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fir v: I- ii I. l.r. .1 f if ;L' -' fTv r:.r r-n IlItysF a-farcify of tlut article' Not lorn after . L.' " r - - . " , iff meeting, congrcis, troma conviction of the ne- y w411lJ ... ji.unS uur cnvoy3, pioccetiecl to amend their aft, end directed the'eaotme of French ,rml - veflcV, r-ftt only on our eoahV; tlfcwhrW, and our . ' p e atK1 our courts condemn them. This hud at .thai time fo ftrongly the appearance of mnuuji icinu joincui lr.ui.igence irom naa oeen oruereuro peuupped tor New-York, and o---, -VT tben in the; t-. jyjrchafed.by -UieJUte-Ua nd-tfwe-n ptj?ei Hg-anyt hftrg Jik-the quantity .blToiiging. to the .Itatr? w hich in . tines ljke'thefe it was abvays ncccCary t.j 'fecu: ts I tlvrcftfe crdtred, in purfuance of the advice I had received," air additional quantity. of' xi cop weight to be purcbafed and retained for the public ufe, which I troll will meet with your approbat&n, and can be -dijhibuted-in any manner you think proper. " '- . ' 1 am happy to have it in my power to fy, with lome ccgrce or confluence, tl.at with theie precau V r : v i i .' - t i " 1 r-x- . tiorra, and the exertions I have, otherwise nfed, that 1 believe the force and the militia of this (late, are . vr.v in as complete a (late of preparation as circum- 'tcsvill admit, and that.they will be fo as fbun as rue neiu pieces wtueli cn,IM mil and Mr. Hyne icio mmim, arc aii oeuverea ana mounted, am; Cil- tiibuted to. the different regiments. To this fubjedt I have unceifmgly attended, and fiom the letutns which will be laid t-efnre )oui you -will be. able to judge. Confidaing, as I have always done, the mi lititia as thr-trut,- fafe &ftd n iturardtferice "of our Coumry, J ha;ve conltantly endeavoured'to place them upon the -mo it refedab!e eftablhhment, and I ain fure you will view with pleafurcthc number .of uniform corps which have .been eilabliflicd, and with a patticu ).r degree of pride the numerous efficient and dil'ci- bk, vlilijent and msrkoncas officer, and defcrvir'j your approbation.. -r . ' " In pu:faa:i.-e of the lav. of the laft 'fcflibn, I have caufed.fiuc thoufand wcightof gunpovder, and twelve tuuujauu. wci gut q: ;t2d u be Imr to tne arifnal at A 1,1 !! ii ft . . . - Abbeville. iaTrd""tfietike fi'iaiffifv ml-c ftnt t. i' lf,!, n. An addt:ioiKil quantity is cfcdeieil to be in ruajinefs -to be J'eiit to the fame places. asJocn-as .the mufq iets .JtfJ-ge, j?aAV.IiL.-. have d irtct ed -a proportion' t o br 5il0JJt.'lr , avicnak, .io thatviu.caic of an alarm or cxrrrcncv, no dart c the it ate will now K.- m ivanr' ofhe means'f dtfocet L diwifion, I t-ruft, ... .. wjiiiu.iA u4ii ui Lrc4iuuit( l itavc ai), m confequxnee of the advice of ihe gentlcjn of the legiiliturc" a!Temb!ed on the roth Jl'ly, ' tranfmitted. to each of the brigadiers a jrnriiici... nal cheil, with mcduinl'3 that will keep formally years, and furgeons mflnnTiciits'for the ufe.of bri- gad-Sj in orJci th.it ihould any or u: til ed by congrefs, be under- necetfity tf t';k: they may alwavs be iinplica wi:.i i.; U Ui- briijg into the field.- -To convince you of-this, and to nffift you in formi-jgyour opinion, I have obtain ed fince ycur laft fcfil-jn, and now lay before you4 etjVpleteinfu-yrrTTtani-i3flt itate Inorder to render our mean: of defence, :clte:;- of ludien attacks, as complete as poffible, I have written to the governors of N. Carolina and Georgia, and entered into an arrangement with then?, -to reci procate fucb affi fiance as the laws of this Itate enable '''""' rn e To afford, 'aa'31iav:ejiccordingly.-.iniisd ordet to thc bn'gadicrj. T. " This concert of dates adjoining, and fo like each other in their pat tict.lur iiitcrc!' and fitiiation, appeared to me as indifpenfible to their mutual fup. port and protection ; and I hepe will mett with yodr approbation and concurrence .. , In to n fe q u en c t of t h e a ct ; b f 3, h lalt feflt ctr, a irr tlioiiftd and directing me to caufc to be putch.-.fed a cetUiii quantity of ammunition andlmsf being al- j ways unwiiimg to toucti tne public money m) !cK,and iinding, from the alarming ftate of oiir public a!r.;irs it would be nccelTr.ry to cdfa pleat the llaff cf our mi Ktia, I appointed, by virtue of the a'uth.irilr -vcfrirA: , injneby-.lthecro3it?a?.lawr'J nd medicines as thcir fcf vices .iti.l Lauiilc-aa i;i l:ic- Celd may recn-Hte. r " Frc.n thefe ftatcments.J trufl. vrur rJ iiour .' le haijfiLiwill , bditve, liiat.l have cxertd rrfyt'df us far Mjl was ill my power, to plr.ee the miliYUof ev-ry p:i:f of the itdce in a ikuation ta adi whe'i rcqulied by c.r:j.;rc(V, or jit c.ife of an invafiun, 'with every de-. gtce at comfort and '..cocveitiencc our 'fituation could j.fR-ir.1 K-.l .1 .L . .... t .'l Hl.ll. l-. 11.13 UV-k.il UUUC llpUU l.l inpit CCl'ilU- mical principle and- at the frnallcft exp:- y p.oijible.:. and f ht 'yoTi ? will, thinlc with' thc.gttit'm?ft who af-foiCbkdi- and by 'whofe ad vice T "achd, that at thai inclement fcafiii, and "whentjify were fo Cion to af ftmble that it was better to lift this Turn in ihe pre? partitions which havp been niade, han expepd k iu. calling the leg i flat lire, vhen'U was uncertiin if they wHildJiaxc-jnadv rv-exxe4jcci to rcnJcr cur friei.J!.ip or Loftilhy ioJIfferent t any cf the;n. They well know the confv-quence of our weight .bemg thrown - into an opponent's fcale, and tn proportion our maritime, torte increafes, will t!ie daierroffoTcijn wars lcffcn. Tit h rhkhHcyl iiidwitli tlutntildncli ia our manner, and firmnefs iu our meafurcs, which ticver fail to give jruc dignity to the couiiciU-ef-a-attoiiT-I-have no AeurT'tt?r peace of-our-country- bciii! lbtr?r-ma?i-ntai'nrf- That on its - bcing prtferved, evtif for a fe wycarsthKln-" crcafe oX-ig-refourccs -aad power ulf tel'ucK", as7 to -tender it iiot only invulnerable to foreign attacks but to makch the intcrelt of every , people court its commere an4 frietidfliip, and to place it a r.tongtb.e molt envied feats of fieedcm and 'true hap pincia in.ht,.,woild,i;-.;tliat it tt:ay be: i'o ia my molt " linceie prayer. " ' as 1 a,n Ilow at the clofc of my third admi; mltration, about U teliga into yoir hands the charge you have honoured me with, permit me to cxprel's ,, ' . ...1 .1 r .- uiuit .laican tuaiiK tor ineie it-pcatrf marks et- of who fitting would hsve abforbed a confiirrjlle part, cud who would .undoubtedly hav; diteded .the fame .things. You ' will at the Time time cojjfider if KyT'r'Aigei9 cnts aTc feeceftary, and direct that an account of alllhe expenceTwhicb have' bctr. inevitably entered into, in conlcquncc of the appearance of' war, and the acts of congrefs oideting a draft, and which we were obliged immediate')' to luniifii, (hould be tra'.fmited to our fenatoranJ re preferttatives, and application made for the relm tMlcment of fitcit parts as they jna) thllitfjropet; to dirgft. '. v. - - x I have tne hoti nir to liy before yuo the cifpatchcV frojn our envoys - to the I'lench republic, and til ihe laws pafled by congrefs at ti.cir la!t feffion, which I hove received froirt the fecreury..of the department of itatc." Theie were one hundred fix acts paused at this fefiinii, and lo.ne of ihtmof :ih'ei'ri'gbett'"fmpWtiiice"" to tae lunour,iuiil Vftnce, as. well aa to the natioual cha. ad;er and liberties of the United States. ?.!--i4ivt-taM-' be-n dou-bt:'-tTiat as tne organs olRhT pu'. He opinion of So'ith-Cio'.iiia, you -will examine with the' molt refill" at tention evervict whii li re- fpecii lhe w'.lfarcof out citizens. tt.e coiilivicnce of my country j and to hope you will ilccivck rrom me in as complete a Itatc ot public or der and trauquiJity as to its lutcrnal concerns, and of preparation tv,r defeece, with rtfpeft' to its external. Ltumion? asmy moii tarnclt and uriive ex;itie.ns, and oui puplic ciicumituisccs would iidmit. - - UiLEs HNCKNEY. I'AYETT E VILLE, SA T ITR DAT MOR V'ING, DEctMtER r; j fcSSE m ANKLtN, Efq. is chofen SEN A'l'Ok ia the Congrefs of the United States to fill the feat of ALEX. MARTIN, Efqr. whefe time will expire Qiuhefourth oi Marck Ap rr: ,,.,. ;J: STEPHEN W. CAHNET. Efa. of Half- Lf ax; is appointed ;i Maior-Genenl; of the mi-"- tdieii Clrlbr oi this ftate. . A; ALFRED MOORET Efci. (iate A ttorney General of tliirState) is cholen by the Legif lature, on of the Judge of the Superior Comt oi Law and Equity, - -- r- da.t:e:agc6t'.fof ihe "'forgin' 'crcd?tdr6"of rtiia-lt-a-t-ey-'a't-i-d- whofe able" and upright conduct fn that bufinefsob taiiict) the approbation of the puhli.-, to be cim:n.'Xi TV gsncral of ptirchafes. fur the ufi of the mihtiy, nr.d .t confequence taact ae ageriFfor the' jrurctilvf'ofl'lic faid ?.i ins and amrnunition. '.,." The powder ,-rd lecd were- pnrchafedvhdrc fin .. he .he :'i 'terms, as will appear by the account tohe fubr tr.itted to you ; but "finding from Vnqu.hy, ;f. .was im pcfille to procure the mufqiicts here, I dittctcH him v to write to Philadelphia, and enquire if they could be -manuTactured tliere, and to give, if they vcre equal ly cheap and good, the- AmcrfcaV- ianufa'c'turejihe preference. - Mr. Ciipps accordingly wrote, and fiv.md from the nnmb;;r.engn?ed;M.lh fjoiTtblc to procure tbrrrfat tliat place, as thty had the councils of-the union, fhould the French Repub hecn cbligt'd to order- importations of Ir msuoZIIic'irJ -. Ik .c-flSttialfy, --a ad ': in a, proper maimeicommum aits and proceedings in this bufinrfs; - with the ft.ate it iV in arprelentrwill be mad the fubj-.dt of a pii'ticu lar cdrn'T.unicatiori. Upon the in tell: rrenec from Fraare in the furn-' rrer, and the great probability of an -immediate" Wari" fitLLiliiens ftibfcTibcd liberally confiderable fuths, fny's, And to enter- -ttuo BegociatiijisjmJLhiL4 icfiouribJc and amicable principles of their inttiuc- tLns, you will certaiidy vienv with approliatio ttie. mea.ftrrrs 'wh1:h have' bctn taken for protect i'ng ;our ommert'e; of ".preparation to xeiiX t'ie invalimi, which at that tini 'it was ti'c geperal' opinion, threateJ forfic;rp;.it of the lluiied States." Oa theft; -ful'jtits, - I-am ftn there can. be but one opinion, And that our titizcn-s-wcnld never appxovc6f any tlcgociatioii luco.mpati ble with the right?, the Juhionr, or the'real 'intlepen derjee of their country" jyidthaflo fup)oi t tic!ct hoveveV frcthe 'iDmthetis may' .be, they will tear them without a murmur. Ji , Wh i!e, .ho wevet r.a dc t er ni in a tio n to mat ntaitt-oti funiid. oiif-ht dlwavi Yo fiivcin n "-r The Ltrgiflature of this Hate, ;at their pre fent leicn, have paired a law to fupprefs all khds of;;T-Biliard Tables, Farro-Bank , E. O. Tables, all games at Cards; dice,- &c. are iupprelfed by the Law, under feyere pg- nalties aiid forleitures. ;1 . 7 -Hi Etcsusxcr Sj:.;vbI. -Iiirst $Xi9siM--; 7!i i i'JiroF'fi o!fa (Taholina, " 7 - THE Board ofComrriifjionc.rs under the act, en titled A at amonj; other thinrrs to eftablifii a iiari for the invi (ligation of fraud $ fuggefted Ut ilieJFrehJt with otir rights and honUr, thet ej can, I 3i.n:ld fup pof?; be no doubt that wewill feize with avidity', and pleafur the oppoitnnity of evincing to the world, that while jealous of its character, aad determined to pr.it ret its rights, the American governjnen t will al vyays prefer 'honourable ' peacs to war : that feparattd by an oceuu Of great extent .from the territories of the worhl, il our (.tirntft wiflt to kcepnpar: from ita j - - i Unwilling to interfere with the rightsand coittciia of other nations, determined that none l.iall.gunle or influence, their 'owajjihat jt will bcr their'policy to fojf the "i urpofe of building and equipping gun-boat -for the rdfyAiTi nf nttr harbatira and inlets. ""and " t he erection of a fort mi Gullivan 's I Hand , o tit he politics; t hit -de vo t e J a s they r: areltotlie peJceabh; Tpot where the Fort there formerly stood. I lireeutLjpurfuitf agricultare and commetce, they will he as boats ha vt " been compleated,' and "prefented to iTie by ' the c6inrnitte9 of the 'citizens at whofe expeiicc they w.ere built. I h ivc accepted, them for the ufe of -the ft aterit B t il -y uPpleafvi,re--i Ikirow.nn . and-cormyr rniflioned three jr?nt.lcmtTi -with the rank of lieutenu- a .kmmnn tkr: rilrM-:inlTi-'f.rv:M ' Vnn rpfti(ft tn its .commerce . mull dftnend 'UCOIL -life! i : will therefjre now pleafi; t' d ?i ermine refp-?ct:irig l.that they fhouU make fuch . regulatipns a? sre I eft rV-ivT The fort alfo wnlcTilIji beXn ercfted oSui-' ( fhited-to our fituatioriine naturiof our-riches ead llvan's' tflaaM"f die fuSferiptio.i of theitfzeus, is t theHiduftry . of our inhabitants ; that having done,- fuiiih1 by cf iK Senf, whom I Juye directed to attend U our policy woqld contrit in tue reiQWtian, never to , . . . - - i - r .1 - - r . r .1.. . 117 : . 1. i . tlcroate rrom rnem m iavour or iirancrs. vvna mis hTC :m too fntinajte contuf-ftTweaiynoi alliaacc, 'with aay power : to rerfiember-tnat our nationwtth o'.ifc ', at Columbii with an account of hisproccei igfii .,tr- a rttf fnriiiftr. llnce he has been ca.lednto VM-f and I. have nodo?jb that your honourab! win'tfJnl; withl me, that, during, tha fhort faces.h; ri-ilonV incourating' and fuperiutending the dii " Fere nt worki he has" haa unarr nis msnigement ana coruluct, there can be no doubt of otir jeafdy prefer ving peace with evertnation , g veriici byjhe p'fiaciples of j ifti Ce.,.. ." . - -. -. ''-",. - . : Vri . . . .." : . 4 Oar-c.irnmcrce is toc lacrauycr anl oar p'lrtsi- and tupplies too7 convcnTent and . important to the ' in icQ4f.riatij''to'our defence prove him to be aq a-i jvver. pSCTeSi valuable jUand ji io the Wtlt-Indies', xiim pli 4- it h-t he-f a d; -a &t;RE ? O R Ttz That from a vant of time adequate to fuch an un dt rt Aing,-and from a difappointmeF.f experienced in not receiving the whole of the bookand papers fron M'a f ? ri A rmlfrfeng's ofScc, tfeey have noc profecuied ilieir invctligation to the full extent contemplated by t!ic . lr w. Suppofing the mod immediate object of their spK'ntrne-rit was tr afcertain with prcci(ictn the frjud and crin a committed' by theperfons implicat ed by-the Cuni.iiiitee at the late feffion of the Legif- huure, th"jr .fir ft proceeding has been to examine wit' care, all fuch papers ftlViti ve r"to Military Lacd war rant as,weri lound'on the fufoccted perlons, contain ed in iiic trunks depofitcd by the Committee with the Gonvn-rtllienci aml-faid-; to-Fiave' been taketr out of the polTHllon of William Tyrrell. The next ftep in - 'our piMgrefi vvau to fcltet, arrange and examine fuch - voucuerj and' military Una warrants tnereon in tne . SecretrryToffi the hapeb of the perfons above alluded to, or tii have tttiminated in ' titles. to,them. The arrival of the Com : tnifli-jnei s from the Hate ofTenr.cfieer with the Mili- r tary la'i.d'Karrants, fuggefted them to the Cummiffi- or.ei s the propriety of an examination into them and lindii'ig th.ft if they fiiould refume the examination pf the military warrants in the Secretary's ofilce, no time , iil.I ... "m., i-i fTTpuifr nn the nril'tv of cla.lTIS- for tTIlaTdiptt'ijrti'pi' by Jolll Arpilrong, an oh ect which Jiey deemed oFgreat and irr.mediate4nteri eit, ihey'conciuded to make t,hi the next -bufinefs of their. fit.ing-zrhc'refut of thefe feveral rtfearches and ... enquiries will 'appear more Tu)ly .lanjhey could by a N etatlcd -rrpo TTTrrTutnisxctllciicyiye-tittrmi books which arc hcreaher dticubcd, antl lv.cii will accofrpauy this report., ..JFl;rll-riVithxie',ard to the military land warrants he faas ,of Avhiclrwe'havc made difcovenev and which 'ie think it,',our duty to ftate, '.ate- the follow-. icgf ""'",' .r- ' , ': . . . j -iit.j That 'varrants have -ilTtird to perfons who dp , not appeal Either from the nu. Her roll; or fromany vouchee found- in the Secretary 's Office tAicetit4cd,:, by law to the fame. ... ' , . , , '. i; -td. That tnore than one warrant has iiTued in feve---tal iftlancer,for-. the fame claim; . ; '.' ' "' id. ;i tut it .has been almoit tae praciice oi counq 1 i '" '-' r -1 -- -:.iV.::;L'.L.':'.p.i: rV-Tf'" '' ' .1'
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