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VOL. If.) ATHENS; GEORGIA : PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M‘DONNELL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER iS, 1809. The following Mejfagc was commu nicated to both branches cf the Le gijlalure on the fib inji. Fellow-Citizens of (be Senate and of the Idotife cf Reprejentatives 3 f I had flattered mytel.f, from the arrangements which were entered into, m April laft, by the General Government, and the minifter of Great Britain refldent in our Coun try, that, at the meeting of this Le~ a flature, our fellow citizens would 13 ive been round in the free and un r -ircined exercife and enjoyment q that trade and commerce, the ant of which at this time fo ma • rally ••ffeexs us both in a national and individual point of view ; but a line cf conduct on the part of the ILirifh M ini dry, as pei lid ions as unexamp'ed, has bladed every hope lor the prefenr, of a friendly accom ■ lodation of the cljfF;renct3l xifting between the two governments, and t fr up, as to our individual trante : -lions, In a fituation worfe than : U which urged the propriety cf the law for relief of Debtors. Acquainted as >ou are with the operation of this I?.*v in the and iTcrent <% dtions of the State,- you can be ft determine whether it has been pro ductive of thole benefits to our ci- L.-t.s ‘vhich it was expected would bed r ived from it, and whether it v and: be neceifary thacic fhouki un o- go. any alterations and be conti |j;u and for a longer period, or fufter d altogether to ceafe at the e'xpi : ui.on of the tune for which it was ;; nabbed. This fubjedt ought and ’>■-•.11 no doubt occupy your early retention. • If I am cor redly fn f irrnecl the people have not, nor can they get, money to dT barge their debts, and unlefs fuch meafures are adopted as will in fotne degree red ore the value of property, and eaufe ic pals in tire payment of d'Jrs, the inccnveniencies and fuf ferings which our involved cutsets have heretofore experienced will be trivial when compared with thofe which truil inevitably erdue. TANARUS: e law, which palled at the laffc f fuoncf the Legiflature, to appro ■ ia-e the funds heretofore fee apart tnr the redemption of the public oebt wi.i require your conGJerauon. ic was contrived by many of our ci tizens and I believe by borne of the members of that Legsfixture, that the Sure pap rs were to be receiv ed in payment of the bonds given for the fradliots in the fir ft as well as the la.fi: acquired Territory ; but °n an examination of die law it was found that thl, bunds for the lafi dek upiVcn o fractions were only appropriated- I think ir but equi- that the purchasers of the fraction a cf bith ueferiptions fhouki ‘•c T oryan equal footing, and m! :c therebre recommend to you r - ] ~ of fuch a law as wul j p r op riila all e a ft. the amoun co f Foreign Correspondent GEORGIA EXPRESS. MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED, the bonds that were given for thofe firft fold and remain unpaid, to the lame purpofes as the bonds menti oned in the law above alluded to. I am the more induced to this re commendation, from the circutn flance of the amount already ap propriated not being more than half enough to redeem the State papers now in circulation, and be lieving it would be of primary im portance to the State that none of them fhould be left afloat. The packet No. i, contains a copy of a correfpondence which took place between the Governor of North Carolina and my fell, and which, f commenced in confluence of the refolutions puffed by this Late in ib'cS, concerning an adjull rnent of our difpute relative to boundary. It will be perceived, that the ft ate of North Carolina confiders this affair as finally fettled, and refutes to take any further flops relative thereto. It was my w’fh after being ap prifed that the Legislature of the fta e of North Carolina declined any further communications nn this ftibj -ct, that our Commiffnners fhould have proceeded in compli ance with our refolutionn to aicer tain the 35th degree of north, lati tude, and mark the lino, without the co-operation of cornmiffioners on the pare of that date, and I accord ingly requefb.d them by letter to attend at this place and appoint p.n arnib to accompany them for that purpose ; but they failed to attend as I requf.fted, and no anfwef to my letter was received from either of them except Major Long, who in formed me that he was deterred from entering on the ter vice re quired of him on account of the bad ftate of his health. At the n qutftcf the Governor of Per.nfyivania, I tranfinit for your confideration in packet No. 2, re folutions paited by the Legiflature of that Face, in which are fee forth the reafons for their oppoficicn to the decrees of the Federal Court in OiiTiftead’s cafe, and by which it is proposed tn amend the Conftitu tio ) of the United States, fo that an impartial tribunal may be eftablifh ed to determine difputes between the General and ft ate Governments. In this packet you will find alio a re foliation of the Legiflature of Maffachufms, recommending that the Federal Ccnilitution be fo a mended, that no lav; fhall be enabl ed tor laying an embargo or pro hibiting or fulpending commene for .a longer peiiod than until the expiration of thirty clays from the commencement of the ft*ftion of Cong refs nr At faceted ing the one a; which fuch law fhall have paft'd. Andalfo rtfoimions of the ijegifl-i ---ture of Maryland and Mafiacht tetts rejefUng the alter at tor. propofth :>v the lLt:e*o£ Virginia to the Conitt- tutioß of the United States by which it was intended to render the Sena tors in Corgrefs removable from office by the Legiflatures of tlie flares appointing them. The relo lutions of Virginia on this fuhjeft were laid before the Legiflature at its late fcftion. By an afl of Congrefs, paffed the ad of March 1807, to prohibit the itr; ortntion of Haves into any port or place within the jurifdiiftion of the United States, it is provided that negroes or perfons of color im ported or brought within the Uni ted States in violation of this law, fhall remain fubjedt to any regula tions, not contravening the provi fions thereof, which the Legiflatures cf the teveral dates may make for cifpofi -g of fuch negroes or perfons of color, who are to be delivered to thofe perfons as the refpe&ive Hates may appoint to receive them. I miift therefore fugged the proprie ty of your puffing .uch a law as will embrace the intentions ot and aid in carrying into effnfl, the above mentioned aft of Congrefs. Conformably to the powers veil ed in me by the law, paffed at the laft fetli on of the legiflature, for the eftabliflime.nt and fupport of mili tary fchools, and to point out the mode of diftributing the public arms fire. upon the application for m oor-generals Clark and Jack, I caufed to be delivered to Lhem from the Artenal in Louifville, their refpeteive proportions of the 4000 rnufkets and cartonch boxes which were received from the general rovernment —For the depofit of thofe for General Clark’s divilionl fixed on Phiirps's Mills on the Ap palacheein the county of Morgan, and of thofe for General Jack’s di vifion at Elbcrton—thote places being recommended to me as the rnofl central in each division, and where the bill tecurity for their fate keeping can be had—The date having been at confuderablc expence to obtain thofe arms, and it being of the utmoft importance that they fhould Ids kept in good order, and ar all times fit for ufe, permit me to recommend to you the amend ment of the above mentioned adt, fo far as to point out particularly the duty of the perfons who will have charge of them and to allow them fuch compenfation for their tervf res as will be a fufiievent reward for the ftrifteft attention to the re gulations preferibed for them.— The quantity of arms in the Arfenul at Louifville being in confequence of this diftribution, reduced to hhi than one half of their original num ber, I direclied Lieutenant Boftwick the officer of the guard to difeharge fix of the men cr, ployed by him at that place. The document No, 3 is a fire ment of warrants drawn on the Treafurer duiiag the political jear (No. 77. 3809 } amounting in the aggregate co the fum of 71,134 dollars. 18 3-4 cents notwith(landing the drafts on the Treafurer have been thus large, I am informed by that officer, that the amount cf money in the Treafury at this time, is confiderably more than it has been at the ment of any feffion of tore for many years however recommend a rev.l.GhUn the tax law to your confideration.— The officers included with its exe cution have difficulties to encounter on account cf its ambiguity in fome parts. I fed perfuaded that when it comes to be lo amended, that each one concerned in carrying it into t ffcft can clearly comprehend in, the taxes will be collided with great facility and that no difficulty will occur in getting them out of the Lands of the collectors, an evil which I am happy to fay has within the lafl 2 or 3 years very much di mini fhed. ‘The Executive appointments made during the revels of the Le g fiiuire, which under the oth fic tion of the 2d article of the confti tufion remain to be approved or elite approved by the Leg flature, are iubmUted for your confederation iti the Document No. 4. In compliance with a resolution of the lad legislature, I caufed the frac tions in the 7th diftria: of Baldwin, on the Ocmulgee river which were fit for cultivation, to be leafed on; ’till the firft of January next, the, amount for wnich 1 hey rented. (371 dollars 50 cents) when theex pences of renting come to be de ducted, and the trouble of collect ing it taken into view, cannot be confidcred of fufficient conftquencc to warrant their being again dif poted of in a fimilar way—l would therefore fuggelt to ye u, the pro priety of telling them on a credit, requiring the bone's to be given for them, to bear iotereft f.om their date. From their inimenfe value, I feel confident that the intereft cm the amount for which they would no doubt fell,, will enhance the re venue of the ft ate moie in one vea*",- fiian the net amount of fix years lent of that pait which is now fit for cultivation. Among the various cbj; which require tegifhdve interference, none ai e of lih h magnitude tfr.d impor tance as thote which have for their end the general welfare. While the narii ns of Europe are ftroggling for the balance of power—their lubjedls driven from their peaceful puifairs to icents cf horror and df vaftatwm while articles of foreign manutec tare, in confequence of their com motions, continue to rife in value and demand in propnition to the great fear city a. r,g us of drafts'- ing fpccitj does it not beho e us io encourage and cherifi). every i iftit tion for the pr omotion of agriculture