I send you herewith the abstract of a supplementary arrangement which has been made by me, pursuant to the acts of the 3d day of March, 1791, and the 8th day of May, 1792, for raising a revenue upon foreign and domestic distilled spirits, in respect to the subdivisions and officers which have appeared to me necessary and to the allowances for their respective services to the supervisors, inspectors, and other officers of inspection, together with the estimates of the amount of compensations and charges.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, December 6, 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
The several measures which have been pursued to induce the hostile Indian tribes north of the Ohio to enter into a conference or treaty with the United States at which all causes of difference might be fully understood and justly and amicably arranged have already been submitted to both Houses of Congress.
The papers herewith sent will inform you of the result.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, December 7, 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
I lay before you two letters, with their inclosures, from the governor of the Southwestern territory, and an extract of a letter to him from the Department of War.