Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-12-16

arc important, inalmuch as they conCo.
lidate parts of our iettled country, and
render their intercourfe fecure and the
fecoad particularly 70, as, with the fnaIl
point 81 the river which we expea IS
by this time ceded by the Piankalhaws
il completes our pohehion Of the whole
Iof both banks of the Ohio, from il,
I4ource to near It's mouth, and the nayi.
cation Of that river is thereby rendered
forever fate 10 our citizens iettIed and
lettling on its extenhve waters the
Ipurchafe from the Greeks too has been
for foine time particularly intereaing to
the fate OF Georgia.
The feveral treaties which have been
! mentioned, will be fubmitted to both
houfeS of Congrcfs, for the exercife Of
their refpeftive functions.
Deputies now on their way TO the
{eat Of government, from various na-
,'tions Of Indians inhabiting the NIifouri
and other parts beyond the Miflifppi,
come charged with aiIurances of their
iatiSfaction with the new relations in
which they rePlaced with us, of their
dilpofltirl to cultivate our peace and
lfricndihip, andtd their efire to enter inc
Commercial intetcourie with us.
a itate Of our progrels II exploring
the principal rivers Of that codntry, and
,-9f the information refpe9ing them BIZ
therto obtained, will be communicated
; 70 ioon as we fhall receive iome further
relations which we have reafon ihortly
TO exp6c.
The receipts Of the Treafury, during
the year ending on the goth Sept. laG.
nave exceeded the fun Of thirteen mil
lions Of dollars, which, with not quite
FIVE millions in the treaGury at the be-
ginning Of the year, have enabled US,
after meeting other demands, to pay
nearly rwo millions Of the debt con-
traded under the Britifh Treaty and
Convention, upwards Of four millions
ofprincipal of the public debt, and four
millions Of interet: thefe payments,
with thofewhich had been made in three
years and half preceding, have extin-
guilhed, of the funded debt. nearly g
millions ofprincipai. Congrels, by their
la& of Nov. 10th, 1893, authorized US
TO borrow 100000 dollars towards
meeting the claims of our citizens ahum-
ed by the convention with France
We have not, however, made ufe Of this
: authority, becaute the fun Of four mil
lions and an half, which remained in the
treafrry on the fame seth day of Sep
tembcr lait, with the receipts which We
may calculate on for the eniuing wear,
beiideS paying the annual fun OF s mil
lions OF dollars, appropriated TO the
funded debt, and meeting all the cur
rent demands which may be expected,
wall enable us to pay the whole fun Of
,I3,75o,Oco dollars, afumed by the
french convention, and till leaves us a
iurPlus OF neaI+v a million of dollars at
our free diiPoial, fhould you concur
IN the provilion of arms and armed vef-
lels recommended by the circumstances
of the times, this furpIus will furnilh
the means Of doing 70.
On this frit occafon Of addrefIing
ConGrefs fnce, by the choice Of my
conltituents, have entered OH feoond
term Of administration, | embrace the
opportunity to give this public aGurance
THAT will exert my bef endeavors to
Iadninilter faithfully the executive de-
!: Partment; will zealouly Cooperate
with YOU in any mcaiure which may tend
to iecure the liberty, property, and pen
iohal iafety Of our fellow-citizens, ard
to confolidate the republican forms and
principles OF our government
in the couffe OF your iefiion you hlall !
receive ali the aid which | can give for
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