North Carolina Newspapers

1. he cm i cm appropriations fur the j y ar 1 32 > nha.l be cq-ial io those re q tired '?y the estimates lor the ensuing \ear, the expenditure of that year may be estimated at 28,253,597 22 viz. Current appropriations, 8,578.722 22 Ptrm^nrnt appropria tions tor arming the in litia, and Indian annii.tica, 378, 875 QO (?radual increase of the navy, 500,000 00 P.ubl.c debt, including balances unapplied in 18.3 fc 1824, amount ing to 8,796,000 dol lars, 18.796,000 00 The mean* ol the treasury to meet rhis extraordinary expenditure, consist, 1st. Ot the balance wh.ch may be in the treasury on the 1st of January of that year, estimated at 8,000,000 And, 2d. Of the re ceipts of that year, es timated at 19,000,000 Viz. Customs, 17,000.000 Public land*, 1,000,000 Hank dividends. 35*',OuO Incidental receipts, 50,000 Making together anaggiegate of 27,000,000 00 And leaving1 a deficit of about 1,250, 00O 00 In this estimate the recrip s and ex penditures of ihc yeat 182-1 are esiima ted to be nearly equal. It is prouabie. however, that the receipts may exceed, to a small ex'ent, the expenditures; but there is at least an equal probability that the receipts for the year 1825 >re estimated too hign. In the year 18 26, the expenditures, assuming the current appropriations lo be the same as in the year 1823, tiny be estimated at 19.457, 000 dolls, and the receipts at 19.000.000 dolls. As the appropriation of 500,000 dollars for the gradual increase of t.ie navy expires in that year, the annual ex penditure may, for subsequent yeaf, he estimated at 19.000 000 dollars, unless it shall be considered expedient to make further provisions for the increase o' that essential means of na'ional defence. It is probable t h. at the annual revenue will be equal to that sum. To piovide f?.r the estimated deficit of the years 1825 and 1826, us well as to meet any extraordinary demands upon the treasu iy which unforeseen exigencies may re quite, it is believed to be expedient that the revenue should be increased. This mjy be convenien'ly effected by a judi cious revision of ;he t a ? i fT; which, while it will not prove onerous to the consu mer, will simplify the labors of the offi cers of the revenue. At piestnt articles composed of wool, cotton, flax and hemp, pay different rates of duty. Diffi culties fiequenily occur in determining the duties to which such ar ic|t s are subjcct. The provision in the tariff that the duly upon articles composed of va rious materials shall be regulated by the matei ial of chit 1 Value of which it is com posed, is productive of frequent embar lassment and much inconvenience. It is tt?erefo?e, respectfully submitted, that all articles composed of wool, cotton, flax, henip, or s:ik, or of which any of thtse. matai ials is a component part, be subject to a duty of twenty -five per cent, ad valorem. The duties upon class and paper, up on iron and lead, and upon al> articles ton- posed of the two latter materials, in ?y also be increased with a view to the augmentation of the itvenue. In all these cases, except articles composed of ?!ik. it is prohahle that the effect of the p; i posed augmentation of duties, will giadualiv lead to an ample supply of loose articles from our domestic manu factories. It is, however, presumed, that the revenue will cominuc to he a lamented by the proposed aheia 1 ons in the tariff until the public debt ?mall have been redeemed; alter which t he public cxpenditut e, in time of pc.ice, w ill be diminished to the extent of the Mnking lund, which in, at present, 10, (0 >,000 dollats. But it, contrary to pre sent anticipation*, the propoei augmen tation of duties suoti Id, before trie pub lic debt be redeemed, produce a dimi nution of the revenue arising from the i importation of those articles, a cones ponding, if not a grcaur augmentation may be confidently expected upon other articles imported into iht United States. This supposition tests upon the two i>ld conviction, that foreign articles, nearly <qual to the value of the domes tic ex potts, will be impoitt d and cod turned; and thai the substitution or par tic u<ar cla sts of domestic articles for those ol loreii^n nations not only do< s , riot necessarily diminish the value of . domestic exports, but usually tends to j increase that value. 1 he duties upon various other arti- j clcs, not ii? any di^rte connectcd wnh | n<ir dc.ncilic industry, rn .y, likewise, , be increased witn a ?iew to tnc augmen tation ol the public iever?ue. Ii the cx foiiilg tar.ff shall, dui infr the present ? <s?ion ol Congres*, be judiciously re vised for the purpose of au^im-ntiug the revenue, it i> confidently believed l^.at it will not only be amply sufficient to defray *11 the demand* upon the trea sury at present authorised by law, but thai there w;ll remain an annual surplus, vi'ij ct to such disposition, for the pro mo' ion ol the public welfare, as t he wi-ijoro of congress may diiec t. L.ucr i im; ait of lue 2'J\ h April last, authorising the *xchange of certain portions of :hc public debt for five per cenr. stock, 856,704 77 only have been exchanged. The increased de mand for capital, for the prosecution of commercial enterprizes during ihe pre sent year, and the rise in the rate of in terest, consequent upon that demand, which were not anticipated at the lime that the measure was proposed, have prevented its execution. Existing cir. cumstances do not authorise the conclu siun, that a measure of this nature will be more successful during the next year. If the price of the public debt, in 1825, should be as high as i: is at pre sent, any portion of it, redeemable at the pleasure of the government, which should be unredeemed in that and sub sequent year>, after the application of the sinking fund, to that object, may be advantageously exchanged tor sock re deemable at such periods as to give full operation to the *inking fund.?- This may be effected either directly by an ex change of stock, or indirectly by author ising a loan to ihe amount of ?tock an | nually redeemable beyond the amount ol the sinking fund applicable to that obje. t. All of which is respectfully submit ted. WIl.LTAM II. CRAWl-OHD. Treavurv I Apartment, Dec. 23, 1*2-. house or re pre seavatj ve s. Morulas, IVc. 23. On mmion ol Mr. Cook, of Illinois, it was Resolved, That the conimittec on the j?idi? taiy be instructed to inquire wilt titer any, and, if any, what alterations are necessary lo I c made in the organi zation of the courts of the United States, so as more equally to extend their ad vantages to t.te several stat- s. Toe house then resolved itself into a commiuee of the whole on the report of a ? ommittee r.f the last session, con demning so much of ceitain treaties w i'h the Cherokee and Creek Indians as grants to those Indians the lee simple o certain lam's in tlie state ol (ieorgu; which was ordered to lie on the table. The house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to fix the apportionment of representatives I'jr the state of Alabama; * hi. h bill was o1 dercd to be engrossed for a thi.d rea ding this day, and was subsequently read a ? bird tune, passed, and scut to the senate for concurrence. Oi' motion of Mr. Gorham of Massa chusetts, the house then resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the hill in aOdition to an act to continue in force the act to piotect the commerce ol ihc U. S'ates against pirates, and to punish the crime of piracy. No objection being made to the bill, the committee rose and repotted it, and it was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to morrow. Tuesday, l>ec. 2-1. When petitions were cailcd for ? Mr. Dwight said he was lequestcd to present the Memorial of William Thornton, Walter Jones, and sundry other respectable citizens of the distt ict oi Columbia, in behalf of the District of Columbia, in Lchalf of the fin i k?. The memorial which Mr. L). here presented is signed by one hnndied and thirty-eight citizens of Washington and Georgetown, praying of Ongress " to appropriate two or three millions, in piovisioiis, and whatever may be neces sary lo the Gtecks, as an easy and hon ourable mode of ackriow led^ing the aid, houn y, and obligation received from Franco in like circunis'anrcs " The memori.il was read; when after considerable debate, as to the impolicy of the measure, it w as ordered to lie on the table. On motion ol M i. Ingham, it was lir solved, That the committee on roads and canals be instructed lo inquire in*o the expediency ol appropriating mor.ry lor the purpose ol aiding in the comple tion of a canal front the waters of the Chesapeake to those of the Delaware. The speaker laid before the house a letter fiom the secretary of the treasu ry transmitting the anuu.il report from that di partmcnt on the state ol the li names; of which, on motion of Mr. Mi Lane, five thousand copies wcit or - rle ted to be printed for the use of the house. Friday, l)cc. 'H . Mr. Cooke reported a bill ? supple mentary to the act to provide for cer tain per*on? engaged in t he land and naval seiVK c ol (lie United States, in the 1 evolutional y war;" which bill was twire i tad and com mi ted. On motion of Mr. Williams of N. C. it wat tcsoived, that the commiltte on mi. itaiy affair* be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the officers of liic army a sala'y, or stated sum of motif y per year, instead of pay and emoluments, as are now alow< d by law. Hmolvrdy That the committee on public lands, be instructed to inquire in to thr expediency nf erecting a new land district in the territory of Michi gan, to embrace the lands lying in the Vta^uma county of Lake Huron, to which the Indian title has been extin guished. Mr. Waiwortb submitted for consi deration the following resolution: Rc?ol+edt That the committee on revisal and unStmhed business, be in structed to inquire into the expediency of reviving and continuing in force, for a further time, the acts of the 7th of Apiil, 1798, and of the 24th of Feb ruary, 18 10, which provide for the re lii f of the refugees from the British ptovinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, agreeably to the resolutions ot congress of the 23>l of April, 1783, and the 13 h of April, 1785. Some opposition appearing to this resolution, Mr. Walworth Elated the object of it, the question was then ta ken on it, and dccided in the negative ? 59 to 45. Mondav, December 30. Among the petitions presented this day. Mr. Forward and Mr. Stewart pre seined two from sumliy inhabitants ol the state of Pennsylvania, prying lor the aid ot congress in opening a water commu nication between the head waters of the ii\er Potomac and Onio. Mr. Mi Lane piesented a memorial and petition of the president and direc tors of the Chesapeak and Delaware canal company, piuying for the aid of congress to enable them to complete the objictsof their undertaking; which several petitions were referred to the < ommitlec on roads and canals. MILITIA, A KM Y AND NAVY. The huuse, oi> nio ion ot Mi. Cannon, proceeded 10 the consideration of sun dry resolutions, submitted by hun, on the 1 1th inst. in the woids followin,..: Resolved, That it is expedient to provide for the national defence by im proving the mibt a oi the U. Staus. Fes otved, 1 'hat the committee on mi litaiy affairs be instiucted to inquire whether it is most expedient to impiove the militia throughout the U. States, by means of the military arademv, or that of the encampment of the ? flirers, by brigades or otherwise, undtr proper re gulations. Resolved, That the committee on mi litaiy affairs be instiucted to inquire in | to the expediency of continuing the pre ference given to the cadtts educated at the public expense, in the militaiy aca demy at West Point, in entering the public service, over others of equal qualifications and merit, who are, or may be educated at their own ex pense, or that of their parents or friends, at the school, under the superintendance of capt. Partridge, in the state of Ver mont, or at any oilier place in the U. States. Resolved , That the committee on mi litary affairs be instt ucted to inquire in to the expediency of employing the re gular army, or a part thereof, in the election of fortifications during a state of pcacc, intrad of having thrm built by con'rad as heretofore pursued. Re*olvd, That the secietary of the navy be directed to make a statement to this house, containing the names and grade of the officers belonging to the na val establishment of the United States, and the duties each officer is pcrfoi ming; also, the number of * fficers of each dif ferent grade nccessary to command in active service the vessels of war at this time belonging to the navy. In calling these resolves np, Mr. C. disclaimed any intention to debate them, desiring, as far as he was concerned, that a silent vote should be taken on them. No debate arose on the resolutions, and they wcie severally agreed to. On motion of Mr. Cocke, the report of a committee, at the last session, on the subject of the loans of powder and lead made to persons by officers of t he government, was ordered to be printed. I The speaker laid before the house the following documents: A letter fiom the comptroller of the treasury, transmitting a list of accounts, which have remained unsettled for three years prior to ?he 30>h of September, I 82 2; A list of such officers as have fail ed to settle their ac< cunts within the year, or have balances unaccounted for, a- vanced one year prior to the 30th of September, 18J2; and an abstract of moneys prior to the 3d of .Vaich, 1809, on the books of the lato accountant of the war department, and which have rc inan c! t<> be accounted lur on the books of t..t .".(1 a-iditor ol th?* treasury, on the 30i h ofSiptcmber, 1822. The hou*e adjourned. Tjfjrisl ft I it re nj A*url h Vu vol i nu. SENATE. Tuesday, I>ecembcr 24 The engrossed bill 10 repeal part of the act of 1784, to prevent the exporta tion of unmeichatr.able commodities, was on its second reading, rejected. The bill to fix the time ol appointing county trustees, was rrad the 2d lime and ordered to be engrossed. The bill to amend the act of 1806, lor the more uniform and convenient ad ministration of justice, after several propositions being made for its amend ment, was rtj< ctcd on its 2d reading ? yeas 30, nays 24. The engrossed bill to amend and ex tend the a< t of 18u6, for the more con venient administration of justicc, by providing relief for counties in which suits in their superior courts have or may so accumulate, that thry cannot be trted at regular term*, was wi> its *d reading, rejected? 25 to 24. The engrossed biil to amend the act of 1619, to give to the county courts pewer to regulate separate election*, was, on its 2d reading, indefinitely postponed. The engrossed bill directing the time and pi ce of selling lands and slaves un der execution, passed its 3d reading* The hill to encourage the apprehen sion of runaway slaves in the (J real Dismal Swamp, was read the 3d time, and ??rdt-i' d to be engrossed. The hill to authorise t?o or more fire companies in the town of Washing ton?the bill to extend and improve the two Male mads leading from Wilke^bo rough to the Tennessee line ? the bill creating the 8th division of militia; and the res?>!uiion in favor of Jjmes Pjllon, Jjrrres lluchan.tn and John Stephenson, were read the 3d tiinc, and ordered to be engrossed. Received irom the house ofcommons, a message, stating that they have pas?.ed a bill io incorpO' a'e Shaion Lod^e, No. 7S; also a bill to incorpotaic a li<ht in fantry company in Newbern; aUo a bill authoiising Thomas C'obbs to erect a bridge across Neuse river; al?o a resolu tion in favor o? John Ferguson; and avk theconcurret.ce of the senate ? which were read the fitst time and passed. Wednesday, I)ec. 25. Mr. M'Kay fiom the military com mittee, reported a bill concerning the public arms, which was rcud the first time and passed. The following bills were presented: By Mr. Culpepper, a bill to protect the persons of honest debtors. Mr Baird, a bill to appoint commis sioners, and authorise the county court of Buncombe to lay a lax lor building a com t house. Mr. Calloway, a hill to give the coun ty and superior courts concurr? nt ju risdiction over the state road from \Y ilkesbcTo' to the Tennessee line; and a bill for the better keeping in repair the streets in the town of Jiffetson, which were read the fust time and pas sed. Mr. Outlaw, from the committre on agriculture, reported a bill concert mg owners of cotton gins, *hich was read the first time and passed. The bill to authorise county courts to require administrators, to i;ive other or counter secutity upon the peii- 1 lion of their sui eties, passed its thud reading. The bill to amend the act r>f ? fl 2 1 , in addition to foimer act> passed for the. government of Raleigh; and the bill concerning Adam Phifer, were rtadthe j third time anil ordered to be ergtosscd. I 1 Mr. Bianch, from the joint select.' committee, to whom was ref ired the j lesolu'.ion relative to the administration of tl.e banks in this state, have had the same under consideration, and, aftvr an examination, necessarily biief, ask leave to report the following farts, winch have bet n collected fiom sundry per sons, and among others, the i asl.icr of the State Bank, and the gentleman who has had the principal ngenc) in supply ing the applicants at the bunk with not - thern funds. The result has been to ascertain that the State Brink in this place, and the agency of tnc N wbetn Bank, have been for son. e time past in the practice of making discounts which otherwise would not have been madr, and ot i c - ? quiring from the applicants at the batik, a? a pre-requisite to accommodation, the same amount in specie notes of other specie paying banks, or northern funds, in exchange for their own note*, a? they j discount the note of the applicant for, which binds we also learn are at this time four per cen\ above par. The cashier of the State Bat k fur ther declares, that the bank gem rail) paysitsnotes in specie, or northern funds, when presented for payment, exrept ' when uins are made upon the bank, by j brokers or persons who they have Rood ? reason to believe intend to draw th? s;rt. tie for the purpose of carrying to otner banks. But tha* they generally rc/lcem tlreir notes in specie or northern funds, which are often preferred to tho specie, when presented i?y those who outain tli in in the cou se of trade. 1 nc cashier further staW-s, thai the Suic Hank dors >ouietimo<>. though not often, sell their funds at a pit mium. hut lliftt they ofteiirr ln.y at a picmloin . ! That the amount sold sin. e thr haiik commenced us opei ation docs not ex ceed ttii thousand dollars. It also appears t hat the harks share no part of the premiu m ^iven from the purchase of those* i?oi tin i n funds, hy tie applicants for accommodation. ai d that tiny ha\c been in the habit of pa)ing them at par for their own note*. The reasons urj?ed by the cashier, in vindication of the course which the hanks have pursued, are these, that their specie would soon be exhausted hy runs made upon thetn by brokers and others, who bwy up their not** for speculation, if they did not refuse to pay specie, and that they have been con strained to adopt their present mode of discounting for northern funds, or to curtail iheir drrounts very materially. Whereas, it manifestly appears t? the gcnetal assembly, from the repoit < of the joint cctnmittee appointed to ex- i amine into the adminiMrati</n of the hank* ol North Carolina, that the State i Hark at Kaleigh ft in the babil of refus- i ing specie payments when tllr dircciois thtik proper to do ?o, ir palpable *i0li. tion of their charier, and that they, anj the agency of the hark of Newbem at this place, ure in the practice also of demanding a* a prerequisite to the granting of accommodation at the bank thai the applicant should furnish ihtn! with an equal amount in nonhcrn fund? at par, wlmh funds the applc^m iii most cases ia compelled to give fry,, per cent. lor, and whit h in niaiket will command that premium. Ther ef?<te. RrM'jlved, By the senate ani! house of commons, That the governor of th*u be requested to submit the farts sia?c contained in the rcpoit of the aloresaij commituc, (appointed to mquiie itr.n the administration of the bat k> tf North Carolina,) to some one or more legal gentlemen, in this state or else where, eminent for their abiliiirs and legal learning, and totally un< oi.necied with those < stahlishmi nts. And if it should be the opinion of such counsel that the banks, or eii|,cr of them, have directly or indiiectiy through the medium of northern fon <\ exacted more than six per ?tni. per annum for their discounts, or have failed to pay specie for their notes, as by tl.e teims of th< ir ehaiteis they arc bound to (!o; that then, and in that Case, it shall he the duty of the governor, and lie is hereby empowered and dirertid to em ploy counsel to institute a judicial in vrstigation into the administrate n tf those institutions, and to asrcitain, judi cially. by what authoiity they ha\e tran scended their ?h. rtetc<1 powers; ami, furtheimore, to adopt tlu most ? fTuii nt means to che< k the progress ot such a c1pi:g? rous usurpation of power, so muili j cah ulatrt! to mii ich the monied capital i ist, and impoverish the community ge nerally. Of ilc red to lie on the table. The bill to amend Hie net of 1821. to promote 'he administration ? f jusuci; k the billtoiepeal the act ol 1 8." I , nnttirt' ing and explaining the *ct ol 1777. iC. gulatinp the proceedings in courts ?,f law, wire icad the 3.1 lime and passed. The bill fuilher to aim ml the act concerning proving wills and planting letters of adminis' ration, kc. was read ;he 2d and 3d time and ordered to be engrossed. The hill to appoint commi?sione rs to mark, the dividing line between ihe counties *>f Bladen and Cumberland, and the bill granting further time to perfect titles to lads within il?i- state, each pas sed their "<l leading, and were oidcred ti> be enrolled. Tl e hill to promote agriculture, fa mi'y and domestic ntarofat luit s, *i:b hi this state, u as trod am! amended, on motion ol Mr M'Kav, aid furher amended, on motion of Mr. Smcd. The bill was tficii read the 3d and last time in this house, and was ordered to be en grossed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tuesday, IVcember 2 V. On motion ol Mr. Mi bane, A Iff ed Moore wan appointed *pealer f,r . itn inconsequence ol the indisposition et Mr. Jones. Mr. Mehane, from thf committee on intci nal improvi nicms, to whom was re fured the resolution dric'ing jn en cjoiiy into the expediency of appiopria ting a sum of mom y from the luods set ap..rt for internal improvements, for opening the channel leading bom Cur nti)' k Inlet through the nariows of Al bemarle Sound, reported a resolution ?lire' t if g the board of internal improve ments to have the necessary survey* made. Mr. M from the same committee, to whom was referud i resolution direct - ine an inquiry m o the expediency tt approp- ia'jng ft .00 from the funds set apait lor internal improvement. io ?? editate the navigation of I. tin bcr Ki vcr, reported a lull for th.-.t purpts?i which was read the first time. Mr. M. from the same committer, to whim was icf rn d the hill f??r repairing and improving the road leading hem 1 1 t.iii *\ il' in Sniry county, over tlie Hlut Itidge, hy (lap Civil, in Ashr conn ty, to the Virginia Ine, made uport, recommending its rejection ? which re ports were concurred in. Mr. Lamm, from the balloting com mitiee, for brigadier general, a'tacl^d to the 4th brigade, reported that Benj Pe? son w:?s elccted. Mr. Illai k ledgr, from the *prri?l E committee to whom wan rtf< rred tlV hi" I to amend an art p.ivu d in 1818. to in- I corporate a company nnH make a 'urr* I I' k?- road from Pungo iiwr, in lly'1* I 'mw'y, to the town of Plymouth, 'n I a^liiiiKion roomy. rttumrd the hill fl with scvnal amendments, which wfre I concurred if, and tha bill was nad th< I "<*d time. 1 he iepoit of the committee on to' I ternal improvements on the mentoiial"1 I the Roanoke navigation company, which ? on Saturday last wts ordeicd to lie c,jj I the table, Mas taken up and cottcurrn' I in. I The hill for the better re gul?tio*> I ? he militia ? the bill to regulate in P#rt I the practice :n the county and supfrirr I court ? the hill to limit the term ?'f of* I ficc of certain ofliccrs therein roeniifl'* ? ?and the hill to authorise the bnil^10^ I of a bridge oeer Dan river, nor Mil'00 I in (.aswrll county, and to incorp?r''' I a company for that purpose; P#,kl I ihcij first leading*