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An ACTfuppkmeritary to theaft eflabtyb
ing the Mint, and regulating the coins
of the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and H?ufc of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress offcmblcd. That until the fourth day of
March one thousand eight hundred and one,
the Mint {half remain in the city of Philadel
phia, and be carried on as heretofore under the
raws now in force; any law to the contrary not
withHandirg.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Repeefont itives.
URIAH TRACEY,
Prefdent of the Senate, pio tenyorc.
Approved— May 14, A- D. <Boo.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prudent of the United States.
CHAPTER LXXI.
An ACT to make further provision fa the
children of colonel fobn Harming, and
major Alexander Trueman, deceased.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress affmbled, That there ihall be annually
paid to the guardians refpe&ivety of the sons
and daughters of the late colonel fohn Harding,
deceased, and to the guardian of the daughter
of the late major Alexander Trueman, deceased,
for each son and daughter aforefaid, the fem of
ope hundred dollars, until they shall have re
fpe&ively attained the age of twenty -tyre years,
to be applied by the said fcveral guardians to the
Suitable education of the said fons,and to the use
' of the said daughters.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
URIAH TRACEY.
Prefdent of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved—May 14, A. D. 1800.
' : # JOHN ADAMS,
PreJident of the United States.
n ESOLVED by the Senate and House of Repre
fentatrocs of the United States of America,' in
Congress assembled, Thata mai ble monument be
ereded by the United States, in the Capitol, at
the city of Wafhirgton, and that the family of
general Washington be requeued to permit his
body to be deposited under it ; and that the
monument be so designed as to commemorate
the great events of his military and political life.
And be it further refolded, That there be a fu
qeral procession from Congress Hall to the Gcr
ipan Lutheran Church, in honor of the memory
of General George Wafhipgton, on Thursday
the twenty-sixth instant, and that an oration be
prepared at the request of Congress to be deliv
ered before both Hopfes on that day ; and that
(he President of the Senate, and Speaker of the
faoufe of Representatives, be desired to request
one of the members of Congress to prepare and
deliver the fame.
And be it further refolded That it be recom
apended to the people of the United States to
wear crape on the left arm as mourning, for
thirty days.
And be it further refolded, That the President of
the United States be requeued to dire& a copy
of these resolutions to be transmitted to Mrs.
Washington, alluring her of the profound re
fpt€t Congress will ever bear to her person and
chara&er ; of their condolence oii the late af
fli&ingdifpenfation of Providence; and intreat
fog her assent to the interment of the remains of
General George Washington, in the manner ex
pressed in the firft resolution.
And be it further refolded, That the President
of the United States be requeued to issue a pro-,
clamation, notifying to the people throughout
the United States the recommendation contain
ed in the third refutation.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Reprefeniatives.
SAMUEL LIVERMORE,
• Pref dent of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved—December 24; 1799.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prudent es the United States.
—-±—i~ttmms&teteUßo F ^—
RESOLVED 6, tie Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America,
ih Congress afenbled. That it be recommended to
the people of the Ignited States to agchible on
the twenty-fecund day of February next, in such
numbers and manner as may be convenient,
publicly to teffify their grief for the death Os
General George Washington, by'fuitable eulo
gies, orations and difeourfcs, or by public piay
crs.
And it is further refolded, That the President
be requeued to issue a proclamation for the pwr
pofe of carrying the foregbing resolution -into
effect. - ' 1
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
I Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th : JEFFERSON,
Vice- President of the United States, and
''- President of the Senate.
• Approved— January 6, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS;
frodent of the United States
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Re
pefentafos of the United States of America,
. in Congress fobbed, That tl,e Secretary of State
be, .apd he i> hereby authorized and directed to
procure and transmit to she governor of the state
of ^orth-Carolina, a number 'of the copies of
the laws of & United States, equal to the num
ber which the Secretary was heretofore aptho
rizeCto ttahfmit 'to the governor of .the,[aid
%e by an a &, intituled, “An aA for themore
general promulgation of the laws of the United
States," to be deporited and distributed agreea
bly to the prowifiop^tf thelaid |%fcr the ^
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OF ALL THE' DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS. WASHINGTON S LeGACT,
CHAPTER LXX.
A DUEL.
Dr. Rcmeke, of Edenton,*N. C. and Dr. Ry
an Butler, of Kcmnfville, Vir. having been a
long time at variance, they met, about the ift
inst. near Edenton, and exchanged three foots,
when the magistrates interfered and put a flop
to the bnfinefefor that time. They again met
a few days after on the.line which leparate's Vir
ginia front Caroline and exchanged three more
Shot, when the last Shot of Dr. Rtmeke entered
the thigh of Dr. Butler, and broke it. De Re
meke went home, and tire next morning ordered
his feYvant to faddlehie horse, as he wanted to
ride out. White the fervent was getting the
horse, he flepped into am adjoining roorn, clap
'ped a piflol to each of his temples and blew
hii-brains cut=thus ended Dr. Refaeke.
this city.
" The Navigation between thin village and
Lanfinburgh, will, when completed exceed any
thing of a similar nature attempted in this part
of the country. Sloops can withhttle difficul
ty fail to the docks of the latter place, and load
without the expence of carting, where y canoe
could not formerly float. But a company, who
contracted to complete the canal, having 12
months longer for its completion, have deferred
doing any more this season than to admit boats
of 300 bufhelsburthen. These towns, particu
larly the latter, are indebted to the state for
such promifiog profpeSs of future t rofperity.
RESOLVED by the Senate, and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America,
in Congress ufembled, That the President o( the
United States be requeued to prefect to cap
tain Thomas Truxton,'a gulden Medal, emble
matical of the late action between the United
Stares' frigate Conftcllation, of thirty-eight
guns, and the French (hip of war La Vengeance,
of fifty-four ; in testimony of the high sense
entertained by 'Congrefs of his gallantry and
good condud in the above engagement, wherein
an example was exhibited by the captain, offi
cers, sailors, and marines, honorable th the A
raerican name, and inftruAive to its rifiug navy.
And it is further refolded, 1 hat the conduct of
James Jarvis, a midftiipman in said frigate, who
gloriously preferred certain death to an aban
donment of his poll, is deferring of the highest
praise, and that the loss of so promising an offi
cer is a fubjeci of national regret.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Rebfefentmives.
Th.- Jefferson;
Vise- President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved—March 29, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
PreJident of the United States.
Resolution refteQing the copper mines on
thefouthfide of Lake Superior:
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America,
in bongrefs affembbd, That the President of the
United States be authorized to employ an agent,
who (halt be inftruded to colled all material
inforfration relative to the copper mines on the
fouth fide of Lake Superior, and to ascertain
whether the Indian title to such lands as might
be required for the use of the United States, in
case they should deem it expedient to work the
said mines, be yet subsisting, and if.fo, the terms
on which the fame can be extinguished : And
that the said agent be inftru&ed to make report
to the President in such time, as the information
he may colledt may be laid before Congress at
their next fcffion.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
ALBANY, SEPT. If.
Mr. Whitebread, a member of the
Englifli Parliament, and proprietor of
the molt extensive porter brewery in
London, has the following obfervatiops
on trade elegantly written, framed and
placed in each of his counting houses:
“ Trade is a fluctuating thing-—it pas
ses from Tyre to Alexandria, from Al
exandria to Venice, from Venice to
Antwerp, from Antwerp to Amster
dam and London. Most nations are
wifely applying themfeives to trade ;
and it behoves those who are in pos
session of it, to take care that they do
not lose it ; it is a plant/of tender
growth, and requires fun and foil, and
fine seasons, to make it thrive and flour
ish. It will not grow like the palm
tree, which with weight and pressure
rises the more : Liberty is a friend to
that, as that is to liberty ; but nothing
will promote and Support it more than
virtue, and what virtue teaches, viz.
sobriety, industry, frugality, modesty,
honesty, punctuality, humanity, chari
ty, the love of our country and the fekr
of God."
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States, and
' /# President of the Senate.
Approved—April 16, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Extract of a letter from Troy, to a Merchant in
Articles per Mails.
and information of the citizens of the United
States within the said state.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of tig House of Rehrefortatives.
Th : JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of" the Uffited'Stut&r,and
PreJident of the Senate.
Approved—February 3, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
ALBANY (N. Y.) SEPT. 18.
INLAND NAVIGATION.
The British force in the Mediterranean; are
expected to meke another attempt cm Corsica—.
the inhabitants being in a state of infurrc&ion.
The French Papers represent the northern
confederacy as merely defensive— to any other
Fruffia would not accede. The transition is,
however, easy td offenfivc.
AUG. xB. 4 It Was yesterday reported Ad- .
Dickfoh's fleet had blockaded the p^ft of Elfi
neur, to prevent our trkde from the Baltic from
being intercepted.
It is reported, that Gen. Kleber hal been
shot in Egypt by an Arabian. The report is ^
founded on a letter from Cohftkntinople ; but
j$ very imprababk. ,J'
»Y ~$ EXCELLENCY
Caleb Strong, Enquire,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Mafebufats,
A Proclamation,
For a Day of Public Thanksgiving.
IT being the duty of a People at all times, to
acknowledge the Providence of Almighty
God, a.;d tTrecollccl his Benefits with Grati
tude, especially in seasons of Public Peace and
. Prosperity—and. it having been the'ihvafiable'
usage of our pious Ancestors, at the elofe of ths
year, to devote a day to the service and praise of
that Great and Gracious Being, who is the ob
je& of all duty, and whole tender,mercies are
over all His works :
I have therefore thought fit, by and with
the advice and consent of the Council, to appoint
THURSDAY, the twenty-seventh day of No
vember next, to be observed by the People of
this Commonwealth, as a day of. PUBLIC
THANKSGIVING,—hereby calling upon the
Ministers and People of every denomination, to
assemble on the laid day, that we may unitedly
pay our grateful and affectionate homage to the
Author of all Good, for His distinguishing
kinduefs to our Forefathers, and to Us—in pro
viding them a refuge from oppression, and pro
tecting them when furroundedwith innumera
ble dangers—in bluffing them with Civil Li
berty.and the light and influence of the Gospel,
° and difpofiug them to nurture their Poflerity
in the love of Learning, Virtue and rational
Freedom . —ln fupportibg us through the diffi
culties of the late Revolution, and giving us
,wif^om to cftablilh Constitutions favorable to
Liberty and Happiness. In prospering the ad
ministration of Government, and preserving the
important life of the Chief Magistrate of the
Union—ln exempting us,'during the last year,
from the calamities of War, and from wafting
sickness and every desolating Judgment ; and in
succeeding the labor of the Husbandman, and
crowning the year with its Fruits ; —and for
that degree of protection and prosperity ' which
He has been pleafcd to afford to our Commerce,
Navigation and Filhery ; —For (he progress of
Literature and the ufeful Arts :—For, the nu
merous bounties of His Pro viderce, and all that
variety which supports or delights our lives ;—
and especially for the blessings of the Gospel
of His Son, who has brought life and immor
. tality to light.
And together with these grateful acknow
ledgments thatwe humbly confefs our unwor
thiness, and present our {applications to the God
of Mercado .pardon our multiplied fins, and
continue Mis protection and favor to the Unit
ed States ; —to guide the National and State
Governments in ways of integrity and fafety ,•
and preserve the People from faction and li
centiousness :—To smile upon our University,
and Colleges and Schools of Learning ; and pros
per our Agriculture, Manufactures, and Com
merce :—To. promote a spirit of Industry, So,
briety and Frugality, and the belief and prac
tice #f true Religion, that we may have the
blessedness of the Nation whofc God is the
Lord, and the People whom he has chosen for
His own inheritance .• —That the World may
become more worthy of happiness, by the pre
valence of humanity and benevolent affe&ions
among all the inhabitants of the Earth :—That
the peaceful kingdom of the Redeemer may pre
vail universally, without rivalfh ip or opposition ;
and that there may be none to hurt or destroy.
And I earnestly recommend to the people of
this State, to abstain from all labour and recrea
tion unsuitable to the solemnities of the said day.
Given at the Council Chamber in BoJi on, this
twenty-sixth day of Sept, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand and eight hundred; and in
the twenty fifth year of the Independence of the
United States of America.
CALEB STRONG.
By His Excellency's command, with the?
qd-uice and consent of the Council.)
JOHN AVERY, Secretary.
God save the Commonwealth of Moffachufetts !
Cennionswedtb of Mffcebufetts.
Frefb display of the diplomatic frill of the Arch
An attentive perusal of the French view of
cur pegeciation at Paris, is seriously recommend
ed to every American citizen. This new at-,
tempt to avail themfeives of their former crimes
and outrages, in order to withhold reparation
from an insulted-and injured nation, is not
without precedent in the practice of French
Rulers. The free cantons of Switzerland have
experienced the fad effects of the wicked efforts
of France to influence their policy to French
purposes, by insidious profeffions of friendship
and attachment. The present endeavours of
France to render obnoxious our National Go
vernment, for formally annulling between us
and them the treaties which their outrageous
rapacity had long before virtually abrogated;
their prefect aim by fubterfuge, procrastinations
and idle profeffions of amity, to influence the
election of our National Executive, and to in
troduce to the Prcfidcntial chair the Correfyon
dent of Mazzei, cannot but excite the virtuous
indignation of every friend to his Country.
-QpjMuowAloaX^Si———— —
There can be no longer any doubt, but Kleber
under orders from Buonaparte, is determined
to hold possession of Egypt, as long as 'poffible,
and Succours aie supposed to have failed for
him.
COMMUNICATION.
Talleyrand.
LONDON, AUG. 11.
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There has been a revolution in Switzerland,
ia ) mode de.Pariq. The Ute^Conßicution is
destroyed..
The Duke of York, it is said, isagain tQ com
mand an expedition on tty Continent.
The French papers represent the Northern
confederacy dirc&ed against this country as a
defenfive system only ; to any other the King
cf Prussia, it is said, refufed to accede. If, how
ever, the points and the claims of that confede
racy be disputed by this country, it is clear that
the, must either submit, or it must become of
fenlive,a state indeed in which they would not
be very formidable in the present superiority of
our navy. Their greatest means of injury to us
would be by suspending our commerce with so
many States, and perhaps cutting off the chan
nels of out communication with the interior of
Germany. It is evident, however, that vre have
it in our power in many refpeds to avenge such
proceedings, particularly, by destroying the
commerce and ruining the few colonial posses
sions of Denmark It is to be hoped, however,
that it will not be necessary for either country
to exert its means of injuring each other.' All
accounts notwithstanding from the continent
concur in Dating the increasing animafity of the
Emperor of Russia against this country. The
imnienfe power of this Empire in the North
must at all times have great influence in the
mcafur.es of Sweden and Denmark. If its autho
rity corobineswith the pr evious,difpofition, and
irritated pride of these courts, great progress is
made to a combination against us.
It is curious to observe the anxiety of the
Chief Consul to conciliate the Emperor Paul,
by every art that can flatter his pride and min
ister to his vanity. The Ruffian officers prison
ers in France are, by an express order of the gov
ernment, issued by the Minister of War, to be
treated with an indulgence never allowed to a
ny prisoners ; the, are to be permitted to go to
Paris, and are invited to visit the Chief Consul;
in a word, every thing is pra& ifed to flatter them
as individuals and please their national spirit.
Ata moment when France is not threatened by
the bbftilit, of Russia, it may be fairly inferred
that the policy of the French government is to
bring over the Emperor to their views and to
confirm him as the patron of those meafurcs in
t^e North; which they are laboring to combine
ag;aioft this country.
from the firft steps of the business.—
Their temper muftbe greatly changed
before they will be able to profit by
any subsequent opportunity. After
having refilled all negociation by fyff
em, they can appear in no other light
but as treating from necessity. For this
reason they mud negociate with every
prefumptibri against their fincerity,with
every prejudice against their condud,
and every disposition on the part of the
enemy to display a natural triumph q
ver those who do not feck peace in the
spirit of conciliation, but only yield to °
the imperious dilate of adverse circum
stances.
On Saturday we receiv'd Paris Jour
nals to the 6th inclusive. There js no
thing of driving importance ; the gen
eral belief of the people of Paris is, that
great progress has been made in the
negociation with the Emperor. The
mOhoii of Duroc is expected to remove
the difficulties which still remain ; not
a word is mentioned in the Paris pa
pers that can threw any light upon the
conditions which have been refpedive
ly proposed. The French government
obferve's the mod rigid silence, and tile
Journalists do not pretend to know a
ny thing abopt the matter.— There is a
rumour that the King of Prussia inter
poses his mediation to facilitate the ne
gotiation ; but there are no public fa&s„
which can enable us to judge of the
truth of this aflertion.
With refped to the ffiare which this
country may have in the difeuffions,
nothing is mentioned. It is probable,
-however, that the French government
would hearken to, no proposals for a
joint negociation, till the Emperor has
acceded to some general preliminary
arrangements for the Peace of the Co
ntinent. Indeed, how could it be ex
pe^ed that Buonaparte would in the
present circumftinces suspend the ca
reer of the vMorious armies of the Re
public, to enter upon a negociation
which would inevitably be tedious, and
therefore likely to be decisive. It is
perfectly well known that the whole in
fluence of Ministers has been exerted at
Vienna to prevent a .negociation with
France ; it is not to be imagined then
that Ministers would have joined in pa
cific conferences in a sincere with to
promote peace. They would have
been considered as a&ing entirely for
the purpose of creating dissension and
widening differences. It is quite evi
dent therefore that this country cannot
rangment may be made to comprehend
us in the final difeuffions. The vio
lence which Ministers displayed to ob
ftrud all explanation between Austria
diredly and absolutely be included in
any Preliminary Articles; some ar-\
and France necessarily excluded them
Late Foreign News
SUMMARY of Continental News.
From the London Morn. Chronicle, Aug. 11.
TAR. Sail Needles.
ROSIN. Hammers.
Brimfione. Tacks.
Sheathing Paper. Clouts.
Cordage. Scupper Nails.
Russia Duck. Table Spoons.
Buntings. Flesh Forks.
Qj adran's. - Iron & Steel Hand-
Compiles. saws.
Spy Glasses. Gimblets.
Twines of all forts. Drawing Nails.
Log Lines. Sheathing ditto.
Mackerel ditto. 20d, tod, & 6d, do.
Paint & tar Bruges. Mop Heads.
Dust& fcrubbingdo Coopers' Arize.
Ships Clamps. Carpenters ditto.
Sailors Palms. Wood Logs.
Ships Scrapers. Deep sea and Hand
Caulking irons. Leads.
Making ditto. Long Tar Bruges.
Marking ditto. Icon Camboofes of
Bung Bearers. different fixes.
Half hour Glaffet. Lanthorns.
14 & 28 second do. Tin Ware, &c. &c.
—ALSO—
A general afertment of
Weft-India Goods
Josiah Dwight,
At his Apothecaries' Shop,Market-
Street, HAS FOR SALE a general
/foremen: of D YING DRUGS.
As FUSTIC. '§Aq d a Fortis,
Logwood. j Spi. Nhri Fort.
Camwood. j Cochineal.
Oil Vitriol. iSpanifli Float and
Rbman Vitriol. j Carolina Indigo.
White Viuiol. j Ailum.
Madder. ; Ainatto.
Woad. +Furmeric, &e.
Copperas.l
Patented.
Church's C. Drops; Lockyer's Pills,
dud Aniilpafmooicl Batemam's Drdps.
Elix. - ; Anderson's Pilis.
Story's Worm Lo{ Balaam of Honey,
zengtrs. J Saber's Opodildoc.
Stoughioo's Elix. X'Tuthngton'3 Bals.
Walker's J. Drops.; Efs. Peppermint.
Smelirg Bottles. •; Hooper's Pilis.
Lee's Pills. ; British Oil, &c.
—ALSO-
Large and small Sy< Breast Pipes,
ringesi; Sucking Bottles.
Bougies ;Cr<iwn & common
Fled) Brudies. | Lancets.
Teeth ditto. +Tmffcs for ruptures
—LiG^ife —
Rotten Stone. ; Mace.
Black & R d Lead. ^Nutmegs.
True Liquid Blue. jCloves.
Ginger. ; Pearl Allies.
Alfpice.;
^Ship's medicine chests in rea
diness, and of hers reple nifiled at the ihort
eft notice. September 27, ^Bo^.
1111 11 111 —r^ '- ^
Ship Chandlery Store.
Long & Hamilton,
Inform their friends and the pub
lick, that they have a general offertmert. of
Goods in the Ship Chandlery line>
Confining es the following Articles,,
Wm. ^Charles Neil
HaFE FOR SALE,
By Wholesale and Retail,
BOHEA TEA, RICE.
Souchong, Spanish float Indigo.
Hyfoo. Florence Oil.
Coffee, Powder.
Cotton, Shot.
Chocolate. Poland Starch;
SUGARS, viz. Oatmeal.
Jamaica ditto, kimonos.
Eatt-lodia ditto, &e(h Chants.
Havana ditto, CROCKERY.
Loaf ditto. Tumblers,
RUM, Wine Glasses.
^,DY, Rhode - Island•
Madeira WINE, CHEESES.
Sherry ditto, Superfine Flour.
Lifoon ditto, E nglifli Muflard.
^% sn . ff .
SPICES, vb. I^™^
Pipes./
Cl^X'oa, Pi! l3 P" bunJlfi
Cloves, Butter per keg, and
Nutmegs, fcveral ot her articles
Ginger, in the GROCERY
Mace. line.
Tby have a^ %fl arrived,
Two boxes Info Sheetings,
I& I wide, of an excellent Fabric.
The above GOODS will be fold at a
very reasonable advance for cash or ap
proved credit. September 4%
and Groceries.
Pot tfmouth, Sept. 2'7, 1800.