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- ( . . . - dg-ji T ,-,--iMMrtMM-iMliiaaaaaBaaaMaaaSM . v-w. "77 -7 ,p ' v - 7 ,v-v- ' ' --v ' 77 - , - . :- - ' -I V 7-r.v7V77 .;l 7 , -V 7 f ... -.. t 4 PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BT - At 53 per annum half payable in advance. Treasure tj Keport. To the Honorable the General Assembly or I r the "State of North-Carolina. E5TLEM2N, J ' , In' obedience to the Act of Assemblv which, reauires ofr the Public Treasurer of . this Slate, for the time be ing an Annual Report to the Legislature, I do myself the honor respectfully to sub bjit the following, to wit : The Receipts at the Treasury of North Carolina for the year commencing with the first day of November, 1825, and en ding with the last day of October, 1820, including sundry payments of arrearages and the public taxed of every other de scription which became due and were paid at the Treasury. of this State within that period j together with the dividends declared by our three several Banks and which were not appropriated ; the pur chase money or procesds of the vacant lands latterly entered and paid for in the course of time above-mentioned ; and the collection made from the7 bonds given by purchasers of the public lands near Raleigh,-which were sold in 1820, amount to $135,147 491; including an item of ($21,042 70, receiveorinto the Treasury in course of the'year, as a reimbursement of the like sum theretofore advanced and paid out of it, in aid of the fund lor Inter- j Li Improvements and to extinguish the Improvements and to extinguish claims of sundry Indians of the Chero kee Nation to certain s reservations of lands in" Hayiwood county. , To this sum the balance remaining in the Treasury' on the first-day of Novem ber, 1825, and thereafter to beaccouritecl for, as reported to the last General As sembly, being added, viz. $1 13,884 27, an aggregate amount of $249,031 77 is foimed.. "'..:,' ":, . From this sum total, disbursements have been made;: within . tbe time -first ab'uve mentioned,; including 'defaced and worn out Treasury Notes, burnt by the last Assembly, to amount of $123,729 7 .ilfejwMiiAjri rant ot. transter 12 ?W lu uion School or education, fund,'. have been banded over to the Comptroller, and pas sed upon by ' that officer.? " This expenditure being deducted from the aggregate amount above mentioned, will be found to leave.a balance of125, 202 70 remaining in the Treasury of this gav on the first day of 'November, 132$ JState ! OO lur ursi uav u( iiucuiuci . -j .' : e f " t or the several iiems ronni ' aeDtion and expenditure above he Public Treasuferast, leav. rp.- Jully .jo refer lo me printed .tufeqeau prepared anffuroi.hed byU, Uon,p.ro,- ler, for ?he o o. u -.ea.o. hi Stated amouuted to 1 i544 1 men were passed to theepdit" ofi4heStateby' -Ithai 'BanUi and are, "--.of: course irtcuded' in the amount ,ot the Veceipts atthe .Pub-J Treasury .aove, meieu Decenrbrrranrioeno, novcr, A u,u- beicgh rnouqtothejrHerest hi ch tad accwd and was payaljJout ou t$ oj tne unuaiu therein b; N toe deciara ibe voucher vUvilieoU .and daymen included in the "general account of ezpen-U j s fitubnrsemenis: -tar lam Kins4 "liXVahdwill bumiolii - tba fifes i . i . . ' .1 nt-nmi 1 kvm lianuea over iu iuc wuiijn -w men i & :Ui Mi'V Wl: I f Tne Banks ,bf Cape'Fwr vftpdy ISW? 4 - ' ... . . " t . If . 4iuL I w. Trr . v . r wl ,, 1. if.' iim'i iiaierWuel bitUeilf'tit on"the stock or abares -or '.tneip-capnat lately purchased by ihe SlateV ;; the- firsf ndVamolinTfT other tofamoohj' ftnma at at. ra ill ' intni the common Trca jury oi ine oiaie, anu.areiaiu-r I "rrani oi iransier 10. iuc cuuwi beretn before noticedXI MilH i Of-tbe-umi of $12302 0 saboye ; mentioned, as beinsf the balanciJduefand payable from ilie Public TreasWertbjthe Stare, of North-Carolina. . orr the first'diy ot November lastvSSlSwerede- posited and stood at m)reiliitr.Pjiblle motioned, Ttat tnKot onP1; r aUa to "the sameYund; alared dividends ine4rn thtmeunt the dividend', last ;abbve ' ber and" June last at the rate of 4.per JF PWhuVl: . r .-V k -V , .luhXur hi1f intii hi mentioneav .. . t jj. (.j. cenv xi wiw.ur" t..c ...v. trrfc. TMhcurAr has renderea to 1 !Vn" vT,V f'liahd prbaiance-oi, orfh-CaroIina, at the time of 1 HIWIjr-iiWLi for eaenm .he .fe&fj0' oern ai me "fiv r?'S r 1 ir;nruMMjNsivu-lABri hrdprd At theprocdsofwhicliit willb Stbe-ilsV:f November funaWed laikor are hole of ihem is and those Banksdeclaredalso WtKtWtfa rW5Ww7sihViih $33,007 31 were (deposited and stood at my credit, in like manner in the Bthk of Newbern, in Raleigh. $ i:4 j;; i, And $9,87 25j were depositerlj , in like manner, and stood at my credit i as Public Treasurer in the Bank of, Cape Fear at Fayetteville. 7 i 7 - The remainder consists of worn and redeemed Treasury, Notes, which have so considerably and so rapidly accumula ted since the first of November last, as to put it out of my power hitherto to count aadj prepare them for burning j which hall however be done as soon as practi cable ;--of warrants and Mother claims on the Treasury paid off and taken up since the close, of the late fiscal year ; and of Bank Notes and current Treasury Notes kept in the office for the purpose of meet ing the demands or expenditures of the day, which are often great and rarely fail to he considerable. ft will be seen from the Comptroller's Statements, as well as from this Report; the Public Treasury as the purchase mo that the common school fund had at, its ney and in payment for the Lands ceded credit, on the 1st day of November last, the sum of $12,304 95 J !; since which time and on the 7th of December inst. the dividend declared by the Cape Feat; Navigation Company for 1826, on the shares held in it bv North-Carolins, a mounting to $420, (which also is appro- ritH anrf h1onr. tn that fund, i has been paid into the Treasury of the States This item however could neither be re- ported nor otherwise officially niade known by me to the Comptroller. on the day of Nov. last; the day on which a 1 the bublic accounts are made up and bal- anced ; because payment was not at inai . guou .aim vauu kji mo g'u. ,,n'c" time made by the Company, nor was it wise that all power in regard to this de in tact made until the 7th of the month posite rests wholly with the Legislature itr-.n, . o ;r..,n.ei90 which would lowiniy : a leave me free to omit noticing it here, nor should I (lo it, were it hot for ray , anxious desire to place this infant fund in the most respectable point of view in ray nowerV and from mv wish likewise, to rin even more than common Justice to the ' nairintir. r.en and untirin? endeavours of v tlii's the only Navigation Company in the State which has, as yet, declared any di vidend whatever -and, acting under the i n fiuence of the' same principle and feel- f.,.t trtnnt he transferred on the luiai luiiu vuuiv - ; - 1st of November, last, on account of the provisions and limitations of the act of 1824 in regard to that fucd, and because likewise tof the unsatisfied claims. which then existed and at present exist, as well as'others. of.thiilce nature which may be made upon it by counties that have not vet -formed Agricultural Societies, but which otay,stiM p.so in.ceuiu-.jr .. ff'iV.lA.fciW. ' i'irible iobe ahcl eki iiie U is r-inad; weirnigf. , -ri:;uU hi Durchaserspf parts oflheTCherokee Eans., together -widi all tIeVraohtes received by him ; wh.ch are tu. A,at nr rlisnosal of that ntiprt7m he draf ts,pr . disposal of ,fcea with tne . 1 . i - rnr rr.Ti i .i v.j a - 4e io WW-V&lW I ail abstract of rtceints and, disbursements, . . a. -mi l l . a w u i v v yr n.n ' .i '..l;sB trKvn rS.tlnuu.t fund ai ''North jrolina on ; the 1st f day of Novembec 1 credit or the said tuna i . wnicn aiawiucu oosetfofl' band, but rl6mbre?;thairiirf prob be, sold fn' course of ih present sessioii An thi. &pnihltf this item.1 howeveri1 in cdnlottxii tyf with the assurance given by ih Treasurer in his lastt annuaKrepo wks ihrVotatedin bis geiiral 7 account? lSas'settied'withheCoimptl ion the'lsdayafoVembetilasvto i.wi&'oABahlc-St $ebtheuseib toiiiatiEc:inl m hior'was likewise 'deli vereoytnoe ir lihMtier. Shares of Binkr- Stock .iJM ihese difficulties and hindrances wilie; tinjRroverntstncoun vpinhpr. 18251 to the J st of .November, ade i t . i i An trii0 in - riivc i r j 1 Krlnrd whlCtl , SnOy. . u i 4.,.? V" J t toftbe.'llaiiKis,i RJT'-tf 'Hr V 'H- ,-v-,l tenet r rably biiugH tjnt&aV jti rpIwon;iriab6 Treasury in course of the s fiscal year of 1826, to amount of $10,925, as may be seen bv his statements furnished lor tne use ofthe mfmbers,;othisi Assembly : The stock above mentioned . was of the thrre several. Banks of North -Carolina : U-The shares which :, were of the .State Bank and ' of the 1 Bank' of. Newbern, which have hitherto ano for years past declared their dividends at the rate of 4 per cent, half yearly, were purchased at par : and those which wereof the Bank of Cape. Fear, which has latterly declar ed at the rate-of 3 per cent, hair yearly only, were bought at $95 per share. - Pursuant to the provisions ol the act of the jast General Assembly, entitled An act to cede to the United States a certain tract of land called Bogu Banks," the sum of $1287 has been sent or re mitted tome by JLieut VVm, A. EHas9n, of the Enffineers. and affent of fortifica- tions at Fort Macon, to be deposited in to the Uuited States by North , Carolina, through' the said Act : Applications have since been made at the Treasury by one or more of the claimants under the pro visions of tbe said Act, for a part or por tioh of the money so, deposited, or rather for, information as to manner or me necessary to the obtaining its which h means ave been necessarily postponed on the ground that the Public Treasurer is not clothed with any power by the act aforesaid, to judge either of the validity of the claims wiuch might be preferred, or to . pay 7 or discharge such d K' and on the ground moreover inai me "udiic. I reaurer nas notyet seen or oeen furnished with the ! evidence4 on which any such claims rest. 1 V part 01 tne purcnase money 01a for the (lands belonging to this State, near Raleigh, and which were sold in lzu, remains suit unpaid; juagmeois have, from time to time, been had in every instance, save two, in , which payment was withheld v or delayed : but it has unfprtunately.happened, that in . ..II T with 'filctr--securities, provea , insoiveni , and consequently the executions, which have been frequently issued, have been uniformily returned, in these cases ; with an endorsementiof 6 not satisfied," and of course without the mongy due : The Law authorising and.otderiijg.tbe sale of these lands, provided that no deed or other conveyance should be made until' the purchase money was fully paid up : and thus it happens lhat the iotfaof . land so.sbld and np.t paid, for still remain to I the .State," noconveyance or fitle , what- "ever .haying been made for them, by the.j Commissioners .who were authorised aud. Qf superceding the necessity of this de sk ppointed to sell them Thepur?nas? hbVeverontioueo claim then a exercise -ownership - ove.ru them, onthe grounaiO(jiving uiu uiem -uu ?"m jjvr Venated tapay tor ;tnem 5; a.ttnougn n fis and admitted -ibatHhffV , have no power to,do so, tbey and their securities Having Jong .-vsidce proved insolvent as aforesaid;; and :Some. of .them . continue likewise gtill to use; the lotf pi7laods; as thMr kowo , by ! cuffing yand 7takingu the m it t f r CT icr.wai.pvH.M'-; ',1 w jm, n norno An r nam n a r nniif va suf er tieretotore ma .ue .rpp.resenw: tldn to theerieral7 semblyljut as, effectual remedy was then , or ; has since j hppn nrovided. and7 these matters' still i hecome in a measure worthless. : Sil (The ep6sesirrStatetrlints''6ftneslt6a iifebif the fianW4of thlsrjBtate,as fluked byia Vsolutidn f the'Assembly of S22;w nerewith transmittea !MVih niirt rtfknprfailVl .'letlemenJ MO 1 Mr Boddie pr edited liie fbllbwiog re- scHution :U Tf tto !iDfoedTbariCommteen Judiciary, be Instruciedqinquire intathej expediency of passing: a law to: prevent ila vet from, selling fCottqn to, any person boitrte1fnewortlw Mr.'ijotfdi remarKeaf ?ua b"", rent necessity t or.iue; ilutiori There had been a bill alreai resoluti iRaleighlDec 11 x ' ' : - -- - -1 . ' MAVMMvivi - - - d;iaU0tBd tradid g with slaves, but they flitj not em brace the" obiect intended br his resolu tion. He moved that the bill to which he had alluded be also referred to the Ju dlciarv. committee. Mr. Croon said, he had the honor to introduce the bill, of which the gentleman last up had spoken. He certainly had no objection that the bill submitted by him should be referred to the Judiciary commitleei With regard, however, to the resolution just presented, he begged leave to suggest an amendment. 'He thought there were many articles of quite as much importance as cotton," which should be included. , He moved,; there fore, to add all the other, articles embrac ed in the provisions of the act of 1819, or he was willing that the Judiciary com mittee be instructed toinquire into the expediency of passing a law to prevent slaves from dealing in any article except with their masters, &c. ' ' ? The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution adopted. 7 V i 7 Mr. Wilson of Edgecomb, presented a bill " in relation to Lotteries. Provides that the Tickets of no foreign Lotteries shall be sold in this State, under a penal ty of $500. 7 : Mr. Hill of Franklin, moved that this bill be referred to a select committee. Agreed to. . - v'-7; 7-.V :v7 The bill to allow Private Acts printed by the Printer of the State, to be read as evidence in Courts of Justice, was read the third time, and on motion 01 rar. Pickett was reierrea to tne juaiciary j committer. ; , ! -:U Mr. Burnev presented a bill regulating 7? the duty of Grand Jurors, in regard to presentments for affrays and for assaults and battery. Provides that prosecutions shall be brought within two years, if the assault be not committed with intent to kill. ; 1 i TUESDAY, JAPt. 2. On motion of Mr. M'Kay it was PnW That a pprt rnmmiitefl K - annnlntpH with instriirtiona to tiUire in- , to the expediency of designating such acts and parts of acts of the British Parlia ment ax shall hereafter be considered in Messrs. M'Kay, SeaWell, Pickett, Mil ler and Spaight of Craven, were subse- quently appointed this. committee. ? On motion of Mr. Spaight of Craven, a Library committee was appointed on the part of this House. .. . Mr. Croom observed, that it was known that numerous applications were made to the Legislature on the subject of estab lishirig Poor and Work Houses, and their 1 1 (TIC .was.. taKeil ' up III Jaiiig jct-iai ,( as oh these subjects. "By passing a ge- nera law on the subject, this valuable times would be saved. ; For the purpose tee be instructed to enquire into the ex- peiiency ot empowering ine j.usuces oi ,ht he Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions uoi establish ; Poor and Work, Houses, w bere, at present, there are none; 7: 7 ' ITtie resolution; was referred. 7". ' ' 7' liadosE,! ; ' iMorkayijani S. tiemen were annouhced;as composing the 1 . iioann iho narfc ni this House, an- (jinled t5enquire; into the expediency, of th.tiiiWof. holding the SuDerior ni.rIredeiL MartihvBozraari. .. ' ; l -jov: - cJ Mr ponoho Tpreefteflhe7iollowIog y' j Resolved, That a Commiefetarjyv pid wose.dutyjt shalbetoiquire: inl0itbevVxpedjineft I j:-.I Rah fn tkia 5ifnfP 4 nnri that tVuao ferr ?ssage a relates toa welTeg(ir lated and efficient patrol, increase of pri- ditabd tpr:r re aijdiwyheyJbAve j :-0,h mptiba ;of MrfifMt ppjiency 7 pf ad 4mending;hf iawi ;vwitl-: jerd tor KConst do spteiy 7ollectioo:andaymen7or ?cerwPiino,a9iJ79ii:c9je.co9;u7t;iraj4 Ds w uu uw"u-tv:t woveiitVlhd itteite: them Lake in that county, which would relieve them ' Wch distress, and have the effect 6? reclaiming a large portion of Valuable land Referred to the Committee on la ternal Improvements.' 7 Mr. Foy presented a bill to amend aa act passed in 1 819, to prevent the fraud ulent trading: with slaves.' Referred. J A message' from, the Senate tated, that Messrs. Spaight of Craven, Pickett, and M'Kay, compose the Library comi mittee"on the part of the Senate ; where- : upon Messrs. A Moore, Iredell 7 and Shepherd, were appointed on the part of this House." . 7 '"x. j- ' 7 - v ' ;. '''" ",;7C-' -; On motion of Mr. Swain, it was " Resolved, That the Committee on tke Judiciary be instructed to enquire into the expediency pf providing by la.w for the arranging, revising anddigesting1 the whole body 7 of vthe public Statue law of North Carolina," commencing. -with the earliest English statutes in force jn this State.-: .v- , ,-.:7c -A-P.' Xl- ' . SECOND SKSSIOV.' SENATE Friday, Dec. 29. - . The following letter from' the Vice President was read by the Secretary; 7 v To (he Secretary of the Senate. , "Sir: Havingaddressed, this morning to lire House of Representatives, a, com munication which may claim an tnvesti gation of my official conduct while in the discharge of the duties of the Department of War, you will please make known to he Senate, that a spnsf of nrnnriofo forbids me from resuming my station till the House has disposed of this subject. Very respectfully, I am, yours, &c J. C. CALHOUN, Washington, 29th Dec. 182a.r!qT Mr. Benton madejie "investigatioa ord?rjHPSlKe letter, that the Senate "Ttrntil Tuesday next which wa ttUJVu'" agreea lO HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVtB. rhi Vice President of tke U. S. Tbe Speaker laid before the House th fol lowing communication from John C. Cal houn, Vice President of the U.Sj vy : The Speaker of the H. of R. : - SiR:-r-Vou will please to lay before the House over -which you preside, the enclosed communication, addressed to that body. ; Very respectfully, yours &c.' J. C. CALHOUN. aw tuc iiuuuinuiruic mcmucr of the House of Representatives : '. An imperious sense of duty, and a sacred regard to the honor of the station which I occupy, compel me to approacb v . your body in its high character of grand inquest of the nation; i v " J; .7 : 7 7' r Charges have been made against me of the, most serious nature, which, if, true, ought to degrade raejirom the -high sta . t tibn in which l .rrave been placed by the i; choice, of my: fellow citizens, . and tp coa v sign my name to perpetual infamy, -; f . , - Jn claiming .be investigation - of the ;. House, am seMTble, that, under ...our free. and happyinstitutionff, the, conduct of public servant is a fair subject .of iiet i; closest scrutinyf andthe 1 freest . remarks and that.a firm and faithful discharge.- of . duty nffords, ordinarily, ample , prote. iron against political, attacks ; but .w'oa n such, attacks assume the character of refuge only fo the. Hall of ahe immediate xvBpreseniativea;r of ithe .People. 1 It :i 1 thjistU. fiud myself most unexpectedly placed; V'''&':v?yi'- V Vy i On rWeanfii day morning, last, it wa. for the tlim Intimated to 'mr,' that " charges'of a very serious nature " hgalnst meereJodgefliiQrpneo jeparments ftritfg-tkeidayhronr0', ' 'aatlto tbftame efctt. . reached me, but tfist ceraw inform tion.of;tUe,ir character, was;receyf d,ve t rday"m,orMipg,;trrouh,orie of ;lbe fceaf:. papers xf the Uistrict. ;It appears, frodi ts. sUtement, that I am accused of the f srciid and infamous, crime Qf ? participa 5-.' V ting via the profi'tf'f'; ppontract; formed , with, the :i Government, through jhe De-. r partment of War, while I was entrusted ' witljthischarge .of its duties, a rVd that 7 tbe accusation has been officially -present r tdras; thebasiofof of V tne'v'y' War.bepartment, and consequently to be 'v placed among its records, a lastms ugv , ma ori my,-cbaracter.-'V t54c'v-'-- ,f Conscious of mj enure . innocence , ir ., ; this andf every QtberpQbli!e'pctad.:thatj,n have ever5 bet ri incapable, Id the.vper. V V fdrmanca of duty of beine influenced by ; 7? ' 1 . 1 y i i 1 K 'I ...i i ' 9 ) ft -.5
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