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- NbRTH-GAROLtH A; WEEKLY ;.ABVItFlSfi!. J i ' ! . : -.' - . -I - - . . - ' ' - ' . J- -wr , - r j " ' - r ; - ' - ' -t f,, ;V f " " 1 i ' .. t ' r " .;, T ' . :.jr- V f 'jCxr--''"-' ' " ..." !.' ." !, 1 ' ' ' Ouri are tie Plan of Fair del: jhtfl Peace, . . ' . ' -1"- ; I ?' ,; - ' :f i:. ): y m ' .'; 1 ' ' . " i- ' I " " , --.''' . Uwarp'i; by Party Rage to like Brotherty v ';.V;V: -'jV ' '. '"4 ' S'f ''C ' V.m I. ' n ' ' K Tu Esd a y, December 31, 799- ..." . . . . ': '1' -V Debate on the Land-law, An amendmotof the Senate to the bill grant iag longer time tb-furvey certain lands this State, and prefcribing the manner io - rhich entries of claims to the v cant : Lands it this; State flaall in Future be made,; altering .the time of payment from the ift of January, 'i 800, to the ift of January, j?6i, being upder confideration in the Heufe of Commons, oa Friday, the oth ' i n ft. r : ! r . : ' " MR. Wricht was oppofed to this amendment of the Senate. He thouffht it would be wrong to extend the time beyond the firft of anuary, 1800;' for, fa id he, if we co on, trom time ro umc, in ini iay, allowing further time' for th payment of the, purchafe money 6 thele iands. tnere win oe no ijmita tion to the demands of the peopl concerned. . Conhderable injur had already refulted to the - State from granting jndulgencies of thi kind ; he thererore hoped the tim would not be again extended beyond the firft of Tahnary, 1800, and mo. ved to ftrike out the Senate amendi ment, in order again to introduci this period. ' i Mr. Walks R ftlt it a duty which ' he owed to hisconltituents, tomak fe of every effort in his 'power t obtain further time for the comple tion of purchafcs.made in the year : 17q3. Both Jiiftice and Policy, he faid, required that the amendment of. the Senate Ihould be acceded to. 1 The entries of Land here alluded to, were not large trafts poflefled by Speculators, but fmall ones in the hands of ja clais of honed and yirtuoiis citizens, with a view of cultivating them for thejirown ufe: -and who, from their remote fitua tion from the "Seat of Government, and from the fcarcity of circular ing medium in the part of the Country where they live, are lead able to comply with the terms of their cori Ct4Ct Mr. W. faid it would be good policy to allow the propofed indulgence, becaufe this land had been given in as taxable property, and had been made iubject- to pay ..its portion of tax both to the State and Federal Governments. The pnffeffor had alfo been at the cxpence of furveying the land, which he mud lofe, provided the land were to relapfe to the State. The State ; "Will certainly, therefore, be a gain er, by giving this further time ; for when the Sheriff Comes; to colleft the tax, it would anfwer no good It pxrpoie to fay to him, the land has relapfed ; and the tax aflefled for the United States mud be paidt whether the relapfe takes place1 or not. He hoped this farther indul gence would j be granted, as there 1 Vere numberi in his County, and the County of Bunkhara, whofe I circumftances had not hitherto per- rtjitted them to pay the money. ; Mr. Blackledce obferved, that i when this bill was before confi- dered, after a folemn. agitation of j the quedionj it was determined, that the time'fhould not be extend- rp pcyonoE inc nrir or January, ; ijBdo. &11 entries inade prior j to dof January, 179 unpaid, had- relapfed, according to a former law, atter the.hrlt ot October lad. : He thought fufficient time bad already been allowed to the entries made in 1798; beftdes, if the law was ex tended to thefe purchasers, itmigh t be expected that firmlar applications would be made at every fucceedino: Vcnerai vucmD.iy.i it would pre vent punctuality in the fulfilling of all jcontractsl with ' the State ; fince perfons indebted to the State, should depenoV:; upon improper in !ugencief? oCniA kind He, was iwkre that;! without a further ex- tenfion of time, the entries of many perfons would ; rellpfer . but they vugui iu luucr iric cc pence or a new ent,rV for their neglect, and this would be all they would fuffer. Urider this amendment, Mr B. ob ervedt a caife rn'ght happen, that an entry made in the lad week of i7Q7, was : relarifftd - Kanf paid before the fird of Oftober laft; whild to one entered on the id of Jan. 1798, a year longer would be feiven. He was againfKlegiflating partially. If an cxtenfxon was; aU lowed to one purchafer, it ought to be allowed to all; he thought it im proper altogether, fincer fuch: cx Hn hops railed an expcaatronJ ih xne people that they would be rnade fpm time to time, and kept money out of the Treafury, which oaght long finceto have beemjthere. As to the didance me perfons lived who failed to comply with their contrafts, it ought to form no ex cute at all, becaufe they' had-an op portunity of fending their Money by the Sheriff of the different coun ties, , who were obliged o appear. at the feat of Government, at. the beginning of October, in every ear, to fettle their accounts. But if thefe PurchaferS had not the mor ney, and they knew they fhbuld not be able to complete their pur chafe at the time of making it, they ought not to have made it. If the Lc2iflature determined to grant no further indulgence, the public mo ney would, in future, be paid in due time; and he thought ita man could not pay his money in two years, he ought not to become a pur- chaier at all. Mr. Walker hoped this Legifla- ture would not be more rigid than former Legiflatu res had been. This was the firft indance in which this State had ever fixed upon a period, at which, lands fhould aciuallv re- apfe to the State, m cafe of a failure in the payment of purchafe money Hc trultcd, therefore, fmce the people had' m)t been fufficiently aware of the confequences of a want of punctuality, that fome indul gencc.would be given them. This he faid, would be but reafonable as men do not change their cuftoms and habits all at once ; if they wetc to do to, Society would luffer from the fudden t ran fi tion ; it required time, he obferved, to introduce e- vcry new regulation, fincelfuch can, only be adopted with effect when they are .admitted gradually. Mr.- W. faid, it would be bad poli ty to fuffer the land to relapfe. The purehafexa, as he had already dated, had been at the expence of entry, furveying, &c. and a new entry would cauie a frefh-exricnce to them, .and keep the State a year lonfeer out of its monev. He hoDed. therefore, thatone year'sindulgence would be given ; after" that, no fur ther time, he was confident, would be afked. . 1 I Mr. Hay" wifhed to ferve hfs confuuents as-pmch'as any gentle man ohhat flcr, fb far as it could be d one cpnuiteriiiy with the good of th he State but he believ- ed it would be t.orlc policy the State could adopt, to create an idea in the people, that it w not ex pected they fhould be punctual in the dilcharge or their engagements with her. The bufinefs of the Land-Office for fome time back. had reflected difgrace on the State of North-Carolina ; and fhould the amendment of the Senate take ef- - r n . , V . icu, ucifl npponunitv wouia De held out for the benefit of Specula- tors, it would be laying to them. "Well done, go forward, continue to prey upon-your country, and run l 2.. 11 ,.i 4 yuu ujdn. oc rcwaraea." in our legiilation, iad Mr. H. we ought not to hold out one kind of policy to one part of the Country, and a different kind to another part of it, The Houfe had been told the other day of a practice which was follow ed in the fouth-eadern part of the State. There, it was faid,. that en tries were made, and under colour or tnete entries, the oerlont rnakino- them, proceeded ' , to get all they could trom the land, and after they had done fo, left it barren to the Si ate. This might be the practice in other parts of the- State, for aught he knew But, fays the gen tleman lad up, you ought to extend your bounty to the citizens thus fnuated. Who are thofe citizens? They have thought proper 10 enter what lands they pleafed, and'enca- gea to pay a lum lor them at a cer tain time. -That time is elapfed. they have nbt;performed their cd?r tract, but afkfer extenfion of time; and it they get if onceextended they will want the fame indulgence gain; and again; tby which means the State will get nothing fdr her property. If the purchafes: are imall. ai it is faid they . aie, after peing at the expence of furveying, the'purchafers.ihii'ht certainlv pay the frhill fumdue to the State i and if largc,and in the .ha&ds of Speculators; no quarter flight- to vv 5v4.,i.miu, : , x uc laws or the COUntrV Oimct that contract OitlIli ' , w- -i-'t - 1 1 r ,i r K 111 . . wi -,f". T-T .v tut. nr lonnTTin. in no h .h.rt4 if nrnrp n i icm-ir ri ir.n hf mirirr i be pure; and the Legiflature ought u ttot to make them of no cfrect. Mr. BlackUdgi remarked, that in rcontradicuon to the" gentleman who had faid that this was the fird indance of lands relapfing to th State, on account of a failure in the payment of jhe purckafei-money, it was well-known that many thou fands of acres had. relapfed in 1795. It was true the eniuing Afiembly alloweol the entries to be re-affumed, provided the money wa paid in 12 months. The time had peen exten ded from one period to another, arfd the Aflernbly before lad extent ded it for two years more. The quedion on altering the time from January, 1801, tp January, 1800, was put and carried. On motion of Mr. Porter, a pro vifo was introduced, that no grant fhould be iflued on land, a furvey of which; fhould not be iigned by the Surveyor of the County. Mr. Walker obferved, that be ing willing to catch at the lad twig in ordqr io ferve his condituents, he fhould rnove, that in the place of the. firft of January, 1 800, the firft day of October, 1800, be the day on which payment j for entries made in 798, fhall be made. Mr. Alexander faid, ' he had hitherto only liftened to the debates which haid been had upon this fub- jedt, without taking any fhare in them. He was glad, however, that the gentleman laft up had propofed a djfferent and fhorter tijmethan had before been mentioned. - He was oppofed to the ex tenfion of the time to the id cf Jahuary, 1801, but he was defi reus of fpme modifi cation, fuch as was noV propofed. This was not the fird inftance, Mr. A." obferved, that , the General Af iembly had fixed a time at which en tries fhould rehpfe, and which had attci wards been extended. At thef lid Aflernbly, a period had been fixed upon previous to the meeting of the Legiflature at which the lands fhould relapte, if not paid tor. He -thought this provihon a good one ; but as fome perfons might nk have been fufficiently a- ware of the conlequences of notat tending Fto this regulation, he tho't it woulo be'rigorous to take advan tage of this fird admonition. If it were extended to the fird of Octo ber, he hoped that no farther ex ten fi on would be made. ! If the time was extended to the firft of Tanua ry, 1800, it would open a door for! great frauds ; but he could fee no injury that could arife to the State from the prefent propofition : he hoped, therefore, it would he a dopwd. I - r Mr. Wright was difpofed to render every convenience to the citizens whom thisregulation would affect, and fhould have no objection: to extend the time fomewha beyond tfce firft of January, 1800, but tho't the firft of October top diftant. He propofed the fit d of Jbne. . ; Mr. Alexander faid, he Ava? induced to mentioh the fird of Oc- ober, becaufe at that time the She riffs coming to Raleigh- cotild bring the monev of pdrchalers. for it would be a great hardfhip if they mould oe oDiigedto travel 2 or 300 miles to? pay fo fmali a lum as mod of them have to pay. Mr. Day e n p o rt faid, it might as well remain the fird of Jauuary, as be altered to the fird of Tune, as the popple would ! have no oppor- tunity Of lending up their money by that 5 time. He thought the firft ot October was as fhort . a time as could be allowed, i '' 11 "M r. TJ RNE r was oppofed to this 1 amendmentw It was with difficulty that the time had been protracted at thelad fcflion to the firft'of Octo berr 1799. ' If, I faid he, - wc mean ourlaws to be refpedled, we ought ourfelves to refpeel them, by ob ferving their ftipiilations. . :fMtf Lenoir thought it would be proper to extend the time to all parchafcrs jof not exceeding 250 Acresibut heid not wilh tor la vour lpecuiators. : : : V Thisv' propofition was negatived. & A f dueftiohx was then taken on driking out Tanuary, for the purIIiton to the carnage ;but?on the d pofe pfinfcrting June which was it was renetyed'Vith lpcreafed Yio alfo negatived". , l iehec, vjt ill at la ft 'our left wing 'and ;Mr, C. 1 Jokes faid, if if.cwcre centre' were-forccdo giv)e" warto meant $ to.? give - ine pcrions 4rom the period ought to be fixed ibme- what jater man ino Biiuvvwuw,, as ike: Sheriffs are not obliged to fettle their accounts with the TrCa furer, before the 5th of OSaber, He moved therefore, thit inftead rsf tVym firft nf TanuarV. tht ! bill fhould read the 10th of October, 1800. 1 f . ''' , This motion was carried na the bill then paffed. The bill iuthorifiisg the Judges of tfie Stipe. rior Courts to meet together to fettle quef- tions of Law and Equity, arifing on a Cir ' cu:t, Was aeit takea ubj, which being. read. K , - C ; . " . Mr. Ale xawder introduced f verai amendments, which were a-, greed to without debate ; one 6f which was, that the Judge fhould meet at Raleigh, on the 10th of June and 10th of December, in eve ry year. Another provided for the trial of all perfons concerned in the late Land Frauds; Mr, Purviancr introduced the word "iffuing," i before rants, fo as to include the cafe of Tames Glafgow, if it fhould be thought proper to bring him to trial. The title of the bill was then made conformable to the amendments which had been introduced ; and it was put upon its naffare. Mr. Glisson obferved, that when this bill firft appeared, he was in favour of it ;, out it had been fo transformed and altered fince. that he could not fav he was 1 readyto decide upon it. The a- mendment now introduced, with refpeft to the trial of certain per- Tons, had already.been decided upon by the Houfe; and he did not think it proper to be thus again" introdu- II ced. He therefore moved, that this bill lie over till next General AfTembly. . Mr. Stan li y did not agree that the amendment now introduced was the fame as the bill which had been before rejected. The objection of expence, which lay againft the former bill, would not be againft this, fince no expence would be incurred, if no trialfook place. He thought, indeed, no objection could be brought againft the bill, in its preient torm, except that it was calculated lb bring the perfons to judice, who had been guilty of the frauds in quedion. If any per fon was ready, to declare this to be his reafon for oppofing the bill, he fhould be forry for it. Some doubts being expreffed, whether the motion for podpone- ment was leconded, Mr. Glissom hoped he fhould convince gentlemen he was fecond ed, by being feconded by amajority of the rioule. 1 The quedioh was put upon the postponement, and negatived. fi he Yeas and Nays being called upon the paiTage of the bill, they were taken as follow : YIAS. Meffn. Altord, Arnnftrofif, Alexander, BUckledge, Bradley, Brace, JJradfhaw, Bonn, Bran don, C. Blount, J. Blount, Benton, Cherry, H, Crom, Clinton, Clayton, H.Croom, Cotton, Crawford, Da venport, Dabiiey, Davis, W. Fifher, C. FiQier, Fiu, Gailor, Grjce, Caitber, Cray, B. Harris lludgeh. Hilliard, Hunter, Mavwell, Hamlin, Hill, Harrilon, Harvey, Hall, Hay, Hintou, Hinton, P. M. Tones, C. Jones, J. Jones, JohnRon, J. Jordan, Kenan, Koonfc, Love, Lindfcy, Laomit, J. Long, Martin, Mills, Mop gag.. Mercer, S. Moorr, J. Moot. Montgomery, More. I J4lver, Neale; Korthington, O'Bryan, Piakham. Pat ten, Purviancv, Potter, Reinhardt, S. Smith, Siminoat, Seawell, D. Smith, Stfudwick, Stanley, Small, T. lly lor, Tutle, W. Taylor, Thompfon, Turner,. Tatom, John Williams, T.j William, Walker WhitfieW, wnjM. oa. NAYS. Meflri, Afb, Bailey, Bennet, Conner, De- -berry, Ghuon, Catling, Gereit, Harris, Jot Jordan. Long, Lea-, Aieoane, Mortn, Kirbardfoo, Kubinet. Stewart, wif gtos; Jefle WitUaas, Yaoccy . The Debate on the Hill ref- pefcting peron hcldingo fHces u ndcr the General and otate Governments at the fame time, in our nect. It Details refbeftinz the. late Battles in Holland and Switzerland j f. HOLLAND. HAGUE, OCT. & : IHL tranquillity which conti nued for twelve day, has at length H been interrupted by a mod violent j attack made by the Engiifh on th - 11 2d; lnltant, on our left wing and - ij centre. ine oattiemtea tne wnoie II day, and? both parties fonehtiwith II the created ohftinacy. . Nieht nut" a tne-cnemy & lupenonty. We were. . A ... - U to tht enemy. Gen. B rune's head quarters Were removed to Bevr wykV Our army was fojrcedto take? another i pofition ; "our advanced pods, however, dill occupy Bauum, Cadricum and Simmen! - During the action the fine vil lage of Koedyki about a mile arid a halffrom Alkmaar, was burnt down. Some prifoners have been conveyed to HaerUm and Amderdam ; 'at trie former place about 40 or 50 veffelt with wounded have arrived. The French General La Mai f on and the Chief of ,B Hgade Mercier are a mongd the latter. ' l v Qur army continuei to increafe, and more are ft ill expected. Three thauifand French troops marched yedcrday through Haerlcm for th army Bodieaof armed citiiens are joining it daily, and when all fhall have arrived, we hope that Fortune. which" deferted us m the laft battle, will favour us again. ExtraS of a letttrfrom Geii. Datndds, j Kead-uarteit, BeTerwyk,: " I have been conftantly with trie H advanced pofts, and had not time to write (boner. Our pods were at tacked on the ad, early in the morn ing i the right wing maintained ittt pofition, but the centre and left wing iutfered ieverely, and have re treated, which obliged my right wing to fall back alfo, for ifear of being- cut off. The conflict was def- perate, and the French have.? loft a 1 great number of men. The train of artillery and our baggage are here, The reinforcements of the French advance. I hope for the bed.. I have been on thelbatteries for a conhderable time, when crowd. of balls whiftled around me, one ot which pierced my hat. without hurting me. I am not yet able te communicate further particulars.- Keep up your fpiriti. We (h all conquer, or die." Yefterday our Municipality re ceived .the following letterfrom the French General : ' Citiiens,. . , j '. V. ' -. I have this minute received offi cial intelligence from the Chief of the General Staff, that the head quarters of our army have been re? moved to Bcverwyky and that nu- ? merous reinforcements ape expected, which will foon enable us. to ab again on the offcnfi.ve. The pofition. which we now-occupy is one ot? the mod favorable. I am defi red to af fure yu that tha General in Chief will do every thing for the fafety of Amderdam. Oh my part, I" fiiall omit nothing to maintain the tran quillity of this important city. -You will take proper meafures that no thing is fen t frofh here to N or th Holland, and that no veffels fail for that quarter, excepting to the places occupiea Dy ben, Jjaendeis, viz. Purmerentf Mongkendain, and E- dam. ..- . ..- - " ;. . " MARBOT.,v The General tf. Brigade Rojtsllon, Chief of the Staff, to the Minifler of War, , 1 - ??.' - ' ? Head-Quarters Bcver-wyck i Odofcer 3, The great affairs of yenerday-pre-vented me from w riting to ypu; Our. left wing and a partrof.n'eh.tjrii were attackedat fe'yel. the morning, by; the; entrn?yfilripeiy which were double ours. ,Our cb- lumns however, maintained; their . I pofitions all .day. rThe great fue-. , j nonty or the enemy aijowedriem to advance a great part of" their a r my along the ftiorc, protected by the fire of their veffels near J&Eg- mond Appozee. W e remained in polletiion 011 this polition and that of-Bergen; ?till ; night otertoiktus. This 'mmmk;itlte;iipaln wno' rorejaw a'newavaciHinoutnt . r- tt not proper fOairAmthl fatigaep! -f-:- troops 'ftrongeftBtmy 'Heia t efreatSapd-' $Mmp;$t;'; X:-; fpl ; . s ne.cap:! wevcw jy9, ywijiwia ia-verV Concentrated ai loon as. our xifnkWCcmXiXstfit A arrived '.ThHJvI Ctl. W 111 1.1 1 ' lUiUk(i.VUTll.lJ an pofition qunng mwmm its retreat p v rMrmcRunL,i,vuj ?.l i 5 ft:
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