Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-12-15

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Presidents Message, letters subject, part
Of correspondence, British minister Mr.
Vaughn MIR Clay addressed Mr. Vaughn subject of ce,tan
alleged outrases which had been PERFORATED
properly of American citizens by the of New
and asked for explanations calls for seems
aitavs thai, some
of the grievances complained Of by people Maine
and Imprisonment of American by courts of New
Brussyvck, of United States
ind that the cons,ahe Province
exercised their functions of serving and collecting debts
within the American territory alleged that these acts of
croachmtn distance
and thirty miles the British The affdavits
which tsc cts ac specified do
dcnce but obtained by Gov Lincoln Maine, officially
communicated to the Secretary Mr., Vaughn explains
these imputed Of aggression by yipg says,
territory where the civil and Jurisdiction have been
cscd by the officers of New Bn, k h, ound Il, se .,hn The
limits that province map BY
commissioners OF boundary Under the treaty
and Of the American
this Territory found Cniei States Mr.
vaughn acknowledges that the commissioners ;c
men's disagree in this respect fact that dis
pted territory belonged to Great Britain occupancy
oil JUS SUBJECTS PRIOR I" the treaty of 1873, under which II
cd by the United States government
TO retain It until the dispute adjusted states
that the person who imprisoned was residing
within The British limits, and had passage Of
mall hoi'cd the American rag guilty other oous
conduct Tor which the punishment complained
tribunal,
From what there exists considerable excitement
win regard to TINS subject the Maine
brunswick ho'derine ON the disputed boundary very
lie desired that speedy and ancabo should
10 adjust question which nay time become
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il stated Tho alacd BY Adams me cling in
Gloucester which, by the written with ability
that would better Gauss. distinguished au,lot
Cen Jackson's Of Florida depotism.
are told by Motesuieu tile legislative judicial,
executive powers in the same ndvdua constitutes desrosc
government In this the meeting
ut surely unfair blame Jackson exercising Iwcr
with which he was invested by his required
ercise Al that could have him. was To
Them maeiy judci0usy and as far could be done
atnc the forms of law This he esignng his office
| i" ms county, he c0nhded to any mou again,
We understand three members Of the House Of Dele
sacs nav ing taken pains strength,
'ahson ana ~ for Adams in the lower ouseand
A. and NEUTRAL, the making this estimate
ACCURACY Is not pretended the calculation
Is believed to be slightly, the actual
strengthen the parties If this estimate be the
Gus VIII be attended by about the LcgslatuIeov
ing about 0trcndy 10 te reelection Adams who course
wan attend the convention which Richmond 9Th Of
January.
we atS requested by the author of the nrc-
an'bc adopted by the Amherst meeting to state ,, 81
much OF the comment of the Lynchburg virsian which
heh T pu"raton' as charges him with having sup.
porter oe election of John O. Adams, and a minority of
TWO IN favor Of the alien and laws in Amhers, i,
who"y eaui'ou and without the shadow OF foundation
1Lr, Rush's Report, we must excuse our
selves TOR emitting this ponderous documen, which
| Hills nearly ten compact columns of the Nat;o,,,
lnteil'gencer 1t is written like every thing else
from tho pen OF its author, in stylc oflaborious
and artificial speculation-half poetrv-balr ar;t,,
inctic, and bears no very remote resemblance tn
tho multiplication table set to music It now and
then dives into the abstrusc precincts of science
which r.. Rush ought to understand better-wc
furnish our readers with brief and imperfect ont
| line of this paper 'a'
MI hush sets out by stating the reductions of
tne public debt, which have been effected durin,
the last two years. The national debt of the n s
is estimated at SSS, 7I0, $50 So, at the commence
lient oithe hscal year OF 1926 1t will amount to
SOI ,4l3,317 92 on the LIST of January newt II
would thus seem that reduction of s:,I oo7 Oh
10, had been effected within the last two wears =
nut hVe millions of this sum have beer only pomi
naiiy reduced by change of stock and now
loan, SO that the actual reduction during these
two years, OF the principal debt is considerably loss
.han sixteen millions and half This reduction
is eitected by the operation of what is called tho
sinking fund act of 1917, by which ten millions
arc appropriated annually to the exti1,puishp,on.
OIL The national debt. Twenty one millions sixtv
TWO thousand, three hundred and thirty two dol
iafs seventeen cents, Is the aggregate of prnci-
Pai ana interest, which has been paid toward this
ouJcIl III the years lS26-27. During this period
nearly twelve millions have been expended ON for
t'hcatlons, armores ships of war naval docks
purchase oil Indian lands the militia &c &. G
The estimate of67 ,4I3,377 92 as the amonpt NJ
the national debt at the close of the present wear
party nominal, as seven millions arc included
I'D that sum, which have been subscribed TO the
United States Bank, upon which the coyernn,cnt
derives a dividend, and which might be rem-
bursed at any time by sale of the government
| stock. o
ne gross receipts into the treasury from all
sources during the past year 1896 are estimated
| at 20, zoo ,434 2I The nett revenue on ;mnor,s
ana an tonnage tor that year, at 500, 24S, Sd 30
J ne gross expenditure for the same wear at s24 :
100, 5ys 40. The gross receipts for the current
year (iS2I,) are estimated at S2I .4OI 33O NJ
the expenditure, at s.,2 sos 800 g6. There an
pears to be difference in the revenue of tnc two
years OF nearly four millions, while the actual ex
Penditure OF 1927 exceeds the estimated income
LOT ,u Tnc year. by upwards of one million.
| lms difference in the revenue of the vo,re
| io>o--2i is ascrIbcd by Mr.. Rush. in some mc,-
sure 10 the postponcment of the sales of nubt;c
lands. Ii appears, however, that this source of
revenue has not been much less productive in tho
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