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v"-V V 7 T1I0S. j; LEXIAY, Editor nd Proprietor. ' Jlorth farolhii potttjrfnl hi totfllcetue.1, moral ana phytful rffourrtf-thc tana at onr $trt$ ana the harat tt out afrtctton.' THREE DOLLARS a Year, in Advance. ! TOL 39- nALEIGn, If, C WEDNESDAY, APRIL , lgll. V CHARCOAL.' I Charcoal w a valuable manure,! and applied directly to the soil in a pulverized state, produces excellent vlfcct. It acts by . rendering t"e soil more permeable to otmospheric air. bv absorbing and retaining for thu use of nlants the ammonia of the atmosphere, or such as falls in showers; by rendering soils with -which it is incorporated warmer; nod by furnishing a constant sup ply of carljonic gas to growing pl.uits- The great productiveness of whnt are called con I hearths, or those places n here char coal hns been burned, has long been a com mon remark, but this was common ly attributed to tha ashes, . burned earth, &c, on stHi spots, rather than the coal. The use of con 1 a louet however, shows that though these other matters not without their value, the greater additional fertility of the places is mostly owing to the coal. Immense quantities of this substance are wasted in tha vicinity of forges. salt, and used the mixture on lands sowed to carrots. The result was, "that rmmnntired Infi'd" ga ve twer.ty three tons of roots per acre, and the manured yielded forty tons per a cre; and' Mr. Cartwright found that where nnmanurcd soil gave 157 bushels 30 of soot and six of salt, made it produce 210 busl els per ncre. Mr. Dana furnishes so tV-uutiful an explanation of the man ner in which this man u re acts, that it deserves a place entire: "By mixing quicklime wait common salt, its soda is let loose, the acid romhines with the lime, forming a soiuwe sail, oi line, and so :.Jk.s,M-hfc--"romama late of lime, but as soon as soda be comes mild or carbonated, decom position of the muriate of lime is produced, and the common salt regenerated. Commencing then with quicklime and salt, we pass to a soluble salt of lime and caustic soda, and from that to mild soda, and to carbonate of lime and the origin al salt. If these various changes take piace in me oiiost .oi peat. or ceiue, and. also evolves ammonia from that substance ; secondly, that the muriate jot Iiuie,.in,jtsfiuely soluble state iasinuatt-s itself amnntr the particles of the geine; that the aodau Also equally-diffused, and that when the soda becomes car bonated, it produces an almost im palpable carbonate of lime through out me wnoie mass, which, by its e qual diffusion through the soil with tliegetne, acts upon the silicates, as has been heretofore explained. To produce these effects, Dr. D. di rects to take one busholof salt and two bushels of time; to mako the salt Into strong brine, and with it slack the lime. Mix both well to gether, and let them remain ten days; then let thera be well mixed furnace, shop, dc-o, which would be of great value, were farmers to rolbtrt such refuse or dust coal, n 1 apply to their farms. On heavy soil in Kurope, it his long been customary to pare the surface, and burn tha turf so collected, taking care to incorporate as much of the Hay as will pronerly consist with the -ignition - of r the-torfr-This burnt mass of clay, and ashes is Mattered over tlie ground, and is f.und to make valuable dressing on such sous. NECESSITY OP MANURING. It is obvimis that the manuring of a firm should only be limited nv tne ability or the owner. On a plentiful supply of manures, is de pending the amount of his crops, and cotisoqumtly the extent to which bis labor rewarded. There is no expenditure on a form, safe as that for manure; and the laNw required to inerese it, is never labor lost; at least, if directed by an ordinary share ofagricultural know ledge and skill, bvery source of supply should lie raado available nothing capable of fertilzing should le lost. The farmer who takes front his soil more than he returns to it, is surely uiiproverishing it and i Ih escapes such a calamity him self, he leaves to hi successors a worn out farm. If he returns' ns inuHi as he receive, his farm re tains its mrgtiwl fertilityon!y;but the tnm former will scarcely he content with thi: to increase its fertility, & the amount and quality of the crop taken from the soil ahottld be th ai ni' of the husbandman. This done htM labor is lessened, hi profit as greater, his far in iii worth more; twr uiiisi the pleasure arising from beautiful field, golden harvests, fine animals, accumulating prob P'"Y, ommea in malting up J aiii oaf faints aI" tHt o1 tranla rvcw r successful culture. Manure may be a homely subject but bo its preparation and use every thing is depending. ' 'Without it, the deep -green of our pastures, the golden yellow of our corn fields, and the fine beef and white loaf of our ta bles could not exist. To the far-, . mer, manure must be the first tilings and it must be the last thing; with -it, he can do every thing; without it, nothing From Hon. D. M. Darringtr. House or Reprf.skvtatives, U. S. Ftbruary 16, 1818 Gentlemen: 1 hove been honored with Hie leceip? of yonr invitation to a public dinner, to be given by the Whig, of Phil- sdelphia on thsfiSd instant, on which uiiiaviuii nr a ijuwiiv I ca&ion they propose to bring forward the name of Gen. cathary I uylor at a caadi, date for the Presidency, subject to the dy cision of s Whir, National Convention, My answer has been delayed until the pres. sent time in anticipation of the bo pa t bat it would be in my 'power to. accept your invitation Rejoiced, as I should be, to unite wiA yon in person on that occasion, and snxiotis, at I amrto aid in its high ob ject, I fair the probable necessity or my presence here, in the 'discharge pf public duties, will prevent my attendance. Bet allow me, gentlemen, to say that, though absent, I shall bs thoroughly with you in sentiment and feeling; anil I liner rely trust your demonstration "will be sch as cannot fail to pioduce a beneficial effect upon the country, and the good cause you hope to advance. It is proper that your eity . whose Whiir fidelity has never been shaken, should take a lead In this movement in favor of a distinguished citizen for the PreskkevT''idytt have been 1 fortanate in aejecjjnfcf as ,lb time Jo a- pHWio. pre sentationof his claims, the 22J. day of ttoruary, a day memorable in tie snnals of oar country, and which has now united and enshrined in the heaits of their conn trymen the glories ofTayloi and Itnena Vista with the hallowed memory of Wash ington. While, gentlemen, we should all unite in abiding lha decision of a Whig National Convention, fairly constituted, and fully representing- the popular will, in. the se lection of I he most suitable names as nrar candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, from the list of distinguished jndivjdusU. whose pretensions raav b can vassed, it cannot be impolitic, and mav be very desirable, to hold preliminary meet ings, .and in a spirit of frankness sad tem per of conciliation and forbearance, discuss and give expression to the claims of those whom any poriion of the people msy desire 10 place in the highest office in' their gift. It may be obieeted bv some that it is better to wait the developments of publie opinion, and that it mar be unwise to indicate iiw dividual preference now. I think differ entlyand having dear eonvictinntioos on the subject satisfactory at least to my own judgment, I am free to svow them: am deeidedlu of opinion that dm. Taylor ought to be the aairlulate of the ff'hir pvrtii of the United Statu for' the next Pretidency. Remarkable forhis sym pathy witb the masses of our people .for i nia piain republican manners for his strong common sense- unsuspected integ" tity, public and private his moderation and prudence his ardent and undoubted patriotism -bis Tea tv to the .Constitution of the union of the States his bravery in the field and wisdom in cmirnel his in domitsble spirit in battle, and his generous and humane magnanimity in the hour of victory over a prostrate foe distinguished lor tnai rare union ot the faithful obedi ence of the soldier with the lofty spirit of ? the frremsn, which could enable him to look Executive . displeasure in the face, and declare, with unmistaka ble emphaais, ,! ask nr. favor, and shrink from no responsibility',-.witb a mind which bsslproved equal to the msny try ing emergencies which it has been the lot of an evea'ful life to encounter; snd, above all, conspicuous among all men for that genuine and unaffected modesty, which is almost al way a f ha infalliable index of trna greatness, General Tavlor is eminently fit lobe the President of this great and free people. In the present peculiar and dan gernua crisis jf our "now complicated Mexican relations: in (be momentous and fearful issues which are to grow out of the prosecution and end of this unfortunate war, thera will be, I think, among the manv oiher reasons f.ir his elevation to the Chief Magiattary, a high'. and' patriotic policy in having uch a man pt4be head of our national afTaira. His moral power widi the people; his deserved populsrity, not confined to meie-partv divisions; snd his familiarity with the particular aobjeet of MesiesnafTjirs, would enable him-nerhan.' ! mre that) any other man. to terminal n.l adjust, on a aure, permanent, just an I nonoiable basis, faisUctory to both lie puh!is, all the diffimlt and alsrminir questions arising out of our present eoi. test with Mexico. . I have no dnbt that (leneral Tsybr is a tl hig. . 1 hare.myself. alwsvs been, and expert always to be. a n nif a irne uepuoiican whig. ,i was Whigi when it cost Something of labor and feeling to be ofth.it political faith, aul wbea it was necessary to breast ihe.tnrrrnt of sd versa popularity. ' Bat I have never "aaked favor or hrunk fram responsibility I have hrd no ambition but to promote 'the good of.mj-country.artdfaithlully dclirge all the duties incumbent on me as eue or ber humblest eiiixens. I sot - now, and hare always been the friend of Henry Gay, (lie patriot and statesman, and unflinching- champion of Whig principle, His banner has never been thrown to the breeze but 1 have been found enlisted on der its fold. How long, bow zealouslv and efficiently, 1 have been soldier in his cause, (because 1 believed it to be the true cause of the eourtrv,) both political parties in the 01d Nrth State" can bear testimony. If, in the pmgieas of e- vents, the wisdom of the National Con vention should determine that the treat statesman of tt West shall be oar stand ard bearer in the coming contest, I am readv and willing tain to do service in that i . I I ' 1 I anil to command tir htm OMtwruies m both brsnches of tha Nationnl Legia ure in favor of the great Whig policy of which he ia the most distinguished sdvocste, I would most cheerfully gratify the first wish el my heart lor years, and plae him in that exalted station to which bis eminent services. sslnd devottia ',to'bis ',cotmtrf o justly entitle htm. But we cannot be blind to the signs of the times. I doubt whether he can be elected. . And even if Mr. Clay could be elected, there ia everv reasonable probability to fear that, such is the bitterness and fury of partisan zeal against him. his nomination would be the s:gnsl for the rally of every faction of an old and embittered opposition against him, and that he would be. in a minority in both branches of the ', snd probably of the 5 2d .Congreso. Except for the mere"Hi7 of office," a pajnciple we hsve so olten and justly .condemned, it might piove a barren victory, ass reference at 7."r; j ,..:, .;,. I V.?Itainly,.,h.e,cpjjldsjej'0U'ay..1,w4U Mexico which would not, in . the present stale of parties in the Senate, and probably in the House of Representatives, meet with the moat violent, and perhaps successful, opposition. Looking, then, to the iiieceie of the party and its principles, and the great interests, and, I might add. tha very salvation of the country and its institutions, roy opinion is, flint the name of Mr Clay onght not. and. that the name of General Zacliary Taylor ought to be presented, aftlus time, by the -Whig par ty to the American people aa a candidate for the Presidency. I trust Mr. Clay may never have occasion to feel that those, however honest they may be in their convictions, who advise a different course, are not his truest friends, or safest counsellors. I am in fivor of General Taylor for the Preaidency, because I be lieve he csn and will be elected;' snd because, if elected, I believe his sdinin istration will be cordially sustained by the American people; that, in it, he will carry out the true principles of our psrty. to which I believe htm incerely attached; and that he will establish at home a pol icy liberal, beneficent, wise, and patriotic, and in sinrt accordance with the Constitu tion;" and that he will so manage our foreign relations as soon to restore to ns the rich blessings of peace; fix her founds tions on a solid; just, and honorable ha- sis, and rescue usfiomthe perils id the mad career of 'conquest," and unchasten- ed national ambition, to which many in high places are niv aeeking pretexts to plunge our common and beloved country. Be pleased, gentlemen, to present the accompanying sentiment, and heleive me, truly, with aincere respect, vour obedient servsnt. 1 D.M.BARRINGER -77e $ueees of lheJJhig pariuEttsa- red bv the selection of tieitcral Taylor ss the Whig candidate by the National Whig Convention. . CORRESPONDNECE GENX. .. SCOTT MR. TRIST. The Washington correspondent of ths rew x ork Courier gives Hie following sum mary of the Scott and Trist correspon. dence. the whole of which will, it is said, fill 600 or COO pagea octavo; Today the long promised correspon dence between General Scott snd the War Department was sent to the House of Representatives, and tha pnblic, therefore, will soon have the veil lifted from the strange and unaccountable mystery which seems to hang over General Scott's recall and suspension.- , 'Of ihe letters bearing on the subject of Mr Trial's mission, which it would sppcsr. Gen. Scott took very much to heart; con sidering it sn insult and an improper inter ference with bis dutirs and privileges as Commander-in-Chief, the followingjonly are remarkable and necessary to a proper un derstanding of the subject:- : - ' ( U... letter frm General ScolU dated Headbaarters of ths Army, Jlapa, May 7th. 1S47, to the War Department, em bra. ring a copy of a letter to Mr Trist of the same date. ; ;,,. -.-i.-.i----t , : ... 2. Letter of General ScoU to the Secretary of War. dated Msy fiOth 1847. Snl. fitter of General Scott to ihe Sec retary of War, daed Headqaartera of tl e Army Puebia, 4h June, 1W7, widi en elosarea to .Mr Tried lateiPuebla,May 29ih, 1847. , -v c '. ;"- , ."And the Secretary's answers, viz: -1st. Ua. Mhci'i truer la Gs Scott, MJ SI, '4S f'T . V m7.m n i . oc-H ,he pwer f ni.ke Mr Llay Prestdent. St. d io t tfo Jan IS. 47. 3rd. dn do to r a July IS, '47. "And his last letter dated Januarv 13. 1843 in regard to the institution of a Court of Inqtiry to examine the charges Drought ny ueneraia worth anU Pillow and Lieut Col. Duncan against General Scott. The Correspondence between Generals ScoH and Worth, which led to t'.e charges pre feraed by the latter against the former, and to General Scott's emand of a Court Mar tial to try General Wbith haa already been published. . The gist of the first part of this eorres nondence consists 19 ' the grievance fell bv General Scott that f person ' nf such small standing as Mr Trist - should hsve been sent down to Mexico, to interfere, as he imagined, with his plan of operations and pacification , in Mexico. Ha conceives Mr. Trial utterly unfit for his tssk. and thanks bis stars that he is not degraded by beintr awcinted with him as commission er. He complains of the want cf confi dence shown him by tha Administration ever since he left Waliinj;ton,and at last dentamla to he recalled as early as the exigencies of ihe public service will per mit. General Scott's enclosures, consisting , of his eorrespondenco-w-Hh "h Commis sioner" Trist, sre truly interetting; snd eon Vitute a very impoitantitein, r it shows that General ScoU absdutely refuseil to forward to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in Mexico, Mr Buchanan's despatches, handed him for that purpose "seated" by Mr. Trist. It appears thatrth-neral Scott never was acquainted with J.he conteats of this desparch. which, nevertheless was known to Mr Trist, and which the latter was instructed to show General Scott, at the time. Between Scott, and Trist there was from the beginning the. very worst understanding; great officious supercili ousness on the part of Tiist,and unfeigned contempt and disgust on the part of Scott. The la' ler seemed to labor under t'te itn- impreion . hatMjr, .Tjrist Jhtd received rrom She Prcsihenl the power of dictating! while he contended that time and 1)1 ace for the conclusion of it had properly been left to the discirtion of the Commanding General Gov. Marey's letters to Gen. Scott, show that, while the conduct of Mr Trist was not approved of, yet it was deemed proper that Mr. Trist, 'after lisviug con cluded a treaty with Mexico, which treaty being ratified by the Mexican Congress, re qnireti nothing but the ratification at home, should inform General Scott of the fact, snd demand, in the name of the President, sn armistice r a cessation of hostilities. "General 5coll, in his letter to Mr. Trist, does lull justice to the diplomatic talents and manners'oflhecommissioner, whom he msrsni-nn CaTIIngUie Clerk of the State Department, another Marat Canton and St. Just,' and who he thinks, ouglit to carry a travelling guillotine wherever he goes. Mr Trist retaliates on General ScoU in his correspondence with Mr Buchanan, in which he is almost equally severe on Mr Polk h1melf,and fully vindicates, aa far asthc Is concerned, the superiority of Diplo macy over achievements in the field. It is impoesiuie, as ucneral fecott says, to a -m find mote perfect specimens of vanity, con- - Ml I , . - . ceir, ana ui-nreauing man are tound in Mr Trial's official communications with General Scott. In addition to this, they are so prolix that Gen Scott did not pretend to read them through himseir, but handed them over to his aiJs, who communicated to him their contents on the march from Jalaps to Puebia. ; 'Go. Mare jr. in bis repliet to General Scott, first eem lb try to persuade Gen. Scott that no disrespect to him was meant by the Department of the 'President; but that he was wrung in refusing to forward Mr Buchanan's Despatch tolhiMexican Government. The Secretary of War in formed htm that the contents of the despatch would have been communicated to him if be had r ot at once repudiated Mr. Trial, &e.' Towsrds the end he' in forms him that hs reqnest to be recalled would tie aceeeded to as soon as it should be deemed consistent with the exigencies of the public service, of ,which he should be informed st the proper litre. ' "In regsrd to the charges preferred by Geri.k Worth jgainst General Scott, and the demand of the latter of a court martial to try Gen. Worth for 'malictoua' Insinua tions and slanders against the . Commander of the Army Mr. Marey, in his letter to General Scott of the 13th January, 1648, dwells on the ' impossibility of trying Worth without first examining bis charges against ScoU inasmuch as the appeal of an inferior olucer from ; the decision of his superior to the President does "not of itself consitiuto a crime; and because if such appeals were punished as insubor. dinstions, it would eventually debar them from asking for redress or grievances, and thus defeat the ends of justice. Gov. Marcy f objects slso to a ir ourt martial now, whea so many otiicera are wanted in the field,' perhaps in .active operations against the ejiemy, and argties)hat a courl of inquiry would answer all the purposes for Ihe present; and intimating that if be fore that court General Worth were to fail to make out hi charges against' General Scott. then a court martial might be con vened to try .Worth n Scolt'a charges. . , "I give Tou here the pith of the whole correspondence, 1 with the accssatinna con- tained in General Scott's letters, ' sad ..the grounds of defence taken by the Secretary of War." Mr opinion is that if Trist had not been sent down, or, in his own stead. someone higher in position and -in the confidence of the publie, and, less hostile to General Scoit,)m.ny, if not all the difficul ties which hsve occured might hsve been avoided. Mr Trist was known to express himself very disparagingly in regard to Gen Scott before he left Waahingtnh; and such a man surely ought n.t to have been selected to act in conjunction wiih the successful General, or separately end distinct from him. Gen. Seott st the head of the srmy hsd a position widely different from the clerk in the Department, who had but two sets of treaties w.uh him, one to propose and thej; other, to substitute at the ultimatum of 4tis govern ment, and whosediplomatic functions prop erty lermtnatea witn tne aecompttsnment of this design. It is certainly anargument m lavor ol uen. ncntr, as isr aa nis cor respondence-with Mr. Trist is concerned, that Mr Trist is now held 1.1 the same low estimation by those who sent 1)im. in hich Gen Scott held hd him,-after the Don Qnixoctie Diplomate had roads his sppesrance at his headquarters'' Another usttkr from mr pointsett. White House, Peedee,) Ja. 28.1848 , My Dear Sir: Feeling very anxious that the subject whieh I touched upon in my last should be fully understood 1 have sought among my papers for documents that may be relied upon, and find the fol lowing results: In the year 1809 the most prosperous period in the history of New Spain, just before the revolution bioke out the reve nue of Mexico amouted to l 5,693,805, derived from the following sources: Assaying 72,506 Duties on silver ingots, with gold 24,008 Do on do do 2,080 565 Do 011 silver plate 25,716 Coinage nf gold and silver . 1,028,359 A cabalas r ' 2.6M.6I8 Pulque ' I Gonpcwder ; Lotteries 750,4152 370.820 109,003 192 333 Ninths Offices saleable and that may be renounced 27.100 Stamped paper 01,900 Hall ihe aniitas (the snata was yearY revenue of a bene fice paid to the Pope by the .person promoted to-it the half, frsnted to the King (of Spain y his Holiness, ) 37,538 Official papers , 14125 License for cockpits 33,322 Tsverns do 22.883 Duty on salt ... 133.082 Public baking, die, in tera Crux , 12,018 Contributions and donations for the war and frtificationt 055,912 Dye woods, vanillas. &c 81,490 Custom duties .' . 27594 Profits from forfitures 4-c 57,907 Rents from smalt matters '101,140 Sale of bulls of the holy crusade ? ranted by the Pope' to the ndies J. '271,828 Ecclesiastical tithes, idem . 30,230 Do subsidy 4,680 Half natas and mesadas 50,540 Vacant offices 12.W3 Profit on quicksilver from Spain 474,722 ' Do do fromGerm'y 42,585 Freight or do 2.757 Playing cards duty and sale 118,801 ouoco, aaic 01 , . o,yx,ox Four per cent, salaries. deducted from 25,032 Total Deduct cost of administra tion snd donations for the war . . ... . Kelt 1 5, 093,895 1,252.202 414,441,093 The expenses st that period were some thing over six millions leaving about eight minions appucsuie 10 me opsinisn treas ury. ' , r -! . Now if yon tun yonr eya over these items, you will see how many of them an enlightened government would strike ouV It is true that the custom duties were much increased sfier the revolution of 1824 but the r'evenne never sufficed to defray the expensef 01 the federal Uovernmeut. ( Af ter thenveithrow of Iturbide the directors of thst Government wete in great distress for want of funds. The tessury was tx hausted; the troops had been subsisted for five months by forced loans levied on ' the provinces by commanders- A state of tFiinjre which could not exist much lon ger without exciting general discontent, They formed 8.0pp;000. But to efTect this would require six or eight months; and in the meantime they anticipated (he proceeds of the tobacco rent, to the smountof $, 000,000, at a discount of twenty per cent. and negotiated with tha .English house of Staples St Co. $1,000,000 oq account of the 8000,000 loan at seventy . for the hundred, and st and interest of six per et. . 1 The State failed to pay the'r Contin gents; indeed never paid their debts to the Federal Government which supplied them with, tobacco at a given rate. k The oaly remedy that auggesled itself was the form slion of a Central Government, which was effected by the monarchical party, the hierarchy and tlie army, .rhey avajd themselves of the general discontent to take this important step towarda the throne they longed to establish, and aueeeeded through the inotrnmentality of General Santa Anna. Mut the finances remained in the same Condition and the identical expedients of raising money by anticipating the in come were resorted to; and what with there transactions snd the funding snd refunding the interest of the foreign loans, the debt of Mexico is increased to aYrightful amount an amount which we rlmll be culled upon sooner or luteT to pay. if we continue to occupy the country. Loans continued to be- made after the establishment of the Federal Government to the amount of thirty two1 millions, for which the government received aloV gether twenty two millions eight hundred and 00 thonsand. Th whole nf this sum was expended in two or three years and Mexico ceased 10 pay the dividends in 1820 and ever since thst period f ihe ' debt hss been Increased by the tortious expedi ent of funding the interest for the benefit of the stockholders. ,.t is right to state here that the bankrupt, cy of the Mexican Government was pre ceded by that of both the houses 'in London which had taken the loans. Mesrs Barclay, Herring, Kichardsan. & Co and Messrs Golds-nilh & Co., both protested the draft oi Secretary Esteva, aliho," the former acknowledged -fcatnig -in their hand 140.000 sterling belonging to the repub lic, & the latter 500,00. Thie happened in 1827, and that year the dividends were not paid. At this period, receipts of the cus toms were sensibly , diminished, snd the distress of the" Geverment - became very great. Esteva retired from the Treas ury! but bisoccessors in office were in capable , of restoring the -credit of the nation or of supplying the daily wanta of the Trrasury and ho waa call by Victoria to continue the tame extravagant caieer and resort to the same expedients ss be Co re. I will give one example ol the most usul mode of raising money resorted to by ts. leva and his 1 uocessors to the present day. ,Tlbiveiunwi Bcknowledged.vthe debts incurred, by . the formerjViqeroyt attdceilain other claims a gaibat Mexico to a large amount; but as no mras'ires bad been taken to liquidate them these credits were, floating in the Mextcan'market at 0 price varying from five to fifteen and twenty per cent. A large sum was due likewise by the Government to the tobacco planters,', which formed another credit worth about fifty per cent. The contract alluded to above was as CotA lows; ... " ' .', '-, -----235,249. 03 rials first credits to be receiv ed by Government at 85 I percent v 199,930 2.11 Tobacco credits at par 125.002 1 1 1 Cash ' .75,032 4. 2 "T"7 7 .1400.003 000 The transaction was for aft advance of eight months and whole, amount' charged the custom houses of Vera ('rut and the commissariats ofDurahgo and Zactecos,' The contractor reallyjadvancedwily 9149. 207; for. it was ascsruined' that he paid five per cent, only for the credits snd fifiy for the tobacco funds." He realised the 1 4 00,000 at the end of six months. From that time this hs been the princi pal resource of the Tieasury.' The lisk increased with the difficulties of the Trea sury; but the temptation was so grest that all the moneyed men in the country, Mex cans and foreigners, supplied from time to time the wahta,of the Government on these terms: At times the orders on the custom houses were Suspended altogether, at others they were received in part prymenl of do ties; but they atwsys bore a high price in the money market, and such, contract were invariably profitable to the individnal snd ruinous to the Treasury . ' ' ' When Zava'a entered into the ofxce he made a frank exposition to theiChamber of Deputies of tlie utter destitution of the' f.Treasuiy- 4 Ha - said that -the - Govern ment had broken its most tolumn . engage ments with its creditors at' home snd abroad1, and that those who held Mexican bonds had no prospect of psyment. (Ry the way I was deceived tne other day; The Mexican bonds are qaoted at IT to 171 pei cent.) , ' ' : . ' Zavala assured the Chamber t'jit the receipts for the last nine months had not exceeded $700,000 a sum equivalent ouly to a seventR psrt of the expenses ot the Federal Government; to that the Secretary fit ihe Treasury had been compelled to' have recourse to the disgraceful and ' ruin ous anticipations of duties practised by Ins' prc-decessnr in office. To this mesture he traced the di.tress of the Government; the prostration of credit and in extriea ble confusion of debts,', loans, unpaid sslsries, &e He concluded by saying that $318,515 were due to the troops; 77.8l4 to the civil ' list; and this sum of 1396,489 ' was augmenting daily,' without any mesas of payment, V" .' " ' 1 his state of thintrS continoedr for we find Margine, who was Secretary "of the 1 reaeury in 1830, stating nearly the same difficulties and deficiencies. lie says tha i.rdinary receipts of ths Tressuiy never . sufficed to pay jhe appropistionsj so that from iheJormalioQ of the Government, it became necessary' to resort, to,' loans, When the nroceeds of these 'were exhsus- ed, nations! loans wiih the sdm'ssion' of Credits were resorted to omil the receipts nf the custom duties were swallowed up They had amounted to 95(j)0.0dO a month. The Government could barely count upon Si 50,000. The tobacre rent was mrt P.W.!r."'"'J,"'-'
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