The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-06

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Jee. 10 the further will ofthe legiIIature.
Animmediate prohibition of the .x,o..,,;,,
y. arms ana ammunition is afo iuouuiited "a
your determination. ~
turning from thefe unp,eafant views of Win.
,e"'e ana wrong, ] congratulate you on ,b,. Il,
os''uon OF our telow-citzeps who wer,. ftr,nd.
y" 'he coat OF Iripoli and made priConers
OF all, the life and liberty of ever WI,
St'zen become interefing to all. In the t,e,,"
.he,eiore which has concluded orr ,vsre, 49,.
WIN WIZ! ina. ttate an article for the ranfom of ,n.
S'Iens mas been agreed to. An operation r.,
'a9o' by fmall bard -four col,ntrvmen ~, ~
o.hers engaged for the occ Atom, in cn,e, %,u
VIII" 'ns troops Of the Ex-Bal,aw CT thar con-
uF' guaranty conducted by oar late copr,, F..
~e n a.u 'heir iueceisful enterpriie on tie ,i.v
contributed dopbtIefs to the i.nprct.
hou winch produced, peace, and the con~,,,Ge,
OF this prevented opportunities Of u.h;ch ~.
oncers and men of our fqnadron ,|eGin.t for
AiPohr would have avsiled thernfsIyes. RI .
'"'''e the acts of valor exhibited bv their hr :
'n,e" IN me attack of the iaft ye,r. Ref, sl;r,
"''n n.sn iat'ssaetion on the difinyuihed hrs'
very a"played whenever occalions per,n;.,.d il
iate rieuiterfaocan fsrvice, I think !, wop;J
oe "i u'eini encouragement, as wen as !, inn
rr,,.,; 10 maze an opening for fone preient
promotion by enlargine our peace 9efsat,;l,,
n'tnt or captains and Leuteoarts.
WITH Iunis iome miiunde, fandirg hare ~;
'rH no. yet sufficiently explained, hut friendly
u''Tu'hoiis with their ambafT;idCr rscen,ix ar
."eu, AUD mutual difpoGtiou to do whatever
Us Jott aud feafonabIc cannot fail of d;5;,,,;,,r
. .ne.e. 80 that we may con!ider our peace on
.nd' coatt' generally, to be on AS found foot.
ing as a., mas oeen at any preceding time. Still
~ W. w.. not oe expeiient to withdraw imn-e.,.
ately the whole of our force from that f.,
| ne law providing for \ p,v,I
neht ''Ses the number OF fripates which rhaI,he
sep. III conitant fervice il time of peace. and
Preicribes that they ffan be manned Nv 40.
more than two third. Of their comDlensr, IS
'eamen and ordinary famen. Whr,b-r 4, g..
gaze may ne trufted TO two thirds only of her
proper complement of men muft dcpend pr, The
"a. or tne iervice on which fl,e IL or,,eredi
That may fDmetimes for her f,f.,v ,s ,.s,, ..
TO eniure her ofiett, require her fuller rom.
p'eHeht. In adver,iug to this fihisti, Cynp,ef.
VIII perhaps conhder whether the hrf l;,n;.,.
t'oH on the Executive difcrrtion IL th;, ..;.
"ouio NOT he ny the number of f.amen ,,I;.h
may De employed in the whole fsrvice. r,the-
yuan oy me number of veNeIs. Occafions oe.
'suer arae forthe employment of final, chan
vi large veheis; and it would leIen riis rs well
90 sSpS"i'' 10 be authorized to employ them az
number of fean':n would admit q f.Ieet,on -
VeHe's oeit adapt II to the f-rvice.
Oar Indian neighbors are advancinr. p,an,oe
.neui win iPirit, and Others beginning to en-.
sdgS w the puriuts Of agriculture and bouf..
hoa manufacture. They are becomine ierG.
"e mat the earth yields fn',iiance with lefs IA.
Dor 'nan the forea, and find it their interrf
IRON, time to time to dfpof- of pats of the;p
luPius anh waite lands for the means ofir,-
King '"oie they occupy, and of fulfilling
their families while they are preDar;ng ths;,
iarms. Since your Iaf Clifton, the northern
lIloes nave ioId to us the lands between the
Sonhecticut retervc and the former Indian
pou"Gary' and thote on The Ohio, from the fame
de ep9 l 70 the rapids, and for aconfdersbe
have iold Us the country between and adjacent
to the two diitricts Of Tennefte, and the Creeks,
the reidue OF their lands in the fork of Oc,nul-
gee up to the U!cofaulatche. The three for
mtr Pnrchaies are important, inafmuch as they
coniolidate disjoined parts of our fettled { oun-
Try, and render their intercoulfs fecure and
the iecond particularly 70 as, with the Imal
point on the river which we expect is by this
time eeded by the Pankcfhaws, it ccrnplea,s
our pof1efiion ofthe whole of both banks ofthe
ONO, from its fource to near its mouth, and
the navigation of that river is thereby rendered
forever fate to our citizens fettled and fettlins
on ITS extenfve waters. The purchafe fromthe
Greeks too has been for fome time particularly
interefting to the fate of Georgia.
| i Hc ieNNTSi treaties which have been mentioned
VIII be iuomtted to both Houtes of Congrefs for the
exerciie OF their refpraive functions
DePutations now on their way TO the feat Of oo-
Vernment, from various nations of Indians inhabit.
ing the Miouri and other parts beyond the M,iIFp-
P come Charged with ,urances of their fatislacien
with the ne relations in which they are placed with
u.s. OF their dilpolition cultivate our reace and
iriendihiP and their deiire to enter ;nto commercial
intercourie with us. A fate of our proqreE in es-
poring the principal rivers of that country and Of
the IL formation refpeaing them hitherto obt,;ne,,. .
! VIII BE communicated 70 foon rs we fbaI rece;v.
lone further relations which we have rearon ibor,I
70 expect
The receipts at the treafury during the year end.
ing on the Soth day of September laft have exceeded
the lun ct thirteen millions Of dollars, which y;th
not quite five millions i'll the treaiury at the be,it,.
nnS OF the year, have enabled us after meeting ofher
demands to pay nearly millions of the dobt con-
tiacted under the Britin treaty and convention. no
wards Of four millions of principal of the public debt
and four millions Of intereR Jhe(e pavn,en,s
with thoie which had been made in three wears ard
an halt preceding, have extuguifhed of fp funded
debt nearly eighteen millions of principal
Congrefs, by their aa of November 10 le,,,.au-.
thoriied to borrow $50 600 dollars towards meet
ing the claims Of our citizens afTumed by the conven.
ton with France We have not however mad. uCe
OF this authority beeadfe the fun Of four millions
and an hall, which remained in the tre1Cury on the
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