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KKvllMOISL), VIRGINIA, TUESDAY , JUNE 19, 1327.
VOL. XXIV
NO. 12.
LT ffo t >UU) K ER I* pwi>ltsBiii l.vi. » n \»t ■. y i •*
*»J uttc liikti i ntek ti n the •*a*i'io ..I the Bute Ltyulo
tu>».—F ice, tb* same a> heretofore, Five Du.mk per auuure..
riyihkin iiIviikc. NutH" ot clurtcrrli aptcie-paym, • anai
("uly) will be received iu payment. The Editors will a tint an- •
*«* the istety of remittiue ihem by tuailttht puetA^e c'aii let- ,
ttr» bemj, yaid, by the writer*.
Kr N » paper will lie dire m.itiuei!(but at Hie iiicratiua «i
the Editor*,) uulil ail an enrage, Lave hetn paid up.
ry W'i.ievar will euarauiv the payiuiut oi‘ uiu* paper,
• ball have th, tenth GRATIS.
TERMS OK ADVERTISING.
*/ 0a* i^ifarv, OR LESS—cult iiiicruou 75 i.tut,—taco
CoUkifiBance, 50 cents.
'«* Nu aJvertiarmuii in.eit.fd, until it has either beeu oaiu '
fvi. «-i aaauitii J by lumc perioa iu this nty, cr it, environ,. i
SPMjVG GOODS.
FLEMING St ELlWl.N JAMES LUO. 01 ARRET URIDOE. !
HAVE r -ui iveil, principally bv the latr am.all liuui New j
Kerb, Pliila.ie.plna and IL.«"tiin, ,
<17 Packugtaof b'rcsk 5'caconuh/e
Uwi4UUu< »al lu« ur'tcln :
3 Cbioj t» 4 v**ry pteb, ikw style, btiMgii
* »lt> vJuii |uiv. piiin iiii.! ilripnl
* do ll.attifftf Uudsui^ly auvrteJ
2 «lo Plain India s«ll«u«, and laUin itvaotines
0 do Plaiu Ii^«ueu, bitek, wluit fi. cvlvuird Frriich
*t da Pouted firo De Naps Ac plaid ai.'Ls* for ladies
5 do Plant at watered Gr** L)* Naps, compritiu^ a choice
assortment of aiincst t»#r sliaCr Ac quality
2 do Italian U French !u»tiings
* do lih*ck, white Ac coloured Motits .rapt liise
X do bplcojiil tijarad India Imttiii^
» do Plain rtoieucts, say black, tvh t-, blue, pink, lilac
^reeu
d do (100Uoxci) Ribbons, a large at.d general auoitmrnt
b* do liichtyti<uied Canton «ut Mandarin ci ape drt»e«
2 do Pi iu and llguien Mau i*nii ciapt«, different colours
t5 do I'Uiq and li^tu<«l Ctul^D ciinu do uo
A do UUd ttruuicWh
* do !£n:;iifli SUi k boiuSaeftitie?
Ji do (t& Aexei) F^oind nlk, gm*1 ind herrege InlktT?,
»htuii <tuu scarfs,s»me very haudsumtly litjuit J
0 da Flack, white «ud coloui cd li&iiati crapes
1 do Hat crapes
d Duxes Kiiglufi and French thread, and Fn^l:ih bohlu
*• •• ueUt and gimp Ucta
2 do Flos# wtuked bobbinettc lace veils and plain bobfn
* Oases I51k. Canton,*levantiue Sc Italian ci avals and
hdkffs
3 do Itaiun and Canton st wiugsilkj. well <uit>tttil
1 Small truss supeiior bint, black and diaoUvut
C li<|e? puttui ttirrads, w»*il asserted
'/ ,4*° ®l,0°l coili'U, st uiu^s, and cotton balls
7 Cases J*’lac ami baudanr.a ndktTs
4 do Men’s and ivouien’* hi-3h>h and French silk host Sc
intis’* half hose
II
i §
f
ou uu uv Uotton do do do
U do IlUck mid coloiirtd cultou and worsted hose
d Pac'Luge* Gloves, coujpi umg * laig»: and choice assortment
ol woiueu’a while and hiaik silk, kiu, bt *v«i, and
h*up ami short buMClkiti
5 (lo Men’s heal buckskiu, beaver, lisrse-skiu and dogikiu
plovea
•J Chrrs Net suspenders, worsted and cottoa
** do 4-4 and o 4 furuituie i*'*nilie«
4 do Cottou baudaunas and Madras hdkiTs
1 do b-4 wove spnlanu striped jackoutls
17 Cases Far*cy punts, couip;uiu8 a huge Assortment cf al
oi'Ul every style
4 di 6 4 new .-tyie Cfcuioiirkt, anti jacknuctte ginghams
i Boxta veiy richly wuiked At flounced bwiSS inu.liu dresses
0 Casts Tam board liouk auu £>wus muslins, suuie very rich
1 do Loom figured book aud jackourllc muslins
6 do 4 4 and n-4 plain hook and Swiss muslins
U do 4-4 ami 6 I tape striped L corded jntfcoott muslins
b do y 8 It»>- 4 cambric uju«Iios and jacoiul « auibucs
*4 do Kiu<*q cmiiaeres 1
1 do t--4 black merino bombazines
7 do Mixed l ieuch sailer.jeans and Circassians
li do iiu do Angola csMiinrtes
2 Bale. 3 4 ami 4-4 Luglisiiblack cucassiaos
4 do Black iaslines
2 Case sioui mixed India silk rauibletj
5 do bapei fi eii»*h hemp drilling*
U do T’aiu aud ribbed while London do
1 do Silk tti iped aud plain ratio no
4 do Knglish and French sti rpe.l ji ms
10 Hairs auu boxes (t>00 pi«*ces) shoit yellow loop, com
pany and ui«iu.e chop uaukeeirs
2 do Blue iiuukm• | ^
1 Bale Lctiiuaik satius
1 Caj« plain auu figured white and pricked 1/aiseillcs
vcaKUg* i.
t do Plain ami ripurr d hfack Qoreutinc do
•J do 7.8 and 4*4 liish iineiu
U do Brown aud black huilands
h do long lawns auu hum <auibrieks
1J hales Hums skcriu.gf, ducks and diapers
Cd do German and British ozoahuigs and burlaps
It do Bleached German usnabuigi ami licklfubmes
4 do b luxen oznxbui is, u kiuc nub lie»a!an rolls
b do Topsail uuck and sttfleued hnen padding
7 do Plaid doaiestica and common checks
3 da Fine apron aul. furniture checks
V Dales aud"Ci«scs Jouie.-lit. Cotton shirting* and sheetings, say
3*4 and 4*1 blown and bleached shillings, aud
4-4, 5-4 ami 6-4 do do sheetings
C do 4-4 and 6-4 powei lo»m hedticki
li Boxes uiuhrellas aud pnraso.s
li Packages gilt, coal aud vest buttons
* hoiuiiicu aud poinhcJ hone and pearl buttons
I do 10*> cieg.iul IuJia uiisJois blinds
1 Boxes shed, luck, side and lung beat ccrub*
U Csse. pack and mixed pius
1 Box Unciliau luck and side cr mbs
° iDoU*»i and 6.p-ey L- Shwn Lid aud uicu’. had
b Jo WvfMieirs straw b luueis
lo Bales and cases fine, superfine and extra fine, Mu**, block,
uuj lancy coluuicdcfetO, i writ .elected assorl
f do and pelis.e rlothi, for tren's nimmii ccats
«< Oasr. norauj iupfili.ii laaoinrre. a good u-ortuirut
1 Bale double m.lltj drab clolbi 1
* lisle* napt cotton* i a*£"s'S C
2 Jo Fumt and iu*e blanket,
if do Domestic double untied kertpyi and
1 Cue Imitalioolinen rambtici and hUfcft
KouadatiJii tbulie, lor bonnet.,,,g ,.,„d, bordried bluet
peeuMr.rnUL., Im covering uo.bi.lLw, ..Ik bia.d., ..
gr... ranibr.c., bobbin., uPe,, ,u, Uc, bla, k pm., bonnet
w^e, lace huttoni, fine ivoiy combs, 4tc. he. Lc * *
The Uood. above loeutiou.d, are ..dried for .ale bv the
parkage, puce, ur at tetail. 7
*• 117-wPw
>«OTS * - ft.
I ^ ft a
>. uarth * to.
H li l rnJ ruc',»'»f r*r *L« f.bounei. Reanu
-■ Sand M..nulla from Uo.ton,and bra Jlor.e, KlT-.it ic Me
*} ,n J *v-0r,t<"” *«r
green cotTee, put verjr wiperior
13 do Java do
>22 hhd.Kn.iHh Island Molasses
8 do and l^.. ,
150 Lancia J Whiskey
30 do old high proof do
5 puorlieou. Aiilieua ton.
I Ho .'H •latnaiea d.
3 old Cognac Branrlr
5>* nbt* apple no 7
I pipe old Hull.rid Girt
Bicily ,
' l’f" ( iv
Malaga and 1 W,,,°
Hvj.iIIoii J
? h;;*e»KU"|.oi»der tea.
Candle., JacktonU and Wo.,.1ro >f'« brand'.
I--- a-K’ Ut'aOy’. gi.np.jwo>.
Ill ton .Lot,a..mted
Hi) do iron, t»oi tul
8 do plutigl. muit! I.
German, Ergli.h m l American Site!
Cut aud wiuugbl Nail.
Indigo, madder, alum, copperas
Itrim.tone
I’eppei, pimento, ginger, nntm^gs
ami wrxppiujr paper
lied cord*, plough line., twine
I'eoi:j >hn», btsi.ew.rf
• i'a,, i V,om ,h« ,,nio'' M niif.etuiing
lnd.go PUid. I Co. ul Maryland.
'V'134' /IS—tf
SP11I.XG GOODS.
MALL NI.ILSON, li*« rre.tredhy (hr KITml, Planter and
K.ohniond Park'd, aud 0tb-r .nival, f,om Sew V..|k
»a<l l liit«le!|>hi», * l*n;o |.|i,i>otti„n i f In, SPRING GOODSj
fomenting *ti eslttHivw *nd tlr«tr*M» *iioriin?in ot Fmicv *n«J
Sfcj.le iftiCMf. Amount which are Dim* h and (irrinaii Ox fit
hurgj, Utirlap* tod Fm ht«*nhiirg«f Iruh Liiifn<,Li«iif, hmiipri
»»<TOa...n.k, .lnoooti, Mol1, II....* ».„l Soil* Mu.lnn, i.lam anil
p/ilrad, Uotlnn »ml Thread t.anihnek,. ami Utmhr.ok Hand
k'rtoi»(», (>iit(haisi, Calico*, ami Dimilte,, llrillmr., 8»Mern«
joif Ur*hdt|r«ll*, Uontlcnuo anil J.»iiir» Uitton ami Silk
ll'inary, Blw. ,i«l Boll Nmkeeni, fi>rlui«» biioll, tidr, nack and
("fk tomb*, 3 4, 4-4, 3-4 and C.4, drown Bhtrtingi an I Bhte<
Il'K** P™ "?*, I"*' a'1*1 #*»«*»'»K«i ... Plai.lt ami
OlKfk*. Bed ricking, 4ri. *to. Allot which will ha ...1,1 uu
vtr* ht000**1* term., either wholesale ot li* rflail.
Slw-^so. 7 , |nr, _,f
FdR HALE,
Tin rial* ,n h..**»
Bf axier'a Cup,-or
9*1 Wiouahi nail. *
l.artban War a, av-ortnl, in crtf»,
1,oimIod IVt«r and Blown Slow.
f.T.drita Wmt
Lt.aipool ftllfd «ilr If « of «H
'Iwatt ami pint honle.
fcti,’l»*U white lead, ground in nil
«*>-'• f-8" tty 0.* A. WARWICK
WILLIAM MkALE, & Co.
i | •''' ^ received by hiT-rt, k *rr no*- uCFiimc «u «ddi
■-*- tiuiul vwpply ot net* ««ud 6r iuliful GOOito, au»<,u.:*l
Ibeui, **< • few handjonte
Gothams fiioaa ginghams and ba(«f| •;
A splendid aitirie m fui inline «.i»ui(/.
Iriili LniiU', of su|>viiur blench
bil(m*lti|iFj nuahiis, a beautiful article
Silk hosiery, cotlou ilu. «uu (tirtad
iookiiijj {tUim
Pure white kt-i uuJ other ^love>, ice. <cc.
1 beat, with recent pr»«i.>na su|i}ilits, oi.ue th-iir auortn.rnt
more cou>|>!elr U»au .1 has uei u at any (•rcviuus time.—it cou
Sl»l« ill | .n( of (lit t • •!»«. t. it £ hi tides, viz ;
Llolht un i ciiuniercj of t*veiy qoa.ity
y^nu ini! An^oU CMiiuituv for «uu*uitr, wear
1 lain aad mikeu luting.*, tor do
Pliio tod i(ti|ie«| < u« 4s*i.ibs for do
rrmbind llr«ti«U ditiling, whutmd coloured, fordo
r loreotiQr*, cottuu camiioctea ami sattecn.*, *ut boss and
aeivaul* J
Striped 1‘Um j^rw and fna'iau ,for do
i^iot* and *u| ei tx:;c L »i*«|.ju j*r tut»
^UJb7luU*i t<ul’,r,“ »»“»* beautiful piukj for
3-4, 4-4 1: 6-4 p!mid ami Gierinu stripe tio
4 lauiU^ ColU’n Cd4abr,c»i cambric uiuil.ua, jtcunetsiud
l/'n1* V1*11’™"*"1 ,n'1 *lr,P* muslin
eu.i i.j f,eta—(;|aiu auu wu.iuu ijtvus ilia
1 a«ii! and tigui i-J botdmutt iace
Iimo liotna, ;aut.-> an.) dia|icr<
Uat inrut, caiaiiric and luruiiuir diinmtj
ituh iu*ttted black IuImii luMnop
do do I'lt'uiu do
lio do do Oertuau do
iJo do do Iudta do
^» do eulltn levanlinf>9
IsUr.k, while, and culM tiro dr Naples
l^iirvu doand iito d’de—ilaliftu cio4 o, vaiioui colwiu a
t aiilou and Naukm do auj r#f)C«
t’autouand NaiMin crape * Law is
Linen cambric* un«i cambric huk>».
Imitation do and do
Woi«ie^ and ciMton hert^a
Bcinba/etlf and bomba/me*, eomr 6-4 ;s*d«
Sc^;f*u..aaii»v«iJ,ul ear hi us kiuda.uu b^ui., Si»i*s, India,
A l*t«« ai4ortte*ftt gauze hdkf».
Gfiillfinfu’i, Uilici1 ui;i! Liu*ei glcvr*
Bobbin, it lace veil#, cape,, cap, aiul colTais. some beauti
Italy mh
Turead late, edging and p~nrlitig —hohhinrtt dn & colbiu
U,iid«na aim H.,g J,dU'». -German I Killed do
trcucli cievatiug-lbog aud short uauiueus
VV tioiiu^fon »ti i|m » ami ginudui ij*
IicUaij I.mil, a new «,ucle
bilk 4. Marseilles vesting,—Hut,i* sheeting, 4 buwlu
Linen anu cutton apron checks—ftue d« I'.irchiidreu
Pdi Kota and umbrella,—men's 4 boy's suinnui bale
1,500 cheap palm leaf lacs
Feather,paperaud IttTiny dn, a great vaiiely
fcmall ami laigr icietue do
A laref imriuiiut ol plain anJ ligui ed ribbons, of eve v
dt-Hripiiuo 2
Sdk bud.n.!, .ilk cold?, and gimp,
lirandaboo iiimm.u„., lot it’niu.ing riding dresses
Coloicd aalleen, lor i idiua dresses
Bale, ol 3-4, 4-4, 5 4 4 6-4 unbleat lied domestic
da do bieacued uo
B ile, of tnkleuhurgifc ozuabutgs
-bales hurhip., toll, d hessieu,
hitiper i o tewing silk, and Iwiits
Blue, black, arm a.! cuiu.ed (breads
Olsikc’s aud Otii’s spool enttou
Bo do don do
Ivory, tide and lucking combs
Suspender,, work boxes 4 cot (on cord#
U,mrViu"’ bUCkU*’ cU,*'-*» e*r-""fc*i and other steel omi
A few second mourning jewelry oruamenrsa new 4 bean
tilul atticle
Bweel scented ehavine ,p. & ,|ie br.t Gallipot pomatum
IUG aad ready made c-ats for servants
IV.rl, ivory, I.. ateei, g.li .ml silk bntlons
lleming’slc Pud w-s be.! needle, audthimble.
1 rail couuiert aud Ikipurc b»aes
And a large ;-ai lety ,,l otner nt w and useful articles not re
netuhtted, which, wnbthe preceding, .hey air deteimmej to
JHt i"** JS ,IIU"ul olie‘ tiui he obtained, in auy stole iu the
i"'"1 H- fl_tf
THLXT Si ALE?
I {V value < fa deed of t,u,t, exe.uied by Neill MtOonli, to
B* ibe.ubscribCM, belling dali on tin 1st day of N in I be
rear IK id, aud du.y recorded m the offi . m tiie county cuuit
d Goochland, we .nail sell, to the highest bolder, on itie -Sir.
Jay ol August next, H fair, tut it not, then the (hit .air day
bri e.be,, Sunday, exec,,ted, upon lilt , remise,, |or cash, a
lad ofLmJ, iq the county of Uooehlau*!, called Whit«li-«!i
munled outlie upper Lickiugbole Creek, containing, by e.ti’
J0’ ‘““l U‘J‘I at, e‘, at so iiiucb ol Ibe said tract hi
.ill be sufficient to lai.e the too. of tiileen numbed aud tbu
•"■•S* ,“S“nUs w,lh the,eon, from (be
l1b ^ ?/ X0* ’ expen..# atleud.ua >be rxc
iilino ol tin. bust, i lie title i, believed to be good butacl
ioK a, tiutters, we will ouly convey such title as*,, vrsten ... u#
l.y said deed. KOUKKT DuL'TH A T.
June 8. rt-id. JOHN O. WILLIAMS.
MARSHAL'S SALK.-'
BY virtue ,'t a dcciee of the superior court of chancery, foi
the Kichliioud district, made on the ‘.'tilhdsy of >china
J/.f7’ IhtCf,*ei "f U »n> h vs. Cheatham, and Burlotl vs
ClieaUiain, I shall, on Moony the ti.li day ol July next a
Chesterfield courthouse, being Chest., field eomt day.otfeJfo,
jale, at public ouclion, in tin highest bidder, lor rash, the f..h
lowing piopeity, in sai l ileciee referred to to wit : the true
ol laud conveyed by Peter F. Edward, t . Parke Poindexter
by a deed bearing dote the 14th day ..i June, 1833, containing
“ ?£.r‘U,,lTc 1’ ?00"cr«*. <y»*S '» 'be coomy ol Che.ieifield
#m hunnjed by the lands ol G.orge Oughdl, Keuheu Bottom
,n.l Jolm Brown, subject t- u.r dower rigid of Mr,. Su,*.,,,!
hi wards.—Also, at the same time and p!ar», I shall, in Isk.
mauner.offri I,.I „le, at public auctmn, t,. the highest biddei
lor cash, all the pertniui propelly, conveyed hy the said Pete
h. fcdwarJs,by tiie several deeds referred to in ,a.d dec.r
Const,(leg Ol lue follow mg slaves, 4c. to wit : Stephen, Is
him liapImt ll'.My, Alter, Sib, and Jimj-Judah, Malind.
L,,...,"., Aun, ll#„y and Jo.Inn,; U.ley, Lsv,i,m,.u,d Fanny
.Maria, Bauienco, aud t-gsv, and such others, (of tne slavs,
*nJ ,,ofkoJ ev,,y deicription, household and kitchen torn,
lure, and plantain.n ulnmli, winch hi e mentioned m the afore
w.d deeds, <i •ball be surrendered to th. ,„#,.|.al on the st.ov
named day of sale, oi su umch thereof as will be sufficient I
satisfy said decree. j. GUEKKANT, ro.s. c. c.r.d.
* , V>| one ol Ins llepnties
June 6. - id,
a r a (f'K^Yr OH LEASE,
\ UAItGh Tail Yaid and Morocco Factory, within asm
uf '5* House, in tin, jsl.ee, wheit lln
ci . hr got very cheap. Ibe Vard. B..k Mid and
buildings are all In .J ordei, and (he .e.der 'c»n"wo,i“i
si cl» alter the Ibin o' .Tub
ni mtli, alterwaids.
May 22.
ly next ami have loll pn««e.,ioti
W>i. BEPiilEsT
4 — if
LAJVJJS LY POWHATAN FOR SAL
IJ Y viilue of a decree cl Powhalan chancery rouil, we
* > unde.signed commission,,, wnlsell b, lb. h.rhe.l b.dd
0|..n .lie pieimsi s, nelhe 6th JulyJceal, .... a ciet.t of ti s
2 uioulLs, dhoi.t 20 it 25 ar.rn rich mraJoiv hind, Ibcins: i
•am, fuimerly coven d by Uiyam*# M,ll P„nd,] beiongmj
the estate ol the late / ,ltr Uvpny. It d.atelv sol
of,and adj.iining to the Coal Mmes called Dupuy', & tovnl
and i, confidently believed to contain a la, [e body ol <-„
f cm.- Within 300 y». d, ol their old pils. Upt„ th„ t^rl tb
isa Is.ge framed House, forme, ly u-ed a. the Mill Ho*
And on the 7th July, h,mcibe day afte, i|„ ,ln,fe ,,j.
Ml,in fli» (it m i, ..... « I. .. If,_a.
- -.Mj nun mr aouf
S'.an sell upon tne premises, the Plantation ami I|.,u.
1 !• -pert Hill, rontaioing about 270 Acs, jh,.,..: »As /or.
«s(d«nee oflhc mid dtcrdtnl] upon a nedtl ol 6, 12 and
A oil at the same time and place, will be .old to lln. bid
bidder, upon a cred,t of C mon.b,, the revet.io.wy n.lu
all the Land at pie.e.d cover, d by the Powhatan Cotton b
iTyn i wetl 'c 8 10 »' •«. adj""'"«S J
tfltdd, Wiu. P. ft until ami other,.
chahi.es inuycw,
JOSEPH H DAVIS,
non Eitr ha urns.
CL AlBORN E IP a TK l SS,
s—Ids Como
M IV 25.
5*0 UK WARD.
O ASAWAV fi<,ni the Kub.ciiber,Wain, liver in (hutetfi.ld
«!»p l«l of J*n. ■ negro man by the
mciir of JIM, about S') yen. old. Up had on, wheti lip want
aw»y, a daik yarn coal, with a white vatn roundabout over it,
wliilr yarn pantalootif, aiol an old fur hit. Jim ir rathpr low
*r thin I hr ordinary height of negroer, hi.lkyaad wp|| formed;
•km tolerably bright, wh. n warlied clean-, fill, round farr.witu
* ?** ”)"'1 <,n **'* n’ Pherki or on hi. noie, not rrrollecU
ri at (hi! Ump{ lie n.low ,,| tpeecb, and bar a down Imik.ra
ptcially when eoiwclou. of go,it. It „ probable he may b. in
uV’.Lt,fh'’"JrM,’dwf..ar K*"m« Cr,*k *■-*»*! miner, aiMi.
Watkiu. and Mr. Hill have negi o«r hired Iheie, and with tome
of whom he ha. bean very intimate. 1 will give the aimer re
waid to any perron who will lake him ove, H onlei from inv
b-oiae, and deliver him to me, or confine him to at I may
pet him again and half that mm in any patron who will I ike
him under that dirtanee, and deliver him to o.e,
*• 9-91* FRA.NCIH PATKAM.
A J\nc Cfuc/itihomint Kutate for Hate.
f flllK ttnbveiibei will rell a great bargain in a tract of MO
, «e IttOaerea of lam), lying on the north ride of Chuka
homro! Swamp, in the comity of New Kent, immediately he
low the Lon* Bridget It ir the Iraetof hand lately ,„«| hy
the Mvrhtl of the Wilbarnrhiirg Chancery Court, under ,
' Rirlitn(fiid Glimury Otiarl, •»» (he r««r of lMm
i lie Id vt. Claiborne. The title- i« uro)iie«ttouah!« undri the
Tlilr tract contain, a large quantify of eerily reclaimed low
grooiiJr, of the her I qualify, on the Bwamp, with much vain,
hlel/yprerr and other limber on it. About mro-half of the
balance of the tract n flu land, and the other lertile huh
In nrf: * arraut e.>.« ..f ___• .a . .■"*
; . ''-'I m.aaa sue. Winn lUHTP r»<l*
land; a great part id which it covered with pnme oak timber.
I H9 IflflliJl lie. aausi okwar* I .Ue a l a I. f * *
Tl. a * * .-— **"*«=• ™ ymnr iim miinn
i he la ml li«( just above tide water, in the Itiver, and from i
hoala have derceuded Wiudtor Shader, theScboouer laud
7 urn milf* hHour.
For ter Hi. apply t„ Mr. Wm. Bromley, at the White Moore
near New Keu couftl OIIJC, or Mte »ub.criber in Krnlerirka
bu£5- . JNU DICKINHON.
Mry-i. }jr. f
IV
■■ .rones.
Y T"tue of * .Ire,| „| Uu»i, .xrrultd to the .ilWnhcr 1:
tr-M »“ 'h* - 'll day < f A|»i■!, in ili* imi
, 4’ h-v ‘V “• r<'"iup»ou and I’olltv In; wif., tj. U.« purpun
.ccuiing. the | aynieot of ■ •Irbl therein luentioneij, one to
lnrKiun, ,, sn j riioruloti, (inti which h u Leeti duly i *c»t<lnl
iu (tic oSiit- of Hi* clerk in ihr county court m Uurkinabam)
hew'll »*l .t,. tli* highut buld.i, for ca.h.m bstm Jei. th*
* "rJul-T 1n1<«- '• -•'•uiiiait < r » arci I oi Un.1,.much
inn tor »• will briutlK,*,,, .iti.lv and pay It.* mill M-ii'.i
liny; end 1 burnton, whatevn >uio in <uu. ilia' on. tn- .l.i
, , ‘J*1 vl‘bc utenlioued in the :aid de< J, and all cott al
luding the **ld Mir, lvin* ai.il being in the countr of Uuck
mghkin, (.11 both n tn oi the Uuckingt'.am road, routeini" , l.<
Ylnjiatiou, 300ac.-*r < * „lr Mlue .. ol ,d.
*'* yut.U Jitney SiiiiueiJuLm. (he niair of J*» *u
3li untuck,bamj-l H antli, and other;, it ticm* t-IK ldlll,
parcel olUact ••( l.ud, on which tbr -aid William rii.iup.on
llllVV Iftltid an. t _ _ i. . it a .. T
-.-. til' -aiu r* tti.Ytu 4 ill in:. .', n
u.iw.c.dis, end eo.mui.oly celled and known by the uau.c
land . i H Tll,“ ‘ti*’ «>»«* ULUltoued
lend, ronrist of agondTaveru Iluu-e, two «t..ie tin;.., *,, ,
the ortruary oiit-h.iu ..; and ,( may he ,*,th i.ioi.iicty.’.airi,
coou'trx! ',°C tUe »»« -Ta.e.L, iu the^ pe.
1 be title t> beln-rH to be inili.|mtablc —but the •ulnrri
, r tu.l convry aucit only, ait. vt.lcd in tnui hy tii* ,.i-r(| s
lurcMnl BAMUhL Ult.VAt J1
Jl"|t ia~ 10—tcU
Ceutial i.
I - -rtimniar behoof.
rrl.l,®r o|)*uiug “ UiauiiDdf School ou the
rknlt.il J“l.v “r*V ,liht late lesnlruce of
■ Anr.es BaaUtaJ, h»u. Char teni .nt - .tluattd inAihejuar'e
-I the l..at of M-mticello, with... liuee luiie. of liie
•uinr‘"‘-ri*‘“ ,S ‘® ,Jr '«“*"k»hk foi ■(. beauty ami health
ihi h.'r/ ,*t*!*'1 ‘*■‘‘0 firetioLi
^IKt* ' Ul*t ““ "Pproacb to a
uf•‘*',i** wi,< fonfo m as far ■> practicable to
i .at ol thr Luivci>ity, mid Will comprise the U,e.k y. tatm
tf “ lhc7*,‘ <'*>' any c liege ,U the
Lut.eil Stale,noUl,lim i, uj |j,,
the Blatlin.-alKi. u taught at ti e University, llr.le.lellie.
Slid hiiglisn Cuiiij’o, ilii-u. Ut-aid can hr obtained in the fa
mily of thr .ulorr.hr., and many ......rr.al.le lamiltea
Ibe .ie.glihouihou.1 at v IU pc. ,e„o.u. Vuiti t, ft?»t).
Tutul expenses for Uoaid, waslnoe, lodging, camJl.sxnd t-u
t! ti, for ll e session u| 5 niixilh., ftbo. Ti.r pure of I.id .mi!
tn.U.-D will .a ever) nulai.ee he saprrt.d in advance : hut
wile,e it may he inconvenient a note lot the mnonil. payable
on demand will be required. It AK rilOLOMKVV KG AN,
Stay IP Tiineipal of thr Wigwam Giauiuiai Krho.i.
i in tt i.-wam Grau. ni.u School will he discoutinrd alter th,
pieieul letiuih. W. II G.
.VO TICK.
l'.\ virtue of a deed of trust, rioettled to the .uh.criher, »>,
i, i k °l“ ,l*y ,,f AuR"?'. !~JS, hv Thoma. C. V.llabv mi,I
ill...""■w,fr* !o' ,u<: Pu,H-'ie of .er.ttrms the payment of
debt therm, me,.Ironed, dt:« to Samuel v,or,t. ro., hi the ritv
ot Ki. litnnnd, (anil which ha, hreu duly recoided in the oflice
ol the clerk ol the county court of Uiickiugham; will he ,0|u,
, a.h, mi the ..remises,-.., Sami day
tne2.duay of July neat, three lot, of land, lying and heme
in the town ol Curdaville, iu the county of UuckinK‘nm, oath
cuuUiuiitg one*bal( in#-, ami known m the plan ol s*iti t ,wn,
a. lot.. no. three, twi-lce. uni thirteen. Upon one of the h.t,
above mentioned, llieie u t new two story home near!- finish
ed. ami which, with a little . xptnc,, would amwar either f...
»afore or dwelhug Itomei and al-o a small house, which ha.
V" ^ ? *"’T h,,L «.- t’o il.ville i. on Wiili.’s llivir,
and situated at the head u! the navigation unhat stieam. To
n gentleman of capital, wishing to encage in the mercantile
l.u tuiis,the above property might he nil ohjert. The title i.
ueiie,ed to he good; l.„t ,iicl> onlv will hr conveyed, a, is veil
ed in the sLi.icrihe, ny the deed aforesaid.
T ' SAM. U HANOI!.
- J""* 12 td-td.
Lunatic Hospital, H'iHiamsbun;
V OrtCEn hereby **en ihat ,11 t.,e £r||. in this institution
,,'i' occupied, anil Unit no more patient trill be received
until tome of the tint cell, are vacant; due noticeof which wil
beriveu. IIy order of the Court of Dirert».ij.
-W'IV I.. HhN’LKY, e.e.
JVO 1'ICE.
r AS itolen out of my ,i»|,|h, (hr 13th day of May, at
,, u,Kht. a inoo-e-eolouted vorrel inure, about 4 feet R m
chet high, with a -witch tail,live year, old tin, spring, ami i,
ur fltieiit in her I'lt ejt; and any person who will bring me (hr
‘aid mare, or give me any info -til liou ul her, so Itiai I gel
h«f again, I will give them leu do'la.e.
Prior, r , a PtTER TATUM, Senr.
_rrnice George ro., June Ig jo —tit*
BOTETOURT PROPERTY FOR S.iLE.
a slib subscriber off-rs for sale bis elegant Duck Home, in
*1 to which there i. a Handsome farm attached, of
•ad acres, bearly one halt of win. :, j, . leartd He otfrri
” 5*lr, Jheti ileui Mill*, situated on the main branch of
Koanoke, and of courae on a never failing atreaui. There i,
attached to tnere onll., a -aw mill amt a caiJimr machine, the
whole of r noil In, pn.iiu.td a nett profit, lor the last Syears
ot about 5,1,000 pe- annul,I, alter paying l-S,l to the Mills,
for Ins trouble, lu sutler iiitemling.
The mill ia .iluatej wuhi„ hall a mile of the farm—both
teeeiher foimint a rnoal pradii, live edate. They will he sold
separately or together. Credit, will he given puroharer,.
. . ■ h. Johns i on.
Botetourt hiring.. .luue 12. Ul—dt
77/A’ BOTETOURT SPRLVGS,
,,,S rUahliahuiciit is open lor the rerept,„u „( company,
season, as usual. Tne beneficial elTrcls „l the
Ht*’#lI|t- ... .. ..... . ... i.ciirnuii rue-is „i ini
wateis, and the smmiort of the accumimiationr, hiving htfoii
been advertised the subset rb< r deems st unnecessary h;ain l,
dilate upon thru, 3ulb. itlo siy, that they a,e both eacel
lent} and every thing will be dune, that is prncli. able, to ren
der the slay of the visiter, a. agreeable a, possible. Since th.
Ian season the uew . .ad, Ira,bug by ihe Springs, hr, bee,
diclaird the port road-a pint office has hen, established
the spot—and a mall, conveyed by the stage, arrive* every day
Gentlemen coming this way, will do welFto have their letter
diiectfil to Hits place, (,uu$ whence ihry mil be carefully f.»r
warded to any other they may wish. The London new,pipe,,
as wei as those from „|| our large cities, are taken. The tint
• n and American Kevi, ws, rv.th older late and mterestinr put,
lications.aie likewise taken lor the auiu-euient of tne vi,ilori
' hear Springs are situated in a part of the country, that mas
ernphat,eaily. be called the g „den of Virginia. rile fcr.ll?^
ut the lands—the beauty the scenery, and the salubrity ,i
the air,renders it one ol the most deauahle summer ret, rat
tliat can he imagined. CH. JOHNSTON.
Botetourt Spmns. Ju ,e 12. 10—3t
Green Creek for Sale.
RY -I trust eaeculed to Nathaniel E. Vt
IJ nahie and Midrr Wo.hI.oii, jr. by Thomas K. l(s„dol|,r
and wile. bcaritig date the Sa.it day of September, IR2I, ami
recorded in Ihe county court CvmbcrtonJ, for pii,p„,er
the deed me,,Honed, Ihe said Trusters will, „„ the 22d day ol
June, IT.S7, on the premises, proceed to sell lor cash, the well
I.UOWII tisct Ol land railed Uir.n Creek, and now n, ni s.e-ri.
* ' "V: **' ** ,n‘i 7Iris Iran is supposed to con sir
1 11 l*“***•'* w,l! "b*> convey suit title as ir ves'.ei
May l«.
o
>il hut.day, the Uih day of Angn.i ne*t, will be olTeied, on
'T the prettnm., to the htulieal bidder, lliat valuable l.ndeu
, w* ol tlae late l.dii.uiid Harmon, in «lie county of Puwha
| «-JD, <«» milet below the courthotur, lying on the w.Ur. of
Mr? r Vfc’.t0",’,,n,n*’ hJ cdimaiioe, 14146 1-4 acre, ahoul
'. w.h,cb,'« *«fy vahiahl* It.1 land, neaily all redaiuied,
1 aim .n nice order for cropping) u,e highland. eoual, if not ,u
! per lor, to any Hi the neiahbnli „ Urge poltion n( which
: are in wood*, heavily limbered with oak, fcc. It bar or. it cm.
vei.ient and amiable limner fot the accommodation of a fsn.i
i y,curing er .p« of Tobacco, an I pie.erving every rperier ol
crop, well trained; n. great roi’ti.nily to Scott.ville, |., Ju
| aeon, and the two large riven, James an I Anpmoattot, wh.rh
rendrta the produce made theraon, easily delivned. m miner
Richmond or I’elei .burg—with ita other inuooier.hle a lvanfa
g>>, renderi it :i veiy de.irable farn., and w. Il wmth the itten
"nn ot '• »» Ilesirouvof verting their fund, in reile.|ai,,
/toy per-o" WMhmg to vow ihe property, will he .hewn it hy
, • **oh«« O. Men »,Capt.Li|ou,ur M>. Archer fiocke, win.
live ■ mate I lately in Ihe iieightorhootf. —Tenor : It md., with
apptoverl perronal aeruiity, and a Ittn on Ihe prnneilt. w lh
in ereat front the date, payable in me,two, three tour fc five
Equal annual indalinenf. will be required oflbepni
chaiei; hin a dedut liuu of .it per < ciitom, per annum, will he
, on each for piompl payment liieieuf. Tlmt-a-i i.i:;
oividtu to auit pui^i.rwrr, ifdr.ired.
NA1IIAN1KI, HARRISON,
Ka’or ot Kdmond IIrf r won, dee.
I eon.ent to the above aale, r- lar *» I am i tere.feJ.
, . Ll»WAKI> ( OX.
•T|,t»» tn-td.
f; 20 HEW AHn.
I* UN AWAY from (he .uhrerther, in Lynrhbo'g, noTue.div
1 * _,.'"rn1":*r1,h' I fob May, hr. negrohoy fllOlf N TON. II,
■ ,r’,.III! » (Itrit .s * w.s. Iltr
vrty likely mulatto, af,.„it IR.>r 20 year* old, and About
Z 7/ "ff11 *7*11, llijti' prominent ryr* Had on, w»irn
ne It’ll* ■ Mut eluUi coal, wuii a v»lvc( roller, Mur Hml» (row
ftrf. iii'J 4 dark irairirnnt, with a i# d •fripr, which wa«»r^*rf|y
vi!i le. lie aim took with him » pan of light hlue earnnrll tr■>w •
aeriiyellow wrwtcoif, with metal bottom ami a white lud
green atripe one. ft!, .iibirribrr think, there were thiee o|
hi. finger, on which hind he doe. out ierollerl).o much ron*
tinned, that hero,ihl not .tiaightm (heir,. The inlonitwr
I o,rh,.»d him, on the liOth .lanu.iy lart, from Mr. Ja ne, W.
I’oiie. We.bineton, Uiilpeper toonly; in which neighborhood
(lie .no boy had alw.y. lived, pievioui to my I mine tun., and
whliner he ha. probably, g„ne. |i conjectured tint he hr.
procured a paw — The above irw.id willbr paid,to anr penon,
l r III. delivery o| the Mid boy, to the atibaeriher, in hynr h
hiitg, m half . f h, to any perron who will lodg- him m any ol
the Jana in the commonwealth, „,d r.ve information, .o „ t0
enable the tuhrenber loget him. UAVIU V/Af.K Kit.
lunr A.
PUBLIC JSTOTICE •
Al/OITOH’S orricK, t
\ff . M.yat,ta/7.5
LL per..,na having payment, to make into the frea.i.rj
will hf* I’lu^d to take nutter, (hut t!i«lM tf§n*u*it
trd fofhM f)iTier, *nd mad* i**ynh’r thr onter •,/ ih
efwditor, will lie iefu«ed. I'he Aud.tnr will attaml wit
plea.ure, to (be .rUlemeiit of the srr...«iil.-, and will hand ove
to the pn.pei officer,all hill., ahrrk. or nrafU, vhieh mdivid
ual. may eonfide tu him —hot Vi l decline pia. .,g hi. aame o
•li mit, pay-re. /A*. !’ »JKATH.Aud.
DOMESTIC._
M e publish the opinion ol tlie Supreme Court nf
the Uni'e.i S*air» on the law <i| Maryland ititpon
in» a lax on :oreij;n merchandize. J> will be
fuuiid interesting, nni only »» every jml^men' of
i that Court on a cona.itutional question n>u*t be,
but as it has a bearing ou a similar enactment in
Penust 1 vania, "Inch has creeled much excitement.
Ai'bon^h the laws ot Maryland and Pennsylvania
are similar iti their j;e:ietal object, and in a*.me of
their feature-, they i.r<- essentially different in the
! matter tvhtrb b-s rr!I»il lot the exercise of ihe
| restrictive power of the judician. The law of
. Maryland enacts that •• all impotters of foreittn
I art.dee, ' L.c. and “ c lier persona veiling the
,—me by * hole-alt, bale,” &r. •• shall, hefore i
| they are auth rized to tell, take out a licence,” j
: &r
Th*» law of Pennsylvania requires a license to
! be taken for vending foreign inercb»ndti'.e •• bv
every person who shall deal in the celling of any
go-d»,” See. “ except such as are sold by the
importer thereof in the original cask, case, box or
package, whereto the aawe shall have been im
ported”—(.ales made by auctioneers and licensed
tavern keepers are aUo excepted. [.Vat lint.
SUPREME COURT OF THE U STATES.
*iAa-it 12. 1827.
Hr own vs. TUe State of Maryland.
* bief Justice VIAKsKAj.t*. delivtred the opi
nion of the court.
Ibis a »vrit ot error to a judgment re-tiered in
tire Court ot Appeal* of Maryland, affirming a
judgment of lh«- (,-ily Court ot Calliinoie, on an
indictment iound in that court against the piaititiiTs
m error, for violating an act ol the Legislature of
Maryland- The indictment wa» founded on the
lecond set non of that act, which i* in there worJ»:
*• And be it enacted, that all importers of foreign
articles or commodities, of dry goods, ware* or <
merchandise, by bale or paakage, or of wine, ruut, !
brandy, whiskey, and other distilled epiritous li- I
quors, &c. and other persona selling 'he same by !
wholesale, hale or package, hogshead barrel, or j
tieice, shall, before they aie authorised to eeil, I
lake out a license, as by the original act is directs i
ed, for which they shall pay liny dollars : and in f
case of neglect or rettisai lo take out such license, i
shall be subject to the same penalties and forfeituins 1
as are presciihtd by the original act to which this!
i* a supplement. ’ I'iie indictment charges tht |
piainliiis in error with having imported and eoid
one package of toreign dry goods without having !
license n do no. A judgment ivi* rendered (
against them on demurrer for the penalty which
Upr act pi escribes for the offence; ar.J that jadg
tnent is now before this court.
The cause depends entirely on the question,
whether the Legislature of a state can coustiiu
tionally require the importer of foreign articles to
take out a license from the state, before he shall
be permitted to sell a bale or package so import - 1
ed. !
It ha* been truly said, that the presumption i»
in favour of every legislative act, aud that the
whole burthen of proof Iws ou him who denies
its consti>tillonali!y* The plaintiffs in error take!
the burthen upon themselves, and insist that the!
act under consideration is repugnant to two pro- i
visions in the constiiution of the United States.
1. To lhat * bich declares that •* no state shall, •
without the consent of U -ogress, lay any imposts,
or duties on imports or exports, except what may !
be absolutely necessary for executing its rnspec- [
tion laws.”
2. To ti at which declares that Congress shall'
have power *• to regulaie commerce with foreign !
nations, and among the several states, aud with the !
Indian tribes.”
1. The first inquiry is into the tx out of the j
prohibition up>n slates “ to lay any impo-ts or'
duties on imports or export*.” The counsel for
the State of Maryland would confine th s prohibi
tionto laws imposing duties on the act of importation
or exportation. The counsel lor the plaintiffs in
error give them a much wider scope.
In peiforming the delicate and important duty
of consti uing clauses in the constitution of our J
country, which involve conflicting power of the
government of the Union, and of the respective
states, it is proper to lake a view of the literal
meaning ol the words to ho expounded, of their
connexion with oilier words, and of the general }
1 objects to he accomplished by the prohibitory j
i clause, or by the grant of power.
What, then, is the meaning of the words, “ irn
j posts, or duties on imports or exports?”
An impost, or duty on imports, is » custom or
« tax levitJ on article* brought into a country, and
i* most usually secured before the importer is al
lowed to exercise hi* rights of ownership over
them, because evasions of the law can be j<ievent
ed wore certainly by executing it while the articles
are iu its custody. It would not, however, be
l«9* at' impost or duty on the article*, if it were
to be levied on them after they were landed. The
policy and consequent practice of levying or se
curing the du y before, or on entering the port,
does not limit the power to that state of things,
nor, consequently, the prohibition, unless the true
meaning of the clause so confines it. What, then,
are “ imports/” The lexicons inform us, they
are «• things imported.” If we appeal to usage
for the meaning of the word, we shall receive the
same answer. They are the articles themselves
which are brought into the country. •• A duty on
imports,” then, is not merely a du'y on the art of
import a ion, but it is a duty on the thing imported.
It is not taken in its literal sense, confined to a
duty levied while the article is entering the coun
try, but extends to a duty levied after it has enter
ed the countiy. I he succeeding words of the sen.
tence winch limit the prohibition, show the extent
in which it was understood. The limitation is,
" except what may be absolutely necessary f ,r
executing p* inspection la »•*.” /sow, theinsper
wn.i I • w *, so far a« they act upon articles for ex
portation, are generally executed on I md, before
the article is put on board the ves-el, ao Lr a*
ihey act upon importations, they are generally ex
ecuted up >n articles which ate landed. The tax
or duty of inspection, then, i« a tax w inch is lie
qtiently, it not always paid for service performed
On land, while the «ructu is in toe b .sum of the
country. Vet tin- tax is an exception to the pro*
htbifion on the statea to lay duties on imports or
exports. The exception vas u.ade because the tax
would otherwise have been within the prohibition.
ff it be a rule of interpretation to which a.I a»~
«eut, that the exception of a particular thing from
general words, proves that, in the opinion of the
lawgiver, the thing excepted would be w: bin the
general clause had the exception rot been made,
we kn>w no reason why this general iriie should
not be as applicable to the conatitu ion as to other
instruments. It it be applicable, then this excep
tion in favour ol duties for the support of inspect
lion laws,goes far in proving that the framers of
the ronsilrution classed taxes ol a similar charac
ter with tho«« imposed lor the purposes of inspec
tion, with duties on imports and exports, and sup
poses them to be pr<'hibited.
If we quit this narrow view of the subject, and
passing fr. ni the literal interpretation of the words,
look to the ob,fcls of the prohibition, we find no
reaeon lor withdrawing the act under con ideratton
from its operation
Frhm (he va t l(iec"%f}ty fe'wcen the «f flfcret**
s»atps of 'll* confederacy, a« to commercial advuu
lajje* few subjects were viewed with deeper in
terest, or excited more irritation, than the manner
in which the several states exercised, or seemed
disposed to exrrrin, the power of laying duties
on imports. tiom uto'ives which were deemed
eufli.'iem hi 'he "'atesmen of that day, the general
po er of taxation indispensably necessary us it
"88, and jealous the ‘tales were of any cn
eroachtnent on it, was no far abridged as to forbid
them to touch iiQ orts or exports, with the single
exception which ha* been no ic»d Why are they
restrained from impost- g these duties? Plainly,
because, in the general opinion, the interest f all
would be best prouto'ed by placing that whole sub*
jer! under <he control of Congress. Whether the
prohibition to •* lay imposts, or duties on impoi's
or exports,” proceeded from an apprehension that
the power tnigh' be »o exercised as to disturb that
equality amons the states which w>s gerersih ad
vantage-m*, or ihat harmony between them winch
it 'as desirable to preserve, or lo maintain ur.im
paired our cummeicird connexions with foreign
nations, or to confer this source of revenue on !
the government of the Union, or whatever other ^
motive might have indn.ed the prohibiti n, it is
plain, that the object would be as completely dr
fiat«d by a power to tax the article in the hands
of the importer the instant it was landed, as by a
powsr to tax it while entering the port. There is
no d.ftereuce, in effect, between a power to pro j
liibit the sale ot ari nrticle, and a power to pndri* ■
tit its introduction into the country. The one j
would be a necessary consequence of 'he other.- |
No goods would be imported if none could be
sold. No object of any description can be ac
complished try laying a duty oil importation, which
may not be accomplished with equal certainty by ■
laying a duty on the thing imported in the hands
of the importer. It is obvious, that the same
power which imposes a light duty, enti impote a !
very heavy one, one v.-hich amounts to a prohibi- ,
lion. Questions of power do not depend on the,
tbu degree to which it may be exercised It it
ue exercisej at au, it must Ue txerctsed at the
will of 'boxe i.i nLoic Lauds it is placed. It the
tax may be levied in this lortti by a «ta'e, it may
be levied to an extent which will defeat the re
venue by impiet, *o far as it is drawn from impor
tations into the particular state. We are told, that
such wild and irrational abuse of power is not to j
be apprehended, and is uot to be taken into view j
'hen di*cu*«ing its existence. All power may i
be ahused; ami if the fear of its abuse is to con
stitute an argument against ns existence, it might
b* urged against ihe existence of that which is in
dispensable to the general safely The states will :
never be so mad as to destroy their own com
merce, or even to lessen it.
We do not dissent from tLege general proposi
lions. We do not suppose anv state would act
10 unwisely. But wudo not place the question on
that ground.
These arguments ap !y with precisely the same
force agaiux't the whole prohibition. It might,
with the same reason, be said, that no state would
be so blind to its own interests as to lay duties on
importation which would either prohibit or dimin
ish its trade, let the framer* of our constituti n
have thought this a power which no state ough' to
exercise. Conceding, to the lull extent which is
tequired, that every state would, in its legislation
on ibis subject, provide judiciously for its own in
terests, it cannot be c.(needed, that each would
respect the interest of others. A duty on im
ports is a tax on the article which is paid by the
consult.er. TLe great importing states would thus
cvy a lax or. the non importing state?, which
would not less be a tax because their interest would
afford ample security against it* ever being so
heavy as to expel commerce from their ports_
This would necessarily produce countervailing
measures on the part of those states whose situa
tion was lass favourable to importation. For this
among other reason?, the whole power of layin"
duties on imports was, with a single and slight
exception, taken from the states. When we are
inquiring whether » particular act is within this
prohibition, the question is not, whether the state
may so legislate as to hurt itself, but who her the
act is within the words and mischief of the pro
hibitory Clause. It has alteady be?n shown, that a
tax on the articles in the hands of the importer, i*
within its words; and we think it too clear for
controversy, that the sirne tax is within its mis
chief. We think It unquastionable, tiiat such a
tax has precisely the same tendency to enhance
the pi ice of the article, as if imposed upon it
while entering the port
I he counsel foi the elate of Maryland insists,
with great reason, lhat if the word* of the prohi
hi'ion be taken in their utmost latitude, they will
abridge the power of taxation, which all admit to
be essential to the states, to an extent which has
never yet been suspected", and will deprive them
of resources which are necessary to supply revenue,
and -hitli they have heretofore been admitted to
possess. These w rds must, therefore, be con
strued with some limitation; and, if this be ad
mitted. they insist, that entering the country i* the
point of tinio when the prohibition ceases, and the
power of the state to tax commences.
It may be conceded, that the words r.f the pro
hibition ought t be pressed to their utmost cxie.d;
that in our complex system, the object of tbs
powers Conferred on the government of the Un
ion, and 'lie nature of Hie often conflicting p wets
"Inch remain in the states, must always be in Leu
into view, and :njy aid in exp uiijkig the w ord
of any particular < lause. Kill, while we adinti
lhat sound principles of construction ought to re
tain sll courts from carrying die w rds ol die pro*
hibttion beyond the object the constitution is jn
tended to secure; that the.-e pi t be a point oi
lime when the prohibition cea«est and the power
of the eis'e to tax commences; we car.not admit
lhat this point of lime is the instant that the nritcles
ente. thee untiy. It is, we think obvious, that
dns cons tract ion would defeat the prohibition.
The constitutional prohibition on the states to
lay a duiy on imports, a prohibition which a vast
majority of them must feel an interest in preserving,
may cert duly come in c nflict with their acknow
ledged power to lax persons and properly within
then territory. The power, and the restriction on
II, though tjtme distinguishable when ’bey do no'
approach each o hm, may yet, like the intervening
colours between white and black, approach so
nearly as to perplex the understanding, a* colours
peiplex the vision in marking tha distinction lie
tween them. Yet the distinction exists, anti mutt
he marked as the c-ises arise. Till they do arise,
M might be prem lture to slate any rule as being
universal in its application. It is sufficient for
the present to say, generally, that when the iio
porter ha*so acted upon the thing Imported, that it
has become incorporated and mixed up with the
"►ass of propeily in the country, it has, perhnp*,
lost itadistinctive character as an import, and has
become subject to the taxing power of the slate, but
while remaining the property of the importer in
his warehou e, in the original form or package in
which it was imported, a tax upon it i« too plain
ly a duty on imports to escape the prohibition in
(be constitution.
The counsel for tha plaintiffs in error contend,
that the importer pun bases, by payment ol the
duty to the United Hiafea, a rigb* to dispose of his
merchandize, as well as »o bring it into the coun
1.7; Mt'J <fifth!? tLi arnionert is my.Wei by
strong re a on, as well a- by tbe prart re na
tions including ou> own The object of j, fj(>r_
tation is sale; it constitute* -die in live t ieyillR
the duties; and if the Jl'ited Stales purser* ih©
po«cr of conferring the right to sell, »s the eon
| sideraiion f«>r which the duty is paid, every prin
ciple of fair dealing requires that they should he
understood to confer it The practice of tbe most
commercial na'ions conforms to this ides. Uuties.
; according to tlial practice, are charged on thoso
; ar«icles only which r,re intended for sale or cvn
j sumption in the country. Thus, bk-> st> res, pooifa
imported and re-exported in the mmr vessel, g.-oda
J landed and carried over land for the purpose of be
ing re-exported froo some Other port,goods forced
in by -tress of weather, and lsruled. but not foi
sale, are exempted from the payment of duties.-_
The whole course of legislation on the subject
allows, that, in the opinion of *he legi-latuie. iho
right to sell is connected wiih the p-yuieut of du
ties.
'i'he counsel for the defendant in error have en
deavoured to illustrate their proposition, that tho
constitutional prohibition cease.-* the instant llto
goods enter the country, by an array of the conse
quences w hich tbev suppose must follow- the deni
al of it. If the importer acquires the tight to kII
by the payment of duties, he u ay, they ga- , exert
that right when, here, and es he pleases, and the
aiate cannot regulate it. Tic may sell hy tc oil, gt
auction, or ss an itiurrent pedlar. He may intro
duce articles, a- g.ini owilt., which endanger a
city, into the midst --f its population; he m»y in
tit. luce a;tides w hich endanger the public health,
anJ the power of self-preservation i- denied. Au
importer may firing in goods, as plaie, tor his own
use, r.nd thus retain much valuable pioperty ex
empt from taxation.
These objections to the principle, if well found
ed, would certainly he entitled to teiious conside
ration. Jiut, w-e think, they will he found, on
examination, not to belong urrtssaiily to tlie prin
ciple. nn-J, consequently, no- to prove that it n ay
not he resorted to with safety as a criterion Ly
which to measure the extent of the prohibition.
This in-hrtment is against the importer for sell
*>1rS •! pacnage oi ury gooj& in id* ionr> m in Inch it
was imported, without a license. This fl'ate oi
ihing* i« changed il he aeiN ihem, . r otherwise
mixes them with the general property of ihe state,
by breaking up his packages, and travelling with
them n* an itinerant pedlar. Jr. thef^st Ca*e, the
tax intercepts ihe import, a* an import, in its w*y
to become incorporated with the general mass of
properly, and denies it the privilege of becoming
m> incorporated until it t-h.-dl have contiibuted to lha
revenue of the slate. It denies to Ihe importer fh.e
right of using the privilege which Le has purchased
horn the United States, until lie shall have algo
purebaaed it from the S ate. In the last cases, the
tax finds the article already incorporated with the
mass of pmpeity by rfce act ot the importer. U«
has used the privilege he had purchrsed, and has
himself mixed item up with the common mass, and
the lair may treat them a- it fiuda them. The
H»me observations apply to plate, or other furniture
ut<ed by >he importer.
So, d he sella by Auc'ion. Auctioneers are per
sons licensed by the state, and if the impoiter
choo-us to employ them, he car. as little object to
paying for ibis service, hs for any oihtr lor which
he may apply to an of.icer of the state i he right
oi *alc may very well he annexed to importation,
without annexing to it, ah-o, the privilege of using
the timers licensed by tLe elate to make sales in
a peculiar way
The power to diiet: the removal of gunpowder is
a branch ol thepolics power, which unquestionably
remains, and ought u> remain, nn ith the suits. I f
the po-ee-<sor stores n himself out of to.<n. the re
moval cannot tea duty nn imports, Lerauae it con,»
tributes nothing to the revenue. Ii he prefers pla
cing it in a public magazine, it is because j.e store*
it there, in his own opinion, more Mlvantfigeously
than ehewhere. \. care not 'Urethat this may not
be classed among inspection laws Ihe removal
or destruction of infectious or unbound articles /•>,
undoub edly, an exercise ot that power, and forma
| an express exception to the prohibition we are con
I sidering Inde.d, the laws of the United fitatgu
expressly sanction the heal b la.is of a state.
ihe principle, hen, for which the plaintiffs In
er.or contend, that the importer acquires a right,
! not only to bring th* articles into the country, but
I to mix them with the common miss ol property,
! does not interfere with the necessary power of u.\I
| ation, which is acknowledged to reside in the states,
| to that dangerous extent which the counsel for the
I defendants in erroi seem u> apprehend. It carries
he probtl i'i.rn in the constitution no fmther than
I 'o prevent the state* from doing that which it was
the great object of the constitution to pievent.
Uni if it -Jipuld be p oved, that a duty on the ar
, tide itself would be repugnant to the constitution,
it is *1111 argued, that this t« not a tax upon ihe artl
I rle, hut on the pert-on. The state, it is said, may
; occupations, a « Ihif is nothing more.
I' ib iaij osaible to conceal from out-elves, ilr^t
tbjp is varying the form, without varying the subt
I ft an re. |i if treating a prohibition wiucli ia guy;
ral, as if i; we e confined to a particular inctle of
doing the forbidden thing. All nio»' perceive,
liiat a tax "o thr- sale of an article, imported on
ly for sale, i* a tax on the article itself. It is true,
the State may tax oretipvio».« geneia’ly, but thilt
tax must be paid In tho«e - ho employ the tr.divi
I dual, or is a t:x o hie business. The lawyer,
| the physician, or the mechanic, n.uei either charge
j more on the article in which ho ileals, or the tiling
I itself j« lixtd thro igb his person Tina ho ataie
j ■ fig!" to do, bocau«e no constitutional prohi
j bttioo extends to it. Ho, a tax on (lie occupation
j of an importer is, in like r anner, a tax on iinpig
■ (ration. It rnti*t add to the price of the article, and
he pmd |,y rhe consumer, or by the importer hiiu
I self, in like manner ns a diiert duty on the anicia
! tteeif would be marte Thin the stale has not a
| right to do, t>«rau»e it is prohibited by the coiibU
I,i suppon r.f li t argument, that tjis prohibition
’ cease-the instant the good* are brought in to the
ro mirj, a Comp rison It*, been drawn between the
opposite words export and impo-t As, toexf-o/t,
i it is said, means only to carry goods out of the
; country; so, to import, means ot.lr to bring'beta
into it. Hut, suppose we extend this ccmpnrteoa
• o Itie two prohibitions. The el»«es s: e foibiddpn
j to lay a duty on exports and the Uni'ed Hiaie§ are
; forbidden toTsy a lax on artrclra exported from a-*
i ny e'ate. 'I here is sonm diversity m language,
J l»M none is perceivable in tlie act which is pruhi
ted. lie llnitej 81 fee have the same relit to
i tax occupations which is possess*J by the stales
i No v, euppo-e the United States should require
every expor er to 1-ke out a I cer.se for which tin
t.oold p-y aurli tax -.a Congress tn K],t think pro
i"r 10 Pr*c? would g vemuoni he pc mitieil to
i siiicld itself fiom tliojxei censure to which this
i atterfipl to evade l,e prohibit! r.« o! the con*«itUc
! 1!' n wodid exposci it, by saying, that tin* w at %
tax f,.i the person, not oil ihe artlcls, and that 'ha
I'gisli'ure had a right to <ax occwpa'ions > Ur,
suppose revenue cuttefs were to be •tationsd olf
[the coast fur the put pi ie r l levying a duty on ail
j merchandize found in » e-scj» w hicb wrie leaving
j tlie U. S. for foreign countries; would it be .tt~
j coived as an exepaa lor 1bi« mitrngs, were lire go
vernment to «ay that exportation meant nu imrr*
| than carrying goods out of the country, itrd as ftps
‘pfoMi ‘fjn » ) Jaj Ux On •rhjfJOi'.S, cy fljpra jg,.