cleaned in the barn, and taken im mediately from thence and sown in the field ; but my seedsman scattered it too plentifully at first, and the consequence was, the clean seed was all exhausted, and the square which you see was left unsown ; but not being willing to leave this por tion of the field without a crop, and- havingtio seed at hand, I took the clover chaff from the barn, and scattered it very thickly over the un sown portion of the land, thinking there might be a few seeds contained amongst it ; and you ngw see the result, after two crops of far heavier bulk have been removed from the spot before us." Plaster of Paris fixes the ammonia of the at. mojphcre in the soil, and ita influence is thus de. Jicribed by Licbig. and its good effects may be pro. onged by the use of ashes, which will restore to the land the potash removed in a scries of hay or grass crops : '.' The evident influence of gypsum upon the growth of grasses the striking fertility and luxu. riance of a meadow upon which it is strewed depends only upon ita fixing in the soil the ammo, nia of the atmosphere, which would otherwise be volatilised, with the water which evaporates. The carbonate of ammonia contained in rain wa ter la decomposed by gypsum, in precisely the same manner aa in the manufacture of sal-ammoniac. Soluble sulphate of ammonia and car bonate of lime are formed ; and' this salt of am monia possessing no volatility, is consequently re. taincd in the soil. All the gypsum gradually dia. appears, but its action upon the carbonate of am monia continues as long as a trace of.it exists. llut when we increase the crop of grass in a meadow by means of gyptam, we remove a grea ter quantity of potash with the hay than can, un. der the same circumstance, be restored. Hence it happen that after .the Inpae of several years', the crops of grass on the mebdows manured with gyp. sum diminish, owing to1 the deficiency of potash. But if the m callow be strewed from time to time with wood allies, even with the lixivated ashes which have been nsed by soap-boilers, (in&Serma ny much soap ia made from the ashes of wood.) then the grass thrives as luxuriantly aa before. Tho ashes are only a means of restoring the pot ash. .i. --m-V--, FoaiNara - Euxtusxcc.- " May it please -the court and gentlemen of -the jury r We shall at tempt to prove. 1st, that my client's hog did not commit ariy depredations od tho complainant's fenoe ; 2d, that Um Bog broke only three piokata matead of six, a Mt forth in tha indictment ; and 3d(tht tor altau Ass ne hog, mm nevtr W." . Mr. SmxiOXS' SPEECH. IN SENATE MARCH 11. Tha resolutions of Mr. CLAY, in relation to the adjustment of duties on imports, the limitation of the expenditures of the Government, and sug gesting a curtailment of all unnecessary ex. penses, and the observance of a rigid economy, being under consideration Mr. SIMMONS, of Rhode Island, ad dressed the Senate as follows : -Mr. President : I propose to soy a few words upon the questions now before the Senate, but shull confine my remarks to such of them as are contained in the five first re. solutions of the scries, and to tho amend ments proposed, because they relate to mat ters now under consideration in a committeo of which I am a member. The purpose of these five first resolutions is, to have the Senate declare what shall be the annual amount of revenue, and how it shall be levied and collected. Oiher and subsequent resolutions propose modes of retrenchment. In these the result is stated ; and they assume that, wilh proper retrenchment and economy, it will be requi site that an annual amount of twenty-six millions of dollars be raised to meet all tho engagements of the Government, viz: twen-ty-two millions for ordinary annual expen ditures ; two millions for the gradual pay. ment of the existing debt ; and two millions for contingencies, and for a reserved fund. They propose to raise these twenty-six millions by such a modification of existing 1't.ata na i' i ) ! n.i'ifonl thwit rrli ml inn fC 1 lio are contemplated by those laws, but which reductions cannot bo made consistently with tho public interest. 'They proposo other direct and distinct changes from tho prac tices of thcXiovcrnment under tho lato Ad ministration ; such as that we shall stop running in debt, and also, cease to apply the lamifuiid to the payment of ordinary daily expenses in time of peace. All these propositions appear to me to be recommended by every consideration of sound policy and justice ; and yet they arc opposed, lleuce we have tho jmcndiiicnts proposed by the honorable Senator from N. York '(Mr. Wright) which I suppose should be first considered,' although as I construe the rules, they bring the original resolutions also within the range of the debate. ., Thafirst resolution agreeajy.iih the views of nil sides. The amendmants to the other four, and which I propose first to examine, seem to have two objects : one is to com plain of what was done at the extra session, nnd tho other to prevent ttny declaration by the Sennto of what is proper to be done at I'-- this ; -and thus defeat the whole purpose of the original resolutions, which was to make such a declaration, upon the subject cmbra ced, ns would form the basis of present legislation. The amendments propose no such thing ; and make no declaration of the amount to be raised for revenue. As this npprars upon the face of tho amendments, it might seem to be sufficient to dispose of them at once ; but the argument of the hon. mover seems to be in support of thorn, or, 1 should rather say, in'defeneo or excuse of the expendituwa-of-tlw-late ndminNt ration The nmeuJinjiit has indeed very liule, and the argument less, tod.) with tho renl ques tion presented in the resolutions, viz : the annual amount of revenue necessary for the Government for years to come. This afeumeiit .TisTo'elbljeoFxcBsc of tho lato administration and its friends in Congress, for tho appropriation-and-expcD. diture of immensely larger sums of money than was ever before known in our Govern. merit, in" anv Presidential term, in time of peace, 1 am free to almit was, us tho argu. .asents of the djsUn-iihed Senator gencrai. ly nrej -ingenious, able," hnd foai loss. It remains to be scn whether it has sufficient warrant in the facts it refers to, and upon which it entirely depends, to prevent the public judgment from determining that it was also a rcckless ono. I will not say what may be expected from tho public judgment, but propose to examino and present the facts upon which tho argument rests. These are drawn from the same source, by the mover of thn original resolutions, nnd also by the mover of the amendments, viz: the tables showing the cxpenditurcsof former years. Tho honorablo Senator.from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay) gave the aggregate expenditure for each of tho four years of the lust admin istration, from 1837 to 1840, inclusive, amounting in all to over ono hundred and forty-one millions of dollars, making an nve. rage of over thirty-five millions per annum; and from this ho deducted his own estimate of what ought to be the annual amount of ordinary expenses, (viz: twenty-two mil lions) and thereby showed an excess of thir teen millions a year over tho expenditure proposed by himself. He declined to go into tho details of the expenditures of the late administration, to show how this excess was caused. The honorable Senator, from New York went into tho detail, in his reply, to the Sc. nator from Kentucky.andcomplainnd of the liability of such gcnerul statements to mis. lead the public. He admitted that the ex penditures for the whole four years were 8141,584,221, but alleges that a large amount ($30,597,848) was for other than the ordinary expenses of Government, and that the bald nee, ot about ono hundred and eleven millions Was the actual amount of the ordinary expenses of the Government for the four years, making, in round num. hers, an averajOXpndltQiofbouTTwcnv ty eight millions per year for ordinary ex. penses, and of about seven millions per year for dhU, contingencies, tc. i A ilia Geuuioa statement, j wins, gives plainer, if not a more correct, view of the actual expenditures of the late administra. tion, and enables us more clearly to sec tho difference between them and the proposed estimate for the future revenue and expend itures of tho Government. It shows that the amount for tho actual expenses of the late administration (of twenty -eight millions a year) greatly exceeds tho proposed esti mate of twenty. two millions for tho same objects in future, exhibiting a clear saving of six millions a year," by the present esti mate, and puts in strong contrast their ten millions and a half per year for debts and contingencies, compared with the four millions now proposed, for the gradual pay ment of the debt thrown upon us, unpaid by the late administration, and for contingen cies. The Senator from New York here in terposed and said, " But two millions of this is now proposed for tha payment of the debt." Mr. Simmons continued. I agraa it is proposed that two millions a year shall be, but more of it may be, applied to that object if it can be, and a ' trflictent amount bo retained in a course of years to meet con tingencies ; and whether more than two millions may be regarded as nn improve ment of our condition, by lessening our debts, cannot now be told. All will agree, however, that tho" contrast aflorded by tho detailed mode of stating the accounts, adopt cd by the Senator, is highly favorable, whe ther the actual saving be six millions or 'PI I The honorable Senator cbhTcnds fhanho six millions n year, ns proposed for the rt duction of ordinary expenses, is not suffi cient, nnd that those expenses should be cut down to a greater extent. It is proper to examine his reasons for this. He says these very large oppropria lions and expenditures of the late adminis tration were pressed up, loan vnwarranta. b!e and extravagant point, by the fact that they then had an immense surplus ; and were driven to an extravagant expenditure to prevent a greater evil, which they re garded such a surplus to bo. No defence is pretended, and no other excuso offered for their immenso outlays, which the Sena tor himself characterizes as. extravagant and unwarrantable, but this actual orappre. bended surplus. But he says things are now different; that we are out. of. money; obliged to borrow, and should immediately make a great reduction ; and, without nam ing any amount, insists that it should be more than six millions a year, and that twenty-two millions a year is too much for tho expenditures. Tho honorable Senator from New York was at the head of the 'committee in this body, having charge of the expenditures of the lute administration. None so well as himself, therefore, can give explanation or excuse for those expenditures which I sup pose he repotted and recommended. But I wish to state the fuels as they appear on record ; and tho ex-Chancellor of the Ex chequer will hardly deny them. The lato administration borrowed money upon Trea sury notes, every year during its existence, and iiUQ'iorroimtto-TTayihese very cxtravu- ganl appropriations. The very first bill reported by the honor, able Senator, utider Mr. Van Buren's ad ministration, (Sjnate bill No. 1,) was one .BAithoj4ingjlui4.d.;ii ment. I mean the payment of the fourth and last instalment to the States, ordered to bi5 made'by a former and tlien existing law. The second bill of the House of Repre sentatives, (House Gill No. 2,) also report- cd to the Senate by the same Senator with out amendment, was a bill to borrow money tipcmtrTrensury notes. ThOnajmiheiUcts- This wa:i done at Mr. Vun Buren's cx'ra session, called, as toe believer, for this very purposij. And yet, in a year after the ad ministration i.i turned out, the excuse for an extravagant-expenditure of an avcragu of twenty -eight na'lions annually, (the amount was0 over thirty.onc millions, tho very year and the year after they began ti borrow,) is, tliat they tcere pushed vp to it by a surplus a redundant Treasury. Mr. Wright interposed and said, " that what he intended was, to say that during the administration of Gen. Jackson, as well as Mr. Van Burcn, they were driven '.a maku , extravagant appropriations he meant td speak of the whole twelve years.'' Mr. Simmons resumed. - I did not so un derstand the honorable Senator. He was replying to the honorable Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay,) and attempting to show that the Senator had made an over-estimate of the expenses of the late adminis. tration. Those during Gen. Jackson's time had not, to my recollection, been stated in the debate. And besides, so far as I recol lect dUringthe first term of Gen. Jackson's administration, the expenses were not very high. Mr. Wright said, " look at the ap propriations and expenditures for the last year." Mr. S. I perceive that they were both high; but the Soriate will also recol lect that this was after the- surplus money had been disposed of by law. They were certainly very high, and also very extraordinary. On lookiog at the es timates of the Secretary for appropriations for that year, 4 find they amount to sixteen millions; but actual oppropriations were made to the amount of thirty-seven millions twenty one millions more than the esti mate. It was, in fact, believed that thit was done onpurpose to defeat the intentions of the law of Congress for depositing th surplus money with the States- a law which received, as was said by bim, " the reluct ant... assent ofjtheExecutive. Twanry. c C fli f r! t'j a. i li - V.