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THE EXPF.NHfcS OF THE PAST AND PRESENT ADMINISTRATIONS CONTRASTED. By a Committee of Congress. The amount of expenditures in a govern ment depends iu pait on iis general, polite, whether exhuvagaut or ecouoinicafY add . in part on the exigencies oftho times. Looking to all these, is is manifest lhat the expense under the administration of the v-higs have been much higher and less justifi able, than those under Mr Vau Huren. Though our opponents as?" 'led hid ndtniois ilon with many gross exaggerations on this topic, and made numerous pledges of reform, it has turned out iu this, as in many other matters, that ail those pledges have beeu for feited, and a deceived community can safely j nlace uu Anther confidence either in their i statements or premises. A moment t the proof of 'hi.--. The exig- ear ies that aifeetcd the expenses of Sir Vn Uuren's admin i(nuiou were numerous. A moiv them, the Florida war was very burden some ; thu ovei llow i n;; revenue, nod the bank expansions .!T835 and 1S3G, h-d to larger j appropi liiMotjs than usual fur the extinguish- j inert ol Indian titles ; iho dealing ot.i ofi risers oud harbois ; !:.e ctectiou of public building, foMs, and light-house, and for sev- ; eral other objects deeply iuteiestuig to many j p: is of the V. nion. V nder such strung im- I finises, the increased expenses ot ihose ob- j iecis were generally voted for by both li!;s , atui demoiiais. - . . . . storoe.n, tn.i.iah Ui-rir leductioo began tho vey . it vear of ;!r Vau bureu term, and was ,ir:utt n nil aain t5rt':d on tho cousidcrntson f Co!gre- by h's j'foper organ of the Trca inv D-oaitmcnt. It wilt be seen by ihe ttibu- r '-'-. " - j lar stn;.;:et,t, soou given, inat lne aetud ex- j pemi.r.-s e,e tnis way lesseueo seve.ai . euliious every year during (,,, term, till, in , me !.t.t one, (1S40.) they equ.ihod onty about j twenty-two midioasand a tm!(J; . As conclusive evtdenre ol tats reduction, , hete is r.n exhibit ofhc-iahy given by tne pre- i t?l4 CfcC'et-ii V O llltl l it;lil 01 l.t.-, uiMJUtu irl .! December 6, 1843. t is the whole Van Btncu's e.:?euu;tJia ior each year (i Mi ; : ; J t ti : n is ! r a t i o : . e :::. .Tieasury n ;!", as the actual e?.tenses JS37 1833 1639 1S40 tjitig only '.he t! l-L t of the u.i:,ai i; ascenaiuiii. .$33,S08,274 j ?1,ro.1,"!-- i 21,909,189 j 22,351,147 : s proposed under thai adtoittU-j much titrther, aud in IS tt to j xpen imues neiow twenty mil- j 1 1 St 2. a i i after vviiois, to reduce ; Indeed, :i 4i tration ! ) go 1 1- luce me -iii.j thei it to the t s.ev.:tteeu or eighteen millions, j iintiwid Treasury tcpoiti iis iecem- j itl bH' 1 j t as .!! expenses '.litis appear to ; hav, n vo !,j !; tt' Vie ti'ip t is tempe:;.-!' w i ' y 'hi. !, !,iil'e, it Jiy ! ;::..) a I.. t!ii lo-.ver, .t that rii.-ir bv lOi'.HV ! arjiOUIit oiiiious !iV JiiJ .. i.:-li fv .!:otjr-'eu. jiving ext'isr-t ;ars, .jit liom !ro:r- nn oJn ti- comiueuee- iii oi t e;; L".v-i i", OY Jar A !it si lerm to ! 83; tile ho'e ex;ei iii:; f, matters of a pe mancni ; ti ' t !toi o a o! a ot; lO'l! tistitieti ine ;tt: i t "eh to tne executive, .piuiou or nolicv Hi low- i i,.n.f ( e a St:.-;, laws, v eflecl Cxtr;. leri V-..- -pt execute the .yorn o see carried into i f-.oiii rvcrott lobenate, .omup.-y s 10. ' rs? ' re cutou nf J'' permanent ri'i .. ";! 7u-i r,s- ..-xcimiini: pfutir.cnU un fc- cnn:-i ' ohjeels tHhc' r.rlrtK i-dinartj tcnij'Oiory. cy - . 1 s7,ot. ..5.2 t i I 'j.j-. j iS29 133f is:ii 1832 1333 J334 2835 i3r: 1837 !S38 But if no icJuctiot ary aud bTUporary 7,679,41: 8.32 mauc c!s, tht tor i expenses nn- i def th demociaiu: administpuion have been j s h a m e f u ! v e a g -j. e rate i ' . 'I no aeiaire e.'tci'l!'ilure. the debt, wcto (i.b, jJioiit 5 maepeinji-nl oi 1,000,000 early ! doriiivr G-nt ..! J.u. Ussiu's tern; :, and. taktli!' i h.o auo Mi about 521. .n Ilurcu's i.-jeth f, wete only d o;ts, including every. ' thittij te;r.toia and exuao'ditiny ee .Sir Kwi;. !.. it " the x'.-,i ,-.-s:.n, 181 i;e House ofitepresent-.tives, T o, 31, ma ihe average oulv 21, 19.251.) This is the ii..k od truth, ns proved bv . to repoi is of whi Secret.i' it;s, instead ol'cn ex neudituie of lo t millions auiiualiy, which was sc. o!:en iccklessiy ch.irgeu in tnr cr!"" ! vass oi 1S40. iut our opponents heiti O'lt th it, under tb.on, a retraction ot tho exp.oiises was lo ne tnimo, n a 'i'reiy to i-.emy anu , eih?eea millions, i"t oi ihntceu imiiions 1 II . . . 1 . . i - .... -I matiy others, tiot likely to be ' itusaiu as "'Jt j author itative w i:h the whig pa:t v. una! expei; J i-.re (sai'j Mr Clay) " i h ai'" 1 may, It. n J tcusoaable tl-.no, he brought down horn its r. resent amount of sd.iiost fotty millions to near one-ihi'd of that sum." (Mr Clay's .-peech et Hanover coml hue, in 184ft, re ported in tin: Natioonl I titciiigcncer of ,f;ii, 15, 1310.J Hav ing alietr.lv shown the ground lessness of that charge about foity minions, Itl us fee a f.ioii.vui how the deliberate ex- pectitioii3 i:ciu our, iieconipanying if, have been disappointed. instead of keeping down the expenses of 1S4I below Hveuty millions, which Mr a:i Burea's a-jmiuist ration propos ed instead of ecm.ni.- iug as the exigencies i f Ihe times nnd their own pledges required, even to thute.ta millions iho hius, as soon as tony sealed in tno-.c, eoi;vei;ed tin extra .session of Coegrcs, and began forthwith to vote iway more monev. They i .7.-1 1 V;'" i sooiethmg lilte fventy tnousnnd tio'lars tr. Mrs Haitisoc. The. itJck-i object after object. ud scheme on frctieuie, w ithout unv fxtiaor- i,; t ' Oittaty eniergem-y, tn., is.tv?o tn-tr nn- meut, ihe. aggregate,; of new appropriations equalled from fi to six millions. It was thus that the expenses of that year, instead of being kepySBwifat nineteen or twenty mil lions, wore swollen to twenty-six millions ; end hare-never since been reduced by our opponents, nor proposed to be reduced bo low, within eight or ten millions, as had beeu promised before the election. Not to rest any of this on assertion, a bible is annexed, com piled from the reports of their own officers. (See annual Treasury report, December, IS43, pp. 30, 31, appendix.) Expenses in dependent of the public debt aud treasury notes In "18-11 (a) " In 1842 V 5,26,394,343 23,921,057 ; In 1843 (M 22,560,221 j I In 'c) 26,877,059 ! (o; As --""ion persons might w i:-h to see th? j wholo n.'iiouu! of nomiua! expenditures, iuclud- ! ing treasury notes nud dthr, wo give the only two vi'iirs ot -hb admin utra'ion flS41-'42i hieh me comoiete, from the same renmt, aud e two which preceded them: 1839, 36,- i 1 7. 176 I S-iU, .$2(3,437,761 -1841, $32.- 092,724 1S42, 3:2,398, !); 0. This m ikes the two whig ycs the bihest by the sum of I,93o,rUo. ') Esiitnated one (p.a.ter of the calendar year. Three quartets ascertained 10,920,- . : . ' r" ' - . - c) i-.-siitn :rea ny tn aeereiury for th- cat year. ThU i on an aver: --4.f3S, 170 a j uit wiii probably exeeed that, l u - .lv V. - i t ..1 1 J .'UlltcU I IS HHi 1 oir .... 1 .j for 1S41. This is aiirxjst twelve millions u year gronter Ih.iii w;s pron-ised before the election; is ten to eleven millions more year- My than tne avutiie exnenses itnrlor lt:rI j.,ck3(Jllj iUlj ,hl ee or Yuur ,niiilons ffl()foiln. ,ua!y !balI the average of Genera!! Jackson's !id 3r y.iu BKitcll s ,crnl3 uuited. Atloiher coasi(icra,ioa coi!llecied wilb this subject, and I leave it for the present. hi: icitt;r:lied eha.je of great ex- p,HJilfes in ainun UQiier Mr Van Buren. which tne whig etigaged to refoi m atid re duce to iibotit tiihfecii iiHious annually but which, iuslead of iowei iug, they have actually increased, from twenty-two and a half mil lions of his last year, to more than twetitv-six ! imilions in one, aud higher than that nrrmoscrl h) another year they complained grievously !i,al exl,euses u,!"'er Mr Van Buren were tl0i (Iict by the revenue of each year. I is fUt. int including appropriations added bv Congress, and large drawbacks of revenue not stopped, though requested, a small deficiency occurred of about live and a bait' millions in tho whole four years and. in eoti- sequence of that, something like that stun had been added to tho. temjtorury dei.'t on the -4;h of March, 18-11, when Mr Vuii IJ.jreu went ut ot power, (feee Mr I orwatd's r'pott to j ne Senate, .No. 41, Januniy 10, 1842.) Rut 'hi was the whole of the (also forty million i de!t, cteatcd Uftder him; while, ui to liie "26.742,918 whieb, according to the last annua! report from the Treasury, now exists ail of if. Out that five or six' millions, has been created since, except about a quaiter of n million of the old debt, and a million and a mird assumed by Congress on account of tl: District of Columbia. Indeed, Mr Clay went so nir, ns wonis, as lo pb-dge himself, aud catii eu friends in the Sftia'e to pledge - urtvent such a ceuise ; but still 'o Jt. me.iis t --. , ., s recivies. - 'v i.'uoto They tiiiitcd most harnionn o pass i n ! tnis lesc. it ion; (taken bom ihe Jouiii- in Fttiuary, 1842 :) Resolved, That it is the duty of the ben- C! - U tiuvtl tu j.'iuiiuc tin siwcijoa-k: i k. nue within the vear to meet tl: ; current ex ;y expedient, ?ri;:e of Ihsj vear : nnd thai i ; cither by iositi or by treasury tiotes, to sujjply, I in time of peace, a delicieuey oi ruvenue, es- necinlly tluring successive vears, $j unwise, i . . . - ., anu must lead to pe nieious consequences. " ... ..... at.v '4 lilt-', .". DlJv. . . 1 . .t.V.,.W have, every year since they came into power, ! viol, tied both the soiril and letter of tho :e- ,. s've. i nev oeL'an hv Living: away the reve " 157190 I ,!Ue lom bie public lauds, and nexi failed en ll'688'67 ' l're' p'oviding what was adequate from ';i'iio ) ! "'bcr soii-ee.-.. They have, every year after, 13 37 594 ! n llrr''' "f Prfund peace, resorted to (he 13 '3-"8UU ! s'''i,s ntjW ''aus or new Treasury notes. J ""'"' t And.- after ;hus swelling the dob! to more than r extiacidi- t'v.v.iv ,.; !;..i k. .i....... t.,t w . .. , vutnuiiiutiiiu ills Va oendiiuro this vcarnud ihn next, tvhicb. nnW i,,,. ..ri;.i i, ,t.,, , .,,,., ... , ,.,,:.r. j j-. v . i o,..-i J IIV. OtOV ll J i llt lt .tL.fX on the people, will cause n further deticiency an! cieot, wtjten tne teeretarv ot tho 1 reasurv estimates at 8.8.577,059 mote. At the end j .-i j ... f it vti iij tin.- ajj lucti debt may teach $35,009,000. How- much' fhey will retrench in expenses, lo obvi.ifc this, unless torccd into it by persevering firmness on the part of democratic; members whose untlaggiug exeriious have accomplished all ' hitheilo tftV-cted fan be inferred from the j In the Seiiate. where Mr Clay's majority i iits beet! decided during iho whole period. numerous additions of nnpropt iations and ex- i peiises have otiginated, rather than retrench Uients : and. iamina she loruier. ;hat most im. , . , , ,, warritniamo ooiiauou 10 w ni'' fa mtei s ot near ' t tiiiv thousand dollms, Thete. the reductions iittein icu uv iei!cicrnis in me oilier Muttw. bate ;.so been ihw:iit. .i it: srmnv ,( in others defeated. And lher. ' last, but not Juat :,, atroua proof lhat the whiyr oarlv. as a paity, inedititio no real real relretichutent in expenses there, where Clay whigs outnum ber all opposed to them the great leader him seli - got op a committee f rctfenchmrtit, attd had his colleague placed at the head of it. Bet, incredible as ii might seem, never, to the pre sent moment uevt r has a single report of any kind como from t'u.-.t committee; never a single dollar of relrent hment beeu proposed ; never a shilling tried to bo sa. ! to the public treasury, nor .-ingle burden on lha people recommended lo be lightened. j From this signal example let an intelligent j yeomanry learn ihe utter w ortblessuess of all j whig professions ns to economy and retrencb I meat in the public expanses. ! IjCI It nni tip IrirfTrOIoo llo nn iKIj s'or,5 the Clay whigs have had a decided mi- lorttv in hi.th 11.,.,.,.. ,.rr t .i ' - " i mu.ira ui vutiress, over ootn i ' " ytei tneti - a no nave in us rooTiO.: nt ..1 I'-.I... . : i .i I controlled ihe laws, autkoi kino w. . ,i ' o 1 we!S as receip's. THE NORTH What prudent citizen can rally to the polls for the election of spendthrifts like these for leaders? who keep the promise of frugality and retrenchment to the ear, but breuk it to the hopes who prostiated the public credit at onetime, in the close of 1341 and fust half of 1842, so as not to be able to borrow a dollar nt par, and never restored it (ill adopting dem ocratic counsels aud taking back the proceeds of the public lands and who became for months unable to meet their debts, and, if let alone, would have required a bankrupt law for the General Government iUelf, ns ample as thai they passed to sponge out the private debts of many of their political ft lends and ; public officers ! Mr Boyd's Letter. MR CLAF'S BARGAIN. We call the attention of our readers to the : fuiloAiug letter of Colonel Linn JSoyd, a i member ol Congress from the htst emigres - J siotud district of Kentucky, to Messrs Coles j and Hopkins, members of Congress f: om I Virginia, aud bv them caused to be pt.l J in iho Richmond Enquirer, from which j: j we extract I! : ! House m Ri:ri;r.sErsTATivES, L". S. j March 29, 1S41. ( euicmeu: Your letter of the 27th nisi. at hand. I fear I shall not be able v tis.ver i- ii-f o-lo! it v 'H-i i.ti - - hav p d away, and with ihem h'e alt jour inquiries recolleetioti ot many luets and cnciiiii-ta.-iees riiin.pf-ifn -.JH iHf mrif-j.t--t.. i-ri.. 1 r ii lit 1:1 1 ' contet f 1824. taken before 'be Senate, the following afiidavit In 1S24, the Clav clectotal ticket, in Ken- j u specimen : tucky, received 17,331, and the Jackson ticket "Ve, ihe subscribers, certify on natb, thai 6,455 votes. No oiher ticket was run ; but j w "tre severally present i. the Lewis couuty there were oneVpr f.o volunteer candidates I CMUrt. f,,r October. 1825, and heard David for Adam?, who received, pethaps, a hundred T foible make a speech, and he used the f4 votes. Ihepublie feeb'ug'of the Ee:i-i..ture, j 'owing language: 'When w went, oii last as well as of the country, was over u'helniing f" he -ity of Washington, we found Mr in favor of General Jackson after Mr Clay ; j Ciawfo.-d out of the question ; the conte.-t and when, in the month of December, an im- i " between Geuernl Jackson and John pression began to prevail thai the voto of Ken- j Qncy Adams. Wo ascertained, that, under lucky might be uiveu to Mr Adam.-, Mr ! circunMuces, would Gen. Jackson p Heury Ciiliendeu, a brother to our present i i'oi,l! oli( !"' 'elli Henry Clay, Secretary, of Senator, introduced into the Hons of Repre- j State. We ascertained t!wU Mr Adcrns would senialives two resoluiious, otje requesting our j appoint our friend, Henry Clay, Secrclary of representatives in Congress lo vote for Gen. i State. Knowing this, then, fellow citizen?, Jackson, and the other declaring that be was ! 'hat Gen. Jackson would noi.nnd Mr Adams the choice of lhepe' tft people of Kentucky. They j were debated ob the 3 1st of December, 1824, and in that debute one reason given for adopt ing the ieso!oiions, was, that Mr Clay might not bo mado Secretary of Slate to the ex clusion ol General Jacksou for the Presi dency. Mr Benjamin Heroin, then a prominent member of the House, and in favor of ihe re solutions, nnd now a candidate on the Clay electoral ticket, said, "he ,neic that many of our members of Congress were inclined lo vote for Mr Adurn?, ana beiieved he would gel the vote of Kentucky, unless this House acted." The resolution requesting ihe mem bers of Congress fiom Kentucky to vote fot Gen. Jackson, was adopted by n vote of 69 to 21, nnd that declaring lhat he was the choice oftho people of Kentucky, by a vote of 73 to II. They were adopted by the S-eunie also, by a large majority, (though run unable to give tho precise vote,) and scut to Washing ton. During the succeeding month it was confidently assailed in private cout ersa' ions, that if Mr Adams was elected, Mr Clay would be Secretary of State, pl.icing him in a posi tion which Mr Clay afterwards called the: line i ot -suie precedents. nnd. on that ground nu i merous letters were procured to be wiitten to ' our members of Cougress, advising them to disregard the resolutions of tbe I.egtsbttu'e. In the developemetiU of 1827 and 1 828, this rumor was traced directly lo a letter or letters, written early in January, by Mr Clay i himself t some of his friends in Kentucky, not, perhaps, using ihe vety- words, but cer- i tainlv couveviu the idea. In 1828, the general excitement on ac coutit of thcxvote of Mr Clay and his friends for Mr-Adams, was so great, and iho charge : of" a corrupt bargain 'between Mr Adams aud 1 Mr Clay was so poiured, and openly made, thai the Senate of Kentucky was induced to take up and investigate ihe subject; poisons and papers were sent for, &c; and of the lestrtfioiiy given belore that body, the follow ing is a put : "John S. Hilt, of --Bourbon, stated, among other things, That Geo. Metcaife tidd him, in l Washington cty, about ihe 4ih or 5th of Jan uary, .1825, that he kuevv little more than when he" first art ived, or than witness ; .that the friends of Jackson would come to ns and say,.yvt hoar you are going to voie for Mr Adams: and the ftiends of Adams would come tv us and say, we undetstaud you arc going to vote for Jacksou ; and so of ihe friends vf Crawford ; that we stand uucom mit'eJ,4nd we must know something about how thd cabinet is lo bs h'ied.' " Hon. John T. Johnson, brother of Rich'd M." Johnson, and at that time a member of Congress, staled that "he was at Washington city" in 1824 and a! the time of the piesideu tii election 'So-' February, 1825. After ?he clrcii-.o, he and his broiber (Co!. Jrihns ti) w ere in company with Gea. Metcalfe, who told shorn he bad a letter from Kentucky, wlii- h slated that the people . would be dissatisfied with the result. His brother told. ihe General that ihis voting for Mr Adams wsiild tie an uphill business in Kentucky- The Genera! replied, fear ice have done too much for our friend.' " He was asked "whether be did not bear Mr White, one of the members cf C'ouoress who voted for Mr Adams, say, a few days pfter the election, that he considered when voting for Mr Adams, that he was vot ing for Mr Clay. This question was object ed to, ami overruled, 14 to 19. Air McMillan, of ihe House of Represen tatives, stated, iu rsply to interrogatories, lhat Mr Francis Johnson was "at Tompkiusville, iu Monroe couuty, nfter his retutu home, sub sequently to the presidential election, where he was asked how he came to. vote for Mr Adams. Mr Johnson answered that he voted for Mr Adams to get Mr Clay made Secretary of State. He made this deniarptiou repeated ly iu conversation, and witness believed in a public speech. He said, Mr Adams for Pre sident, nnd Mr Clay his Secretary, would con duce more to tbe interests of the W est, than Gen. Jackson President, with we know not CAROLINIAN whom for his Secretary ; and that Mr Clay might pethaps succeed him.' "John Mason, Jr., of Montgomery couuty, was called and stated as follows: John Mason of Montgomery states, that before David Trimble went to Congress in 1824, (say September court, 1824,) hs was contending with witness that Mr Rowan ought not to be elected Senator to Congtess, because he wis an apostate federalist, and that he would be surprised if witness voted for him. Wiluess said that the presidential election was coming on, and, from the number of candidates, he expected that the election would corne before Congress, aud said to Trimble, suppose that you vote for Mr Adams, who i also an apos tate federalist. "Trimble replied, he knew Adams lobe nn apostate federalist, and that if he ever voted for hint, witness might rail him a federalist as long as he lived. He also said, that Adams had agreed to give up the navigation of the Mississippi river tor whines and mack l t.rt. ntK that be (Adams) had always been aQ enemy to the West. Whan witness heard j that Trimble had voted lor Adams, he was j surpiisea ; and soon alter his return, he hau j a conversation with him about his vote, in I whn-n be cave as his reasons lhat 'He asccr- j ,ailit! U?llr Adams was made Presideut, Mr, j t lay would be m ide Secretary of St-vto ; and j j di-it if Gen. Jackson was made Pie.fideul, Mr j ; """ . , .... ..... if wotdri be better tor us to have Ada:n, with l' Mr Secretary, than Genera! Jackson riout him. Of the mass of testimony other than that! would, nppoi nt our friend II eut y Oiay Secre- tary of blate, if you expected me to' vote for General Jiicksoh you expected me to do thai whien I could not, and would not do. . ;, Signed, x "Jacob Frizzle -" Jesse Hat? trick, Heiuy Halbert, John Gsiffith, David C. Heath, - W'm. Davis. Win. C. Coffriu, Ht-z. Giiili'.h, ' Richard Pell,. Win. Hamblin, ; John Ilendrick, David Tonkty." j (The above statement-was sworn t beloie Justices of the pear e, was duly ceitiried, eud was published -about. that time in the papers df Kentucky.) " i Tbe limits of uu otdittaty letter preclude j the presentation ot further matter connected I give to you, in his absence, in my i:n with Ihe election of 1824. , perfect way. a desciintiou .f the iertiir? Very respectfully, Your o'j'I. servant, LINX BOYD. Messrs W. Coles and G. V. Hopk'os. 2Stli Congress 1st 8cIon. Apni 9. In the Senate, Mr Berrien took the floor end gave his views . on the Tariff! he opposed any iuterfereuce wish the present tariff. In the Douse, an-unsuccessful attempt was made to reconsider the vote by which the House refused in substitute the Drummond light for the oil lamp. A desultory debate then sprung up, of no use lo any body, about gag-laws, and who was responsible for their iutroducti m, Sic, after which the House resolved itself into committee of the whole, and took op a bill for the improvement of har bors and rivers in the eastern States. Mr Payne took the floor and made n political epeech. He had the Cicik to rend a song from one of the whig book, "For Henry Ctay, hurnib, hurrah, hurrah." The committee rose and tho House adjourned without taking any action on the bill... April 10. -After the usual presentation " petitions nnd memorial, nnd the pnssnge of some resolutions calling for information, Mr Colquitt occupied ihs Senate on the Tar iff", and sp( ke in reply to Mr Berrien. Afier Mr C. had concluded, the Senate took up the hill for establishing a dock-yatd and naval Depot in ihe west, which w'as cicbuttd iii ad journment, without action. . In the House, a discussion arose between iwo gentlemen un n r question " of veracity, which seemed to be n sr-f of bair-splittiug business. A resolution was passed ordering 1500 copies of engraved maps, shewing Mr Fspy'jj theory of storms. An ineffectual' at tempt was mn.de by Mr J. R. Ingersolt to have the bill before the House for the modificaV lion of the taiiff, postponed'.-.' fill, December next. : 1 . . . ' "V. . April ll.-i-In-.ihe. Senate, the bill to estab lish a -.naval station at Memphis, was under dwcim1omV.Mi:' Bajrd of.Mass., advocated the bill at some 'eug'b. Mr Walker advocat ed Natchez ns ihe pkee. The bill was fi nally ordered to a thiro reading. 1 " Iu the House, also, the bill for the improve ment of httbors and rivers wasuncjer dis cussion. After some discussion of tiiis bill, it was put by on motion of Mr McKay," and the pension bill was taken up and past ed. April 12. In the Senate, numerous me moiiuls were presented from the northern States, praying that no alteration be made in the existing tariff. The bill to establish a naval depot at Memphis, Tenn., and appro piiating $ 10o,000 to commence with, was finally passed to-day, by a vote of 3l to II. Mr Cboate thcu took the floor on - the subject of the tarsfi; and vindicated the whig tariff of 1842. .; When be had concluded, tho Senate adjourned till Monday. V - ; - In the House, a resolution was presented from the Legislature of Maryland, requesting their representetives in Congress to endeavor to effect the passage of a law making it pan ishable by iruprisonmont, for any! one to res cue fromj the muster,' n ruuawaj slave. ... The consideration ;of vprivnto bills I. occupied!, the balance ofhe y. 7 ' " " ' ti -. f April 13-Iri the House, the bill making appropi LtioQs for the pay of Ihe army was uuder consideration till adjournment. Apt it 15. In the Senate, to-day, lbe bill fo reduce ihe rate of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of tbe" fraukisrg privi lege, cud for tho prevention of frauds 011 the revenues of the Post Oslice Department, was taken up for consideration. , The amendment proposed by Mr Woodbury, the e fleet of which is to make the postage on letters for every additional quarter of an ounce, oer tho half ouuee cnareab!e with single postsse, half jis n,ucf, more a tjjC sig!e posiage, instead of double as much more as provided by the bill, ,vas afIer debate, agreed to by a vote of 17 to 15 Various other unimportant amendments . Were aisposta ot. iJr Mht nronoscU rtfio- ther amendment, which rermins unacted upon. 10 anotisn. tne tranking privilege eutttely Mr McDuffie moved 'he indefanile imstmnu.. nietit of the bill, which he was opposed to pass- ! As 3 means of producing motion, of convey ing in its present objectionable form, against j ing iuteiiigenct-, of ftciiitaiiug philosophical the wishes of the head of the Pest Ofiiee Dt.- ' iuqairies, and as I'tirttkbing .hi cApFanaioii p;ntment. He " stibseipieijtly withdrew the j of many ;! ihe phenomena ofe.aiure, eletito moiiou at the solicitation tf.Mr Biicbanan, magmtism pro.-nis.-s to be ot gieat utility, who wished to ee it .. tho franking privilege I Klcctro-magnetism, he:ei"ore, i? u .-ubject could not be regulated."- If it was to continue j which every one, i; he cannot k.io.v nil, should as at present, a., source of abuse offensive fo i I :w something. As matter of enterta'r: tho whole country, he would vote for the inde- j i eut, it is a subject which cuSHH--t tail to in finite postponement of tbe bill. He was unxi- Serest ihe it.quirci, white it unlocks the .-torc-ous to perfect the bill if it could be done. Bo- house of uatuie nud devclopes mauy of her fore disposing of the pending amendment, the 1 secret treasures. It is, theieb-te, jih ptCit Senate adjourned. j liar pleasure that w: nih e ?he ! t-nn-r. - hi ihe House, Mr Cranston obtained per- cently given in ibis place by Dt. Fiiy.gibuoi., mission to present a prolcst from the Leisia- j Lecturer it! tha Jjyceum ul Notf.-ik, in Vn tore of Rhode Island against the infeiterunce ! ginia. '1 his j;eni!emari, during t ret t-ss ir. of the House cf Representatives in the id" j his ernpioyiut iti, lias cotr.i; :t,to this Sb:': fairs of that State, xvbich was ordered to be I for the purpose of presenting, by .'colore, sev ptinted. Afterthe disposal of that subject, era! subj'-ets conoecied .wish phi!o.-ci;.ny bf Mr Buike presented She nroicst of the nii-1 fore ny who may be disposed to aiicnd. Ho utility ot me legislature-oi nnoue isi.mu -gaiust the protest of the majority. The House then leeonsidered the vote by which the arimv appropriation bill was passed ytw-ieidav, for the purpose of again offering th-i ame.ndtnent .. . t. . . .t ? I . . t' rk i V submitied by Mr Boyd ; but tbe amendment was Agaiu negatived, and tbe bill was passed through its Seal stages. zrrrr . V . . vtfilUI!intllCail011Si. 8 ' ' : r For the Carobniau. ' CHEMICAL 'LECTURE. Mr Baync: At the request of our fiietsd O. I - i ' i - - t last Thursday n tght. The gases hav ing been taken up and discussed, tho nikalies wete i.iketi as tho next suhiect. These nre. per- haps, ns interesting and important as any o! the subjects of chemical investigation. They eo;isi.-,t of ammonia, potassa. soda, and Iithia; j Ibo former is distinguished by the name of voiatno alkali, potassa and soda, fixed itlkaltes aud litbia, a mineral alkali ; the latter being I of little wmth nnd but little known, receives what officious people most d'ead, a tlight no tice. Ammonia, continued the lecturer, is not found pore in nature, and when pure ex ists only as a gas. it derives, iis name from sal ammonia, or the muriate of ammonia; and this iVom the shore of Ly bin, whence it was first obtained, fi is composed of hvdmgen and nitrogen, and may be attitivially found by hydrogen iu its in-ceni state, meeting niito gen. It may also be found by healing in an iron retott, a portion of the bones and hard patts of animals, and even the b-xms and te fnse of the slaughter house ail sometimes used. Water will absorb about seven hundred litnes its bulk of ihis g-s ; Ihe compound is called liquid ammotiiiJ. or mote familiarly, spirits of hartshorn'. This gas readily combine wiih muriatic, sulphuric, eaihouic, ami nitric acid; the latifir is the material from which exhilarat ing gas is obtained. In she shop of the apo thecary ii 1 1 an tmpoitant article. Potassa, continued Mr Colton, derives its name from its manufacture. Tha? ley of vege table nshes is put into large pots called pot ash kettles nnd boiled to hardnes. The resi duum is carbonate of poiu.ih mixed with some other salts, and forms the potash nfYommerce. If ihis be exposed to the flames of a furmt for a lime, the foreign salts are partially driven off and the residuum forms the peai I ash of commerce. If one part -of the carbonate of potassa be mixed wiih two parts of good quLk lime, and boiled in an excess of water lor an hour or two, ihe lime wilt absorb the taibonie ncid ocd She fluid properly filtered and evaporated will be pure potassa. So great is its uilinity for oxygen, that if exposed to the action of iho atmosphere, the carbon of the potash will unite with the oxygen of the air and fotm enr boutite of potash; potassum may, however, be preset ved by keeping it under napthie. There are two kinds of potash, known by the names of caustic and tnild. The caustic known by the name of lapis infernnlis is made by melt ing potassa in a portion of quick lime. It is ueaily colorless, and will rapidly decom pose animal substances. : if it be exposed for u short time to ihe aetica of the air, it, by ab sorbing a portion of carbonic acitl, becomes mild. "... The most familiar examples of the use of potash is io making - j-oap, and the princi ple cause of so many failures is, thai the ley is not sufficiently caustic. It strength is usually tested by the use of an egg- if h sw ims on egg, the ley is thought toTJe'good. This is not always n sure test, for ley may be dense or heavy, and. "not caustic. If it does not effervesce -or, boil up, when acid is put wiih it, more quick lime should bo added. I f it is loo Weak, nnd ihe egg sinks, the lev should be boiled down. - The experiments of burning pota$sum by dropping it into wntetr was beautiful. Water, instead of quenching the fire, furnished the supporter of combustion, and no sooner did the potassum strike the sur- face of the water than it decomoossd tho tv. ter to unite with its oxygen, mid the heat : free, ignited the hydrogen. It burned '.viih fine4 white flame, and produced a benutifti; violet colored vapor. - - Sodu is nn article of much importance tr ine iu!s, and is very eimiiur in its nn'me ; potassa. This is obtained from fie oshe? . marine plants, and was formerly know., commerce by tbe name of beri;l!o. bii.ed with oil, it forms bard soap. p.itssU ,- . , sofi soap ; this, however, may be refi.iH-' hard by adding t arbonato of ode ... table salt.) Sodium, or pure sorj.i, is -f;.j; fnctured in t simibr manner to pr.i;s , pure potash, except th shea of rnarint .-: are used instead of common wo'.-c , The experiments during this 5ect'';, r ly of making soap, were very sntero -i' -as a part of domestic education, ver- ;. . tant. V'ours, &:c. s. For :he Nortb Cnr., . DB. FITSGIBBO.N's J.KCTUBCS- Elecfro-mngtiftkin is ii subject bch hs.. within a few past years, cueu-iveiy fno.geo the nttcr-.ticu of scientific men. 'i hat s let t ; city nnd magnetism are intimately ci'nnc!e!. and piobatily u mere m rf iticat i i . t the i-a-i -thing, is now regarded as more than iw r conjecUi'c. What resuits may yet be drdot. cd Jroiii this branch of science, it is iiriji.jasi hlc lo predict ; 'but thai tuese residl-. wdi bo great, important to science, aud of vilfiistv., application in the !rts, in medici: and in .' other couctus ot'iife, is mate than fucbablc friugs with him ati ajpaiaiut.- on electro-ma ueiism splendid and c.outpiete. Hi every variety in?t has yrt ben cou.-irin-iecf. His fxplauaiions of this branch t! soielfi: have Iteen cb:ar atoi foil, ntd his cxpt rimenSs : have been not only o.truoidinat v, lot highly instinctive. I he modi: ol cou-tiiictin nn.i ; condiiciiiig Colt's stibiiiuritie batter v ; the po- i cess oi wnvit iintiiir-tire ov uie j,ipci i . ' j magnetic TVlegrnph, now js precis oi' . stiiicliop lelvt:en Rallimore nnd V ahii: I t. r............. IM ........ .n .!.,...;.. . cu Cut.- 1 in! V ! motlotl, nuo Ihe power ot puttiuo e.-.a hltictv Hi motion, as well os the gentna! ih, tYIatfiietism, its connection wi i.h Kifct tint .';s pe:-.tloit on th-? magnetic were nil well t xpLittu'd atid ii'ii-nan d. experiments im air and tieaoi. i'm u e if -en,-, I ;t. ii-ti i Hon ot which the Lecturer : an excellent atr pump am! were instructive, ohi!: ibc c clear. The Lecturer will. fur tt i-iii-it w;:h modei engine.-, (plana! ions wee we tiiit crv!.ii :!. give one !To-e lerloto tivhar- he leaves this place-, and we anno", hut hope that ,-t j neioos pubite will patronise '"is exertions to diffuse knowledge among us. The I.f-c'uter's lj--t is evidently no! merely to in-tp-be mooei, In i to lusmii t mil tmoto'-e ih therefore, with much ri-jn-t il so few attending the be. ori itiiuO. t! w- hn I! is s : :i t anti! t hot;- ntteu:! - ent wtstt hiOi success, anu I.:;; thai the remaining h-cinte will it: cd. Mr Bavne: 1 .- paper has conn occasional notices of a cnur-i- of '"'he' Lectures being tii live'ed by .nr laborer in the cause of Scr nee, H-v. CtJilim. Mr C?s iecitires have oreo s -t much tnlercsi those or t or t in. -o-! hate- availed themselves of the oppci ton it nttesidittg theoj. .i r L 1 . " C' Mr Cuiiou hjis had an able enndiu to.. noble and praiseworthy nnderbtkiie in 'Se person of Dr Kiisgihbou, ' S . folk, Va. Dr F. has, by 'bo jjovftiy nnd va-ieiv :' hi.-t experiirieuts in Mjgnensn-. K!et :. iciy.p m', tl;e physical propel lifts of liir and steam, delighie J and edified hi ntui'ieu.-e. Wo -re gintrfiei! to learn -hat Dr b it.-rii-boti t;s c .o.-etitco' to rems i'l a few day butg er wi:is us, nnd that, on Tuesday evening t eI. he will deliver a lei to-e oij lljee tn!1:'-e-tin s-nl'jects, ;!ud tn'ro-biee ;..;,;;v oiber s;,i, jects whiih cannot fail !.-. pie - . l "J ,V"'-""".J??.,i:j:,,,:''""..?.,.,.Lin " L.' l,.MrT"J?v The Raleigh Independent, in .n.tit-inj th election in Connecticut, makes ire h.ii..wi-.- true remarks in relation to the aboiit i-o: iit- : "In rmlicing the vote for the rtboihuu. an didaie, we cannot but be sit tick with the wiU. "--ss of that party .-.per, iu the 8;, .to of Con necticut at;d Ht ttie Tioise made iv f: ac tion of'bewhoie vote. There are t'e .v t..;a;e.-i in the Union, we believe, but wn.e o-ibt r .-,. up as many votes ior an aboiiti-.t. c nndwar, if the matter were left oj.imi t:;r .rSer'ienceriiig influence. So, in that Saie, nt !r ;,st, it is he freedom of opinion and the . crivitv of the t'a- natics lhat ives them i f'Tos idi-.bk- r. t-ocar mice nbroiid, nnd not any actual strei-rjto th-. possess. Gambling A reformed carpi k-r," called, named Green, is lectin ing in Si .. on the subject of gaming. lie has pu'iir: a volume w herein he v.viiom's nil the t'icf-: the trade-lhe minner in which convex " are made, and how a certain kind r.fc. called a ''rctlectoi" is manufaclutod find .i: nged. His disclosures are astounding. soulhern "nmestcrs have addtessed a b epit'e to him, in whirh they avow their de termination to kill him when good ;.ppo;i for ty offers. To this he replies in the pBpe-e a becoming a i dormer of coumge and tatr;rii2. "Anti-gaming" pledges have been gotten rp unuer his direction, and formidable socicttc- gathered together. -Prnnsyfran tVi . . X3We had a cold rain oil Thursday even ing, lasl, afte ncuily a month of dry weather.
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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