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among them, and the character cf the agitator?
pointed to the sources of excitement. Men l
■sures were immediately taken for providing
•gainst that danger: instructions were given to .
require explanations, and, vu h stsui antes ol 1
our continued friendship, to admonish the I
tribes to remain quiet at home, taking no part
i.. quarrels not belonging to them. As far as
we are yet informed, the tribes in our vicinity,
wno .lie most advanced in the pursuits of nidus
try. are sincerely disposed to adhere to their
friendship with us, anti to their peace with all
others. While those more remote do not pre
sent appearances sufficiently quiet to justily the
intermission of military precaution on our part.
The great tribes on our south western quar
ter, much advanced beyond the others in agri
culture and household arts, appear tranquil and
identifying their views with out ’s, in proportion
to their advancements. With the whole of
these people in every quarter, I shall continue
to inculcate peace and friendship with all their
neighbors, and perseverance in those occupa
tions and pursuits which will best promote their
own weli-bcing.
‘The appropriations of the last session, for the
defence of our sea-port towns and harbors,
were made under expectation that a continu
ance of peace would permit us to proceed in
that work according to our convenience. It
has been thought better to apply the sums then
given towards the defence of N. York, Charles
ton and New-Orleans chiefly, as most open and
most likely lb st to need protection ; and to leave
places less immediately in danger to the pro
visions of the present session.
The gun-boats too. already provided, have,
on a like principle, been chiefly assigned to
New.York, New-Orleans arid the Chesapeake.
Whether our movable force on the water, so
material in ..id of the defensive works on the
land, should be augmented in this or any other
-form, is left to the wisdom of the legislature.
For die purpose of manning these vessels, in
sudden attacks on our harbors, it is a matter
for consideration whether the seamen of the
Caked States may not justly be formed into a
special militia, to be called on for tours of duty
in defence of the harbor where they shall hap
pen to be ; the ordinary militia of the place
furnishing that portion which may consist of
landsmen.
The moment our peace was threatened, I
deemed it indispensable to secure a greater pro
vision of those articles of military stores with
which our magazines were not sufficiently fur
nished To have awaited a previous and speci
al sanction by law, would have lost occasions
which might not be received. I did not hesi
tate, therefore, to authorise engagements for
such supplements to our existing stock as
would render it adequate to the emergencies
threatening us; and I tniV that the legislature,
feeling the same anxiety for the safety of our
country, so materially advanced by this precau
tion, will approve, when done, what they would
have seen so important to he done, if then as
sembled. Expense, also, unprovided for, arose
out of the necessity of calling all our gun-boats
into actual service for the defence ol our har
bours; of all which, accounts will be laid before
you.
Whether a regular army is to be raised, and
to what extent, must depend on the informa
tion so shortly expected. In the mean time, I
have called on the states for quotas of militia
to be in readiness for present defence ; and
have moreover encouraged the acceptance of
volunteers, and I am happy to inform you that
these have offered themselves with great-ala
crity in every part of the union. They are or
dered to be organized, and ready at a moment’s
warning, to proceed on any service to which
they may be called, and every preparation with
in the executive powers has been made to en
sure us the benefit of early exertions.
I informed Congress, at their last session, of
the enterprises against the public peace, which
were believed to be in preparation by Aaron
Burr and his associates, of the measures taken
to defeat them, and to bring the offenders to
justice. Their enterprizes were happily dc
fea ed; by the patriotic exertions of the militia,
called into action ; by the fidelity of
tiie* army, and energy of the commander in
chief, in promptly arranging the difficulties pre
senting themselves on the Sabine, repairing to
meet those arising on the Mississippi, and dis
sipating before their explosion plots engender
ing there : I shall think it my duty to lay be
fore you the proceedings, and the evidence
publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the
principal offenders before the district court of
Virginia. You will be enabled to judge whe
ther the defect was in the testimony, in the law,
or in the administration of the law ; and wher
ever it shall be found, the legislature alone can
apply or originate the remedy. The framers
of our constitution certainly supposed they had
guarded, as well their government against des
truction by treason, as their ci’izens against op
pression, under pretence of it ; and if these
ends are not attained, it is of importance to en
quire by what means, more effectual, they may
be secured.
The accounts of the receipts of revenue dur
ing the year ending on the thirtieth day of Sep
tember last, being not yet made up, a correct
statement will lie hereafter transmitted from
the treasury. In the mean time it is'ascer
tained that the receipts have amounted to near
sixteen millions of dollars ; which with the five
millions and an half in the treasury at the be
ginning ofthe year,have enabled us,after meet
ing the current demands and interest incurred,
to pay more than tour millions of the principal
’ pfour funded debt. These payments, with
those of the preceding live ind a half years,
have extinguished ofthe twenty
five millions and 1 half a dollars, being iff
whole which could me paid orpurchased within
flic limits cf the law, and of our contracts, ar-J
have left us n the treasury eight millions and
an half of dollars. A portion of this sum may
be considered as a commencement of accumu
lation of the surpluses of revenue, which after
paving the instalments of debt, as they shall be
come payable, will remain without any speci
fic object. it may partly indeed be applied
towards completing the defence of the expos
ed points of our country, on such a scale as shall
be adapted fOour principles and circumstances.
This object is doubtless among the first enti
tled to attention, in such a state of our finances,
and it is one which, whether we have peace
or war, will provide security where it is
due. Whether what shall remain of this, with
the future surplusscs, may be usefully applied
to purposes already authorised, or more use
fully to others requiring new authorities, or
how otherwise they shall be disposed of, are
questions calling for the notice of Congress;
unless indeed they shall be superceded by a
change in our public relations, now awaiting
the determination of others. Whatever be that
determination, it is a great consolation that it
will become known at a moment when the su
preme counsel of the nation is assembled at its
post, and ready to give the aids of its wisdom
and authority to whatever course the good of
our country shall then call us to pursue.
Mallets of minor importance will be the
subjects of future communications; and no
thing shall be wanting on my part which may
give information or dispatch to die proceed
ings of the legislature in the exercise of their j
high duties, and at a moment so interesting to i
the public welfare. TH : JEFFERSON.
Tuesday, October 27, 1807.
Af'cr being read, the meflage was committed to a
committee of the whole heufe on the state of the
muon, and loco copies ordered to be print'd
An election took place for a ferjeant at arms,
wh eh, after two bidet tags, i tided in favor of Tho
mas Dunn.
Thomas C'axton was appointed door keeper
without opposition, and Jefie Edwards affiitant door
keeper at the firlt ballot.
Mr Dawson moved the appointment of the ftaud- j
nig committees ; but a difference of opinion .anting
whether they tliould be named by the fpeaker 3
heretofore, or eUfted by ballot, the appointment ,
was pollpoi ed till to-morrow.
Washington City, October 27.
It will be perceived by our congressional
journal, that the national legislature have as
sembled without the least delay. On Mon
day, on countingthe members of the house of
representatives, one hundred and seventeen
were found to he present, and one delegate
from the Mississippi territory. In the senate
twenty-five members were present. Such a
prompt and general attendance manifests the
I zeal and attention which may be expected
1 from the new congress.
The hull of the house of representatives was
on this day opened for the first time. VVe
risque nothing in pronouncing it a chef d’ceuv
re of architectural skill. It was anticipated,
by those who had paid a critical attention to the
plan, and who were acquainted with the talents
of the architect*,that it would lie the handsom
est room in the world occupied by a delibera
tive body. Those who have seen the rooms
occupied bv European public bodies attest the
accuracy of the prediction. We shall not at
present attempt a description of it ; reserving
this gratification for some future period of lei
sure. In the mean time w'e shall barely re
mark, that, on entering it, the spectator leels a
new and strong sensation of pleasure, from the
splendor and elegance of all that surrounds
him.
The Vice-President yesterday took the chair
of the senate at the opening of that body. We
have pleasure in stating him to be in good
health.
It is with regret we learn that Mr. Macon,
the former speaker of the house of representa
tives, is disabled from taking his scat in the
house by a severe indisposition.
* Mr. Latrobe.
Hugh Ross,
CONTINUES TO TRANSACT
Factorage &. Commission Business,
on Messrs. Smith & Bourke’s wha-f. He has for
Lie, a few bales of Welch PLAINS, and a quantity of
Weeding Hoes.
November 10 T 12.5
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,
RAMSAY’S
Life of Gen. Washington;
AND BUCHAN’S
Domestic Medicine,
(h OI F’s NEW EDITION)
With cr without the ADVICE to MOTHERS.
ALSO,
Hoff’s Agricultural and Commercial
Almanac, for 1308,
For GEORGIA and the CAItOLINAS.
lO* ‘The Subscribers to Hoff’s Editon of
BUCHAN’S DOMES TIC MEDICINE, wil
be pleased to call at this office tor their copies.
November 10. 125
Powers of Attorney
Far sale at this office.
Savannah,
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER !0, lfto7.
A deni re to give the earliest publicity in out
power to the Congressional Intelligence , received
by last night's mail, has induced tit: to issue our
paper this morning, instead of the tftehiCon.
In the list of members present on the 26th of
October, see observe, Messrs. Milledge, Jones,
Smelt, Bibb, Troup ami Cobb, from this slate.
A gentleman who arived in town last evening,
from Halifax, via Plymouth, and who left the
former place the lGth instant, informs, that the
English September Packet had arrived there
from England, bringing London papers to the
7th September, and letters to the 9th. The
letters mentioned, that admiral Berkley had
been recalled ; but that the order was counter
manded soon after. The dispatches received
by the Revenge were made known ; and that
6000 troops were ordered out to Nova-Scotia.
He also observes that orders had been received
from England, for ot ganizing the militia that
several companies had been mustered previous
to his leaving Halifax ; and that the people
there were very averse to a war with the Unit
ed States. Two of the Jason’s milliners had
been lutng at her yard-arm, and the remainder
reprieved. The Triumph, and the Leopard,
had arrived from the Capes of Virginia.—Bos
ton paper.
The elections throughout this state, are gen
erally much the same as to the result as they
were last year ; the majority on the democratic
side may be expected to be increased about
fourteen votes in the house of representatives
and four in the senate.— Aurora.
Gueenesborough, Geo. October 20.
The militia of the 3d division of this state
would not suffer themselves to he drafted ; but
with zeal and promptitude highly to their ho
nor, have furnished their quota by the volunta
ry offers, ready to march at a moment’:, warn
ing. From accounts received from other parts
of the slate, there remains li tie doubt but the
other divisions have done themselves equal ho
nor.
Baltimore, October 24.
By the arrival of the brig Happy Couple at
this port, we have received our t egular file of
the Paris Moniteur, from the Ist of August to
the 4ih of September, inclusive. The only ar
ticle of importance from Denmark, which we
notice at the first glance, furnishes intelligence
from Copenhagen to the 20th of August, and
from the extremity of Zealand io the 22d
,of the same month. It is represented that the
■ Danes had been successful in two sorties a
gainst the British on the 19th and 20ih ; that
they commanded all the avenues leading to Co
penhagen, together with such other positions
as incommoded the British considerably in their
approaches to the city, and compelled them to
proceed with the utmost caution.
We understand that the captain of the Hap
py Couple reports that batteries were erecting
. by tire Danes and French on both sides of the
; Great Belt, with the intention of acting against
the British ships \\ hich guarded that passage,
and that a French army of 50,000 men were
, ready to pass over to Zealand, at the first op
’ portunity, to compel the British to raise the
siege of the Danish capital. Part of the su
. burbs of Copenhagen were reported to have
j been burnt by order of the Danish commander
” Peyman. We find this corroborated in our
‘ Paris papers, by an article under the head of
Kiel, August 21,
The circumstance of there being no account
of the surrender of Copenhagen at Bordeaux,
on the 12th of September when captain Lovell,
of the Happy Couple, left there, furnishes
ground for believing that the capital of Den
mark did not yield on the 24th of August, as
mentioned by information received at the east
ward. If it had capitulated, it is highly proba
ble that** intelligence of the event would have
reached Bordeaux in 19 days after the occur
rence took place. The cessation of the firing
that was heard on the 24th, is no proof of a
surrender ; for, as the editor of the New-York
American Citizen very shrewdly observes, the
Danish batteries were as likely to silence the
fire of the British fleet as the latter were to si
lence the cannon of the Danes.
Died in Charleston on the 3d. instant, after
a few days illness, the venerable Michael
Kalteisen, esq. commandant of Fort Johns
ton, and captain in the United States regiment
ol Artillerists. His death was announced by
17 minute guns from Fort Johnston, which
were answered by the same number from the
gun-boats in the harbour. Captain Kalteisen
had passed his 78th year.
All the vessels in the harbour paid the tri
bute of respect, by hoisting their colors half
mast, from the moment of the commander’s
death to that of his interment.
7 o bestow an eulogium on a man, whose me
mory will long !r; revered by the inhabitants of
this state. Would be useless : suffice it then to
say, that he was brave and good—-despisinf dan
ger—alike intrepid and firm.—His heart was
yet susceptible to the tale of sorrow—and tears
of sympathy have oflen bedewed his furrowed
cheek.—l'or nearly fifty years he was a servant
ol the country, and found equally faithful and
capable. He was a member of our first arid
, several succeeding Legislatures.— C ; >y Gaz.
Grand Exhibition.
The public are re3pcctfdlly informed, that
MR. ItAJVNIE
will exhibit TO-MORROW EVENING, at!
the Exchange,
WHEN HE WILL GIVF.
A Grand Display of Various Per
formances,
YY’hirh never bits failed in giving general satis
faction throughout Europe', and the different
dities of die United States,
He practises that SINGULAR FACULTY,
\ entriloquism;
To which will be added, his surprising
Philosophical Deceptions and Thau
maturgic Experiments,
Newly invented and performed only by himself.
BY DFMHE,
He will exercise his much-admired
Art ot Balancing.
jr?’ The room is in the most ample order
for the rec ption of the public. TICKET Sto
be had at the place of performance.
November 10—125
John Gribbin & Cos.
ARE NOW RECEIVING
The following GOODS,
From on board, Manchester Packet, from
New-York, which will be disposed of for cash,
cotton, or approved paper,on reasonable terms,
at the store lately occupied by John Hilion ;
15 pipes Cogniac brandy
12 hhds. Northward rum
8 pipes Holland gin
10 do. country do.
10 quarter casks Sherry wine
14 hhds. Musdovado sugar
1 do. loaf do.
1 do. lump do.
14 chests Hvson tea
2 do. young do.
30 cannihtet s imperial tea
30 do. gunpowder, for family use
40 boxes Doolittle’s soap
10 do. do. candles
15 do English mustard
20 do. negro pipes
Russia, Swedes and country iron
German, blister and Crawley’s steel
100 Shear-Moulds
1 bale rose blankets > r
1 do. London cluffil \ f,om ? ' 4 :o
2 do. negro cloths.
4 do. humhums
1 do. superior quality
4 do. great coals, well assorted
2 boxes Irish linens.
November 10 125
GERMAN GOODS.
August G. Ouinler & Cos.
Have received from Bremen, via Baltimore,
in addition to their former stock,
The following Goods, viz.
A complete assortment of Looking Glasses
Fine and middling sort Violins
Violin-strings, bridges and screws
Hand-Organs, Trumpets
Lanthorns assorted
Slates and slate pencils
Marble Images, Chessmen
Glass anti Stone Beads
Velvet Bindings
Silver Spangles, Masks, Cloth-brushes
Ladies elegant dressing and work, boxes
Wafer-boxes, in nests
Pictures on glass
Crayons in boxes
Counters, spectacles, fine tooth combs, tec.lie.
ALSO ON HAND.
Coffee-mills, needles, silk umbrellas, needle
cases, elegant flower-pots, segar and snuff,
boxes, garnets, tapes, silk handkerchiefs, chil
drens cotton frocks, hilk and thread fringes,
checks and stripes, German rolls, shirting,
thread and cotton stockings, hempen osnaburgs
platillas, time-pieces, gold and silver watches ;
and a variety of other useful articles in their
line.
Which they offer for sale low for cash or
approved town-notes at short sight.
November 10 125
NOTTcrr
THK fuhfcribrrs to the CITY and OAPOMNA
GAZETTES (printed in Charted 11, South Carolina)
who live in Savannah, or its vicinity, are refpedlfully
informed, that we hive appointed IV: ill IT &
I VANS, our agents, to receive fublcriprions and all
monies due us, in Savannah, &c. We hope those in
debted to u%, or the former firms, will not fail to call
on them, and pay up the fame.
Elliott £t Richards,
Editors of said Gazettes.
Charleston, November tj —l2s.
Georgia. 1 By Thomas Bourke, cko k
L S- Vof the court of Ordinary for the C'un-
Th : JUurke. j ty of Chatham, and ft ate aforefaid.
WHEKJ'.AS, William Scot has made application
f>r letters of ailrmiinftration on the ettate and efleft*
t William late of this city, house-Carpenter,
dece tied, 113 print itlal creditor :
J hele are therefore to cue anil admomtb all and
nn;p:lar the j/n dred and creditors of the dec-afed,
. file their otij- ct ons (if any they h-v-) in mv of
tice on or he lore the yti day of I) cemlier next,
. herw ite let*era of administration will h * granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this yth day of No.
vemher, in the year of our lord ■ ne th ufami
ei s h ’ hundred and seven, and in the thirty fe.
co.i j je r of A;:.*-. i.id peudence. 1a;