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TUESDAY, D C T O B E II' 30,- 1792. .
X Vol. I. )
PRINTED, by ALEXANDER ARTI, forJOHN SIBLEY.
(Numb. 13.
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An ABSTRACT '..
Gftk principal alteration! in regard to the
. Revenue from diftilled fpirlts, made ly
the Ail Of Congrefs t oftbtJih dj of
Mi 1 70 i V" Concerning the DUTI ES
on SPIRITS diiiilled within the Uni-
ted States "
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SeclUn iDect
urei
T""1 HAT the prefent duties 5n fpirits of :
A native or domtjite materials Ui all be
rejucedonuid after the firfi-day-'f July
next. The duties on ths firft clals of
proof (that is on fpirits of the ftrength of
common proof Whifkey) aietobelowered.
two cents, from the former duty of nine
cents per gallon, to feven cents. Ihe
fttonget fpirits of native materials are. Jto.
nefoTfionTBuRd
accommodate jthofe who have had the
right to pay according to the capacity of
the ftill (that is the country, diflillers) and ,
idillilleries of the cuftomary extent in the
inland towps, ice. the following arrange
r mentsand reductions have been made bf
Congrefs, to take place after entering as .
eliteclid in the fecond feSion: Dlflille-
ties in cities.tbwns and villages (the whole '
capacity of the fiills in which do aot a
mount to four hundred gallons) may pay
fifty four centsj, inflead of the former du-.
ty of Gxty cents for each gallon, that the
ftill will hold ot Tneafiire. for A whole
year's diaillinff therein. All diailleriea,;
in" tht country maypay the fame recced
duty ot fifty four cets That ijs a Itul
t onennnarpagauons m uiccgur.try, or,i
in a rifv. tnwn nr vill Jtrc f IFthcre be not in
fuch town difUllery ftills altogether equal
totournundredgailons;wiilpay540ocenis
or 54 dollars for the ntilnle year. ; Or rjie
diiuller may, if be chutes, take out a Ii
cenfe,tobeappUedfofat the CollectorY,
office, for one month, at ten cents
tron every
J;allon the ftill will meafure or held, or
qt more than oni month at the fame rate
throueh the year, v
cents tor each gallon of common Whit
ley, proof, or hrft proof liquor diRilled.';
and fo in proportion for what flwll j'W
flrdngefihan common. The law1 gives
tiefe elcfliom or. choifeMQ the.difliller,
nti reqirres of him to make kno wn his
thotctin one or the other way in writing,
Btormfor which theCollector wiil furnifh.
The diftiller will then receive a licerrfe,
Cgned by the Supervifor, if he intends ' to
pay by the capacity ofthe Hill, and not
by the gallon diiiilled. If he does not
-xnaketu chcicelor aits- contrary to it
after chufine, then he is to pay fifty four
cents per annum on every gallon the ftill
will meafure or held. No fee. is to be
charged for the licenfe, not for any other
papers which may be f umifhed to the dif
tillers or others, or which (hall be required
of thern. The licenfe will mention the
day when he is to begin, and the day
when he is to end his diftilling. Jt is to,
be fignedby the Supervifor, and counter-
figned by the Collector. If the dilUUer
cf ten cents per month for every gallon .
the am. iU hold. t , DrhediOilleEmay: 4-uawe.-W ,
' havfor the fo rushefhaU aauaUr-diftil ; or vellelsot
1 tb'romrh the vear.v at the rate of feveni unmarked or
l oy me louecror. ir we oiiuucr ? om- n d a
to pay the monthly rate df ten cents, , V
uft not dinil before:nor,aftr,tU.'K;tl.
5d time for which the licenfe tit with d ;P,nU 1
elects
be nauft
limited
at getting a new licenfe, under the penal
ty of two hundred dollars.
pettien Jrr-Tiirettt
At-lead one office of InfpeAlbri inete
ry county in each diflrict or (late. Every
pofTefTor of a ftill, of whatever fixe, whe
ther it be employed in diftQling or not,
is to enter his dill in the courfe of the
month of June ineachyear j Stills bought (rv)TTTTHEREAS certain violent
or in any way procured by a refidenl . in ' :y y and unwarrantable pro-
any county, or brought into a county by eeedings have lately taken place tending
a perfon moving into fuch county, are to to obflruct the operation of the laws of
be entered at the fame office, within, thif the United States for ralfing a revenue
2" days f their picturing or rerooviog . upon fpuiu diiiilled within the fame, en
em and. before diftilling wi'h them, adtd putfoant to exptefs an'thority dele
The entir i to defcribe the dill, and to gated in the conflitution of the United
mention us capacity, the place where ft States which proceedings are fubverfive
... lies, and in whofe DoffcQion it is. and of crood order, eantrarv tath rlmv that
Whether it is intended for dllllUing or for
r I I ,11 L t ; . i , -
Tale, aadif it.fhall have Ilea remoyid in-
to the county, from whence it was fo re-'
moved. The penalty for omitting to en
ter a flill as above required, ht(Se3. 13
two hundred and fifty dollars on the own-
or pofleflbr.
. .section .
"The ownersTahd poneflbrs"
ot mils are
jointly and feparately liable for the d
asris the fUUitfeliVand the owner -of- th -
land upon which a ftill fhall be worked,
uuici vne penon ue a tenant on jcaie ice jif
a yearor morp, wr unlcf Ucwner of the
land can prove the didUIer to have been
afrefpafferof an intruder on the land ta
ring the whole time of " working the
Setthn c Previdej ,
That ca(ks, &c. which h'e Jbeen legal
nfimrEa7irrirtrATa-rTrr
have the marks taken off, by an olicer,
and may be again ufed for, fpirits, and a
gain legally marked by an officer. .
Seflieri 7 iDeeltttef, -, -That
two eallonsin everv hundred gal.
1
ons of fpitits which ftall be entered foi f
;hc payment of duty according to lawj
the
flfall be allowed for leakage at the dif
tillery
Sef$on,Prtvidetf
, That all ltillsj, on which the duty is if
I be paid on their rapacity (that ii 011 th
number of gallons, which they can holcf
(hall be identified : To which end lhf
J wiu b cd and numbered, which wil
) J do, with impreffive punchts.providd'
; r purpoic, oy me mnccrs. . f . -
t ... .t'. 4 .""" yi
ii : X
3t of diflillers br
i at ine office of
i rAll IplTltS in trie hand
' scalers, are iu dc coicrca
Infpeclion for the divifinh, on or before
the twentv ninth dav of Sentember nut.
and ther will then be certified as old A(tk.
On and after the thirtieth day -ofj Septem-
r p in cams an yeuw unmarkea
aridnacertified of twenty gallpns or inoir,
4 in pcnicuion vi a aeaier or aiumer (except .
atthe diftillery where thefame weremaie)
leizurje j jndfpin is - lnrr
twenty gallons or mere
uncertified, going from or"
place to another, will alfo be liabl to
feizure on and after the (aid thiru'eth day
of September. The officers ol infpef! ion
. are to take meafrres for marking all fuch
caflts, which were r.ot ri quired by law to -
be marked before, and are to give certifi
cares for the fame, at the tequeit of any
diftiKci;' haler, in order to prottft 'he
talks anktjftlcontents from the above
mentioned c6nlequences.
WILLIAM POLK, Sufervifr
Dirtrift 1 N.rtb-UrJ UJ.
ff N 0 T E.
- 1The following encouragements are alfo
given by Congrefs, to the diflillers from
NATIVE or DOMESTIC materials,;
tiz. ' The importaiicn of G!n in caT-s, .
jugs, bottles, and frr.all cafkf,andDtanJy
and other fpirits in the fame, is piohibitcd
after April, I79J- Spirits difWUediuthe
United Mates from mo! affes and other fo
reign' materials, are to pay from ten cents
to twenty-five cents, according to their
firoof or Urength : Imported (pints made
rom GRAIN, are to pay from twenty-
it cents t and all other import-'
from twenty-five to forty-fit
Cents. iu
MISCEL LAN Y.
Br
ths PRESIDENT
.Or
rut UNITED STATES.
a Proclamation
every cltiten owes to his country and to
. r ' .
ths laws, and of a nature dangerous to the
verylema of government :
And whereas fuch proceedings are the '
more Unwarrantable, by reafon of the
moderation which Jias been heretofore
Ihewn on the oart hi the erovernment. and "
LJCMKfpofitiQfl wiuck-has -been- maai
ieuea oy mc legmaiure 1 wno suonc nave
. inn kt luiuiucnuiucuuciiiuuuui iva i
trthviir rnV nf nMftinn. and a "fen-
derthe laws as acceptable -as pofllMe t .
wad whereas it is tHm r "" " bit , m
-iQ iace care tnat itit lawt.
be tauMully cxecutea"' and notonly
that duty, but the Dctmanent intereft and '
happinefs of the people require, that ev-
ry ieg4 and neceffary fiep flipuld be per-
luea, as well to orevent
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MhjaoMtdieian
proceedings, as to bring
to jutlicc the infractors of the laws and
fecure obedience thereto. -
Now therefore -1, GEO RGE WASH
INGTON, Prefident ofthe United States,
D6 by diefe prefents mod earneftlvadmo-
olfliand exhort all perfonsjwhom it may
concern, to refrain and defift from all un-
lawful combinations and proceedings
wnauoever navmg lor obj; or tending
f obftruftthe operation "of the laws afore-
faid ; inafmuch as all lawful ways and
means will be ftfidrly put in execution for
bringing tojaltice the infractors thereof
and fecuring obedience thereto.
, "'And I do moreover charge and require
alt courts, magiflrates and. officets whom
it may concern, according to the duties of
.1- !. .
,h'r frvera nffices t0 exe" the powers '
in them refpeftively veRed by law for the
purpofes aforefaid, hereby alfo enjoining
and reqwiring all perfbns whomfoever, as
they tender the welfare of their country
the juft and due authority of government
and the prgfrryatintCvf tlU.yublio , fn.
in teuimony whereof, I have eaufed
tl.e Seal of the United Sutes to
be affixed to thefe prefents, and"
a figned the fame with my' hand.
bJftne ibis fiffecnth-day of SeptenKr
Jbcr, in the year of our Lord one
j thoyfan l, feven hundred and aine
f ty two, and. of the Independence
of the United 'Sutes the feven
teenth. - '
Go. WASHINGTON.
By the f refideat.
Th t JEFFERSON.
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Fo ths FAVtl TtVlLLE GAZETTE.
Wr. PR"N ER,
ARUiiNT fpirits of all kinds are'
deemsd .luiuries of life, but from
their common ufe they are eileemed a ne-
5eJa!I.-man-f Je uf f .. them to a
moderate drgrre, In our climate, may
have-good effeclsitOcn, Mr Printer,
fir.te we find it ufeful br pleafant to take
a certain quantity of the liquid ftimulus,
how mull it pleafe every citizen of Ame
rica who ftudies the true interest cf his
couniryi to find our farmers offeringlarge
quantities of that article in the maikets,
of their own make, and the product of
their own farms, felling it at a price, ful
ly to their own fatisfaftion, even to the.
tery merchants from whom they former
ljr purctuf:d large quantities of imported
rum, brandy, ice.
The advantages relulting to the conn,
try from the ufe of American, in prefer
ence to imported fpirits, mud be obvious
to rhe mull foperficial obferver for feveral
reafons- in the fird cafe we drink a li
quor equal in ftrength and flavor to the
latter, at a much fmaller price- thus the
confumer faves confiderably add to this
the importance of paying our own fann
ers and diflillers in the pi ice of the fpirits,
by thisthe individual is enriched, and the
community benefitted 1 whereas the price
of every gallon of mm that has, ormaybe
confumed inthis ceuntry.goes to therum-
diftiller and eane-plantcr 10 the Weft-In-
dies, and tends to augment their wealth,
To give American made fpirits the ad-
vantage m oor markets.and to brlngthcm
into mote general ufe, tht General Gov
on imported fpirits, though net fo bights
ii atfy otheir commercial country. ThS
fnall duty laid on dome (lie fpirits fkould
Urely be mentioned when we confider the?
al advantage onr brandy and whiiey
lave of foreign fpiritJj Owing to the oper- ;
ions. of the laws of Congrefs en that
ujty. .
that aarona the D.iacioal ODDonants to
.mi.-i,-tuj
ihe laws arelanded men-nwhsn ponr
iairs xaiuinauon , uicj reauy increaie
the valae of the lands and the produce of
theii farm?, and is a fiving to the great
body of the pebple ; it is liirely then for
waat of "a coo. and deliberate in veiligatt
on by thqfe wdl meaning men into the efv
creates their dfapprobation. I appre-
hendBiacy objeftions are offered againll -the
execution of the law commonly called
th4xcife Law, By perfons who have riot
reiwAed on the jtoltcy, and good effects
.that law is likely to produce. Let fuch
however, who havereafons tooffer againfl
the law aft witl propriety and decency s
let them ftate ieir objeftions in memori-
als, orrembnlranes addrelTed teuhe le
giflature bf thir country.compofed of the
reprcfentativ ofjhepeopleatJoh
true and rational mode for Americ,aris to
obtain, a rerefs of grievances. Let not
the laws of bur country, , which among
freemen isthe facred majeftyTofthepebplej
be violated,or oppofe'd. .
it any remarks I have made Ihall tend
to accomplfli that end, it will fulfil one:
of. my principal motives lAr making theftf '
obferrations. ,,
A FRIEND to COODLAWS. ' '
BUdm Courfy OS it.
i oooocckcsoooc -;-:;A
D V X KTLSJLM EHTS ...
TttbtOflittrihf tht tdt Ctirtnu Lin tftUttk - "
' -r i-.tl Sid:i Noith Carolint, V.--, .
ClKTLIMlNi '
CONCEIVE it my duty, through the
chattel of this Oazette, 10 advife ybti
I
that thire U in xny pofTeffion a circular
letter from a committee of thelate Con-v
tinentatline of thejlate of MafTachufettSf
and ether papers, of an important nature, .
to the interefls of the old continental ar- .
my 1 one of the principal objects of which
is to folicit our concurrence with theh?ea-7
fures tkey, as well as the officers bf the'
other flates, have thought advifable to
purfue, toobtain adifcharge of a jud debt .
yet due the Continental army, and unpro
vided for by government, to which nor
other perfons can have any 'pretence,
founded in reafon and juftice, but the late"
foldiery of the fame In purfuit of this '
' object, I can imagine no other method fa
likely to anfwertbis end, as the calling a
convention of the, officers, to whofe con
fideration the papers aforefaid may be
fully fubmitted. You are therefore re
q tefted to convene alWake Court Houfr,
on the 8th day of November next, when
I proprfe the homur of laying before yoit -thofe
interefling communications. '
Give me leave to obferve, that thofe .
papers came fo me on a fuppofition that
, J wal the next fenior cfficei of the' line
to Gen: Clatk, to whom tliey were firft
prtfented, and who direfled that they
fhculd be tranfmitted to me, as the mis
fortune of Bisblindnefs deterred him from
ufir.g tliofe exertions that his difpofitioa
prompted -Hearing that Generol Arm
flrong is dead, I concluded the urgency ,
of the occafion required difpatch, and
therefore have adopted this method.
em, Gmimtn, xiVb ItmmnU tf 4J!nm
1m
H.. MURFRIR.
HERE AS 1 am Jaw-
fully and rightfully Mcffed
ftf certain necrroti. viz. Rnfr. Emilia: Smim
lhnnal, KtJ inA RfoJy, bequeathed to
BECKY, the daughter of LEVI GLASS
late tS Bladen County, deceafed,by virtue
of ray intermarriage with the faid Becky,
Now theft are to forewarn all perfons,
not to have any dealings, or other elfe to
do with the faid negroc, or any of them.
Gives tinier int btnd.iUt tii OCTOBER, 179.
JOHN EACAN.
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