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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and Published every SATURDAY
the United States,
As ACT to authorize certain expenditure!,
land to make certain appropriations for
the year one thousand eight hundred.
h P E it enabled by toe Senate ahd House of
"'' "' D Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress offemWed, That the Secreta
ry of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, refye&ively, shall have al
lowed to them, in the fettlcment of their ac
counts with the Treasury Department, the ex
penses by them refpedlively incurred, pursuant
to the directions of the joint committee of the
two houses, in the various measures adopted
by the faid' committee for doing honor to the
memory of George Wafhmgton, late President
of the United States ; and that a sum not ex
ceeding three tboufand two hundred dollars
shall be and hereby is appropriated for defray
ing the said expenses. „,
Sec. 2. And be it further enefeed, That the
President of the United States shall be, and
hereby is authorized and empowered to cause
to be given, during the present year, to the
Cho&aw nation of Indians, such presents not
exceeding the value of two thousand dollars, as
he shall judge most suitable ; and that the sum
cf two thousand dollars shall be and hereby is
appropriated for that purpose.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That the
President of the United States mail be, and
hereby is authorized and empowered to cause
to be expended a sum not exceeding five thou
sand dollars, for the reimbursement of such rea
sonable advances of money as have heretofore
been, or before the firft day of September next
may be made by consuls of the United States,
in making and supporting the claims of Ame
rican citizens for captured property, before the,
tribunals of foreign countries ; and that the sum
of five thousand dollars shall be and hereby is
appropriated for that purpose.
Sec'. 4 And be it further enabled, That the
sum of forty-four thousand dollars shall be, and
hereby is appropriated for defraying the expense
that has been, or during the present year may be
incurred by the payment of costs, in prize causes,
before the court of admiralty and court of ap
peals in England.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, That for
defraying the expense incident to the visits of
Indians to the feat of government, the sum of
fcven thousand five hundred dollars shall be and
hereby is appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further* enabled, That for
defraying, during the present year, the addition
al compensations granted in the present session
to the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the
House of Representatives, and to the clerks in
their refpedlive offices, the sum of one thousand
five hundred dollars shall be and hereby is ap
propriated.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled, That for
defraying the expenses incident, during the pre
sent year, to the establishment of the general
flamp-office, including the salary of the fuper
intebd^nt of flamps, clerk hire, office rent, and
all contingent expenses, the furn of four thousand
dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.
See. 8. And be it further enabled, That for de
fraying, durtog the present year, the expense in
ci'dent to the cflablifhment of the government
of the Indiana Territory, including the salary
of the governor, judges, and Secretary, and all
contingent expenses, the sum of four thousand
dollars shall be and hereby is appropriated.
Sec. 9. And be it further enabled. That for de
fraying the expense incident to the exploring of
copper mines on Lake Superior, the sum of one
thousand five hundred dollars shall be and hereby
is appropriated. '.
Sec. 10. And be it further enabled, That there
be appropriated for the present year, the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars, to be applied to
the fortification of the ports and harbours of the
United States, in aid of the firms heretofore ap
propriated for that purpose and remaining unex
pended.
Sec. 11. And be it further enabled, That, the
aforefaid appropriations shall be paid out of any
money in the Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker &f the House of Representatives.
_E it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Stated
of America, in Congress affemWed, That from and
after the thirtieth day of June next, the follow
ing duties, in addition to those now in force,
and payable on the several articles herein after
enumerated, shall be laid, levied, and colle&ed
Upon those articles refpe&ively, at their impor
tation into the United States from any foreign
port cr place, that is to fay ; upon all brows
sugar, one half cent per pound ; upon all sugar
candy, two cents and one half per pound; upon
all molars, & cent per gallon ; and upon all
goods, wares, and merchandizes now paying a
duty of ten per centum ad valorem, two and
one half per centum ad valorem. ,
Sec. 2. And be it further enaPed, That from
and,after the thirtieth da, of June next, the du
ties now imposed and payable on wines, import
ed into the United States from any foreign port
or place, shall ccafe arid bp aoolifoed ; and that
in lieu thereof the following duties shall thence
forth be laid, levied, and colle&ed upon all
Miregfo imported in calks, bottles, or other vef
Sixth Congrefsvf the United States,
At the firft hffion, begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the id of December, 1799.
Tn: JEFFERSON,
yice-Prfdent of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
ArrkovED— - May 13, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
An ACT to lay additional duties on cer
tain articles imported.
Laws of the Union.
Publyhed by Authority.
OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALI LY ARE INDISPENSABLE SUPPORTS.
CHAPCER Lxyi.
CHAPTER LXV.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 , 1800.
fels, that it to fay : Upon all Malrufey, Madeira,
and London particular Madeira wine, fifty
eight cents per gallon; upon all other Madeira
wine, fifty cents per gallon; upon all Burgundy,
Champaign, Rhenish, and Tokay wine, forty
five cents per gallon; upon all Sherry write,
forty cents per gallon ; upon all Saint Lucar
wine, forty cents per gallon ; upon all Claret
and other wines not enumerated, when import
ed in bottles or cases thirty-five cents per gal
lon ; upon all Lisbon, Oporto, and other Portu
gal wines, thirty cents per gallon ; upon all le
neriffe, Fayall, Malaga, Saint George, and ei
ther Weflcrn Island wine, twenty-eight cents
per gallon ; and upon ail other .wines when im
ported, otherwise than in bottles or cases, twen
ty-three cents per gallon.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That an ad
dition of ten per centum 'fhall be made to the
several rates of duties above fpecified and im
pofed,in r/pect to all filch goods, wares, and
merchandises as aforefaid, as shall after the said
thirtieth day of June be imported in ships or
veffcls not of tha United States.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
CHAPTER LXIX.
An ACT supplementary to the aft to fuf
pendpart of an a^ intituled, ''An aft,
to augment the army of the United States,
and for other purposes."
Sec. 1. DEir enabled by the Senate and House of
D Representatives of the United States of
America,in Congress aJfembled, That it fhallbe law
ful for the President of the United States to
suspend any further military appointments,
under the,aa to augment the army of the Unit
ed States, and for other purposes; arid under
the ninth ft&ion of the a& for the better orga
nizing of the troops of the United States, and
for other purposes; according to his diferetion,
having reference to mcgnomy ON the good of
the service.
.CHAPTER LXVII.
An ACT appointing the time, and direEi
ing the place of the next meeting of Con
^r'f"
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That the session of Congress
next ehfuing the present shall be held at the
city of Walhington, in the diftria of Colum
bia, and said session shall commence oh the third
Monday of November, one thousand eight hun
dred.
An ACT to make proofon relative to ra
tion; for Indians, and to their vijits to
the fat of governs ent.
Sec. I. T)E it enabled by the Senate and House of
D Representatives of the United States
of America, in Congress aJfembled, That the Ptefi
dent of the United States shall be, and hereby is
authorized and empowered to cause such rations
as he shall judge proper and as can be ipared
from the army provisions without injury to
the service, be ifftied under such regulations
as he shall think fit to establish, to Indians who
may visit the military posts of the United States
on the frontiers, or within their refpeftive na
tions.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That the Pre
sident of the United States shall be, and hereby
is further authorized and empowered to cause
to be defrayed, on the part of tlte United States.
the reasonable expenses of such Indians as may
from time to time visit the feat of government
thereof, for their journies to, ffay at, and return
from the fame ; and also to caufcto be given to
such Indians, during cheir flay as aforefaid , such
presents aS he shall judge necessary.
Sec. 3- And be it further enabled, That a fepa
ratc account of all rations issued, and expenses
defrayed as aforefaid, and of the expenditures,
occasioned by such presents as are aforefaid,
shall be kept 'at the Department of War.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Vice- President of the United States, and
Prefdent of the Senate.
Approved—. May 13th, A. D. 1800.
Sec. 4. And be it further enabled, That the du
ties laid by this ad shall be levied and collect
ed in the fame manner, and under the fame re
gulations and allowances as to drawbacks, mode
of security, and time of payment refpedively,
with the several duties now in so ce on the re
fpe&ive articles herein before enumerated.
See. 5. And be it farther enabled, That on ac
count cf the additional duties laid on brown
sugar arid molasses by this aft, the following
furnsrcfpeCtively shall from and after the thirty
firft day of December next, be added to the
drawbacks now allowed, by law, on sugar re
fined within the United States and exported
therefrom, and on spirits diflilled from molaffcs
within the United States and exported there
from, that is to fay / On all sugar so refined
and exported, one cent per pound; and on all
spirits so diflilled and exported, one cent per
gallon ; which additional drawbacks shall be al
lowed and paid according to the regulations
now established by law, refpeding the present
drawbacks allowed on the said articles.
Sec. 6. And be it further enabled, That the pro
ceeds of the duties, laid by this adl, shall be
solely appropriated and applied for the difeharge
of the interest and principal of the debts of the
United States, heretofore contradled, or to be
contrasted during the present year.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Th: JEFFERSON,
Vice-Prejident of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved—May tgth A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefdent of the United States.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Th.-JEFFERSON,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved—May 1% A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
Prefdent of the United States.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That the Pre
ficlent of the United States shall be, and hereby
is authorized and empowered to difeharge, on
or before the fifteenth day of June next, all
such officers, non-commissioned officers and pri
vates, as have heretofore been appointed, com
missioned, or raised, under and by virtue of the
f^id ads, or either of them, except the engineers,
infpedor of artillery, and'infpedor of fortifica
tions. Provided always. That nothing in this
aft contained Ihall.be confirmed to authorize any
reduction of the firft four regiments of infan
try, the two regiments of artillerist and engi
neers, the two troops of light dragoons, or of
the general and other ftaff, authorized by the
several laws for the establishing and organizing
of the aforefaid corps.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, that to each
Officer, non-commissioned officer, and private,
who shall be difeharged from service by virtue
of this a&,there (hall be allowed and paid in ad
• ditionto the pay and allowances to which they
are now entitled by law, a sum of money equal
to three months pay of such officer, non-com
miffiooed officer and private rcfpedivcly.
THEODORE SEDGWICK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
URIAH TRACEY,
Prfifcnt of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved-—May 14th, A. D. 1800.
JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
NEW-YORK, SEPT. 16.
A gentleman lately from Ulster
county brings us the following very
curious and interesting information :
that about twelve orthirteen miles to
the Weft of New-burgh, a Dutchman
was lately digging for marie on a low
piece of ground, where this manure is
generally and plentifully found, in the
neighbouring couiTtry, that having ar
rived near to the bottom of the stratum
of marle, he struck upon the bones of
a huge animal, about ten or twelve
feet from the furface of the earth ; some.
of the bones they immediately procur
ed, but the water milling in with much
rapidity, the persons employed were
compelled to desist : since which time,
the neighbours have made another at,
tempt to obtain the whole of the fkele
ton —they fucteeded only in part —se-
veral of the bones of the hind legs have
been dug out, which are more than four
feet in length, and meafiires round the
joints upwards of forty inches in cir
cumference, and on the solid bone,
thirty-fix inches—the bones of the back
were also obtained in part, and the ori
fice occasioned by the decay of mar
row, is more tlian three inches in dia
meter ; the upper teeth, which are
perfeafy found and white, measure fe
'ven inches in length, and are nearly
four broad. From the calculations
made by the best informed physicians.
and gentlemen of the, country, who
have teen the bones, already procured,
it is thought the animal must have
been between 15 * 2 ° ' e " ' n height
when alive. • .
This is the 7th or Sth fcletori alrea
dy difebvered within the vicinity of 3
miles, from a common centre, fine# the
citizens of that country have been in
the habit of draining the places for ma
nure, which has not been customary
but a few years.
“ Take a large apple, pick out the core, and
fill the cavity with boney comb (the boney being
Drained out) cover it in hot allies till roasted foft,
then mix it together, and cat it all at once. It
commonly gives case iu about half an hour/"
BALTIMORE, SEPT. If.
THE alarming and frightful ac
counts which are circulated in
the country refpeding mortality'in the
city, on the ^eft fide the falls, deserve
particular contradiction. Men who
pass through the town, and who from
fear, ;will not wait to make enquiries,
conclude that the inhabitants of every
house which they find ftiut up, haw e
died !—Thefe Rories have been told to
my certain knowledge ; and many of
the farmers living remote from infor
mation, seriously believe that one half
the inhabitants are dead. To be sure
the city is evacuated by, I suppose, two
thirds of its inhabitants, yet there are
many of the large and populous streets,
in the very heart of the city, where a
single case, of local origin, has not ap
peared. The inhabitants of the Greet
in which this gazette is publifl^J, ne
ver enjoyed better health. For the
eight last days, inclusive, but 32 have
fallen viftims to the disease in the city.
This small number of deaths, at this
peculiar season of the year, may either
be attributed to the fmailriefs of the
number who remain in the city, or to
the disease having more favorable ef
feds than what generally result from
the fever.
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fex+rab? of a letter from the City of Walhington.
" I have at length become reconciled
to abfcnce from my native city, by the
intereftlng novelty of a city growing tip
or avast extended plan, covering near
four miles square. The houses now
between fix and seven hundred in num
ber, are in general of brick, and about
half of them elegantbuildings.—lndeed
T think there is not a proportionate
number of ordinary buildings, for the
poorer class of mankind are certainly
far more than two to one.
" The capitol I believe to be themoft
elegant building in the world, and does
great credit to Dr. Thornton's taste.—
The Lottery Hotel is in fad, three
Hotels in one, each 40 by 60 feet, mak
ing a complete pile of 120 by 60
feet, and four dories high. It is situa
ted in the centre of the city, and one of
die buildings is talked of for the' Bank
of the United States, for which it is well
calculated ; being better built, and with
thicker walls than wither of the Banks
now occupied. Another part of the
Hotel has made an excellent tempora
ry play house, but we are told that
there is at present no owner to this
building, nobody having yet appeared
to prove property and demand the
prize, though it is said the bank of the
United States have an indirect claim
to it, by the failure of the prize ticket
holders in their debt.
“ In the territory Columbia of ten
miles square, there are two maritime
towns, beside Wallington, and both
close built. Although the yellow fe
ver has been brought to both several
times, it has never yet been contagious,
owing to the high ground and the puri
ty of the air; these being no marshes
within the territory.
" This circumstance has occasioned
several recent removals from Norfolk
arid Baltimore,to Wafhington,fince the
prevalence of a fever in those towns,and
will be among the chief causes of mak
ing the territory extremely populous.
“ There are twelve newspapers ad
vertised for this city, where two would
be enough in all conference."
On the anniversary of the, 14th July,
Lucien Buonaparte pronounced an 0-
ration in the Temple of Mars, in Paris ;
in which, tracing the progress of the re
volution, he makes the follo wing remarks ;
" Philosophy, which had forefeen
the revolutiori, wished to dired its ope
ration ; but what avails the (kill of
the pilot against the force of all the
winds let loose at once ? Often did the
friends of their country present a bar
rier which they tho't invincible, but
which the torrent, in its course, soon
swept away; some were difeouraged,
gnd gave way to the dorm ; others di
ed, the victims ofits fury ; and Liber
ty difgui fed and disfigured, became
the sport of fusion & assassins. Thence
came the days of mourning, and years
of-rretchednefs ; thence proceeded our
civil wars ; those times belong to the
annals of human madness."
Further on He fays—" In the midst
of the storm, in which darkness covered
all eyes ; on that tempestuous sea agitat
ed from every point by contrary winds,
what hand' could firmly hold the helm ?
Neither the crew nor the pilots them
selves knew the course by which they
ought to proceed. 'Every one wan
dered in uncertainty, in the midst of
tempests ; every one armed himfelf, and
struck at hazard ;_the mod faithful al
ly was often neglected, while the Rand
ard of his enemy was followed."
While he bestows the meed of praise
on the (kill and valour of " the 14 ar
mies of the Republic, combating all
Europe,"' he fays— 66 Within, folly
overthrew every thing—fury was in
the forum—profcription waved her re
lentless sword over our fields—liberty,
every where disguised in our cities,
seemed only a fury to the fuffering na
tion —the monuments which decorated#
our cities were mutilated, of threaten
ed with deßrudion —in a word, reason
was exiled "
Such is the horrid piQute of the
French Revolution, which L. Buona-.
parte presents to his countrymen. He
uses it like a man of fertfe, to stop the
re volutionary wheel—tb frighten them,
if poQible, by the terrible recolle&ion of
pad evils, from a repetition of the crimes
which produced them ; and to induce
a spirit of concord, which he fays "is to
repair all their misfortunes." "In fu
ture (fays he) let these considerations
arrest the hand ofhim who may Rill
think without juddering pn new revo
lutions ; of which; till the termination
of their dreadful crisis, no one can pro
nounce whether they will be produdive
of good,± of th^greateft evjb."-
State of the Negotiation between France
and America.
Pants. .18 thsrmidck,/4% 6./
The conferences operand at Paris with the E
voys of the U. States are at^refent fijfpended ;
and there is little hope of their being iuccefiful
ly resumed for feme time. It appears that the
powers veiled in the Envoy, are too limited to
enable them to conclude a treaty which shall give
the fanfe advantages to the Republic, as those
granted to the English by the treaty made with
Mr. Jay. France chooses rather to decline treat
ing with the U. States, than to findion the
privileges which they have accorded to her en
emy.
The question in dispute will appear from the
following particulars.
The United States and England, by the 25th
article of their treaty, mutually stipulate a free
entrance into their refpe&ive ports, with com
plete protection to the privateers and ships of
war of the two countries, and the prizes taken
from their enemies. And they engage never to
conclude a treaty extending the fame favor to
any nation at war with either of the contrasting
parties . The treaty of 1778, between France
and the U. S. having been annulled by the lat
ter,,nd now regarded as if it never had emitted,
they conceive that they cannot give the fame
privileges to France without violating their trea
ty with England. The French Republic does
not seem disposed to ratify, to her own preju
dice, and in favor of the English, her enemies
and rivals, a proceeding so unexpected on the
part of the Americans, with whom file recently
made a common caufe*againft those very ene
mies, dircaed to the fame object for which
France herfelf id now at war—the attainment
of liberty and independence.
It is unfortunate that the U. States so precip
itately annulled the treaty of 1778. They
themselves, now repent that they were induced
to take that step, as it deprives them of the pow
er of giving to France.or any other country the
fame advantages which they have conferred on
the English. Their diplomatic agents must
have been very (hott lighted, or very partial to
the interests of England—or their Envoys mull
give a wrong interpretation to their inftrudions,
and the treaty alluded to ; since it appears that
France, renouncing the claims she .may have
from the priority of the treaty of 1778, now
offers to treat without demanding any other ad
vantage than those enjoyed by the English, and
which they have exercised during the present
war ; and the Ambassadors must come, with a
very bad grace to negociate a peace, if they are
not veiled with power to accede to these con
ditions.
The negotiation was opened on the part of
the French commiffioners,on the supposition that
the treaty of 1778 was dill in force. It was, in
deed natural, to suppose, that the two nations
never having been in a date of war with each
other, this treaty could not have been annulled
without the consent of both countries ; and in
this point of view it was that the French Com
missioners offered an indemnification to the A
mericans, by admitting the principle of Compeo
fation for illegal captures.
They even proceeded further : inflead of de
mianding from the Americans the indefinite
guarantee of the French co onies, the article of
the treaty which was moft,disadvantageous to
the former, they agreed to the substitution of a
special guarantee, such as appears to be contain
ed in the inftru^ionsof the preceding Ambas
sadors, according to the copy of them published
bj.Congrefs. Buj the American Envoys were
riot authorifed to renew this treaty, even after
retrenching the article refpediug the guarantee
of the French iffonds. France, therefore, con
ceived herfelf exempted from the obligation of
compensating for the captures; the Americana
themfelfcs having, by abrogating the treaty, de
stroyed the basis on which only their claims™
could have been founded.
It thus appears that the negotiation turned
chiefly on three points:
1. The continuance in force, or the modified
renewal of the treaty of 1778. France waved
this point, in confluence of the assurance of
the American Envoys that they could noc re
new it.
A. The principle of compensation for illegal
captures. —This point France offered to admit;
but on condition only that the treaty of 1778
Should be renewed, with the modification dated
in the instructions given by Washington.
3. The 25th article of the treaty betweed
the United States and Great-Britajn, relative
to the protection granted to the armed vcff-lS
of that nation. France will most probably in
fill upon enjoying the fame advantage as long
as it is possessed to her injury by her enemies.
These 13 another principle which France is
very anxious to establish ; and on the adoption
of which she has strongly infilled ; a principle
which it is dill more the iatereft and policy of
the Americans to carry into execution. But
the treaty of 1793 with the Euglifh prevents
them from acceding to this fyflem, namely, that
neutral bottoms shall constitute neutral proper
ty. France however hopes to induce the pow
ers of the. north to eftabliffi this system, to be
excluded from the benefit of which would be
highly injurious to the Americans..
It appears, however, that these dfylqmatic
conferences; have been conducted in the most
amicable manner, and so as tb leave bril, an im
pression of regret that it was impoffihle to re- z ,
move ths difficulties which had occurred. The
American Ambassador, during their ftfidence
it Faris, have been treated with eveg poiFible
mark of refpeCt, and enjoyed all the diftinaion,
conferred on the Ministers of our Allies. Aril
is at present, the principle and system of France
to refpeCl and protest the law of nations, and
the rights of neutrality, it is to be hoped that the
fink and equitable condu& which (he holds,
American Negotiation
with France, AT AN END !
Late Foreign News
Os the AMERICAN ENVOYS.
WASHINGTON'S Legacy.
R, arrivals at NrtD-Terl tf ßyfem.