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and equity, proceeding from a sincere ] o ve of peace, and a liberality, having no reftri<ftion but the eflential interefls and dignity of the United States, The attempt, however, of an ami cable negotiation having been fruf trated, the troops have marched to act ofFenfively. Although the pro posed treaty did not arrelt the pro grefb of military preparations, it is doubtful how far the advance of the season, before good faith juftified aftive movements, may retard them, during the remainder of the year. From the papers and intelligence, which re late to this important fubjedt, you will determine, whether the deficiency in the number of troops, granted by law, ilia 11 be compensated by fuccours of militia; or additional encourage - merits shall be proposed to recruits. An anxiety has been alio demoniftrated by the executive, for peace with the Creeks and the Ciierokees The former have been relieved with corn and with cloathing, and offenfive mea fares against them prohibited during the recess of congress. To fat'sfy the complaints of the letter, profecu . tions have been instituted for the violences committed upon tliem. But the papers, which will be delivered to you, difclole the critical footing on which we Hand in regard to both those tribes; and it is with congress lo pronounce what fiia’i be done. After they shall have provided for the present emergency, it will merit their molt serious labours, to render tranquility with the lavages per manent, by creating ties of interest. Next to a rigorous execution of juflice on the violaters of peace, the establish ment of commerce with the Indian nations in behalf of the United States, ’ is molt likely to conciliate their at tachinent. But it ought to be con ducted without fraud, without ex tortion, with confLnt and plentiful supplies, with a ready market for the commodities of the Indians, and a stated pr ce for what they give in pay ment, and receive in exchange, in dividuals will not pursue such a traffic. r unless they be allured by ne hope of ’ profit ; but it will be enough for the United States to be reimhurfed only. Should this recommendation accord with the opinion of congress, they will recol’ect, that it cannot be ac 'j compliflied by any means yet in ti.e hands of the executive. Gentlemen of the house of • rcprejentativ-'s, The commilfioners charged with the fettlemehtof accounts between the United States and individual flares, concluded their important functions within the time limited by law ; and the balances flruck in their report, which will be laid before congress, have been placed on the books of the treasury. On the firft day of June la ft, an in ftalment of one million ot florins, be came payable on the loans of the United States in Holland. This was adjusted by a prolongation of the period of reimburfemenr, in nature of anew loan, at an interest of five per cent, for the term of ten*years ; and the expenses of this operation Were a commiffioi\ of three per cent. The firft inftalment of the loan of two millions of dollars from the bank of the United States, has been paid, as was and reded by law. For the second it is neccftary, that provilion Jhotild be made. No pecuniary consideration is more Urgent, lhan the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious or an economy of time more valuable. The produclivenefs of the public revenues hitherto, has continued to equal the anticipations which were formed of it ; but it is not expeded to prove commensurate with all the O'jecls, which have been suggested. Some auxiliary provisions will, there fore, it is preiumed, be requiiite ;. and it is hoped that these may be made, consistently with a due regard to tlie convenience of our citizens, who can not but be fenfibleof the true wifdoni of encountering a small present ad dition to their contributions, to ob viate a future accumulation of bur dens. But here, I cannot forbear to re commend a repeal of the tax on the tranlportation of public prints. There is no resource so firm for the govern nient of the United States, as the af fections of the people guided by an enlightened policy ; and to this pri mary good, nothing can conduce more, than a faithful representation of pub lic proceedings, diffufed without re lerve throughout the United States. An estimate of the appropriations necedary for the current service of the ensuing year, and a flatement ot a purchal’e of arms and military stores, made during the recess, will be pre lented to congress. Gentlemen of thefenate and of the house of re prefen tat ives, Ihe lever.il lubjetfts to which I have now referred, open a wide range to your deliberations, and involve fome of the choicefts interefls of our com mon country. Without an unpreju diced coolness, the welfare of the go vernment may be hazarded; with out harmony, as far as conlills with freedom of sentiment, its dignity may be loft/ But as the legislative pro ceedings of the United States will never, I trull, be reproached for the want of temper or of candor, so fliall not the pu .lie happinels languilh, from the want of my strenuous and warmest to operations. (Signed) G. WASHINGTON* United States, 3 d Dc . 1793* Thursday , December 5. The folio a ing letter from the preli dent was this day received and read : Gentlemen of the senate and cf the fiouje of ref ref ntat.ves , As the present litnation of the seve ral nations of Europe, and especially those with which the United States have important relations, cannot but render the ftite of things between them and us matter of intereftmg en quiry to the legislature, and may in deed give rife to die deliberations to which they alone are competent ; 1 have thought it my duty to communi cate to them certain correfponde ices which have taken place. The repj-efentative and executive bodies of France have mani erted ge nerally a friendly attachment to this country, have given advantages to our commerce and navigation, and have made overtures for placing those ad vantages on permanent ground ; a decree, however, of the national as sembly, lubjeftirig veflels laden with provilions lo be carried into their ports, arid making enemies goods law ful prize in the veft’el of a friend, con trary to our treaty, though revoked at one time, as to the United States, has (iuce extended to their veflels also, as has been recently stated to us. Representations on this Subject will be immediately given in charge to our minister there, and the result fliall be communicated to the legislature. It is with extreme concern I have to inform you, that the proceedings of the person they have unfortunately appointed their minister plenipoten tiary here, has breathed nothing of the friendly spirit of the nation which lent him ; their tendency, on the con trary, has been to involve us in a war abroad, and and anarchy at home. So far as his acts, or thole of his agents, have threatened our imme diate commitment in the war, or fla grant insult to the authority of the laws, their effeft has beencouuteraefted by the ordinary cognizance of the laws, and by an exertion of the pow ers confided to me. Where the dan ger was not imminent, they have been borne with, from sentiments of regard to his nation, from a lenfe of their friendfhip towards us, from a convic tion that they would not fufter us to remain long expoi'ed to the a (ft ion ol a person, who has so little reipetfted our mutual dilpnfftions, and, I will add, from a reliance on the firmnefs ol my fellow citizens in their princi ples of peace and order. In the mean time I have refpeifted and pursued the stipulations of bur treaties, according to what I judged their true lenfe, and have withheld no a<ft of friendfhip which their affairs have called for from us, and which juflice to others leit us free to per form. 1 have gone farther ; rather than employ force for the restitution of certain veflels which I deemed the United States bound to restore, I thought it more adviiable to fatisfy .the parties by avowing it to be my opinion, that if restitution were not made, it would be incumbent on the United States*to make compensation. I he papers now communicated will more particularly apprize you of theft tranftnftions. i he vexations and lpoliation under Hood to have been committed on our veftels and commerce, by the cruisers and officers of lome of” thfc belligeran powers, appeared to require attention ; the proofs of these however have not been brought forward ; the deicrip tion of citizens supposed to have lui"’ sered were notified, that on furnifiiine them to the due meaiure; would be taken to obtain redress of the past, and more tfteftual provilions against the future. Should such do cu'nen s be furnifhed, proper repre sent itions will lie made thereon, with a just reliance on a redress proporti oned to the exigency of the case. The British government having un dertaken to re drain generally our commerce in corn and other provision to their own ports, and those of thei. friends, the in Ur uctipns now comuui v-ted were unmet! ately forwarded to our minister at that court. In 1 h mean time lome difeuffions on the f'ub jeift too!: place between him and them ; tliele are alf’o laid before you, and 1 may expect to have the result of his special inftruiftions in /ime to make i: known to the legislature during their present session. Very early after the arrival of a British minister here, mutual exphna tions on the execution of the treaty of peace, were entered into with tha minister ; these are now laid before you for your information. 011 the liibject of mutual interefls between this country and Spain, nego tiations and conferences are now de pending. The public good requiring that the present state of these should be made known to the Jegiliature in confidence only, they fliall be the fub~ jeift of a separate and subsequent com munication. G. WASHINGTON. United States, D c. 5, 1793. NEW..YORK, December 10. The following authentic papers were handed us yesterday by Schuyler Livingston, efq. arrived in the snow Mary, expreis from Lisbon : Citizens of the United States of America , Nine Algerine corsairs are now cruiiing in the Atlantic ; they carry from 22 ro 44 guns : they failed out of the Mediterranean on the 6th instant, and were f en on the 9th to capture three American vessels, two Hamburgefe, and one Genoefe. A truce for twelve months, between Portugal and Algiers, was ligned the 1 2th of September last, by the British agent at Algiers, in behalf of her ma jesty the queen of Portugal ; and another truce by the fame- agent, about the fame time, in behalf of the United Netherlands. The foregoing authentic intelligence goes by express from your truly dis- /. treiied and faithful fellow citizen. EDWARD CHURCH, Consul of the United States. Lisbon, 14//; Od. 17Q3. N. B. A Swedifli ill p saw the Al gerines, after taking an American, dis charge part of the cargo of gi'ain into the i’ea ; this was probably that the veflel might fail better, meaning to arm her on the Ipot, in order to imreafe their number of cruisers. We are infor.med that ten of the Dutch captains taken by the Algerines ftnee the war with Hoi and, havet died of the plague in Algiers ; how many of other descriptions or nations I have not heard. By an American, fortunately ar rived this day from Falmouth, we are informed that the American vdfels now in England, are returning in ballad, the Englifli not choosing to risk their property in American bot toms , but no reason lias been alfigned for this mysterious condtnft ; my fieri < us in England, but evident enough hero. E. C. Lfijn, Odl. 15. CHARLESTON, Dec. r 7. Another account, besides the one brought by captain Parsons, from Boston, Hates, that the Englifli l'qua dron, at Toulon, two excepted, had fallen into the hands of the fans cu lottes. SAVANNAH, Dec. 28. On Friday the 20th inst. the British armed brigantine, Goelan, arrived at Charleston, from New Providence, ■ and anchored under the guns of Fort [olinfton. The Goelan is commanded iy Wiliiain Woolly, efq. mounts 14 nine and 4 ‘our-pounders, and carries 120 men, including officers and boys. O O O O —— ijfT T!ie members of the JOCKEY CLUB • ve reqiufteft to meet at Brown's Coflree-houle, 011 M-> ul;iv tvenirg, at 6 o'clock, on particu lar hultneis.—Dec. 27, 1793. T. WAI.DBURGER, Sec. • lillo, May, ik Wood bridge, HAVE received, per the brig Mary Aune, i a fain Raniage, iron) London, and other (Is ironi Europe, a general and lofyl-cbofcn itjfor.'mi-’tl of EUROPEAN GOODS, wh'ch they will fell, at the very lowed prices, .t tin. ir (fore, nearly opposite the Vendue noufe, for present piy, in crilli or produce— as they do hot mean to extend credit, after the last of this month. C? They beg leave to tender; their heft ser vices to all who are plea fed to entrust them with bufiuels on con.iynment, &c —They may depend on the utnroft fafety, pumftuality, and difpatcn. Savannah, Dee. 28, 1733, / INFERIOR COURT. | ‘HE Inferior Court for the county of Chat- X ham, being adjourned in October term ; last, will be held on i'uefday the seventh day / of January next, at the Court-house in this 1 city, at xo o’clock in the forenoon ; of which ; all persons concerned will take notice—rfpeci- 1 ally the jurors that were summoned for that term, arc required to atten^l. order of the Court, JUSTUS H. SCHEUBER, C. I. c. c. c, ] Savaonrb, December 26, 179 ■s. 1 m union society. I MONDAY the 6th of January next, beinga j| MEETING of the U-J NION SOCIETY, the members are requestedJj to attend the fame, at the Filature, precifelyjl at sunset, for the dlfpatch of bulinefs. JUSTUS H. SCHEUBER, Sec. i'l Savannah , Dec. 26, 1793. C-pHE public is hereby notified, that a |'uit*‘ t 1 hath been iullitiued, in the Superioijl Court for the county of Chatham, upon a mort-aj gage to the hate, given by major Day, in hUjll life-time, 011 the plantation called ORANGE GROVE; and that, at the next term, a decree will peUM for foreclofing the equ : ty of redemption thcrJfl of, unless a farther hay of proceedings have been dirc&ed by the legihature :—Tin S Mr. Alexander Watt, late tax collector, bam no right or authority to rent the laid pl mtatf pit and therefore it will not be in his power ijH uphold the poiTetlion of any perl'on who r. ‘M take a loafe under him. , ( IJ JOHN YOUNG NOEL, SolicitG C'lw December 24, I;; J. t