Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-09

swer OF that government To The proposal.
wien received, will indicate the further
measures TO be pursued ON the part OF the
| United States.
| Although the pecuniary embarrassments
wDicii affected various paris al The Union
during Tie latter part Of the preceding
Year. have, during The present, been con
slderably augmented, and still continue
| 10 exist, the receipts in,o Ike Treasury 10
we 3oih oil September last, have amount
ed Ia l9,0OO,UO0. Alter delraymy The
| aren't eNpences OF The government, in
| ciuuius The interest aud reimbursement,
| ~ the pubic debt. pay able To- tia, prrind.
amounting iu , io. 2OO, 900, ihrrt remain. a
IN ~" iuaSurN on that Udy pinrr than
! 2,3UO 600, which, with The sums iccrIva-
| ut" dnrl0g the remainder at The wear. vii
! exceed the 'urreni demands upon the
Treasury tor the same period
II. cd'Is' which have tended In al
| m!niSh The public We eIpis. could not tan
!" !aNe a corresponding cfir, upnn lh,
"V' u"" Wit u has accrued upon lmpoSl~
ana tonnage, during the three FIRST omar
les az The t. sent year. IL *, however
! asreriaimed that The Gnucs which have
ne u -rrur"d during that period, exceed
SiS 600 900, and nose of the whole wear
| will probably amount 10 = , COO 0u,i.
For The p,"bab!r receipts III, neat
v ar, rrirr YOU IL the statements wlirh
"iii be irAhsm;ied from tue Treasury.
Which viii cnahle y-u 10 judge whether
iurikrr provision be necessary.
IN. great reduciloJ IN The price Of the
principal articles Of domestic growth
which has occurred during The present
year and The consequent fall in the price
OF labor, apparently so favorable tn the
M
not shielded 'bem against other rausp,
adverse 10 their pr, SIP riy. The pccn
| mary embarrassmtuIs which have so
deeply affected The commercial interests
"t The nation, have been no less adverse
I" our manuiac,urmg establishments. I'm
several sec ions al the Union.
lie g az reduction OF the currency
winch the banks have been constrained
TO make, in order 10 continue specie paw
menis, and tie viiiaieu character of IL
where such reductions have no, been
attempted, instead oi placing within The
reach oi these establishments the pecu-
| mary and necessary TO avail thpnls, Ives
OF the advantages resulting from, the re-
| duCiIon at the prices OF the raw maierl-
ais aud oi labor, have compelled ine
banks To Withdraw from item portion
OF The capital heretofore advanced 10
| 'bV'u. tibl an NtiIcn MAS D,'rn refused
| bN the banks, has no. been ohlanet. from
other sources, owing To the loss OF inlli-
vid'ialco Hhdence, from he failures :, hich
have recently occurred in some OF our
| pr;ucipai commsrcIai cities.
! An additional cause Of The depression
/ OF ,hrse es,ablishm MS, may probably be
found IN the peCuniaIt embdrrassmenIS
wlIch have recently Affected these coun
| irles, iib which our commerce has been
| principaiIy prosecuted.
| Their manufactures, for The want of a
! ready ar profitable market at home. have
/ been shipped by The mannia, iurrrs 10 The
| United States, and, In many instances.
| sold al price below their current value
| Al the place of manufacture. Although
| tins practice may, from lis nature, he
| considered temporary or contingent, IL j.
| nnl on that account less injurious in lis
Heci. Uniformity III The demand AMI
price OF an arfici is highly desirable 10
'he domestic Manufacturers
Ii is deemed OF great importance to
| give encourage mrni 10 orr domestic ma
Hniaciurcrs. la What manner the evils
advericd 10 may he reniedied, and how
lar II may he practicable, IN other
respects. 10 afford 10 item further encnu.
fag"mrni, paying due regard To ali lie
oihfr great Interests "f The nation, is sub
n'iiied 10 The wisdom OF CONGRESS.
The survey OF the coast for the estab
| sfm'ni OF fO'iIfl a inns is now nearly
omp'e' ed, and considerable progress has
| ptcn made ~ the c0irCiI.n OF materials
tor The construction OF fariif alions in
| the Gulph oi hrXlcO and IN the ChrSa-
peak Bay The works on the eastern
hahk OF He Potomac, b'ow Alexandria,
anu oil the PPapal, h IN The Delaware. are
much advanced and II is expected that
The iOr'Iil' atom at the Narr0wS, IN the
harGor OF New York, will be compIeIcd
the present. year. To derive all Tie adj
| vauiages contemplated from these Iorljfi
Iatl as, II was necessary that they should
De juticioHsly posted aud constructed
win view opermauenCe. The progress
hitherto has, lherei ne, been slow 1; bur as
| Inc dIHicWllcS, III paris heretofore The
least explored and known, are surmoupi-
ed, 1t all, III luiure &c mere rapid. As
soon as The survey OF The coast Is com
piettd, Win b, II is expected, will be done
early III The next spring, the engineers
employee in II RIll proceed to examine.
Tor like purposes, tie nOrlheri and north,
western frontiers.
The troops Intended 10 occupy sta =.
ton at The mouth of the ST. Peters, on The
mississippi, have established Themselves
there ; AMI those which were ordered 10
The nouih OF The Yellow Stone, on the
Missouri, have assembled that ri, or 10 the
| Council Bluffs, where They will remain
until next spring, when they will proceed
To the place of their destination. have
Tie satisfaction 10 state hat Tins measure
has been executed IN amiiy with the In.
d'an tribes, aud that II prom .sss 10 pro-
duce, ~ regard 10 them, al tie adtanla-
ges WHICH we're contemplated by il.
Much progress has likewise been made
~ the construction OF ships oi war, an