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V - .1 I FRIDAY, API; IL 4, 1817. -.:;:, '-. -VW:?T, .:;.-:' ----- -A"-- .-s---.-f- -?''-'- v RALEIGH, (NC.) Tm tuHtcription r Three dollar per year, one half to be paid in adaie. No P8&W to be cjminued Ion- "jret than three tnofttt Miei F?" BODscnpuon ue cotnes due, and notice theretif shall nave been given. Mvertumtntt not exceeding J4 l:ae4 are inserted J thrice for one dollar I tot twenty-five tents each sub sequent insertion : and in lilttproj)ortion where there - u attTXer number of line tbnif fourteen The cash UiCCOinpaay those from pert ana unknown to the t - . J : ..rcrltotion can in any ease beeceivcd without Uhoijit payWnt ol arrears, unlessTrt the or. " . .?..,ci. - S ; V Political. our nrmj m increasea xo mty titousand, this m.iops tuen contcmplatea to be added to the:sury, war and &ay department. An act, tb nevr syvxim,: unknown in the days of Wash- sniKin-r Jdntf. . 1 I DICKINS' -:G1RCUUK. Jens of the counties of Orange, Wake and. Perm. 4n iiongrcssvio wmcwjoffereciea mytur reprcs?ntati?e, Uavio. atwxvived.l tak the earliest opportunity to submit thcT following concise view of the itate of olw pibiic affairs and of the proceedings of tlte iattf session. - I liaye,, jlho satisfacfiofl'iostaie that we are at peace at home, and in amity with foreign" nations in congress, uie great council 01 uie natron, part spirit is so fat extinct, that the titno seems to hate passed Way, and I fond ly hope will nerec-aain occur, when party measures, rmnous to the best interests of the country, can be carried by the mere force of a name j ington anJ bis successor, would cost upwards of five hundred and fifty-fivp thousand) dollars, besides adding a large expense to' the quarter- master's department, medical department and contingent fund. The extravagant and use less expenditure in these departments is equal Ty great; and the amount of the contingent fund far exceeds all reasonable bounds. But I will not go into 1 detailed statement of all tfie abuses, having already dwelt longer than I could wish, on this unpleasant subject, and shall therefore dismiss it, after giving thi fol lowing estimates of th6 secretary at war for tlie support of the military establishment dur- pxztixsvst jtw, viz. r&yf thearmy, lorte ji&lllictn Tour bundrtsd arid thirty-tbree thou-' sand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars j svVsistancef one million one hundred and hven- threc thousand, seven hundred and ninety- eight dollars three hundred six hundred anil seventy thousand eight hun dred and eighty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents ; btnmtie$ and premiums, thirty-two thots- The direct tax will expire after the collec- tkufor the last year shall have been complex ted; and a strenuous effoft was made to repeal the internal duties',, under the belief that they miqfctte safely dispensed with. The abundant simply o( tho treasury,, the flattering prospcQW brtls, nfiotknowing to whJ pnrposej the large surpios would be applied induced Bts tbTfolievo thb :opihion to be "correct. When this question was pending, several projects, ofj 11 try tpen3ivo tendency, wcid on foot, vra billp to establish mil i tar y academies, an inva Hi covf)ii AC, &C. ali of w!)l eh have since been rCttd "or abandoned t'attd 'rpiferreav. than 4jt.tiouldic $ithw$s.isitppldor',p ted to remain in the hands of coHectorscr Idle in the treasury. After the pistponcment'of the proposition, to repeal the internal duties, I was ; forage, sixt-eight thousand ' mucn gratified at the passage of an act entitled, and tw.entyfuur dollars; cioMigA ''an actitu-proude for the redemption of the pub lic debt' which increases the, sinking fund, so as to create a permanent fund of ten millions of riolliis -annually, forlue jtayment of the sand dollars quarter-master's department, four i"tw arid gradual redemption of the debt ; hundred and sixty thousand dollars ; mdicalm 51,1 additional appropriation, ot nme continue in force the 2d section of an act,' supi" plementary to the act to regulate tb;e duties oh . imports and toimagef ,yAn act to provideTf furnishing the house of tfie President of the United States. An act making provision Tor the support of tlie miiftary establishment dii- wuS luwycar 101, .All act ; to amend the -K act oTflast session making further provialoa : for military services - during tlie late war. An apt transferring the duties of commission- ' er oi nans xo tpe bank pt ..the United States, and abolishing the office of commissioner of loans. An act tq rovid4for the punishnittit . ortnmi s within .the Indian boundary. ': n?: ci more-pfccruaiiy to.prerve thf neutral and hospital department, one hundred thousand dollars ; ordnance department, one million and and the fate of theinW important! sxts5x l5l0U;nd dollars ; fortifications, eight decided or known by the movement ! hulJlcd ai,d thii ty-eight thousand dollars nuestiuns oftliefilekAderofapai-tyV Vrihe prin.!co,lficn expenses, "one - hundred - thousand ciplcs and measares adopted and advocated by Washington: and his political disciples, which for a time were unforttrnateljnlcparted from, arc again resorted to and now prevaiJ. Yet, dollars ; maps plans, books, yc. for the war department, tv, thousandfve hundred dollars; erecting and cpmpleiing tlie builtlings at West VHnt, forty-seven thousand" five hundred dol . fi ' ; p.. j- . notwithatandiiii? tins Iiannv return to wncini. ,iirs puivqa. wv uiu muimry u aVitiirt'flmirJe?nyl,ar?I,ainn5 ouuuings ai ly correct principles, with the consequent Hour ishing state of the treasury and revival of na tional prosperity, much very much yet re mains to be done. Many public abuses that greW up in the days of error, stand uncorrected. System ood order and a due accountability ate notcompletely restored. West Point, and, for transportation I thousand seven hundred and fii'ty .dollars Ap propriations have been made varying hut little from the, foregoing estimates. Our national funded debt, including .tin: ; - io-s- . . subscription to the bank of the United States, IheAlHmtdo- ' . 1 . . .... .. . ' hnfl lio jf i vrIr rrontnil lv f ha grr t wt kvtiat tt; IT Cuments-in my possession, shew that in the . . 1. . ..j . the Yazoo claimants. biitcIiwveftIoani cniei oejwrxmenis, parucuiany in every orancn , , . . , . P v. , . . . ' , unsettled . claims to a larger amount, on the of expenditure appertaining to the war de- , , ..... , . 1st day of January last amounted to on.' liiin- ,partment, a great mass of accounts remain un- , , ' . , J .... . , , . . - L .. , dred aau twenty null ions three hundred and settled, some of many years standing : and . , , - J ' t , l . . .... p . ,, , , . . .. , sixty-four thousand eight hundred and thirty that millions of dollars, b.longing to the pub- . . . . ir. ain tuvw in t lip lift mlo i.r cJInptni t- o o . . shals, consuls, agents, contractors, officers of the army and other individuals, which were -wrung from, the hard and honest earnings' of 838, 58) a very small part only of which would now have existed hut for the late war. which although of a short duration, owing to the people and have been permitted to remain the mismanagement of our fiscal affairs und'TV- inthe hands of these public defaulters, in'souie . cases many years," and no legal measures ta-j ken to compel them to pay it into, the public treasury. Those evils ought not to exist. " Our army Jtught to be reduced, and a suffi cient number only kept on foot for the protec tion of our Indian frontier,, and the preserva tion of our ports and fortifications in a pro . per state of repair. The expenses of those re tained might also be greatly curtailed, for our military establishment is now one "of the I'most expensive, according to size and the servftes it performs, that ever existed in any age or na- tion ; and is unquestionably organized on a system of extravagance beyond example, grea ter than any heretofore known. The military staff is on a scale sufficient for an, army pf, five times its amount. Many officers have drawn pay, &c.-on their brevet rank, by which means captains are allowed the pay of majors, ma jors the pay of .colonels, colonels the pity of generals, fcc. The 'annual aggregate,. crostd- ver and above the p?y- tht-y are entitled to ac cording to their real grade, is estimated by the secretary of war at thirty seven thousand five hundred 'dollars ; and the great number of prU vate servants allowed to the officers of the ar my, (and for which they are paid, including subsistence, &c. upwards of one hundred and sixty-three dollars, although they perform no " military duty) adds greatly to the waste. The secretary of war, in his calculation foithe sup . port of the army. during.tha present yeaff es timates the number at six hundred and seven eight, which forms an Item of expense of orie hundred and ten thousand mnetondtedtlivl svxZ ty-jive dollars and twenty-eigfU cents? .Prom , Ue commencement of our revolutionary war up to the 6th July, 1812, there was no pay allow; ed to the officers for the private servants they employ ed, except one ration per day. Should ther errors, cost us more than the revolution Tary war, which raged sevenyears and gained j us our liberty and independence. But as tlsis .trenendaus.ebLJiflsi6pM;createf,-..eyery.Ar mciican must ;be rmpressed-w iih the jTccessity of making suitable exertions, iti periods oi peace, to pay it off and release ourselves and our posterity from so heavy an incumbrance. Experience has proven the extreme diflicuhy of rnaking any estimate of our revenue upon which reliance can be pla.ed : but it may be confidently said, that if we cultivate ' peace and remain in amity with foreign nations, re trench our public expenditures, attend strict ly, to economy and compel the public default ers to pay the vast sums they unjustly retain in their hands, the whole national debt, great as it is, may be extinguished in the course of fifteen or twenty years, without materially op pressing the people. Tho necessity, howe ver, of correcting abuses, and of " entrusting public monies to safe hands," is obvious, and Caring be too strongly urged ; for otherwise our national debt can never be paid. . ".It is with infinite"" pleasure I turn to the flourishing state of our revenue. Tlie amount received, iuto the treasury during the last i i ii i i i -1 . year, larexcceucu tnai oi any lormer year ; proving sufficient to satisfy every demand and leaving a balance, on the 1st day of January lastr of eighteen millions five hundred ad four thousand seven hundred and thirty dol lars and, ninety-five cents (818,504,730 9b4) of- which sum it is estimated that ten-millions are in cash, and the remainder in treasury notes ; and if the estimate of the secretary of the treasury prove correct, the revenue of the present year, with the balancen hand, will so Tar exceed the expenditures, as' to leave in the treasuryonthe lsFof "JarjextM teen millions six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, (S 15,650,000) after-deducting three niiilioas of dollars. to4he same object for the current year, and further directs that after the present yew, whenever there shall be, at any tisne after an adjfnrnment of congress, a sur plus of ..money in the treasury, above the sums approp. iuted for the srrvico of that year, the payment cf which to tlie commissioners of the sinking fond will le?.vein the treasury a bal auce equal to two millions of dollars, then .such surplus to he paid to the sinking fund. The tit commonly called the corapeuation law, which gave a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per year to inembers of congress, has been repealed." The friends of tlie law who constituted a majority, would not permit the repeal to take effect before the ith day ol' tiiis mouth. I waanxious, and voted, for its re pt'al, because I believed the law t be vyrong t'j urincinle''' It wasbcsidea. foun l tobede- ective in its details and susceptible f f various 'oiistructions, being so administered as to o Aerate- vcrv unenuallv. Fifteen huudred dol- lars were allowed (besides travelling expenses) to each member up to tlie -ith Alairh, 1818, which was at the rate of about sixtren dollars and sixty-seven cents per day for the time of . . . - it i . ,i '.i service, liutsirangcioien, wncii a otruucuuii was made fur absence from service during the same pcrwd, only ten dollars pentaywer? le. ducted by which means those who served on ly a "part of that time, received m.ire, (s )me double) in pro portioiv to thei r t i mo of ,erv ic an those w1k faithfully sol ved the whole tune expenses of tlitrmy: andmilitm durintnV- war. tab aqtor tbe refiefoftbe widows nd; orphans of tfie oflkers, seamen and- marines wlw were lost ta the United States brig Epro vier. An act rovidin for the more prompt settlement of public accounts. , An act making . appropriations forthe navy duriug the-year 1817., An act rcpealing the assessment UdV . collection of the direct Taxv An act Jo a- uiniu me ai auuioruiing tne payment ot prop erty, lost, capture; or destroyed by the enemy, while in tha military service of the United States. An act to amend the act crantina- a. bounty in land and extra pay to Certain-Can- . adian volunteers. An act to regulate the trade in plaistervf Paris. An act authoris ing the people of the western part of (the Mis sissippi Territory to form a state "government and for the admission of the same into the union. A resolution for admit ting the state of Indiana into the union. - V Several important bills were -before cop. grss that could not be finally acted upon be- fore it expired. A bill to set apart and pledge certain funds r foj,, internal improvcmer.ts," which pledged funds for constructing roads, and canals, pass ed both houses; of Congress by smR wajori tijis, hut ultimately failed, . in . consj qi; rce of the President objecting to it on account of the" difficulty he felt ..in retcnciling , the., bill to the constitution of the United States. The president of the United States, with the consent of the senate, has made the following appointments, viz. , , John Qjiincy dams, of Massachusptts, sec retary of state; William H.Crawford, of Geor gia, secretary of the Treasury; and Isaac Shel. byi of Kentucky, secretary of war. The trust you were pleased to confer on me at the last congressional election, I have endeavor ed to discharge w ith fidelity, and if I have, in so doing, given satisfaction to my constituents, In addition to tho fifteen hundred ! . lars. the I next to the approbation of my own conscience, " further sum of five hundred and eighty dol-jit will afford me tho highest gratification, lars, making in tho wholc two thousand and ! The confidence you placed in me was ari evi cighty dollars, was' allowed to each member for r dence of your respect and esteem which' will be the fii st sesslon, and nine hundred and twenty j ever to me a source of pleasing and grateful dollars for the wholt; of the. last. During the ( recollection, and for which I tender to you my tigress of the" bill a motion- was'inade to fix ? raols't 'sincere thank?i As you AVill again be a daily allowance, and extend its operation to J called upon, at the approaching annual clec thc first of the session ; which ought to havcitionin August, to select seme person to rep; resent you in the next congress, I take this prevailed, hut it-wa .; rejected by a large ma jority All Jaws whicli authorised a loan ;r issucof treasury notes have been repealed. During the last year treasury n ics.to the be continued to maintain inviolable our nation amount of upwards of ten millio n f dollars al faith, to t herish peace, and to promote the in opportunity to inform you that I am a candi date for that appointment and if I should again become your chpipe, my humble efforts shall Weie issued, which has augmented our na tionat debt and increased the 'great-amount of interest we have to pay. The following acts, , in addition to those be fore alluded to, have been pussed, . besides ci thers of a less interesting nat ure, viz. An act to repeal the second section of the act concern ing the pay of the othcers, seamen and marines of the navy. An act,-supplementary to an act to fegulate the duties on imports and ton nage. An act to make a partial appropria tion for the navy for the 'year 1817. An act, to extend the provisions of the act to author, isie certain . ofuc.ei's ancl othci persons to ad- minister ; oaths, passed in 1 798. A n act to authorise the sale of certain grounds belong ingto the United States in the city or Wash--ington. Anact making further provision for repairing the public buildings and improving tje plicTsqua the act further to--amend the several acts for tho establishment and 'regulationrof theTrca- tcrcst and general 'welfare of the country. I remain your friend, &c. , r ;' SAMUEL DICKINS. Washington City, March, 1817. rjpHOS. W. & JOHN SCOTT, respeelfully vj inform the Public,' that bavins removed thei:- STOfiK to th hou .e lately occupied by Mr. Clailea S'.uart. and added largely to their Stock of Goods, they can now present to tiieir friends one of the most com-, plete and elejjant assortments ever exhibited .in this place. They solicit a call, and pledge themselves to sell at the very lowest prices possible. ; , '- - Ka1eiirh,JanV3lst. ;. 87tf. LOOK HEIIE. On lie 3 1st of December Uat, some Villain, who called himself J KP'WIA SEWPKINS. received of Cant. John Ilay tf fortsmoulb, "-Vireiniaj 7481bs; of Xskdon Scfinelwincv J una signed a rtbeint to cnai eiject, anu prununeuioae livtr the isante 1$ me- The twine nor man has amce been . ' ; heard of.. ' This t, tbefeforc, to request ail Fishermen : particularly, and aU others who wish, to detect a viliain to ; . i forward me any information of any twine the j have pur i -chased sinwTthat time and of. whom bought. - A thi ii -kind of villLy bears particularly hard 6 f Isbertneri it " is hoped and expected that they Will e"xer$ thettselvcs to tirmg tne viuianr- jiRce-oireci to me ax. SOcntotv by 1 mad. ' '--v-; . " .- , i- 7 iHcm.Miiowinacc linear ;f$if:"'""'-:"";---.::r- 93 4t 4
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