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0 -v. LIBERTY. ...THE CONSTITUTION... .UNION. VOL XVII. NEWBERN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBEK 20, 1833. JfO. 858 NTT" - ui ii ii i II in i ii PUBLISH CI) 15V THOMAS WATSON. TERMS, Three dollars per annum, payable in advance nthe Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. The following interesting narrative of a fight with Waccos aul Tawackanies, Indiana in Texas, ,n ii anil two boys, eleven In number is related n.,rl) p. Bowie, Esq. one of that party, now in by 1V'"" - 4 n i'ic 2n 1 of November, 1831, we left the town of St. Jiifdiiia ie iJiixar lor uie silver miiiet un me 01. rivvr, tae pariy consisting 01 me louwiugr 11a- . 1 nHrsni: : Uazin P. Bowie, James .Howie, Da- MattlA' Uyie epnas narap, James vorrifi, Thonr.is M'Cai-din, Gonzales and Charles, servant jvs Nothing particular occurred unti the 19th, n'diicii .iayabout.ten, A. M. Ave were overhauled jy l.vo Camancha Indians and a Mexican captive v'hohad struck our trail and followed it. They sta J that they belonged to Isaonie's party, a chief of C t:uarjciv tribe, sixteen. in number, and were on Vir "'pku! to St. Antomn, With a drove oi horses. 'lilfli they n;1 - taken lro:n tne Waccos and Tawack r,ii(L, airi were about returning them to their own ,'rg ri'tiz'piH of St. Antonia. -Alter smoking and, talk ie with them about an hour, and making them a Clv presents of tohacco, powder, shot, &c, they re lamed to their party ,l'ivho were Waiting at thelllano " Ve continued our journey until night closed upon 1S, when we encamped. The next mornir.g between liavliffht and sunrise, the aliove named Mexican cap- . 1 -I Tt T - 1 ;VP rt turned to our camp, nis immw- ty umwi m- iffue( and who, after eating and smoking, stated to wthat he had beer) sent by his chief, Isaonie, to m Vm us we ivere followed by 124 Tawackamie and In in, and lorty. Cai us, liad joined them, WllO VJir (J It. I lIUUl 11 lu lid v- wui ui- ia. iuik. Isacn ' ha ; held a talk with them all the previous af terno.ii, "arid endeavored to dissuade them lrom their niirpo-e ; but they still persisted, and left him enraged, ami pursued our trail. As a voucher for the truth ot the above, the Mexican produced his chief's silver medal, whicli is common among the natives in such race-;. He further stated that Ids chief requested him .;it! t r V'S rn c?.il ro -it '.i ! n circs to snv. ti nt In' nan i'Ui sixteen men, oauiy armeu aim .ritiif nt affiunition 11 but if we wuu!d return and join him, Huc-h isuciMur dim " . ;if tie couiu g,ve ne woum. rui ' t JI i II l kilOW 111"" iltial tne jeiit-ni iay wcuvcni uf aiu nuu, iv ifeenie'l il ii.ore fprudent to pursue our jour ley, n,!0,!uv,n:r :a rseach the old fort, on St. Saba n- vpr. lifve niirht. distaui'e thirty mile?. . 1 lie Mexi can then returned to his party and we proceeded on L i ii-ouirhout the ilay we eneoriiiteiftl bad roads,. bciiijr covered with rocks, ani tne norsej ieei oemg horses v.um out we were, disappointed, in not reaching tne jVi. h tlie ev. nuig we had sm itncuhy in picking, cut-tn a.iv.intageous sxt where to encamp lor the nmht. We, however, made choice of the betf that ojered, wlfirii was a cluster of live-oak trees, some t hi rt v or. forty in number, about the size of a man's boily. . To the north of tht in a thicket of live oak Itohe, at tovft ten f et hitrh, forty yards in length and hre.idth. To the west, at the distance of jjrVv five or lorty yards, ran a stream ot water. T It? burrounding couBtry was an open prairie, in- tp-persed with a tew trees, rocks and broken land. Tjie. trail which we came on lay to the east of cur encampment. After taking the precaution to pre pare our siKrt i'cfr defence, by cutting a road inside the thicket of hushes, ten feet from the outer edtre of all armiiKl, and clearing the prickly peare from among the biislr.-s, we hobbled our horses, and placed senti nels !ur the night. We were now distant six miles from ihe oil fort above . mentioned j which was built, by th" Spaniards in 1752, lor the purpose of protec "tin2 them while working the silver mines, which are u a mii' -libtaut. A t'evv years after it was attacked !y the Camancha Indians, and every soul put to death Sincejhat time it has never been seen occupied iWithih the fort is a church which, had we reached before night, it Was our intention to have occupied to delenil ourselves against the Indians. 1 he lort sur rounds about one acre of land, under a twelve feet tione wall. . Nothing occurred throughout the night, and we tat no time in the morning in making preparations .lor-contmuirig-our journey to the fort; and when in thrart of starting, we discovered the Indians on our trail 10' the east, about two hundred yards distant, and a loot-man about fifty yards ahead of the main bo !y, with his face to the ground tracking. The cry of Indians A-as given, and all hands to arms. We A' . v ii 1 1 oismouiiicj, and both tauuie anu )ac.K norse were i irnin-'aiatel y nvi ie fast to the trees As ?oon as they founJ we had discovered them, they gave the war vnoop; hted and-commenced stripping, preparatory 5. wuiiivii. ii lew ClOUIlieu lllUItlllS VVt'lC irtunuuin 1- 1 n 1 r i 1 - r. I " TM,!nMn ........ .,Annnttar. ini the ground: amongst them we discovered a few r"lUli: 1 . . .! -u I I 1 -vayru iuuii;uiT? oy tne cut oi meir nair, wuu uau Ul wayf previously been friendly to Americans. 1 heir number being so far greater than ours ( 164 to lljit wad agreed that Razin P. BoWie should be ot out to talk with them, and endeavour to compro mise ratner than attempt to fight. He accordingly parted with David Buchannan in company, and Walk d up to within forty yards of where they had aaitc.!, and requested them in their own tongue, to waa torward their chief as he wanted to talk with mm. Their answer was " how de do ? how de do.-" m English, antl a discharge of twelve shot at us, one oi which broke Buchannan's leg. Bowie returned their salutatidns with the contents of a double bar telied ijun and 'Mstol. IL then took Buchannan on - Jfchoulder, and started back to the encampment " wytnenop -ned a heavy hre upon u?, which wouti ilcd Burhannan in tW.) more places slightly, an . nm. Y ... . . 1 I H'r-iug uowie.s hunting Enirt ;n Beverai places without doiTiir him anv Lniurv. W hen they lound their shot faded to bring Bowie down, eight Indians 'i toot took after 'him with tieir tomahawks, and hen close upon him, were discovered by his party, rushed out .with their rifles and brought down iOurof them the other four retreating back to the cam body. We then returned to our position, and aJ was still for about five minutes. v We then discovered a hill to the north east, at the nce-of sixty yards, red with Indians, whoopened heavy fire on us with loud yells. Their chief, on "rse back, urging them in a loud and audible voice Ll"e charge; walked his horse perfectly compose'). v'en we first discovered him our guns were all lmPty, with the. exceDtion of Mr. Hamm's James )'ie cried out lwho is loaded?" Mr. Hamra obser- ... . ... Vej 4 I am." He was then told to shoot that Indian horseback. He did so, and broke his leg and kil led his horse. We now discovered him hopping round 1 "a one leg, wun nis suit P off the balk By this time, gJS reloaded, fired at the same '" norse on nnp bir with his shield on his arm to four ot our party instant, and all the s took effcw th th. chipld. He fell, and was mediately surrounded by six or eight of his tribe, picked him up and bore him off. Several of se were shot down by our party Qy then retreated hark nn th hd The whole bo- TPtrant a kal Kill out rC nnr oirrht i , uaviv uu mo 11111, uui ji uvi "'o "1 . " excentioii f n fum! Indiana who tvro. rtin- m . f -- J5 eocut from tree to trcs cut of gun fbot They now covered the hill for the second time, bringing up their bowmen, who had not been in ac tion before and commenced a heavy fire with balls and arrows; which we returned with a well directed aim with our rifles. At this instant another chief appeared on horseback hear the spot where the last one fell. The same question of who was loaded, was asked; the answer was nobody; when little Charles the mulatto servant came running up with Buchan nan's rifle, which had not been discharged since he was wounded, and handed it to James Bowie, who instantly fired and brought him down from his horse. He was surrounded by six or eight of his tribe, as was the lasVand bore ol under our fire. During the time we were engaged in defending ourselves rom the Indians on the hill, some fifteen or twenty of the Caddo tribe had succeeded in getting under the bank of the1 creek in our rear, at about forty yards distance, and opened a fire upon us, which wounded Matthew Doyle, the ball entered the left breast and passed through the back. As soon as he said he was wvinded, Tho. McCaslin hastened to the spot where he ftdl, and observed, ' where is the Indian that shot Doyle.' He was told by a more experienced hand not to venture, as, from the report of their guns, they must be riflemen. , At that instant he discovered an Indian, and while in the act of raising his piece, was shot through the centre of the hody, and expired. Robert Armstrong exclaimed, "damn the Indian that shot McCaslin, where is he ?" He was also told not to venture there, as they must be riflemen; but cu dis covering an Indian, and on bringing his gun up, he was fired at, and part of the stock of his gun cut off, and the ball lodged againt the barrel. During this time our enemies had formed a complete circle around us, occupying the points of rocks, scattering trees and bushes. The firing then became general from all quarters. Finding our situation too much exposed among the trees, were obliged to leave it and take to the thickets. The first thing ne essary was todislodgethe riflemen from under the bank f the creek, who were without point-blank shot. This we soon succeeded in, by shooting the most of them through the head, as we had the advantage of seeing them when they could not see us. The road we had cut round the thicket the night previous, gave us now an advantageous situation over that of our enemy, as we had a fair view of them in the prairie, while we were completely hid. We baffled their shots by moving six or eight feet the mo ment we had fired, an 1 their only mark wasthe smoke of our guns. They would put twenty balls within the size of a pocket handkerchief, where they had seen the smoke. In this manner we fought them two hours, and had one man wounded, James Corriel, who was shot through the arm, and the ball lodged in the side, first cutting away a bush, which prevented it from penetrating deeper than the size of it. They now discovered tnat we were not to he dis lodged from th? thicket, and the uncertainty of killing us at random shot ; they suffering very much from the fire of our rifles, which brought half a dozen at every round. Thev now determined to resort to in us to stratagem, by putting hre to the dry grass the prairie, for the doubled purpose of routing rom our position, and under cover of the smoke, carry away their dead and wounded, which lay near us. Ihe wind was now blowing from the west, and hey passed the fire in that quarter, where rt burnt down all the "rass to the creek, and then bore off to the right and left, leaving around our position a space of about five acres that was untouched by the fire. Under cover of this smoke, they succeeded in carrying offa portion ol their dead and wounded. In the mean time, our party were engaged in scraping away the ry grass and leaves from our wounded men and bag gage, to prevent the fire from passing over it; and likewise in pulling up rocks and bushes to answer the purpose cjf a breastwork. rhey now discovered they had tailed in routing by the fire, as thev had anticipated. They then ' 1 . m . reoccunied the points of the rocks and trees in the prairie, and commenced another attack. 1 ne tiring . . . . . mi continued lor some time, when the wind suddenly shifted to the north, and blew very hard. We now discovered our dangerous situation, should the Indians succeed in putting fire to the small spot which we oc cupied, and kent a strict watch all round. Ihe two servant boys were employed in 6C raping away dry 1 . . . grass and leaves from around the baggage, and pul hng and placing them around the men. me re mainder of the party were warmly engaged with the enemy. Ihe point from which the wind now blew being favorable to fire our position, one of the Indians succeeded in crawling down the creek and putting fire to the rrmss that had not vet been burnt; but be fore he could retreat hack to his party, was killed by Robert Armstrong At this time we saw no hopes ot. escape, as the fire was coming down rapidly before the wind, flaming ten feet high, and directly lor the spot we:occupieu What was to be done we must either.be burnt up alive, or driven into the prairie amongst the savages. 1 his encouraged the Indians; and to make it more awful, their shouts and yells rent the air; they at the same time firing upon us about twenty shots a minute As soon as the smoke hid us from their view, we col lected together, and held a consultation as to what was best to be done. Our first impression, was, that they might charge on us under cover of the smoke, as we could make but one effectual fire the sparks were flying about so thickly that no man could open his powder horn without running the risk of being blown up. However, we finally came to the deter mination, had they charged us, to give them one fire, place our backs together, and draw our knives, and fight them as long as any one of us was left alive. The next question was, should they not charge us, and we retain our position, wq must be burnt up. It was then decided that each man should take care of himself as well as he could, until the fire arrived at the ring around our baggage and wounded men, and there it should be smothered with buffalo robes, bearskins, deer skins, and blankets, which, after a great deal of exertion, we succeeded in doing. Our thicket now being so much burnt and scorched, that it afforded us little or no shelter, we all got into the ring that was made round our wounded men and DaPgage; and commenced building our breastwork higtier, with the loose rocks from the inside, and dirt dug up with our knives and sticks. During the last fire, the Indians had succeeded in removing all their killed and wounded which lay near us. It was now sundown, and we had been warmly engaged with the Indians since sunrise, a period of thirteen hours; and they seeing us still alive and ready to fight, drew off at a distance of 300 yards, and encamped for the night with their dead and wounded. Our party now commenced to work in raising our fortification high- er, .inn Buixeeueu in getting it breast high by 10 F. M. We now filled all our vpla nnA cbinc with water, expecting another attack the next morning. We could distinctly hear the Indians, nearlv all nmht. crying over their dead, which is their custom; and at daylight, they shot a wounded chiel it bein" also a custom to shoot any of their tribe, that are mortally wounded. They, after that, set out with their dead anu wounui'd to a mountain about miln Hifnnt where their deposited their dead in a cave on the side ol it. At eight ill the mornint?. two nf nnr rvnrtvTOnt W 1-1 . , ft-ft V T outl xm the lortification to the encanpment, where wounded the officer next to me has received some the Indians had lain on the night previous, and count- spent ball,' and added he in a lower tone, 'their names ed forty-eight bloody epots cn the grara where the always began with a V.' dead and wounded had been lavi WTO rtr learned from the Chamancha Indians that their loss was mmy-iwo men killed and wounded. Finding ourselves much cut nn hovinn. died, i nomas M'Cashn ami th wn...i Buchannon, Matthew Doyle, and Ja mes Cnrrio'il five horses killed, and three wounded we recommen ced strengthening our little fort, and continued our labours till one, P. M. when the arrival of thirteen Indians drew us intoour fort again. As soon as they discovered we were still there, and all ready for action, and well fortified they put off. We after that rei.rajned in.our fort eight days, recruiting our wounded men and horses; at the expiration of which time being all in pretty good order, we set out on our return to St. Antonio de Baxar. We left the fort at dark, and travelled all night and next day until afi er noon, when we picked out an advantageous spot and fortified ourselves, where we remained two days, ex pecting the Indians would again, when recruited, fol low our trail ; bat, however, we saw nothing more of them. David Buchannan's wounded W here mortified. and having no surgical instruments, or medicine of my kind, not even a dose of salts, we boiled some live oak bark very strong, and thickened it with pounded charcoal and Indian meal, made a nonh ice of it. and tied it round his leg, over which we sewed a buffalo skin, and travelled along five days without looking at 11, wnen it was opened the mortified parts had all dropiofT, and it was in a fair way of healing, which 11 nnauy oia, and nis leg is as well as it ever was. There was none in the party but had his skin cnt in several places, and numerous shot holes through his ciomes. On the twelfth day we arrived, in good order, with our wounded men and horses at St. Antonio de Baxar. STORMING A REDOUBT. I joined my regiment on the evening of the 4th of October. I found the Colonel at the bivouac. He received me at first rather coldly ; but having read my letter of introduction from General B his man ner ch.mged, and he treated me with great kindness. He presented me to my Captain, who that moment returned from reconnoiterincr. The Cantata. wih whom I hardly had time to get acquainted, was a tall dark man with harsh and repulsive features. He had been a common soldier, and had gained his epaulettes and cross on the held 0. battle. His voice, which was hoarse and weak, contrasted singularly with the al most gigantic proportions of his person. I was told that this singular voice was owing to a bullet having rone cc.iipletelv through him at the battle ol Jena. Learning 1 was from he Military Academy of Fon- tainbleau, he made a wry lace, and said, 1 My lieu tenant was killed yesterday I understood his meaning, which was : ' You are to take his place, and will be hut a poor substitute.' A tart reply rose to my lips, but I restrained myself. The moon rose behind the redoubt of Cheverine, si tuated about two cannon's shot from our bivouac. It was large and red, as is usual at its rising; that even ing it appeared of an extraordinary size. For a mo ment, the outlines of the redoubt were visible upon its shining disk ; it resembled the cone of a volcano at the moment of i-runt inn. An old soldier near me noticed the colour of the moon. 'It is very red,' said he, ' sure sign the famous redoubt will cost us much blood.' I was always su perstitious, and this prophecy at this particular mo ment affected me a great deal. I laid down but could not sleep. I rose and walked about some time, look ing at the immense line ol fires which crowned the heights beyond the village of Cheverino. When I found the cold and piercing night air had had sufficiently cooled my blood, I returned to the fire wrapped myself carefully in my cloak and closed my eyes in the hope of not opening them again before daybreak ; but sleep fled from me, my thoughts insen sibly took a mournful tinge. I reflected that I had not a single friend in the whole hundred thousand men that covered the plain. If wounded I should be taken to the hospital, and fall into the hands of igno rant surgeons. All I had heard said of surgical operations rushed to my mind my heart beat tumul tously and mechanically ; I arranged my pocket book and handkerchief, as a kind of defence to my breast. ; I was overcome with fatigue, and every mo ment fell into a doze, but some melancholy thought darting through my brain, would wake me with a start. At last I lost all consciousness, and slept soundly 'till beat of revillee. We then formed the line, roll was calh d, muskets and every thing announced we were to pass a quiet day. Towards three o'clock, an aid-de-camp arrived with orders. We resumed our arms; the skirmish ers spread themselves in the plain ; we followed slow ly, and at the end of twenty minutes, we saw the Russian outposts fall back and enter the the redoubt. A brigade of artilery took position on our right, and another on our left, but considerably in advance of us. They opened a brisk fire upon the enemy, who replied with vigor, and soon the redoubt of Cheverino disap peared under thick clouds of smoke. Our regiment was almost sheltered from the Rus sian fire by an elevation cf ground, and as it was chiefly directed against the artillery, their ballss either went over our heads, or at most scattered some dust and small stones among us. As soon as the command was given to march for ward, my captain looked at me with a degree of at tention that obliged me to pass my hand two op three times over my budding mustachio, with as care less an air as I could command. However, I was not afraid, and my only anxiety was .to look as unconcerned as possible. These harmeless balls helped to keep me heroically indifferent. Vanity told me l was running great da'nger, since I was under the fire of a battery. I was delighted to find myself so much at my ease, and I thoughtof the pleasure of relating the capture of the redoubt of Cheverino in the saloons of Madame St. Luxan in Provence Street. The Colonel pased before our company ; he addres ed himself to me. ' Well,' said he, ' you are likely to see a blood v da v for vour debut.' I smiled with a martial air, as I brushed from my coat sleeve some dust that a ball which had fallen thirty pac-s from me hail thrown uoon it. It appears the Russians perceived the bad success of their balls, and determined to dislodge us by throwv ing some shells into the hollow in which we were. A large piece of one of them carried off my shako, ind killed a man near me. . ' 1 congratulate you,' said the captain, as I picked up my shako, you have nothing more to fear for this day.' I was not unacquainted with this military su perstition, which thinks that non bis in idem, is an axiomonafieldofbattle,as wellasina court ot justice. i I put on my shako with an air; these fellows m 1 you salute without any ceremony,' said I as gaily fellows make you salute wnnoui any cereiuuuj, Bmiji q I could. The witticism, considering the circumstan ces, appeared excellent. 'I congratulate youre- tic. Rnmp.d the eantain. vou will not te tut again, and will command a company this evening ; I feel the nvpn is heating for me. Every time I have been f w v I pretended indifference many would have acted like myself; and few like me would not have been struck with the prophetic words. Conscript as I was I felt I could not impart my feelings to any one, and' that all I had to do was to appear cool and uncon cerned. In half an hour's time the fire of the Russians di minished sensibly, we then left our position to march upon the redoubt. Our regiment was composed of three battalions. The second was ordered to turn the redoubt on the side of the defile ; the two others were to give the as sault. I was in the third battalion. When we left the kind of hollow that protected us, we were saluted with several discharges of musketry T un!.hd not ',0 us n,uch '"jury. The whistling of the bullets surprised me ; I often turned mv head aside, and thus attracted some jokes from my com-) 1. u ?CCU3tomed to the sound than myself. Altogether, said I to myself, a battle is not so terri ble after all.' K We advanced rapidly, preceded by our skirmish ers suddenly the Russians gave three hurrahs, and remaine.j stient, and without firing a un not this silence,' said my captain,"' it bodes 1 1 like us no goon i inoyght our soldiers a little too noisy, and could not help comparing to myself their tumul tuous clamors with the imposing silence of the en emy. We soon reached the foot of the redoubt, the pali sades were broken and the ground ploughed up by our balls. The soldiers rushed towards the ruins witn shouts ot JLong live the Emperor,' louder than I expected to hear from people who had already shouted so much. I raised my eyes, and never bnall I forget the sight that presented itself. The greater part of the smoke had risen, and remained hanging like a canopy over the fortification, at the height of about twenty feet, through a bluish vapour you perceived behind their half ruined parapet the, Russian grenadiers with pre sented arms, motionless as statues. I think I still see each soldier, his left eye fixed upon us, his right con cealed by his musket. In an embrasure a few feet from us, stood a man with a lighted match beside a cannon. 1 shuddered and thought my last hour was come. 'The jig will soon begin,' exclaimed my captain 'good night,' these were the last words'l heard him utter. A rolling ofdrums was heard in the redoubt. I saw the guns levelled. I shut my eyes and heard a horrible crash, followed by shouts and groans. I opened my eyes surprised to find myself alive. The redo'ibt was anew enveloped in smoke. I was sur rounded with the dead and wounded. My captain lay stretched at my feet, his head shattered by a ball and I was covered with his blood and brains. " Of all my company, only six men and myseif remained. A momentary pause succeeded this carnage. The colonel placing his hat on the point of his sword, was the first to leap the parapet, shooting, ' Long live the Emperor;, he was imme iiately followed by all the survivors. 1 have no distinct recollection of what fol lowed. We entered the redoubt, I know not how. The struggle was betwixt man and man, in the midst of so thick a smoke, that hardly any could be distin guished. I suppose 1 must have borne my part, for my Sabre wasmvftrpd vuith hlnrul - At loot I 1- 1 iwu tory ; and the smoke going off, I saw the ground swimming with blood, and covered with the dead. About two hundred men in the French uniform were grouped around ; some loading theirguns, others wiping their bayonets eleven Russian prisoners were with them. The colonel was reclining all bloody upon a broken carriage gun. Some soldiers were crowding around him : 1 approached where is the oldest captain?' ask ed he of a sergeant. The sergeant shrugged his shoulders in a very expressive manner. 'And the oldest Lieutenant ?' ' This gentleman who arrived here yesterday,' said the sergeant with a calm tone. The colonel smiled bitterly. ' Come Sir,' said he, 1 you are commander in-chief, fortify the redoubt as quickly as possible, for the enemy is stilll in force ; but Gen. C will support us.' ' CoIonel,'exclaimed I, you are badly wounded.' ' Never mind, my dear fellow, the redoubt is ours.' Taxation in England. The London Metropoli tan for July, contains a long article, designed to prove taxation to be the cause of poverty and crime m England. Some of the calculations are startling ; they show an extent of burden levied upon the Deo pie for the publicrnecessities, chiefly for charges ari sing out of the national debt, which, with all our general impressions of the distress in Great Britain arising from this cause, we were hardly prepared to expect. One table is drawn up to show the amount of taxes paid by one citizen of London, having an income 61 200 per year, supposing him to have a family con sisting ot a wile, three children and one servant maid. Every item supposed to be absolutely necessa ry for the support of such a family is minutely set down, and and the rate and amount of taxes levied and paid on them carefully estimatedand the result, upon the lowest calculation, makes the amount of taxation more than 80, or forty percent upon his whole income. Government thus takes much more than one-third of the whole income of a man of these moderate means ! The same article traces the progress of the annu al taxation of Great Britain, and the public debt, in the reign of each monarch, . from the days of the Conquest to the year 1830. The number of mon- archs, including Cromwell, was thirty six. Taking the returns for every fifth reign, for the sake of brevi ty, the following is the result, in the time of the Conqueror the debt being nothing and the taxation 400,000. Richard 1st, taxation 150,000, debt, none. Ed ward Hid, taxation 154,000; debt, none. Edward the IVth, taxation 100,000; debt, none. Edward VI. taxation 400,000; debt, none. Under Crom well, taxation 1,547,000 ; debt. none. Anne, taxa tion 4,500,000; debt, 13,348, 680. William IV. in 1830, taxation 50,414,926 ; debt, 800,000,000 ! The growth of the debt within the last century. begining with 1730, and counting by periods of twenty years t0 1930, was; vjz. 173(3 47 700000 l750 72, 178,000 ; 1770, 126,900,000 ; 1790,' 4o,uuu,uuu; ibuu, no account. In 1805 it was 549,100,000, and in 1815 848,284,000. Ihe article from which We draw these figures contains numerous other tables shewing the inequali ty of the operation of the taxes. Among them is one on what is called the house tax, from which we quote the following curious facts : A shop in Regent street, London, is rated at 400. per annum, and pays 56 odd shillings for house tax. The Palace at Stowe, 916 feet front, belonging to the Duke of Buckingham, one of the most splendid mansions in England, is as-essed at 300. per annum, and pays 42. tax. The palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury is assessed at the same sura (300.) and pays the same tax. Godolphin Park, belonging to the Duke of Leeds, is ratedat 150. per annum. Lord Baybrboke's House, which il cost 200,000. to build, is rated at 300. Th? palace of the Bishop of Here ford is rated at 60, and afr on to the end of the chap ter, in favor of the peerage at the expense of industry. f . i FTpfHE subscribers having entered into Co JLL partnership in the Auction and Commission Business, in the City pf Charleston, under the firm of GANTT & GIBBS, offer themselves to such persons as may be desirous of sending Merchandise or Produce to the Charleston Market for sale. No exertions will be wanting on their part to dispose of the same to the best advantage, and to make such returns as the consignors may direct. MATHURIN G. GIBBS THOMAS J. GANTT. Charleston, S. C. 25th July, 1633. Reference to M. E. Manly, Esq. and ) AT . Mr. Samuel Simpson, BOOT & SHOE STORE. MAS just returned from New York with a new and fashionable supply of BOOTS & SHOES FOR THE SPUING AND SUMMER. AMONG WHICH ARE - Ladies' white Prunello and Satin Slippers, Do. Morocco, Sealskin and Prunello do. Do. Double sole Prunello and Sealskin do Do. Prunello Walking Shoes, Do. Sealskin Strap Walking do. Gentlemens' line Calfskin, Sealskin, and Mo- rocco Shoes and Pumps, Do. Calfskin and Morocco Boots, goy's first quality Shoes and rumps, Misses and Children Prunello, Morocco, Seal skin and Leather Shoes. j 6L SUlfDABI, COACH AND GIG MAKERS, NE WBERN, " ITgESPECTFULLY inform their friends and the public, that they have removed to the New Building opposite to Bell's Hotel, where they have made extensive arrangements for the further prose cution of their business in the Construction, Repaii- mg, i rimming, anu rainnng 01 GIGS PANNEL AND PLAIN, LIGHT WAGONS, &C. &C. Being, as they believe, perfectly acquainted with the making and finishing of these articles, they invite gentlemen wishing to procure them, to apply in per son or by letter under the full assurance that their orders will be executed with the utmost despatch and to their entire satisfaction. They will keep a full supply of all the materials in their line of business, and be prepared at all times to make and finish in the neatest and most approved style, Coaches, Barouches, Qigs,-&c. upon very rea osnable terms. Newbern March 15, 1833. JUST RECEIVED, Per schooner Select, from New York, -n BALE of 300 lbs. SEINE TWINE, good LI quality, 1 dozen SCYTHES, 1 do. SICKLES, and 3 do. Long Bitted AXES, For Sale by JOHN PITTMAN. May 31, 1833. NEW GOODS, JOHN A. CRISPIN MAS just returned from New York with a general assortment of GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CUTLERY, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, fcc. The following articles comprise apart bf his Stock. Wines. Champaigne, in qt. and pt. bottles, Old Madeira, Pico, do. Naples, Lisbon, renerifie, Dry Malaga, Sherry, Teas, Gunpowder Imperial, Hyson, Souchong, Pouchong Sugars. Loaf & Lump, White Havana, 1 ITAWlAllfl I HO f . Country. Liquors. f ' Nuts. (Filberts, Cogniac Brandy (supe rior quality) Peach do. Old Jamaica Rum, Superior Holland Gin, Old Monong. Whiskey, Almonds. . Spices. Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmegs Pepper, Spice. Fruits. N. E. Rum, Porter in qt.& pt.bottlesCitron, Curran.ts PRESERVED GINGER, Do. PINEAPPLES, Do. LIMES. Buckwheat, Goshen Butter, Cheese f Spanish & American Segars, su perior Chewing Tobacco, &c. Which he offers low for cash or country produce at his Store on Pollok-street. December 3d, 1832. RICHARD B. BERRY, TAILOR. MESPECTFULLY informs his customers and friends, that he still continues to make to order all articles in his line, with neat ness and despatch. Orders from his i- j .11 .... ireful atten- mm mm V I A & X V A W W w tion. Newbern, July 19, 1833,