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Hat, Boot A-Shoe wmM-uouhe. C ■' OLIVER REED, HAS JUST RECEIVED, J tariff fln4 Klrganf jUrST goalie men. fine Bea * Second ditto ditto First ditto ’Caators Second ditto ditto ladies’ Beaver Hat* ' Misses’ and Childrens’ ditto Mens’ and Boys’ fine Roraini f; Ditto ditto Wool Childrens’ 'Morocco Capa Servants’ Glazed Hats. ALSO j ; <A few Trunks gentlemens’ long and * short BOOTS of a superior quality Do. do. gentlemens’ SHOES of vari ous kinds • ] Trunk of ladies’ elegant Morocco Boots Morocco Shoes . ; Ladies’ Walking ditto, and Black and coloured Roans i He has likewise Red irect by recent ar rival»* I, A Choice and Brilliant selection of Military Roods, , ' —CONSISTING or- Silver Mounted") ~ , Plated, and [SWOTUS GiK Gold and Silver Epauletts Plated ditto Silver and Plated ditto for Cavalry \ The, above articles in addition to his formeT snpplies, render his Stock as com plete as will he found in the Southern Market. Novembar 26 ts “ " NEW Clothing Store . Wheeler, Bradley’s '& fco.’. One Door East of the City-Hotel, HAVE. ON HAND, A VERY EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT •OF CLOTHING, OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Jind have f This Day received in addition, 70 Packages, Which makes their assortment very ex tensive, all of whichthey will sell at Wholesale or Retail on thq,most rea sonable Terms. -ALSO- * A HANDSOME ASSORTMENT OF Dry Goods % Hard ware: LADIES’ Walking Shoes and San* dills Gentlemens’ Boots. Shoes and Morocco Slippers • Ladies’ Beaver Hats Gentlemens’ Beaver and Roram ditto •Silk and Cotton Umbrellas Plated and Britania Tea Setts Plated Casiors 1 Silver Tea Sett Silver Table and Tea Spoons Ditto Watches „ t Gold Chains, Seals and Keys Brass Andirons, Shovels and Tongs Copper Ten Ke ties. Stills and Worms Fowling Pieces , Patent steel barrel and common'Pistols Disks, Powder and Shot, Anvills Frying Pans, Trace Chains, &c. •'—ALSO— Looking Glasses, Os all descriptions,and prices , From 1 to ISO Dollars the Pair, Some of which are very elegant. ALSO, A NEAT Jersey Waggon, With full Plated Harness, Calculated for one dr two Horses. (£9* They have employed a Man from the north, whose profession is Tayloring, he will attend to the fitting of garments. Also, {if application ,) to cutting ladies’ Habits and FVUeaes. December 3 ts THE SUBSCRIBERS Have entered into Copartnership under the firm of Felix G. Gwson % Co And are now receiving an Exten sive assortment of British, French , India $ Domestic DRY GOODS, HARD W'JitE^CUTLEUr, AND A General Assortment of GROCERIES, All of which will be sold low and on accommodating terms | Bills of Exchange * On New- York & Boston for sale. Felix G, Gibs n, * William G. Gilbert. , October 29. Presidents Message m,, „ ~ ..-i | ■-—■ ' Washing-Ton City, Dec. 2. This day, at 12 o ? clock, the President of the United States transmitted to both Housed of Congress, the following Mes sage, by Mr. Joseph Jones Monroe, his Secretary: Fellow of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives At no period of our political existence had wc so much cause to felicitate our selves at the prosperous and happy con dition of our country. The abundant fruits of the earth have filled it with plen ty. An extensive and profitable com merce has greatly augmented our reve nue. The .public credit has attained an extraordinary elevation. Gur prepara tions for defence, in case of future wars, from wliicli, by the experience of all na tions, we ought not to expect to be ex empted, are advancing, under a well gested system, with all the dispatch which so important a work will admit. Our free government, founded on the in terest and affections of the people, has gained, and is daily gaining, strength. Local jealousies arc rapidly yielding to more generous, enlarged and enlighten ed views of national policy. For advan tages so numerous and highly important, it is our-duty to unite in grateful ac knowledgements to that Omnipotent Be ing from whom they are derived, and in unceasing prayer thathe will endow us w ith virtue and strength to maintain and hand them down, in their utmost purity, to our latest posterity. I have the satisfaction to inform you, that an arrangement, which had been coirimenced by rny-predecessor, with the British government, for the reduction of the naval force, by-Great Britain and the United State?, on the lakes, has been concluded : by which it is provided, that neither party shall keep in service, on Lake Champlain, more than one vessel; on Lake Ontario, more than one; and on Lake Erie, and the upper Lakes, more <’■« i twty to be armeu, each, with one cannon only; and that all the other arm ed vessels, of both parties, of which an exact list is interchanged, shall be dis mantled. It is also agreed, thafcthe force retained shall be restricted, in its duty, to the internal purposes of each party ; and that the arrangement shall remain in force until six months shall have expired, after notice given by one-of the parties to the"otlier of its desire that it should terminate. By' this arrangement, useless cxpence, on both sides, and, what is of still greater importance, the danger of collision, between armed vessels, in "those inland waters, which w r as great, is prevented. I have the satisfaction also to state, that the Commissioners, under the fourth artifele Os the treaty of Ghent, to whom it was referred to uOcide, to which party the several islands in the Bay of Passa maquoddy belonged under the treaty of One thousand seven hundred and eighty three, have ageeed ; in a report, by which all the islands in the possession of each party before the late war have been de creet! to it. The Commissioners acting under the other articles of Ghent, for the settlement of boundaries, have also been; engaged in the discharge of their respec tive duties, but have not yet completed them. The difference ‘Which arose be tween the two governments under that treaty, respecting the right of.the Unit ed States to take and cure fish on the coast of the British provinces north of our limits, which had been -secured bv the treaty of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, is still in negotiation. The proposition made by this govern ment, to extend to the colonics of Great- Iritain the principle of the convention of j() lid on, by which the commerce between | ie pouts of the United States and Brit ish ports in Europe, had been placed on a footing of equality, has been declined >y the British government. This sub . ect having been thus amicably discussed letween the two governments, and it ap learing that the British government is unwilling to depart from its present re gulations, it remains for Congress to de cide whether they will make any other regulations, in consequence thereof, foi the protection and improvement of our navigation. The negotiation with Spam, for spolia tions on ourcommerce, and the settle ment of boundaries, remains, essentially, in the State it held, by the commmica tirns that were made to Congress by my predecessor. It has been evidently the fioliry of the Spanish government to keep the negotiation suspended, and in this the United States have acquiesced, from an amicable disposition towards Spain, and in the expectation that her govern ment would, from a sense of justice, fi nal l.y accede to such an arrangement as would be equal between the parties. A disposition has been latel»- shewn by the Spanish government to ihfj in the ne gotiation, which has been met by this go vernment, and, should the conciliatory and friendly policy, which has invariably guided our councils, be reciprocated, a just and satisfactory arrangement may be expected. It is proper, however, to remark, that ’no proposition has yet been made, from which such a result can be presumed. It was anticipated, at an early stage, that the contest between Spain and the colonies would become! ighly interestiha to the United States. It was natural that our citizens should sympathize in events winch affected their neighbours. It seem / I cd probable, also, that die prosecution of the conflict along our coast, and in conti guous countries, would occasionally in terrupt our commerce, and otherwise af fect th% persons and property of our citi zens. These anticipations have been re alized. .Such injuries have been received from persons acting under the authority , of both the parties, and for which redcss has, in most instances, been withheld.— Through bvery stage of the conflict; the ' United States have maintained an impar ; tial neutrality, giving aid tp neither of he parties in men. money, ships; or mu nitions of war. They have regarded the ■ contest, not in the light of an ordinary insurrection or but as *a civil ' war between parties nearly equal, having as to neutral powers, equal rights. Our 1 ports have been open to both, and cverf ■ article, the fruit of oqr soil, or of the in >' dustry of our citizens, which either was ■ permitted to take, has been equally fj-ee ■ to the other. Should the colonies esta ‘ blish their independence,it is proper now 1 to'state, that this government neither • seeks, nor would accept, from them any ■ advantage, in commerce or otherwise, • which will not be equallyopcn tQ all other ■ nations. The colonies will, in that event, } become independent states.free from any ■ Alligation to, or connection wrh us, • which it may not then be their interest to > form on the b sis of a fair reciprocity. ■ In the summer of the present year, an ■ expedition was set on foot against East 1 Florida, by persons claiming to, act under | 'the authority of some of the colonies, • who took possession of Amelia islapd,at »; the mouth of the St. Mary’s river, near ■ the boundary of the state of Georgia. As V this province lies eastward of the Missis-: 1 sippi, and Is bound by the United States ' and the ocean on every side, and has • been a subject of negotiation with the ! government of Spain, as an indemnity for losses by spoliation, or in exchange for t territory of equal value westward of the 1 Mississippi, a fact well known to the > woiid, it excited surprise that anycoun -1 tenancc should be given to this measure, 5 by any of the colonies. As it would be 5 difficult to reconcile it with the friendlv* • relations existing between, the U. States 1 and the colonies, a doubt was entertained ■ whether it had been authorised by them, : or any of them. This doubt has gained > strength, by the circumstances which l have unfolded themselves ih the prosecu -1 tion of the enterprise, which have marked 1 it as a mere private unauthorised adven -1 ture.- Projected and commenced with 411; incompetent force, reliance seems to have i. been placed on what might be drawn, in , defiance of our laws, from within our li mits ; and of late, as their resources have failed, it has assumed a more marked character of unfriendliness to us, the island being made a channel for the illicit introduction of slaves from Africa into the United States, an asylum for fugitive’ slaves from the neighbouring states',.and a port for smuggling of every kind. ; A similar establishment was made, at an earlier period, by persons of the same description in.the Gulf of Mexico, at a place called Galveston, within the limits of the United States, as wfi contend, Un der the cession of Louisiana. This en terprisehas been marked, in a more sig nal manner,-by all the objectionable ciir-i i cumstances which characterised Ihe other anu more particularly by ihe equipment of privateers which have annoyed our commerce, and by smuggling. These es tablishments, if ever sanctioned by any authority whatever, whidh is not believ ed, have abused tlicir trust, and forfeited, all claim to consideration. A just regard for the rights and interests of the United States required that they should be sup pressed ; and cyders have accordingly issued to that effect. .1 he imperious con siderations which produced thismeasure, will be explained to the parties whom it may, in any degree, concern. To obtain correct information-on every subject in which the United States ere interested 5 to.inspire just sentiments in all persons in authority, on either side, of our friendly disposition, so far as it may comport with an impartial neutrality ; and to secure proper respect to our com merce in every port, and from every flag, it has been thought proper tosond a ship of war, with three distinguish citizens, along the southern coast,"with instruction to touch at such ports as they may find most. expedient for these With the existing authorities, with those in the possession of, and cxerdan o, the' sovereignty, mustthe communication be held ; from them alone can redress for past injuries, committed by persons act ing under them, be obtained; by them alone can (Jic commission -of the like, in future, be prevented. Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session. Irv our ■ intercourse with each, due attention c. n i tinoes to be paid to the protection of our commerce, and ttTevery other object in ■ which the United Stales are interested. ■ A strong hope is entertained, that, by ■ adhering to the maxims of a just, a can '■ did, and friendly policy, we may long r preserve amicable relations with all the 1 powers of Europe, on conditions ad van s tageous and honorable to our country. » With the Barbarv states and the In • dian tribes our pacific relations havebeeo 1 preserved. • - - In calling your attention to the inter ■y nal concerns of our country the view e which they exhibit is peculiarly gratify -5 ‘PS- The payments which have been t- mad? into the treasury show the very a productive state of the publio revenue. L * After satisfying the appropriations made • -» , ■ • by !gw for the support of ihe civil gov* eminent, and of the military and navaf establishments, embracing suitab'e pro vision for fortifications am! for the grad ual increase of the. navy, paying the in terest of the public debt, and extinguish ing more than eightceif millions of the principal, within the present year, it is estimated that a balance ofn»»rcthan six millions of dollars fcill remain in the treasury on the first day of January, ap plicable to the current service of the en suing year.. The payments into the treasury du ring thfe year one thousand eight hund red and eighteen, on account of imposts and tonnage, resulting principally from duties which have accrued in the pre sent year, may be fairly estimated at twenty millions of dollars; internal rev enues, attwo millions five hundred thou? sand; public lands, at one million five hundred thousand; bank dividends and incidental receipts, at five hundred thou sand; making in the whole, twenty-four millions and five Uundicd thousand dol lars. The annual permanent expe diture for the support of the civil government, and of the army and navy, as now ostah lishcdhy la v. amounts l*. leven millions -eight hundred thousand dollars; and f ■ the sinking fund, to ten millions; making the whole twenty-one millions eigh! hundred thousand dollar*; leaving an annual excess of revenue beyond the ex penditure of two millions seven handin' thousand dollars, exclusive ol the bai ance estimated tube in the treasury on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. In the prespnt stab- of the treasury,the whole of the Louisiana debt may be re deemed in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; after which, if the public debt continues as it now is, above par. there will be annually abou five millions ot the sinking fund unex pended, until the year one thousand eight hundred and tweniy-five, when the loan of one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the stock created by finding treasury nmes, will.be redeemable. It is also estimated that the «/Uissi«- sippi stock will be discharged during the year 01-e thousand eight hundred and nineteen, from the proceeds of the pub lic lands assigned to that object; after which the receipts from those lands will annually add to the public revenue the. sum of one million five hundred thou : sand dollars, making-the permanent an nual revenue amount to twenty-six mil -1 Hons ot dollars, and leaving an annual excess of revenue, after the'year one thousand eight hundred' and nineteen,! beyond the permanent authorised expen diture, bf more than four millions of doi lars. By the late returns from the Depart ’ cent of War, the militia force of the several states may be estimated at eio-ht hundred thousand men, infantry, artil lery and cavalry. Great par." of this force is armed, and measures are taken to.arm the vvhoie. An improvement in the organization and discipline of the militia is one ot the great objects wh’ch claims the unremitted attention of con gress. The regular.force amounts nearly' to tiie number required by law. and is sta tioned along the Atlantic and inland fron tiers. Ot the naval force, it has baen neces sary to maintain strong squadrons in the Mediterranean, and in the Gulph of Mexico. From several of the Indian tribes in habiting the country borderingon Lake Erie, purchases have been made of lands, •m conditions very favorable to the Uni ted States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves. By these purchases, the Indian title, with moderate -reservations, has been extin guished to the whole of the land within the limits of the state-of Ohio, and to a great part of that in the Michigan ter ritory, and of the state of Indiana. From the Cherokee tribe a tract has been purchased, in the state of Georgia, and an arrangement made, by which, in ex change of lands beyond the .Mississippi, a great part, if not the whole of the land belonging to that tribe, eastward of that river, in the states of North- Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, and in the Alabama Territory, will soon be ac quired. By these acquisitions, and oth ers, that may reasonably be expected soon to follow, we shall be enabled to extend our settlements from the inhabited pares of the state of Ohio, along lake Erie, in to the Michigan territory, and to Conned oux settlements by degrees, through the state of Indiana and the Illinois territory, to that of Missouri. A similar, and e qually advantageous effect will soon be produced to the south, through the whole extent of the states and territories, which border on the water emptying into the Mississippi and the Mobile. In this progress, which the rights of nature de mand, and nothing can prevent, a growth rapid and gigantic,it is tv to make new efforts for the preserva tion,improvement, and civilization of the native inhabitants. The hunter state can exist only In the vast uncultivated desart. It yields to the more dense ams compact form, and greater force, of civilized pop ulation; and of right it ought to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of oih ers more than is necessary for their own support and comfort. It is gratifying tv know, that (ha reservationsafland made / V 4. bj Uie treaties with thp (ribas nn t.** Kne.were made w ith a view toim’fe al Ownership among; them,and to thJi ' tivation of the soR byall.an.l C„ “ U «al stipend has been pledged to their other wants. It iui s. deration of Congress, whether Zl piayLs,on, not stipulated bv the t rc , ought to be made for these tribes, am! fi! the advancement of the liberal'™.! i ■ mane policy of the United States townfl* all the tribes within our limits, anil |L* particularly for their improvement ir ti arts of civilized life. 1 ' mUie Among the advantages incident to tW purchases, and to those which have nrl ceoed, the security which may ther P e| . e * be afforded to our inland frontiers, hJ culiarljr important. V id, a strai t ner, consisting of our own .people: th„J planted on the lakes, the Mississippi .ha Mobile, with th.-’protectio^t'l •uved from the regular forte. IndiaaVw t. if they do not altogether cease will hencermth lose tli/iir terror. Fo>ti* firatinns in those quarters, to any extent* will not be necessary, and the expense attending them may be saved. A n eo . pie accustomed to the use of ff c a-m» only, as the Indian tribes are, w {|| slum -ven mo lerate works, which are .I f nl ed by cannon. Great fortifications will' therefore, be requisite only, in r„t nn / along the coast, and at some,points in tl« interior, connected with it. On these will the safety of our (owns, and the com merce of our great rivers, from the* h- v f Fundy to the Mississippi, depend Qn these, therefore, should the utmost attention, skill, and labor.be bestowed. A considerable and rapid augmentau. ■n in the value of all the public lands, proceeding from these and other obvious may henceforward be expected r bo difficulties attending early emigre" tions. will be dissipated even in (he most remote purts Several new states have been admitted into our Union, to the W est and South, and territorial cavern ments. happily organized, established over every other portion in which there is'vacant land for sale. In terminating Indian hostilities, as must soon be done* in a formidable shape at least, the emi gration which has heretofore been groat, will probably gnereese, and the demand’. for land, and the augmentation in its va lue, he in like proportion. The great in ; . cease of our population throughout the . Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it he so sen sibly felt as in those in contemplation.— The public lands are a public stock, which ought to be disposed of to the best ad. an tage for the nation. The nation should, i therefore, derive the profit proceeding from the continual rise in their value.— Every encouragement should be given to the emigrants, consistent with a faircora petition between them, but that compe tition should operate, in the first sale, to the advantage of (he nation rather than of individuals. Great capitalists will derive all the benefit incident to their superior wealth, under any mode ol' sale which may be adopted. But if, looking forward to the rise in the value of the public lands, they should have the oppor tunity of amassing, at a low price, vast bodies in their hands, the profit will ac crue to them, and not to the public.— 1 hey would also have the power, in that degree, to control the emigration and set tlement in such manner as their opinion of the respective interests might dictate. I submit this subject to the consideration of Congress, that such further provision mav be made in the sale of the public lands, vith a view to the public interest, should any be deemed expedient, as in their judgment may be- best adapted to the object When we consider the vast extent of territory within the United States, (be amount and value of its producti ons, the connection of its parts, and oth er circumstances, on which their pros perity and happiness depend, we cannot fail to entertain a high sense of the ad vantage tb bo derived from the facility which may be afforded in the intercourse between them, by means of good roads and canals. Never did a country of'such ; vast extent offer equal inducements to improvements of this kind, nor ever were consequences of such magnitude involv ed in them. As this subject was acted on by Congress at the last Session, anil there may be a disposition to revive it at the present, I have brought it into view, for the purpose of coramunicatingmy sen-* timents on a very important circumstance connected with it, with that freedom ami candor which a regard for the public interest, and a proper respect for con gress, require. A difference of opinion has existed, from the first formation of >ur constitution to the present time, a- ■ mong our most enlightened and virtuous I citizens, respecting (he right of congress I to establish such a system of improve-1 ment. Taking into view the trust with I which I am no,w honored, it would be I iniproper, after what Jias parsed, that this I discussion should be revived, with an un- ■ certainty of ray opinion respecting the I ; ight. Disregarding early -impressions, I I have bestowed on the subject al! die I deliberation which its great importance,* and a just sense of my duty required —■ and the result is, a settled conviction ini my mind, that congress do not possess! the riglit. It is not contained in any of it the specified powers granted to congress: I nor can I consider it incidental to. or a* necessary mean, viewed on the most li-i| beral scale, for carrying into effect anyil of .foe powers which arc specifically! granted In communicating this resultß I caoout resist the obligation which /■