The National Register.
London, England, 1808-12-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER..

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•it ha: been thniKht neeessary to build only LOS in present
rear; these, with those before possessed, are sufficient far the
trtrhouts and waters most exposed, and the residue will reTtire
tittle time fur their construction, when it shall be deemed neces-
sary.
" Under the Act of the last Session, for raisinz an additional
military force, so ninny Officers n ere immediately appointed as
were necessary for carrvinK eat the business of rerruitin,r,; and
in proportion as it advaoceds, ottwrs have,been '% e• have
reason to tWil"ve, their snore.; has been satisfactor-, although
such returns have not been received. as enable me to present you

a statement of the numbers engaged. •
" I have not thought it necessary. in the conrse of the last
season, to call fur any general detachments of Militia, or or vo.-
lunteers. under lilt' hews passed for I bit purpose ; ('or the ensuing
season, how ever. they will be required to he in readiness, should
their service be wanted. Some small and special detachments
have been necessary to maintain the lacy •of embargo, on that
portion of our Northern frontier which of t•re.l peculi;:r facili-
ties for evasion; but these were replace:l as soon as it could be
none, by bodies of new recruits. Lty The aid of the-c, and of
the armed vessels called in other quarters, the spiri: of disobe-
dience and abuse, which manifested itself early, and w ith seosi-
!tle effect, while we were unprepared to meet it, has been con-
itlerably repressed.
" Con,idering the extraordinary character of the times in
which ac live, our attention shoold unremittinely be fi wed on
the safety of our country. Far a le•tipie who are free. anti who
mean to remain see, a well oreanize I anti atoned Militia is their
best security.. It is therefore incumbent tio us at et cry meeting.,
to revise the condition of Militia, and to ask ourselves if it is pre-
oared to repel a powerful enemy at every point of our
tories exposed to iovasion. Stone of the States have wild a laud-
eble attention to this object, but -every deer( e of neglect it: to
!)e found among others. Congress alone having the power to
produce an uniform state of preparation in this great organ of
defence, the interests a hich they so deenly feel in their own and
their country's security, will present this as among the most im-
portant objects of their deliberation;
" Under the Arts of March 11, and _April 9'3, respecting
arms, tile difficulty of procuring them fru:r abroad, during tha
present situation nod dispositions of Europe, induced us to direct
our whole efforts to the nwans of internal supply ; the publte
ractories have, therefore, been enlarged, addittonai machitteries
erected, and, in proportion as toll:leers can be.found or formed,
their effect, :!reads more than doubled, may he itieredo••l 4.. el,
to keep pace with the Yearly loi-ease oft the Mil;tet. The
annual sums appropriated by the latter Act. have !wen directed
to the encouracement of private factories of areis ; and c,ntracts
have been entered into with individoa utnlertaters, to nearly
the amount of the first Year's'ap propriut
" The stispensitto of our foreign commerce, p riOnced by the
injustice of the Belligerent Powers, and INe consee tient lose~
and sacrifices of our citizens, are subjects of jtet concern. The
situation into which we have thus been forced, has impelled us
t 4 apply a 'portion of our industry- and capital tee internal ma-
nufactures and improvements. The extent of this conversion is
daily inereasing, and little doubt remains tt at the establishments
formed and forming, will, under the auspices of cheaper ma-
terials and subsistence, the &pinion; of I•thour -front taxation
with its, and of protecting duties and prohibitions, become per-
mauent. The counaerce with the. Indians ton, within nor uwu
boundaries, is likely to receive abontlaut aliment from the same
internal source, and w ill secure to them peace anti the pro-
, gross of civilizAtion, undisturlicti by practiees hostile to both.
" The accounts of the receipts and expenditures during the
year ending on the 30:h day of September last, being not yet
made, a correct sedement will hereafter 1w transmit red from the
Treasury. In the mean time, it is ascertained, that the re-
cApts have amounted to near eighteen millions of dollars, which
ith the eight millions and a half in the Treasury at the begin-
riag of the year, have enabled us, after meeting the current
if:en:l,los aed interest incurred, to pay I wo millions three hundred
thousand ;LI lars of the prita ipal of our funded debt, and left tix
in the treasury on that day, near fourteen millions of dollars ;
of these, five millions three hundred and filly thousand dollars,
w ill be necet:sary to pay a htet will he due on the tirtt day' of
January next, a hieh ivAl complete the rehotittrsement of the
eight per cent. stock. These payments, with those made in the
x years and a halt' preceding, will have extinguished thirty-
three millions five hundred and eighty thousand dollars of the
principal of the funded debt. being the whole which could be
paid or pnrcha within the limits of the law and of our con-
tract ; and the amount of -priueipal thus discharged, a ill have

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STOCKUOLM, DEC. G.
h of November, and was
Kuhefelt.
unarm' has slate retreated
Russian' formed an attack
'ear Merrijarini, advanced
in the rear, and thus rem-
-10, and* took on the 17th
Ind Paw ola were ocaipied
the enemy's corps toeing o •
ill 60 pieces of heavy ord.
tying hero reduced to 7004
!is. it became impossib!c to
it advisable to open ania
-suit of which was the Cots-
our to lay at your Ninjepty's
('. KLERCKFIt.
Fisnish Arm!).
lON
IN NOIITII FINLAND ANDS
!lAN ARMY.
,n us, We, the undersigned,
wing articles :
nunediately after the ratifi-
p a position along the Iron-
from Kemi to Porkawara ;
te bands of the Russians.
:ovate the ton n of Uleahorg
late of this Convention ; the
of the said town on the ;oth
the country which are to he
e evacuated according to the
'reit the contracting parties.
ny shall retreat by the route
he removed by the Swedish
moldered as good and lan fat
.1f neither to destroy, distri-
ct' the magazines which they
to take from 171eaberg,
or
y Civil Officers, nor any arti•
ince*.
,ack all Clergymen, Civil Otfi-
es evacuated hs their troopio
or with the consent of the said
lied by the respective General:
me ratifications exchanged to,
ON A LnEIIOWITx, Maj. Cr 11,
NT K.4missxl, Litut. Goo,
NT BUNeIoWDEm.
A RT ICLES.
uded between the two armies
asuing the day on which t'
of the district of I;leaborg,
and notice of the cessation
t least fifteen days before hosti
ce the Imperial Itussiau troops
zoom, General in Chief.
;. me.