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ated ; I think it but equitable that the !
purchasers of the fractions of both des
criptions should be placed on an equal
footing, and must therefore recommend
to you the passage of such a law, as will
appropriate at le si, the amount of the
bonds that were given for those first
sold, and remain unpaid, to the s*.me
purposes as the bond mentioned in the
V Jaw above alluded to. I am toe more
induced to tins consideration, from the
circumstance of the amount already ap
propriated not being more than half
enough to redeem the state papers now
in circulation, and believing it would be j
of primary importance to the state, that!
none ol them should be left afloat.
The packet No. I. contains a copy of;
a correspondence which look pi ice be- ’
tween the governor of North-Carolina :
and myself, and which I commenced in
consequence of the resolutions passed
by this state in i SOS, concerning art ad
s justment of our dispute relative to boun
.* da! y. It Will be perceived, that the
stale of North-Carolina considers this
affair as finally settled, and refuses to
take any further steps relative thereto.
It was mv wish after being apprised
that the Legislature of the state of N.
Carolin?. declined any further commu
nication on this subject, that our com
missioners should have proceeded in
compliance with our resolu'.Orss to as
certain the 35th degree of N-irth Mi
tude, and mark the line, without the co
operation of commissioners on the p »rt
of that state, and 1 accordingly request
ed then; by letter to attend ~t this place*
HTid appoint an artist to accompany them
for that purpose ; but they failed to at
tend as I requested, and no uiswer to
inv letter was received from either of
them, except Major Long, who inf >rm
ed me that lie was deterred from enter
ing on the service, required of him on
account of the bad state of his health.
At the request of the Governor of
Pennsylvania, I transmit for your con
sideration in packet No. 2, resolutions
passed by the Legislature of that state,
in which are set forth the reasons f;r
their opposition to the decrees of the
Federal Court in Olmstead’s case, and
bv which it is proposed to amend the
Constitution of the United States, so
that an impartial tribunal may he esta
blished to determine disputes between
the General and State Governments.
In this packet yon will find also a reso
lution of tiie Legislature of Massachu
setts, recommending that the Federal
Constitution be so amended, th t no law
shall he enacted for laying an embargo
or prohibi’ingpr suspending commerce
for a longer period than until the expi
ration of ihirty days from the cm
m- ncement of the session of Congress
ne-xt succeeding the one at which such
law shall have passed. And also reso
lutions of the Legislature ol Maryland
and Massachusetts rejecting the altera
tion proposed by the st tc of Virginia
to the Constitution of the United States,
by which it was intended to render the
Senators in Congress removable from
office by the Legislature of the states
appointing them. The resolutions of
Virginia on this subject u\ rs laid be
fore the Legislature at its last session.
T By an act of Congress, passed the 2d
of March. 1807, to prohibit the impor
tation of slaves into any port or place
within the jurisdiction of the United
States, it is provided, that negroes or
persons of color imported or brought
within the United States in violation of
this law, shall remain subject to any re
gulations not contravening the provi
>. siorrs thereof, which the Legislatures
of the several states may rn »ke for dis
posing of such negroes or persons of
color, who are to be delivered to such
persons as the respective states may ap
point to receive them. I must llieie
fore suggest the prop iety of your pass
ing such a law, as will embrace the in
tentions of, and aid in carrying into ef
fect, the above-mentioned act of Con
gress.
Conformably to the powers vested in
Tne by the law passed at the last session
of the Legislature, for the establish
ment and support of Military Schools,
and to point out the mode of distribut
ing the public arms, See. upon upplica
. tion for Major Generals Clauke, and
Jack, I caused to be delivered to them
from the arsenals in Louisville, their
respective proportions of the 4000
muskets and cartouc.h boxes, which
Were received from the General Gov- i
eminent. —For the dop< sit of those for ;
General Clarke’s division, I fixed on '
Phillips’mills, on the AppaLchet, in
tiie county of Morgan, and for those of
General Jack’s division at i’.lbcrton—
those places being recommended tome
as the most central in each division, and
where the best security for their s..fe
keeping can be had. The state having
been at considerable expense to übs <in
those arms, and it being of the utmost,
! importance that they should be kept in
good order, and at all time; fit for use,
permit me to recommend to y<>u the a
mendment of the above-mentioned act,
so far as vo point out particularly the
duty of the persons who will have charge
of them, and to allow them such com
pensation tor their services as will be
a sufficient reward for the strictest at
tention to the regulations prescribed for
them, she quantity of arms in the ar
senal at I.ouisviile being in consequence
of this distribution, reduced to less than
one halt of their original number, I di
j reeled Lieutenant Boswick the officer of
! the guard, to discharge six of the men
| employed by him at that place.
The document No. 3 is a statement
of warrants drawn on the treasurer, dur
! ing the political year 1309, amounting
in the aggregate to the sum of g7l 134
81 3-4 cents, notwithstanding the drafts
on the treasurer have been thus large,
l am informed by that officer, that the
amount ol money in the treasury, at
this time, is considerably more than it
has been at the commencement of any
session of the Legislature for nvmy
years past. 1 must, however, recom
mend a revision of the tax law to »our
; consideration. The officers entrusted
with its execution have difficulties to en
: v.ounlef ori account of its ambiguity in
• some parts. 1 teeel persuaded that when
it comes to be so amended, that eacii
i one concerned in carrying it into effect,
can clearly comprehend it, the taxes
will be collected with great facility, and
that no difficulty will occur in getting
. them out of the hands of the collectors,
an evil which I am happy to say has
witniri the last two or three years very
’ much diminished.
! The Executive appointments made
during the re Cess of the Legislature,
which mid r the 9th section of the 2nd
article of the constitution remain to he
approved or disapproved by the Legis
lature, are submitted for your consider
ation in the Document No. 4.
In compliance with a resolution of the
last Legislature; I caused the fractions
in the 7th district of Baldwin, on the
O' mulgec river, which were fit for cul
tivation, to be leased out till tiie Ist of
January next,the amount for which they J
ta-nted, (£371 50 cents) when the e>:-
pences < f renting come to he deducted,
and the trouble of collecting it taken
into view, cannot be considered of suf
fici nt consequence to warrant their be
ing again disposed of in a similar way—
I would therefore suggest to you, the
propriety of selling them on a credit, re
quiring tiie h aids to be given for them,
to beat interest from their date. From
their immense value, 1 feel confident
that the interest on the amount for
winch they would no doubt sell, will en
hance the revenue of the state more in
one year, than the nett amount of six
years rent of that part which is now fit
for cultivation.
> Among tiie various objects which re
quii'e legislative interference, none are
of such magnitude and importance as
1 those which have for their end the gen
eral welfare. While the nations of Lti
rope are struggling for the balance of
; power—their subjects driven from their
peaceful pursuits to scenesof horror and
devastation—while articles of foreign
manufacture, in consequence of their
commotions, continue to rise in value
and demand, in proportion to the great
scarcity among us of circulating specie,
docs it not behove us to encourage and
cherish every institution for the promo
tion ol agriculture and domestic mtnu
factures ? Already a spirit of patriotism
and enterprise Kas manifested itselfgen
erally, and our citizens forseeing the
evils which must rtsult from too great
a reliance on articles of foreign manu
facture, are shaking off those iasliionu
ble fetters which held them in a state of
servile dependance upon other nations,
and making every exertion to clothe
themselves in fabrics of their own.
Will you not second their efforts, and
by rendering all the aid in your power,!
give a spur to their laudable pursuits ?
By tiie accomplishment of an object so
desirable, the demand for foreign im
portation* of merchandize will be les
sened, and the sphere of domestic
tranquility greatly enlarged.
An object of no less importance than j
that to which I have just called your j
attention, is the facility of cornmuni
j cation between different parts of the J
| state. Our navigable water courses I
j arc much neglected and the numerous i
obstiuclions to water carriage oppose
! almost insurmountable barriers to a j
, free intercourse; as on the one hand
j nothing can more strongly cement the
jating interests of » country, with a
papulation thinly dispersed and wide
ly extended, or give more permanency
to local institutions, than a v/ell regu
lated in: nidi police ; so on the other,
t nothing cm teud more to euhanc* the
intrinsic value of lance d property than !
navigable water courses.—ln these,
our country abounds in sufficient num
ber to answer all the purposes of
were adequate enc< uiugcnient
for deejxnin , iln t hanm-ls in
and removing in « tliers the inpcßß
uklits to a fix e ri. open
lion wilb the sea coast—wimt
provisions ai\ n.c cssary to be
lliis regard, is fa suhji-cs ocll
your enquiry and deliberation. BB
Another object to which I would pK|
ticularly direct your attention, is the Bfl
lublishmtniofaPeiiittnliary. A squ !■
ot sixteen acres of ground in AMI.
villt, was originally surveyed and tH
apart for this purpose* As yet, no ,><B|
vision has bei n made for such an tarJß
lisbnient, i therefore recommend
your serious consideration to rl. viH
such measures as you may think
calculated for carry ing into effect so !;<■
[table a design. In making
lor sin h an establishment, you will
lose sight of tl;- necessity of a revisiH
of our penal code, so M to adopt it K
the genius of our g .vernment anil 111
present state of so< i, ty. n
Having thus brought before you tl
subjects which to me appeared propel I
be communicated, it only remains ffl
me to supplicate the blessings of till
almighty being who controtiLiiie a flail
of n binds, beseeching that he would |l
pleased to CP v/n with success every e:
ei lion for the public good, that ever
measure of the government rm v I:
marked with wisdom, justice and mot
el ation, and thatour fellow-, itizt ns m.i
realize the salutary advantage s nfwbolt
some laws faithfully administered.
JARED I AY IN.
State House* Milltdgeville, ?
Mom!ay 6 :h JYov. 1809.
November 9.
Roth branches of the Legislature con
j veiled this day in the R pasentiiim
I Chamber, and made choice of {). jj
MITCHELL, as Governor of the slat
of Georgia Tilt votes Were
For D. B. Mitchell, 61
| For Jared Irwin. 41
Majority 20
Norfolk. October 50.
On Friday night an express arrive*
here with Dispatches from Mr. Jack
son to his government, which were im
mediately delivered on the English fri
gate I’Afticaine, lying in Hampton
Roads—and on Saturday last, Mr Er
ikine, family and suite, went on hoard
We believe the frigate is still in the
roads, wind bound.
We have it from good authority, that
the Spanish Minister has declared, ii
he ts not received in his official capaci
ty by our government, that all the
Spanish ports will be shut against us 1
Aashvilte , (Term.) Get. 20.
To record the untimely end of a brave
and prudent officer, a learned scholar
and scientific gentleman, this column
of the Clarion is ushered to the work
in black—On the night ofthe 10th irist.
Meriwether Lewis* Esq. governor-gen
eral of Upper Louisiana, on.his way to
W ashington City, came to tlfr house w
Mr. Grinder, near the Indian line in
this State—called for his supper and
some spirits, of which he partook and
gave some to his servants. Mr. Grin
der not being at home, Mrs. Grinder
retired to iln: kitclu n with her children,
and the s rvants (after the governor
went to bed, which be did in good or
der) went to a stable about three bun
dle ! yards distant to sleep ; no one in
the house with the governor; and some
time before midnight Mrs. Grinder was
alarmed by the firing of two pistols in
the house; she called to the servants
without effect; and at the appe it\tn< a
of day light the servants . ame to the
house, when the governor said he had
j now done for himself; they -isk"fl what,
land he su'd he had shot himself, and
I would die, and requested them to bring ;
him water, lie then laying on the floor, .
where he expired about 7 o’clock in the ;
morning of the 11 h -he had shot a I
ball that gr :Zed the top of his head, and
another through his intestines, and cut
his neck, arm, and hanr with a razor.
Vv lien in his best senses, he spoke a
bout a trunk of papers, that lie said
would be of great value to our govi rn
ment. He had been under tht* influ
ence of a deranging malady Gr about j
six weeks—the e mse of'which is un-■
known, unless it was from a protest to
a draft which he drew on the secretary
at war, which he considered tantamount;
to a disgrace by government.
° * °
"The boas: of heraldry, the'pomp rs pcfidr,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave
Await alike to 1 inevitable hour
The paths of glory Lend bvt to the grave.” ‘
i . The , Br,t,s! ' Lad; Prltrv
long detained at .Vw- Y . , k
fr r on‘t ,c
3 ill St I ICJ
. county, on list w.tersof Hart’s creek,
a(lj ining at the time of survey lands cf
Be! j air,in ()!ivcr.
Philip Brantley, Adm'r.
November 18. "ri 9m 18—
j OuOBGIA,
Warren County .
! \7[7"HLREAS Elizabeth Cody and
j V V Nathaniel Hutchinson, hath ap
plied to me for letters of administration
otl /be estate of Richard Cody, dec.
1 he sc are th re fore to cite and ad
monish ad and singular, the kindred
l and creditors f s id dec. to be and ap.
, pear bcfi.rt the honorable court of Or-
I diriarv, at Warren court-hous., on th«
-i. - lot day in January next ensuing—
; } i!cn i ‘ n;l 'here to shew cause, ii t ,ny
I di > can, why Ititers should not
: be granted.
; Ciiven under my hand and seal, at of.
; l ‘ c ‘> this 6:H bay of November, 1609.
k-punius Vvca.'herL’ ,
t. c. 0. vv. c.