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CORESPONpENQ • -JL
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6U17 of the United States in reply, da
t<;4 Treasury Department
SIR—I-have the honor to acknow
ledge of your letter, dated
ftey loaned hv the I’rea ury of Georgia
to Goh Carter, a ontractor for supply
ing the troops of the States,
does not arise from the wapt of funds,
but from the,.want of an adequate ap
propriation by law. v ? \. ‘ L L.
The appr alpnost all the
branches of Military service, made at
has been made to supply the, deficiency
of the appropriations,for the subsistence
appropriations of a le&s ,;urgent nature
If the attempt should be successful, I?
know so. well the obligations which w|
owe to the liberal dispositions ol the
State of Georgia, throughout the late
war, that I shall be eager to attend to
all her claims upon the national treasu
ry. But upon, thjs, representation you >
will at,once perceive- that I ■lfave no
power to assent to ,a proposition for al
lowing credit, to the amount oi the
bfate’s advance to Ul- Carter, in the
piedged to the public creditors, and for ’
the Direct lax, and only paying the
The observations which have been]
made on the advance of Col. Carter,*
apply equally to the advance which was
; ,j»jade to Capt..?et^Le^ued^.J > y
YotkamlChai-'teuton, for ‘li,ed<fo«ificlTi
ol J
Savannah, under the Same authority.
Tbit nn AlliSu-tin/'rt r-dn fimllw ma^UfeU
isut no allowance can oe nnyuiy maue, ,
«|ts ti I ♦ { vc *’ W fit Al* 1115 qn H’ P Y ttPiMl ITfi I f A df%k’
* t 1 1 1 »
teeuiMlv vouched* <tncl ttic <ic counts
w i"'f • * .•• •«»!/*'.
settled by the Accountant of the War
Department. 1 his reasdtt.vin addition,
go the, objection against Blowing any
sett-off in tiie case of an assumed uuotu
«f tfae.Direct Tax, ’ will’ I am
satisfactorily answer that ipart of
your letter, which relates to the ad-
<*«» .f
, ■ r ‘*■. , ■JF J6s>j
Ihe act oi congress, ipr.a# /ug the.
plied with, as to autligpze the transfer
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ATHENS, THURSDAY i NOVEMBER 30, 1813
Treasury of Georgia. I will gife
decisive information on tnat point, as
h xiu uoiinected \vith the assump-
S tance e of°the Secretary of
as scion aortic business of the I‘i .ird
is the
appropriation is,sufficient to cover the
amount The Treasury notes, burnish
ed “to the contractor, as another part of
the deposit, will also.be ‘reimbursed to
the state at the propW time; under the
same, reservation.
The amount which how appearMo be
due to the state of Georgia, from the
United‘States, on account of the ISles
of land in the Mississippi Territory, is
about ninety thousand dollars! and pro
bably may be increased,bv the first of
October next, to the sum of one hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars. What
ever may be the amount at that time,
will be then paid to the State, or it will
be allowed this year, as it was in, the
last year, to be credited in the settle
iinem of the Direct Tax. The- money
accumulated m the “rebury this
source, is specific fly appropriated to
the pjymc in of ‘■estate, and of course
noses a sett-off in the cases that have
been mentioned.
•m-i. I have the honor to be ,
Copy of ? a letter from the Governor
Milledgcville, 18th Jlily, 1815.
SIR—I have been duly favored Vith
your letter of the »9th of the last month.
There remains one or two objects of
enquiry relating to the payment of the
direct tax, as-limed by the State 7 of
‘•.-Georgia* to be paid on the ist of , Octo^
• ber ,next, vSuch it is material to have
distinctly understood;prior to that date/
As the amount which will at that date;
be due td Georgia , ort. . account or trie
sales of lands in Lhe Mississippi Terri/
Jil after the period shall have arrive i
gfnd the accounts been received at the
Treasury of the United States, the sum
which We must prep aye - to raise, and
have in readiness to complete the quota
of ouy direct tax, is left entirely uncer
tain. p. v’
Will the Treasury wait with us until
the amount whch, shall be due to us on
the Ist of October, can be ascertained,
and we informed of it ! I£,not, be plea
sed to let us know what amount specific
cally, .we may calculate on to be placed
to our credit; that ,we ; .may. (hereby
know, what sum we must ourselves raise
to comply ftith our assumption. , What
e|jjr may he the sum which we shall
hflfe to pay, ifiust the payment be made
at the Treasury of the United States,
or may we make it to one of the Banks
in this state, subject to the orders of
the Secretary of tjie Treasury ? y
You a faVor by giving to
pflse -enquiries an answer as . early as
jthe pressure of your public duties will
Jfffb-'T have the honorlo be, &c. i
. (Signed} PETER EARLY. V
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Copy of a letter from Alexander I.
Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury of
U. §. m reply, dated
tV TreasUh pepartiiihnt: .
August Ist, 5.
m Slß.—Thave had the honor to,
the amount
■of the United
iale of lands
y, & belong
'vUlon.tife
prfsent;
hundred and
iilhil
imtung to tne treasurer of the 0. S. a
draft or order on the Secretary of the
Treasury fjpr the above sum, pay able pa
the 3#lb of September next, out of mo-
i t * v r*
mesmelonging to the state oi Gsor?ii l
Hthe Treasury; of the U. S. arising
lhc sale of lands in the Mississip
pi Territory, and by requesting the
Treasurer to receive the amount, as tire
payment of the state of Georgia of the
next,quota of that state of the Direct
Tax imposed by the act of Congress of
the 9th.of January. 1815, after deduct
ing ten', pcv cehturrji. for the discount ,
law on the” payment of the
said q'uotaßprterid(|he' i st day of Oc
tober, IMS. %’
i lam very respectfully* &<% T
. fSignedJ A. J. DALLAS. *
A letter was accordingly written
addressed to Tomas P. J ticker, Esqr
Tre&turer of the U S dated the 30tij
of August, 1815 and enCfpsing tlierein
a draft of order, dtwp on the Secret -
ry of the Treasury 10% the aforesaid
sum 0§T70,885 5% which has been ac
cepted and a receipt returned for the
amount.
Copy of a letter from Geo. Graham
Esquire, Clerk in the War Department,
datdS ‘ 4 ‘
Department War r Aug. 11, 1815.
SIR—Mr. Parish Carter's bill* in
your favor for. thirty thousand
has been accepted, add will’ be paid to
vour order. The twenty thousand dol
lars loaned by you to Capt* Lequex will
also be paid—His draft therefore on this
Department in your favor for that sum,
wjll be accepted and paid at this place.
I have the honor to be, &c.
rSignedj GEO. GRAHAM.
Copy of a letter from the Governor
to the Secretary of War, dated
Executive Department Georgia, >
Milledgeville, 30th Oct. ‘B'i 5. $
SIR— By a letter from the Depart
ment of War,.dated the llth of August*
18 1 5. received in reply,to*several letters
written bv me on the subject l am infor
med, that a draft drawn by. CoK Parish
Carter, United States army Contractor
for th(fstate.Qf Georgia, in my favor,,
for jhe sum of thirty thousand dollars,
and also a draft drawn by Captain Peter
.Lequeux, f Deputy Quarter
Master General U., S. Army, in my fa,
vor, on the Secretary of War, for .the
sum of twenty thousand dollars, wpuld
be accepted and paid at,, the City of
Washington, J have, therefore the
honor Os transmitting to. you *
enclosed the two drafts above mentioned,
endorsed, on the back by>ri|e, and made
payable to William H. Crawford or or
der,fand I. request the favor of you *p\
procure a draft from the Treasury of,
the United States for the amount, made
payable to myself or order, and if possi
ble drawn on either the''Planters Bank
at Savannah, or the Augusta Bank in
this state, either of which would answer ••
•,our purpose. - <
But if «that should be impracticable
for the wantof funds in those Banks, or
from any other cause, it is hoped it may
suit the convenience of the .Government
to give the di aft on some respectable
Bank in either New-Vorki Philadelphia
or Baltimore,-because it can then in all
likelihood».be negotiated to better advan
tage than if it should be drawn on any,
of the Banks in the District of Colum
bia. . .1 make this, request with the more
certainty of success, because the money
advanced by, state, in aid Govern
ment of the G* S. was made without any
discount to cover the expence of
ing the funds ba> k again. igjjgjM
i have the hohor to be, &c.
( Signed) „ PETERf EARLY.
MORAL.
Although the supposed writer of the
subjoined article,?has, since it was han
ded to the editors for publication, been
committed to the county goal under a
strong suspicion of having violated the
cumstance is not deemed sufficient so.
withholding it from the public Some
of the best essays on religion and mo
rality have been written by men altoge
passion, as well as the map who is un
der its exclusive influence* He des
cribes what he feels,* not what he hears,
NO. LXXX±'P
of Riders tof'lhp pi< •
fo.,ows, and cannot bnt hope.
attentive perusal mjy prove,, bei.ut.’
° the wretched writer h’mself.
«i»> reading it, %e will hut reflect J:>
he once was, and compare 1
ttreserk smjaiion ymh wHat|he might
a salutary t BVct upon’ ids
the remainder of Ins life in earnest en
de..vprs to make amends for his past
conduct, and to remove the foul stain
»v?bich a late transaction has fixed on
his moral character.
, . Scioty Gazette.
V■; FpR TEE SCIOTO GAZETTE.
An essay on the effects of imfosirained
’ indulgence
Before the deplorable aSclnSt,-ncy of
passion, every benevolent affection lan
guishes and dies.. The mob* proiu
virtues, the most hopetul prosper the
most brilliant talents, arc liable u, be
. eclipsed, and eventually destroyed, 8p
a servile Hululgence of inordinate pas
ilaiering its appearances, however ipv
Mpg its diversified enjoy meqts,if it U .
absorbed in the gross pleasures of; ts ,
world, presents no encouragement of
future usefulness or felicity 1 Who ;*s
the father, o dead to the ci apn,se£du,
a P affection*,\ as topn cbuiuge ihq vi
ci(;us propensities of a volatile, cl
ted, debauched son) Who. is the mo
ther, so abandoned to cruel indifference
J'V insensible-to the clai ms of .dome Sic
■felicity; as even tacitly to countenance
the weakness or a wanton
datjghter?.cWho is the gua iianfsd
criminally unmindful pi ins ‘ u % so
faithless to Heaven, a# no sutler* the
loveliness of a deluded .orphan to be sa
crificed.on the altar of fiCenlions prpsti
tutfon i Alas 1 ho\y many a hopeless
v«ctun meets, an untimely grave the
unhallowed shrine of sensual gratifica
tion t She, perhaps but yesterdav. was
forest among daughters of E Ve , to
day beholds in the tpfrror of Her future
life,, nothing biit sighs and fears, ami
shame and contempt. Amid ihe gloom
of solitude and nightj the wailings of
female cjespai r^have responded to the
how lings of the desert ) and parental
affection been doomed to VtSp over the
wasted charm* of filial modesty and
love, a youthful mind, like the fucina
ting blushes of spring, or the glowing
tintsqf the morning, premising a rich
and copious harvestj has been edrrupted
and eventually destroyed, by the inde
corous habits and guilty neglect of pa
...fenfs or guardians. When u, ; . ~csts
of society, the honor of the state- -od
the prosperity ol the church demanded
The inculcation cf in early ggjg
:ihe young votary of pleasure,has been
nursed on the lap of folly and vice, and
encouraged in all the caprices of an
ardept and wild imagination. In Too
many instances have the first portents
of a vicious mind been construed as the
auspicious omens of cunning and wit—
too often is the discretion of parents
suffered to yield to the influence of de
luded fondness ; and by such weakness
parental duty is too often neglected.
Behold the child, born to be educated
perhaps tinder the direction of an tmrqd
iy father, Or a faithless mother, just
emerging from a state of infancy into
the dangerous period of youth, and ex
posed to the contagion of evil example#
blasphemy against eaven IHe is
taught to sport with the name of the
blessed Saviour lto repeat a catalogue
ol pbnte. Which oreagiossioOignUyon