The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-04 00:00:00

ACTION-WITH THE INDIANS.

Extral of a Letter ticith Governor Hi. 14 CiN to the Secrete
tary of War, dated- Head-quarters, near the Prophet's
Town, November 8, 1811,

Six,

I have the honour to inform you, that the dawn
of yesterday terminated an action between. the;
troops under my command, and she whole of the
Prophet's force.. Their precipitate retreat, leaving
a number of the warriors dead on the field; and the
subsequent abandonment of their town (which was
partially-fortified), attest for us a complete 'and de-
cisive viElory. It has, hoWeVer been dearly. pur-
chased. A number of brave and valuable men have
fallen victims to their.zeal for their country's ser-
vice. The behaviour of the. regulars and militia
troops was such as would have done honour to vete-
rans. I arrived at my present poSition, (a mile from
the town) on'the evening of the 6th inst..; a corre-
spondence was immediately oi.ened with the Pio-
phet, and there was every appearance of a success-
ful termination of the expedition, without blood-
shed. Indeed there was an agreement for a suspen-.
sion of.. hostilities) until a turiher communication
should take place on the next dAy. Contrary, boxy-
ever, to this engagement, he attacked me at half
past four o'clock in the morning, so suddenly, that
the-Indians were in the camp before many of the
men could get ow of their tents. A little confu-
sion for a short time prevailed, but tided by the
great exeertioni of the officers, I was soon enabled
to form the mtm in order. The companies whiCh
were hard pressed were supported, several success-
ful charges made, and about day•light; the enemy
were finally put to flight. Our killed and wounded
.amount to 1;9, of these 49. are now dead.

I hive not tl,en able 'to ascertain the number of
Indians in the action, it must, however, have been
considerable.

The principal Chief of those Pota't, atemies %Ito
have joined the Pr,phet, is wnundea, and in our
possessions I have taken care of Itim, and shall send
him back to his tribe. At a more lelsure moment I
shall do myself ihe honour to trx;smit a mole par-
ticular • account of the action, and of our previous
movements, and am, with the grates' respect, Sir,
your humble servant,

W. H.'HARRISON.
The lion.Wrtt. Eustis, Secretary of War.

WASIIINC,'I ON, N0V.22.

IEPORT OF 11-111 SECRETARY OF Tkia TREASURY.

In
nnobedience fo the directions of the " Act sup-
pleentny to the Act entitled ' An Act to establisft
the Treasury Department,'" the Secteta,ry of 0,6
Treasury. respecttully submits the following Report
and Estimates :

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
-I. To THE EOID OF THE YEAR 1811.
Tire actual receipt:). into the Tieasury, during the
year ending on the 30th of September, 1811, have
consisted of the funo‘ving sums, viz.
Customs, sales of lands, arrears, repay-
ments, and alt other branches or reve-
nue, amounting together, as appears by
the statetnent (E„), to .
Temporary loan a 3 tst December, alp

i).23,541,446 37

Total amount of receipts
Making tol;.,thcr with the bal:nce in the
l'Jw:asory on-the Ist of October, IS ,o,
and kenounting to

16,291,445 37

3,459,029 72

An aggregate of

19.7i0,476 09

The disbursements during trte same year
have be,:i followetli, vit.-
(qivit DeiLA well:, including miscelja.
nexus expetwes and tho4e inutitnt to
he intercourse With foreign nations
Arr;;y,• iprtink.ations, arms and arse-
seoals - , iz9,oco
Navy Vepiirttnent 1,136,e00
Itidnl. Department 14:2,72i

1,360,8,8 98

Payments lb; interest on the public debt

4,407.725
2,2,25,1iJ0 93

Total current expences -
slkeirriburbemilit or the temporary loan (in
Mar. h and Septembea, 'Sit) -
Payn,ents cn account .of the principal
of IiJ,C public debt
Amountiry, together, as will appear more
in detail by rite statement (1:) tb -
And leaving ,n the Ticasury ou the 3oth
of Sept. 48'1, a baleiice of

7:99.4134.4

2,750,0,05

4.°i8;272 82

'5,202,637 73

3, )47,8 36

•
19,7;0,476 09
The actual receipfS arising from revenue
and exclusively of the tetnporary loan since reim-
burs,ql,' appe,tr from this statement so have exceed,.
.ed the current expetces, including there: 1 thc:
terest paid ou 11le debt, by a buttiof more Shan five
and au halt of dollars. But the payments
on account ot interest, dui:ng the year ending on
the 3-otli bl September, (81 to have, from an nuts-

H ,hand, fallen 'hurt of the amount 'during the
sa ne_pe►iod : and the re.di excess, of receipts arising
horn-revenue, beyond the current expences, induct-.
ing therein the int,i est accrued on the debt, amounts
on!), to near 5,100,000 dollars.
The rec( ii,ts fur the last quarter of the year 1811,
are Pslimated al 3,300,000 dollars ; and theexpen-
ditue,...-; (including I payment of arrears of interest,
and 'pear 2,160,000 dollars on account of (l,e,prin•
ciPar of the public debt) at 4,300,000 dollars :.w hich
will leave a the end of the year a balance in the.
Treasury of • nearly 3,000,000 of dollars. It will
not, therefore, b.t necessary to resort, for the ser-
vice of the present year, to the loan authorised by the
Ad of the last Session of Congress.

2. YEAR 181.

It is ascertained:that the:net revenue arising from
duties on merchandize and tonnage, which has ac-
croed during -the three first quarters of the year
1811; exceeds six millions of dollars ; and it may,
for the whole year, be'estiMated at about 7,500,000
dollars:
The Custo'rnhouse bonds, outstanding on the.l st
day of January I'Bl2, and: falling due in that year,
are also 'estimated,` after deducting bad. 'debts, at
7,500,000 dollars. This sum, may therefore be as-
sumed as the probable amount of receipts into the
treasury during the year 1812, on account of duties
on meichandize and 'tonnage ; the portion of the re-
venue arising from importations subsequent to the
present year : which will be received in be-
ing considered Sufficient to pay the debentures and
expenses of collection. of that year. -
'The payments Made by purchasers of public lands
north of the riVer'Ohio, having, during the two last
years,--alter'dqductihg the expenses and charges on
ti:at 'fund, arnot'inted 'to near 600,000 dollars a year,
that branch of the revenue may for the present be
estimated at that st4rn.' • Altowing 100,000 doPars
for, the ut:ier small items of revenue, which con-
sists principally of arrears and repayments, the whole
amount of ANual receipts into the' treasury during
ttkjyt: 1812 may, therefore,,, be eitimated
at
8,200,000 dollars.
The current expenses for the same year are esti-
npted as.followetn, ti iz.
T. Pxpe,ribes, of a civil nature both domestic

anittbreign
2. Military and' Naval EstabliOnnents ac.. •
.sort'ing to the ediinates of those two De- -
sariii flit-5; and incinramg the eclitiOnal- .
perrnailent appropriations fir the pur-
cli-ase of arms, and for Indian annuities,
-viz. i •" ' • •
. Army (ilicjuding.32,ooo dollars for Mii,
litia) .- , . .. • . 2,581,c00
Arsenals; arrr.S, and ordnande .' • 614,000
,- •
- Naval tic pat fltent . .• ' 2,50 • ,coo
.1040 n departinent .- . 220,000

3. liitere6t on the public debt

A rnru ntmg together.to

1,260,000

5,9150e0

y,:2j,oc•

• D. 9,230,00 p

. ,
And exceeding by 1,260,000 dollars, .the' proba-
bk dili00)1 of receiiys. deficit,; may be paid
out of t!,,e, gum" of three millions or dollars in the'
4(11 under, exisoitg encuniStahoes, it
tines nut seem eligible to exhaust th it fund ; and.
the estimate of. :receipts being also liable to mote
than u,nal unCertaiwy, the piaprieiv of aucnotising,
toan` sufficient to supply that dilfprcpce, and to,
(leftaY.stieri other eXiraiirdioary 'exptfnces' as limy
be incurrcd.dnring the year, is resPe(s-11ully sub-
,
witted.'
It thust-at the same time be observed, that the
sum a 9,400,000 dollars, thus stated as t tie amount
Qf.;:urrent expenses for the year 1812, includes, in
fact{ a portiUn: of:. extraordihafy 'extri,ses, arising
(foal the preent state of atf,iH for
,
end
134,10 i expehditure had. been eslitnatt.id at a sum
not ec,,;.etlit.',g ti:e amount actucilly expended lot
th6se subjects during the year, ending'on the'3oth
of September, 18 11, 4lipt, is to say,,,at 400,000 in-
ktead.Of .5,909,0)0 dollars, the estimate of receipts
*gold exceed. that of current expens'es.
The disbursements on account of the naval
establishment have amounted, in the year
ending oii the 3oth of 'September., rBto, to D. 1,675,000
And in the year etiding on the 30th.of
umber, 4,4 t I, to • • -
'They are estimated"; 'for the year iBt z, 'at

2,136,G00
2,c00,000

Thadishursethents. on account of the mill-
tary•establishment have amounted, in the
year ending on the 3oth of 'September,
1830, to .. - D. 2,309,000
.And in the year ending on the 3... th 'of Sep.:
tter,.. 18 i i, to
They ;iris estithated, for the year rBl2, at

20:9,0g0
3,15,t)°°

But the .detailed. annual estimates for the year
18 t 2 will spew that they are predicated on the cm-,
ployment ot. a4ll-lost the wf,olk lot; ,the naval. torre,
and of -the whole 'military establishrnehtof the
United States, as.authori?e,:l by law,icoveting, be-
sides several other items, all the experise of more
than i7,otio. effective men, in the-land and .sea
.servic(!. •
With' rest et to the payments on account or the
principal of the debt tt is evident rhat an auth6rity
to borrow a sum equal to that which' will be teini-
hursed during, the year 1812, will be iteeessary.--
Tbe 14iyments ,which',' according to law, must
be made-: during that 'year 'On that account con-
.si-,ts of . „

i. Annual reimbursement of six percent: • •
and deferred stock • - - * 'D. 1,570,000
4. Reimbursement of flit residue Dr the .
converted stock

565,318 44
• -.-.

Amounting together to

D. 2035,1,8 44

This sum, and that pay.able
,for interest, arnoont-
ing together to 4,360,000 dollars, leave, in order to
•complete,the apnual appropriation of eight millions,
a balance of -3,640,000 dollars, which .can be ap-
plied in no wirer mantic r than in purchases of stock
at the price limited by law. •

PUBLIC DEBT.

appears by flie.siateinent (I)) that the payments
on account of the principal of the public debt will,
from the 'lst of October, 1810,•to the 31st of De-
cember, i'Bll, have exceded si.x million. four hun-
dred- illotwand dollars.. With the exception of the
.annual re;mbur4einent of the six percent. and de-
'fetredittoel:s, there,will remain at the end of the
,:yelr 184 I, no other portion of the public debt reim-
hurseahle.ttraite.tvill. of the. United States than the
.residue of -.c.'onviscte.(l stock, ' oamunting, as above
i 0 54-55,000•41olhfia,and'iiillig6II will be paid in
the )e.:r i I There 13,i.ing nothing aftetwaids
-left, hich the laws,: passeik-subsuqUenily t
.o the

year 1801, for the rederuption of the debt, can ope•
rate, a general view of the result auii,eittea of those.
laws will now be .presente.d.,.
Exclusively of near three millions of un. fun&
ed debt since reimbursed,
,as dt!taiod in the , -
report of the 18t of April, public
debt of the'United States amounted on the
tst of April, 1301, to - V. 7g‘9.1.,959.
The whole amount of principal extinguished
during the: period of ten years and nine
months, commencing on the is: of April,'' • •
18ot, and ending on tile 3istot December, • •
1811, is - - - ‘16.22,?19
Leaving the amount of Old debt unredeemed
on the Ist of January, 181 z - 33,903,180
And to which adding the Louisiana 6 per cent:
,stock, l',eink a new. debt contia.:Ld subse-
quent to the Ist of April, t - 11',2jog0

Makes the whole amount of public debt cn
the ist,of jitsitaty, igtz . D. 45054., tgsi

The annualinterest on the public debt due on
the 'lst of April, L X ot, amounted to . D. 4,18;,,463.
The annual interest on the public debt extin- -
guished betwecn the ist of. April, iB,)'l,
and the Ist of January, aiTlOUlits to - 2,632,932

Leavis'ig for the amount of annual interest on
the old debt untedeented on the Ist of sun.
1812 ' - - - 1;547,4gi
The annual interest on the Louisi.ta.t.stock is 675,000

,
t
Makirg the annual interest on the whole debt .
due on the Ist of lan; 1512., . . 2,222,4g r
Which substrae.ted from the: annual, iwerest . . .
on the debt due on the ist of April, 4g0t...•.' 4,18.'063

Leaves for the difnrence between the amount
of interest respedively, payable at these two
dates -

rt967,94z

The disposable national revenue, or that' vortion
which alone is applicable to deftity the' .antri'al na-
tional expences, consists only of Cie surplus of the
gross amount of revenue colleeited beOrid the
amount necessary for paying the interest' on the pub-

:lic debt. A diminution of that interest is., Willi re-
'speet to the ability of deft aying the other anntrl 9x-
penses, a positive increase'of revenue, to the 5.3 rue
:amount. With an final amount,of gross reVenne,
:the revenue applicable to del iadelray the national expences
is now, by the effect of the redudien of the debt, two
millions six hundred th4osand dollars greater than on
the Ist 'day of April, 1801. Ur, if another view of
the subject be thought more correct, the laud; for the •
redudion• of the debt' have in ten years and nine
months, enabled the United States to pay the
purchase-money of Louisiana, and increased' the;r'
revenue near two tnillions of tiolluts:
If the amount of I;;..inlal payments on account•Of•
both the principal and interest 'of the nUblic-debt,
during the last eight ,• year'v,.. be Contrasted With the
payments hereafter' necessary for the saine.purpose,.
the difference xvilf hies ill mote striking:' 'Eight Mil-
lions of dollars have been annually paid on that ac-
count during these eight years. The *hole amount
payable after the •yearBl 2', i including the' nual
reimbursement on the six per Cetit. and d'efetrecl
stocks, is 3,79(2,38..2 dollars, Making an annuardif-
ferenee Of mote than four millions Iwo hundred

at. u4and dollars, which will be liberated:from that
appropriation; And this annual pyrnent 'of-about
three millionS eight hundred thoUsand dollars, would
have been -sufficient, with some violation's, to dis-
charge, id ten yeorS -the whole of the r'esidue of the
existing-debt., with the exception of the thiee per
cent. stock, the annual interest an which amonius.
only to .85,000 dollars. The aStreat of die foreign
relations of the flzhited -States- forbids, however,

the' hope of seeing the 'work-completed -within .that
short period.:
The -redemption of prinCipal has linen effetied
without the aid be any internal taxes, either dire&
or- indireftwithout any ac dition during the last seven
years to the rate of duties cm impOrtations, which,
ori.t he Contrary, have been by the repeal of
that oti Salt, and.- notwithstanding . the great dirni-
-I:W44M of commerce during the last- four years. It
proves the ability of the ordisaary revenue, to dis-
charge, in ten years of peace, a debt of forty.;two.
millions of &Mars, which considerably lessens the
weight of the most formidable objection to which
that 'revenue, depending almost solely on commerce,
appears liable.,

PROVISIO.N FOR. THE ENSUING YEARS.
The revenue hi; derived from two sources, the duties on lin.
portation, and the sales of public lands.
The nett revenue arising from duties on mer-,
chandize and tonnage, which accrued du.
ring the year 1809, amounted to • -
The -nett revenue arising from the same
sources, which accrued during the year
ro; amounted, as will appe.ar by the state-
anent A. and B. to - D. t 2,313,490
The same revenue for the year tSt r, is esti,

Mated, as has already been stated, at .
A portion of the revenue of this year having
• been collthed on British merchanclizeiin-

1).6,527,168'

1).7,s ::;?.,.00q

ported before the prohibition took elfee.L.
the permanent revenue, arising twin duties.
on tonnage and tnerchandiz:;•wiil not
bably, at their present rate, and under exist-
ing circumstances, exceed
an estimate which is corroborated, by the
'view of the subjed exhibited in the state-
ment -B. 2.

D.6,0p3,0c0

T{~e~sales of public lands,.north of the river
Ohio, on the average of the two last years.
amount, after deducting the expelled; and
charges on that fund, to the annual sum of - D.600,0c0

Th'e sales in the Mississippi territory, bin in
the first instance..appropriat4 to the .payment4if
1,2.50,000 dollars. to
_the State. of Georgia, are dis-
'tintily stated. "They leave a deficiency to be .pro-
vided for of 2,600,000. •
An.addit inn of 50 per cent. to the present amount
of duties (together with a continuance of the tem-
porary duties heretofore designaleti by the name of
" Mediterranean Fund,"),will bcsotlicient to sup-
ply that deficiency, and is r-..sper:tfully soinnitted.-7.
This made appems preferable: for the present, to any
internal tax. With respect( to the sales of public
lands, besides affording a supplLinentary fund for
the ultimate redemption, of..the public, debt, they
tray, withOutiany diminution of revenue, be use-
fully ay.plied as a bdunty to soldieis enliSting in the
regular service,. and in facilitating the:teruis of
loans.

The same amount .of revenue would be rtecessarY.,,,
and; with the aid ©f would; it is'believect, be
-suffiCient in- cane of war. The same increase bt du- „
ties would therefore' be 'equally necessary in that
event. Whether- it would be sufficient tb product:
the-sameamount•of revenue as, under existing cir-
cutust:inces, cannot at present be 'iltterininett.—
ShoUld any deficiency arise; it way • be 'supplied
without difE•culry, a :farther increase of dutiei,.
by a reslorati(:d of that on satr, and by a proper Sc
'leefion of moderate external taxes. To raise a tiked

revenue of only nine millions of dollars, is so Much
within rhe'clthpass of the national resource.s,,it will
only. require she Legislature to etleCt the -object.•
The possibility of raising money by loans to,the
amount which may be wanted,' remains to be exa-
mined. For the fact that the United States may
easily; in 'ten years of Peace, extinguish a debt of
42 millions of dollars, does. not necessarily imply
that they could borroW that sum, during war., , •
In. the 'present state of (he world, foreign loans
maybe considered as nearly uoatOtiable: . In that
reSpett, as in all others; the united States must
solely rely on their own- resot.nces.--- -

The ability and will of the
.United States faithfully
to perform their engagements are univers-.411y known;
and the terms Of loans in no shape whatevtr be
atfeaed by the want of confidence in ei; her. These
must, however, depend nat only on the state of
public credit,- and on the ability'. to lend, but also on
the existith; demand fur 'capital required: for other
objects: Whatever this may'bei the money waned
by the-public must be purchased at its market 'pi ice.
Whenever 'the atnonnt.walir for the ser% ice of the

year, or the wkile amount -of 4arck he mar ket
shall exceed certaTif-litnii-S,, expected that
legal interest will not be siafficieint io otitain the sums
required. In that casetliti most 'simple and direct
is also the -cheapest and' safest Mode. It 'appears,
much More eligible to 'pay at duce.the difleretice,,
either 'by a premium in lands, or' by allowing a.
higher tate of interest, than 'to incre ise the amount.
of stock created, or to attempt any-operation- whiCh
might injuriously affect the cireUlating medium of
the country. the diffiCulty, arid it is the only serf-:,!
005 one, will riot, indeed, it analysed, ap-pear cry
kirsuidable. For' suppose even forty inillionS of
dollars, berrowed'at eight instead of six per 'cent: the
only difference
,would consist in the additicinat pay-,
merit Of ek;lit hundred thousanddollars a year, until
the principal was reimbursed.
It appears' florn the preceding estimates: thit no-
thing more may be strictly wanted for defraying,
during the year 1812,' the expencts as yetautho
rised by hw than an authority to borrow suM__
equal to that `Which may be reimburSed on account
of the principal Of the 'public debt. With ,a 'view
to 'the ensoing'years, and considering the aspect of
public affairs presented by the. Execnrivg, and', the
measure's of expellee, which he has recoil-Laiended, it'
has been attempted to shew—
I. That a fixed revenue of about nine pilliOnS'
of dollars is necessary and Sillißi6l;',..tiothunderthe:
situation of the U'iiiiCd'States,4al\'d in the"
event of-their a,,suniing:a diftSPent
7, That an addition to the rate of duties -on im-
portation is at present sufficient for !hat -purpose,
though in the course of everitS it in.ry r !lune 6o:ne'
aid from other so:arceß re'v'enue.
3. That a jpsi relt:4 may obtaining
loans 'to a' consiNfAble amount.; for 'Lleci-:_iying- Ole
experiees N;hich Mary be incur'r'ed beyond the
of re'ventie- abVire stated.
4. That the peace revenu.e of the Unified Slate's
will be -sofficieni, without' any extraordiriaiv eXer7,
tionS; to diScharge in a few yOts the debt
inay' he tho's necessarily inettcfd.
Ali which 'is respectfuliy 'subnitted.
-A t.BERT
Trcastxy Del;aitment; Nov. 22, ISIF. • •
1

In thellonse of Representatives of 'the-425th of
November., -Me. RHEA called fdi tite.C.6lisin&-satiOn
of,his -Resolution., cuttuilitlee of Coin-
inerce and Manufactufes to inguireintothe expe-
diency of)4aying ' additional dillies" on MI coarse
unanufatc,tures.of imporied tiax, heinp, cotton, Sze.
The. I.4bilse 'refused 'to take 'it up. Ayes -14—
Mies

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 3.-L--The donations'and sub-
scriptions to the Cambridge 4:coiliiy Bible SOciety
alreadv,aniount to upwards of 16u01. -
A Meeting will be •held at Saffron Walden on
Monday next; for the pUrPose of fOrming-an-AuXi-
haft Bible Society at' that-towni)
Tite Hulsean prize for .the last year has been
'adjudged to Fran-cis -Cunningliarn, Esq. Fellow-
Commoner of Queen's College.—Subjeet--.-"'
Dissertation on the Books.of Origen.against Celsns,
With :a—view-to illustrate- the arrangement,. and to
point out the evidence they afford Me trifth'of
2.IIVAU- •
The following is the subja&of,the Hulsean prize
for the present year,f--"!4:13 inquiry into-lire Reli-
gious Knowledge which the Heathen Thilosnphers
derivex(ror.n the Jewish Scriptures." . .

At Marlborough-street Office, yesterday, Capt. RI
ComMaiider ofealnan'ofrwar, was held to bail tor an
rissaulton'a young lady; daughter of a tradesman in
the neighbOurhood.of Suffolk-street, at. whose house
in! It;d:;VA. It appeared that the Captain had his
grog on board, and on retiring•to4lis.rciiiM, he rung
his bell, but theervanf being out, the daughter an-
swered it. The Captain destred''that his fire might
be, stirred, apologising at the same time for being
under the necessity of troubling' the young- lady ;
,but ,whilst in the act of doing it,' he behaVed so as
to induce the young lady to call out alOud, which
brought leer father to her assis'tance. The latter
-attacked 'the Captain in pogiUstie` form, and after
giving him a black eye, charged him :II custody of
• a' watchman.

A most audacious attempt was in. 0.10 to rob the
house of Mr. Thomas, a gfocer; at the corner of
Portnian-sheet, o>;ford-street, on Thursday even-
'l'ne servant maid wai cutting bread'and but-
ten abOut six o'clock in 11-le:evening, when• a wan,
armed with a bludgeon,, opened the area,duor, and:
w....tked into the kitchen. Tlke. servant, much alarm.:
ed,. asked of the stranger his tiusinets atnl in
a lima tone„ heli he struck herlivi,ce, and demand-
silence, or he would ntordei-her. h e servant
'plunged ihr kniftt into the- .rutfi'an's brti.,st,:
,when
he koocked lier.down.; and Tilte remained in a sense—
legislate until tlscovered by another sertmi On
recovering ht-nst.."ll; she refatcd what had happened,
and tlte man Was I rneeir ills blood ;o hive escaped
over the area railing : Tye knife was the
must have palifetrated at inch and an
11,M:into his body, by -the apperiinet. cif the blood
upnti it. -A rope Was also fotkinl suwended, froin
of the rails,:by which he,. must also have let
t; tii~elf down as. there is no area gaie or any other
cominunitation from the street. Information was,
.r,tvi-n at Marlborough-street Police Office; but no
tidings have yet been had of the offender.

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