Commutricattonft
FOU TIIK FKBE TKES6.
The State Constitution.
No. 3.
"The ordinary revenue is between
812,000 and 815,000 less than the annu
al expencc of the government, and this
lias been the case Tor many year. The
sources from which the deficiency has
been supplied ore precarious in their na
ture and will soon entirely fail." These
facts have been communicated to the Le
gislature by the very intelligent gentle
man who conducts the financial affairs of
the State, and his statements have been
confirmed by the committees who have
examined and reported upon the subject.
It is needless for mc to say that if this
state of things continues, it is almost im
possible to estimate the amount of debt
that will ultimately accrue.
On the 1st of November, 1833, the bal
ance in the Treasury was 839,907.
The ordinary revenue of the Stan? a
inounts to 868,000 dividends from
Banks upon the Capitol Slock belonging
to the State 836,360 private bonds 2,
500 making the sum of 146,767 to de
fray the demands upon the Treasury for
the current year. Now what are these
demands'! 880,000 for the ordinary ex
pencesoflhe government, and 880,000
to meet the appropriations made by the
Legislature for rebuilding the State House
and compensating Commissioners to re
vise the Statute L iws amounting to
8160,000, or 813233 more than the
Tieaurer will have in his hands. It is
true that this is an unusu il expenditure;
but it is also true that the receipts for
the present year cannot be relied upon
for the next; and taking the ordinary rev
enue which is 863,000 and comparing it
with the ordinary expenditure which is
880,000, it will still be seen that the same
relative disproportion exists.
Now it is clear that there are but two
ways by which this unfortunato state of
things can be remedied. The taxes
must be increased or the annual cxpen
ccs must be diminished. The former is
out of the question. We already pay
enough to support as good a government
as we desire and expensive governments
are always bad ones. The annual ex
penses then of the State must be dimin
ished so as to bring them within its an
nual income. Where will you begin!
The salary of the Governor is barely suf
ficient to enable him to live without
trenching upon his private means. The
Judiciary of the Slate is not extravagant
ly supported and any diminution of the
allowance made to this department of the
government would seriously affect its
c'Hicter and miliiaio against the best
ir i of the people. The only meth
od tn . "h this financial reform can be
accotnplishc
the Legislatu
biennial.
It is well kn
not favorable lo
Hence it is that a
created, and con
I have undertaken lo present for public
consideration. I have endeavored to do
this in a plain and intelligible manner.
If I have succeeded in this, my object is
accomplished. ARlSTIDES.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMHKR 26, 1834.
(J3To the enquiry of the Washington
Vhi we reply, that we endorsed the "jut trib
ute" to Senator Brown without any hesitation,
and if this subjects us to the imputation ot wear
ing "the coliar," so be it.
(pD. W. Stone, Cashier of the State Rink
of North Carolina, has given notire that the
notes of the Bank, made payable at t he Princi
pal Bank, or any of its Branches, will in future
be redeemed at the counter at the Office ol tht
Bank of the United Slates, in Fayetteville, and
at the Bank of the State of North Carolina, in
Raleigh, at any time when presented during Bank
hours.
Nominations. The friends of the Ad
ministration, and the Opposition, in tht
State of New York, both held their nomi
nating Conventions on Wednesday last.
The former assembled at Herkimer, and
was numerously attended by delegate
from every county, except Alleghany and
Franklin and they unanimously nomi
nated William L. Marcy as again the
candidate for Governor, and John Tracy
again for Lieut. Governor.
The Opposition, or Bank party, met at
Ulica and nominated as their candidate
for Governor, Wm. II. Seward and Silas
M. Stilwell, for Lieut. Governor.
Uit diminish the size of
ud ma; its sessions
a that large bodies are
e dispatch of business,
new counties have been
quently the size of the
Legislature increased, the sessions have
become longer and longer, until every
roan is sensible of this great public evil.
It cannot be denied, no matter what dif
ference of opinion in regard to the proper
basis of representation may exist, that the
Legislature might be advantageously re
duced. The expences of the Legisla
ture are now annually about 842,000
suppose you reduce it one third. You
reduce at the same time this annual drain
to S28.000. And if it should appear, as
I am inclined to think it would, that the
public interest would bo farther promoted
by having its sessions biennial, an addi
tional saving of $18,000 might be made,
which added to the 812,000, which the
reduction of the size of the Legislature
would effect, would present an aggregate
of 830,000 which would be annually sav
ed to the people of North Carolina by the
proposed reform in the legislative de
partment of the government.
In the preceding numbers I have en
deavored to refrain from doing more
than to present as clearly and as per
epicuously as possible, the facts necessa
ry to a full understanding of the subject
G7Mr. McDuflie has resigned his scat
in Congress. We regret it. He teas a
gainst us, but with such opponents to deal
with, the friends of the Administration had
nought but talent and manly bearing to
contend. Friends or enemies have never
mistaken tin- position of George McDuf
fie. Pet. Con.
Immense injury has been done to the
crops and other property on the laud
and wide-sprend rum, in places, has mar
ked its progress on the coast.
Wash. Statesman.
C?Thc President left the "Hermitage"
on the Dili inst. He was in good
health. ib.
The U. S. Bank against the people.
The liank has given the Treasury De
partment official notice, that it has seized
on a hundred and fifty odd thousand dol
lars of the public money, as a pretended
indemnification for damages alleged to J
have been incurred, in the negoeiation
of a Bill of Exchange on the French Gov
ernment. We shall give the interesting
correspondent between the Secretary of
the Treasury and the President of the
U. S. Bank, on Thursday. ib.
James Willis. This community, has
for some days past been somewhat exct
ted by the efforts of a few persons to ob
tain signatures to a petition to the Gov
ernor, for the pardon, without trial! Or
even the arrest! Of the cold blooded
murderer of Saml. Thomas, whose name
stands at the commencement of this nrti
cle. And to induce minors strangers
and what not to sign it, it has been de
lusively represented, that, if the Govern
or granted the pardon, why Willis would
settle ten thousand dollars,on the Widow
and Orphan child of the man in whose
blood he dipped his hands and further
more, that he would indulge' his debtors
as long as they pleased but that they
would quicklv be forced, if the Petition
was not successful!! A more nudacious
attempt to trample on the majesty of
those Laws which he, as a Magistrate,
swore to ob'y and enforce, ami that peace
of society, he promised before the altar of
God to keep, uas never attempted.
The; above is from the Washington Statesman
The following additional particulars we gather
from I he N. . Star:
(IT A young man named Thomas, be
longing to an association called the Pain
ter Club, at Washington; N. C, was late
ly murdered by a man named Willis.
The object of the Club was to besmear
and paint all drunkards found in the
street.. It appears Willis, who was a
man of properly was lately discovered in
that situation in the streets by Thomas,
who immediately coated htm with a dose
of nsafcetida. Willis went home, had his
gun, w hich was out of order, repaired by
the gun-smith, and returned and sought
out Thomas, whom he deliberately shot
dead.
Ocracohe Light-House. We regret
to learn that fire was, last week, acciden
tally communicated from one of the
lamps, to the dtck of the Ocracoke
Light House; and that the upper part of
it, together with the lamps, reflectors,
machinery, &c, were totally destroyed.
The "Ocracoke Light" has long been
i n .
Known as one or the best on the coast;
and than which there could be none of
more utility. We trust there will be no
delay in repairing the damage, which is
estimated at $1500. The keeper of the
Light-House;, we are sorry to state, re
ceived considerable injury from the hot
oil falling on him while endeavoring to
extinguish the fire. Wash. Whin.
From the. far West. We mentioned
in our paper of Saturday last, that the re
port of a battle between th Dragoons in
the We;st anel the; Inelians seeme-el as like
ly to turn out false as true. The mail of
yesterday brought us the Arkansas Ga
zette of August 26th (in which journal the
repeat was published,) from which we are
glnd to learn that the story was false
from beginning to end. We exprcsseel
a hope, also, when we heard of the death
of Gen. Leavenworth anel the sickness of
several officers and many privates of the
Dragoons, that the detachment marching
westwarel would forthwith return. It
gives us pleasure to state, now, that they
did return, as we hoped they would, and
arrived at Fort Gibson on the 15th of
August. Nat. Int.
The Gale. The papers of this Slate,
those of Charleston anel Eastern Virgin
ia, pour in upon us sad tidings of the de
struction and loss of property, occasioned
by this unwelcome visiter. In some pla
ces, it approached the violence of a Tor
nado in others, it put on the fury of a
frightful tempest of wind, rain and hail
0C?Thc Light Boat at Wade's Point
parted her moorings in the gale on tht
fourth inst. and has been taken to Eliz
abeth City, till sh e can obtain another an
chor, and undergo some little repairs. ib.
OTThe grand jurors at the Superior
court recently field in Oxford, maeJe out
a presentment against the fifty-four jus
tice's ot their court of Common Pleas and
Quarter Sessions, for neglecting to pro
vide a proper temple for Dame Justice
lo hold her stated court levees in. The
jurors also found that the said justices
had neglected to provide u pillory or
whipping post. ib.
Ship Wreck. The Schnr. Superior,
Hathaway ofDighton, (Mass.) from New
port bounel to Tar River, (N. C. ) was
wrecked on Currituck Beach, on Tues
day night. The vessel is about 60 or 70
tons, 15 elays ofT the stocks; every thing
new; has only 5 bbls. flour, 3 bbls. Pork,
2 do. Molasses, 1 box Shoes, 1 do. Dry
Goods, and some Carpenter's Tools.
Norfolk Herald.
Rail Road. On Monday last the
Rail Road in this place commenced haul
ing merchandize from the landing to the
several merchants; when what was con
sidered a heavy load for four horses was
put upon the car, the horse attached, trot
ted ofl with the same ease as if no load
had been placed there. Simple and in
considerable as is the fact, it goes to
seen Rail Roads) the immense savin
animal expense and consumption. 3
Fayetltville Jour.
GT'Thc New Orleans Bee of3djB.
stant says "A very respectable meet
ing was held last evening at Davis' bull
room, in pursuance of previous uihIlm
gtantling, with a view to adopt measures
to decrease the number of duels. It s
proposed to establish a Court of Hon.
or,' with such other reflations and bvtj.
laws as may conduce to the beneficial ob
ject in vitw. Several propositions were
made and referred lo a committee con
taining the several proportions, but as
they are under advisement, we decline
referring to them more particularly ot
this moment. Mess. Bernard Marigny
and Gen. Plauohe presided over the de
liberations of the meeting, assisted bv
Messrs. Auguste Douce and Mercier." '
A committee were appointed who were
lo report ihe Monday following.
C?Th Pennsylvania Inquirer, under
the head of infatuation, tells the story of
a young lady of family who abandoned
home, married, in opposition lo her fam
ily's wish, a young man guilty of theft and
forgery, and who hael broken prison, all
ef which facts she well knew; still, so
strong was the hold on her affections,
that nothing could restrain her, the pow
er of love proving irresistible, and ulti
mately triumphing over her judgment, ha
zarding her happiness and prospects of
life.
Later from Europe. The ship
Champlain, Captain Macy, furnishes
London dates to the 17th. Parliament
was prorogued on the 15th.
In the House of Lords the Irish tithe
bill was refused a second reading by a
vote of 189 lo 122.
The poor laws amendment bill passed
the House of Commons on the 8ih.
The bill to allow dissenters admission
into the universities had also been thrown
out of the 'House of Lords by a majority
of 102. The conservative interests of
the House of Lords and the liberal policy
of the House of Commons appear to have
come in collision the House of Lords
failing to act or rejecting the favored
bills of ihe lower body.
In Spain the hopes of Carlos appear to
be blasted he having fled towards the
French frontier, where he had been seen
within ten minutes ride of the neutral
ground. Zumalacarreguy, with 5000
men, retreated before Rodil at the head
of 2500 men, after an action of four hours,
into the woods of Ibrica and Iranzu, and
thence to the mountains and but for l ho
state of the country, his whole band would
have been exterminated.
Don Miguel was at Genoa, where he
had issued his protest against his renun
ciation of the crown of Portugal.
Don Pedro, on the 23d of July, issued
his decree, prohibiting after the 31st of
August the circulation of paper money.
The Tribunal at Warsaw, consisting
of Russia generals and Polish magistrates,
instituted for the purpose of trying the
actors in the late Polish revolution, con
clueled their labors condemning to death
the government of the fiv, together with
Gen. Skrzynecki.
Liverpool, Friday August 1. The
demand for Cotion has continued very
general throughout the week, and prices
of American description are l-8d per Ib.
higher.
show (what has loner been demonstrated.
but not believed by those who have aotj they had assembled -within range of tf-
West Indies. Extract of a Idler from
a gentleman in St. Thomas, to his cor
respondent in New Haven, dated August
15, 1834: "There have been some fa
mous doings in St. Kitts. The negroes
have all turned out. There is a vessel
down from that island this morning, which
brings the news that after a great deal of
trouble, they have been brought into sub
jection again, with the exception of abnut
300, who are still in the mountains.
Those who have been taken were severe
ly flogged, so much so that some died un
der the lash. Others were sent to I5er
muda as convicts, and I believe there arc
some to be shot. Fourteen of thetu
were killed the other day. It appears