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’ hich tli'f hal ceufus {hews we
may now count within our li
mits, will fuiniih a competent
number for offence ot defence,
in any point where they may be
wanted, arcl will give time for
laifmg regular forces after the
Hccefiity of them fit all become
certain ; and the reducing to the
tarly period of life all its adlive
service, cannot but be deftrable
to our younger citizens, of the
pre lent as well as future times,
1 i as much as it engages to them
in more advanced ag“a quiet
and undiflurbed repose in the
hofom of their families. I can
not thin but enrntftly recom
mend to your early conftderati
i/ii, the expediency of so modi
fying our militia fyljemas, by a
fepararton of the more a£tive
pare from that which is ft.fs so,
we may draw from if, when ne
cefthry, an i ftkient corps, fit
for realand a&ive service, and
to be called to it in regular ro
fadon.
Conflderable provision has
been made under former autho
rities from Congress of materials
f r the eonftru<stion of ships of
war of 74 guns, these materials
arc on hand fubjeft to the fur
ther will of the legislature.
An immediate prohibition of
the exportation of arms and
ammunition is alio submitted to
your determination.
Turning from these unplea
f uit views of violence and wrongs
J congratulate you on the libera
tion of our fellow-citizens, who
were Branded on the coast of
Tripoli, and made piifoncrs of
war. In a government bottom
ed on the will of all, the life and
liberty of every citizen become
intcrefting to all. In the treaty
therefore, which has concluded
our warfare with that {lace, an
article for the random of our ci
tizens has been agreed to. An
operation by land, by a small
band of our countrymen, and o
rhers engaged for the occasion,
in conjunction with the troops
cf the ex-bafhaw of that coun
try, gallantly conducted by our
late confu?, Eaton, and their
iiiccefoful enterprize on the city
ofDerne, contributed doubtless
to the imprefiion which produc
ed peace ; and the conclusion of
this prevented opportunities of
which the officers and men of
our squadron, destined for Tri
poli, would have availed them
selves, to emulate the afts of
valour exhibited by their bre
i.hren in the attack of the lafb
} car. Rededting with high fa
ts fa A ion on the dftlinguifhed
bravery displayed, whenever
occasion permitted, in the late
mediterranean service, I think
it would be an ufeful encourage
me nr, as well as a jufl reward,
to make an opening for fomc
pre lent promotion, by enlarg
ing our peace establishment of
captains and lieutenants.
With Tunis, fomc mUunder
fan dings hive arisen, not yet
l'jdiciendy explained; but friend
ly d.fcultions with the:r ambaf-
Ld.r recently arrived, and a
mutual disposition to do whate
ver is just and rcafonable, can
n > ffti lof diHipatinfl: these. So
ir. it we may confidf r our peace
tor that coal!, generally, to be on
as found a footing as it has been
bf ? *■*ca £ tone, ist.il it
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draw immediately the whole of
our force from that lea.
The law providing for a na
val peace establishment, fixes
the number of frigates which
u
fhaii be kept in constant service
in time of peace ; and preferibes
that they shall be manned by
not mere than two thirds of their
complement of seamen and ordi
nary seamen. Whether a frig
ate may be trusted to two thirds
only of the proper complement
of men, mult depend on the
nature of the service on which
she is ordered, that mav lome
times for her fafetv, as well as
to endure her oftjeA, recjMre her
fulled complement. In advert
ing to this fubjeci, congress
will perhaps confider whether
the best l.mitation on the exec
utive diferenon in this case,
woutd not be by the number of
seamen which may be employ
ed in the whole service, rather
than by the number of veftels.
Occasions oftner arise for theem
ploymentof small, than of large
vc(Els : and it would leflen rink
as well as expence to be autho
rifed to employ them of prefer
ence. The limitation suggested
by thenumberof seamen, would
admit of a fele&ion of vdlcls
best adapted to the service.
Our Indian neighbors are ad
vancing, many of them with
spirit, and others beginning to
engage in the pursuits of agri
culture and houfehokl manufac
ture. They arc becoming fen
fihle that the earth yields sub
sistence with less labour than the
sorest, and find It their interdh
from time to. time t) dispose of
parts of their surplus and walk
lands, for the means of improv
ing those they occupy, and of
subsisting their families while
they are preparing their farms;
since your last fdlion the north
ern tribes have fold to us the
lands between the Connecbcur
reserve and the former Indian
boundary, and thole on the Ohio
from the fame boundary and its
rapids, and for a conflderable
depth inland. The Chickalaws
and Cherokees have lold us the
co mtry between and adjacent
to the two diftrifts of Tennefee ;
and the Creeks the residue of
their lands in the fork of the
Oemulgec up to the Ulcofau
hatchie ; the three former pur
chases are important, Inasmuch
as they confohdate parts of our
fettled country, and render their
Intercourse secure ; and the fe
cund particularly so, as, with
the small point on the river
which we expert Is by this time
ceded by the Piankefhaws, it
completes our pofleflion of the
wliole of both banks of the O
hio, from its fourfe to near its
mouth, and the navigation of
that river is thereby rendered
forever i'Jt to our citizens fet
tled and fettling on its extensive
waters ; the purchate from the
Creeks too has been for fome
time particularly intcrefting to
the (face of Georgia.
Ihe fcveral treaties which
have been ‘mentioned will be
submitted to both hmiles of
congress lor the exercile of their
relpeOftive functions.
I") puties now on their way to
the K-at of government, from
var'ou. nations of Indians inh.i
----b. i:g *ne aijd 04
parts (scyoi.d ii’ifi iVi.uniipp'U ;
come charged with afturances oi ;
their fatisfa&ion with the new
relations in which they are plac
ed with us, of their difpofuio.ns
to cultivate our peace end friend
ftiip, and their ciefire to enter
into commercial intercourse with
us.
A ft ate of our progress in ex
ploring the principal rivers of
that country, and of the infor
mation refpeCling them hitherto
obtained, will be communicated
sh fnon as we fliall receive fome
Grther relat’ons which we have
.vafon shortly to expect.
The receipts at the treasury
during the year ending on the
30th September last, have ex
ceeded the fnm ot thirteen mil
lions of dolia s, which with not
quite five millions in the treasu
ry at the beginning of the year,
have enabled us, after meeting
other demands, to pay nearly
two millions of the debt con
tracted under the Britiih treaty
and convention, upwards of four
millions of principal of the pub
lie debt, and four millions of
interest: these payments, with
thole which had been made in
three years and a
have extingtiiHied, tMftjeft. fund
ed debt, nearly efifjeen mil
lions of principal. V -
Congress, by tWr a<R of
November io, i3oj, authorif
ed us to borrow 1,750,000 dol
lars towards meeting the claims
of our citizens assumed by the
convention with France. We
have not, however, made use
of this authority, because the
sum of four millions and an half,
which remained in the treasury
on the fame 30th day of Sep
tember last, with the receipts
which we may calculate on for
the ensuing year, beftdes paying
the annual sum of eight millions
of dollars, appropriated to the
funded debt, and meeting all the
current demands which may be
expected, will enable us to pay
the whole sum of three millions
seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, assumed by the French
convention, and Hill leave us a
surplus of nearly a million of
dollars at our free dilpofal ;
Ihould you concur in the provi
sions of arms and armed veftels
recommended by the circual
liances of therrips,m p s, this surplus
will furnifh the means of doint?
so.
On this ftrft occasion of ad
dressing congress ftnee, by the
choice of my conftituenrs, I
have entered on a second term
of admmiftration, I embrace the
opportunity to give this public
afturar.ee, that 1 will exert my
best endeavors to administer
faithfully the executive depart
ment ; I will zealouily co-ope
rate with you in any measure
which may tend to secure the
liberty, property and personal
lafety of our fellov/-citizens, and
to consolidate the republican
forms and principles of our go
vernment.
In the course cf your Eftion
you Hull receive all the aid
which I can give for the dTpatch
of the public buftnefs, and all
the information necefury for
your deliberations, of which the
interests of our own country,
an 1 the con ft lence rep Td in
us by others, yj]j a lrnh 1 com*
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‘December 3, ISOS.
P E T E RSBU R G
Thursday, Jan. 1806.
IN the Gazette of the 7th
iftt. the Editors announced an
intention to difeontinue their
Paper until they could a fee rtairt
whether the Subscribers were
disposed to afford to the estab
lishment, that fupporr, which
was absolutely nee diary for its
continuance.
Since tint period the Co
s has been diTdved,
and the Press will be conduct
ed in future, by the fubfcriher,
who wjl print and ilf.ie a paper
rfgulaxly every Thurluay—
and will endeavor to obtain a
claim upon the Public Patronage
by his exertions, to render the
paper ufeful to the People.
A. M s DON NELL.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Tbs foi’:wing is a lift of the Acts
sassed by the Legiftature of this
State j during the last fejfton.
AN AC r,
To authorife the Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Savan
nah, to eftahliih a watch in fa;d
city
To amend the fcvcral acts for’
regulating quarantine, &c. &cc.
For the better regulating die
town of Darien.
To alter and amend the sev
eral acls for regulating the town
of Sunburv, &c.
T o eftab 1i sh a W are -1 lon fe
and Infpeclion of Tobacco, cn
the lands of J. D. Terrell, on
Tugalo river, Franklin county.
To repeal an asl, entitled “ an
act to cflabiifh an academy or
seminary of learning at Sunbury,
Liberty county.”
To autborife the Inferior
Court of Franklin County to
lay an extra tax for county pur
poses, &c.
To incrcafe the funds of the
Prefbvterian Church in Savan
nah, Ac.
To secure to Churches and
Religious Societies, the Lots of
Land conveyed to them,
To alter and change the name
of Daniel Sharp, co that of Da
niel Nunez.
Toauthorife the Inferior court
of Wilkes, to levy an extra
tax, &c.
To alter and change the name
of Thomas Keys, to that of
Thomas Allen.
F )r the better regulating and
government of the Town of
Sparta.
Foraifc a tax far the support
of government for the vear 1 806.
Fo authorife the Inferior
Court of the county of Bryan,
to levy and collect an extra
county tax, and appropriate the
fame to any county purposes.
To after and change the names
oi ILticy Burton, Sally Burton
and Matilda Burton, minors.
To amend an act, entitled
te an arc to regulate Efcheats.”
To alter and airr n i an act
respecting Vendue [vlafters, See.
Vo authorife the Justices of
InArior Court af wou r.i”