The Kentucke Gazette

Extracts from the Journals of Congress Aug. 12, 1788.

On the report of a Committee consisting of Mr. Carrington, Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Irvine, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Hamilton, to whom were referred sundry letters and papers, from the Governor of the Western Territory.

Resolved, That the Executives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, be requested to give orders to the militia of their respective frontiers, to hold themselves in readiness to unite with the federal troops in such operations as the Governor of the Western Territory may judge necessary, for the protection of the inhabitants; and, that on the application of the said Governor, the said Executives be requested to give orders, that parts of their militia, not exceeding one thousand for Virginia, and five hundred for Pennsylvania, be embodied, and take such positions as the commanding officer of the federal troops shall direct, for acting in conjunction with the said federal troops, in protecting and defending the frontiers, against any hostilities commenced, or meditated by the Indians; and in making such expeditions should they continue hostile, as the said Governor shall direct, for repelling such hostilities: -That the militia which shall be called into actual service of the United States, for the defence of the frontier inhabitants or the purposes of any expedition, shall be paid, supported and equipped by the State from which the same may be respectively called, and that such State be credited for the same, out of the existing specie requisitions, so far as such expenditures shall be for pay and rations, which are to be computed on these federal establishment-, for similar service; provided that no charge for such service, shall be valid unless supported by musters, made by an Officer of the federal troops, agreeably to the orders of the commander.

And, on the question to agree to this Resolution, it was resolved in the affirmative.

That the said Governor be informed, that the foregoing Resolution having been taken by Congress, on an apprehension that a war may be inevitable, he is to consider it as their earnest desire, that all hostile measures may be avoided, unless rendered indispensable to the safety and protection of the citizens of the United States.

Resolved, That the commissioners for Indian Treaty,, be instructed in the further purchases of Indian Rights to Lands, to extend the same as far, as to them shall appear for the advantage of the United States, upon considering all circumstances, any former instruction, prescribing certain limit notwithstanding.