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'dr, B&mujfl Smith, Robert V, : Dei, A ware. A'/cholas Vandyke. Ma h >!,a no. I John Campbell, irles Goldroorough, Phi/i/i B. Ley, Edward Lloyd, William Mac ntgomery, Nicholas R. Moore,-Roger Nelson, Archibald Van I/j.'u^ VI h g iOTf- By.rwell Basset.* Win. A. Burwelb John Claiborne, Matthew Clay, Jolty Clopton, John Dawson, John VV. Eppes, James M. Carnctt, Peterson Goodwyn, Edwin Gray; Da vid Holmes, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, Joseph Lewis, jun. John Love, \ Morrow, Thomas Newton, jun. '. Altcholas, John Randolph', Join Vbram Trigg, Alexander WiisOß. N<;i,TH-C/.noi.i -.a. Evan Alexan der, Iston, Jun. Wm. Black as Blount, John Ci'.i; ,1, Thomas Kenan, Na thanial Macon, Lemuel Sawyer, Rich ard Stanford, Marmaduke Williams, Met ha clc Franklin. Si)iti:-'Vahoi,i\a. Lemuel'!. Al-\ ston, William Butler, JoscphColl Robert Marion, Thomas Moore, John \ Ta-jior, D. R. Williams, Richard j Winn. Ceovoia. Wm. W. Bibb, Howell] Cobb, Dennis Smelt, George 'St.] Troup. Kentucky. John Boyle, Josepli Delia, Benjamin Howard, Richard fi'. Johnson, Matthew Lyon, John Rowan, Te lessee. G. W. Campbell, John Rhea, Jpsse P%hartan. Ohio. Jeremiah Morrow. Indiana Territory. Benjamin) Parke j Mi_sissire. Territory. George I Pornde.et, r. Ouleans Territory. Daniel Clark. Vl'ANiri a Situation or Employ, a VV Man from England, who under* id. Farmiiur, and perfectly under -Btan '■■ netting Post and It'tils, planting Q .ick i»t Hedges, and all aorta ol Dcaln ■ fang. \>h!y t'i tlu Printer cf this paper. ~M SUBSCRIPTION fir the Richmond Enquirer will bo ■ "ecf-iv cl at th~ Po« Office, In Oerge-.T«Mtn The terms arcS dollars a y#ar, paid iv advance. Gent) i-iuii residing in G, orgo-Toun or the City cf Washington, who arc in ar reara for the Enquirer will pit-.if. to call and pay off the ual mces ag unst them. Receipt, wilt be giv-en hv 1). W-L_rY. October 28. NO TIC ft— lure ii a vacancy for TEACHER that wants to nuke up a good School, in the neighborhood of'h subscribers, about .ive miles from Bl dfasQUFg On the read to /iimapil „ huso who wish to fill that vacancy c fllHke application to v.->; one who ca.i , come well rco-mmrnri-ii in / rithmetic, Reading, Writing, &c. will meet with encouragem irt. Jonathan Bkall, Humph Williams, OLIVER lUrhon, and others. Octo'ier 26—w"t Treasury Department, United \ Stales, April 28, 1807. _> WTTT-_£Jr_B*>B the Comniifiion.rs of the W i.D_ißg Fund it a .netting btld *>n tlic 43d day of March 1807, did amnng ether' things rcfolvc, that the Might percent- Stink, 1 created in pttrfuttjee of the __ve;_l acts of j Cttsgrell pa 'lei or. the 16th day of Ju'y 179., and 7th day of May 1800, fhould be reini burfed on the firft day of January one thoufand hundred s»nd fcine. Thit.i* therefore to give notice that the prin eip.l'of the laid a'ight percent flock will, on fi>.rrciider o the efff(_3_ites, be paid on tbe 1 _ricday oi January r.809, to the refpedive ut,or their lawful rcprefentativca ox attoruia* dr. 7 conuituttd and authorised, i-tt the '< .eafury or at tk_ Loan Qfliee, r cafe may be, where credits have keen for the amount of Stock refpeclively held b" ■' It farther made known for the informa lien ol t ; ie ratucs concenudtthst no transfer* I per Cunt Stuck cither from < r f"> the 1 oak- ol ct>e -teafury, of [reaa er to thebo-ln 1 la Oommiflione.r of Loans will be allowed after the 6_-day of December, one __ad -eight hwndwd 4tad c%h_. And the Jutercft 0:1 all certifi__cs of i,i,i Stock, which ,ye beta furrendered in purfuance oft;': i m, wil ceafe and determine on the day preceding the day hereby fixed for the icimburfemeftt ttiereo:'. • r,d whacen the cv.nnmlfioners of th. giofl t their BKtetißg held on th. aSd d»y 01 Munch a* aloreiaW. did *Uo re (:,'.'(;, that tbe foai v.-i.ieh after rue-lung the 'is for the yea's 1807 »nd .u-r .■.'milwrfing the Four and a t...,; par cent Stuck, tnigbt remain to ceni pjete the anuut) apprppriationof Eight Mif., lloua of dollar*, for those two year.* .;, amemg othi.r p"rpo'e_, he ap plied to the pnrcbai. of the i-ight per Cent Stock iC { ,siv.ee .ale. and 1 bat inch of the Cj___r» pi the Bank of the United StatCf, aid of its office of Dicccuut and 1..<. ■;•> fit an the Secretary of the Treafury fhaii e'efigntte, be the . gents under hit fu pertnteo.ance Ipr making the bid put ebafe«'>-- l-'i'ticc It bcreby aeeerdingty given, That Jamea t a-idtcn. Jim ' :ih,tr ol tr,c of fke of Diwpttnt and Depcfitat Wafhmfton, he* .been appointed anient Jor (hat purpofe lc __,f__ti£te_i t«w!.siii fuch cf thepropri ol }■tight per tent Stock a* ny be willing to sell the fame within the pric.i li mited :. y law, are rcqueftcd to a,pply> ALBERT GALLATIN, w. Secretary qf fHe 'Ifcasury NATIONAL INTELLTG EATER. We anticipate the day of publica tion,to meet the public expectation. Tins day at 12 o'clock, the PRESI DE NT' of the UtritED States com municated, by Mr. Coles, his Secre tary, the following MESSAGE to both Houses cf Congress. To The Senate and liOuse of Re presentatives of the United States. Circumstances, fcllow-citi. which seriously threatened the peace of our country have made it a duty to convene you at an earlier period than usual. The love of peace so much cherished In the bosom of our citizens, which has so long guided the pro ceedings of their public councils, and induced forbearance under so many wrongs, may not ensure our continu ance in the quiet pursuits of industry. The many injuries and depredations | committed on our commerce and na | vigaiion upon the high seas for years I past, the successive innovations on I those principles of: public law which j have been established by the reason ] and usage of nations as the rule of their intercourse, and the umpire and security of their rights and peace, and all the circumstances which in duced the extraordinary mission to London, are already known to you. The instructions given to our minis ters were framed in the sinccrest spi rit of amity and moderation. They accordingly proceeded, in conformity wherewith, to. propose arrangements which might embrace and settle all the points in difference between us ; Which might bring us to a mutual un derstanding on our neutral and nation al rights, and provide for a commer cial intercourse on conditions of some equality. After long and fruitless en deavors to effect the purposes of their mission, and to obtain arrangements within the limits of their instructions, they concluded to sign such as could be obtained, and to send them for con sideration : candidly declaring to the other negotiators, at tbe same time, that they were acting against their in structions, and that their government therefore could not be pledged for ratification. Some of the articles pro posed might have been admitted on a j principle of compromise, but others J were too highly disadvantageous ; atid j ■no sufficient provision was made a ; gainst the principal source of the irri : tationsand collisions which were con \ sl.mtly endangering the peace of the ; two nations. The question therefore I whether a treaty should be accepted in ' tl_it form could have admitted but of » j one decision, even had no declarations jof the other party impaired our confi- j deuce in it. Still anxious not to close the door against friendly adjustment, new modifications were framed, and further concessions authorised than could before have been supposed ne cessary : and our ministers were in structed to resume their negocialions j on these grounds. On this new re ference to amicable discussion we were reposing in confidence, when ;on the twenty-second day of June j lust, by a formal order from a Bri- j ! tieh admiral, the frigate Chesapeake, { leaving her port for a distant service, ; v\as attacked by one of those vessels! which had been lying in our bar- , bors under the indulgences of hospi- j tality, was disabled from proceeding, ! had several of her crew killed, and j four taken away. On this outrage no i commentaries are necessary. Its cha- j racter has been pronounced by the indignant voice of our citizens with an emphasis and unanimity never ex- ( cceded. I immediately by proclama- J tion, interdicted our harbours and wa- > ters to all British armed vessels, for- I bade intercourse with them, and, un- j Certain how far hostilities were in tended, and the town of Norfolk in deed being threatened with immediate attack, a sufficient force was ordered for the protection of that place, and such other preparations commenced and pursued as the prospect rendered [ proper. An armed vessel of the United States was dispatched with in structions to our ministers at London, to call on that government for the sa tiflfaction and security t.-quiredby the outrage. A very short interval ought now to bring the answer which shall be communicated to you as soon as received; then also, or as SOO.n after as,the public interests shall be found to admit, the unratified treaty and pro ceedings relative to it -ball he made known to you. The aggression, thus be been continued on the part ofthe Bri i'r.ii commanders,by remainaig within our waters in defiance of the authori ty of the country, by habitual viola tions of its jurisdiction, and at length by putting to death one ofthe "persons whom they had forcibly taken from on board the Chesapeake. These aggra h ,d to the policy I either of never admitting an armed vessel into our harbors or of maintain ing in every harbor such an armed force, as may constrain obedience to the laws, and protect the lives and pro perty of our citizens against their arm ed guests. But the expense of such a standing force, and its inconsistence with our principles, dispense with those courtesies which would necessa rily call for it, and leave us equally free to exclude the navy, as we are the army of a foreign power, from en tering our limits. To former violations of maritime rights, another is now added of very extensive effect. The government of that nation lias issued an order in- \ terdicting all trade by neutrals be tween ports not in amity with them. And being n> , with nearly every nationon the ■ and Me diterranean seas, our vessels arc quire ItO s ifi C( first port they touch, or to return home without the benefit of going to any other market. Under this new law ofthe ocean, our/trade on the diterranean has been swept away by si i aires and condemnations, in other seas is threatened with the same fate. Our differences with Spain remain still unsettled ;no measure having been taken on her part, since my communications to Congress, to bring ito a close. But under a state of things which may favor reconsidera tion, they have ontly pre: and an expectation is entertained that they may now soon be brought to an issue of some sort. With their sub jects on our borders, no new collisions have taken place ; nor seem immedi ately to be apprehended. To our for mer grounds of complaint has been added a very serious one, as you will see by the decree, a copy of which is now communicated. Whether this decree which professes to be conformable to that of the French government of Nov. 21, 1896, here tofore communicated to Cong. Avill also be conformed to that in its construction and application in relati on to the United States, had not been ascertained at the date of our last communications. These however gave reason'to expect such a confor mity. With the other nations of Europe our harmony has been uninterrupted, and commerce and friendly inter* j course have been maintained on their i usual footing. Our peace with the several states on the coast of Barbary appears lis firm as at any former period, and as j likely to continue as that of any other I nation. Among our Indian neighbors in the ' north western quarter, some fermen | tation was observed soon after the late i occurrences threatening the continu ; ance of our peace. Messages were | said to he interchanged, and tokens to jbe passing which usually denote a j state of restlessness among them, and the character of the agitators I pointed to the sources of excitement. j Measures were, immediately taken for providing against that danger: in structions were given to require ex planations, and, with assurances of our continued friendship, to admonish the tribes to remain quiet at home, ] taking no part in quarrels not belong { ing to them. As far as we are yctin j formed, the tribes in our vicinity, who are most advanced in the put suits of industry, are sincerely disposed to I adhere to their friendship with us, and ito their peace with all others. While those more remote do not present I appearances sufficiently quiet to jus j tify the intermission of military pre ' caution on our part. 1 The great tribes on our south wes tern quarter, much advanced beyond ! the others in agriculture and house!:eld ! arts, appear tranquil and identn I their views with ours, in prope, Ito their advancements. With the | Whole of these people, in every qur.r --| ter, I shall continue to inculcate peace I and friendship with all their neighbors, I and perseverance in those occupations I ami pursuits which will best pro I their own well-being. 1 The appropriations of the last ses sion, for the defence of our sea-port towns and harbours, were made un der expectation that a continuance of our peace would permit us to pro in that work according to our conveni ence. It has been thought better to apply the sums then given towards the defence of New York, Charleston, and New Orleans chiefly, as most open and most likely first to need pro tection ; and to leave places less im mediately in danger to the provisions of the present session. The gun-boats too already provided have, on alike principle, been chiefly assigned to New York, New Orleans and the Chesapeake. Whether our moveable force on the water, so ma terial in aid of the the land, should be augmented in this or any other form, is left to, the wis dom of the legislature. For thepur -1 pose of manning these vessels, In sudden attacks on cur harbours, k is 1 a matter for consideration whether the i seamen of the United States may not j justly be formed into a special mili tia, to be called on for tours of duty m defence ofthe harbours where they shall happen to be ; the ordinary mili tia of tin- place furnishing that portion which may consist of landsmen. T-,- , .1 . The moment our peace was thrcat -1,1 deemed it indispensable to se cure a greater provision of those arti cles of military stores with which our magazines were not sufficiently fur red. To have awaited a previous and special sanction by law, would hate losf occasions which might not be } retrieved. I did not hesitate there fore to authorise engagements for h supplements to cur cxi i I render it adequate to the i les threa : and I tru.-i that the Legislature feeling the same anxii ty of our country, so materially d by mtion, will spj i oVe when done, what thi important to be d>.n\c, if the o • out ofthe necessity o »ur gun-bbats into actual sv \ of our harbors, of all i h accounts will be laid before | you. Whether a regular army is to raised, and to what extent, must de pend on the information so shortly ex ■l. In the mean time I have .1 on the States for quotas of Mi ,tobe in readiness ; I de fence ; arid hi ed the acceptance of Volunteers, lam happy to inform you that these have offered themselves with great alacrity in every part of the union. They arc ordered to be organised,and < ready at a moment's warning, to pro-j ceedon any service to which they may he called, and every 'preparation j within the Executive powers has been j re us the benefit of early j exertions. I informed Congress, at their last] session, of the enterprb "the public peace, Which were believed to he in preparation by Aaron Burr and his associates, of the in ensures taken to defeat them, and to hring the of fenders to justice. Their __terpri_ea were happily defeated, by the patrio tic exertions ofthe militia, whenever called into action, by the fidelity ofthe army, and energy ofthe Commander in Chief, iv promptly arranging the difficulties presenting themselves im the Sabine, repairing to meet those arising on the Mississippi, and dissi pating before bheip te_p_osion plots en gendering there : I shall think it my duty to lay before you the proceed ing :., and the evidence publicly exhi bited on the arraignment of the prin cipal offenders before the District Court of Virginia. You will be en abled to judge whether the delect was in the testimony, in the law, or in the administration of the law ; and wherever it shall be found the I i lature alone can apply or originate the | remedy. The frame rs of our consti tution certainly supposed they had guarded, as well their government a gainst destruction by treason, as their citiaens against oppression, undcrprc tfcnce of it ; and if these ends arc not j attained, it is of importance to enquire by what means, more effectual, they may bt secured. The accounts ofthe receipts ot re- j venue during- the year ending on the thirtieth day of September last, being not yet made up, a correct statement will be hereafter transmuted from the Treasury. In the mean tr_l. it h ascertained that the receipts have „ mounted to near sixteen millions of dollars; which v, ith the live millions and an half in .3 c tr< isury at the be ginning of the year h*ve enabled us, aftei the enrrentd mandsand interest incurred, to pay more than four millions ofthe principal cf our fund These payments with those ofthe preceding five and a half years, haveex ..ie funded j tiehttv.er.ty-five millions and a half of dollars, being the whole which could be paid or purchased within the li of the law* and of our contract.-,, and have left us in the treasury eight mil lions and an half of Uolla.s. \ portion of this sum may be considered as a commence ment of accumulation ofthe s-.irplussrs df revenue, which, after paying the instalments of debt, as they shall become ps yaWe, will remain without any specific object, it may partly indeed be applied towards com pleting tiie defence of the exposed points of our country, on such a as shall be adapted to our principles and circumstances. Tins object is doubtless among the first cr.tiiled to attention, in sue!', a state of our finan ces, and It is one which, whethet h ive peace or war, Will provide vity where it is due. Whether uiin of this, with the Uilwrr surpiusse-:, may be usefully applied to purposes already authorised, or more usefully to others repining nev ities, or how otherwl >< be disposed of, are questioi indeed they shall be superseded by a, change IB our public relations, now u~ waiting- the determination of others. Whatever be that determination, it is a great consolation that it will become known at a moment when the snpn council ofthe nation is assembled at its post, and ready to give the aids ( I wisdom and authority to whati i course the good of our country shall then call us to pur: Matters of minor importance will j be the subjects of future commun tions; and nothing shall ] on my part which may give information j or dispatch to U c proceedings of the I Legislature in the exercise of t • i high dutie .:.er- TH . .>>!. day, October 27, 1 Ireatyry Oep iriment, Register's ■ I ■ j _. ... COltd " Anaift i, hoi : of tbe t J ;e v kt will be the 'i"re_i'ury on tie Elril d y of Ju y open until s nt_ day , 08, i_cl__.-/__y, tbe d?.yßof e;_, garter _r.eeji.ed, fen the pt»r> pcfeof receiving fubferjtatien* for fuch narta o. tkeold Hx per c*nt deferred fix pei ! it. and tkr.e per cent. ftocb*, as may, en day of fu_f.ripi.ic_ __i:d on the bocksc iffy, r rh.f. prbfrietoti of the per cc-t. '*_d deferred ftotks, vrl feribe, will receive fn fteu thereof 3 new Cx per cent. _«-k, equal to the unredeemed amwtnt of I the flock furrendered, mieenabic at the pleaf.re t>f the United Stf.tes, under a y; however, t.it no r:' l fha:i be made extent for the Whole amount of tny fuch iiewcc-d-cate of flfock, n-r till alter fix months previous notice; and the proprietor of the three per cent, ftock who may fubferibe, will rcscive in lieu thereof, a fix per rent ftock, equal to fixiy-five per cent, cf the amount of three per ecu; fur rendered. redeemable in tin fame manner aj the .new.fix percent, ah. v,- mentioned, but net reimbursable hc-wever, without the aGent of rise holders, until after the whole cf the new fix per cent. (gben i:i exchange for old fix or deferred as above mentioned,) M well M the whole of the eight : per cent neck cf the United .States, (halt ha-e been reimbursed. It is alio provided that b every rcinibur-emen: which may take place, a 1 preference v/iil be given to thofe creditors who may notify theirwUh to ke reimbuif.d ; and that ii' the application to that efet. fhall at aay time cither exceed cr fall ihort of I thefurj then ;,;. p'icahle-to that purpofe, the priority «i payment fL-.U, fo far as may bo r,e-c_ary, be determined by lot. Theprefent ftoekbolders who refi-J. in aay parr, of Europe and may efiunu to due modifi cation, m?y, at their option, receive the iritcrcftaccruing en the near ftock, cithc,- in the United States as heretofore, or in London, or _,n._.-d-.m, at par 1 in _hlch laft caic, t).» intercft will be pa id there by the bankers <,l the Unitefl Btt*es, fix months fuhfequent to the day on which the Litre would be payi in the United States and fabj«c_ to no •. - tion; ncr to ?ny other deduction than 1 a ct>mmi_ta.a to the banker., of o:.e half per ! ctnt on .h.ictereft thus rvr.id. J JOSrTr. NOURS2, Reg. of the TreafWy 1 NOTE — Proprietor of icoo dollars r.omi j nal fix ?er cent, ftock, fubferibed before the ! ift October, 1807, will be entitled to re* ! ceive, 649 6a ofnew fix It ft.b_.r__d between the f_ Oct. and 31ft Dec j 1807, 64 37 . TV.twecn the if. Jan. r.nd i-th March 1808 61903 I Proprietor iof 1000 dollars J nominal deferred, nib fubfdffWd befcre the ift Of-.i.0?, wili be enti t':-.'. to receive, 855 78 —— I ftibfi ribed between the 1 ift ■;_ and 31ft Dec. 1807, Bj_ 6a lie.ween the Iv Jan. and 17th „I?rch rBoS, 831 4* —:— Being the unredeemed amount oi the old ftock on the ift July, and October .SO7, and ift January 1808 rcfpe&itely. Proprietor* of 1000 dollars three per cent, ftock, 'will b. entitled to receive 6jo _____ of r ew fix. June B—\v9_l. NFAV STORK. THE Subscriber begs leave to ac qu lint the citizens of Washington S»« tip neighboring country, that tic h- s just op tied his new store, where he stud! think himself very happy in tu> conimodating his easterners at the m -,t reduced prices, ami requests a share ofthe patronage of a g, nerous pul He hns en html scarlet, yellow ar. I whitefltrtineH, Irish linen, Gurftih and Cnssis muslins, cambric, Math ass <elk Prtrd Malabar handkerchiefs, fiae blue cloth, do. of different colors, swans downs, coatings, black Bennet cord, con stVtational de. twillod kersey, scwrm; silk, bttftkets- playing Cards, men's bos . willed do, worsted, cotton §c sills ','rckirg', hair, silk, worsted and COt* ton sUves, piana and violin drum and fiddles, the, t, sarsarut, pealong hats, ra. knives, scissor*., looking-glasses, test Engl, powder, -".spenders, Bco. Btc. Hmfth. folkiwin GROCEIUIfS, of very best quality—Best French brai 4th proof, whiskey, spirit?, ba cheese, lard, meal, teas, Spans lump, loaf and brown sugar, s mustard, Candles, tonncee. Ha expects, a supply of Goods from PhllHd.lphia and Dnltiroore; among [orocc*) shots. svnet'-mer trken in F. A.WAGLER, near the Center Market.