peuces for the year 1314, which sum is estimated at 1,130,000 And making together 11,280,000 There will still remain to be provided new revenues capable of producing 170,000 8 12,050,000 tg tit "But as the internal revenues and direct “cles necessari tax, when in full operation will produce, in the year 1815, probably 1,200,000 dollars more than is estimated to be received from them in the year 1814, it will rest with Congress to decide whether it is necessary that new and additional revenues should now be established. To what extent the existing embargo may reduce the receipts into the treasury from the customs during the year 1804, it is difficult to estimate, as the operation of the war had reduced the seceipts from the customs nearly one half from that which was received during the year preceding the war. The former em- bargo reduced the revenue from the cus- toms nearly one half the amount of that whieh was received during the year preced- ing its full operation. In this case, how- ever the transaction was from the full re- seipt of a peace revenue, to the entire sus- / pension of exportation, & of foreign com- * fnerce in American bottoms. Ifnot, there- fore, to be presumed that the existing em- bargo will cause a Te uction of the war re- venue. Moreovey the effect of the act - prohibiting the jmportation of certain arti- increases the demand, en- hares the ue of those which may be 3 lawiully {pported, and the high price they bear wil produce extraordinary importa- tions, afd in part, compensate for the pro- hibitiog/to export any thing In return: to this nfay be added, the duty on salt, the operation of which is yet but partial. To the amount of the defaication of the revenue caused by the embargo, whatever it may be, must be added the difference be- tween the amount of the interest payable inthe year 1814, on the loan of that year, nd the whole amount of the interest on he said loan payable in the year 1815, as A 'well as that part of the interest which may 7 "be payable in the year 1815, on the loan of . Lp that year. "The sum of these items will be \“#equired for the year 1815, in addition to the revenues now established, except 430,000 doilars, being the difference between the estimated increase in the receipt of the in- ernal revenue and direct taxes and the 70,000 dollars remaining to be provided for in the foreign estimate, With these considerations it is submitted ‘whether it may not be expedient and pru- “dent to provide new revenues capable of producing either the whole or such part of the 770,000 dolldrs unprovided for, as may appear necessary to fulfil the public en- gagements and seciire to the financial ope- rations of the government the confidence, stability and success which are due to its fidelity and to the ample resources of the gountry. All which is respectfully submitted. W JONES; + Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Lreasury Department, Jan. 8, 1814. Mgr. HARPER, he following curious transposition of letters perhaps may be new to some of yourlearned readers. We all’ remember that our Saviour aiaswered vot the question—1V%at is Truth? It was asked amiss. Mr. Cowper has given the following beatiful lines on the subject 3 % But what is Truth ? "Twas Pilate’s ques- tion put To Truth itself, that deign’d him to reply. And wherefore? Will not God impart his light LEA To those thatask it? Freely—'Tis his Joy, is Glory, and his Nature to impart. But to the proud, uncanded, insincere, nggligent enquirer, not a Spark.” Oo) rue answer to this question, when ..U din Latin, is found in the letters of ghostion itself, and forms the most sin- nd remarkable Apagram that was ECovered. = Quid est Veritas 2 dist Vir qui adest. Frank. R fos. SYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. | ee TRACT OF A LETTFR DATED Harrisburgh, Jan. 7, 1814. the bill now before the house of ives, for creating thirty-three hill have been acted upon, you are ct information on any other sub- pg whole of the present day has ed in considering ‘his bak lite is as yet as uncertaina- ev bi to amend the bill by prév. ne- ‘ing any bank from going into operation un ¢l after one half of the stock subscribed or had been paid in produced considera- ble débate ; the motion was made by Mr Mitchell, of Philadelphia, and was advo cated by him, by Mr. Connelly, and by Mr. Duane ; it was opposed by Messys. Smith, (Speaker,) Elmaker, Matzger, & Kramer : and was finally negatived, so that a bank may issue a million of dollars in paper up- on such a specie capital as the owners of the bank may be able to procure or willing to put in. During the debate upon this question, am sorry to have occasion to say, the conduct of some of the members was very exceptionable: personal isinua- tions and reflections were made; very little to the credit of those who made them. « In the progress of the bill, a motion was made to render the estates of stock- holders liable for the transactions of the banks, which was negatived; a motion was made and carried to prevent banks from purchasing the stock of each other: a motion was made and carried that subscrip- tions should be paid in gold, silver, or notes of chartered banks; on this subject Mr. Smith (the Speaker) said that if that amend- ment should not be strikenout, when this bill shonid come into the house the bill itself would be null and void—as much as to say, that there are not silver, gold, and charter- ed notes equal to the proposed capital, and from this you may calculate the real state of the case: it may, in fact, be considercd as avowed that a paper circulating medium to the amount of about twenty millions of dol- lars, is to rest upon a capital of farms houses, barns and forests. « Several new banks have been added to the number in the original bill, and conse- quently the amount of the proposed capital has been extended—it is now about twenty millions nominal, on which in all probabili- ty, thirty millions of paper would be issu- ed. « The most amusing circumsance attend- ing all this business is, that many persons, pretend that the ficofile have declared for this snblime system; whereas if a fifth of the people know any thing of the matter, that is the utmost, the mess of the yeco- manry know no more of what is really pro- posed than if they lived in China. Another curious circumsance is, that some persons suppose that if there were thirty-four banks now chartered, there would be no more banks asked for; but all experience contra- dicts this, unless indeed all these who wish to be presidents, directors, clerks, and spe- culators, could be all glutted ; but this is not to be calculated upon, and as soon as A sees B or C with a piece of gingerbread in his hand, he will ask why may not I get a piece too. Again, some PErsons NOw say, Philadelphia has had a monopoly—but what right have ‘representatives for this year to give a manopoly in thirty-four banks "what right have they to say—thus far shall they go and no further. Until the evils of ex- cessive banking shall have been felt, the granting thirty-four banks, will create a de- mand for thirty-four more ; and those who ery out monopoly, will be charged iy new clamorers for banks with the very crime which they allege against Philadelphia.— Another curious fact is, that this bill in- yites many parts of the state to accept the banks, which never asked for them. ——ee But stop, I will not keep you in such sober- ness ; let us return to what I said about the proceeding to-day, When hard words, jealousies and fears, Scts folks together by the ears : « I Wish very much that the Hunting- don bard had been here to-day; he might have given us a second part of his excel- lent imitation of the renowned Chevy Chase. Som : of his former heroes were not in the arena, but their places have been supplied hgh to ghe benefit of knight errantry, they can all Obsiruct, perplex, distract, entangle; And lay frerpetual trains to wrangle. « But who knows bit that there was in some corner a bard, who will furnish pos-. terity with some account of the tilting and tournament, To say any thing about it in prose would be to rob some Samuel Butler of his birth-right, so that I shall await the event so devoutly to be wished. Washington City, Jan. 21, ~ TURREAU’S LETTER. The president of the United States yes- terday transmitted to the House of Repre- sentative the following message : To the House of Representatives of the U. States. I transmit to the House of Representa- tives a report of the Secretary of state, com- plying with their resolution of the 12th instant. . “ + JAMES MADISON. January 14. The secretary of state, to whom was re- ferred a resolution’ of the House of Repre- sentatives of the 12th inst. requesting the president to lay before the house any cor. respondence with, of commuication in wri. ting from the late minister of France, on or about the 14th of June, 1809, or by his suc- cessor since, prescribing the conditions on which their sovereign would consent to treat of amity and commerce with the United States, &ec. has the henor to make to the president the following report: That of the transactions which took place in the department of state, before the se- cretary came into office, which was in the year 1811, he has no means of acquiring a knowledge, other than from the archieves of the department, or from the persons end trused with their safe keeping. That he has caused the files of the de partment to be carefully examined for communication described by the resolution of the House of Representatives, and that] none such has been found of the date there in refered to, or of any other date, from the former minister of France, or from his suc- cessor, or any trace of evidence of such'a communication ; that he has also enquired of the chief clerk of the department, who has been in that office since the year 1807, concerning the same, and whose statement is annexed. ‘That no such communication was ever addressed to the secretary of state by the present minister of France. All which is respectfully submitted. JAMES MONROE, Department of State, Jan. 18, 1814. MR. GRAHAM'S STATEMENT. I know not how I can more clearly state eve- rything that Iknow relative toa letter which was recently published in some of the pub- lic prints, from general Turreau to Rob- ert Smith, Esq, and which I suppose to be the communication alluded to m this res- olution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, than by observing that when that letter as published was shown to me by a gentleman of this office, I told him I could not say whether it was genue ine; that some parts did not appear new but that other parts of it did. We imme- diately looked at general Turreau’s file and no such letter was there. I then observed that if it was genuine, it must be the letter from gen. Turreanu which had been with- drawn, The fact of one of his letters which I had translated for Mr. Smith, having been withdrawn, I distinctly remember, though I can not speak with certainty either of its date or of its contents—more than four years having elasped since I saw it; but I remember it was considered exceptionable, and that Mr. Smithdirected me not to put it on the files, but to lay it asside. I can add too that it was the only letter from general Turreau which to my knowledge was ever withdrawn. by a he 4 | This letter was withdrawn, mun attached t6 the French legation, Whe called at the department of State to 2 and it was delivered to him either yy I Smith himself or by'me under his dip. When it was done, I cannot poy reed, | legt por have I any means of as€ertainisiy except by reference to a subsequent rer | which happened in the month of Noy g ber 1809. I allude to the dismissal of } Jackson.—For I remember in a conver I had with Mr. Smith respecting the occ rence at the time it took place, he obserygd | that hie supposed gen. Turreau would be glad he had withdrawn his letter. In what way the translation of this letegr | has got into the pubic prints, T kiow net where or by whem it was taken from this office. %.! : | Chief Clerk of the Department of Sith. ! Department of State, 181A Jan, Cction S—— ——— i The bil to encourage enlistments, vi mcreased bounty, has passed both houses, 6, of congress, and will no doubt become 2 law. I The conferces of the two houses ‘have made an arrangement for increasing the. he. + shall in future enter inté the army United States. There is fo be no addition. I land given—the pay per month 8 ( liarss ny citizen or non-commissioned Hcer vho inlists an able bodied man to hay % 8 therefor. the recruit is t6 have fift dol lars at his enlistment, fifty dollars w oe ver he is mustered, and 24 when disc fia ed, or the end of five years. | This} vag read in the Senate, and concurred inh nad body. A474 Mr Clay, we learn, proposes to fa this city en Friday next for Nef York! whence he 18 to embark for Goftenbars 3 oufias his secretary. Nat. Istgs Brigadier Gen, Winder, went th this city this morning en his way Jr Quebec to visif gis fniver Bappats understand the general is on parole, ued | to return to Quebec. | % PrEsg, ARMY APPOINTMENTS. Brigudier gen: Izard has been nominate by he President and approved by the S ate as xAJOR general, | BA It 5 understood that brigadier gene Brown is nominated to the Senate as'a m jor general, and that col. Alexa M combof the 3d regiment artillery, land co Thonas A. Smith of the rifle reg minated as brigadier generals. The bill for increasing the dail the members of the Legislature the House of Representatives o last, yeas 53—nays 33. The same ; solution passed the Senate, (move Tod) to adjourn without day March next, are no 2. + FROM THE NORTY gentleman in this city, has been is the latest information from t Wa Detroit « It is rumored that the Bri dians are in the neighborhood ¢ Trench, and Preparations are Sandwich and Malden by ou commanders to give them a tion, and the troops at this posgar dines. «[ presume you have hea or and is Albanfto lL Butkr Cassis appointed our gover sworn accordingly ; he is gone attend the trial of gen. Hull. G it is expected here, will resu commandsin his absence. $ mand, PUBLISHED} 4 % BY “ HAMILTON t&¢ MOORE, Is BrrrLeroxTe, CENTRE QOUNTY ‘nd immediately opposite the Bank Z - . Harrisng J, ) Pe 8 i % 1
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