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Vot 19. FRIDAY, S3, 18iy, ..It VI; RALEIUU, (N. C.) PRINTED, WBBKLT, BT A. LUCAS. TVrm 0 subscription '"Three dollars pec year, one half to be paid in advance. No paper to be continued Ion Ker than three. . months after a year's subscription be comes due, and notice" thereof shall hare been given. jdvertitement$ tuirceed!ng, H lines,- are inserted thrice for one dollar for twenty-five cents each sub " ..iPKt insertion 1 rutd in like oroDortion where there :.. iwnirr numher of lines than fourteen. The cash must accompany those from persons unknown to tlve , editor. . No subscription can in any case be received w.tnout payment of at least gl 50, in advance ; and no di: continuance w.thout payment ot arrears, uniess a k ontion of, the editor! " . ' " FIFlT DOLLARS BE WARD On the svenins of the 25tb March, the subscri bers put into the IVscOffice, in this place, a letter wlr dressed to Newkiuk & Wokth, Merchants, ;j-uiai phia, contaiiiing'Five. 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J... .a TTOTIUE: In conformity with ine previ at the session of 1816, in? the navigation of the fadliin River?' whichiitho- fist-s the creation of a capital stock ot g2j000, tor tue purposes therein mentioned; Books of Subscription ' wereopencd at Salisbury, under the direction of the commissioners therein appointed, on the ls'.day of April instf As soon as the survey of the Yadkin River is com- - p'eted, which is expected to be done by the 20:h May, Books ot Subscription wnuuo Oe c-penea iwo iujw VACCINATION FreBb Vaeeine matter, in small packets with, directions for use, by the principal agent in Baltimore, may be had at Ral eigu eiwer oi. it. i nos. t aiconer or tn caiwr oi uiia u per. Physicians or private gentlemen, wishing a supply, can forward two dollars and have a packet enclosed to toem by the return of the mad. u. .. r. DOCTOR Wm. H. FOWLER, hating be come a resident of 'R&leigh, offer his professionaf services to. the inhabitants of the Towii and County Those who may require his assistance, can find hir at Col. H. Cook's Tavern. T , Jialeifh, JbrU 24th, 1817. ' ' 99-tf N. B. The poor shall have punctual attendance on them, any where Within the county,; gratis i When ap- TAPIER WILSON, Sign and Ornamental Painter. Informs his friends and the nuh lie t general that he has commenced the aboW busiiiess in; the house formerly occupied y Mr". Casso. vliere he is ftrcna red to undertake all kinds of work in his line. We honeii bv attention to business, to luorit a ah vrenof ?rt;Tt. Old -looking glass, and portJat frames ncauy gumy f)rpsHu i,j:uriain ooarus, oic etc. ' J1aki3h,Afiril2$ih,ll7. ' , , 99-tf. OST, A feways since a note of hand drawn in my favor by Messrs. 0. II. Scott ar.d John Bell, for three hundred dollars AH persons are therefore cautioned against trading tor said note, trrrd; thTTrtridSCTrt'hmThfl but the subscribe? or his order. - Vs it. can hence be of no use to any one but myself, I shall be grateful to have :i reuiniea to me. Slav JOHN F. whiting; ' 100 otp CONGRESSIONAL. that I waft unwilling to continue the tax on the ' The gentleman laid he did not read the eon- people H mis country, wnen it did not appear Stitution wito tnetecnniaisubuiuies anarenne- to n nficeesary. menu or a lawyer, out n& read it tor toe par Gentlefnen now offer the same areumeivts in favor of continuing the taies which they urg ed last 9W. But as the results of the pre sent yeal prove, beyond all doubt, that their areamerfs on toe former occasions were fallaci ous, I tbtpfore contend, that they are fallacious now, ana deserve no more weight or influence with thim House than should have been given to the fauified arguments of the last year - faisine(L,l ineau, by the actual results of tnc present year, and so made known to u by the Secretarf or the treasury in bis annual re port. : In eMneetiou with this view of the case, I mcutied, that it was a part of my plan to re duce tklfSirmy J that a proposion to ,tbt efVat wfti v'ff '$ on, .aift4aJ(UraprsuBjim ei uo tliT'tirt) r thjtt U'thd taxes were nff- Hessarr to' sljppart-ti ruf of Ceo" thousand men, tbey eonld, not be necessary, to support that army, redueed to the uurofer of fivethou- a '...-' -.- Afl ' sious'of au Atrt of the Gene'-afAssembly, j!6, entitled, " An Act concern- IN THE HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES. nwiiiuittr. wiuiAMs, 0 ?orfrt" J incumbent) on n wpfQTi oj nis motion 10 repeai ine Mr. W1LLIAM3 said, it a9 at the request cf a number of gentlemen who were friendly to the subject of the resolution now before "the House, and in consequence of what was said by he gentleman from South Carolina, the chair man of the committee of ways and means, (Mr. Ldwudei) that he uid not call up the resolution bh Saturday last. The chairman of the com mitter said we miibtffo on with the appropri ation bills, aud if aftefwardthc Hntisfi should incr places, under the direction of comnnissi.novs hwc-. determine to abolish the taxes an J reduce the aficp to be named, viz. : at Lexington and Mocks' Old fields, Rowan County Statesville, in ' Iredell County Wdksboro'in Wdkes County Oxford, in Surry Coun ty UmUsville, in do. Germantown and Salem, in Stokes County Greensboro' in Guilford County Itan do'ph Court House-Motgomery Gurt Hons.? Con cord, Cabarrus County Wade sborough and Sneed-sbo-tough, in Anson Oeunty Roclcinpham, R-chinpnd Coun ty ; and the l.heraw tiui in aouvB oaroi.na Apvil29, 1817. tswr army, the expenditure would be according to in At reduction, and not according to tlie appro priation ; for example, if we made appropria tions to support an army of ten thousand men, and afterwards reduced the army to fire thou sand, the expenditure would be in proportion to the five, and not to the ten thousaud. Mr. W. said, it had struck him as a very . - . . . ,i v-.... . 1 t .. . . ; ff 1 i r ;. J-U..T I ''1 " - n r UnXJUHati " ".pmiiuii. 1 Lit ,y alunmrl I 1 lOB l'Y UULLAKS KEWARU lor a; A1U- kft fira " ---Ho J '- mti-,, 1, JJ latto fellow named FORTUNE, former-tiuS to become, as it were, pledged tb a cer Wned by Quintan Nicks, dec'i, who ranaway from lain aulount and then l)roeeej t ascertain mvolmtat on, m Gudford county, about the ni'st of De- ' . . t . , , ccmber last. H is stout made, about 25 years of age, our means to raiso the money : and to do that five feet ten.or eleven inches high, raw boned, has a last which ought to have beeu done first. Tins small impediment in his speech, and chews Tobacco. I he said was repugnant to all the maxims of wiU give a reward of FORTY DOLLARS for hi wppre-, common prudence in private life. No mail, return of his own accord, ne shau wen used. 1st April, 1817 ISAAC HOLT. 97-tf. ' tf.i.llllf nAinitaffllH ArnA.lfra . I. n n I. 4 . . . t then count the cost j but Ire would, in the first place, examine ail his sources of,iucmc he would estimate the probable amount of his re venue, and then proceed to the objects ou which that revenue was to be expended. It was Jor the purpose of changing the order of UNIVERSITY-The examinaln of the Students at t he 1 University ot North Carolinai wiil begin on Tuesday the 25th of th's month ; ifhti! Thursday the 5tf of June next at which time the commencement of the College will. our proceeding in that particular, that be was nted to at- anxious to see the tax bills exhibited in the . take place. , The billowing trustees are appointed ; tend : , ' Simmoiu J. Baker,.' Rev. floct. Jus Caldivelt, Rev. Doct. R. If. Chapman, ' Jan.es If. Clarke, Samuel Lo-wrie, John B. Atebane, ' Henry Potter, , Thomas Ruffin, , f David Stoiie, John L. Taylor, , Robert Williams, (of Pitt.) James IVebb. Test, Raleigh, May 1, 1817 HOST. WILLIAMS, Sec TO EDITORS Two young meir of mo derate capital and liberal education, (one of whom has a mechanical knowledge of the printing vuiuicasy wcucjuuus ui uuiauiuig a respeciaoie weeKty Rouse every year, and acted upon finally, be fofo we had appropiiafed a single cent to de- tray even tue civil list and contingent charges of governmeat .Tlien we could accommodate nut bound tolshcw (even thus far) the praeti cab.iity of d Jpcnsing with the taxes; on, the contrary, Chse who are for continuing them must shew tnc imDraetieabilitv of suchdisnen sation. If Any one calls upon ine for a debt, my fiiHt enruiry is, whether the demand be justj ifiustI pay it -if unjust,! refuse the pay w r 1 . 1 1 a menu 'inu&e maoner, wnen me people oi this counuy are caueu upon tor taxes, it 13 governuient, or on those who speak its linguage on thisfloor, to shew that the taxes ire necessary : it necessary, there is no nntinn in --earth more willing to pay them than the -people of the United Stctes. IfrMu- necessaryltlie peopla wUl refuse payment, and they 01157: to do so. Upon this ground, then, I say theburilen ot proot lies ou the gentle man fromfSouth Carolina. Let him shew (and no one ii jnorc a'ole to do it than himself) that these taxes are necessary, and, my wofdfor it. .1.-' l! .. .'II n)i.r"..ll., .... tk".'i !.-V'jS the paopl. will cheerlullypuy them.Wf , Tub report sir ol the IaU heeretary of r li pose of understanding that it contained a lib eral grant of powers to Congress ; that the first impressions, made on bis mind when reading the constitution With this view were more last' tag as well at generally more eurreet. Shall I not he at liberty then to say that the first im pression made oh my, mind when reading tho treasury report M-ai, that we might dispense with the' taxes ? and nothing has yet occurred to remote-., thai itnprssiort If the gentleman feels justified $0 obeying first impressions in re gard to th cdnslitution, he snpreine,, jaw'.& the land i be certainly will not ; eondemn 'ne' for obeying -the iio impression in regard i treasury reports, iwfarch are not laws, nor su prj.me faws,- but ii many respects mere mattM of opiuius,,, uAr?V, r " U'J, ';" , . The Kenthjtn from. Ihgjink, on the nther, I plaiued that th smementi fited.in jupf .,rt -"? J orthe proposition were net sat isfaetory. H--$-' i said that young politicians might 1 uggesi a'm ., abolition of taxes, &e. &c, but those of more eat - f i ntrlpne onpbf v.n'i in turiKlinn ait Having mafle these state m sets, and relying on them to support mj proposition, I f etc U:at I hud anfficiefftlv answered the call nf the trpn. aaatan-fowfuta-Carol ina Itirt,irrlasbila4he. gtutkuun from Virginia-wvald .Coa- "T far) tho praeti- demn me for no' being' experienced in the vii" tues ora political life, I trust he will allow me to indulge the consoluion of not heiner much baek neyeu m us vices. the Treasury to the President, and the report of the present Secretary, have both gone abroad into the community; From these reports the people eip?ct, nay, -demand, a. repeal of the taxes. But in addition to all this, the people have the solemn promise of Couress, expr ss ed in theiacts of 1318 and 14, that these taxes should continue one year after the war, and no longer. And ean-it be a ; fit-way togovern tJni aaHent-ia assure tko pop!t,Ja , selemi from of a legislative act, that taxes would cease to exist oue year after the war ; acid when it appears to be perfectly in your power to com ply with the assurance, to refuse it ? No, sir, the better way is to comply with your pro mise .immediately, by repealing the taxes. Then' we may not only expect, but challenge the confidence and sunpurt of our follow citi zens. , ' . . . , I did not expect, when I introduced the reso- lUtiou, uiai 11 wiiuin excite nupieasatit ieenugs iu the mitid of nuy oueM But it appears to have had that effect upon the gentleman from 6011th Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun) who generally sits near uW. That genlkuiau seems to have a pres criptive right to know aud expound the motives oflblhers, when they differ from him in opini on. On many occasions he has intimated, that members who differed from him were aiming at popularity ! Sir, it was well saidby a poet of rtal lame, who satiri- onmM .l-.itn lull Imnn ... ' , U!ll,ll III UU.V. VW- tti appropriation to the money. at our cuoi-.i.,,,!- imhe AneuOanaer. that -1 l . T . . A 1 1 ! II. 1 1. - lJ C rai" luc' ' ," lBe wcrus ltte o aaa5e, we( we wi-re b!i:ld as t0 our own filfiflS) bol eage or semi-wetk!y newspaper, conducted upon federal prin- ciples, in one of the northern or middle states. , Letters f post-paid ) expressing the extent of p itro nage. invoice of office, conditions of sale, andfaddressed toP.C.atthc office of the Freeman's Journal, Phdadel - phia, w'll meet with immediate attention. .-"- Apr ! 6. - " 1 3tp INE OF MAIL STAGES, between Ra leigh and FayitteviLU a distance of 60 miles. The public, are respectfully informed that we have reduced oir four-horse teamno three horses.) and added one to ourtwo.horsa team. We can therefore carry from three to four passengers every day in future--if vie can get them. The condition of our stages, horses, and harness,' and the merits of our- drivers, wj shall leave to the report of those who may travel our line, which leaves Raleigh, every day at 1 p. nu and arrives at Fayetteville, next morning, at 3 a. m. , Leaves Fay. ettevilk', every day at 9, p. m. and arrives at Raleigh, next day, at It, a.m. ' All possible care, taken of bag. gage, but no liability for losses or accidents. SCOTT & JORDAN. May 9, 1817. 1 1 tf P." S. Each passenger is allowed i$ ibs. baggage free. Every lb. over, will be obarg;d at the rate of 2 cents each 30 miles, y r - ALEX. ROS9, respectfully informs the ei tizens of Raleigh, and the vicinity, that hehas taken the -shop formerly occupied by Mr. Bardie, on Martin street, where he intends carrying on the CA. BINET MAKER'S BUSINESS, and feopes from his ex perience in that Kne (having worked in most of the ci ties in the union,) to merit a share of the public fkvor Ladies and gentlemen favoring him with their custom may depend on having their work done in the most subi stantial manner;, -and in the newest fashion. - - Raleigh; April 8, 1817. , 97-jtf , EOR RENT, that large two Story House on Hillsborough Street, lately occupied by Vjoel Brown, and onnosite to the one in which I fiw. Immediate possession may be had Aerly lived. March 7. WILLIAM BOYLAN. .96 tf'.-. could cut tho coat according to the cloth. But the gentlemen from South Carolina had as sured the house that if any reduction was made, the expenditure would not be according to the epwiitig establishments." but rather in oronori tion to whatever reduction of the establish ments "the Hoise might hereafteV think proper to adopt. This assurance, coiiiins from tho honorable chairman, had removed his impres sions as to the necessity of acting immediately on the resolution submitted by h:in on Friday. That gentleman, Mr. Speaker (pointing to Mr. LiOwnues) at all times and ,on aU. occasions, has conducted himself in this House, so as to secure not only the confidence and esteem, but I believe the admiration nf every member on this Door ; butwhile I pay this just tribute to the merits of that -gentleman, I must be allow ed to say, that I think he was incorrect when he stated, in reply to jbe remarks I made on Friday, that I had failed to shew any sufficient reasons in support of the resolution then under consideration. " I offered the resolution from'a sense of duty to this nation from a .regard to those princi ples which certainly at one time were deemed orthodox, and upon which the republicans se cured the confidence aud support of the people of these U. , States. In reply to the call made by the gentleman, I stated that the taxes were continued last year on the gr6und that tbey were imperiously -and absolutely necessary j that it was estimated by the secretary of the Treasury that the whole revenue of 1816, ari sing from commerce, the direct tax and inter nal duties, would be something more than twenty-five millions of dollars j but it now appear ed that the revenue' greatly exceeded that a mount i that it was mnre,tban thirty -eight mil lions of dollarsmaking a difference of about thirteen millions between the estimate and the revenue whichi Accrued. -3eeinar this, I felt justified iu statingi that I ou'd not put impli- tu eonnaenee in tni ixeasury reports, and eyed as to the faults of others : and were al Ways most apt to condemn others fjr the very faults to which we ourselves were meal liable, In no other way can I account for the propen sity f tbe-gcittlemaiL always tdcliaru-iJthers with .'.aiming at popularity, than by supposing that he measuren the conduct of .others, by the standard which exists in his own breast. 1 her'VAeg leave to inform the gentleman, that if he does not mistake Ms own temper, he very muoh mistakes that'of others, when he. suppo ses that such reflections, will drive them fron the position they havo taken. , After the subject of the resolution I had in troduced yas disposed of ; - after the 'House had" (trterflilncd to ";prafd tt the orders of gives us a long lecture on economy. Who, sir, could have thought that the-gentleman would condescend to use that word, so unfash ionable, so unusual in the vocabulafy.of.au in-? dependent politician ! But the gentleman said he had no view to popu.ai ity in proiiouncing his lecture on economy, aud we are hound to believe it, because he said so. If, however, he had been disposed to mount the hobby-horso whick of all others was most fleet und likely to dUtatice the whole turf, he could not dc signeklly have selected a better one for that purpose, than the one on which he happened tp be mounted by mere accident. ; ; : Te gen tleman seemed, aiso" to complaitl that the statements producer! to support my; propositiohXwere niit satisfactory.Permit me how sir, to inform him that 1 read Trea surt reports as lie reads the constitution: that, as he reads the Constitution and interprets it liberally for the purpose of raising and spend ing money; so I cdustrue liberally the reports of (he treasury, for the purpose of saving mo ney. '--- .' :-' ' .' . V I bovo said, Mr. Sneaker, that. on readiriVtha treasury repori, I was convinced we might dis peuse with the intornal taxes.. If I failed in the opinion of some gentleman to show, this when the suhjeei.was part ialTy. debated th? other day, no oue can now entertain a doubt bf it, since the verv able. and perspicuous 3view taken of the subject by the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Johnson.) lie has proved to you, eir, that from the Secretary's own statements these taxes are not necessary. tVhat better evidence can we want than the statements proceeding from that department ? We know that treas ury estimates are always too low. If those es timates, curtailed and reduced as they always are, do admit the conclusion that the taxes may be removed, shall we not tirge it in the discus sion ? Surely I" think it may be urged as the best evidence winch the nature of the ease, will admit. 1 he government we will say is anxious to keep on the taxes, for reasons which I shall . not attempt to expound. The estimates of the treasury department are made, if not express ly to insure their continuance, at least with arj iuclination that way. But the Secretary's own state 'meats, as they were exhibited and declar ed by the gentleman front Virginia, prove that the taxes may be djscontipued. Shall we net then aet upon that evidence'? 'Shall we not deem it conclusive of the fact," and repeal the taxes accordingly I. sir, for one, am determined to support the repeal, and am willing to ineur all the responsibility of such a measure. But gentlemen viill contend tbat the taxes may he required some three, four, or half a do zen years hence .; and profess an nnwillingtess to pull down that which it may possibly be ne cessary to build up hereafter. If, according to the estimates, the taxes may be necessary after the tapse i "of three or four years, I would, for the purpose of combating that idea, reply that the estimates are too low ; that they fall far. short of tbe-amouat which will be received, ajrid eonsequeutly tbat no de6ciency can be ap prehended at the end of that time, Tbe esti mates for the last year fell short by thirteen millous nf the amount which aecroed. Have we cot then good reason to suppose that it will, be the case again P that the revenue hereafter to accrue will as much exceed the estimates, as the revenue of isie exceeded the estimates ol that year? If the late Secretary of the treas ury could not tell with any sort cf accuracy the revenue for 1816, I do not know how the pres ent Secretary should determine with precision the revenue which will accrue in any subse- quent year I mean uo disparagement to the memory ef 'the late Secretary, when I say that he completely failed iu his estimate of the re-' venue for I816. For the present Secretary, no ohe in this House, I am persuadednas a great er regard than myself j my acquaintance with him convinces me that he is an intelligent, in dependent and'bonbvable man. But as the late Secretary ft Jl short in his estimates, I contend ; that the gerlmau now at the head of that de partment must ls-be incorrect, and that he cauatft determine with precision the revenue which will hereafter eccrue. Take for example thefollowiog The revenue receivable l'rom'the customs in the year !818, (says the Secretary) will be only twelve mill ions, of dollars !" But the revenue arising from customs in the year 1818 amounted to -16, 613,97 dollars 1 And during the three first' quarters of 1816, to 230,000,000.- Now, sir, by what rule of arithmetic, or series Of deteri- oration' is it, that the Secretary determines that the revenue arising from the same source is 1818 will be only twelve millions? Will not the country increase in wealth and population during that time f Will not the consumption, and of course the demand be progressively aug mented' ? 1 admit Jnat our-merehants v&hj bave evertraded themselves, and frottVtmY cir eumstance 'that the importation of gneds'will not be ' so great in 1818, s it was during the ( years 1819 and 1816. But that the defalcation will be so great as to re4.nce.tbe revenue in i81 -to twelve mlIlions,T ran never admit. The " gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Smith) hasjost saidjbat the estimate of tbe treainry for iSlfv. Is toff lowrhinxpefience f that getotltmapy particularly in all subjects relating to com-: meree and finance-, is sucb, as to justify tji 4 M 3 4:
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