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SATURDAY* May I, 17f0.] THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND '■ V- - , *|| ■ i GJ4ZETTE op Trig STJTE. —< --;r • •£. *v ' • FREEDOM of the FRE SB, tod TRIAL by/. JUR Y, shall remain inviolate. CtnJHtution §/ Ctfgim, T AUGUSTA: Printed by JO H N E. • S M I T H, ■ Printer to the State; EJfays % Articles of * • • v • '* *. * '<• ■■■ •' " STATE-HpUsfe, Augusta, March 14, 179°* Communications of the 17th Jtfarch last, from the Honorable^ William Few, •with the President’s to the Addrefa •f the General Afletnbly of this ft ate, were received and read. \ * 77“ Ordered, That the 'Addrefa referred to, and the answer, be published V : i Attest, W. URQUHART, S. E.D. ,«• *• t 0 **. U’ ; <«f «v •*• The Address of the General Ajftmlly of the .* State of Georgia* ■ ■ ■ <J >» Tothc Prcfident of the United States. ■* • HE Federal Conflitutioo bkiflfc adopt ed,‘‘ J • it became the wifti of the people of -state, that yotl Yhhuld be elevated to the Presidency of thd-tWioh;' and tke two branches of the Legiilature take the firft oc- > tafion of offering to y our acceptance,theSr con gratulations on the unanimity of your tkftion. In the great concerns of mankind,‘fuccefs las not always been attendant on the perform ance of duty ; and, where it has; the func tion of public appr^bati"** - '* et * u *~‘ ,, ' : *” withheld : but i* was reserved for you, m the ttidft of most arduous difficulties, not on ly to be fuccefsful, but to have b«en fo> with Universal applause. • Railed, by your virtues and fenrdes; to the bead of a government, pervading so many independent dates, the general confidence is in favor of your julticc; and, while the his- * tory of nations informs, that the errors of tulers have often proceeded from the want of information, we (hall not hesitate to by be fore you such lasts and opinions, refpefting ; this state, aa may appear tons to be incumbent •r neceflary. *ln doing this, it Ihall be our aim to unite plainness with refpeft, and inte grity with truth* Sir, in the cotirfe-Df the war which effa llifhtd ouv- our citizens made proportionate exert‘ OUfc tvtth thofeof any part •f tie whole,*aad in point of property they fuffered the moil t The peace found the coun try a wafte;;-*-with m-ans natural advantages, we flattered ourfclves with a fvhen we wre attacked bv the Indians. . Onibia lubjeft we wilh'to be delicate:?;— Mutfri** been already said—we have alFert «d, and it lap be%n zontfaditfed. Removed at ’a diftince from, tbe/c enter, our -iftiops lave been liable to ttiifreprefeutation ; but we tiufl, that, by this time, they aft better explained. In the mean time our population las been checked, and our agriculture dimi nished. The blood of our citizens has been fpilled* our public resources greatly exbauft- - ed, and our frontiers still open to frefti ra vages* . ; . . - ’ . The failure of th* !«* negoci.t.on for a ■cire with the Creek Indian* and the or cumftances which attended the fame, arc the left evidence of the ® uf Cures, and s proof of the late hqftile difpofit.ons es these people; but under the influence ot the government and power of the .Union, it is lobe hoped and expected, that a different conduit will on their pert prevail ouf part, nothing (hall be wanting to promoto U defirablo an oftablithmont. ./ * ’•-* Another eireumftanc# of additional csla* »lty, attendant un our being the South fron tier of the Union, is, tho facility of our Sleek people ertfing the ipenifH lino, fr*J* whentt GEORGIA 4 we have never been able to reclaim them, t This has already been productive of much ni-' jury to private persons; and, if not speedily rest rained, may grow into an evil of national marnitude. VV'e request you will accept our cordial wi&es for ydar health ai d happir.ef*, and that you may long cdnt nue to enjoy that conh dehce which has been lo Eminently plated in you by thepeople or LTirted State*. } Bj orctr of ibt Sena:e, N. BROWNSON, ?refid:nt. By orde* of the W>f* of 1 SEABORN JON£9, Speaker. ~mmm* , t m m ’4 > - ;; The Prefidenfs jlnjiver* To the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the STATE of GEORGIA. Gentlemen,' f ,/ ’'“ff HE conjcrettththfaiß preferred to me by , | the different branches of Use Legnla ture of the State of Georgia, upon my hav ing been slefted, 1 ' wiijh unanimity to the Fte- Cl- w ■* • w ** • •’-WfjMjj with the mu(t and de mand my bet! acknowledgments. From the obfervatiotf, that, in the great concerns of mankind, faccefs has not always been attendant on the performance of duty, and that, where it has, the Unction of pub lie approbation has frequently been \yithneld; lam naturally led to reflect or. Uis unlimited gratitude Which we owe, as a nation, to the Supreme- Arbiter of human events, for hi* ime rpolltion in oiir iavor, as well as on the Angular obligations which ar<{ due from me, as an individual* for .the indulgent feiittments it which my fellbw-citicens have always bad the goodness to enter am of ray conduct. Raised, as I am, to the head of a govern ment pervading so vait i territory—and puY feriing, a# I flatter mylelf I do, the confi dence of the people in regard to my deposi tions—l allure you gentlemen, that nothing could be more conKniatn to ray fifties, than to be favored with tucb faCis and opinions, retpe&ing the condition of the hates, as may "appear proper and treceliary. For lam du 1 / ’ fteofibre, that many error* which would te fuk frora want of infoimation, may obvi ated by timely and just lepfelentMm-.*. i am not ignorant how me local fi xation of your ftaie exposed its inhabitants to fuffer the drftreflej r>f the late war in a severe manuer; nor bnw manfully they exert ) ed themselves m defence of the common cause during the struggle which eftabliihed our independent?.—Wafted as your country was, at the return of peace, and expofert as your frontiers have ftnee been to the ravages of the Indians; I cannot but flatter myfsJf that*i«u will, ere long, realife the blefliuga which w*ie to be expected from your natural rcfourXs, and find a compenfatron for yourfufenv’gi, in the benefits of an efficient general govern ment. \ ; * * w It will not be expefleV * preft»rr%>*f tbit occafiou, that I rtiould enter into itit itje rae of the delicate fubjeCt te which you aifu&. It may be c ot ; to fay, that, while I •«- . giet eiimntly tberfailiitef of »he Ure otvoci* atiou lor {«ace with tie Creek India hi, I *»* Unified that the eapJauatiorti which have been obtained through euthfitHegelifHineir will be of mutual Uivicii lam alb* eot vi.ctJ ibsk jVot. IV. No. CLXXXVI.3 nothing will be wanting on your part to ecu* cur in the accomplilhinent of a pacification r And I flill hope, that under the influence of the feudal government, that dcfirable ©bjefl ma) be effected.?—With refpctt to this lub* jrit in general, at well as to the oiher cala* mity which you mention, as resulting from your being the booth frontier of the Union, I reqneft you will be peifuaded, that I lhall make such ule of the powers veiled in m« by the f’ontlitution, as may appear to me bell calculated to promote the'piibH,c good. . I am much pleased, Gentleinen/ ! wirh tha frankuefs which you have maniteitfed in re* gard to and return you my hearty thanks for the good withes you have exprelle4 for my health and happiness—with a liocerft prayer that the fame bleflmgs may be extend* cU to you and youi condiments. G fc.ORG E WASHINGTON, "V- ' i - - * y s£ fib Jil s£ s£} TRIESTE, Dee. t, | war, the isl furceft of tbff Ot’Mhdm. arm* iif every parr, the loft of theic principal fortiefle*, and ths Ruffian Ambafla* dor, af*er a deeniion of i 5 months, being feß ' at liberty ; all tbefe rireumflances led us t« hope-that a peace would be renewed between the Porte and rbe two Imperial Courts, Bu* lome leiteia frrm Couflantinop!e ## far fiorta giving us that hope, a litre U 3 to the contrary, that the G. and Signiof is resolved to continue ' the war, and head his armies himfelf, ordered in coplequcncc a'i the Grandees, wh«> ul'ually accompany him, to go to Adrian-oplflk with their troops and Daves immediately, 1,0 N D O N, December &>. ,* Two ingenious xnec’,:jnitk* of Salford hav*t coni', rubied a whevl, two „fpet in diameter, tl>y t goes regularly round withoutthe affiflancw of fpring c # and will work a ciock so as nevec to rcqo’.re winding up. The motion is per* petr ~, and it is presumed will work any me* f -.jne by propoitionmgthe fcnle. Eon Mot.— A BigUUnde'r who MS broom % went into a barbei** Ihop in Glafgov/ to gee thrived. The briber bought oue of his brooms, am) after he hid Ibjved him, alked the price. 7 wo-pence, fays tlie Highlander. No, no, said the harder, I’ll give you a penny ; if that does not faiisfy you, take your broom ajtain, and we’ll not make a b3 r K a ' Q ‘ ' H'gh* lander took it, and a Iked'what he had to payy" A pgntiv, fays Mr. Razor. No, by my fait now, fays Duncan,' I’ll give vou a halfpenny ; if that does not fa'isfy vou, put <»o m» bear f as it was befofe, and we*!l n't make a bargain. Brlfaji —Our reade-t mey member our account of this ' production for the p’cfent '’tar. fie Afina* y ‘ naek'for the year y'yo *• jtift porKfhcd, in nothing comes Iho'tot the W' *itr, Some coufufion has been w afionfel by »h* lyicthod i f arianging *b# Sunny! in the la(f Almanack, *hey ait now entirely left mo. The \ear confeqoendy it made to roe iboi 3 the end t>J OiiuPv. Deed Fndg\y End'* AUndav, end a G**» * o'her d*»* of that kind, a e placed moie neay the middle of the week, b*Ji*r A.emu* b»m< cn Hhn J §j, and (Jeud ft hl><) on lleun'jn-i ■Per, ; hf viral of tfci CIJ Saiti'i day* lie left or*