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V*, , , • C • . * CihgoMttle imp " ; - fOK THE .CPBOWCLE AND ADVIKTIBER. ■ PARODY. I saw them all through Frailty’s glos»- Ilcrself the dark anil foul magician, That bids the midnight revels pass, And marks each gliding apparition. 'Twas like that hellish race, they say, ■As story tells in ages gone, Revel’d In caves, in dark array, _ Where horrid spectres grimly shone. I saw tit’ expectant drunkard stand, To catch the coming draught, in turn— I saw, from ready hand to hand, , The clear and babbling spirits run; And how they joyed when it came near— ’Twag in itself a bliss to them— 1 While Frailty whispered in each ear, “Be not too backward—drink again." And each, as he received the flame, Tilled Up his glass till it o’erflowcii— Then, turning to the next that came, Held out the cup that he so loved. From Age it came, whose redden'd nose . . Waafurnisbed with the “drop" already— And Youth soon caught the fumes that rose, And soon, like Age, became unsteady. And, Jims, from Age, the vice Youth took, ■ And like a crazy raad-man, rearing The glass aloft ia oparlrtea shook.— , Tim Ihmcs so noxious strongly bearing. While round oud rotmd the bottle went, 1 'Twas filled and emptied o’er and o’er— At length, when nature's aid was spent, They w nk to tlttp upon the floor. Then Frailty bid me look, when o'er Her shrine the liquid blaze ascended) Park, magic spirits seemed to soar, Who thus, in glee, their voices blended: “Drink comrades, drink, for why should shame Bereave you of tins gill to men— * From gone-by ages first it came, And still with ages shall remain. Take, take yonr midnight revel’s round, Ami at the morn’s first blink return— Till no resort enn there be tbund, But in your altar-fire shall burn." ALBERT. - ■ - * WHAT’S HALLOWED GROUND! BY CAMPBELL. . What’s hallowed ground) Has earth a clod, Its maker meant should not be trod By man, the image of his Ood, , - Erect and free— Unscourgcd by Superstition's rod, To bow the knee7 9 What hallows ground where heroes sleep? 'Tis not the sculptured piles you heap’— In dews, that heavens (hr distant weep, Their turf may bloom; Or genii twiue, beneath the deep, Their coral tomb, Bui, strew his ashes to the wind. Whose sWord or voice has served mankind, And lt> he dead, whose glorious mind ' Lifts thine on high)— To live in hearts w e leave behind, * Is not to die. What’s hallowed ground) *Tis what gives birth To sacred thoughts, in souls of worth! "Peace! Independence! Truth! go forth, Earth's compass round; .lull J out |>iavuMi».4 . f. . .« All hallowed ground. j From the Federal Union, I BURRITT’S CASE. | TO THE PEOPLE OF OEORGIA. , Fellow Citizens :—ln this paper of the | 17th ultimo, I published an article on the , subject of the third edition of “Walkers Pamphlets,” which has brought down up on me some severe strictures. la thqj arti cle, Elijah H. Burritt was not referred to. He was not the person to whom the copy of the third edition, alluded to, was direct ed. As, however, an attempt has been mode to cast the odium of public opinion on-me 1 shall lay before you a concise statement of the facts of his case, so far as they came to my knowledge— and shew yoadhe agency I had in developing the transaction. Ido this, not because I feel the leastapprehension of public reproach hut to place tire truth before you, that you’ may judge of thbcorrectness of my con duct; and to expose what 1 conceive to be the motives of the principal agent in the excitement that is now sought to he raised on the subject. About the middle of January lust I went to Macon, to attend the Super ’lor Court ol Bibb county. On my return home, a short time after, entering the of fice of the Statesman A Patriot, Mr. Bur ritt threw me a pamphlet across the ta bic, and said, “I have got one of those books since you were gone,” without . saying what it was—where he had oh tainen it—orlhc means of* procuring it.— Nothing more passed between us on the subject. I looked at the title page—saw whatit was—amt being busily engno-ed threw it on a table near mo, intending at leisure to inquire into it. My impression at the moment, from the soiled appear ance of the pamphlet and its having a mime written in it, was that heliad borro w ed it. It however escaped my memon/ till a lew days after, when n relation visited the office. In the course of conversation with him, the pamphlet recurred to mw recollection I asked him if he had seen said he had not, and expressed some curiosity to read it. I looked for some time for it—and began to chide my self lor the negligent manner in which I had disposed of the book. Mr. Juhnn then aided me in the examination, & in a short tune it was found in a pigeon hole on n high shelf in one corner of the office. In taking ft down a second one was drawn out with it—this a little surprised mo, but I concluded that on Burritt’s return, I would inquire intoit, and thoughtuomore 01 it, 1 took one to my house, andfllr. Cole 7 mysell read itcursoriiy, till we became « During U,S„, Mr Bun itt had gone to Augusta. A daw or two afterwards I went to the Post Office 1 hande(T°rne ° th '7 thin^B ’ a letter was 1 banded me, post-marked at Boston, di rected to the office of the Statesman A i Patriot, care of E. H. Burritt rection authorized me to open it—/Twas ' written to Mr. Burritt Td to myutter astonishment, was from Da- ! ! t€r ’ , the u re P u ted author of the Pamphlet, and shewed that Mr. Burritt 1 was in correspondence with him. That 1 letter is in the possession of the Solicitor General. Bull will recite from memory the leading features of it—He stated that ~ln compliance i\ith Jfr. Burrin’s re questhehad some time, before sent him heel • Baok « of ’ Appeal-that lie had •X>eeo fur eome weeks io hear from hiip —that he expected him on the 1 honor of a gentleman to comply according to engagement —that he had a second edi- < tiop of his work and if he wished any ( more he could have them —that he expect- < ed soon to hear from him and learn all 1 the particulars respecting the Pamphlet, 1 and subscribed himself his friend, David 1 Walker. This I think is the correct pur port of the letter. It shall appear when I can obtain it, ifnecessary. It will at once i be seen that this letter was well calcula- 1 ted to awaken in my mind suspicions which rendered it imperiously my duty to ascertain immediately the facts, and promptly to communicate them to such gentlemen as I could confide in, that I might act with due caution and circum spection in the painful situation in which I thus suddenly apd unexpectedly found myself. Before the receipt of this letter it had never entered my head that Mr. Burritt had any improper connection with these pamphlets. I therefore immediately examined a second time, and found fifteen more of the pamphlets on the same shelf. These with the one I had at ray. house, made sixteen. Four had therefore been disposed of in some way. 1 ascertained that the young men in the office knew nothing of the matter—Jfr. Burritt had concealed from me the fact of his having received any communication from the ne gro, or having written to him—and,that he had received more than ohc copy of tlie pamphlet from any source. That Jfr. Burritt should have written for so many was a mystery to me, and that four of them should have been disposed of, alarmed me, as I saw that my character might have been implicated, but for the providential arrival of this letter in Me. Burritt's absence. It \VSS •no to know what the “ engagement ” was, with which he was to comply, and the fact that four of the Pamphlets had been distributed, led me to a suspicion that this engagement was of n character entire ly at enmity with the vital interests of a community among whom I was born and brought up, and with whom my dearest earthly attachments were enterwovon.— During the day on which I received this letter, my time was completely engrossed" in making out reports for the auditors ap pointed by the State to adjust Me. Birch’s accounts for the additions to the State House. As soon ns I obtained leisure, I communicated tiie facts first to Mr. Cobb, the Senator of Houston to Major Hepburn, the Representative of Baldwin. They concurred with me i that, on the next I should, at an early hour, assemble some of Mr. Burritt’s friends and my own, to consult on the course i most prudent to be pursued. The next i morning I invited into the office, Col. i Ruffin, Col. Bozeman, Dr. Fort, Maj. Hep- < burn, Mr. Cobb, and Col. Rockwell, the I Intcndant, and exhibited to them the let- < ter and the pamphlets. Some of these < gentlenicn first thought it most proper ’ to await Mr. Burritf s return, anti inform. | him that appearances were against him I —that in our opinion he had forfeited his i standing in this community—and toadvise , him to settle Ids affairs and leave the i But upon inspecting the law and I finding its provisions very broad and the t penalty death, we saw that if Mr. Bur- < nn was &uiii y f ivu simuiu an uevume tut- x hie, by such a course, ns accessories; and ( plilkJiV jiislloo illicit be cvdtlct). Ii WHS A therefore unanimously*concluded that my i best course was to disclose the facts to » tlie Governor, as it was a matter of pub- c liable concern, and leave it to his dis- t cretion and responsibility to act as the t public safety seemed to require. As i the object of Air. Burritf s visit to Au- ’ gasla was unknown to any of ns, it was suggested that it might have some con- 1 nection with the matter in consultation.— ’ We believed this course due to the public i and to Mr. Burritt, that he might, if guilt- < less, publicly vindicate hinisclfby an open ( and honorable trial before the civil au- ] thority—if guilty that the law might have - its course. Accordingly, Col. Rockwell, i tlie Intcndant, ofthe Metropolis, and my- < self waited on the Governor. I stated I tlie facts, and offered to deliver to him the > letter and the pamphlets. He declined i receiving them, and advised me to inves- I tigate the matter anddnstitutc a prosecu- ■ tion—stating that he had some days pre- I vious had a conversation with Mr. Bur- i rif t on the subject of tlie pamphlets which had excited his suspicion. I objected to j becoming the prosecutor, but took the hooks and letter to my dwelling anti lock ed them up, that no person might see , them. After leaving the Executive of- , flee, Col. Rockwell told me that he thought it a duty due to myself and tlie \ public to institute a prosecution. I repli- . etl to him that I did not apprehend any J public censure for not prosecuting—that I bat! discharged my duty to tiie public by j making the disclosure to the two highest i officers in the place, himself and tlie Go vernor—tliat I would neither shrink from ! a discharge of a conscientious duty from tlie fear ofprivntc censure, nor go beyond ' the dictates of duty for the sake of public , approbation—that I conceived it his duty or tiie Governor's to proceed in it—that my being a private individual whose offl- i cial duly did not require it—connected in business with Burritt, and having a high and sympathetic regard for the distress ed condition of his family rendered that step so revolting to my feelings, that I could proceed no farther in it. He gave in to my views—visited the Governor and stated to him my objections to prosecu• ting. He stated to me that, on reflection, 1 the Governor appreciated my motives I and said he would proceed himself with i the business. In the mean time I had ' communicated the matter to Thomas P. Green, Esq. the Post Master, a gentle- 1 man. in whose integrity and prudence I had the utmost confidence. He then sta- 1 ted some facts which, in connection with • the letter I had received, and the nuin- ber of books, immediately excited his 1 suspicions. With my consent ho coin- ' municated with Rhodam A. Green, Esq. ' who had learned something on the sub- * ject. The subject thus gradually devol- 1 oped itself, till it was discovered that Mr. j Burritt had been privately offering the j Pamphlets for sale, and loaning them ! out. ' As soon as tlie Governor was put in pos- £ session of these facts lie issued his precept ? to a Justice of the Peace, to collect the testimony and proceed according to law , in the ease. He did so, and summoned » before him the two Messrs. Greens and i mysell—took our depositions—issued a warrant—and as soon as Mr. Burritt ar- * rived, lie was arrested and carried before ‘ fno Justice, but no prosecutor appear mg, he was compelled to discharge hfm. 1 The commissioners of the town then : commenced a second prosecution. Af ter a tedious investigation, Mr. Burritt’s counsel took technical exceptions to the affidavits and warrant, and after a long argument, the Court his objec tions and quashed the and Mr. Burritt was again discharged. At the commencement of the second investigation, Mr. Burritt Applied to me in the presence of the Court to appear as his Counsel, which the delicacy of my situation compelled me to decline. He also observed in the presence of the Court that he was not offended at the course I had pursued, but that had he been in my situ ation, he would have acted as I did. Ho also acknowledged to a gentleman that ap pearances were against him. It is proper here 1 6 observe that the Pamphlets arrived in Milledgeville dur ing my absence at Macon, and that had I found the whole number in the office which had been sent, my course would probably have been a different one—but the absence of four of them, induced me to believe that an improper use might have been made of them. I knew too that Mr. Burritt hnd an opportunity of perusing the Pamphlet, and still believe that he had read every word of it before he received these. This, fellow-citizens, is a plain state ment of the facts upon which I acted. They can be established, if denied, by the most respectable f itnesses. Under the same state of facts, I should pursue the same course, an hundred limes over. I have never performed an act which my judge ment and my conscience more entirely approbate. I verily believe tide son TTlll go with me to the grave and that the Judge of all the earth has not disapproved my conduct or my mo tives. There were other things connec ted with the transaction, but as they were developed subsequently to my disclosure of what I knew, they had no influence in determining my conduct. I therefore pass over them, because it is not my wish nor my object to increase the excitement a gainst Mr. Burritt. He will be before the country for his trial, should he ever return. As I have not expressed my opinion of his guilt or innocence, I do not design to do so. There is a manifest improprie ty in thus forestalling public opinion. Mr. Burritt is entitled to justice and so is the State. Ifhe can establish his innocence, no one will rejoice more at such an event than myself. If ho cannot, the laws of the country must be supported. And now permit me to ask you, can didly and openly, what would have been my situation, had these Pamphlets been concealed from me till they had all ficcn circulated? Could it have been possible for me to have convinced the people of CfeoJ’gia, that 1 knew nothing of them, when they were issued from an office in which I was interested and daily occu pied? , Would not public indignation have pointed to me as a native Gorginn, recreant to the principles of my country. & regardlessoftheblood of" wife,children, and friends?” But suppose after I came, by the favors ofa kind and overuling Pro vidence to a knowledge ofthe facts. I hnd concealed them, what would you have HIT pi VtVITT m * m J "T’WTIIH . Could you have approved thein? Could you have palliated them?—Could you have borne them? But apart from person al considerations what might have ieen the conscqun.oes to yous The answer to nil these questions has been furnished by your universal approbation of my con duct. I feel no tear that that approba I ion will be withdrawn. But I feel myself called upon to make to you a further statement in connexion with tills painful subject. A recent oc currence has induced me to believe that one of your fellow-citizens would rejoice to see public indignation visited upon my head on this subject. I mean Mr. Ska tojj Grakti.axd, the senior Editor ofthe Southern Recorder. I should regret to do injustice to Mr. Grnntland in this be lief—but I must do justice to myself. I will therefore give the reasons and infer ences upon which my belief is founded, that you may with myself be nbletojuclge whether Mr. Grnntland has been ac.utated by disinterested motives, or by friendship to Mr Burritt or his family. Mrs. Burritt in a communication in the last Recorder, says that “a man above the fear of public censure, came forward and proffered his services in aiding in the cause ofjustice and humanity and in placing the subject (of Burritt’s case) in its proper aiu'ude before the citizens of Georgia' 1 I am informed further, that this man is Seaton Grai;?!a,nd. the Candidate for Congress, and that he further “profferedhis services' to become Mr. Burritts bail* if he would return to Georgia and stand his trial. Now let us see in what way Mr. Grantlnnd commenced tins work of “doing justice." In the Recorder of 24th July, n communication appeared signed Enquirer, and which is. inserted below that you may judge of it for yourselves. We are given very plainly to understand that Mrs. Burritt was the author. jNow had Mr. Grantlnnd been requested to open his columns to Mrs. Burritt, I should have thought him justifiable and that he had no improper feelings towards me. Had this article by Enquirer been a vindication of Mr. Burrin's conduct, I should still have felt some charity towards Mr. Grantland for admitting it into his paper. Rut let it he remembered that Mr. Grantland volunteer ed to do justice to Burritt, and the ven/ first step he took in the matter was to pub lish on article not in vindication of Mr. Burritt, but every word of which is a direct attack upon my integrity and upright ness in the exposure of Bnrritf s ease and not one fact or argument is adduced to exculpate Mr. Burritt. Is this doing justice to Burritt? But Mr. Grantland is not satisfied with merely giving place to this communication—Editorial remarks are added, which allude to ‘ a much in jured woman”—the “mystery" of Burritt’s case, &c.—An attempt seems to be made to enlist public sympathy on the side of female sufferings, not to vindicate Burritt, but to censure and degrade me in the es timation of the people of Georgia The editorial at last concludes with an oneii avowal of a belief of Burritt's innocence! Now, I will enquire, if Mr. Grantland can unriddle “ mysteries. lf he cannot, how can he undertake to say that he believes Burritt innocent, when he says, ms ease is involved in mystery?” What «,* u' Gran f l,,nd mean by this umyste >'!/■ He may have a right to express his ' This case would no! be btflnbh'. belief of Burritt’s innocence. He had a right to open his columns to Mrs. Burritt for the purpose of vindication .■ But he had no right to publish an article, solely and exclusively 'impeaching the purity of my motives, in a matter too of such ser ious import to the whole Southern Coun try. Mr. Grantland had a right too, to tender his services to .Mrs Burritt. But when. Mrs. B. presented the article signed “Enquirer,” what should have been Me. Grantland’s reply?—Should it not have been something like this?—“Madam, I proffered my “services in aiding the cause of justice”—not in impeaching the con duct of Mr. Polhill. Public opinion is in his favor, and he has acted as every citi zen ought to act. Let the article contain evidence of Me. Burritt’s good intentions and then it will be admitted.” This is a stretch of magnanimity vyhich I had aright to cxpectfrom Mr. Grantland, (unless he could convince the public that 1 had act ed corruptly.) as he has been so magnani mous towards Mr, Burritt. As he did not pursue this course, I am bound to believe that he wished to see me put down. But this is not all—Mr. Grantland lived here at the time the exposition ofßurritt’s ease took place. He was almost daily in town pursuing his business. He knew, or might have known the precise tacts then, as well as he does now—nay, he might have known them better, as it was then a subject of universal enquiry. I should have as willingly communicated with him, as I did with Air. Camak, whom I sought at 9 o’clock at night to inform him that an enquiry was on foot for the circulated pamphlets, learning that he had a negro who could read, and feeling •hat it was not a party matter. But more than five months pass away, before we hear any thing of Mr. Granlland’s sym pathies for Mr. Burritt and his “perhaps much injured” family. Within a few days past he has volunteered his services, ns Mrs. Burritt informs us. Under this state of things, the follow ing enquiries naturally suggest them selves—Why did not Mr. Grantland oiler his services to befriend Mr. Burritt ami his family about the time that Mr. Burritt left this place, in the middle of February last? Is it natural to believe that Mr. Grantland would, without any change of circumstances farvorable to Mr. Burritt, entertain such tender toolings towards a man whom he lias so often reprobated and abused ? Is it natural to believe, thaf Mr. Grantland’s oidy motive was sympa thy towards Mrs. Burritt, when for nearly six months she has been, under the eye of .Mr. Grantland, suffering all the pangs that female fortitude bear? Is it usual for Mr. Grantland to tender his ser vices to befriend his enemies or become their security? If it had been the sole object of Mr. Grantland to have befriend ed Mr. Burritt, could he not have done it much more effectually before his property was attached by his creditors and put under the hammer of the Sheriff? Has any thing nets come to light in the case that has so suddenly melted the tender mer cies ofMr. Grantland to aid in the vindi cation of Mr. Burritt. Or docs it require five months to arouse Mr. Grautlund’s sympathies? Ifhe did not know all the facts ofthe ease, could lie not have known so deeply? Is it not possible that Mr. Grnntland may have been actuated by some other motives besides those of com miserating' the unfortunate? Many such inquiries arise in this ease. Perhaps Mr. Grantland may be able to satisfy the public by answering them.— I am perfectly willing to join issue with him on the propriety of my conduct, be fore the people of Georgia. 1 must be permitted however, to say, that I think Mr. Grantland s sympathies have mani fested themselves too late to gain the palm ofdisinterestedness from the public. He has waited till Burrin's pecuniary af fairs have become embarrassed beyond the hope of reparation, and his political standing been entirely destroyed. After Mr. Burritt is no longer his rival, and has no hope of becoming so, he leaders him his friendship, and if in doing so, lie can, by these means, ruin me in the estimation ofthe people, lie will have two objects accomplished, and both Burritt and my self will be out of his way. I make this appeal to my follow citizens without distinction of parties. It is not a party question. As 1 said in the article ofthe 17th (which seems to have excited this crusade against me,) there is no di vision of feeling on this subject from Ma ryland to the Gulf of Mexico. I feel con fident that all my fellow-citizens will ap prove my conduct and the conduct of those who advised me. notwithstanding Mr. Grantland’s and the Recorder’s iiT fluence.—To them all I submit the case without the fear of reproach, with but one question. Can a faithful citizen suf fer his feelings for one unfortunate man and his family to outweigh his sense of duty to his own family and the whole po pulation of the State? Respectfully yours, JOHN G. POLHILL. From the Southern Recorder. The following is from the pen of one who has a right to be heard—it is from a helpless and perhaps a much injured woman—Burritt’s case is involved in mystery.—What sufficient motive could un have to excite insurrection? What eouldiinhavegainedby.it? Thepubfie well know that we have no friendly feelings cither personal or political, for fe. 11. Bur ritt. But he, even he, is entitled to Justice —every man in this country is entitled to it, whatever he his ibibles or his vices. Burritt is deterred, wo are told, from meeting the indictment against him, hy the fear, ofbeing mobbed. This fear.ifitrcal h/cxist, is groundless—the Laws, and not Mobs, govern in Georgia. He should stand his trial and prove his innocence of criminal intention, if he he innocent, which we conscientiously believe him to be.— [Editorial. [communicated.] . Messrs. Editors: —Upon reading an ar ticle entitled “Walker’s Pamphlet,” in the “Federal Union” of last week, the following queries very naturally suggest themselves:—Can it be possible that the author is still forcing that inflammatory vde work upon this State? or has Mr. I olhill introduced this subject to widen the broach of sectional feeling between the North and South, in direct contra diction to the motto or standard with “PPcni'a before the public, that ofthe T cderal Unionor can it be that he wishes to fan the expiring embers up- on the alter,."’here his late dethroned partner was sacrificid? It may be that Mr. Polhill intends making this subject his j hobtfeto ride to the high places of politi cal fame. ll* the author of that article was actuated by either of these motives, * it would be well if some friend would whis per in his ear, that the less he says upon the subject of Walker’s Pamphlets the 1 better, for public sentiment is alread y a gainst him for the part he acted in raising the hue & cry against his confiding part ner, A the more he harps upon the subject, the more fulli/ will the minds of commu nity be convinced that he is trying to cov er up the motives of self-interest and ag grandizement, which have been imputed to him from the first. Will not this be the final verdict of communit y when ever the case is fairly investigated. ENQUIRES. P. S. I shall answer the questions of “Enquirer” in the next paper. I shall not contain a word to injure her feelings, far ther than the subject itself may be painful. 1 would not give her one unnecessary pang, nor plant one additional thorn in her path. I have no unfriendly feelings to gratify toward her and her unfortunate husband. I must however do justice to myself. Absence has prevented my ear lier attention to this subject. J. G'. P. •*« «<«• j v - FVom thp Banner oflhe Constitution. -TAXES! TAXES! TAXES! In conformity with the promise con tained in a former paper, we now com mence the publication of the list of taxes at this time paid by the People of the United States, who erroneously fancy that they pay no taxes at all—first pre mising one important fact, which is tiiis : If the tax were taken off from any impor ted article, the retail price of the article would lull more than the amount oflhe du ty, inasmuch as the retail merchant char ges a profit on the amount of the duty:— Thus, take a pound of hyson tea. The wholesale price we will suppose to be one dollar per pound, the retail price $1 20 per lb. A the duty 40 cents. If the duty wore taken off, the retail price would fall not only to 80 cents, but to some price below 80 cents, inasmuch as the profits of both the merchants, wholesale and retail, would only be charged on the first cost of the article, which without the duly would be 40 cents less than with it. This fall, with many articles, it is true, would not be immediate. The diminution of price would occasion an increase of demand, which would prevent the fall from being complete until time should be afforded for an augmentation of the supply, but ulti mately it would happen. If any man doubts that this would be the case, let him go to an importing merchant who has goods on hand entitled to drawback up on exportation, and he will find that he can buy those goods at what is called the short price, that is, the price without the duty, as much below the tong price, as the amount of the duty precisely. Thus, when the wholesale price of brandy or spirits is 100 cents per gallon for consump tion in the country, the price at which any person who wants it for exportation, can buy it of the same merchant, is 47 cents per gallon, the duty being 53 cents. In porter can buy it at five cents a pound, anrl it is therefore clear, that if it was not for the duty, the home consumer could get those articles us cheap as the foreign er can get them. The People of the United States pay the following taxes on the articles here inafter named. If they purchase the for eign article, the tax goes into the coffers oflhe government, which will not want it after the public debt is paid olf at the end of the year 1833. If they buy the do mestic article, the tax goes into the pock et of the home producer, for his sole and exclusive benefit, and either increases his profits, or saves him from loss. To make the matter intelligible to people who do not understand Latin, we shall not em ploy terms ad valorem, or per centum, but shall use instead thereof, this expression, on every dollar of the first cost, by which we mean, the cost of the article as ascertain ed at our custom-houses. No article will be inserted, that is taxed below thirty cents on every dollar, or the list would be too long. Axes, 35 cents on every dollar of the first cost. A him, Scents a pound, ($2 50 for 112 lbs.) Arms, side-arms for militia officers and others, .‘lO cents on every dollar of the first cost, that is, #3 on every sword that costs $lO, which fails very heavily upon a country where every other public man is a general, colo nel, major, captain, lieutenant, en sign, or cornet. Awl-halls for shoe-makers, 30 cents on every dollar of the first cost. Adzes for coopers, 35 cents on every dol lar of the first cost. Bindings of worsted or wool, 35 cents on every dollar of the first cost. Black lead pencils, 4 cents on every one that costs ten cents. Blank ciphering books, ami copy books, 3u cents on every dollar of the first cost. Blankets, woollen, 35cts. on every dollar of the first cost. Bolts of copper lor ships, Ac. 4 cents a pound. Bombazines, cents on every dollar of the first cost. Bonnet wire, 30 cents on do. Bonnets or hats, of chip, grass, Leghorn, and straw, 60 cents on every dollar of the first cost. Braids, flats, and plats, for bonnets or hats, 50 cents on do. (If, however, the bonnets, or hats he for poor people, for the wives and daugh ters of farmers, mechanics, ami other working men, who cannot afford any but the cheapest kind, the American System favors them by charging an increased tax. Fifty cents is charged on each one, even though the foreign cost should be but fifty cents, which would be doubling the price.) ~ 1 Boots, woollen, for children, 35 cents on 1 every dollars worth. laced, lot)cents per pair. leather, 150 cents per pair. Bootees, do. 130 cents per pair. Bottles, porter bottlee, $2 per groce. Braces of Leather, 30 cents on every dol lar of the cost. Brandy, Ist A 2d proof) 53 cts. per gallon. Do. 3rd 57 do. Do. 4th 63 do. Brass .side-rules, 30 rente on every dollar of the eegK Bridles, 30 cents on Bridle-bits, 35 cents on a Brushes, 30 cents on ■ 0 Buttons, of worsted or wool, 3gi every dollar of the cost. 4 ts 011 Cabinet ware, 30 cents on every dnli„ „ the cost, or #3 on every table J ot die that costs $lO. r cra ‘ Cables and cordage, tarred, f our ceM per pound. ceD ** Do. untarred, 5 cents per pound Do. of grass, or of the bark of a L o cents per pound. “ Do. of iron chain, 3 cents D er Camels’ hair pencils, 30 cents on dollar of the cost. er i Canes of walking-sticks, 30 cents on dn Canes for fishing, 30 cents on do Carpets, Brussels, Turkey, or Wilton cents per square yard. ’ ,u Do. Ingrain, Kiddenninistcr, or \v netian, 40 do. ’ ' cs Do. all other kinds made of Woo > flax, hemp, cotton, or rags parts of either, 32 cts per sqn arc . yard. * Do. of oil-cloth, printed or painted 50 cts. do. 1 Do. bindings, 35 cents on every dot lar of the cost. Carriages of all descriptions, and parts thereof. S3O on every SIOO of the cost Carriage springs for do. 30 cts. on every dollar ofthe cost. Do. laces for trimming,3s cts. on do. Cases for liquor, without bottles, 30 cents on do. Do. dressing, of wood, 30 cts. on do. Cast steel, 150 cents for 112 pounds. Castor oil, 40 cents per gallon, equal to 50 cts. upon every dollar ofthe cost Chafing dishes, 35 cents on every dollar of the cost. Chairs, fancy and other, 30 cents on do. Chisel sockets, 35 cents on every dollar ofthe cost. Chocolate, 4 cents a pound. Cigars, Spanish, 85 cents per hundred. Cinnamon, 25 cents a pound, which is more than its first cost. Ciphering slates for schools, 33f cents on every dollar ofthe cost. Clothing, ready made, 50 cents on every dollar ofthe cost. A tine cloth coat in London costs from sl2 60 to SIG 80; here, it costs from 25 to $lO. Coal bindings, 35 cents on every dollar ofthe cost. Coffee, 5 cents a pound. To be rsduccil after the 3lst December, 1830, to 1! cents, and after the 31st December, 1831, to 1 cent. Cocoa, 2 cents a pound. To be reduced after the 31st December, 1830, to 1 ct Cologne water, 30 cents on every dollar ofthe cost. Confectionary preserved in sugar or brandy, 30 cents on every dollar of the cost. Copperas, near 2 cents per pound, (sj| per cwt.) which is equal to twice a-j much as its cost abroad. * | Cordials of all kinds, 53 cents per gallon I Cotton, 3 cents per pound; n mere tleaill letter in the law, and the law, andl ought to be entirely abolished. I Cotton goods, whether plain or colored,l I such as cambrics, ginghams, cheek J leno, book muslin, stripes, chintzes! calicoes, jaconet, prints, sheetings! shirtings, Ac. as follows: J II ilicj'ottr Kim imlvxvl) ouvh na J»O0! people and cost from 5 to 10 eenll per square yard, the tax is 87 cent* on every dollar ofthe cost. J If they are of a middling quality, fit lb! people in middling circumstances! and cost from 11 cents to 25 cent! per square yard, the tax is 35 to ill cents on every dollar ofthe cost, fin! If they are high priced, such as only tin! sic!i can afford to wear, and co-l from 35 cents to a dollar and upward* per square yard, the tax is only 2* cents on eaeli dollar ofthe cost!!! 1 Cotton bagging, Scents per square yan.'l Currants lor mince pies 3 ccnts.ii pouiuil Cut glass, such as decanters, tumbler* wine glasses, salt cellars, disbesH bowls, pitchers, Ac. $3 upon ever* $lO of the cost, besides 3 cents pel pound weight. fl Cutting-knives for farmers, 40 cents fol every dollar ofthe cost. i This is merely the A. B. C. ofthe basil ness. Wcshall goon with the list, anil after it is completed, we should like soml calculator, who lias a family of ten perl sons, to furnish us with a detailed list »l the taxes he actually pays under the prel sent rates upon the articles enumerate)! by us. It.is in this manner the Pcopll cun have their eyes opened, nnd be cnal bled to see, that they arc not much bedel off than the English, the extent of who! taxes is very correctly described in till following article from the Edinburgh Kcl view, copied into the Troy Palladium: I Taxes. —Taxes upon every article whirl! enters info the mouth, or covers (lie bad! or is placed under the foot; taxes tipo! every thing which is pleasant to hen! see, feel, smell, and taste; taxes upo! warmth, light, and locomotion; taxes o! every thing in the earth, or the wafer! under the earth—on every thing tlm! comes from abroad, or is grown at home! taxes on the raw material; taxes on eve! ry fresh value that is added to it by lb! industry of man: taxes on the sauce tlia! pampers the rich man's appetite, and th! drug that restores him to health; on lb! ermine that decorates the judge, nnd ''>! rope that hangs the criminal; on the P 0 0! man's tobacco, tlic rich man's spice: o'! the brass nails of the coffin, and the r>! bands ofthe bride; at bed or board, wdi! ant or levant, we must pay. The shod! boy whips his taxed top; the beardles! youth manages bis taxed horse, wilh! taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the ily! ing Englishman, pouring his medid™! which has paid 7 per cent, into n sp°°! which has paid 22 per cent, makes his "'J! on an eight-pound stamp, and expires "B. the arms of an apothecary who has P 111 1! a licence of jCIOOO for the privilege o(’P' i !| ting him to death. His whole is then taxed immediately from two ten per cent. Besides the probate of o'! will, large lees arg demanded for bury him in the chance.'; his virtues are ’"'! cd down to posterity on faxed I and he is gathered to his fathers— h- ! taxed no more. I —ec^ — I Extract of a letter, dated, ! “Gkorgetow.x, D. C. July 27th. ‘T regret to add, that death in its appaling form, has made |ta nppsaraj in this town and vicinity- It jB bo confined to the labouring efnsse. general, but more especially te.the grants working on the Canal- * ,s proaeh stem is tt> be preceded by fl >‘w.