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From. the National Intelligencer. ‘
ON TAXING WHISKEY.
Ardent spirits when firft difeo
vfcred, was used only as a cordial
medicine, and fold only by apothe
caries. But to such a degree is Hi
tnulant cordial now used, that very
many destroy their constitutions by
it—many laborers and mechanics
will drink a quart of it per day.
The expense of which keeps them
so poor that they can pay no taxes,
and before they pass the age of 40
or 45 years, they are by intemper
ance rendered past labor, and be
come a public burden, and can lay
no claim or pretensions to the cha
radler of good citizens.
But now, when whiskey is taxed
25 cents per gallon, he who drinks
a quart per day niuft pay 6 1-4
cents per day into the public treasu
ry—22 dollars and 81 cents a year,
a very good contribution. Five
millions such citizens would pay
annually into the treasury 114,050,
000 dollars—enough to defray the
whole expense of a defenfive war.
Besides, he that can Hand it for 25
years, will have (iored up in the
public treasury 57,025 dollars,
which may be applied with econo
my by the public for his support
after he becomes unable to labor.
(Then who can deny him the cha
ra&er of a good citizen ?
But let us suppose that the duty
be raised to 100 cents per gallon,
and proceed to calculate the effe&s.
This would reduce the quantity
that could be afforded per day from
a quart to a pint, and thefum paid
daily to 12 1-2 cents, and annually
to. 45 dollars, 62 1-2 cents, into the
treasury ; and this quantity might
not so soon destroy the constitution,
the consumer might hold out to
labor 40 years, and pay into the
treasury 1825 dollars, the interest
of which would support him in old
age, and the principal would be
gained by the public. Indeed, he
that flicuid consume only half a
pint, or a gill per day, would juft
?y be entitled to the character of a
good citizen, for he would store up
in the treasury a futn (though less)
proportionate to the time that he
will probably need support.
Therefore it is t,o be hoped that
every good citizen will endeavor tc
convince his neighbor of the bene
licfal effects of this the best of all
(axes ever laid, that all may agree
in requiring Congress to raise the
duty to 100 cents per gallon.-
Then if we can find 2,000,000
whilkey drinkers to consume each
his pint per day (and we need not
despair of finding that number in
the United States) they will pay in
to the treasury 91,250,000 dollars
annually, a sum quite fufficient to
defray the the whole expense of the
war.
lhefe calculations are made also
to shew how easily a free people
may defray the expense of a war.—
A few cents, fay 12 1-2 or even 8
cents* each saved by economy or
gained by extra industry every day,
will soon amount to the whole ex
pense. And who would not make
so final! an exertion to defend and
Live the property we possess and li
berties we enjoy, more especially as
■\ve pay the money one to the other,
and it remains in the country and
with us ?
POOR RICHARD.
To make a Tattler. —Take of tilt;
vln* called Runabout t a.n.d the roc:
i of Nimbletcngue, of each fix hand
* fulls, fifteen ounces of Ambition, the
’ fame quantity of Vain Pride , and
! at leaf! one pound of Stupidity , and
t double that quantity of Nonsense,
pound them together in the mortar
i of Misapprehension, then boil them
over the fire of Surmise, till you
perceive the feum of Falsehood rising
on the top—(train it through the
cloth of Misconstruction , and flop it
with the cork of Envy —Take a
draught and you will be prepared
to speak all manner of evil without
refpe& to person or character.
CIRCULAR.
To Officers superintending the re
cruiting of regiments and corps.
Office of Superintendence of
the Recruiting Service.
City cf Washington ,
Feby. 15, 1815.
SIR,
The recruiting service is sus
pended until further orders.
You will immediate!v call in all
your subordinate officers with their
parties, and direct them to hand in
to you their recruiting accounts,
which, with your own, you will
forward with as little delary as pos
sible to the proper officers at
Washington; those for bounties
and premium to the Paymaster
general-; those for contingent ex
pefes to the Accountant of the War
Department; and all accounts, re
turns and vouchers relating to
arms, accoutrements, clothing, and
camp equipage to the Superinten
dent General of Military supplies.
You will fettle all accounts for
the hire of rendezvous & quarters,
and for all contingent expences,
and will take special care to prevent
any waste of public property in the
poffefliqn of yourfelf and your fub*
ordinates.
And as soon as you have collect
ed your parties from their different
rendezvous, you will report your
fcl, officers and men to the Adju
tant and Infpe&or General for or
ders.
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient ftrvant
R. H. MACPHERSON,
S. R. S
DESULTOR yT *
- —■—— —
Fr#m a Bedford Gazette*
afederalpaper.
* Extrafl of a letter from a gentle
j man in the city of Washington,
dated
January 28.
I have been informed that the
members of both Ironies, have gone
into a nomination of a president
and vice president, for the next
cledlion—each party making then
own nomination.
Federal Nomination.
Mr. Rufus King, ofN. V. Frcsd.
Mr. Langdon Chc-ves , i ’ ice do.
Democraric Nomination.
Mr. Cranford, cfGeo. President.
Gen. \Tompkins , of N. 2 Wice do.
We have seen letters from the
South which state, that Admiral
Cockburn took poffeffioti of East
Florida on the 13th instant, it hav
ing been ceded to the Britiffi gov
ernment by Spain. Sav. Repub.
Gen. Packenham, who is report
ed to have been killed in the at
tempt on the American lines on the
Bth January, is brother in law to the
of Wellington, and *3
officer, ranks next to lord Mill.—*
He had probably arrived at the
’ feene of aftion, and affirmed the
1 command only a day or two before
\ the attack in which he fell—feeing
: the situation of the American army,
j he no doubt, concluded to put an
j end to the business at once, by
; storming the works and capturing
) or dispersing the whole army, as he
i had been accustomed to do in
! Spain and France; but Jackson
i soon gave him to underhand, that
his calculation would not answer
| for this fide of the Atlantic. We
i hope now, that John Bull viil ask
I for no further demonstration of Ynn-
I kce courage, feeing that it has so
often covered him vfith defeat.
Norfolk Herald.
A fociery has been formed in
j the city of Philadelphia, to supply
I the poor with soup. They have
! rented a large house where they
issue the soup every day between
the hours of 1 1 and 1 o’clock, Sun
day excepted.
The Legislature of Connedlicut
have adjourned. They have pass
ed a law forbidding the enliflmerit
of minors into the fe; ice of the U- !
nited States, under the penalty of
500 dollars, without the consent of
their parents or guardians ; and
any person advertihng to enlist mi
nors, (hall be fined 100 dollars.
New York, Feb. IT.
A letter received in this city yes
terday from Boston, dates that in
telligence had reached there, via
Salem, that fourteen Britiffi mer- I
chant veflels had been driven out i
of the port of St. Maloes in France, j
by the populace.
The President of the U. States ’<
has ifued a proclamation, granting
“ a free and toll pardon” to the pi
rates of Barrataria, in confederation
of their exertions in defence Gs
New-Orleans.
We congratulate the nation and
, the friends of the permanency of
i ‘the feat of government, on the prof
! peel of the passage of a bill appro
priating money for re-building the
j public buildings. Nai. Intel.
It is said, that a brig from New
j Providence had been permitted to
\ take from the “ royal” arsenal at
: Havnnnah , 18 pieces of brass can
! non for the use of the enemy at j
j Ntw-Orlcans , and that they were !
1 carried - thence in the night to save ;
appearances.— Niles’ Register . j
OLD SOLDIERS.
The following lift of old foluiers I
who now hold commiilions in the j
army of the United States, is given i
in an eastern paper.— lbid.
Names. 7 ears of set'vice. Ages. ]
Gen. Wilkinson, 32 C3.
Gen. Burbeck, 30 62.
Gen. Cufhing, 33 36.
Gen. M. Porter, 3- ry.
Gen. Bifid, c.y 39.
Col. Freeman 27 6 5.
Col. Kingsbury 33 ry.
Col. Sparks, 27 c:.
Maj. Pike, father of the late
gen. Z. IVI. Pike, 32 64. ■
Maj. Whistler, 26 38.
Maj. Beall, 25 \g.
Many of these officers entered the
ix olutionary anny as privates—
nioft of them were fubakern officers
at the close of the war.
£7- The Brilifh word of battle on
tlje morning of the Bth, was, Beaut*
and Booty —c Thai infamy 1 what dec
truClion had they not in view ? /
The ejects of Peace, on many
articles of foreign produce, on spe
cie, and on the various defcripuons
of government paper, has been ve
ry sudden and extraordinary.
Muscovado Sugars, which on Sa
turday commanded a ready sale at
twenty fix dollars per hundred
weight, \yere, on Monday, fold aft
auction at thirteen.
Leas, as well as fonts other arj
ticks, fell in price, during the trv.*
days, from 75 to 100 per cent.
Specie , which on Saturday com
manded twenty three per cent, a
bove par, cannot now be fold at.
J k ' e \
Six per cent government stock has
risen from 74 to 86 : and
Treasury notes have appreciated
from eight to three per cent, dis
count.
Many of our long
(hips are preparing for sea ; fome
of our wharfs are again thronged ;
and in many parts of our town the
“ cheering nolle of business” is
ready heard.— N. Y. Paper.
COMMUNICATION.
I.HE LETTER B.
The Bloody, buccaneering,
Blackguard Britiffi Barbarians after
palling the Balize, Boasted of get
ting “ Booty and Beauty”—but
they tailed only of Balls, Buckfiiof
and Bayonets; not even tailing of
Bon Beef.* They were complete
ly Beaten and bore away for Ber.
muda—Badly Bruised, by Bold
Jackson and his Back-woodimen,
* It has been said that a number
of prisoners had one and a half
pounds of Ilorfe Fleffi, in their
knapsacks for three days provi
sions. (f Sav. Republican *
APHORISMS.
What embellishes a woman I —II.
is not the luftre of gold, theTpark
ling of diamonds and emeralds, nos
the fplendour of the purple tin6l
ure, that adorns or embellishes a
woman ; but gravity, diferetion,
humility and modesty.
Scenes of Life.— Every feene oc
life has two Tides, a dark and ft
bright one, and the mind that has
an equal mixture of melartcholy Sc
.vivacity, is best of all qualified for
the contemplation of either.
Innocence confers ease and free
dom on the mind, and leaves it c
pea to every pleasing sensation.
NEW-ORLEANS,
How fortunate is it for the IT.
States that the Peace did not ar
rive before the attack was made oil
New-Orleans. How elegantly docs
it round off the war 1 It is thelafl
touch to the picture!—lf the Brit
iffi prints are so much humiliated a;
the “ balance of defeat,” how will
they be flung at the overthrow bc-\
fore N. Orleans. It will be a proud
day for America, which wafts the
news to the Britiffi Shores.—Mia
ifters will tremble in their fiioes.—
(Enquirer.)
A fellow was lately brought be
fore a Magistrate, on a charge of
poaching. The moment the Jus
tice saw him, he exclaimed in a
violent paflion, “ I fee the villain in
your face.” ts I never thought,”
(said the prisoner very coolly) my
face was a looking-glass before.
A good, house wench
A nnlv at ?bls Offi
