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,■' Mi. Vim Ramseluer presented the petition of ref4
®P» WM., r.iwom^ Umls tor services periofmetf
in the provuriil army, fjfcn (lithe service «( Great
Britain, i.«iweVn the years 1754, and 1764; lb*
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' ’jpetito neffptate tiiat th y hive fieen informed that
If -'>i*'fcranl/a*i»*wadS* l»y the King ol Great Britain,
£\v’-'r*»r t$e h^fit ol said officers .und soldiers, ol land
vt j ^ordering pn thp Mississippi n*ar the junction of
' 4i e Ohio with the same.*-Referred to theconimilter
:• /s»f. I’ai.ltc lands.
£'.>vV ;A report, was receiver! from the Comptroller of
./4'{tbe-Treasury oi) the subject ol unsettled balances;
..iff' which was referred to the com out tee of Ways am)
i?.?'' Means.
' Mr.-Gardner presented a petition from sundry
j ^inhabitants of’ltie State ol Massachusetts, praying
J^for the erectioo of several buoys in tbs mouths o!
^certain Rivers.-*-Referred. . „ .
. Ssyeraf other petitions, of. a private nature, were
■TV'presented ami referred.
v Tfie bill authorising ttie transportation of certam
> documents free of postage was read the third time
■ i.«jjd-pa^eds.'.;>.v:^- --
According to order, the House proceeded to bal
"pldt for a, chaplain. On counting out the votes it
•*• appeared that, the Reverend Jesse Lee was duly
’ alerted.
s v On motion of Mr. Rhea (T.) sundr^ petitions
from the inhabitants of the Louisiana Territory,
praying for the second grade ol territorial govern
t«neni, presented at the last session, but not acted on,
“ where referred to a select committee. This rom
/ mUtee consists of-Messrs. Rhea (T.) .Roane,
iud Matthews,
'■ ' Wednesday, Dec. 12.
' Messrs. Kennedy and Franklin appeared.
The following letter and report were received from
* the Secretary ol the Treasury:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
December II, 1810. •
Si it,
■ 4 have the honor to enrlese a report, prepared in
i •hedience to the act entitled “ An ait to establish
^ the Treasury Department."
x I hajjp the honor to be,
f - Very respectfully,
v. Sir,
- •*/. i; ; Your oh’t. serv’t.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
' 1
^■Tk^Honorable
Tie bpea^r of the Hnuse-rf Representatives
HJ
REPORT.
' Ir obedience to the directions of the art supple
mentary to the^t entitled “An art to establish the
Treasury Department,” 4l-e Se« ret ary of .the Trea
^•uty respectfully submits the billowing Report and
j-vtjifcstimates irft v .
REVENUE.
The nett revenue arising Ir.im duties nn merrhan
x d’zeand tonnage which accrued during the year 180S,
?’*• •mounted to & SIO.3-48.000
V %* The nett revenue arising from the same sour'es,
* A'i»hg|fo accrued during the year 1809, amounted, as
• J, wilfappem by the statement (A.) to gb', 5‘27,000
5,!. Thf sUteni-nt (It.) exhibits in detail the several
' « species ot inerrhandize and oilier sources Irmn which
$ that reveuue was derived during the year 1809.
It is ascertained that tlie nett revenue arising from
*•;. the same duties, has, for the three first quarters of
,1; the year 1410, exceeded 7.500.000 dollars ; and it
W hdieveiffhat it will ng, lor the whole year, fall
. abort of 12 millions. Tpjff
sales of public lands north of the river Ohio
j,t. nave, during the year ending on the 30th of Stp
4i; tember, 1810, as appears by the statement (C.) a
■‘mounted, to 15.9.000 arres, and the payments by
% > purchases to 610,000 dollars. i .
".ft The game statement shows that the total amount
Jv&Lpf S«l* », from the etoaUisl.ment of the land offices
v!t*io the ye^plSOO,'to the 30.1 h of September, 1810,
■-s have ammuiled.to 3,1 <j8,000 acres, which have pro
’ #■',: duced 6,^p,UWfdollars ; ot which sihii 1,646',000
dollars remaifpSnu* by purchasers. The sales in
J4 .the Mississippi Territory, being (after deducting ex
m pfat) approprli|f.d in the first place to the pay-*
*mefpok^jl ,250,000 dollar* to the state of Georgia,
i,i*.pieiystifirilv staled. - %
ECEIPtS AND EXPENDITURES.
,f ‘ 1. Year ending on the 30th of September 1810.
^ f vThe actual receipts into the trea*
Spry dnnfn the year ending on
'xj ; v|i«t3oih of Seotember 1810
hft* amount«i to §8,638,861 17
' .4 Making, together with the ba- 0
In nr a in the Treasury, on the
October, 1809. and a*
S5,828,930. 01
g to 1 > *...
.;1 H-f v
An aggregate Of
Si 4,517,797., 18
The disbuisements during, the seme year have cod.
j- aisled in the following items, viz.
^^nSwihipepsrttuenl, including n|ts<
v*1 v vellanrmis expfnces, end those
X.- inrideatel to the inteicoursa
Alt tit foreign nations 1,249,200 06
ary and Indian
(jerumnls“ rr \ 2,514,523 75
4,734?50
4,189,259 25
Interest on the
debt
2,735,898 91
• .V'-.V-A. .
TpU} current expences
8,174,358 22
^ jrraj*)ei>t8 0ij account of the princi
fjiflvS Pal ol the ptdHick debt
2,884.4*9 24
m\ . to*\ :•;
„ ^^mounting togelher^s will appear ,
. ^.’ ' iTtor^'in detail by'the statenuat
gmzifyi*"■$%*'.Je-- V 11,0^8.765 46
s 4n4, leaving in th*. Treasury on
fig*
30th Stpt. 1810, a balance of 3,459.02972
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It therefore appear* that thb actual receipta int«
the treasury hav^-exceeded the current expenses of
, government, including therein the interest on the
' i debt, by a sum of five hundred thousand dollars :
/. Tbe ekpencts bad during th* preceding year exceed
, ad the receipts by a sum pf thirteen hundred thoo
sand dollars. The difference arises, not from an
feersast ip ths tecsipts, bnl froa a diptiautloa in
'‘:v-.sC
; ^ ‘ 4 .* 4 all i" ■ V
... ... 8,710,000
r.xpenses, civil, military and naval, esti
mated 1,570,000 ?
[merest accruing on the domes*
11c debt 500,000
' —-2,070,000
Payments on account of the public debt,
in order to complete tbe annual appro- •-»
prmtinn ofeight millions,and including
, the reimbursement of 31st December
1810, on the six par cent, and deferred
stocks, and that of same date, of 3,751,
125 exchanged six per cent, stock 4,(>40,000
6,710,000
Probable balance in the treasury on 31st
December, 1810, 2,000,000
8,710,000
■ ^ 3. Year 1811.
The outstanding revenue bonds, after deducting
the expenses of collection and allowing for bad debts,
will not probably, on the 1st January 1811, fall
short of eleven millions and a balf of dollars ; the
actual receipts for the year 1811, on account of the
sales »f lands, may be estimated at five hundred
thousand: and it is presumed that the portion of
the revenue arising from importations subsequent to
the present year, wbirh will be received in 1811,
will be more than sufficient Vo pay the debentures
payable in that year. The actual receipts into the
treasury during that year may theiefore be estima
te*1 al S 12.500,000
Estimating the expenses of government for the year
1811, not to exceed the amount actually expended
during the year ending on the 30th of September
1810, that is to say—
Expenses of a civil nature, both domes*
tic and foreign §1,040,000
Military and naval departments 4,iy0,000
* 5,430,000
And adding thereto the interest on the
public debt, estimated at 2.550.000
The aggregate of the current expenses,
exclusively of the payments on account
of the principal of the debt, would not
«'*«* . 7,980,000
The payment* on aernout of thepiinci
pal ol the detit will be applicable to the
annual reimbursement on the six per
, cent, and deferred storks, to the re-pay*
meot oi the loan of 2,750,000 dollars
eftected this year, and to Ihe reimburse
ment m part of the converted six per
cent, stock; and must, in older to com
plete the annual appropriation ol eight
millions ol dollars, amount lo 5.450,000
Making for the whole amount of the ex
penditures of the year 18H 13.430,000
or about one million, of dollars more than the
receipts f.»r the same year.
It therefore this estimate rould be relied on, an
authority to borrow one million of dollars would be
sufficient to enable government to pay all the cur
rent expenses, and to reimburse nearly four millions
and a half of the prinripsl of the debt, leaving at
the same time in the Treasury a balance of two mil
lions «f dollars, a sum not greater than what under
existing circumstances it is eligible to reserve. Bui
a deficiency may take piece in the receipts if the a
mount of debentures should exreed what has been
estimated; and the expenses fur the Military and
Navsl Departments, (which, according to the esti
mates of those departments, and exclusively of the
sum necessary lor fortifications, amount to 4,916,
000 dollars) may be greater, then the amount actu
ally expended during the year ending on the 30th
of September 1810. In order to provide for these
pnd other unforseeu contingencies, the propriety of
authorising a reloan not exceeding in the whole the
amount of the principal of the debt reimbursed dur
ing the same year, is respeatfully submitted.
. Public Debt.
It appears by the statement (D) that the pay
ments on account of the principal of the public
debt have amounted during the year ending on the
30thday of September 1810, to 2,884,000 dollars;
and during the nine years and a half ending on the
same day to near 37,700,000 dollars; exclusively
of more than six millions of dollars paid iu confor
mity with the provisions of the Convention with
Great Britain and of the Louisiana Convention.
Taking the calendar year 1810 hy itself, the prin
cipal of the debt actually reimbursed will amount
to 5.163,376 dallars, via.
Annual reimbursement of six per cent.
and deferred storks $1,412,251
Reimbursement of the six per cent. Ex
1 «*>*nged Stock r- < i 3,751,135
... *.163,376
¥
rom which deducting tbs loan from the *
bank ok '' ~ '•‘>2,
750.000
: jt.
Leave* for the actual decrease ofthe debt
,■ dtifiogirtli* j«i> %■ «,4t3,376
Hi* anthpHeed hy the act of Iasi session
had at first been negotiated in the latter end of M«y,
for 3,750,000 dollars; but the expencec having
proven lese than had been supposed, U wat by mu
tael coaseot reduced in October tn 3,750,000.
With that object la view, ta order that no greater
sun theold be alt^ataly borrowed tbaa night be
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•» •rA'r.io. tvoid as fang at
. , ih^ihurfcetlitAd
Pifc^tl t» «»y other rtM^ ft u reirtrfwtaMfc^
IWfait %ui December lttjl, »uha»*tir*ttmu
6UMUe bank rosy, in cnseofi *®a-fe*Wof W
<to*rt«r, demand wu earlier pryment milling tMt*(
nmnih* notice, Tbis condition may, if saforeetk-save:
itotne -interest to the patthr; and can produce no M
convenience, a (there wiiFbe.no greater1 difliiuifty inf
ef reeling e new loan (if nscessary) i«r the middle
then in the latter end of the year. The dotumcnli
K. G. H. L; shew both . the object and the terms of
the loan. C «■'( ,'S. -~.j£
Ftoni what has been stated, it appears tfaat no
other provisions are necessary for the year J S-l
than a continuance of the additional 2j per cent,
duty, commonly called-the Mediterranean Fund, and
an authority to borrow a sum, probably much less,
and certainly not greater than the amount of the
principal of the public debt which will be reimburs
ed during the year. But as in ronlurmity with the
act ul the 1st ot May 1810, the importation ol nr.
tides the growth, produce or manufacture' of the
dominions, colonies, and dependencies of Great Bri
irtio will be prohibited alter the 2d day of February
next, if that nation shall not, before that time, so
revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease
t« violate the neutral commerce of the United States,
some provisions appeal necessary tor the purpose of
supplying tbe deficiency in the revenue arising from
that cause, and of giving lot hat measure all the effi
cacy of which it is susceptible. 1 %
i itc prouaoie avtatraimn in ihe revenue cannot*
for obvious leasong, be at this time estimated with
any degree of precision. The experience' of t fte en
suing year can alone afford sufficient data for a per
inaiKut and detailed plan adapted to that slate of
things, and calruttited to ensure peis» ve ence in the
system as long as may be thought prop r. Out in
the meanwhile, it appears essenliul to lay the foun
dation of such plan and to guard in time agaihst
any great defi-it in the receipts of the year 1812.
It is believed that under existing circumstances it
would be sufficient to render those recepts equal or
nearly equal to the current expenditure, including
therein the interest on the public debt, and estimat
ed at about eight millions of dollars: And with a
view to that object, a considerable and ioimediate
increase r.f the present duties on impoitations is
respectfully suggested.
It is not less important that the act should be
free oi legal difficulties and of well founded objec
tions, apd .that it should be enforetd by every prac
ticable means. On that subject the following ob
servations are submitted,
1. 1 he law of May 1st, 1810, has neither ex
pressly defined in the edicts, the revocation of which'
is expected, nur made a notification by the Presi
dent the evidence and the sole evidence of the fact.
It follows that in case of an unsatisfactory modifi
cation of her edicts by G. Britain, the decision of
the question itself, whether the non-importaiion be
actually in force or not will be lelt to the courts,
wh.-nce delays and embarrassments will arise which
wilt considerably impede the operation of the law.
2. The nonimportation is to take place on the'
2d day of February next, if a revocation shall,,.not
have taken place before that day. But this may
have taken place and not be known in the United
States, ll the collectors abstain from seizing mer
chandize imported alter that day, until, the fact
shall have been ascertained and the edicts shall not
have been revoked, the merchandize will escape lor
irilure and the law during that period will be impe
rative. If they seize, and the edicts shall havebeen
revoked, the seizures will have been illegal, and the
Collectors will be liable to personal suits. This inn
convenience nuy be remedied by a provision, di
recting, that during that period it shall be the duty
ol the collectors to make seizures, but that the
goods, shall be restored to the parties on their giv
ing bond with' sureties for the value, i
3. No exception has been made by the art in fa
vor ot vessel* which have sailed fot the Briiish East
Indies prior to the President’s proclamation; and
the short period of three months (rom the dale ol
that proclamation to the day when ,the law is to
take effect will occasion forfeitures nr heavy losses
in cases of bona fide American property in England
paid for or ordered prior to the proclamation. It
seems in every point of view elligible that cases
clearly forseen should be provided for by law, instead
of being left to execuiiyo discretion.
4. It is believed that ana abandonment by the,
United States ol their share of the penalties and for
feitures whrrh may be incurred, and the distribu
tion ot these, according to the circumstances of the
case, amongst the collectors, tbe other custom house
officers, the inspectors who heretofore have bad no
share, and the informers, would ensure a greater
degree of zeal and vigilance in detecting and pre
venting infractions of the law. -
5. Some additional provisions will be necessary
to enforce the law on ahe northern frontier of the.
United States, among-.l which may ha reckoned ;
the erection of some new collection districts, parti
cularly on tbe river St. Lawrence and in the eastern
part of the slate of Vermont $ an increase of sala
ry to the collectors in that quarter, inasmuch as
under the non importation, that part of their com
pensation which is derived from less will be tonsi
derubly reduced'; and that which arises from com
missions altogether lost : And an authority to the
armed force of the United Slates to make seizures.
And it must be added, that the peculiar situation
of those districts will render condemnations extreme
ly difficult, unless the obligation be imposed on per
sons claiming merchandize seized thereto prove that
the same was legally imported.
All which is respectfully submitted, , jj
v ALBERT GALLATIN. "
Treasury Departmmt, l)ec. 10, 1810. i .
The letter and report having bee* read, so mpeh
thereof ae relates to the revenue was referred lo the
conjmittqe of ways and mean*, and so much as re
lates to.the act respecting commercial intercourse,
&c. to the committee of foreign relatione. ’.
« A message was received from the president of (h^
United States.—[Seetheusessageabove.}"—Themee
sage and report of the aerretocy .*f attic,' having
Weawel - 4*0*4 t^ lLs m m — .->1 ■ St.
ieeii read, were referred Id the committee of »m»
snd meant/ -J - -*
>Yl: , At fairs th* district. k
On motion ot Mr. Love, jUg ipttiomot tbe Flit!*'
lideot end Ditecliut nt the P ' *’ ‘ ‘ '
»f Alexandria wee
eferred us the committee on
Mr. Van llotmjnezenledtha pcdligti it theyrt
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that Ured**^ of rV>fci* ]!•«* b*
farther primstou m m*1is*ry t« be mad* tor MtlMK ty
,h# ‘‘W»n»i trf UB.t*, fciM for Mtrv^^ irnd *«l# *r'
the land*uf the United'Sutrt,'-itaithe-tigiiidnkiff^
Orleans and Louisian*, und tfc£ the temmitieu-w
port by-bitt or oth*r»iw, »• t “ •/ *•' a. > ■
i-i
Mr. Fisk H-ported^ M>><r the^boniatoieut
of representatives atAijMk several »UW aeeord
inf <« the »d morwr^HPF [ The ratio of u|$t.rti«
oitmcnt i» reported Week.} The btH whstejwree4
sod referred K* a rommittM' of the whete^pp^r
Norfolk: Theatre. ; ,m
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Positively tie lust fpeek of Petf&nranee.
_ • ;■ j.: ' • **"’ ■ ■ ’ „• ► >.ji f • f,
Mr. and Mts. YouneV Benefit. * • ■ <
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This
is Evening, (Wednesday) De<*i IP, - .
Will be presented, •» celebrated Cw&erfyj ca!le| ’ v
TOWN AND COWNTR Y. v , • ,
End of the' Pity, a Pentomim* Interlude, * 'tiaSnf'"^
\ THE CAMP;
on, THE SOLDIER'S FESTIVAL,
m
During theJnttrfmU, A SONG by MR FOSTER. ’
MRS. YOUNG, iotli«Cnar*i it;<.f« HECRUJf, .f
will perlofm tt.e MANUEL EXERCISE ? 5 ^
' and MUR v
Fiew n/ a Grand Trans ient Mi'fon} Pitta*,
Dedicated to the Vtdunlnrt of Ntirjvtk.
To conclude with a DA Nt’E ^ilS|^
The Evening's Entertainment to conclude with the '
much admired farce of - , ^ i
FORTUNE’S FROLIC ;-r ^ ^
9», THE,TRUE USE OF RICHES. 1
Robin Rougheacl, by a Gcntl^aif^f
; the Thespian Society. J '
f^Tbn PoKlirk are respei-tfiiHy informed thftt r,s
MR. GREENa BENEFIT will tnk*
place cia Friday Evening,
Door* to be opened at S, and the Performance W >
commence at 6 o'clock.
•".' ' Admittance One Dollar* ?
Tickete to be had at the Office of tWpjblick Ltdeev'^ ’
end at the Theatr^^ .
’ °Ii'ce of Diicuunt undUefxmt, Honk >f %
Virginia. Norfolk, Dee. Iff, |&lo. '1
Tuesday next being Christmas.l)av% %
the Bank will not be opened ; paper intended for
discount must .be offered on Saturday, and p.jhetr''5
due on that day must be taken up the preceding daft >
(Signed) . _ ‘ f ’"I - H&?
r iho’s Williamson, Cash’r. -
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|>\ For Freight or Warier, ‘ .
The good Brig Rovers v.! C.
IliaiM M .J^EL' . s: ■.-?£r'iJiL^*L
William Miller, dfcier,Xiut
hi gsbeads or 3000 barrels, an
in re«K.*e*t u>
receive a cargo.
M artin' Fisk-fie C©.*' v * ^
Decemher 19.
.. .ijEva uvutKHs*,,
TJU* FIR*, v,.
otner light trnght wilt be *
canb« well accomimdated—tfe# iAiWi’if''- •’; *
board, or to ■ .• ■- ., ■ '* •. ■■ :%
Philip* j. :.;•
December 19. , : - ’• « n * " ; .
1 .f *“ * 1 . ■ t;i- ■-■Sr4.v»»>y?$.fy - -
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Drawn White Oak H',1 *
. vHeadingv .*• , ,
December 19- 3 *
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On Saturday mi, the 2Sf<t
** 12 o’clock at- New Con's wharf, .wiitft^*Seh|?
Without reserve. ■ vtA ■ JUJ£l*v&S'
without reserve, ■ .■a.--,,
THE* " ? r* v
.•/'••;;ShitoAYARD:- •'
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• The Sloop Connecticut.
tMKHMnaTerine, approved Wd*WMd-im*t»»'iit &:
A “nd 6 months—Inventories to be men at mt often.
• . v: *>* * \S.;Markt;'jiC '
•December^.;- / ‘ *' ,*
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A m > JUST HECEIFen,
7 hhds. & 20 bbls. prime JL
M prn«f Aatipie $33?.^
20 ban els N. E. Rum, 30 do. Mttmttin Floor,?
10 tic rces W hfskey, 10 barrels do. three y
25 bones Mould Candles, 4, 5 and 6 to tike
30 kegs and S firkins M aintain Butter, . -
50. do.- Jamieson’s Crackers,
20. barrels old Corn Meah fresh gro#od,
i:pM4
500 weight heavy black Pepper,
60
BaltEetre, Chocolate. Raisins,
Imperial and Hy»e«fT^f^tnief«<'^titn|-'^#',H :|frri
Copperas, kc. kc..
For Sale ,on moderate tarrn^ for cMh oniy, to *
.-‘A j. K.&J. ah«dc2 x:
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