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troops, provided suck consolidation be njadc
of troops belonging to the same squadron—
and the Captains of such consolidated troops
shall be selected by the Major commanding
the squadron in which such consolidation
may take place, together with the Colonel t°
whose regiment such squidron is attached and
the Brigade Major of the Csvalry. or a Ms*
jority of them, out of the captains of the troops
so consolidated—-the other commissioned of
ficers shall he selected from the ofliters of
sn’d consolidated troops by the Major afore
a:tid, the brigade Major of Cavalry and the
Captain selected as aforesaid—the non-com
missioned officers to be appointed by the com
missioned officers, Provided, nevertheless that
nothing herein contained shall prevent incom
plete troops from forming voluntary consoli
dations as aforesaid—and his Excellency the
C.ovcrnor shall in all cases recognize such
voluntary consolidated associations and give
preference to them for the service aforesaid.
tj 7 And be it further enacted by the uu
thtrily afore aid, That when any detachment
or detachments of Militia or Volunteer com
panies shall be hereafter called into service,
the men belonging to the class ordered out
shall appear at the place of rendezvous at the
time appointed, or offer a suitable substitute,
to be received at the discretion of the Captain
commanding said company ; and on failure
thereof the commanding officer of said com
pany, shall be and he is hereby invested witli
full and ample power to coerce the attendance
of any defaulter.
§ 8 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforeaid, That it shall be the duty of
ail persons subject to Militia duty, who shall
remove from the district wherein they were
classed, to report themselves within ten days
after such removal to the commanding officer
of the district to which they may so remove,
and produce a certihcate from under the hand
of the Captain of the district from which they
have so removed, specifying the class to which
they belong, and on failure thereof he or they
shall be attached to the class that will next
thereafter be called into service.
§ 9 And be it further enacted, That the
respective Lieutenant Colonels or command
ing officers of Regiments are hereby authori
sed and required to convene as soon as may
lie after the passage of this act the commis
sioned officers of their respective regiments,
or so many thereof as will make a number not
less than thirteen, at their icspective Rcgi
mem-.il muster-grounds, giving at least ten
days notice of such convention by advertise
ment in each Captain’s District in such Regi
mental District, setting forth tiie day and !
place where such convention shall be held, J
and the purpose for which they are convened, ‘
which shall be for healing and determining on j
all applications for exemptions from Militia
service—and that from and immediately after
the passage of this act, the Captains of the
different militia districts, be and they are
hereby dircted to enroll for duty all persons
within their respective Districts supposed to
lie over the age of eighteen and under the age
of forty five years.
tj 10 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid. Tliafin counties containing i
hut one battalion, and not attached to any Re- j
ginictit, the Major or commanding officer of
such battalion shall proceed to convane the |
officers at their battalion muster-grounds for j
the same purposes, and under like restrictions ;
and regulations as prescribed by this act tor
the convention of officers in the respective re
giments
§ 11 And be it further enacted That where
any person who has been, or hereafter may
be classed, shall thereafter be promoted to the
rank of a coni missioned officer, such person
shall not then be liable to perform the duly
required of him in the ranks during the time
he shall continue in commission ; but in case
he should resign or be cashiered, such per
son shall return into the ranks and class to
which he* formerly belonged.
§ 12 And be it further enacted, That “the
students at the University subject to military
duty shall be classed as other persons liable
to militia service, except that such students
may be divided in three classes in such man
ner as the Major commanding the Battalion
in which ihey reside shall direct; and they
shall be enrolled in the first, second and third
classes, in such manner as may be most con
ductive to the interest of the said institution,
©r that each class be at libsity to draw for
their classes, and be enrolled accordingly.
§ 13 And be it further enacted, That the
Surgeons ofthediffci it Regiments, be and
they are hereby required to attend each ses
•ion of their respective Regimental Courts-
Martial
$ U Ami be it further enacted , That his
Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby
require' 1 to cause the second and third clas
ses of the militia in this State, to be officered
as soon as convenient, agreeably to the provis
ions of this act.
$ 15 And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid , That all laws, and parts of
laws militating against this law, be and the
nine are hereby repealed.
BENJ. WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAKKD IRWIN, Piet. of ihe Seuate, pro. tem.
Jtxecuiive Department, Georgia ; £
Assented to, 23d ,Yuvember. 1814. $
PETEK EARLY, Governor,
J Wanted to Purchase.
AQU AN n TY of FU RS, Beaver. Mink,
Otter, Fox, Rabbet, Raccoon, sMuskrat,
Hili Cat , wY. fur whicb the highest price will
be. given in Cash, by applying at the Store of
Mr. 11. Bury, upper end of Broad Street, ant
opposite uiy’s Brick B fililing.
Adne Rowe. ;
November 4* 21
WASHTXGTON-CITT, Dec. 1.
THE JYEGOCIATIOJY.
The following message was received fron
the President of the United States by Mi
Coles, his Secretary.
MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House of Representativet
of the United States.
I transmit, for the information ofCongress.
the communications last received from t.:e
Ministers Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiarj
of the United States at Ghent, explaining the
course and actual state of their negociations
with the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britian.
James madison.
December 1, 1814.
[ Accompanying this message was a volume
of documents, beyond the capacity of a news
paper to present them all at one view. We
have therefore selected those which are cal
culated in the smallest space to give the best
general view of the state of the Negotiation
reserving the publication of the remainder,
almost equally interesting, until our next and
sui - ceding papers, in which we shall be able
to publish the whole series.] $
No 1.
Copy of a letter from Messu. Adams, BaVard,
Clay, Roipu. and Gallatin, to.he Secie
tary ot Stale, d.ted Gheot, Oct. 1814.
SIR—We have the honor of transmitting
herewith copies of all our cotiespondence
with the British plenipotentiaries, since the
departure of Mr. Dallas. Although the ne
gotiation has not terminated so abruptly as
we expected at that period that it would, we
have no reason to retract the opinion which
we then expressed, that no hopes of peace as
likely to result fiom it, could be entertained
—lt is true, that the terms which the British
government had so paremptorily prescribed
at that time, have been apparently abandoned,
and that the sine yua non then required as a
prelimanary to all discussion upon other to
pics, has been reduced to an article securing
merely an Indian pacification, which we have
agreed to accept, subject to the ra ification O'
rejection of our government —But you will
perceive, that our request for the exchange
of a project of a treaty, has been eluded, and
that in their last note, the British plenipoten
tiaries have advanced a demand not only new
and inadtnissable, but totally incompatible
with their uniform previous declarations, that
Great-Britain had no view in this negociation
to any acquisition of territory. It will be per-,
ceived, that this new pretension was brought
forward immediately after the accounts had
been received that a British force had taken
possession of all part of the state of Massa
j chusctts situate cast of Penobscot river. The
j British plenipotentiaries have invariably re*
| ferred to their government every note received
i fiom us, and waited the return of their mes
senger before they have transmitted to us
their answer, and the whole tenor of the cor
respondence, as well as the manner in which
it has been conducted on the part of the Brit
ish government, have concurred to convince
us, that their object has been delay : their
motives for this policy we presume to have
been to keep the alternative of peace, or of a
| proctracted war, in their own hands, until the
j general arrangement of European affairs
1 should be accomplished at the congress of
| Vienna, and until they could avail them
selves of the advantages which they have an
j ticipated from the success of their arras du
! ring the present campaign in America.
Although the sovereigns who had determin
ed to be present at the congress of Vienna
have been already several weeks assembled
there, it docs not appear by the last advices
from thut place, that the congress has been
formally opened On the contrary, by a dec
laration from the plenipotentiaries of the pow
ers who were parties to the peace of Paris of
30th May last, the opening of the Congress
appears to have been postponed to the first of
November. A memorial is said to have heen
presented by the French embassador, Talley
rand, in which it is declared, that France hav
ing returned to her boundaries in 1792, can
recognize none of the aggrandizements of the
other great powers of Europe since that peri
od, although not intending to oppose them by
war.
These circumstances indicate that the new
basis for the political system of Europe, will
not be so speedily settled as had been expect
ed 'The principle thus assumed by France
is very extensive in its effects, and opens a
field for negotiation much wider than had
been anticipated We think it does not prom
ise ail aspect of immediate tranquility on this
continent, and that it will disconcert particu
larly the measures which Great Britain has
been taking with regard to the future destina
tion of this country, among others, and to
which she has attached apparently much im
portance.
We have the honor to be, with great res
ptet, air, your very humfile servants,
JOHN (lUINCEY ADAMS,
J. A. BAYARD,
H. CLAY,
JON A. RUSSELL,
albert Gallatin.
N®. 11.
la the lafwer of the American Miiiftera, dated Aug.
14, iS 14, to the fiiA note of the Butilh Commiffientis,
tftied Aug 19, 18:4, vie, thst note which wat received
Sy (he left cartel, ainl is already before the public.
No. 111.
It a note from the BriuCi Commissioner*, dated Sept.
4th, ISI4.
N®. IV.
Is the answer of our Commissioners, dated September
9, 1814, to the Uft meuaoned note.
No. V.
la a note from the Britiih Commiaeioaert, dated Sept.
19, 1814.
No. Vi
la a r.ote from out mmiftera, dated s4th Sept. 1814,
0 the note of the Biitith Min.iters Utl mentioned.
No. VII.
Is a note from the Britiih Coiamiaoioneis, dated Oct.
i, 18:4.
No. VIM.
Is the aasarer of oar Commissioners to the Irik ntts-
I netted note, dated Get. 13, 1814.
N*. IX.
‘ BRITISH NOTE.
FROM i'RI BRITISH TO THE AM£RI®A'N MIN •
urns.
Oc»obcr 21, 1814.
The underlined have had the honor ot receiving the
roieof the American Plenipotentiarit. ot the 13th in»i.
ommunicating their acceptance of the article wmch the
underfilled had propefed on the subject ot the pacification
nid rights ot ihc Ind lan natioi s. , ,
The undcrfigncd are happy in being thus relieved from
the necessity of recurring to several topics, which, though
they arose in the couife oi their difeussions, have only an
incidental connection with the differences remamiLg to
6e adjusted between the two counties.
With a view to this adjustment the underlined, prefer
ring in the present state cf the negocution a general
ilitement to the formal arrangement of articles, are wtl
mg so far to comply with the tequeft of the American
Plenipetentiaiies container in their lift note, as to wave
he advantage to which they think they were fairly en
die), of requiring from them the firlV project of a
treaty. , . „
The unierfigned having Rated at the firft conference
the points upon which His Majesty’s Government cou
fidered the discussions between the two countries as ike
ly to turn, c. nnot better satisfy the request of the Ameri
can Plenipotentiaries than by referring ihem 10 thai cou
lerrence lot a ftaicmem oi the points which, in th»
opinion of his Majesty’s government yet remain to be
adjultrd.
W’lih relpedl to the forcible leisure of mariners from on
board merchant veffrls on the high seas, and ihe sight ol
ihe Kmg at Great Britain to the allegiance of all his na
t ve subjects, and with lefpect to the maritime rights of
the Brinfh Empire, the underfigneu conceive that, alter
ihe preienfions afferifttby the Government of the UniteJ
Stales, a more latist.iftory proof of chc conciliator;, lpirit
ofllis M. jelly’s Government csnnoi he given than by
not requiring any ftipula ion on thole subjects, which
though most impor ant in themfeives,. no longer in cou
sequence of the tnaritimt pacification of turope ptouuce
the lame practical reluiis.
On the suojefis of ih<- Fisheries, the undtrfigned ex
pressed with so much franknefs at the conferrence already
r.-tcied to, the veiwsof then govemment, that they con
lider any tu th -r observations on that topic as unndeffary
at the present time.
On the querti.m of the boundary between the domin
ions of H i M jetty and thole of the United Stater, the
uudetfigi td ate ied to expect from the oifeussion which
this subject has already undergone, that the North Wes.
ern Boundary irom the Lake of the Wooes to the Mii
li fippi(he intended arrangament of 1803) will be ad
mitted wi hout rbjedlion.
In regard to other boun f ar\es, the American Plenipo
tentiaries m their noteof August 24th appeared in some
measure 10 object to ihe piopofitions they made by the
un ertigued as not being on the basts of unposndetts The
undeifigned ate willing to treat on that bifin, subject <0
l'uch mouificjtion as mutual convenience may be icuna to
tequire ; and theylruli that the Amencan Plenipoientt
arits will shew by their re idv acceptance of this batis,
eh t they duly apptectate the modeiaiion of M s Majesty’s
Governmetit in so far confu ting the honor and fair pie
tei.fi mi of (lie United States as in the relative situation ot
the two countries, to authorise such a proposition.
The unders.gnc! avail thcmfel'es of 1 his opportunity
to renew to the Am rican Plempoitutiartes, the affuranct
of their high consideration.
Stgnod, CAMBIER,
HBNRY GOULBOURN,
WILLIAM ADAMS.
Ghent, October »j*t, ISI4.
True Copy.
C- HUGHES, Jun’r.
Secitrary of the Legation, United State*.
No. X.
AMERICAN NOTE.
From the American to the British Minister!.
2ith October , 1814.
The undersigned have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of the ncie of the British Ple
nipotentiaries ofthcSlst instant.
Amongst the general observations which the
undersigned, in their noteof the 24th August
made'on the propositions then brought forward
on the part of the British government, they
remarked that those propositions were founded
neither on the bassis of uti possidetis, nor on
that of status ante bellum. But so far were
they from suggesting the uti possidetis as the
basis on which they were disposed to treat
that in the same note they expressly stated
that they had been instiucted to conclude a
peace on the principle of both parties resto
ring whatever territory they might have ta
ken. The undersigned also declared in that
note, that they had no authority to cede any
part of the territory of the United States, and
that to no stipulation to that effect would they
subscribe; and in the note of the 9th Septem
ber, after having shown that the basis of uti
possidetie, such as it was known to exist at
the commencement of the negotiation, gave
no claim to his Brittannic Majesty ta sessions
of territory founded upon the right of con
quest, they added that even if the.chances of
war should give to the British arms a mo
mentary possession of other partsof the ter
ritory of the United States, such events would
not alter their views, with regard to the terms
of peace to which they w&uld give their con
sent.
The undersigned can now only repeat those
declarations and decline treating upon the ba
sis of uti possidetis, or upon any other princi
ple involving a cession of any part of the ter
ritory of the United States. As they have
uniformly stated, they can treat only upon the
principle of a mutual restoration of whatever
' territory may have been taken by either party.
From this principle they cannot recede, and
1 the undersigned after the repeated declara
tions of the British plenipotentiaries, that
Great Britain had no view to acquisition of
territory, in this negociation, deem it necessa
ry to add, that the utility of its continuance
depends on their adherence to this principle.
The undersigned having declared in their
note of 21st of August, that ahho’ instructed
and prepared to enter into an amicable discus
sion of all the points, on which differences or
uncertainty had existed, and which might
hereafter tend to interrupt the harmony of the
two countries, they would not make the con
clusion of the peace at all depend upon a suc
cessful result of the discusiion, and having
since agreed to the preliminary article propo
sed by the British government, had believed
that the negotiation, already so long protract
ed, could not be brought to an early conclu
sion, otherwise than by the communication of
a project, embracing all the other apecific
propositions which Great Britain intended to
offer. They repeat their request in that res
pect, and will have no objection to a simulta
neous exchange of the projects of both parties.
This course will bring fairly into discussion
(lie other topic* embraced in the Lsl note of
the British plenipotentiaries, to which Ut? un
dersigned have thought it unnecessary t 0 a( j'
vert at the present time. a "
The undersigned renew to the British nl e
nipoientiaries the assurance of their high con'
aideration. John quincy adsmcV
JAMES A. bayard ■
1 Signed, HfcNRY CLAY, ’
JONATHAN RUSSET
A. G ttLLATI N. 1
To the Pl-nipotrntiaries ot Hi» Britunnic
&c. &c. &c, Ghent.
Tiue Cop),
c. hughe.-;,j snr
Secretary ot American Mission fciu.oMuji',-.
No. XI.
Copy of a letter from our Commissioners to th*
Secretary of State, dated
Ghknt, 31st Oct. 18U.
Sir—The detention of the Chauncv at Os
tend, enables us to send you the enclosed note
from the British Plenipotentiaries, which tve
have just received.
We have the honor to he, with perfect res*
. pect. your obedient servants,
(Signed JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
j. a. bayard,
H CLAY,
JON A RUSSEL,
albert Gallatin,
T* the Hon. James Monroe,
Secretary of State.
No. xri:
BRITISH NOTE.
»ROM T*l BRITISH TO TH* AMIIUCAH Milt**
IITIRI.
3l»f October.
The undersigned hare the honor to ack
nowledge the receipt of the note addressed to
them by the American plenipotentiaries oo
the 24th inst. iu which they object to the ba
sis of uti possidetis proposed by the under
signed as that on which they are willing to
treat in regard to part of the boundaries be
tween the dominions of his Majesty and thos*
ofihe United States.
The American plenipotentiaries in their
note of the 13th inst. requested the undersign
ed to communicate to them the project of a
treaty embracing all the points insisted on by
Great Britain, engaging on their part to de
liver immediately after a contrs-project as to
all the article! to which they might not agree,
and as to all the subjects deemsd material by
the United States, and omitted in the project
of the undersigned.
1 he undersigned were accordingly instruc
ted to wave the question of etiquette, and the
•advantage which might result from receving
the first communication, and confiding in the
engagement of the American plenipotentia
ries communicated in their notes of the 21sC
inst. a!) the points upon which they are instruc
ted to insist.
The American plenipotentiaries hare objec
ted to one essential part of the project thus
communicated, but before the undersigned
can enter into the discussion of this objection,
they must require from the American pleni
potemiauaries that, pursuant to their engage
ment, they will deliver a contre-project *on
taining ail their ohjectios.s to the points sub
mitted by the undersigned, together with a
statement of such further po'mts as the gov
ernment of the United States consider to be
material.
The undersigned are authorised to state
distinctly that the article as to the pacification
and rights of the Indian nations having been
accepted, they have brought forward in their
note of the 21st inst all the propositions they
have to offer. They have no further demand*
to make, no other stipulations on which they
are instructed to insist, and they are empower
ed to sign a treaty of peace forth with in con
formity with those stated in their former note.
The undersigned trust thertfore that the
American plenipotentiaries will nc longer hes
itate to bring forward in the fn>m of articles or
otherwise, as they may prefer, those specific
propositions upon which they are empowered
to sign a treaty of peace between the two coun
tries.
The undersigned avail themselves of th*
present opportunity to renew to the plenipo
tentiaries of the United States the assurance of
their high consideration.
Signed, GAMBIER,
HENRY GOULBURN,
WILLIAM ADAMS.
True copy,
C. Hughes, junr. Secretary, American Misiiw.
The reading of the above documents, whicß
occupied the remainder of this day’s session,
was heard with the deepest attention, and the
latter papers, as well as the first, were read
over a second and some a third time.
After the reading was finished some con
versation took place as to the number of these
documents which it would be proper to print,
whether the usual number of 5000 copies.
In the cousre of some remarks in favor of
the latter number, Mr. Pickering took occa
sion to say, that the letters of our Ministers
displayed an ability which was highly honor
able to them.
In the rod, 5000 copies were ordered tob6
I printed. ’
And the House Adjourned.
On Friday fast 8 men were shot and 18
more were under sentence of at
Platsburgh.—Among the former was M al
ter Boyd, whoso name stands first on the
list of the midshipman of the navy, and was
formerly a Lieut, he was unfortunately re
duced to the necessity o/ enlisting as a
private soldier in the army, /rom which he
deserted five times. He melt death with
■ fortitude and remarked to the \jlieer ot the
guard that if the Commanding General did
reprieve him he would desert
ever he had a good opportunity. Ma
Boston Dailv jidv.
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