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From the National Intelligencer.
THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
During- the period of Mr. Dallas's administration of
the finances, the plans ef the department, with slight va
riations, have received the deliberate sanction of con
gress, and have been stamped with the general appro
bation of the nation. lie may, therefore, contemplate,
tvith an honorable pride his official participation in the
establishment
Of a system of internal revenue, advantageous i-i
peace, and indispensable in war;
Y Of a tariff of duties on imports, founded upon princi-
‘ pies equally favorable to commerce, agriculture
and manufactures;
jPfa national institution, operating to relieve the com
munity from the evils of a depreciated paper mo
'' tiev, and to restore to the government its constitu
tional power over the coin and currency of the na
tion;
C* a fund competent to the extinguishment of the
national debt, in the short period of twelve years.
In the details of the treasury department (which have
$fc : en rendered, beyond all former experience, intricate
and perplexing, by the necessities of the war, the inade
quacy of the revenue during the war, tiie depression of
public credit, and the failure of the n stiona! currency)
a laborious and systematic perseverance has led to the
most benefcial results. Availing himself of the auspi
cious influence of peace upon the public “credit and re
sources, the secretary,at the moment of surrendering his
official trust, appears to have realized the most sangmne
anticipations. Thus,
1. Therembarrassvnenls of the treasury, owing to the
disordered state of the currency, have been so subdued,
Without die aid or co-operation of the state ban’-s, that
Qie public engagements can be paid in the local curren
cy wherever they become due except in the eastern
Slates; and, even there, the measures now operating are
calculated to restore the cap .city to pay in the local
currency, before the expiration of the present v ear.
~ ’ 2. The floating debt, consistingof n mporary leans ob
tained bv the treasury, since the commencement of the
'lat e war, hap been paid
,1. The Routing debt, consisting of treasury notes of
all the denominations u-licit lv\ e been issued, ii-s been
reduced from the sum of 36,133,794 dollars, tiie aggre
gate of the issues, to an estimated outstanding .-.mount,
ifet exceeding 5,00v),OOU dollars; which cannot fail to be
discharged before the expiration of the present ye..r.
4. The amount of the funded debt h..s, on tiie one
hand, been augmented by the operation of funding trea-
<airv notes; a.id on the other h.uul. it has been reduced
ft- the quarterly reimbursements of the principal of the
did stock, as well as by purchases. The aggregate
dmount of the public debt, funded and floating, was
-stated, on the 12th of February, ISIS, to be tiie sum
Mississippi territory, and payable
Georgia)
676,710 4C
Amount of receipts in revenue, from
:he 1st .January to 1st August, 1S16, 36,035,995 46
7th. To winch add the receipts from
loans, by funding treasury notes, and
from the issues of treasury notes about 9,790,825 21
The estimated gross amount of re-
e.eipts at tie- treasury, from tiie 1st Janua
ry to the 1st August, 1816, be.ng
8th. But it is estimated tiiat front the
1st of August to the 31>l of December,
1316, die amount of receipts into tiie trea
sury will be about
45,825,920 67
19,876,710 4
Miking the gross annual receipts at
tiie treasury, for the ye.,r 1816, about
tile stun of
65,762,651
111
Sketch 'f the probable receipts, at the treat’ ry compared
■at:h 'he p-'-buhle c.; e ■ litures "J 1516.
1st. The gvoss annual *e opt tiie trea-
surv fur tiie ' e..r 1510, ,is..bovc stated,
is estimated at tin s .if 65,7'j2,631 V7
2d. The amount of m
e
of
. But, on the first of January, 1817, (the
floatingd.-btbeing extinguished, and ad
ditional reimbursements of the principal
W the old stork being effected) the
123,63d,692 95
Whole amount of the public debt will,
Tjrobubly, not exced tiie sum of
109,748,272 11
Making a general reduction, between
1M6, and the
•of January, 1817, of public debt b-
itig interest, amounting to the sum of
the 12th of February,
of
1st
; r-
13, 882,429 82
5. The whole amount of the liquidated and ascertain
ed arrearages of the war expenditures, has been paid,
and ample provision exist to discharge all the unliqui
dated claims, for supplies and services, to the extent cf
the highest estimates hitherto formed.
6. The whole amount of the demands upon the trea
sury, for the principal and interest of tlie public debt,
payable abroad as well as at home; and the whole
amount of the demand to satisfy the debts contracted
in Europe, on account of the war, are the subjects of
ail ample provision.
7. The annual surplus of the existing revenue, besides
furnishing ample means for public improvements, w ill
enable congress to enrich the sinking fund, so as to insure
the extinguishment of the whole of the public debt, in
a period not exceeding twelve years.
8. The public credit stands high, both in Europe and
America. Tiie apparent depression of the public stock
and of treasury notes, in some of the American markets,
Vi to be entirely ascribed to local caiftes, which are ra
pidly passing away. The revival of a metallic currency
is alone wanting to give to the public stock, in the Eu
ropean markets, a value beyond that of any other gov
ernment.
In illustration of the preceding general results, it will
be a gratification to the public, to receive the following
sketches, taken from the records of the treasury depart
ment. They afford the best answer to ail the iatne illa
tions which deplore the ruin of the country, and to all
the calumnies which assail tiie reputation of the gov-
tfnment.
I. Sketch of the appropriations and payments for 1816.
1st. The demands on the treasury by acts of appro
priation for the year 1816, amounted to 32,475,303 93
For the civil department,
appropri. inns for
year 1.16, .s b-. fare
siated, is the sum ol
3d. But it is corn, nted
tiiat the demand.-- from
tiietre«surv fur lolc
will exceed tiie a:i la.nt
of the annual appi , i-
alion (the excess • ..e
provided fur by i_w)
by toe sum of
4th. And ciiar,.::g the
whole of the uus.i- sfied
appropriations of 1315,
upon tiie hums accu
mulated in the ireasu-
n (hiring the year
laid, the amount may
be estimated at
*>,01/5 93
6,270,395 29
j, erpool office, _
Westminster, .August 15,1816.
8/n—A question having arisen whether the equaliza
tion of duties on the produce of the United States im
ported in American and British ships, established by the
late commercial treaty, ought not to extend to the auction
duty on the first sale after importation for account of the
importer; and a rtcomendation having been addressed by
the foreign offic.e and the board of council to the treasury
to adopt that construction of the treaty most favorable
to the ships and products of the United States—notwith
standing the opinion entertained by some law authorities,
that the'auction duty being an internal add (to the par
ties paying it) an optional duty, and not a duty on im-
iiortatioii is not fairly witliin the meaning of the treaty;
uc lords of the treasury have this day ordered the board
.if excise to direct their solicitor to prepare a bid fir
' ie luxt session of parliament to legalize the sale by auc-
• mil of American product imported in American ships,
an ttits .m- terms is if i •■ported in British ships.
And they have further directed the excise, henceforth
ji -t to require the payment of auction duty on such sales
• American produce, and to refund all such duty, if any
• efi shall have been paid since the 26th August, 1815; the
narties in both cases giving security for the amount of
the duty sc unpaid or refunded to them to abide the de
cision of parliament. •
This latter condition, you will feel is unavoidable in
a case like the present, it being in the competence of par
liament alone to impose or remit government duties; and
if the nominal liability to the ultimate payment of auc
tion duty should have a tendency, as it probably may, to
prevent individuals from availing themselves of the indul
gence which this order is intended to convey, it must be
remembered on tbe other hand, that there is no instance
of ' ,i«. government having failed to redeem such a pledge
as is virtually given by the order in question.
I am, with great respect, siryour vary f.hlhful and obe
dient servant. __ J. Backhouse, j’in.
To the Chairman of the American
Chamber of Commerce.
7-anga, mentioned that he was fired at v,,,. ,
one of tiie cruisers on his w fyto Havana/w,*7
mg him m good English suffered mm to pnW ^
further molestation. IVe understand tl.at " ho, «
at. measures
•trs; l)Vlt
P°co.
— U.ut nifov..
in preparation at Havana to curb these fVebom?
they proceed on the true Spanish system, p oco “*
St. TrtowAS, September 23.
r ^^ ie JMa nc ht3tcr Packet arrived here
15th ult. Important intelligence w..s comn.unir ^ ' e
"1
’* gentleman who arrived here in her, as a passenger
Burbadoes; we sincerely hope that a report so-’., 11
may have been misrepresented to him. We t!-/*/' 13
shall soon have to announce to our readers j’i'V
tranquii/ty of all our companion Islands in the -'• • '' ie
mains undisturbed. ^
On the 21st arrived here ip/distress, Kr n c i,
from Bordeaux, bound to Havana, bavin .
passengers.
J?
BUENOS AYllES 1 PAPERS.
O.i
buaiq £
••1 of
*,972,277 86
-46,717,977 08
Making- the probable surplus ofreccip.s
be; oiid Inc- probable demands on the
treasure for ifcl6 tl.c sum of
1« r 14.653 09
5th. Hut elediictiiia from this surplus,
t ie amount cr.-; led i. r tiie leans and trea
sury notes, the sum of
9,790,821
9,193,831 88
The uhimate surj.les of prc-b.-ble ^re
ceipts, bc-yonu the pr.-;b..bie demands up
on the treasury tor tin* v e..r 1316, sub
ject to the disposal ot congress, may be
staled at the sum id
In diis ski icii, it is to be noted, that there is n>. discri
mination as to tiie time, when tiie revenue accrued, and
when it became payable; nor as to the svsttm from
wtiicli die revenue vv;.s derived, whether upon the war,
or tne peace, establishment; the mam object being to
shew the probable receipts'at the treasury from the 1st
of January to tuc 51st of December, loio, „s well as the
prob..hie expenditure during the s..mc period.
IV. Sketches of the pc abut >f the customs from .1 latch,
1315, to Julu, 1816, both months inclus. ve.
FIRST,
1st. Tiie aggregate of the dulies received at the
custom-houses of tiie United Stales, during the above
specified period, may be estimated at the sum of
23,271,143 50
2d. The aggregate of tlie debentures
payable during- the same period, may he
estimated at the stop of
Leaving the product of the customs
from March, 1315, to July, 1816, both
months inclusive, subject only to the ex
penses of collection, at tne sum of 25.646,721 34
SECO X II.
1st. The aggregate of the duties received at the cus
tom houses of the United States, from Mat ch to Decem
ber, 1S15, both months inclusive, amounted to the
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
The following is an extract of a letter from London
dated the 3d August, received by the Mary.
“Perhaps beforeyou receive tnis, you will have heard
of a rumor winch has caused some alarm in London,
which is, the transport board of this country having ad
vertised on the 31st Julv for between five and six thou
sand tons of shipping, fart..e
ordnance to Canada
purpose of
Tiie e.i.tors of the
trun-mc
have, as may be expected, put different
ag
papers iiert
constructions
upon the occurrence—some a war measure, and others
not so. However, one thing T can inform yon fr.uu tiie
best authority, it had the effect of lowering the funds of
this country yesterday one half per cent; but this may
be only for the moment, and taking advantage of by spe
culators. It is as difticidt to form an opinion here of the
measure, as it is with you. lime alone must show.”—
Charleston City Gazette, 9th inst.
Nkw-Youk, Septembi r 30.
A gentleman of tins city has favored r,, {
Mercantile Advertiser with an impirfi-’ct fi. r f.
Ayres Gazette to the 2'Jth of July, recciv. d n A ' ‘' n °S
line, arrived at Philadelphia. That of the Cs;' , j de
nounces that the gmemnient had been duh ' a -'>*
the sailing of the Portuguese expedition from Hi, 1 ,
and it was supposed they were to pav a vi>n tn
ver La Plata. The paper expr, sses aiui:h s'.rm'j 1 , n '
the Portuguese, whom dux- iiave never urn. . !,i ... n ‘ :t
come against tliem in a hostile manner. It a<!,i.
er they come as friends or fo-.-s, we arc n.sov to -
them.” The same pajjer gives a detail fr-n »g* , j'f
papers, of the termination ofadmiral Brow..', ,
in February last. It appear* from -, .s a.'. -,.', . ‘ j :
Brown and a part oFliis squadron h. d ix - >■ ‘ '
carried into Guayaquil, and that t: ; i-.sidu. ; ; (
rou attacked that town, made a numbt r of -i.. -
inhabitants urisoners, and did some damage
vyiicn a tl oce was finally settled on l.,t 25d,
the admiral was exchanged for tla n.. ;i [.,c*,| ;,_
captured; and one of his vessels restored for
22,U‘JO dollars.
>n nf’
v cri;ment
2,624,421 66
ot
2d. The aggregate of the debentures
payable during the- last mentioned pe
riod, amounted to the sun of
6,916,399 76
794.857 33
6,121,542 43
Leaving the amount of duties for the
last memiomd period, subject onlv to
tiie expenses of collection, at the sum of
Tin ii n.
1st. The aggregate of the duties received at all the
custom houses of the United States,from January to July,
1816, both months inclusive, nu.y be slated „t the suin
ot
d. The aggregate of the debentures
payable during the last mentioned p.riod,
-.1,o54,743 7‘,
1,829,561 33
foreign intercourse and
miscellaneous expen
ses
For the military depart
s' ment, current expen
diture 7,794.250 75
Arr. 8,935,373
3,540,770 18
For the naval establish
ment
For the public debt, (ex
clusively of the balance .
of the appropriations
of the preceding year)
-16,729,622
4,204,911
8,000,000
2d. The payments made
at the treasury on ac
count of the above ap
propriations to the 1st
of August, 1816, a-
mounted to the sum of
For the civil depart
ment, &c.
Por the military depart
ment, current expen-
■diture 4.235,236 76
Arr. 8.935,372
>2,475,303 93
26,3.32,174 89
1,829,015 02
amounts to the- sum of
Lca\ iiigtlie-aniount of duties fir the hist
mentioned period, subject only to the ex
pellees of codec non, at the sum -of
Fdr MTU.
A comparative view of the gross product of the cus
toms in some-of the principal districts, (embracing Ml
19,525,179 41
the districts producing more than 409,01 O' uoiiars) from
March, 1815, to July, luiG, both mouths iiie'iusive.
1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Boston
4. Baltimore
5. Charleston
6. New Orleans
7. Savannah
8. Norfolk
9,926,188 30
5,085,2u6 65
3,579,lo-J 77
3,339,101 11
1,047,546 73
732,0-83 13
521.287 53
491.150 36
Lpon the foregeing brief exposition of the state of the'
finances, the operations of the treasure', and the national
resources, comment would be superfluous. We must
lament tiie present' depression of our commerce, from
causes, which equally affect the commerce of every other
nation; but witli becoming gratitude to providence, we
may ask, what other nation presents a scene of public and
private prosperity, such as the United States exhibit to
the world!
A letter from an intelligent gentleman at Paris to the
editor, dated the 12di of August, is just received, from
widen we extract tlu following:
“I sb-i -1 send von a file of papers, such as tU y are. It
is possible that thty may become more i v ;eresung hereaf
ter; for it is rumored that there is to be a resurrection of
the liberty of the press, some time in the course of the
present month!! the law restricting it being about to ex
pire. This report may perhaps be as well fou-uled as
tiiat which brought or was to bring the world to an end
on the 18th of lust month.
“Fht re is taik of war in Europe, but we do not cltarlv
understaiid who are to he the partita—some say- Eng
land. Fr .nee and Sfsain, against Russia, Prussia, and the
Low) Countries: tins, however, is, with most people, mere
conjecture, as yet.
“ f he age of revolutions is not vet past.
“It is highly gratifying to an American, to know the
prosperous state ot our country; for I do not believe
thu’ tne momentary stagnation cf commerce in our sea
ports, or the embarrassii.i nt of bank paper speculators,
c.’ii impede its general prosperity any more than the
possession of Eastport by the British, or the neutrality of
Nantucket, could affect our national independence.—
Notwithstanding- tbe commercial distress which prevails
throughout the Union, the United States is as much hau-
• M.v n,o>t
‘ ?c> i’k.i*
•J'iMil-crf.
re*.,'.
■’ P^.li n
3 t'f Rio
tU. V U’2.
I k ir
S.Wi
r. v
M.ti. _
^ - 1 1 is d:.v
s.it!r*.
pro-
pter than any other country m the w orld, as “The Bid- i f'orr'om^wii liout 001 '^ 0 "
n ci.
wark ot Religion” is more miserable than any other coun
try in Europe—and surely, that is not a lirie. The
same commercial distress prevails there asm the United
States, and to a still greater degree—and we have one
inappreciable advantage over them, in as much as a man
who can no longer gain a livelihood behind tiie counter,
may become independent behind tiie plough—if he be not
too proud (mean r—licr;) and if he be, he surely deserves
Lirve.’—-\t-a--i urk Coiumbian.
to sLu
IVi.,.; .
toment’s delay to the
z' ns ot this capital, by means of toe p i-st-n' bu ( a
shall be published in the most solemn manner, ar
of it posted in all the
suborns. And as this
m st public places of tic
in some (ley
day, a but- r one for tvi
THE TR AITOR FOUGHT..
A private letter from Paris, (noticed in the Dublin Eve
ning Post,) informs us, that the .Memoirs of Fouche, writ
ten b\ himself, are ready for publication; they will appear
in two volumes, and, it is s..id, the ia.-.t phrases are—“1 do
not complain of my exile.' f have been banished by the
pi iiices to whom I extended a friendly hand to aid their
entry into France. And mav the word lagitiniacj
prove tothe country thesource of many tears, al
much bloodshed as that of equality itself.”-—-V
Columbian.
Uacy n
not
as
rk
For the naval depart
ment
For the public debt, (ad
ding to the appropria
tion of 1816, a part of
; the balance of the ap
propriation of 1815)
-13,170,608 75
1.977,788 S3
l
9,354,762 82
26,332,174 89
Making an unexpended
“balance of the animal
appropriation on the
1st of August, 1816, of
6,143,129 04
6,298,652 26
This balance, however, is to be t n dited for die sum
taken from the surplus of the appropriation of 1815, for
the sinking fund (1.354,762: 6‘2) ami tiie whole is ready
to be paid, upon demand, at the treasury.
IT. Sketch of the actual receipts at the Treasury for 1816.
1st. The cash balance in the treasury (excluding, of
course, the item of treasury notes) on the
1st January, 1816, was
.2d. The receipts at the treasury from
the customs, during the first seven
months of 1816 (from the first of Janua
ry to the 1st of August) without any al
lowance for debentures on drawback,
■which may be estimated at 1,829,554 33,
amounted to
3d. The direct tax including the as
sumed quotas of New-York, Ohio,
Soutb-Carolina and Georgia, for the di
rect tax of 1816, has produced the sum
Lo>do>
4th. The internal duties have produc
ed the sum of
5th. Postage and incidental receipts,
6th. Salesof public lands (excluding
the sum ot 211,440 50, received in the
August 19.
An article in a Paris papir, dated Naples, July 19, says
“\\ e are daily expecting to hear of lord Exmouth’s
expedition. The opinion here is, that it has been much
too long delayed. The pirates profit by’ the interval, in
sweeping the Mediterranean, and putting their fortifica-
<t ons i' 1 a state of defence* It is even feared, that, with
out an army for debarkation, it will not be possible to rc-
i.uce the regency of Algiers, the most dangerous of the
three Barbarv regencies. The dev will care very little
tor the destruction of the houses of the town, which be
long to tin*Jews Ind Moors, while lie and his.Turks can
secure their treasures in their country houses, which cer
tainly have nothing to fear from English rockets and
bombs. It is even doubted whether the Congreve rock-
c-ts wiU have any considerable influence on the houses of
Algiers, as they are built with stone with flat roofs, on
wine a a layer of dump earth may be spread in sufficient
juiintitv to counteract the effeefof any inflameable pro-
jcctllc.' 9 j 1
On Wednesday morning some apprehensions were felt
k re, that serious riots liu«l occured in Preston, in cpnsc-
[Hence of a letter which had been that morning received
«>>• the mayor, from that place, requiring the aid of the
military then in this town, and who were iininediately
.narched to Preston. But we are happy to say, that a
u tter was received here by the mayor on Thursday morn
ing, stating, that the disturbance had completely subsid
ed, and that the military had been ordered to return.
\\ e understand that the outrages which had taken place
have been confined to the breaking of a few windows,
and damaging the plantation upon the premises of Mr
Horrocks.
Hague, August 20.
2,o54,743 74 A report having been circulated by several newspapers
that a great many foreign officers who had lately emi
grated to the United States of North America, had been
placed in the military service of that country, we have
i cceivud from an authentic source a request seriously to
contradict this error, and to at^l, for the benefit of all
such as may be interested in it, that not one of the above
mentioned foreign officers has obtained any kind of situ
ation in the American service, and all vacancies that /nay
happen-will be filled by natives of the country, and pro
bably by officers lately disclaimed.—Hague Cowant.
FROM HAVANA
A gentleman who arrived from Havana on Surdav last,
informs us, that the “expedition” which has been so long
fitting out there to drive away tiie Carthugenian cruisers,
was completed during his stay at that place, and had Soil
ed on its first cruize. After being out 10 uavs, it return
ed into port again, without meeting-any thing with which
to try the “tug of war.” This grand fotilla, which lias
been three months in preparation, consists of the Young
Wasp privateer (formerly of Philadelphia) and a sooner!
■Charleston City Gazette.
ree unto that on which Gor-ez t.-".r
ships, with tiie magnanimous resolution to le.e e-
companion^ no uiternijive but \ictorv, will ex*. i;t .1
Strations of the purest jov on the part if i.n c.ti/.i .
alted at la^t to the glory of belonging to a f
lateness ot the present moment not admadigi f
mediate display of all the pomp due to tne ceied-.
the majesty of so memorable an event, the
got.
makes known that after to night there will h f
daysconsecutively an illumintation of the p.-fi..c'
esnlence,and of the town house, leav
ing It at till- 0
ot t..c. inhabitants of this eminent city to exercise th .
own pleasure as to equal demonstrations bv some tot-
that may utinounce tlieir real satisfaction, and in t.
mean time fetes arc preparing suitable t;. tiie- happy <*
casioigno-. forg-ettingtlie tribute to Provifience of tfiemi
heartfelt tuanks in the fortress of ISucnos Ayres, t:
19tii of July, lol6.
Miguel i>e IltiGorr.y,
Francisco Avton :o dl Escalxc-
AIani el Obligado, secretary.
To the Commission of Government
3,713,963 68
3,864,000
127,025 38
Nassau, (v. r.) August 17.
As a proof of ti.e efficacy of the copper cement in pre
serving the bottoms of vessels, we insert the following
fact: Six innntns ago, the schooner Marv-Ann, of this port,
eyas payed with this cement, and has made several voy ages
since to the United States, without any cleaning whatever.
Having lately taken the ground, and." injured part of her
ta'se keel, it became necessary to heave her down, which
was done on Thursday last, when the cement was found
to be in the same stale nearly as when first laid on, except
where it was rubbed off by taking the ground and per
fectly free from grass or barnicle.
September 7.
Accounts from the Havana mention that the merchants
have come forward with voluntary, subscriptions! in aid
ot the government, in order to oppose and suppress,
they can, the depredations of tbe cruisers under the indc-
pendant flag. These subscriptions are to be lodged in tli
Consulado, are to be expended in the purchase and equip
ment of several large and fast sailing brigs and sclTooners
to be commanded bv officers at the appointment of the
Consulado. The measures which have been taken by tiie
government hat e bee'n quite inadequate to any success
ful opposition to the audacity' of the insurgent, cruisers;
indeed they have been in themselves but measures evinc
ing rather its weakness than its efficiency.
Out of the rencontres which now appear to take place
in cpnsc- ^q ,lent >y between bis majesty's ships on the coist of
Africa, and Portuguese and Spanish slave vessels, it will
not be surprising if more serious consequences soon
arise, and if these consequences be promoted by -n as
sumption of right requiring redress, on the side of those
having least pretention to it, who bv tod far an interfer
ence in the trade of the subjects of other governments
bring on themselves the insult or aggression complain’
September 21.
Yesterday morning the Zanga, arrived from Havana —
One of passengers of the schooner Cement, of this port
came up m her. It is reported by him, as we are inform!
ed, that the Cement was captured on her passage to HavanJ
by the Curthagenian privateer SeiitinelU, and Carried to
the rendezvous at the Tortugas, where were lyin<r on her
arrival, se ven insurgent cruisers, and ten sad of different
nations which they had taken. The crew and such of
the passengers of the Cement, tiiat had property
was r the W n™^K edi ah ° Ut 130 P™s, amo^L
was Hie person above mentioned were nut 'X »
on
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SunixAtu, July 19.
Yesterday, died here his excellency major-genera! '
Pauuuts; w!io after sharing laurels with the heroes of
\vaterloo, arrived in this colony about six months a)
and assumed the government of it on the 26th Fcbr—7
last, wiien it was restored to Holland.
THE CHICASAW INDIANS.
William Colbert and James Colbert, the former hr Ti
dier general of the Chickasaws, and the latter A r.:ti
States’ interpreter to the same nation, have pubk-jrai *.
the Nashville Whig', an address to the whites, in Itvbic.i
they acknowledge, with expressions of gra itu.il.
friendship and generosity with which both thin s-iv i
and their nation have been treated by our goverr.n'tT,
and by the citizens of the United States in gt u-- r.<l Hut
they declare tiiat they consider it their t;u v :i r. ac
known an opinion which jfrevails in tlieir nation,
which was unanimously expressed bv a late council cf
the Chickasaws, that the pedlars who have so long mi«
posed upon their people, will, if they are not prohibit*
from coining $niong them, endanger the good un. cr-
standing winch at present subsists betwe uitf( n. and ris
United .states. They therefore warn such irregniar
ishonest traders, wiiom the chiefs declare to b. no mcra
like merchants than “Jew broke rs” are like bankers,tron
ntering tiieir territories and renewing their iniposifi 01 -:’
which (says the address) are “too often foliov d by '*•
olence on tiie part of our people, whose minds have n t
vet undergone so radical a change, as to feel tiieiiiscn: 5
(intent with that redress which is drawn from the tardj
though certain) process of the law.”
The chiefs appear to be sincerely desirous of remains
at peace with the United States, and conclude their ad
dress by thanking the people of Nashville and other
places, for tlieir hospitality, which tlfey declare, with b-
han simplicity, they would be happy to return.—6 -' lfJ
Gazette.
Translated for the Baltimore
Bi znos Av m.», .liiiv 25. I -,[>'■
INDEl'ENDENCE.
The most cxceilent, tiie commissi
the st-ite:—
Whereas, under date of the 9th i:,y
the director has communicated die
lution, fallowing, t‘> wit:—
The sovereign congress of th( ma
de la Plata has this day declared tii
rica indcj '-:i lent of thedomination .
and i s metropolis, by the following
“ 1 he angi:st tribunal of the nation ha
ed by tile unanimous acclamation of ah tne ri-nnse-i •'
tives of the united provinces, in congress -<sst ii.!i ■ .
ir./l -.rvA. »->. I ^X'ii . a T . i , ‘ ‘ ’
lur^ucn (/t tl.c
independence of the country from tj,.
kings of Spain and i’s metropolis. T! » in,e ort . >nt w
is i-onimunicated to your excellency fir vaur n.forma,
tion and satisfaction, and to be publofied in all
vinces and towns of the unt -n.
In congress at Tucunui, the 9th t-f July 1-315”
Francisco Niiinso de l.iraim, .'.reside-:
J-ise Mariano Boeoo, vie■ president.
Jose Mahivno Sehrano, sicrrt.rru
Ji an Jose Passc, depute
-cre'.ury.
I communicate it to your excellency that von rrrif cy<*
this happy event to be solemnly jri!>iish-.-u and rtl.Us- i
and that you may transmit your orders to that iff c: \
all die towns and autiiorides of di.n province. GoJ art-
serve j our excellence for niauv years.
Tncuman,July 9, 1816.
J:"As tun nv i,E Frr.i tirft.on
SilviSTTn. Ir.iziTF,secretary.
To the most excellent, the ilirertor ad.r.e-im, Buenos .lyres
Now- therefore, and in the effusion of the p- rfict
jov, at an event longed for by qj-erv American bn<t,
since the provinces wearied -.vi’tu tv earing for three cer.
t unes the chains of Peninsular o; - re-, ion, i - ■
hre.-k them, obliterating by die m-ast - v r f » -
remembrance of their passed humiliation, the g.L-;..
inent ioni* wiMi
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We noticed a few weeks ago a paragraph in Grimm 3
correspondence, in which it is asserted that Messrs.
Franklin & Adams were instructed by congress to re
quest of the Abbe Mably a sketch of,a constitution ot
government for the United States. We have since
found that die paragraph is contradicted in a subsequen-
part of Grimm's book, and have learned the rumor 0
uch a fact is noticed in Mr. Adams’s defence of the con
stitution.
We understand that an interesting correspon
dence on the subject, between Mr. Adams and the
be Mably, will appear in the next number of the
American Review-.—Boston Daily .Idvertiser, 28th ult.
Dr. Mitciiell’s literary labors, says a corresponden
the Albany Argus, are receiving distinguished attcn ( ! ]V .
from the learned men in Eyrope. By a letterjust _
in diis city, we learn that the doctor’s history of the
rican Earthquakes, and memoir of the fishes of New . ^
are about to be turned into German, by professor '‘-Am
of Leipzig) ami that his inquiry into’the clwwrtiff