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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 ■ I i xA # dStl&irSkjXSS&m I kT-'O'OOkD-O I 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-)