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FROM THE UNITED STATES TELEGRA
Accompanying the President ’« Message,
REPORT op THE P ST MASTER GENERAL.
Post Office Department, 2 ]
24tti December, 1829 $ I
To the Prcsidmt oj the United States:
Sir—l have the h. nor in submit the fol
lowing report nl the state of this Depart
ment.
The General Post Office was establish
ed July 26, 177f>- Tliete was then hut;
one line of posts, extending (rom fal-|
mouth, in iVw England, to Savannah.)
in Georgia; and the Postmaster General
was authoriz 'd to establish stub cross I
posts as he should think proper.
In October, 1782, the Postmaster Gen-j
eral was required, by Act of Congress, to i
cause the mail to be carried once a week to j
all the Post Offices; and by the same Act,
he was authorized to make provision fur
the transmission of newspapers by mail. I
When the federal Government w r* or-!
gamzed under toe present constitution, in
the Post Office establishment was
revised and perpetuated- There were l
then, and to lire close of 1799, only seven- i
ly live Post Offices in tire Ceiled State.-; 1
and the ex lent of Post Knuds in the Uni
ted states, in J 790, amounted to 1875 miles.
New, the number oi Post Offices is eight
thousand and lour, mid tire Post Hoods,
amount to 115,600 miles.
Pile flint line of mail coaches in the U.
States, was in pinsiinnce ot an
Act ol Congress, passed Sept. 7, 1785,
ext ending fimn Portsmouth, in New Hamp
shire, to Savannah, in Georgia. The trims
[notation ot (lie mail in couches amounts,
at this time, to 6.507,818 miles in one
year, and from tire first day ot January
next, it will be increased to 6,785,810
miles. The whole yearly transportation
of the mail in coaches, sulkies, and mil
horseback, amounts to about 13,790.000
miles.
Tin- vlmlc fiimmui of postages, (itu - only wince of rev
enue iu »hc l>. ii.iruu* (»•> f.oiu 17W0, to Ju> 1, >!!*'•», w.»»
$4i«t.411,41)0
'I lif u l)oli r x|*. iiie» us tltp l»cpjrlmi(Bttovr
-1114; ill' Min* j< imri w«t« <m luilowv:—
1 ouiptiis-iion 1 $7,C<3 3<!*
Iru iiu iii.il ■ H9»-U*»7
J 1 lUsiurilution i*i liitfiiinil lCt»s'4,*iS
' 21,77910*
1 tin nt.*(rrcj;B»c tunmint of iffvffimv of
r;.*» Ue vf*mir of i- v . epatttueui in uccoimt*
cd for > >* 1 How »♦—•
Am mnl H (in' sr>/ r.it pnymffiiU into ilic
Tn-ft'ui y iioiii I7dtl m ittiiH. sl,lO-1,003
Ami.hi! I >ll lus t's in (In fiMii.'inUtioil of
jiiourv »lurn»4 Hit* muii 1 ju'imil, 17.810
I’.n 1 m«t us . SlnhlD rl nn die l unln of the
1 )t*jr.ii inti'iii, cn tin* lal ol July, i(u9 f 441/»80
if) 34,01)1
. I .OITI (Ilia itmoiurHt il apprur* (liat ll o l'cp.i r.. ui has
.tlwnts Duel. l»y iu own rohnurwa. ami t'uit no
mom > la* m .!••’ \fn 'com iliff I r.* *ur -
for Un I' • • bill lnul U lm» ton
(rilmu-tl .u Git 11 i ..u i in*- Ciuvt iiuuitil.
Ir nmi u*. pi i into tla»- Tr** »uiy by (lie iliilVreut IVjI-,
niMlrr *»en< r»b nic :u i 'i tw>
H> rim *tn> I'm jin i>cconibrr, J'W
fn .tl 17**j. £47, 1 c.(
l<» J.ut'jXr fie n Ju..c, ir.v, to
H< pi mber, Idbi, 313,310
h) Uitlr .tr o rt*r It tv
iu UfC#niUi. lf(-. 2M,*7v I
liy 41 i*l*i n J :Vi-*g». li in U*nrch« 1914, lo
.•ime, 4 823, £■17,203
hv Jo.nl Ml Lcrtli, uu Ju } 13*5, lO U*-
teiubcr, JU2B, 13.4U1 |
log*”, her, |nr fotffgolhi' >ui!i of 1 IU3 '.*• •>
’lut; uul.tnce, ol $54 1,080, exhibited by ;
the bunks of litis Depai intent, on the Ist j
July, J 829, covers ail the balance due,
from Post masters and others, ol every de- j
scriplinii which tiave been accumulating
fur forty years, including those of the must
<h nbtlnl, and many ol a desperate charac
ter. The Keport of the lute Postmaster
General exhibited a balance ol $332,105
10, a- lire amount of available funds, at the
disposition of the Department, on the lit
July, I'l2B. The (imoiiiil exhibit..l In
the ho Its of the Department on that day,
is $6(6,394: from which it appears that
the sum o. of old balance's, was
estimated lo be either desperate, or of so
oncer min a character as that no reliance
could be had upon any part of it; and it is
believed hum examination, unit this esti
mate did not essentially vary from what
will prove to have been the actual amount i
of losses from 17-89 n> 1828.
I o the above amount of £334 289 J
Mum bn mill'd this Bum. hr injr Huff fur ju»*l
npff.« Drluc (0 July I. UUM wtiicli U niiicu
[•Mint) lo li? ib’fjM'i'.rlff, 32,30*
CrwiUmfrll ntoui/v funno mi liaiiJ, A2,034
ISulfb of bvukli) jl.riik.-i, J (17/
lopffOu c tUe 101.0 amount of lossei by
bin! tlrbi# on ( )>ml iiumey, £,3IG t? 39
M hii )• »n *» il* ilnctct. lioni iLt* abovcinnUion
bAlaiiCf of *4l 08U
Le.ivr; 1 lu* n.'tual balancr. 00 the JM ofjalv,
5(590.6A0
’J’bf It uiiiimi In C is ‘(Hr .nunt boing' iiniillcd.
I lip union ( ol .1 unifys «*n Iti.iul, anti dnv from I'nsUnuv
toi l iurtu'liuj uviun übiiiin ti on >l.l hi counts, tv is
II pnrti'il )•> in. inu'Fobtmusti r geovrul iu bi*, on ilm> i%i
(biv -l July. 1«27. i>7
ll»* ffl *• ii'punffii nn «•». «*b« t.f rvpendiUirffff
brvtnul tin* iiiiumiii of |. Cfips i u Uiv year
PUiUng I lit* lM ul July, IK.fol J17.02H 27
I,f«vsnp • ’ ulnncff nl nKinufi on bund and
duff (1 mo f iii'niei , i u'Uuing ju.t; monta
oinuiiivil on oiu Hcconntb. on lie let of July,
‘O.of ■ JTO,TOO 10
1 li*- amount of pon ipm from Jnlv 1. 1825,
to July I, 1029 !*• lonml to i f ,yl <o7.till 42
f. > cipcndiiurt’s of iho I.l* -
|i.irtn)t'ot of Uu* •iim- fAMiod ,
iirt* m (olio*9? -
t'oiuponsniivm 10
PiikiuiAili m, $0*8.?37
Ti'anrporiiun of I
ibe Mail, 1,163.b|t< 21
Inciilriiln) exp l»- I
sci, «‘J 149 Ot
• J .782 1 32 *7
ro <lr« amount of
ri|M*i*l.lurr.R f tim Juiv 1,1828, •
to Ju y I 1828, >m fftoffft* o#-
yon i Die amount of ifffrnuff,
Hilmiliiog tbftt ffv* ry crni ot
uusiarr «»f tin |,i9t year
hr coMrritd.ol $75,714 1*
A 'ii am>Hint ot bad dffbu. nx
fcffurr uirn io iffrl ol $22.2J* *J
Add amouiit of !
flod money, i,aOQ 38
us
I.cAving the truss of available fundi
a ib» dbm >nl 01 tin* 1> ’Phi fitieni, on tiiff lit
• uly. 1 trCv prmudrdao furt!,ffr k j-Ci shall be
Mubuneii iu ibe collection, \Ut
C’Hih in ilt-p ißjiff. $fC6 4IS 94
U • binchr due from 1\ s mai*
‘*n and odarx, VI 4*N) 2l
It appears, tl erefote, that lue limds ol I
ihe Department suffi-red a diminution,from '
July 1, 1528,i0 July i, 1829, of 101,25(jj
03
In this result, all (he collections made!
of former debts, ns well ns all losses us-1
certained within the year,are comprehend-;
ed. j
The expense for transporting the mail. I
by reason < f the increased facilities con- 1
fiacted for, before the commencemect of I
l.e present year, from January I, to July I
_ J, 1828, exceeded the expense for trails-1
portalion during die cnrrevpnncling period i
us the proceeding year, $67,333 and the j
expenditures of the Department foi the
• ime period, being the first half of tin cur
1 rent year, had there been no increase of
postages would have exceeded its revenue
SGB,GBI equal to $137,362, for the year.
; Tlie actual excess of expenditure, however
| owing lo the increase of revenue, for the
j half year ending July l, 1820, amoonfs to
but $49 ; 778 55.
When 1 entered upon the duties of the
Department, on the 6th of April hst, I
found the contracts had been made, and
| the responsibilities of trte U-pariment in- ■
;curred, for the whole of the current year,
) and from one to four years in prospect, in
the most expensive sections of the country,
j b appeared necessary, therefore, to direct
1 the energies of the Department principal
ly to the great object of sustaining its op
j (-rations, in the engagements which it
already contracted, hy its own resour.
1 ces. This could he .fleeted only by en
{forcing a strict observance of the law on
jlhe part of the I’ostmasteis, in preventing,
;so fur as practicable, all abuses and in >c
j counting regularly and prompt!) for all
: the money coming into tln-ir hands, by
'guarding against ail further increase of
1 expense, except in cases absolutely dennn .
ded by the public interest; and hy iiistitu
ting such checks and responsibilities iu the
mode of transacting the business of the
Department, ns to secure more ffl’euiu-tlly
a proper application of its funds, nnd to
■ prevent, in all cases, a diversion of any
part of them from their legitimate objects.
To correct abuses in the privilege of
franking, which had prevailed to a con
siderr.ble ex ern, nod to prevent oilier*,
which were beginning to show themselves,
it was thought expedient pi issue n circu
lar to Postmasters, calling their special
attention lo the subject, and enjoining re
newed vig'htnce and energy on their part.
Phis circular, bearing da , «‘ the ISih ol
I May last, Inis not been without its r fieri.
The postages accounted for by Postmasters
are accumulating in an increased ratio,
which promises advantageous results.—
Phe proceeds of postages for the quarter
ending June 30, J 829, exceeds the (imount
for the corresponding quarter, of 1828,
by $30,376 50. The arcnnr.ts for the
quirtur ending the 30th of September lust,
are not nil tjxaniined, but so fu as the
examinations have proceeded, it promises a
propoi donate increase.
The contracts for transporting the mail
in the States of iudi ina, Illinois, Missouri,
Penm-ssee, Alabama, Miardsuppi, and
Louisiana, and the IVnitory of Sikansns,
constituting one section, will expire widi
the current year. The rapid increase of
population und of business in those neo
lions of the country, required considerable
..itproveincr.ts in the fn qicticy, the celer
jity, and the mode of transporting the mail
.on the lea ling routes, for which provision
| lias been made in the renewal of the con
'ritcis,
) The mail communication between New
; Orleans mid the Seat of the General Guv
eminent, byway of Mobile nnd IMontgom.
|ery, in Alabama, and Augusta, in Geoigiu,
| a ill (rom the commencement of theensu
i • in! y-ar, h - rIJ.-oU'iJ [hue times a week,
j all’ording rmnfoi Ifible ei.-nvevi.-nces (in nav
e/ters, and the whole trip performed in the
period of two weeks, catli way, through
the capitals of V irginia, Ninth Carolm i. 1
South Garolmn, and (Jeotgiti.
Lines of (our horse post coaches will
also he established, from the first day of
January next, to tun three limes n week,
both ways, between Nashville and (Mem
phis, in Tennessee. This improvement '
was deemed important to keep a regular
A: certain inteicourse between the Western 1
States and New Orleans Memphis being 1
a point on the Mississippi to which steam !
hunts ran come at all seasons of the year ;
it being contemplated to extend this line
to New Orleans by steam hums, so soon ns
jibe means of the Department will j islify,
and the public interest shall require it.—
To give greater utility to this improve
ment, n weekly line c f cm ches will also
be established at the same time fiom Flo
rence, in Alabama, (when) it will connect
with the line from Huntsville,) to Bolivar,
in Tennessee, at which point it will form
a junction with tho line from Nashville to
Memphis.
Such Improvements urc also provided
in the transport,-.tl.m td'the mail throi-p:
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, as that tti
lines of stages three times a week between
Louisville, in Kentucky, and 8t L mis, in
Mi» onri, will comic, t the cmespo.uieiici
and the travelling in a period of two day.
less than the time now occupied; nnd con
tiune the line to Fayette, beyond the cen
lie of Missouri, within the same lime which
lis now allowed for reaching St. Louis. A
i weekly line of stages will nlsa go io'o
[operation on the first of January m-xt, from
j Taycite to Independence, near the West
• era boundary of that Slat--.
j There with other improvements provi
jded fu-by the cmuiacts which have just
j been made, will ndd 277,992 miles to the
• unniml ir-iiisportiiiion of the mail in stages.
I Notwithstanding ihe increased expense
j which these additional services would re
quire, the new contracts have been made,
| including all the improvements, for $19,-
i 195 37 per annum less than the sum paid
j under tin-expiring contracts, for the (mis
porituhm of the mail in that section. The
! advantageous teims of these contracts will
jelled a saving to the Department of about
twenty five per cent in proportion to the
j services to be performed.
On entering the Department, my atten-
I lion was, at nn emly day drawn to the
, n.a .net- in which its foods were received
(and disbursed. I-ircuinstuuces transpired
; at the very threshold of this inquiry, which
j indicated r. looseness and irresponsibility
entirely incompatible with (hut system
I which ou-dit to characterize evciy branch
iof the public service. Monies had been
j advanced to different persons contrary to
daw; and persons in the immediate employ
j ineut of the Department, who receive stlpu
jlaled salaties, defined ninlappropnaled by
! law, had received monies in advance from
j the funds of the department, beyond the
I allowances so provided, nnd whiijii had not
Cflt'otuclc ,in 9
been appropriated. There stands at this
d-iy on the bunks of the Department, a ba
lance ofs2,lGl iG, for ninnies formerly
advanced out of the funds of the Depart
ment beyond the compensation provided by
law to different officers & clerks, who had
been employed, but who have left the ser
vice; the greater part of which will proba
bly never be collected. A considerable
number of accounts stand open against oth
er individuals, for monies advanced, some
of wltum are now unknown to the Depart
ment. An act of Congress, of April 21,
1806, appropriated $6,1'0 for repairing
j the road from Athens on the route to New
Orleans, $5,000 for the road between
Nashville and Natchez to ha expended un
der the direction of lhe (‘resident, who de
signated the Postmaster General to carry
the law into eff-'CI. The monies appropri
ated were mingled with the general funds
of the Department out ofwhich the expen
ses of the road were defrayed; end there
j are now standing on the books of the office
j.a balance of $1,405 67 against the first,
' and against the other of these roads a
balance of $ I 946 65, making together,
the sum of $3,352 32, on account of mo
nies advanced by the Department, and fur
which it is still accountable as so much mo
ny in band, (hough these accounts origina
ted twenty three years since. These facts
evinced a radical defect in the sys’ein of
financial operations of the Department.
It appeared that all the funds of the
Department were received Si disbursed by
one of the Assitslnns, while the Postmaster
Geneial was held responsible in law, for
[their proper application. The Assistant
j h id it in Ids pmver at all limes to withdraw,
jor furiii-.li (or the use of others, the funds
of the Department, to a large amount, wi’h
out die knowledge of its head, or ofany othei
person attached to it. There was no cheek
upon any such transactions, nor any thing
connected with the system calculate I to
bring them to light. The Assistant made
doposites nf part of (he lands in d (T-rem
banks, subject to his individual checks ;
and retained a part in Ins own hands, but
to What amount is not shewn by any docu
ment or record in the Department. On
the change o( the sys-em, there «,is Conor!
in an iron r (Ter, in his possession, the sum
"f $10,376 89 r nsisiir g of sl9 (,9 1 2
in specie, and 18.8 57 79 I 2 in bank not s
ceil Acutes, and clucks, Os (bts sum,
$2 633 ~6 were found to be counterfeit
and $1 672 62 were in notes of broken
banks, and of no value. \ part of the re
mainder is of very doubtful character
Such as was not asceilained to he good
has been rent to the* different Slates from’
which it issued, for the purposo of deter l
mining its value, and rendering ji availa
ble; but what proportion of it will be found
wot thless or depreciated, is not yet learn
ed.
The necessity of an entire change to the
mode ol conducting ihis business, was most
obvious.
Directions have In-rn given, that the mo
nry appropriated by law for the payment I
of salaries, shall never he united willi the)
hinds of the Department, but tint it shall
be (linnn by an agent, appointed (or (bat
purpose, and applied directly to the object
for w hich it is appmprited; so that the per
sons receiving it shall have no accounts [
opened on dn- books of the Department.— !
This will rllVonially prevent advances and '
overpayments on that head in future. '
It Wi 'S important to devise a system by !
iviiicli no monies should lie received or dis- '
horsed, or in any manner come within the 1
control ofany individual ; but that all mo
nics 'Should lie paid into the Department by
certificates of deposite in banks, and that ’
nothing could be drawn from such depo- 1
sites, not even by the bead ol the Depart 1
ment, without the signalure ol two distinct
officeis of the other, and both, emitting
to the correctness of the art ; Also, "that
ihe transfer of monies (10m Poymisttrs to
conlrnctots, should he subject to the same
guard, and requite, in like manner, the in
vestigatirn nod aigrniluie of two distil,u
oflicers ol the Depailment. It was like
wise necessary that the system should em
brace a rule which would . t-cjuin- Pusimus
ters to acci-mit promptly for the proceeds
ol their 1 (lues, and prevent accumulation
of post ige in their h mds. This has been
done ; and it is believed that the monies
if this D paitment are now as ■ fiectnaily
|o o'ected ns those ofany other Department
io t e Government.
i lie observance of the system which lias
•••on adopted will is quire additional labor,
’'tit it is deemed essential to the security
an t pro-pertly of this Department.
i have the honor to be, with great re
gard, your ob’t serv’r,
W. T BARRY.
v.
THE FINANCES.
The Annual Repor. from the Treasury i
Department was yesterday received in
both II uses of Congress.
We have condensed, in the subjoined
statements, the substance ol the informa
tion which it furnishes. They embrace
the Receipts and Expenditures, actual and
estimated, (or the current year, the state of
the I’ubhc Debt, ami the Estimate of Re
ceipts and Expenditures for the year to
come.
In addition to the pages from which
this information i; extracted, the Report
embraces a variety of suggestions of de-!
leets in the existing laws, and of proposed |
remedies for them. These we do not on !
ilentike to epitomiz n , as we shall soon give !
them at huge. The most material lea :
lures of them are indeed sniicipaied.ini
Ihe Message of tin- President of the United i
States, which is in the possession of every i
reader.
KP.CFIPT3 AND EXPENDITURES.
The Receipts into the Treasury Iro n ,-di smn
ccs during Hie y«ar .1127, were 22,9;je,863 in
The txpemjnmes lor the same
vear, including the Public Debt,
w».ro 22,(V.0 764 0*»
The balance in the Treasury on
die Ist .Innnary, JB.B, was 6 6 r 9. 816 10
In 18.8,(110 floor ipts were 24 7(.y,46! O'
Making: an •■gsrega’o of 31.467,749 71
Tiic (XjHu’itures fjr t(<e year
————. m - ■ ■ 1 > . -
10-28, were 25 415,313 90
Leaving a balance in ths Trea
sury, January 1, 1029, of 5,972,-1)5 01
Tne receip's dur.ng the three
first quarters of the jinseiil year,
are estimated at 19,437,230 93
The receipts for Ibo fourth
quarter are ectimaled at 5,165 00)00
Making (he aggregate of 30,574,06 j 79
The Expenditures for (be three
first quarters have amounted, by
estimate, to 13,919,11105
The Expendi
tures for the fourth
quarter, including
£3,669.542 93 on
account ol public
debt, are estimated
at 7.215 101 05
Leaving in the Treasury on the
first of January next, an estimat
ed balance of 4.410,07169
THE PUBLIC DEBR
The payment? rn idc and t. ulo, on nc
coital ol the Public D ;bt, lor tn« y-,ar 1029,
amount to 1 2 4J3 8 J
O' which 9,041,0)1 55 j 3 pn
account of the ptiuc-pd of the
debt, leaving the total debt, on
the first day of .1 uni ,ry, i«3 J, 43 563,-190 5 )
This debt is redeemable as follows:
la 16)0 6 017 635 51
DiU 6,010,9 )9 72
I 8 *2 7,227,063 97
• 8!8 2,227 63 90
lb ;4 4,73 ) 296 3 •
Ai pleasure of Government 2),296 2493)
As there will, during the above years
be more m nicy applicable to the redemp
tion of debt, than the United Stales have
contracted to pay, the Secretary suggests
the redemption of the 5 percent Slock sub
scribed to the Bank of the United Stales,
and the authorizing the Commissioners of
the Staking Fund to purchase of the three
per cents when it can be done on favora
ble terms.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS.
The value of Domestic articles exported
for the year ending 30th September last,
'* estimated at .$.55,800,000, being 5,130,-
331 more than in the preceding year.
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
Tho estimate ol reci-qit. for 16 it), 13 as follws
From Cu toms 22 000,900
Lands 1,2 0 000
H ink Dividends 490 Of.O
Incidental 159,000
, - $23 IMt),000
The exu-n liltipep includin'*
!! 5 f, 0,bn(l rqip'icsble to tho
P it) ic I), bt. are cslim ited at 23 75,5 520 67
The balance which will he in the Trea
sury on the (st January, 1831, is estimated
at 4.491,515 02, an umonnt, it will be
seen, different very little from the amount
of estimated balance on the Ist January
next.— National Intelligencer.
Richmond, Dec. ID.
The Convention has been ten weeks in
session—and we nre nl some loss to con
jecture its termination. Some gentlemen
say, Christmas ; and others, the first ol
January. For our own parts, we should ra>
j titer name the latest day, than the earliest,
j During the two last days I lie proceeding?
have not been so interesting as heretofore.
—The resignation of Mr Monroe, not on
ly of the Chair of the Convention, but of
his scat in that body, and still more the
cause of it, the indisposition under which
he is labouring, lias called forth much feel
ing. His place as President, has been fill
ed by the election of Mr. P. P. Barbour ;
and Member, by the appointment ol
Gen. laylnr of Norfolk, at the hands of
the remaining Delegation of the Loudoun
District.
Yesterday, tiie Committee took up Judge
Summers’ Scheme of Wards and Boards
of Police in die counties, which was finally
rejected.— Enquirer.
—o-
P-mt 10 Clnrlovo-1 Icecu-y Dse. 22.
E \ TEST FROM ENGL AND.
Bv tin- annul yesterday of Be. brig ,/cs
sie, Capt WiU'Mtu), from Liverpool, we
have our ii ps of English papeis, London to
die L3, h, Liverpool to the 17 h.
1 he Cotton market was very active and
vdcs to a considerable extent had been
made at an improvement of fully a -Jd per
lb. on American descriptions.
According to acconnts from Barcelona,
that city bus been recently visited by a
tremendous tempest that did immense mis?
duel to die shipping in the hailior. Af
flicting details are expected from the Med
iterranean.
Mr. M’Lean, The American Minister,
visited the Earl of Aberdeen on the IStliat
die Foreign Office.
An affair of honor lately took place at
the King’s Park, between Mr. Alien, the
proprietor of the Caledonian Mercury, and
'Mr. Ritchie, ol the Scotsman. The par.
ties, alter exchanging one shot separated
I without any injury.
i. , Mr. Bollard lias been appointed the new
j Baron of the Exchequer, in the room of the
I lute Baron Uuilock.
The remainder of the French troops had !
returned from the Morea. The insalubri. 1
°l die climate caused serious losses.
The French navy consists, at present,
of S 3 ships of the line, 41 frigates, and 205
brigs. &c. making a total of 279 vessels of
ail sizes. 20 ships oflhe line and 22 fri
gates will be on the stocks on the first of
January next.
I rout the Journal du Commerce )
1 lie '‘Almanack ol Genealogies” sot the
year 1830 contains the following article:
!—“ I lie sun ol Napoleon, born the 20th of
| March, 1811. When, in 1815, the Con?
1 grass ol \ ieniia had derided that the son of
■ Napolean could never be the Sovereign
I of any country whatever, his grandfather,
i the Emperor ol Austria, Francis 1., con
lerr'd on him n donation of lands, and des.
lined to that puipose a quantity 0/ allodial,
or tree land, in Bohemia, ptoducing an nn>
nail revenue of 400,000 tl irios. The
Lordship of Heicbstadt was, moreover,
raised to a Dukedom. This Dukedom,
under the paramount Lordship of Bohemia,
became lire maj.irate of (lie son of Napole
on, who in 1828 received the title of Duke
of Reichstiidi, and ranked immediately as.
ter the Princes of the Imperial family.”
il'OftVßVA*..
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1829.
Wc leader to our pa I-on s and the puhl c,
the compliments of tho season,— tin) ing Ilia!
1 all may <nj i yis happiest fee ings, aad partake
of its choicest festivities.
In justice to tiie raspacto I eiiljrs of lha Ca~
rulmutn, vvecipy from their last N>. the fol
lowiaj rem ir-rs on tie suhj lit ailudad to in
>ur paper of tlia 19. h in,tmt. It appears from
these, that tiie carcsul cons deralioa, wh.c Iwe
supp.scJ might in sane d.-g-ea ailer the opi
aiois adopted on b aling it read ha', on 111"
1 coolrary, (eiljJ nuro sti’oii'ly to confirm
. them. Tua entire aiace.'ny of the editors oa
this subject, c nmol bad) iblod ; vid vva u ihe
silat ugly agree with than, that the recommon
. d ton cf Ihe Brand aal oa lha sabjact of the
Tariff, is not so fivorvble ni tha people of the
Santa could hive wished ; but yet, is it not
fully as and so as the/i-julf hivo expected,
or bed a right to expect, fro a him? Is it not
strictly in accordance vvi’h his opinions on the
, subject, publicly expressed n id promulgated
throughout Ihe country, previous to his elec
tion ? and would nol, therefore, aa cn ire uo
• cordanco With onr ir.shts have beoi a direlic
, lion from consistency an I prinn ple ? It is con
-1 sequently, in the un Icserved censors which
1 the reraai ks nf the Caroliula.i co ivey against
the I’rasidaat, by encour.igt -g the opinion, and
allowing (be iiiferntico, that he lus dc'aeived
the people oflhe South, or disippuiated thvir
just expectation 1. lint we mistly disagree with
the n; th mg 1 at the same time, in iidlilion to
this, we must believe that the rocommsndatiori
is not so very “dangerous to our rights” as is
declared by the Carolinian. As wa hava in
li.n t d, it has not been believed that Gen.
Jackson is a thoroughgoing An i-Tor.ff man ;
end had ha so expressed himself, vve arc incl -
nod to believe that it would hare done more to
excite violent denunciut on and determined op
position, than elm au I reasonab'e discussion.
\s it is, the subject is introduced to the roa
sideration ot Cong-.iss in a m in.ier calculated
to elicit calm and deliberate consideration ; and
-■ftns<quen ly, lb?' vsry best tn favor the influ
ence of reason and the devslopemeut of truth
The cuise of the So li.ll will not want for ho
nest, able, and enlightened advocitcs—it wilt
be fully and lairiy stated—the correc ness of
the President’s op’uions, so far fr rn being ta-
Uou for granted, wdl be rai ml sly ;c: 11 inized
and with the ascss ioa of strength which vve
huve gained from op nions cerlnhily far more
favorable than those of ths preccd ng ad.n;nis
-tration, and from the increasi’i;? weakness oflhe
misnamed “American System,” and its failure
lo meet the expectations ofils allocates, vve
trust that the South has much, vcy much to
expicl from the present Congress Wc shall
continue this subject, as vve meet with oppor
tunities :
From Ihe lllgcfleld Carol! liau.
“President's Message. —We place to day lf]!» [
impoitmil documen’bifore our leaders, and '
they can 11 )ivju igo of it william (he need of
our gloss; hut to guard our hasty rein irks of ,
last vvet'U from nn-oocep i >n, we shall bncfl
t'xp -. ss the opinions wo formed o it after man?
cnn.'fnl cou-ideialk u.
It is certainly one of the ablet! mo nao-s ever f
d.livci td by any of our f.'ulef Mogistrates. The.
stylo is distinguished for nca ca SS unt | strength, 1
wulioiu tdiber .hs equivocations, or the tawdry <
o’ 1 u a ill cols vvhi- Ii have hern too common in
our B ate papers Its doctr.nes are stn'od di 1
■ redly nnd cxplici y, and arc m iiiaiued with '
great strung ti of rnananin/. I is? tmtter is, in 1
general, cqna'ly mfm'rable wit 1 i's manner
The general tono of Ihe Message, suppo ling
the lim led exercise of power bv I lie Genrr.ii
Government, and advoc Gag tbo reserved
rigut ol the. stales—parti nlarly evinced |, v
whit is said, of (he righs ol (itorgiaund Alv
bums m their Indian co-itrovcrtuin s. of Inter
nal luiprovem, nt h the. Nallomi '(H-'k mrei?
nrinos unijrial.fiei’lipprobalio. Teogcaoral
doctrines must cheer all of our emeu tvn’o look
h r no bounty from the Federal Government t
beyond tlic undisturbed enj lyrnrut of dial -hare 1
of llmir own which (hoy have never reli- ipfo'i„
ed. We apprehend however, that in sms d
iis practical m insures, the Mcs?;.g. ho g« re,,
proa?h noon th se ahstracl opinions. For ex
ample, in relation to fti* great Southern q les- *
lion, ny, intimating no doubt in ll.a mull-'r. h I
recognises the couslilutiooality. of fh3 Tar (V |
Indeed allthai is said on this object is as dan
gerous lo our rights as any thing tint coul.l
bo devised by human ingenuity [fie very '
soul ol the prut ding system—that onr manir i
(id u res are to he brought iu‘o fair ro mad it lon •
with foreign products by the aid of high (Italics
upon the Imrcign articles—is stitfe?? ;, s the ‘
p-inciple upon which the Tariffshmil I l> c a t 1
Justed: while the remarks upon (he paramount 1
importance of Agriculture, and the danger ol
frequent Ifgi-laliou en the Tariff, are calcula
ted by their Collocation lo g'oze over'tlic iuic- '
rious scheme, and drln le (lie 8 mlliorn people
by the appearance of moderation, into their
owu rule.
i
(
CO.XORICSSIOJS’.dL SUMMARY, 1
IN SENATE. t
Monday, Dec. 14 —The Vice Br sided ap- 1
peared and took the Cluir. Numerous peli- '
j :i .ns were presented and rcfeire’; after which
Mr. Lowry was re-elected Clerk, Mr. Bai
ley, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and
Mr. Tims, Assistant D.aoikscpsr— each without
sppojllion. Tho Rev. Mr. Johns was elected
Chaplain.
Dec. 15. —Fevei nl politlons were presented
ajd referred. Tin Vioe presidant communi
cate 1 the Amu-,1 R-uorl of tho Srcretary of
the Treasury, which was referred to Ihe Com
mittee oa Finance, and 1.599 copies were or
dered lo ho pride ) Mr. Woodbury intro
duct'd a bill lo rcjxea! the Tonnage duties cm
American, end certain foreign vessels, which
was read and passed lo a second reading,
Dec 16.—Mr Benton introduced a bill to
graduate the price cf public lands. On motion :
ol Mr Livingston, the Committee on Roads and
(Jand* were instructed to enquire into the'
expeilieney of constructing a road direct from
[ New Orleans.
! EOUsE OF REPRESENTATIVE?.
Dsc. 14.—The following standing committees
( were announced by the Clerk:
~ On Eleciions—Mcstrs. Alston, Turker, Clai.
borne, Randolph, Jcbu3L?n of T.n. Beckman,
Coleman.
On Ways nr.,l Meymf Messrs. McDuffie,
Vrrpl nek, Dwight, Smyth nf Vs l.iigersoll,
Gilmore, Overton
On Claims— Messrs. Williams. Whittlesey,
Paikerol f ■)j. dclnlire, [lim.-y, L-:a, Lent.
On Coituiieixe—' Arssrs. Camb'c cn; Nmv
ton, Gorham, Harvey, Sulli -r.tmd, Howard.
Wav no.
On Public Lands —Messrs I sacks, Jennings,
iDu ican 11 n I’otier Irvin o' Ohio, Clay. J
I On Post Ojfi.its and Post Ronds Messrs.•
| J ilm on nf Ky Connor, Mag.e, Ho Igos, R jji
jell, McCJreeiy, Campbell
On the District of Colnrnbitt —Messrs Pow
ers, Allen, Waihia & !o i, Vartiam, Taliaferro,
Piric, Svm-nes
On the Judiciary— Messrs. Bu'hnaan. Wide,
liffc, S'nrra of N Y Dtvis of S. C. Biu'din,
E'lswor'li, White of L .
On Revolutionary Cl aims —Messrs, Burgess,
Dickinson', Fry, Wingate, Gaodenow, Voting,
Brown.
On Public Expenditures —Messrs fla’l,
DAvenport of V.». Lyon. Maxwell of N Y. Spun,
eer of «1d Thompson of Ohio Wor oi-
On Private Land Claims-■ MB. Gurley,
S'prigere, Nuckolls, Pettis, Tod, Foster, Bay*
lor
On Manufactures Messrs. Mollary, Stan,
berry. C n lict, M .rli i, Daniell, Irwin of Pa,
Mo sell
G,r Indian Affairs —Messrs. Bel', Lumpkin,
Hinds, Slorrs of Con. Hn'ihard, Gaither,
! iewis.
On Foreign Affairs— Messrs A clnr, Ere
r-it of \1 iss. Taylor, Polk WilJe. Crawford,
Barnwell.
On Military Affairs —Messrs. Drayton,
Vance Desha. FinJiuy, Biair of S. C. Miloh
- 1, Sppighl.
On .Vocal Affairs Messrs Hoffman, Crown*
inshielJ, Miller, Ripley, Car-on, Dorsey, Waite. I
of New York.
On Asr.cnllure —Messrs Sponsor of N. Y.
Wilson, Kiss, Smith of l*.i. Stand,fer, Deber
ry, Chandler.
On Territories- Messrs. Cla-ke nf Kr..
Green, C eighton, Armstiong; A gall, Cowics,
William B Shcpoerd.
On Military Pensions —Messes Bites, Le
compte, Forward, Chil'.ou, Hamm ms, Bockcc,
Ford.
On the revisal of Unfinished Business— Messrs.
Pearce, Ileed, Pearson.
On Accounts —Messrs. Halsey, Swan, Broad,
head.
On the Expenses nf the. Slate Department—
Messrs Em il, Sill, King of Nmv Y rk.
On the Expenses of the Treasury Department
—Messrs. Leip.ir, Crock-iron. Kendall
On Expenditures in the Department nf Bar
Messrs. Maxwell, iMulilei berg rocket.
On the Expenses in the Department nf the
j'ary Mcs rs. A. H. Sbepperd, Hartley, Evens
of Pa.
On the Expenses in the Post Offce Depart
ment— Messrs Yb nc.iy, B>rsi. Soul.
On Public Buildings— M.ssfsi. Sprigs, Bai»
ley, Swift.
Select Cniuini-Eijs,
On Internal Improvement —Messrs. Heranhiil
Blair „f Ten. 11 -yncss, Letcher, V' ulon. Crtfa\
of V«. Butman. '
On the MJuia— Messrs Thompson of c;
IC-tig ol Piinu. Barringer. Weeks, Oral- of New
York, K.in aid, Calmon.
On Itelrciichmrni —Messrs. WmkTffi, Coni ■
asS- Lamar, Ci-ke, Huntington,
h i Vo ut.
O/i the Census Messrs Slorrs of New York
Crntip, Johns, Evoretl of Coa. R thaidi„na
Boon, Cooper.
On Pres denial EUc/ on— Messrs. McDuffie,
Haynes, Carson, Lea, Martini! do, Sleplucij,
Hughes.
A communication was received from ill*
first Comptroller ol (be Treasury, on the sub
ject of various accounts rein duing ciu-'j its 1
for more than three years piLr lo September
30tb is:.»
Deo. 15.—The following Message was re— W’ l
cotvr-il ha m the President;
To the. Speaker if the House of Rupees nta! fry
A deputation from the Passair.'ii(| in My i ,-lj.
ans, rr-idc it ni.bin In* limits of Maine, j n 0
arrived in (his city, and presented a tncm-• • i-,1,
soliciting tiie aid of the Gursmucul ii j, ~ ,j,
ding I twin the means of "npp.ort. Itacolli rmg
dial this tribe, when strong and nuinci ms,
(ought with us for the liberty which we now
onj .y, I foot’d rot refuse lo pr.saut lo f u
const lernlia i of Congvos, their su t ip!ica‘l< n
for a sin II portion ol the bark and tinihei of
.lie country which once belonged lo tin in.
It is represented, that from iud vidti i win
own the lands adjoining the present rm.nl i.os*
session of this trilio, purchases can ho made
sodk'icntly extensive to Secure the obj cts of
the memorial in this respect, as wnl appear
from the papers herewith trammitt, d. Sli mid
Congress deem it proper to make thi m, i will
be necessary to provide for their heir g held iu
trust for the use ol the trib ; during its existence
as «ui li.
„ . ANDREW JACK SON.
Dercmber 13, IS !>.
On motion ofMr. Thompson of Georgia. Ilia
Committee on Indian Ass drs wore imlructcd I ,
to enquire into the expediency of providing
by law, to carry into full effect, Ibc 4 h article
•if the Treaty of fith January 1821 with (he
Crnk Indians.in relation to the claims of cilb
a?us of Georgia, for injuries done prior to ISO2>
The ape.' Iter commuuicaed the annual Report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, wbirh ws«
referred to the committee on ways and means, '
and 10,101 copies were ordered to be printed,
Dec. I(3—Nothing of interest was dune on.
tins day.
The Greenville Mountaineer ol
instant say?;—‘‘We haJ our lamp filled a few
evening'vine a, by Captain Stringer, with oil
expressed from the Cotton S’cd, a short notice
of which we gave a few wrelti pait. We have
no hesitation in saying that the oil b trn« ao
well as any other kind wn ever saw,”
•»' \
COMMUNICATED*
AUGUSTA AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY’,
A special meeting of the Auousta Ausii.i--
auv Bible Sociktv, was held in the Bapti.q
Church, on Monday evening; 21st December
18-9.
W. J. HOBBY V. P t n the rhai-
W. T. GOULD Secretary pro tern.
The Rev. Mr. Shannon opened (he meeting
with prayer.
The Rev Mr. Boies, agent of (he parent
Society addressed the meeting cn the subj >ct
ol the resolution of that body; lo supply every
family in the United States, with a copy of the
scriptures in two yearsithereafler.
The Rev. Vr. Shannon, after some appro
priate remarl s, moved the following resolution,
which was remarked on and seconded by Dr,
F oflD; and carried.
Resolved, That cordially approving of the f
noble determination of the American Bible ]L
Society, to supply every destitute family ia the \
United States, with a copy of (he “Word of
Life” ia two years, this Society will cheerfully
co-operate with the Parent Society in accoqj
plidting this great work. j-,
The Rev Mr. T,.vf,MAnl? moved the follow,- f