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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 87, 1816.
Vol 19.
JV. I08ti
The MMmsk ,
. . . t-ko tnllars vear. one half 1
'L-.j jn'iAvmce. NaTpaper to be coofinue4 Ion- c:ate town and its citizens in the estima-
!1 than three months aft? a yearVsubscriptioabe- of the Legislature. He int imatea, that
rwT a titWAof hall have been eriven. " .: J"P . . . ....
w;ScgUi;nes,are feerteotbrfce jthe onject of me people 01 r ayeieyme w
L ftn(j a desire to ex.
ht insertion; and in like proportion where thre elude all other persons from a participation in
fv-tfHter number of line? than fourteen... :...ilth:-Navietioi Stock. : Without stopping to
,-o arscnw " v
-.., u -ist 1 50 inadvance.
payn!
POST OFFICE NOTICE. V
i iwt AfTw. "Vciv-16: 1816.
The several Postmasters are hereby requi-
whenever a pcrsjii, m wuuui a umap.
i4 addressed cease iu mivc n uiui uic
Wfiptioncatin anv case be received, without vinjito. the' patriotism of our townsmen, in. ft
...ntofat k.ist Si 50 madvance.. . . , .. . i...;i! - .
' WlSU lu nunc VAJVllCliUB iu IIUJIUI tttUVtt V IV
8liew viiat lis prosperity anu luipiuveuicin is uui
essentially beuefHal to the State, let us exam
ine iiito this charge of exclasion. It is well
knowu that books were opened all over the
state, (agreeably to the Charter) iu all places
p st Office, to aavi3C iue euiiHi"cicn , ttuu , (lonSt Ane migtiiy city ot iiaieign naa us
..ild if known vvueiucr mo pc-uii mau j cnanee loreraoarniDg in uus ppecuiaou, xur.
tt uu i c Tim i.i..ift ..i., a.'wk.4 .i..
j ...jiitr up m v v mii.sir. 1 iiv mail 10 . e.rnx uuusriii uincas id uovu iitui iu vuo
.,if;ianii - - I - .. .
Hrtheoed with many newspapers, wttico are
."tu- ttd jifopviators aa well as the tub!ic.
- r jtt-J; MEIGS, Jiui.
Postmaster General
Iutenial Nav igatb ri;
F ivOM IHB FAVETTEVII.LE OBSK ttVE It .
i 1 ! . I '
Coai'muT It comes to us in tne masKu guise
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of & oominmcauou miu is cnniencu - cm
visjii ' rt a t thp sn'm thinp'. in the fnwn
of H&ywootJ, for which he feels so much syo
pathy might hare seen a sabscription paper
and become one of the Company and helped to
regulate the affairs (o his own mind. All were
bidden to come in. Those who excluded them
selves have no right to complain of a monopo-
I ly. And so it turned out, mat alter tne dooks
V ii i u - 4i wi wre ctoseu, luejeiuzeusoi jpay.eucviue, iwaow-
mine -r . -rr- - - , that themselves were most deeply mterest-
wflsgrant and unfair attaoklipon the. "1 own f . . 4,hv:,14.Mi nf th need of onn.
,f Fayatevilleaud the Capeear ftavigfttiou ' N liou of Cape-Fear, appeared
to make the larger part ot tue suoscrtp.ions.
L .... . . 1 1: .l T
I ney men went on to cuoose ineir uireciorii,
and therefore it is for the puhlJc goodljut
. rn.jr.vi.vimc un me uape-rear iavigaiiorr
Company Vish to depress Haywood ! Even al
lowing that any sane man could suap?ct that
Hay ood could ever beeome a rivaf to Fayetie
ville, this fact, that the Cape-I'ear Company
are large proprietors of this apology for a town,
will Contradict thc asnprainii. nf n sfnilinila to.
sire to put down Hay wood The whole work of
JktnttttHI TtrtAr,' Alt
r. YaiiMr. fV. n !..
claims, reported a bill for the relief of Williath
Hasslett and tot. Reynold, of Tenn. a bill
for opening the road therein mentioned x which
hills were committed.
w Internal Improvements.
-:u-wuunuii oi o. u. referring to a prong-
Bltinn nfltio rtmr. ... J 7. 1 A
- . vi , u,Boe at me last session.
eleanog out this River cannot be done in a way, r but then opposed by him as beiDR unseasonablr
and there has as vet been no inlietion that int mil..!.1 ,iA i.. "Pseasonaurj
J - fjurn I fill I. iinia tit,
this " rival" will not eome in fur hir share At
some future time Every man perhaps but Ver-
itas knows, that the most important work is to
Cliwui""""-' t
Uis unfortunate fur fclie maker of this piece,
M;:tt beli tt( pi' oed to stumblo upon the same sig
Buiure that (ieorge Rsrrington the 'famous he-
.... n I i L ' ii .... I
... r Ha upv-Ltiv. used, wneu ne uiieuiiiicu in
wm j .iii.li .1 X. I l v--'- - .-j
and although it seems to hurt the feelings of the
gentleman in the Minerva, that 3 out of the 4
should belong to this Vowuj -yet the.voters u ise-
. ' .1. .1 .1 ...L L.. I-
i.""-r.f '. . i . riy consiucreavmaiwiuose peraonn woo uvea on
prove to thy world that he was an honest mau. , e lhe work t0 be aone, were
fiut namei.are nothing- the facts only at-i , msn togee u done .e1 T,
. t ina ihaiic that vt tv mi 111 il'irf in i . ' .. ... .....
"vtv. . r . . had no dea ut travel iuc to Kaleisli or liav-
wood, or wherever clsa Mr. Veritas and his
tAfhf d to
wntrovfcrUsWe arty however, doubtful, whe-
hrtii(iiriiir in HBumm? trie name oi rLiiu
IIICI uiv' - O '
did if by way oi' irony or malice -if the former.
e can easily oorne i iue true Maiemeui uy
turning .Air. Veritas wrong side outward, and
if the latter, any person wiio. knows any thing
of the subject can very soon parry the malicious
losiaaations For fear any una should believe
:Vir. Veritas, wo think it our duty to explain a
fev of the most prominent charges- more might
iO itvU, out. wte people it no reau nis reinar.es
can supply from their own reason and informa
Mnii ivfmtBviT dfieionev iiiiiv here exist. Il is
ate hoped that'Veritas will not think that his
tbuliitious have excited any alarm' in the per
laus against whom- they'ainied-lt is only for
fear they should operate if suffered' to pass un
regarded, in the minds of some who have giv
en na atteatiou to the facts, that we thus no
tice them For intrinsically the allegations a-
?" if wiling, xaa.xx properly silted would
ultimately be nought . bnt bran. And even ta
king them as they appear, if a stenographer
toold. abridge them into reason and truth, you
night write the whole of them on the back of
jotir nau. -
The obiect of this Veritas can olainlv be seen
U.u' '..-.. 'j..w.
uk iias 3UU1C tilui jjirjuuiee to wt.ru r ayeiie
tiiieand cauiMt onuure to see it rise so last in
Ve&hliand ounuiatiou. But it iii.iv bi that the
i i - j
win has tome land interest in the grcaf dity of
raieigs, or the little city ot Maywood both
of which together bear about th&.8itme nrooor-
tionto Fayeileville, us the latter does toNew-
Vork. Or else tho writer ilfends to smother
tbt good spirit for pubjlTiiproyenient and
he true welfare of the state, which character
brim-rull neighbor might dwell, to hod cuni
petent persons to manage i the Navigaiiun of the
River." But, the gentleman complains oi- the,
scaling and what he considers the partiul dis
tribution of shares. . He thereupon goes into an
arithmetical calculation to prove what every
one mighlfimi by a deeeut perusal of the Stat
ute i Book. It were a pity indeed that such a
sage mau "should get his living by reckoning.
The cutting down of little subscriptions more
than of large ones is the great coiaplaiut. -Now,
is it uot reasoQable, that, those who embark
largely ju a novel experiment and are patriotic
enough to throw in a large capital, should he
entitled to a preference," when the subscriplious
are found to execed the necessary amount r
Besides, do uot the larze subscribers feet a
, greater interest in the management of ajcorpora-
immnn a pf nj si-uscriwc wnu hiii raiuer go
about his other concerns than attend to this tri
vial one ? This is alt we say in justification of
the propriety of sevling. Veritas must go to
the Legislators who enacted the law for further
information. Yet is it not true that Fayette
vijle -wished to monopolise the stock by Ibis sys-;
tern of scaling. The larse country sutcrihpr i
- - - a 0 .
came in upon the same chance, r.ad it is a fact,
i. . I-.. i- i'. i
ise the present Legislature. It is a gratifying
truth that most of the people of iV. Caiolina are
qoniy zealous. tor tne internal improvement
f taeir State, and are discarding that puny
T.umnn. nrc iinwo wriion ivnnin haiinw nr. nnh
G Auriintazc unnn one nart. becnuao another
WOUld lint rtuliii.nl iniuin'oii!!. A0...mk
- - iimuiui iuwupai.iij assume auv.
J "IV UCWIUIIll.ir IU UJ1U LllttL iue ID OI
Dirt, is PVnf-.tr-1 1 v (lia interact nl'li. ,mtn
Ha ll.. 1' .- - .... ... .. . .
- uicreiore wiio. would blast this tlounshinir
em oi puiiiie-spirit, is tar trotn beinga dis
wt statesmanTor an honest citizen.
out to the point. - The writer in question
Jfetaiies that a ntiffhbnr ni Kia ivfla nn a tor.
'uday w brim-lull of Inlaud Navieation" and
-"uiseii jmewise in almost as deplorable a
t'lSe. fur Iu I. .. .1 KS. Ii ..!! . l .
j . ' .ill.- ii i . 1 1 1 . i i . i ai. ii nu iri ii u v i nn .
I10U -If 'nerehn'nnn fio i.it Lun a k-:... f..n
j- ui.u UIIUl-lllll
yurute miifht liiiva h&ri inrriLl.. n,..., rt.:
wie navigation was managed, we are not iii-fmeiltbut-
no doubt it went throuRli the or-
miythaBnei fersptrAtionpitfiial)
ru'cS tht- uose.Well, after all this wit,
lc alorcsaitl
W!me eat t.iti'.... t.. . !.. . i. . . .
. .-apCrFear Company cannot" long endure
vlc:ne there ImvH !pi....lM.ai. 1....:..
(Mil ii iiiiiuc hi u au-
i ; 'a"m'l'ts the same business ! Now we
J. . I . . . n . ... ...j.
laciiuuic toe navigation irom this to vViIming.
ton, &' tn this obiect the whole nowers lf ihfi
Comfauy uave been directed and the labor has
irogrefe,das far as thir t '.sources would uli
u. 1 "we said before it wiJl be a Dart of ih.
ulterior policy of the; company to clear out the
Rivef to its sources. VeriMs need not crv a-
bout itwe in Fayettetille are uiider no appre
hensions of a rival either at Haywood or Ra
leigh This town is progressing too fast in real
prosperity to. be thwarted by small things. If
tve mustiall it must be by (be agency "of some
groata.rcliar&cter than Veritas We have no i
dea of dying like that Roman Emperor who
was poisoUed by mushrooms. ;
Another assertion of this mau that it was
the obiect of the ueonle of this town raxelude
the State from subscription is equally untrue. A
reference to the charter will shew that the slate
could not be interested unless the KubKcrijitions
should fall short of a given amount. It Hwell
known that they exceeded ihat amount. How
ever there was no desigu to exclude the state,
because a vole was immediately passed by the
Company to invite the sfute to Kubsei ibe'Oiu;
hundred and Fifty Shares, which invitation has
oecu made at tue present session ot the Assem
bly. We pass over many things in this piece hich
we might enlarge upon, to notice a vejy vulgar
and common wror which Is here circulated re
specting thejAo-ver of the Compan j to levy a
tax of lSJT cjpnum. it is not true that " the
lumbe nij carried down by frpshes" $
taxesf ltt,.upoii the valuefor the pow-
erY ,, -crftrti party is only that they shall
leftaxes sufficient to produce a profit on the
to?k of 1.5 per cent per aunum, The tax there
fore upon rafts,. iScc. wilt be comparatively small,
andiriviai as it is, no person would grudge to
pay it when ho finds thatJiis property issoniurh
better secured by tfie clearing wtiy tsif ottvsns
in the River There are hiany lumber and na
val store makers who. annually lose more prop
erty in eonsequeuee of the present obstructions
than would pay their tax for, three or four
years.
But the tax would fall principally upon this
town, and the properly that is sent ddwn will
not be taxed 15 per cent either. It is a fnct,
that a tax of 1 pr. ct. on lhe amouut o produce
sent down only from this town last y'r, would
have paid the whole necesfitif's of the Corn
Dart v and produced the desired 13 iter cent nrnfil
i . - i
This is nothing to do with Lumber or. Naval
that the law was so little, understood, at -the Stores or property1 brought up tli River So it
mi . rra "! same uusiness : mow wi
l.ort ttU neaid-s i.;.;,. i ......
ji;!,i . . . uctii iiiipiuueui e-
r a i neueve Sir. Veritas, to consider
"wllie rirPSmir I' :,. ,.- .! .....
e lornier., The Stockholders in this
tu nruin i , ,
1 uave nothing to do with other incor-
a III rnio v........ Tl . i' .i
uimlimi uttiure xuey stand on llieir
- jwiuiu mail ouzni 10 nave
not ik. -'.-l. . o . .
"er eon, rners wa eapital ot the for
purposJ I? . wer? totally inefficient to the
t3t,0.'-lu"c'ore was tbe'necessitv found
lthouM. T 00 .a comPent foundation Aud
i hL I3 wr,ter Aspects that former char-
nugatory and abortive for th
ring Cape-Fear River navigtf
"Th if- ' " i- vo ine formation
lM5uberiiIieC?,a?'1 Hftw-Uiver Company"
he h.-,?05.1. lhe "hier Slockhnldor.
tj. "wme adf t c5-i: ... . - ------
- "uiyioers lotnelat-
4nj
time of subscriution. that" two of the nrrsent
t , -j - .
Directors, did actually divide the capital they
: u:t... l ..l !i . .... i
imvuucii lU HUusurtus auu ju'-.'je it to it miruufr
of different Sames. There was certainly nn nA.
cromaucy in this that need frighten the Raleigh
mau. .niiuiiici luti ar.iusv luu UIMI III ureillt;
a Tinucr in tliia frvwn ia thin ; . l u l a ft ii t- 1 lu
subscribers had met and the stock apportioned, u
subscription to a eonsiilcrable i amount came in
from flip pminf v nf (Tliilf'nrd. vvluVli liml l.ktbn
...... - - . .... r - - "J . . . . i . . .. uwi
subscribed for in legal time, the capital stock
was then extended so as to admit these subscn
hers. ' " ' ' '" '":,,''wt,
Veritas would have the good heonle to be-
iW4mat ne knows a great deal upon this sub-
I " "Tl tllRt It) I !li lj:in-f;ir.(Ml KtJftinnjfHru
r -. .- v.w.. -i
t rlle wishes to shew tUftUhivstein f
fllinnrt.nnilin. ilia alinma !a .t VinfwVintlirwl ....4
allotether lhe nionntcbauk' deriefT of those aw
ful Fayetteville folks. He lias Shewn himself
equally conversant with tacts its good manners
aud yet the man secm'svomif'rtable in bis sit
uation. However, " where Tgnorance is bliss,
'tis folly to be wise." He says, that iu "the
Cape-Fear charter " t:;e firuard which was fur
nished against the monopoly of monied men, in
case of a Surplua subscription, in the Bank and
Roanoke charters is studiouslv avoided." Nnw.
this is about a fair sample of this poor fellow's
Knowledge, lie -undertakes to abuse and Vili
fy a corporation without, apparently. readinJ
a word of their charter. It i ell known that
the part which regards annortiomneht nl'har.a
is derived directlv from the Roanoke Char.
ter" inasmuch as the Cape-Fear charter adopts
this, among many other sections from the Roan
oke charter without reciting them.
The desire in lhe people of Fayetteville to
- . i i .. .. . . '
increase tne cnaracter ot ineir town and refuss
ing to bnild pp a spot of marsh nnd pine-trees
called Haywood i another prominent subject
of complaint. This writer says it lias been
thfrltudiousUesire of the Fayetteville people to
(wevfui me river irom being opeuel aboVe their
t1siC We will not undertake to controvert
this assertion, for the impolicy ofsuch a meas
ure can be deduced from his own pieceHe
says, " Fayetteville is the heart-which furnish
es the arteries of the enrnoratinn with 1a at'., vi.
ulatinj? circulatictB, not for the public good, hut
wiiu iuc Mupou win again reuni tnrpugn. the
veins of agriculture with an annual inctease of
15 per cent," This single paragraph contra
dictory as it i, will shew the policy of this
totvu in iu promote uy ait means this circu
will be seen that a verv insignificant tax unr.n
t n i town of Fayetteville would amply suffice
the de-tirts'of the Company and the lax upon
rafts, &c. would Ut comparatively nothing."
We have thus noticed this malicious and un
true attack upon ourfowii and its mot worth),'
upright and honest citizens.- Fiona whalquar
icr this threadbare jester's threadbare jost"
proceeds wt know not nor care. More might
liavebeeo said but this , will su'flice for the re-
- i -
sent. .
Congressional lyroce i4 d ; n gs .
HOtJSE OF REPRESKNTA'l INKS.
.Friday, Dec. 13
Anionerst l !o petitions .presented to-duv. wes
one by JVir. Archer of Aid from a number.' of
the inhabitants of Hartford counlv. statin? the
almost total failure of their crops of corn, their
inability to provide it in sufficient, ofiaiitities fwr
iijcir supptri, aiMi praying i.ne luierpnsuion oi
Congress, by a temporary prohibition of the ex
portation ol irraiu. neierred to the cominitfee
of commerce aud manufactures.
Mr. Lowndes of S. C. from t It e committee of
.vays and means, introduced a bill supiileinanta-
rv to " An act to retrulate the duties. on-imnurts
and tonnage," which was comiuiued
. air. rlojiKics ot jt'etinsyivdiila Irom trie com
mittee oh the .judicial v. reiwnltil Uil 1 to Vs'ti.h-
lish an uniform system of bankruptcy. Com-
nuiTeci.
Alrr Johnson, of Iveuluekyi from the Military
committee, reported i hi I niakintc uuiiations
of Land to the "disbanded Officers of the late ar
my. ' ' '. : : .'
Mr. Hardin from Ky. ofiered -tin' 'o!iairig
Resolution ytrlili'ii viaw t'n'ik 1 1 l'i i r 1 1 u e .. i is i d e r-
alion of it at a future day- :
Resolved, That it is expedient to repeal the
act, entitled, ' An act to repeal the exislingdn
stforrnidaMe nart YML Tk.m " , laI,on , ihe snialLcrferies, and as far as this
t iftuie part ot tne battery of! affected te growth and importance is mutual
ties on licenses to distillers, a.ul lav oilier tlu
lit-H in lieu of tliose ut nrpt'tit imiiosci! on Iiten-
ses to distillers of spiritous liquors except such
parts as may enable jt ho government to collect
the sums now due under said act, or may be
cenfe'due before the repeal of s,aid oct lakes ef
fect. Ordered to lie on the table.
"The Speaker laid before "the House a' letter
from the. acting .Secretary of War, transmitting,
in compliance with an -order of the House at
the last session, a plan of a system for the or
ganisation and discipline of the Alilitia of the
United States -j which, on motion of Mr. liar
ris of Ohio, was referred to ite'Military eom-
inittee. . .
Batik Law Lad naiisii!. tli. ..A ' . .
beeU fiifed under auspieious circumstwees, and
the Bank was about to go into operation. Now
lie saul, was a proper moment for the House to
consider whether the course of internal improve
ueot was, a proper direction f9r the United
Slates to give to their shatnrthUr t
thftVmittttieii,' . M$ tjberefore -faioved,.' ' ;
" That a COlhiWlttti hm innnUt.J l.
andlhe net annual pToceeds, of the National
Bank, as n permanent fund for the internal im
provement.'. L
The bill respecting a modifiefttion of the ton
nae reported lhe other day, "by the com. .
uittee of Ways and Means, passed throuh th
committee of the whole, without .m? ".Ji '
was ordered, netn. con, to le engrossed Vor S
third reading. v
Mr. Sbnith ,r 1A i.A . ... .
, " V; mmjc n moiicn to instruct
the committee of Ways and Means to enquire
into the expediency of repealing the act layinc
a duty on notes of Banks Backers and certain
companies, &e. Mr. 8. brieflr expressed his
reasons to be, the injustice of the onetinn
this duty to cnterprizing men of business from
which capitalists and those best able to hear it
The,m0iion was. agreed' "to without opposi
tion ; and ,
The Honsc adjourned.
nf n , Tuesday; Decern. 7.
Mr. Taylor, of a.- appeared, and took hi
seat. -
Mr. rancey, of xS. C. from the committee of
daims, to whom was referred the Message of
the President, recommending a revision of the
act for the selttpnipnt rf lo. . . .
. vi.mu, lur urnnrrtv
lost and desi roted in military service during the
war, landed ijt a report, stating the cireumstftn
ces oi three decisions, which, in the Opinion
ot the cnmnrittee, the commissioner had incor.
rectly made under the law, and recommendine
to the House' the adoption of a hill to amend
the act To authorize the payment of property
iost,cpinred or destroyed by the ehemyi while
ihthe military service of the United States,
and for other purposes," nassed th oth dat of
April, 1S16. 7
J, The report and bill were read, and referred
to a committee of lhe
Mr. Johnson, of Ky. from the committee on
military affair,' reported a bill conewniog the
Invalids of the Revolutionary War, and the wi
dows and children of the militia, and the sol
diers of the army, during the late war.
A bill was reported by Mi. Herbert from the
committee on this district, to incorporate the
Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria-
iihich was twice read and committed.
Mr. Alexander moved that the committee on
pei s'ions be uistiucted to enquire into the expe
diency of placiiu William Maxwell nn tnai:
. . - - v- wu
91 vll I IDI I ... '
On motion of Mr, Fickens.nt N. C. .the House
. . . .. .... iiilvi i. ivwwiiirc ui me wnoie on
the motion to establUHf uniform mode of eleet
ing.reprebe&tativer ind eJeclors. throufrhniit.
the Unititd States. -The
Committee reported nroo-rp.. ami
, . , . a j r vwvuiii-
ii..lv.Cu nnomii, ne iiuuse men aajourn- '
1 ' . Wednesday, Decern. A&.
i'lr, Johnson broun ht in from tho riimmit ton
appointed to consider the expediency of amend-
t il !' ill l 1ft m il p ll it f i rin hi l l ! . . 1
' O .-j.v "nii .uui). a. iciui l irom sain
committee which was read. '
A 111 I.-" . . . . 1 ' - '
uhj ivuiiuvu iiu intti report was oro t for
ward, and read a first and second time j which
bill chanees the mode of ner i)
tor travelling, which said allowances, left blank,
were to be filled up by the committee of the
whole house to whom it was referred.
Much difference of opinion arose a3 to fixing
the day forhe committee to report, Mf, John
son was fully of opinion that ajsuffioient time
should be allowed for cojisidemig The report,
and moved, that it be the order of the day for
the 2d Monday irr.Tuniiary.
M r. Grosveuor did not see w hat ftlea eon Id hft
urgedfor briugiDg the motion so prccipituttly
m-iui c-Mif nuuse. ne was uisposea to view U as
a most important measure, and htfrierf ihm
pie time would be granted the house! Ito reflect,
t....:.l.i. i..; i...i!.i '- i . r
uL-ai.ii.-a mi: uuuuays were approaciling, .aud A
.. . ., uVut 11... iiivo.. auu UU UOIIOL
many of the members would be absent.
Air. Nelson was surpised, that time should -he
requiri'tl lo act upon i subject whie.h hnd h.T,
so iuliy (hieussed, for his part, he hoped, that
the subject Vould be promttly attended to, to
morrow.' ' . . ' ' . -
Mrf .Juhvscn observed that many members
we're abet,t. fciiuie of whom had writfeu to ex
press a wish to have time to give the subject full
consiileratioii. .
Mr. Jlailiuiir agreed with Mr. Nelson ; and
thought, as many iniputations had been thrown - ----upou
the house undeservedly, that they should
act with promptitude.
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