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''