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. r« are taught a „d ««« <° i ' rro ? a J e fi '1"" ,’ , ,he exctuuve rißht and l*'I"? jii, ,1 pit tons. Suffer us rf«* " ' -ir that while you *««*£ h "'.c e ne, of domestic ’"■''JnUesincetclv w.aH uu ""'"iT-mile- „f a paciou, Pro *: ' tour comfort mav exceed " i,nCI ’ , .sticuine hope. & con. «* mo ’*L,le shield you from scio ,ts tee l ' hi h „ inseparable ***s£***•**- , H r (k ”" ,„wi that malice and die "a ambition nave d.achar fpo,ntT; K , r aUv during vour ad- r d5 ° b n will cease to flr, while U* 9 '?*' f ,i,ke haste to find their auth ° • . im to satisfy their !° me nCW p rage. AnA U U OUr invetera t j, at when you are “ rnC , 9t P ,aVc leave of ad the con c«lltdt ° Mic and domestic life, , '"’r C dof all mercy and good *' may according to his own «“ of saving guilty •“""'deceive y° u 10 h ' S " Sh ‘ rf’whcre liberty reign.-.nun i anti right and justice can associatioti. Wm. FHISI'OK, Moderator. T,«»as Bt'CX.'Llerk. T, the >Men of the Ketocton Baptist JMCtattett , seccive with great pleasure ~,([> donate address ol .he Ke- Baptist Association, ft am ac how ninth I am indebted ”j, t kind dispositions which dic “lamirestlr struggles for liber- J nlipious freedom could not £ to become a primary object. Allmen felt the right, and a just iniipation ,o obtain ..was excited 0,11. And although your favor selected me as the organ of your petition to abolish the religious do ninatioo of a privdedged church, „l I,vas but one of the many who ietiiended its object, and am en. m but in common with them to i portion of that app'obation which inflows the fulfilment ol a duty. The views sou express ol the conduct of the billegercnt powers ire as correct as they are afflicting to the lovers of justice and'human ji v , lhtse moral principles and (otvcntional jusagtr* which have hretofore been the bond of civil ized nations, which have so often |ifcsemd their peace by furnish injcommon rules for the measure cftheir rights, have now given way to force, the law ol iiarbari as, and the n ; !>e»eenth century dawns with the Vandalism of the tfth. Nothing has been spared otirurpait to preserve the peace «four country, during this dis tricted state of the world. hut to difficulties which ievolve it are * f w at their ultimate term; and *!»tnill be their issue time alone •illdecide. Rut be that what it ►ay, a recollection of our forme r »a?alage in religion and civil gov* •mment will unite the zeal of eve ry heart, and the energy of every hnd, to preserve that indepen dmee in both, which, under the k'or of heaven, a disinterested to the public cause first Sieved, and a disinterested sa tra^cc of private inieiests will maintain. laiTlI aiTl happy ;n your approbation [ fratons for determining io re ,re ,rcrT> a station in which the fa r * *V fellow citizens has so ■►Kcontinued and sup|x>rted me : return your kind pray ess by applications to the same Almigh ung lor ycur future welfare, c th atof our beloved country. TmJEfTEKSON. October 28 1308. , ' e are inletmed hia Excel c) 1 e Governor has receiv tin* T * rf,m General Dear * * Se treaty at War, defir. h '«n, by direGon of the of ,he United States, If. Cn ri ', e 3 ,1C0 men detached J of thi. Rate, and Kcpil niZtd into battalions, in she fh US and br^adci, J on ell period that c.r te Cf " CS * lll Permit, and to . •"■pieiely equipped with “ ‘t-iouieiuieuts, fiifoi afttual service including blan kets anti knapsacks. When the detachment and organization are completed, the refpetfive cotps will be excei• cifed under the officers let over them, but not remain embodied or be considered as in actual service, until they are diteded to take the field to do which, at a moment's warning they are to hold themielves in conitanirea dinefs Charleston Gaz. AUGUST A, , Nov. 21. Washington City, Nov 8. This day at 12 o’clock the I’re* sident of the United States com municated, by Mr. Coles, his Se cretary, to both Houses ot Congress the following MESSAGE. iTWOu’d have beenafource, fallow citi zen*, of much gratification, if our !aft com munications from Europe had enabled me to inform you, that the belligerent nation* wliofedisregard of neutral riglit* h*s been so diftruclive to our commerce, h::d become awakened to the duty and true policy of revoking their unrighteous edicts. That no means might be omitted to produce this sa lutary clTeift, I loft no time in availing my fe!f of the a& authorizing a fnfpenfion, in whole or in part, of the fevcral epiha-go laws. Our miniflers ar l.ondon and Paris were inftrgdted to explain to the refp-c --tive government* tliere, our disposition to exercise the aurhoriry in such manner as wouid withdraw th* pretext on which the aggressions were originally fcuntled, and open the ways: r a renewal of that commer cial intercourse which it was alledged on all fide, had been reluctantlv obflrurted. As each of those eovernmen s had pledged its readiness to concur in renouncing a measure which reached its adveifary through lie in conteftible rights cf neutrals only and as the measure had been alTnmed by each as arc filiation for an afTcrted acquiescent e in tlie aggreflions of the ether, it was reafona’>v expedfed that the oecafion would have been fe : z'd by l>oth for evincing the fincerlty of their pro r eHion, and for leHoring to the comm?rce of the United States its legitimate freedom. The inftructi'-ns to our miu ifters with rifprdlto the different belligerents were neceflarily modified, with a reference to their different circumflances, and to the condirion annexed by law to the exrcutive power of suspension, requiring a degree of feenrity, to our commerce which would not result from a repeal of the decrees of Fra*'ce. Jnflead of a pledge, therefore, for a suspen sion of the embargo as to her in case of such a rt peal, it was presumed that a fufficirnt inducement might be found in other confi derations, and particularly in the change produced by a compliance with oui* just de mands by one belbgerent, and a re fufal by the other, in the relation* between thi* other and the U States. To G. Britain, whose power on the ocean is so afeendant, it was deemed not ineonfiftent with the condition, to state explicitly, that on her refeinding her orders in relation to the U. States, their trade would be opened with her, and re nt tin shut with her enemy, in case of his failure to refeind his decree* also. From France no answer has been received, nor any indication that the requisite change in her decrees is contemplated. The f vora blc reception of the proportion toG. Britain was the lets to be doubted as her orders of council had not only been referred for their vindication to an acquiescence on the part of the United States no longer to be pre tended, but as the arrangement pmpofed, whilst it refitted the illegal decrees of France, involved moreover, fubftamially, the pre cile advantagess profeffcdly aimed at by the British order*. The arrangement has never theless been rejected. This candid and liberal experiment hav ing thus failed, and no other event having occurred on which a suspension of the cm bargo by the executive was authorized, it neceflarily remains in the extent originally given to it. We have the f.tisfadttion how ever to refledfc, that in return for the priva tions imposed by the measure, and which our fellow cit zers in general have borne w : th patrictifm, it has bad the mportsnt effedts o r laving onr mariners and our vast mercantile property, as well as of affording time for profecutiong the defenfive audnro viflonal measures called for by the occafi-.n. It has demonflrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmnefs which govern our councils, and to our cit'zens the neceflitv of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country ; and has thus long fruflra ted tl ofe usurpations and spoliations, which if refilled involved war, if submitted to, fa crificed a vital principle of our national in dependence. Under a continuance of the belligerent measures which, in dt fiance of laws which confccratc the rights of neutrals, overspread the ocean with danger, it will rest with the wisdom of Congress to decide on the course befl adapted to such a (late of thing* ; and bringing with them, as they do from every part of the union, the sentiments of our con flituents, my confidence is strengthened that informing this decision, they will, with an uuurring regard to the eflential rights and interefU of the nation, weigh and compare the painful alternative out of which a choice is to lie made Nor fliould Ido justice to ti e virtues which on other necafions have marked the chara&er of our fellow citizens, if 1 did not elierifh an equal confidence that the alternative chosen, whatever it may be, will bemaintained with all the fortitude and patriotiftn which the crisis ought to inspire. The documents containing the correfp<.n denecs on the fubjeC\ of the foreign edicts against our commerce, with the inftrutftiong given to our ministers at London and Paris, are now laid before you. The communications made to Cotigrefs at I their last lclUou explained the pcfture in | which the close of t* l # d!fi:nflions rclatingto the attack by » British fliip of war On the Chefapeake left a fwhjecl on which the nation had in.inifefted fi> a lrnfib ; lity. Every view of what had [rafted, authorize.! a bebet that im cdiate ftct.» would be taken l*y the Bririth g >veri>nient foi rednffi.'g a wrong, which th- more it was inv, (ligated, appeared the more clearly to require what had not been provided for in the special million. It is found that no ftep* have betn taken for the purpose. On the contrary it will be seen, in t! c docu j meats laid he'ore yn, t' at the inrulmiffible preliminary which obftru&ed ti e sutjuftnient i is ftili adhered to; and mot cover, that it is now brought into connection with the dif tindk ai d ir,starve case of the orders in council. The iriftrudions which had been given to our m nifler at London, with a view to facilitate if necessary, the reparation claimed by the U. States, are included in the documents communicated. Our relations wi h the other powers o‘ Europe have undri gone no material charges iincc your lad fclCon. The important nego tiations wbh Spain, which‘had been a’tcr liatcly suspended and resumed, nereffarily experience a pause, under the extraordinary and int< re(lim> criti* which didit guilhes her internal situation. With the Barhary powers we continue in harmony, with the exception of an unjuftifi able proceeding of the Dcy of Algieres to wards our cot.lid to that regency. Its cha raCler and circumdanccs are now laid he fore you, and will enable you to decide how far it may, cither now or hen after, call for any measures, not within the limits of the executive authority. . With our Indian neighbors the public peace has been dcadiiv maintained. Some indances of individul wrong has, as at orher times, taken place ; but in no wife implaca ting the will of the nation. fievond the Millidippi the (oways, the Sacs and the Ali bamas have delivered up for trial and pun ishment, individuals from among then feiv.es, accuiedof murdering citizens oi the U. States, On this flue the Miffilfippi 'the Creeks are exerting themfelvcs to arrtd offenders of the lame kind, and the Chodt. w» have ma nifelted th'ir readiness and delire for am ca ble and j ilt arrangements refpetding depre dations commit.ed by disorderly persons of their tribe, and generally from a convi&ion that we confider them as a part of ourselves, and .cheiilh with Cncertty their rights a'>d intereds. The attachment of the Indian trfbe* is gaining drength daily, is extending from the nearer t« the more remote, aail wii! amply requite us for the judice and fiiendfliip praifhfed towards them. Hnf handry aiiu houfhold manufacture are ad vancing among them,more rapidly with t he fouthernth n northern tribes, from circum dances of foil and climate : and one of the two great divfions of the Cherokee na.ion h-ve now under copfideration to solicit the citizenfliip of the IJ. States, and to be iden tified wit:> ns in law and government, in such progreflive manner as we (hall think bed. In consequence of the appropriations of the lad f< lhon of Congress for the frctirity of our seaport towns and harbors, such works of defence have been e r cited as seem ed to becalhd for by the lunation of the fever.*! places their relative importance, an I the scale of expenses indicated hr the a mount of the appropriations These works will chiedy be fin idled in the c< urf. ot the present season, except in New Yo-kand N. Orleans, where mod was to be done; and although a great proportion of the lad ap propriation has been ’expended on the for mer place, yet some further views will be submitted to ( oi gref* tor rendering its se curity entirely adequa-e againll navel en tcrprizc. A view oi what has been done at the feieral places and of what is proposed to be done, fli.-ll be communicated as foou as the fevcral reports are received. Os the Gun-boats authoris'd by the act of December lad, it has been rhnught neref fary to build only one hundred and tlnce in the present year, these, with thofc before poircffed, are fufiicient for the harbois and waters mod exp fed, and tl»e residue will require little time for their construction when it (hall be deemed neceflary. Under the a<d of the lad felßon for rais ing an addi ional military force, so many officers were immediately appointed as were necessary for carrying on the buiiuefs of re crui'ing, and in proportion as it advanced, others have been added. We have reason to believe their success has been fatisfaidory, although such returns have not yrt been re ceived as enable me to present you a ftatc ment of the numbers engaged. I have not thought it neccflary, in the course of the lad season to call for any gen eral detachments of militia or of volunteers under tl.e laws pilled for that purpefe. For the eufuing feahm .however they will be required to l*e iu readiness. (hould their ler v-ces be wanted. Sonic fr.iall and fpeci.d detachments have beeu neeeflary to maintain the laws of embargo, on that portion of our northern fron ier which offered peculiar facilities for cv-fion. But these were re placed as soon a • it could be done by bo dies of new recruits. By the aid of th-fe, and of the armed vessels called into service | in otlie' quarters, the spirit of disobedience i and ahufe, which manifefted itfelf eerly and with 'enfible effedl while we were unpie pared to meet it, has been coniiderably le preffed Coufidering the extraordinary character of the times in wh'ch wc live, our aitenrion fliould unremittingly he fixed on the fafety of our conntry. For a people who arc tree, and who mean to remain so, a well organi fed and armed militia is their bed security I.is therefore incumbent ou us, at every meeting to revise the condition of toe mi litia, and to alk ourl'clves if it is prepared to repel a poweiful enemy at every p >int of our territories exposed to invasion ? Some es the dates have paid a laudable attention to this objetfl: but every degree of Dcgledt is to be found among others. Congress alone having the power to prod»ce an uni form due of preparation in this great organ of defence; the iutereds which they so deeply feel in their own and : heir couutry’s security will present this as among the molt important objects oi’ their deliberation. Under the adts of March 1 1, and April 2.3, refpedting arms, the difficulty of pro curing.them from abroad during the pre sent lituatinn and dispositions nf Europe induced us to dircdl our whole efforts to the means of internal fupoly. she public fac tories have therefore been enlarged, add, 1 tional machineries eredted, and in propnr. thin as artificers can 1* f und or formed their itfidl, already more than doub'ed, may be iucreafcd, so as to keep p?ce with tiieveaily increase of the militia. The annual funis appropriated by the latter adt have been diee<fted tothcenc uraeement of private ladlors of ai ns, and coutradls have •wen entered into with individual under takers to ; early the amount oftlic firfl year’s app'op iti >n The suspension of onr forci n commerce, p oduced by the iujiiftice of the belligerent powers, and the confequeut losses and far. rifices of our citizens, arc fubjetfls of j u st concern. I’lie situation into which wc thus been /orceu has impel ed us to apply i a portion of our indufiry and capital to in- I tcrnal manutadlures-and improvements Ihe -xtent of this conversation is d ily jn j creafing,and linl- doubt remains that the eftablifliment formed and forming, will,'un der toe auspices of cheaper mateiials and luhfiftencc, the freedom of labor from taxati on with us, and of protecting duties and pro hibitions becomes permanent. The com merce with the Indians eoo, within our own boundaries, is lildy to receive abundant ali ment from tli fame i eternal finircc, and will lecure to them peace and the progress of ci vilization unddtui bed by practices heftile to both. Ihe accounts of the receipts anq expen ditures during the year endii g on the 3oth day ot -cpteiub r iaft, being not yet made up, a correct (latcmcnt will hereafter be transmitted from t’.e treasury ; in the mean time ct is afeertamed that the receipts have amounted to near eighteen mil.i m, of dol lars, which with the eight millions and an h. If iu the treasury at the b ginning of the year, have enabled us after meeting the cur rent demands aid inrcrdl inci rr. d, to pay two million three hundred thoufard dollars of the principal of our funded debt, aud left us in the treasury on that day near four teen millions of dollars; of these, five mil li us three hundred and fifty tboufaud dol lars wili be ncceff.cry to pay what w II be due on the id day oi January next, which will complete the reimbursement of the eight per cent ftotk; these payments with those made in the 6 ye..rs and an half pre ceding, will have eitinguifhed thirty three millions, five hundicd and eighty thmifand dollars of the principal of the funded debt, bemg the whole which couid he paid or pur chased within toe limits of the law and of our contracts ; and the amount of principal thus difeharged wilt have liher »ted the re venue from about two millions of dollars of intei est, and addeJ that sum annu .lly to the difpol’able furplus--thc probable accumula tion of the surpluses of revenue, beyond what can be applied to the payment of the public debt, whenever the tretdi ni and fafety of our commerce (hall he restored, merits the confideralion of congress. Shall it lie unproductive in the public vaults ? Shall the levenuebe reduced? or (hall it not rather be appropriated to the improve ments of roads, canals, rivers, education, and other great foundations of prosperity & union, under the powers which congress may already posses., or such amendment of the conftilution as may tie approved by the states ? While uncertain of the course »f things the time may be advanugeoufly em ployed in obtaining the powei* 4 cceffarv fora lyftem of improvement, (hould that be thought belt. Availing myfelf of this, the last occasion which will occur of addrelfing the two Huufcs of Legiftature at their meeting, I cannot omit the cxpieffion of my sincere gratitude, for tbr repeated proofs of con fidence manifefted to me, by themfdves & their predeccffors fincc my call to the ad minift.ation, aud the many indulgences ex perience dat their hands. The fame grate ful acknowledgements are due to my fellow ci izens genera.ly, wliofe support has been my great encouragement under all embar rassments. Iu the trans dlion of their busi ness I cannot have escaped error; it is inci dent t.) our imptrfeeSk nature j but 1 may fay with truth my errors have been of the underftjnding, not *f intention : and that the advancement of their rights and inter ells has been the canftant motive for every mcafur*. On tnefe confederations I f.*licit their indulgence. Looking forward with anxiety to their future deft inies, I trust that in their steady character, u illiakcn by df ficullies, in their love of liberty, obedience to law, and support of the public authoii tics, I fee a fine guarautee ( f the permv. ueucc of our republic: and retiring from the charge of their affair, I carry with me the consolation of a firm persuasion that Hea ven has iu ftrre ft r our beloved country, long ages to cunie of prosperity aud happi ness. TH: JEFFERSON- Nov. Sth, 1808. Extract of a letter from a member of the Legislature in Milledge* viile,dated\stfi November,, 1808, to his Corrsspondent in this City. Dear Sir. Since my last considerable bu siness has been la»d our. The most important which Hbs yet pa»9ed onr house, is one to alter the 10th Section of the 3d Article of the Constitution, this bill pas sed our branch of the Legislature this day, yeas 43, nays 19. should it pass the Senate by two thirds, it ihen becomes a part of the Constitution of this State, this being the second Legislature—the bill you have sf-en published in our papers and in the laws passed last session. Several bills *tre on the tapis for altering other parts of the Constitution & God knows where, or when we shall stop —1 much fear we shalL in a few years have no Constitution but the will ot Legislature. We have made 'some progress on the impeachm vnt of the com missioners of Ptacttional Sur veys, they plead.ed to the Juris diction of the Senate —and yes* terdar upon solemn argument, that l»ndv unanimously dvternnin ed tfi.ii they had Juri diction, and the defendants werr otdvtrd to the articles bv r to-morrow, when we dial! proceed on the me rits. This day the electioon of Elec tors of President and Vice*Pres>- <l. nt was had bv joint ballot, on ihe first vote, John Tw»gg» of j Richmond, John Rutherford of j Washington, David Meftwrthec ' of Wilke,, Henry Graybill of Ha cock and Christopher ClaiE* of Klbtrt, were elect*d, on the se cond vote James K. Houston of Chatham was duly elected. It is unde i stood that these Gentle men will all vote for Madison and Clioion. No attempt or insitu' alien was made to have electors oi any oilier political creed. Yours &c. Christian Smithy (Under the Jinn of STEINER? i< Co. in bavunnahy) informs friends and t fie public in genera!* that he. has take,! ihe store of Mr. Stinmes, opposite the Nail Manufactory. where he ojfei sfor saliy very top for Cash or Pro dme, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CROCERILS, VIZ ; GIN in Pipes, . Hum in M(ids. Philadelphia Peer, ) , „ , I’or.er aiH Me, \ Barrels. Sheriy W ine 6 years old iln guar - Malaga, do. do. )ra casks Pest Green Coffee in Bags,, Do. Sugar in Barrels, Glass in Boxer, 8 by 10. Soap do. Raisins do. Writing paper, Cotton Bugging & Cotton Cards, Pork, &c November 21. NOTICE THE Eleßion of the Officers of the Richmond Academy, will take place on Saturday the 3 i It of December next, for the en suing year, when a Reßor will be appointed with a Salary of S 500 and half the Tuition mo ney, and an Engiifh Teacher, with a Salary of $ 400 and the other half of the Tuition mo ney. Application will be ad dressed to Dottor Johu Mur ray, Prefidcnt of the Board of Trujlees. THOMAS BARRETT, CVk. Nov. 21. NOTICE. THE Citizens, who have not had an opportunity of fubferib ing to the Augufla Volunteer Nightly Guard, (to go into op. ration on Thurlday night next) are informed that the fubferp. tton paper is left at Calffrcy and Buftin’s, where they are lolicited to call and l’ubfcribe. OHober 21. i i— immmmmmmrn ,n ■ ■■ ■ i i .1 NOTICE. PERSONS willing to con traß for supplying the Troops in the State of Georgia with rati ons, including the Octnulgee Old Fiends, from the iff day of January 1809, to the 10th day of May 1810, will give in their propolals to the fubicriSer, on or before the lad day of .his month ; at the lame time men. tioning the names of their lecu rities.—The ration, per day, to be furnilhed & deliwered, muff conlilt ol the following articles, viz. pound of Beef, or of a pound ol Pork; 18 ounces of Bread or Flour ; 1 gill of Rum, VVhilky or Brandy; and at the rate ot 2 quarts of Salt, 4 quails of Vinegar, 4 pounds of Soap, 1-*- pound ot Candles to every one hundred rations. LEVISHEFTAL, United States Agent, Savannah, Nov. ill, iBcB.