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TRE4SVVir bEPAfiI’MEKr,') ,
Feby iS 1811. S
S«,Y J
In the designation ofuie collec
tion districts within the United States
contained in the act *\for the assess
..ment and collection hf direct taxe
and internal duties,” passed on the
22d day of July last, Madison* iqoim
ty in Georgia is not specified or at*
tachtd to any of the collection dis
tricts established in thaj state, and,
it is presumed was not known to
exist, by Congress, when the Said
act was passed
1 his county has been formed from
the counties of Elbert/Franklin O
glethorpe, Jackson and Clark; which
are situated within two different dis
tricts, viz : the lourtji and fifth in
that state.
y By the last clause in the first sec
tion of the act above referred, to, the
Secretary ol the Treasury is author
ised in such case, to determine! to
which of the collection districts the
new county shall /belong. I . have
there lore in pursuance of the au
thority thus vested in me determin
ed that Madison County in Georgia
shall belong and be attached to the
f hjith Collection District within thfit
state; of which you will please to
advise the collectors of the two dis
tricts, that they make the sam.*
«MtO’Wii to all persons concerned, aifd
themselves accordingly.
I aiti respectfuffy, ......
fu Sir,-your obedient servant,
/Signedj G. W. CAMPBELL.’
The Commissioner of the Revenue,
PUBLIC NJTICE
srls hereby given that the several
acts of Congress, passed, at their last
session, laying certain internal dii*
/es, Will take effect from and after
(Be <3l st day of, December 1813, The
provisions/ of wmciV must be ,co in
plied with on pain of incurring the
penalty attach eel. to violation thereof.
These provisions require retailers of
wines, spinthous liquors or foreign
merchandize ip make application in
/writing for and obtain license; own
ers or superintendants of stills oi
boilers intended to be worked* to
make application for and to obtain
license ; auctioneers, to enter into
bonds, and under fcertain circumstan
ces to take put a. license ; retinefSj
of segue to enter into bonds ; owners
or keepers of carriages to enter the
same and obtain a certificate of the
payment ot the duty ; and discount*
ed notes and bonds, together with
bills of exchange, to ,:
Persons interested may examine
the said laws at my office ; where
the mode of making application and
duties other* circum
stances proper For them Jto be ac
quainted with, may bd learned;
All physicians, apothecaries, dr
chemist*, who retail foreign drugs or
other foreign goods, wares or mer
chandize, and required to take licen
ces. In ciise they retail medicines
in which there are ho wines dr spiri
tuous liquors, except* such as they
have use din the preparation or mak
ing up of medicines—the license for
merenandize other than wines and
spirits will suffice. * %
Phy sc tans, who only dispose of the
medecines,, used by them in their
practice, are also required to take
licenses, unjess in where such
medicines artfgiven nPcharity.
DUDLEY JONES,
T Collector of the Revenue for the
, 4th Gpikcii on District of Georgia.
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OF AXV DESCRIPTION,
AHEXS ; TfIURSIUr, APRIL 7, 1814.
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PRESIDENT Sc PL\M PAGENET
From the Cotuitbihn.
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The fact of an American frigate
>aving (with knowledge or
intention ) pursued a British ship of
s he line, offered her battle, and lain
within the power of her attack, for
seven hours is a circumstance of
which the occurrence is so honora
ble to our naval repu ation, and so
unfavorable to that of Britain, that
its corroboration by further authen
tic particulars, vHll hardly be thought
unnecessary by those who heard its
urst report, or have seen its m idest
mention in the official letter of com
modore Kodgers. the vessel’ wmen
the commodore pursued, to ascertain
ber character, is since understood
to be the Plantagenet of 74
captain Robert Lloyd—But why did
sue natb ing to action,
during the seven hours they were
in sight, before the tide Would per
mit the frigate to come over the bar ;
wnen chased, apd refused to engage
or why she went from the President
when it was in her powe - td bring
/he President t<* action, wiiile it/
was impossible for the commodore
to avoid it if offered, a future devel
opement of better irlTorination must
decide* . To put it into the power of
every competent judge to draw his
own inferences we, havtj obtained a
ropy of sd .much from the logboo a
or journal of,the frigate is Will place
the whole transaction in so unetjdiv
ocala point of view as to, remove ev
ery doubt and satisfy tj)fe most in
juisitive upon . the puajecu . the
direction of the wind, Jhe distance
-uitl bearing of the two vessels, the
draught of water by . the President,
depth of Sandy Hook bar, & flic time
of high there, were all known
o the enemy as well a? commodore
Rodgers, and (without reference to,
wind or nearness of position) iead ir
resistably to the same pontludon. It
may be proper to add, that in the lat
te|‘ purt jDf the, time, a.third strange
safl was also discovered to leeward
supposed to be a frigate the consort
to the 74*
Extract from the Log-Buok of the I} . S.
frigate President , Friday, February
18,1814.
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I>4y light, moderate breezes from
S C W. by VV. and weather ;
made the high land of Neversink
bearing N. W. 1-4 N* rijstant 5
leagues ; tacked ship and made to
wards it* - v a ,
At 7 iO A. M. discovered a
s f ran je sail on ohr lee beam; re
ported from the mast head to be a
topsail schooner, standing; by the
Wind to southward and west*
Ward-,
, At 8 A. JV! moderate and pleasetit
weather, wind W* S‘. W, ‘ . ,
, At 8 45 A, JVI. sent a boat on shore;
to the light houss fot* a pilot;—
sounding JO fathoms.
~,, At 9 30 A. M. discovered a se
cond strange .sail, bearing SSE.
standing directly for us, hauled up,
backeff the main and mizen topsails#
beat to Quarters, and made every
preparation for battle. . .. v
At 10 30 A. M. lioisted ad Amerr
ican ensign at each .mast hoad ; first
starnge sail bearing $. 1-2 E. and
the second a large ship of war S. &
,WV. disttnee 9 mile—wind S. W
by.-W. .
Meridian iNew York light house
bore >l, 1-2 5 miles the strange
ship of .war having hauled by
the wind on the larboard tack* about
jive miles from us, and We lying
so, with the main and mizen top*
Sails aback-
At i P. M, took a reef in our top
sails and fired a gun to .windward,
supposing the strange sail to be an
enemy. ‘ ,
At 1 15 strange sail bore up and
stood down for us—\Ve woCe and
s.iood to the sbuth to meet him.
Wind S. W.
At 1 30 strange sail wore and
stood from us.
At 2 30 discovered our boat re
turning from the shore, wore sfiip
and stood for her, strange sail al
so wore and stood after us. w
At 2 45 took the boat in tow, 1
wore and stood tor the strange ship,
who also immediately; wore and
stood from us* At this time within
random shot distance. . . v \
At 3 15 received a pilot from the
revenue cutter* he together with
the officers who came on board, de
clared the ship (then hating made
sail away from us) was ah ened y’s
74; we wore ship and* jnadc sail
for the t>*iy’ ‘S jT*.
, . At 5 we came to anchor, inside
the bar, the light boast bearing £.
1-2 S.
i'v Remarks by a lieutenant*
■*. ...From the ‘position of the two ships
for seven hours it is evident the en
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emv could have compelled us to ac
tion. at any fiour within that inter
val ; for be had the weather gage,
and the water on the bar was. too
low for the President to get over til)
4 o’clock. „ ,
The weather was clear, but hazy
close to ihe hoi\i in—-Tits circum
stance prevented us at the time We
fi.ed the gun to windward, from as
certaining the real force of the ene
mv, whom we then supposed to be a
heavy frigate. Nor was it till after
wards our observations in clear wea
tjher enabled us to make out her
true farce, neither a frigate or razee,
but a complete 74. . * .
£The President.has been 332 days ,
at tsea since the declaration of war,
and*traversed a vast extent of ocean,
notwithstanding enemy has al
, most, every sea covered with his
cruisers, in the proportion of. near
ly fifty to one against our litt e in i
rine. Yet has toe commodore re
turned in Safety, after approaching
every sail he’ made, until her force
could be, ascertained, and suffering
no, single vessel than a a hip of
me line to escape him. His last
manoeuvre is the most remarkable
event,, in the hrsiory of this frigate.*
fwo dritish gentlemen’ were among
the prisoners on board at tie time,
one formerly a respectabls officer of
the army ; they both then .and
since expressed their astonishment
and nioitificatifm at the conduct ot
the 74 in. .refusing bauie> ip the
strongest terms, vyitn remarks which
a respect, to their situation in this
country forbids us to repeat.] ’
? THE YAiSi>.)dUdXEQT.
The following i.s me report made
in the House of Representatives-on
Tuesday, by Mr. Oakley of N v V. as
chairman of the commiUte to whom
the bill from the .Senate ou the sub
ject had been referred.
The Committee to. which was refered
the bill from the Senate, en titled
/‘An act p abiding for the indemni
fication certain clai niants of pub
lic lands in tile Mississippi Terri
> tofy” ~
REPOitt: , r , ,
f hat they have had the subject
of the said billAnidcr their consider
ation, and ; are of opinions that it is
expedient Tor the government of the
U. States to enter into a compromise
With ihe persons claiming .lands In
the Mississppi Territory, under, or
by virtue of the act of the Legisla-,
ture of Georgia, of tlieirih Jan. i795.
The reasons tor this opinion do put
rest qn the strict legality of ihe titles
of these claimants to lands in
question---thoug:i tbe committee can
not forbear remarking thst that title
Appears/ to have all , the sanction
which qah be derived frorti a solemn
/decision of the highest judicial tribu
nal known to our laws, they ace
grounded on considerations connect
ed with the permauenVinteresl.Of the
U. States, as they relate to the Mis
sissippi territory ; with the qdiet and
speedy settlement of that territory ;
with |he more easy extinguishment
of the Ipdian title to the lands con
tained jo it; with the security against
all future*!ndian wars iri that cjuarter,
which the settlement of the*torritt>ry
must afford ; with the navi
gation connectiiig parts of thewesterfi
states, with the ocean* which must
be opened w.ien the population of
tiie territory shall be adequate to
such an obje t—and with the strength
and safety which such a population
nrhst confer on tHe Louisiana fron
tier. - . *
It may in addition.be remarked that
there are equitable considerations
connected with the present clairrh,
winch in the opinion ts .the commit
tee strongly recom uenT them to the
favor of Congress. Although the
Ong nal act of the sta|e of Georgia a
► plight have beeaprocured by fraud- *
ulent and corrupt satisfac
torily appears ur the committee, as
far as their enquiries been ex
tended, that the present claimants,or
ithew underywhom they hold., were
bona Jide purchasers of the immedi
*ate grantees of Georgia, without no
vice of any fraud or corruption in i
the oftigiuai grant. The committee
tin* head, to/ the * papers
*td This Ueport, purked
from* Ato L inclusive. 5 ‘ j
As to the tci ius of the compromise
whic’i it mav be .expedient to wake,
the committee have considered that
thosejt ontained in thebill ftom the
Jenafe are as effectual and practica
ble, and at the same time as eligible,
as ought to be required .tinder the
circumstances, of the case. I'hey
have accorSingly directed their chair
man to report the said bill without
amendment. ,
The cbmirittee have had under
consideration the Resolution adopted
by Jthe House on the 9th inst-, .
As the 4 authority vested in the a
gents, now attending compromise
the claims set up by the respective
claimants.’ the committee, have pro
cured all the information \yjthm their
reach, i hey have.exami.ncd various
document’ and papers, softly of ihtnn
very voluminous consisting of con
veyances, ‘potver of attorney, letters,
&c. l'hey.huVe also received front
the respective ug mlswi iten
tations o.t the exleiVtof their powt is
and authority, and of their reach ihlk
,to accede tq the terms of compronn»e
contained in the.bill fptm tne ,eu
tote. These are ad*
nexed to this report. *, •$
, The committee did npt consider it
<hecessa?‘y> to report to theWotrse tlip
various (tocunWits exhibited to Went
by Uijs respective a^eutsin support
of these representations. bucu a
procedure was supposed not to come
necessarily wttinn tpc pui view of t;iq
>e»oluiipn 0.l tfie Hquae, and would
have encumbered tins icpqrt with a
niass pi, papers. Ihe committee
will lemai k : generally, that |t»c au
thority of the agents appears to be
very thatin U>c course
of tneir.a;i quinds. on tins head, intyr
.have discovered no reason to believe
jtSiat any one of the claimants vvdj
r.luse to accede to the proper com
promise. •>
As the 4 amount of money actually
paid .by bjnar'Jide third purchasers
tor grant or. tiiles tlyey may nolei un
der the original grant,* the annexed
papers afford t ah the .information
.which the committee have found it
4 fraetif übu’ to obtain. These papers
snow to a great extent the p. ices
at wmch ‘ bona fide Ui'ird purciiciders*
contracted for tfie lands in question
—•aml wbrch Were paid in negotiable
and eadofrsed, notes, and secu
rities. coaimittee con»ide< it
impracticable^io to uiiv ex
tent 4 t:he a row uift of jnoney actually
paid,.’ without devoting to tne enq , -
ry more attention than any
committee couki bestow on it, during
apy session pf Congress ; as it would
lead .to an examination of ail tne
private transactions of the n,unvi<>us
individuals now interested i, these
claims, which might be conueccfcj
with tin purchases and sales of u,e
lands in questiou, and with the notes
and other Securities, given in coiisi;-
quence of these purchases and sales.
As to that pan 01 the rescSlutioi}
which . instructs th£ committee, to
enquire * from which of Uie origin
al companies the present claiuiuius
derive title, and the amount of mo
ney withdrawn byany-ot the origin
al grantees or persons claiming
them or their agent or agents lip in
the treasury of Georgia? the com
mittee also reier to tire annexed pa
pers, and to a document,accompany
ing the report of the commissioners
appointed in pursuance ol ail act of
Congress entitled ‘ an act for the
amicable settlement of limits with
the state of Georgia, and authorizing
the establishment of a government
in the Mississippi territory S which
document is contained in a volume,
from page ,147 to page inclusive,
printed by order ol Congress bn tub
19th day of December, 1809i
t Ahe committee tne Liber
ty to refer to the volume aboveinen
tioned, as comaimng macij . uscitii
information in reiatTdn to the aius
and proceedings of the state of Geor
gia ana of the Grated Stated, con
nected with the subject qnoer ron
• side rat ion In tbte same voitime wnl
also be found the report 61 tne com
missioners above men* loned, and va
rious documents accompanying ths
same, snowing among ocher . ifotyrs,
the evidence of tne fraud and c Ir
ruption “connected with the original
grant of these lands by tne state of
Georgia.
Ah #hich is
to the House.
tAZOO £LMXS BILL.
From an exammatipn pf this
*_as it fuiaiiy the, achata&fl
finci w e inut malct uilyuhi uin.t Jjß
Fils p rou sioua, its we iiuu and _
no. rui.