fayetteville gazette tuesday dctober 30 1792 ( vol i ) printed by alexander martin for john s1bley ( numb 13 an abstract 9 the principal alterations in regard h the revenue fr»m diftilled pints made by the al of c<in%rcfs of the 8t day of mmy,i-}yi concerning the duties on spirits dillilled within the uni ted states " seflhn 1 — declares that the prelent duties on fpirits of native or dnmtjiic materials ihall be reduced nn and after the firft day of july next the duties on th firft clals of proof that is on fpirits of the flrenjjth of common proof whi(key atetobclowered two cents from the former duty of nine cents per gallon to feven cents the fttonger fpirits of native materials are to be lowered in due proportion but to accommodate thofe who have had the right to pay according to the capacity of the ftill that is the country diftillers and dill illeries of the cuftomary extent in the inland towns c the following arrange ments and reductions have been made by congrefs 10 take place after entering as dhefted in the fecond fection ditiillc ries in cities townsand villages the whole capacity of the dills in which do not a xnount to four hundred gallons may pay fifty four cents inftead of the former du ty of fixty cents for each gallon that the ftill will hold 01 meafurc for a whole year's dialling therein all dhujjeries in the country may pay thefame reduced duty of fifty four ceats — that is a aill of one hundred gallons ia thef our try or in acity town or villas if there be not in fuch town diftillery ftiils altogether equal tofourhundrcdgallons)willpay54cocenii or j4 dollars for the ivht/e year or the diftiller may it he chufes take out a li cenfe to be applied for at the collector's office for one month at ten cent on every gallon the ftill will meafure or hold or for more than one month at the fame rate of ten cents per month for every gallon the flill will hold : or the diftiller may pay for the fpiriis he fhall actually dillil through the year at the rate of feven cents for each gallon of common w hif kcy proof or firft proof liquor diftilled ; and fo in proportioa for what fliall be flrongerihan common the law gives thefe elections or choifes to the diltiikr and require of him to make known his choice in one or the other way in writing a formfor which ihecollecror wiil furnifh the diftiller will then receive a licenfe fignedbythe supervifor if he intends to pay by the capacity of the it ill an il not by the gallon diftiiled if he does not make bis choice or a<els contrary to it after chufing then he is to pay fifty four cents per annum on every gallon the ftill will meafure or hold no fee is to be charged for the licenfe nor for any other papers which may be turnifhed to the dif tillers or others or which fhall be required of them the licenfe will mention the day when he is to begin snd the day when he is to end his diftihing it is to be figned by the supervifor and counter figned by the collector if the diftiller clefts to pay the monthly rate of ten cents he mud not diftil before nor after the limited time for which the licenfe is wi th eut getting a new licenfe under the penal ty of two hundred dollars seftitn 2 — dire fit at leaft on office of infpeftion in ete ry county in each diftrift or ftate every poflefibr of a mill of whatever fize whe ther it be employed in diftilling or not is to enter his aill in the courfe of the month of june in each year ; stills bought or in any way procured by a refident in any county or brought into a county by aperfon movir.'g into fuch county are to be entered at the fame cilice within thir ty days of their picturing or removing them and before diftilling wi'h them the entry is to defcribe the ft ill and to mention its capacity the place where it lies and in whofe pofleffion it is and whether it is intended for dillilling or for fale aadif it fhall have been removed in to the county from whence it was fo re moved file penalty for omitting to en ter a aill as above required is sefl \$) two hundred and fifty dollars on the own er or pofleifor seflion 3 the owners and pofllftbrs of flills are jointly and feparately liable fur the duty as is the hill itfelf and the owner of the land upon which a ftill ftnll be worked unlefs theperfen be a tenant on icafe for a ycai or more or unlcfo u o'a"ner of ihe land can prove the diitiller to have been atrefpafl'tror an intruder on the land <*** ling the whole time of woiking the *""• seil'r.n 5 — provides that caflcs c which h»»e been legal ly marked and afterwards erop.ied may have the marks taken off by an officer and may be again uted for fpit its and a gain legally marked by an oihcer sellitn 7 — dtelaret that two gallons in every hundred gal lons of fpit its which fliall be entered foi the payment of duty according to law ihall be allowed for leakage at the dif tillery seftion 9,—prtvjd*f that all ltills on which the duty i t be paid on their capacity that is on th number of gallons which they can holdf fhall be identified : to which end ih<r will be marked and numbered which w!l be do e with imprcfilve punches providd for the purpofc by the officers seflbn 9 all pints in the hands of diftillers 6r dealers are to be entered at the office of infpeltion for the divifn-.n on or befire the twenty ninth day of september nutt • and they will then becertifiedas old irak i on and after tlie thirtieth day of septem i ber fpirits in calk and vefllls unmarked ! and uncertified of twentyga!l?nsormoir '. in poifeffion of a deal jr or dilullet except ' atthe diftillery where thefame wcremace will be liable to feizure ; and fpiii.s ia caflcs or veflels of twenty gallons or mere unmarked or uncertified going from or>j place to another will alfo he liable to feizure on and after the laid thirtieth clay of september the officeis of inipetfiun are to takemeaf:res for marking all fuch c.itk which wereriot required by law to be marked before an j arc to give certifi cate furthe fame at the icqiieft of any diaiheppfehl^ler in order 10 ,>• : a he cafksandl^fr contents iroin the above mentioned c6nkquences william polk suptrvuit dwtritt %\ a ttb-i ur / j c5 a 0 t e the following encouragements are alfo given by c ingrefs to the dillilkrs from native or domestic material viz the imputation of gin in ralvs jugs bottles andfrr.a'i cafk , and fiianiy and other fpitits in the fame is prohibited after april 1793 spirits hioilled in the united states fr in molars and other fo reign materials are tc pay from ten cents to twenty-five cents according to their proof or ftrcngth : imported fpirits made from grain are to pay from twenty eight to sfi y ccnti ; and all other import ed fpirits from twenty-five to forty-fix cents 1 3 <■» miscella n y by the president of the united states a proclamation ri:)"tt|thereas certain violent w ' ~" vv and unwarrantable pro ceedings have lately taken place tending to obflruft the operation of the laws of the united states for raifing a revenue upon fpirits diltilled within the fame en afled purfuant to expiefs autlmrity dele gated in the conftitu'ion of the united states which proceedings are fuhvei five of good order contrary to the duty that every citizen owes to his country and to the laws and of a nature dangerous to ihe veryhe'nt of government : and whereas fuch proceedings are the more unwarrantable by reafon of the moderation which has been heretofore fhewn on the part of the government and of th'i difpolition which has been niani felled by the legiflature who alone have au'hotity to fufpendtheoperationof laws to obviate caufes of objection and to ren der the laws as acceptable as poflible : and whereas it is *- r : « u1 1 d"«y of l n-.wuuve to take care that the laws be f.ii.hfully executed ;" and not only that duty but rhc permanent intere/l and happinefs of the people require that eve ry egal and neceffary fiep fkould be per fued as well to prevent fuch riolent and unwarrantable proceedings as to bring to juitice the infraclors of the laws and fecure obedience thereto - now therefore i george wash ington president ofthe united states do by hcfe prefents moft earneftlyadmo rifhand exhort all perfonsgwhom it may concern to refrain and delift from all un lawful combinations and proceedings whaifoever having for objiit or tending f obftruft the operation of thelawsafore faid ; inafmuch as all lawful ways and means v ill be fli icily put in execution for bringing tojjltice the infrartors thereof and fecuring obedience thereto and i do moreover charge and require all couns ma^idrates and officeis whom it lay concern according to the duties of their overal ofbces to exert the powett in hem refpeflivelr vefted by law for the purpofes aforeiatd hereby alfo enjoining aad requiring all peifons whomfoever as they tender the welfare of their country the juft and due authority of government and fli ." iiri'!'prv:iti'in nfilic pul>lio p.ao la tellimony whereof i have caufed the seal of the unite states to be affixed to thefe prefents and finned the fame with my hand done this fifteenth day of septem ber in the year of our lord one thonfani feven hundred and nine ty two arrl of the independence of the united states the feven teenth go washington by the prefident th : jepferson &"$"& for tmi faybi ttvllle gazette vi pun er ardent fpirits of all kinds are icjni id luxuries of life but from their common ufe they are elteemed a ne celtary by many — the ufe of them to a moderate degree in nur climate may have good ffefls ; tnen mr printer fince we find it ufeiul br pleafant to take accnain quantity of the liquid ftimulus how mult it pleafe every citizen of ame rica who ftu dies the tru intereil of his counlryj to tin.lmn f.'imeis offeringlarge quantities of that article in the maikets of their own make and the produft of their own farms fellinp it at a price ful ly to thtir own fatisfaftion even to the very merchants from whom they former ly purchafed large quantities of imported rum brandy c the advantages relulting to the coun try from the ufe of american in prefer ence to imported fpirits mud be obvious to fhe moll fuperficial obfervertor feveral realbns — in the firft cafe we drink a li quor equal in lirength and flavor to the latter ar a much fmaller price — thus the confumer faves confiderably add to this the importance of paying our own farm ers and < li it i 1 icri in the pi ice of the fpirits by thtsthe individual is enriched and the communilybencfkicd j whereas the price of every gallon af rum that has ormaybe confumed in this country j;oes to therum dilhller and cane-planter in the weft-in dies and tends to augment their wealth to give american made fpirits the ad vantage in our markrts,andto bringthem into moie general ufe th general gov ernment has impofed pretty high duties on imported fpitits though not fo high as ii any otheir commercial country the fnall duty laid on domeftic fpirits fliould urely be mentioned when we confijer thai ral advantage onr brandy and whilkey ave of foreign fpirits owing to the por tions of the laws of congrefs on that ubjetft it is wonderful indeed how it happens thai aaibng the p bcipal opponants to ihefe laws are landed men — when upon a lair examination they really incieafe the value of th lands and the produce of their farms and is a fiving to the great body of the people ; it islurely then for want of a coo and deliberate inveiligati on by thofe wdl meaning men into ths ef felts and operations of thefe l.iws which creates their dl'approbation i appre hen.i many objections are offered againfl the execution of the law commonly called tli lxciie law by p rfons who hare not rerfcfted on the olicy and good effects that law is likely to produce let fuch however who have read ins tooffer againft the law aft witl propriety and decency ; let them ttate neir objections in memori als or remonftvinces addreffed to the le giflature of thrir country compofed of the reprefentatives of ihe people — that is the true and ratitnalmode for americans to obtain a recrefs of grievances let not the laws of our country which among freemen is t h facred maj jlty of the people be violated or oppofed it any remarks i have made hall tend to accompli fh that end it will fulfil one of my principal motives for making thefa obfervations a friend to good laws budro courty odt 28 hjhx>o<k>c<>o<k<sxx><>o0oo<x><xi}t a dvertihmen t s.-fr te ibe o£kft»f fbi late c^thtnu line tftbt t/tbi state uf noith-caiolln i conceive it my duty through tho ch.ipncl of this gazette to ajviie you that ih^re i in my pofteflion a circular letter from a committee of the late con tinental line of the late of m.i.'i'nchuicits and ether papers of an important nature to the interefts of the old continental ar my ; one of the principal objjfls of which is to folicit our concurrence with theroea fures they as well as the officers of the other hates have thought advifable to putfue toobtain adifcharge of a jull debt yet due the continental army and unpro vided for by government to which no other perfons can have any pretence founded in reafon and juliice but the late foldiery of the fame — in putfuic of this objeel i can imagine no other method fa likely to anfwerthis end as the calling a convention of the officers to whofe con fidera.ion the papers aforefaid may be fully fubmiued you are therefoie re q lefted to convene atwake court houfc on the 8th day of november next when i propsfe the honour of laying biforeyou thole intereding communications give me leave to obferve that thofe papers came to me on a fuppofition that i was the next fenior cfiicei of the line to gen clatk to whom they were firft prtfented and who directed that they fliould be tranfmitted to me as the mis fortune of risblindnefs deterred him from ufir.g thofe exertions that his difpofuion prompted — hearing that generol arm ftrong is dead i concluded the urgency of the occafion required difpatch and therefore have adopted this method lam gentlemen uitb jentimtnlt cf tjistm your msfijmmb.-e fcrvsnt h murfkhk i am law * * fully and rightfully po/tefted of certain negroes viz rofe,etnilia sam hannah ned and rhvdty bequeathed to becky the daughterof levi glass late of bladen county deccafed by virtue of my intermarriage with the faid becky now thefe are to forewarn all perfons not to have any dealings or other elle to tlo with the faid negtoes or any of them given unitrmy liand.iliis zzd october 1791 john eagan