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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1841)
NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. I>. COTTIIY, Editor. So. 43.—NEW SERIES] NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. TEKMS: Published weekly at Three Dollars per annum, if paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless at the option of the Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. O’ L"lters, on business, must be ]>ost paid, to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless we are made acquainted with the name of the author. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceeding one square, first insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will be made of twenty-five per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators, and Guardians, are required by law, j rra be advertised, in a public Gazette, sixty days j previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published/brty days. Notice that application will be made to the ! Court of Ordinary, ibr leave to sell Land or Nc- j “roes, must be published weekly for four months; notice that application will be made tor Letters ol Administration, must be published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, six months. AGENTS. THE FOLLOWING GBNTI.EMF.X WILL FORWARD THE NAMES OF ANY WHO MAY WISH TO SUBSCRIBE : T. cjr G. It. Wooten,\A. D. Slalham,BunhvoJ, Mallorysville, jB. F. Tatum, Lincoln- Felix Or. Edwards, Pe-| ton, tersburg. Elbert, l O. A. Luchelt, Crawford- Oen. Grier , Raytown,! ville, Taliaferro, ‘ IW. Davenport, Lexing- James Bell, Powelton. ton, Hancock, >S. ./• Bush, Irwington, IP; n. B. Nelms, Elber-! Wilkinson, ton, I Dr. Cain, Cambridge, John A. Simmons, Go-j Abbeville District, shen, Lincoln, i South Carolina. Mail Arrangements. POST~OFFICE, ) Washington, Ga., January, 1811. ( AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Frida}’, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 12, M. MILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. AI. ATHENS MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 0, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday and Wednesday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. | Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAH,. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. j Friday, at 12, M. COTTING & BUTLER, ATTOUNIES, HAVE taken an OFFICE over Cozart & Woods Store. March 11,1841. ~8 IjOoU at this / n__a 1, being thrown into circumstances rfhA which render it desirable to break \l\Mf up house-keeping, offer my weil known residence, in the Town of Washington, FOR SALE. Should any one in cline to purchase, he will of course call and ex amine the premises. It has a FARM attached of over 300 Acres, and combines the benefits ot both Town and Country. JESSE MERCER. O’ The Constitutionalist and Sentinel, Au gusta, will give the above three insertions each, and forward their bills to this office for payment. June 17, 1841. 3t 42 Copartnership JYotice. JM. & W. ADAMS having associated with • them J. C. FARGO, will continue the GROCERY BUSINESS at their old stand, un der the firm of ADAMS, FARGO & Cos., and to date from the Ist instant. J. M. &, W. ADAMS. J. C. FARGO. Augusta, June 8,1841. O All those indebted to J. M. & W. Adams, (particularly on open account,) are earnestly re quested to make early settlements. J. M.& W.A. June 17. 43 NOTICE 7” THE Copartnership heretofore existing be tween WHITE, FRAZIER & CLEVE , LAND, is this day dissolved, by mutual consent ‘'The business will be conducted by JAMES W. i’ FRAZIER, and in his absence WILLIAM R. GOSS, will be authorized to transact the busi ness. WILLIAM WHITE. JAMES W. FRAZIER M&. PETER CLEVELAND. Factory, June 1, 1841. 2t 43 EXECUTED AT THIS ‘© IF F 0 © L NEW GOODS. THE Subscriber has just received from New York and Charleston, a splendid assort ment of Fancy Simple Dry GOODS, ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT SEASON. Also, he has on hand, anew supply of Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Saddles, Bri dles, Shoes, Hats, Drugs and Medicines, Bonnets, Factory Yarn Cloth, And a General Assortment of GOODS usually kept in a Retail Dry Good’s Store—all of which will be sold on reasonable terms for Cash or Credit. A. A. CLEVELAND. May 20,1841. ts 38 Consumption AND Fiver Complaint . DR. TAYLOR’S BALSAM OF LIVERWORT HAS been used successfully for eight years in the cure of these diseases. ID” Re member ! the original and genuine is made only at 375 Bowery, N. Y., ALL others are spurious end unauthorized ! Consumption and Liver Complaint !—As a general remedy for these diseases I am fully sat isfied, from long experience, there is no Medi cine equal to Dr. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort. Being purely vegetable, it can be used with the [ utmost safety by all persons in every condition j It citruses the lungs by expectoration, relieves I difficult breathing, and seems to heal the chest. There can be no question, but this medicine is a ! certain cure tor chronic coughs and colds. I have used it for four years in my practice, and always with success. A. F. ROGERS, M. D. To Females. —The number of females in deli cate health, is truly surprising. Weakness, loss of appetite, liver complaints, and many other dis eases, prey upon them, making them pale and lean of flesh. All this can be remedied by the use of strengthening medicine, that will assist nature in all her movements, restore tone to the nerves and muscular organs. Os this kind is Dr. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort, which being mild and purely vegetable, answers females ad mirably. If all will use it, we are confident an elastic step, good appetite, and ruddy cheeks will follow. Once more, remember, the original and genuine is made at 375 Bowery. O’ Spilling of Blood. —This disease consists of a discharge of blood, often frothy, from the mouth, brought up with hawking and coughing, and is usually accompanied with difficulty of breathing, and some pain in the chest. Some times it is preceded by an oppression of the chest, a dry tickling cough, and slight shooting pains. This disease is always more or less dan gerous. The great danger is that these symp toms may termi.-.ate in consumption, and imme diate remedies can alone save this end. Bui Dr. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort is a sure remedy, and to show its unparalleled success, certificates of cures from 421 citizens, and many physicians, will be published in a few days. O’ Nervous Diseases and Weakness. —-Dr. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort, made at 375 Bow ery, is assuredly an excellent remedy for these diseases. My wife has been more or less ill for ten,years. She was extremely nervous, and at times so weak that she could not attend to her domestic duties. By the use of this medicine, her strength is wholly restored, and she is as healthy as I can wish her to be. My address is at Dr. Taylor’s office. Cure of Consumption. —Mrs. Martin, a worthy member ot my congregation, was taken ill some time since with a cold, pain in the breast, and some difficulty of breathing, and in a tew days thereafter, she had a violent cough and a violent pain in the sides, which no medicine would re lieve. She continued in this way tor a long time, under the medical care of Dr. Rea, but fi nally became consumptive, and was evidently near the end of her earthly sufferings, when her brother persuaded her to try Dr. Taylor’s Balsam of Liverwort. When she commenced this med icine, it did not seem to agree with her for a few days, but by lessening the dose, she found it an swered admirably : it relieved her cough and her difficulty of breathing instanter ; and we had the pleasure of witnessing her rapid recovery to health. Rev. WILLIAM SMYTHE. D” OBSERVE ! Buy only that which is made at the Old Office, 375 Bowery, N. Y., and which is sold by ROBERT AUSTIN & CO. Wholesale and Retail Druggists, No. 161, Broad-street, Augusta. (O’ Sole A gents for Georgia. May 20, 1841. 6t 38 NOTXCE. THE Subscribers having had their Books and most of their Accounts consumed by the late Fire, would respectfully solicit those indebt ed to call, without delay, and settle either with CASH or by NOTE, the amount due as near as their memory will serve them—for this matter will be left entirely to the Honor of a great many; and we trust noone will be found taking the ad vantage of our situation ; but that all will come forward, like honest men, to our relief. BURTON & PELOT. N. B.—Call at the Bank, on E. M. Burton, for settlement. March 11. ts 28 JTIOUR months after date, application will be - made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell a Negro man by the name of Aaron, and the remaining part of the personal property of Benedictine Crews, late of said county, deceased, tor the benefit of the heirs and creditors. ELIZA MANKIN, Adm’x. June 3, 1841. with the will annexed. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) JUNE 21, 1811. OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE FI NANCES, <sce. In obedience to the directions of the Act of Congress of the 10th May, 1800, supple mentary to the “ Act to establish the Trea sury Department, the Secretary of the Treasury respectfully submits the follow ing Report : 1. Os the Public Revenue and Expenditure. The receipts and expenditures for the year 1840, were as follows : The available balance in the Treasury on the Ist of Jan. 1840, (exclusive of amount deposited with the States, trust funds and indemnities, and the amount due from banks which failed in 1837,) was, as appears by the books of the Register of the Trea sury, $3,663,083 60 The receipts into the Trea sury during the year 1840 were, from— Customs, - $13,499,502 17 Lands, - - 3,292,285 58 Bond of the Bank of the U. States, - 1,774,513 80 Miscellaneous <fc incidental sour ces, ... 283,258 23 Banks which fail ed in 1837, 748,629 55 Treasury notes issued, - - 5,589,547 51 Making, $28,850,820 44 The expenditures in the same year were for— Civil list, for eign inter course, and miscellan’s, $5,492,030 98 Military De partment, 10,866,226 45 Naval depart ment, 6,031,088 88 Public debt, 11,982 77 Add outstand ing warrants issued prior to Ist Janua ry 1841 1,416,334 28 Treasury notes redeemed,in cluding inter est 4,045,802 05 Leaving a balance in the Treasury on the Ist of January, 1841 of 987,345 03 The receipts from the Ist of January to the 4th of March 1841, were—(say) From Customs *1,974,836 46 Lands 386,148 56 Miscellaneous and inciden , tal sources 31,349 65 ! Banks which failed in ’37 18,000 00 Treasury notes issued per act of the 31st March, 1840 1,110,611 80 Treasury notes issued under act of 15th of Feb. 1841, 173,681 32 Bond of the Bank of the U. States, 17,913 00 Making, with the balance in the Treasury, Jan. 1,1841, 5,199,885 10 The expenditures for the same period were— Civil list, miscellaneous, and foreign inter course, $943,517 14 Military depart ment’, 2,273,097 11 Naval depart. 759,349 60 Public debt, 3,612 70 Treasury Notes redeemed, in cluding inter est, *647,590 09 Leaving the balance in the Treasury on the 4th of March, 1841, 572,718 56 The balances of appropria tions outstanding on the 4th of March, 1841, were—State ment A.: Civil, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous, $5,237,234 28 Military, 15,991,895 15 Naval, 6,910,268 69 Public debt, 6,387 30 Treasury Notes issued prior to the Ist of Jan. 1841, and outstanding on the 4th of March, 1841, 3,873,220 00 Do. issued under the Act of 1840,15 t January to the 4th of March, 1841, which may and most of which probably * This item, and the item of expenditure for the payment of Treasury Notes from Ist of Jan uary to 4th of March 1841, include about $500,- 000 of Treasury Notes which were received at the Department on account of customs during that period, but for which the warrants were not issued until a subsequent period. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. will he presented in pay ment of public dues during the year 1841, 1,110,611 08 Interest estimated at about 300,000 00 Making in the aggregate, $33,429,616 50 Os this there will be required for the services of the cur rent year, 24,210,000 00 Additional appropriations required by the War Depart ment for the year 1841, viz.: Fortifications and works of de fence, $1,435,500 00 For armaments of fortifications and ordnance stores, 220,000 00 For payment of arrearages and current expen ses and taking care of public property on roads, harbors, rivers, &c. 40,199 12 For arrearages preventing and suppressing In dian hostilities, 825,637 86 Making, 26,731,336 98 The actual and estimated means under the existing laws to meet these demands are, viz.: The available bal ance in the Trea sury on the 4th of March, 1841—(See statement B.) 646,803 12 Treasury Notes authorized un der the act of 1840, issued after the 3d of March, 1841, 413,592 72 Treasury Notes authorized by the act of 1841, to be issued af ter 4th March, 1841, 5,000,000 00 Receipts from customs esti mated at 12,000,000 00 Receipts from public lands, 2,500,000 00 Miscellaneous sources, 1,700,000 00 Leaving unprovided for, of the demands for the present year, the sum of 6,000,941 14 There will also be receiva ble for public dues in the pre sent year, or payable in 1842, Treasury notes the issues of the present year, viz.: Issued under the act of 1841, prior to 4th of March, $673,681 32 Do. do. 1841, after the 3d of March, 413,592 72 Do. do. 1841, to be issued after the 4th of March, and included in the estimate of ways and means, 5,000,000 00 Making an aggregate of debt and deficit, to be provided for in this and the ensuing year of 12,088,215 18 The estimate is founded on the assumption that all the moneys in the public depo sitories can be at once made available, and that any and all of the demands upon tiie Treasury can be satisfied, so long as money to a suf ficient amount remains in any or all the depositories. But that is by no means the case ; while the power to is sue Treasury notes exists, there should be at all times, for the convenience of the Treasury, a sum equal to $1,000,000 in the various depositories subject to draft. When that power is expen ded, the sum should be in creased to not less than 4,000,000 00 Which sum, added to the a bove, makes the estimated deficit, $16,088,215 IS In another part of this paper the views of the Department as to the mode of providing for the above deficit, together with the res idue of the existing public debt, will be presented. From the year 1816 to 1837, a period of 21 years, the re venues constantly exceeded the expenditures. The a verage annual surplus dur ing that time was SI 1,464, - 226 86 (see tables 1 & 2,) making an aggregate ex cess of $240,748,764 27. Os this there was applied to the extinction of the na tional debt $208,792,127 44, and there was under the provisions of the act of the 23d of June, 1836, de posited with the Statess2B,- 101,044 91, and there re mained on the Ist of Jan. 1837, in the Treasury of the United States, includ ing the fourth instalment due to the States, a surplus of 17,109,473 26 j There were, also, outstanding debts due and (ailing due to the Treasury, arising from other sources than those of the ordinary revenue ami which were paid between the Ist of Jan. 1837, and 4th of March, 1841, the amount of (see statement D.) 9,124,744 00 There were, also, issued with in that period, and outstand ing on the 4th of March, 1841,Treasury notes to the amount of 5,648,512 40 j Making the aggregate availa ble means which were in the Treasury on the Ist of Jan. 1837, and which came into it prior to the 4th of March, 1841, over and a bove the current revenue 31,882,732 06 From which deduct the ain't. (less the trust funds) re maining in the Treasury on the 4th of March 1841,’ 572,718 46 And there appears an excess of expenditure over the cur rent revenue of $31,310,014 20 But the undersigned feels it his duty to j call the attention of Congress to the more immediate demands of the public service, and the means by which thus:: demands are to be supplied. The sums which will he required from the Ist of June to the 31st of August next are estimated as follows, viz.: For the payment of Treasury notes which will fall due within that time, and the interest thereon, about $2,756,900 00 ! Balance for taking the 6th i census, 294,000 00 \ For the Civil list, miscellane ous, & foreign intercourse, 1,309,308 37 Military Service, 4,591,098 00 Naval’ do. 1,844,000 00 Public debt, 6,387 00 Expenses of the extra session of Congress, 350,000 00 Making about, 11,151,693 37 The ways and means in the power of the Treasury, and which will probably accrue under existing laws, are as j follows: i 1. Funds in the Treasury (as per statement t>.) $644,311 16 i 2. Treasury notes authorized by the act of 15th j Feb. 1841, 1,505,913 91 j 3. Estimated re ceipts from the customs, 3,000,000 00 Do. the lands, 700,000 00 Do. the miscel ! laneous sour ces, 50,000 00 Making, 5,900,305 07 And leaving a deficit of 5,251,388 30 To which add the sum recom mended to be kept in the Treasury to meet any e mergencies of the public service, viz. 4,000,000 09 Making an aggregate of 9.251,388 30 It is proper to remark that the entries on the hooks ofthe Register of the Treasury do not always show the true datesof the re ceipts and expenditures. An item invol ved in the above statement (table D) will serve to illustrate this fact. The sum of $512,136 47 was, on the 2d and 31st of Oc tober, 1840, paid by the Bank of the Uni ted States on this last bond to William Arm strong, superintended at Fort Gibson, by I order of the Secretary of War. Though this sum was in fact received and expended on those days, it did not find its way into the office of the Register until the 4th of March, 1841, on which day it appears on his books both as a receipt and an expendi ture. Thus and to this extent, within the last four years, were the expenditures pushed beyond the amount of the revenue. They were made to absorb the surplus in the Treasury and the outstanding debts due to the United States, so that the Treasury was, on the 4th of March, 1841, exhausted of its means and subject to heavy and im mediate liabilities. It was already bur dened with a debt incurred in time of peace and without any adequate resources except the authority granted by law to augment that debt. And yet no provision has been made to reduce this debt or to check its constant and rapid increase. We find it, therefore, as far as past legislation and financial ar rangements characterize it, a permanent and increasing national debt. The tem porary expedients by which it has been sus tained do not at all vary its essential char acter. n. J. K APPEL, Printer. The attention of Congress invited to the necessity of early and eflectu- ’ al measures to pervent its further augmen tation. The obvious remedy is to increase the revenue as far as may he without uiW reasonably burdening commerce, and to reduce the expenditures within the limits of strict economy. But as it may not comport with the views ofCongress to go into a revision and adjust ment ofthe customs so long before the act of March 2, 1833, comes to have its final and permanent operation,the undersigned would respectfully recommend, as a temporary measure, the levy of a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem on articles which are now free of duty, or which pay a less duty than 30 per cent, except gold and silver, and the ar ticles specifically enumerated in the sth section of the act of March 2d, 1833. If this measure be adopted, it is esti mated that there will be received into the Treasury from customs, in the last quarter ofthe present year, about $5,000,000 ; in all of the year 1842, about $22,500,000 ; and in the year 1843, after the final deduc tion under the act of March 2, 1833, about $20,800,00. The details of this estimate will Le found in the accompanying paper, marked E, and enclosures. It is believed that, after the heavy expen ditures required for the public service inthe present year shall have been provided for, the revenues which will accure from that, ora nearly proximate rate of duty, will bo sufficient to defray the expenses of Govern ment, and leave a surplus to be annually applied to the gradual payment ofthe na tional debt, leaving the proceeds of the pub lic lands to he disposed of as Congress shall think fit. The general principles on which the fi nal revision of the tariffis to rest are per haps simple and easy to be apprehended,but the w ork of revision itself, in its adaptation and detail, must be a work of time. It | should he done on calm reflection and care ful deliberation, with a view to reconcile, as far as possible, the conflicting opinions, and to promote all the various interests of the whole People of these United States.— And it may he important, in that adjust ment, not only to reciprocate on fair and equal principles, and in a liberal spirit, the concessions which may be accorded to our commerce by foreign nations, but also to do ; justice to our own citizens by meeting in a j like equal spirit any heavy exactions or I prohibitions which foreign nations may j think fit to impose upon the importation of | our staple productions. Some legal provisions are also required ! to correct inequalities between the duties i upon sugar and molasses, and the draw backs upon refined sugar and rum, manu ; factured or distilled from foreign materials. ■ ‘Pile relation between the duty and the draw back was adjusted by the acts of January 21st, 1829, and May 29th, 1830, since | which time the duties have been diminished ■ w hile the drawbacks remain the same.— And a provision of law declaring that all noil-enumerated articles which hear a sim ilitude to any enumerated article charge { able w ith duty, shall pay the same rate of j duty with the article which it most resem bles, would save a large sum annually to the revenue, and prevent much annoyance and litigation between the importer and the ; officers charged with the collection of the | customs. Os the Public Debt. But it is not expected that any modifica tion ofthe revenue laws will be operative to j supply the immediate wants ofthe Treasu ry, and to pay the debts w hich fall due in j the present and in the ensuing year. A | further loan is necessary to effect these ob -1 jects, and the only question that can arise ! are as to the mode of procuring the loan, (lie character ofthe securities, and the as j sumed duration of the debt. It w'ould, in the opinion of the undersigned, | he unwise to charge upon the commerce or ihc resources of the country, in any form, j the burden ofpaying at once, or all hastily. ! the national debt. Before that is done, j measures of restoration and relief are re ; quired. The currency of the country i should be restored, and commerce and in dustry relieved from the present state of embarrassment and depression, and a be nign and liberal policy on the part of the General Government should call forth once more the hardy industry and active enter prise of our people, and the vast resources of our country. If we assume the period of from five to eight years as that in which this debt can be paid without inconvenience and embar rassment—and the time appears to be short enough—we have one of the most essential elements on which to form our judgment as to the best and most convenient mode in which the loan can be kept up, and the credit of Government sustained. In the inception and during the progres sive increase of a national debt, the issues ofTreasury notes, though dangerous and delusive, have yet their advantages.— They need not he issued faster than the ac tual Wants of the Treasury require; and the power to issue any given sum is, for all effective purposes of immediate expendi ture, a fund in the Treasury available to that amount. But when the debt has ac quired its maximum and ceases to accu mulate, or when it becomes larger than the amount necessary to he kept on hand to meet the current wants of the Treasury, these advantages disappear. This mode of loan then becomes to tho Government, what the sale in market of new promissory notes, for the purpose of raising money to take up old promissory no'es. w to an inti: [VOLUME XXVI.
