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..ENT'S MESSAGE.

V.ASOINGTON, NOV. e, 1801.•
. "Thls da ~ at twelve o'clock. the Pa csiDENT of the
United Stew. by Mr. Burwell, his Secrtuiry, de-
liveted• the following Mess.s,;e to botn Houses of
Citngroott

TO Tilt SENATE AN') HOUSE OT RETRESVNT•TIVLS
OF THE. UsITIED STATES.

Tea peepio, m, who 'inure), ettiire the happi-
ness and prosperley of other n Lucius, to tlioat who ju.tly ealcu-

late, that their ewn weL-being w adsanc•d by that of the ns.
tiona with which they have intercourse, it will be a satisfaction
to °Were-, that the war, which W 4.1 lighted up in Europe,
little before our !art meeting, has not yet extended its flames to

other nations, nor been marked by tic calamities whi, h some

times stain the footstep= of war. The uragulartties. ti:o, on the
Aces'', which generals, harms. the commerce of newts! na-
tio have, ,n diitaftt parts, disturbed outs less than nn former
n..c %lions. But, in the Ameriean seas, they have liefli
hem peculiar causes; and even abouis to I luris
infrunta.n on th nt the laws hay been

committed, -whi.7.l have called far seriods attention. Toe.
ken.* conduct of the Governments, from whose Officers and
eabteeis those acts Nave pro.-...t,-(1, in other r•srects, and in
Owns more ender their olaservn,,,,i and controJl. •Af CO,1•
ilidence that o u rentecmt.iti ,its on this subject wili have been
properly regraded.
\Philo noticing the ittegulariti., elmmitted on the ocean
Others, those on our own part thou'd not be omitted, flu left
uoprovided !be Conip'.atnts have beca neeived, that orwsons,

teiiding within the Un'ted Ctatev, hive talcro on themselves to
yin merchant vessels, and to force a commerce into certain
parts and coirttries, in ,Isßance to the laws of those euuntr4s.
That indvn In.'s should undertake to wage private tar, nide-

pendently of the authority of their country, cannot he per-
nutted in a well ordered society. Iv tendency to produce eg.
reennn en the laws and rights of other nations, and to endan-
ger the peace of our own, is so obvious, that 1 dousit not you
will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.
Soon arter th • pass use of the act of the last session, autho-
rising the establishment of a A.stnet and port of entry on the
waters •if the Mub le, wr learned that its r)sj.:t was rni.under•

striod on the part of Spain. Card d explanation, were intme.
&stet, given, and asmrances that, reserving our claims in that
quart ran a sa'aiert of ilianilsion and arrangement with Spain,
no act wa: meditated in the mean time incori•irte.it With the
Peace and friendship existing between the two nations : and
that conforma'aly to these intention, would be the exeriitien
of the law. That government had however thought proper
to suspend the ratiAeation of the convention of 11102. Bat the
eiplanatious which would reach them soon alter, and still
more the conAnnatiooof then by the tem.., agile in,tritrainit
establtshing the port and district, mar reasnlaYy be expected
Ws replace then in the dispoMions and views of the whole sub.
jest which originally dniated the con,ention.
1 have the satisfaction to inform y.au that the objections
which had been turd by that govenunent against the validity
of our title to the country of Louisiana have been withdrawn .
te exact limits however remaining still to be sent d between
us. Add to this is to be added, that having prepared and de
Beefed the stock crested in execution of the croisemi, of
Paris of April 90th, 1801, in consideration of the Cel.loll of
that eMmtrv, we have received from the Government of
Trains art ackmawledgment in due Cain of the fulfilment of
that stipulatvm.
With the nations of Europe in general our friendship and
int,reourse are undisturbed; and from the Goverinn ,t
the Belligerent !opera especially, we continue to receive than
frseulty manifestations which are ita,tly due t • an honest rimm
trality, and to such good olfi:•es cunsistent with tsar, as w
haw/ opportunities of rendering.
The activity and success of the small fer.e employed in the
Meddling/mean in the early part of the present yelf, the rein
iereements sent into that sea, ,int the 'wry of the nfry....,

Ite•mg roternand itv the Kemal tell!, I vw.t, by the
sulTvn•les el wee, retitle. the Barbartans of Tripoli to the
rk-
pre of peace on proper term:. Great kojury, however, anams

to ourselves ag well a. to others inter,Acd, (corn the .11,tanc. to

which ono-, must be brought for adjudiettion, and fros.
the imprsetscabdity oc brlnvng hither such as are nst s:a
worthy.

The Bee of Tunis having me le requisitions unauthorised by
' ear treaty, their reje-nn„ has produced from Wm some ex-
pressions of iitsroittent. Rilt to these who expect its to cal-
eulate whether a compliance with mitten 00.11a11411 will nut cyst
its G s than a war, we most lease ris a torsion. of calculation
for t •,crii also, whether to retire from onkel demands will not
t tacos* them less than a war. We can do to each other very sen-
bible iheuries by war. But the mataal atestitages of pv-ace
make that the best interest of both.
Peace and riteic ',use with Pte other power.% no the same
coat 0•0641/11 on the footing oo which EA" are established
017 VOW-
' In plawnente of the act providing he the temporary Govern•
•iit of Louisiana, the necessity officers for the teriitorr of
(idiotic were appointed in due time to com,ence the arrri,,•
o their ftroctlo.ii on the lit day of Oetrilscr. The distance
however of some of them, and Vac inili:pen.aWie pr. %MA.
i•ogements, may have muerte I its commencement in s .113,
of its par% The form Griveinntent thus pros olcil
beeo coilsiti:riid but as temporary, and open to such future im-
provements as further tufo, m atom of the circumstances of our
Bretheen ever* might soggest, it will of curiae he subject to
your consideration.
In the district of Louisiana it has been thought hest to adopt
the division int* subsrdiaate districts which had been establish-
e.l under iu fo,aner G reemmeut. Tiara *acute fuse hi number,
a cnonnan4ini .1S:1r has been appointed to each, aceordiug to
the provisivn of the law, and, vo soon as they can be at their
stations, the! ail. iet will also be in tri due state of organisation.
In the mecn time their places we supplied by officers helot-
erimmlnling there, aryl the funet.-..., of the Governor and
Judges of Indiana having co.Oinenced, the Government, we
presume, is pr•N Ain( in its new form. The lead mines in
that vhstriet Wier so rich a supp!y of that metal as to merit at-
tention. The report now eummunicated will inform you of

foe the purpose reestablishing a geed understanding and neigh-
boutly relations between us. So far as we. have yet learned,
we have reaso t t believe that their dispoetioes are generally
favourable and frie •41y. /old, with these tspoaitions on
their part, we have in our own hail& means which cannot
fail us, for preserving their peace and friendship. By pursu-
ing an uuderai course of l.ntice towards them, by aiding them
in all the impmvements which may better their condition, and
especially by establishing a commerce on terms witch ah
be advantageous to them and only not losing to tie and ,e
cc-
,gulatod as that nu incendiaries, of our own, or any other
nation, mat be permitted to rikturb the natiir.ii effect of
nue just and friendly ofSees, we many render ourselves
so neeesaary to their coinf at and prosperity, that the protection
of fur citizens from their disorderly member, will become their
interest and their voluntary care. Instead, therefore, of an ang-
nienatinn of military force proportioned to our extention of
tronti.-r, I propose a moderate enlargement of the capital em-
ployed in that commerce as a more effectual, economical, and
humane instrument for preserving peace and good neighbour-
heed with them.
On this side the Misnitsippi, an important relinquishment of
naive title e.ll been received from the Deiawares. That nil, e
desiring to extinguish in their people the spirit of hunting, and
to convert superfluous lands into the names of improving what
they retain, hasceded taus all the country between the W.ibisli
arid Ohio, South of, an I induct:lig the road from the Rapids
tower la Vincennes, (or which they are to receive annuities in
~n;.nals arid implements for agriculture, and Mother necessaries.
Tors acclaiming' is important, nut only fir its extent and
fertil:ty, but as fronting three hundred miles on the Ohio, and
near half the on the Wabash, the produce of the settled
country descendmg those Rivers will no longer pass in review
of the Indian frontier, but in small portion ; and, with the ces-
sion beret:item made by the Kaskaakins, nearly consolidates our
posseasions North of the Ohio, in a very respectable breadth
from Lake Ern- to the Mississippi. The Platikeshaws having
some claim to the country ceded by the Delawares, it has been
thought nest to go- t them by fair purchase also. So soon as
the treaties on this subject shall hare received their constutu..
tMnal sanctions, they shall be laid before both homes.
Tae act of Conhiese of February 26, IRO), for building and
einploi ins a number of gun-boat., is now in a course of exe-
cution to the extent there provided for. The obstacle to naval
enterprise, which vessels of this construction offer for our sea
port towns ; their utility towards supporting within our waters
the serhority of the laws ; the promptness with which they
will he manned by the seamen and militia of the place in the
moment they ate wanting; the facility of their assembling from
diffi•rent parts of the coast te any paint where they are required
in greater fluter than ordinary ; the economy of their maintee
stance a id preservation from decay when not in actual wivice;
run the connive:nee of our finances to this defensive provision,
without auy new burthen, a,c considerations which will have
doe weight with Illongresi in deciding on the expediency of
adding to their number frorn year to year, as experience than
test their utility, until all our important harbours, In these
and auxiliary means, shall be secured against insult amid op-
position to the laws.
No circumstance has arisen sine your last session which
sans for any augmentation of our regular military far.•p. Should
.iny improvement occur in the militia system that will be al-
ways seasonable.
Accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the last year,
with estimates for the eusuing one, e ill, as usual, be laid before

The .tine of our finances continues to fulfil our expecta-
tions Eleven millions and an half of dollars, received in the
course of th- year ending on the :30th ei September last,
hove etiabred u., atter melting all the ordinary expeilees 01
the year, to pay upwards of three six hundred thou•
NIA dollars of the publre de,t, excluove of interest. This.
payment, with those of the two pureed.' years, has calm-
guiihed upwards of 12 millions of principal, and a greater sum
of interest within that perir.d, and by a proportionate diminu
tie!, of interest raiders already sensihl: the effect of the
growing sum yearly applieable to the discharge of principal.

It is also ascertained that the revenue accrued Bering the last
♦ear exceeds that of the tiseceding ; and the probable receipt.
of the ensuing year may sahly be relied on as .ufficient, with
the vim already in the treason, to meet all the present de-
mands of the year, to discharg► upwards of three millions and
an half of the engagementa incurred under the ftrit.sh and
Flinach conventions, and to advsnce in the further rodeinp-
troll of the funded debt as rapidly a. had barn contemplated.
These, Fellow Citizens, are the principal matters which I
have thought it necessary at this time to communicate or
your cons. leration and attention. Soiree others will be laid be-
fore you its the course of tie semion. Rut, iu the discharge of
thc great duties core Bed t.i von by our roorrt:.:, you will take a
broad •r view of the hail.' of lilts:anon. Wnether the great
interests of aviculture, nirsufactures, commerce, or flAVi-
;anon, can, within the pale of your constitutional powers, be
aided in any albeit. relations'. Whether laik are provided .11
all eases where they are wanting' tVhether Picot pmvAcd
are exactly what they should be' Whether any shales take
place in their administration, or in that attire public revenues!

Whether the organisation of the pu,,lic agents Of of the patdic
force i• perfeet in all its parts! In fine, whether any thing can
he done to advance the general good '—are questions within
the limits of your functions. which will neet,sarily occupy
riiir attention. In thic.a &tidal! other matters, which you to
your wi.do.n may propose for the good of our country, ).d:
a tont with assurance en my hearty cu-operation and f :obra
*lineation. TII JEFFF.I:soN.

rtittaDrLPatA, NOV.

Estr2 R of a letter from New York, dated
" The French frigates. Atha and Sylitile. went
through Hell-gate on Friday afternoon a quar:et
past three o'clock, and are now probably at sea.
The English ships within Sandy Hook could not
get under way on account of head wind and tide.
The Frenchmen had most favourable winds to
cited their escape."

NV, YORK, NOV. 8.
The pilot boat. Fairplay, which attended the
French frigates through the Sound, returned yes-
terday. By her we learn. that they met with no ac-
cident that caused them any trouble nr detention on
their way to the ocean. While parsing opposite the
a little way above Hell Roe, they slightly
the bottom, but did not on this account
way. About S o'clock on Saturday morn-
hove to for a short time, in order v. have

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12.

We have received New York Papers to the 16th
last. Their contents are more than usually inte.

resting. On the Sth, the Congress of the United
States met at Washington, and on the Bth a Mes-
sage was transmitted to it by the PRESIDENT. In
this message, which we have given at full length,
he touches upon the complaints of the merchants of
New York against the stri'tness exercised by the
English frigates in that harbour, and the remon-
strances of France against the conduft of some of
the Ant/oilcan merchants, in trading with the Blacks
in St. Domingo ; but in a manner so lightly, as chews
that no serious consequences were to be apprehended
from either cause. The dispute between Spain and
America, relative to Louisa-ma, appears to have
been settled. The message attributes it to a misun-
derstanding on the part of Spain, and expresses a
confident hope, that the explanations given have re-
moved all doubt and difficulty.

Mr. Suet: took his seat as President of the Se-
nate.

These Papers also mention the escape of the two
French frigates, La Sae& and Lu Didon, from Nese
York, whore they had been so long blockaded
by the Cam!riaa and the Leander. The English
frigates were at the time laying at Sandy !oaks
from whence they sailed in pursuit of the French-
men, as soon as they were apprised of their escape.
A report prevailed that Jr :tom E BONARARTE WAS
on board La Spit& ; but it does not appear intitled
to any credit, as a New York Paper of the 13th
asserts, that he and Madame ISom APAR rE were on
the 2d, the day when the frigates sailed, at their de.
gant seat near Baltirnote.

Another experiment has been tried against the
enemy—On Saturday last Lieutenant S rcw Aia r ,
a vet y skilful and :Wive officer, was dispatched with
an explosion vessel to destroy some of the works
which had lately been eretied at Calais to annoy
our cruisers when close in shore. He carried the
vessel in in the middle of the night, placed her bow-
sprit right in between the piles of Fort Ronn, or the
Crown Battery, and made her fast with two grap-
lines ; the enemy were taketaby surprise. At half
put three in the morning the vessel blew up, knock-
ed down the west end of the fort, and the platform
giving way, the guns were precipitated down be-
tween the piles. Lieutenant SI-mast and his brave
comrades, .11,7 r they had set fire to the vessel, re-
turned on board the Monarch, without receivirg the
least injury. At Deal it was said that the pier-heal
had been greatly damaged. The full particulars of
the experiment have not yet transpired.

After a very boisterous passage M seventeen days,
His Mort Chrictian Majesty Louis XVIII. king of
France and N,varre, arrived at Riga. Upon his
arrival thore, a tisansberlain from the Emperor of
How:, Connt De Sot Tutor?, presented hirn a let-
ter from ALL:A C the FIRST, which induced His
MAJKSTY not to proceed further Lpon his journey.
Hi, Royal 1 lighness the.Dnlce of AncouLt sin went,
however, to Warsaw to join his Duchess, the ami-
able daughter of the unfortunate Louis XVI.

Yesterday, the RUSSIAN ANIAZiAI)(iII fromages!
Inisiness at Lord Hiss now Di% Office, from two,
till half-past three o'clock.
Yesterday morning, the LORD CoANCkLLOR •i-
-sited Mr. PITT.

SeverAl eAptares have been made in the Mcdi.
terranean, by the ships under Lord NFLION'S corn.
mind.

ME EMMETT. Wht) WAS one of the Irish Diredtory,
has arrived at New York from Bourdcaux.
Government, it is said, have re,eived intelligence
by the l.isbnrs Mail, which an yr,' yesterday, that
as Mr. 1. it ARE w.ay o❑ the point of setting out from
Madtii, he was requested ►y the Spanish Govern-
ment to defer his departure fora few days; a request
which be thought it his duty to comply with.

their state. and of the necessity of immediate inquiry into marsh.
then Olletlollll4ll An 1 1.1 grazed I
With Ilia I .than otiblished within our newly ae- use ttity
Nand Waits, i bat.; ices.. .1 wormer, to exit Poisfiseacts ing they