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Three Dalis, per am. 2 Volume V.] ev congresspjnjl.t- : y The Senate and Ifoufe of Re presentatives of the United States mt on Monday the 2d infl. a* the city of both houses being formed, notice thereof was given to the President, who ailigned 12 o'clock on Tues day for making a communication by message. Gen. Samuel Smith appointed President of the Sen ate, protein.. Mr. Macon elected Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, and John Beckley is ehofen clerk* PRESIDENTS MESSAGE , Tc the Senate and ilousc of Repre sintut'eves of the United Stales if America , At a moment when the nations r,f Europe are in commotion and arming a gam it each o't her, when those with whom we have prih- ! cipal intereourfe are engaged in ; the general contest, and when the ‘ countenance of fome.of them rewards cur peaceable country i threatens that even that may not be uiiae. T. .Tt by what is palling e’/ he general fhreatre, a meeting o- the repreAntadvrs of the nation m iioaicS’ of congress, has i;;e. Coming from every feed on of our country, they bring with them the fentimetgs and the in formation of the whole, and will be enabled to. give a diredion to to the pnbUck affairs, widen the the’ wikfom of the whole v,u approve and, fupport*. ‘ft t*a a; a view of the (late of n,:r country, we, in the fyiL piece, tk nee the late affliction of two of gmr urie* under the-fatal fever. T ddch in fatter times has occafioh yily wared our (hores. providence 10 sos goodness gave it an early ter mi!TAUc>;> on this occasion, and leff cned’ of which . vc usually fallen before it. In t ie cotrie of the several visitations hy this disease, it has appeared that - ft is itrictly local, incident to cities ■ 2nd ttdfc waters only— fmen in muni cable In the country either H by per sons under the dife fe, or by goods [” me u*ooi dhealed places; that fs is with, the autumn, and ,? ‘ ‘hfat )ears with the eariv froft. ■ 1 -Toe reftricHons, within narrow of tone and space, give idem niy e\ en to our mirarime cities, M -.ng three-fourths of the year, to the country always. gh from tliefcfacts it ap p- Ts unnecefihry, yet, to fatisfy !i e bars of foreign nations? and ” lv: *f on their part not to be of in a danger whose p cts are yet unknown to them, I ve fectiy enjoined oil the offi- CciT ’. ac die head of the cuhorns to ce k? ] y exact truth, for every I rftsl filing for-a foreign port, the ‘■atfe pf refpecring this fever, Ify* Pavails at the place from d ulCli bib, under every motive T> m character and duty to certify iC l| uth, 1 have no doubt they V v . •-. • ‘•* ? •; y ;ry ’r% •, •?. v ‘ ‘•.... ... V. - ‘■> * ~ [ lUt / ftU jpg fej | I |s3 1 fiy ‘>■ vjk L** r *.'* t ‘ V L3OM l y$ $1 ‘A JSjf [ Xrfe* tp gs| - Iji ‘ f,2 Ef<Sx _ : -M’ ‘ ® Ik — —- - ‘ **fWhj* X &* gtl - 0 - —_ —. A WEEKX * for Sarah Hillhousl. thb k t [U u J sxecuted this iiijuiic twn -M.ach .-ea’ injury has, how gt., been fuftaraed from apropea fitytordemify withthise Pdef aßd l ° r ca Dy the fam e name, fe. versos very different kinds which have been known at all times, and * n all countries, and never have been placed upon thole deemed contagious. As we advance in our knowledge of this disease. as envelope the fimree from which individuals receive it, the date authorities charged with the care of the public heath, and con guk wuh that of the general com jiieice, wilbbecpme able to regu late with efiectTTiHr — funcfions in these departments, ihe hurihen of quarantines is felt at home as well as abroad, their edi eacy merits examination. Alt ho’ the health law of the hates fhouid be,found. 40 need no prelent revlfal by congreis, yet commerce claims that their attention mould ever be awake to them. Since our lad meeting, the af . pe£c of our foreign relations has confiderafc’y changed—Our coafs have been i.ifdled, and our har bours watched by private armed vdlels, fonie of them without com missions, Tome with ilegal commit fions, others with thofc of legal piratfottf-aerfr-- beyond the authority of their com mhlions. They have captured in the very entrance of our harbors, as w ell its on the high sea&, not only the veheis of our friends coming to trade with us, but our ewn also. They, hate carried them off un der pretence of legal adjudication ; but not daring to approach a court of hiiiicc, they have plundered and funk them, by the way, in obicure places where no evidence could a rife ageiTl them, maltreated the crews, and abandoned them in boats on the open foa, or on desert {hores, without food or covering. These enormhk?® appearing to be unreached by any control of their. Sovereigns, 1 found it neeefiary to equip a force, to cruifo within our own foas, to arreil all vefieis of these deferiprions found hovering on our coahs, w ithin the limits of the gulp dream, arm to bring the oflendeiS , in for trial as pirates. The fame fy detn of hovering on j our coaits and harbours, under co- j lour of seeking enemies has been j alio carried on by public aimed i Ann*, to the great annoyance and j oonreffion of cur commerce. New : principles too have been interpolat- , ed into the law of nations, founded | neither in justice nor the usage or j acknowledgment of ou Ac* j cordim T to these a bedigereni #Ktb , llfM a commerce with ns own j enemy, which it denies to a neatra, , “ ,ho ilS"T‘ SAt! t e'interells of our cor.lt.tu- Ss Lid the doty of ma.ntaming ,he authority of reason, tne only umtdre between just nations, .m ----t * ..V - S ATTTPYW - •• MCEMBER. 23, 1805. an effeckral and determined Indeed the confidence we outfit to have m the justice of others, still cauntcnancealthe hope that a found* t|t view of those rights will of itfdf i -cucc ..frptnr- every belligerent a more cornel observance of them. VVith Spain our negotiations for a fetthment of diftbrences have not had a fatisfaQory ifluc. Spoliations curing the former war, for which ike fold formerly acknowledged hcrfoli responsible, have been refuf- Cu to be compenfatca but on con- °tlier claims in no i | tne ftune pradHces are~ renewe3Tn tne pre font war, and are already of ’ great amount. On the Mobile i commerce palling throxi *h that . river continues to be clfiructed by arbitary duties and vexatious kardks. Propoliiions for adj Lif ting tne boundaries of ; Louiannna have rot been acceded to. Wnile, however, the right is gmfettled, we have avoirled chang ing the (late of things, by making new polls, cr llrengtherdng cur iclvcs in the dilputed territories, in | the hope that the other power’ ” IK frby a cuntem conduft, To r’lcx i’ ttidr exanrptT, ; and endanger conflicts of authori ty, the iilue of which may not be eatily controlled. But in this hope we have now reason to lesson cur confidence. Inroads have been re cently made into the territories of i Orleans and the Mifiiffippi, our ci tizens have been- seized and their property plundered in the very parts of the former which had been a&aally delivered up by Spain, and , this by the regular officers and sol diers of that government. I have found it necessary at length to give orders to our froeps on that fron tier to be In readiness to protedl our citizens and to repel by arms any firrrilar aggreftions in future. O ther details, necuTary for your full information of the Rate of things between this country and that, {kali b£ the fubjedl of another communi cation. In reviewing these injuries from feme of the belligerent pow ers, the moderation, the firmnefs ■ and the wisdom of the iegißat.urc will all be called into acrion. We ought Rill to hope that Uaie and a more correct eßimate of i Etc rest as well as character will produce the justice we are bound to expect. But fhoukl any nation deceive if felf by falfe calculations, and dis appoint that expectation, we mud, join in the unprofitable contest, of trying which party can do the other the moft harm. Some of these in juries may perhaps admit a yx e petent it is always tl* mod cciir able. But feme of them are of a., nature to be met by force omy, ftffskn ail of them may lead to it. I c not therefore but recomtnend techy preparations as circumstances call for. The firft object is to placed our fen-port towns out c f the dan- [ Payable gef ciff nfolt. oMeafures have been already taken for fumifhing them with heavy cannon for the farviee ol luch land batteries as may make a part of their defence agaiuft arm* .ed vcftds approaching ihern. In tud oi these it is definable we fhouid have a competent nfmber of gua boats, and the number to be com* pettmt ■ nutft be considerable. If immediately feeguii, they may be in read lack for service at the open ing of the next foa fop. W het 1 ic r it will be neeefiary to augment our land forces, will be decided by oc currences probably in the ci of your feiTion. Jfo the mean time [ you will cimfidcr whether it yrcukl j not be expedient, for a Rate of [ peace as well as war ? fo lb erganife or class the militia, as would emu hie us on any Ridden emergency, to call for the ferviccs.of the you er portions, unincumbered with the old and those having families. Upwards of three “hundred thou sand able-bodied men, between the ages cf eighteen and twenty-lix years, which the foil Genfus fnews we may now count within our lim its, will furnfth a competent num ber for offence or defence, in any point where they may be wanted, and will give time for raffing regu h& forces xhe, for rTITem fflstli'beconre xbiwin ; iRd The reducing to the early period 6F i life all its active i rvice cannot but | be desirable to our younger citi | zens, cf the present as well as fu ture tiir.es, inasmuch as it engages to them in more advanced age a quiet and undiftiubed repose in the bosom of their families. I cannot then'but earneftiy recommend to your early consideration tne expe diency of so modilyu g our militia ■ system as, by a reparation cl the more active part fi era tnet wnich is lels so, we may draw from it, when neeefiary, an efficient corps, fit for real and active service, and to be called io it in regurar rctition. Considerable prpyifion has ly tti made under . former authoiiues from Ccmgrds, of materials for the conftruclion of ffiips of war of fov enty-fouF guns. Hide matsriaJs are on hand lu’qeft to the lurthwr will of the legillature. An immediate prohihition of tne exportarion of arms and ammuni ti ui is al.fo fubmi red to your deter* , minatiun, Tuniing* from these unpleaiant views of violence and wrong, I con gratulate you on the liberation cr I our follow” citizens who were ft ran ged on the coast of I rzpoli and made prisoners of war. In a gov ernment bottomed on the wnl oi aWgthe life and of every in dividual citizen become interen foVo-r ‘ • . Rate an article for the fom of our has bet greed trie An operation by land, by a tend band of* mr countrymen, and others engaged for the occ rfi on, in conjunction with the troops of the Ex Baffinw es that country, gallantly conduced by our late [Number 255.