ican interests protected under the Tariff Relations, of which Mr. Tazewell is -iron, wool, &c. [Sketch to be continued.] On the 17th of January the annual report of the Director of the United States Mint was made to the Senate. From this report it appears that the coinage of the year past amounts to $3,923,473 60; consisting of $714,270 in gold coins, $3,175,600 in silver coins, $33,603 60 in copper coins, making 11,792,282 pieces, viz. Half Eagles Quarter Eagles Half Dollars Quarter Dollars Dimes Half Dimes Cents Half cents 140,594 4,520 5,873,600 398,000 771,350 1,242,700 3,359,260 2,200 Of the gold bullion, $26,000 was furnished by Virginia, $294,000 by NorthCarolina, $176,000 by Georgia, and a small quantity by Alabama and Tennessee. The exp expenses of the Mint Establishment for the year were $28,000. On the 24th of January, Mr. Hayne presented the "Memorial of the members of the Legislature of South-Carolina, opposed to Nullification," which was referred to the Committee on Finance. It states that-" if other causes conspire to reduce the income of the people of South-Carolina, it is the Tariff alone which denies them the right of converting that reduced income into such an amount of the necessaries or conveniences of life as would certainly be at their command under the revenue system of moderate duties;" that the progress of discontent has become more alarming from year to year; and the sense of the oppression and injustice of the restrictive system is deeply felt; the memorial also states that they regard nullification as utterly unconstitutional, and disclaim the language of violence and intimidation; but they insist that laws should not only be just and reasonable, but "they ought to conform to public opinion," and that the common good requires that the restrictive system should not be persevered in, against the judgement and in opposition to the sentiments of so large a minority. One of the most important acts of the Senate during the present session is the rejection of Mr. Van Buren, as minister to England. This was finally decided on the 25th of January, and the injunction of secrecy upon the journals was taken off. It appears that the nomination was made to the Senate on the 7th of December. On the 27th it was referred to the Committee of Foreign chairman. On the 10th of January, the Committee reported. On the 13th, the subject was taken up for discussion. The following resolutions, which had been previously submitted by Mr. Holmes, of Maine, gave rise to a long debate: Resolved, That the nomination of Martin Van Buren be re-committed to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and that said committee be instructed to investigate the causes which produced the removal of the late Secretaries of the Treasury and Navy Department, and of the Attorney General of the United States, and also the resignation of the Secretaries of State and War Departments; and report to the Senate whether the only causes of that novel and important political movement are given in the letters of the President of the United States, addressed, on that occasion, to the several officers above enumerated-and if not, what were the causes to which these removals and usurpations ought to be ascribed; and also whether the said Martin Van Buren, then Secretary of State, participated in any practices disreputable to the national character, which were designed to operate on the mind of the President of the United States, and calculated to smooth the way for his appointment to the high office to which he has been nominated. Resolved, That for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of the preceding resolution, the said committee be further authorized to send for persons and papers, and to compel the attendance before them of such witness or witnesses as they may desire to examine on oath, touching the matters submitted for their investigation, and report the same to the Senate, with their opinion thereon, together with the nomination aforesaid. Before the expiration of the sitting, Mr. Holmes moved that his resolutions be laid on the table. Carried. A motion was then made that the nomination be laid on the table. Carried, by the casting vote of the Vice President. Ayes 21, Noes 21. On the 24th, the subject was again discussed. On the 25th, the Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of Martin Van Buren, and, on the question, will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Martin Van Buren, it was determined in the negative, yeas 23, nays 23. The yeas and nays having been ordered, on motion of Mr. Holmes, were as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buckner, Dallas, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King, Mangum, Marcy, Robinson, Smith, Tazewell, Tipton, Troup, Tyler, White, Wilkins. NAYS-Messrs. Bell, Chambers, Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hayne, Holmes, Johnston, Knight, Miller, Moore, Naudain, Poindexter, Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, Tomlinson, Waggaman, Webster. The yeas and nays being equally divided, the Vice President voted in the negative. So it was Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Martin Van Buren. On the 26th of January, the memorial of several citizens of Massachusetts for a new bank, after the charter of the present United States Bank expires, was presented by Mr. Marcy. The memorial proposes a bank with a capital of fifty millions, one half to be subscribed by citizens, and the other half by the government, if desired; to pay the government one per cent. on the capital annually as a bonus; and such tax on the capital actually employed by a branch in any state as such state shall impose on its other banking institutions, but not to exceed one per cent.; the charter to continue for twenty years; and the government to appoint directors in proportion to its stock. On the House of Representatives. 27th of January, a bill to give effect to a commercial arrangement between the United States and the republic of Colombia, having been taken up, it was inquired whether there was any such power in existence as the Republic of Colombia? If there were not, the bill ought to have been so worded as to apply to any republic which might have been formed from that of Colombia. Mr. Archer replied, that it was understood that the republic had been dissolved, and two governments established besides that at Bogota; it was also understood that it was probable they might reunite again; whether they were or not, one commercial treaty with Colombia was still in existsnce, nor was there any desire to infringe its provisions; and the United States were not ready to relinquish existing beneficial arrangements. Our minister had concluded a treaty with the government of Colombia and pledged the faith of his government that the advantages should be reciprocated; if there were now no such government we should merely lose the benefits of the treaty; but if the government should be consolidated, we should secure the benefits offered, and redeem our faith. Mr. Adams contended that the bill recognized the Republic of Colombia as still in being, and its operation would extend over the entire country which had composed that republic; thus the bill conferred advantages upon the whole country, which were reciprocated by only one of the three parts of which it was composed. It might be that the government at Bogota possessed no sovereignty over the sea-coast. If our treaty granted privileges to all vessels sailing from the ports of what had been Colombia, and received, in return such privileges as could be conferred by an inland government, what sort of a bar gain should we have made? It was stated that the government at Bogota had guaranteed to our vessels certain privileges. He was not opposed to the bill if we were to have any equivalent for our own grants; but he wanted to know if the government at Bogota was competent to secure what it promised? Mr. E. Everett replied, that a report published by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Bogota, on the 23d of December, recognized the Ministers of all Foreign powers to the government of Colombia as accredited to the government at Bogota. The treaty in question had been negotiated since that time. If the government at Bogota was not able to fulfil its stipulations with regard to all the ports of Colombia, the reciprocal advantage on our part must be withdrawn to the same extent. The arrangement proposed by the bill, therefore, could do no harm. Mr. Archer added, that there was, in the legal and political acceptation of the term, such a government as that of Colombia, as we were not to be governed by rumors of political distractions, but to recognize the government de jure, the one with which the treaty had been made, which was the government at Bogota. If there were no ports within its sovereignty, there could be no ships to claim the privileges of the treaty. Mr. Adams insisted that the vessels of the United States would not be admitted into any of the ports of Colombia, except Carthagena, the only one which belonged to the government at Bogota, while any vessel coming from any port of what had been Colombia, would claim admission into our ports, under this treaty, and would refuse us admission to their ports; therefore, there was no reciprocity in the arrangement. The House passed the bill by a large majority. The Apportionment Bill has been repeatedly under discussion, and has undergone some modifications. A history of its progress and the definitive action of the House will be given hereafter. A resolution, calling on the President for certain parts of the Chickasaw Treaty, presented by Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, has been several times a subject of warm debate, which will also be noticed more particularly hereafter. [The necessity of closing up the pages of the Magazine on the 20th day of the month, prevents us from bringing down these sketches to a late date. It will be understood, however, that they are intended to serve as a record for reference, and not to furnish news; of course, it is more desirable that they may be as nearly complete as possible, each month, than that they should state the latest occurrences.] American Colonization Society. The fifteenth annual meeting of this society was held on the 16th of January, in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Mr. Mercer, of Virginia, one of the Vice Presidents, presided. The Annual Report of the Board of Managers was read by the Secretary, Mr. GURLEY. It represented the affairs of the Colony as prosperous; stated that Agriculture, Commerce, and Education, had been very considerably advanced during the year; that the influence of the Colony over the native tribes was becoming great and extensive; that many of the African chiefs had sought its protection, and expressed a desire to place themselves under its authority; that schools had been established to which every child might have access; that the cause of temperance had been greatly promoted, and that arrangements had been made to found new settlements on the coast. It was remarked that great changes have taken place in public opinion in the United States, favorable to the design of the Society; that many auxiliary societies had been formed; the Fourth of July collections increased; the attention of several state Legislatures directed and fixed upon the object; and especially that, in Virginia, the recent insurrection had powerfully awakened the thoughts of all classes of society to the consideration of the question, as to measures for the colonization of the free people of color. It was also stated, that the agent of the society in England, had been encouraged by many of the distinguished friends of Africa and mankind. After concluding the report, the Secretary read letters from the venerable Lafayette, Ex-President Madison, and Chief Justice Marshall, expressing a deep interest in the Society; the two last contained the opinion of the writers that the proceeds of the sales of the public lands might properly and wisely be applied to the colonization of our free colored population. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. Hon. CHARLES CARROLL, Carrollton, President. Ex-President JAMES MADISON, Virginia. Hon. RICHARD RUSH, Pennsylvania. Bishop MCKENDREE. PHILIP E. THOMAS, Esq. Maryland. Managers. Francis S. Key, Esq. Walter Jones, Esq. Rev. James Laurie, D. D. Rev. S. B. Balch, D. D. Rev. O. B. Brown, Rev. Wm. Hawley, Hon. Wm. Cranch, Dr. Thomas Henderson, W. W. Seaton, Esq. Samuel H. Smith, Esq. Rev. Wm. Ryland, Benjamin L. Lear, Esq. Rev. R. R. GURLEY, Secretary. RICHARD SMITH, Esq. Treasurer. Duties and Drawbacks. By a report from the Treasury Department, it appears that In the year 1828, the accruing du- The drawbacks payable In the year 1830, the duties were $29,951,915 4,001,665 27,689,731 4,213,168 28,299,159 4,511,182 409,571 339,603 36,651 309,362 25,796 Clothing ready made, $1,318,183 Combs and Buttons, Soap and tallow Candles, 124,589 Leather, Boots and Shoes, 338,603 Leather and Morocco Skins, 70,968 275,755 Tobacco and Snuff, 246,747 $5,320,980 Manufacture of Cotton. In the course of a debate in the House of Representatives on the 21st of January, Mr. Appleton, of Massachusetts, stated that the consumption of cotton in our manufactures, was sixty millions of pounds. This is more than half the amount consumed in Great-Britain in 1816, when the manufacture commenced in this country; it is one fifth of our whole production, and bears the proportion of two fifths of the entire manufacture of Great-Britain from American cotton. Mr. Appleton also stated that a pound of raw cotton could be manufactured into the coarser fabrics, in this country, for less amount than it could be done in England. Curious Facts. The following singular facts are found by an examination of the returns of the Fifth Census. The free white male population of the state of North-Carolina, numbers 235,954the female, 236,889; total free white population, 472,843. Of these, 202 only were foreigners not naturalized. Fiftyeight of the whole number of the people are over one hundred years of age. Of deaf and dumb there are 230; of blind, 223. Of slaves, the whole number of both sexes is 245, 601, and of free people of color, 19,543. Of this number of colored persons, slaves and free, 247 are over one hundred years of age! How is this much greater longevity of colored persons than of white people to be accounted for? Massachusetts with a population of 603,359 free white persons, has only five over a hundred years of age; while out of 7,645 free persons of color, there are fifty over a hundred years of age! NEW-YORK. Banks and Rail Roads. Reports were made to the House of Assembly on the 31st of January, upon these subjects. It is stated in the former report, that there are about fifty applications for new banks at the present session, 153,666 embracing a capital of ten millions of 309,362 dollars. The report argues that it would be ruinous to multiply charters to such an extent, that banking institutions ought not to be located in exclusively agricultural communities, for the purpose of supplying monied capital, but that they are merely the aids of commerce, and must necessarily be unequally distributed. It had been urged 32,004 by the applicants, that bank capital ought to be equally distributed The committee presented the following estimate of the present bank capital, population and property, in the state, as the Iron, pig, bar, nails and all manufactures, 309,473 Other manufactures, Total, 193,084 128,625 92,154 60,280 40,994 36,601 13,274 145,291 The report upon Rail Roads is an examination, of the practicability of rail roads, the public routes, the resources of the state, and the peculiar nature of this kind of internal improvement. It expresses the opinion that the indiscriminate incorporation of companies for this purpose, would be injurious; indeed, that the legislature ought carefully to discriminate between routes of great and conceded utility and of undoubted profit to the stockholders; and those which are the offspring of speculation and private cupidity-to encourage the former not only by a grant of liberal charters, but, in some and peculiar instances, even by partial subscriptions by the state to the stock; but to discourage and deny the latter. City of New-York. The following facts are obtained from the annual report of the comptroller, for the year 1831. The receipts into the Treasury during the year 1831, amounted to $1,125,647 07; payments, $1,128,967 02; excess of payments above receipts, $3,319 95; balance in the Treasury, 1st January, ult. $1,349 65. From Lottery Offices, (license fees,) the receipts during the year were $6000; from rents, including docks and ships, $100,018 43; stage licenses, $386; tavern and excise licenses, $29,961 ;vendue sales, $10,000; manure, $27,540 07; commutation of alien passengers $20,150; arrears of taxes prior to 1830, $3,535; taxes of 1830, $390,598 88; do of 1831,$103,700. The payments on account of Almshouse, Bridewell and Penitentiary, were $134,819 24; cleaning streets, $28,992 20; courts, $33,211 55; elections, $3,378 84; fire department, $14,211 87; public schools, $28,755 69; police, $15,640 42; public reservoir, $40,274 46; roads, $44,212 53: public clock, $5,110 42; streets, $229,937 13; salaries, $30,514 46; watch, $89,995 94; board of health, $7,075 06. Of this last amount, $4,590 was for killing dogs; under the head of county contingencies, is $1,551 30 for refreshments for the Common Council and its Com mittees, and other expenses at the City Hall; coach hire, $765 37; celebrating 25th November, 1830, $181 63; do. do. 1331, $93 81; Fourth of July dinner, 1,500; refreshments at Governor's visits and review, $16 75; for Boston City Guards, $283; funeral expenses of James Monroe, $1,279 81; analyzing Manhattan water, $5. The amount paid for extra police duty on the night of 31st December, 1830, was $943 38. For subscription to ten daily newspapers, including advertising, $875. The city debt has been reduced, during the year, $32,642 62, and is now $741,913 04, viz. Ön five per cent Stock of 1820, On the 5 per cent Stock of '20, the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund hold 81,500, and have at their credit in the Treasury, a balance of 174,586 96, Nett Total, VIRGINIA. $500,000 00 $498,000 00 998,000 00 256,086 96 $741,913 04 Slavery. The debate in the Legislature upon the subject of Slavery was closed on the 25th of January, by the adoption, after various attempts to amend and postpone, of the subjoined report and resolution, ayes 64, noes 59. The select committee, to whom was referred certain memorials praying the passage of a law providing for the gradual abolition of slavery in this commonwealth, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and submit the following report and resolution : Profoundly sensible of the great evils arising from the condition of the colored population of this Commonwealth; induced by humanity as well as policy, to an immediate effort for the removal in the first place, as well of those who are now free, as of such as may hereafter become free; believing that this effort, while it is in just accordance with the sentiments of the community on the subject, will absorb all our present means; and that a further action for the removal of the slaves, should await a more definite developement of public opinion. Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that it is inexpedient, for the present, to make any legislative enactments for the abolition of slavery. It seems to be conceded that there was a majority of the House of Delegates in favor of some measure having |