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11l COmoliiihfo with • i ,
I the officers ind felVere **• lctU ° n of Coß *™&
mm**, it s) r,r re ° pr? St
able teflimn, they ‘ ! ” te ” r ‘
ulnch brought them into til st.-so-Ar • ~ lot,c 1,,0UVC3
the readine| and regularity with [ ]°- t ’ elr CoU!ltr fo by*
tilt Satie, of privaje eitiyen’ * ta ** re *
uiJiC I J udlciar .v Mr,,, of the
,7 111 y‘f es - . Xo iub J >3 more interchip than this to
the public happmds, and to none can thole imor ,v , n
which niav have been (usrp-fcftfo k • p , r ’
beneficially applied. S * 7 be more
A treaty of amity and commerce with the king, of
l.ru.ua has been concluded and ratified; the ratifications
have been exf,ranged, and 1 have directed tire treaty to
be promulgated by proclamation. }
. The difficulties which ffifptnded the execution of the
6th article ot our treaty of amity, commerce, and navi
gation,’\w,th Great Bntam, have not yet been removed
the negotiation on this (lime a is ffill - depending. Ash
mufi oefor the mtereft and honor of both nations to ad mit
the d,fierence with good faith, I indulge confidently the
* expedition that the iincere endeavors of the government
of the United States to bring it to an amicable termina
tion will not be dilappointed.
i he envoys extraordinary and mimflers plenipotentiary
from the United States to France were received In the firft
con in l with the refped due to their charade.-; and three
, persons, with equal powers, were appointed to treat with
them. Although at the date of the last official intelligence
the negotiation had not terminated, yet it is to be hoped
that our efforts to effect an accommodation will at length
meet with a success proportioned to the finccrity with
whveh they have been so often repeated.
While our bed endeavors for the prelervation of har-
I monv with all nations will continue to be tiled, the expe
rience of the world, and our own experience, admonish us
u of the insecurity of trussing too confidently to their (ncqefs.
r We cannot, without committing a dangerous imprudence,
™ abandon those mealures of felf protection Which are achpt
’ ed to ourfituation, and to which, notwithftancling mil pa
| cific policy, the violence and injuffice of others may com
pel us to resort. While our vast extent of leacoaft, tlie
commercial and agricultural habits of our people, the great
capital they will continue to trust on the ocean, fug rest
the system of defence which will be mod benefidd to
ourselves, our distance from Europe, and our refnurres
1 for maritime ftfength, will enable us to employ it with
effeft. Seasonable and lyftematic arrangements, so far as
out resources will juftify, for a navy, adapted to dei’entive
war, ind which may, in case of necessity, be quickly
brought into use, seem to be as much recommended by a
I wife and true economy as by a just regard for ourfti ure
tranquillity, for the fafety of our (bores, and for the pro
fecJion 0 f o ur property committed to the ocean.
T The present navy of the United States, called fiiddcnly
into existence by a great national exigency, had (tuft'd us
in our own esteem, and by the protefilion affordea to our
commerce, has effected, to the extent of our expediti
ons, the ohjea for which it was created.
In connexion with a navy ought to be contemplated the
fortification of fome of the principal seaports and harbors.
A variety of considerations, which will readily fuggt-ft
themselves, urge an attention to this measure us precauti
on. To give security to our principal ports considerable
sums have already been expended, but the works remain
incomplete. It is for congress to determine whether ad
ditional appropriations (hall lie made in order to render
competent to the intended purposes the fortifications which
have been commenced.
The manufacture of arms within the United States ft ill
invites the attention of the national legillaturf. At a
conliderable, expence to the public this manufactory has
been brought to such a (late of maturity as, with conti
nued encouragement, will fupercede the necessity ot tuture
bnyirtaticns from foreign countries.
Gentlemen of the boufe of reprefeniatkes,
I (ha’l direct the estimates of the appropriations necelia
rv for the ensuing year, together with an account of the
public revenue and expenditure to a like period, to be laid
k I cbferve with much fatisfaftion that the product of the
revenue during the present year has been wore conhdera so
than during any former equal period. Hus result affords
con-lufive evidence of the great rtffources of this country,
and of the ‘wifdom and efficiency of the mealures which
have been adopted by congress for As protection o* com
merce and prefewation of public creu.t.
Gentlemen.cf the senate, and
Gentlemen of the boufe of reprefentativcs,
a s oil e of the grand community of nations om atten
tion is irrefiltiblv drawn to the important icenes which
so r ound us. If the v have exhibited an uncommon portion
of calamity it is the province of humanity to deplore, and
tifiL to avoid, the causes which may have produced tt.
Ts turning our eyes homeward, we mid reason to rejoice
•it'the ~,-olbea which prefent* itfelf; if we pen eve the m
t>rior ofotir country proffierous, free, and happy, >fe
4l in ; rtv in fafetv, under the protection of aws emanating
;„K. fro,, .the general will, the fruits of the,r own labor;
v,-e OB'vhfto fortify and cling to those mlhtutions, which
ha ve ten the fomi of much real telinty, and refill with
in'baring perseverance the progreft of thole dangerous ,-
atiOBS, which may dimnr.ih their uil.ucnte.
“;! ’ w,. r ;.-rifm, gentlemen, has been conmled the
, “if the public iiuen'Ss, ind while
honor,Hu dutj <* !■ it „,u |* faith
permit me tn alto you .I Hit yonrlibo.,
the juncral h.ppincli .ill mm. tm* - *',e
molt zealous cooperation. j OnN ADAMS.
Vertex November*22, t-* oo *
otentij executed at Fayette
**- Ri ' eire ’
f(1 , foe murder of his brother m UWr I
Gh:rle/cn, December f. The fliip Polly, Statfci'.,
from Cadi.-:, is coming,up*
December 4. Capt. Smith, of tin- fthooner Sarah, in
five days from New York, thinks, from the: knowledge he
has of the United Slates frigate Purtfmouth, that (he pair
ed the lighthouse going in as he came out. This is the
veiV-l our comnfiilioners to France were to come home in.
December 5. Yefierday was burnt, pursuant to Ten
ter ce, Ben, a negro fellow, belonging to mr. Creggmiles.
lor the ljiurder of mr. William Maxwell, in a b.rburous
manner. Smart, concerned with Ben, will fuffer death,
in like manner, this day, at the place where the murdel
was committed, near the thirteen mile houi’e, between the
hours of 1 o and 4.
1 he following articles refpeSing the unfortunate dura
tion of Cadiz were handed by capt. Stutlbn, of the iliip
Polly, from that port.
I he greater part of the merchants had left the eitv, and
the governor had flopped all communication with the ad
jacent ports, it being generally iiippoled that the fever
raged worse in them than in Cadiz, at which place ten
thousand dita in the couri’e of -two weeks. I have, fre
quently met in the ftre.cts three or four carts loaded with
dead bodies, piled up so as to require two buries to draw
them from the king’s holpital; and have fern in the yard
ot the cathedral (where the bodies from the different linules
were deposited every day, to be carried out of the gates in
the. night) froai one hundred to one hundred and fifty.
1 hi? 1 was a l’pcctator of for fifteen dn\s.
I left Cadiz at sundown on the iff October; at 10 at
night was brought to by the fquadn.n off there, and de
tained two days, after which i was uifiinfleu with the fob
lowing paper:
CO P Y.
1 liefe are to certify, that .-I have this day released the
American ihip Polly, Levi Stutfon mailer, after detaining
her two days, although she is liable to confifcation, for
having entered the port of C idiz after being duly informed
of the blockade by the Dragon, one of his majefly’s fiiips
employed upon that service; nevertlie'cfs, as the present
fl ite ot Cadiz iubjedls all vessels coming from thence to a
loiig quarantine, and the Polly could not have communica
tion with the (bore at Gibraltar in less than forty-two
days, I have therefore, from motives of hnmanitv to the
mailer and crew, tonienteJ to allow her to proceed on her
voyage; but I expect that mr. Stutfon will take care to
make public the reaions which have induced me to this acl
ot amity, and warn his fellow citizens, that, vends under
toe lame circuniftances are in future not to expect the fame
indulgence.
Given under my hand, 0:1 board iiis raajefly’s fliip
the Swiftime, at lea, t e day of October.
I*oo.
R. P.icKi rton,. rear admiral.
Situr.ion of Cadlr, on the 4 tb September, from tbe ac
count oj the governor's secretary.
Population, 73,00 c.
Convalescent, 2;,c0
Died, up to the 4th September, 7,000
Sick, B,coo
Left Cadiz for alj icent towns, 33,000
Total, 73,000
Out of every fix hundred deaths, according to the cal
culations, there were no more than 26 females.
The convent in which the Franciscan friars redded con
tained one hundred and fifty, out of which one hundred
died. The other convents fufiered greatly likewile.
December 8. Saturday arrived, brig Samuel, M‘Lean,
Glasgow, 77 days; brig Edward, Hands, Liibon, 57 days.
SAVANNAH, December 11.
M A R I N E LIS TANARUS,
Entered Inward.
Schooner Maria, Cauikins, Havana
Ship Lancafler, Willfon, Lancafler
Schooner Beti’ey and Polly, Swan, Bermuda
Fame, Lightbourne, ‘ Barbados
Kitty, Bennett, St. Augudine
Ship Rebecca, Royfton, London
Sloop’ Friendihip, Dennison, New York
Schooner Louiia, Ball, Charleilon
Sloop William, VY i I limns, Middletown
Schooner Hawke, .Townlend, Salem
Friendihip. Howard, Duckfburgh
Savannah Packet, Kean, Charleilon
Brig Hunter, Burnham, New York
Sloop Rachel, Brown, Charieflon
Brig Eleanor, Hodgkins, Boilon
Spanifii Lady, Chafe, Rhode liland
Ship Diana, Duvall, Liverpool
Cleared Ovt.
Brig Independent, Waterman, Liverpool
Bark Cornelius, Johanson, St. Croix
Schooner Pollv, Platt, New Providence
Ship Louisa, Daviion, Jamaica
Brig George, Morris, New York
Schooner Lydia, Weft, Charleilon
Sloop Independence, Brigs, Philadelphia
Brig Eliza, Swain, New York
/
On Tuesday lad arrived, the fliip Diana, capt. Duvall,
from Liverpool, la/t from Waterford in 64 days. In I at.
25.. long. 58. spoke the brig Rattier, Francis House
mailer, from New Brunswick, bound to Tobago, which
had lofl her deck cargo and guns in a gale of wind. Capt.
Duvall was detained ten hours by a New Providence pri
vateer, (7 others being in company) but afterwards dif
fered to proceed on bis voyage.
The l’chooner Two Brothers, of and from Baltimore,
Jonathan Weaver mafler, bound to Havana, was captur
ed on the 2d infl. by a Britifli privateer, and lent to New
Providence.
‘Pile Britilh packet Mary, from Falmouth, arrived at
New York on the 19th ult.
The general ailembly of this ilatc adjourned lad Tues
day ft* Anight.
His honor John Drayton, e/q. is cit Fled governor, and
gen. Richard Winn, lieutenant governor, of South Caro
lina; and Tolui E. Calhoun, elk. senator to cotigrefs, in
i room Uii-;'!. Jacob ru-al, whole (era expires on t!.e
! 4th of March :n-xt.
! On the ?uii:(i. the decors appointed bv the legislature
; ol South (Carolina to vote for-a president arid vice pn-lulcnt
I ot the United States, viz. John Hunter, Paul Hamilton,
Robert Andeifon, l'lieodore Gailbud. Arthur Sinikins,
Andrew Love, Jolepii lily the, and Wade Hampton, cfqis.
met at Columbia; having balloted, the votes were counted,
when >t appeared that Thomas Jtffcrfon arid Aaron Purr,
el’qr:. wee tm.mimeuily elected.
Married on 1 liuriiiav Ia ft, Bryan Morel, efq. to mils
Harriet Macqueen, daughter of Alexander Macqueen,
efq.
Op. Saturday last, at a grand quarterly communication
of the Grand Lodge ol Georgia, the following Brethren
were choien officers for the enfning year, viz.
Right worftiiphil William Stephens, grand nnifter;
orlhqdiil Will,am Stith, deputy grand mailer;
Line iobler, senior grand warden;
George Jones, junior grand warden;
James Robertson, grand treafnrer;
\William Moore, alliflant grand treafurerj •
Robert Fillier, grand secretary;
Nicholas Joimfton, alliftant grand fecretan ;
James Clark, senior grand deacon;
V’ iilidm 1 aylor, junior grand deacon;
Richard M. Stiles and j. Williams, grand Howards.
Augujia, December 6.
We hear from Louifvillc that the eleftion forpiefident
and vice preli.lent was unanimouily for Jellerfon and Burr.
A difVlrurge of cannon announced the choice, and a i-ilen
did-entertainment was given by his excellency the gover
nor on the occanon.
War Department, \stb November, iSoo.
1 hole gentlemen who have applied lor military appoint-*
■ ments in the iervice cit the United States are informed,
tivat their applications, with all the recommendatory let.
ters accompanying, men consumed by-fire in the* War
Os lice on Saturn ay evening last. 1 iiefe wlio continue to
deli re to be confidcred as candidates will Ice the propriety
of renewing their applications.
Samukl -Dexter, lecretary of war.
NEGROES for Sale .
j r I C> likely boys, aged about 12 or 1; years.
JL 1 hrec valuable coopers, from a 5 to 30 veau of age.
One very fme jotjng houie wench.
One'v aluable fellow, a field Have.
For 10me oi the. above {lives 60 days credit will be al
lowed, on giving approved security.
Appß- to DAVID LEION, Broker.
’ JUST REChIVEDT -
And tOR SALE at the Printing Ojfi cc of N.. Johnston 1
and Go. in Brovgbton flrcet,
NeathyHitched in blue,
A NARRATIVE of the LOSS of the SHIP HF.R
CULES, commanded by capt. Benjamin Stout,
•n tlie Coall of Caffrana; the Iritli of June, 1796.
Also, a circumilantial Detail ot bis f ravels through
the Southern Defarts of Africa, and the Colonies, to tlie
Cape of Good Hope.
1 his work is replete with anecdote and adventure, re
lated in a inafferly ffyle; and exhibits, in anew point < f
v ievv, the manners and customs of a people whom luftory
had before treated with injuflice.
FOR SAL -L,
A.t the Printing Office in Broughton ffreet,
THE STEP MO I HER, a Novel.
ALSO,
Letters on Subjeds ot Importance to the
Happineis of young Females,
AddrelTed by a Govfrmels to her Pupils.
By Mils Helena \Y ells, (an Authoress of great merit}
Daughter of the late Mr. Robert Wells, formerly of
Charleflon, South Carolina.
GEORGIA. ~) SUPERIOR COURT: October
Liberty county.J Term, 1800.
Hij Excellency James Jackson,
Governor , U'c. ( Petition for foreclol
vei-fus r ure .
Ananias Cooper* ‘ J
UPON the petition of his excellency James Jackson,
governor of filid ffate; for liimfelf and his successors
in office, praying the foreclofure of the equity of redemp
tion of all that tract oi land, in Liberty county, in the :
fork of Canoucliie, of two hundred and fifty acres, fold
as Roger Kelfall’s property, mortgaged by the laid Anan
ias Cooper to his excellency George Mathews, then go
vernor and commander in chief in and over the faid'ftate
ot Georgia, and to his successors in office, for the/eturity
of the sum of one hundred and two pounds, threeffiillings,
and live pence halfpenny, (equal to four hundred and thir
ty-ieven dollars and eighty-eight cents) contained in a
bond from the laid Ananias Cooper to tlie aforefaid George
Mathews, late governor aforefaid, and his successors in
office, bearing even date with the said mortgage, and on
motion of mr. Bulloch, attorney general, it is ordered,
That the principal, interest, and colls, upon the said bond
and mortgage, be paid into court within twelve months
from this date, and unless the fame ffiail be so paid t!#c
qnity of redemption will from henceforth lie foreclose!.
And it is further ordered ,. in pursuance vof the laid aft.
That this rule be priblifliecbin one of the public gazettes of
this Hate, at leall once in every month, until the time ap-"*
pointed for payment, or served cuiTlWfnortgager, or
ipeciai agent, at leall fix muiHih'jM[ous to the time •
money is direfted to be,pW as afoXfoid.^
E\ ff.AV frzr.Mßk*onu.i / L zStlf
‘day of OctfdM Hoo.
Josljiv jf S. C. L.
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