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ou i f i IS if- ii. i fl 1 . f , i " ' IIP? ' ; to if ' r . . If. -! : ; I i ' rfv it. , ' ' :,,.('. - : OFFICIAL PAPER. ' Report of ; the Post-Master General. To the President of the United States, r ' : Post-Offic DEP'ARTMBirr," ' ' - JTqv. 24, 1825. : As stated ; in my Report, of the .17th Ho. 1823, there was a deficiency of re ceipts trrmeet the current expenses of this Department, for the three ;' years preceding the 1st April,:i823, pf $262,821 46. , The same Report stated the expenditures as exceeding the rectpfs;'for the year en ding on the 1st July,;l 823, by: $55,&0 39. r- The expenditures for the "year en- 1 ding on the' 1st July, 1824, amoun- ' . " 'ted to . .' Vr- . 1,169,198 91 There was received for postage , , during the same time .- - 1,156,811 56 ' Which showg a balance of expen- -' : diture ever the receipts, . of twelve ... !. thousand three hundred and eighty v seven dollars and thirty five cents, 12.387 35 - The receipts for the year ending l I i tit July, 1825, were 1,252,061 32 The expenditures were - 1 ,206,584 42 , Leaving a balance of receipts a hore :. the expenditures, . of forty ve thousand fbur hundred and seventy six dollars & ninety cents, 1 45,476 90 ' .The following wilf show the in '- ' , crease of receipts for the years r Specified. . . "- . .. .,. . For the year ending ' 1st July, 1823, the receipts were 1,114,345 '12 For the year ending the 1st July, j ;824, - ; - - ' 1,156,811 56 Increase of receipts, 2,466 44 The receipts for the year ending 1st July, 1824, as above , - 1,156,811 56 -The receipts for the year ending 1st July, 1825, were ; 1,252,061 32 Increase of receipts,! 95,249 76 In making the contracts in the- fall jof the year' 1823, there was a reduction of" expenditure though ai increase of mil ac commodation was given, of 47,821 12 This su m may, therefore be added to the increase receipts, as it was an augmenta tion of the means of the Department. . Increase of toe year ending 1st f fuly, 124; " : ' ' 42,466 44 "For do. ending 1st July, 1825, - 95,249:76 Reduction of expenditure, . 47,821 ,12 ' Showing an improvement in, je pecuniary affairs of the De partment, for the ' year ending. J st July, 1825, compared with the year ending 1st July, 1823, of onc'.hundred and eighty-five., thousand five hundred &t thirty seven dollars it thirty-two cents, 185,537 32 , - Since my Report of the 30th Nov. 182 v Contracts have been made for an additional transportation of the mail, of one million thirty-three thousand seven hundred and three miles, annually. Six hundred and thirteen: thousand and twenty-four miles of ; this transportation will be effected in sta ges, the residue on horseback or in sulkeys. j This service has been contracted for at i gn expense of fifty-eight thousand - and twelve dollars and forty-two cents. As al most theho!e of this1 expense has been incurred since the first of July last, but a mall part of it appears in the expenditures or the year ending on that , day. ; In my last Report, the ir creased trans-, portatiou of the mail .sinc the Ist Juiy, 1823, up to that time, was stated aVfour hundred and ninety-five thousand one hun dred and eighteen miles. , Three hundred And seventy four thousand two hundred 4 nd seventy miles of this' distance j the.raail )s Conveyed in stages". - v ,; ; ' The 'increase of the .transportation of the mail since the 1st July, 1823, amounts to one-million five hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and twenty one mile annually ; a distance nearly equal to, pne.sixth of its annual transportation, throughout the Union previous to. that time 5 and only I falling short about two hundred thousand; miles per annum of jts en vitc conveyance in the year I797r ; . : v Such has been the accession of receipts for postage, 1 hat the additional expendi tures required by tlrls extension of the mail, will be met without dslBculty ; and, it Con- gres should thmk proper lb relieve the Traury from all chaige on account of this Department, the usual appropriations may be dravvn Iiom its owti funds. ..." K Since the 1st July, I823,theie have been established one thousand and , forty Post Offices y a greater number than existed in the Union in the v ear 1801; ' v Suits have been commenced on the balf ances standing, against late. Postmasters, before the, 1st! July , 1 823, whenrthere. ex isted any probability ;of collecting the wl.4er;any part, from the - principal or his sureties. Kr-$:-r:& -; '' ' " ' Itwas stated in .the repottjf 17th ;.-No emberi823,that; there was due to the Department . from'; Postmasters; late Post-. Blasters, and Contra ctbrsHn the 1st July, 18231 three hundred and .ninety-one thou- land nine hundred and i ninetyrtour dollars and fifty-nine cents,. And in the same lie oort it was estimated, that : not more than two hundred and .fifty thousand dollars : of this sum could De couectea. a ae progress that has since been . made, in adjusting these balances, goes ttf ctmfirm the accura cy of thif estiraate;" - r '?$f? .The amount, tnereoi, aue xo the; Department, on tne 1st July ' h rrpatm- nurt of which 'J-r.i. mnst be realised from old balan- - t br the sale of property oo- :;U execution, inay t stated at t rf 10,000 00 the excess otl receipts ;tver th; neiditares.:ibr tha earv e V:f ding the 1st July, 1825, after de ducting therefrom $ 12,387, 35, the deficiency of receipts to meet i he expenditures for the previous year," , " " 33,089 55 5283,089 55 Making the total sum of 4 A law was passed at the Jast session of Congress, auihoriimg th: Postmaster fie-r neral, under certain restrictions, to discon tinue avmail , route which. shall- have :: been in operation three years, and the .receipts on ;whicfa do not equal one-fourth .of the expense. "As this. provision;does not takt effect until three years after the passage of the act, ft affords no immediate relief from tlie expenditure of money on unproductive routes. ... - J ; ; ' ' ; I With tbe exception of some routes which connect important districts of country, the expenditures, ought always to bear , a; just proportion to the receipts. No fairer cri terion of the inutility of a small route can be afforded, than its failure to pay a rea sonabie proportion of the expense. : . j On some routes, trie mail bag is often carried when it. does not contain a single letter'or newspaper arid. where this is no the case, the 1 expense t of transporting the mail on many routes is from ten to twenty times greater than the receipts.. Bth the justice and policy of such expenditures may well be questioned. A -discontinuance of unproductive routes, u hjch afford Iitile or no accommodation, would save from forty to fifty thousand dollars annually. Thissuni, judiciously appropriated, would give mud public accommodation, and - would be the. means of increasing the receipts 01 the De partment. ; . l. . .' - . ..I -; Some losses of money transmitted in the mail, have, occurred within the past yar. bpt it, is believed that the sum have been smaller, arid the instances more rare, than have, taken place wiihin the same period, for many years. ; And it is a ; fact, impor tant to be" known j that, for eighteen months past, very few.depredations upon the mail have escaped detection, v iJy permitting the large portmanteaus to be opened only at the important offices, and having them secured by locks different from those used on the way bags, greatei safety has been given to the mail j- In the operations of this D-partmen.. there are between fifteen and twenty thou sand agents employed. That these should a'M act with the promptitude and precision of a well disciplined military , corps is not to bea expected but it is believed, that, with some exceptions, they exhibit a.i en erby and attention iii the discharge of their tnuiuiarious uuiies, creanaoie to tnemselves and .advantageous to the public. The quarterly returns of Postmasters are now made with great punctuality, and they sel- om fail to pay the drafts of the Depafi- ment. NATIONAL NAVAL "SCHOOL. A recommendation contained in the President's Message, we hope will re ceive the immediate sanction of the na tional legislature we allude to the estab lishment of a Naval. Academy, similar to the iMilitary one now in successful opera tion at West Point. The army is favored with an academy, designed to discipline, instruct and train; American youth to the exercise of arms. 1 How Iing has it been lhat the navy of America has deserved Jess ofpublic patronage than the army. The youth who are destined to 'maintain the honor of the nation on the ocean, are en dowed with no such advantages as the of ficers of the army enjoy. We disdain all invidious comDansons z nor shall we nrefi tend to say which party is entitled. to the largest amount of American gratitude. IV , - is amply sufficient tor our purpose that they both enjo3 -the unbounded confidence of their country An English naval officer is. put under a particular discipline and train ing, and never have the lords of the admi ralty made such indefatigable exertions for maintaining and extending English ascen dancy upon the ocean, as they are doin? at I the present hour. ihey.; invite, by - the most lextravagant bounties and 'rewards, every improvement in naval discipline, every new invention in the construction of cannon, muskets, rockets, and all the hor rible artillery of death; and these when presented, are subjected to the most rigid examination previous; to their final adop tion. Is any one so silly as to believe, that in case a war should break out to morrow between this country and Eng land, that we should have.: naval enemies of the same character to encounter that we had in'the last-war;' No stung by a sense of. defeat, the nation- has aroused ' all - her ilayal energies and iiiew forked alllberrna valjightnings -We appeal to the patriot ism of the members' of Congress, and ask whether, they calmly and with folded arms, seesuch preparations without taking some counteracting measures on our part. Now is the time for taking rour. naval stand: to form a naval academy, for disciplining and instructidg American youth the Siture -tVlacdonoughs, Perryss Decaturs, ! ofj Our country vi 1 we souer this time 10 go py , jo' pass.unimproved,! we just surrender so mucbrjounijlQ our' rivals. :' Our - apathy will imakew a sacrifice may feel and bitterly 1 lament thefdnse? quences hereafter. Alere individual brave rywithout skill, ia some points of view, is worse han)coardice itsd may: run fronV dageivohqVupid bravery r ushes bead long into it,withoutforseeing any mode of extrication whatever. ; j We respect our naval officers lob much to Visit I that their individual exertinnA fnf imnhvp mthp' ial tatiiicaj" fcriowledge aitf skill; sVemTd UUH ai such Toose an5 cften eotin tefactirig tnds-f We wish to see it all em bodied in'an academical form enlarged, discipline! and -enlightened by all the ad vantages ot experience. Nations are not so many soliury roupsmenUssetnbled rogetht r 0)1 different. farts of the globe, There iX lion perjnAually going bo, j not less in peaceXtharr in war It is otie of the first and 'most imperious d uties of a stateiiiau, to discover the signs of the times, and to; turn all to the behetf the paramciutif ben fitv 'of his country rf It isr under a convict lion of this duv , that our chief niatJsirat u w recom uieiros the measure which has firmed 'the subject1 of these remarks and we hope' hat his excell. nt ugees ion will receive fiorri the wisdom of t 'onuijpss, that active co-bpeiation whsch ill lead to tli early establishment f hh institution o im portant to, the r:fiiciency of tins rip'ht ar.o at the national detence. Balt.(Americaii MR. Ji. i . iSON. ! : The filJoiug letter f o m this illustrious man shews how entirely he retains, to old age, th- fire of patriotism aid the f tcultis the 'iiiml ft nujjht to be made puhlic. Were ii only hs anUocentiye to the preser vation of tie; nifOiu ial of . the revolution which aret) befiuridm the private, cones poudence (f th- leading men of that a J Mimiiceitoy Nov. 291 825. . I thankyou. sir, for the. copy you hav been so kind as to send ue, - of ?he lif-'of your grandfather Hichahd IIknkv Leg , i otiall r'ea:i j ifh great pleasure ; for a dic iitm f Viteil taught us, ong"aii the truth juvat renovare dolores." ; times . wef Irving, we look Although the with sitisfction ,Your grandfather was indeed a gret mn and acted a great part in those aful scenes, and he is fortunate in having H tlest"ehdnnt capable of making known his merits to the generations which shall feel tle benefits. You have set, too, ho excellent example, in depositing his valuable, correspondences 'with the Ameri can Philosophical cietyr j It is, most de irable thaMhis example should be general ly followed,. Ibr the true history of ithe re o iution, iis secret springs," private passions, their influence aud ; effect on the public transactions, can hever be truly known uu til these boards of private correspondence be, aiven to the public! With niy thanks, be pleased to accept the assurance of my great esteem and 1 esp-ct. I ,,. -Til JEFFERSON. R. H. Lee, Esq GRAND JURY PHESENTOIENT. I'he Grand Jury tor .Muskingum coun ty, Ohio, lately made the following pre sentmertt. . ' Notwithstanding numerous land well adapted laws, crime, in multifarious forms, abound to an alarming degree, jibe mor als' of ' society appear to depreciate. In temperance is marching with, rapid strides, urging on. its victims with the. besom of destruction. Its ravages are not co.ifined. to the lower class of society, or the ranks of mediocrity; but its baleful influence is manN fesied among : those who move in higher circles, and whose examples giye a tone to ! he , feeling and habits of society, not ex cepting some ; who are" honored iwith the hitfhrst gifts and confidence of the people. The Gtand Jury feel .it their dtity to ad vert to" the evil just mentioned, in an espe cial manner. - They consider it as the fruitful source of the great muss ol iniquity and 'misery which abouuds in the land Therdemoraliziug effects which arise from the practices , pursued by the generality of those. who wish to obtain- public offices, have become tub momentous to be passed over in silence. The disgusting scenes which are exhibited at public gatherings, a short time previous to the annual elec tion, and on the day of election., i are such as to exclude, every honest and! worthy man from a participation! in the right of, suurage,. 11 auty am not imperiously re quire it. And such is the expense of time and money attending the electioneering campaign of candidates about the country, and such quantities of ardent sniiits are profusely administered that it-will soon happen, if it has hot already become a fact, that no person, ' except ; he; is destitute of moral principle, and regardless of charac--ter, will be found willing 5to foffer his ser vices as a public officer. Such aucburse of conduct js calculated place f unworthy men in tfie Legislature of your State, and to exclude talents and real merit, from her councils." It rcbntravenes : the ' invaluable right ; of suffrage, and saps the foundation of civil; liberty. ; The -decided disapproba tion of all good men is imperiously deman ded to put a stop ' to such evils.' ! The re duction of the emoluments of office, espe cially of-the memberVof : the8 Legislature, wbije it would not irt'thejeast prevent men of: Wonh rom accepting thel olficej . would very much lessen the' gjredy ( manner in which it is sought for; by the common of fice unterr would terid to shorten the ses sion of the'Legisfaturey and reduce the ex penditures of the tate.. "' Such ibbiecfs, in the opinion of the Grand Jury, are worthy "V "tfwi , icjr: wcn-wisuer 01 socie- ? l:gr.r .f -Ir; -" . ,,' ThV Newkmmericaii says, " if we tie IcprreeUinfcijm emment have recently5 come to the cbnclti sionabsblutely'tb ?ei eel ;the claims of but me'rehants for indemnification ; ;and ; this usipri wpi beiV a communicated to iMr. yrowny whenever lie (Jfesse again for; fen answer." PLANTATION near the mouth sf SlbcambCfeelsi miles below vNewbern. - There are abour 200,000 Lorn Hills clearep, and under good fence. . For terms apply, to ':!--V-J 'v:": - . ' JOHN.tsSMITH. 4 lieern" Dec Slst, 1815.. NOTICE. & lLL.be sold, at Public Vendue, on VV: Triesday the Sd?day of January next, for the benefit of all cbnncerned, the Schooner AZORA, of New-YoTTrfiand her MATERIALS. 5 , .1, ",:.' By order of the Captain. jx J ECU ONE A 5 P1GOTT, Cbm'r Wks. KLEGANT eN Ycav1s Present. FOR 1 HE YEAH 1826, J Just received and lor sale by - j T. WATSON. Dhc 24. . ' . " J ..' ""..' NOTICE. On W.nday the second of January next, at the Court House jjtit JVewbern, will be hi edfor. the yer9 SIXTY 3LAVES, BKL.i stiING TO it I i OilS. At the sartie iijm and place, will be ren ted for the year, A Plantation on BriceV Creek, be longing, tp tlie orphans! of William P. M ore,; deceased. j A Grist Mill, on Clubfoot's Creek, belonging to Michael S. Fisher, a minor. j j A Plantation on Pearson's Point, belonging .to the orphans of Christo pher D. Veale. A Plantation in Adams' Creek,, be longing to the orphans of William P. Moore, deceased.! j The plantations (excepting the last) are under good fences Sundry Slaves belongiingto the estate of Robert I. Sparrow, ; deceased, will be hired out at the sarnie time. Persons indebted to rn? as the Guar dian of the-above minors, are reques ted to make payment as indulgence cannot be given to them. j GEO ; WILSON. Newbern, Dee. 20, 1825. 1VARR ENTOJST FEMALE ACADEMY. IT is already extensiv-ly known that th? Rev. E. Brainerd and the Rev. C. G. Brainerd propose continuing the Warren ton Female Academy atj the situation for 1 mrrly occupied by Mr. Jacob Mordecai, and recently oy evir. rLUifiKBTT. in warren ton. But the qualifications of neither the Gentlemen," or the Ladies by whom they will be assisted, are sufficiently known to inspire the public with confidence, or en sure encouragement to their exertions in ihje cause of Female' instruction. . . I We have had before us the highest testi monials of the talents and fair moral charac ter of the Gentlemen' and the Ladies assol- ciated as the Directors. and Directresses ol the proposed Institution, and do with much pleasure recommend theih to the confidence and patronage ol the public. ' JOHN HALL, robt: H. JONES, KEMP PLUMMER. PETER R DAVIS, STEPHEN DAVIS, JAS. SOMERVILL, ,: SAM'L. 11ILLM N, JOHN ANDERSON, GEO ANDERSON, PHILIP C. POPE, j DANIEL TURNER. Warrenton, N. C. Dec. 14, 1823. '6 '7- f- Those Editors who have published the Advertisement of the; Messrs; Brainerds relative to their proposed Academy, will insert the above, until the second week w January, and forward their accounts with that of the other. ;;: NOTICE. f. fl H E Copartnership heretfore existin g r;JLT under the firm cCVVmS. WEBB &Co was dissolved by mutual consent ontbe 5th instant., 1 hose .who are indebted to said firm, are requested to make immediate pay- ment to VYM.a. Webb, who is fully autho rized to settle the business of the concern. f WM. S. WEBB, f J. WOOSTER. December 23d, 1825 '5. . ' V 'is The business will in future be transacted at the old stand, Pollok.st.by ' :r :,,.-:.: WM.S.WEBB. 0, ; . . NOTICE. T December Term, 1825 of the Court Sessions of of Pleas and Quarter 'Jones County the Subscriber obtained Letters; 6f Administratlob oa the estate of Robe&t Koiuveoat, Esq. deceased. All persons indebted to the estate of said intes tate,' are. requested to make immediate pay ment ; and, those having claims against it4 are nptmea,. to present tne -same , to tne Subscri7er. within ,the time .limited, by law, or thje yill be; barred of recoyery y DUR ANTH AfTCH JrJflirV A X3L &4;p BANK OF NfcWBfcti j, -QL dec 1 ' . 1 - . a. n r B k . area it on m thisBnk, A,0pUa, Sl llf Vni A n J W 31st December. 1825. Th- ww in rnnm- paid tothe Stockholders or thp'.r i. . c Slim u.:n .1 w'Ub? sentativps. at anv tim d.i.:.. n 6 ' i ieooi after the second of January, is ursi Dec. 30, 1825 G 9 ' U,AV f 1 1 H G Annual Election for tU .1. I DIRECTORS of the BA'Tof BERN, for the year 1826, wilful w Bank, in the town oi Newbern on ei Monday of January next. Th mipn at eleven and clnso at . " ,H ' r . " . 11 J une Dec. 301825 "V. X HOGSHEAD of superior St c mJ just opened, for sale by x ; I! JOSEPH OLIVER Dec. 31st 1 LVi 100 D AGON, or Coiineciicut m PLOUGHSi'ju.t received perScho..,, 1 numph, and for sale by I edward c. King. Dec.f31st. ji academy: A NEW QUARTER will comtnence in the Subscriber's School 00 Mondai the second of Januiry. . :' .- ' J. MUNSELL. Dec. 31st.-. 1 PITTMAN Si SANF0RD. Have just received per Schooner Convoy j from New-York, Sn t egmit usssortmenl of I HATS, BOOTS b SHOES, ; which liiey offer tor sale on reasonable termi Newborn, Dec. 31st, 1825 76tf. IFLOUK, T Just received from Philadelphia. perSch'r.Midai 1 UPERFLNE FLOUli,bbltf & half bbit O Hall bblsj BUCK-WHEAT, .; Do. dot RYE FLOUR, WHISKEY by the hhd. & bbl. ij iOJV HAND, Old CHAMPAIGNE BRANDY, Halt DUCK, Ravens DUCK-Forsaleb? I SAMUEL OLIVER. Dec. 31st 68 EDUCATION. HE Duties of J. ilulton's Academy r will be resumed on Monday rifxt, it his dwelling house on Pollock-street. Hii classes not being full, he solicits the cou tinuation of public patronage Dec. 31, 1S2.V- Iw.v For Sale, ' A LIKELY NEGRO BOY, and u excellent GIG HORSE And It Rent, the House & Lot formerly the fa dence of Mrs. lltinley, on Froni-sueeU Apply to 4 ASA JOMi Dec. 24, 1825 1 I. 1 ' THOMAS W. MAC HEN, MIDDLE-STREET , Two doors Sorth of the Court Houst, RESPECTFULLY informs his mend! and (he public, that he continues u clean and .repair Clocks and Watches of every description, on very moderate terms. His long Experience in the above business, and his endeavours to please, will, lieirotf, ensure him a liberal share of patronage. He has on hand, Patent Lever, Kep it ing, and plain Watches, of a goou quality, Watch Chains, Seals, Keys, Crystals, Silver Table Spoons, Tea Spoons, De sert Spoons, Thimbles, Pencil Cases, tyeo tacles, Sewing Needles,, Surveyors and Pocket Compasses all of which be fill dispose of cheap tor cash, or old gold wi silver. ' . 1 , Dec. 31, 1S25 -'Q6. , v,, i NOTICE. j ON Wednesday the 11th of January next, at the Store of the late Robert Kornegay, in' Trenton, will commence and . continue from day to day, the sale o( large and general assortment of Groceries Hardware, Crocker, Glassware, Shoes, Saddler)', v H Cotton Baggings &c. all purchased; in New-York b the deceas ed, only , a few days previous to his and comprising a selection worthy the"J tention of the Country Merchant. Frintea Catalogues pf the Goods will be dismbuij. at the sale, ft- Sir montlis 1 credit . r given and should the situation of tb f tate permit itj (which the subicriber cano yet ascertain) a longer credit will beafl ded on all large purchases. ... -On Tuesday, Jan. 17th, will sold at the residence of the deceased Trenton, his Perishable Property, con ;..''f n.a'o ' Onit): Unas. Corti, f . d,duon9HouMd KdaenJ j ture,: Plantation Utnsus, p"?- 4 Smoke-House, . and ' sundry W'J Trenton.-t the same time, will De . out for one year, several vatuao.c-. . . Wmnnr whoin are two good Coup And wilt be renten, 01s 1 -- ? tion.near irrmun, -"v.: i 1 . . i j a r-.t n o.iiouc 1 id 1 HATCH, vr. 6' 1 1 d Dec. 19th;i825, i - 0 i . i. I t 1
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