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9 publication may do good ; if Uiey are wrong, an 4
.' 1 any "Ge utlcm an who h as ; a better Opportu a a ty " to v '
1- . Am ' mill fo fk l-im'fM nMin l ,
AUUW," nil. aiiw a ius . . pvaifc vuk
Error, ho will at leM fiud one MaaTJpeB:ta C-n
j ' viction. ' ; -Uryj'. : v" v . ' ' yy-j - :- "-T7
- ' ' It appear! from Mr, , Burgwiif Lift , of Debts,
I . wbich includes the . Collection for the Year , 170
that lucre was then due to the rubhc 64013 1, lor
Taxes,- andv 2429 I. for Rem l)uuesvt-And it apv
peart from his State of the finking Fond "at the fame
Time,that there remained ordy 42594I. in Circu-;
latum of all the reclamation Money emitted, before
the Year "1762. We were alfo given to indeVilini
that 10' ftt Cent, fcad Jbeenregul wly ided a jbf
Info! vents, except, in a very few Cafes.; At tuft
Sight it would feerarto follow rthat there was even
then in Debts, iiidifputably good, more than enough
to fink alHheid'Papcr MoneyVand-thatMtrW-T-ajr
laid tor tnat rurpoie ouant to naye ceaicu Dcjoro.
that Time. In this Point of View f,dar fay a creak
, Majority 0! the lalt AUembly iaw this Matter, ana
ofCourfe almoft ill the People of the Province have
T adopted the fame Opinion. But, Sir, I fancy i the
Gentlemen Whd'have aded as a Coramittee for fet
tling with the Treafurers can feiveatv?rydifterent
Account of it. f hey , can iulorni you, Sir,; that
thlsrftyoij 1. wai i Arrears ' doe tor fevt;ri Yidrl c;
- -back j -that T Part only belonging to each Year was
' . appropriated by Law to the Pufpofe of burning the
Money ; that this Part m ioziz cL tlcYcifs did .no
t amount to one ivveuth i'art oi the in ears tor tnat
Year i that all the Remainder ha btn collected for
Deduct, fjir CenhTuX : ' ' -
From hence it appear that 1. 51. 5 d. is all .
that can pofiibly belong t6 the finking Fund oat of
the 66443 1. dee to the , Public, according to Mr.
krgv;iii' Lift. ,Let ,a$ now.adA the Collection of .
the one Shilling Tax for the Years 1771 and 177.
There wis 710 Collcdion atv all .For the Year 1 7 73,;
and by the Refolves of the laft Affembly it ought not
lhecplleaelfor ;theJiiaVl774lXhilargeiLiAj;i
of Tabbies which I have yet ieen Jor any Year iell
fhortof 53060, from which if we Jeiloft io'fr Crf.
otlnfrlvtncs, 8 ftt C. for colkiitingi and $ ftr
Cent.'foc the Treafurers, ;we ITi all find the Number
rediiced to about 4O000. The Sum.therefoie of
that can jeafonably tbc expected to
.Colieclioa of thefe Years. Tit mull
' D: fHcal ty ta bf in gb Mrf Tr :afarcrs " to JfcttKTit th'c
fins Time; wh:U every A'ument founded ia Rea."
Ton, Example, a ad public utility, may be urged itt
Favour fifoae -yjJL-'-J ;- -'
. , LaftIyj I would recommend to the Gentferaeo of
the "Afiembl, whenever they again pablifh-a -Siata
of the Public Accounts, to diMmguith carefully the
Sams from which Infjlvents have already been de- :
dueled, and fubjo'm a Lift of the Sums paid by the
rtfpedive Sheriffs. 1 would lead of all be under
ftodd to except thofe Sums whicli are always faid to
hav? been paid to theTreafiirer during the Sming
of the AfTembiy. -Under that Defcription, Half the
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pofe can jultify the ApplicatWh of M ney fcol
letted for the contingent Fu r.4 ta .;ihe - Pu.p0l'c of j
finking the Paper Currency. ; - Ax
From the Table of Taxes pilbliibed at the fame
Time by Mr. Burgwini I have been" enroled id
make the following iirtimate of theSunis which will
belong to the finking Fund out of tijc Arrears due
for each Year. I believe it will be foUad light upon
Examination. .
. 40600 1. is ail
strife from 'the
'then follow, if there is Truth jn Figures, that' there
wiu remain a p iiiantc vi uiu c iuv.. iviuuc ui v,ir
culation above 22006 1. for Unking whereof there is
tib Prpvi'fi?n made, except nty.the Sum that has or
7ma arife from the Colieftion of the 'Duties on Li
uors for the Years ijj 1 , 1 77 2, andj 773 ; Of his
1 can rnake, no Ediniiate, having, no Roie tojfalcu-,
s late r7yT.'Blut" tifhrji fupjofe 4?661T7tIeir; of -ill
Deduclioni a very large Allowance. r
,i nis btate, Mr. Vavn, i douot nav . will appear
!traBe-trjih'offfharaT.farisrie4 with the firll View.
of Things. I tonffs it appeared wholly unaccounta
ble to me. tn wrderi however tli uiSft any Gentle-
t'mari who has an Inclination to exaimine farther into
this Affair,' I ,mall juft xaeatida.that from, thc'-pnnt
'edl'aple of Taxes, ttaprarf.:that-jhe.-Taxej;Jaid-:
". for finking the i 2000 U emitted, tij the Year 760,
Ind tiie"20od61. in the Year 1761, "and" which were
voted off in the Year 1768, will1 fall Ihrt about
l iood!. Belo is the State of. the.. Collections -(Js
thefe two EmiEioas
In J 763. J 73 20 ,1'axables-, at i
.4764, 40586
1765, 41075
1766, 43811
1767-, 40693
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frhkh l am certain will
Deduct l-l. 16 ttrCiHt.
for Iafolvnts, 8 Jn rCtnt, for
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UJound 'foj Nand there are fome Collections for
whole Years from particular Counties which Ciuti be
loft to the Public; as there hat been no Shei'ifi" ap
pointed to collect the Taxes, and no Steps likely to
be taken to compel Pay ment . Thefet amount to
,13022 1. 1 1 1.' 5 d. But as theih LofTes fall hrtvictt
' on thofe Years, when the finking Tax bore but a
fmall Proportion to the Whole, the Lofj upon that
.Find amouau only to 2494 1. 13 1. It may bt true
that to fir Ctnt, has .been gtntriBj deducted for In
iblvtnti. 1 cao only fay it has not' been deducted
.from the Year 17701 and if it has from, the Year
1769. it appears by the Balance faid to, have been
due for that Year, that there had been only. 1400 1.
aid by all the Sheriff in the Province for the Col
eflionol that Year at the Time of dating- the 'Ac-
counts. I Hull, however, admit it to have been
tlons in all Cafei, there fiill temaios she Sheriffs
" CommiHion of 'ur Ctnt, and the Trcafurers of c
ftr Cent, to be deducted, which, together, make a
little better' than one eighth Pait oi the Sum, and a
snounts to 201(1. is. 9 d. 1 fhill fuppofe, as the
Amount of the Ram Duties could only be known
from the Collectors Accounts, that their Commiffions
' are already taken out j there only remains to deduct
the Trcafurers Commifliooi of 5 ptr Ctnt. from that t
Sort amounting to 121 1. 91. 4 d.' and then the
whole Account will (land thus :
Due the finking Fund cot of the 1
Arrears of Taxes; including C , 18583 7 o
theYear 1770., , t ),
, Deduct for the Px9PcriloB of bad )
. Dctu, j , ' '494 3 o
Deduct i. 8 Tor Sheriffs ixd Txca
fatcri Comnuic&s,
. 16088 14 o
2011 1 9
sC4077 3
1 Wc feliom think oarfclves tnuch obliged to the
Man who tells iis di!agcabra Truths'.' '- TbJs Ar
tempt) therefore; to explain ths true State of the '
Sinking Fund may not be pleafing. Truth, howe
ver, has been the fols Object of my Enquiry f and
the Intereft and r Honour of the Province the only
Aim ofthis Publicaticn, . l am far from thinking
that the Tat ought to be continued- until the - whole
Sum be actually, brought'to the -Oven f but furcly
the Laws of the Country; and the Obligations of.
fnoral Jullice, require that it fhould continue till
fuch a Sum is, or ought to be in the Hands of She
Tills, , Collerto's, and Trea fureri (from whom there
bat lea It ft i'robabiltty, of recovenngi as wilibe
fufHcient, with what was burnt at laft Settlement, to
fink the whole Sum of 42594 1. '
Perhaps nothing can be oi greater Importance to
, the -Well-being (of a Country than a regular MaV
fcageaefct of the Public Revenue ; and in no Coun-!
try have the Public Accounts been in greater Coofu
fion than in this. Notwithstanding the liudable At
tempts that have lately been made to bring them into
Order, the VVork fcems far from being complete
and it were to be wiihed that foros new Meafurcs
mle adopted for its AccompliGiment. Far be it
fiom me to think of directing the Gentlemen of the,
. Houfe of Burgcffes, many of whom I know to be
better acquainted with the Public Accounts than I
to fubmit it to their Consideration, whether it might
; nof be for the Advantage of this, Country, firft, To
place all the Arrears that tray bie itill due for the
Years 1754 and 1770 inclufive (or for a lefs Number
of Yrars) into the Hands of a Collector diftinct from
'the Treafurer, whofe Bufinefs it Ciould be to attend,
all the Courts where Suits are or may be commenced
for the (aid Arrears, acd to profecute them with Vi
gour, and to appropriate all fuch Money, . when re
ceived, to , the Purpofe of finking the Currency.
-. Secondly, To appoint one Treafurer only ioftcad
of two. ' In other more extenfive and more opulent '
Governments, where the Trouble is much greater,
and the Funds more intricate than ours now are,
they never have" thought of dividing the Treafury.
This Meifure would Tave two or two and a Half ptr
Ctnt, Commiffion on all the Public Money, bcfidei '
about 150 1.' which ii paid at every Settlement for,
reducing the Accounts of both into one j the Settle-
, meet with the Treafurer would be more fimplc 1 -and
the public would have Icfs to apprehend from the per .
fonal Influence of one than of two Gentlemen, whofe
Intcreil mull be confiderable to entitle him to fuch a
Truit in any Country. Attain A the Prefent Mode I
&ccd cnlyrteeauoa cc; umfoira Expedience of the
Arrears faid to be due to the Public might be tncIad- .
ed Befidesr isit nofciruel to publifli a Sheriff as 177
Public Debtor who Jhas faithfully difcharged his Dil-. -ty
? And has it hotTn evident Tendency to defeat
the original Defign of fuch Publication r" If - fuch a
T Meafare was adoptedi though if might not explain
he Reafon why thd Sums oppofite to feveral Sheriffs 1
Nimes in the laft Lilt of Debts have fwelled finve
; ;-Mf. Bkrgtuin's Jjift was printed, it jnight however
enable any. oi the fJentlemen when at home and at '" '
LdfuTiV to examine, and perhaps detedt iother Er
rors which the Hurry of Affairs prevented during the -Seirion
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V Having no other Apology to offer for the Length
of this Letter, than a fincere Deftrc to do Service, to "
the Public, I Skxii tinclud? by dbfervjng, that it is
cafy to cavil, but in this Cafe it will require Pea '
- &ml L to Confute ; -.-'-
I am, Sir, ; - t " , "
- ' 1 ir bumbh Servant, ; v
- Itaft Week we had a violent Gale of Wind here
at Weft,; and Weft torthweft, which did confidera--v.
ble; Dama;at;0gca(:ocJc Bar, ;. where feveral :VeiVI.
vere forced on bhore, arid two of the Bar Pi
lots 'were, drowned.; ; . V .
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Jtiji publijbed,: and fold at the Printing Offset)
fnd 'ly mi1 of tJjf Storekeepers in -Town and
Country (Prtce Eigat Coppers)
The firft Book of the 'American Chro
; . ; ( nicies ot the Times.': v "
A Work of Co much Humour that upwards of 3000
Copies thereof were fold in a few Days in PiiU"
dfybia. ' - ' " . , r.;.-'. ''
. " ', . Specimen of the Work.
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i6.:tvTEVERTHLESS il camc 10 Pafs aboat
- JLN this Timet that OCCUNNEOCOGE- N
COCOCACHEECACUEECJDUNGO, the great
King of the half Tribe of the CbiUiji$uaffua2xi:g9
Nation, the Scalpers,' whofe Habitations are in the
uttermoft Parts of the Land, in the Mountains, in
the Fti-efts, in tho Dens, Caverns, and in the
''Wigwams thereof, - . ' -' .
17.1 And who were famous of old in the Land of, ;
the Obiot when the Cageitet fled belbre them, who
were expert in their Rides, in their Bows and their
Arrows, their Knives and their Tomahawks, and
who could take off the hairy Scalp equal to any
t'rthcb Tonfor in the Land, heard of the Things
which were come to pafs, and how that the Heathen
threatened their Brethren the Men of New England ,,
18. That he lent Runners unto them, and faid,
Fret not thyfelves becaufe of the Ungodly, for they '
lhall foon be cut down like the Grafs, and be wi thered,
even as the green Herb. - .
19. For behold, Brethren, we have kindled
Fire, and danced around it, and fat 'with our
Breech on the Ground, and we be fcady to paint
our Faces, disfigure our Brows, and come by the
Light of the Moon and help ye, we will caufe your
Enemies to flee before ye, like the Arrow from tha
Bow, for did cot One chafe a Thoufand, and Two .
' put Ten Thoufand to flight '
20 Now it came to pafs that the CarolinUet of
the North, whofe Dwellings are in the Midft of
Difmals and Swamps, and Quagmires, and Peco
fons, had heard- all thefe Sayings, and pondered
them in their Hearts t and they made a Fire of
Light. Wood and of BruQi, and fat thereat, and
they lifted up their Voices, One and All, and faid.
We too will aflift our diltreffed Brethren at' Bejlen,
, 2 1 . Then arofe PINUSPIXTEkfBlNTHUS tho '
Tar-Burner, who had fetmore than three Thpufand
three Hundred four Score and feventeen Kilns, and
faid un:o them, ' Men and Brethren, fellow Difma
litcs and Swampers, are not we the. Men whom
God hath appointed to curb the Infolence of Bri
tain 1 for doth not our Wildernefs fpontaneoully
produce Yiwfok, that healthy Subftitute or the
.abominable eaftern Weed, the Tia, which hath
been the Caufe of all the Evils that have befallen us.
22 And furthermore, are not we the Sons of.
thofe Warriors who in Time of old withftood in
bloody Conflict the mighty Army of the TaYOM
itii, and bade Defiance to their General even at
the Cannons Mouth.
'at. And behold, are we not able to flay Thoo
fandi, yea tens of Thoufands with our Thumb Nails j
for what Men of any Nation upon Earth can cope
with us at Gouging ,
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