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We think tlic evidence tolerably ccnclafive that it
was not the ctMikquence of any order from Europe,
but merely an irregularity of the intendant. Mea
lure* were itnmediate'y put In motion for duly im
prefFttg him with the consequences of pcrfcverance ;
and the Spanish miniiler here, exprefling bis entir.
conviction tltat the prohibition was unauthorifed, 1
und.rrook immediately to remonftrateto him against
it, and also to dispatch a letter to the governor gene
ral, who refries at the Ilavannab, ro interpose effica
cioufly and without delay. We trust therefore, that
it will be as promptly remedied as the t'iftance per
mits It has furnifhed, however, a proper occasion
of urging on Spain the danger of leaving the peace oi
the two couu'ries expofrd to the caprice of any of
ficer, and the importance of fome arrangement which
ih all leave u* independent of that caprice, and free
to maintain this itraty right, without trolling the
Atlantic to seek redress. For the present it is the in
terest of every part ct our republic to cherilh peace,
and to wait a friendly rectification of the injury : and
I have no doubt, tuai feting our prefrnt situation in a
tree point of view, you will concur in inculcating a
reliance that the government will not be wanting in
just interference topreferve the rights of the nati
on. Ihe uncertainty with what power we may have
to fettle this matter adds to its difficulties.
I taKe the liberty of inciofiug you a copy of my
communication to congrtfs, aud of tendering youal*
luiantes of my great refpeft ard confiderarion.
TH. JEFFERSON.
Governor Garrard,
NATCHEZ, Dec. 18,1802.
Miffffipp i L egislaturc .
The following is the answer of the House of
Representatives , to the Governor s communi
cation.
Tolls Excellency Wm. C. C. Claibovrne,
Governor of the Miffffippi Territory ♦
We the representatives of the people of theMiffilTip
pi Territory, have received with much fatisfaction
your excellency's personal communication, at the o
p ning the prelent fesston ot this aiiembly.
We unite moil sincerely with your excellency, in
off.*ting up to the Almighty ru.eruftiie universe, our
tribute of thanksgiving for the manifeft blessings
which have been (howered down upen this happy
land—for whether we take into view, the abundant
returns with which this fertile sod has rewarded the
toil of the hufbtndtnan, the facility w.th which his
products [in the midst of the. calamities of war) have
been carried to preirable markets, or the uninter
rupted state of tranquility and repole, in which lie has
enjoyed in profufiou thole advantages in the plenitude
of civil and religious liberty ; the divine favour ise
qually conspicuous, and cannot fail to call forth the
liveliest effulions of our, gratitude.
To promote a continuation of theft blessings will b
the molt ardent wish of our hearts and our humble
endeavors (hall be wholly dedicated to the accotn
plifhment of to great an object.
Your excellency has well obfrrved. that the delibe
rations of this aflembly influenced by harmony and
wisdom, will be favorable to ouriupreme object, the
gtneralgood. We beg vou- excellency to be assured
that on our part nothing (hall be wanting, confident
with our duty, to promote so desirable and objcifl as
the general harmony of the different branches olthe
legislature, and we pofTeft the fulleft confidence, that
we shall not be disappointed in our expedftation of re
ciprocity of sentiment, a fpirlt of conciliation, a mu
tual accommodation of the part of our fellow labou
rers, from which mall result the h-tppleft consequen
ces to the public and to ourselves.
We diall confider as our duty, to pay particular
attention to such objefts as are pointed ont in your
communication, and lhall moll cheerful 1 y co operate
witfi your excellency in all measures calculated to
promote our grand object, the general good.
The suspension of the depoht at New-Orleatfs for
the wares and merchandiles ot the citizens of the U
States, i an object of molt frrious regret, and if not
fpeediy remedied, its retails will be moft fr vet ely
felt by this territory, and by our brethren of the
western dates.—-We rely with youp excellency on
the wisdom and energy of the general government ot
the United States, poflefting the fullelt aflui ance that
I such measures will be adopted as (hall be divtated by
the loundeft policy.
(Signed)
ROGER DIXON,
Speaker.
Representative Chamber .
December 13* 1802.
Attest, Satr.. 8. Mahan, Clerk*
Extra-ft from the Answer of the
COUNCIL.
It is highly gratifying to us to hear, that the ex
ertion ot the otflcers to organize *nd
milVtia, have been attended with great fucets but as
we entertain all that foiicitude tor the peculiar hala
tion of our country which your excellency has : indi
cated, it is with much regret, we learn that this fuc
cefs has not been uiuvcrtal. c fiiali therefore care
fully review the militia law, and will gladly co-ope
rare in making Inch amendments,. as may be deemed
neceffarv to command and enforce its execution.
We participate with your excellency in a concern
for the best intereifs of'the riling generation, and
will therefore cordially concur in adopting any ad
ditional measure, that may appear calculated to me
liorate the inlHtution of the ltate legifUture, for oil
fcrainning the invaluable advantages of education.
\ l aw s tir the infpeaion of cotton, we conceive as
initifpenlible. This also. with the various objects of
Inflation, which vour excellency has iuggefted to
our conlideration, merits, and ilia 11 receive our fen
ous attention. . r in
1 he Spanish government’* withholding the usual tti
pulated privileges of deposing American mercham
dize and effects at the port of tfew Orleans. is indeed
a fahied ot much well grounded foiicitude, as it ma
terially and universally effects the intereifs ot the ter
ritory. Although we possets in common with our
fellow-citizens, those feelings which necessarily a rife
from such an injurious measure, yet from the libera,
indulgence which the territory has already experi
enced from cortgrels. and trom the peculiar, ea. v &
uncreafing attention it has received from the Pjefent
executive of the union, we rest with full confidence,
that our grievances will be redressed, as speedily
and effectually as poftible We were happy to ob
serve your excellency’s diligence on this occahon, in
obtaining intelligence relative to the tvent & com
, z r - ‘ ne to the national admmiltration.
Permit us. fir, to express, what we continue to en
tertain rhehigheft sense ofy our excellence’s patriotism
’ttdconftunt attention to the interests of the icrrito
r -
(SignedJ
JOHN ELLIS, Prcfidcnt.
lVaJhington y December 15, 1802.
report”
OF THE
CO M M IT T E E
/Appointed on so much of the Ales sage of the V re*
Jident of the United States , of the \stb ulti
mo, ‘as refers to the Warfare with Tripoli >
and to the relation with the ether Barbary
Powers. *
The Committee to whom was referred 1 so much of
the Prefidcnt’s Message as relates to the wartare
with Tripoli, and to the relation with the other
.Barbary 1 owers,’ submit to the house tiie follow
ing resolution :
Kefolved, That provificn ought to be made by
law, for building or pucbafmg lour vessels of war, to
carry not exceeding fixtecn guns each.
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
January iS, 1803.
SIR,
I AM honoured with year’s of the 23d ultimo.
For the more effectual protection of the teamen and
commerce of the United rates, in the Mediterranean
and adjacent Teas, I would recommend that congress
authorise lour ii.iall \e->stis of war, not exceeding
16 guns each, to be built or otherwise procured, leav
ing it to the d;feretion of the Executive, to procure
them in the manner that may hereafter be tound the
molt expedient.
T lie fubjoiued eftimatc No./fTexhilfi ts the probable
ex pen fr ol bus icb'ng a vossel ot 14 aud l 6 guns. Ims
eftimatc is m vde oat from the belt information I ca*.
obtain. The price of labour and materials varies h,
eonfiderably in the different sea pore towns, that the
expence of building vessels depends very materially
upon the place feletted for the purpose. It is p>e
fumed, however, that on an average 24. 000 dollars,
for each vefrel would be lufiicient j and of coarfc,
should the executive be authorifed to procure four vef
Pels of the size herein recommended, that an appro
priarioa of 96,000 dollars would be adequate to the
object.
The e(Ftmate, number 2, (hews the annual expence
of maintaining at sea a vt-llel of 14 a, *d a veflel o.
lixteen guns.
With much refpelt , I have the honor to be,
jir> your obedient servant.
ROBERT SMITH.
Honorable William Eustis.
Number I.
Eilstnare of the expence of building (of seasoned
white Oak) rigging and equipping a veflel of war, to
carry i4 and 16 guns, excTufively of military flores.
Vejfel of 14 guns,
200 Ton.
Dollars, Cents.
Acp-regate, .20,780, 67.
Eejffel of 16 guns ,
249 Ton.
Dollais Cents.
Aggregate, -24,824 ——
Number 11.
Eftitnate of the annual expense of maintaining at
fra a veflel ot 1 4, and a velTel ot 16 guns.
Vessel of 14 guns.
9o Men.
Dollars. Cents.
Aggregate, 27,768 25.
Vejfel of 16 guns*
120 Men.
Dollars, Cents.
In the Senate of the United States.
January 1 <yth y 1805.
The committee, to whom was referred the rel'olu
tion of the 7th instant, < to enquire whether any, and
and if any, what legiftative measures may he need's
ry for admitting the state of Ohio into tlie Union, or
for extending to tlwt state, the laws of the United
States.”
REPORT:
Tltat the people of the eastern division of the Terri
tory of North VY'eft of the river Ohio, in pursuance oi
an act of Congress, passed on the jotit day of April,
1802, entitled, 4 An act to enable the people of the
eastern division of the Territory North Weft of the ri
ver Ohio, tc form a Corfttitulion and S ate govern
ment, and for the admiflion of fnch ft.tte into the union
on an equal footing with the original fntes, and for
other purposes aid on the 29 th day of November,
1802, form for themselves a Constitution Sc rate Go.
vernment. That thefaid constitution and government
so formed is republican, and in conformity to the prin
ciples contained in the articles of the ordinance, made
on the 13th day of July, X7&7, for the government of
the laid territory, and that it is now necessary to es
tablilh a district court within the Paid state, ro carry
into effect the law sos the United States, within the
I lame.
MESSAGE,
From the President of the United States,
Transmitting a report made to him by the
secretary cf IVdr, and other informa
tion relative to the affairs of the United
States , ‘with certain tribes of Indians.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and ot the House ol
Representatives,
I enclose a report of the secretary at war, dating the
trading houses ellabliflied in the Indian territories, the
progreis which has been made in the courle of the la(t i
year, in fettling and marking boundaries with the dif
ferent tribes, the purchafcs of lands recently made
from them, and the profpeef of further progress in
marking boundaries, and in new extinguifhments of
title in the year to come ; for which foine appropria
tions of money w ill be want ing.
To this l have to add, that when the Indians ceded
to us the salt-springs on the Wabash, they exprefled a
hope that we would so employ them as to enable them
to procure there necessary supplies of fait, indeed it
would be the mod proper and acceptable form in which
the annuity could be paid which we propose to give
them for the cession. These springs might at the lame
time be rendered eminently lerviceable to our western
inhabitants, by using them as t, - means of countera<sE
ingthe monopolies of the supplies of f.dr, and of redu
cing the price in that country to a just level. For thefr
pnrpofes a small appropriation would be neceflarv to
meet the firft expences, after which they should lup
port themselves, and repav thofc advances. Theft
Inrings ate said to poflels the advantage of being ac
companied with a bed of coal.
TH: JEFFERSON.
January 18, l8o;.
A Utter from the secretary of war, dated 1 ytb
January , 1 Soj, accompanying a mejjage from
the prejident of the United States , received the
1S th Ja nua ry, 18 o 3
Wak Dtp.ur.MtNT, 17 h January 1802
He Pres:Jen: a} the United States .
SIR,
By treaties held with the Greek and Choftaw na
tions ot Indians in the courfr of the lalt\e:ir, co lfider
ab. tracts of land have been obtained and there is
l talon to believe that additional ceilionS ntav Ire ob
earned on 1 ealonable terms from the aforementioned
ami other Indian nations in the cou.Te ct the prefrnt
year.
The boundary line between the it cf North-Ca
roiina and the cherokees, nas been comp!- ted. and the
line between the latcAz terriioM and ihc Choctaws
is probably by this time cilabiitiKd and maiked, in a
manner which it is prelumcd wiii oc faiisruciory to
tue United Mat. s, aud to ate hoctaw nation.
ri boundary line has also been agreed on, to he
tract of land on the Wabafli rivet including Vincennes
w'hiclt will toou be run and marked , and (ike v ifr ;;u
lines around the two rraris on me pjr.age neewetn
the head-waters of tire VVabath ar ; d m.e -li .mi of te
Lake, including Fort Wayne, oorne me.dures nave
been taken for the t>o.,udartes between
the Indians and the white propie 00 the Mifiiifippi.
commonly called the Kafk-ilkut feltlements. below the
month of the Illinois river; but tor want of authentic
documents, it will probably be nceefiary to resort to a
new convention with the Indian nation for eitablilhine
laid boutidaries, aud for procuring fome additional
ccfilons for the purpose of affording means for ercrcaf
ingand firengtheniug that ciiftant and exoofrd frontier.
in addition to the two factories or Indian trading
homes, heretofore efLbliftied, it lr> s been coniideted as
advileable toeftablifh four ethers, viz. one at Detroit
—one at Fort Wayne—one nr Ghickafaw Bluff—-and
one with the GhoCtaws. 1 tie iurplus of one hundred
and fifty ihoufrnd dollars, appropriated bv an act cf
congress of the 16th of April. 1796, and which had
not been applied to the two fa el or i 3 heretofore e.fab
lifit and on the frontier of Georgia and off ennefli-e, has
been applied to the four other eftabliflirnents recently
m.
from an inveftigaticn of the accounts made and re
j ported ro congress ar its iaft fefiion, it was laiisfario
; nly evident, that the ‘unds employed prior to that
peuod had nor been diminifhtd, and it is confidenth
believed that the Turn appropriated totliur obj-it, nia>
be employed not only without diminiihi.ig but with
very great advantage to the public, not in p int of
commercial profits, but by attaching and-freuring the
friendflup and confidence of the natives which cannot
he iuillciently relied 0:1 w file their towns and hunr
frg amps are couftanfly the refbrr of unprincipled
so eign traders, who make every exertion m theii
power to withdraw rhe confidence of the :ves, from
t.ie United -States, aud to inspire them with jealbufie
[and unfriendly dispositions .owarti. our fruitier ie;-
iC;s, our public aoetits, and toe government,
1 he greatest < atition lias been ohlerv-d in felfcrinr
the agents for managing the fcveral factories, and n
the con fr of another year, it is presumed, tii-u a litis
factory statement may be ma le of tr.e Rate of the
funds, and cf rhe effects of ‘hei application
An appropriation of ten rhoiifrnd dollars* to rnabl.
rhe executive to embrace any favourable option unity
for obtaining any further cession of lard from the na
tives ; and a renewal oft lie acf, authorifing the -! t •la
lifhment cf trading houfrs with the Indians, wbh a
icnewal of the appropriation for that object, is sub
mitted to the consideration of congress.
With respectful confederation) I am sir ,
Tour humble servant ,
H. DEARBORN,
* This sum is in addition to the sum in the
general estimate.
From the National intelligencer.
Federa l Mi.s rep res c:: tat ion.
The following talfehoads originally appeared in the
B >lton Ceiuinei, from which they have been tranfplant
cd intorhf numerous hotbeds of deception throughout
the United .Spates
*
“ Boston, November 10.
” From Paris , August i, 1802.
< Mr. Fenwick, the late conlul at bourdeaux, lately
applied to president Jefferfon for another appointment";
president Jefferfoa told him the public voice was so
much againlt him, that he could not give a public ap
poinrmeftt, but o'bfcrved at the fame time, that the
treasury would take care of him—accordinglv mr, F.
is lent to Amsterdam as banker of tlie United Stare*,
with a prortilfe that all the monies paid in Kurope by
the United Sr res. fliall go through his hands. Thu*
a minitter resident of 4 500 dollars is di(placed to make
way for one, who will make out of the United States
at lead 20.000 ! • Such is modern economy.’
On Wednesday th ; s p'ece wasir.ferted in the Walh
ington Fed era lilt. On that very day the president’s
niedage was delivered, in which we find the following
declaration : * It has not yet been thought neceflary
to employ the agent authorised by an act of the lail
feflion, for tranfa&ing business in Uurope relative to
debts and loans.’
SAVANNAH*
Thursday Morning ,
FEBRUARY 17, 1803.
IMPORTANT.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at
New-Or leans, to his friend in Philadel
phia, dated the 18th of December , ISO 2.
“ Being present this morning at the Incen
dant’s office, when the original of the follow
ing Royal Order was tranferibed, I seized th<”
opportunity of procuring a copy, and b' iVC
tranflited it in a hurry, under the hop'_ t [ jat
it will be acceptable to you.
“ The Minister af War has co r nmunicated
to me the following: “In a \r tter 0 p C | lC
inilant, Don Pedro informs n:e as
follows :—Whereas his Majtdy has tedtu rl
the French Republic, the colony or proving i
of Louisiana, in all its present extent, and 1
IT WAS HELD BV THE *R£NCH WHEN CKDtI
to his Majesty, 1 advise you thereof, by hil
Royal Order, that you ir.ake the necefArl
arrangements for the delivery of it to till
French commissioner or c ommifTioners, will
being duly autho-isetl by the government!
may present themselves for the pr.rpofe ; whici|
royal determination I have made known tJ
the Cap ain General of an a, informinj
him at the lame time, that it is his Mijcfry’l
pleasure with rdpedt to the regiment of rhJ
place, and the military that garrison the pro-1
vince, that individuals who voluntarily wi:H
tt> remain under his Majesty’s dominions, ih l.'J
after delivering up rne col .ny, prt*ceed to the
riav'anna, where other polls will be allotted
them. Os tills I advise you by royal order,
that you may comply with that part of his]
royal determination which relates to you.
God preserve you many years.
SOeEK, Mm jhr of foreign affairs .
To the lntendant of Louisiana.
Madrid, July 20, 1802.
Battalion Orders.
* f The meeting of rhe firft battalion of the Chat
ham regiment, ordered for this day. is postponed, ort
account of the weather, until Tuefdav next, at t;lh
O’clock, A. M. R. Dennis, Major.
Savannah, February 17, p
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MAR 1N E LIS T. I
EX y E li ED. I
ff Omiulque Packet, Ferguson, Barba Joss I
*.Uo>ur A,tu, ew, Lancafier , lametca. I
CLEARED. “ I
barque Nixon, Sbw, Rotterdam
schooner G itbrMb, Andrejs, Umaics
zcaconer Lucrcna, utnr_ , Barbados
1 U- N. i5Ais.ERC.tr/tot the
, 1 ,” 1 court of Ord/miiy ior Eibetty
a. o .VK.tR, j County in the state aforetaid.
VL..ie.is j tin Lsq.has appijeu tor -u.-trs
Ot adm/,nitration on the ElUte of Win. Si*ep.to late
01 fr.c CvDun y uefr are therefore rociie ail .nd lin
c-uiar tne kindred and creuuors of Ud nccealcd, to
appear before tne court ol Ordinary at Xiceborongb,
on tne arit ivlonuay . ■ April ikx:, and iiiew caule *t*
any tney Have why ieuerso au.mmitiacion ihouidot
jc granted h.m
Given under my hand ud leal this 7th dstv
o. r ebruaiy, A. L). 1803. in me 27 tn year of
American Independence.
- ■■■ ■ - --n
Ui/iricL of Georgia.
BANKRUPTCY.
la the matter of Rickard If'dyne Jitnr. amp
Benjamin Sims , of Augufia , Merchants.
Application being made or. the return of the pro*
cet dmg in this case that the certificate granted by theft
Com midi nerf, be by the Judge confirmed.
y t is ord rej that notice ol Inch application be pub-;
Lined in one news paper at Augusta and in one papefr
ir. oavannah, that unlels objeht ons are filed in
t-ie c e as Ltnce agamlt the Uia Certificate on of*
be; re tne hrlt of March next will be allowed and con
firmed by his iionor the Jud-re.
c a va n nab , February 15 1803.
RICILpiJ M. STiTtS, Clerk.
Wanis Employment,
A YOUNG man lately arrived in Savannah, wW
wi'l have no r-bjeefions to fuperin’end an E'nglifb,
Ss boo. 1 . the itiy, a. and who can produce arnpl®
i-eftimony of morals and abilities. Application to Klr
J. Cox, Savannah, will be dily a tended to.
FVbru irv *7 1 [Y3.
Notice ‘
A U ?r r r*r* n °’- “* on a traci
C\ ot land, ]2 nupdred acres, in ,|, e t *, ontv , Jt c
and’laßd'of j"na.BeUon S lW.h f A ’
la,K. on every fide b y 1? „and vacar rt a r AZ&t
ardtons land, and on the other fide, by vacant'lands!
he time ot iurvey.
tt u 1 M. BURKE.
February 14th 1803.
K 4 >;
c A villanous tri,:k ! ~
A CER fAIN m i! iam Fr ” z < Wd to be of wilkc,
comuv / an oyf *r trader) about the 7th or •;,
of January Ia It. inveigled o(F two of my young nfero
fellows, and dcorred th-m tome distance above An-u,
,a , but -hroiig'i fome folate in his protnife, to them,
together will, a dread o his b ein a apprehenaed, they
lett hnn, and have lince been taken up. 3
C-S Another wont!
A certain 3-s*// B. Fisher, from oartba's Vineya-1.
fMafiachuletts Bate) nr,t long. Once captain ot .he sh ,
Amenca-now captain p f , he , cbooner y ofanna 3 , ,
bound to Jamaica, did fome time this infta t con< c t
a negro boy of m-,, e on board of the (hid (cl m.ncr.a. ,i
tailed for his i vlfined port ; but by tprinj; ro a leoh
was obliged to return ; and on the 12th inltani the bo*
wns on board of his vcilel. Those facts t’ -
said Fi* .ter docs not denv.
.picions are not confined to mvfelf alone, in f,)n
P r Ungfome others a little indrumental in this as v. t ;
a* oil er afts of a very hmilar nature.
It would be \nrel for the public to ca!t a cautious
on more than ere generally ftil'pecled or such prafliec
N. B Fhe printers throughout this fate (‘re
refpeSfully felicited to give the above a place 1,?
their papers.
GEORGE lIF.RB.
Savannah, February i7, igc3. of-)