iobUahed weekly by JtlMiitD Hall, at Thiies TJottARs a Yea'e, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27,,IS03. . Vat. T, N.S64. ACCOUNT or S I A N A, .Jeing an abstract of Documents in the "' Offices of the Departments of State ndofthe Treasury. r sf t f i ' .. Of the Officers of Government. ; THE officers who are merely judi cial, have been already mentioned, and therefore some of them will be alto gether omitted in this place. The ex ecutive officers appointed by the go vernor, ,fdr each. division of the pro vince, und called Commandants, are "generally taken from the army, or the ..militia. When Uie settlement is small, some respectable character is appoint ed to the civil command, , and the. mi litia officer has the direction of milita ry matters. Where- there is a garri son, the commandant is sub-delegate of the Intendant, and draws upon ..him for all expences incurred. . In that case lie has the charge of all matters refla ting to the revenue, within this'dis- .- trict. : . , ; .,; .. . . The duty of commandants is to su perintend the police,preservethe peace of the district, examine the passpo'ts - of travellers, and to suffer no stran gers to settle within the limits of their command, without" regular-leave ob- .!.. ...t f ia ...... m... Tliaif ,.OV. to prevent smuggling, to certify that ants, are vacant before they arc grant-; in possession. They are besides no taries public, and in their offices it is necessary to register all sales of lands ' and slaves, and even to make the con tract for those purposes before them. They act as sheriffs, levy executions n property,, attend and certify ths Bale and collect the proceeds. They j; also take inventories of the, property cf intestaWs. . My an ordinance of Ua ron Carondclet, Syndics aix establish ed every three leagues, who are sub ordinate to the. commandant, decide small causes, and have the police of , roads, levies, travellers and negroes, r The officers of the general govern- lnent arc the foliowing : Beside Jii . Judicial powers, tfio. Governor chief f tf the army and militia, and the head j of the civil government.. He is also j IVesident of the Cubildo, or Trovincui '! Council. , He app 'ints and reir.n-cs ", at pleasure the commandants of dis- ; tjicts. He appoints the officers of the AS XiilU'u, tho arc nevertheless .ctini-, receive each 10 J dollars from the king missioned by the king, and he record-'' annually milest they are possessed of mends tnilitvyoflkersforprefei'inent. a niiiiuryltnp!r.mcnt or pension. lleissupevintendantof Iixlian aHVir?. ' 'Jats und Dafej..- . ; Jlc promulgates .ordinances for. tht ! InsiaJ cf payl'ig local taxes, each' yood government and imprcvemeni 'inhiMftn; s bt;uud ij make and repair of the province ; but.hc has r.o prwr lnwds, Wd,ce, aiidembarkmcntstlira to assess taxes upon the inhaUi nis fib o ,n, Uui. . ; ' ' without their consent. Until the year , A Outy f)f sixper eent.isaj al'k ftt .1798, he pos-icskcd the sole power wf ,it cnum lmiie, on the transfer of granting Uodt, but.lt then passed "in , shipping, h is asrertaihed upon.Ihc to thchands of the Ifctejida it. ., t il sum, the buyer 4iJ siller declare to . The Cahildo ii an htr.dUiry eoun;.beJhc al tririidu5Ktlon. Asnooatb til of. twelve, choi en originally. fitim j is reqiurt d friiia cither, thty seldon Ve most wealthy and respectable fa- -j report nio.c thah half the Jitict. Irjlies. , The governor presides ovrr The f how uig tikes arc abo jayable their meetings. Their office is very in the Prolines. . .. konrahl!, but it is acquired by pur- j .Two per cent. on legacies, and inhe time. They have a riht ta reprei r!tinc?s, coroinfrom to'.latcrals and cnt, and even to n nptitrete ,4o the,-exceeding 2,Odullars, ' - , govcruor, in respect tothcinlerir go-.1 , Tour pr cctt,,ui l yacics, given lo ternment'ef the Province. TJic JVtf, persons who are not relaiives of the lice of the city Kunder their tontrourtettsEor.' and direction. , In it vhey regulitethe A tax on civil employment j, the sal. admisMon of physicians and SHigtnnsJjfcricsfif which txfred 3'W drtlhirs an to practice. Two members of tl Ca-, , nually, called tntju nnuii4 tnirunting tildo serve by turn monthly, and lake to lw!f of the f,it yer's. sal iry Jiy upon themselves the immediate tu- certain oftkeri, it is la be raid In twu iKrimendance . tf markets hikers, streets, bridges, and the gcneol po-J lice of the city. This council diuri - butri among its memUrs scvervl im Kirtant offirct, such as Alguiiil May r, or High sheriff, .Alcalde rrov in. cial, Procurtur General, lie. The last Mentioned is a very import wit chsrgc. Tht person who holds it is not mere ly the king's attorney, but-an ff cer lcul'iar Jo the,clvl law. I le does not I way s prosecute ; ;but aftt r coiivicticn t indicates the puniihmant anrcxid ky law to the crime, and wkiclt may Ve, and is mitigated by the court. Like the chancellor In the r.nlth ay. era, be is tht curator and protector bf orthins, tec. and finally, he is the expounder of the law, the defender cf the prmlcgt uilot.gir.g to the own. rovittCe or cclony,and the accuser of erery, ptbhc cTxtr that lofungti , The Cabililo Is aha veiled with a tprwlel nl judicial authorit, for Hivh, awl for further tluc dstion t,( its tm. ttiiution, and the functitrsof the oCi errs spsinging frsa it, n,C the Ap sirndia Nb. 1. The Intendant . is chief f the de partmens of finance and commerce, and exercises the judicial powers al ready mentioned. He ia entirely in dependent of the governor, land no public monies can be issued without Iiis express order. The land office is under his direction. ; v ', ' 1 The Contador,' Treasurer and Inter ventor, are .officers subordinate to the Intendant. The first, has four clerks under him, and keeps all accounts and documents respecting the receipt and expenditure of the revenue, and Is there fore, a check upon "the Intendant The treasurer is properly no. more than a cashier, and is allowed'! clerk. The Inter yen tot superintend all pub lie purchases, and bargains. The Ad ministrador is also sulxirdinate to the Intendant, and with a number, of Infe rior officers, manages every thing re specting, the custom house. Every clerk in these offices receives his coin- i mission from , the king.' . The Auditor is the king's counsel, who is to furnish the governor with leg.il advice in all cases of judicial pro ceedings, whether civil or military. . . The Assessor's functions are simk lar :to those of the Auditor,, and are properly applicable to the Intendant's department. ? ' v . Both of the officers last mentioned are.alw the counsellors of some oLthe tribunals, as before intimated. - A Secretary of the government and another of the Intendency. A Surveyor-General. ; - A Harbour-Master. , ' - A Store-Keeper, who takes charge j cf a!l public moveable property.' ' An Interpreter of the French and opanish languages, and a number of other inferior ojticers - - All appointments in the province with a 6dlary of more than oO .dollars per.month.ore made by the'-king, and- most of those '.with a lower salary by ths Governor or Intendant as .belongs tuthcirripectivkpartmtms. There are no officers rhosen by the people.' i The salariffs.and pctq'iisites of the principal officers are as follows tautrji;. 4,ou0 1,100 l,2UO p, ptrq. 2,000 none 2,000 none 1,000 none, none. 3,00Q' dUtrhi Governor annuaUv, Tirti.dant, Auditor,', Conladcr " Assessor; -, Treaiurer, . Administradcr, 1,200 Sec'ry of Gornmcnt, COO The commandants of the r antral inn:ltncnis, nod by others la faur. TIm; fmt rtnonoppoV. i' ncnly created office pays noU'u ted to a ne, but the Ui is levied on ail who succeed Seven d liars is deducted rVcro the sum of 3 p,id as pilotage by every kk ti.U r.tjg or leaving the, Missis sippi! but the trtaiury provides the boi, nd pays the salary of the pilots vi sailon rmplorcd at the Ualisc I he remlinJer tf the dollars, is t.iua dtitubted I To the head tlot 4 to Ue p'.lot ho ia in the vcivtl 4, and s to the crew of the row-but, that goes tut ta put tht pilot on Ward, or mc uim inure. . . i . i A tax of 40 dollars ier annua fur iietm.es t sell h luors. 1 , A i in cmain places wfiefi Sold, 'iihai Wse of i'.cg'.djr, Notary, At- icrney, t. . But Uit principal tax is that tvf d per rtnl.l"donslUmirts a.d tsporia, aceord'.ng to a law Tariff. The pro. cce ds of which rtttt about 120,003 C A. Urs, wl iltl all the other taxes ait arid not to j iejd mora tbaa $ cr f U.asud .vf I annually i Expences and Deli, - j i- The expences of the present go- veriwnent, comprehending trie pay. and support of the regiment Of Lour siana, pari of a battalion of the regi ment of Mexico, a company of dra-j goons, and one of artillery, which form the garrison of the country,- in cluding Mobille ; the repairs of public buildings and fortifications ; the mam tenance of a few gallies-to 'convey troops and sto res throughout the pro vince. Indian presents, and salaries 6f officers, clergy, "and 'persons eni-' ployed for, public purposes, amount' to about 650,000 dollars A su'min specie, which doos not Pcncnllv'ex! cecd 400,00c1 dollars,, is annually sent There are but few domestic manu from Vera. Cruz, but thistosrether'ifares.: The Acadians manufacture .with the amount of duties and taxes' collected in. the province, leaves usual ly a deficiency of one hundred andl'P fifty thousand dollars, for which ccr-j veaVe some negro cloths of cotton and tificaf es r imiiihI to th( nersons wRrt.fwooI mixed, - j There is one '-ttaachine may have furnished supplies, or to of-fr spinning' cotton in the parish of I ficers and workmen for their-salaries.lberville, and another in the Opelou- Hsmcc a debt has accumulated, which,1 sa 5 but they do little or nothing. ' In it is said, amounts at present to about:)11 city, .besides the trades which are 450,000 do'lara. It bears'no ' interesti':;absolutcly necessary, there is a consi and it is now depreciated 30 per cent.! s',t!enc'. manufacture of cordag-ey and The Utter circumstances has taken; place not from want of confidence in the eventual payment of the cates i but from the uncertainty of the' time when, and the want and ceneral value -of specior-The whole of. ths debt is said to be due to the inhabit tants and to- American risjdonts. It, would have been long since-paid off, bat tor a diversion of the funds, des tined for that purpose, to'diffetent and external objects. , .( Imports ani Experts, The nroductions of Ixjuisiar.a are.! sugar, cotton, indigo, rice", furs and peltry, lumber, tar, pitch, lead, f.our, aorses and cattle. " Population alone is wanting to multiply them to- an asto-' nishing degree. The r,uil ia fertile,' He, climate salubrious, ar.;ltha means of communication between most parts of the nrovitce certain, and hv fatcr. i The followlrifr hyshecti receivtda a sketch of tl e prcJCiu exports cfLol- lbiana, nz. r 20,000 Liilrcr? V.! '.r?; of 3 r,wt.tach, at Xf) c.:us :ct rlb.' V ' (incrcasinL') IKVj. I.3S1.000 . 45,0.-K) ta-.!i3 ofsujrer, 10 ; cwt. eu-h. at S tents rcr lb.' '' (increasing) ?" 3H.40? JoiiB car h (inrr.) r . .. ' ... 2'06 "n.ai-o, vuimui!f,hffi3 rn i' pWH) -Peltry, i.um;cN ' ; ; 4aV ei.rft, honea onJ tuilj, u.Tr.eitaiiv All other article", Suppose CC,uuy t t 2.U8.')0O AtrorJIiir-tioiJiie'.ur.'iint'.iej, , Coasting Trade.' ' ' Treaiut e Mi; United Ktttca tht j' There 1 a considerable 'coastln were imr'm d intoour territor t fmm I.OU14 d'l2U sev !8al, f,tx6,2l4 . Atcsrding to' the same authoritvr which makes the tol ilcfthe exports j to amount 'to l,U,noo doll.xrs, the imports, in merchandiie, plantation ; :tcr.:i;i, slaves ku amount to two and a rail mtikons, Uvcdinerence being made up by the monrv introduced b the goverr.mcnt, to wr thecjhencti ; of govcrnini? and Protecting the co. jobv. , , According t th returns in the Treasury el the Untied fitatrs. ports hive beta tnade to lAuilana ani the 1 ionJut, to the Mlow'uiz a mount in mt? veart iiiAiitn! m to titer vslue of SfiiM in fu.-tr;n articles. .f 4T7,m in domestic do. Dolls. .1.S04 093 ' ': In la w, 1.765.1 if in fr. anWeS. 340,961 Indomciticdo. Dolls. l,V0f,9l in 1.' m doraenl. do. la 1132, l.Qli.OCX ro.iio lanaar.u inc riorioai, trsrc nan. ,w v,tl l rivcnianinj' mu, anu tothe-f. Jioiei: atnuuii'.s.in ilia l ,!'e ntighbouihowl of LakcPon- cratyeatt mc fired; -" ' . ijthnrtKia, from whence New-Orleoiix In l?S,tothevaluiof JCT,t3do". priaciiully supplied with ahip-tim-Utt, 9.-4.3i2' ler charcoal, lime, intch and lay. and I)oll...l..T10 f Conful, of Mtf K StSe J a I' Mtistobeohumathstif the (otU f il"!''' ?&n&$ti crihe i.rt and rT.i Im, and J lj t. with the E.rllry power,' ram lhi.a prourtecs (ot U .j!t . podoci hw.i Vb, W Mb whhouhe Lumiliatioa of r.rg tht taat part with rtnKiUtW h) leu fertstNirVih.'jrtsfsgfi tj.i iUuhmhd la U tones: prh!- WtciwpLvseriM jbs lspnsl. I UfcderlUaJ UatafAioeriiaas, aria ths bluer urf.V ..2,500,000 dollar.' 2,158,009. Making together, -4,658,000 The duty of wi per cent ought1 &- lone to produce the gross sum of two hundred and : seventy-nine, thou sand four hundred and eighty dollars, and that the difference between that sum and its actual net produce, arises partly from the imperfect tariff, by which the value of merchandize is as certained, but principally from the smuggling, which is openly counte nanced by most of the. Revenue of- t.cers. . s. , a little cctton Into "quilts and cotton ados, and in the remote parts, of. the province, the poorer planters 6pin and jeome small ones of shot and hairJ (Powder. There are likewise in, and! Imports, Exports, " ' certifi-iithm a lew leagues of the town, 12 distilleries for makme taflia, which art i1 to distil annually a very conslde-J r able.. quantity ; and onetefral refinerV said to make about 200,000 lbs. of loaf sugar. Navigption -employed in the trade of ' .i the Province. In the year I302j there cnt;red the iVljississippi tvo 'hundred and fiftv- ctght vessels of all descriptions, 1 1 3. of !bich were public armed vessels, and remainder merchantmen, as fol4 vz" ; ' '. ; , , ' American, - Spanish sb'l 4 1 Bribr!S . 3 IT 'a'-'ts, " ' 4 ScU'rs, 30 i Trench, f 1 loop v ' - ' 1, '" Gf thenumV.r of American vtsselJ 23 " P &rig t9 schooners, and 5 alobps cams in bullast ', the remain der were wholly o in part laden. . l ive Spanih ships and ? S'-iioo came U ballast. The united ' ballast. iia je of all the shipping that entered i the river,. axclutirc of the public ar- "iCI H3els, was 31,725 registered i in tlic same year there sailed from 'wMippi gossan, joo,oeo -'n lle first six months or-the prc inoyj u,i yV there enterce!' the Mlssis- s"r,Pl '?3 sail, of alp rations, fourwll i'vlu.U Srip f.iil.li ..m..! ...... '11 . J.:l I 4,two l renchandtwo Spanish, whose , toivira is not enumerated. ... . puny .iniu ,vici, . I Iuihcsamesixmontha there- aailed .lrorn tlit lustusippi 156 vessels. tra-c freni Pcnsacola, Mobfllc, anfl partly ,iih cuttle, and tl.eiilacca be- trc named ar supplied wiib articles r lort'Kn Rrow'h "d produce in the Mmfiromtrieans. 'Thevcsseh employed '"nP and sdioemcroj &f which art 1Ut half decked,! , frit tight to fifty tons, soo f whlehj ,"l,,,Uii,8l,,c,r repeated Toytgts, and lJ gun-boais entered the yo bUJean last ykar. There h ''kewise-a small coasting trade be- ;.! mc jcjas ana-iptiouiaa, m "tw-eican, byMiycf ths Pa "w wbich voull much Increase. I Jltr,w" nyencourigcmctit cifea - 1 sOT'rnmem, to clear away I few uviiuiiBt viwciiT cauiri df iiiirri pn'fr, mmesmau rivers and tue:.s '?wtnem. i iiu,irTilTr7 ' 11 From Lerhorn.' Aue.ai. - Enddftd ypu have a . conr nl colt I have received- tnatiari aJ , from'ihe Conful hf ike Ui SinciJ CnnWed in the fame l'.u , 1!fi lm, tonftq cn(,Y f jbjta f ef lift Conful. .Commodor Mortis ii gonev'ti Florence on ths bufinefs. t vith . memorial to her rnajefty to endea jvoiir i poffible to have the trbitra jry deci ce retailed, or rather to pre- vent its crteniion tothn pbrt. l finccrely wifh he may fucceacl, uiuutn i vcij inuca HuuBi ii.: '.'Si -the meaii time', great' attention (hould be obferyed in accompany- ing every article with a certificate , .from the French agent; flating that the property is not the produco of oniatn or ucr colonics. ,''f, Leghorn, Aag. C, "SIR, - ; ' v v "I am luft favoured witVa'tstV tet from Commodore Morris, llaW ting the cbnVerfation Ivc had .'with General Oliver! on the fubjeel of ihe Arre of the Firft GonfuM uf the Frinch Republic, the (i Mtt Mor, "i t ih year, and of which tho following is an extraa-V v ' 'i . " 1 he late arrete.conltaersnTjfty trals laden whoy pr m plrt .Wit'n Urmih manhfaauroy, bound toany oort bf the Frer ch Rer'ubUc, fubu jccled to coofifcation, and this por waJ ' conlidcred as a port of th French Republic. . , . jVAaiutv iurs, iJccemaer v. Tliere 'iie circumstanceaf connect ted with the late' important news frorii thc.Rtediterranean which oucht not ta jbc' passed over in silence.. Our Httfa quadron m that quarter,' with; a promptness and vigor, at least tuisU.v Iubscu, nas euecreu ine pojece V."f govermnent and fulfilled the mo!.r saW guine wisheolthc public. ' Without the effusion of a drou' of blood.'" AA without' the payment! f a iribtaii " aresiorauon oi peace nas ueru accompliscd, almost as soon as it"Wnfc infracted, with one of the tnost X9W7 erful of the Barbt-y 'powefs.S''.'! ! We have had it rung through" union that the rttcsVnt admini'su aCi64i was pusv lanimoii's andfcltoi'ether' in tjaalrfied to meet with spirit, thof 4 trrtat naxionnl perib1 that wait all ha Hons : that the period ofdanrterwouU be to them the day of dismay d;i4 huj miiiation. jJut what is the Ianguajj of truth ana fact? In the we st our, rights have been tiivaded,' oiir p?co menaced.; In a few months this art m'm'utration, by means nut of lalcts violence, but 'of stern ju"Uce,"haya placed those rights and the peatf of the country upon a stronger- founduJi tionthan they'erer before testedi incy have,'vith a clearness of per ccption atid vigor of conduct, that te- irtcta great honor ipou them, cw. raanded from the most powerful na tions terms which hate extorted' thi adinjiation .ofthe world Int,he Fast loo the fighu o bur elUichv havef bcaa atruck at not, it is true, by iwer irum wiucn we naj any greK napopal calamity to' j)prchcnd j bit by ode which, fn cooperation with th a mercial rights of the most reipeetauH l.firopeaa natians. anJ of iitortifiV " from them aprodlut and dligraetful tribufe. Siich was the fcMabltshed sage or these pow s, atich the p-i valence of force orcr tight; that eif illustrioua NVasVmgtoit,' imlutiag th V txambla of 'Kuippe, consented la -tiake tne V,Mtea btatcs tributary their tuptdlty; A fr'gstt whose cot - we telle vcli-M t Trillion, an t ery'Iirjenimllti tieif.oi leirviluif liiniVfil I'nri1!. ....I I'... Al..;. ss u.cptice or peace. We stsft nit this fact forth purpe tf ttorHltrn natitm but tocotiiravt itICthe prt., sc.it state of thing. H '' '! It will be found that the epnees ht the navy of the L'mtid States'for th ears. IW, 179J, 7 i ,) it'M 't were ten millions fo hundrd" anJ fifteen thousand du1,Vra, ' avera-' tin caeh year, twotn li oni and f af- ai ,,',11 'ArprtKt.L" with an aruvj1 'ervti- tore of bvrt tU Lundrt 1 and fifty1 oij'satid dollars, fur sj:h is the prt''

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