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Sliced in the payment of the militia
of that State, in totifequence of
their having been difcha.ged with
out being duly muttered but that
inftruftions had been given to re
medy that defecf, which would be
executed as speedily as practicable.
•It was also remarked, that there
had been extreme difficulty in ob
taining funds in fufficient amount
to answer the payments of the re
guL r troops and militia of South-
Caroiina a id Georgia ; the govern
went not having than in cither of
those States. I was further in
formed, that towards paying them,
one hundred and fi'ty-eight thou
iand, three hun ired dollars had
been already fuit.ifhed. <>n re
ceiving the answer of the Pay-rnaf
te , i caliedon the Secretary of the
Treasury He < xprWfed the very
great regret which I am p rlaadecJ
lie finer rely felt lot the delay in
dis Vo ginp the claims of <ai mili
tia; and detai e the causes of the
dish ulty which had occurred in bis
department.. While in feme States
tlv Treasury could command
funds beyond tt Calls for expen
db.ir- , in others, they wee itifui- j
fi dent to meet the demand.’ agan.lf
the government ; and owing to the
deplorable Hate of the currency of
the country, the funds in these
States where they were not want
ing, could not be transferred to the
South, and p id to the public ;
claimants, without fubjeCling them j
to loss. 1 Hated my conviction
that the bills of North Carolina |
would be cheerfully received, and
enquired whether they could nor ‘
be furnifhed. He replied, that he;
\v uld immediately afeertain ; and j
if it could be done, it (tumid be
done. I afterwards received the
follow ing note : 14 Robeit Brent, j
pay mailer of the army, has the)
honor of prefe filing his refpetts to 1
IVli Bibb,and to (late to him that j
he has by mail of to-day, (30th A- ;
p*i!) remitted one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars to Georgia,
to be applied to the payment of the
mili'ia of that State. Under (land
ing that the notes of North Caro
lina would answer for payments in
Georgia and Sou h Carolina, and
not ! ; ing able to procure funds in
thole S’ tcs,ont hundred thousand
dollars of tills remittance is by a
dr ft horn the Treasury of the
the Un’.ed States on N rth Caro
lina, and twenty thousand dollars
by a draft on Savannah.” From
this view of the case, it is apparent
that the soldier (whole lervic.es no
man appreciates more highly than
I do) has not been neglected by
congress. T hat his compensation
has been thus long withh. Id. is
owing not to the want of legifii
tive provision but to caofes beyond
the control of the national repre
sentatives. During the war afeheme
was deviled oy the enemy to drain
this country of its fpcc-e, for th<
putpofe of creating fatal embai rafl
iiiiots in our pecuniary concerns.
And although the diffuuby in dtf
chargins( the contraCls ot the go
vernment at present, is to be atm.
buted to the w ant of an uniform
circuiting medium, yet in my
•judgment, the lulpenfion of specie
payments on the part ot the banks
was not only an act ot wiidom and
found policy* but probably pie
vented the molt serious evils at a
period of great national danger.
That specie payments have not
been resumed, is not the fault of
corprefs. During the lall itffion.
however, measures were adopted to
remedy the evils of the exitling
currency, and there is ground to I
hope they wii| effeflt a cure, as spee
dily as the nature of the dileafe
will p.jflibly permit. Until the re
medies are fuccelsful in their ope
ration, eongrels cannot do more
than to provide the means of pay
ing the public creditors in filch a
medium as the country affords. —
The public funds are derived from
the public revenues ; and the peo
ple in each State can pay those re
venues, only in such money as is
within their reach. To have ex
eluded from the receipts into the
treasury, the only currency the
people could obtain, and to have
demanded what they could not
pay. would have presenter indeed
a inoil extraordinary fpedtacU.
Tnffcad of ihe ten. er solicitude for
fol iters rights, now the theme of
electioneering patriots , we lhouid
have been 1 barged, andjuflly char
ged, with an act of monltrous folly
and oppression.
I have thus, fellow-citizens pre
sented to your view a fair and can
did expofirion of those proceedings
which have calle . forth such acri
moniou- invectives, againtt your
public Servants. All 1 have a right
to expect on your part, is a like
fair nd candid examination of die
facts and circumstances which are
now dife 1 oled. To the great inafs
of the people whole object is truth,
and whole honelt indignation has
been roused by the appreheniioo,
that their interefls ba i bee . facra
ficed, l look with confivlence for a
juit decision. I rely upon the
maxim that the people will always
decide correctly, if correctly infor
med. As to the charge of felfifh
motives, “ of political prolliturion”
it is precisely suited to the delicate
and disinterested conceptions from
whence it Iprung, and wholly un
worthy of refpedful notice. De
plorable indeed is the Hate of man,
if against Inch foul aspersions, a
life of unimpeached, and unimpea
chable integrity, affords him no
prote&ion. It cannot be believed
by an intelligent and a charitable
people, that the preterit virtuous
and enlightened chief magistrate of
the United States, and a large ma
j >iity of the National Lcgiflature,
composed of inc;ii inferior to non;
in tiiis err any other country, for
eminent Cervices, integrity, and pa
triotism, C(ulJ have been influen
ced by such degrading considera
tions.
That I may have erred in judg
; meat, is poiliole ; boctufe, to err
jis the lot of imperfect man. From
j the frailties of human nature, nei
, ther you nor l, have a right to
! claim exemption. It therefore you
fhotiltl even determine that I have
I erred, 1 would iuibmi: to-your seri
ous deliberation —to your tense of
juttice, whether a (ingle error juf*
i titles the unkind cenfwres which are
pronounced agais ft me—whether
’a angle error Avoid outweigh a
! whole life ot zealous ands •ithful
I devotion to the public interests.
That mine has been fueh a life,
; you, yourselves have inoft kindly
j acknowledged m the renewed
j proofs you have so repeatedly af
! forded me, of your esteem and
confidence. To deserve that es
teem and confidence, has been the
objeftef my constant folicitude—
my belt endeavours.
From my public labours, I nev
er have derived pecuniary profit;
nor in that refpett, is there any
thing in the prelent cinpenlation to
render a continuance in congrcls
defnable. But to iole your good
opinion, would be to lolethericb
eft—the only reward for years of
toil in the country's fervics. Such
an event I-should mofl deeply de
plore ; but (till there would be a
source of consolation, which we
owe to the bounty of nrovidence,
and which ca mot be taken away
the consolation of “ a conscience
-void of offence.”
WE W 8188.
I
i H KNEW S.
v .1 ? ;To • Vi it
\>:. 1 mll i.••*:>• *>t cic “ \
(.o Iu„ uk’-n .1 final iarew -ll ot our feushm,
tlic Honorable (wrutnJ Jury ot ihis emm-y. iu a
lei i#lav ad.ir as. .w believe a wbolsome
We nad tome hope* ll.at it w old have a
rou,e<l tluni to a aeitse of doty,and a sense <:F
j i -1 ice;ls-.:, a moment*reflec ion tiisipatedthese
.iop**s, ami v luct-d IIS from tl.e tr.al <8 so im
p-obabiest result. Audio U.e place of mat er,
which we bad preparedoutiii.subject, we have
lie pleasure of giving a lucid and In .lily i"-r
----esi .np ad.ii< 3 tVom our worthy senator, D .
11 V. IV. BM.
rUsun.s Uic reasons vve have already as
! Signed, those gentlemen have been recently,
j and so severely lacerated by the kicn lah ot
1 s iBBe worthy in the Augusta (razetie, that it
w .uld l>e cruelty, not to say cowardice, to s
---i sad them a frcsli, while thus Ticked, and
1 goaded in front md rear. Yes, ye unfortunate
eemto-t of our morals, and our duties, we will
• not —nay, we start with abnow* nee from the i*
j doa, of causing you, as die last resort from our j
j censures, io be'k safety or consolation m the !
■ abemarie of your consciences !—so, no, we
• will not drive you to this fearful measure; bnt
wi U Christian forgiveness, consign you to the
msimcunnof soin<-good spirit, and take our
Leave of you, perhaps forever 1
I And for our no 1 ice of you, and the fully we j
have committed m bringing you from die som- I
Ore and leaden hours of your contemplations :
and tlomes ic vocations—> ications to vvhicii we
i} >w with joy suffer yo i 10 return, we suppli- ,
cate your forgiveness, and th. forgiveness of
llie offended comnitimiy, wliose attention and ;
time, we Have been tlie agent of your encrouch
’ nient on.
A *1 as a last advice, remember gentlemen,
! you wiii never pass as public character , wttli
j ouc censure, while subject to observation.
: HAPPY, thrice happy is the man, who on a
’ Selt- .vwtninalioll, finds alter makingevciy fair
1 allowance for the weakness and impi rfection of
’ human nature, hat li.s good deeds weigh clown
the important scale, and that lie Iras nothing
bu a lew uuiulentuiiiul errors to accuse huii
s-ifnf. He si a ais to begin life anew, to live
twice, who is able to enjoy the recollection •,f
fc>- liter days. “ live cst vivere bin vita pusce
| pnorefnu !” How delightful to be -able to
sat, “usyet I have not lived to no purpose,”—
*• i have loved my neighbour as myseif, comfort
edtbe affliced, servedmy country, and walked
linrublt betlire my God !” Havi ig thus acted,
; he dreads no tuluriW— nr is arm. and against re-
I proacli—lie knows that it he meets with cross
es, tnev are but fur ucr trials of h,s worth, and
! his pa deuce in bearing them; and Ins under m
-1 tuig as.Uhn y, hi discharging all obligations
devolving on linn as a citizen, will undoubtedly,
sooner or U ev, meet with a due reward ; and
in the mean time, in lus own bosom, he carries
a c*. afar ter namely, the silent, tlr .ugh .power
ful and approving monitor within ’ Such is
tue reflection, the solace wtncli a o-vod man ex-
I ptrieiices —joy which Cannot be wrested from
j linn—cxtacy, which is invulnerable to the
; a!t if * -if political tttdndlm, the protcriptir.i of
ibsn.e.iygHi*, ‘ he juttitan officii on f
A Newspaper,entitled the “ Cahoxtita HR
S’ in eh,” n.s seen recently added to the nnur
ber published m Fayetlevdie, (N C.) VVe
I) ve been lavored with a number, and from a
slight View of the editorial department. Sic. we
belli ve it truly worthy of pau onagt —Ai mln ;
valuable iustieco-operating its influence rvitii
; ilu many, which auorn the Tuple of -our lib
erty.
SUMMARY.
Among a variety of excellent toasts, drank
at a public dinner, given in honor of the 4th
nut. in Sevannah, we were particularly pleased
wi’ii the following :
flj ihe pi ctideut, Milhetu Witter.—Uua
uiiiutv to the electors of our ncx, Fn s ideal of
i t l : nitt and Stales.
tty the lice ■president, Ilcn. T. U. JP. Charlton
—The only legitimate sovereign—the People.
The Brutish have again commenced their ohl
p- act ices, and villany; tiring on, and searching
our vessels.*—M ire of tins at.on.
The Uiu.rd St at a of America and Prussia art
-be powers whose socks are the h ght st oil tin
Amsterdam exchange, American p per ceu s
(Louisiana) arc ijuuted at 94, the I’russian loan
at 99 per cent.
Fiom liie heavy arrivals a considerable de
cline m.s especUd in cotton, throughout
Fiance, lice continued to be a drug at Cor
de- U!X -
Mr. He, American eon.nd at Bordeaux, fmd
higlus situation rathefdisagreeable ui.doi
no v order al tilings m France .-aui p.-asa^i
(witkbif family ) in tije ship t/iftuira, for New
Y .rK, about tile 2Jth May
Y Venetian has discovered the
m mis of perfecting, the compass H.s cliscov
.-;.v has been s ibmitted to the Italian institute,
,vho nave acknowledged its importance.
Josiah <i iincy, who once attempted in con
rvess to impeach Mr. Jefferson, was attain in a
minority of one on separation question ia
t ie Massachusetts senate.
What next ? The senate of Massachusetts
14V voted, twenty-two to ten, to assume rl.ao
ait-’s quota of die direct tox ! Ous and qaiu
cv were in the negative.
T ie U:u~ttes ot L’ iire and Brussels, an
iioumC'* a revolution having ‘aken place a*
|.ti : they also state that at Paris a revolution at
Vienna is spoken of, and at Berlin one is anti
cipated -t St. Petersburg.
L inen Bonaparte resides at present wito his
f ; ,niilv at his seat near K. escati. It appears lie
in -mis in.tkinjf some stay there, as he has had
removed sun -Of his finest paintings from his
palace in this city.
Capt. \nsley, lately arrived at New.York
from Antwerp, inform--, that it was the c r ent
opinion there when he sated, diat war would
vci-v shortly break out between the Kussiaus
and l urks.
r.ie artificial harbor a’ Ramsgate, (England)
i which n not vet quite finished, tias cost two
mill ons of dollars.
B :i n-w law,in France, all acts of divooce,
1 made by mutual consent, are hereafter to be
I null.
St I.oris—From a late census it appears
i thu r th<- own of St. Louis, in the Missouri ter
ritory, comamed 2 )00 souls , and tne county,
excl imv<; of the town i39.5, fTtiik. i
Rostov —Toe assistant assessors ot ac tovrn
of Boston, hav- i--turned 9729 rateable polls
! for the year 1816—list year the returns *ave
; only 8326. Thay have also reported li it there
i are in the town un less than 5453 persons haLla
to the ssui. rot, not having received that dis
e;e nor the kioe pox. Rostov sem 43 dele
■r.p, , to the legislature of Massachuse.ts.
I) ,rin the year 1813, we find there took place
in Paris 22,612 births, 5375 marriages, and
19.992 deaths, of which latter 416 were by ttie
small pox.
Con uniteral.--The ship Jacob .Jones, lately
arrive I at B >,t.n from 8 tavui, witn I.IKW.UtK)
lb*. t ~ -ar, 129 meals rattans,
: and 120 picuUsapan wood. Fl-.e city ot Bata
via nail suffered much by an .nundatiou, -cca-
I sioued by the extreme violence ot the north
| west monsoon; many of the streets were three
fee under water.
Iron Cable* are joining h high reputation la
England. Tiie unclerwri'ers at Lloyd's i'ive a
ad eided preference to snips furnished wiiti
[ them.
Tire FISHERIES.—The Salem Gazette
•gives usa list of 42 vessels, with the names of
their ma-ners, and the number offish taken by
each, wnich have arrived a Marblehead since
the 2d of May, from he Grand 8a k. The
lei'st successful caught 7000, -he most success*
fid2o,ooo nail, but generally from 14 t.i ISOOO.
In the whole, they caught 630,000 —average for
each vessel 15,000 —“ being he greatest fares
eve. known in that enterprising own.
Tne dwelling house at the Creek Agency,
occttp ed by the family of the la’e col. Haw.
‘kins, we unde “Stand has b-e i cons u. w *bv fire
together with iie furn are and papers inclu
ding hi* valuable manuscripts.
Dr Pin sick, of Philadelphia, on account of
11 I) ittli, has resigned as surgeon to the hos
pital and Dr. J. Parish is elected in his place. /
Since the treaty concluded on the I4’h or
April, between Austria anti H .var a, the former
possessed a population of 29,706,000 souls.
Paris, May 12.
Austria is reducing her army with gif.a; so
verity. The sale ot cavalry horses and mihta
. ry stores is continued.
T ie French government is represented as in
great difficulty to raise a loan ot oh millions
of francs; .ibout It) millions of dollars. Tir.-v
■iffi ivd 5 per cents, at 50, that is, lod francs ot
stock for 50 in money, which the bankers refu
sed.
There is a report that Turkey
opposes the occupation of the loni*
an Islands by England. This ru
mour. if founded on fact, w u'd
account for the failing of Lord
Exmouth’s squadron to the eafi>
ward.
The maneuvers of the Auffrlaa
court have given rife to confidcra
ble agitation in Germany and Italy.
It is laid the title of emperor of
Germany is to be resumed, and we
know’ alio how much the addition
ol the remains oi the Roman em
pire have been coveted. The Aus
trian emperor has already the king
of Rome in his family. The war
cauldron is again fail filling w-ith
inflammable materials, and we err
much, if an expiofion does not
ioon take place
London Statesman •
The amount of private property
Jeffroyed at Raleigh, (n e ) by
the late fire, is eilimate i at 70,000
dollars, and of United States’ mili
tary (tores at 40,000 dollars. The
principal object of the incendiaries
is thonght to have been the release
lof fomc criminals confined there.
Ch<ii t ejlsn Lmtt,