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"Ours'are. the Flans offlr delightful Pea;c,
MUarrpM by Party to live like Brothers.'
Vol. V.
Monday, December 12, 1803.
1 -
No.
217,
IT.
COMMUN ICATION
MADE BY THE . .1 .
Treafurcr of the States North-Carolina,
TO THE .
(general acCembljN
To the Honorable the General Afembiy of the State of North-
Carolina.
GENTLEMEN, . ... , , .
IN difcharging that part of my duty which Requires
ofrr an annual Report of the (late of the Treafury, it becomes
proper I fhould inform vou, that the receipts at the Eubhc
T-cafury of North-Carolina, from the firft day of November,
i8o2r to the firft day of November, 1803, including the pub
lic tas of every defcription, and the cotton-gin tax,; amount
to utmv-cight thoufand nine hundred and ninety .three pounds
five -Mings' and five pence (28.993 5 5) wmth fum? whcn
Mti to the balance remaining in- the Treafury, on the firft:
dav of November, 1S02, fay, fifty two thoufand four hundred-
and twelve pounds eighteen hillings and twopence (52,412 10 2)
as reported to the laft General Affexnbly, makes an aggregate
amount of eighty -one thoufand four hundred and fix pounds
three (hillings and feven pence ($1,406 3 7)- :
Out of thefe monies, nine hundred and eighty pounds eleven
hillings Sc feven pence 'of the principal and intereft of the certificate
debt of North-Carolina, have been purchafed by me, for the ufe
of the State, under the directions of the act of. the laft Aflem
bly, and at the rate of fifteen IhiH.ngs.cafh, for twenty fhil lings
certificates', amounting in the whole, to feven hundred and thirty-five
pounds eight millings and eightpence '(735; .8 8) in mo
r!cv;' and other' difourfemcnts have been made, all within the
time aforefaid, to the amount of twenty-three thoufand two hun
dred and forty-feven pounds feventeen (hillings and feven pence
(23,247 17 7): which two items, the vouchers of which are de
livered over to the Comptroller, when added together, and de
duced from the aggregate amount above-mentioned, Jeavt the
fum of fifty-feven tnoufandfour hundred and twenty-two pounds
feventeen hillings and four pence (57?422 17 4) remaining in
the Treafurv on the firft day of Nuvembei laft, fay, on the fir ft
day of November, 1803, and yet to be accounted tor. .
From the monies forming this remainder or balance, 1 have
fele&ed, counted and laid apart,the fum of two thoufand five hun
dred pounds (2,500) which, in my opinion, fhould be burnt,
as being too much worn for further circulation. . ; ,
The Land Office, by which is to be underftood the receipts
at the TresfiUry for lantls entered and paid for, has yielded from
the firft day of NWember, 1802, to the firft day of November,';
i8c the fum of four thoufand eight hundted and fifty-eight
pounds and feven pence (4,858 o 7;) this fum or product will;
however, in nowiie affect the balance remaining in tne irealu-
ry as above fta'ted, inafmuch as it will be completely covered by !
certificates and dther vouchers. ,
Purfuantto the directions of the laft AHembly, I caufed to;
he purchafed for the ufe and benefit of North-Carolina, three :
thouland dollars of the eight per cent, flock of the funds of the;
United States, with the intereft and reimburfement of principal 1
which became due to this State on her flocks in the faid funds, in j
the courfe of and up to the end of the laft year; thefe pjrehafes
avctc made in Philadelphia during the late winter, at the low
- rate of 108- per cent, and will, I truft, prove fatisfaQory to
you.. Since that period, I have caufed to be purchafed one
thoufand four hundred other dollars of the like eight percent,
ftock for the State, with the intereft which became.due to
North-Carolina, on her flocks in the faid funds at the end of the
Mireh and June quarters of the prefent year. Thefe purchafes
were alfo made in Philadelphia, and through the agency of the
fame perfon, but at an higher rate, viz. at the rate of 11 of per '
cent. 1 hrough warrants from the Secretary or the 1 realury of j
ihe United; States, the whole of thefe purchafes are transferred j
a; d duly placed on the books of the Loan Office for North- j
CaToIma, and there ftand to the credit of this State; at the expi
Tati'on of the prefent year, the: intereft and reimburfement of the
Sep tember and December quarters fhalf be vefted in like man
ner, .and agreeably to the directions of the laft Affembly.
From the firft part of- this report, it may be feen,r that
thcanaiual receipts and expenditures at the Treafury of the State,
for the piefent year, or rather, from November, 1802, to No
vember, 1 803, nearly balance each other. Taking then into
view, that feventeen hundred and fixty pounds ten hillings and
eight pence of thofc receipts, arofe from arrearages,' of the collec
tion .of old debts, a fburce which cannot be co'uifted on as pro
hably yielding the One fourth part of that fum in any future year;
.2nd bearing likewile in mind, that the tax on cotton-gins, (which
is for the fole ufe and is payable io the inventor and patentees
cm y) is alfo included in thole receipts, it will be found that the
pul He taxes of every description in the Sjate, liable to defalca
tion and abufe, as they are known to be, cannot fafely be count
ed o 1 as com menfu rate to the fupport of gQvernment-a ft ate
oftlyn "gs which eventually leads to the necelfit of augmenting
thole t axes, or of deviling others in aid oh them. Prefumiftg,
thcrefo rc, on the corre6inefs of this pofition, and cohfidenpg it
pafti.'"cularduty,-1 would here afk leave to fubftij to the Le.
uatureu ?z propriety and the equity or making luch amendment
to the exifting revenue laws, as fhall compel the payment of a
tax from every ftore or fhop in the State,, in which merchandize
is vended. In many inftances it fo happens, that the owners of
ftoresiti Carolina, an highly refpe6table and ufeful body of citi
zens, although their wealth and profits are great, and although
fuch wealth and profits ate guarded and protected equally with
any other property in the State, pay nothing . whatever to the
fupport of government, favc only a fingle poll-tax ; while the
planter, whofe poffeflions may be of fmall value; and whofe an
nual lncorric, probably i not equal to the one-hundredth part
of the ftore-keeper's or merchant's, and who has far le fs ufe for
the expenfive ellablifhmentof Courts, &c. pays taxes on every
acre of land he "poffeifes, as well as on the poll : A very mode
rate annual tax of the kind above-mentioned; would add confide-
I rably to the receipts at the treafury, and, while it would fcarcely
be felt by the payers, its equitablenefs certainly ought to pre
clude every murmur and diffatisfaction. - At prefent the tar
Vern-keeper is annually taxed forty fhillings towards the fupport
of Government, becaufe of the acknowledged profitablenefs of
his occupation, although, compared with the ftore-keeping bu
finef, his profits would appear as nothing. The owner 01 the
ftud horfe likewife pays a yearly tax to government; not be-
caufe horfes of that defcHption are not neceffary, but becaufe
they are known to Be profitable to the bwners. If this principle
of taxation, which .1 do not by any means advocate, but which
is known to have been long yearly fanBioned by the Legifla
ture, is correct and jdfti it certainly will apply with much force
land propriety to the kind of property pointed out. In fuggeft
;ing this fubject of taxation to the General AfTembly, whicn has
been ventured on merely as an act of duty, I would afk to Be
! underftood as fubmiuing the propne'ty of laying a, moderate an
nual tax on the tores only and that without any reference or en-
: quiry whatever as to their value, or as to the capital or ftock in
. trade of their owners ; thofe are enquiries. which, in my belief,
fhould never in fuch cafes be made or touched on ; as they ine
vitably tend to confufion and diftatisfaction, and often occafion
'material inconvenience, and not unfrequently irreparabk injury.
The propofition, therefore, is fingly this", to iinpofe a moderate
; tax, fay fifty fhillirtgs, or any other fum, on flores, in which
j goods, wares or merchandize (hall be annually vended, to bccoU
tlccted in the fame manner and under the fame regulations as the
J lax on taverns is now collected, without any reference whatever
! to their value or wo rtad merely becaufe -they are (lores, as
is at prelent tne cale in regard to taverns.
I have the honour to be, much and refpectfully;
Gentlemen, your obedient fervant,
JOHN HAYWOOD, Public Treafurcr.
Falcighj T)Q, 1, 1803.
ACCOUNT OF LOUISIANA.
Continued fom our td ft.
Militia.
There is a militia iit Loui-fuma. t ffcc tollowih is tlcrcttirf? or jt, made
o the Court ol Soain. bv the Barpn of Caronciele'.
From Balize thr cuy voiinucers of the MifliiTippi
4 fompanir of ico men esch t ornplcte,
Cirv Battalion of the city 5 companies,
Artillery company, with fupcrnumrrartej
Carabineers, or privil-pd companies of hsrfe, 2 com
panies of 70 each .incomplete.
Mulattoea a coTfionjes. negroes i do. -
Mixed legion of the Miflisfippi, comprehending Gafveztowii, Baibn
Rouge, Pointe Coupee, Atacapas and Opeloufas, viz.
2 companies of grenadiers,
& do. of fufileers,
4 do. of dragoons,
2 do.' lately added from Bayou Sara
Militia.
4o
5P
irJO .
106
106
300
i6bb
ioo
100
goo
100
SI
1000
16 companies of too men each, -Avoyelles,
1 company of infantry,
Qucheta, 1 do. of cavalry,1 - .. s
rtatchiioches, i do. of infantry and i of cavalry,
Arkanfas. i do. of infantry and cavalrv, - -
Illinois, 4 do of cavalry, "1 Thefe arc always abo?e 1
4 4o. of infantry, J the compliment, J ,
Pfotincial regiment of Germans and Acadians, from the ill Germaii
coaft to Ibervilfe.
io companies, viz. 2 .or grenadiers, i
8 of fufileers, J
Mohlfe arfd the count, v Eaft of Lake Porichartrain,
- j , .
2 Conipariies of horte and foot, complete, 1 20
the fame gentleman alluded to, page id, makes the number ol the mi
litia t6 amount to 10,340 meri.withiii the iam'e limits to vrhich his eftimare
ofthe population applies.. He diftributes them in the feveral fettlernents,
as follows': - .
ii The ifland of New-Orteans, with tne oppoiue mirgin
and the ad jacent fettlernents,
2. The weft margin from Manchac, including Pomtc Cou
pee, andjextending to the Red Ri'er, -
3. Atacapas, ilon? the coaft, between the DelU of the Mif
liffippi and the River Sabine, - -
4. Opeloufas, - - '
5. Red River including Bayou Boeuf, Avoyelles, Rapide,
and Natchitoches, fr,
6. Ouachita,, '
7. Concord, - ' '
8. Arkanfas, - ; . "
o. New Madrid and its vicinity, -
CaUftued iaths laft . page.
800
1399
3x
40
350
Wm: HUBBELL Got
4i
iHE Qo-partnerfhip of . Wfll W
HuhUll rd Co, euig .4iffoiVcfcIy ;the .
catk ef Mr. WaJteruell, al Pfrfoor
haTing Dtiiij.n(i ajainft the Tji, ar j- .
quelled to prercnt hems the SufcfcriWr'Vor
iettleraent.-t Thof indlierf, ztt;i eqacftei tr.
call and fettle their AccusS? Paymetitf er '
giving their Bonds to th .ubfeEiber.
Alfo, all FejfoathaviBg Jpienanrfsafajnft
the Firm of Walter Hublell and Co. arc
uefted to prefenttbem for Settlement : Thole
indebted taid Eirm are reuefted twnikeT
fpeedy Payment te the SublcriWer, who, is
duly authorifed toifettie 11 Accounts relative
to faid Firm. . WM.HUBBELl.
AfT, The PufiQef will be .continue
ufual at their Store In. Winder, by JolwJ
Beaant and Wna. Huobell, under the Firm
of Beatint and Kabbell. Dec. j.
.... a t TO RENT, V; ,
trGR-hne or more Years,a STdlE-.
JiOViE juft fitted for the Recaption
f Goods, im. good . cighoiirhod,"and ar
nne.a Stand for Uuftnefs ai snt in th t nimh.
1 o.f Wake. . It is fitBated about eighteen Mile
.iuai rva.c:!, n tne mn Koadto Halitar,
near the Middle,Ground between Keufe?,"ai. .
Tar River, ,4 The 3tore-houfe, confita of.
Store Room knd Counting Room' with a Fire
Pace, ..aad(. ibme Ground encloftd. Any
Pcrfwn w idling jto occupy tie famei mayT be
Hoarded with the Siibfcnker living on the
Pen fes. , ; .
, ARDI MAN DUNN.
Wake Co Ney 28. i-oj. .
. i To be fold at Public Sate, T
On the 5th January nexti at the Dwell f ng
Hojfe of4 the Sablcriber, on the fouik
Side of Deep River,, aeai; Wilcox'i'old
Iron Works it Chatham County
,-; Five, tiki'ljNerees'i
TWO Me.n ; ne ; Woman, and
two Children t i
1. : , . ,
350 Acres of ood Woodland, lying on the
north Side of the River, adjoining Captain.
Lemuel. Smith's Lands. 'Twelve Month
Credit wiU,be iveo. the urchfer gitin
Bond and approved Security.
, . ... JOHN J.HPMPSON:
Chatham, November 19, 1 So j.
tbc H t day of, Decem.ber,
1788, I gave my Bond-to Samiiel Bai
ley, of Rowan. County Stite of North-Carolina,
foi thirty pounds; vThen the Bond was
payable I do not remember.. I hereby give
Motice to al) and, every. Perfon that I nave
long fmce paid off the Bopd therefore I, fore
warn all Perfons from traiisg for faid Bond,
or taking aqp Aflignment oa the fame,
; WILLIAM SMITH.
November dS, 1803.
ATTENTION
TrHHSubfcnner; a iwyip
took up a Man upon.ufpicion of having
itolen Property in ,his PoffsOiiJ, who called
himfclf James Patten. He had with.him a
Mulatto Man whi appeared to have had his
Tots burnt orr his rieht Faot. ind has a Hole
through the iame Foot, ihrwigh wfiich ho
can run a large Broom. Straw; he playr ths
Fiddle well. .He Had alto with him, a blaxe
Kace forrel Horfe, with two white Feet on
the rising Sfde, and a very likely Chefnut
Sorrel Ma re. .The kid J. Patten acciden
tally made his Efcape. The Mulatto, on exi
aeination, fays his Name i David Buften,
and that he ahdthefaiA Mare belong to lames
'Barnet otherwife TKomaa Pattea, who re
fides, as he believes, in'Amherft Cunt, ia
the State of Virginia. The is id David But.
ten fays, this Man wot known the Name
of Li sard,5 where fiom. 4 Theaid
Mulatto is confined in the County poal of
Chatham, NTth. Carolina. The Horfe and
Mare are, in my TolT tEon. Any l'erf.rf ap
plying for faid Property, thai have the fame
by proving and paying Charges
JOHN FARRAR.
v-natnam Lwnty, N. U. Nov. g.
'" mt i
25 Dollars Reward. "
T AN AWAY, about the middle
A; of Augufl laft, a Nero Pellow about iS
tfrtj Years old, by the Name of Ned in
clinable to be knock-kneed, (lender made,
tolerably thick Lips; talk with mifeh- uridtr
ftanding and fome Humour when .iflfConver
fation. I have Reafons ta believe 'that the
Negro has obtained a Pafs from fome : trifling
Perfon, in which he paffes by the Name of
John Hugh Caudge the Barber. He has
been feen not lung fiace in Johnfton County,
near .Smithfield, where he has .Connexions.
The above Reward will be paid aiiv Perlain 1
who will deliver the faid Negro Ned, or a 1U
beral Reward to any Perfon lecuring him in.
any Goal, and giving information, id, that I
get htm again. (AMES JNE.
Franklin Co. N. G Nor. 30, I J03 t
STRAYED,
From Raleigh, the std November,
"TWO large bay HORSES ;'oW
A of them braode4 on the left Cheek with
ami the left shoulder with D his ltt
hind Foot and bis Face whiter The other
nas tome wmte badie opotson his Baetaad
fome grey Hairs oa his Legs. Both Hbrfesf
re about eight Years, eldithe firfcnfenti
ned is 5 Feet 4 Inches kigli, the otfcer
Feet 3 Inches. ; Thy were ;raifed in Ten,
neifee, and may f cropt liave jgene that way.
W ksever fhatl give lafomation of 'the faiA
Horfes, to that they may be Tt ftoreJ Vse. '
or CreM Hill, in Raleigh, mU receive -Reward
of T weary Doliarff or ;Ta DpUr
tor tttAcr ei mem, . . . ,
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