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tk-J f REDEKICk S FELL, cm rtmu. t>«*rr raper. — CmiOtrj r*fK r rutiu i* EfteDtT -»P«' * Ring ini M Bs^B« Hik» Fmra Mociv Mi T f-r<i—1. TkMS MtfcaJfc. TVwmi Moatf vwrf AkIm* Xtt, Dt'i Tr.t»- b*e- Sued H. «Tc<4ml rrw»»i« —Robert Ate, Nr* :a C«- new, Jote Coeh, Fhack M«s, Iota Sbn. O 1 **—Lrti BirSrr. Dmd ClM^tri, R. R«s Mb Swe, Jo«?i Congress uf ti# U. Stalds. SH.'td* Stmim *f ** SevenJeemch Cre- gre**. MONDAY- DECEMBER 2, U» IS THE SEX ATE. At ilo'ckck tie Pmirfwf •» tk« S*» s e r>n> em Mr GiiTanL took tf*e chom of the Senate, and the Mowsj mesa ben ap peered in their seat* **: From At* Uam^uhtrr.—Mr. Monk, and Mr Parrott. fr-.m .VuMi r* maett*.—Mr liee» Liwf. fro the place of Mr. O s*. resiroed ) From Rhode Island.—Mr Rn gNt- From rmvrtear.—Mr Boardnan trd Mr Unmin. Froh Frrawa:.—Mr. P*!«cr and Mr. SerflMMir. From «Vro T;rh—Mr. Van Bsm. Fr:m Are* Jersey—Mr D.rVtnofl. Fro mi Penney .vema Mr Uent. Fro m Dalamwt— Mr Van Dyke and Mr Rcdrey. From F.rgvzu.—Mr Barbour and Mr Pleasant. From .\orik Ciri';aa.—Mr Macon. From SoatkCarolina.— Mr Gatllard ano Mr Smi.h. Frsm Kentucky.—Mr. Johoaoa and Mr Talbot. From Teimtttrt.—Mr Eaton and Mr Williams From Ohm—Mr Brown andMrRog {In. From lattfieu.—Mr Brown and Mr ffohnaon. From Indiana.—Mr Noble and Mr Tay lor. From —Mr Holnus and Mr Williams. From IiBnom —Mr Edwards. From Maine.—Mr Chandler and Mr Holmes. From SRatoun—Mr Barton. A quorum of the members being p re Beni A Message was, on motion of Mr Bar !pur, sent to the House of Represemaiite*. announcing that fact, and the readiness o: the Senate to proceed to business. On M xioo of Mr. Barbour, a commit'.e- sras appointed to join the Committee of the House of Representatires to wait on tlir President of the United States, and inforn him tbit the two Houses were ready to re ceite any communication from him 5 an Mr. Ring, of New York, and Mr. were appointed; and The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE^ At 12 o'clock precisely, the speaker (Mr P. P. Barbour, of Virginia,) look the coair, a«>J Mr. Samuel Burch, principal clerk lu the Office of clerk of tke Hoo>e of R.pre- ser.tauves, called o»er the Roll of Members, when it appeared that the following Mem bers were present, x*j M»ne —Joshua Cushman, Joseph Dare. Mirk Harm, Eoeoearr Herrick, Mirk L- sBMtaro *t tkel >«Sscc. It has always Wen fcaod diSculi I I hstW nnkawarf tfi#| natvsatred the ardor inseparable from that coawteiaM f raatw Wtitbm prw*t>- j ."arty opr. in such maimer as to gire it a «• wsK be -«cmn t« cars * WN hto inptt direction. The righu of manhood SEjcM £ v e s* /.wehu — Jamah Swdcard Jshmecn. Podztna — Jonathan Jeenoes. Mm motftp*.—Chmcropier Rac k as. £&**«.— Domed P- Cook. Jkf.-jt; —Gobcsel Mcewe. .Mantn.- John Scott. The fosfowrog ger'. cere's elected durr*f the rtcc« » Sit *aca-«es w*bca taw oc curred is ihn Sc<hr. made their ipxnr;, and were quabfced by ukiof the oath to npp:«t the Coestitrm of the United 5*atesh rt*: From if*-me.—Mark Harm. /Vs«pA>wi* -Walter Forward and Tbos. Forme Z> eursrr.—Duatl Rcdity. rrrgtoM.—James S-epttensoo. &i;l Carolina.—Jchn Carter. Inimna.—Jonathan Jenn.ngs. On motion of Mr. Taylor, f New York.j a Message was ordered to be sent t> the -.be Emperor of Russia, on the questk> Mr Findlay and ’ Senate, iofbrmtog that body that a quo- i submitted to him by the Uni'.ed Sti.es and rum of this House was formed, and was Great Britain, cooccrring the construction <f«t. as it SkewiK snR he t« caatiwae in fw. e« Meh cwndfciaan as may he km- rd jat sd poytr, the ntcteovne which has been rptstd between the U.S- sad the Brv.ai cck*u-rs. E’err lagAt in the pen sensaor if the Evtsurt, wtB. in dee time, be common erred en hock nlftds Resting cssertsaMy on a Vsvt ot recipro cal is rq - ii »‘ri- ip. it has been the ct> in: of the Esecetire, in (mticti-s with other powers, t > -eet tke pnyMtiimi cx each with a liberal spoil. bt.Vr.sj that 1 hereby the b'rtv. of our country would be most effect>nlly promoted. This roerse has been systemancany pursued h the late ocxemroces with France and Great Bntar. and in strict accord with the s tears f the legntao.ie, A confident hope is entertain ed, that, by the arrangement thus commen «e too often claimed, prematurely, in pressing which wo far. ’he respect chkh hfsiW age. and the obedience necessary to 1 course ©S’ s*usfy and instruction, in eve •y such iaVftuO:o, art s meUines lutt «ght of. Tit great oiyect to be accomplish is the •estraAt of that arJor, by seek wise regu all tke eewrgKS of the youthful mind, to the I to j Te £ 9k *k J^nl fj rt( ituiommt of ostfcl knowledge, will keep u p-.,p»r to com it within a just subirshnatsoo, and at the, 1 haj fon ed, 00 *ame time derate it to the highest purpo ! whole aobjecc l o that —, *<s T>.ts object seems to be csaer tjallT ' ?T * P*at i*tere« thorn of the post <Jke <k(a ««i**;ed too Eighty. Tnu >—u , •we m oraameat, and M BeUeriag that a eowpesem ps«., ,„7T a of intern-' r * * eseewte a tyKeat of aateraal r m ^ •m*. been gr.nled to Cwagie*,. LT*h power, cocCurd to great aal* - ; ‘ * . with proper Ktti itissi, w»uki r J eaei real wiranrage «o the twf it advnahle that an ameadmeu ^ A v iwc, to that elect, Would he ^.^T* S3 hi I * the seTers) rates A ^ right to adopt and execute tueh > been preferred for mj aignotarr JTr , . k ‘'* aoo, I was coa^peil-a, fnwt thi '* , aa ! J slid ^ 7" ~TY * “T ”7 ' Idea, aaiy be Supposed to mem .7,'" obtained n Urn rrstitutfon, and with great ^ to shouk-l Conl^l ¥ advantage to the Union deem it improper to • eeomnv ced wKb each, ail differences respecimg j after doe examinaiion, and on the itpon of aaT:gaTTO and commerce, with the donlin 100s m question, wi‘l be adjusted, and a so iid four.diuon be laid fcr an active and per manent 'otcvcoune. which will prove equal ly advantageous to bo'h parties. The decision o ‘”«wi improper to •e«*>m«iieal“ H j:!’ nt, *Jiev hare, according to my 'Bei right fo ke*-p the row! in repair, birto*' 1 the HijKrinter. lir.ee of i*, and •ppro^’!^ m -nej necessary for repiirs Surel^jZ^'w] _ „ . . . | the right to appropriate monev t 0 7 „ the Academic Stiff, many well informed they bare a right to appropriate itt 'X souths, to fill the vacancies which occur in | ibe road from rui* Fr >ta the tx»Z The Mifitary Academy forms the basis in regard to seicoce, on which the Military establishment resiv It furnishes annually t e several corps of the army, whileothers, power no danger u to be •pprohendod’* o'H who retire to private life, carry with them i our h*PPF •>«««. tl *« P«°p!e arethno!,S , r . exclusive fountain of power. Rich 'Ml ituy M^or ready to ptocecd to bosiress. On motion of Mr. Taylor, alv', it was ordered, that a Committee be appointed, 10 act jointly with such CommU.ee as may be appointed by the Sctra’e, to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that the two houses were in sess.on, and ready to receive any communication which he might have to make to them. After receiving a Message from the Sen ate, by their Secretary, that they had form ed a quorum: Cn motion of Mr. Taylor, ft was order ed that the House do now proceed to the election of a Clerk, to fill the vacancy cc- • asbned by the death of Thomas Dougher y, Esquire, late Clerk ol this Hiuse. The balloting then took place, and on .he sixth ballot it appeared that Mr. Tern tie had 54, Mr. L H Clarke 12, Mr Cham iers 79. Mr. M. St. C. Clark 34, Mr. Plea tones 17, Mr. Franks 9, and 3 scattering votes. The House then adjourned, without naving made an election of Clerk. From the .Yatina! hieibgvncer Rrtra, 3d imtt. This day the Presidext or the UxrTED •■TATEa transmitted to both Houses of Con /r«s» the following •MESSAGE r Felloes citizen* 0/ the tenate and house of Representative* : Many causes unite to make your presen neeang peculiarly interesting to our con diluents. The operation of our laws or. he various subjects to which they ap ply, with the amendments which they oc isionally requ re, imposes, annually, a Tiponatu duty on the Representatives of« nee people. Our system has happily ad vaoced to such maturity, that I am not a ware that your cares, in that respect, wil: he augmented. G.her causes exist which are highly interesting tq the whole civil it -d world, ted to no portion of it more so. n certain views, than to the United States of the fi st Article of the Treaty of Ghent, has been received. A onvention has since been conc’uded, between the parties, under the mediation of His ImperialMaj-s tv, to prescribe the mode by which that article shall be carried into effect, in confer nifty with the decision. I shall submu this Convevttim to the Senate for its advice and consent, as In the ratification, and, if obtained, shall immediately bring the sub ject before Congress, for *uch provisions as may rtq lire the interposition ol the Lc gislature In com, : !3 ce with an Act of the last Session, 1 Terrilorial Government lias been established in Florida, on the principles ot our system. By this Act, the inhabi'ants are secured in the full enjoyment of their rights and liberties, and to admission into the Union, with equal participation the condition heretofore prescribed to other Territories. By a clause in the ninth Ar tide of the Treaty with Spain, by whicr that Territory was ceded to the U. States, it is stipulated that satisfaction- shall be made for the injuries, if any, which, by pro '•essoflaw, shall be established to hav-_ een suffered, by the Spanish dicers, an • individual Spanish inhabitants, by the late operations of our troops, in Florida- N > >revision having ye? been made, to earn ’hat stipulation into effect, it is submitted n the consideration of Congress, whether it will not be proper, to vest the competin' power, in the District Court at Pensacola, w in some tribunal, to bespccially organiz ed fot the purpose. The fiscal operations of the year have b-.e-.i nore successful than had been anticipated at the commencement of the last session - I Congress. The receipts Into the Treasury during ■he three first quarters of the year, hart exceeded tr.e su nof fourteen millions sere hundred «rtd forty fire thousand dollars The payments made at the Treasury dur , tog the same period have exceeded twelvi iltif Enoch J-uvrJ« l William D. William-! Of these causes, and of their bearing on the j millions two hundred and seventy nine th xca. ' Are Han.fuarrt—Jostah Butler, Mat thew Harvey, Aaron Mataor. Wkinam Plu mes', jr. Nuisance! U^boo, Thomas Whip- Pk. j?- MuacehtLtetu.—Samuel C. Alien, Fran ■as B-jy-ies, Lewis B.gciow, Henry VV. Dwiget, Wiliam Eutlis, Timothy Fuller, Becjsain Gorham, \aror. tiobari, Jereatt ah Ndwa, John Reed, Jonathan Russell Rood* Iuund—iob D .fee, Samuel Eddy. * CanneeHen: -—Noyes Barber, Henry W. Edward*, Joan Russ, Ansel Sterling, Ebe- aezjjf noddard, Gideon Tomlinson. Fermont.— Samuel C. Crafts, Dus Rey ex, Roliin C. Mallary, John Mattocks, Phi near Whtte. Aeo TorH.—Churchill C. Cambreleng. Alfred ConkUng, John D. Dtckmsoo, j ,hu Gcbsard. Ja res Hawks,Thrmas H. Hub- hard, Joseph Rirtland, Elisha Lite afield, Richird McCarty, Walter Patterson, Jere miah H. Piersoa, Nathaniel Pitcher, Wi«- liaxn B. Rochester, Charles H. Ruggies, C. D. Colder Micah Sterling, Joan NY. Taylor, Albert H. Tracey, Stephen V'ai> Rensselaer, William W. Van Wyek, Reu ben H Walworth, Silas Wood, David Woodcock Area Jersey.—Ephraim Bateman, G. Cassedy, Lewis Conctct, George Holcombe Samuel Swao. Penntylvama. John Brawn, Wiliam Oar.irgton, George Denison, Samuel, Ed ward,, Patrick Farrelly, Walur Forward, John Findlay, Samuel Gross, Joseph Hemp hill, James McSherry, Thomas Forrest* James S. Mitchell. Samuel D Ingham* Thomas Murray, jr. Thomas Patterson, John Phillips, George Plumer, Thomas J. Rogers, J .iho Tod, Velaxsare—Louis McLane, Daniel Rod ney. Maryland.—Joseph Rent, Peter Little John Nc.soo, Philip Reed, Samuel Smith, Henry R Warfield, Robert Wright. F,rg‘nia.—Mails Alexander, William S Archer, Philip P. harbour, (Speaker,j Burnell Bassett,RobertS Garnett, Edwaru JJ. Jackson, James Jones, William McCoy. Charies F. Mercer, Hugh Nelson, Thoiu a ns Newton, John Randolph, Arthur, Smyth Andrew Stevenson, James Siepheuaon George Tucker, Jared Williams. I Jiorth Carolina.—William S- Blackledg Hutchins G. Burton, Henry Connor, VYel- oon N. Edwards, Thomas H. Hall, Charles Hooks, John Long, Archibald McNenl, Komuius Sanders, Felix Walker, Lewis Williams. South Carolina.—John Carter, Joseph Gisi, Thomas K. Mitchell, Starling Tuck- Johu Wilson. Georpa—J^el.Abbot, George R. Gil mer Euward F. Tatnall, Wiley 1 hompsoi. TfiBin'iriy.—Fames D. Dreckeandge, interest ofo«r U.-k*«», I shall comma' *e ser-'insects w^.icls I have formed, ttut f-eedom whxa asecxecfdu'ydictates.;.,rte million one hurfdred and sixty eigh It is proper, however, t» invite ycur atten j housand five hundred and ninety two dot and doliirs; leaving in the Treasury o--. he 30th diy of September last, (Including cioag, in the first insunee, to those concerns jiars and twenty foer cents, which «ere in respecting which legixlitive provision is thought to be particularly urgent. On the 34tb of June last, a convention of uavigaiica acd commerce was concluded, in this city, between the United States and France, by mini iters duly authorized for tit* purpose. The sanction of the Exeou tive having been given to this convention, under a conviction that, taking all its stipu la’.ions into view, it rested essentially on a basis of reciprocal and equal advantage, I deemed it my duty, in compliance with the authority vested in the Executive by the second section ol the act of the last session, of the 4th May, concerning navigation, to suspend, by proclamation, until the end of the next session of Congress, the operation of the act, intitled “An act to impose a new tonnage duty on French ships and ves sels and for other purposes,” and to sus pend likewise all other duties on French vessels or the goods imported in them, hich exceeded the duties on American vessels, and on similar goods imported in tnetn. I shall submit this convention, forthwith lo the Senate, lor its advice and consent, as to the ratification | Since your last session, the prohibition which had been imposed on the commerce between the Uniter! States and the B.iusb colonies, in the West Indies, and on this continent, baa likewise been removed. Sa tisfactory evidence having been adduced, that the ports of those colonies has been o pened to the vessels of the United Stales, by an act of the British Parliament, bear ing date on the 24th of .June last, on the conditions specified therein, 1 deemed it proper, in compliance with the provision of the first section of the act of ibe las’ session above recited, to declare, by pro clamation, bearing date on the 24th of Au gust. last that tr.e ports of the United States should thenceforward, and until the end of the next session ol Congress, be 0- pen to the vessels of Great Britain employ ed in that trade, under the limiutior. spe cified in that proclamation. A doubt was entertained whether the act of Congress applied to the British colonies on this continent, as well as to those in the West Indies; but as the act of Parliament pened the intercourse equally with both, and it was the inamlest iutention of Con gress, as well as the obvious policy of the United States, that tnc provisions of the. act ol Parliament should be me*., in equal extent, on the part of the United States, and as also the act of Congress was sup posed to vest in the President some dis cretion in the execution ol it, I thought it advisable to giye it a corresponding con struction# them, by affording a wider field lor selec tion, to promote the great object of the power vested in Congress for providing for the organiz > g, arming, and disciplining the .Militia. T us by the mutual and harmo nious co ope ation of the two governments In the cxecuti 11 of a power divided between them, an object always to ho cherished, the attainment ol a great result on which our liherties may depend, cann <t fail 10 he se cured I have to add that in proportion aa ur regular force is small, should the in- s ruc'ion snd rc-ourccs of the Militia, the great res urce or. which we icly, he pudi cd to the utmost extent that circunitlan ccs will admi’. A Report from the Secretary of the navy will communicate thj progress winch has been mtde in the construction of vessels ol uh other inietestu.g details, respect the Treasury on the first day of January last) a sum exceeding four millio s one hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars Besides discharging all demands for the 'urrent service of the year, including the interest and reimbursement of the public debt, the six per cent, stock of 1796, a mounting to eighty thousand dollars, l.as been redeemed. It is estimated that, after defraying the current expenses of the pre sent quarter, and redeeming the two mil lions of six per cent, s’.ock of 1820, there will remain in the Treasury, on the first day of January next, nearly three millions of dollars. It is estimated that the gross amount of duties which Jiave been secured, from thv first of January to the 30th of September last, has exceeded nineteen millions five hundred thousand dollars, and the amount of the whole year will probably not fall short of twenty three millions of dollars. Of the actual force in service under the present Military Establishment, the p <sts at which it is stationed, and the condition of each post, a report from the Secretary of War, which is now communicated, will give a distinct idea. By like reports, the state of the Academy at West Point will be seen, as well as the progress which has been made in the Fortifications along the coast, ar>d at the National Armories and Arse nats. The position on the Red River, and that at the Sauit of St. Marie, sfre the only new posts that has e been taken. These post*, with those already occupied in the interior, are thought to be well adapted to the pro tection of our frontiers. All the force, not placed in the garrisons along the coast, and in the ordnance depots, and indispensably necessary there, is placed on the frontiers. I he organization of the several corps composing the aroiy, is such as to admit its expansion to a great extent, in case oi emergency, the officers carrying with them all the light which they possess to the new corps, to which they might be appointed. With the organization of the staff, there is equal cause to be satisfied. By the con centration of every branch, with its chief 11 this city, in the presence of the Departmcm and with a grade in the chief military sta lion, to keep alive and cherish a military spirit, the greatest promptitude in the ex edition of orders, with the greatest econo my and efficiency, are secured. The same view is taken of the Military Academy. Good order is preserved in it, and the youth are well instructed in every science con nected with the great objects of the Insti tution. They are also well trained and disciplined in the practical parts of the pro- g the actual state of the afl’.irs ul that 1). pirtroent. It has been found necessary lot ;ha prete*-tK»o of our commerce, to main atn the usual squatr >ns on the Mc.lilcrra can, the Fir.fic, and along the Atlantic Coast, extending the cruises of the latter produced by the slightest change. Onfili to the West I idles, where piracy, organ- itderatiou of the aubiect. in (ill ite ralutl.m id into a system. has preyed on the com iierce of every country trailing thither. A cruise has a>>0 been maintained on tlie coast of Africa, when the season would p 1 nit, for the suppression of the Slave Tra 1. •nd orders ha--aocen given to the comma* vrxof all our public ships, to seize our am vessels, should they find any engaged 1" that trade and to bring them in lor adj.. licatfon. In the Wes*. Indies, piracy is of a recen >.te, which may explain the cause why er powers have not combined ag.msi it. Bv the documents communicated, it will bi >ecn that the efforts c! rtie United Stales 1 • -upress it, have had a very saiutary effect he benevolent provision of the act, und. i ** ich the protect! >n has been extended alike to the commerce of other nations, cannot foil to duly appreciated by them. In compliance with the Act of the las. Savon, entitled u An act to abolish the U States’ Trading Establishments,*’ ag«nw were immediately appointed and instruc-cd under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to close the business of me tr. ing-bou-es among the Indian tr.bes, and to settle the accounts of the Factors an Sub factors engage in that trade, and m xecutr, in all other respects, the iujunc : ons of that act, in the mode prescribed therein. A final repart of their proceedings shall be communicated to Congress as v»*n as it is received. I» is with great regret I have to slate that a serious malady has deprived us of many valuable citizens at Pensacola, and checked t .c progress of some of those arrangements which are important to the territory. This effect has been sensibly felt in respect to the Indians who inhabtt that territory, con sisting of the remnants of several tribes who occupy tlie middle ground between St Augustine and Pensacola, with extensive claims, but undefined boundaries. Although pesce is preserved with those Indi ans, yet their position snd claims tend essentially to interrupt the intercourse between the eastern snd western parts of the territory, on which our inhabitants sre principally settled. It is eastutial to the grow th and prosperity of the territory, as , • ell as to the intercourae of the L nion, that th-.-sv proved in q taiiiy ; tint great progress ba* be o Indians should be removed, by special compact j made in the settle me >! ol accounts, snd in if* r ' with them, to some other position, or concentra ted within narrower limits where they are. With the limited means in the power of the Kx- eculive, instructions were given to the Governor to accomplish this object, so far as it might be practicable, w hich was prevented by the distress ■nf malady referred to To carry it fully into effect in either mode, additional funds will be ne- cesaary, to the provision of which the powers of Congress alone are competent. With a view to such provision as may be deemed proper, the subject is submitted to your consideration, and in tbe interim,further proceedings are suspended. It appearing that so much of the act, en titled “ An act regulating the staff of the army,” which passed on the 14th of April, 1818, as relates to the commissariat, will expire in April next, and the practical ope ration ol that department having evinced its great utility, the propriety of its renew al is submitted to your consideration. The view which lias been, taken of the proba ble productiveness of the lead mines, connected with the importance of the material to the public deft nee, makes it expedient that they should be managed with peculiar care. It is therefore sug gested whether it will not comport with the pub lic interest to provide by law for the appointment of an agent skilled m mineralogy, to superintend them, under the direcUon ol tu« proper Uepart- t P # T er originate* from them, aad to them such auaiR!r,en , », as, under the right rever His Imperial Majesty ^ to the several states to appoint tfie offi cere and to train the Militia, will enable *oleiy responsible, for the fanhfuT’J^ 1 ?' their dutiem within their its proper const.me* U, are they kOlF’lV PFfDfinuhlp. t th#* faiihL.I I. .715 their duties, within their eonstit„ (l ‘ And I hat the people will confine th ff agents, of evety statwn.io tbe strict constitutional duties, there is no cui*., "j 01 ' 1 Having, however, communicated mv «!,■'■ to Congress, at the last session, fully - ' . •.. 1 '“Not icireu, n-jv.r I right of appropriating at distinct in question, I deem it improper to tuft <N here. " " th* | Prom the be* information that I have b. hie to obtain, i! appeirs that our M though decreased immediately after i| lt have cons, ierably incretaed, and are aliU uk, I T K, w n r e ra!n Ifiven them b I at ff of 1816, and by subsequent law, s. ?l cd, I am, whatever may be the abstract d. c -£| in uvur of unrestricted commerce, proriiWal nations would concur 11. it, and it wus not I ^ lo be interrupted by war, which has never (*_ 1 i d, au.i cannot be expected, that there ut o> *irong reasons applicable to our situation,«, liiiiona wuh other countries which imp W v the obliga tor to cherish and sustain our nur,u iiiri-a. Saiisfied, however, I likewise am, th.- ihteiost uf every pan of our Union, even eft most benefit ted by manufactures require, this subject should be touched with the gr r caution, and a critical knowledge ol the effr a O vmwuhvi || iu; ration or the subject, in all it, relatiun,, pcrviuded, that a further augmentation may he made of (lit .Julies on certain foreign srtid in favor uf our own, and without affecting iniu ously, any other interest For mure precise d i.uU, l icier you to the communicai'.v., *h> ■vere m.de to Congress during the Ut 9e*,t.n.| So great was the amount of account, t»r kJ i--s advanced during the late war, in uiMiu-I iilltis uf eprevi-jiis date, which, in the regv.ll operations of U.a government, necewih J mined unsettled, that it required a Icr.r- tnne tor tliair adjustment. Uy a report ■ 1 the First Comptroller of the Treasury, it jpp t tint, on 'he 4ih of March 1817, the account, ti* unsettled, amounted to one hundred and \U 11 lliuus sixty-eight thousand eight hundred ti seventy-six dollars snd forty one cen t, ot *•!, on the 30th of September of the present jul nncty.three mi linns one I undred and seveil live thousand three hundred and ninety-six do::J *rwl fi ty aix-ceuta had been settled; lesvin.T -lat day a ba’ance unsettled of nne milKnnse< indeed and ninety threethousa-.il four hun !' ud sc* etuy. .me dollars and eighty-five c -. I list there have been drawn from the Treir^ - p-vying the pub'ic debt, and su-tb'nir.g Government in all its operation and diis. ne.ita, since the 4ili of M.,rch 1817, one t, d-i-la i l lii-.y-st ven mihfons one hundred 1 on. ty r.iuc ttvo saivl three hun ire,l a d eiM d.»i!ir-. a..d nine;. -six cents, the account.of A I. -e been >ettle 11 the amount of one-huai! in 1 thirty seven millions five hundred nnil 1 thousand fo .r hu dred an.l fifty o iedollaM twel-e ce ils j leaving a balance unse t'e -line;-en millions six hundred and ninety . thousand nine hundre d and twenty-nine dI a id eighty tour c.-nts. For precise details respi ing each of these balance,, 1 refer to the rep ot Jkj Cumptrulicr, and Jocu '.cut whicli kca| pany it. From this vie v, 1* .ppeart that ■ ur comuciuil ihtleicocei-wii.’i Kr« ice and Gre t .Uritain be- n pi seed in a train of amicable arrangtmu'il on conditions fair <nd honorable, in both i'»t»l ces, to taco party ; that our finances are in 1 productive slate 1 mir revenue bring at piHttfl fuily rompeteut to all the dem.hds upon iti tkl| our mill’ ty I*-ce ij we.I organic : in ill it»brui-1 ches, tint capable ul reuderingthr most iinpurtiat I service, in 1 a-.e idem, r.eucy, xtuat its number all admit of; that due progress has been tnaJr, un-1 der existing appropri .’ions, in the consindti* I furtifi.-.iiious, aud in the upentionf of e ord-1 nance department; tiiatdu progress li», in lib I manner, liec-n spade in tlie construction of sltip of war ; that our r.a»y ts m the b-. st condition, lek and respretv <1, in every sea iu which it is mnoy- ed for the protection uf our comm?rev i *l |Jt * manulnctui s It itre augmented in ivinoout.* 111 ! ®' It ia Understood that the Cumberland road- winch was comuucted at a greal expense, has alreaily suffered trom the want of that regular iupenntendancr, and of those repairs, which are indispensable to the preservation of such a work. 11ns road is ol incalculable advantage, in fac.tita- tiug the intercourse between tbe Western ami the Atlantic btales. 1 hrough it, the whole country from the northern extremity u f Lake Kne to tfe . ““l all the waters which empty r,C C ;- , /;' eay lml riirecl communicatl-i Aib >ir S ^1“ f U , ,tn ' mtnt ’ * nd 'hence to the dare "and wt “ ch to all mil. itxry *hd com merest operettocs, and also to cowry of the ha! ivee due by in.lividua*. that the utmost tconomv is secored andi)Sicf f “ ioti* jiubl’ our . con loi'f! glonf nd (1 ft wl ol th temli that whic the that snd | of I A IMS’* fit 1 iv /to se h„ b happ this i conli ing* our pres with of e sucli I to b H [ tho« j Euro take I ceed jare |thcr« Ivvlvor IShou Iwhn rieil, empi j.iiiii jtiniib re *at Lu-ne rfiui cert. Snd niffi f apt hysti Can/, party i.l fi fcy b rinse. Ivlmsi pre|)S bless* loecvt Ices, t( Itbc pi Wli Iful ch Eat ler p»r litbrea Idunii, |S|iai'i 1 lfrmi.i Kiv 1 "•"I I pir* Ifhh IDCV ill is:ain pus Wi tli w I'm r„- I. It ) HI Ik,' su I, !i .s »ny 1 P 1 1 HI * virt Mel II! VC fm 11 tiilie, ■tied fuse lues tteriy On IN' in every department of-.he admini-traiion Other objects s> ill likewise claim your s’.!* 11 '' 01 ’' I becauH-, from ike station which th United Sbo hold, as a member of the great community r « * I twins, tl.ey luve rights to maintain, duties to pit form, aad dangers to encounter. ,1 A strong hope was entertained that pesce wow 1 ew this, Iwve been concluded, betweenSvaio™ ' the Independent Governments south of the oB‘ ted States in this hemisphere. Lug expert "* having evinced the competency uf those K° v ' ,n ' meats, to muintain the i.idejven tence which t (f had declared, it uas presumed, that the con>i(.r(' ations which induced tlveir rec-vgni'i-' 1 , hy V' States would have had equal weigh’ wit*' 1 , i !,ier Powers, and that Spain herself, yk.'% w,h !’ s f magnanimoas feelings of which W* , V ni.hes $0 many examples, would bwcKfB' a (“v on that b.su, a controversy so tlie same time, so destructive. We '■'*’ the hope, that this result will no'- b>-5 * potted. Sustaining our neutral position, irul ’’ each parey, while the war continues, equal n l5 "_' it is incumbent un the II. States to cUro ul ?** with eq-jal rigor, the faithful observaacC - 1 lights, according to the well known L* ° . tiuns. From each, therefore, like cooper*- 1 expected in thejsuppressvon of tbe pir*uc)*P'. lice which has gone out of this war, and of ades of extensive coasts on both seas, *^ l “,, •lueriHg the small force employed to Rtstaict- 1 have nut the slightest foundation to re*t on . , Kurope is still unsettled, snd although long menaced between Kussia aad > urt<. r i . . 1 ... • _ d>IISlll (ereoces between those Powers will b*-c 0 ' xably adjusted. It u impossible to look to tu-‘ v-Pt Howof ihe country, respecting which fere nets arose, w.dnM.; being Jeepiy 11«: men'ion of Greece fill* tbe mmd ^ , most exalted sentiments, and arc-Jse» J ^ so ms the best feehn^s of which our naiu."-’ ccptible. Superior skill an-J nfiaera^ J* ^ art*, heroic gsh’au’nr in actios, duairrea-'i- r