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, r hichnt fi st sight mi'rnt ap~
’ ra (Treat arivmtucr?. Ho w
it might sound,
T^ on slderecl that the sudden
portion of the nuiotyd debt
m he an evil amounting to a
&V™rr \r;r
|. t hat the Stockholders
jj s m l themselves materially
pressed bv having all their ca-
I returned to thexi at once, at
tilM hen no employment
|, e found for such an irn-
P nse capital, but all those who
r reengaged in trade would feel
e mischief of it. Their fair &
asouable profits would he de
fied, and all their advantages
udered of no avail, if such an
|(D ense capital were all at once
. o ,vn upon the market,and they
ire exposed to such a competi
nthat would not allow them ei
•rtobtiv their own goods at !
■Mine price that they formerly
i t nor to enjoy the same pro
s; for the stockholders in sudi j
case, not knowing how to em- l
ov their capital to better ad
ntage, would be most formida
e competitors. It was lor
ese reasons that he stated that
esudden extinction of the initi
al debt wou|d not only be a
ist serious injury to the stoek
ilders, hot to the tradi g part
the community, and that it
ould produce the great st and
o>t extensive m sehief and cala
itv. I r was in the contetnplati
i of these consequences that Mr.
it had proposed that, when the
nfeing Fund should exceed 4,
KI.OOOI. the surplus should be
the disposal of Parliament. In
eact, however, which was nas
din 1802, for consolidating the
roSinkiug Funds, there was no
rovoso of that sort made. On
lisaccount a strong and forcible
bjection was made to the hill;
it that objection met with an an
rer, which was sufficiently oh’
ions, natn“|y, that Parliament
ould have st in its power when*
ter the period |hould rnvo that
te Sinking Fund exceeded its
roper limits, to apply the
cefs of it to whatever ptirpo
! they might rhi.uk proper
lie period appeal ’-d to b - ft ft
Ivancing, when the Sinking
und would arrive at thole lr
lits, and then the excelf's of
might be applied to the pay
•ent of the inter: ft nf thole
•pplem rvil loans, which it
•■ght benecefTary o rad':. In
courlet of n years th.e futn
money value,
rhich was n arlv the whole
mount of the prelent debt
ould he paid off, and every
I'trre debt would, according
>the new system, be redeem
din 14 years. By the sys
er <i he had then the honor to
lr °Pofe the fuhfiffing debt
‘Quid be paid off at leaf! five
tars before the time that it
f 3u!d have been paid off’ by
old lyltem. Ihe Sinking
und of one per cent was cai
;ulated to deffroy the debt in
15 years. When combined
nth the original Sinking Fund,
1 would have proceeded falter,
,ut Hill the present fvftem
•ou'd go on wi ll much grea*
er lafety. He should again
spea t that it was on his new
Jilpofition of the linking
und, and on the War Faxes
at the fyffem wo fid red ;
■'d he fhouid again repeat ih u
ne Property Fax should by
‘nnieansbe fettered, after the
* sr with the mortgage on the
H 3f Taxes— That could be
■% transferred to the War
bxes of another defeription.
‘•ehad already War Taxes’
>il Ci:ftoms and Excise to the
t'tiount o| nine milhons aid a
bis, and this would give an
“’’pie fecuri y for the expen
■ Cs °l seven years war, provi i
Jgalfo For the redemption ol
bans which might be to be
r R- !. H hit sh nvn that f,>r
titreo years lucre wun and be no
neCvlli y lorn ‘w taxes, and 11
• bout that period peace fhouid
he concluded,parliament in; dn
then confider how the War
Sinking Fund Ihould be ap
uiied. At prelent he fhouid
not propole any new burthens,
but merely the continuance of
the exiitmg burthens for ionic
time longer.
He fhouid content him fell’
with recapitulating the different
points he had aireadj dated, in
order to put them in as cle-ai
and perspicuous a point of
view as podihle. If the war
la fled but three years longer,
there would be no necefbtv
for any new tax. If after that
period, it fhouid be protract
ed seven years longer, even
then, at the end of ten years
the increase would only be go,
OOOh annually. Even fhouid
the war extend twenty years,
the new taxes to be iailed
need not then exceed two
millions: If thole refuits
fhouid be accomplilhed, no
thing would be more admirable
than the valt exertions of this
country, its prudence and its
forefight, which, under the
prefluie of heavy burdens,
dill ariived at a fyltein which
edablifhed ami confirmed (hat
profpeiity which this country
enjoys, not only above any
nation which now exids, but
which hatever exided. We
were now indeed in a proud
and enviable lunation. We
had the means of maintaining
ajultwar for any period to
which the ambition of the ene
my might pleme to protract it.
We were able not only to de
fend our country and its pos
sessions, but to acquire more,
if the enemy fhouid force us to
the continuance of the war;
but while the country had just
reason tohe proudofits known
and proved refousces and abil
ity to maintain the war, yet
the people and the Govern
ment would remain unalieaa
bly attached to those princi
ples which tended to the peace
and happiness of this country
and of the world, it it could
not subdue the dangers which
threatened the rest of the world
it could at all events survive
* those dangers. We were able
to bear a wa’ protracted to a.
ny length ; and it that devour
ing flame which Iras desolated
so many countries, and the
faired regions of the Globe,
fhouid (til! be allowed to spread
its baneful influence farther,
blading, as it .now does, every
thing it can reach, and threat
ening every tiling it can ap
proach, even then, bv the
goodness of providence, this
country at lead may walk un
hurt amidll the general con
flagration. It would Hill he a
ble firmly to secure its own
libertv to its posterity, and per
haps for other nations. It will
be able to hand down to them
the mc-ft important of trulls ;
to bequeath to them the no
bled of legacies, namely, the
inheritance of those rights and
liberties which they received
from their ancestors and which
the ambition and malice ol
their enemies will never be a
hie to deprive them of. Not
only* he prof erity of this
country will be perpetually
incieafiug, but the pute and
unblemished faith and honor
which has ever ma keel this na
tion will Hill adhere to i', and
he ddeovered in all its trans.
actions, i’he character of the
Brilifh people, an ! dm Britifli
name, would continue in un-
Jan mailed lullt e, and its re
nown among the nations,
would long continue unim
paired. His Lordfhipconclud
ed by recapiitilauiig the differ
ent points which he had before
dated ; and laid, he would no.
call on the bouie to go into an
immediate conlideration of the
Relolutions he had now to of
fer, but proposed to move the
adjournment of them for a
fortnight, or per haps to Wed 4
nelday fe’nmght.
•nraMHHMCORHMM'iaMMmrmMMnr- I
jATRIOTr
S. JVA NX AII, April 6, ISO 7.
MARRIED, on Wednesday o
vening lasi, bv the Rev. Mr
Best, Doctor William Cocke,
to Miss Pamela Rice, both of
tins city.
NASSAU, (n p ) March 23.
By an arrival from Cuba, we
atv informed, that the Count of
Santa Clara, (formerly governor
of Cuba) had arrived at Jamaica
from London, where he had been
on a secret business with our so
vermnent; and that a Packet tmd
arrived at Cuba, with dispatches,
saying,that an annvof 80,000 men
were on the frontiers of France;
and the declaration of war, by
Spain against France, was mo
mently expected.
In addition to what we have
already dated reipetiing the
damage dom by the lafl frefh r
es we mention the follow
ing :
In Connecticut —The two
principal bridges on the new
turnpike toad leading from
Stafford to Tolland, the brido
<js near the mineral spring, and
molt of the bridges on the !e
vera! branches, of the Willa
maritic, have been swept away.
Nearly all the bridges on the
Little River, all on Windsor
River, and generally ail the
bridges over the (mall rivers,
are laid to have been swept a*
way, together with several
buildings, many niiiis. See.
Rhode I [land Pautuxet
bridge, and Several buildings
near it, among them the cotton
manufaflory,
Maine —From Freeport, we
learn the water was 6 or 8 feet
over the road, and flowed in
to hordes and (tores; and that
all the bridges were carried a
way. The mail fiage from
Portland to Freeport, in at
tempting to ford the causeway
near the bridge over Coffin’s
river, was swept away into the
current : the (lot) ) paffeugers
and driver were reioued ; but
the mail, greatefl part of the
baggage, and three horses
were loft : the horse that w'as
saved, after being in the water
an hour and a half, drew the
three drowned horses and the
Heigh on shore. Much da~
mage to btidges, mails, Sc c.
has been done in the dtllricl of
Maine.
New -Uamppiirt —M i! so rd,
and other bridges. See. are
laid to have been destroyed.
MoffachufeUs —Some of the
towns adjoining Connctlicut
have {offered much. In Moir
fort, every grill mill was eiih. r
swept away or rendered unfit
for service- Two bridges in
Waltham, and the principal
part of Mr. Bole’s dam ; the
bridge at the upper iails in
Newton; bridge near Haver’
hill, over Little River, de
stroyed. Reports frotn van
ous paits ol tire fu.e mentiou,
that great injury or dcftniFh
on to bams, nnll.-, and bridges,
have taken place. diojl. ten.
t'xeuume Department, Geo i
Louisville, b
26th M.iicii, ISO 7. p
A letter tinted “ near Au
gusts,” the 25th inst. from*
he honorable John Milled gt ,ft
one ot the. Senators of tnisk
Ma'e in the Congress of thc|
United States, being rcceivf|
and, in which the death of hisl
colleague, the Hon. ABKAAf*
t-3 ALDWiN, is
n the words following: j
“ I hud the honor to writel
“ you on the sth inst. from*
“ tiit city ol Washington,':
“ announcing the death otj
“my much esteemed colJf
“ league, ABRAM BALD.. |
‘•'■WlN. Ihat mournful e-|
“vent took place on the day!
“ after congress had adjourn-f
ed. Ihe sable has been;
’ hardly laid aside by ours
“ feilow-ritizens, when thev|
“ will again resume it as anl
“ emblem of sorrow for the!
“ demise of another distiu-|
“ guished Patriot and Setiaj
’* tor. From an early period!
j“ of his life he has been de-|
1“ voted to the service of hisft
“ country-a service in which!
“ he has uniformly manifes-l
“ ted such a neal lor, ami*
u knowledge of, the sacred|
“ principles of our govern-*
“ ment, as places him be-|
yoml any praise in m,|
“ power to bestow.”
j Ihe Executive, penetrat i
led witii deep regret for the|
(loss the -late has sustained,!
|bv the death of so faithful
jeminent a public servant, re-S
| com mends to all officers both*
icivtl and military, and all|
jranKS of citizens
f to manifest their re*')
Igard for his memory, b.
swearing crape round tile left!
larm for the space ot 6 weeks,?
Ito commence on the 15th oil
■ April next.
Ordered,
| That the foregoing be pub I
| lisiietlin the several Gazettes]
|of this state.
Attest,
JAMES BOZEMAN,
S Accy.
WANTED.
Asa BAR-KEEPER an
active, sober young man, who
understands accounts, and can
write a plain band. Enquire of
the Printers.
April 6. 3t
Grand Concert ,
Charles Gilfert.
RESPECTF ULLY informs the
Ladies and Gentlemen of
■Savannah, that he intends giving
a CONCERT, on Thursday
next, Apnl the 9th, tit the Ex
change.
Particulars in future Ad
vertisements.
April 6.
Fur Dollars Reward.
ARSEN PEL) herself a lew
days agu, a Mulatto Gn- 1 ,
named LUCY, about 14- or 15
years of age, has large eyes, and
some Ringworms on her face—
She is a native of Virginia, hut
speaks good French. The above
Reward will be paid to any per
son w! 10 will deliver her to the
Subscriber.
JOSEPH CAD FT.
April 6. 4 l 4t.
Notice n herebv Given.
r ~pil AT at the expiration of J
A. nine months from the date
hereof, application will be made
to the Honorable the Inferior
Court of Chatham County, for
leave t( sell the following Tract
of LAND : n the County of Bul
lock, containing five hundred
acres, adjoining land ol F. Hest
er, for the benefit of the heirs &
Creditors of fohn A. Eiiick.
BI YUV El RICK, Adm'x.
Api ll <5. 1 1 1 aii! pm
i Slier!fT’s Sale,
On tue first Tuesday n May
next,
W 1 r.L BE SOLD,
At the court house in the city cf.
.Savannah, between the hum
of 10 and 3 o'clock,
1 B ACT of Land in Effing.
L ham eoimiy, supposed t Q
contain '•Oo acres, hounding t„
die nortn on Savaiutah river,’ and
ad joining lands of James-Gold -
wiie. John Goldwire, da-. Kino,
and others; sold as the pn.peitv
ol James 1 labetsham, at the suit
of Joseph Clay.
AH that lot or parcel of land,
at Montgomery, with the im
proverneuts thereon, at present
occupied by Brvan Morel; taken
to satisfy sundry executions a
gaitist lii ni.
T. ROBERTSON, s. c. c.
April 1. 41 1m
Sheri tfsSales,
ON the first ‘Tuesday in Apr'l
next, WILL BE SOLD, at the
Court-House in this city be
tween the hours cf 10 ami 3
o'clock.
ALL ihofe buildings and
improvement, on the N. W.
half part of Lot No. —, Deck
er Ward, belonging to the
heirs of Philip Mints, deceafcd
formerly occupied and own
ed by Maurice l.ehiflF.
A,negro boy named Ciefar,
about 15 years of age.
A fifty acre lot, known by
the number 8, the house at
present occupied by Jofcph
Arnold, in Aofon Ward
and three io'.s, being pattof a
five acre lot, adjoining tHe
town, formerly belonging to
the eltate of John Currie, dec.
taken under execution as the
property of fofeph Arnold, at
the tuits of Benjamin EuflV,
surviving copartner and Jienj.
Bully, jun.
T. ROBERTSON, S, C. C-
March 5. 32 1 m
Sheriff’s shales.
On the first Tw~ J ~ kn April next
between the hours of ten end
three o'clock,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Court house in the city of
Savannah,
All those sevc ral tracts or par
cels ot land containing 3249 acres
more or less, situate in Ruike
county, fronting on Savannah ri
ver; seized under several ae
notions, as the property of the
estate of Mary Hull, deceased,
to satisfy the debts aid legacies,
due bv the deceased, on judg
ments against the executor.
ALSO,
The following Negroes, viz.
Wallace, 24 years of age; Sid
ney, aged 18 years—Jack 14
years old—Nelly, 45 years; and
young Nelly, 34 years < f age;
taken as the property of John
Shell man, under an execution ob
tained by Joseph Mi ler,Survivor.
ALSO,
All that tract of land, situate
on the Augusta road, about three
miles fsom Savannah, known
bj the name of the 3 mi/e House ,
containing 45 acres, nidi the
improvements thereon; taken un
der execution, Wist .ibakt r, t>.y.
Executrix of Benjamin Putnam,
deceased.
T. ROBERTSON, c . c
March 2. 31 ini
Just Received,
Per schooner citizen, Captain
William Smith, from St I ho
rn us’
594 Bags Prime GREEN COF
FEE.
And by schooner Esther, Ca\,t.
Smith from St. Augustine.
500 Cubic feet of oxcehent Cedar,
A lew Bales DeerSkms,
I).>. do. barrels Orange Juioe
HOP SALE nr
JOHN Y. WHITE & Cot
March 30. 39 3,
Blank j\ fani fe (s tc.
For 6a t a thu ( y . t -.