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Ours are t:ie plans of lair dcliglitfnl peace, uuwarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers.' VOIi. XI-1. NO, 7. SAW URIAY, SCEMBJBii 14, 1839. A STATEMET.OF THE REVENUE I NORTH CAROLINA- tt A Statement of tbe nett amount of tltat branch of the Revenue which is receivable by Sheriffs, for the year 1838. Name of Counties. Anson Asho L -t-.Brunswick Buncombe Burke Beaufort Bertie Bladen Craven Carteret Currituck Camden Caswell Chowan Chatham Cumberland Columbus Cabarrus Duplin . Davidson Davie Edgecomb .Franklin. lGuilford Gates ;f Granville Greene Halifax Hertford Hyde Haywood Henderson Iredell Jones Johnston , Lenoir Moore Macon Montgomery Mecklenburg Martin ) New Hanover 21 Northampton Onslow Orange Person Pasquotank . Pitt Perquimons Rowan "Randolph Rockingham Robeson Richmond Rutherford Sampson Surry Stokes Tyrrell Washington Wilkes Wake Wayne Warren Yancy Sheriff's' Names. Land Tax. Young H. Allen George Philips Robert W. Woodsicfe Wilie Jones 'John H. Pearson Allen Grist John Freeman Georsre W. Melvin 9 Jno. B. Daswon 10 Georsre Dille Isaac Baxter John L. Ferrili Thomas L. Lea William D. Rascoe John Harman Alex. Johnson Joshua Williamson Lewis B. Krimminger John E. Hussey John M. Smith Thomas Foster Will. D Petway Gustin Perry James W. Doke James R. Riddick Leslie Gilliam John W. Taylor James Simmons Edward K. Jiggetts Israel Brooks Nelson G. Howell Robert Thomas Joseph M. Bogle Kisden M. McDaniel Allen S. Ballenger -James Quinn John Davis Evander Mcintosh Eli McKee 40.Eben Hearne 41 Thomas N. Alexander i nomas h. rnmps Owen Fennel 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2a 23 24 26 26 27 28 29 30 51 32 3S 34 35 36 37 38 39 42 43 Etheldred reebles 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 157 58 59 60 ,61 62 63 64 65 66 67 David W. Sanders James C. Terrentine Hardy Walters Joshua A. Pool Benjamin M. Selby Nathan Bagley John H. Hardie Isaac White Martin Roberts Neill McAlpin Samuel Terry . j James W. Carson Curtis Thompson Henry U. Hampton Salathiel Stone John McCleese Robt.,B. Davis Abner Carmichael Paschal B. Burt William Thompson Joseph S. Jones Thos. Wilson Additional Returns for 1837 and former years. Chowan Cabarrus Cumberland Davidson Duplin Hertford Rutherford Rowan Wake Washington Wm. D Rascoe Wm. H. Archibald, late Alex. Johnson Jno. M. Smith . Thomas Ken air, late, Edward K. Jiggetts William Wilkins, late, John H. Hardee, ' Paschal B. Burt 615 249 196 564 727 401 699 269 251 131 305 272 549 378 610 398 102 400 374 540 263 . 934 459 712 287 683 321 905 319 319 148 li 503 286 445 1113 299 265 141 350 797 .298 391 336, "724 280 944 357 265 560 - S82 509 472 480 292 326 683 410 440, 562 176 158 306 764 625 604 180 Town Property Tax. Dolls. Cta 57 70 S8 53 33 71 061 96 37 02 27 02 84 07 00 38 80 96 68 15 84 08 42 46 53 58 45 87 35 95 42 86 92 10 00 35 12 79 01 07 58 86 Dolls. Cts 9 71 8 49 26 23 130 4S 16 32 5 86 156 78 26 79 50 16 69 40 32 98 246 06 2 14 22 45 3 97 19 52 39 54 22 00 69 65 Poll Tax. Dolls. Cti" Stud Horse Tax 43 3 2 29.134 54 07 00 49 24 09 16 S9 48 92 55 48 84 56 89 90 55 66 88 22 27 71 03 51 89 10Robt. B. Davis 1 80 3 81 5 75 1 34 2 82 9 78 16 01 38 88 29,215 0812,14941 76 87 26 33 55 6 04 19 35 5 48 13 40 8 85( 2 00! 12 48 3 81 54 24 15 18 370 04 93 6 99 2 59 60 55 83 87 24 82 11 99 75 49 7 98 2 3 69 43 22 19 8 58 4 71 43 86 23 S6 5 20 178 18 12 74 21 29 2,11723 06 30 33 1 79 535 24 175 OS 256 4S 333 55 447 63 527 90 735 08 S65 85 534 67 194 02 261 51 214 70 698 05 393 68 627 92 533 54 148 52 337 45 442 36 4S8 08 253 61 805 58 550 09 504 03 366 79 863 67 306 44 850 51 355 88 212 82 106 79 1 50 519 82 293 47 439 S6 751 06 333 32 222 40 118 82 300 61 758 20 323 17 636 94 686 58 244 78 914 43 457 78 343 48 539 00 309 64 503 28 330 32 575 47 373 74 386 15 528 84 461 35 346 67 452 70 168 45 184 43 232 18 904 66 435 78 759 71 101 14 Dolls. Cta 21 15 21 62 61 10 68 G 14 10 29 14 15 98 31 49 1 41 20 68 116 09 28 20 83 83 57 81 15 51 43 71 64 86' 13 16 58 28 62 98 781)2 fro 118 44 9 40 76 14 9 40 10 34 33 84 Gate Tx. D. C. 9 49 4 70 9 40 4 70 m m 4 70 14 10 4 70 4 70 9 40 4 70 Store Tax. Dolls. Cls. 4 70 9 40 4 70 9 40 71 91 9 40 108 10 65 80 5,64 2 82 24 44 7 52 60 63 18 80 8 9 40 52 4W 112 80! 14 10 178 13 28 20 9 40 10 34 11 28 33 84 51 S 24 44 15 98 18 33 47 47, 28,710 06 i 2 26 7 15 2 44 4 14 15 42 13 54 45 31 2,563 15 28,800 32 57 34 47 94 38 07 5 64 26 32 5 1 00 23 50t 134 42 11 28 21 15 9 40 9 40 4 701 4 70j 9 40 14 10 18 80 4 70, 4 70 4 70 146 64! 52 64 24 44 90 24 144 76 404 20 165 44 41 36 581 86 112 80 63 92 110 92 191 76 227 48 7S 32 675 86 28 20! 156 04 65 80 146 64 78 96, 240 64 112 80 282L00 T5T28 293 28 69 56 214 S2 156 04 60 16 0 84 43 24 171 08 31 96 22 56 242 52 41 36 22 56 43 24 80 84 169 20 101 52 790 54 63 92 77 08 73 32 240 64 48 88 285 76 116 56 105 28 132 60 120 32 110 92 39 48 65 80 146 00 62 04 97 76 129 72 ! 28 20 123 14 i 63 92 29 i 40 60 16 131 60 35 72 T iveru Tax, be longing to Literary Fund. Dolls. Cts. Pedlar Tax. Dolls. Cts 11 28 18r 80 26 m 22 56 52 64 116 56 63 92 18 80 101 52 41 36 48 88 112 80 63 92 63 92 41 36 78 96 15 04 15 04 15 04 3 76 15 04 63 92 30 08 2fiJ2 TTo4 63 92 41 56 82 72 SO 08 63 92 33 84 22 56 26 32 18 80 18 80 41 36 37 60 22 56 37 60 15 04 37 60 67 68 150 40 37 60 Tl 44 30 08 67 68 41 36 127 84 82 72 7 52 15 04 3 76 56 40 18 80 41 59 105 28 26 32 18 80 71 44 11 28 45 12 18 80 172 96 60 16 26 32 15 04 204 45ig562 04 7 52 6 58 4 70 2,577 25)209 15 752 9,569 56 S068 39 3 76 7-52 7 52 30,87 19 S7 60 178 60 37 60 18 80. 37 60 18 80 37 60 18 80 18 80 37 60 18 80 37 60 37 60 57 60 56 40 18 80 57 60 65 8CM J80l 18 bU 37 60 18 80 18 80 56 40 S7 60 56 40 18 80 18 801 75 20: 56 40 18 m 18 80 37 60 56 40 18 80 S7 60! 18 80 56 40 18 80 18 80' S7 60 18 80 18 80 18 80 197 40 37 60 18 80 30 08 18 80 197 40 j 75 20 47 00 37 60 Artificial Curiosity Tax. Natural Curiosity Tax. Dolls. Cts Dolls. Cts 28 20 28 20 28 20 28 20 28 Q0 28 20 14 10 14 10 28 20 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 (1 2. Dot 470 14 10 2239 08 18 80 5 64 2,263 52 28 20 28 20! 28 m 28 20 28 20 28 20 28 20 28 .2 V 112 80 ,28 20 28 20 564O0 28 20 14 10 14 10 28 20 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 14 10 940 14 10 338 40 592 201 358 940 2350 40i2550 T1IE TWISTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. New Jersey members. The laws of New Jersey for regulating elections, which were in force when the members of the present Congress were cho sen, distinctly point out the precise, form, manner, and time, in which returns from .county clerks, shall be made to the Execu tive, and they as distinctly point out and define, and therefore limit, the authority of the Executive and his Privy Council in making up from these separate returns the aggregate majorities, and require that to the six persons having the highest number of all the votes legally returned to the Execu tive a commission to represent the State in the House of Representatives shall be given under the great seal of the State. It is best, perhaps -for the case may be come of deep interest to quote the very language of the law, passed in: December, 1807. We commence with the section which explains the duties of the inspectors of elections. - .s "Sec lV. After tbt poll is clostd,' the judg and inspectors shall, together with the clerk mf the elec tion, proceed without delay to take an account ot and cast up the votes given in for each candidate as representative from jhis State, and shall make sepa rate lists of the same, which lists ihey shall sign Certify, seal UD. .direct. ni1 tranamit In tho .lrk f the county, whoshaU attend atvlbe court house of the county on the Saturday next after the day of " we.jurposeoi receiving the same,waich i ' Deduct Tavern Tax belonging to the Literary Fund , , Amount of Public Tax, Amount V5 :: Remit- received Amount dug'Amount re Fines tetf tax of Shffson 2- from She;:ceived from additional riflfs. .Sheriffs. returns. Doll D CDo7ls"Cts I' llolIsTCTs;Polls. T5s - T 1386 59 13869 - -A 2 704 88 704 88 - - 5 708 27 708 27 200 - 4 1125 81 1125 81 - 5 1459 781 1459 78 - - 6 164i 901 1641 90 7 1727 76 1727 76 8 802 41 802 41 9 1676 49 1676 49 - 10 526 20 526 20 - U 679 58 679 58 - 12 735 82 735 82 - - - 13 1749 72 1749 72 - - - 14 1207 75 1207 75 - - - U 1996 11 1996 11 - - - 16 2051 ri 2051 71 - I7 S92 It 392 11 - 18 1060 25 1060 25 - 19 972 35 972 35 - - -" 20 1256 21 1256 21 - - - 21 629 31 629 31 - - - - 222193 74 2193 74 - iSiS 1303 17i 1303 17 - - - 24 SSI 1705 38. - 1 " - 25 751 H "751 14 - - - 26 2104 25 2104 25 - 27 766 18 766 18 - 2& 2150 62 2150 62 - 29 937 20 937 20 - So 685 05 685 05 - 31 447 37 447 37 - - 32 150 00 150 00 - S3- 1368 80 1568 80 - - 34 678 U 678 11 - 35 1066 02 1066 02 - 36 2310 44 2310 44 - 37 782 29 782 29 - - - 381 556 93 556 93 - 39 405 79 405 79 - - - 40 757 89 757 89 - - - 41 1957 S5 1957 35 , - - 42 895 71 895 71 - 43 3345 06 3345 06 - - - 44 944 6 944 65 - 45 1730 66 1730 66 - - - - 46 757 6? 757 67 - 47 2467 02 2467 02 - - AS 994 56 994 56 - - - 49 1084 24, 1084 24 - 50 l3,7l 20 1371 20 - 51 870 40 870 40 .- 52 1316 73 1316 73 - 53 986 53 986 53 - 54 1275 98 1275 98 - 55 743 17 743 17 - 56 879 74 879 74 . - - 57 1735 44 1735 44 - . - - 58 1068 82 1068 82 j - - - 59 975 58 975 68 - 30 56 - 60 1387 18 1387 18 - 61 409 03 409 03. - - - 162 534 93 534 93 - . - 63 850 04 850 04 - - 64 3429 37 3429 57 65 1321 45 1321 45 - - 66 1757 27 1757 27. - - - 67l 381 09 381 09 200 30 56 81,08"225 81,082 25 - 4 12 33 89 43 23 16 00 7 52 - 8 75 - 32 72 - 29 55 90 77 33 84 SOO S9 300 S9 ! 200,30 56 1 81.382 64181,382 64 iteraryFund 3,087 19 30,87 19 $78,295 45 78,295 45 A Statement of the Revenue which is derived from duties imposed on Sales at Auction, and from the Banks of the. State, for tax on Stock, at one-fourth per cent, on each share held by individuals, for the years 1838 & '39. Names of Auctioneers. Joseph Fowler 11 Henry Dewey " Lewis B. Myers Perry Carter William Peck E. W. Wilkings Sam'l W. Tillinghast Amos Kimball Tulcot Burr John Whitier William Labitaux Elijah Canaday Counties and Years. Craven County 4t tt tt tt tl i Hertford Wake Cumberland tt tt New Hanover tt Pasquotank Carteret 183S 1839 1838 1839 1838 1839 1839 1839 Amount due. DoUs-C. 95194 39 51 9 96 6 15 23 15 33 79 115 61 30 561 156 02 73 42 53 46 19 42 77 $728 951 Amount received. DollavC. 172 X 95 '9 11 22 1 33 75 115 65 30 59 156 01 . ,6 19 42 77 592 11 Revenue derived from Banks . Banks. Individual Shares. Am't due. Am't ree'd. Bank of Cape Fear 1770 29 1770 29 The State 9000 2250 00 2250 00 Merch'sB'kof Newbem 2250 " 562 50 - 552 60 f 4582 79 4582 79 RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS. PUBLIC FUND Received from the following Sources: CherokesLand sales 1838, $49,256 01 Bank Dividends, Bank Cape Fear, 90 00 B a ncombe Turnpike Company, 750 00 Public Revenue from Sheriffs, 78,013 86 " . " Additional Returns, 281 59 Bank Tax, Bank of Cape Fear, 1,770 29 " . Bank of the State, 2,250 00 " Merchants' Bank of Newben, 562 50 Fine, Philip Hadnot, E. Taker, , 200 00 Add Balance on hand 1st Nov. 1838, 37,466 57 170,640 85 174,021, 38 380 56 . , i' '' ; Disbursements from 1st Nov. 1838, to 1st Nov. 1839, This amount &xie Pub. Treas. 1st. Nov. 1839, . INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF N. C. Cherokee Bonds (sale of 1836,) 15,174 86 " 1838, 5,356 33 Principal on Loans by Internal Imp. Board, 11,025 00 Bank Dividends, Bank Cape Fear, L008 00 Transfer by Internal ImprovOient Boafd, 150000 00 Loans to the Raleigh and Wilmington R. R'd, 116,000 00 Cherokee Bonds, transferred to State R'd. 1,350 48 J. S. Dilliard and others, 910 00 Add balance due 1st Nov. 1838, 1 3,752 26 Disbursements from -1st Nov. 1838, to 1st Nov. 1839, This amount due Treas. Int. Impt. Fund, 1st Nov. 1839, 0- LITERARY FUND OF N. C. Bank Dividends of ProfitBank of the State, 51,250 00 Bank of Cape Fear, 4,863 00 Principal on X.oans by Literary Board, 99,480 00 Interest " " 9,808 77 " tt Iofi Imp't B'd, 9,335 65 Entries of Vacant Land, 9,737 93 : Cape Fear Navigation Dividends,. 1J300 00 Roanoke . " " 1,500 00 Tax on RetaBers of Spirits, 3,087 19 Sale at Auction, 592 11 Add balance due lt Nov. 1838 27,285 U ,260,239 76 Deduct disbursements from 1st Nov. 1838, to 1st Nov. 1839, 217,283 23 )304,576 93 314,347 56 9770 63- " i 42,95b' hi Deduct this amount due -Public Treas, and Treas. Int. Imp't Fund, 1st Nov. 1839, ' 13,151 19 Leaves this bal. in hands of the Pub. Treas. 1st Nov. 1839, $29,805 33 The foregoing Statement is founded on Returns on file in the Comptroller's Office, November 1st, 1839 wm. r. UUL.L.1NS, uomvtroutr. Comptroller s Office, November Office, 1, 1839.$ lists shall be delivered to him before five o'clock in the afternoon of said day; which said clerk shall j then proceed in a public manner to make one gene ral list of all -the candidates voted for as aforesaid, together with the number of votes received for each of thcra, and shall transmit the same, at the expense f the State, to the Governor, or person administer ing the Government, within seven dajs thereafter, having first caused a duplicate thereof to be filed in his office, together with the lists from the said town ships' Now, it is not disputed that the clerks of the several counties did make tip and transmit to the Governor, within the time specified,-the general lists above required. So far then as official forms could sanction such return, they were, to all appearance, regular and proper. The next section pre scribes the duties of the Governor, as fol lows : "Sec. V. The Governor, or person administering the Government, shall, within five days after receiv ing the list, lay the same before a Privy Council, to be by him surmnened for that purpose, and after casting up the whole number of votes from the seve ral counties for each candidate, the said Governor nd'Privy Council bail determine thex persons wh have the greatest number of votes from the whole State for Representatives in Congress from this State, which six persons the Governor shall forthwith commission, under the great seal of the State, to represent this State in the House of Rep resentatives of (he United 8tates." It is not disputed that the Governor and Privy-Council, according to the lists received, did cast up the whole number of rates, and their authority is in express terms limited to that merely ministerial office, and there upon a commission, under the great seal of the State, was issued to the six persons having the greatest number of votes. Thus far then all is clear and, prima jfacie, there would seem no shadow of pre text lor objecting to the members thus com missioned. But it seems the clerks of two counties, Middlesex and Cumberland, did for reasons either of irregularity as to time, form, or original right, omit to include, in the general list which they transmitted, cer tain votes in certain towns. How far they were justified or justifiable in such a course, is a question wholly for the House of Rep resentatives of the United States, when du ly organized, and concerning which it . is immaterial to the matter we have in hand to inquire. The Governor and Privy Council it is clear from the language ofi the law defining their duties in the premis es, had no right to go behind the general lists sent to them, and "which Were made in ih'e form and within the lime required by the law. Their sole business was to cast tip the whole number of votes on the general lists transmitted to them, and, ac cording to the greater number of these, to commission six persons. This office was faithfully discharged, and, as a necessary consequence, the commisson was given to thesixhig merabors. Concerning oae of these there is no dispute, as, at all events, he is admitted to be elected. But, con cerning the other five, it is contended that, if the votes of the townships omitted in the return of the clerks of Middlesex and Cum berland had been counted, there would have appeared a majority for five of the Administration candidates, and hence it is insisted the Governor was bound to com mission them, and not the 'others. But it must be obviou3 to every one that, of these excluded votes in Middlesex and Cumberland, the Governor and his Privy Council could have no official knowledge or cognizance. Their duty is fulfilled and exhausted when they cast up the votes on the general lists transmitted by the clerks of coiinties -and they can recognise no other source of information as to the votes given in any part of the State. The Governor has no shadow of right to go be hind the county clerk's list, nor to inqnire into, nor decide upon, disputed questions arising at the polls. This, as we have be fore said, is exclusively the province of the House of Representatives. How, then, it may be asked, can the Ad ministration party make even a plausible case against the decision of the Governor and Council f Mainly, it would seem, up on the misapplication of a provision in a subsequent part of. the, statute regulating e Jeetions, which requires vh Governor, in certain contingencies, to send express to the Clerks of counties for their lists. We again; for the sake of entire accuracy, quote the language of the law, which bears dale November, 1820 : Sec. IV. , br if the certified tists of votes given for Representatives of this State in the Congress pf the United States fchall not be received from the clerks of any of the counties of this State by the Governor, or persons administering tho Gov. erument, within seven days of the time prescribed by law for the casting up the votes, making a list thereof, and certifying the same, by the clerks of the respective counties in this State, il shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith to send express to the "clerks of the county or counties from which -such certified lists of votes have not been received, and Jto procure the same at the expense of the State." Under this provision, it is contended, 1st, that the Governor was absolutely bound to send express to the Clerks of Middlesex and Cumberland for supplemen tary lists of voles by them excluded ; of the existence of which votes, and of the fact of their exclusion from the general list transmitted from these counties, the Gov ernor was apprized by out-door testimony; and 2dly, that he should have waited for sucli supplementary lists before proceeding with his Privy Council to cast up the whole number of votes. This proposition it will be seen, pro eeetTs upon grounds wholly untenable. In the first place, it assumes the exist ence of the contingency in which the Gov ernor is required to send express to ths Clerks. But the law, distinctly limits that duty to the case of any Clerk not having transmitted his general list. Here the Clerks of all the counties had transmitted their list. Of course, the contingency con templated did not arise, and by conse quence there was no power, nor authority, nor obligation, of any kind, on the part of the Governor, to send for any additional returns. In the second place, it assumes that the Governor may look out of, or beyond, or behind, the duly certified lists of the Coun ty Clerks, for evidence as to the number of votes given in any county -an assumption that sets the law and all its forms at defi ance, and which, carried into -: practice, would open the door to every sort ef abuse, by converting a - merely ministerial officer into the sole arbiter of elections ilf ex parts testimony that votes are unlawfully exclu ded in one case, or admitted 1 in another, may once be received to overthrow or qual ify the returns of the officers named by law, and acting under oalh, it needs no 'ar gument to shew that the law is -a dead let ter, the forms for the preservation of the purity of elections cobwebs ami that tho Governor and his Council would, ia fact, possess substantially the whole pwtf ?f ''li It ... Ti rn T it -inwfi r lir ft mi" '
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