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' - ' ' f'V,' .'. . -' f f T I t fc- I , I 1. f: VOLUME L, i' .-! - ! - : i . - 4 I ' Th r I h ornet s nest w.iu oe puDiisnea in.ui Dresent rr form at Three' Dolls. perJatin. jpS half 'payable on the receibt ! of ml ;f t urst numner ine remain- g , J le.f at the end of the yearj L . ; ouuscxiuerStWno receive tneir t- papers pej mail, will be Bubiect K !1 tJJio me aauiuonai expcnce ot . f apers to be continue. . all arrearages are raid i:) f Aavertisements vi!i uei iju at u:.s ioi l ir ' r saui; i '-'C''fll v I..;, J.WlilV-i, i '"r M W . ..... - ' i acnis ior eacii ;eeus co...n tCH ance subiect. . however. .; : r 'tvci : j ri.' :.i x;0t miucu iur several launiiis. ; 'r4 Murfrus&oro'f Sept. 3, " 1 , b'omestick CONGRESS. i )kouse' qf " represent ATIVES. ' Thursday1 yurteHo.1' ' , THE WAYS- AND I-IEANS, ': ; Mr. Enpes, from the cortvmitt if Ways arid Means, made ths fol- 0Win - . " ' r I - - r r REPORT, j The committee of Way's and Mecns. to whom ' was: referred so much of the;message of the.jPr6si- dent of the. United States as relates tp the eUablishmenjt of a. well cligest . cd system of internal revenue, have , bad the same under consideration. - They deem fit .unnecessary to cay1 s any thing as to the necessity of pro- Viding additional revenue at a time . when the'gerieral .rate of, expendi ture lias been so much increased by measures necesarny connected , , with astute of war. r A reference to ; thej-epons from the Treasury De . jpartment and from the committee , f Waysiand Means, during the last and precedingyerfrsvill shevthat : r a " pro vis ion for add i tional revenue can no longer be delayed, ivithout a ,v violation of all those p rin ci pies held r- cacred in cvtry - country wlierc the :i value - and importance of j national tredit have been justly estimated. 'ianctiontd in its principles' by a vcte iof the House of Represtptrtives have determined to reconlrnend its adopfion,T7ith sume-mcd:Lcations; in preferencejto cdmmencinga new system ui a perioa wnen neitnertne 5t;incVplespr,:detaU3 epalft; receive that'rnature consideration 'bn 'which clone they could venture to recom- inend its adpptiQn;Thejbill3 here- toiore reported were iounded on es ti ma tes which assumed fd r a basi s the:-providing n revenue siirncient to ttieet the expenses of the! ?peae es- tablishment, thelinterest 6n the old - debt, end su cH 'riev' loap:3 as have been cr may be hereafter authom- ed. .These severed items for the ; j year are'estimatc.dias follows:: " ;Thc - expencesof ".the.i ' 'v :" rcr.ee establishment at; 7,000,000 n the' Pu-1 . '; S-5 arliRM5 OF.THE NEST; t - i i hey .have , revieved the j system ' rheretofore presented, arid iaking in-v-to " censidnvdon its haviticr been "received.v.In" ' partoftheloan of 11,000,000, which will re f - iairi unpaid in 1814;: : 500,000 Onsixper cent. ' - - ; ; stock of lSiSkKOQOboO Kjn:. ireasury Notes which will be reim- bursablef ,in T " r -1814, say on" v. ; r. r.n onn 'V .. ' ' 5 r er cent.V 270.000 3,)60,000 3n the loan fori 814-- interest payable with ' . that ycaf-vx - ' , i . ; . 440,obo li'cb,bbo Leaves to bz provided for 5,600,000 meet hich sum th committee propo 1. A direct tax - - of;. ' 3,000,000 Internal Duties Duties on stills, 'say'-. ' r65,(X0 On f tttnetL u. j:a C J COO On retailers' li cences. V ' 500,000 , r On sales at auc- ; v ; - tion ' . - . 50,500' On carriages 1JO,CCO On hank notes , -. and' negocia-, v . - s . ble paper ' - 400,000 . On salt;at 20 cents, , . .400,000- , Additional du ' . "J ' . ty on foreign' 1 tonnage ."900,COO : ' . G,565,000 Deduct ; for espences - of ' x - collection, assessment, ,. and losses, r V 750J0Q6 , , ' Leaves 5,615,000 The committee 'therefore: ask leave to report the following bills": 1. " A bill for the assessment and collection of direct ta::es. 2. A bill today and' collect a" di rect tax within the TJ. States. ' ' 3. A bill laying a duty on im portc J salt. - ' -; 4. A bill; establishirs the ofTice of Conimissidrier of the Ilcvenue. 5. A bill lainr duties on lie ces to retailers oi vines, snirituctis hquorc, 'and foreign '.merchandize, i A bill laying duties on . ages for tl cenveyr.-: ce cf per- 7. A -bill, laying duties on lie ;8.VA biillavinc: duties u;i s" . at auction of; foreign me. and of ships and veswls. r . A bi 11 lavi n g d i: t i e s c s u r refined Within th c J. V-: t s. lCb-A 1 ill lavinr: ciud,. cn Kr:;!; Notes and cn nctes 'r f ar.d fo reign bills ofer.cI::...a.of certain descriptions. t- 11. A bill nirdii: further provi sion for tHe coll. i don of intern:! duties. v - - 12.yA biPlaying r:i additional d uty 'on . .foreign to n r.rge. " , The several bills ab were reada first and e referred to a corn:.- I wuoie, and mane?::;- I . 1 ... V. TLEBlTf ET INSXGHI8 TOTA C AIITALITUr. BY BRYANT nRAlVIt3LE,; ESQ. JTROJX .THE- CONUECTICUTr GAZETTE; ' -XriewDftlicLakfes. As the great lalces in- our coytitry haffe . become the seatTof : war, 'and the f ; 'movements ; of our natal and '"-land -. forces, there, are. become high)y in-, v. I vesting , a '..brief ,; Geographical SAefci.fef that part of the -United Btatestnust be useful and gratifying :tamany. , . . -ir. .:? f" ." v - .The" "uper.Laie Superior Michigan, Huron: andr St. Clair discharge their streams by the Hvi erDetroitj into-lnl EH - Thi outlet ofLaie Erie comniences at Black Rock and is called Niagara river, extending thirty . miles to Lake , Ontario. The -distance is SOT miles, from Albany to : Black1 Kock. 3 .At this place is a;fem-. hr a mile wide,4 sjcs tD'B" d tt i v- - i r : - . i vjpper. ar. sir.. - . r: here rnii" b" " v point at Uertie, it i: the river expands int containing Grand Isle, -' t . . ren miles- lone: anci'iust b d r ; It I Taw V Island, which is small- -K ds v this, Niagara river becomes narrower, and the stream is divided by. Goat Island, which is . about half a mile long, extending to the , precipice, the Falls of Niagara. ;,Thelargest portion ,6f -water, prases between Goat Island w and' Upper . Canada At the upper end of this Island the rapids commence. Hef e'the stream passes on each side of the? Island, over a bcj of rocks and precipices with astonishing, rapidity, descend ing, sixty ; feetv t in the' distance of half a mile, where: arriving: at the Falls, tt descends 137 feet perpen Niagara rivercontinues from the A uus, a rapia course about halt a mile wide, to. Lewistown, 7 miles, where is: a very: good ferry to QueenstoWn, lying directly, oppo site. The river, retaining the fine width, but deeper is less re-! 1 1 is navigapie . tor vess.. LeVistown, 7 miles to To; . ra, where it passes into L. rio- Thus this Xa7:e t see J 11 t I , j the streams from the 1: The outlet of O: ts N. Wr. extremitv, . and is navigable for vc or 50 ton:, d.i..i to C 65 miles. 'J At O receive k.j c: :'voc: by a r A k 1 V v. 1 :dd:h ery : f ili ut 10 it 1 1 1 ' 0' w Jntrrio. " v.'i.icn is- tte o t . 1 . T 0: in tne uated .dcrti" :i macdi ' J- V J , in 1 "te f. 1 X:d; . - r r-. . . i -lliCS t.e r ' , i -A It , 4 -i i -i . iiaiaen. wnicti is on the ertcrn side near the mouth of the riv er, abbuM9 miles 'above the British Fort Maiden which is on the eas tern side near -the uouth of the riv eiwUix)Vntown and- the river Raisin nrc nearly -opposite"-Fort Malderj ; ercss the head of -Lake Erie. ; ' :.. -... Fort Td'eigs is near the Rapids of Miami river, which dis'charges itself into Erie,: at 'some; distance below the river Raisin. ; 7 -: . ' . The course of Lake Erie is about north east, and - southwest about 220 miles long. It is the shallow; est of (he large'Lakes.and its navi gation is rendered more diflicult by hedges and. .points extending' far into r - ere nVe hnt iiety r-nriA' c:, dd. Lake;, .indeed r v k ti.- w ' w" - i n t f 4 ff ft fr i v. 9 nd : bars vat, th' are reverr' on : CrT v 111 eh i 2 years d Th-tr,. led Pre- the c:.t. w id i . build in : :;d . .At tiic feet cTLdde iLrlc, Bud' Ide Creek, enters on tlie Border of which is the village cf CulTaloe, in the state df New York; two miles from which is Black Rockwhere Niagara - river commences. Ok the oppqsite'side in Upper Cana da, ahqut! X2: miles up the Lake is the British Fort Erie. ' From this Fort the country, is handsomely. cultivated, and the roads good, a lor the order cf Niagara to its entr:;nce ii;toLa:e Ontario In the i,Lw .or,: th-j country is t.-'-dy ;,td: d, rd.r leaving Blcck t . . . ivo cr fourteen 'miles'. i . r i j i.t th e- c cit e of Old I ... .. wi.w.j - . ... i as above.stat - nr.. : ..iile. These .'present .-a CL' ' JIlt situation for all el.inery to beinoved by v.ter. Ii ij the first place in our. ....y ior accornmocating manu i. . . r.ri; P.". till r1finr -rxflvnif-A , - wiMKWb v wan .lie maybe fdhd with mills whidi may beinoved by wnter.in its f d e c e nt. At this place, now called r.Ia.ichcster, there is a small '''settle ment of mills, Sec. owned by Au gustus and Peter Foritk dEsasl Opposite1 to the : scite of Fort niosser distant aboat 3 miles d- cross -Niagara River, is : avillage called Chippewa," where tht British have a'smair garr ispnr nine rrires b e 1 c ; v; hi ch i s Que enst own , w here are the king's stores" and' a number of handsome; b'uildings.d .Cobds.are brought fr6m Quebecby vateY, and landed: here; then '.transpbrted by land to' Chippewa, .where; they are ta!;en in boats arid transported to tde shipping in Lake Erie. - . ; George and the village of. - T ic,r are o cr mi pq. he nw , n, on the Niagara riVer r.tcrs Lake Ontario.. j is half a mile above ii tlie river.-"Newark ' d e river i and" -on the t rat Houseto cf the river. d : river which ' tits .United ht.-ZiS, eel; of land, "f':-v::i - . '''"U " " I" 'V-' 'A .V d'-'-:'r ii-::C' r :;U T ' X ,';:'Vj ;" , " y -t n vhehce in it-inrf I The: neckprojectsHl tly -across thet mouth of Niararilrivpr ThnT th tort presents it int up the river, another front to f jewark, and ano- ther to the Lakel-it is a very plea sant : situation Iivtioir-t of seneryy ana very ccr.r. j ing icr ivniitay ' A purposes. r " ' re doai this d . todFortGc i , ; lir. i5. V:, one mile. 1 I ..; ;-:. -Since -the cot:; "J. . .c."- present war,., tl f Unit: t! . I 'd. have erected a juttety i.. Widi C2, 18 andjl pounds: c-lled,the Salt Ebttery, and bd . i.dlc above ; Fortftjliagara, it f. . with that cUssj' fired cn :. ,v George, to greatljtdvantage. ' : Ontario is n vt jry dce.p Lak e, :. J !iy be navicratttl safely bv a dr . t : : is jhip of wafU It ii ICO miles V - t- , , ...Til. T -T7 ,. t a:: el T. . G. "tl:r . nrir.r'nnl Hnr- . i the Unitjil Statesare Nia- '. ti'.'er, GenA ee river, Gerurt.' :' b.syego and Sack. sans. ett's Harbor arHlhe best.' "Sodus . - 4. V N TTsra and back- is a Verr deri r.ril nrtn!Ti K-tKrr' but has a bar atlftl entrance : - On ther Zriti lide of the Lake, In U; ; er Canr.d i3 Iwinst sn, dis- ' - V 4 --- sr, in iat. e::ccl!e::t haiboftin which t h- drU tish shipping geRprdly winter. - ine oay;ct t umtiihes is vcst- yard of Kingsti, its entrance be-., ing about Jtwer4: miles from that port, d 'It M a Ifteejp nnrrow 6av, formed by d a ft enirisula . runiinr southeasterly : f&m th e north sljcre t. of the Lake.' Rpm the entrance to -the head'of thefftilw tV.U .luff,-n . c r.. ii . r. . ... v. Ui,u', iur5s;ning a good har- . uur 10 .tms extern ..i---.v.".f? .y--v dVYork is thkapitaldofithr Vince. If lies tarthc rest end of: Lake Pntario,puxtit onq hundred ' ' and forty five files icstf King! ' .". stoiv directly ijposite the" mddth of Niagara drfVer; distant: tKirty v ndles h; wateiiaud about 'ninetyd' miles Ia."f ::V f: -d;C-v:r-;'"v; V NiagataVivftis ad harbor ; wnich vd',.- :bel.6ntd; theUmted States nt.r? Gf eat Britain ifethe division iine"- - v ' '. t'd passing: along 4ie -'.micTdle" of this " VH dr river. s:; - v;-rfy ;, . ;,:: 5 ' : -:y:; .: Vddy r 1 here are nhmerntts fiettlpmr -t-i ' d . r ';1 1 i on the bordeif .of Ontario, but tlie" " borders of all, jie "upper Lake 'rrd' -almost in- a stltd of-: nature," haVi rig -;but feiv: settle tie ntia pri ei ther Vi de". ; ; The abb c etchis given iron iobservaticn,": bldlrorathV-ncstdd; it will be iev:octed,thave not been! 4 . mm ' m' - . m measures, Lutfigeneraily depend on : e s t i rr -1 : c :i , . wlJ c h 'th i er ef o r h car. hot: d b e p r de c tly coe c U d ! v ' ; d - - -d, d ' Dlilar.ct bWvaterV' ' . " ZIUc'sl d d. From Fort -s ; ; :. I'j rort. fy ' :V,:-d-- Mi chili: .r, about ..-.': 300'- -; ? From Fort Kiddlimackinuc:' d x- 'y'- ? ; to Fort Dtl1pi't,d. -d d:i" "V Sib From Foit otrcitto - Black ' 1 --RocV,- - tt l - '--"d"-d!22b From Black 11$ ck to .'crt Nia.y ' d t (d d v G, ddJ-dg .d-y : . ; .' ; -dd-Sd;r,d;d'.-d," -'fd f,v. From Fort Ifagara dto York,--ir ddd..: '.. '' ddd : - U.l... 3 . -d -:'30'.d?i.d .v.-vi" - i'n m I ort JSapara to 4 . - - ?v . d ston and Sall.ett s Harbo. , .150 From LaLc (Iuario to Men- :d :'dtreal,--cd Md' -V;:'"dd :' ' iCD-d Frm IcntrdflJtb Quebec, d -' d : lev Londm I lay 17, Id L meaning crcsgtlc 1-J is - r-.i :.'v;.j V ft 1. t , , . 1 ! ..hAv.JU ll- - 'Y d . 'i-:';:i:-v7 ! : ' -v - v' d t Kyi t : a f j : - . if ( - ' 1 K ' '" :-: v ! i. ' '' -"..i -. ' I I'll I 'i v i
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