Mr. SHORTER, of Georgia, moved that the words, "and is, in many respects, infinitely more oppressive Georgia-Eli S. Shorter, Robert Habersham, Alexan- upon the poor than upon the rich," be inserted after the der Telfair, John Cumming, Seaborn Jones, John Mac-Words "our people," at the end of the third paragraph, which amendment was agreed to. pherson Berrien.

Mr. LITTELL, of Pensylvania, moved that the words and void," be stricken out from the third_paragraph; which amendment was also agreed to.

Mr. PRESTON, of South Carolina, moved to strike out from the resolution, that part which rendered it obligaTennessee-William E. Butler, Alexander Patton.-tory upon the members to attend personally at Washington.

Which motion was not agreed to; but the resolution was so amended as to insert these words, or "by a subMassachusetts-Theodore Sedgwick, Joseph Ropes. committee;" so as to make it read, "to attend personal

YEAS.

Maine-Joshua Carpenter, Charles Q. Clapp, S. H.
Mudge.

Massachusetts-Henry Lee, T. S. Pomeroy, Gideon
Tucker, Theodore Sedgwick, John L. Gardner, George
Peabody, Pickering Dodge, Joseph Ropes, Isaac New-
hall, Henry Williams, Edward Cruft, William Goddard,
Ebenezer Breed, Thomas P. Bancroft, John Pickens.
Rhode Island-William Hunter.
Connecticut-Roger Minot Sherman.

New York-Preserved Fish, John Leonard, Edwin
Bergh, Jonathan Goodhue, Thomas R. Mercein, John
A. Stevens, Isaac Carow, John Constable, George Gris-
wold, Benjamin L. Swan, George T. Trimble, Zebedee
Ring, Albert Gallatin, Jacob Lorillard, James G. King,
Charles H. Russell, H. Kneeland, Isaac Bronson, James
Heard, Silas M. Stilwell.

New Jersey-C. L. Hardenberg, J. C. Bayard Kirkpatrick, Miles C. Smith, John C. Schenck, John Potter, John R.

F. Stockton.

Van Dyck, J.
Henry Clow,
Thomson, R.

Pennsylvania-Joseph R. Evans, George Emlen, Clement C. Biddle, Edward D. Ingham, J. M. Barclay, E. Littell, Samuel F. Smith, Isaac W. Norris, Richard Price, Henry R. Watson, John A. Brown, Philip H. Nicklin, Condy Raguet, Samuel Spackman, Thomas P. Cope, William McIlhenney.

Maryland-William W. Handy, Arnold D. Jones, George Hoffman, John J. Donaldson.

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Henry Goldthwaithe, Ward Taylor," Archibald P. Bald win, William J. Mason.

Mississippi-George Poindexter.

Tennessee William E. Butler, Alexander Patton.189.

NAYS:

South Carolina-Zachariah P. Herndorn, Henry C. Young.-2.

Yeas-169-Nay's 2.

So the resolution was adopted, in the words following, viz:

Resolved, That a committee, to consist of one member to be selected from each State represented in this Convention, be appointed by the President, whose duty it shall be to prepare a Memorial to Congress, setting forth the evils of the existing Tariff of duties, and asking such a modification of the same, as shall be consistent with the purposes of revenue, and equal in its operation on the different parts of the United States on the various interests of the same, that it shall be the duty of the said Committee to collect the evidence necesary to support the said Memorial, to present it to Congress at its next session, and to attend personally, or by a sub-committee. at Washington, for the purpose of promoting the same.

That the said Committee be instructed to insist in the said memorial

That the present Tariff System is unequal in its operation, and therefore unjust-that it is oppressive, because it imposes burthens on the many for the benefit of the few-unwise and impolitic, since its tendency is to disturb the harmony of the Union-that it is consis tent with the principles of free government, and at variance with that spirit of justice and mutual concession, in which the Constitution was conceived and adopted, operating unequally and unjustly upon the different portions of this Union, having a direct and almost inevitable tendency to demoralize our people, and calculated to produce discontent among the people of the United States, by a numerous and respectable portion of whom, it is believed to be unconstitutional; and finally, that its effect is to diminish the productive resources of the country, and to lessen the amount of the necessaries and conveniences of life, which are enjoyed by our people-and is, in many respects, infinitely more oppressive upon the poor than

upon

the rich.

Virginia-Philip P. Barbour, Henry E. Watkins, James M. Garnett, Samuel L. Venable, Thomas R. Dew, Walker Hawes, Philip A. Dew, John Brockenbrough, Thomas Miller, William G. Overton, George C. Dromgoole, Randolph Harrison, Richard Jones, Charles Yancey, Robert Hurt, Ferdinand W. Risque, Malcolm Macfarland, Thomas W. Gilmer, Burwell Bassett, H. R. Anderson, Josiah Ellis, Charles Everett, Alex. Gordon Knox, George M. Payne, James S. BranAnd that the said Committee be instructed, moreover, der, William Maxwell, Benjamin F. Dabney, R. G. Grayson, S. A. Storrow, Charles Coke, John W. Jones, to express the willingness of the memorialists to acquiWilliam O. Goode, William Townes, John Dickson, esce in such an interposition of the legislative power, William B. Rogers, William P. Taylor, John H. Ber-ing any sudden revulsion which might operate with unas shall be prospective in its operation, thereby avoidnard, Linn Banks, William H. Roane, James Lyons, due severity on the manufacturing interest, but leading John Tabb, James Jones, Thomas T. Giles, Archibald to the desired result, with the least possible injury to Bryce, Jr. James Magruder, Benjamin H. Magruder, the interests which have grown up under the existing William Daniel, Jr. S. H. Davis, Littleton Upsher. system of protective duties.

North Carolina-Joseph B. Skinner, Louis D. Wilson, James Iredell, William R. Holt, Joseph B. G. Roulhac, William W. Jones, Edward B. Dudley, William A. Blount, Joseph D. White, S. T. Sawyer, David Outlaw, Thomas S. Hoskins, John E. Wood, J. W. Cochran, Nathaniel Bruer.

South Carolina-James G. Spann, F. W. Davie, James Cuthbert, Thomas Pinckney, 1. D. Singleton, William Butler, Joseph W. Allston, Henry N. Cruger, Charles Macbeth, A. P. Butler, H. A. Middleton, Thomas R. Mitchell, W. Wilkinson, Philip Tidyman, Stephen D. Miller, William Pope, John Fraser, Job Johnson, John D. Edwards, John Carter, Langdon Cheves, Joseph E. Jenkins, Hugh Wilson, J. H. Glover, T. Pinckney Alston, Edward Richardson, William Harper, William C. Preston, Henry Middleton, Daniel E. Huger, Hugh S. Legare, John Taylor, Thomson T. Player, J. Berkley Grimball, James Rose, William Smith, Thomas Williams, Jr. Thomas Flemming, John Comming, Seaborn Jones, John M. Berrien, P. Waters

offered by him yesterday, and which had been laid on Mr. POINDEXTER, of Mississippi, called up a resolution the table, relative to the appoinment of a Committee from this Convention, to attend the Convention to be held in New York on the 26th inst. ; when the Convention proceeded to consider the same.

It was then moved that there be a recess of the Convention until half past 4 o'clock; which was agreeed to.

[To be Continued.)

BREWERY.-We have had occasion formerly to speak of Mr. A. Y. Moore's Brewery, in this place, as a manufactory offering advantages not always available to those of our inhabitants who are fond of that excellent beverage which it yields. The present arrangements of the proprietor are sufficently extensive to afford a supply equal to the demands of the whole of our county.-Miner's Journal.

TONNAGE of the United States on the 31st Decem- enrolled and licensed vessels, viz. 2 schooners, 6 sloops ber, 1829.

employed in the Coasting trade, 27,221.33-Steam- Vessels, 79-Tonnage 12,780-Vessels 96-Tonnage boat navigation, 2,924.25.

Of these, 44 were ships-68 brigs-485 schooners—er and 1 sloop were enrolled vessels. Total tonnage 163 sloops, and 43 steam-boats.

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COMMERCE OF THE U. S. AND PENNSYLVANIA.

these statements.

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The tonnage of vessels lost amounts to about 0.97 per cent. of the whole tonnage of the United States, at the close of 1828, with the addition of the tonnage of the

vessels built in 1829.

Connecticut,
New Jersey,

Per Cent.

2.37

1.64

1.61

Rhode Island,

1.42

Pennsylvania,

1.30

New Hampshire,

1.20

Massachusetts,

1.16

Desirous of ascertaining what proportion, the losses favor of Pennsylvania, as the former calculation was of vessels bore, to the whole tonnage of the United against her. The percentage of vessels condemned in States, as well as to that of different states, we entered New York is 1.13, while of Pennsylvanian vessels it is into the following calculations-the result of which is only 0.21. We make these remarks not for the pursuch as to lead us to suppose, either that there must be pose of invidious comparison, but to show that somesome deficiency of information, or that the returns are where, the information is defective, and that to render not made with the same care in every district, or that the reports of the Tonnage of the United States comthe whole number of vessels, may not be reported.- pleat, well deserves the attention of the government, if We know of no law, which requires a report of vessels such statements are to be made. We presume, a law lost at sea-which certainly ought to be the case, if requiring the owner of a vessel, when he receives inthe government pretends to keep a true record of the formation of her being lost or condemned, or supposed Tonnage belonging to the United States. A correct to be lost, from her not having reached her port, or report of vessels lost or condemned, belonging to been heard of within a given time, to report to the proeach district, within a given period, would be a valua-per Custom House, would aid very much in correcting ble document to merchants, insurers and the government itself; and a knowledge of the different kinds of vessels, most liable to loss, might be the means of preserving many lives, by leading to the adoption of that construction, or kind of vessel, which, from experience, might be found the most safe. From inquiry at the Custom House here, we find, that it is The lost tonnage of N. Carolina amounts to their practice, when a vessel is not reported for a considerable length of time, to make inquiry of the owner, what has become of her? If she is said to have been lost, or condemned, she is of course, stricken from the list, and so returned to the department at Washington; in this way the Tonnage of the port is, from time to time corrected and we observe by the tables, in the Treasury report for 1829, there is an allowance for corrections in the Tonnage of the United States, on previous statements of 514,451.86 tons. We therefore presume that the table which we have analysed, as vessels "lost during the year 1829," does not include all the vessels lost in that year-but only those reported in that year to the government, and it probably also reports vessels lost in that year, which were really lost in some former years. The table showing the number of vessels condemned, is probably in part, subject to the same remarks, although not to the same extent-as our Consuls abroad are bound to report, the cases which come under their notice, or return the manifest to the government or the district to which the vessel belonged. If a vessel is lost or condemned, in one district, which belonged to another district, she is we understand, taken from the Tonnage of her proper district; so that we presume in the tables, the vessels stated to be lost or condemned, in any particular district, are the ves sels, bona fide belonging to such district. In confirmation of these remarks, we will notice the results of two districts, viz. New York and Pennsylvania. The percentage of vessels lost in New York, during 1829, is only 00.49-while the percentage lost from Pennsyl vania is 1.30. Now we can see no reason for this apparently great difference in favor of New York—as we presume, it is not to be found in the superior skill of the commanders of her vessels, over those of Pennsylvania, they being in all probability equally capable; nor can it be found in the superior quality of her vessels as we suppose there cannot be much difference in favour of either, although by the table of condemned vessels, the superiority would appear to be as much in

S. Carolina,

113 vessels were condemned as UNSEAWORTHY during 1829-total tonnage 11,454.70, of which 27 vessels of 2,868 tons belong to Massachusetts-28 vessels or 4,117,01 tons to New York-35 vessels or 1,176.01 to N. Jersey-6 to Maine and only 1 to Pennsylvania, being a ship of 249.92 tons.

The number of vessels condemned as unseaworthy is
about one in every 101, and the per centage on the
tonnage is about 0.63 per cent. of the whole.
Per Cent.

In New Hampshire amounted to
New Jersey,
Rhode Island,
New York,
South Carolina,
Massachusetts,
Connecticut,

...87,231 Tons.
11,925
.12,299
137
630

...

9,653
4,136
1,234
264
287

1,233 2,718

300

406

116

131,900

• And from Presque Isle,

63 tons,

The amount of HOSPITAL MONEY collected during the year ending Sept. 30, 1830, was $52,739 05, viz: from registered vessels $28,796 38, and from enrolled and licensed vessels $23,942 67.-Contributed by 60,388 seamen, of whom 37,989 were employed in registered vessels, and 22,399, in enrolled and licensed-of which there were collected

In N. York, $15,027 43 from 17,075 seamen.

Massachusetts, 11,460 11 do
Pennsylvania, 4,111 31 do

12,955

do

5,255

do

Maryland,

Maine,
Virginia,

3,856 40 do
2,220 73 do

Of that collected from Pennsylvania, $2,934 97, were from registered vessels, and $1176 34, were from enrolled and licensed vessels, contributed by 4082 seamen of registered, and 1173 seamen of enrolled and licensed vessels.

The number of vessels whose registers were surrendered, and enrollment and license taken for the coasting trade, in the year ending Sept. 30, 1830, was 696, tonnage 74,569 47, of which 6 belonged to Pennsylvania, tonnage 791 80.

During the same period, 697 enrolled and licensed vessels of the tonnage of 79,878, took registers for the foreign trade-of these 7 vessels of 923 tons, were of Pennsylvania.

The registers of 34 vessels, tonnage 3524, in the same The number of vessels (American,) and their ton- time were changed in consequence of alteration in the nage and seamen employed (in repeated voyages) form or construction of the vessels of these, 3 belongwhich entered, and departed from the principal dis-ed to Pennsylvania, tonnage 257. tricts, were as follows: