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on the 1st. Jan. 1821, the bank was notoriously insolvent. At that period of general refusal of the bank to pay its debts, the state had a right to the application of the deposite towards the payment ef e obligations against her, then held by the bank. The money deposited by the Governor to the credit of the state, had been converted bv the bank to its own use, and the time of her general refusal to pay such deposites, and of her notorious insolvency, cannot be objected to as the time when 5,000 dollars deposite, is considered a part payment of the debt against the state. It is hoped the committee will be excused for having dwelt so long upon this subject. It is important to the character of the state, that the offset should not be claimed against the U. States, unless the right to do so, is founded upon the principles of law, and is in accordance with that honorable & liberal policy, which it should ever be the pride of our government to pursue. The interest due on the whole of the loan from the Vincennes Bank, up to the 29th Dec. 182!, was paid by the treasurer to the agent of the U. S. and also so much of the principal, as to leave the balance against tise state 7,173 dollars and 17 cents. The deposite of 85,000 was not included in the calculation, for reasons unknown to the committee. Let that sum with the interest from the 1st. Jan. 1821, the date of the bank's refusal to pay, up to the 29th Dec. 1821, when the above balance was

made, be deducted from that balance, and it will be found the amount reallv due to the U. States on the day last mentioned, was only 1,873 dollars and 17cts. This sum with the interest to the 1st. Jan. 1821, am unts to .s 2.007 and 95 cents. Which, in the opinion of the committee, is all that is due on the obligations originally given by the Governor to the bank of Vincennes, and now in the possesion of the U. States. The vn.OOOdeposite is due from the state to the 3 per cent, fund, with interest from the 1st. January 1821, the time when the amount was applied by the state towards the payment of its debts to the bank of Vincennes. General account of the Collectors. The Collectors of Taxes in account with the State of Indiana. DEBTOR. To amount of Taxes assessed from

1816 to 18-23, both ycim inclusive Amount of Taxei collected from counties which returned no duplicates -

ground. The reason however, why the recovery could not be obtained, is not known to the committee with absolute certainty, there being no authentic information on the subject within our reach. to be continued. From the Indiana Gazette The more we examine the report of the Committee, the more we are pleased with it. The exposition of the facts of several counties making no returns of Duplicates and some of them not paying any for the support of Government for some of the years, is an evidence of the imperfection of the operation of the former system, why was not such things communicated to the Legislature and to the public long before now? As long ago as 1817, Washington county returned no Duplicate and never paid any thing for that year. Since that Randolph, Martin, Bartholomew, Sullivan, Dubois and Madison have failed to make returns, although they may have paid part, and Jefferson made no return of bank stock for the year 1822, nor has she paid any tax for stock for that year; and yet no no-

tice given of these failures, nor any example made of the othcers who failed to do their duty. It must have been great neglect somewhere; that such things were not j made known, and a proper remedy applied. ; No wonder the receipts fell so far short of the estimates while such defalcations were suffered. We hope the new revenue law

will remedy the evil in future; but it would require a legislative act to equalize the tax, by compelling the counties heretofore failing to pay up there quota.

PRESIDENTIAL,

150,735 72

340 30

To balance due, lit Jan. 184 CREDIT. By Delinquencies Commi'Mom Cih paid !unng; the jenrs of asrmnt -Ch paid in subsequent years, for arrears ... Balance

$160,076 OA $20 100 19 6,090 20 13,746 27 59,508 3:

53,061

5-2

26,100 19

jlGO.076 00 Respecting tlie probable sum due from the counties, which have made no returns, the following remarks are submitted by the committee. The defaults of Randolph, Martin, Bartholomew, and Madison, are in the fnt ear of their organization, 'and it is believed very little can be due Martin paid 73 dollars and 3G cents. Considering the average nett amount from Sullivan, for the veajs immediately before and after its default, and the sum paid in 18-20, there is supposed to be due about 80 dollars from Sullivan for that year. The nett amount from Dubois in 1822, wai 1 55 dollars. Ttiat sum at least is due from there, for 1C23. From Washington there is no return for 1317, and it is believed there was no a-es-ment made. The nett amount returned in the preceding year, was 420 dollars and 55 rents, and of that next succeeding, 838 dollars and 33 cents. It is thought that about GOO doll ars should have been collected and paid into the Treasury by Washington, for 1817. Th-re mar be faid therefore to be due from the oonntu i uhirh h-ve failed to make ff -turns ar'it - - 8J5O0 Which added to the above list of balances . . 26,100 19 Mrtket the total amount '26,033 19 Pcductthe probsd.lt- mouut of delinquent lit not jit returned, & debts conceived to U- derate 6,000 00 The balance is believed to b secure 20,915 19 A return from Wayne county for 1317, of fines against persons conscientious! ' scrupulous of hearing arms, amounting U 1,030 dollars, is not taken into the account. The committee are informed, that in a suit against the collector, it appeared that part of the fines had been remitted by Governor Jennings, and in consequence of the uncertainty as to the part remitted, the judgment as to the whole of them, was in favour of the defendant. We have also heard, that upon the trial, an objection was raised to the -constitutionality of the law under which these tines w ere assessed, and that the defendant succeeded upon that

Marylavd. The wild and thougtlcss assertion of the Baltimore Morning Chronicle, that a large majority of the Legislature of this state were in favor of Gen. Jackson for the Presidency, induced some of the friends of Mr. Adams to take the trouble

f; of ascertaining the serine of the Legislature

I by direct inquiries of the members themi selves the result of which is given in the ! Baltimore Patriot of the 3d instant. It coni firms what we have repeatedly stated, i from our own knowb dge of the members.

of the Legislature, that at least fifty of the ninety-five are the decided advocates of Mr. Adam-, and that the remaining fortyfive are variously divided among the other four candidates. The people of the state are even more united upon Mr. Adams than the Legislature and as the Electors are chosen by them, in districts, the result in all probability will give to Mr. Adams the whole eleven votes. Gaz. Virginia. The opposition to the Caucus nomination in this State, is already begining to assume a form and substance. In Fredericksburg, Falmouth and their vicinities, a meeting of the friends of Mr. Adams has been called u to take into consideration the most eligible mode of forming a ticket for that gentleman and their example will no doubt be speedily followed in other parts of the State. The moment it becomes known to the people of Virginia, that New-York will, under no circumstance, redeem-the pledge given by Mr. Van Buren, it will be seen, that we have truly predicted the course which they will pursue. They will, to a man, declare for John Quincy Adams, the candidate of the people. lb. Connecticut. The insidous complex, and noisv machincrv put in motion in this

State, to lessen the popularity of John Q.

Ad AMsJias made no perceptible impression ! on the public mind. He is so far advanced i in the Presidential race, as to put at deli- (

ance an me macnmauons oi ins enemies. In honouring him, we respect ourselves. Can his enemies deny him the possession

of mental excellence, moral rectitude orj religious principle ? What man in this j country, is more deeply learned in political i

science, moral philosophy, and the whole circle of belles letters, or more ardently attached to the rights of man, than this unassuming, distinguished son and pride of New England? He is not presented to the people by a few dozen cabalistic , presumptuous partizans, seekers of contracts and ofllces, worshippers of the golden image; hut the people have sought him for their candidate, and will give him their hearty support. A. L. Gazftte. Nhw Jkksf.v. We entertain no doubt but that at present a vast majority of the

j people of this State are in favour of John

lincy Adams. fredonian. Politcal Orthodoxy. The Connecticut Columbian Register, says. It is well known that the .Inurican Mercury, Hartford, RrjtuMiran Farmer, Bridgeport, and Columbian Register, New Haven, were the only democratic papers in Con

necticut, during the' late war, and which;

supported the war, and it h equally wellknown that these papers are friendly to Mr. Adams. The Editor further states, MWc merely mention this fact in order

that it may be seen in its: true light. But we do not mean to say that there were no other democratic editors now friendly to Mr. Adams, who stood by their country in the stormy period referred to, except the editors of the papers already named; for it is well known that the respectable and orthodox gentleman w ho now conducts the American Eagle at Litchfield, conducted a democratic paper during the war in the state of New York, and he is now a warm supporter of Mr. Adams. Nor do we mean to say that there are no other republican papers in the state favourable to the election of Mr Adams, as it is also well known that there are several, and among the number the Norwalk Gazette, and New Haven Pil.,t. The Norwich Courier too, since its change of editors, has become a republican paper and supports Mr. Adams. From all which fact it is evident that the tide of democracy orthodox democracy in this state, is setting strong in favour of John Q. Adams.' We think this extract a sufficient refutation of the bold and impudent assertion, that the Republican papers of Connecticut "support of course, the National Caucus Candidate,' nominated by sixty-two private individuals. The Constitutional Whig, (a Richmond paper,) is of opinion that the Legislative Caocus ticket will vote for Mr. Adams, when the day of election arrives. The Richmond Enquirer, on tlve other hand, somewhat triumphantly predicts that Virginia will not vote for either Adams or Jackson. Time will decide which is right. In the meantime, we cannot lose sight of the fact, that the evil which the Enquirer has heretofore shuddered at the thought of, namely, sending the election to the

House ol Representatives, can only he averted by Virginia's voting for Mr. Adams in the first instance.- Nor Herald.

To the Committee of Manufactures of the House of Representatives of the United States. Gentlemen. Permit me to offer a few words respecting the all-important object you have before you, involving the dearest interests of yourselves, your contemporaries, and posterity. Experience, it has been said, is the mistress of fools. But it frequently happens that even wise men will not profit by her admonitions. This, I hope, will not be your case. Attempts to modify the tariff", so as to afford protection to our manufactures not by prohibitions or prohibitory duties, as is the case in Great Britain, France, Russia, Austria, and nearly all the other nations of Europe, but by a very moderate increase ol duties have been made three times, without success in liM'J-20 1020-21 and 1822-23. Lit us try to develope the causes of the failure, so as toguard against a similar shipwreck. In 1819-20 it arose wholly from two causes first, a most lamentable and fatal delay and secondly, the complication of the new tariff, which embraced manv ob-

jects wholly unnecessary for the purpose of

protecting manufacturers, thus increasing the hostility and opposition to the measure. The extra duty on molasses falls within this description, $c is a strong case in point. Of each of tlie causes of failure, in order. The Committee of Manufactures was appointed on the 8th day of Dec. 1819 and petitions and memorials were almost daily poured in, praying for a modification of the tariff. Nothing was brought before Congress on the subject in Dec. Jan. or February. Those three precious months were unfortunately wasted. A bill finally made its appearance on the 22d of March, at a time when the members, exhausted by the angry passions excited by the Missouri question, were yearning after home. This was too late a period for the discussion of so important a subject, involving so many interests, and liable to such ardent opposition. This in itself was almost sufficient to defeat the measure. But to aggravate the evil, nearly a month elapsed before the bill was taken up for a third reading, viz: on the 21st of April. This further delay ultimately signed its death-warrant. It was, however," finally passed in the Houe of Representatives, on the 28th of that month, by a considerable majority, ninety to sixty-one. It was read twice in the Senate, on" the 1st of May, and finally, on the Uh, posponod indefinitely by a majority of one only the Senate dividing, twenty-two for.and twentv-one against

tin; postponement. Congress adjourned on

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It can scarcely be doubted, that had it been brought forward at an early period, as it ought to have been, it would" have ultimately passed, perhaps with certain modifications. There would have been time to remove any reasonable objections to it and to have brought it forward in a new form, so as to overcome thy scruples of

those whose ohjectfors were to itj i., but not to its general principle. 1 S The complication of the bill greatl creased its difficulties, and went far;.1 sure its defeat. The inilucntial of the Senate, who voted for the post ment, explicitly declared to the wnV t this essay, that he was prepared t I for an increase of duties,on the src;.1? ing articles, cottons, woollens, gi;;st ( and, I believe, but cannot ho quite cc ' on iron; that he could not vote f r whole bill as it stood; but that anvVt fication was refused. Another niernw the same body, of respectable sU:' made a statement, similar in elfect, Ij in detail. I am moreover informed''' respectable gentleman of Boston, sively engaged in the manufacture,.'

wno remained at n asnmgton ilurin

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whole session, that one of tin

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simplify his bill, and confine it to th. ing articles, produced out of the greii pies of the country, promising in that t-) to support it. But though my u& ,,1 is perfectly creditable, I do not VMjthf! the fact. The names of the-e mem'..,'' are left with the printers, for the :i?v.r:r r tion of those who choose to make inln So much for delay and compile ui Jn j the first instance. r. The next session commenced on tlie 1 ;;t of Nov. '20, and closed on the oduOIar,,

liii, embracing sixteen weeKs, otwh nine passed over before the bill was n pitted, which was on the 15th of Jan. ac. r panied by an able report, of C2 ; printed pages, containing the mu-i u:. swerable arguments in proof of tU ttructive nature of the existing pclin ; ... country and the necessity of a clia'.-j-c.. The composition and printing; of th'.s ' ument, which probably was not l c id !... dozen of the members, were the cau? ? the fatal delay. The bill w as read a by and second time on the date last ni'.uu-:-

ed. The consideration of the bill wasi ev rrtlllMfd riff nmrnr? It rnni'iinnil m

ticedtill the 7th of Feb. when Mr. D .. win announced that he should, on tUj lowing Monday, move to go into coiunti -

ol the whole on this and the auction u No suchmotionappears tohavc been imi-

on tne lLuii he reported sundry anifk

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up im; lilllll mil, U1C IlUlUiC Ol W U.Ur I am unable to state. V Nothincr further nnnrr nn thp sul i ;

till the 28th, when Mr. B. made his p mised motion to lto into a committee ola whole on the tarilf bill, which was nv2X't, cd by a majority of 9 ; C2 nays &: !:J'c Had this motion been carried, it wCii'f have an iwercd no purpose whatever, a 'S session closed in four days. It would b-r.J been mockery and waste of time, aU:;: precious at the close of a session, to I : entered on a discussion at that late yr. -if On a review of the pre ceding stak':.. -1 it is obvious that all chance of succcy 1 destroved bv the most extraordinary n.rM

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management, particularly in the atin.' second bill, which fell still-hrrn b hands of its friends, without costir-g ib posers a struggle. No good reasenc::r.Y assigned, why the bill of the fu st was not resumed at the opening d" U-

cor.it. borne ol the most ivspecta: le r . hers of the Senate were decidedly ii : A l 1 1 Ml t 1

opinion mat nau a lull lieen repoi n . in tiie latter session, it would have

ceeded in that body, as they were co;. ed there was a majority in favor uI iIa j -ciple. A delay not so great, but equal!) ftook place in the last session, which e ' menced on the 'M Dec. and cled r: ; 3d of March, embracing thirteen vt . No bill was reported till the i?th of J-u ry when exactly one half the s:-s-i:- " past. It was not called up for the carting till the 21)th of that month. Itv. -dently debated on that day and thcb' v. and on the 1th, 7th, Cth, 10th. and l-'th Feb. It was finally set aside andl!':, the shelf, on the 1-ith, by a motion d V M'Lane from Delaware to take up tl. propriation bill: after w hie h there u one or two attempts to resume the t;J sideration of it, which failed. I In my ne hall state some minor 'j es of failure. 11 AMlUiCtf- (

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CONCBKSIONAL.

SENATE. March 20. The general apprfpri:-,; bill was further considered. S'vci.di vate bills wi re attended to i-nd cli-p ' of. The senate adjourned lill .Menoa;March 2'J After the minor b'lrins" been disposed of, on motion of Mr. I'cr l

the senate, as in crmmittc el the

proceeded, to consider the bill iq-crU't.

the committee on Indian alfairs, ' l!M the President to carry into edect tbetr t v o f ( i h e u t , t o p re v e 1 1 1 f i re vii: e r s f rvi n t ing with the Indians within "the limii." r-. U. S. and to secure the fur traib' 1" l citizen ,,f tho 1 T Str.fi-.. " Mr. LlK'-'t1 "

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