The residue of the public debt, contracted subsequently to the first of January, 1812, and amounting to $60,689,306 27, exists in the following portions, and is redeemable at the following periods, viz. In 1826, being the residue unpaid of loans made in 1813 In 1827, being the residue unpaid of loans made in 1814 In 1828, being the residue unpaid of loans made in 1815 The stock of the foregoing portions of the debt is all at 6 per cent. In 1829, stock at 4 per cent. being the moiety of 6 per cent. stock of 1813, exchanged under the act of Congress of March 3, 1825 In 1830, stock at 44 per cent. being the other moiety exchanged as last above stated In 1831, stock at 5 per cent. sum of $56,704 77, issued in cents. of 1813, 1814, and 1815, of the 20th of April, 1822 This is one-third of the exchange for the 6 per subscribed under the Act In 1832, stock at 5 per cent. being one other third part of the sum subscribed, as last above stated In 1832, stock, at 41 per cent., borrowed of the Bank of the United States, one-half to pay the Florida Claims; the other half to pay off the 6 per cents. of 1812, under the Act of Congress of May 26, 1824 In 1832, stock at 6 per cent., under the Act of Congress of May 15, 1820 In 1833, stock at 5 per cent., being the remaining third, subscribed under the Act of April 20, 1822 In 1833, stock at 4 per cent., being one moiety of the amount subscribed in exchange for 6 per cent. stock of 1813, under the Act of May 26, 1824 $16,270,797 24 13,096,542 90 9,490,099 10 792,569 44 792,569 44 18,901 59 18,901 59 10,000,000 00 999,999 13 18,901 59 2,227,363 97 In 1834, stock at 4 per cent., being the other moiety subscribed as last above stated 2,227,363 98 In 1835, stock at 5 per cent., being the amount issued under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1821 4,735,296 30 Total, redeemable at the periods specified 60,689,306 27 20,296,231 45 Total amount of funded debt on the first day of October, 1825 $80,985,537 72 The actual receipts into the Treasury during the three first quarters of the year 1925, are estimated to have amounted to Viz: Customs Public Lands, $21,681,444 56 $15,196,397 00 976,902 67 367,500 00 Dividends on Stock in the Bank of the United States, Arrears of internal duties and direct taxes, and incidental receipts, Repayments of advances made in the War Department, for services or supplies prior to the first July, 1816 Loan under the act of May 26, 1824 98,886 29 41,758 60 5,000,000 00 And the actual receipts into the Treasury during the fourth quarter of the year, are estimated at 5,100,000 00 Making the total estimated receipts into the Treasury, during the year 1825 26,781,444 56 And, with the balance in the Treasury on the 31st December, 1824, of 1,946,597 13 The expenditures during the three first quarters of the year 1825, are estimated to have amounted SECTION IV. View of the Countries contiguous to the United States. In the preface to section 3d, it was stated that "having gone to much greater length in the description of the United States as a whole, than was expected, the description of the separate states and territories will be proportionally brief." This however has not been the case. Such has been the interest excited in almost every state and territory, in the course of the description, that it was found impossible to dismiss any of them with a brief notice. The description of almost every article in the book has amounted to nearly double the quantity of matter originally supposed; and the whole work, which it was believed would be comprised in 250 pages, will amount to nearly 500.-But the circumstance is not regretted on the part of the author; on the contrary he is very glad to find that the work is much more complete than he anticipated it would be, and he is particularly gratified to observe that the new matter introduced is much more extensive and important than he thought it would be possible to procure. It is confidently believed that this work, taken in connexion with the general and local maps, will afford the most satisfactory view of the United States ever yet laid before the public. The view of the British and Spanish Possessions, including Mexico and the West. Indies, exhibited on the map, will, it is believed, be highly satisfactory; and the following geographical notice of the countries respectively is added, principally for the purpose of showing their relative importance to the United States. BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH AMERICA. It was remarked by Mr. Pinkerton, that those parts of North America which still belong to Britain, though extensive and of considerable importance, yet they were so thinly peopled, and had such a disadvantageous climate, that they sunk into insignificance, when compared with the great and flourishing territories of the United States. This account is correct in a considerable degree. By looking at the map it will be seen that the British possessions extend quite across the continent, and at the broadest place, in Upper Canada, embrace 11 degrees of latitude; the square contents being about 1,050,000 square miles. Yet all this vast territory contains a population of little more than 800,000; while the single contiguous state of New-York, with only 46,200 square miles, contains 1,600,000 inhabitants. Still, however, the British possessions are of great importance, and they are becoming more important every year. The population is fast increasing, particularly in Upper Canada, a considerable part of which has a soil and climate equal to the western part of New-York. With these preliminary remarks we shall now take a cursory view of these possessions in geographical order, beginning at the westward. |