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Domestic, harbors, and for removing obstruc-jdocs pay hi If then the money iscn retreated, and threw brickbats i th nf rPi tnin riv-llnvind UDOn the DCOnle CflUdlllf. islie. snoP one 0 which wa ..... ers, for the year J 830. it right and just that it should be Ms of Congress. The following are all the acts of a public nature, pass ed at the first session of the twenty-first Congress. Those reducing the duties on coffee, tea, salt, and molasses, are the most interesting the present tax 'on 'coflee is 5 cents per pound; after the 31st Dec. next, the tax is to be reduced to 2 cents, and to 1 cent after the 31st Dec. 1S31. On imperial, gunpowder, and gomee teas, the present tax is 50 cents per pound; it is to be reduced to 20 cents on hyson, and young hyson, '10 cent?; to be reduced to IS cents, &c. On salt, the present tax is 20 cents per bushel of 5G pounds; it is to be reduced lo 15 cents on the 31st Dec. next, and to 10 cents on the 31st Dec. 1S31. The present tax on molasses is 10 cents per gallon; it is to be reduced to 5 cents af ter the 30th Sept. next, and a drawback of 4 cents allowed on exported spirits distilled from foreign molasses. The Acts are copied from the Washington Telegraph, omitting those of 3 private or local character. An act for the relief of the pur chasers of public lands, for the suppression of fraudulent practi ces at the public sales of the lands of the United Stales. An act to provide for an ex change of lands with the Indians residing in any of the States or! materials. w Territories, and for their removal An act to exempt deserters, in west of the river Mississippi. time of peace, from the punish- An act to authorize the Com-merit of death, missioners of the Sinking Fund! An act to regulate the commer to redeem the public debt of the cial intercourse between the Uni- Unitcd States. I ted States and certain colonies of A resolution authorizing the Great Britain, transmission of papers by mail re-! A resolution requiring annual lating to the Fifth Census. reports to be made to Congress in An act making appropriations relation to applications for pen for certain arrearages in the na- sions. val service for the year 1329. i A resolution for obtaining the An act for the relief of sundry aggregate returns of former cnu- revolutionary and other officers monitions of the population of the and soldiers and other purposes. United States. An act making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary' Internal Improvement. In addition and invalid pensioners. ! to lh .Maysvillc roatl bill the President n , c Put his veto on the Washington turn- All act to continue in lorco an -hn . . , ? , ... . ... , pike roatl bill, and returned tt lo the act auuiuiiz.m- uuuam soldiers , Senate; a vote was immediately taken, An act making appropriations to carry into cnect certain Indian Treaties. An act making appropriations for examinations and survevs; and also, for certain works of Internal Improvement. An act making appropriations to pay the expenecs incurred in holding certain Indian Treaties. An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light boats, beacons, and monuments, placing buoys, and for improving harbors, and directing surveys. An act making a re-appropriation of a sum heretofore appropri ated for the suppression of the Slave Trade. An act to protect the surveyors of the public; lands of the United States, and to punish persons guilty of interrupting and hinder ing, by force, surveyors in the dis charge of their duty. An act to reduce the duty on Salt. An act to reduce the dutv on molasses, and to allow a drawback pint. distilled horn loreirn on in the war to surrender the boun ty lands drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof, and for other purposes. An act making appropriations for the support of government for the year 1830. An act making appropriations for certain fortifications for the year 1830. An act to provide for taking the fifth census, or enumeration of the inhabitants of the linked States. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year 1830. An act making appropriations for the military service for the year 1830. An act making appropriations on account of the Engineer, Ord nancCj and Quartermaster's Departments. An act making appropriations tor the Indian Department lor the year An act lor the more effectual collection of the impost duties. An act to reduce the duties on coffee, tea, and cocoa. An act to repeal a part of an act passed March 2Gth, 1804, en titled an act making provisions for the disposal of the public lands in the Indian territories, and tor other purposes An act making appropriation for the improvement of certain to ascertain it the requisite majority (two thirds) of the Senators would sup port the hill; the vote stood yeas 21, nays 17, consequently the hill was re jected. The President also retained, for furtner consideration, the bill au thorizing a subscription for stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal and the Light-house bill, which embraces ap propriations for surveying and improv ing rivers, creeks, &c. In relation to the latter bill the Washington Tele graph, after stating that the sum appro priated was 5501,000, observes: "Of this sum $180 were to be expended in improvements in Ver mont, whilst there was to have been expended, for similar purpo ses, the sum of $50,G15 in New York, $24,155 in Massachusetts, and 860,000 in Maryland. Could anything more conclusively show the incnualitii ot the svsteml Whose money was appropriated by this bill! Did it not belong to tlie uhoic peopiei now did it come into the Treasury! Was it not paid in by all in proportion to the merchandise which they used, upon which a tax had been levied at the custom-house! Did not our Revolution spring from a' tax of two pence per pound upon tea, and are we not now paying an annual tax of one million per an num upon that article alone! Is not the whole amount of the mo ney in the Treasury first derived from the pockets of the people! if the people do not pay it, who gave him one amonsr distributed oacu again them unequally! "These remarks are intended to call the attention of the intelli gent tax paying people of this country to the practical operation of the system, which collects mo ney from all for the purpose of putting it back into the pockets of the few. Gen. Jackson is the friend of internal improvements, but he is opposed to intrigue, bar gain, and loir-rollinjr. Some of his friends in Congress labored to separate the light-houses from the appropriations for surveys and improvements; the interests uni ted in their favor retained the ap propriations which the President believed to be unconstitutional and defeated the bill. Had the light-houses alone been presented for his consideration, we have no doubt the act would have received his sanction. As it is, the failure must be attributed to the proper cause. It cannot fail to bring the question which it involves fairly before the people, who are the ul timate arbiters of the law and of the Constitution. That the Pre sident has placed his reputation upon the issue, is asserted by his enemies; to maintain his princi ples and preserve his popularity is the dutv of his friends." I" FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1830. FOR THE FREE TRESS. Greenville, Sfh June, IS 30. Mr. Howard: The last IVashington Times contains a very incorrect account of the bloody affair which occurred in this place on the 27th ult. As that er roneous statement may have an improp er influence on the reputation, and, pos sibly, the life of a peaceable citizen, who has thrown himself on the justice of his country, it is believed you will readily admit in your columns an impartial ac count of the transaction. About twenty days previous to the falal event, Mr. Easor,, then a boarder with Mr. Cherry, left his quarters, and commenced boarding at Mrs. Smith's. From ihat time Mr. Cherry sought ma ny occasions to abuse, or to quarrel with Kason, sometimes while he was walking to or fiom his meals, and sometimes while at work in his own shop. Eason, so far as his conduct is known, endea vored to avoid any dispute, calmly re plying to such remarks as required an answer, and occasionally cautioning him against any violence to his person. The evening previous to the fight Cherry de clared that "he would kill Eason the next day while passing to his dinner." About 8 o'clock on the mornin of the 27th ult. Mr. Cherry commenced the work of the day, by going to the shop of Mr. Eason, with a cane or "fire stick" in his hand, declaring his inten tion to give him a beating. He there abused Eason, very grossly, after daring him out in the street, striking his club on the floor at the entrance, and threat ening him in various forms; and amon others, that he "would blow his brains out if he came into the street." He repeated these offences several times, gunig away 10 Price's store, or other places, ana lelurnmg to the shop, until Eason, about the third or fourth attack. met mm ai me door with a cane, and or two blows. Cherry and hit Cherry. About ,h t t n ic i : , nnsfpcl nn nt fit, uuie h , , w w i ai store an 1 Eason'sown door, an advertiser 81 these words--Dempsey Eason coward, for I made him run" his name to each He declared edly and continually his positive L, tionptokH the Coroner bft son r,- . . : and sat for him on the steps of his Z? m l: : j .... " ' j " iiiuij uciuiuniicu uoi to be frihini where Eason usuallv ----ma proceeded for his boarding-house.1 n W linn rltnrtAr htoc . ,1 -r mnn flptrrminnrl nrt i l. j. . . 3 out of his usual course, left his shoo arriving within about f li i rf xr .... i Cherry's shop, the latter fired a r,ln him, hitting him with four buckho Eason then instantly and rapidly adva ced, drawing a pistol en the wav Ja shot Cherry in his shop. A ball W through his left arm, hut what Ii.h execution was done by that fire is not precisely Known, oome ot the persons who went in to see what was done en deavored to persuade Cherry to41()" his house and have his wounds examin cdj but he refused, declaring that would not go until he had annul fire," and requested them to re-Ut his gun. In the meantime Eason had proceed ed to his boarding house. lie put his pistol on the table, but soon after beinr told that Cherry was preparing for a other attack, he immediately re-loaded his pistol and stepped out into the street, where he could have a view of Cherry's shop. While in the act of stooping down to shew some of his wounds u those who came up to inquire about them, it was cried out that "Cherry icas coming again" am it was added, as some say, that 7ie had no gun" Cherry in fact was making- towards him, being then six- or eight rods off. . having no gun in his hand, but calling out, as he advanced, "Pm a real Jack son man, Pm coming to take, anoth er fire" Eason, on hearing the alarm that Cherry was coming, immediately straightened himself up,-and working his way out of the crowd, advanced ra pidly towards Cherry who was also ad vancing, and at the distance of about eight paces, shot him just at the instant Cherry was turning, or had turned round to retreat. The bullet is suppo sed to have entered between his side anil back, and to have passed through his body and right arm. He walked to his shop and sat down on the step; whence he was soon removed lo his dwelling house, where he died. About ten or fifteen minutes intervened between the two firings, and about twenty or thirty between the last shot and his death. Both affairs took place between 12xand 1 o'clock. The distance between Ka son's shop and Mrs. Smith's is thirty rods, from Eason's shop to Cherry' shop nineteen, Jhence to Mrs. Smiths eleven-. Eason remained on the ground until the crowd had cleared away, and then applied to Dr. Randolph,, who was standing with his father near the place, to get his wounds examined. He re mained in town several hours, generally on his bed, shewing no disposition to leave it. On being informed that warrant had been issued against him by one whom he conceived a bitter enem)V he sent a message to Mr. Tison,avcry respectable magistrate, and the only one then in town from the country, questing him with some other magis trate to have him examined. Mr l son replied, that he was under the ne cessity of going immediately home, should be down the next day, when, not previously done, he would attend the business. For several hours no one could be prevailed on to execute j. warrant, and Eason remained until i was suggested to him, that it be prudent to leave town, if , able, until he could have a fair chance for trial." He did leave town late the evening, and, it is said, that "e r turned, borrowed a horse in town,,a!n after sunrise the next day, started the river road towards his mother Edgecombe, calling, as he Pas?ej ;n. Forma n's store, and Newton's, 3'1 , forming them of what he had done,"
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