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midation permitted from the house. At this, the mob dispersed;, whatever power the civil or military could wield, should be given But shortly returned with a drum, and fire arms, and with an in- for their protection. Other citizens repaired to judge Scott's, and Creased violence attacked the house most furiously in the front and required that the military should be ordered out; and after a const rear. But the same spirit of forbearance animated its defenders, derable delay, the requisition to brigadier-general Stricker was pro when a discharge of musketry wounded some of the assailants, cured, who issued to col. Sterett, commanding the fifth regiment, Judge Scott hurried to this scene of uproar, and, with Mr. Abell, to major Baruey, of the cavalry, to col. Harris, of the artillery, the -used every persuasive argument to induce the inob to desist, but respective orders accompanying this report. It appears to your with no success; his language and authority were alike treated committee that whatever be the construction of the orders given to with contempt. Every excation which men invested of reason, and colonel Sterett, brigadier-general Stricker verbally forbid him to inflamed by passion could runke, was made to destroy the defenders deliver out to the men under his command, ball cartridges. Of col of the house. To execute this savage design, the door was again Sterett's regiment, thus ordered out, but thirty or forty obeyed the burst open, and a man by the name of Gales, the chief of the mob, call of their commander; this defection, in the opinion of your shot dead as he entered. A field piece was procured by the mob, committee, may be traced to the united causes of indisposition to and elevated at the house. protect the persons in the gaol, an appréhension of immediate dan

While this bloody scene was acting before the house of Mr. Hanger, of future proscription, and of the inefficient preparation utson, many well disposed citizens, alarmed for the peace of the city, der which they were ordered to march-of the cavalry buta few sử• and auxious for the preservation of the persons in the house, gather tended.

ed at brigadier-general Stricker's; who, irritated by Mr. Hanson's During these operations in Gay-street, it was known to the return to the city, which might be the innocent cause of a réquisi- ferocious monsters who panted at the gaol for the blood of their tion being made upon him by the eivil authority, which would ne- unarmed fellow-citizens, that the military were ordered out. The cessarily be attended with a responsibility, received some of the ap-mayor used every persuasive argument to induce them to disperse, plications which were made to him, tor the interposition of a milita-and to effect that, gave them a solemn pledge that neither Mr. Ha ry force, in a style well adapted to excite irritation; but still consent-son nor his friends should be bailed. These assurances, united with ed to obey any call which the magistracy should deem it expedient apprehensions of a formidable resistance from the military,producen to make on him. But such was the intollerant spirit of the magistra from some a reluctant promise that the gaol should not be attempt cy against that establishment, or such was their anxiety to avoid any ed. Some of the most daring had left the gaol, and repaired to responsibility for their official duties, that great difficulty, and much see the operations of the force convening to arrest the completion delay occurred in procuring two magistrates sufficiently devoted to of their horrid designs. At this unfortunate moment, an interchange the public good, and their oath of office, to sign the requisition. Ma of opinion took place between general Stricker and others, which jor Barney, of the cavalry, before this, had received an order to re-resulted in a belief that the interposition of the military would not pair to his general, which he obeyed with alacrity, and received from be requisite, and that if any should be required, the force collect him a copy of the orders herewith submitted. Major Barney, with ed would be insufficient; orders were given to dismiss the military about thirty horsemen under his command, moved down between 1-it was the signal for destruction. The mob collected with a savage and 3 o'clock to the house. The moh, apprehensive of an efficient impetuosity, and heedless of the feeble opposition formed by the resistance, were alarmed, and at his approach generally retired. But intreaties of the mayor, they attacked the sanctuary of the pri his conduct soon dispelled their fears, and gave rise to a belief somers-The outer door was opened by treachery; the inner doors mong them that he was either unwilling, or incompetent to en-¡ yielded to their rage and force; they entered the room of the getforce their dispersion. Thus all apprehensions of the military or tlemen; there a scene of horror and murder, ensued; which, for civil inter sosition being banished, the timed were emboldened, and its harbarity, has no parallel in the history of the American people, the daring unchecked by any suggestions of a future accounta- and no equal but in the massacres of Paris. The good, the venera bility. ble, the gallant general Lingan, whose early life was distinguished The mayor, the attorney general, general Stricker, and some by his active and manly exertions to rescue his country from the other citizens distinguished by their political consequence, became controul of a British parliament; who was honored by the conf the negociators between the gentlemen in the house and their vin- dence of the immortal saviour of the nation, and who practised dictive assailants. This negociation terminated in an arrangement, every christian virtue, was here overpowered by these sons of mur. that Mr. Hanson and his friends, should be conducted to the gaol, as der, and became the victim of their merciless ferocity. Seven of a place of security, under a solemn pledge, that every possible ex-eight of the gentlemen were thrown in a heap, under an impres ertion should be made for their protection and the security of their sion, entertained by these assassins, that they were dead. Some ef property. |fected their escape by stratagem, or by the interposition or some A military escort was prepared, and a guard of unarmed citizens, protecting friend. One was detained as a subject or the trial of A hollow square was formed, within which Mr. Hanson and bis every refinement of torture which their fiend-like invention sugfriends, accompanied by those who had promised them protection, gested. The humanity of certain medical gentlemen was exerted, and some other citizens, of the greatest political weight, entered; and by their interposition, under Divine Providence, those sup and thus, attended by hundreds crying for vengeance, and pressing posed to be dead were restored to life and society. On the ensuing on their destruction, they reached the gaol. During this agoniz-day a general terror prevailed throughout the citying march, when the feracity of the mob excited a general belief among those who had confided themselves to the civil power, that their destruction would ensue b. fore they should be put into the promised place of protection, frequent attempts were made to mas sacre them, by the throwing of stones, notwithstanding it endangered the lives of the political favorites of the mob.

Some of those who had been in the house at the commencement of the attack, attempted by various modes to insure a retreat; some were arrested in their flight by the mob; and the savage temper of this "many headed monster" displayed itself in the cold and deli

(To be continued.)

American Ingenuity.

Bridge over the river Schuylkill, at the upper ferry, erected by Lewis Wernwag, Engineer.

This bridge is interesting, from its being of new construction, and having an arch nearly one hundred

The following description is believed to be ac

berate manner in which it planned the execution of its captives. Revolutionary France furnished the lawless precedent of exhibit-feet longer than any bridge in Europe or America ing upon the lamp-post, by the irresponsible fiat of the populace, those who were supposed wanting in duty to the republic. A native of our country was seized on, and an attempt made to imitate curate :the example set by the blood-thirsty Parisians. From the comple tion of this sanguinary deed they were prevented by a stratagem suggested by democratie gentlemen, inducing a procrastination until an appointed hour, when they repaired to the place of confine ment, to drag forth their victim, before removed by the interposition and zeal of his fiends.

The bridge consists of two abutments, and one arch, extending across the river.

ABUTMENTS.

The eastern abutment is sixty feet front on the

After Mr. Hanson and his friends were placed in gaol, a general river, and forty feet thick-It is founded on a rock, apprehension was entertained that the mob would, on the ensuing and is about forty feet high.

night, endeavor to force their prison, and glut their vengeance on The western abutment, with its wings, is built on

the unarmed prisoners. The whole city was in a state of comino

tion; the criminal court was closed, and the anxious and inquiring 599 piles, driven through a frame containing two which all the barbarities which ferocious men, unchecked by the well connected, as well by the combination of its countenances of the citizens, denoted the approaching tragely, in hundred and seventy-five thousand feet of timber, wholesome restraints of the law, perform, would be exhibited. The

prison was surrounded by groups of an infuriated inol, eternally parts, as by iron bolts, weighing on the whole three demarating vengences tons. This abutment is sixty-two feet front on the

The weight of character, the necessary concomitant of wealth and political standing in society, was not generally brought into river, and forty feet thick.

action to allay the excited feelings of the city; but, on the other han!, a belief was impressed that Mr. Hanson and his immediate political friends, were enemies to the country; that his visit to Baltimore was

SUPERSTRUCTURE,

A single arch, whose chord is three hundred and the consequence of an arrangement to insult and dragoon the citi forty feet three inches and three quarters of an incha constitutional right to theage the venue to an adjoinging county, nineteen feet eleven inches-The curve formed by zens; that they were murderers; that they would avail themselves of Versed sine, or rise from the chord to the apex, and thus escape the punishment of their crimes. The Whig gave

of

extensive circulation to these strictures. The general spirit of in- this arch is not, however, that of the segment tolerance against the establishment, united with the currences one great circle; but of segments of circles of une of the day, and these excitements, produced an apathy among the well disposed, and gave an increased activity to the turbulent and qual radii-Those of the longest radii being nearest the abutments, and the shortest at the apex. The width of the superstructure, at the abu ments, is fifty feet, and at the apex thirty two feet

vindictive.

The mayor and brigadier-general visited those confined in gaol, refused them arms for defence, and gave them solemn assurances

that a guard would be stationed in and around the gaol, and that

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The three ribs, extending across the river, from prevented from coming into contact are secured from one abutment to the other, are set in cast iron lead the dry rot.

blocks, upon an offset in the wall, twelve feet above There is neither tenon nor mortice in the bridge, common high water mark. Their distance asun-except a few to unite the king posts and truss ties. der, at the abutments is twenty-one feet; and at The first stone was laid the 29th day of April last, the apex thirteen feet one inch. Each of these ribs and the superstructure is now so nearly finished that is composed of six small ones, in thickness six carriages have passed over it. inches, and of the average depth fourteen inches.- The weight of the wood in the superstructure has The small ribs are placed on their edges, two in been ascertained by measuring it after it was dressed breadth and three in depth, and so formed as to be and fitted together, so as to find the number of cubic at the abutment equal to a solid mass of timber, feet of each kind of timber-then several pieces of four feet deep and one foot thick, gradually dimi-the same kinds of timber, of ascertained dimensions, nishing in size, so as to be at the apex but three were weighed, and their average taken for the asfeet deep and one foot thick. They are prevented sumed weight. from coming into contact by one inch iron bars)

cubic feet.

1575

696

placed between them, six feet asunder, but are con-Three ribs, chord 340 feet 3 3-4 inches,
rected together by large iron bands also six feet average thickness 3 feet 6 in. by 12 in. 3601 05
apart, well secured, and susceptible of being drawn 87 king posts, 15 feet long, and 1 foot sq. 1305
tighter as the timber dries, by strong screws. The 3 truss ties, 343 feet long, and 1 foot sq. 1029
foot ways are outside of the ribs.
84 braces, 18 feet 9 in. long, and 1 foot sq.
The three large ribs are preserved in their proper 29 caps or cross tics, 36 ft. long, 8 in. by 12
relative situations by fifty-four cross ties, at the bot-38 floor beams, 44 feet long, 6 in. by 12
tom of, and secured to the ribs, by strong iron stir-54 cross ties, 44 feet long, 6 inches by 12 1188
rups; upon these ties, and between the ribs, are 36 joists, 36 feet long, 3 inches by 12
two hundred and thirty-two horizontal braces, laid 232 braces, (lattice work) 29 feet long,
in the form of latice work, so as completely to pre- 5 inches by 6

vent any lateral motion. From abundant caution, 464 studs, 5 feet long, 5 inches by 6
however, strong iron bars, secured to the corners 4 large posts to support the ends of the
of the abutments, are extended in a horizontal direc- roof at the abutments, 22 feet long,
tion diagonally, in several places through the ribs of 20 inches by 7 1-4.
the bridge.
Floor, 3 inches thick, 343 feet long, and
33 feet wide.

ties.

516 67

324

1353 33

483 33

88

2572 50

Amount cubic feet 12,732 38

WEIGHT.

Yellow pine, 3576 cubic feet, at
48 lb. per foot,

[blocks in formation]

Weight of wood,

cast iron,
bar iron, after it
was worked up,

[blocks in formation]

Upon each of the ribs are twenty-nine king posts, set in cast iron boxes of a proper shape to receive them, and secured by iron stirrups embracing the rib and post. Upon the tops of these posts are truss tics extending the whole length of the bridge, and upon the truss ties are ties extending across the bridge, well secured to the king posts and truss The form and combination of the wooden work of White pine, 10,993 do. at 44 do. this superstructure appears in every respect to be Oak, 162 do. at 60 do. calculated for the most ample security; but the engineer has given it still more strength, by twelve iron bars, one and a half inches square, secured in] the bottom of each abutinent, and passing up through the great body of masonry to the top, and from thence to the top of the first king posts, thence descending by an angle of about 450 to the ribs, which they embrace-then from the top of the second king posts there are two iron bars, descending by a like angle to the rib which they embrace; and so in like manner from the top of every king post there are bars of iron descending in like manner to the ribs) until they meet at the centre. By these the combination is better secured, and the weight thrown more towards the haunches of the bridge.

The king posts, truss ties, and cross ties, are secured in their proper places by iron bars, extend-1 ing through the mass of masonry in the abutments to the top, and from thence through, those timbers longitudinally and diagonally from one end of the bridge to the other.

Whole weight of superstructure, 340 13 0
Add weight of iron bars pass-
ing through the masonry of
the abutment,

6 10 0 12

Tons. 347 3 0 14

N. B. The king posts, braces, &c. are of unequal length, but their average length was taken.

American Gallantry.

[Though a very liberal notice has already been taken of the capture of the Frolic by the Wasp, we cannot refuse insertion to the following elegant artiThe cart way at the entrance of the bridge is fourcle from the "Port Folio" for the present month.] teen feet above the spring of the arch, and passes Under this title we have occasionally selected such between the ribs at the apex, forming in its progress incidents, in our military annals, as, from their mian angle with the horizon of about two degrees. nuteness, had escaped the view of the general histoThe ribs, the cart way, and the string pieces, rian; but which were calculated to excite the high form so many arches, which are all connected and se-and honorable feelings of patriotism. The present cured by ties, braces, and bars of iron, in such a war has again awakened the energies of the nation; manner as to form one connected and combined and already produced examples of signal intrepidity whole, equal in strength, perhaps, to any thing that among our countrymen. It is, however, on the na human ingenuity can devise. vy of the United States that our national pride, and All the timber in this bridge has been slit through our hopes of glory, at this moment repose. Wel the heart, so as to show any defect, and by being never been able to look without the highest satis

tion on that fearless profession; the nursery of ge- with such success and that of the Frolic so slacken nerous courage, and of high-minded patriotism-toed, that capt. Jones did not wish to board her, lest whose followers every form of danger is alike fami- the roughness of the sea might endanger both vesliar and without terror.

Nor toil, nor hazard, nor distress, appear
To sink the seaman with unmanly fear;
Who from the face of danger strives to turn,
Indignant from the social hour they spurn;
No future ills, unknown, their souls appal
They know no danger or they scorn it all.

sels; but, in the course of a few minutes more, every brace of the Wasp was shot away, and her rig ging so much torn to pieces, that he was afraid that his masts, being unsupported, would go by the board, and the Frolic be able to escape. He thought, therefore, the best chance of securing her was to board, But we have no language to convey our admiration and decide the contest at once. With this view he of the young and gallant spirits, who, in the first wore ship, and running down upon the enemy, the essays of their strength, have triumphed over the vessels struck each other; the Wasp's side rubbing veteran science, and the disciplined valor, of the ha-along the Frolic's bow, so that her jib-boom came bitual conquerors on the ocean. They have retrievin between the main and mizen rigging of the Wasp, ed all our disasters-they have shed new lustre on directly over the heads of captain Jones and the first our arms, and sustained even in the midst of morti-lieutenant, Mr. Biddle, who were, at that moment, fying reverses, the loftiest tone of national enthu-standing together near the capstan. The Frolic lay Their only anxiety has been to find the ene-so fair for raking that they decided not to board unmies of their country; and, wherever they have met til they had given a closing broadside. Whilst they them, their valor has rendered victory certain, whilst were loading for this, so near were the two vessels, their skill has made it easy. that the rammers of the Wasp were pushed against Devoted, as is this journal, to all that can add the Frolic's sides, and two of her guns went through honor or distinction to the national character, it has the bow ports of the Frolic, and swept the whole no fairer pages than those which record instances of length of her deck. At this moment Jack Lang,* a bravery like the following, the account of which seaman of the Wasp, a gallant fellow, who had been we have rendered scrupulously minute and authen-once impressed by a British man of war, jumped on a gun with his cutlass, and was springing on board

siasm.

tic.

The United States sloop of war the Wasp, com- the Frolic; captain Jones wishing to fire again be manded by captain Jacob Jones, was cruising in fore boarding, called him down; but his impetuosileng. 65, W. and lat. 37, N. the track of vessels pas-ty could not be restrained, and he was already on sing from Bermuda to Halifax, when on Saturday the bowsprit of the Frolic; when, seeing the ardor the 17th of October, about 11 o'clock, in a clear and enthusiasm of the Wasp's crew, lieut. Biddle moon-light evening, she found herself near five mounted on the hammock cloth to board. At this strange sail, steering eastward. As some of them signal the crew followed, but lieut. Biddle's feet got seemed to be ships of war, it was thought better to entangled in the rigging of the enemy's bowsprit, get farther from thom. The Wasp, therefore, haul- and midshipman Baker, in his ardor to get on board, ed her wind, and having reached a few miles to wind-laying hold of his coat, he fell back on the Wasp's ward, so as to escape or fight as the occasion might deck. He sprang up, and as the next swell of the require, followed the strange sail through the night. sea brought the Frolic nearer, he got on the bowAt day-break on Sunday morning, capt. Jones found sprit, where Lang and another seaman were already. that they were six large merchant ships, under con- He passed them on the forecastle, and was surprisvoy of sloop of war, which proved to be the Fro-ed at seeing not a single man alive on the Frolic's lic, capt. Whinyates, from Honduras to England, deck, except the seaman at the wheel and three offiwith a convoy, strongly armed and manned, having cers. The deck was slippery with blood, and strewall forty or fifty men, and two of them mounting sixed with the bodies of the dead. As he went forward, teen guns each. He determined, however, to attack the captain of the Frolic, with two other officers, them, and as there was a heavy swell of the sea, and who were standing on the quarter deck, threw down the weather boisterous, got down his top-gallant their swords, and made an inclination of their boyards, close recfied the top-sails, and prepared for dies, denoting that they had surrendered. At this action. About 11 o'clock the Frolic shewed Spanish moment the colors were still flying, as probably noue colors; and the Wasp immediately displayed the A-of the seamen of the Frolic would dare to go into merican ensign and pendant. At 32 minutes past 11, the rigging for fear of the musketry of the Wasp. the Wasp came down to windward, on her larboard Lieut. Biddle, therefore, jumped into the rigging kide, within about sixty yards and hailed. The ene- himself, and hauled down the British ensign, and my hauled down the Spanish colors, hoisted the possession was taken of the Frolic, in forty-three British ensign and opened a fire of cannon and mus- minutes after the first fire. She was in a shocking ketry-this the Wasp instantly returned; and, com-condition; the birth-deck particularly was crowded ing near to the enemy, the action became close and with dead and wounded, and dying; there being without intermission. In four or five minutes the but a small proportion of the Frolic's crew who had main-top-mast of the Wasp was shot away, and fall-escaped. Captain Jones instantly sent on board his ing down with the main-top-sail yard across the lar surgeon's mate, and all the blankets of the Frolic board fore and fore-top-sail braces, rendered her were brought from her slop-room for the comfort of head yards unmanageable during the rest of the ac- the wounded. To increase this confusion, both the tion. In two or three minutes more her gaft and Frolic's masts soon fell, covering the dead and every inizen-top-gallant-mast were shot away. Still she thing on deck, and she lay a complete wreck. continued a close and constant fire. The sea was so It now appeared that the Frolic mounted sixteen rough that the muzzles of the Wasp's guns were thirty-two pound carronades, four twelve pounders frequently in the water. The Americans, therefore, on the main deck, and two twelve pound carronades. fired as the ship's side was going down, so that their She was, therefore, superior to the Wasp, by exactly shot went eitlier on the enemy's deck or below it,

while the English fired as the vessel rose, and thus *John Lang is a native of New-Brunswick in Newher balls chiefly touched the rigging, or were thrown Jersey. We mention, with great pleasure, the name away. The Wasp now shot ahead of the Frolic, of this brave American seaman, as a proof, that conraked her, and then resumed her position on her lar-spicuous valor is confined to no rank in the naval ser board bow. ller fire was now obviously attended' vice.

four twelve pounders. board, as stated by the officers of the Frolic, was of June, 1809, I was impressed and forcibly taken The number of men on Salem aforesaid, about 7 years; that on the 14th day one hundred and ten-the number of seamen on from the ship Jane of Norfolk, by the sailing-master board the Wasp was one hundred and two; but it (his name was Car) of his majesty's ship Porcupine, could not be ascertained whether in this one hun-Robert Elliott commander. I had a protection from dred and ten, were included marines and officers, the custom-house in Salem, which I shewed to capt. for the Wasp had, beside her one hundred and two Elliott; he swore I was an Englishman, tore my promen, officers and marines, making the whole crew tection to pieces before my eyes, and threw it overabout one hundred and thirty-five. What is however board, and ordered me to go to work-I told him I decisive, as to their comparative force is, that the did not belong to his flag, and I would do no work officers of the Frolic acknowledged that they had under it. He then ordered my legs to be put in

as many men as they knew what to do with, and in irons, and the next morning ordered the master at fact the Wasp could have spared fifteen men. There arms to take me on deck and give me two dozen was therefore on the most favorable view, at least lashes; after receiving them, he ordered him to. an equality of men, and an inequality of four guns. keep me in irons, and give me one biscuit and one The disparity of loss was much greater. The ex-pint of water for twenty-four hours. After keeping act number of killed and wounded on board the me in this situation one week, I was brought on Frolic could not be precisely determined; but from deck, and asked by capt. Elliott if I would go to the observations of our officers, and the declarations my duty-on my refusing, he ordered me to strip, of those of the Frolic, the number could not have tied me up a second time, and gave me 2 dozen been less than about thirty killed, including two of-more, and kept me on the same allowance another, ficers, and of the wounded between forty and fifty; week-then ordered me on deck again and asked it the captain and second-lieutenant being of the num- I would go to work; I still persisted that I was an ber. The Wasp had five men killed and five slightly American, and that he had no right to command my wounded. All hands were now employed in clearing the He told me he would punish me until I was wilservices, and I would do no work on board his, ship deck, burying the dead, and taking care of the ling to work; and gave me the third two dozen wounded, when captain Jones sent orders to lieut. lashes, ordered a very heavy chain put round my Biddle to proceed to Charleston, or any southern neck, (such as they had used to sling the lower port of the United States; and as there was a suspi-yard) fastened to a ring bolt in the deck, and that cious sail to windward, the Wasp would continue no person, except the master at arms should speak her cruise. The ships then parted. The suspicious to me, or give me any thing to eat or drink, but my sail was now coming down very fast. At first it was one biscuit and pint of water for twenty-four hours, supposed that she was one of the convoy, who had until I would go to work. I was kept in this situa all fled during the engagement and the ship cleared tion nine weeks, when being exhausted by hunger for action; but the enemy, as she advanced, proved and thirst, I was obliged to yield. After being on to be a seventy-four-the Poictiers, captain Beres-board the ship more than two years and a half, and ford. She fired a shot over the Frolic; passed her; being wounded in an action with a French frigate, I overtook the Wasp, the disabled state of whose rig-was sent to the hospital-when partially recovered, ging prevented her from escaping; and then return-I was sent on board the Impregnable, a 98 gun ship. ed to the Frolic, who could, of course, make no My wound growing worse,I was returned to the hos resistance. The Wasp and Frolic were carried in-pital, when the American consul received a copy of to Bermuda. It is not the least praise due to captain Jones, that charge on the twenty-ninth day of April last. There my protection from Salem, and procured my dishis account of this gallant action is perfectly modest were seven impressed Americans on board the Por and unostentatious. On his own share in the cap- cupine, three of whom had entered. ture it is unnecessary to add any thing. "The courage and exertions of the officers and crew," he observes, "fully answer my expectations and wishes. Lieutenant Biddle's active conduct contributed much solemn oath that the facts in the foregoing declaraEssex, 88-December 23, 1812. Then Isaac Clark personally appeared and made to our success, by the exact attention paid to every tion, by him made and subscribed, were true in all department during the engagement, and the animat- their parts-Before ing example he afforded the crew by his intrepidity. Lieutenants Rodgers and Booth and Mr Rapp, showed by the incessant fire from their divisions, that they were not to be surpassed in resolution or skill. Mr. Knight, and every other officer, acted with a

courage and promptitude highly honorable. Lieut. Claxton, was confined by sickness, left his bed a little previous to the engagement; and though too weak to be at his division, remained upon deck, and showed by his composed manner of noting its inc: dents, that we had lost by his illness, the services of a brave officer."

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ISAAC CLARK.

JOHN PUNCHARD,
M. TOWNSEND,
Justices of peace, and of the quorum.

The heroes of King's Mountain.

state, (says the Raleigh (N. C.) Register,) so long
A resolution was passed by the legislature of this
go as the year 1781, awarding elegant swords to
the officers who bravely fought and conquered at the
famous battle of King's Mountain, in this state;
but the then executive not having it in his power to
procure such swords as were deemed proper for the
occasion, the resolution has lain unattended to ever
since. At the late session, generals Shelby and Se-
vier (two of the surviving officers) sent on a meme-

The undersigned deponent has returned to Salem-rial in relation to the subject which produced an
His lot has been the lot of thousands.

MENT MUST CEASE."

"IMPRESS-unanimous adoption of the following resolution:
Resolved unanimously, by both houses of the ge-

I, Isaac Clark, of Salem, in the county of Essex, neral assembly, that his excellency the governor be and commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn requested to procure three elegant swords, such as in oath declare, that I was born in the town of Ran- his estimation it is not unworthy of North-Carolina dolph in the county of Norfolk, have sailed out of to bestow on those who have distinguished claims cu

the gratitude of her citizens; and that he cause The receipts into the treasury from

them to be severally presented, in the name of the state, to general ISAAC SHELBY of Kentucky, general JOHN SEVIER of Tennessee, and colonel JOSEPU WINSTON, of this state, the three surviving chiefs of the gallant band who fought and conquered at King's Mountain on the memorable sevepth of October, 1780.

customs have been
Internal revenue

Direct tax

Postage of letters
Sales of public lands
Miscellaneous

Total of receipts called for by the
resolution of the house

And if to this be added the aggre-
gate amount of foreign and do
mestic loans received either at
the treasury of the U. States, or
by their commissioners abroad
of

Colonel Joseph Winston being a member of the senate, and present at the passage of the resolution, rose in his place, and expressed himself nearly as follows:-"Mr. Speaker, I am at a loss for words to express my sense of the honor which the general assembly lias conferred upon me by this grateful present. I trust, that the sword which is directed to be presented to me, will never be tarnished by cow-The sum total of receipts to 30th ardice, but be wielded in defence of my country's rights and independence."

Amount of Inspections

In the city of Baltimore, from 1st Jan, to 31st Dec. 1812.

Sept. 1812, is

The expenditures are stated, viz.
Pay and subsistence

of the army
and harbors
Fortifications of ports
Fabrication of can-

38,572,575 15

$199,524,131 78. 6,460,003 54 1,757,240 84

667,548 70

6,161,283 02 1,216,775 39.

$215,786,783 27

39,856,620

$255,643,403 27

3,493,758 96

Wheat flour

Ditto

537,988 bbls.
29,423 half bbls.

increase 21,729

do.

1,857

non

263,611 54

Rye do.

21,099 bbls.

Purchase of saltpe

Indian corn do.

6,184 casks

decrease 1,129 tre

150,000

Beef

5,270 bbls.

increase 2,900 Additional arms

300,000

Ditto

233 half bbls

Arming and equip

Pork

6,682 bbls.

decrease 4,000

ping of the mili

Herrings

43,076 do.

increase 9,300 tia

500,000

Mackerel

1,885 do.

decrease 1,000 Detachment of the

Shad

5,565 do.

increase

170

militia

170,000

Salmon and cod

278 do.

Services of militia

406,800

Domestic liquors

29,607 casks

decrease 270 Services of volun

Foreign do.

2,326 do.

increase 300

teers

210,000

Ullages

3,561 do.

[blocks in formation]

44,056,745 65

Oil

963 do..

decrease

290 Indian department.

Butter
Lard

5,059 kegs, 7,988 do.

do.

5,600 Holding treaties,

do.

400

&c.

822,838 68

Trading houses

430,298 84

[blocks in formation]

1,253,137 52 29,889,660 78

10,311,145 33 2,328,810 40 12,686,493 36 7,566,228 17

$108,102,221 21

their commissioners abroad, of 144,862,260 67 And the expenditures on account of the revolutionary government,

of

SIR-I have the honor to transmit herewith a state-The sum total of expenditures to
ment formed in pursuance of a resolution of the
house of representatives of the United States, of the
24th of December, 1812.

30th Sept, 1812, is
Which, with the balance in the
treasury on 30th Sept. 1812, of

Make the sum total of receipts as
before stated

316,268 70 253,280,750 58

2,362,652 69

$255,643,403TM 27

This account exhibits an annual summary of all
the receipts and expenditures of the United States,
from the commencement of the federal government
I have the honor to be, sir, with the greatest re
to the 30th September, 1812, with the exception
of the receipts and payments on account of domés-spect, your most obedient and most humble servant,

tic and foreign loans, and of payments made on ac-
count of the revolutionary government,

JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. |Hon. Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury.

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