JMIESIOENT'S MESSAGE Wonclutlcd from tf-uett? coniintte'i of Dccmhrr 23.*] From several of the Indian tribe* fttl.stllitlHg the country bordering on I/ike Brie, purchases hav** ben made of laud*, on conditions wty f-ivnrabh* to the United States, ftlld. as it is pre¬ sumed, not le&$offl th* tribes them¬ selves. By fhe**e purchases, the In¬ dian tiHe, with moderate reservation^ haL'he«jn extinguished to the whole of tif land within the limits of the State of Ohio, and to a great part of that hi the Michigan terrifon* and the State of Indiana. From the Chwnfcee (ri!>« a tract ha< Been purchased in the Slate of Georgia,and an wmof manf mads, by which, hi exchange for land* beyond j the Mississippi, a preatpart- if not the *h'.ie of the land belonging to that tribe, eactv,ard of that rircr, in thej states of North Carolina, Georgia and; Trones<fte, and in the Alabama terri-} tory, will soon bo acquired. By tin've acquisitions, and others, that may rea¬ sonably b*- exp"ctedsoon to follow, wfi Shall be enabled to extond our settle¬ ments from the inhabited parts of the State of Ohio, along Lake Erie into the Mi'hi^an territory, and to eennect our srH]:>reents by decrees, through the State of Indiana ami the Illinois to that of Missouri. A similar, and ttftwtljr advantageousetfect will SOOtl be produ¬ ced to the south, through the whole ex¬ tent of the states and territory, which border on the waters emptying into the Mississippi and the Mobile, in this progress, which the rights cf nature de¬ mand, and nothing can prevent) mark- \ lag a growth rapid and gigantic, if is OUr duty to make new efforts for the preservation, improvement, and cnili- fcatio.i of the native inhabitants. Tin* .nutiter state can exist only in the va t uncultivated dosart. it yields to the ftore dense and compact form, dud greater force, of civilized population : *tid of right it ou^iit to yield, for the earth was given to mankind to support tncgreate-t number of which it is ca¬ pable, and no (rib'or people Raw a ri$ht to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their °w»» support and comfort, it i*i gmLU fy»»£ to know, that tLe reservations of "and matfo by the treaties with the tribes on Lakf> Sine, were made with a vh w *o Individual ouivrship among them, *nd to the cultivation of the soil by a!!, S'.VA V?S.'. Vh VOh'txl i8tf»s»it*1 hns »>■• 11 pledged to supply fheir otlnr want.. If will merit the<'onfcidern(ion of On- tfri^N whether other pvnvhwn, not sti- [$tjdffb tlte eitiigiant« MfhiiAtitt *ifh a fkit eothpfetlubfl between thtih, bin that competition fhould ope:ate, in the Rrft laic, to the advantage of the nation rather than of individuals. Great cap- na'ilh will derive all the benefit inci¬ dent to theii fuperior wealth, under any mode of falc which may bt adopted. But if, looking forward to the rife in the value of the public laud*) they mould have the opportunity of amaffing, at a low price, Vail bo-dies in their hunds, the profit w.'ll acctue to them and not to the public. They would alio have the power, in that dc grec, to cor.troul the emigration and ftt- tlemetit in fuch manner an their opinion of their refpedtive i.itereils might dictate. I Submit this fubject to the confideration of congrefs, th.it fuch further provide may be made in the fale of the public lands, with a view to the public intereft, liv-uld any be deemed expedient, as in their judgment may be belt adapted to the objeft. When we confider the vaft extent of territory within the United Slates, the great amount and value of its produc¬ tion the connection of it* paita, and other circumtlanees, on which their j prosperity and happinefs depend, we j cannot fail to entertain a high fcufe of the advantage* lo be derived from the fa¬ cility which may be afforded in the inter- courle between them, by means of good roads a,id canals- Never d to a country ffuch vail extent offer equal induce¬ ments to improvements of this kind, nor |altogether infbfficicnt for iM accommo¬ dation of the fevcral clecUtive depart¬ ments, fome of whom are much crowd¬ ed, and even fubjc&fcd to the nfcccf&ty of obtaining it in private buildings, at fome distance from the head of the de¬ partment, and with inconvenience to the management of the public bufinefs. Mobt nations have taken an interest and a p»ide in the improvement and orna¬ ment of their metropolis, and none were mure confpicuous in that refpeft than ihe ancient Republics. The policy which dictated theestablilhmcnt of a permanent rcf.dcnce for the national Government, and the fpirit in which it was commen¬ ced and has been profecuted, (hew that fuch improvement was thought worthy the attention of this nation.—its central poution, between the northern and fouih- ern extremities of our union, and its ap proach to the west, at the head ot a great navigable liver, which interlocks with the weitem waters, prove the wif- dom of the councils which establifhed it. Nothing appears to be more reafonable and proper, rhan that convenient accom¬ modations ft; mid be provided, on a well dige-ted plan, for the heads of the fevcr¬ al departments, and for the Attorney- General j a;id it is believed that the pub 'lie ground in the city, applied to thofe lobjefts, will be found amply fufitcient. {Submit thin fubject to the confidera¬ tion uf Conj/rcfs, that fuch further pro- jvifion may be made in it, as to thera ma/ feera proper. In contemplating the happy lituation ever were cu'ifequcncesot fuch maguiiude i of the United States, our attention is invoked in them. As thi* fubject WMfldiawn, with peculiar interest, to the Sur¬ viving officer, and foldiers of our revolu¬ tionary army, who fo eminently contri¬ buted, by their Icrvices, to Jay its foun datioo. Must of thole very meritorious citizens have paid the debt i.f nature, ar.d gone to repoie. It is believed that }!amor<g thelurvivooi there are fome not adedoahyCon refs at the latt feffionj and there may be a dlfpofiiion to revive i at the prelem. I have brought it into view, for the pnroole of communicating my fentimentfi on a very important cir- cnmtlance connected with it, with that freedom and candor which a regard toi public iiitervfts and a proper rcipcCt fur|j provided for by existing laws, wfco are Cor.grofs, require. A difference of* jix.iuced to indigence, and even to real opinion has exiiled, from the fit.'I forma- j dutre&. Theft men have a cl.iim on the tionofoiir conft?t-»tion to the prefentj gratitude of their country, and it will do lime, amoncrour moil enllghicn«-d and- tateft ^dr^ Eftgflfldt || The (hip Thomas* Capt. Hutchinfoiij whofe arrival at Philadelphia in 42 days frdm Liverpool, we mentioned yesterday, brings London papers to the 1 ath of October. The following biief fumina- ry is copied from the Freeman's journal: Upon a flight pcrufal of thefc papers,1 their contents do not appear to be verv important. The Earl of Talbot had arrived in Dublin, and was fworn In as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.—Alderman C. Smith, a ministerialist, has been chofen Lord Mayor of London.— A lertcr from Hamburg, of Sept. 30 states, that on the preceding Sunday, the towm of Neustadt, in Holstcin, was neatlyf destroyed by fire. | Rook Sociotv* 1 A T a General Meeting cxtra-.niinai Jr&_ ry. held in St Guirce's "hjf.hi o» ihe EOihinftaht, It wa- tefoWed, th >i l each fublcn'ber be oermiltal to dctnaodj gratis, of the Secretary. Biblesaiii! Pi ay. cr Books, to 1 he aniotiot of two thir Is of hia fubfeription ; and that each Durttif havfc the fame privilege, to the ..n.ouut of Ot), fifth of his donation. JOHN WILSON, [30] Secretary. & Dec. = 3 To Let, KINGSTON : TUESDAY, DucjiMBEuW, lgl7. • A * » • * • C^"Several ai tides unavoidably omitted. COMMUNICATION. Mr. EoiTOftj Si a, I have no more intereft in the fol¬ lowing than any other citizen of U C- li you think it worthy of infertion pleafe: give it a place in your paper. The want of Ramos, for the different Poll offices* in U. Canada, and the ef- fe& of being without them, will be clear¬ ly evinced by the following. A few days iince a gentleman who re- fides in Upper Canada, was necciTirily in Montreal, and whilll there had a for¬ ged Receipt preferred to him for pay¬ ment, ot ninety four Fourds H- Cy. aitfulV diawn, in the name of hit. agent who he had left in charge of hia buiincfs at home. Kc wa* therefore under the neceffity of wtiting to his agent conccr- .iin^ the deuand, and of obtaining an anfvver before he would liquidate the demand. His a^ent accordingly retur¬ ned an anrffer by Poll. The Ircter wa^ •naiK-d i\t an Office d.-flittite of a Stamp. The letter, conf«.quentlyt was eafily for¬ ged by the fwindier, who obtained it iRTmediately on its arrival in Montreal ; and when the Gentleman to whom it "JVTEAR Dodor Keaton\a two fta. X^l ry HOUSE, with feven 100 m, a go d Kitchen, and a cellar under tho whole, a good yard, liable Scc.gnod water near the houfe inquire of jAMtS ROBINS. Dec. 22. . ^OWJp; For A Quantity Sale, ^fGr -fee On FLOUR., WordknN Whmtf—jtffa a BirreU of ^oc i PO R K. j For terms enquiie ai Mr. Worden. Dec. ti. few Education. MR. Us HltH. IVOOLF, ip Congrr.fs to ettahlifh luch a fyttcm ofijatit; :he opportunity will be forever lost/1 improvement. Taking into v.ew tue*jindo d, fo U>ng already ha# been the in.j trod with which 1 am n<nv honored, it.jccival, that the number to be benefited be improper, aftei wh-t h :»j by any piovlfijn which may be made, will U*»t be f. at. Ii ippcai ng In a fatisfactoav manner that the vevenne an fine frnm im pu ar <1 In ihe treaty, oueht to br made for the-io r-'bes, and for the advaiice- $\t>ni of thr liberal nud hutwaue policy of the tJnltrd State"* towards nil the tribes wifbiu our liuiita, and more par¬ ticularly for (heir improvement in the art of oiviliyd 116*. Among the ac.antagei incident to Hiefe purch.ifes, and to thofe which have preceded, the fecmuy which may there¬ by be afforded to our inland frontiers, is peculiarly important. With a ftrong barrier, confiding of our own people, thus planted on the Lakes, the MifBfiip- piaud the M->bile,_ with the protection to be derived from the regular force, In¬ dian hoflilitie.% if they do not altogeth¬ er ceafe, will henceforth lofe their terror. Fortifications in thofe quarters, to any j extent, will not be nectltary, and the ex- j pence attending then* may be faved. A people accu'iomed to the ofe of fire arms only as the Indian tribcb are, will (hun every moderate WOrfcRj which arc defen- WCH'C paffed, that this d.Tcuffi u fl; <uid be revived, with an tmcertaintv of n:y * pin Inn refpeftni^ the rfght Dlfregardmg eatly i-ujpTcSoiWi I have befiv'wed oi) the fnbjed all tl^e deliberati'/n which :ts 1 rr-'ji importaiice and a i"ll fcnlsr of my doty, required—and the rcfnlt ii f a untied conv.'cti\i'i i ■ my n.ivid, that Congrefido not p (hfs the right, it in not contained in a y of the Lpecifitd j j provijed f-nr ; to the ojynei.t of lite powers granted h> Congreft j noi can ij(iiUCieft on ■ .he pn^-'ic debt, and to the ronfider it incidental, to, or a aeceffarylj^xun^iih! .ent of it at the buses mean, viewed on the molt liberal foalc,. auttK.-ii.~c.!, w.tl^nc the aid of the inter-j for cat rymgittto effect any of the powers pial taxes ; 1 confiiiedr it my duty to honor 10 their cotintry to provide for uiftucencitizens, refpetifng the n'^ht ofjlthem. Tht h'deof a few years more,, was directed received it, it had been completely forged to anfwer the firil demand of the fwindier, which a (tamp of the Office from which the let- jtjr was fent, would have cffc&ually pre¬ vented, and by that rtiCatu have brought j the ro^ue t> juRice.—The Gentleman, [pom mi t,,m,ge, and from the fale of !°" ^^& "is kt/cr- !,aid *« ****?* thd public i.„m«. .vT I* r„v „j, :,„..l,a»J *« fw»,dUr cfcancd wich ,mP" "'Y o the; ii'poiort wf 1 Ue civil government, ftheprctcrnt mil wary and ncval eitab-! lifliruenta, iiucludiug the annual au^men-j [taticn of the latte**, to the extern' which are fpecificalty gramed. In eo« recommend w Congrcf- their reoea!. muulcatingthurcfnlt, I ca-n t rcfift the .To irr.pofeCuxes, when the public ex- obligation which I feel to iu^ge't to . ieencics t&awtt them, is an obligation j Congreft the propiicty of rcc amending ofthcnoM facred chaft&er. efpecially to the ftatea the adoption of M amend-'; with a frx-c people. The faithful went to the condition, which fhaJ] give : fu fi ment of it is among the hi^heftj tocongrefs the right in queftion. In*[proof f thieir virtue, and capacity for' cafe- of doubtful conftru&ion, efpecially j fell govemanent. To difpenfe with S of fuch vital intereft, it comports with; taxes, when it may be done with perfect i o ciT/noilly prevent further depreda- Lions 01 .1 kind, ii is to be hoped that Government or the Poll Mall* r Gen who i* government agent, will fpredily remedy the evil, by fiuiiifldng ftamps or I fe.ils to every Poll Office thtoughuut the Province. The pub!' ; r.my be rpoc'c ac- quain'.ed with the roj::r, ..* hie p me i'r I A*1*** S****,snd vho wear,; Infot- :uvd ii?.s a family re&iing in Vermont, United States, where it is believed he lias gone. A Friend to ju/hes. Upper Canada* Lsc. !2, 1S17. RESPECTFULLY ofF^r fincero 1 acktv-wledgmeiu^ f. their frrendtf for the liberal encouragement ii ey have experienced, 8t beg leave to inform cherq and the public, thai their Boarding and Day School for young Ladies, will re- conmicce after the \ drillffia? Vacation, on Monday the cth January enfuing. Kingston, z^d Dee. 1817 N. B. A young LacVi* wanted as a half Boarder. ' d ^owa FOR SslLE, BY the I ibfcrfhers, -* fewharreU of . CIDER, Diteft (rom Niagara J. THORNER&Co. ' To Let, 30 the nature and origin of i>ur mftitution*, fafity •» equally the duty of tl.cir rtprc- I and will contribute much to prefcrve feutatives lp this iuil?nce we liave the! them to apply to our conllituentr for an fatibfdQtonlfcO know that they were im explicit grant of the power. We may | poitd when the demand waa imperious, 900 Cords Wood, KEQUIK.ED1 for His Majrrty'b Naval Yard at Kingfton, to be delivered at luch places at may be di¬ rected,—The whole, or at leaft Five Hundred (cords to be delivered durin«r confidently rely, that if it appears to .and hnve been fuftained with exemplary ;. the flei^hinu feaion, and the remaindei their fatisfaftiou, that the power u I j fidelity. 1 have to add, that, however IIW the month of June next. Any pcr- neceffary it will always be granted In ' gratifying l| may be to me, rejfarcino; the J fon or perfons willh.^ to contract for this cafe I am happy to obferve, that iprofpeioua and happy condition oi" our experiance has afforded the mofl ample [cotintry, to. recommend the repeal of pn.of of \U utility, and that the benign ithcfc taxes at tV.it time, I (hall nevenhe- c'tnnon. Gret fortifications, jj fpirit of concilation and harmony which lek be atte -jve to events, and, flloold now manifeiu itfelf throughout our, at.y f;ir;irc emergency occur, be not lei* Union, pro.r.ifes to fuch a recommdation | prompt to fugged fuch meafures and ded by will, therefore, be requifue only, in fu- ' lure, alonjr the coaft, and at fome points * in the interior, connected with it. On thefc will the fafcty of our towns, and the commerce of our great rivers, from : the Bay of Pmldy to the Mffllffippi, de { pend. On theie, therefore, fh-vjld the Vttnofi attention, !kiil, end labour be be- fto-.ved. Aconfiderable and rapid augmenta¬ tion in the value of the public land-, pro¬ ceeding from thefc and othei obvious caufes, may henceforward be expe&ed. The-diffieulties attending early emigra¬ tions, will be diffiprfted even in the mod remote parts. Several new States have been admitted into the union, to the weft and fouth, and territorial governments hanpily organized, ettablilhed over every other portion in which there is vacant land for (ale. In terminating Indian ho(tili:ies, as rnuft foon be done, in a for* midable (hape at leaft, the cmigrati >n which has heretofore been gteat, will the moll pr rupt and favorable refutt. I think proper 10 fuggeft, alfo, in caic this meafure is adopted, that it be recom¬ mended to the dates to include, in the amendment faught, a right in Congrcffl to inllitute, likewile. feminaries of learn¬ ing, for the all-important purpofe of diffufing knowledge among our fellow- citizeni throughout the United Stares. Our mauufailones will require the; continued attention of Congrefs. The ^ capital employed in them is considerable and the knowledge acquired in the ma¬ chinery and fabiic o* ail the most ufetid manufactures is of great value.—Their prefervatiin, which depends on due en- courag-emenr, is conneded with the high interests of the nanon. Although the progrftfa of the public building has been as favorable a» circum¬ stances have permitted, it is to be regret ted that the Capitol i*» n*'t yet in a statt butthcas us ft)ay then be rcquiutc and • proper, JAMES MONROE. Wathbigkon* Dec. 2, 1817. (the fame wiil fend Sealed Tenders to the [ Naval Stoic-keesper on the 10th Jauua Latcft from France. The fm0 Hannibal* Capt. Leach, 30 JJ^^R on'cr morc ycarii ^'(>m the ^ft *JL day of J^auary nest, the well known Stand as a Tavern, in Sandvl Itf, in the prefent occupancy of the fubferi. hcr. SAMUEL PURDV. K'r'-tton. \(\*h Dee. 1 ft 1 7. 2 ft For sale, or to let, ON remarhablc low terms, and -.of. feffion given immediately, the two llory Sto*»e Houfe, lately owned by Mr. Daznie, litnatcd in a oleafant part of the Town. For particulars apply to the fublcribcrs. B. & E. STARNES. Kingston^ Die. 5,1817 2% 62 Javal Storekeeper's T Ojk§9 1 7 th Dec. 18! 7. J 5,000 Bushels CHARCOAL. PERSONS wifhing to eontraS to fupply His Majeily's Naval Yard, at Kingston, with Five Thoufaud Bufliels of Charcoal, will fend in S« «led arrived at ftofton on Tuefday, in 14- rfays j| Tenders to the Naval Store-keeper, (fta- frorn Havr<e de Grace. She bi luge j j jjn^ the perfodR that they will deliver Pans paper* to the 13th, and Rouen |j fpccjfied quantities,) on the 15th Janu- papers to th,e 14th of Oftobcr. The I Bofton Ceo tioel dates, that the Paris papers combined much on the fubjefl of the Glouce^yr Sea Serpent, and finally announced thi* capture. The lnfpe*ftor of the Fiftu rijs, M. Noel de la Morinhre. ary, 181^. N&val Store keepers 17/A Deem. 1K1 Office, 1 3® probably encicafe, and the demand far ; to receive7.^. There i* good ca-tfe to F « *• « . ,• • ?_____i.._ — C___^ ,U*, *U<> ♦...« ..,trt,,ft rh* * A-, lind, and the augmentation in its value be in like proportion. The great in- creafeof our population throughout the union, will alone produce an important rffcdt, and in no qu^.rt^r will it be fo icn- fibly fett as in thofe in conu-mplatioa — prefume that the two wings, the o ly parts as yet commenced, will be prepa¬ red for that put pole at the next fuii m. The time feems now to have arrived, when this fubject may be deemed worthy he attention cf Congrefs, on a f al^ ;idc-! Naval Tardy Kingston* l ith Decembery 1817. ERGONS willir.g to contract ro had publi0.vd along and able memoir on j j|J) the exmanc-c of the monster. j JmT fupply fuch HORSES aud OX- An article under the date of Hagucy j EN, with fuitable Carts, &c. and Dri- 08. 7. rem&rfcg, that rt the negociati.iis u vers for the year i8tb\ will lend iealed The public lands are a public «l.cl:,, qvate M national purpofes Thtiom- carried on v\t the Hague, between the King of the Netherlands and the Uuited Stales of America, for the conclufion of a treaty of ^orpnierce, have been referred to their rc-fpedlive governments. Hi» Excellency ffTilliem Eustts, Envoy Ex- traordinary 3U<\ Minister PlcnipoTentiiry of the Un(;ted States of America,' is about to ieJt0Qt f,om heace for F'ance, Tenders to the Naval Storekeeper on the 31 ft December, 1817, ftating the rate per day. * 30 which ought to bedif->>fed of i»* the but j advantage for the nation. Ihe nation ftoiiid thcrtfo'c, ,>f, -VKl th" profit pro ceeding from the oatinuai liiV ii then tftluc. £very eucoura^cment fhould b pl.tion O* tte middle builcing will be • and wi'l rr..turn jn the fpring ; in the . « neceiT'iv t' '.he convenient ac.o ■omoda j J meanvfrlrik jvlr. Appl'ton will relidc tiun of C* Pg'C&i of the Committe* , jndt her in the W^hy v,f charge d'affair<.M varlouaeffi 8 belonging to it Uihcv I The emperar Al-xander had arrived idea; that the c*ha- oublu buiioing* arc j ion the borck.ia 0f the D^vina. cr ro LET, AND poffeffion given immediately; a Houfe, containing iix rc»om^, la good Celler, Well and Garden ; and I a good Bake-houfe adjoining it.fheovenj of which will hold luO * r»avei of bread. \pply to the fubferibef, near the Catho¬ lic Church. I PHILIP ViAS. •>!7I9IV3d SVWOhI dJOlg S^JJIUOQ^ jW 01 JO.p 1X.')TJ t(iiaiueg s.i^ ie 'J^qiKijqnj sqi 01.(; id$ s.ejnoijjcd joj—*uj.»qi id uonduo; p> J^«|3irij E 3A}8 OJ A4E[p.MUUn p3Ul^■'p SI M »Eqi (tialOtia| \pM oj 3't e^jiiuaid aq ^ "3?S *## %0JOO{] 3no |ORuai^69 qiiM *nojjapua^ *f *g ufa ptit 'jiqai^j •s.ij^ Xq p^jdn^Do t\iit[ njfuiajd tladpti ip« 3i(i HiSAiS uonjayod 3jc;p jr -3UJUUJ pue 'eie^i jioui Jo 3uo yOiii3|- 'asi^o^j jo 1^1 qj^ For Sate, ON reafonable terms, the Eaft half of Lot No. 14, in the firftcnnceili >n >f Fredcrickfburgh, with a good Frame Houfe and Barn, and about ijo beir» iflg Apple Trees thereon, and about 60 aries under good improvement- For further particulars, enquire of PET I' X YOUNG, on the premlfen. Frederici/burghi Dec. 12, 1817. ztjwf ALL thofe having demand? agaioft the Eftateof the late Capt. Tbo* mas Pax ton, ofthifi place, will j)'rafe to render their accounts, ptnneilv authen* tieated, on or before the 1 it of May next, to the fubferiber, who is BUtWrf* fed to liquidate them ; and all thofe who are indebted to the Eflate, are requcftej} to call and Icttlethe hme. JAVF.P\XTON. Kingston, Nov. tfy 1817. f]tj Onondaga Salt 1 Kingfton, Nov. 7, ibij 1 -j|-T^r .rrnvtj a 1 for Uk at the *9 i4if 11 *J iiorc vi S. Bartldi