Economy

An Exchange paper says: "In 1837 congress appropriated the sum of $210,000, to remove obstructions frora the moufh of the Mississippi river. Now what vvould you suppose wonld be necessarv for removing those obstructions? You anaweiy "Mud scows, or dredging boatg, and men."-- That's all? "Yes, exccpt provisious, wood or coal for their steam engines, &.c." Now how green yon are, Í see plainly you vvere' neverin the public service under a democratie administration; and to prove that you would not know any thing abont fitting out an expedition to carry sucti an act of congress into effect, I will rive you a list of articles and their prices purebased by Mr. Talbot the en- gineer detailed on that service, and paid for by that democratie administration. Here they are - read, mark, and wonder what they had to do in removing obátructions from the moutl of the Mississippi river.Sil ver waf ches, 286 00 Repairing do 45 5o Chronometers, 23 00 Repairing do L5 00 Muslin, 77 00 üMusqueto bavg, 120 00 Dry goode-, 106 00 Carvinp, 20 00 P.-iinting ofSce sign, 9 00 Divinor, 10,00 Met-s beef, 106 00 Omnibus tickets, ü 00 Hire of carriage, 58 25 Ilosiery, 23 00 Refreshmonts for men, 25 üO PORT WINE, 29 25 OYSTERS, 5 50 Fine.' to sheriff of Charleston S.C. 12 00 Glass funnels, 5 50 Glassjar?, 3 50 Hardware, 3,322 00 There, sir; I don'tbelieve either yon, or any oneofyotir subcribers, if yon had been called ipnn to mnkenn estimado of the cost of remo'ing ihe obsrucfonri nf tje raouth ofwW Wississippi river, wou!4 ever hare thought of