Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-08

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
Taken before the Committee on .Nanufac-
lures.
TESTIMONY IN RELATION TO WOOL
LENS
Continued from our last.1
SATIIRDAV INrAuv Dc 1909

o"That Tor the purpose OF cxpedliing the OBJ, ain
ing vi nosscs, each member Of the committee
be authorised 10 furnish to the ch hlirman the
names Of two Witnesses, for whom subp pTnas
shall be forthwith sent" In the Journal Of their
proc edings, January 4, we fad the following
record. " On mo,ion of Mr. Moore, Oydsrpd,
That n subpoena be issued for The Honorable Ca
leb Stark, and 5e addressed to him at Penn
broke, New Hampshire to he examined in re-
lati0n to the manufacture Of Woollen Goods." ;"
Now. as Yankees, we have little curiosity
to know how and bv what means Mr. Moore of
Kentucky became SO far srqullnied with the
HOa,rabir CaIeo S ark - ol New Hampshire
IN 10 know or presume that hc was capable Of
enli2htenIny the committee in relation to The
manufacture Of woollen goods Bat tho solu-
ton Of this diff Guilty must be matter Of guess
tc0rk. As the capability OF The honorabie
gentleman 10 give testimony on the subject Of
woollen nanuta iures, ars not left cnIircr
without witness, and, perhaps from VIVA, fol
lows, some inference NAV be- drawn as 20 the
source If Mr.. NJ pores information and he re1i
object for winch MI Stark was summoned to
Washington.
The " Honorable Caleb Stark" arrived at
Washington the 2S'h Of January, aud took
lodgings at the National Hotel. While he was
sitting at the brcakiasi table toe ,7egt morning,
he very nodesily gave 20 gentleman who sal
next to him, as an acco apartment TO plate Of
sausages and buck wheat cakes, n bogra aphical
outline Of his life, ncudng his birth, parent age,
revolutionary exploits and emplovments IN the
dull and piping times of peace. He said sand
he came TO Washington in obedience to the
summons of the Committee on Manufactures -
that he speli the evening before in companj
with The Vice President aud Governor Wood
bury, and sundrv others--jhat he fold the gen
temen he cond nos cnn eve why he was sent
for, for he knew nothing IN relation TO the man
ufacture Of woolens aud could tell them moth
ing-but that one Of the gentlemen, we can
name him if reqnes, sd to do so said " he knew
that [Stark could give them no information;
but he thought that should like TO come here
and talk with my friends, and see how things
were going" THIS was said with all apparent
frankness aud honesty, and we have not a
doubt of its entire truth Mr.. Stark is manu-
ficiurer Of cotton in a small way; but has not
the slightest knowledge Of the condition Of the
woollen manufactures those who prompted Mr..
Moore TO propose that he should be sent for,
whoever they were, knew that he could give no
informaio ion on that sublect-and what renders
this fact certain, beyond the power OF contra
dictiou, is that The " Minutes - contain no ies-
timoay given by him. He WAS NOT EXAM
INsp! The reason Of his ne giect the part Of
the com nilee, it is not or us 10 state. Ii may
be that these mana gers, the oil nJued friends
OF a jndicious tariff found they had caught
the Northern Weasel II may be tha Mr.
Stark did not arrive in season 10 be examined,
though it is believed hat some Of the Witnesses
were interrogatcd tho day afe his arrival. II
may be that the Committee did not approve OF
his visiting Mr.. Clay and dining with ,he Ptesi-
dent. IL shori, ,aerc may have been iiye nun
dred reasons for their passing by so important
q witness as this honorable old gentleman, but
we are confident our readers will not he so ua-
reasonable as 10 require Us 10 name them. Bu,
we cannot refrain from Offering 4 word Of ad-
vico 10 all future C)mnittccs, who may deem II
necessary to g. send for and examine peaSons nn
OATH" namely; f your witness be al honnrd-
bls man, and especially IT ne be old and gar.
rulous, and withal ond Of exhibiting h. own
biography at a public breakfast table, by all
means lay an Injunction upon him TO keep Sc
cret the motives which induced you TO send for
him. Those talkatvc old gentlemen. who have
served m the wars, arc fond OF telling all they
know, and may perhaps bio,o up their friends as
well as their enemies.
On motion Of Mr.. Stevenson, a subpoena was
issued for BEN ann Bdkcwcll, at Pittsburgh, to
be examined IN relation to the manufacture Of
glass and generally as TO other manu!aiuros.
Mr.. Bikewell is understood TO be at the hoad
of an extensive manulacory OF glass. and "''h
his testimony Oh that head 40 have nothing a,
prsscnt 10 do aud, f we take his own candid
ad mission, he knows nothing IN relation To any
o,ner manufacture. Mr. BaSowoll IS sad To be
an Englishman and he belongs to the highly
favored district represented in Congress by Mr..
Stevenson. His testimony in relation 10 wool
lsns, is Of SO amusing a character, that we
eopy il entire. the extract exhibits, AT the
same time. the euraohinafy ssgaeliy OF the
committee in proposing qucsions
"Onesiion wonld such an increase ofdiiy ~
would cause material rIsc on los priced cloths,