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,..^r I,, al^ B V . 1 '1 1 I f Vo^Mne li.) ? 1 1 l aim ' ?' ) ? CAMDEN; (S. C.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1817. * s ?/*"" * v ?,> >*ri paww? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? , Clumber %t. POINTED BY" UAJtB t. r. For the PnopJti etors. f vfy> * ?* * f NJy ?j* * *' ' ' . 1 j 7Xr firicc to Subtcriter* ia g3 /Jrr anrtrxnt exclusive of fioMtagt ; mnft in oil eu?e* vthrxc ffyier* ?halt be detivtrtd OL the (jr/un&e q? the ftuNWicr, the /trice mtiW be SO a ye*rt to ke fw id *ix mvntht cfkxrmub sorbin# ' iwiiwi l 1 1 Legislature of S7C, . 's ? ,CoKifttralb*. G*rJm*i > nFPn HT, to tU Hon. tUt Le?Wtttnri thin State. ' < ^v'0%^ **1r> h' l' ***'{%, ' :. * /> To the Honorable YhqmKs Speckc aivd the otfeer Members of tho JKonorubJc House ot Representatives. I *t?he Comptroller-Ciencrali *re4 spectfully submits the following and Reports ; - ifo.} i, Shews the Receipts and Ptyrhents rm the Tftjjjury of the ' tjmrt >ivision, between the lavi J d^ ot-S<y?mbcr. *8,6, *nd the fir?t4ay. or Occobcr, i8x7, leaving ? OMftpgc Jo the Treasury^ pf one Himarcri and eighty six thousand seven hundred and ninety-three doi-* WiliM >Exhibix from the J-TWtoy.. of ^y Vpptt DivU . sion for the same pci ioci> Jctvtgg a balance ia the Treasury of eighty ihcKityui three - hundred and forty + sine doHarsi fifty ~chre* eentt.' ( &?>i -ir^overs- 'the -monthljpere* ports ot the T rea*tirtr of the Lbw t:c JDiyisioii for the hit fiscal year.; No. 4, Covet* <th* eopiei of the T?ttsurcf^faoja&rt.Rlp^, n f?r thkl Upper Division for the satne pel >iod. ?-? '? vV-^-''v/ : SBieF,/TF4 , bt ? thu which H appears there ?iH remains .wn of four hun Hundred aptt mnety-aix doilar*? *ix-. ty-aine cenrs. ? No. 6, Is a statement of the Pa per Medium Bonds, by which it ai i there was1* balance due 4?C ?, on the- fttst day of Qctobtr of eighteen thousand, eight 'red ami; twenfy-five pound3, {"^iHings and four pence, c (o ifchty thousand sbk;hundred -iTT* a ^aa ? - - ?i c 'K6. fr, Cover* the Reports <if ic Commis'ionerS of the Poor for Fairfield, Edgefield, ? Laucwuer, Worry, Lexington, Kichland, Lau rens, Abbeville, Newberry, Sp*r aar.bttrgh, Cheater.Pc ndleton, Clare - mdi)t,?larABion, and Su^Johna BerklySind Charleston. No. 9, Co vera the ] , Forfeitures make -Spartanburgh, Chester, Newberry,. OranaebUrph, Lexington, Rich*? Uhd, Lancaster, U?ion,' Abbe ville, Darlington, Ktlge fie Id, Sum ter, and' Get No. io, Covers the Reports of Fines Hod Forfeitures msutc by tire Solicitor of the Northern Circuit, : and i?y the Attorr ry-GcnCral. No. ii, L the Report of the Treasurer of KoUth- Carina Col < ? ? l ^fer* '' No* Is tlW ReyorC of! the Trn&ccctk < t Sonth"CHYulhm^8^H fcge* ? '? 1 " N<V. 13, Is tbeK^yori: of * the j Cartitm^ioivcr *t' Cclutnbfci bl Lot* And Sqi^tW *ti C<?- '1 I lumbia^made on rhe^ nirtth day of | ^^criibcr, i Si 6. s No. 14, Ts a Report of theConw mijsionerof Columbia, of the CasJ* which fte received and f aid away between the last day o ? September, , 18 1 6, and the first yf Oci&beji ? 1817. - " ? f> i *% 4 r JNo. 15, Is a Report of die exT penditure of the fund appropriated ? forflTransient Poor in Ceorgetown. No. i6^Is A&taremcntof a nuro^ bcr of old . Bonds und M<frteage$ given for confiscated property to which the Comptroller- General ii desirous of calling, the attention of the Legislature. A great length of time has elapsed since the Bonds and Mortgages were execoted $ ino*t of the parties arc Either dead or re-^ moved away. He * iav of oj>imoi) the greatest part of tFffe Mortgaged lands might yet be Idftittfd, if the Legislature Wtfuld authorize th$ exj>encc qf employing surveyor! for that purpose. He entertains np doubt .but new gr^^ have been long iincc obtained fl^thoFc lands, and that person* have been in pos* session pf th^m * suffcieoCfoigth of.time tp bar the right qf the su e the,stacutc of limitation will run against the *tate. Should the right o i toe state no* be baried . yui thesf ? lands coi.id be located, a consider* able wtn might fee realized to the i' stare, by a sale theieof. .1 o au ;, tempt a S.ale t>f them before, they are located, would be in vain, as no : pcrsonwotild be disposed to pur chase thefni > The Com ptr oil t r- G t ne ral further reports, that he is unable at the conv menctineht of the session, to fur nish the Legislature with the jto*l exhibit shewirg the Were amojMtirf Taj; paid for property. Tyln^^BR colkmon district, a* he fta\ not re ^eivc3: the returns intended for this department, frbni somfc of the Tax Collectors of the Lower pivision f Six 'packet* are now lying in the ^Post-Officc in this place, addressed /o thj Comptrolier-Aicntrai fropi Charleston^ wHch Ke supposes to cpntain die returns for his ofijee t the pcttagj cf which iraiounts to ;hc sum or one hundred ^ and fifty six dollars., Accompanying those .packets* was iLkucv feomthc |*>st tharleACon, tp the Post Masai in this place, requiring bim *^Fcr\tha-*c packep co go offic^t-wmUthe peat age was paid. 1 his e>trao*#inary c on* duct ol the Poat- Master of Cta*rtes i con, induced the CompteolV:r~G<*i~ cval co believe it was done with a deitgn to embartas him in she dis charge of his official duties. He ' tnwfcfore addressed a letter to the Post-Misrer-Gencral, stating the tirciimitancc, his unwillingness on the part of the state,. to pay this extraordinaiy and unnecessary ex pence, and requesting that the post .,ag< might be rtduccd. To %hlch the Post <? Mas tc r - C j ei ve r a V rtphed, jit would give liirti pleasure to re feijucc the postage, but the law had no: invested him with discretionary power in that respect.-?'! 1?af where; packets, intruded to be sent "by private eouveyancc, are by mis take of the Post-Master, sent by lytaU, a idwswtlon had been exet* cise. The Cotnpirolicr-Gcncral being unable to procure a reduction 'of the postage, aixj be lining he could obtain tlvi nccessafy (lilornu IUoniE&om the r^etams made to the TtflBry department of die Lower I l)i ? kion, to make out this extijbit, and ascertain, the sums lor which' the Collect**)* hliould be made liaolc, de'cltwtfU < taking those packets out of the poslf-oiliit, and piy ing this oiwveesar/ eXpffnce, without th* sanct^gn of tb<? I^rgislap"". He contemplated reftjrhiDg to Charles ton early in Octdbe r, which would have afforded Wt?' time to examine the returns madfirto the Treasury,* and enable him to report thneon at t he commencement of the session, but was prevent^ by the prevail - ing sickness. Ht Has larelv rccciv ' ed from the Trefe^urer in Charles^ ton the return* - deposited there, whkh he wttl^exafeme ^urmg-tfre sessir^ of the Legislature, and re port theiwn avc^ty is Possible % He cannotHBteVef make d com piece exhibit tfiSa year, as there has been no Collector for Horry distric^^he person .appointed to that office luiving declined serving, the u*es of which district Remain uncollected, and ought to be col* leered with the next years <taxcs< All the returns which have <Tome to hi* possession, except those late* ly received from Charleston, have bernexamined, and he has been ready for some time to report thereon. He submits to the Legislatures the expediency of requiring by Tawv each Collector to deposit with the Treasurer of the divi>Jon to which he may belong, tbe individual ret .umrs ahd the duplicate of the genr cralmurn for the Comptroller? Generals offioe, at the time he makes his fettfrment wiih the. and that the Tieikurcr be required to 4flivcr them to the order vibC'tht Ceroptrolicr-Geiieral, which would prevent a timilar o<:cuiTewer in-fif cure* Shoufd every collector be a: liberty to torwaid to the Comp^ troller- General by Mail, his indi vidual returns aiui duplicate of his general return., the pdstage tvoulrf amount to an enormous sum of / ? , ' rf 4. ?*}' )-? * 4 nio:?ey. >* .? The death or the ffeasurfrr pf the lower division, suspended for V while* the c^h transactions of that 4epartment. As soon as ic was practicable, an appointment wis made t>y the governor, of Mr, Lyon Levy, to fid that office, wml the meeting the Legislature. J t appears that ^ the 1 reasurer of the Lower Division had ovtt </rawn hi* salary two hundred and voiglny -se ven do! tars* alipwing it the end of the quarter in which he uicd. 1 iiat che Rank ot the 3tate of South-Carolina, has received frojn the Treasury, between the last d*y of September, 18 1 and tte~fim d*y of October, 18*7, the sum of one hundred and tWcWe thousand, Gv^ hundred and thirteen dollars and {ifty-six cents, on account o? c a;;iral, and has paid to the. '1 rqaf Jury since tne first ot October last, the sum of seventy -six thousand five hundred and seven dollars, ninety ? one cents, as profits. The Comptroller -General fur ther reports# th-^ Thomts Key and Robert Waie, E^rs. have in theu hands a considerable surti of n?oucy **:hich they received from the In. spectors of Hammond* '^ic^ns', ancTCampbeik Waie Hauscs,^ be longing to the sl^c. That they |il4v? been required to make *i?-! Turn thereof, upon oath, to the Comptroller-General, and to pay the amount into titt Treasury. f't hat they pledged theA*i?lv?* to', pay th6 tame into the Treasury in the* month of April hut* but hfcvc j entirely neglected to render thcf*?- - count as required, and to pay; the ] ?' rxtonify into the Treasury, agreeably | rtf their promised* If horoas j Key fettdes in the dlsftictof KdgeW' r field, and it is necessary that a bill J should be filed in Igte Cfturt ot Equity for that drstrift, 0 cortipfcl the m to accpunr tor, and ^aypver - ttic moi:ry^>nro the 1 n a^ury* T^a - * he - hap applied to Robert Suhfej Esquire* Solicitor for that circuit* to file said bill, who states th&jttU : entirely out of his power to attend ! CO t]?e casrj as the Court of Equicy " ; is hoMeft at: Oraogeburgh , ac the - same time, where is he juicier the rie-** ce&siry of attending to citees in which ; he is already engaged T-hcCotup trolfer-General therefore begs leave to submit to the legislature, the ex ^jediency of eitfeerStenngcfe fimes 'of the sittings of the said CdUrti and thereby enable the solicitor to perform tha duty y or -to authorise him to employ some other persott to tiie said bi!L ,x \*c<C ; . ? Respectfully submitted bv ROBERT CRKS WfiUL, ,4 s Co infitroitcr- General. 0>% TttE PBLRSrbjR.\'TX)F THB On Monday last the first sesshm of the 15th Congress convened 'at VV inhingcon, having a largct mini ber of members present than any congress heretofore ort the first day. The Hon. Henry Cl*y, Was elrtrt^ eri Speaker, by a majority which fully spoke the estimation in Which that truly valuable nyut is fifcI3? Yfcsterday ( December #V i I o*c!ock, the Clerk read thfc {?Haw ing message to the House i'ellOto Citizen* qf the &enat(} and of the Home It tjire sensitive* ; At no period of- our political existence h^ wc so-initch cau^ to felicitate oursfclve* at the pro&pef" bus and happy condition of idlir Country. 'The abundant fruits of the earth have filled it wirK""p]tep^ A# fcxftmive and profkablfc cori* tiicice has greatly ' augmented oijr revenue. X he public credit ha* attained an extraordinary ' elevation. Our preparations for d|fc?c&/ irt case of future wars, from whlch^ by the experienceof alt nations, we ougivc not to expect to be ex empts,. arc advancing, jufcttfva <fcll digc?ed'?fite^j; wttK^lfi thfc diijjacch *d important a work Wfti admit! Our tree ^overnnrfthfi toundKi on the interest and tions or Che peorab ?and is daily gtirirtaliB cat jcalocsirs Are rapidly yielding to mure generous fcnlargAi -^-a entftf views of nationil'j:. [advantages so numerous ? v . ? f ? ? ? V ^ ju_: i-/3 rf'fr im^ortaikftk 18^ graceful^ [that omnipotent they are deri veil. prayer tJurf he *ill endow us virtue ami strength to maintain Jind hand therri down, in their utfttosc purity, to Otlr latest posterity/ 1 have the satisfaction li inform vow, thaf an arringem?nt which had ijeea commenced {by my oredecm w>rj with the -British government,' 'for the reduction of the nftval forde^ by Great Britain, and the tyliied States, on the lake* Kas been con cluded : by which it is provided, j that neither patty shall keep iflr *er * vice, on Lake Champmnv more than one vt isel ; en Lake Ontario^ more than one j and on fcakc trie, and the upper *k?, more <han iwo; to he aVmed, each, %ith one cannon only t and that all the^ armed vessels, of both pi which an exact list is inter shall be disrrrartttciK j It greed, tliat the fore* rf be restricted in its duty, ternal purposes of each party ; an ' that the arrangement shall rtx&in in force until six months sfi^ll have expired, after nortce given by one of. the parti"-: to the other of fts desire that it should t-rrilmate.^ 0/ jt'ht# aVrang;- - ?*$ e.i?rv, OS