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f '"" ,, I.,,. win ,, ,, .,, , : . "! ' . ... - v ; : -M: V ' ' V ,',. K V ' :. ..... . i . , (Volume 'V NEWBER.V, A'i C. SATVfM) (Amber. 252. , F jU.NTED AND PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY ;?asteur & Watson, ,Tf3pER A55r HALF PAYABLE 1 ADVANCE. LAW OF NORTH-CAROLINA, PASSED IN 1822. a Act to promote Agriculture and Family Do mestic Manufactures in thli State. Beit enacted btr the General Assembly of y State of horth-iaroana, and tt is here rm rt tcf vu C uuiuiy w mr o That the sura of five thousand dollars per rrar, to be raised in the manner hereinaf- r prescribed, for the term pf two years, rjniand after the passing of this act, shall J Clerks aforesaid shal, within a reasonable y, and hereby is appropriated for the pro-1 time after the foregoing statements are jution of Agriculture and Family Domes- made, account with and pay over to the tt Manufactures within this State. That public Treasurer, all the balances a fore se said sura shall be distributed among . d, which shrll be held by him in trust for .Meral counties in this State, in pro- the legal claimants; but, while unapplied prtion to ineir r eaerai numoers. II. Andbe'xt further enacted That whenever an Agricultural Society, shall be' forrard in any one county, or in any two (onticufus counties, and the members frreof sha!l annually procure or raise by uluntary subscription, any sum of money, ihe President and Treasurer shall make a.nd subscribe an affidavit of the facts, of ihe t jrmaiion of such Soicety, and of their h.ing raised a certain sum, specifying the Si'iount thereof, which affidavit shall be ' J with the Comptroller of this state. uti'j $.hall draw hi warrant on the Trea- &f--r lor the payment of fa. sura equal to if amount of such voluntary subscription ; in any case however exceeding the ..n uinl to which such county or rnuntip ..-jJ be entitled according to their appor- L,.,uient aforesaid III I..J k .J it . rri . hi. ,ihu ur ii jurmrr rnticiea, I nai :!.- several Agricultural Societies which - .v be formed in this State, shall elect tr!i Hiid jio many officers as they may .Kin proper, all of whom shall bye practi ..! I u.r.crs; none of whom however shall u-'c lie asiy emoiraumenttirom his ofneet -r it shall be tht duty of such officers an j ;i!y to regulate and award premium on j.cb articles and productions as thev mav : eni best rulculated'to promote the Apri- Liiiirdi anu -ianLiactunng interest of the IV. And be it further enacted. That sch person to whom any premium -shall y- awarded lor any Agricultural product. ueiore ine receipt inereor, maKe an :c. .lite description of the process ue in ;-j!:ivating the soil, and in raising the crop. a .1 Ceding the animal, as may be; and :;..!, in all cases, describe the nafure of "til; the kind and quantity of manure. i ite thereof, and the time nf the year U. -.cli applied, and deliver the same to - i'i evident of said Society. V. And be it further enacted, That the : I Presidents ofr said societies, shall. . : i'v, within one week after theannml r.:. .i.iij of the Legislature, transmit all r ' . .'orts or returns to the office of the . uiry o.' St.ite, to lie by him kept safely, : :! i !n;?n;!ci bv the l!anl of Vcrirul- ' i it-icinafier named and organized. j 1 A. id be it further earfpd. That the J Presidents of the several Agriculfu- Ie;u A within this-State, or a delegate !:.. n by each f sai Societies, shall : r.:i a l)aid of cricultnre for this 'afe ; wii. on the first Monday utter the ai nual .... , . .... 1 iveim oi the Legislature, may convene, m the 'apitol of the City of Raleigh ; anv of whom shall form quorum: may ' fl'-ct a President, Secretary, and such oth fr 'tricers as they may lliink proper; re-c-ive and examine all such reports and re turns as aforesaid, and select for publica tion such tf them, and such other essays, ii they may judge advisable ; and shall nnu-illy publish a volume, at the expensp t tilt ft tr hu (lidtriKiif oil kiL mui n a ,f ,e saia Agncullurdl Societies to the good r u ie nf . 5 7 & !ff th; 'Sti7' n? elcrdin? fif ' i'lndred conies of ich volume; which r resident ami secretary snan continue m . I - I II . i . " . , . caice during the continuance of this act. 1 H. And be it further enacted, That tfi Treasurer of thi State shall annually on the warrant of the Governor to the board of gricuhnre, one thousand - '"'ri, to enahle them la purchase and - Attribute among the several Agricultural Pieties, such " useful seeds athey may proper, and to- defray such otherhe viry expenses,-a.piomte the object of ;s act, as are not otherwise provided for; i'! said Board shall aunuilly account with Comptroller for the expenditure of said VIII. And be it further enacted, That vl moneys which may have been received s the first day of November last past. hich miy hereafter be received at the iaury of this State, on entries 6f vacant ' J unappropriated landi (excepting the Tokee Lands;) and all balances-, now "iHining, or which hereafter may accu in the hands of Clf iks of Courts of MTurrl. e . r.l : .1 . uudnniie1! ior wnruu inrec years th mr receipt ol thesaair, nv ine ieriin ,!i -, ... . . . " V'el' , V into effect the foregoing objects of this IX. And he it further enacted. That shall be the duty of of any County Cou Law or Equity, or within this State, at the first session of Court of which he is clerk, which shall alter the first day of September next, and every three years thereafter to oroduce to said Court, a statement to be tnade on oath, of all moneys remaining in his hands and which were received by him officially three years previous thereto, specifying: therein the amount of each separate claim, and the name of the person to whom the same is payable. A. And be ttfurttier enacted, That the for shall constitute a part of the fund crea- ted by this act. XI. Andbe it further enacted, That all persons who have been Clerks or Deputy decks of any Court of Record in this State, shall account for the balances in their hands due to individuals in the same raan- ner as is herein required of Clerksnow in oflicc. i : CONGRESS. IN SENATE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. The following written Message was re ceived -from the President of the United States' bv thp hand nf lr. Hvprftt. hU Private Secretary : J To the Senate $ House of Representatives: In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th April, 1822, requesting the President of the United States to com municate n detail the expe nses of building each vessel of war, authorized by the act of 2d January, and its supplements; and also the names, number, tirade, &c. of the offirers and men employed at each Navy Yard and Naval Station. duriW the two years immediately preceding the 1st of fannarv. 1822. I herewith transmit a Re port from the Secretary of the Navy, with the accompanying documents, which con tain the desired information JAMES MONROE. n'ashinsfon, Jan 3, IS22 The messgae was read,' p.nd, with the documents, ordered to be printed. MONDAY, JAN G. Mr. Rodney rose and said, that, in the war which we were no-.v waging against the pirates in the West India Seas, it was proper, he thought, to give somp stimulus to our seamen engaged in it. Our gallant tars, he said, were not likely to gain in such a war the honor they acquired in the late war. and as there was but little 'to be ?ot he wished to supply the deficiency by providing a stimulus of another kind He therefore anked leave to offer the following resolution : , Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs he instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing a bounty to the of ficers and crews of the public armed ves s Is of the United States; and to the own ers, officers and crws of the private arm- ; ed vessels of the United Sta es, for the. prisoners capture!, and the guns taken by ! them, in any piratical vessel CLJMCERLAND road. The! Senate then, according to the order ofthe dav, resumed the consideration of the bill providing for the repair of the Cum berland Road. Mr. Talbot, adverting to what had pas- ,ed when the subject was last before the Senate, stated thai he hnd addressed a let- j ter to the Secretary of the Treasury, ma- I" III . . . - Mu'.u ',a Kins: ine inuuinrs wnnn j-j ui. jifck,v.j- , . ctr, ' 1 lll, 1IU1 OIL Hl-ri" " - J an answer thereto, (which w3 read to the : ... Seriate, staling nrst, to o " Kq was at the commenceincni u, ..ic Cumberland Road, appointed Supennten- , dant thereof, oy the rres.aent o, ine t n, fen Mates, wnn a salary oi .i,om, which was, In 1816, Increased to 2,500. That he is not now considered the Superinten dent,1 and is not i'l the pay of Government. Secondly, that the Secretary had examined the correspondence of Mr. Shiver with the Department, relative to repairs, but it con tains no estimate of the sum necessary to effect that object; hut the Secretary pre sumed that a sum los than 30,000 dollars, would not be aufficient for that purpose. Ir T. s-id, thai jn addition to the data furnhhed by the Secretary of the Treasury, he had consulted several gentlemen well acquainted with the road -one of whom iKfMtcht .?0.0 dollars necessary for its n;ars necessary ior n oM renairs anoiner, mat j,wiuuiiir b-s sufficient r MtWv tho. ho mieht . . i u ,..a ..oDiett lo tne on ,nu -u ta insert 25,000, the lowest sum which ira act. thought inadeqtiaf - . - tJ-Ls than lhi, he be insnfSci.nf. it was confident wo the fore, that a sum sufneisnt tou!u be voted set that the work might be completed m one' . season HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ; FRtDAi JAN. 3. Mr. Williams, frrti the Committee of Claims, to which the abject yas referred reported ai bill in addition toan act tor the prompt settlement of public accounts, and lor the punishment of the crlm of perjury ; which was twice reid and cjrqmitted. The bill is in the following worfst Be it enacted, kc. ThEt ji the settle ment of account of persous remaining charged ori the bioksof theTpird Auditor of the Treasury frith the puUit moneys ad vanced prior to flie 1st day cfjJuly, 1815, the proper accounting officen )e, and they are herebyj authorized to adni tathe cred it of such persons, respective! iheamount of the expenditures made byt em, which were at the time authorized bit iaw or reg ulations, notwithstanding regil r vouchers for the same may not be proa rred, if the impracticability of producing uch vouclj ers shall be proved, to the s jfaction ot the said Accounting officers ; a; d if the e idence exhibited in lieu thereofhalPbe'the best the nature of the several cies will ad mit of and such as would be received in courts of justice. Provided, nevertheless, That the credits to be allowed, shall in no case exceed in amount the su.ir with fohich such persons respectively shall 3e:charged on the books of the said Third Vjditcr. Sec. 2. Andbe it further m-ted, That whenever, in the settlement of t e rfecounts : before mentioned, a difference of opinion J shall arise between the accouatpg officers, I as to the extent of the credits lj be allow- ed, under, or by virtue of tljf act, suck i case shall be referred to the jecretary of War, whose decision shall b conclusive. And it is hereby made thc'bty of said Secretary, to cause to be comrainicatcd to Congress, at the commencerr.Jnt of itch session, a statement, coiapris:.n the names of the persons whose accouna haJl bAve been settled tho'fprecodirt yeff agreeably I to the provisions cf this act, ; the amount which shall have jge'tner with en placed to !vcral heads idence other i the credit of each, under the I of expenditure, and, upon 4 than such as-has been prss ibed' by the laws and regulations existi before the j passage of this act. Sec. 3. And be it further cied, That If any person shall swear, or ffirm, falsely, touching the expenditure of ubJic money, or in support of any claim a iinst the Uni ted States he or they shall, uh'A conviction thereof, suffer as for wilful arl corrupt per- J"'J 1 r On motion of Mr. Barstov, it was Resolved. That the Coraliittee on Na val Affairs be instructed to d quire into the expediency of modifying o) repealing the aws. oroviditi? for the ailcvance oi s I- vage on all vessels and g to citizens of the United St captured by our public si dds belonging tes, when re ps in time of peace. Air. Raxkin, submitted the following resolution, which, cf coursej by the Rules ofthe House, lies one day bn. the tab'a: Resolved, That the President of the Uni ted States be requested to fujniili thisHouse with any information he nay possess, or in possession of any of the Departments of government, in relation to the number and locality ofthe salt springs, lead end cop per mines, within anv of tie ststes or ter ritories ofthe United States, and which are the exclusive property of tke government, the quantity of land reserved at each, and, if rented or leased 'to whom they have been so rented r and the amount leased the term of time agreed on and received for such lease or leases. MONDAY, JAN. kN (3, .V f nc the Committee of md a !i.l making M McLaxe, from Ways and Means, reported a partiaI appropriation for the support of !vernment for the ycar lS23 (for corn. " nMtion Gf Members of Congress, and the bill was" twice-read and committed The resolution laid on the table by Air. Raskin, on the 3d instant, calling on the President of ithe United States, for infor- . nnA l rnauot. in rc.-u .uu.uc. cahty ofthe alt Springs, J.ead and Cop- per mines, many of the stales or terrno- . . L. A I n . n W.iM . . . c.Vll,Hra property of the government, the quantity, and the terms" on which tbey are leased or rented out, with the amount received for the same, was taken up and agreed to. Mr. A. Smyth, of Va.f offered the fol lowing joint resolution. Resolved by the Senati and House of n c tt:a vt r nLJ. 'SL TZrrZ '.J. , w... . .... rwi each and every Ulerk to appropriate too puie, would be throwing rt, Superior Court of it away, as the repairs, ,f left ow'hnished the Supreme Court, would be of no Use. e honed. tl,' the United states be proposed to the Le gislatures of the' several state v which, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the states, shall be valid,, to all intents and purposes, as part of said con stitution. ' -''"'", v iTo' elector of President arid Vice Presi dent shall be' nominated or appointed "by the President elected, to any oCice, . ap- pointment, or place", whatsoever. Wheja the House of Representatives shall choose a President, no person, who shalf have been a raeraber at the tune of making the choice shall be nominated or appoin- , ted, by tlie President so chosen, to any of- nee, appointment or place whatsoever. When the Senate shall choose the Vice President, no person who shall have been a member of the Senate at the time of ma king the choice, shall be nominated or ap pointed by the Vice President, acting as President, to any office, appointment or place, whatsoever. - . This resolution was read and order ed to lie on the table. -'TUESDAY, JAN. 7. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, Lc The joint-resolution of Air. A. Smyth, of Va. proposing several amendments to the Constitution, to disqualify for holding office al! persons who shall be members of the House of Representatives, at the time of an election cf President of the U. States, &c. was read a second time. Mr. A. Smyth, of Virginia, rose, and said that he would very briefly state the reasons which induced him to offer this a mendment to the constitution. He admit ted that a nation ought not frequently to alter its fundamental lawsj: But as no wis dom could foresee all defects in a form of government; when those defects shall ap pearand especially when they shajl.appear during the youth of a nation, and threaten to produce pernicious consequences, it would not be prudent to refuse to amend them. And there is a difference, he said, j between altering the provisions actually made by the constitution, and adding, by way of amendment, such further provisions ' as time shall prove to be required. J The constitution had, he said, been but i 12 years in operation when a person was I nearly made President by the House of, - Representatives, to whom the people had net piven a single vote with the intention that he should fill that office. An amendment ins been made to the constitution, provi. d in ; against the recurrence of such an event: and this shews that no foresight can be re lied ca that is not the' result of experience. ! It now appears probable that it will fre- quentiy happen, that the choice oi President tyill be made by the House of Representa tive:!. And it has been shown that, as, in making this choice, the vote will be giveji by, States, 31 representative out of 212? representing a little more than one-seventh part of the people, may choose a President. Ten representatives may -give the vote of seven States. I 'do not, said he,- propose to alter even that provision of the constitution ; but I propose to prevent some of the mischiefs to which that provision manifestly tends. The mischiefs I apprehend are these: That the .time may arrive when the wealth and pepuhtion of the nation, being "greatly in creased, the power and' Patronage of, the Executive may also be greatly increased ; and tha Presidential chair may consequent ly become more desirable than it now is, in the' eyes of ambitious men. The Pre sident having the appointment of all the civil and military officers of the United States ami .foreign Ministers, and power to remove the whole except the judges, this will enable him to confer wealth and pow er on those to whom he shall be indebted for his elevation. Thus, the offices within the grant of the President will supply, with the means of amply rewarding his electors, any man wnose name suouiu uc jounu among the tnree nignest on me nsi oi votes mven by tne electoral coucges, anu who shall have no scruples to prevent him from holding out to those who will support him holding out to those who will support hj the promise of rewards. Thus, the mo H c principies of the man, the grat idvintase he will derive from this si i l hus, the more. rrirater itu- ation of things, From the interest which the next .Presi dential election already excites throughout the nation, it is manifest that these elections of President are, in time to come, to endan ger the tranquility, perhaps the peace, per- baps the constitution, oi me united aiates. A throne Mr. S. is a great temptation, & who saw a sceptre itheir reach, Vailed to endeavor to - ' grasp it ; although, before they could secure it, crimes must be committed, and blood flow in torrents. We need not, said Mr. S. consult the history of former times. . If Louis XVIII. could see with joy, France conquered and despoiled by foreign armies, because a consequence thereof was, that be t 1J .1 .1 f .1 . ...IrU sulu "-h u"" "uu j fora few year, of hi, old age, can redoubt that some candidate for the Pres.deni.a ,hair of th great Repub ic, will be louna of President, as the means of obtaining the first situation it) his country ? Call tho office what you will, he who fills it is elected for years to a seat in which he exercises kingly powef. v rV.jv f Tiie amendment which f offer, said, Mr. S. will remove from the election, or choice of President, the influence arising from the desire,: expectation, or hope, . of Office. ' I anticipate from it very beneficial effects, ia securing the purity and tranquilty of those mjost important elections. The, exclusion of a small number of citizens, which will not, at the next election, exceed 260, if an election is made by the Electors, or 212, if tatives, cannot be in any wise detrimental to the interests of the United States, Some have proposed to exclude from office, at all times, members of Congress. I do not a gree to that proposition not seeing any sufficient motive for creating such a disabili ty; but I would exclude the Representa tives, whenever they shall have been Elec tors of a President J Mr. S. concluded, '.by intreating the memSers of the House, who might expect to be, in the next Congress, to .prepare their minds to make this sac rifice to the wejfare of their country, and thereby secure, as far as practicable, the purity of the government, and the durabil ity of the Constitution, Arc. Mr. S. then moved to commit the re'so lution to the committee of the whole on. the state of the Union j which was agreed to. . , , - CUMBERLAND ROAD. The Speaker then laid before the House tin following letter from the Po4t Master General. General Post Office, ? January 7th I H23. $ Sir: In obedience to a resolution ofthe House of Representatives, passed the 31st of December, relatins to the state and con dition of the Cumberland Road, the obsta cles (existing) to the safe and speedy trans- portation ofthe United States Mail on waid road, and what effect Miermay have,(if nor removed,) on the expenditure of the Post Office Department T have the honor to communicate, that,! in (he mouth of Novem ber last, I passed ovef the whole nMh.it road, and, travelling only by day light, wasenabled to observe ils state, and -con--di'tion, wfilch 1 attentively did. The western (being the nevrst) part of the road, is in a ruinous state, and be tm, in rapidly impaired. In some places the bed of the road is cut through by wheels, making cavities which continually increase & retainwater, which, by softening the road, contribute to the tn- largement ofthe cavities : In others, the road is much injured, by the sliding down ' of earth and rocks from the elevated hills,' ' and by the falling off of parts of the road down steep and precipitous declivifies of several hundred feet ; so much abridgiug the width of the road, that two carriages cannot pass each other. ! Obstacles do really exist to the safe, and speedy transportation ofthe United States97., mail upon that road. The Mail Contrac- . tors have sometimes been necessitated to remove them, before the mail could pass, on j and such delay produced, that the mail stages have,, in some instances, been unable to reach their point of arrival in due season, to deliver over the mail, and con sequently pro3ucing falfures. , f these obstacles are suffered to exist and f increase, . the great western ."mail must be transported on lengthier, oblique,, and circuitous roads, which; will retard the expedition of the mail, and considerably enhance the expenditure of the Post Office ' Department. j Thp Cumberland Road, so interesting . to the nation, will, in my opinion, formed by; observations when upon it, cease to he useful unless repaired. That part of the Road contiguous to Cumberland, and the oldest, is in a tolerably good condif ion, be cause, it has been seasonably, and judi ciously repaired ; which repair was true economy in the preservation of the Road.; I enclose a. letter from J. L. Skinner, Esq. an intelligent and practical, gentle- man on the subject of that Road ; also, a nother from George Dawson, Esq. a gen tleman of much respectability. ;1 have the honor to be very respectfully, ; Vour most obedinf servant, I RETURN J. MEIGS, Jr. Hon. Philip P. Bahboub, of '.the Roust of Reprtstnlatittf. T'he letter was read, and, with the enclo sures, ordered to lie on the table. : IT person having parts of an ELEC TRICAL; MACHINE formerly be longing to Dr. J. O. Freeman,w'i11 oblige the owner by leaving them with Mr. Joseph Bell, immediately. . Jan. U, 1823 '51 '52. i of evert rEscRjrrioif,; NEATLY EXECUTED AT T2118 OFriCC ti 1 -1 ,:;f
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