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CVtimucie and iiaztltfc juiiTtn [BV JOSEPH VALI.F.NCB DfcVAN. n sumi l) EVIHV Monday fy Thursday. nvE m»j.i*ns pkk annck, rAr«iu.m: ADVANCE —COUNTUT FATEH, OVCS A WEEK TIIIIKK DOU.AtiS rr.tt ANNUM. FAtABL 4*LSO IN ADVANCE. «AWVM(\.WAWWWW%VtWwvWI from the National Intelligencer— EXTßA DECENT aF.II 5. At 12 o’clock lliis day, the President o the United States transmitt'-d .to lyotl IJ ; ses cf Congrc ss, by >lr. K. L, Gou verntur, the following MKSSAOK : '* ’ fclkvj -Citheut of the Senate, atul <f the Hoxme <\f Uepvtsentalivet ; TME p.oxfvsa of our affair* sin'oe lit Ja,l session tins hem such as may justly, hi clainu-d and expected, under a govern mein deriving all its powers frem an tn lighten. d people, and under law n formed ■ t»> i'. r-presentatives, on great consi. delation, for the solo purpose . f promot ing me we fa.'c and happiness <,f their constituents. In the execution of these laws, and of the powers vested by the constitution in the Executive, unramitu-d (mention has been paid t" die great oh ‘ jects. to which they e\U ml. In the c.on , coins which are exclusively internal, . there is good cause to be satisfied with .the result- i lie laws have had their due operation and effect. In those relating to foicign powcis, 1 am happy to state that peace ami amity arc preserved with 1111,, by a sincl observance, on both aides, of this-rights of each. In manors touch . ,ing our commercial intercourse, where a ditiercnce of opinion has existed, in slay c. vie, as to the conditions on which it should be placed, eac h parly bus pur.su, d ii» own policy, without giving just cause of offence to the other, in this uni ual cim.inunicutlon, especially when it is nd. dressed ton new Gongress, the whole sc- pe * f our political concerns naturally into view ; that errors, it such have to, on coniUiitft<l> may be corrected ; that in fi c-ts, which have become manifest, nay he remedied; and, on the other jw'nd, ihai measure# which were, adopted ’ on due deliheiation, mid which expert. . eoi'C has shown arc just in themselves, : and rtseiiiiul to live public welfare, should be persevered in and supported. In pot > forming this neccssmy and very import ant duty, I shall endeavour to place be. t'fitre you. on its merits, every subject that is thought to be entitled 'o your particu - In attention, in r.S distinct and clear a Up’ll*, as I may be able. By nit act of the 3d of march, 1815, so tftu'cn "f the several aC's as imposed Ingli ’■ ei- duties on the tonnage of foreign vvs * sets, and on the manufactures ami pro. ductions of foreign vessels, and on the * mu,nluciures and productions of foreign nations, when imported into the Umtd States in foreign .vessels, tlisn when im pelled in vessels of tin United States, w-ert repeated, %o far as respected the * manufactures and productions of the if* tion to'which such vessel belonged, on the xondilion,., that the repeal dlthuld I- kc effect only in'favor of any foreign nation, wlicn tlie Executive should he as “tl ,fieii i|fat Such discriminating dut es, to the disadvantage of the United Stales, had I'iki.wisi been repealed by such navion. By t! is act, a proposition was made to ijil ’’ila'ioi.s to place our commerce, with t:,: n on a basis. which, it was presumed; W.uld be acceptable to all. Every nh ti n was allowed tabling itbtnauufaclui'fa ai d ••oductio .s into our ports, and to t : i the n-a' f’uc.ui es and lu’oduciions i f die V lit<l ban s, hack to their ports, in d own vessels, on 'he same conditions tint they might be transported in vessels I oi the United States; and,, in return, it . Wsß requit ed that a tike. accomhiodatLm gt.tmlJ he gianted’ to the vessels of the f oiled Stales, hi ihp pints.of Other pow f, Tnc aitides to be adnulteJ or pro inbiled, oiyoitUer side, formed no part cf the proposed arrangement. Each party Would i el am the r.ght toadmit m pro- ib is such iclts from the ether as ’( tho’t Jiropi r, mid on its own Conditio lip. tVhen the f uture of the commerce bp tw een the JJnited States and every other Country was taken into view, it was tho’t that tins proposition would be considered fa'v. and even 'lib. rid, by cveiy power. Ti e exports of the United States consist g. iu rally of articles of the* first neccssi* u ..and of rode materials, in demand for f.vVftpi manufactories, of great bulk, re quiring for their trangportalion many vea a Is, the. return for which, in the maun fa.-o es end productions of any foreign country, even w hen disposed of there to «<|vautagc, maybe brought in .a single vessel This observation is more eq.cci a v applicable to those countries from .ty Mch manufactures alone are imported, but it applies, in a great extent, to the Run pean dominions of every European power, j»nd, in a certain extent, to all the colonics of those powers. By placing, llu n, the navigation precisely on the same ground, in the transportation of ex ports and imports, between the United States ai.d other countries, it was pro suined that all was ottered which could be desired It seemed to be the only proposition which could be devised which wtfedd retain even the semblance of e qua ity in our favor. Mmy considerations of great weight jpue us a right to expect tliat tins coin. li ere. stiould be extended to the coin iv.es, as w> lias to the European domin .onxiif other powcis. With the latter, 'sp ca ly with countries exclusively,man fa cmiing, die advantage was raanifes.iy on 'heir side An indemnity for that loss tt»' xpecu-d fronts trade with the coin nies, ami, with Uic greater reason, ss it wa* X■> ■>n tb*\ the supplies which the cblo. in; s derived from us were of the higher imjHiivance Vo them, their labor beinp l>. s’ o\\. d with so much greater profit ir Hi. e dime of oth-r articles, and because likcw s“v the articles of which those sup pii. x 'ousisr (I, forming m large a portioi of the exports of 'he Unit-d States, wen rev. r admitted into any of the ports o Fc. ope, except in cases of great enter >, to avert a serious calamity >Vhei no , ’icte is* ad mitt. d which is uot vequir cd u> supply the wants of the parlj ad I ..I*, ii.uiri e-.'-ii... d then,not iufavcii -.nj pa-tic «ht e nn'iy, to the dixad ■- of ethers, but oa condition* c • quatty applicable to all, it »eem« just that the art idea thus admitted and invited x should be carried thither in the vessels of * the country affording such supply, und that Ute reciprocity should he found,in a corresponding accommodation on tho o ther side. By allowing each party to paiticipate in the transportation >f such supplies, on the payment of equal ton nage, a strong proof was afforded of an ls accommodating spirit To abandon to ii K * the transportation of the whole would be Lh a sacrifice which ought not to be expect ed. The demand, in the present instance, * v would be the more unreasonable, in con- sidcratiou of the inequality existing in ’ the trade with the parent country. ■’Kuril was the basis of ouv system, as of estiihlished by the act of 181.5, and such Ij its true character. In the year in which this act was pass.’d, a treaty was conclnd -- i ed with Great llri ain, in btiict confinml ty with its princiides, i;i regard to her European Uonunions. To her colonies, . however, in the West Indies and oh .this continent, it was not extended, the Bri tish guvernment claiming the exclusive supply” of those colonies, ai d from our own ports, and of the productions of the ** colonics in return, in her own vessels '* To this claim the United States could not tisscnt, and, in consequence, each parly '* suspended the intercomse, in the vessels ’ o( the other, by a prohibition, which sdil - exists. r The same conditions were ottered to Prance, but not accepted. Her (lovcru ment has demanded oilier conditions, 1 more favourable to her navigation, anil which should also give extraordinary en • coirragetncnl to her muoufiicttircs and pro i 'dictions, in the ports of the U. States. 1 To these it was thought improper to ac : otde, and, in consequence, the restrictive ' regulation?, width had been adopted on - hor, part, being countervailed on the • part of ihe United Stales, the direct com i merce, between the two countres, in the • vessels of each party, has been in a great i measuie suspended- It is much to Le re gretted, tha although a negotiation has t been long pending, such is the diversity 1 of views entertained, on the various ' points, which have been brought into dis- I mission, that there does not-appear to be ■ any reasonable prospect of Us early con elusion. ll is my duty to state, as » cause of ve ry great, regret, that very serious differ ences have occurred, in tiiis negotiation, ■ respecting the construction of the eighth article of the Treaty of 1803, whereby Louisiana was ceded to the United States, and likewise respecting the seizure of (lie Apollo, in 1820, for a violaiion of our revenue laws. The claim cf the go vernment of France has excite, not less surprise than concern, because there does not appssr to be a just foundation for it, in either instance, ify the eighth arti cle of the Treaty referred to, it is stipu lated that, after the expiration of twelve years, during which it was provided, by the preceding or seventh article that the vessels of Plane, and Spain should he ad mitted into the ports of the ceded Ter ritory, without paying higher duties on nierchandizt, or tonnage on the vessels, than such as were paid by ,citizens of the United Stales, the ships of Frrncc should forever’afterwards he placed on the foot ing of the most favored nation By the obvioits construction of this article, ills presumed, that it was intended, that no favor sliou d be granted to any power in -those por.s, to which France should not be forthwith entitled : nor should any as com modal ion be allowed, to'another pow er, on conditions, iwhiCU sho vvouKl'J not, also, be entitled upon .the same con ditions. Under this construction, no, fa vour oi, accon.tnpJj.vion, c.uv\d be granted, to any ppwer, vo the prejudice >.t 'France. By allowing the equivalent,, allowed by those powers, she would always stand, in those ports, on the footing of the most favoured nation. dut, if this article should be so construed, rs that France should enjoy, of right, and without pay ing the equivalent,all the advantages of such conditions, as might be allowed to other powers, in return for important con cessions'made by them, then, the whole character of the stipulation would be changed. She would not be placed on the footing ol the most favoured nation, ’but on a footing held by no other nation. •Wie would enjoy all the advantages allow, ed to them, in consideration of like ad vantages allowed to ns, free from every and any, condition, whatever. As little cause bus the Government of France to complain of the seizure of the Apulio, and the removal of other vessels, from the waters of the St. Mary’s. It will not be denied, that every nation lias a right to regulate its commercial s; stem, as it thinks fit, and to enforce the collection of its revenue, provided it he done without an invasion of the rights of other powers. The violation of Us revenue laws, is an ollence, which all. nations punish:—the punishment of which, gives no just Cause of complaint, to the power to which the ott’enders belong, provided it be extended to all equally In this case every circum stance which occurred, indicated u fixed purpose to violate our revenue taws.—H id the party intended to ha.e pursued a fair trade, he would have entered our ports, and paid the duties; or had he intended i to have carried on a legitimate circuitous ‘ commerce, with the Un led States, he would have entered the port of some o- I ihcr power, landed his goods at the cus tom house according to law, and re-ship. 1 ped & b nt them in the vessel of such pow er, or of some other power which might 1 lawfully bring them, free from such duties, • to a port of the United States. But the conduct of her party in this case, was al I together different. He entered tin.* river . .S Mary’s, the boundary between the U . S a.es and Florida, and took his position . on the Spanish side, on which, in the •, whole extent of the river, there was no town, no port,or custom house,and scarce . ly any settlement, ll.s purpose there- Is f>re, was not to sell his goods to the in i habitants of Florida, but to citizens ofthe m United Stales, in exchange for thfcir pro >. ductious, which could not be done, with »t out a direct and palpable breach of our g laws It iskoown that u regular systems- Si tic plan, had been formed by certain other c , persons for the violation of oar revenue system, w hich made it the mere luc. ssa ,n vy to check the proce. ding of its com ■e mencement a s That the unsettled bank of a river so re r- mot. from the Spanish garrisons and po ol puliation, could give no protection to any r- party, in such a pracuce,is believed to be 1. in strict accord, with the laws «f natirns. ir It would not have compelled w ith afrieod l- ly policy in Spain lu rsell, t'. Slave c. t .b --o fished a custom house there, eiuq-j it could 1 &»ve subserved ho ottieP- purpose, ttiafi id 1 elude our revenue l«fos. But the Gov'eni f ment of Spain did not adopt that OKWlire/ I On the centraly, It the i Captain' General of Cuba, to whom an »p - plication to that effect was made by these > adventurers, had hot' acceded to it. l*he i condition of thoae pi evinces for many • years, before they were ceded to the Uni i fed States', heed itoftlow b«rij reltoii. lu i habited by different tribes.df Indians, and : an inroad for every kind of adventurer, the ■ jurisdiction of Spa n may said to have , been, almost exclusively, Aonfihtd to Iter • garrisops IK certainly could not extend i to places, where she had iro authority. The rules therefore, applicable to settled 5 countries, governed by laws, could not be i deemed so, to'lhe deserts of Fiiridit, and i to the 'occurrences there. 11 ttn fits at - tion, also, that the territory Wad been . ceded to the United States, bje J a treaty, the ratification of Which been re , fused, and which has since been perform i ed Under such circumstances therefore, Spain became less responsible for such acta, committed there, and the United States, more at liberty to eiercise autho rity, to prevent so great a mischief. The conduct of this Government,has, in every instance, been conciliatory aid friendly to Trance. The construction of our revenue law, in its application to thneascs, which have formed tin ground of such serious complaint on her part, and llv order to the Collector of St. Mary’s, in accord with it, were given tw'O year* before these cases occurred, and in reference 'o a breach, which was attempted by the subjects of another power Its application, therefore, to the cases in qnes'ion, wts inevitable Ah soon as the Treaty, by which these provinces were ceded tothc Fniu d States, was ratified, and all danger of further breach of our revenue laws cessed, an or der was given for the release of the vessel, which had been seized, and for the dismis sion oft e libel, which had been ins'itiiteu against her. The principles of this system of reci procity, founded on the law of the 3d of March, 1815, have been since carried into effect with the Kingdom of tlu- Nether lands, Sweden, Prussia, and with Ham* burg, Bremen Ltihcck, and Oldenburg, with a provision made by subsequent laws, in regard to the Netherlands, Prussia, Hamburg, and Bremen, that such produce and manufactures, as could only be, or most usually were, first shipped from the ports of those countries, the same being imported in vessels, wholly belonging to their subjects, should he considered and submitted as their own manufactures and productions. The government of Norway has by an ordinance opened the ports of that part of the dominions of the King of SivctV n, to the vessels of the United States, upon the payment of no other or lighter duties, than are paid by the Norwegian vessels, from whatever place arriving, and .with what ever articles laden They have request ed the reciprocal alowance for the vessels of Norway in the ports of the United States As this privilege is not within the scope of the act of the 3d,of March 1815, and can only be giantcd by Congress; and as it im.y involve the commercial relations ol the Union with other ha.ions,the subject is submitted U> the wisdotrt of Congr ss I have presented (Inis fully to your view our Commercial relations with other pow ers, tl)at, seeing them in detail with each power, knd knowing the basis on which they rest, Congr< ss may in its wisdom de cide whether any change ought to be made, 'and. if any, in w/hat respect. If this basis *• »'•- • • | -r S* ‘(tfks tube abandoned; but if it be just anti rea sonable, and the change in it will make concessions subversive of the principles of equality, and tending in its consequen ces to sap the foiu.-jkitions of our pros perity, then the reasons at e equally strong for adhering to t,he ground already taken, and supporting it by such' -further fegu la tons as may appear to be proper, should any additional support be found necessary. The question concerning the constiuc tion of the first article of the treaty of Ghent, has been, by a joint act of the Ht prcsentaitves of the United States and es Great Britain, at the court of St. Peters burg, submitted to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia. The resell toft led submission has not yet been received. The Commissioners under the- sth article of that treaty not having been able to agioe upon their decissipn, their imports-.to the two Governments, conformably to the pro visions of the' treaty, may be expected at an early day ; r ■' With Spain, the trea y, may be cxpec. ted ulan eMy day. With Spain, the treaty -f February 22d, 1819, nas been partly carried into the ex ecution. Possession of East and West Florida has been given, to the United States, but the officers charged with tlm l service by an order from bis Catholic Ma jesty, delivered by his Minister to the Se cretary of State, and transmitted by a spe cial agent to (he Captain Genera) of Cuba to whom it was directed; mid in whom the government of those provinces was vested, ,ave nut only omitted, in contravention of the orders of their sovreign, the per formance of the express stipulation, to de liver over the uvciivcvcs and documents , relating to the property and sovreignTj * of those provinces, all of which it was ex pected would have been d llvercd, eithei before or when tile troops were with drawn, but defeated since every effort of 'he States to obtain litem, especially those of the greatest importance.- This omis sion has given rise to several incidents of a painful nature, the character Os widen will be fully disclosed, by the documents which will hereafter be communicated. In every other circumstance the law of he 3d of March last, for carrying into i ff.ct that treaty, has been duly attend ■ d to. For the execution of that part w hich preserved in fore?, Jfor the inhabi tants, for the term specified, all the civil, military, and judicial powers, exercised by the existing government of those pro vinces, an adequate) number of officers, as was picsnmed, were appointed, and ordered to their respective Bunions. Both ■‘provinces were formed into one territory, ■ and a governor appointed for it, but, in consider.! ion of the'Pre-osisiing,/division, and of ihe distance and difficulty, of com ifmhicatidn between Pensacohi.ihb resi dence of (he Governor of West Florida, and St. \uguline, that of the Governor ol Must Farida, at which (daces the in con siderable population of |i.- neb province yvas principally collected, two. Secretaries were appointed, one to reside at Pensa cola, and the other at St. Augustine. Due attention was likewise paid to the ■ i veriiie anu the slave trade, which were 1 extended to ,these provinces. The whole t; . . *• .* v territory Vast dfvhled info Three collce- < - tion districts, that part lying between »he- r / river St. Mary’s and Cape Florida, forp'- ,1 > ing one, That from the Cape to the Apa- 1 iacnicola, another, and that from the Apa- t lachicola to the Terdido, the Cliird. To t these districts the-usual nhmber of revs- s - nueofficers wei'e appointed: and, to se- t ■ cure the due ’operation of these laws, one ■ judge andja district attorney were appoin- i I ted, to reside at Pensacola; and, like- f ■ vise, one judge and a district attorney to t : reside nt S'. Augilstinc, with a specified f ■ boundary between them; and one mar- 'I 1 [ shsl fortiie whole, with authority to ap- s point a deputy. In carrying this [law in- t to effect, ami'especially that part of it ( relating to the powers of the existing g !) - t vernment 'of those provinces, it was tho’t t important, in consider ation of the short v i term for which it waste operate, and the i i radical change which would be made at i ■ the approaching session of Congress, 1 to avoid expense, to make no appoint- ' J , mdnt which should not be absolutely ne i cessary to give effect to those.poivets, to a I withdraw none of our citizens from oilier 1 1 pundits whereby to subject the govern,- v ; rnenl to claims \yhich could not be grad- s fied, ami the parties to losses, which it y > won!! be.-puinful tbwitness. * t : It (W been seen, with much concern, t i that, kithe performance of, these duties, i i a collision arcae between the Governor ol c ; th*', Territory, and .the Judge appointed t , fur th< Western >D.strict. It was pre- c i sinned) that the law under which transi- c tory Government was organized, ana the , f commianons which were granted to the t , employed in eaclv.branch of the «! system; and to which -..the-commissions c i were adapted, v'ould have been under- (• i stood by the Executive. Much allow t ■ ance ii due In officers, employed in each ■ branch of .this i system, and the more so, t , as there is-pood cause to believe that each ♦ • acted under n conviction, that he possess- j i eel the power which he undertook to ex- i ercise, Os the officer holding the prin t dpa! sta'ion, I think it piopcr to observe, j r That he accepted it with reluctance, in \ compliance with the invitation given him, i and from a high sense of duty to h:s r country, being willing to contribute to the consummation of an evert, which * , would ensure complete protection loan t mi .orlain part of o>r Union, which had , suffered much, from incursion and inva j sion, and to the defence of which, his very gallant and patriotic services, had been i so signally, and usefully devoted. j From the intrinsic difficulty of exccnt- t nig laws deriving their origin from differ ( cut sources, ami so essentially different ] in many important circumstances, the ad c vantage, and, indeed, the necessity of c-s r tab fishing, as soon us may he practicable, ; » well organized government over ilia' l territory, on the principles of our sys- r era, if apparent. This s ihj- ot, ther< - i fore, is rcc.'inmcndi tl to the early cousi- i deration of Congress. s In compliance with an injunction of the taw of the 3d of March lasi, '.liree Or in- c inissioncrs have also been appointed, and i a boayd organized, so- carlyfmj into er- - feet the eleventh articleof the Treaty c above recited, making provision foi the , payment of such of oitr' citizens as have , welt founded claims on Spain, oft he eha- ; racier specified by that Treaty, t hu.' r hoard has entered on its ditties, and mad some progress therein. The Comm if.- sioner and Surveyor of Kis, Catholic Ma- i j iVy, provided for by (he tounh,article of- s the Treaty, have not ytt arrived in tin j United Stales, but are soon expected,— ; As soon, as they do arrive, correspond; ng r "i*i- r/rntnve will -r*<, ■>-. J- ■**»■ »y- 1 ctlily be afforded, for the due execution v of this service. -a ' The Government of He Most Faithful a Majesty, sinpe the terminatii-n of the i»s.‘ a session of Congress, has been removed c from Uio de Janeiro to Lisbon, where a \ revolution, similar to ihat which bad ec c. cnired in tiie neighhourit.g kingdom of \ Spain, had, in like manner, been sanction- a ed, by'the accepted and pledged faith t-f \ the reigning Monarch. Tuediplor-.aticin t lercouvsc between the United States; and j the PoVtnguesedominions, interrupted by that important event, has not yet been c resumed, but the change of internal ad- I inimstiauon, having already materially us ( fi cted the commercial intercourse of the f United States with the Portuguese domi- 1 ons, thi; renewal of the public mission be- t twet n two countries, appears to be ad visa- t ble at kn early day. « South America have had great sue- t cess during the present year, in the strug- t gle for their independence. The new v Government of Columbia has extended c! its strength; and at Buenos Ayres, where v civil dissension had, for some time before, g prevailed, greater harmony and better or- i der, appear to have been established— r Equal success has attended their efforts J in the provinces on the Pacific. It lias d long been manifest, it would he impossi- f hie for Spain to reduce these Colonies by h force, and equally se, that no conditions, t short of their independence, would be t satisfactory to diem. It may therefore be. s presumed, and it is earnestly hoped, that p the Government ol Spain, guided by en- s ightfiied and liberal counsels, will find it n I i comport with its interests, and due to o its magnanimity-, to terminate this ex- v hausling controversy, on that basis To h promise this result, by friendly counsel, r with the Government of Spain, will be ti the object of the Government of the U. a States. ti In conducting the fiscal operations of the p ve.tr it has been found necessary to carry it into full effect the act of the last session n of Congress, authorizing a loan of five e - milions of dollars. This sum has been o raised at an average premium of five dol- si lurslifty nine Hundredths per cent, upon ti stock bearing an interest at the rate of ti live coin, per annum, redeemable at the ir option of the government after the Ist day h of January, 1835. h Theie has been issued, under the pro tr vis.ons of this act, four millions seven ti hundred and thirty-five thousand two him ir dre<l and ninety-six dollars thirty cents, of five per cent, stock; and there has been tl or will he, redeemed during the year, to Three millions one hundred and ninety n seven thousand thirty dollars seventy-one rj cents of Louisiana six cent, deferred tl stock, ana Mississippi slock. There has. d th i-( i lbre, been an actual increase of ;h-. tl: public debt, dp in acted during the year, in *)1 one million five hundred and thirty w iglu thousand -two hundred and sixty M Six dollars sixty nine cents'. v The receipts into the Treasury from u the Ist' of January tb the 30th of Sept, cs nfstyhave amounted to sixteen railiioii two hundred and nineteen thousand one u' and ninety seven dollars seventy q< cent?, which, with the batsiioe- of one million one hundred anti ninety eight thousand four hundred and sixty-one do! Jars twenty-one Cents in the Treasury on the former day, make the aggregate sum of seventeen millions four hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and fifty eight dollars ninety-one cents. The payments from the Treasury dur ing the same period have amounted to fifteen millions six hundred aud fifty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars forty-seven cents, leaving in the Treasury,-on the last mentioned day, the sum of one million seven hundred and six ty-two thousand three hundred and seven ty dollars forty-four cents. It is estima ted that the receipts of the four’ll quar ter of the year, will exceed the demands, which will be made on the Treasury, dur. iug the same period, and that t)ic amount in the Treasury* on the • SOrii of Sept.- last, will he increased oh the first day of January next. At the close of the last session, it was anticipated that the progressive diminution of the public reveue in 18,19 and 18*0, which had been the result ofthe languid state of our foreign- commerce in those y'ears, bad in the latter year, reached its extreme point of depression- It l\a«, how ever, been ascertained tbatthat point was reached only at the termination of the first quarter of the present t ear. From that time until the 30th of September last, the duties secured have exceeded those ofthe corresponding quarters of the last year, one million one hundred and seveniy-iwo thousand dollars; whilst the amount of debentures, issued during the three first quarters of this year, is nine hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars less than that of the same quarters of the last year. There are just grounds to believe that the improvement which has occurred in the revenue, during the last mentioned period, will not only be maintained, but that it will progressively increase through the next and several succeeding years so as to realize the results which were presented upon that subject, by tlio official reports ofthe Treasury, at the com mencement ofthe last §ypsipn of Congress. Under the influence of the most unfa vorable circumstances, the revenue, for the next and subsequent years* to the t ear 132.5, will exceed the dcmknds at present authorised by law. It may fairly be presumed, that, under the protection given to domestic manu factures, by the existing laws, we shall become, at no distant period,* manufac turing country on an extensive scale. Possessing, as wa do, the raw materials, in such vast amount, with a capacity to aug ment them, to an indefinite extent: i ais mg within the country aliment of every kind, to an amount far exceeding the de mand f r homo consumption, even in the most unfavorable years, and to he ob 'aim-d a.'tf'iys at a very moderate price ; skilled also, us on people are in the me gimme arts, and in every improvement calculated to.lessen the demand for. and •he price of labor, it is manifest that their success, in-every branch of domestic in dustiy, m-y and w’d 1 be earth d, under the encouragement given by the present du ties. to an extent to meet any demand, which, under a fair competition, may bt mad*'on it, .t consul rable increase of domestic mMiutfiuHtiff i, bt diminishing the importa tion of firvig-, will probably tend to les sen the amount of the public revenue. As "however, a large proportion of the revenue, which is dcriv d.fVom dutu s, io raised from other articles than manufac *uiiaß, »>**.Ucinpwl -4»,u- illCs'L*ftP€ with our population—it is believed, ihtu a fund will still be nacd fiorn that sou ice, adequate to the .greater part of the nation al expendi* (ires, especially as those expen ditures, should we continue to be blessed with peace, will be diminished by the completion, of the fortifications, dock yards, and other public works; by the augmentation ofthe navy to the point, to which, it is proposed, to carry it, and by the payment of the public debt, including pensions for military services. It canfiot be doubted, that the more complete,our internal resources, and the less dependent we arr on foreign powers, lor every national, as well as domestic pur pose, the greater and more stable will be the public felicity. By the increase of domestic manufactures, will the demand for the rude materials at home be increased and thus will the dependence of the sev eral parts of pur Union on each other, and the strength of the Union its . If, be proper tiohably augmented. in this process, which is very desirable, and inevitable un der the existing duties, the resources which obviously present the".selves to supply a deficiency in the revenue, should it- occur, arc the interests, .which mfey de rive the principal benefit from-the change. If domestic manufactures are raised by duties on foreign, the deficiency in tin fund, necessary for public purposes should be supplied by duties oil the former. At the last session it seemed doubtful, w he ther the revenue derived from the present sources would be adequate to all ;h>- great purposes of our Union, including the con struction of our fortifications, the aug mentation of our navy, and the protection of our commerce, against the dangers to which it is exposed. Had the deficiency been such, as to subject us to the necessi ty, eiiher to abandon those measures of, [lefen.ee, or to resort to other means for adequate funds, the course presented lo the adoption ofa virtuous and enlightened people, appeared to be a plain one. It must be gratifying to all lo kno/' that '.his necessity does not exist. Nothing, how sver, in contemplation of such important objects, which tan he easily provided for, should ho left lo hazard, i; is thought that he revenue, may receive an augmentu ion from the existing sources, and m a nanner to aid our manufactures, without listening prematurely the result which ias been suggested. Jt is believed that a noderate additional duty on certain ar icles would have that effect, without bc ng liable to any serious objection. The examination ofthe whole coast, so he construction of permanent fortifica ions, from the St. Croix to the Sabine, i illi the exception of a part of the territ o ■y lately acquired,, will be completed i. he present year, as will-be the survey <u lie Mississippi, under the resolution es he House of representative-, from tlu nouth ofthe Ohio to the Ocean—and, li!;< vise, ofthe Ohio, from Louisville lo the Mississippi. A progress, corresponding vith the.sum# .appropriated, uas also bee" uaae in the construction of these forth)- as onsat the points designated. As tin y -dll form a system of defense, for, the hole m "it.me frontier, and, in const-- [ueiice, for the interior, and pre to last . tor ages, the utmost car' w, to fix ihe position of each « ‘‘*CJ iornr.it on such a.scale a/j. t, to the purpose intended b * a^ c-< 3'ia! i inlets and assailable pa rts 'J 1 ;, Hi 1 have been minutely ex am ;.,! , S observing, in every instance I • Ui! « ■ to economy. Doubts, howu’v,;'? 1 re £ a > . terUur.ed.asto the i tion. and extent ofthe wn,- y ! ■ fs : Island, further progress „ I)a ''i>liir : ed. soon after : and an order gtve.n to the UoL - neers and Naval Comml^" 1 -a fui tlier and more minute p v , ■ ° r!l ‘ 1 ' - it. In both respects, am * I,iaa,ion suit, «iihcut delay . ‘ ? ort Bis : , Due progress has been made in ,i. • struotionol vessels of war ° Cf t l Jaw providing fiirtfi^S^^' 0 1,1 ■ tion ,cf the ruu V , a'd to ii, * a,! t»nsemj r,ip„y th Oft zed by the act aJ » completed! and 5 i None ofthe larger shins 1.-u-a U ‘' ' Strvic l .fc launched, tcu- the p r l “e, % n ’° r ui l I being to protect ail which may r t /H 5 1 U!ml f'-r immediate service f i iby suitable buddings eree-e,' ‘ ' :c i > tolore, m the Mc(literi.,>,„„ , s i vyharefore peace lias been r i"’ me: "| 1 ;l*e Barba, yp , mei s. SS r r ed^ ■ been reduced the present V ea ' h 1 : a i’>rce as is compatible w-;iif u V. SII,I I . oi’tbe object intended ' experience, and tin. | JrS V !-' n P a | f peering the views of u„ )ae rel ; ‘l'stmct.ly understood that” 'sh'nn “ I squadron be withdrawn, the- v o uh! 1 1 le.compience their hostilities an,’l .i S °l , 'ions upon our t cations have lately been rebuilt , '“.‘’l | maritime force increased fI, ’ i‘ I found necessary to maintain I in .he r.e.fc,V : v «y important interests',fourfi/enl-I i gaged in commerce and the tfti - se fl : Ve.seu h# veli^trj i ployed in cruizing along the Atfimiel I • .n.he Oulpli of Afnc.i, and in the neighboring seas I - the latter many piracies have been co i.ml i ted on our commerce, and so extend! ; w,s . bcooni'ne the rang, of those unnrl t copied adventurers, that there w/cvl . f° «PPrei»end. without a timely and d'cl -ve c-floit to suppress them,the worst col [ ensue. Bortanve?! l considerable check has been given to il’J • spirit by our cruisers, who have tucceel ■ ed m capturing and destroying several I their vessels. Keverth-less it- I • ered an object of high imp Stance to col Un,ie cruiz s until the rr.vctice I ev tje.y suppressed. Like suLiha.l ended our efiorts to suppress fie skvl «nt-c. Under the lb,/‘of lhe Un ?| • Slates, and tne sanction cf their panel the trade may he considered as cntirl Mippessed; anti,if any ofour citizens 3 engined in it ttmier rile flags a „d pspersl oti.er powers, it is only from a respect I , the rights c those powers, that these 1 find- rs a,re not seized and brought hoiJ ■to receive tlio punishment which the lafl ij'fiict if every other power should] 1 ' ‘"i’ l lhe panu ’ policy, and pursue the sail figorow means for caiiymgit into cff'cJ ne traue tpuid no longer exist. 1 e , c P'y ’pressed with the blessinl winch wc enjoy,■*,,(] „{■ which we hul such manifold proof, „. y mind is i.-resiJ hly drawn so that -Almighty Reing-tl G eat Source ti«m whence they pmcej a " u in most gruetful wknol edgements are due. ’ V - JAMKS MONROE J TVashivgton, Dec. 5, 1821. 1 .j. cw. tv* mimwnwa^l Laml Littery Regigtir/] For the Counties of Richmond, Columbl and Burke, v ] No. 20. a I , Joltn Wilburns, jr Mulcom J Mu or., Cary Godbee, Sdaburn F. JonJ Arthur West, Sumner Sumner, Jose] Cooper, Wth Wynn. Vinson Uarfield, a| th Williams, Jas J W Davis’ orps.- I Columbia —Archibald Henderson, Pll bp II Dunn. James Luke, esq Isobel Jonas, jr Thomas Sliort’s orps Alisil Knox, Wm II Crawford, Archibald 0| . fun, Hnbbakuk Wright, John Harrui Cleii on. Malone, Sum’l Wasriider’s I Richmond— John Sloan, J.dm Tin)] sen John (Bass, tVml.aiv, "osuMorg] John C Snead, Cnlien B'"e ! t, August] Bandry, Alexander M Da-.lonh, Joi] Bturdl. G i •* '■ akcr, Jlartin hi] Vair, Simeon Russel I Burke- —b.g s.arriit, Aaron ThotTpSo] Deth’uh Walker, John I‘resooK, jr Joi] tioodeii, 3a.ah Howard, Cal b (Jock’s or] Asa Itoyai, George, Koval's orps Jo] Hampton, Zachanah Wimherlv, Lan] ston Bottom, Moses Wa-ker, -Alcxand] Young. | Columbia —Jesse Moon, sen Wm 1 Ba.dwin, ifichaul Derby, Krar.cis Millel Jonattian Teudiii’s orps Ramsey Newso] Samuel Pliili.ps, Ebzabali Ifiy.wid m b v II nit, Diivi t Kohertson, John YV’] lingiiam, John Bynaum I y'tduH'.nd —Isabel a Uasser, will Join I Williams, John lluffj George Collini,] Alexander Outlaw., Tolliver U'itlcon, Wi] Bailey, Berry Ketl, Iteuben Snr.nu r ".">] lid Haley, Llizabeth Bogan, wtd iVtilia] Haub, Jolm G Cowling, M'n, c Dillal Lig in Woodson, il my 1) ft Mary ■ Beach, orps Enoch Jiinght, John Vt ] Bowers, Daniel, I‘oJiy, Euin'd atid vufl Le Vair, orphans ® No, 23. I; Burke— Amos Niclio.s, James C Morrfl John Wilkerson, Ab I Fanner, Kobe] Ski liner, Win Gr ffin’s orps flmj ml Mobley, James E Morris, John Ai.a p <*l Win 3app, YViu Dykes, Eli# !(e fi ® Drcwry Clark, Richard Brack, Jts-c Uni fuel’s orps Join) Sik s, jr Josepi) Bit'H on F:i up Belcher, Hoses Gaftl;, Ri® ard tlld -.y’s crjis B Columbia — .Tt-iffin Edmonson, hiihiH Derby, John T Dorsey, Man f*ifr’oi-, seph Davis, Aibin Collier’s orp* YY Maw/ora’s oi jib iioberi Shaw, oopt ucl Whittaker, Micliud Smally, jr Wm Harrison, Betsey Harrison, wm •look,names Brantley, John iieed, barine Nance, tvkl VVm L JJv»l' s u! B uriKr Clanton H Jlichmond —John C Griffitt, Jo!,n 'fancy Buck, orph .. J..lm Fudge, son. Posey, Keiiecca T Ualdwin, ri ony, wiuow loscpli A.iJ, J'J” l I.ußeu,- bally E DL C ft E J rphaits ■ No. 23. ■ Burke —John YVi igtn, Klizzbet?! wid James iindtue,jr But Jl'dkfß . W. Lumpkin, VI in Guiu, Gutiaß