Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-11-23

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preserving peace and good neighbodr-
hood with them. s. 50
On this side the Mississippi an i'm
portant reiinquishmsnt Of. native title
has been received from the Delawares.
That tribe, desiring 70 extinguish in
their people the spirit of hunting, and to
convert superiuoIs lands into the means
Of improving what they retain, has ee- |
ded 70 Us all the country between the
Wabash and Ohio, south Of, and inelu-
ding the road from tho rapids towards
Vincenries for which they are to re.
ceiSe annuities in animals and imPle-
ments for agriculture, and in other nee
eessaries. This acquisition is important,
not onl, for its extent and fertility, but
as fronting three hundred miles on the
Ohio, and near halfthst On the Wabash,
the produce Of the tsettled country de-
seending those rivers viii no longer pass
in review Of the Indian frontier, but IN
: . small portion; and, with the eession
heretofore made by the Kaskaskias,
nearly consolidates urpossessiensnorth
Of the Ohio, in = very respectable
. breadth from Lake Erie 10 the Missis.
nsippi. The Piankashaws having some
claim to the country cededI BY The Dela-
wares, il has been thought best to quiet
that by fair purchase also. So soon As
the treaties on this subject shall have re.
ceivcd their constitutional sanctions,
they shall be laid before both houses.
The act Of Congress Of February
%, tsos, for building and employing .
number Of gun-boats, Is now In course
Of execution 70 the extent there provi-,
ded for. The obstacle to naval enter
prise which vessels Of this construction
offer Tor our seaport towns, their util-
lity towards supporting within our wa,
tiers the authority Of the laws, the
promptness with which they will be
manned BY heseamen and militia Of the
place in the moment they are wanting,
the facility Of their assembling from diff
ferent parts of the coast to any point
where they are required in greater force
than ordinary, the economy Of their
maintenance and preservation from de-
cay when not in actual service, and the
competence Of our finances 70 this defen-
sive provision without. any new bur-
then, arc considerations which will have
due weight with Congress in deciding
on the exPedieney Of adding to their
number from year TO year, as expert
snce shall test their utility, until ali our
important harbonrs, BY these and aux
Hilary means, shall be secured against
insult and opposition to the laws. Is,
No circumstance has arisen since
your last session which calls for any
augmentation of our regular military
force. Should any Improvement occur
IN the militia system, that win always
be seasonable. -.~---~-l
Accounts of the receipts and expen.
ditures of the last year, with estimates
for the ensuing one, vii, ~ usual, be
laid before you. ST.
: The state of our finances continues to
fulfil our expectations. Eleven MILL
ons and anhalf of dollars, received in
the course Of the year ending On the Soth
of September last, have enabled US, af-
ter meeting all the ordinary expenses Of
the year, to pay upwards Of three milli-
ons sir hundred thousand dollars of the
public debt, exclusive of interest. This
payment, with those Of the two prece-
ding years has extinguished upwards Of
twelve millions Of principal, and grea-
ter sum Of interest, within that period ],
and, by lpropor.iana.e diminution Of
interest renders always sensible the ef-
feet Of the growing sum yearly aPplica-
bic TO the discharge of the priAciPal.-
Il is also ascertained that the rsye-
nue. accrued during the last year, ex-
eseds that of the preceeaing:. and the
probable receipts Of the ensuing year,
may safely be relied on As suf6eieat,
with the sum already in the Treasury,
to meet all the current demands Of
the year, 70 discharge upwards of three
= millions and an half ofthe engagements