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A R G U S. “ Here 171 VTH unlicem'd rtings, And dare su rest e'en kings themselves, ...Or rulers cf the free." 5, 1I81( 10. MILLF. D GEVILL TUESDAY, January 16 Extrafl cf a letter from one of ou Members of Congrefs to the editor > I want of celerity in it:* communica tion with the Gener^dfl^^of the *to a*i^Q^^^H»pofi- ill benH^tpou as t head quarters, and ce will iffue the various to fubordinate officers, the neighborhood of therefore der in Cj, tion, his pe' from comma A f| _ o V/artiirifRn, has been fclefted for the purpofe, and will be occupied r, . , , iir^n in the way we have mentioned, fo the Georgia Argus, di, ed It a/oiqg-% r . ‘ ,, 6 6 J * toon as the necen.iry arrangements are made. Gen Wilkinfon has not been arrefted ; neither has he been removed or fufpended from the ton City, January 5, 1810. The Meffrge of the Prefident of the United States of YVednefday laft does not grow out of any informa tion which has been received fince the meeting of Congrefs 4 but is cal culated as a precautionary meafure, which the temper of the times calls for. My opinion is, that neither the difmifl'al of Mr. Jackfon nor the meafures adopted by Congrefs will produce war. I do not believe our government will reforr to war until all proipeCls of negociation (ball ceafe...\vhat reftriclive mealures may be adopted time only can deve- lope, when a fyftenr is marked out and iikcly to be executed 1 will ap- prife ye <. command of the army. This is the information of which we have be come polTcfTed, and which, from the great refpe£lability of our in formant, we fhould fuppofe entitled to implicit belief.—Petersburg In* tel!veneer. Boston, Dee. 25. Important Rumor ..Letters have been received from Sweden to the 3d inft- A report prevailed at Got other hand, England fhould be wil ling for the fake of ths carryiag trade, to take the rifle of a new enemy, ra ther than abandon her piratical max ims and depredations, let her In God’s name have her own way, and be her’s the punifhment that awaits a courfe both foolith and -wicked. This is the amount of my creed on this fubjeft. “ P. S. Since writing the above, the official advice of the peace and the treaty have arrived here: Auf- tria has negociated, and preferved the title of emperor; and it is very confidently aliened here, that the three emperors havs concluded a treaty of partition of the furkifli empire, the fall of which may be faicl to be at hand, if this treaty has been cone''uded, and the acquifitions of France in Illyria, render it more probable. Such an event would be a ferious affaij to England ; for be- (ides forcing her from the Archipe lago and the coaft of Bar-bary, it opens the road to the Eaft. It is faid confidently, that orders' have i been given to drive the British from Th2 following; view of the i coungement to migrate to the condition or the Cherokees can-j weft fide of the Tvlillillippi. Not- , Tvlillillippi not fail generally to intereft our withftanding this tney have readers, or to afford peculiar gratification to the philanthro- pift. Ir confirms the tnoft fan- guine expectations that have been entertained of ameliorating the lot of the Aborigines of our country, an1 mult operate as a fufficienr motive to a ftrenous perfcverance in the enlightened policy that has hitherto charac- terifed our conduct towards them. Esq. tenburgh, on the authority of com- ! Walchercn, the minifter of the from Kforl-lmlm that 1 marine fet off on the 22d of Octo- munications from Stockholm, that' the four principal powers of the 1 ^ cr Antwerp Baltic, Ruffia, Sweden, Denmark and Pruffia. had come to a determi- and we learn to- lay, that he is to take command of the naval part of the operations nation to clofc that fea againft the ! himfelf. If they do not cm and run, (hipping of every other nation, with ! dicy will have a worfe bufmefs than CONGRESS...The refolution, offered by Mr. Giles, approving of the condudt of the Prefident in re- fufmg to receive any further com munication from Mr. Jackfon tb.e 3'ritilh Minifter, has at length paffed both houfes of Congrefs...In the Senate 20 to 4...Meflrs. Goodrich, Hillhoufe, Loyd and Pickering...In the Houfe of Reprefentatives 72 to 41... l’he queftion on the final paf- fage was taken on the 4th of Janua ry at half palt five o’clock, in the morning, after a feffion ot nineteen hours ; in the courfe of which the Yeas and Nays were taken eleven times...and ten uufuccefsful motions for adjournment were made. The members from Gemgiawere unai.,- itnoufly in favor ot the refolution j the exception of the French, Philadelphia, Dec. 30. The fvtpreme junta of Spain has declared war againft Denmark. One of the roafons is, the Tefufal of the Danilh government to receive an embaflador. January 1. Extra51 of a letter from Paris, elated November, 4, 1802. “ I fend you the Journal ox Com merce, which contains a letter of M. Chatnpaigny, of date the 22d Auguft, in-which you will fee the principles of this government de clared ; and in my opinion they never will depart from thofe principles; forthehriufticre and cor - Lettcr from Return J. Meigs, to the Secretary of IPar. Highwassee garrison, 1st Dec. 1809. Sir, I now tranfmit a Gene ral Statiftical Table lor the Che rokee nation, This was at tempted in 1SOG, having at that time the confent of the late Se cretary of War ; but the Che- ftrong local attachment to the place of their birth, and to the fepulchres of their fathers. This being the cafe, to induce great numbers to migrate, they mult be excited by advances of I nch kind as they need to eftab- lifh themfelves on the rivers mentioned ; viz. arms, ammu nition, bever traps, blankets & foine provifion of the bread kind, flour or corn,, corn will fuit them beft. After the firft year, they will want nothing of the government, except a fac tory for Indian trade and a pro- mile of prote&ion by the go vernment. Thefe things onrA attained, and their attachment and friendfliip is fecured for ev- they will be proud xftf be- rokees having fome unfounced connected with the | that of Corrutma. Some attempt to cut off the retreat of the Britiih land torce from Portugal, L eported to be in contempl xtion ; how, or where, or 'oy what means, is not fo eafy to guefs, and it is not ufual to enquire ; but one mav fuppofe that if the French had a fufficienr fleet, they might blockade Lilb m ; while t,\e land armies approach on their rear. One of the ableft of the French generals (Ney,) is arrived here, but in a very bad ftate of health. The emperor’s period of fetting out for Spain, is not certain, perhaps net fo dp-eedv as may be fuppofed. When the campaign o- pens it will be Ihort, and efforts will be made immediately, to bring the Spaniards to peace by fair means, 1 reftneis, fo far as they affert the 'which failing; the hurricane will ExtraB of a letter from General Jf il- kinson to a member of Congress, da ted Natchez, December 6th, 1H09 •< The indulgence offered me by -Che Executive, to prefent qxyfelf at the feat of government, will prove unavailing, fhould General Hamp ton’s arrival here be unfcafonably delayed ; becaufe I cannot move be fore his prefcr.ce may enable me to devolve on him the extenfive and complicated command of his depart ment ; and I muff afterwards, for the tenth time, commit myfelf to the ocean, as the feafon and my health both forbid my traverfing the wildernefs.”...Nat. Intel. General Wilkinson.—The objects of this officer’s intended journey to Wafhington, have been varioufly Rated in the publick prints. It had been faid in fome that he was di- refted to repair to the feat of go vernment, for the purpofe of under . going another inveftigation of the Burr conspiracy.—In others, that he was arre!*> d for difobedience of orders iffued from the War depart ment ; and that he has been fuf pended from the command of the aripy, &c.—We are very credibly informed, that all thefe rumors, fo prtjudical to the reputation of Gen. Wilkinfon, are entirely without foundation, and that the objects which tho government have in view, in withdrawing him from the main body of the army, and requir ing his prefence forthwith at the Federal City, are of a nature wholly foreign to any thing connected ei ther with the alledged official mlf- condudt of Gen. W ilkinfon or with any inveftigation of his character, or his fuppofed connection with Aaron Burr. The caufes which have led to this recent change of the pofition ^ of the Commander in Chief, we ^ learn, are as follow. It had been difeovred for fome time paft, that great inconvenience and detriment to the public fervice, arofe from the remote fftuation of the “headquar ters” of the army, m difpatching orders from whence to the different fetlions of the Union where milita ry forces were ftationed, confidera- ble delay and attendant difficulties unavoidably relultcd ; and fhe ar rangements 01 the War Office were ife embarrufled, owing to tfle moral law of nations, and that law too which ismoft favorable to weak hates and congenial with freedom, . no rational or good man can except to them : I am as firmly, perfuaded as of my own being that the French 1 government never will recede from , this fyftern in that part which fpe- I dally arifes out of the blockading & | profcflbing policy, better under- I ftood by her rule of 17561, and her j orders of council cf November 1807 ; *—nor can any man pretend to ex pert peace between the neighboring r iiland & this continnent until Great • Britain abandons them : do not feed yourfeif up with any expedition of 1 the lead: alteration here ; tlio’ as to ■ | the U. States particularly, these is 1 no want of good will. “ What may be the circumftances arifing out cf the confufion in the cabinet on the other fide of the chan nel, I cannot pofitively affume. Though if I were to conjecture, K fhould conclude, that no ftate of 1 things can arife there favorable to our rights fuch a cafe ; you may differ from me, but my opinion is, that as we have no right to judge between thofe two rivals, but where their aggref- fions affed us, and wherever it does ailed us, it is doing us iniuftice ; 1 fay we have no refource but to break with them both, and by an open and manly declaration to main tain our rights againft all aggreffors; all other reforts are mere palliatives, this alone would reach the bottom of *he difeafe, becaufe this alone will vindicate our honor and our interefts abroad, while at home it cuts upbvthe roots thofe infamous attachments to foreign politics and power, which have raifed their heads not be fo terrible as the march ihe'leglons.” ...Aurora. of IPajbington City, Jan. 5. Or. 1PEDNESDAJTthe President of the United States communi cated to both Houses of Congress the follo wing MESS AGE: To the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States The ad author-il'ng a detachment of oa?hundred thouf.md men from the militia will expiie on the 30th of March next, its early revival is re commended, in order that timely fteps may be taken for arrangements, fuch as the ad contemplated. Without inteifering with the mo difications rendered neccffary by the defeds, or the inefficacy of the laws reftridive of commerce and naviga tion, or with the policy of difallow ing to foreign armed veffels, the ufe of our waters; it falls within my duty to recommend alfo that in ad- jealoul’y, that there was i'ome- thing in the meafure intended to take advantage of them, and expreffing fome reluftance to the meafure, it was poftponed until the laft year. It has now been done with as much accu racy as pullible, by the interpre ters II there is any error, it has probably arifen from a cdfpofi- tion in fome to report a lets number ot perfons, and of live I took than they adually have, fhe Cherokees on the Arkanfa and White rivers, are not inclu ded in the table now tranfmitted —it is eftimated that there is about 1000 including men, wo men and children on the weft fide of the Mifliilippi; they have alfo many cattle and horfes, fome of them being very weal thy. The table now forwarded, does not exhibit all their wealth —they have no inconfidevable quantity of cath in circulation, which ..hey receive annually for the fate of cattle and fwioe. ’.In United States, by whom they have been raifed in improve ment far above the weftern Inn dians. I ain, fir, very refpe&fully, Your obedient fervant. r -RETURN J. MEIGS. William Eustis, esq. Secretary of War. Tre documents referred to in this letter purports to be “A general Statiftical Table for the Cherokee nation, exhibiting a view of their population and of improvements in the ufelul arts, and of their property acquired under the loitering hand of go vernment, which has principal ly been done fince the year 1796” It exhibits in detail the num ber of Cherokee males and fe males, of horfes, black cattle, fheep, fwine, fpinning wheels, looms, waggons, ploughs, grift mills, faW mills, fait petre works, powder mills, filver fmiths, i'chools, white people, and ne- groe Haves in each town, vil- , , _ , lage and plantation, amounting 180c tliey had not a Angle perch ; lo one hundred and thirty-five. ffition to the precautionary meafure What is to be done in 1 authotifeci by that a£t, -and to the regular rroops, for completing the legal eftablifhment of which eftab- liihments ate renewed, every necef- lary provifion may be made, for a volunteer force of twenty thoufand men, to be enlifted for a fhort peri od, and held in a ftate of organiza tion and readinefs, for aftual fer vice, at the ihorteft warning. I xubmit to the confideration of Congrefs, moreover, the expediency of fuch a claffification and organiza tion of the militia, as will belt infure prompt and fucceffive aids, from that fource, adequate to emergencies hich may call for them. of waggon road in their whole country. In that year they con- fented at the reqjeft of the go- ver intent to h ive a road opened i )• a communication between h ■ dates ol Georgia and Ten- neftVe This road with its branches was opened t v thofe ftates and is about 220 nines, cn which ;hev have a turnpike by agreement with the govern ment for which they are bound to keep the road in good con dition tor carriages. Since find ing the advantages arding trom roa.'S, they have at their own txpence opened -upwards of three hun Ired miles of waggon road lor communication be tween Eaft and Weft fenneffee. l lu fe roads inttrfedt the firft mentioned great road at differ ent points, except one road of 100 miles in length, opened by Doublehead, commencing at Franklin county, Tenm flee, and 1 runs to the Mulcle Shoals, and , it is contemplated to be continu ed to the navigable waters of Mobile. But to effeft this the interpolation of the government will be ncceffary ; becaufe, from the Shoals to the navigable wa ters to Mobile, the road muff | ;It is fcarcely practicable in a : newlpuper to prefent in its de- I tails hich a oomprehenuve table; and almolt every ufcful purpofe will be attained by the following condenfed view of its contents. Number of Cherokee Males 6,116 do Females 6,279 Horfes 6,519 Black cattle 19,165 Sheep 1,037 Swine 19,778 Spinning wheels 1,572 Looms 429 Waggons 30 Ploughs ‘ 567 Grift-mills 13 ( Saw-mills Salt-petre works, <a Powder-mills il Silver-fmiths (pj Schools 5 Children at fchool 94 White people 341 Negro (laves 6 88 A it will reft with them alfo, to tie- | crofs lands claimed by tne Che Cermine how far further provifion nmongft us - —Wove fuch a courfe 1 may be expedient, for putting into "S purfued vffth the finc^rity and vigor that it demands, I have no doubt that we could commence an imme diate arrangement, and on our own i terms, with both of the aggreffors ; at anv rate with one of them ; and then it would be a moft ferious quef tion tor the other, whether fhe would profecute the quarrel at the rilk _ of throwing the whole weight of our force and our commerce into the fcale of her enemy If theEn- glifh cabinet be not as mad as a March hare or their own king, they would decide this quellion in the negative, in which cafe our rights would be placed hand’ insult. Ifon the adtual fervice, if necefi'arv, any part of the naval armament not now em ployed. At a period prefenting features in the conduft of foreign powers to wards the United States, which im- pofe on them the neceffity of pre cautionary meafures involving ex- penfe, it is a happy confideration that fuch is th‘£ (olid (late ot the public credit, that reliance can be iuftly placed, on any legal provifion that may be made for reforting to it, in a convenient from, and to an ade quate amount. JAMES MADISON. January 8, 1310. rckees and the Chickafaws T hus far, as exhibited by the Statiftical T able have the Che rokees profpered by the paftoral life and by dorneflic manufac tures ; but it muff be underftood that a fpirit of induftry does by no means pervade the general population ; the greateft num ber arc extremely poor for want of induftry. The hunting life is at an end ; but a predilidion for the hunter’s life pervades a great part of the Cherokees, sl many are waiting to In , - .r whe ther the government will give them the neceffary aid and en* A confiderable number of the white men are married to Cherokee women, others are employed as croppers for the Cherokees f Col Ore, who carries on the making of fait Salt petre at this town (Nickajack) told me laft ^ year, that he had made in five years upwards of 60,000 pounds of Salt petre, a confiderable part of which he ufed itfc the malting of powder- ' An estimate cf the principal articles their value, viz. 6519 horfes at $0 dol lars each 19165 black cattle at 8 dollars each 1037 fheep at 2 dolls. ■ 19778 fwine at 2 dols.- 13 grift-mills at200 dollars — 3 (aw-mills at 500 dollars — 30 waggons at *0 dollars — 583 negroe (laves 300 dols. - I9. r 153,320 2,074 39,556