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Boots,
PAMPHLETS,
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OAIDS,
LOO MI
S(.TON, IOWA.
DK.
WILLIAM L. SMITH'S office on Sec
ond street a few doors west of Chestnut st.
IJloomington, May 14,1841-25
A V I W I i A U K
SfCt'KSSOIl TO H. MrS«iHA\e,
Grocer, Forwarding and Commission Mer
chant, and Dealer in Produce,
BLOOMING ros, IOWA TEHRITORT.
ATGTBEKSON,
aESPECTFULLY
practice in the several courts of the Ter
ritory, rnd particularly in the counties ot
Johnson, Ceii.ir, Linn and Washington, Col
lections in any part of the Territory punctually at
tended to. 16-ay jt t*b 14, 1841
LAW PARTNERS!!U\
A S I N S & I A
WE associated themselves in the practice of
Liw. and will practtce in conjunction, in the
counties ot'Muscatine, Cedar, Linn, Washinelon and
Louisa. Business entrusted with either will receive
&e(K-tfnpt attention of both.
•.•.HASTINGS, FL.KOTT BICHMAX,
C|ne,
t3
*Une»,first inserUom, One
Oolar and for each subsequent insertion Fif-
^Literal discounts allowed to those who adver-
BILLS OF LIBIM,
BALL TICKET^
JUSTICES' BLANKS,
BLANK DEEDS, &c.
C. W. HUMPHREYS & CO.
Scalers fit ffcrcfan attD Boirrstfc Br? CKoo&s,
Groceries, Boots & SDoes, ?«arttoirc, *c.
Curner of Chesnut and Secorul streets,
Tailor,
informs the citizens of
Blooniin^ton and vicinity, that he continues
to curry on the Tailoring Business in all its branches,
with neatness and despatch. kinds ot coun
try produce taken in exchange for work. He is
*reut for and in regular receipt of 1'. Oliver's Fash
ion?. 21-tf March 10,1841.
0. S. HAMPTON. W. n. HAUR1P0*.
UAMPTO* A HARRISON,
A O N E Y S A A
IOWA Crrx, I. T.
HAVE
associated themselves in the practice of
the Law, under the above style they will at
tend to tUe business of their protVss.ou vhe scv oud
judicial district, and to criminal cases any county
la the Territory. Business committed to their care,
cr either of them, will receive the joint attention oi
both. February 25, 1841.-19-lv
W I I A E A A N
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Iowa City, Iowa Territory,
WILL
Bloomingtcn, $ Cedar county,
W. F. DEWEBLR,
Forwarding and Cotmnisttion Merchant,
Bl.03.MI NKTON, I. T.
(j^ Having Wen appointed Public Auctioneer for
Muscatine county, he is at all times
ieady
to tales in that way.
[ORATE* N CHESXCT STREET, ETWEES FROST
AND SECOND.
A. JT. I MP LB,
1RAD C. DAY,
A O N E Y A A W
BLOOMINOTON, IOWA TER.
5j*0fTice on Second Street, third door below the
Post QUid. Recorder's Office in the same builtliug
T. S. PARVIK,
A O N E Y A A W
BLOOMINGTOV, I. T1
MEDIC*1L,
DRS.
BLAYDES & REYNOLDS have as
sociated themselves in the practice of Medi-
and tender their services to the citizens of
Bloominoton and its vicinity, in the various branch
of their profession. Office in Holling9WOf{|i'$ j^ug
"tore for the present.
GEORGE GREENE,
Attorney and Counsellor at l*W
MARIOS, LINN Co., I. T.
J«
W. PARKER^
ATTORNEY AT I, A W1,
DAVEN»ORT,
I.
T.
WILLIAM R. RANKIN*.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
From the New Orleans Picayune.
naitrjY
TME AAIV.
AMhe Vvrandah last winter, there aftpesred
a very distingue individual, passing round a
.cord, a la lie Pntron, which announced its
owner as a very respectable /fro." of no ve
ry particular denomination. Among other in
troductions at the hotel, the elegant young di
vine contrived to make the acquaintance of a
ijentleman from New York, from whom he ob
tained a loan, upon pretences which were, not
Jong after, ascertained to be false. The fash
ionable looking clergyman shortly made a sud
den and mysterious retreat from the hotel,
leaving book-keepers, bar-keepers, and many
other unsuspecting individual?, minu? in sun
dry ways, and deponent saith nothing more of
the gentleman until he was encountered recent
ly in Cincinnati by the a.r.iableand sylph-like
Jim V., who at present is vegetating about
those parts. Jim knew the doctor. He had
seen the D. D. before, and what is more, he
still retained an atrectionate remembrance of
some certain sums of money which the said
feverend gentleman had obtained from him on
some former occasion, when figuring in souie
other character.
liere was a prospect for fun in the Iienrie
House, which soon resulted as follows. The
reverend divine was gravely informed that a
gentleman had died in the house, and the
friends of the deceased, learning that a minis
terial person was so handy, ventured to request
his presence for the purpose of sanctifying the
scene with the pious duties of his office. At
once the worthy expounder ol theology r»s
ponded to the call, and in a few moments he
found himself in an upper apartment of the
house, wlinre a body clothed for the grave, lay
stretched out in the midst of a mourning uroup
of .friends. They were ripe wags, all of them,
and such an imposing exhibition of sorrow and
solemnity, no person uninitiated could ev
er have detected for a huii.bug. Fa nt sobs
were now and then heard, qud noses we»e
blown in a manner somewhat ambiguous, for
had the doctor felt at all suspicious of anything
like a plot, he might easily have doubted whe
ther the good people around him were laugh
ing or crying. He. however, felt no uncer
tainty about his position, a*id went on enacting
his character with a countenance cf most con
summate gravity. So nicely, however, did he
counterfeit the air, appearance and nunier
throughout of a high bred clergyman, that
some of the confederates bigan to fear that
there might be a mistake, and lest so serious
an outrage should be played otT upon a real
minister, they determined upon anotner review
of their information before the "saw" should
run any further. For this purpose the inx:k
minister was drawn away into a side apart
ment, while a select committee remained to
crofs-quesiion the corpse. Up bounced Jun
in the cofiin a? soon as he saw the doox close
upon his old friend, the doctor.
Gentlemen," said he, wiping his lips and
spiuino flour from hi* mouth,
4,ln
4
to attend
DOCTOR M'KEE,
A¥
LAW
TIPTOX, CEPAR Co., I. T.
practice in the several courts of the Territory.
TYSON*
O W A I N & O I S S I O N
SESlBOSL&Hril'a
WHEELING, VA.
I MOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENT A
itAmwmv*
W K* HARGRAVES will attend to tbe above
"^iness, in all its various branches, with neat-
aCfUracy
antl
A»y
daspatch. Also, Glazing and Gild-
business entrusted to him will receive
®l* "ttention, and be executed in
a workmabike
4-^y BloomBgton, Nev. .ao
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dont wish to
hirry you at all, but I should like to have this
«limax brought about as sooo as possible, for
between ourselves, my friends, (and 1 speak it
in trepidation)—
your coffin, Jim!" remarked one of the
cross-queMioniug committee.
"Yes, in my coffin, 'yes indeed, blesp you,'
said Jim, "and I'll be if 1 stay dead much
1 nger!
Yes, i deed, bless you
Here followed a sudden thrusting of hand- i
kerchiefs into mouths, together with sobs and
blowing of noses as before.
u i y o y e o e i s i s a i e a n y
further," said one of the most sericus of the
party, "we must be certain that you identify
rightly the individual—for this person seems
to us as though he might be truly a minister
of respectability."
A minister offaro, my dear fellow—4yc*,
indeed, bkss you—sweet idea.'* 1 know my
game, gentlemen—so bring on the doctor, for
1 can't stay dead all night, here!"
Well, let's go on then," said one of the
leaders of the frolic.
The corpse lay down in the coffin, but just
as the door was about being opened, up sprang
the "purtnbed spirit" again.
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4
Tailor,
C^SHor ojr SECOXD STREET OPPOSITE THE POST
OFFICE.
What's the matter with you now, Jim?—
lay down," said one turning back.
No, sir, I dont lay down I want a drink—
hope 1 shall not die again till 1 have a julep,
yes, indeed, bless you, sweet idea.' Such
were the words of the dead body, and there
sat Jim in his shroud, waiting for his julep.
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No, no, wait till the fun is over," was
urged, but the corse was obdurate.
441can't
play a dead man without throwing
some life into the part!" said Jim,44and as I'm
going into the land of spirits, I should like to
take some spirits along with me."
Jim had his julep, for nobody could argue
with him, and soon after the elegant impostor
was again introduced—every thing once mere
assuming the appearance of death and gloom.
In the meantime the mock minister, while con
versing in the other apartment, had betrayed
his knowledge of Jim, saying that he recog
nized the features of the corpse as those of a
young gentleiuau he had formerly known in
New York.
The reverend roper-in thought, of course,
dead men could tell no tales and he was quite
safe in acknowledging the old acquaintance.
Now all was silence, sobs and sorrow, and
there crept over the knot of young men a
strange mingling of involuntary awe with the
opposite light sensations inspired by so ludic
rous and extraordinary position of affairs.—
Finally, all disposition for laughter faded a
way in the most breathless and serious pause
—the young men yielding to the influence of
so critically curious a juncture, and each puz
zled and spell-bound between two ideas—one,
the question whether or not Jiin could pre
serve his deception till tfie best moment for a
climax and the other, whether the brazen-fa
ced mock parson would dart kneel dowu and
pray in such a situation!
A moment decided. The impudent swind
ler actually sank upon his knees at the foot of
the coffin, turned his face upward, and, with
closed eyes and clasped hands, launched into
a flowing and giaceful display of sacred epi
thets, apparently giving vent to a fervent and
heartfelt prayer! All eyes were rivetled upon
him in astonishment, and again the impreseion
prevailed that by some egregious error a real
minister was actually present when the next
thing that fixed attention was the corpse slew
ly rising until it took a sitting position in the
coffin! Still the parson was going on, pray
ing with his eyes closed, when Jim deliberate
ly lifted his julep from among his grave
clothes and took a long drink, at which mo
ment, before the glass was removed from his
lips, the sham preacher opened his eye3, and,
pale, mute, and motionless, stared at the spec
tacle before him! The last word he was ut
tering fell broken from his lips, and he remain
ed* powerless, upon his knees, confronting the
corpse, with a countenance so set and ghastly
ihat the flour upon Jim's face (he afterwards
declared) began to blush at the contrast.
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Well, old fellow, yo rx've rutted me .'"said
Jiin, quietly sipping his julep, you're the
greatest preacher on this side of Limbo, and
the only one extant that cau raise the dead
Now, old boy," said Jim, jumping out of the
cuffin aitd stripping off his shroud,
Yes, indeed, bless you—sweet idea!'' Popu
lar expression in the .vest, derived from a well known
aud eccciiU'ic Colonel.
Increase of Crime,
In our recollection, there never has been a
period more fruitful in crime, in all its forms,
than at the present. Every mail brings lis
some new account of foul murder, a desperate
robbery, or a lamentable suicide. Why is this?
Is there no antidote to crime? Is there not a
conservative, redeeming principle, which shall,
for the future, protect tiie people from such
melancholy occurrences? These are impor
tant questions and well worthy serious atten
tion of all hettds of families. VVe say heads of
families, lor there lies the origin of crini*. )n
the rMrsery are taught the principles which gov
ern in youth and manhood. The instances are
extremely rare, in which the moral cultureof
children was neglected in infancy, where the
future tendency of their lives was not to crime
in some shape—if not to murder, robbery or su
icide, certainly innumerable breaches of moral
rectitude in other particulars. Hmtttd morals
is, therefore, the salt which al'ne c.tn srrve this
people from crime, and Iheir tdmirahle^v-tein
of government from premature dissolution.
No government that rests upon any other ba
sis than the broad foundation of public virtue
can be perpetuated.—All history attests the
truth of this position. Hence in our govern
ment—founded as it is upon the pulic will and
kept in existence by the action of the people—
arises the absolute necessity that the mass,
who form its character and shape its destiny,
should be early instructed in the immutable
principles of Christian integrity. Impress up
ou the infant uiiud the great and fundamental
i n e s o o a e u u e a n e w i o
God is the only standard—and continue to in
culcate them as long as parental authority lasts,
and in a great majority of cases, you so fortify
tiie individual ag/iint the allurements of vice
as to render him invulnerable to crime. Ou the
other hand, divest a child altogether of the
wholesome restraints imposed by a virtuous
line of conduct and he will be Jed on from vice
to vice—here ensnared and there overcome—
until he steps fiom the dungeon to the peniten
tiary or the scaffold. Education—the moral
aud intellectual—is, therefore, the antidote to
crime—redeeming conservative and principle,
which alone can ensure a virtuous state of so
ciety, and perpetuate, unirnpared, to future
generations the glorious institutions—civil and
religious—of the American Union. The dis
semination of such an education among the peo
ple will reform all the evils acknowledged to
belong to the government—ensure domestic
tranquility aud the strict observance of law,
and thus promote the grandeur and "lory of our
beloved country. We now number eighteen
millions of people, but we believe the advance
of knowledge ana virtue is in relative propor
tion far in advance of ignorance and vice and
though the frequency of crime startles and
alarms, and though many of our people appear
to be destitute of that hi^h moral integrity
which should characterize them, we do not de
spair of the Republic. Its march is onward
and upwarj. Christianity is laying deep her
foundations upon a Itock which will withstand,
unmoved, the storms of corruption. Its peace
ful, holy, law-abiding influence is seen arid
felt throughout the ler.ghth and breadth of the
land. Its moral beauties and heavenly doc
trines are taught in every community i: has
found its way into thousands of families, and
in schools and colleges its moral philosophy
has become a part of polite and liberal educa
tion.—And it will continue to advance
BLOOMINGTON, IOWA, FBIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1841.
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there's
one thing more to tie done here to-night you
have raised the dead, and now, if you don't
want to raise the devil, you've got to raise the
wind. 1 want that small trifle that you hap
pened to forget upon an occasion that you may
now happen to remember. Doctor, your time
has run out here, and if you want to iro quietly
off, hand over those borrowed funds at once,
and you need'nt mind the interest!"
It often happens that men most distinguish
ed for deep scheming and presence of mind,
are, upon certain occasions, most easily over
whelmed. All the arts of this accomplished
rnscai were so completely thrown aback by
Jim's bold and extraordinary manoeuvre, that
he had not one resource at command, and with
out drooping a crest he paid his old debt, and
sneaked otF from the hotel without unerring a
syllable. The next morning he was miming,
and has never been heard of since.
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quering and to conquer." Chri Jian Patriotism
—a patriotism ba6ed upon the observance ot
the moral law—is the only thing that can and
the only thing that will save the Republic. Its
principles alone can improve »he heart and the
affections, and its doctrines alone can lead a
nation to a high and glorious destiny.—Leban
on Stat.
con­
Prom the American Sentinel.
The rising generation will soon hold onr
places. Wo are one by one, stepping across
the confines of time. The school-boy with his
satchel, and the smiling little girl, that passes
by us with their open book, completing her
task by the way-side, little dre-m that they are
to be in turn the great pillars of the country.
As we are destined to leave this goodly herit
age behind us, we should resolve to place it in
competent hands,
Ufiderourowa eyes how wonderfully has
Ihe world changed. We no longer ask for the
speed of the blooded racer to bear our impor
tant despatches from city to city. We have
drawo the heretofore remote parts of our coun
try into near neighborhood.—Cities may be
said to sleep beside one another. The news
that alarms the one, is borne almost as swiftly
as light to waken the other. And yet we are
only at the dawn of the day of knowledge.
The great multiplication of human minds
[speaks from the Deity] will open us myri
ads of secrets, that lie now almost .upon the
verge of discovery. The richer the vein of ed
ucation, the deeper will, in all probability, be
the research of the coming generation. We
should, therefore, open the school house every
where. No child should be refused a seat for
the poor excuse of
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want of room." Build
schools and churches, and you will reqtrire
fewer jails. In our day we may be said to
concentrate existence and enjoy more of it than
many of our long-lived forefathers. That is
no true standard that measures a man's life by
the number of years he has tarried on the earth's
surface. The just test is the amount of men
tal happiness that one may experience in a
whole life. A mau rny doze away a tediously
extended existence with little or no thought
neyond the brute that perisheth.—While an
other who
4locks
up' and Mooks through' the
great secrets of nature, and duly contemplates
the wonder-working hand of Providence, may
from a single thought liud a perremiial source
of pleasure. If, tiierefore we can extend our
existence by embellishing and improving our
minds, it becomes us to open the fountains of
intelligence to ihe young, that they may gath
er up all the knowledge we have aud start well
equipped on their exploring voyage of the
mighty future—the mighty future teeming
with great events!
We think our fathers
fools, so wise we grar*
No doubt our wi.^er sons will think us BO.
The tetoc on tea and cofTcc.—-Speech of Mr.
Woodbury in favor of making them duty
free.
In SBNATC, Tuesday, August 31, 18-11.,
The new revenue bill being before the Sen
ate—
Mr. WOODBURY moved to include tea
and coffee in the list of free articles.
Mr. Woodbury said it was of no consequence
to him, who made the motion to have these ar
ticles considered free. If that desirable object
could only be obtained, it was all he wished.
The Menator from North Carolina could now
present his reasons in favor of exempting them
f/m duty, if convenient to him. Du:, if he
declined, Mr. W. would detain the Senate a
few minutes, and only a few, in stating what
had influenced him to make the motion.
In the first place, these articles were not
taxed either to benefit the products of agrtcul
Mral or :nanufijciiiri:'g labor. Neither c.iine
in competition with them. We were, there
fore, wholly relieved Irom any considerations
connected with the principle of protection. On
the contrary, the duty on tea and coffee would
operate unfavorably to those en«jn«ed in manu
factures, a* well as those in agriculture, be
cause both of those classes, in common with ail
others in ie community, were consumers of
these great article*, and of course burtheiied by
taX'Hion upon them.
All, ther, possessed a common interest in
making them free and all, he trusted would
unite in making them free, unleg* the revenue
proposed Jo be derived from them was needed
indispensably to
fulfil
the public engagements,
or to meet those current expenses which the
respectability, usefulness, and honor of the
General Government demanded.
Whatever those really did demand, he was
willing for one to vote—even to ihe taxing of
necessaries. But be was not willing to do this,
if dt:e care and economy would prevent the oc
casion for it—or if the retaining our other rich
resources in the proceeds of the public lands
instead of lavishly giving them away, would
prevent it.
This, then, is the gist Bf the inquiry under
the present motion.
Is this tax on tea and coffee—the luxuries
of the young if y ou please—but the comforts of
the middie aged—the solace of the more ad
vanced in lile, and the necessaries of the old
is this tax indispensable
Whether these articles, under all views,and
at all limes, were or were not real necessaries,
did not make so great a dilference in this re
spect, as whether under the limit of '20 per
cent, in the compromise, we could or could not
get revenue enough for an economical •adminis
tration without imposing some duty on tea or
coffee. Because, if we would not, then we
must tax even necessaries, or resort to more
loans. I admit, however, that these subjects
of almost universal use were once regarded as
luxuries, and f-o taxed. But in the progress
of wealth, comfort and intelligence among the
middling and poorer classes—which had ele
vated them so much higher in the social circle
tea and coffee had become, to almost all, a spe
cies of necessaries and they required exemp
tion from duty when practicable, almost as
much as salt or molasses, if looking to their
wide-spread consumption, and their conducive
ness to temperance and general happiness.
Yet, under pressing circumstances, we had
been obliged at times to tax the greatest neces
saries. But were we now, by any such cir
cumstances, compelled to renew a tax on tea
and coffee
The Senator from Kentucky had been so
obliging as to refer to a report from Mr. W. at
the last session, in which under certain events,
it was *»gge8ted that tea and coffee would be
among those articles which we might be obli
ged to tax? Y'es, sir, 1 then thought, and do
now, that these articles, though once luxuries,
were not now to be strictly treated as such, and
still were to be taxed if it was necessary to
raise so much under a tariff as to embrace arti
cles of that description in order to obtain the
indispensable amount.
1 am happy to find that my Views as to the
character of these articles,concurred with those
of the honorable Senator, expressed as long ago
as 1S32. He then remarked, in much better
language than I could select for myself, that,
"If the universality of the use ot objects of
consumption determines their classification,
coffee, tea, and spices, in the present condition
of civilized society, may be considered acces
saries. Even if tbey arc luxuries, why should
..
not the poor, by cheapening their prices, if that
can be allowed to use them
Hence* sir, the articles of tea and coffee, only
now quasi fttxtifies to any, and substantially or
practically among the comforts, if not necessa
ries, of all classes, are not to be taxed unless
indispensable to meet our imperative engage
ments. But, oa the contrary, if it appear that
we are not able to me&t those engagements ex
cept by taxing necessaries as well as luxuries,
then you must march up to the urgency of the
occasion, and tax them as you already have
woollens, sugar, and iron. 1 thought former
ly, as I do now, and hope always to think, that
if you will not reduce your expenditures as low
as eighteen or twenty millions, aud do not ex
pect larger importations than those of 1833, it
will not be possible to make the ends of the year
meet without going beyond twenty per cent,
duty on some articles, or raising Lie duty on
others now free, including tea and coffee—and
that the only question would then be between
the preservation of the public faith, and a mo
derate tax on tea or coffee. Between those two
considerations, when forced upon us, I did not
then, nor could I now, hesitate.
But I men stated expressly, as I new do,
that our expenditures ought not, in my opinion,
to exceed about eighteen millions a year in
181*2. I had expressed a similar opinion in the
annual report on the finances in the December
previous. And 1 still think that they could
safely and prudently be reduced to even less
than eighteen in ordinary times, and am ready
at any moment to designate the items and
amounts of reduction under each, which ap
pear to me feasible. I then thought, also, and
then said, that probably the imports would be
larger in 1842, and afterwards, than they had
been in 1838. But it was necessary to take
some year as an illustration of the compulation,
and therefore a new one, 1833, was selected,
as 1839 had been unusually high. It was,
however manifest then, as it is ouw, that if our
expenses should not exceed eighteen millions
yearly, and the imports prove to be much lar
ger than in 1838, no duty whatever on tea and
coffee would probably be necessary.
By the much larger amount of imports, as
computed by the Secretary of the Treasury for
184^, no duty on them will be required in or
der to defray eighteen or even twenty millions
of expenditure. Hence, in accordance with
the principles I have always entortaii ed en hi
question, and in accordance with souud views
of political economy, this motion to make lea
and coffee free ought to prevail.
Th only remaining inquiry, on thin occasion,
is one of fact that is, whether the Secretary's
estimate us to the revenue, or mine as to the
proper amount of expenditure are either of them
erroneous. It becomes a question, on sound
economical principles, wi,ether we could obtain
enough for all our reasonable wants, without
the duties oi taa and or not. T. is must
depend upon how much we ought to expend
yearly under tiie new Administration, so radi
cal in its professions, aud how much we are
likely to receive yearly, without a tax on these
articles, under its high expectations as to a re
vival of prosperity. 1 shall then, lo reasons
staled on several former occasions, suppose,
until the contrary is shown, that the expen
ditures in lrti2 ouylil to be not over eigh
teen mil.ions, and that the large imports esti
mated at this session in ih« Ti*.sury Depart
mental in the oilier House, may be probable.
Then we can assets 20 per crut. a one hun
dred and twenty-five millions of dutiable im
ports, aud then the nett revenue would be over
twenty millions. To that, in the first half of
next year, there- will he added over two. mil
lions before the last reduction takes effect, on
the 1st of July and, after that, over a milltoa
more for the augmentation then made by the
home valuation. The Senator from Kentucky
v« ill probably estimate the addition by the home
valuation at even a larger amount.
The whole revenue from customs would thus
be over twenty-three millions add to this only
three millions more for the lands, aud you have
a nctt revenue of more than twenty-six millions
to meet eighteen millions of expenditure. I
add the lands, because the bill giving them
away has not yet become a law, and ought not
to. But if it docs become a law and is not re
pealed before a distribution is made, there will
be still twenty-three millions of revenue to
meet only what ought to be eighteen millions
of expenditure. That willleave an excess of
five millions of reveuuc, so that two millions
on tea and coffee, as well as one million on
salt and molasses, can be dispensed with, and
still two millions extra be left to cover contin
gercies and fluctuations, whether in receipts or
expenditures, or in paying the debt. The duty
on tea and coffee can thus safely and prudent
ly be omitted. It amounts, at 20 per cent, on
an average import, to only about two millions
instead of three, as supposed by the Secretary
and others. The amount brought in during
1840, of near twenty millions pounds of tea,
was, from difficulties between China and Eng
land, nearly double the average quantity con
sumed here. Hence, say ten millions, at
twenty-nine cents per pound, with the ninety
five million pounds of coffee, at nine cents per
pound, and they would be together in value
only about $11,450,000. Ou this a duty of
twenty percent, would yield, in the gross, only
$2,290,0vl0, aud of nett revenue not much above
two millions.
Place these, then, among the free articles,
and there would still be over twenty-one mill
ions of revenue from customs alone to defray
eighteen millions of expenditure. I, therefore,
have proposed to go still further, and by an
other amendment reduce the dnties on salt and
coffee, next year, one half, and in 1815, the oth
er half, constituting together about a million.
If they both were free, as well as coffee and
tea, the revenue, on the imports above stated,
would be likely toexceed the maximum deem
ed proper for expenditure, as before computed
and hence I trust that not only this motion will
prevail, but ensure success, also, to the other.
I am unwilling on this occasion, and at this
late period of the session, to detain the Senate
a moment by collateral and incidental matters.
I will'tiot add a word i:ot necessary to present
these few direct and plain reasons in behalf of
tea and coffee. If any gentleman is anxious
to exonerate these articles from import, and
the people at large from being burdened by a
heavy tax on them, let bim not be deterred by
any apprehension that our expenditures may,
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NO. 50.
by accidental and untoward circumstances* bJP
swollen for a year or two as high as twenty
three millions. Even in that event, he can vote
for this motion with perfect safety, if the pro
ceeds of the lands are not finally given away.
Thus, should that law not take effect, or be
repealed at the next session, there will, with
out a tax on tea and coffee, be twenty-three to
twenty-four millions of revenue from both cus
toms and lands—being quite enough to meet
the whole expenditure, though Increased by the
new debt and other unfavorable causes, to twen
ty-three millions.
The first issue, then, is, will you retain a
duty on tea and coffee, when it will not bo
needed at all, if you only keep down the expen
ses to eighteen or twenty millions Or, in oth
er words, are you determined to raise the ex
penses extravagantly, at the sacrifice of tea
and coffea
The next issue 1s as follows: If yod allow
the expenses, whether extravagantly or neces
sarily, to be swollen to twenty-three millions,
will you not keep the public lands and pay
the expenses with their proceeds, rather than
tax articles of such wide spread consumption
among the masses of society as tea and coffeel
Or, in different words, will yon, merely for the
purpose of giving away the rich proceeds of the
public lands, without any really gainful result
to the general Government, the States, or the
people at large, as shown by me on another
occasion—will you heap additional burdens on
those who desire to continue their temperate
and humble enjoyment of the use of tea and
coffee?
These, sir, are the true questions. In the
best view it is a contest between increased ex
penditure with tea and coffee taxed, on the one
hand, and economy, with tea and coffee free,
on the other hand. In the worst view, it is a
war between giving away idly, if not mis
chievously, the whole public lands, besides
burdening heavily with taxation tea and coffee,
on the one side, and, on the other not giving
the lands away, and not taxing at all articles
of such universal use.
It is for tfie Senate to decide between these
alternatives.
THE DEVIL MURDERBD—The latest vil
lianous attempt at robbery, was that of a
fellow in Georgia, who put on the li\'ery
of the Devii, and with matches and brim
stone went out to do his master's work.
He reaped his reward. The Raleigh,
North Carolina, Rasp says:
The fello«v dinfigured himself with a
club foot, went to the house of an old lady
a rich widow, and called himself the dev
il, and frightened the family off the prem
is 'S, took the old lady's money and elo
ped. Iu the act of retreating, he was met
a mile or two from the house by a man
with a gun, who had been to attend a
muster, and was returning home and who
too, had taken a
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leelie" too much of the
over joyful. The man, upon meeting
him retreated, leveled his gun, and de
manded who comes there? *1 am (lie
Prince of Darkness, but it is not thee I'm
after Jesse Braddock I had but one or
two subjects, and them, I have despatch
to the lower regions.'—Jesse not being
disposed to let his devilship pass, presen
ted his gun and ordered him not to move.
Satan commenced swelling, emitting suN
phur. Jesse not liking the scent of tha
sulpher, fired, and laid his Satanic Majes
ty a corpse at his feet! He then made
his way to the house of the old lady,
where he found the family it the greatest
distress. Upon enquiry, he was told that
the devil had been there, and they were
compelled to fly to the woods for protec
tion, or he carried off by him alive. Jes
se informed them that he had just killed
the devil. They immediately took the
road, and tracked him by the track of the
club foot, until they came up with his
body, when they disrobed him of his gar
ments, took off the club foot, recovered
the money which he had stolen, washed
his face, and recognised him as a man
who had lived a neighbor to them for ma
ny yearf.
MCTEOD IN IRONS.—A lale London
newspaper contained a statement evidently
calcuUtad to operate on the sympathies of
the public, that McLeod was confined in a
dungeon and laden with heavy irons. In
relation to this statement, Ih6 Friend 6f
Man says:
44McLeod
is now in jail not a hundred
rods from our office, in the quiet village of
Whitesborough and we can assure the
London Journal, that so far from being in
heavy irons, he is not eve» confined to the
jail rooms. He spends most of his time
and receives company in the parlor of the
jailor's house. On almost any pleasant
morning he may be seen enjoying himself
in a promenade on the garden walk. In*
deed he is spending his time among us a*
one of out first gentlemen of leisure."
The Grand Jury of Grant county,
at the late term of the Circuit Court, return
ed nine bills of indictment for murder in
the first degree,against persons who were
engaged in the unlawful execution of MAY*
THE and COUCH. Should these reckless
violators of the law be held to such punish
ment as the statute provides for the ofieq^e
they have committed, it will constitute a
most salutary example.—Cin Enq.
C. F. Mitchell.—The Court of Session*
yesterday denied the motion of C. F.
Mitchell'* counsel to qnash the indictments
against him and ordered him to plead*
He accordingly put in a plea of Not Guil
ty, and wa%4gBfflPfo4,
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