. ... - " !!. (..!' fWlUlM"
to H , fc
j
' . . .... -a . l- i . . '..I
li. "
., - .-" f p ..,.ti-r,,f lia liiat
1L rfiiirntd from l!e
,--vV'S nrtiu iK M gOoJ an ftt-
''- tannic ei m , . r
tlctche, , -
. mm t r- I.. " I. lK! tlPl lit
iLw Utert Impoiiat-on. and the
titer ITfc plain "M 7- -
fe fi i9 receive a very elegant aw.
ST Jrf Jd CK Also, all kinds of AjA
Llr-. eonstantlv on haml, or made to
Mtaiiet. All Cf Uch will be oU
J;.ft tha wch goods wert eer di-posed of
ttftftl ibis place... - '.'vii.:
Tfc wuWc are re-pectfulTy Invited td ciTI nd
4 c!npM, cmnot Wt of pletonj thow f ho
Afl kind M lirjuurwt mn w -
Itrp tin I tf tw dr$ below the
'lvN Ifi eitixtiu of JiacoJotoo
r . V1 m 1 1 ,jd lUr.ncobU ttllam
Mtherto extended towrU
cortiAuU lncmc of cuttom Hm enbl;J the
fBuiber to crJargv etXlimnt and cm
plof rrril adJi'ional Lands ome of wKidJ
wft totreanexcs!ld: He from
- Cff ti SO kandt employed at the diff rent
lrvKtesf th above bmincts, which enable
UstwctwipVte jobaat uncommonly abort notice
tad eidedl superior to any tver manufac
trtJ in tbia lection of eoontrjr, both for dura--'ifct
aadelrpnce ofityleJSVj ,UB
icriW wvrt'tti bis work to atand food f5Tl2
aontta, ia huiwiil thousand dolUri worth
cf wark in ft slate of forwardneKS bkb will be
easpletrd in ft short time 1 he keeps constantly
kaad Cirriijes ofete description which he
of amisaally low. The public re InvJ.
ted fo'calflndeTinjinfr hr themKlTet.U'work
:j can be rttrcbiKd fcefe a chian in Charles-tonorel-ewbere.
MARTIN 0. FllIFER.' "
Coach iMaklns TaUsincsBir
XD haTiiijr formed Cd:
oartnershio in "the ftbove
; builnetrwectuy- in
- - . .
form 'the ritircns of tbe
J-own of Salisbury and the
nrrndiftff .couniry-tliM
4hev4avrmovettJthir
,.Cwi'Making Ettnirtthth-nt to the buildins;
lormeny occupiea ny Jacoo. tvrwsri rMj.a.;.
8(ore; three dooT"eiuit":c.rthirtT)Urt 1 louse,- on
Slain strret j where ther nrc irepared to ee
eote all kinjmf work iu their line of Jusif
in a style equal if not superjor to aty ever done
in the jlace. they have on hand, and will coii
..tinoetomake, , .;r
Carriagei, Gigs, dndSulttyt, K-'.
of all descriptions, to order j or sell on'acconv
moditing terms Id any jK-rsdn" Wishing to pr
chase;- -4
From omewht long etporience in their Jine
una nww inci aiienuonio ouainesviney ii'yrr
themselvfs they will be enabled to give entire
atisfaction to those who iraf patrqnizn thenv
REPAIRS, of everv description, will, be done
on the shcHlest notcer aM- mot-MMiMable
terms. ; NATHAN BROWN, "
' GEO. M. HARRIS.
S-Mmr AV-v if 1828. - i2 i v -
IV. B. Wanted, as an apprentide to the above
loRinna, Coy that can come well reeommeo
eed, ivit under 16, nor exceeding 18 years of
ite- BROWN. & HMIK1S.
1 :m $mtijmmm k
iMSpaintanciKl4hpub.
trlit,; that, having .purchased Mr.
iAtt'.W.a
itbe town of SaUgbiirv, and em:J
uiauuaumeniiaTne town tf Haliiibiipv.
t.VU.' .
rjloyrd that fentleroan as Foreman of the hop,
yen prepartid to execute all orders for making
- - - ISOOU ana olOC't vrrr.rr-&
Jl?f ?ry-!cr'Pti9n c eliprt notkeyftnd (art.
jQiiiees. - .
r w lie inteniU c&ntt anCy to keep- supply of' the
,4 7. iP?I?or4NTRrj;Jhero
dJrant, .4JMfliv.me7wkn
enable bim to make the moat elegant kips of
Boots and Shoej fotXatlies tnd. Gentlemen, and
-of the very best TOateriais He- aire keeTiin
anortment of Boots and Shoes1; constantly on
hand, manufactured at, his own ' shop, for the
ftccommodation of those who may wish be
applied on a sudden emergency. -hV , ,
flOwing to the pressure of the times he will
ow a l.brral indulgence to those he feel-safe
-m tniftuig. ' , .13154 . :
His utmost eRbrts shall be tsedto give entire
tatisfactionto all his customer, and he hopes
hereby to secure their continued confidence
7. y Pwage. .SaliavfiAto. 18, 1823.
fbMHCo1n 0untT North Csrollna, on the
SoutsOyePtet abiut Jfeet6
T 1? t ?Eh ' h helorigs to Edward Eaketl
W mT w - :
yn,-- 1 t a
I , ,b3
CI
1 1
tjlil
fa
r?SM6e
pnKsii)i:NT3 Mi::::3A(Ji;.
". The following itr fjge of tSe I'tr inlcnt at th
United States, wMcotTirnuniceil 10 both j-c
of Conre on "Tuesday, the 21 December, It
being the 2d scsiion of the anh C iireii
T9 tit Senati a4 Hint fleprtientativc eth
i ' Unttei Vatet.
f )tw-fUUtaariit Sa,a..rUiltaarVyrMatla.
' lCO.ttlDDB.J
Tc United Smtc of A'nerics, and the
People oLeVtry S":! 'fjf whtgS they, are
coroposed arceich of them tOTreiga pow
ers .The ItgitUtive 'authority of Ihe
wholeie.xercie4!l
thoiiti crsntea the
Constitution. The UgUhtite poer ol
etch Bute is exercised by Assemblies At
tlon of tho Brstff.. Ksch Sovereign
wiihin ttft ,'own prortnee.' ' The" elistribu-
tlon of power betwien them pretuppuses
that these 'uthotitics will 'mote in hsr
monv with each other. The members ol
the 6tatc ind .General ;Oi)?rnmenti re
til under oath to support bolh, snd alle
clance U due to ' the one and to the other.
The ce of conOirl between these two
power has not been supposed nor has
tny provision teen mttae lor It In our In
nitutions j s virtuous nation of ancitni
limei, existed ,m9re than pre eentuiies
without 4 law for the punishment of par
riride. -; r ' ' T
-More than once, howeTer. in the pro
gi of our hiitaey.'hsTeihif Peoplt aaa
.the'Ix tslstureV of oneor -morft .States,
WTOomcmvoi "wxcttemenTj-oeen- insula
teii to this conflict t nd the meant of ef
fectlop this irapuhc have been allegation 1
har-th'e axtft of voncrcu To bertesuted
were unconsfjufionfl :; i he. People or no
one ftUio have ever delegated to their
LegiiUture the power 01 pronouncing an
set ,.of Cdngrtsi' unrotisii! utional ; -lut
th'ey hate delegated to them powers by
the exercise of which thi eJtecution of
the law or ConpresswurdntheQtft'e
may be resisted. If we suppose the case
bfauthrconflictin? IsErislatimi-fustained
bf jhe corrcsondhiR Executive nd"XtT
ciciai autntriueS piinouiui n-4 uu.i
thropy turn their eyes trom tne conni
tlon in which the parties would be pla
ced.'and Zioro that of the people of .both
which mim.be. its Ttcthis.- - -
7The Report from : the "Secretary of
War andfrom- the:Vanou subordjdtt
oScee of -lb rcorrof jharfdepart meW j
present in egpoitlon of.ihe' public .ad
ministration - of stTaifs connected wi'h
t hero througfi" the courifi of t he current
yeartherprescnt:tettrif:Vhe--rmy,
f ... .. a a . . . i . t ' v . a a .f
and tne distriounon 01 ine iorce 01 wimco
it hjrompdsedyjwU
port'nf the Major General. , Several el
terationft in the dtspniu . of, the troops
have been ; found -expfditat llilne Coxirf
of the Tear." ahil theduciDline"Ot the
irmFtlihoaglL-not'jeDiIrcl yit eeJrord jtfi
cepti6h,njii.ben gefterllf jrod.-t----The
attention of Contrrrss is pttrticu
larly invited to that5 part of the Report of
the Secretary of We which concerns the
existing ayatem of our relations with la
disn ifibci.At ihe establishment of the
Federal Government, tinder the present
Coivttimionfthe-United-Stater-th
principle wai adopted gf considering
them as foreign nd independent power j
and also of proprietor of lands. ; They
werrf moreover- considered a aavagea,
whom it wai ?our policy and our. duty to
Use our influence irt converting to chris-
tlanity s'and in btlnng within the pale of
civilization. - , v :, r-.: ;
( A independent Powers iwe negoclated
with them by treaties j as proprietor we
purchasedof them all the .lands which
we 'could prevaTrpoirthemTtoaeH-
bfs?tX?ia
norant we enden v'of ed to" bring them to
the knowlfii"cT7
into our own institution that portion of
them which rould be converted to the
atata of civifixatioiu In the practfcelof
Eurooean States before our Revolution,
they 'bad be'enonadeT5rc1ildreirio
be governed a tenama at discretion, to
g4mntf w ,ie4noninme, oy-iriuing
concesio,fts for removal from the gyounds
thflr. o-ame . waft 5 extirpated. In
changing the ysteni,t wduld seem a if
a full contemplation of the consequences
of the change had been taken.H. We have
been far more successful in the ftcquisi
lion of their lands than" in Imparting xo
them the principles," or . Inspiring them
with the spirit of civilization. ) But in ap
propriating to ourselves their hunting
grounds, we have brought upon ourselve
the obligation of, providing .tbenx with
subsistence ; nd when we have, had1 the
fare good fortune of teachiog them the
arts of civilization, and the doctrinea of
hrisUatwe he unexpectedIv found
them forming in the mldat 0 1 orselres,
coromunitie claiming to be independent
btoursi andViival of. sovereignty . within
toe-territories ofjbe. member of our
tbiplSTliVaiate t)f thing Teqtatre
that a icr..' t.ouU rrcvi';
remedy h:ch, I'.ls it 1..!1 diiustice to
the .3 ur.r.rtunnt;. chilirca cf r.;' re,
may cecure to tha memrrs tf c.:r cc-j
federation their rights of cvcrt!r.ty tr.i
ol soil. As the outline cf a rr; -:ct to
that efTcct the views pr--'.: I It tl -port
of the Secretary cl V'sr rc
mended to the ccnr!JtratI(jn tf Ccr.u .
The, Report froia the Engineer De
parlment pressnti ft'toniprchtnsive view
o tjie -ttbittii vtUcb has Uca tatie ii
the great systemt promotive of. tbe pub
lie interest, commenced and organized
tmlsrWe euihorltr of CongrcSJ nd the
effects of -which hare already tontrtbuted
to. the security as ther, will hereafter
Jir.xjcaJiitmleto
nity of the ration.' : v . i
The first of Iheie great lyatetdt U that
of fortifications, rommenced Immediate
- a - a.
ir niter (be Close ot our last war. under
the salutary experience which the events
of thai war had impressed upon ourcoun
try men of Iti necessity.! ' introduced Un
der the auspices of my immfidiate predo
cessor, It has been continued with the
persevering and liberal encouragement of
tne iegmaturer ana coraotoea -witn cor
rpondinc exertions' for the gradual In
crease and Improvement of the Navy,
prepares for our extensive oontrr i cdn
dittcm of defence adapted 'loliny- critical
emergency-srhich the taryihif c oiiete 6f
events may bring toriH.c Uur, adtsacf
in these concerted sy vie ms nave jor the
last; ten years:been . iteady ;aod prorea
sire ; and In a few year more "will be"so
completed as to leave no'eiuie for tppre
hentbn thai our sea coast will ever agsin
offer a theatre of hostile" Intailon. '
The next of these cardinal measure! of
policy, is thepreliminary to r great and
lasting work of publlcimprovemett'jjrt
the surveys of TOidSf ex-roinatlon for the
course offcansts, and, labours for the re:
raoval of ;tKe obstructiods- of. rivers and
harbours, first eommenred by tbe Act of
Congress of 30ibA.ftfiVl24
rhFreportr exblbirinnnrtabrenlie
funds apDronrlated at the last and dm
ceding Session of Congress for all theH
fdrijficaiionst surveys and work of public
improyement j the .mattnerje'whfebe
funds hsire been applied, the amount ex
pstided upon ihi-several" work fonder
const rdctiooj erid the fur ther auras whir h
may b-tiecessaTyto complete ihera lo
a HkeToTviriMtbrkr projected -by'.ihe
RSrd of Enslxeen, jf&icK hive Dot .been
rommenced, and the , e itimate . of .their
- - ...
e.Qfkt..'- 1 - ' - 1 r "
.In a third, the report of tbe annual
Board of .Visiters at tbe Military. Academy
at West Point For thirteen fortiScaiions
eTeTtlrlgnva" riourbbt.ttrof trartAt lantic
coast: front Rhode- Island to- Louisiana,
theglijreglte" expenditure of ithey ear
has fallen ajittll short of one million of
dollar - - - i. ,u',.t.;.,'.
For the preparation of five additional
reoort of reconnoisances-iod , suryevs
since the last Session of Congress, for the
civil construction upon thirty-seven dil
ferent. nubile works coranienced f eicht
others forlwhicbepecific appropriations
have been made by.Acts ofvongreu, and
twenty other Incipient suryev under the
authority given by the Act of 30i!i April,
1824rabout one million more or dollars
bieheen drawn from the Treasury.
To these two millions of dollar are to
be added to the'appropriation df 250,000
dollars, to commence tne erection of a
Breakwater ndar the mouth of the VtU
wre; River t the aubscription 7 to 5the
Delaware and Chesapeake the Louisville
and Portland the Dismil Swamp, and
IheJCJhesa-peftke and" Ohio Canal ; the
hrge donarlnn or land to the otates 01
OhioVIodliar, Illinoi; and Alabama Jor
objectafmprovimieolajw
States, and . the sums appropriated tor
LlgftrHowe
coast, and a full view, will be taken of the
munificence of the Nation In tbe applica
tion of its resources to the improvement
of 4t4wn xonrittioiK
rfOf: these- great national undertakings
the Academyt WesrFoMlalimonjt thf
mMVElmportanriitelf,id;thero
cotSprelinfttfY it onetjuemtesirr
that Institution,' a bart bf the Revenue of
pense of educating 1 competent portion
of her youlb, chiefly; ' to the knowledge
and the duties of military life It is; the
living armoury of the Nation. hile the
other works of improvement enumerated
in tbe reports now presented to the attea
tion of Cdngress are destined to ame
iorate the lace or fjatwe f 10 muuipiy tne
.rilitiea- of communication 'between the
rfiflv.r-.nt nana of he Union i to assist
the labor, increase the comfort,, snd
rthWe the eniotmeot of individuals,
theIristructionl scquired st Wet Point
enlarges rte dominion and expandrthe
canacitiei of the usind: M beneficial re
suits are already expenencea in inc cum
Dosition of the army, and their influence
is felt-m the btellecttful ptogre .? :
c!.ry. Tl.3 ! .::-u::.:i l r:-f;
'..l cf fjrt't i.;.roerr.cr.t frn t'
tlon proposed by tev;r;l s'lccr
UosrJjcf Viiiten, to v.-3 t:rr.t:t
fit
en
repeated recornmer.;!i.i;r,s 1 cl.
add ray own. . -K "
t With tha ciual r.r.t:I reports frod the
wecrcttry c
.9 1 v y
.r.J ths Ds;:.!
Comtt.isston.rs, will b3 exhL. cd tj tl.e
lew cf Ccr-rets the executloi cf ih
laws relating to that Departratnt of tJ 5
pu'.r.i'airilct. 'Tl.a r'cprcislon cf .in;
in the West Indianand in the Urcc!
Seas has been effectually maintained vCh
-scarcely any excepMutt: Dqna th-r t
between the .Governments of liuenos
Ayres and or Brazil frequent collisisns
... a?' I LI
bat ween-tc.I.trant ecu i pater, ir, 1 t::a
rirrhts of neutral' commerce occurred.
Licentious blockadesirregularly enlisted
or Impressed teamen, end the property
of honest commerce seized st iih violence,
end even plundered under lcal preten
ces are disorder! never aeparable from
the, conflict :ot war' upon the ocean.-.
Vvlth a portion of them, the correspon
deoce of our commanders oh the Eaa
terri aspect of the South Amcircan coast,
and arriont tne isunas 01 ureece, discov
er how far wr 'have been Involved 1 . In
these the honor of our rpuo'ry and - the
rights of our itixsn have been asserted
and vindicated ' The appearance of new
saaldror.! in the '.Mediterranean, and the
bt5ckide of the Dardanelles indicate the
daneer o76tb'eV'CbsmierwUb'c-frijeduiU
of commefte, and the necessity Of keep.
ntr otirTiavalToW intbbie Sessrlo
the suggestions repeated in the report of
tbe Secretary :of the Navy and tending
to tbr wrmahntlnraroTementrf this
institution, 1 invite the favourable consid
atido pf Congress ' ; T- ' v '
A teiotution of this House cl Repreaeni
tatives-requeltiog. that one of our. small
public vessels should be sent to tbe Pad'
fic Ocean and. South Se, to exarrtinejhe
coasts, Islands,.' Harbour, Shoal, and
Reef In those Seas, and jq ascertain their
trtfe" huatlonr'Ter'yessel- Urearly
ready to depart; the-eucceisful iccom
Dliahmetitol the expedition may be great
ly facilitated' by suitable Legislative pro
visions; and particolarlt bv an appropn
ation to defray it :necesiary-expense.
The addition of a second and perhapO
third vessel, With ft alight aggravation of
th 9 cost, would coot rlbute mu eh iter, the
afe:y3of-the citiierli.erob'arUfl oo'this
undertaking,; the results of which may be
of the deepeaUnteres
-VhhAhfrTeporic44he4w
Navy, wHl bo submitted l.t-coorormiiy o
thVAcl of Crmgresf, of 5d of March.il
fJ-B"'' improvement ql tbe ru
vy of the UTSrilalemehUof thxrendK
iiomjinjejrjhat
taken ior;earrymg ine-aajna-auwa-tuBvu
Every ectiontf that; tatute contain i
distinct provlsioar-IookihgOo-tbe. great
object of the whole, the gradual improve
ment of tbe Navy. .Under its salutary
anctionsr store of hip timber have
been procured, and are in process of ea
oning rid - preservationJor the 'future
uses of the Navj. Arrangem'erjt!' hate
beeh" roade-,for-t be-preservitiboZiLJlbe
liye oak timber growing on the lafida of
the United States, and for its rcproduc
tioh to supply at future aud distant, day!
the waste oLlhtfL Iridst Jaluable maierlal
Lfor ship bdildipg j by Iba grefttconsmp-
tlon ot It yeany Morino
and, fol the military, marine of our coun
try. The construction of the two Dry
Docks ' st 'Charleston arid at Norfolk,' is
making Mtl.factory progress towards a
durable eitftblishment. . Tbevexaminft
tionftandUenquirieijQjscertain4hel
pediency of Marine llaiUay atFensaco-
ta;hotiirli c4-?etplihenV"Ji
beeVpostponedf-bUt taeheoreitJ
rectuallT made. 1 he navy ,1 aros 01 tne
UnUed Stateiluv
plans for their Improvenienu and. the
preservation of the public property there
in; at Portsmouth, Charleston, Philadel-
phlaVashingtniUdndJHosbrti
beenpreparedjfand received mfsandion";
and no other portiOT O
has been pefifbrmeU witli a moralmlmatl'
conviction of Us importance to the future
welfare aneclty Of theunte-
i With the report from the " Postmaster
General, is exhibited comparative view
of the gradual increase of that establish
ment, from five, to 25 years, since 1 1 93
till this time, in ihe number of Post OfB
ces, which has grown from less than two
hundred to nearly eight thousand in the
revenue yielded by them which, from
siity-seven thousand dollars, has swollen
to upwards of a million and a half, and
in the: number of, Post Road, which,
from five thousand six hundred and forty
two, have. multiplied! to one hundred end
thirty ait thousand. Whilef in tho aime
period of time,; tpe population of the
Union has been thrice doubledrthe rate o
Iocreaie of thess ofSces is; nearly forty,
: r
i I cf t' : rcrcr.UfJ and trscI! ! f. .!
fi-ir-i ter.ty five fur one. The iricrca:-;
r.f revenr.;, within thi Int five year's, 1..J
been nearly cquil'to mI.oIj rev::;.: cf
tha Department in 813. r ' .
, Ths expenditures, cf.il e Drpartr r.t,
during ths J-csr which ended cn the rtt
r.f .? ' !"; lute ercf- '- l t' e receipts '
f a
t,-..itf ab''.ul.twe;.tr i,t ju"jiar.J
.hilars
Tho excess has been ccr,iincJ
ty thu Ir.crcst; of niall conveyances knl
f.-.r!::i,t3 ths extent c f. peafthtt hcni.v
drcJ 'w-iU-inJ i:.i!tsi ll has t.. a-p-'-
p !lc ! ty cctlectionsfrdni tha Pcsfmsrttrs
cf.t1 r-ire?r?n?t. pf...prTC"..ye-rj.
V,'l.;:j Ua correct LrlnctpU isnms to tf, '
that thb Ir.csne levied by the Depjrtrtni
should defray ill Its expen&ev nss
Levcr 'tcen" the' pol.cy cf this O-sTcrn.-
ment to raise from this establishment any
revenue to be applied td any other, pur
noses. -.The auggeatlon of the.Potrasr
ter General, that the Insurance of the asfa . ,
trinsmU&Ion of rncoey by the mail rnight
be assumed Jbytthe -Department, fot t "
moderate and'eotxipetenf remuneration
will .deserve, the conildcrailoa of Coh- ,
gress. . j . 1 ,'. "7
''ARcport from ine Commissioner of tha
public buildings Id this Chy exhitit th ,
expenditure! updn them In the course cf ,
the current' rear. It will be ieen' Itst
the humane and berievclcni Intentions cf
Congress in providing! by the Act of 20t!"
Ma, U2P, Mr the erection ot a reniten-
Urp b hbv!!ttrct,- have , b? en ,f ccort
nlished.r The, authority of further Legis J --7
latlon Is nbw riqulredJnrahrrtraovaHo
this tenement of the bffr nder againt tho K '
aws. ftftt'tenced to atone by personal con
fioe'meot for their crimes, and to P??
a code for their employmept na govern ;. f
menjl whije that confined; ' ."
The .; Commissioner! - appointed ron :
ornisbly to the Act of 2d March2T; tt 2:
provide for ihe djastment of . tlalra or. L-
nerftrni entitled tolndemninduon unaer
the first ArUcle of jSe Treaty of Gbenti y
and ibr the distribution imonir stich .
ehlmanti of the um pld by the Qotern
ment 01 ureal urnain unocr 100 uu?cui
tlon of iStrs Hovrrhher, 1126, clotfd their
Ubnrs on the SOth of Auguit last, br
awarding xi the claimant "the iumf one
ttUUontonat.hundredr snfloiott yf e.yi;a
thwsvjdTotir-lundred-.andw!'ntjr-two
dollar! i and eiehteen -cents ; ; Ievtmr;A
b'alaoce of seven thousand five hundred, . r
andhlny-sotenolUraftd Eighty twctlx;r
centir whichwasdtsiributedteablt
amongst . alli-theciaimania to .wooir.
awMPta hA heen rtade. accordm? to tha "cc-
direeuanaM lhe Act., ; V- .
' The exhjblt! eppended to the lleport-
rom the Commlsaioner ofthe General
. lrm ,' . ":S "-r--Tr-.1r:t" -
-tb7nmmorpropertftfhtrUtrfnoc
Luna Uttice, presem tne aciuai cpnuuiui ,
proceeds oLlandsidi rih g t he ycai 1837T
and the first half of r8287rlta rife iffort -
of twainillloiis of dollar iThe propjietyu
of funber extending .the time for t.X'
tingubhrrient of the. debt due to the Uni
ted States by the purchase ef the public
andsj limited, by the Act of 31st ftl.rcb,
it. to the fourth of July ntxu will ctiitn
the consideration ol Congress to whoso
vlgUance-snd careful attentida to regula
tion, disposal snd preservation of thl
great national inheritance basbv ihe Peo
oh of the United States neen Intrusted.
1 . . . ' - - - . . . . . ' 4.
Among the importajii iu?jectim wnicn
tKeitteauari oXlhe.firfent Congreis ha
already been invitea, ana w men may oc
cupy their further nd deliberat: discus
sion, will be the provision to be tride for
Ukrng the fifth census, or enumeraViun of
the Inhabitants of the United States The
Constitution of (he United States requires.
bitrthi-numerationiboul!t;bfl,inat
wltTiTaTefery term irtlTrtcar y and-uho
date from which ithe- last enumeTSttori""
commenced-wastbarsioncUrfJiu.
gust of jhe jrear Jl 820. T he laws unde
which theTormef enumerltrons
ken, were enacted at the Session of Cbn.
cfress immediately preceeding the opera
tlon. . But ' considerable Inconveniences
atioa.to.oJa
VW-i - mt. W .,,4. -fc,
hosft of the-nrecedlng enuraerauons!if
reeled that the censu should be taken by
the Matshala of the several districts and,
Territorie, under Instruction ; from thei t
Secretary of State. ; The preparation and -transmission
bf the Msrshftls of those in
fttrbcllons, required more time than was
then allowed between the passage of the
law and the day when the enumeration
was to 'commence. 'The, term'; of sir -mont
hs, limited for the returns of ha
Marahals, was also fouricj even then too
short ; and musfbe more so now, whert
an additional population ofat Ielst three -million!
must be presented on the returns.
As fthev are to be made at the short ves- 4
lon of Congress, itwould as wellas from
other considerations, be rave convenient
to commence :the enurncrtin froi, an .
earlier period oj tho yjiir than the fiHt"orr - ,
August;'Tbe favorakle season wotild?
be the t?rtn Qh a review cf the former ; "
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