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ff n c who ii- vc not taken Miller
& Whitney’s machine for a mo
del, but which in fome final:
degree refemble it, and in im
provement far lurpafs it, for it
has been afltrtcd, that Miller’.-
and Whitney’s gin did net on
trial amwer the intended purpofe
—the right of thole improve
ments are however it appears by
the prefent aft merged in the
right of the patentees, who it
is fuppoied on rlie lowed calcu
lation will make by it in the two
dates one hundred thoufand dol
lars. Monopolies are odious in
all countries but more particu
larly lb in a government like
ours. The great law meteor
Coke declared them contrary to
the common and fundamental
law of England —their tendency
certainly is to raid the price of
the article from the cxclufive
privilege, to render the ma
chine or article worfe from the
prevention of competition and
improvement, and to impovc
riJh poor artificers and planters
who arc forbidden from making,
vending or ding it without li
cenfe from the patentees, or in
cafe of doing fo, arc made lia
ble to penalties in a court of
law.—The federal circuit court
docket, it is laid, is filled with
thole actions; Ido not doubt
the power of congrcfs to grant
iholc cxclufive privileges, for
the conftitution has veiled them
with it i but in all cafes w here
they become injurious to the
community, they ought to be
fuppreffed, or the patentees be
paid a moderate compenfation
for the difeovery from the go
vernment granting the patent.
The celebrated Dodor Adam
Smith obferves, that monopo
lies are 1 upper ted by cruel and
oppreflive laws; fuch is the
operation at prelent of the law
on this 1 object; its weight lay
on the poor indultrious mecha
nic and planter. Congrels,
however, did not intend it fo
for when the full law on this
head was palled in February
1793, a k w individuals only
cultivated cotton, and it was
not dreamt of as about to be
come the great (laple of the two
fouthern flares, a ftaple too,
which if properly encouraged,
mull take the decided lead ol
any other, bread kind excepted
in the United States i the flops
proper to be taken to remedy
this public grievance you will
judge of ; but I fliould fup
polethat our filler Hate of South
C arolina, being fo much inter
tfled, would cheerfully join
Georgia in any proper applica
tion to congrels on the fubied —
1 am likewife of opinion that
the Hates of Korth-Carolina
and Tcnneflce muH be fo far in
tcreHed, as to fupport fuch ap
plication ; if you think -with me,
i recommend communications
with all of them.
J have the fatisfadion to in
-1( rm you, that the decrees of
the fupremc court of the United
States in the cafes which aHe (fled
our con fife at ion ad, and in which
] v. uj authorized to employ coun
kl, have firmly eflablifhed its
validity and conHitution;ilitv,
v hereby the Hare is relieved
from the apprehcnfion of refund
ing an immenlc fum cf money,
to the purchasers of confifcated
property, and tbofc who betray
ed their country are forever bar
red in their expectations of a re
covery of the property which
was lb juHly forfeited, Me firs.
Dallas and Ingerfoi’s correfpon
dence the eminent counfel wdeh
[ employed, and who have done
great juHice to the Hate will be
found marked No. 7. WhilH
on tliis topic let me once more
draw your attention to the infor
mation of Mcffrs. Smith, Stark,
&c. which two years fince was
laid before the legiflature on the
fubjed of a number of tracts of
land liable to the conh[cation
ad and yet remaining unfold.
I am perfuaded they are of con-
Hderable amount, and I fear in
many cafes have become the
objed of fpeculation in Tales for
taxes, [ordered a delay of Tale
of a number of trads advertifed
by the tax collegers of Glynn
and Camden in December lall,
and have continued that order
until feme general Hep fhould be
taken by you. Some officer
fliould be appointed to examine
into the filiation of thofe trads,
as well as thofe in Glynn and
Camden, called Carolina grants,
many of which have alio been
advertifed for taxes, and the Tales
Hepped as Involving an inte re fl
ing queftion on their validity,
indeed I do not heft rate a third
time to recommend an efeheat
law to you, and the officer ap
pointed under it could be veiled
with thofe different powers. I
have fo repeatedly given my
reafons for this law, that I for
bear faying more at prdem on
it, but that I have little doubt
that a vigilant officer would Toon
colled property to which the
Hate has a juft right fufficient to
fink all or nearly all her out Han
ding certificates, and to which
purpofe fuch property could be
appropriated.
W arrants have been drawn on
the treafury for the political
year iBco, to the amount of
1 1503 dolls, a8 cents, chargea
ble to civil eHablifhment of 1799
and 18co ; to the amount of
9239 dolls. 75 cents, chargeable
tofpecialappropriationsof 1800,
1799 an( -l 1 797 —to the amount
of 7812 dollars 32 1-2 cents,
chargeable &) contingent funds
of 1798, 1799 and 1800, mak
ing in the whole 28,955 dollars
35 1-2 cents, as per Hatement
No. 8. In the fame number
you will find the amount of mo
nies withdrawn from the yazoo
depofit during the fame year.
The charge on the contingent
fund has been greatly enhanced
by the ccndud of the corpora
tion of Savannah, the pay of the
adjutant general which the law
of the lall feffion appropriated
out of the taxes of 1800 not
yet come into the treafury—an
additional payment to the coun
sel engaged for the Hate and
other incidental expences, and I
have the fatisfadion to inform
you that notwithHanding the
menaces of Bowles and his ad
herents in the Creek Nation,
that during the courfe of a three
years adminiHration which I
have prefided over—the expen
diture for Indian defence has not
exceeded two hundred dollars—
the contir/ ■» of Bowles in the
1 , a*» we*.
nation has impeded a full redo
ration of the property taken by
the Indians from our citizens,
and I believe the delivery of the
murderer of Moreland, which
I am perfuaded is Mr. Hawkins’s
wifh to do, but you will find
from our correspondence that I
have not failed to require it.—
Injuftice to the prefent treafu
rcr I muft inform you, that re
peatedly I have directed the
comptroller to examine the trea
sury, and that too at different
periods and without a moment’s
warning—copies of the comp
troller’s reports are marked No.
9; by which it will appear that
that officer has been faithful to
his trull, and I muft add that he
is refpedlful, not arrogant tow
ards the government —modeft
not fell conceited and pofleffed
of talents every way equal to
the trull the flare has given him.
I am lorry to have i t in my pow
er to fay, that the deficit of
9442 dollars, 55-iooths, de
clared to be wanting by the
committee of finance laft fef
fion, but found bn examination,
by the comptroller to be a defi
cit of 9950 dollars 52 cents,
from the yazoo depofit is not
yet replaced by the late treafur
er; large demands are making
for that depofit, and feme flops
are neceflary to compel a return
in order that the ftate may do
juftice to the depofitors, which
ftic is bound by law, the confti
tmion, honor and morality to
do.
I, as I expefted the laft fefiion,
have received two chefts of
public papers from London,
but having been here but a few
days, the prefibre of bufinefs to
clofe the year has prevented ex
amination, and of courfe my
reporting their nature to you;
as foon as this examination can
take place i fhall do fo. Mr.
King, the mmifter of the Unit
ed States at that court, lias much
merit for his readinefs to attend
to my requeft, and deferves the
thanks of the ftate.
No. 10, contains reports from
the adjutant-general, which de
fence your attention ; that officer
is able and qualified for vigilant
in, and attentive to the duties of
that important office ; an office
on the due execution of whole
duties depends the truth or un
truth of a republican principle,
that a well armed and difciplin
cd militia is the great depen
dance of a free natVon, and I
think his compenfation too low
for an officer of his worth. Ma
ny other matters will require
your attention, which I will take
the liberty to inform you of
during the feffion.
JAMES JACKSON.
Slate Ilcufe , Lcnifville ,
November 5, 18 co.
LAND FOR SA! E.
T lij ILL he [old, to the highefl
V V bidder , on MONDA Y,
the \jthof November next, alike
Market Ilcufe in louiJville % at th
hour of Izutlve o’clock , a TRACT
of nine hundred acres of LAND ,
fituaie about five miles fnm Lcuifi
ville ; being fart oj a body of fif
teen hundred acres granted to John
Bouman t e[quire. Terms, caj/u
Daniel Slurges,
CftoUrj) 1800,
LOUISVILLE,
WEDNESDAY, November i2 } jS'-q
——°«eBiSS£Sse»*=
Departed this life cn TreSSy
the 4, th inftant, at the town of
Waynejhorough , Colonel Then,-is
Lewis y a gentleman of refpeftai i
lity, wbefe attachment to the revo
lutionary cauje between the Lriled
States and Great Britain is ve I
known —he has filled a number c f
important offices in the fate, rrd
for a number of years lad p n ft a
member of the General AJJhrbS.
His republican principles were
never doubted , and although net
Without faulty fiill the community
have loft in him a virtuous citizen
and an honeft man.
tfffi The Reply cf Major Ber
rien, to the author cf the piece ,
fgned A. we are again obliged to
poftpone for want of rcom—which
ftjall be inferted in cur next.
A. to B. is omitted for want
cf reem , which jhall alfo appear
in cur next.
(Gj 3 'The Rev. Thomas Carter
and Phillips Gibbes, will preach
in the State Houfe i cn Sundry
next.
- ZZZJI ——' ~ —-TT.... ; j.ra
THE Sub/cribers, as a Com
mittee of the Senafus Acade
mituSy were diretfed by that body
tc give notice that they mould re
ceive lifts of fuhfcriptions Jar money
in le contributed to aid in the imme
diate eftahlifitment of the Univerfty
of this ftcic —they therefore inform
all per ft ns mho hold, or to whom
j.xh lifts of JiibfcT ip lions may be de
liver cd> that they will be ready to
receive them until the twenty fourth
of November next when (he Sena
tus Acadcmicus is expo fled to be con
vened at LouijviTe % to which hoard
it will then le neceffary to report
the amount and nature of Juch jub-
Jcripuons,
Thomas P. Ca rnes.
David R. Mitchell.
Jofrph Clay, jun.
Oftober 28.
~T HE~f U RICRIBER
Bavin; ■ j\ ft c(f»»d an af.'.meri r>t CRT
GOODS f.nd GROCKR.ES, in the floe
formerly occupied by Mr. Jenckes, fo 1 i
cits the patronage of ihe public, urd
a Hurts ih em n<> exertions (hall be want
ing (I. giv« grnerai fatijlaft ; on, Among
the ie(» is a general a Hurt men! of
Jtwelltry and Plate ;
Confiding of the following
ARTICLES, viz.
Silver Englifh and French Watches
Do Tabic, Tea and Salt Spoons
Silver and Plated Soup Ladles
Plated Carter* and Candicuicke
Do. Briolc Furniture
Silver CUfps and S revc Button^
Stiver and Plaied Whir* v
Go d Medallions and Chains
Gold Lockets and Bofom Pins
G-Id En'Hiel aid Chal’J Bracelets
Gilt Medallions and Brackets
Gold Square and Ciefem Clafps
Elegant Ladies Pocket Books complete
Gentlemens do. 00.
An elegant Affortment of ARTIFICIAL
FRUIT
Hopkins’* Raeor Straps end Crmpcfitlon
Garc*l ard Fugle Beads, and many other
A ncle* too icdious to mention, wbi.h
will be fold low for cafli or produce.
William Allexander.
Otrtober 28.
ALL concerned will tah notice,
that there will be an apfhca*
tion made to the honorable the next
court of or dinar y, for ihe county of
Wojhingtcn , for letters dijvnijj ar }
cn the eflate cf Jefte Smith, dc*
ceafed , by
William Smith, executer,
Oftchcr 15, 1800.