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CHAPTER XXVIII.
jin AC 1' to continue in force, for a limit
ed time an aft, intituled" an all to pre
scribe the mode of taking evidence in cas
es of contefled eleffions fr members of
the House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States, and to compel the attendance
of ivitnefa."
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congrefi assembled, That an a& passed on the
twenty-third day of January, one thousand sev
en hundred and ninety-eight, intituled " An
aft to prescribe the mode of taking evidence in
cases of contested elections for members of the
House of Representatives of the United States,
and to compel the attendance of witnesses,"
shall be and continue in force for the term of
four years, and no longer.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Tn : JEFFERSON,
Pice-Prefdent of tbe United States and
President of tbe Senate.
Approves — April 22, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
Pref dent oftbe United States.
CHAPTER XXIX.
An ACT fixing the rank and pay of the
commanding officer of the Corps of Ma
rines.
BE it enaaed by tbe Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of tbe United States of America in
Congress assembled, That a Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant shall be appointed te command
the corps of marines, and shall be intided to
the fame pay and emoluments as a Lieutenant-
Colonel in the army of the U. States ; any thing
in the aft for the eftablilhing and organizing a
marine corps to the contrary notwithftanding;—
and that the office of Major of the said corps
shall thereafter be abolished.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker oftbe House of Representatives.
Th : JEFFERSON,
Pjce-Prtfdent of tbe United States, and
PreJident of tbe Senate.
Approved—April 22, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prudent of tbe United States.
chapter"xxx.
An ACT supplementary to the all to re
gulate trade and intercourse <with the
Indian tribes, and to preface peace on
thefrontiers.
BE it enaaed by tbe Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of tbe United States of America in
Cougrefs assembled. That from and after the pas
sing of this aft, it shall be lawful for any mili
tary officer, who may have charge or custody
of any person or persons, who may have been,
or shall be apprehended in the Indian country,
over and beyond the boundary line between the
United States and the said Indian tribes, in vi
olation of any of the provisions or regulations
of the aft, intituled "An aft to regulate trade
and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to
preserve peace on the frontiers," to conduct him
or then) to some one of the juftiecs of the infe
rior or county court of any county nearest to
the place of his arieft, who, if the offence is
tailable, is hereby authorized to take proper
bail, if offered, in like manner as the judge of
the superior court of any state is authorised to
do, in and by the a& above recited ; unless such
person, holdcn in custody as aforefaid shall be
charged upon oath with murder, or any other
offence punishable with death, in which case
such justice of any inferior or county court shall
not have authoritv to take bail for such person.
THEODORE SEDGWICK
Speaker of tbe House of Representatives.
Th: JEFFERSON,
tice-PreJident of tbe United States, and
PreJident of tbe Senate.
Approved—April 22, A. D. I^QO.
JOHN ADAMS,
PreJident of tbe United States.
CHAPTER XXXI.
An ACT to eftabUfe a general Stamp
Office,
Sec. L Q Eft enabled by tbe Senate and House of
D Representatives of tbe United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That there shall
be appointed an officer to be denominated Su
perintendant of Stamps whose duty it shall be
to superintend the fl^rpirg and marking of
Laws of the Union.
Publghed by Authority.
Sixth Congrejs of the United States,
At the firft fcffion, begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the Rate of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the 2d of December, 1799.
chapter"xxvii.
Art ACT to continue in force the act inti
tuled " An ad to authorize the defence of
the merchant zeflf of the United States
against French depredations."
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled. That the aril palled on the
twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-eight, intituled "An aril
to authorize the defence of the merchant ves
sels of the United States against French depre
dations," excepting such parts of the said aft as
relate to salvage in cases of re-capture, shall con
tinue and be in force for and during the term
of one year, and from thence to the end of the
next fcffion of Congress thereafter, and no long
er.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Reprfotatives.
Tn ; JEFFERSON,
Vice-Prefdent of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved —April 22, A. D. 180 c.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TWELFTH YEAR.
Tile Wteti^tat^ @|@ ©rack of tlje ^ap.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY Morning, by CHARLES PEIRCE, Printer of the Laws &c. of
the United States, ' in New-Hampffiire.
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1800. NoL%X PRICE 1 DOLLAR go CENTS Per Annum
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled, That if any
deed, instrument or writing whatever, charged
by law with the payment of duty shall have
been, or shall be written or printed, by any per
son or persons whomfoever,upon vellum, parch
ment, or paper not stamped or marked accor
ding to law, or upon vellum, parchment, or pa
per, stamped or marked at a lower rate of du
ty than is by law required for such deed, instru
ment, or writing ; then, and in every such case,
it shall be lawful for the person or persons hold
ing such deed, instrument, or writing, within
twelve calender months after the time of giv
ing notice as aforefaid, or within fix calender
months after the execution of such deed, instru
ment or waiting, to pay to the collector of the
revenue within whose collection diftrid such
person or persons shall reside, the duty charge
able by law on such deed, instrument, or writ
ing, together with ten dollars in addition to
such duty, which duty and additional sum of
ten dollars, such collector is hereby authorized
and required to receive, and without fee or re
ward to endorse a receipt therefor under his
hand and seal, upon some part of such deed,
instrument or writing, which deed, instrument
or writing, so endorsed, it shall then be lawful
for such person or persons to produce to the sur
veyor of the revenue within whose assessment
diftrid such person or persons shall reside, which
surveyor thereupon shall certify under his hand
and seal, and upon some part of the said deed,
instrument or writing, that the fame so endors
ed as aforefaid has been produced to him,and that
the said endorsement is in his belief genuine ;
after which said endorsement and certificate,
and not otherwise, such deed, instrument or
writing, shall be to all intents and purposes as
valid and available, as if the fame had been or
were stamped, counterftamped, or marked as by
law required, any thing in any ad to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, That every
colle&or of the revenue shall keep a separate ac
count of all monies by him received in man
ner last aforefaid, and shall at such times as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall direst, trans
mit the said account together with such mo
nies, and a memorandum of all receipts by him
endorsed in manner aforefaid, to the supervisor
of the diftrid, or the infpeftor of the survey, as
the case may be ; and that every surveyor of
tl?. revenue shall, at such time as the Secreta
ry of the Treasury shall direct, transmit to the
said supervisor or infpe&or, as the case may be,
a true copy of all certificates given by him as
aforefaid, and of the receipts refpe^ivcly certi
fied, and thereupon such Surveyor shall be enti
tled to receive from the supervisor or infpedtor
fifty cents for every such certificate by him sign
‘ed as aforefaid.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That from
and after the eftiblifhmcnt of the office aforefaid
at the feat of government, and after fix months
notice of the new Ramps hereby direriled to be
prepared and issued ; which notice shall be giv
en by the Secretary of the Treasury, in the man
ner direriled by the tenth ferilion of the aril, en
tituled " An aril laying duties on Ramped vel
lum, parchment, and paper," so much of the aril
or arils heretofore paffq^ as empower and re
quire the supervisors of the revenue to Ramp or
mark an y vellum, parchment, or paper, shall cease
and determine.
Sec. 8. And be it farther enabl'd, That if any
person, with intent to defraud the United States
of any sum of monies directed to be paid by
this aft, or of any of the duties or duty laid by
the aft, entituled " An aft laying duties on
stamped vellum, parchment, and paper," shall
counterfeit or forge, or cause or procure to be
counterfeited or forged, any of the certificated,
receipts or endorsements, provided for and di
reded by the sixth fc&ion of this aft, or shall
utter, pass away, vend or offer in evidence, in
any court of justice, any such forged or counter
feit receipt, certificate or endorsement, know
ing the fame to be forged or counterfeit, then
every such person so offending, and being there
of convicted in due form of law, shall be adjudg
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fub
jed to be fined in any sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding seven years.
See. 9. And for the convenience of those per-
all vellum, parchment and paper; to diftrihute
the fame among the officers who are, or Shall
be authorized to secure and collect the duties
thereupon, and to keep fair and true records and
accounts of his proceedings; which said officer,fo
to bp appointed, shall be fubjedt to the fuperin
tendance, controul, and direction of the Treasu
ry Department, according to the refpe&ivc au
thorities and duties of the officers thereof ; and
shall, for the better execution of the duties and
trusts in him reposed, observe and execute such
directions as he shall from time to time receive
from said department.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enabled, That the said
fuperintendant fha!! hold his office at the feat
of the government of the United States, and
shall be allowed as a compensation for his fet
vices the sum of two thousand dollars annually,
to be paid quarter-yearly at the Treasury of
the United States ; and shall also be allowed
the necessary expences of office rent, fuel, print
ing and packing, and of procuring books and
Rationary for the use of his office, and that'all
letters and packages to and from him shall be
free of postage.
Sec. 3. And be itfurtb&r enabled. That the said
fuperintendant shall, with .the approbation of
the principal officer of the Treasury Depart
ment, employ such number of clerks and other
assistants in his office as shall be found necessary ;
and shall apportion and vary the compensation
to each, in such manner as the services rendered
by each shall in his judgment require : Provided
that the whole amount of the compenfatiocs to
said clerks arid assistants shall not exceed two
thousand five hundred dollars annually.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That the said
fuperintendant shall, within three months after
entering upon his office, give bond with sureties
for the true and faithful execution thereof, and
for the settlement ofhis accounts at the periods
which shall be prescribed by the proper officers
at the Treasury Department, in the sum of ten
thousand dollars, which bond shall be approved
by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and kept
in his office to be by him put in suit for the ben
efit of the United States, upon any breach of
the conditions thereof.
pany of ladies dill more so than when
solely with men.
hw persons ever found themselves
for the firft time in the presence of Gen
eral Washington, without being im
pressed with a certain degree of vene
ration and awe ; nor did those emotions
subside on a elofer acquaintance ; on,
the contrary, his person and deport
ment were such as rather tended to
fdns who may be inclined to have thclr own vel
lum parchment, and paper damped or marked,
die it further enabled, That when any person or
persons ffiall deposit anmellum, parchment, or
paper, at the office of an, fupervifot, accompa
nying the fame with a lift, which shall fpecify
the number and denomination of the damps
or marks which are to be thereto affixed, it shall
be the duty of the said filpervifor to transmit
the fame to the stamp office at the feat of gov
ernment, where such paper, parchment and vel
lum shall be properly marked or damped, arid
forthwith sent back to the said supervisor, who
shall thereupon collect the duties and deliver the
vellum, parchment, and paper, pursuant to the
order of the person from whom it was received.
Sec. 10. And be it further enabled, That all vel
lum, parchment, and paper, to be damped or
marked at the said office, shall, before it is deliv
ed for sale, use, or distribution, be carried from
the said office to the office of the commissioner
of the revenue,and be there counterßamped or
marked, under the direction of the said com
miflioner, and in such manner as the Secretary
of the Treasury ihall devise and direct : and
after being so counter-damped or marked, shall
be returned to the office of the fuperintendant
of Damps, to be by him distributed according
to the true intent and meaning of this aft, of all
which vellum, parchment, and paper, so sent to
be counter-Damped or marked, and so returned
to the office of the fuperintendant aforefaid, an
account shall be kept by the commillioner of
the revenue, and from time to time returned to
the proper officers of the Treafur, Department.
Sec. 11. And be it further enabled, That if any
person or persons, with intent to defraud the
United States of any of the duties or duty laid
by the aril, entituled " An aril laying duties on
damped vellum, parchment, and paper," or by
any aril or ads for amending the fame, shall
counterfeit or forge, or shall cause or procure to
be counterfeited or forged, or shall knowingly
or wilfully aid or assist in counterfeiting or forg
ing any ftamp,counter-ftamp, or mark, which
shall be provided or made in pursuance of this
aril, or shall counterfeit or resemble, or shall
knowingly and wilfully aid or assist in counter
feiting or resembling, or shall cause to be coun
terfeited or rcfembled, the impreflion of any
such Damp, counter-Damp or mask, upon any
vellum, parchment, or paper, or shall knowing
ly or wilfully utter, vend, or fell, or offer in
evidence in any court of justice any vellum,
parchment,or paper, with such counterfeit mark
or impreflion thereon, or shall privately or frau
dulently use any damp, counter-damp, or mark
direriled or allowed to be used by this aril, then
every such person so offending, and being there
of conviriled in due form of law, shall be ad
judged guilty of a mifdenieanor, and be fabjeril
to be fined in any sum not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, and imprisoned for any time not
exceeding seven years.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
'Th: JEFFERSON,
Vice^ Prudent of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved— April 23, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS
President of she United States.
MISCELLANY.
The following elegant drawn chara^er of General
Washington Is copied from a London paper
of the 24th January,called " The Courier."
GENERAL WASHINGTON.
THE melancholy account of his
death was brought by a veflel from
Baltimore, which has arrived off Do
ver.
General Washington, was we believe
in bis 68:11 year. The height of his
person was about 5 feet eleven, his
chest full ; and his limbs, though rath
er slender, well Ihaped and muscular.
His head was small, in which refpeft
he resembled the make of a great num
ber of his countrymen. His eyes were
of a light grey colour ; and in propor
tion to the length of his face, his nose
was long. Mr. Steward, the eminent
portrait painter, used to fay, there were
features in his face totally different from
what he had ever observed in that of
any other human being ; the sockets
for the eyes, for inllance, were larger
than what he hadever met with liefore,
and the upper part of the nose broader.
All his features, he observed, were indi
cative of the strongest passions ; yet
like Socrates, his judgment and great
felf command have always made him
appear a man ofa different cast in the
eyes of he world. He always spoke
with great diffidence, and sometimes
hesitated for a word ; But it was al
ways to find one particularly well adap
ted to his meaning. His language was
manly and expressive. At levee, his
discourse with flrangers turned princi
pally upon the fubjeft of America ;
and if they had been through any re
markable places, bis conversation was
free and particularly interesting, for he
was intimately acquainted with every
part of tbe country. He was much
more open and free in his behavior at
levee than in private, and in the ,com-
augment them. The hard service he
ha^ seen, the important and laborious
offices he had filled, gave a kind of lu
fterity to his countenance, and a reserve
to his manners ; yet he was the kindest
husband, the most humane matter, the
steadiest friend.
The whole range of hiftofy does not
present to our view a character upon
which we can dwell with such entire
and unmixed admiration. The long
life of General Wahington is not
Gained by a single blot. He was in
deed a man of rare endowments, and
such a fortunate temperament, that ev
ery aftion he performed was equally
exempted from the charge of vice or
weakness. Whatever he said, or did,
or wrote, was stamped with a striking
and peculiar propriety. His qualities
were so happily blended, and so nicely
harmonized, that the result was a great
,and perfect whole. The powers ofhis
mind, and the dispositions of his heart,
were admirably suited to each other.
It wa^ the union of the most consum
mate prudence with the most perfect
moderation. His views, though large
and liberal, were never extravagant ;
his virtues, though comprehensive and
beneficent, aircriminating, judicictis &
pradical.
Yet his character, though tegular
and uniform, possessed none of the little
ness which may sometimes belong to
these descriptions of men. It formed
a maielic pile, the effe& of which was
not impaired, but improved by order
and symmetry. There was nothing in
it to dazzle by wildness, and furprize
by eccentricity. It was a high species
of moral beauty. It contained every
thing great and elevated, but it had no
falfe and tinsel ornament. It was not
the model cried up by fafhion and cir
cumftahce ; its excellence was adapted
to the true and just moral taste, inca
pable of change from the varying acci
dents of manners, of opinions & times;
General Washington is not the idol of
a day, but the hero of ages !
Placed in circumstances of the most
trying difficulty at the commencement
of the American contest, he accepted
that situation which was pre-eminent
in danger and responsibility. His per
severance overcome , every obstacle ;
his moderation conciliated every oppo
sition ; his genius fapplied every re
source ; his enlarged view could plan,
revise, and improve every branch of
civil and military operation. He had
the superior courage which can a& or
forbear to ad, as true policy dictates,
careless of the reproaches of ignorance
either in power or out of powers He
knew how to conquer by waiting, in
spite of obloquy, for the moment of
victory ; and he merited true praise by
despising undeserved cenlure. In the
most arduous moments of the contest,
his prudent firmnefs proved the salva
tion of the cause which he supported.
His conduct was on all occasions,
guided by the mod pure disinterested
ness. Far superior to low and grovel
ing motive*, he seemed even to be unih-
Huenced.by that ambition, which has
justly been called the inftinft of great
fouls. He aded ever as if his country's
welfare, and that alone, was the mov
ing spring. His excellent mind need
ed not even the stimulus of ambition,
or the profpeQ of fame. Glory was
but a secondary consideration. He
performed great actions, he persevered
in a course oflaborious utility, with an
equanimity that neither fought distinc
tion, nor was flattered by it. His re
ward was in the confeioufnefs of his
own rectitude, and in the success of his
patriotic efforts.
As his elevation to the chief power
was the unbiased choice of his count
rymen, his cxercife of it was agreeable
to the purity of its origin. As he had
neither solicited nor usurped dominion,
he had neither to contend with the op
position of rivals, nor the revenge of
enemies. As his authority was undis
puted, so it required no jealous pre
cautions, no rigorous severity. His
government was mild and gentle ; it
was beneficent and liberal ; it was wife
and just. His prudent administration
consolidated and enlarged the domin
ion of an infant Republic. Involunta
rily resigning the magistracy which he
had filled wi'th such diftinguilhed hon
or, he enjoyed the unequalled fatisfac
tion of leaving to the State he had con
tributed to establish, the fruits of his
wisdom and the example of his virtues.
It is some donfolation, amidst the
violence of ambition and the criminal
thirst of power, of which so many in
stances occur around us, to find a char
acter whom it is honourable to admire,
and virtuous to imitate. । A Conqueror
for the freedom of bis country ! A
Legislator for its security ! A Magis
trate for its happiness! His glories
were never sullied by those excesses in
to which the highest qualities are apt
to degenerate. With the greatest vir
tues he was exempt from the corres
ponding vices. He was a man in
whom the elements were so mixed, that
“ nature might have flood up to all
the world" and owned him is her work,
His fame, bounded by no country, will
be confined to no age. The character
of General Washington, which his co
tenriporaries, regret and admire, will be
transmitted to posterity; and the mem
ory of his virtues, while patriotism and
Virtue are held sacred among men, will
remain undimipilhed.
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Late Foreign News
—:—Q=o^,articre©tmm—=^
FRANCE.
PARIS, APRIL 12.
An advice boat, dispatched by Gen. Kleber,
has , brought an official copy of his Convention
wi:h the Turkish Grand Vizir.—The General
dates his letter from the camp at Salahich, Jau.
30, and addresses it to the Direrilory. He Rates,
that theTurkiih army, which was on its way to
Egypt, amounted to 80,000 ; that they were
conduced by European officers; and bringing
a park of 70 pieces of artillery ; that the A
rabs and Mamalukes did every thing in their
power to aid the Grand Vizier's army ; and
that their enmity to the French was unconquera-,
ble :—That the French army was reduced to
8500 men, fcattcred over a considerable extent
of territory, having Katich, Salahich, and Be!-
beys, for their points : That Sir Sidney Smith,
favoured the Convention, whicli he firft open
ed to Gen. Kleber, and the articles were nego
tiated on board the British ihip Tiger :—That
K. despaired of receiving fuccours from France ;
and had, therefore, entered into the negotiation ;
and that he reckoned being in France, with the
army by the middle of June.
The following are the articles of the conven
tion.
The French army in Egypt, wishing to fhc\v
its desire to stop the effufion of flood, and to
put an end to the unfortunate dilpute.between
the French Republic and the Sublime Porte,
agree to evacuate Egypt, according to the pre
fect convention, and in the hope that this,con
ceffion will open the way to a general peace
id Europe.
I. The French army to retire withits bag
gage and effeds to Alexandria, Rosetta, and
Aboukir, there to embark for France, in ves
sels to be provided by the Sublime Porte.
2. An armistice of three months to take
place from the date of the present convention.
3. Conimiffaries to be appointed 011 either
fide, to Superintend the embarkation ; and if
any difnute shall arise, it is to be decided by
Sir Sidney Smith, according to the maritime
laws of England.
4. The French army are, as speedily as possi
ble, to evacuate all the felts in their pofleffion,
leaving them in thi present state. They are,
however to retahi ne Weftern bank of the Nile,
until after the evacuation of Cairo.
5. Cairo 0 be evacuated within 45 days.
6. The French troops not to be molested in
th hr woods, nor their persons, or honor insulted
during their retreat.
7. The French and Turkilh troops to be Ra
tioned at such a distance from cacli other to pre
vent any rencontre.
8. The persons held in confinement, on either
fide to be immediately set at large.
9. The goods and property taken on each
fide to be restored.
10. No inhabitant of Egypt to be molested for
any adherence to the French, after their depar
ture.
It. Passports shall be given from the Porte,
and its allies Great- Britain and Raffia, to iufurc
the fafe return of the French army.
12. The French army pledges itfelf to com,
mit no hostility on its way homeward, and not
to touch at any port before their arrival in
France, except in case of necessity.
13. If any French vessel shall arrive during
the truce they shall be allowed to return with
passports, after taking in water and provisions.
14. Gen. Kleber is allowed to fend off an ad
vice boat to inform the French Government of
the present convention.
15. Subsistence t? be furnifhed to the French
army during its flay and for its voyage.
16. The French army is not to raise any far
ther contributions ; it is, on the contrary to
leave all the cattle and magazines, cannon, &c.
which are to be valued by Turkish commissaries,
and by the commander of the British forces.—
If these fhoukj not amount to the sum of 3000
purses, at w%Q the maintenance and embarka
tion of the French troops are estimated, the re
mainder shall be advanced by the Porte, byway
of loan.
19. The French transport vessels to be at lib
erty during the trace to navigate the coasts of
Egypt-, ,
20. To prevent any danger from the plague,
no person supposed to be affeded with that dil
temper is allowed to be embarked, but is to re
main under the care of French furge%s.
2I Any difficulty which may arise to be fet
tled by commifTaries appointed on each fide.
22. This convention to be ratified within 8
days. (Signed)
Defoix, Moufcifa Rafebed Effendi,
Pouffelgue. Moufafa Raffiche Effendi.
{, Thus endeth the last chapter of the fa
mous expedition to Egypt. —We refer our rea
ders to our predieions on the fubjedi.
ST RASBURG, APRIL 8.
A messenger has passed Bafle,on his way to
Paris, with the ultimatum of the Emperor re
fpe&ing the pe.ee proofed by Buonaparte.
17. Advances to be made from time to time
to the French at my for their subsistence.
18. The contributions received by the French,
after the date of this convention, to be deducted
from this allowance.
WASHINGTON'S Leg^.