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? CAMDEN; (S. C.) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1817.
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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#
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Legislature of S7C,
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,CoKifttralb*. G*rJm*i > nFPn HT, to tU
Hon. tUt Le?Wtttnri thin State. '
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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
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'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
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l ^fer* ''
No* Is tlW ReyorC of! the
Trn&ccctk < t Sonth"CHYulhm^8^H
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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>
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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
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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
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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,
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