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guishsd. TIKI lilts was intended 'tb'bo * guiornmontai limited and spoclflo,-»hd noi' general power*’umnst bo admitted by all, .and it It fcr dut/to-preier*# for 1» 'tbs character intended by lit trainers. 11'experience point* but the ueoesstty for an enttlffmmt of these powers, let us ap ply for kroslioft fur 'whole benefit It Is to bo exercised ; aiid not - undermine the to overstrained wholetysterh constructions, well; it has exceeded tlio hopes by a resort .. 'Tho schame : has worked >f those who dtvited It, add become an ohject of aiimlratioif to the world. We are respan- lilile to our.courilry, and to the glorious cause ol self government,' for the preserve thin of so great a good. The'gloat mats of legislation relating te our internal -nf fairs, was tntanded lb bo loft. where -the Federal Constitution found It—dtithe8tot« Governments. Nothing is eleven'hi my view, than that we are chiefly indebted fat the success of the Constitution under which wo now acting, to the watchful hod ancillary operation of ilia fjtate au- thoiilits. This Is nut (ho reflection of a day. but belong! to tho most deeply root ed convictions \>( my mind. I cannot, therefore, loo strongly -or ton earnestly, warn you against all encroachmeitts upon the legitimate sphere of State sovereignly. Sustained b> its healthful and invigorating, influence, the Federal system cun never fall. • In the collection of tho revenue,' the. long credits authorised on goods im|>oried beyond tho Cape of Good Hope, are the ehii-l causo of the tnues at present sustain ed, Jfalioso Were shortened to Six, nine and twelve-months, and warehouses provl- ded by government sufficient to- 'receive She goods uffeird in deposile for security end debenture 5 and if the right of die U Silted Slates to a priority of payment oui •f-the. estates of Its insolvent debtors wore snore effectually secuied, Ibis 01II would, in a great measuio, be obviated. An au thority to coustmcl sudi houses, is, there fore. Willi tlio proposed alteration of the eiedits, recommended to jour attention. "-It is worthy of notice, thM the laws fin the culluciimi and seciuny of the revenue arising fi0111 imparls were tiiiefly Iremc.l when the rates of duties on imported go*id* presented much less temptation for illicit iradoilnn at present exists. ‘There is rea son to believe, that these laws ate in tome ■ aspects juile insufficient for tho'piopei security of the revenue, and Ilia protection of the interests of those who are disposed to observe them, T- c injurious and de- ■nnralising tendency Of a successful sys tem of smuggling, it ao obvious as. not In require romnVeni; anil cannot tie ton core- full, guarded ngaitist I theief-iro ang gest to Congress the pr.iprtety ofa,topline efficient measures to prevent tills evil; a- vnitling, honavei, at much at possible, ev- -pry unnecessary infringement of imlividu 1,1 liberty, and ernba.. issuicol of fair and lawful business. On an examination of the'records of tin- ’Freasmyi-t have been forcibly struck with Vie large auiouut of public money whir It appears to bo oiitstandiilg.—Of the sums dun due from individuals to tlie cavern inrnt. a considerable portion is imdiiubtcd ly desperate ; and in many instances, lias probably been rendered so nv the remii«- nettof ihengentt-charged with its collec tion. lly proper eaertinns, A great part, iifiwever, mav’yet be recovered,"and what liver, may be' the portions respectively be longing to these two classes, u behoves the government to ascertain the real' state of the fact. This can be done only by the prompt adoption of judicious measures for the collection of such at may be mad .1 variable. It it believed that a very large a mount has been lost through the inade quacy ol the maans provided (V1I19 collec tion or debts duo to tlio public, and that, this inadequacy lies chiefly in the want of legal skill habitually and constantly err.- ployed in the direction of the agents cm lilnvcil in the service. It must* I think, he admitted, that the supetvis' ry power q ver suits brought by tlio public, which ii jiqw vested in ail accounting officei of the Treasury, not selected Vttli a view to his legal knowledge, and edcmnbereil as he Is svith numerous other duties operates unfa vOrably to the public interest. It is important iliat this bianch of the public service should be subjected 10 the supervision of such professional skill as still give it efficiency. The expense alien dant upon such a uiodifl.iatioo of the I '.xe- cutive Department would ho justified by the soundest principles of economy, f would recommend, therefore, that the do ties now assigned to The Agent nf the Treasury, so far as they relate to the super intendence and m mageim-a.l. of legal pro ceedlnga, on the past nf tho United States, be transferred to the Attorney General,and that this officer be placed on the footing, in all respects, as the Heads ol the other Departments—receiving like compensa tion, and having such subordinate officers provided for his Department, as may Ire requisite fur the discharge of those add! tional duties. The piofistiorial skill of . the Attorney General, employed in direct ing tho conduct of Marshals and District Attorneys, would hasten the collection of debts now In suit, anil hereafter, save much to the Government. It might lie funner extended to the superintendence of all criminal proceedings for offences a- gainst tho Untied States. In making this transfer, great care should be taken, how ever, that ihe power necessary to the Trea jury D part .tent be noi impaired 1 now nf its creates! securities consisting in a con trol over all accounts until they are audi ted or reported for suit. In connexion with the foregoing views, I woul.d suggest, also, an inquiry, whcilior the provisions of the act of Congress, au thorizing the discharge of Ihe persons of debtors to Ihe Government, from impris-n ment, may mft consistently with the public interest be extended tu the releases of the debt, where the conduct of tlio debtor is tvhnllyexcinpt from iliamiipiital-oii of frond Some more liberal policy than that which now prevails, in refcicnce to this unforlu note class of citizens, is certainly duo to them, and would provo bcucfiriul to the country. The conlinti.inco of the liability, alter the means 10 discharge it have been exhausted, can only serve to dispirit the ■ debtoi ; or when his resources are but pnrtial, the want of power in the Guvcrh- ■nent to compromise and release the de- inandTinstigatesto fraud, os tlie only-re source fur securing a support to his family lie then sinks into a state of apathy, and becomes a useless drone iri society, nr 11 vicious member of It, if not a feeling wit -ness of the rigor and inhumanity of his country. All experience proties, (hat op pressive debt is tlio bane of enterprise; and it should lie the caro of a Republic not to exert a grinding power over misfor time and poverty. Since the last session of Congress, mi themus frauds on 1)10 Treasury bayo.bcen discovered, which lthought it my duty 1 bring under the cognizance of.lhe United States' Court (Ur thin district, by a crimin al prosecution. It was my opinion, and that of able Cdlmsol who were consulted, thet the cases came within the penalties of the act of tho (Tib Congress, approved Sd March,18tS,providing for the punishment of frauds committed on the Government oftheUohod States. Either from some defect In the law or in its administration, every elfo.-t to bring the accused to trial under its provisions proved' ineffectual ; and the Government was driven to the no- cesstty of resorting to the vague and inad equate provisions nflhe common tow.—It is therefore my duty to coll your irttonllnn to the law* which have been passed for tlie protection-of the Treasury. If, -indeed, there be no provision by which those who inay be unworthily entrusted with its guar dianship, can teijuinlsbed for the most 01 grant violation of ditty, extending even to raise up an interesting commonwealth, III betides this deli- destined to perpetuate the race, and to at test the humanity and justice of the Gov ernment, This emigration xhonlfl ho voluntary; Tor it would he as cruel at unjust to compel Ihe aborigines to abandon the graves t their felliers, and seek a home in a distant Innil. Hut they should bo distinctly in furmed that, if they remain within Ihe lim its nf the States, they must be subject to their lues. Ill return for their obedience as hid trill unis, they will, without doubt, be For this amount, there Was neither esllinato nor appro; nation ; to 11 I besides this defi ciency, tlie regular lliwances, according to tho uiles wliloli have harciolbre govern- ed the Department, exceed tile ettimaio or Us lato Secretary, by about fifty thousand dollars . for which an appropriation IS ask ed. Ydur particular attention IsTeqttesicd to that part of tlio report of tho Secretary of War which relates to the money liehl In trust for tho Seneca tribe of Indians. It will lie perceived that, without legislatio aid, Ihb 'Executive;cannot obviate the em-Jnroleeted in the enjoyment ol those posses- barrassments occasioned by tho diminution Ho is which they have improved by their in the most fraudulent appropriation of'tho public' funds to their o« 11 use,-it is time to remedy so.dangerous.-an omission. Or, if the law'has bean perverted from its oiighi al purposes, and criminals, deserving to bn punished under its provisions, have been rescued by legal subtleties, it ought to -be made so plojn, by amendatory p.ovisions, as to baffle the arts of perversion, atirl ae coiiiplnh-the end of its uriglnal enactment. In one of ihe must flagrant cases, The court decided • that the prossccutidn was barred by the statute which limits prosecu tion for fraud to two years. In this ease all lire evidences, that fraod had been coin milled, Wnta In possession of the party ac cused, until slier the two years had elapsed. Surely Ihe statute ought nut to run m fa vor ofany man while lie retains all the.evi ilcnecs of his cihne in his ovvn'possessiom and, least of all. In favor or a public officer who cor.tlnnr* 10 d-fraud ilieTioasury and conceal the transaction for tlie brief torm of two year#. ] would tli-rcfore recommend such :-if alteration of the law ns will give the injured pert j and the Oovernmeiil two yenis after tlie disclosure of tho ‘fraud, nr after ll 0 accused is out of. offlee, tu cum inonce their prosecution. In connexion with this subject,T invite the attention of Congress ton general and 1 minute unpiirv into the condition of the Go seriunont; with a view to ascertain what offices can I,edispensed with, what cxpeii sesretrenched,and wl.at iinprovenieiitsliiay be made in Ihe organization of its various parts, to secure the proper responsibility ol public agents and promote efficiency and justice fci all its operations. Tlie report of the‘Secretary of War will make you acquainted with ihe condition uf our Arms.Fortifications, Arsenal*.an.t In ilian AlVnirs. The proper discipline nf ihe inn.v, the training and equipment of the Millti ’, the cdircatinn bestowed at West Psgini, and the accu'imlarinii nf ihe 'means of defence, applicable to tlie Naval force will tend to prolong tlio peace we now en joy and which eterr good citizen—Plot r especially those who have fait ihe miseries >f ev-n a siii res-ful warfare—must a deni- desiri In perpetuate. The returns from the -idiordinate bran cites of (his service exhibit a regularity and order highly -creditable to its character: both -officers and soldier- seam imbued with a p.opcr sense of duly, and conform tolhe relrrnmv- of'exact discipline, vs till dial cheerfulness which becomes The pro Cession of -Vims. Thera is need, however, nf furihcr legislation, to obviate tire incon veuicncet specified m tile report under cnutideralirm : to soma of which it is pro per that I should call yonr particular at- lantion. The act of Congress of the £d March, 1£2I, to reduce and fix the military estab lishment, remaining unexecuted as it re gards the. command of one of the regi- reginientt of artillery, cannot now be Jte- mod n guide to the Executive in making the proper appointment. An explanatory act, desigpUTing the class nf officers out of which this grade is to ho filled—whether from tlie injlitory list, as'existing prior to Ihe act of fill, nr from it-, as it has been fixed by that ticT—wnnld remove ibis 1I1IG culty. Ii is also iuipOriaut that the. laws regida'ing the pay and emoluments of offi ccrs, generally, should lie more specific than they no-- are. Those, for example, in relation to the Paymaster and Surgeon General, assign to lhom an annual salary of two thousand fire hundred dollars ; but are silent as to allowances which, in ter lain exigencies of ihe service, may bo dee mod indisp,-n-iblc to the dischaige ol their diiiiea. This circumstance lias been the authority lor extending to ili'eni tlie Vari oils allowances, at different times, nndcr former administrations; but no uniform rule has been observed on tlie subject. Si milai inconveniences exist in oilier cases in which the conitrocliun put upon the laws by III- public accountants may oper ate unequally, produce confusion, and ex pose officers to tlie odium of claiming what is not their due, I r. commend to vour fusleiing care, one of ourlsaferri means of national defence Ihe Military Academy. This iiiitili-*ion bus already exercised tlio happiest inflii cm e upon the morals and intellectual cha racter of oor army ; and such of the grad nnics as, from various causes, may nnl pursue the profession of arms. will ha scarcely less useful as citiZc-rtv. Their knowledgo of the military art will bo ad VinlagJ-'!!!' 1 !* nmuluycd in the militia ser vice; and, in a’measure Memo Lo tint class of troops the advantages which, in tills respect, belong to standing armies. I would also suggest a review of tile Pension law, for the put pose of extending its benefits to every Revolutionary soldier who aided in establishing our liberties, und who is iinahlbin maintain himself in coin foil. These relics ofifid Wav of Indepen dence have strong claims upon their coun try's gratitude and bounty. The law is defective, in not embracing within its pro- visions all those who were, during the Inst war, disabled from supporting themselves by manual labor. Such nil amendment would add but little 10 tlio amount of poll non*,-and is milled for by the syiqpatliios of the people, ns w ell as by consideration* of (imml policy. 1. will be perceived that a large addition lo the list of pensioners has been occasioned by an Older of tlio late administration, departing materially frem tho rules which had previously prevailed. Considering it an net 1 f legislation, I siis pended ils operation us soon as I war infur mol that it hail commenced. Refine this period, however, applications under the new regulations hail been nrefoired to Ihe number of one hundred and fifiv-foilr of u bieli on the St7il> of March, the data of its revocation, eighty-seven were admitted, of the dividends on that fund : a Inch orig inally amounted to one hundred thousand dollars, and has.recently been Invested in U. S.'Chreo per’cent sloak. Tim condition and ulterior destiny of 1I10 Indian tribes vrilhin thelmiiis of sumo of our Stares, have become object.* of much interest and import jiiv-o.. It tins long been tho policy ..f Government lo introduce a- mong them the brtsofcIvitjznTbm, in tho hope of gradually reclaiming them from a wandering life. This ixriicy has,however, been coupled with another, wholly incom patible with dsinceess- Professing a de sire to civilize end settle them, wohave.nl tho same lime lost no opportunity To pur chase their lands, and thrust them further into (ho wilderness, lly this moans they liavo n*t only been kept ill a Wandering state, but bren led to lobk upon us ns un just and indifli-tent to their fato Thus, though lavi-li in its expenditure* upon the subject. Government has constantly defea ted its own policy ; and the Indians in gen eral receding further and further 10 the West, have retained llieir savage habits.— A portion, however, nflhe Southern tribes, having mingled much wlth'the whiles, slid inado Mime progress in Ihe nrtsnf civilized life, have lately nttemplcd to creel an indo pendent government within the limits of Genrgiu and Alabama. Thcjo Stales, claiming to bn the only Sovereign* within their territories, extended llieir laws avei the Indians, which induced thp taper to call upon the U. Slates for protection Under tliot" aircuiiistnnrcs, the question was,whclhcr Ibn General Government had 01 right 10 sustain those people in their pre tensions? Tlie fJnniHtotian declares,that ••no new Stato slmfl be finmcil nr erected wiiliin the jmlsdiction of .my oilier Slate,” without'tho consent of ils Legisla'urc. If tlio General Govcrnmrn- is not permitted to tnlcibte the election of a confederate Stale whhin tlie territory of one of the members of Ibis Uiiinn,aga : ustlier consent much Irsstnuld it allow a foreign and In dependent government to i-tlablisli Itself there. Georgia became n member nflhe Confederacy which eventuated in our fed eral union, ns a sovereign Plain, always asserting her claim tu.ccrtain limit*: which having hern originally defined In her coin ninl charier, and sub-inuently recognize,I in the treaty uf-peace, she has ever nince continued In enjoy, c-Crpt bs they have li-en circi,inscribed by her own voluntary transfer nf a pardon of her territory loth.* United Plntes, in the articles nf cession of 1 Cll-d. Alabama was admirteil into Ihe U tiion on Ihe same fooling will; tlie original Stoles, w ith boundaries which svcie pre- sciibcd by C,ingress. There is no Consli- lutional, convention.,I, o,legal provision, which alluw'sThcm less power mcr ihe In dians within llieir borders, tin,11 repossess ed bv Maine or |New York. Would tlio people uf Maine permit I lie I'pnubscnt Irilio toorrtl an Independent Government within their Slate? and unless they did, would it notbotho duty of Tlio General Government to support llieifl In resisilng such a mtireare? Woiild'die people of N A'ork permit each remnant ufthe Six IS'n- liens w illiin her borders, 10 declare itself au independent people, under the piotec lion of Ihe United Stales? Could the In riians establish a-eparnla republic on each Of their reservations in Chiu? And if ili,,v w ere so disposed, would it be the duly ol tills Government to protect tlicni in the at tempt? IT tlie principle Involved In tire obvious answor to these qucstinnsjbe nban Honed, it will follow that site objects of ibis Government are reversed; amt that it has become a part of its duly to aid in destroy thislry. Util it skeins to mo v'reiuntry 10 suppose that, In tills state of tilings, claims can ho allowed to tracts nf country on which they have neither dwelt nor made improvi ments, merely because they hero seen them from the mountain, or passed them in Ihe clmca. Submitting to tin- laws oflhe Stalts and rcrciting, like other ciiizens, protection in llielt persons and propcitv, they will, ere long, become .met. geil in ilia mires of our poptihiiiiin. Tlio as.compnnying report of thn Secre tary of tire Navy w ill make you acquainted whh the condition and useful employment of dial branch of Our service during die present year. Constituting, at it does.tlie best standing security of this country, a- gainst foreign aggression, It claims die spe cial ullentiun of government. In tills spir it, the mi-av res which, Sinco 1I10 tormina don of Ihe last war, have been in opera- lion for its gradual enlargement, Were a dopteil; and it should continue to he cher relied'** iliu iilTspriuglof oin nationalexpori eiico. fl will be seen, however, that,.lint- withstanding the great solicitude which hut been manifested for the peilVct nrganlza lion of this arm, ami the liberality of the appiopriatinns which that solicitude has suggested, this object has, in many impor tant respects, not been secured. Ill .time of peuce, wo hare need of tin more ships of war, than are dquisiloloiho protection nf our cuiitiuerce. Those not wanted for this object,must lav in the har bor*, where, uiihont pinper covering, ilioy riiplillv decay ; and. even under tho best precautions for llieir preservation, nmsl soon become useless. Such is already sin- case with many of onr finest vessels; which though unfinished, will now require ini uiensn Mims nl inonev to ho restored 10 list- condition in which they were, when com milled to their present element. On this subject them can bn blit little ilctihi, dint our best policy wotilil he. lo di-con'lnm- Ihe building nf ships of the first and second class, anil look iniber to tlio poosscssinn of ample materials, prepared for 1 lie emcr gencies of war, than to the number of ve* sols which we can float in a season nf peace as an index of nor navnl power. Jodi emus deposit* in NaVv Yards, of timber and other materials, fashioned under tlio hands of skilful ,,workmen, anil fitted for prompt npplinniinn 10 their vaiinn* purpos es,would enal lo us at nlltiinos.tocouslruci vestela at fast as they can be inauiied, and save Ihe heavy expense of repairs, except to'sucli icssels ns must he employed in guarding our commerce. The proper points ft>r tlio establishment of llioso yards, are indicated whit so much tbice in lire report uf tin- Navy Hoard, that In rcciumnemihic it to voiir uttfiition, I deem it unnecessary to do >.tore'than to express nly hearty eon enrrenre in llieir views. The Yard in ibis OiMrid. being already furnished with inusi nf lire machinery necessary for thiphiiild. ing. w ill bo coinpelent to lire supply nf the two st-lccttd bv lha Hoard ns lire best for tire i-ooncnt'alinn of lontcriiils ; add from lire facility mtd certainty nf -Omniiication betwpen Ihen-. it will bo iisrlrts to incur,at llioso depots, ihe expense of simitar maclil ncry, especially lluit used in prepiring lire usual mctallo and wooden furniture of ves sels. Another Imprnvment would he effected by dispensing altogr-ilior with the Navy (loiril, as now constituted ; and iilbtlilu- ting in its stead, laireaus, similar to llmse already existing in lire War Department. Each member uf the Hoard transferred to ■he head nfa separate biirtnn.cbartctl with specific duties, would feel, in its highest dr gree, that wholesome responsibility which III this general survey of our affairn * subject of high ithportanue present* llsqir In the present organization nflhe Judicia ry. An uniform iperailon ol the 1 edeial Government In the differem States is cer tainly desirable; and, existing as they do in tire Union, on lb« basis of paired equal ity, each State hat a right to expect that the benefits conferred on the cltlaons of Others, should bo extended lo hers, 'J ho itdiclal svstem nf the United Slates exists 11 *11 its Vffieleiicy In only fifteen members ol tlie Union 1 to three others, tlio Circuit Courts, which constitute an Important part nf that system, have been llnpei fectly ex tended | and, to lhe remaining six. alio geilier denied. Tho effect has beeh to f CMt their eyes, and open llieir uurre/'n'" withhold from the Inhabtiantl ol the latter „! " '.".""{IW'M,|hlt Ihe advantages afforded (by the Supreme nnaii. MONDAY EVENING, Dgc. 14. °— - 11 I, The Fnililrm* Message, nnd ». other interesting matter, has c u .i,pi|| cd to exclude many nf the fav,„„ )f ^ u , , d tlslnjf friends, which however, shall be uur- ticularly attended loin our next nuntW#* Tie Fair.—It is scarcely necessary „« presume to reinindIhe public, who Iieve been enxionsly iwaltlng the day, l(1 Court) to llieir fvllow citizens in other States, in the whole extent of tho ciiminnl end much of Ihe civil authority nf the Fedeial Judiciary. Thai this stato or things ought to bo remedied, if it can he dune consistently with the public welfare, is not to he doubled ; neither is 11 to bo disguised that tho organization of our ju dlclal *) stem, is at once 11 difficult and deli calc task. To extend tho Clicuit Court* equally throughout the different pnrts of lire Union, and, attire saniotinre, 10 avoid such a iiiultiplicnlitiii nf uumheis ns win.Id encumber lire .Snprchic Appellate Tribu nnl, is tho ohji-tt dt-sired. Perhaps it might ho accomplished by dividing tlio Circuit Judges into tlvn classes, end prnvi ding that the Supreme t unit should bo hold by those classes.nhcrunicly—tlieClilel Justice always presidihg. If an extension nflhe Circuit Court sys- tem to those Slnlns which do not now en joy its benefits should be determined upon, it would, of rniirsi-, be irei-csvary to revise the present arrangement uf lire rhcuitspind even if that system sliuuld lint he enlaigcd such a revision is rccoimireiidafl. A provision fur Inking the census of Ihe pcoplool the lliiilcd States, will, luoiisure lire Fair for tire benefit of iho Female As* lum will take place lo marrow the 15 J h ' Inst.,cotnmaiiclng nt 11 p’cluck A, ... (ernilimtlng.nl to ii'ctnnk I', M. Tie Preih/cnl't Menagepulille M . pcctntlon has tech on Ilia stretch for the to oelpt of the first offitinl conmiunlcaiioni, tho- Nnlintnl Assembly, from ike Chief Maglstinlo of ilia Utilon, Onr >,* dors hare It before them this esrnin-.._! Many eltcumstanees huso tended ~ particular hiteimt 10 tills dociinieni. q-u decided rejeetiim of tho lata Federal E, ( . Clltivo Officer, by ihe penpln.lefi no .lo a ; lt Ihut it was fexpuuted from his iuecutor n, remodel the policy that had, under is, former administration, been adopted, restore our relation* domosllc, ami to that healthy and vigorous state, nl,],^, pursuit uf theoretical, and bc-relofoit, u . tried lohcuioi, hud tendoil lo weaken,,; disorganise. Ilow far, it Is pruhable,'m, just expcctntioiit will be realised,,, lease overbroader of tire Presliiem'i «i h . the completion ol that wr 1 k wiiliin aeon *aeo loi.dire—a man., .... yenient lime, olsim lire early attention of ,a S e mess.iyo we are p,oad u ing the Siaics which it was established to cannot Jre divided without n far more than protect. Actuated by this view nf the subject proportionate diminitlinn of ils force Their valuable services would bocoine still more informed the Indians inhabiting parts of so when separately oppropiinicd to distinct Georgia nn-J Alabama Hint tbeir attempt to portions of lire great interests of tire Navy, establivhanindepeudenl government would tolhe prosperity of which ent-h would ho not be countenanced by the Execnliveofl Impelled lo devote Mmselfby Hie strongest lire U. Stales, and advised them to emigrate motives. Under rucli ^n arrangement beyond the Mississippi, or submit to the Ians of Ihnte States. Oiir conduct towards these people Is deeply interesting to our national uluirnn ter Their prevent condition contrasted with what they once were, makes a most powerful appeal to our sympathies. Our ancestors found lu-ln lire ubcontmlled pos sessors of HitSit Vast regions. Ry persua sion and force lliey hare been made 10 ro lire from river to river, f min mountain to inoiiiilaiu,untilsunreofilinlribi'S liarn be come extinct, nnd others have loft but rein nniux to preserve, foi n while, llieir nhee ter/inle names. Surrounded by the whiles, with llieir aril of civilization, which, by destroying the resources of lire savage, doom bin, to weakness nnd decay, lire fate of lire Mohegen, lire Narriignnscii, and lire Delaware, is fast overtaking the Choctaw, the Cherokee, ond the Greek. That tills fale surely awaits them, if they remain wiiliin lire limits nf Hie State*, does nnt admit of a d .nmt. Humanity and ualinn al honor demand that every effort should be made to aven u great a calamity. It 'j tovl.ilclo inquire whether It was jiist !n tho United Stales to include them end their lerritory'within the bminds of neiv State* cnuntiy, will appear front the Repot! of whoso Ilinils they could control. That | lire Secretary, to J which I refer yo',, foi every branch af ils important service,would assume a more simple nnd precise charac ter ; its efficacy would he increased, anti scrupulous economy in (Ire expenditure of public money promoted. I Would recommend that tire marine corps lie niergeiTwitli Ihe artillery got linfanliy as the best mode of curing tho ninny dc feels In ils organization. Hut little excee ding ill number any of the rogiincm* ol in fantry, Hint corps has, besides its Lieuten ant Cniuuol Commandant, five llrovet l.t Colonels who receive tlie full pay nnd moUnncnls of llieir brevet tank, without rendering prnpnrlionato service. Details Of marina service could as well, be made from tile infantry or artillery, there being no peculiar training requisite fur ii. With these improvements, lind such oth ers as zenlous watchfulness and mature cruisiilr-rntinn may suggest, there can ho lililc dnlilii Hint, under nn energetic ad- minisliDlinn of ils affairs, the Navy tony soon he made every thing Hint the nation wishes it lo In-. Its efficiency to the sup- prcsiion of piracy in lire West India seas, nml wherever ils squadrons have Ireoneui played in securing tlie interests nf Hie step cariilnl ho retraced. A Stale cannot be dismembered by Congress, dr restricted id tire cxvrcifo ol her cnnsiiiuiionalpower. Hut tlio people dltbeie Slates,.and of eve ry State, actuated ,bv feelings of justice and regard lor our national honor, submit to you the inierestiug question,whether some thing cnlinn! bo done, consistently with the rightv nf the Slates, to preservo this much injured race? As means of effecting this end, I sug gest, for your r.nnsideraiion. the prnpriely uf sotting apart an ample district. West uf ntlior interesting iletail*. Amone inese, 1 grow. would bespeak Ihe attention of Congroi for the views presented in relation to ilie ineqiinlity hetweon the Army nml Navy, n* to Ihe pay nf officers. No such inequality should prevail between these brave defend ers of llieir country: ond wln-re |t does exist, it is submitted tu Congrdet, whether it might noi In lie 1 ci tified. The report nf ihe I'osjinaiter General is referred In ns exhibiting a highly kaiisl'acl- orily adintoisiralinu of lhat Department.— Abuses have been reformed ; iuiiri-nstid ex Congress. Tire great and constnnt increase uf bus! ness in the Department nf Slain, forri-d 11 •elf, at an early period, upon iho atlctilion of the Executive. Thirteen years ago, Ii wvi, in Mr. Madison's Message to Cod gross, made the subject of an earnest re commendation, which has In-on repealed by iiiith iiHiis su-wi-essnrs; nnd nly cnnip i ratively ll|fi|fod experience has satisfied me nf its justness. It has arisen from many causes, not Ihe least of w hich is lire large nddiimn that lias hern made in lire famlly of Independent nations, an! lire proportion ale extension of our foreign relaimns.— The remedy proposed was lire e.-tablish- nrenl nf a llmiui Department—a inensnro which due* hrtt appear In liavo met iho views of Congress, on account of its sup posed tendency t ■ inclcas - gradually and iinperccpttibly tire nlrcndy too strong bias ufthe federal system towards tho excrciso of authority not delegated to ll. I am not, therefore, disposer) in revive lire recom incndallnn ; hut am not iho lets impressed with the importance uf so organizing this Depasitueiii, that ils Secretary may ilernie more of Iris lime to onr foreign relations. Clearly satisfied that lire publio guild wnnld Ire pinm.ried by some suitable provl *ion)on the subject,I respectfully invito your attentiun to it. The charier of the Rank oflhe United Slates expires in lU-IO.iind ils stockholders will inns! probably apply foi n renewal nf llieir privilege*. In order to Avoid Iho evils resulting from precipitancy in a nreusnrc involving auali Impmiaut principles, and such deep pecuniary iutcresrs, I feel that I cnnhnt, in justico ir, tlio parlies interested, ton soon present it tu Ihe deliberate r.nireid- r-ratinn of the Legislature anil the people. Hutli the cosiitiiHniialiiy and the expedien cy uf lire law (-renting this bank, are well questioned by A large portion nf nur fellow ciiizens, and it must' he admitted by all Ural it hat lalleil in Ihe great end of estali lishlng a uniform and sound currency. Under these circuiml'nni 0, If such ail Institution is deemed ccsenUal to the fiscal operations of the Guverniiithl, I submit to the wisdmn of tire Legislature, whether a naiinnal one. founded upon (Ire credit nr the Government nnd ils revenues might not Ire rievitbrl, Which would avoid all edn stitntionnl rlifficiiltm.nnd nt (ho same time securq nil the advantages lo Iho Govern ment and country that were expected tu re suit from the present Rank. I' cannot close this cdmiiiunicalinn, with out bringing in your view tiro just claim of lire representatives of Comrtindoro llecttlUr his officers nnd crew, arising from there Rapture of the rliilnrlelphia frigate, under tllk lieasy batteries nf Tripoli. Although sensible, a* a general rule, of tile inqiin priety of Executive interference under a Government like nuts, where every Indi yidrial enjoys tire right of directly petition ing Congress, yet, viewing tills ease as one of a very peculiar character, I deem it my duly to recommend it to your fiivnrnhlo consideration. Resides tl^ justice of this claim, nscorrespnnding to those which have been sinco recognised nnd satisfied,ii is lire fruit nf a deoil ol patriotic nnd chi valrous daring, which infused life ami confidence into nur infant Navy, andeou tributed, as much as any exploit i n its ItiSlory, lo elevate our national chnriicler Public gratitude, therefore, stamps her seal upon it; and Ihe meed should noi he with held which mny hereafter opr rate a* astim ulus to onr gallant l.vs. 1 now commend you fellow citizens, (0 lire guidance nf Alniighly God, wiilr a lull rrlinncoun his merciful pinvlrlnnce for the- maintenance of nur free institutions and with an Harriett supplication, that whatever errors it may homy lot to cmn mil, iri discharging tire arduous duties which have devolved nn me, will find a remedy In the harmony & wisdom ti'yant counsels. ANDREW JACKSO?}. sajr. for candor, chivalry, wisdom ami " democratic principle. Uni lias not r,*„| Ils equal since Urn pure, nml rigid ,l>„ ,,f Joffcrsbn, and .Madison. It would be n. per Alton* at the present lime 10 comnieat on Ihe iliffcrtml subjects, that are so lutiJ. ly Ircuied of. in thiscomiminicalion.-liT would however p<rtlaltfaj-ly coniineml n,» distinct lino Which I* drawn between ibs stole, and lederaf sutlrerily, and Ihe na- pie succcduneum will Ii is pr posed to quo ct the angry ciinfroversios respecting cos. structlve interpretations of tire Con»tit« lion— n reference nt mice to the people. Tire Doctrines of tlio Presfilom, reaped) |ng the rights of the Indians, ft will be are diracily in accordance with thasn rhi have governed Georgia, in proicaith; elnima against them. The happy illi Hon he urako- respecting lha fallal llieir pretended rights to self-govornini illllo (Ire St os. shews that tills sul like all others nn which he treals.has rn erl his careful inveiilgntion, and met his prompt, and candid decision. Hi cause has notbihg to fear from the justi and hilellig-nco of Goa. Jackson, renewal or lira charter nf the United Stale Rank is likewise a subject that t.,rgely claims Ihe public atiention. The views Hit President, hi relation 10 this iniiili lion, we think a.a highly perflneut, his suggestions will, we doubt not, rtetie from Congress that curly, ami due tor; 'i gallon, which will secure to them, if ad,their intended efficacy^withuivoiwJ any sudden revulsion adverse vitkt tan osis ol tho Bank. This It a sa lijcArU moment, to Ihe monied iiiititulnrin tfl Country—to tho cuirenoygenerallfi sliuuld, and will, no doubt, be ap|» with cautiun. Rut it should lilsewiss approached without fear, and treated ils merits solely—without bias froe friendly capitalists, nor prejudiee froe opponents. The President broadly assorts, in' 1 think all must agree with bliss-—that it failed in the object for which It was luted,—the establishment ol an u currencyi It of course then is its Inter ded purposes, and shosUi place to some more adequate syito In Icoiicusion, we would rec: careful, and repeated perusal °f<&' hie stole paper, as cunveyiiig * b portrait of the present condition of d< (ton, its prospocts, nnrl.il* resonrcrv" a sound, and enlightened outlim fj future policy m tho Mississippi and without' Hie linlite of I pediUou in the tranSpnrration uf the inail any States or Territory.uow formed, in Ire I sernreri j anil itareveriUe inbch imr,trued, guararitieil to the Inrlhm tribes,'»* long os In a pnlilKit point of view, thisDepait- they shall occupy it; each nil* Having 0 [ment i« ehienv Hnjioitont as affording the disliricl biinlroul over ihe porltnri Uesigua j means of rlifliising U111111 ledge. Itistothu led for ils use.a-There they may be ttfcilr-1 body piilitic, tvirnt Ihe veins and at'eiies ed to iho enjoyments of govfcrniiieriil dl art lb Hid milural, conveying rnpWlly and llieir own ehu|c«. subject tu iid olher doll regularly, lo thri robniletl parts of t|,o sys- troril frrtrii the United fUates, thari such as tem. coirreut hiformaUun of lire operarlons may 1)0 neefisSaty tri preserve peace on the of tlln Goreinment, and Iniiighig back to il tins U'i.lwssi nrirl rAiiliiu.. ..<* VI.-i ” .. • Canal Flour nr.d Negro (Shoes. M DHLS I-trial Flour, (tno pairs tIV Negro Shoes, for sale low, land ing frum seb.r. Oregon. J. STONE. dee 5 gqo frontier, and batwern lire several tribes.— Tilere the benevolent ittny -endbavnur to leach them the alls uf-civilization; ami by pioiubting union & lutwony among tliem, ir the wisltba nnd feel'm;., „f Ilia people, Through us agenbV, wri Have secured to ourselves Ibe frill enjqymeul of Hie bless ings of a free press, Canal Whiskey. URLS Canal Whiskey zsqg E„r able by IIALE,SMARTER 55TUPPER. dec 4 St. Croix Sugitrs. db .large lihds. priure bit. Cinix S11- Wv gars, lor .sale low, by hall, s.iavtur &ti:pper. dje a Ertraonlinanj Dcipatch.—Vie f** dent's Message was received i«A"#" ll '1 Thursday last al mid-day'-" 1 ’ 1 / 4S ^ after its delivery. It rcaclieJ ^hailci jn 60 hours. Twenty eight Iwurs to il to Fayetteville, and the distance Raleigh and Fnyetteville—BO " u 'p completed in 3 hours atid-i*"" 1 " 18 ^ speed, we imagine, gpirtiderlag lb'' nover heforo eqir.,|l«d. It >' cn '', l( "! l j l! i that it shitll roadb New Orion')* * n I front Washington, Truly, this it tiaUug tire remotest parts of tin " J 'sVc-aro compelled, however to* “ paragraph with ail unli-tlinrax- sage errived In this city ° B 'I ] morning! wliorons ir any tbl"8 jl parativo speed had been inel" 1 * 1 " J Charleston, wo could liavo our renders on Sfttu»'4uy. I ,C mn',e> was omployeil to convey It W* w to this city, that spo! It r® 1 to Augusta. |,ii tH This uncxnmplrd desynt ■ to more than orrflnnry eom»'« . ^ the clrniiinaf-' n.coUnit it 1 "” | iel „jl by Ihe volnnnny exor"" 1 " '' iraetors. wire »iib all ifififiS offoreil tlrclr. C ru sl ui |lj to forward','in <1.0 *"«•“^ *l» J this universally oxpecred, 0 M ,„re,,.ngfrft|M Union. It wen d nnd New York in 13 1,0 '