The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1810-04-24 00:00:00, page 1

Laws of the U, States. -
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TBY AUTHORITY. -
gty U AN CACT
For akering the time for holding the Dif
trick Court inOhin. - '
»_BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and
% House of Representatives of the United States
"of America in Congress- assembled That the ses
sions of the diftriét court for the dis:
“Irifl of Ohio, by law appointed to be
holden at Chilicothe, in the said dif
otrict, on the firß Mondays in Februa
-Iy, June and Ofober, (hall bereafter
be holden at Chilicothe, on :the
second Monday of September and
]anuzry annuaily. vl '
- ..98€.2 Andbz it further enalled That
~all writs; process, and recognizances
“which may bave been made return
_able and all suits, causes, process and
_ proceedings, ‘and which may have
‘been-continpued to the fisft Monday of
June next, shall be and hereby arc
" made rerurnable ‘and continued over
to the feflion of said court, which {hall
_beholden on the second Monday of
September next, and be as valid ard
-~ proceeded on in the fame mannper, at
said September session of said conrt, as
"3f such writs, process, recognizances,
. {uits, causes and proceedings had been
orginally made returnable to,and.con
tinwed 'to' said September {cflion of
“said coorr. ‘
Y 1. B. VARNUM,
4 * "Speaker of the House of Representatives,
.- GEO : CLINTON, Vice President of the
vnMWe* and President of the Senate.)
March ,é’, 1810.— A PPROVED,
3% .~ - JAMES MADISON,
- Providing for the third cecofus or enumera..
- fiop of the Inhabitants of th¢ United
~ S!ﬂﬂ« YAy P L S IR
~ BE&W&} the Senate and House of Repre-
EF fentatives of the United States of dmevica, in
< iGongrefs W;’Eﬁatvt‘m marshals of the
several districts of the United Statey and of
the dift%<t of Columbia, and the feeretaries
<of the Mififfippi territory,” of the Indiana
territory, of the Michigan territory, of the
* Illinois territory, of the Louifidna tevritory,
" and of #e Orlcans territory refpedtively
“shall be. and they are héreby anthorized and
" required, under the direction of the Secre:
_ tary of State and according to such iaftruc
“tions &g he' shall give gurfuant to this ad,
* innh'é%«itivé diftricks and territories,
to cause the number of.ithe inhabitants with.
_to'be taken, omitting in fueh ennumeration,
. Indians. got taxed, and diftingdithing free
> po;cfiﬁtﬁdﬂixdiqg thole bound tg service for
8 term of years from ail others ; distinguish
ing @lfo the Texes aud eolors of free nerfons,
© and the free males, under ten yczfi\af' age
* «=agd thofe'of tea years and under sixteen ;
. thofc of sixteen 2od under twenty fix; those
" of twenty-6x andunder forty five 1 those of
"“forey five and upwards, - And diftinguithing
. free females under tem years of age 3 those
©of ten years and uader Gxteen ; those of fix
“ teen and under twenty¥ix ; those of cwenty
fix-and uader fo&?&ﬁ}:’g&‘tﬁb& of forty five
gud upwirds ; for effcéting of which, the
5 gﬁ[ﬁ:‘m secretaries afb%’éfa:d, thatl have
;fgtr 4nd heréby afe refgeMtively anthar.
i de;fcéﬂ!rcd to appoiat one or fiore as
“fiflant in cach county and city intheir re
mc diftri€ts and tereitoriés, refidents* of
.. tRe-caunty and city for which they thall he
- appointed, and thallt assign a certain division
of hisdiflriét or tertitory to_cach afftur,
which division thall bot confifk of meare than
one county o eity ; ‘but may consist of onc
. or more towns, townthips, wards, hundreds,
-or’pirithes, plainly or diftig®tly bounded
by water courses, mountains, public roads,
- of mhg ér nisaments ; and the (aid enume
~#ation flnll be made by an a&uil enquiry
_atevery dwelliog houle, or of the head of
“ otherwise : The'mar(hals or fécretaries; as
e cafc may be,and theic afitaats, al
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'S Shaw Sudgeor jußicc aflis poae, rily
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terrioryiaf < - arthecalc may be)
o Gotptuply Feccn?, br afficm, i b il well
_and ‘eroly caule to be made, a just and por
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PORTSMOUTH : ‘yfﬁ(iNthHau?smn)?uinuafzb ‘BY W. WEEKS—Phmtsr 10 e STATE, Axp Printer or The LAWS orF ThE Dlitrin Seneit
refpe@ively appoigted, accurate returns of
all persons except Indians not taxed, within
their respective divisions ; - which returns
thall be made in a {chedule ditingnithing'in |
cach county, city, town, townthip, hundred, -
ward or parish, the several families, by the
- of their master, miftrels Reward, over
fcer, or othcr“pri»ncgpgl" perfon_ therein, in -
the manner following, that is tofay : The
number of persons within my division, con- -
filtingof - _appearsina schedule
_hereto annezxed, subscribed by me this
dayof ' . A Boafiftantto
the marthal of * ' “er'fecretaryof
SERRDUILR
Of the wwhole number of persons within the division
| allotted to. A. B. .~
B R e S 2 S e Sl
Name of the county, parish, town
‘ thip, town or city where the family
ot resides. © - VE T i o
/| Names of head of family. - °
| Frec white males under ten years of
YD e SRR S o
.7} Free white males of ten and under
b e TR S Sy
~ | Free white males of fxtcen . apd un
¢ ‘ der twenty-fix, inciuding heads of
sR R e e
: Free'white males of twemy fix, and
' l ‘under forty five, includingheads
" OfPamition: << o r s R g
7 4 Free white males oi forly_five and -
: ! upwards, including hiends of famis
FOoiep, s 1T S i PR
; | Erce winig females unger ton ycars
ol DEiRR g 7 e ere AT S W
| Free white females of ten yegrs, and |
1V onderigtedly. BT et
‘ Frec white females of sixteen, and
‘ _under tweaty fix, inéluding heads
“Y of-families. U - g i
i Free whiite females of twenty fix,and
, ;‘ _under forty five, including heads
| of families. : e
Free white females of forty five and
\ upwards, in¢luding heads of fam:
: ' ilies : Ll
- |AI other free petions, except la-
J. diams, not tazxed. '
e Dol SISYEE 20 - A
Sec 2. And be it furtber enalled,” That
every afliftaut failing or neglecting to make
a proper return, or making 2 falfe retarn of
the cnumiratii)_n to the marshal, or the sec
retary (4s the cale may be) within the time
limited .B}v__thid‘a;‘,‘g,_ fhali forfeit the sum of
two huadred doMars. .~ . o
‘Sec. 3 . And be it further, enalled, That
the marshals aod fecretarics shall file the
several returns aforefaid, 2nd also an attests
ed copy of the aggregate amigunt hereinafter
directed to be transmitted by them refpec
tively to' the fecretasy of fate, with the
clerks of rheir refpecive diftrictsyor fuperi.
or courts (as the cafe'may be) who are
hereby diredted to receive and carefully
preserve the famc. And the marcthals and
feerctarigs, relpedhive, flall, on” or before
the firft day of March, one thousand eight 1
hundred and eleven, transmit 10 the fecre -
tary of State, the aggregate amount:of each |
4¢éﬁpﬁ;§p'¢; : pcrﬁé ‘within their respec
tive diftritls oriterritories, And every mar
{hal. or fécmetary failing to file the retusns.,
‘of Jhis afiiftant or apy of them’ with the
-gs chieir respective courts as aforefaid, .
or failing 16 lérutn 1| fi?igggrcgit’cﬁ,,amo“nig of
cach descriptive ofperions in their ‘refpee.
tive-Adiftidls op ggr’rit_o‘ri@,j-asrr,eq,p_irc,,q,}by 4
this dct and a 8 she fame (hall appear from .
said returns ta the {¢cretary of fate, within |
the time hmited By thig adt, thall for cyery -
such offencr; gtk the sum Df__rf:igﬁjx. -lgus 'f
ﬁ;‘g&dui‘!f;t@iégaﬁ'_w'lgic'«h forfeitires shall be
Jferdverabls in the courts of the difirids, or .
torciiaries where the said offences shall be
coromitieds of in the circuit covrrts to be
‘held within the fanic, by atign of debt, in
fotmation orindictment ;. thfe one haif there
of 10 the ul¢ of the. Usited States; and the
‘other Lats to the ioformers but where the
‘peg iion. fiail be il infltuted on bebait
Of (e Uniited Sates, the whole fhiall accrue
W théirufe, Aad for the more cffe@ual
difipvers of such .offcaces, the. judges of
the foveral diftnd v mhe ptal oit
mﬂwnadgim lupreme. courss, in the
Seretiames sl s Tigihes Bt 3% oßibd.
at their néxt fellions, to be*held “after the
etpirativn of the time, allowed ‘for making
She poruiom, of 'hemm?mhrwﬁde
jreghed. £ thgsmﬁw!ﬂ . State, (hajl give
this a&ancharge &3}& rand juries in their
efpectiie Couten aod Gl cause the rerurns
of the several afßffants and thi fiid atcefied
copy OF the apgregate amonnt foreluid o
uSuc. g And, be it - firthe - ¢nacied, That |
every affitane shall receive at the rate of
gy ge eL Tl TSR s SR B RelTt L e
oy FEfo eB, Where such & *ﬁ&i‘ M
‘the country ; and'where such-persons reside.
“in a cily/or town containing More than thiee
l i r@@?‘m P ,»s '( ’* ?’ .;3?
S&w%s: O the 08,
-divisions, one dollar (or every h ndred per
judges, of their respective diftricts.‘or tepei.
LR AT ints o Lurh divißaki 2il i
(AR U flch TN R TR, b,
%%mmmmw%ww
PO A e S wgﬁfls‘*%
A e SRS NCER ISR ARG
i tar i§ 1l ’foﬁ.m f;-i.*?;,ﬁ* o :,2%:;;‘ R A
etk St ePI ol Al
gRS Re N e Xe ot
~dred ano Wity do'iats 3 the marihal of he
L diftrbet of - New Hamolhire. twir: bAnds sd.
ey G o O AP S o e
TUES DAY; APRIL 24, 1810.
two hupdred and fifty dollars ;" the marshal
-of the district of New York, four hundred I
dollars ; the marthal of the difirick of New
~Jerfey; two hundred -dollars; the marshal .
~of the district of Pennsylvania, four hundred. |
_dollars'; -the magbal of the diftrick of Del
‘aware; one hunGred -dollars ; the marthal |
of the diftriét of Maryland, three hundred
dollars ; the marthal of the diftri€t of Vir
ginia, five hundred dollars ; the marihal of §
the diftriét of Kentucky, threg bundred dol
lars ; the marthal, of the district of North -
Carolina, three bundred and fifty dollars; -
the marfthalof the district of Seuth Carolina,
three bundred doblars; thie marfhial of the
‘diftriG of Columbia, fifty dolars;” the mar-- .
fhal ‘of the diftri& of Georgia, three hun- |
dred dollars; the marfhaliof the district of
East Tenneflee, one hundred and fifty dol- ¢
‘lare; the matfhal of the district of Welt |
Tenneflce, one hundred and fifty doliars ;
the marthal of the Ohio diftrick, two bun
dred dollars ; the secretary of the Miflilflippi |
territory, two hundred.dollars 4 the fecreta- |
ry of the Indiana territory, one hundred }
dollats ; the fog?ary of the Michigan ter-"
‘ritory, one- hundred dollars ; the {fecretary
-of the linois territory, nne-hundred dollars; |
the secretary of the territory of Orleans,oone
bundred and fifty dollars ;. the secretary of
the territory of Louisiana, one hundred dol
lars. " ; i ek :
Sec. §. Aud be it furtber enafled, That |
every person whose usual place of abdde
shall be in any family on the aforefaid firft
- Monday of August next, shall be returned, |
as of fuch’ family ; and the name.of every
‘perfon who ‘fhall be ‘an inhabitant of any -
diftrick .or territory without a fettled place l
of residence, thali beinferted in the column !
of the schedule which is allotted for the
beads of families in that division where he
or the 'ﬂxalr be, on the said firt Monday of
Aunguftnexty and everypetfon occasionally
-absent at the time of enumeration, as belong
ing to that plave in which he or she usually
srefides inthe United "Statese SR :
Sec 6 Avd be it furtber enadlad, That
cach and every free person; mors than fix
tcen years of age, whether heads of families
or not, belonging'te any family within any
~divifion, diftriet, pr territory made or ef
tablifbed within the United States thall be
aud hereby is obliged to render.to such
assistant of the division, if 'required, 2 true
account, to the helt ofhis or her knowledge,
of all and every ‘perfun ‘belonging ta such
family refpeively, aveording to the fever
@t deferiprions aforefaid, on pain of farfeit
ing tweuty dollars,to'be fucd forand re
covered in an action of debt, by such as
sistant, the onc half for his own use; ‘and !
the other half to the ufz of the U Stares. |
- Brc. 7. And be it further ienafled 'That
“eacti and every afliftant previous to making |
‘his retnin to the marfligl or secretary, (as
the cale inay be) thalepufe a correct copy, |
signed by himfelf, of the 4chedule contain: |
ing the number ginllgbitanu »within: his {
divifionto be fofet up attwo:of the most
public places wﬁ?ﬁn the fame, there to re- ’
maln for the infpc@ion of all concerned
foricach of which ‘copies the said affiltants
shall be entitled to receive two dollars, pro
vided' proof of the schedule having been so
set op and fuffered to remaid {hall be trans- }
mitted to the marshal or secretary. (as-the |
~cale may be) with the retirn of the num
ber of persons ; and in ‘€afec any afliftant
-shall fail to make such proofto the marshal |
-orfecretary as aforefaid, hc shall forfeitthe |
eompenfation by this a& allowed him:
" Sxc’ 8. And tbev it further enafled; That
‘the Becrctary of State shall be, and herdby |
is authotifed and required to tranfmis to the
marhals’ of the several (Yates’ and to the |
secretaries | aforefaid, ‘regulatious . and'in
firutions purfaant to this a&, for: carrying |
the fame intoeffeét, and also; the forms con
tained therein of the fehedule to bereturn
- ed, and properiinterrogatorics to be aﬁjq;in;y;'
- ifiercd by the several perfens to be employ
. Bee 9. And B it furrler enaffed, That |
“in cafc there thall be no secretary in either |
of the ferritories of the United States, the
~duties directed by this a& to be performed.
by the fecrctary, may be performed by the .
Governor of such territory, who shall re- .
eeive the fame compenfation’to “which the
“Secretary would bé catitied for the perform:
ance of (aid dufies, and be fubjed to the
LHie Pomiitions TS DA e R DT R
el MRNOIE™ © s m L
cé"” file Hosf Rpogittion,
| GLO« CLINTON, Ziss Pihiont of the
e Sove id Pesftatof th Sesa
- March 26, 1840 ~aprßovED, .
q w'”‘ w. g«m E‘M's'. g wl:\*rl I* :E'i.:g ;E-; !: 3,}
AR e, TR A LR "
i\i %f&»#wﬁ e
. Tothe readers of this paper, the
.v O Bt [ Burkont hefore
4t Ao, o Hnggerse, spdh RS
»matter of fusprize 5 from the begin-
DI N SIS e T
&, P ; ;gg?zpé‘% s‘ai?z i\@“ '» ’M iy
the'petty <warfare of desperate litth ,
”“Wﬁ%f
%’s‘ii?%:gﬁ i, upon Ahe. crnel and.
/imbecility of what ‘is_ablurgiy iyled
a%fg»&%g@e@ﬁ&*%&%&%“*%%
Mtachaty omo el
s‘{{*%» R .t (R S o
ednefs { of the great mals of the:
7 LT e T R T TN
'5’;:?*%:(“ "-"e -& ““y‘*f?“”*i;*' aé*:" G}“Z’f
B lar ieF il et sSI i eg L
the introdaction. of civilization and
the arts ; by the alregation of the
privileged clafles, and their most as-
Histing and degrading power. . |
. We recolle@ when. our. opinions
were treated with a kind of pragmati:
cal derision ; when the tumbers, her. |
oifm, happiness and. patriotism of the «
Spaniards were_extolled beyond mea.
sure ; and when the Spaniards, with
45,000 British, were_already projec
[ing ap imagination an invafionof the
fouch of Framced i oof * i
.We have read without furprize the |
narrative of the campaign of the Brit. |
ith army in Spain, under Sir. John
Moore, publilhed by the brother of
that able officer ; we have read.it we
{ay without furprize, because every
page of it corroborates, the opinions
which we had publifhied, on the- de- |
‘generacy of the. Spaniards, and their |
.utter.incapacity to refit such men as |
the French revolution had produced. .
But how the British king’s speech
could talk of victory at Talavera, or.
how the Britith government canfa
fend an army into. Spain, after the |
fate of fir John Moore and his army,
is only to be accounted for upon the .
fame infatuation or the fame degen- .
eracy in -the Britith ' councils that
have charaflerifed the councils of |
Spain. ' i a o
. Al cursory .glance over the cam- !
paign of general Moore, will perhaps
better illutrate the fate of Spain than
any other species. of information, It
is the authority of an' a&or on the
Acene, and perhaps of the ablest gene- .
ral the Britif¥ have had for a century, f
at the head of 40,000 Buitifh, a force |
_double the number of the army - with |
which the earl of Peternorough’a cen- |
tury before overrun all Spain, ’._
A prait charadteriftic of the Brigifh |
government_in all its enterprizes; is
is very conspicuous in the tranfations
in Spain, :that is the valt sums of .
‘money which: it pays for being deceiv- |
ed. Sir John Moore, in his dispatches,
incessantly complaias of the falfein;
formation furnithed by the Ofﬁce_fj ‘e
which the Britith .government had }
placed with-the Spanish armies and |
Jjontas to communicate intelligence § |
and he describes with. deep indigna: l
tion the fatal cffeéts of such decep
tion., Sk s b
- Speaking of the period (O&obep
1808) when he commenced his march |
from Portugal for-Spain, he observes, |
¢ the Spanith and English sew/papers 4
s were filled with the entbufiaflie ar- |
s¢dor of the Spaniards ;| they deferi
““bed all ranks,young and old, as hav
o ih%htakr.n,{ up arms and eagér 40 .
¢ ruth upen their engmics, &e. Such |
4 was the spirit of the. provincial jan. |
“ as—all vying -withi. each other in {
“magnanimous expreflions.”’— The
« British government, sent officers and |
“ agents into various parts of Spain,
“who rivalled each other in revotmg
¢ the universal ardor of the country ;' -
‘and he observes, the British govern
“ ment appears. to_have given f:lg
¢ credit to the description, and. sent
4 the army yoder fir Jobn Moore .
¢ into_Lieon, to participase. in the glory
4 of expellingyibe French from the Een- -
% i{ay, more, fo.grafsly had the Brit
‘ifh govérnment imposed upon tfelf;
that a political agent at Madrid 4 was
¢ direéted to make enquires gs to ‘the
*intentions of the Spanish govern
“ mept, after they should have expell
““ed the: French ; and.. direélions
“ cumßances to urge the favafion of
“#¢he fonth of France with 4 combin-
O X
.In the maxch. through’ Portugal:
- were tdﬁ%%&mﬁ
ot e R PR e
discover none of this Spapifli ardor—
he found the people insensible to the
“power of thieFrench or their own con- |
dition ; and the, Spanish
wanta of 24 persons difira&ted in their
b Jothrels
L GOUIIR Sy albiibip Uil - ALTHAR NI ML
" enetaF Moahe; ab th thist valiillgee®
e e e
R s , fays & *ww@»i;, e
| famption, ignovance and & betsedinn--
(s gt eoGSt e g
RIS PR, SNE REIR e
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GATNaet LR A R SRR
TWO DOLLS. PER ANNUM. ]
‘““ence.” “The juntas, jealons of the
“ %eﬂcfalﬁr gave them no power, but
* kept them at the head of feparate'-
‘““ armes, .at a distance. from each
““other.” «The diffieulty of obtain
“ing intelligence was one of the great
“elt embarrassments which the Eng- '
“lithbad to contend with, and the
“ Spanifth - generals complained -as
“much of this as the Britith. It was
S extremely difficult to lsarn the 2ruth by
$ private meany and the public official .
““repirts werr UNIFORMLY FALSE.
- To complete the infatnation, the
Britith miniftergFrere,at Madrid,quar
zcl.cd,'jrsith the general of the Britifth
.army and wrote him letters the most
insolent and anbecoming while be ap
pears himf{clf to have been the dupe of
some of the Spaniards who were look
ing towards the rising fun. =
i %ﬂeanwhile the Spanish ‘junta furn.
ithed neither supplies nor money .to
their auxiliaries, and left their ‘own
‘armies balf paked and uparm
el ; and the marquis de Romana,
.Wwho had commanded a Spanith corps
of 10,600 men under the French, with
which he escaped from Denmark, de
clared he repented of having returned
to Spain, and when called upon 1o
join the Britith, he informed general
Moore that he had ¢ neither arms,
“¢lothing, fores or ammunition 3 that
“his troops were.. withont . organi
zation, or officers competent to
make any, and the soldiers neither dife
ciplined nor capable of acquiring any 3
as-an evidence of this, a gallant Span
ith cfficer, general San Juan, was
polted to arrelt the progress of the
\;‘renéh in the pass of Somo Sierra §
that fled upon the firfk charge of the
f'r‘énch, and to cover theirfggx‘qminy
~murdered their general, = <
Such were the deceitful proceedings
of the Spanish junta, that while they
were peffuading fir John Moore to
‘enter the heart of Spain, they con
cealed from him the surrender of M -
drid to the French, and it was not
until three days after it appeared from
the Moniteur in the London newfpa,
pers, that he learned the faé from an
intercepted letter of marshal Berthier
to marthal Soult,which letter contian
¢d the only military information of
importance he received while in Spain,
‘excepiing another letter from the duke
del Tofangado:
~.ln a n&téi‘ _of general Moore to
lord Cfi&!erbig}:, of z24th Nov. 1808,
/ bqﬁ,ﬁys-{-“;lf 1 had sooner had a con-
Y ception of the weakness of the
& Q?amﬂ: armies, the defencelefs Rate
¢ of the country, the apparent apathy
“of the people, and the fclfith
¢ imbecility of the government,
1 should certainly have been in po -
“ baste to enter Spain.; there seems
P t@ﬁmjﬂp an army, generals, nor
“ a government, I am_ withoot a fhil
o P“ﬁm’my‘%’ G
- As much Rrefs has ben laid on the
occupation of Portugal, the following -
opinion of fir John, More may epa
g{e tiwfg,?‘!@ig shut their eyes againt
informacion comio from newlpupirs
‘they wilh to depreciate, to form 2
_judgment of the importance of Portu
-pal-at this time.: "a 0 0
o ﬁ};’b;f&o:i‘ﬁé_tf‘éé; Portugal is mot
1 defenfible againft'a faperior force.
‘ltisan open frontier, all. equally
5 rogged, butal. eqully 10 be pen
¥ Spain it wvill be én_vain to attempt to
% rofifl in Portugal. The Portuguese
“are without a, ‘military force, and.
5 from the cxperience of tbeip con
4 dudt undsrﬁxthg Wellelley,
.“no dependence is to be placed on
% apy atdgre?éa#i'm The British
¢ muftin that event,evacute the coun.
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