The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-12-19

three yesvs to come st least, viii be sdeels,s
4, IS. nafional expenditure. IL is smelly
suhiect Of sIpoe,e oongra,uis''on that Con-
gres. are relieved iTcm the necessity of es-
tsblisbing o system oi inietnal taxsfion, sis
pcricd when such a sysiem would necessarily
operate on o part only ofihs Uniop--,he o,h-
er part not possessing a currency in y heh
taxes could be collected 10y the United States.
In the ensuing three yesrs, we hope 'hat
someibirg like sn squaliiy of value will 30
restored 10 the currency in every section Of
the Union and, II IL DO Necessity then 10
resort TO direct isxsiion, that IL wil' he az
least possible 10 cspy such system into es.
fect.
We learn from the Message that tho re.
ceipis into the Treasury io. the thee first
quarters OF this year wee Si6,2l9,l97. De-
Quoting from this sum he proceeds Of Tho
loan ol Eve millions, and The actual revenue
from al sources, then, tor the three ffse
quarters, is 8il,2I9 1877 live tstmeie ',bo
fourth quartz, o, ne ssne rate, il will !revo
produced 3739732-whicb, added 10 tho
process Of The ib'ee FIST quarters, will maLo
the whole fsvenue for The year something
like SI4,ss7, 929. If we sie light in IBIS
computation, the revenue will have faiien
short al the es,imste Of last year, by scmc-
thing like million Of collars. a pa,, Il
this deficiency, We suppose, may be ausibuia-
bic % the provisions made by Congress al tho
last session Gos the relief CT dc bto,s for public
lands, end some part OF II also to he smsit-
ness Of the dividecd made ty the Bsuk IL tho
Uni,ed States. But, as we shall have The 70.
port itself in day or two, We will guess no
more about It's contents at present.
National iut. Dec 10.
Accompanying the Nj, ssage Of the Presi,
dent 10 Cougt ess, was collection OF Docu.
ments, which, on examins,ion, we Gnd 10 Ic-
late 10 one subject oniy--viz; the occnpa,ion
Of, and estahlishmerJ OF goveinrnent 10,
Fiorts Besides The Inst uctions Of TIC Sec
re,sfy of STATE {, Col. 70, bes, {Comis ,ioner,l
and 10 Governor jackson, we have Je,te,a
from the Two latter, end from Col. Buaes.
(the other CommIssio0cr,) 10 the Secrctaty
OF Stale, com N unicsting OF course whatever
had pa. sed between them, respectively, and
the Spanish authorizes in Hasans and in the
F!oridas. The last paper in the series is tho
psper drawn up and signed by Gen. Jackson
and Col. Caliavaf on the occupation Il East
FioIltla by The troops Of the Unned Stsres,
which FAs already been p'eseaed to the pub
l'e War. Ins.
The Presidents Message left this city s1
half past two o'clock. CD Wednesday by .wo
express riders for Balr;rorc. The one em.
pIoyed by Stockton < Stokes arrived q, 90
minutes past s O'clock /; the other arrived five
minutes afterwards. So the, the journey ives
performed in ore hour and 6ty minutes.
The fore most ridcr los, sin minute 3 in chang
ing horses frop, un'uly steeds. Dsdueting
'his loss, The distance was performed in one
hour and )onrty.jonv n-inatca. This was rsp.
i'd travelling, and, considering the sa,e of tho
roads, which were siippsry and heavy, must
have .heen dangerous TO man and hose. 1'hs
distance from the door Of our Ofiice, from
which the express started, at the same mo.
men,, for Bahimore, is shout fAirty.scvep
measured miles - IBID .--'