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.
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mand,
PUBLISHED}
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“ HAMILTON t&¢ MOORE,
Is BrrrLeroxTe, CENTRE QOUNTY
‘nd immediately opposite the Bank
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