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which were much - exhausted
j.-rJajr the war, have been , repienisnea.
Bv the discharge of so large a proportion
of the public debt, and the - execution of
such extensive and important operations,
in so short a time, a just estimate may be
formed, of the great extent rof our nation
al resources. The demonstration is the
more complete, and gratifying, when it is
,ecolIecte'd, that the direct tax and excise
were repealed sooa after the termination
0f the late war, and that the revenue ap-
: plied to these purposes has been derived
almost wholly from ,otner sources.
The receipts into the Tieasury, from
vcry source, to the 30th of September
last, hale amounted' to sixteen millions
( seven hundred and ninety-four thousand
ne hundred and seven dollars, sixty-six
cents, whilst the public expenditures, to
the same period, amounted to sixteen
Biillionaf eight hundred and seventy-one
thousand five hundred and thirty-four,
dollars, eventy-t wo cents, leaving in the
Treasury, on that day, a sura estimated
at one I million nine-hundred arid fifty
thousand dollars. For the probable re
ceipts of the folllowihg year, I refer you
to the statement which will be transmit
ted from the Treasury. .
The sum of three millions of dollars,
authorised to be raised by loan, by an
act of the last session of Congress, has
been obtained upon terms advantageous
to the government, indicating not only
an increased confidence in the faith of
the nation, but the existence of a large
amountjjof capital, seeking that mode of
investnent, af-a rate of interest not ex-
. ceeding five'per cent, per annum. '-...
It is proper to add, that there is ' now
due to (he iTreasurv, for the sale of pub
lic lands, twenty-two million, nine hun
dred and ninety-six thousand, five hun
dred afid forty-five dollars. In bringing
this subjeejto view, I consider jt my du
ty to ubrrftTfo Congress, whether it may
not bf advisable, to extend to the pur
chasershese land's in consideration
of thf unfavorable change which has oc
curel since the sales, a reasonable indul
gent. It is known, that the purchases
were my$e, when the price of every
artiflHiad risen to its greatest height,
ana that the instalments are becoming
du, at a period of great depression. It is
pife sumed that some plan may be devised,
b the wisdom of Congress, compatible
, yfitii the public interest; which would af
ford great relief to these purchasers.
f Considerable progress has been made,
Jdunng the present season, m examining
fthe coast, and its various bays, and (other
in!ets ; in the collection of materials, and
I Jo the construction of fortifications, for
the defence of the Union, at several of
the positions, at which it has been decide
ed to erect such works. At Mobile
f Point, and Dauphin Island, and at the
Rigolets, leading to Lake Pontchartrain,
materials, to a considerable amount, have
been collected, and all the necessary pre
parations made, for the commencement
of the works. At Old Point Comfort, at
the mouth of James river, and at the Rip j
Ran, on the opposite shore, in the Che- '
sapeake Bay, materials, to a vast amount,
have been collected, and at the Old Point
some progress has been made in the con
struction of the fortification, which is;on
a very extensive scale. The work at
Fort Washington, on this river, will be
completed early in the next spring ; and
that on the Pea Patch, fin the Delaware,
in the course of the next season. Fort
Diamond, at the Narrows, in the harboi
of New-York, will be finished this year.
The works at Boston, New-York, Balti
more, Norfolk, Charleston, and Niagara,
have, been, in part, repaired; and the
toast .of North Carolina, extending south
to iape rear, has
have likewise other
Deen examined, as
parts of the coast
eastward of Boston.
Great exertions
have
been made to nush forward thpsp
works, with the utmost despatch possible:
.but; when their extent is considered, with
. tne important purposes for which they J
are nuenaea the defence of the whole;
coast, and, in consequence,of the whole1
interior, and that they are ta last for aes
it will be manifest, that a well-digested
plan, founded on military principles, conl
necting the whole together, combining
security with economy, could not be pre
pared without repeated examinations of
the most exposed and difficult parts, and
that it would also take considerable time
to collect, the materials at the several
points where they would be required!
From all the light that has been shed ori
this subject, I am satisfied, that every
favorable anticipation . which' has been
formed of this great undertaking, will be
Termed, and that, when completed it
will afford very great, if not mmnll
protection to our Atlantic frontiers, in
f
v L w w vva hhuiiivi nai ,
.umaeni o coumeroaiance, m a Mngle
vu,H,gn,wiiaan cflemy powertui at sea,
the
expense or, inese worKs,, without
taking into th .esUmate the saving of the
hves of so may of our citizens, the pro-
tection of our towns, and other property,
property,
or the tendencfsudrworksto prevent
Our military positions have been main-J
f barracks hav? already b.een erected
ana naTYj
rained at Belle Point,; on; the Arkansas Campbell, ButlerlmT R Almre Eddv rubUc -Uwit An interesting docu-
Council Bluff, on the'Missouri at St. ! Pitcher, Jacks'c ment was yesterday transmitted, by the
Peter's, on the Mississippi, and at Green ! On AccountslXumxh N C y of the Treasury to the Senate,
Bav, on the Upper Lakes. iCommodi- RAtman. TInK.m T - m ' f " Jn pursuance of a resolution of that house
at most of these costs, with such works
as were' necessary for their defence Pro
gress has also been made in opening com
munications between them, and in rais
ing supplies at each, for the I support of
the troops I by their, own labor, particu
larly these most remote. " , u J
, With the Indians peace has been pre
served and a progress; made in carrying
into effect the act of Congress making
appropriation for the civilization, with
the prospect of favorable results. As
connected equally with both these ob
jets ourj trade with those tribes is
thought I to merit the attention , of Con
gress. In their original state,1 game ' is
their sustenance, and war their occupa
tion and, if they find no employment
from civilized powers, they destroy each
other. Left to ' themselves, their extir
pation is inevitable. By a judicious reg
ulation oif our trade with them, we: sup
ply their wants, administer to their com
forts, and gradually, as the game retires
draw them to us. By maintaining, posts
far in the interior, we acquire a more
thoroughj and direct control - over them,
witliout which it is confidentlybelieved
that a complete chan'ge in their manne rs
cart nevbr be accomplished.' By such
posts, aided by a proper regulation of
our trade with them, and a judicious
civil administration' over them, to be pro
vided Toj by law, we shall, it is presum
ed,' be enabled, not only to protect our
own settlements, from their savage incur
sions, and preserve peace among the sev
eral tribes, but accomplish, also the great
purpose of their civilization.
Considerable progress has also been
made inj the construction of ships of war,
some, of which .have been launched in
the course, of the present year.
Our jpeace M'ith the powers on the
coast 6fj Barbary has been preserved, but
we owe; it altogether to' the presence of
our squadron in the Mediterranean. ; It
has been found equally necessary to era
ploy some of;our vessels (orJ the protec
tion of our commerce iifthe' Indian sea,
the Paciffic, and along the Atlantic coast.
I he interests which wehave depending
in those quarters, which, have been much
improved of late, are of great, extent,
and of high importance to the nation,
as well i as; to the parties concerned, and
would undoubtedly suffer, if such protec
tion was" not extended to them. In execu
tiori of the law of the last session, for the
suppression of the slave trade, some of
our public ships have, also been, employ
ed on the coast of Africa, where several
captureshave already been .made of ves
sels engaged in that disgraceful traffic.
' JAMES MONROE.
Washington, Nov. 1 4, 1 820. :
IN THE SENATE.
Mr,Burrill submitted for consideration
the following resolution :
Resolved, That the act entitled f An
act allowing compensation to the mem
bers of the Senate, members of the
House of Representatives of the United
States, and to the delegates of the terri-
tories,and repealing all other laws on the
subject," 1 passed at the first session
of j the Fifteenth Congress, .ought
to be, so altered and amended, that
the compensation to the members ,. and
delegates aforesaid, shall hereafter be six
dollars for each day's attendanceand six
dollars for every twenty miles travelled,
instead of the compensation tfow allowed
by the said act, and that it be referred to
afcommittee to prepare and report a bill
u:. nnA-.n ca .
for altering and amending said act ac-
cordingly.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
v Friday, Nov. 17-
The following is a list of the standing
and other committees, appointed by Mr.
Speaker Tavlor. pursuant to the orders
of the House :
On EecfionrMessrs. Trimble, Tarr,
Tucker, S C" Sloan, Clark, Hooks,
Moore, Va. - r
On Public hands Messrs. Anderson,
Hendricks, Cooke, Bal. Smith, Stevens,
Monell, Brush.
On Pensions and Revolutionary Claims
Messrs. Rhea, Maclay, Brown, Allen,
Mass. Linn, Street, Jones, Va.
i On Agriculture- Messrs. Forrest,
Claggett, Meech, Richmond, Ringgold,
Garnet, Earle. , -: . i
On Ways and Means Messrs 'Smith,
Md. McLane, Del. Burwell, Shaw, Tra
cy, ,Ross, Jones, Ten. ; -
On Post Office- Messrs. Livermore,
Culpepper, Russ, Tompkins, Kinsley,
Johnson, Gi ay. ''
On Public Exvenditures Messrs.
Simkirrs, Slocurab, Rogers, Cobb, Adams
! On Revisal and Unfinished Bnssinest.
Messrs! Mnrtnn RUr lf H. Ball.
U, On fM0c . WilHams. N. C.
. Rich, McCoy, S. Moore
j wards, Con. Metcalf.
i f n,-. !
oore, Haekley, Ed-
On District of Columbia Messrs Kent,
j Mercer, Neale, Swearingen, Smith, W.J.
Meiffs. Mr Pnl I nil rr-
- J "--wwivu If
On (mmerceef. fiewionom
. w ua.rr M m wm Mm. .www wwn.Jt w mx.u am, - . . m
linson, Mallery,' Nelson,; Mass. Hill,
Weridover, Abbott. ' ? - .
Chi the J dietary- Messrs. Sergeant,
Beecher, Rooertson, Brevard, Lincoln,
Tucker, Va.PIumer. r-.
On Manufactures Messrs. Baldwin,
Allen, N. Y. 'Little, McLean, Ken. Par
ker, Mass. Kinsey, Fisher.
On Foreign Affairs Messrs.Lowndes,
Randolph, Mosely, Nelson, of Va. Dick
inson, Reid, Archer, of Md.
Oi Military Affairs Messrs. , A.
Smyth, Van Ranselair, Cocke, Cush
man, Buston, R. Moor, Ross. f
On Naval Affairs- Messrs; Barbour,
Fuller, Warfield, Xase, Hall, of N. C.
Dennison. Crawford. ' : .
On the Militia- Messrs. Cannon,
Gross, of N. Y. Strong, ;of Y t. Patterson,
Siwyer, Overstreet, Hostetter.
On Roads and Canals Messrs.Storrs,
Crafts, Marchand, Edwards, of N. C.
Street, Ajlontgomery, Hendricks
Oil Revolutionary Pensions Messrs.
Bloomfield, Edtvards, of N. C Dewitt,
Hibshmam, Hazzard, Fay, Alexander.
On the , Constitution oj ' Missouri '
Messrs. Lowndes, Sergeant, Smith of Md.
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CAROLINA CENTINEL.
NEWBERN,
- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1820.
From St. Domingo, A letter dated
Port au Prince, 17th October, received
at Philadelphia, states" The city is
again quiet ; the troops are in the north,
with President Bdyer at their head
everyplace he has appeared before,, has
surrendered,, and he is pushing on for the
Cape, where the people are said only to
wait his arrival to cut off the heads of the
royal family.
' President Boyer, of Hayti, in his pro
clamation, dated at St. Marc, 16th of Oc
tober last, addressed to the citizens and
soldiers of the " Arti Conita and the
North," urges them to peace and good
order among themselves. In alluding to
the -death of Christophe, he says" God
did not permit this proud man should pro
ceed further in his dreadful projects ; the
iron rod which he delighted in holding
over your heads, has finally been broken
in his own hands. The sudden spring
towards liberty is given, to you by St.
Marc,, which has just now , placed itself
under the flag of our republichasten
then to join the republic, and you shall
receive your reward."
Captain Smith, of the ship Maria
Thearessa, arrived at New-York from
Bordeaux, has brought dispatches for
government from the American minister
at "Paris. Capt. Smith informs, that it
was understood our Minister in Spain, Mr.
Forsyth, was to leavefeMadridjon the 1st
October, on his return to the U. States.
An arrival at Charleston from Eng
land, furnishes London dates two days
later than our previous advices. The
defence for the Queen was progressing.
Some of her witnesses had been examined
whose testimony went very strongly to
the establishment of her innocence. Of
other matters of interest, the papers
barren. "
are
The Missouri question has been started
in the New-York legislature, in the shape
j of a resolution instructing :the senators &
requesting- the representatives trom that
requesting the representati
state in Congress to oppose the admission
of Missouri into the
union, under ber
presentConstitution.
The favorite frigate Constitution is or
dered by the Navy Board to be fitted for
sea immediately. She has undergone a
thorough repair during the summer, and
though 22 years old, is now one of the
most substantial vessels in the service.
Com. Hull to avoid the cold wether is
proceeding with the utmost ; rapidity . in
the work, which celerity is emulated by
the sr. men, who crowd to serve in her.
- .,
Old Ironsides is the magnet which at
tracts the attention and zeal of all the
honest tars who are out of employment.
Boston Intelligencer.
Winter has set in with much severity
in the northern states. As early as the
14th inst. the Hudson was frozen over
below Albany, and the snow was about
nine inches deep.
The defalcation of Arthur V. Magill,
mentioned in tbe last Mirror, is consid
erably greater than it was at that time
supposed to be. The deficiency is al
ready found to amount to near $ 60,000,
and in addition to the sum now wanting
in the vault, it is ascertained that two in
dividuals have long been in the habit of
overdrawing sums to a very large amount,
the interest on which, would make no
mean item on the books ot tne motner
bank. Connecticut Mirror.
WASHKiGTON CITY, NOV. 18.
session,
containing a dqoyoi
information o the subject of the lands of
tne U. Mates purchased from the Indians;
the quantity sold ; for how much sold, &c
&c: r The sums which have, been paid,
and remain -to be paid, under Treaties
made with the Indian tribes, to indemnify
them for cessions of lands to the United
States, is 5542916 dollars. The expense
of surveying the Public Lands, from 4th
March, 1789, fo 3 1st' December, 1819,
has been 4,243,632 dollars. t The whole
quantity of land which has' been sold by
the United States, as well before as since
the opening of the Land Offices, up ta
30th Sept. 1819, is 20,138,482 acres;
and the amount for which it has been sold
is. 45,098,(6 dollars; Of this amount,
22,229,180 dollars had been paid, and
22,000,657 remain to be paid, at the
close of Sept. 1819. . The quantity of
lands surveyed in the several Land Ofl&ce
Districts is 72,805,092 acres, whereof
13601,930 acres have been sold, leaving
54,203,162 acres unsold. The quantity
surveyed for military bounty lands, is
12,3 1 5,360 acres. The whole quantity
of land purchased from "the, Indians by
the various treaties and cessions ' jjsv esti
mated at 191,978,536 acres " j -ty'r
Let these sums and quantities be read
aloud, and the reader. jvillbe startled at
their sonorous-macnitude.
i Nat. Int.
From the National Gazette.
With the mass of the inhabitants
of
Great, Britain, Royalty must, ere
now,
have lost .".11 its intrinsic influence. It
is trampled under foot not only in news
paper articles and shop-window carica
tures, but in Parliamentary speeches, and
in out cf door barrangues, by members
of Parliament, At a great meeting in
London, in which several of them took
a part, a discourse was pronounced by
VIr. Pearson, from which the following
paragraph is an extract.
(( The clergy are ready to join - with
the lawyers in declaring that '.'the King
can do. no wrong. Does he then hold
his existence by a tenure different from
that which pertains to the rest of human-
nyr " lne rung can do no wrong."
Strikethen from the decalogue. ".Thou,
shall not commit adultery." v The King
can do no wrong Tear then from , Ho
ly Writ the leaf on which it is written
" Man shall cleave unto his wife and the
twain shall be of jone flesh." Tl?e ring
can do no wrong ? Proud Jloyalty doflf
thy tiara and produce thy patent, oi ex
emption from the, law, that f man is
prone to evil as tlje sparks fly upward,
and his heart deceitful above all things
and. desperately wickedl'L., The King
can do wrong ! why then J did not the
first Charles carry his head to the grave ?
The King can do wrong ! why then
does not a descendant of our second
James now sit upon the throne ?"
The
Queen of England vs. The Holy
Alliance.
Extract 5rom her Majesty's Answer to
the Coventry Address.
" My heart vibrates, with joy when I
reflect that tyranny itself is on the point
'of expiring in almost every part of the
European world. The Holy Alliance
though madefor the purpose can hardly
keep it alive. Its extinction is decreed,
and some member of the selfish faction
(the Ministry) may have leisure to write
its epitaph." '
FOR
CAROLINA CENTINEL.
V
To af iohom it may concern,
A' ye who in jthis frosty weather,
Are a' ways cutting cloth "and leather,
So smooth and nice,
Attend, and hear ye a together,
Our2good advice, A
Don't make your shoes of stuff that's rotten.
And tears like coarsest India cotton ;
Ye may rely,
Such tricks will not soon be forgotton,
By those who buy.
An' ye, who're a' ways cutting cloth,
If e?er to cabbage nithing.loth,
Ye may ha been,
We now beseech ye aJ in troth,
Ne'er do't again ;
An' if ye will, ah, do not stand
To let your conscience , guide your hand,
To seize the, garbage ;
For weel yeknow there's no command, -"
Ye shall not cabbage."
Another thing we now will state.
We think your prices a' too great, f
For these 'If hard times.;,r .
Ye'd better lower put their rate,
At some few dimes. - ' -
Now think ye not that we were willing,
In wantonness to wound your leenng ;
We were ihclin'd, r
(Nor deem we this there's any ill in)
To speak our mind :
An' therefore, in this wintry weather,
A' ye who're cutting cloth and leather
Of various price.
Freely we've given ye a' together,
Our good advice.
- DAVIE, & Co.
November, 1B20. .
. ' : ; 'v..-"''
fjs- Bishop McKcnpkee of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, arrived in town
on the 22d inst. and is expected to preadi
to-morrow at 11 o'clock. V
It is eiected also, that he will preach
on Tuesday the twenty-eighth of Notem
ber, in Trentorf, Jones., county. ; On
Thursday, the thirtieth of November, at
New-River Meeting House, Onslow
county. On Sunday, the third ' D
cember, at Shepard's Meeting ilouset
Onslpw county. On Tuesday, the fifth.
at Topsail Meeting House, New Hano
ver county And on Sunday, thelento,
at Wa&ngtaKoWfJ, 25. ,-! r
The Rey. Mr. Kkarnit, Catholic
Priest, from Norfolk, will preach to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, at Mr.
Gaston's dwelling house, where mass Will -
be said every morning durmg his stavj at"
8 o'clock.
November 25- ? ;:
MARRIED, j
In this County, on Monday last, Mr,
John R. Good, of this town, to Mis
Margaret Ellis, daughter: of Mr. MU
chael Ellis, of this County. - , -. v
In Jones County, on Thursday last,
by the Rey. Lewis Skidmore, Mr.-James
Stanton, to JVIiss Nancx Foy, daughter
of Enoch h ov. Esa. of said County.
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DIED,
At Kinston, Lenoir County, on Wed
nesday the 15th inst. Mii Elizabeth
Cobb, in the 68th year of -her agef -
PORT OF NEWBERNL
Schrs. Rapid, Sparr ow, Guadaloupe )
Fanny, Chadwick,do-Six Sisters,VVick
er, Bermuda.
CLEARED.
1 Schrs. Enterprise, Eldridge, Bermuda; ,
Collector, Dixon, do. Maine, Emery, do,
Carrier, Mayo, do, ,v:
Captain Wicker, of the Schr. Six Sis
ters, left at St. Georges, Ber. on the 12th
Nov. Brig Visitor, of Bath, to sail in 15
days; Brig Harmony, Capt. G. Blare,
next day, for Turks Island; Schr. Ranger,
George Sears, two days, for do. ,
Capt. Sparrow of the schr. Rapid, left
at Point Petre, (Guad.) on the 17th Oct.
Ships Francis & Sarah, Rich, of Bath
Rolla, Jas. Morrison, of Newburyport, to
sail in - a few days;; Brigs Washington,;.
liartlett, Newburyport, in 19 days ; Wiur
liam & Thomas, Frost, Portsmouth, N. H,
taking in cargo; Lydia, Dennis, Newbury
port, in 10 days; Brutus, Sawyer; Ken
nebunk; SchrsVifope, Child, Newbern ;
runny, naauncK, ao ; Caroline, nun-
nings, Elizabeth City, 5 or 6 days ; Morn-
ing Star, Brackett, Boston, uncertain.
PRICES CURRENT, the same M
last week.
Public House.
WILLIAM MITCHELL
INFORMS the Public, that
he has opened at his dwelling oa "
the corner of Pollok and Middle
Streets, and directly opposite the
Lpiscopal Lhurch, a
House of Entertainment
where travellefs and others will rei
ceive every attention . calculated to
render their stay with him agreed
ble. From his former experience
in this! line, and being provided with
every necessary convenience he
hopes to receive a share of the pub"
lie patronage. , t '
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Newbern, November 25 -140tf
Great Bargain
rflHE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale,
1 . at HALF the PRIME COST, the
whole or any part of his stock of
CONFECTIONARY,
Jewelry i c.;
O Merchants and others are hereby
forWarned from trusting tiny person on
my account, as I am determined to pay
no debts contracted in my name after this
dale, except those contracted by myself.
Mich'l Mermejean.
Newbern, Nov. 25, 1820.
The Subscriber .
HEREB forwarns all persons from
hunting either with Dog or Gun,
onhfs Land, about four miles from New
bern, on Trent Road, as he is determinea
6 enforce the law against ajl offenders."
Charles Carter.
Craven County, Noy. 25, 1820. lif
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