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Law of New-HampJhire,
;Ptfd the laftfefan of the General Court.
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An. a& for the better observation of the
Lord'sday,and for repealing all the laws here
tofore made for that purpose.
BE it enaßed 6, the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives in General Court convened, That no
fradefman, artificer or any other person what
soever ih?il do, or exercise any labour, business
or work of their secular callings, works of ne?
ceffity and mercy only exempted, nor use any
game, play or recreation on the firft day of the
week, commonly called the Lord's day, or any
part thereof, upon pain that every person so of
fending shall forfeit a sum not cxecedingfa dol
lars nor Jess than one.
And be it farther enaaed, Tliat no person shall
travel on the Lord's day between fim-rifing and
sun-setting, unless from necessity, or to attend
public worship, visit the sick, or do some office
of charity, on penalty of a sum not exceeding^
dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enacted, That no tavernor,l
retailer or other person keeping a public house
of entertainment, shall fuffcr any of the inhab-j
itants of the refpe&ive towns where they dwell,
or others, rot being Grangers, or lodgersin such 1
houses. to abide or remain in the houses, yards
or appendages thereof, drinking or idly Ipending
their time on the lord's day, upon the pain and
penalty aforefaid. And the person or persons
who fliall be found so drinking or abiding in
such house or dependencies thereof as aforefaid,
(hall each fuffer thejike penalty.
And be it further enaaed, That each town and
diftridtwithin this State {hallat the time of choos
ing town or district officers annually, and every
year choose by ballot certain person;, being of
good substance and sober life, to be Tythingmen
of such town or d&ifl, of which officers no
town or diftria shall appoint less than two, whole
duty it shall be to inform of all breaches of this
aft.
And be it further cnaded, That if any person
shall on the Lord's day, within the walls of any
house of public worship, or about such house,
whether in the time of public fcrvice, or between
the forenoon and afternoon services of said day,
or on any part thereof, behave rudely or inde
cently, he or she shall pay a fine not exceeding
fix dollars nor less than fifty cents.
And be it further enacted, That the oath of any ,
tythingman or felcrtman shall be deemed full
and fufficient evidence, upon trial of any offence
against this art, unless in the.judgment of the;
court or justice the fame shall be invalidated by
other evidence that may be produced.
And be it further enabled, That the parents of
any. children under age, the guardians of any v
minors, and the niafters of servants, who shall
have no parents or guardians, shall be refpert
ively liable for the fines and costs of their chil
dren, wards or servants, who shall be converted
of any offence against this art. And the said
fines "and costs may be levied by warrant of dis
tress issued against thp parent, guardian or mai
ter, as the case may be, according to the form
herein after prescribed. Provided always, that
such parent, guardian or master shall be duly
notified of the time and place appointed for the
trial of such children, minors or servants for the
offences aforefaid.
And be it further enafiej, that it shall be lawful
for each & every fele&man & tythingman within
their refpeaive precincts to take and command
such assistance as may be needful, and forcible, to
stop and detain any person or persons they shall
fufpea of travelling unnecessarily on feid day,
for and during such time, as fliall be necessary
for demanding the cause or reason of such per
son's travelling, his name and place of abode, &
receiving , the answer to such demands. And
in case any such person shall not give fatisfa&ion
to the fele&man or tythingman, demanding the
fame, that there is fufficient reason for his trav
elling,fuch feleaman or tythingman shall have
full power and authority to detain in his custody
fuchperfen or persons, until a regular trial can
be had, and to command the necessary aid there
for.
Arid be it further enabled, That if any person
fliall refufe to give aid and assistance to any fe
le&man or tythingman, who may require the
fame for the purposes afordaid, such person so
refilling, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined
in a sum not exceedingfx dollars nor less than
one.
And be it further enabled, That if any person
found travelling upon the Lord's day shall give
any falfe arfwer to any of the before mentioned
clueflions which may be asked him by any fele&-
roan or tythingmen, the said person fliall, upon
cohvi&ion thereof, be fined in a sum not exceed
ing thirteen dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enabled, That the feleaman
of the several towns and places in this state, and
the tythingmen chosen as aforefaid, be and they
hereby are required to inform ofalj breaches of
this adV within their precincts. And if any
person charged with a breach of this art, shall
be acquitted upon trial, he fliall recover cods
against: the complainant, unless the complainant
be a fele&man or tythingmen ; and in that
case no coll: shall be allowed to the person ac
quitted. And for the better execution of all
and every of the foregoing orders, every Juflice
of the Peace, within the county where any of
fence against this a& shall be committed, shall
have power and authority to convene before him
any person or persons offending as aforefaid, and
upon his own view, or defer evidence Efficient
th r^vM any person of such offence, to impose
the fine 'and penalty far the feme with costs, and
to restrain ^ud commit the offenders until the
fame he fatisfied, or to capfe such fine, penalty
and costs to he levied by distress and sale of the
offender's goods, rcturningthe overplus if any
be. ' All fines ^ penalties accruing by this
a&, to be for the benefit and relief of the popr,
of such town or place whefe she offence is coin
ndtted,an'd delivered into the Hands of the fek&-
mcn or overseers of the poor,for that purpose.
And beifcfurthrfyfy, ;,hst any person
• shall have the right of appal to the court of
c,yimon pleas from ^ Sentence of a juflice
given'lgainff him or hieOkipo&mce of this
he or she recofohring 'wWfofficient fnre-i
ties to ptoftcute his/her dppdal with efi?&—
Provided nevertheless, that it jfaan and mgv be
1 <fyl for any justice of ,he Peace, ou.appfca-
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tion to grant a licence for any person to travel;
or do any secular business oil said day, which
shall appear to him to be a work of necessity
or mercy. And such certificate shall be a bar
to any piofccution therefor. And the informing
officers aforefaid shall have a right to enquire
of any person apparently offending against this
a&, the cause or AeccOity ofliis so doing, and if
/ he or ihe'fhall negle& or refute to assign such
I reason or reasons as mayappe.tr on trial to be
!fufficient,or ffiow such certificate, he or ihe shall
; pay costs of prosecution, any other reason he or
Ifhe shall give on trial notwithllanding.
And be it further enabled. That alt prosecutions
,for offences against this a& ihall be commenced
within thirty days after the offence shall have
Ibeen committed, and not afterward.
I And be it further enabled, That the Warrant of
;diftrefs before mentioned may be in the form
following.
State of Ncw-Ham,Jbire,
R /
To the Sheriff of the said county fR ' or
he; Deputy or any Costfable of in'
said County.
1 Greeting.
f(L S ) WHEREAS O- F. an infant under the
I\ / age of twenty-one years, on the
I N — / dayof at in said county of
R before the fubferiber one of the
justices assigned to keep the peace within and
for said county was duly convi&ed of [here de
scribe the offence a, it is dcfcribed in the com
p'mirit or conviction] which offence was com
mitted contrary to the form of an nd entitled
"an ad for the better observation of the Lord's
; day, and for repealing all laws heretofore made
for that purpose ;" and for said offence the said
O. F. was ordered to pay a fine of
and costs of prosecution, amounting in
the whole to the sum of and whereas
A. B. of &c. (Addition) at the time
of the convi&ion aforefaid was [Parent, Guar
dian or Master as the case may be] of the said
O. F. and by law liable for the said fine and
costs, and hath been duly notified of said con
viction, and the fame fine and costs Aiff remain
ing unpaid—These arc therefore in the name of
State of New-Hamplhire to command yon to
levy the said sum of by distress and
sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B.
found within your precinct, and the fame sum
I when levied to pay to the fubferiber, to be dis-
Ipofed of according to law. And for want of
such Goods or chattels of the said A. B. to take
the body of the said A> B. and him commit
unto the gocl in and the keeper of
said goal is hereby commanded to receive the
' said A. B. into his custody, and him detain in -
said goal until he pay the aforefaid sum of
with fifty Cents more for this warrant,
together with all fees, or until he be difeharged
by order of law.—Hereof fail not, and make
due return of this warrant, with your doings
therein, unto the fubferiber, within sixty days
next coming.
Given under my hand and fed at in said
County, the day of
A. D. I. P.
And be it further enabled, That the said warrant
of distress Ihall be served and executed in the
fame way and manner as Executions against
the body and personal estate are by law to be
served and executed, and the Officer serving the
fame shall be entitled to demand the fame fees
as he may lawfully demand, for the service of [
such Executions and no more.
And be it further enabled. That all the laws I
heretofore made in this State for the better ob-{
fervation of the Lord's day, be, and they here-1
by are repealed. Provided neverlhelefs, that ;
this Act shall not be in force until the firft day ;
of March next. \
And it is hereby recommended to the minis-1
ters of the Gofpd,to read this a& publicly, in
their Congregations annually,on the Lord's day •
next after the choice of Town Officers.
Approved December 24, 1799.
NORTH-WESTERN TERRITORf
CINCINNATI, JAN.7.
Refoked wtartimoafy, by the legiflati-e
cotoiril and house of fefrefentatives of the
territory north ^ft of the Ohio river, That
the governor of the said territory be
requeued to transmit to the President
of the U. States the following address
(signed by she President of the council,
and the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, in behalf of botli houses, to
gether with this resolution.
To JOHN ADAMS,
President of the United States.
Sir,
The general assembly of the territory
north w^ft of the river Ohio, believing 1
that the higher reward which a virtu
ous public ohicer can receive, is the
applause of his fellow citizens, are anx
ious to embrace the earliest opportuni
ty of declaring their confidence in
your virtue and talents, and their ap
probation of your official conduct.—•
With a degree of pleasure and exulta
tion more easily felt than exprefed,
we review the hiftory of your important
life, replete with proofs of patriotic vir
tue. At a period which demanded
more than common frmnefs, we saw
you hep forward, the Solute fupporfer ।
of your country's rights. We wiLneff
ed your perfeverrmee through the revo
lutionary War, and to yout firmnefs we
attribute the enjoyment of the rich
country we now inhabit. Having a&-
ed so conspicuous . a part in the eftab
lilhment of American Independence,
at the elofe of the arduonsconteft which
enrolled the United States on the re-;
cord of nations, you might have retired j
to the Shade of private life, and fecurc' -1
ly enjoyed the approbation of an up-|
right mind and the appiaufe of a grate
ful country. Tut happily for America
you chofc to continue in public life, till
the confidence of your fellow citizens,
at a critical moment, placed you at the
helm of date ; and permit -us, fir, to
assure you, that we are duly impressed
with a sense bf the wisdom, justice and
firmriefs with which you have difeharg
ed this important trull; and we take
this early opportunity of assuring you.
fir, of ourdinerfc attachment to the
American contblation and government,
Mad of our determination to afford eve
ry pollible support to both.
We believe that, regardless of the
voice of party Spirit, which has driven
to diftrad our national councils, you
have kept the honor and happiness of
. the nation constantly in view ; and
we ardently pray that the wife ruler
of nations may pteferve your health and
life. EDWARD TIFFIN;
Speaker of the house of reprefentativee.
H. VANDERBURGH,
President of the Council.
Earl St. Vincent & Sir John Orde.
We published, a few days since, un
der the London head, an account of a
difference between Earl St. Vincent and
I Sir John Orde. The following is a I
more particular statement of that trans-,
adion, taken from a London paper of«
the ,th of October;'
“ In consequence of a npifunderftand-|
ing which took place between Admiral
Lord St. Vincent and Vice-Admiral fir
John Orde, while they were employed
in the service of their country in the
Mediterranean, a challenge was sent
by the latter a few days since to the
Noble Earl, and accepted by him. Yes
terday morning was the time appoint
edfor their meeting ; but their intention
having been privately made known toj
Mr. Justice Ford, a warrant Migrant-I
ed,under the authority of which Sirl
John was arrested early yesterday morn-|
ing, at Durant's Hotel, by Townfhend
and Sayers, who kept him in custody
till ten o'clock, when Mr. Ford bound
him over in the penalty of zoool. to
keep the peace, and two sureties in
10001, each. Mr. Ford then went off ex
press, attended by Townfhend, to the
feat of Lord St. Vincent, at Brentwood,
near which the duel was to have been
fought, and whereday found his Lord
ship preparing to set out to receive his
antagonist. Mr. Ford immediately in
formed him of the nature ofhis errand
and bound him over to keep the peace
in the fame terms as those to which
I Sir John Orde had been obliged to sub
j scribe. Earl Spencer and Mr. Secreta
iry Dundas are the sureties of each.
"The mifunderhanding alluded to,
:is said to have originated in the negled
[ which Sir John conceived to have been
imanifefted towards him, by Rear-Ad
miral Nelson being appointed to com
-Imand the squadron with which he van-
I quilhed the French fleet off the coaftof E
! gypt, although Sir John was his fupe
; rior in naval rank in the fleet of Lord
St. Vincent, from which it was detach
ed. Sir John remonstrated bn the fub
je&; and the correspondence which pas
sed between him and the Noble Admi^
fal on the occasion, was of so unpleasant
a nature that he refilled his command,
and returned to England. On his ar
rival, he applied to the Admiralty to
be allowed an opportunity of juftifying
his condud ; but Lord Spencer endea
voured to dilfuade him from bis pur
pose, at the fame time alluring him that
their Lordships entertairted the highest
, opinion of his conduct. In this fituatibn
the affair rested till the decent return of
Lord St. Vincent afforded Sir John an
opportunity of making a personal aQli-
i cation to his Lordship for fatisfaaion."
r fc^. wmw^wWJiJW *l j»W>tH inwr^- --
Little public Spirit (fays the Ami des
Lois) is to be seen at Paris. The thirst
for pleasure walks ; the torrent of fash
ion, play ; dinners, public places; the
luxury of furniture, and mistresses,
are the objeds which more particularly
occupy the Parisian youth. Men of
letters, inhead of employing their tal-.
ents in making the Republic beloved,
or in tracing upon the stage the morals
of people friendly to liberty, publish
only tirefbme romances, and bring out
nothing but infignifieant pieces.
% , ~.■»*y"* » r~lrofy>^toCTimmr^. I
The Perpetual Methn.
In the j^l of Gofoen, in this Rate, two men
are confined on fufpicibn 6f counterfeiting hard
dollars. Duringthteirintiprifonntyt,without any
other instrument than m penknife, 'they have
fabricated a machine of cedar-wood,which' dif
cOyexs din Perpetual foiofa The mzehine f&n
fifts of about <b edg and fat ,'kcete of various
ditpehficns, and , set in motoi) by weight.—
llt can he adapted so a c&xfo'fapfyill, grist-mill,
I or any other piece of machinery that moves by
Iweight, waterff wjnd[:and vyi) I" continue them,
I'in motion io long a, the machinery will last.
Con^re/s of the U. States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTS TIKES.
\MONDAY, FEB. 10.
I Mr. A. Foster laid on the table a Resolution
^ for an inquiry whether any, and if any, what
f alterations ought to ba made in the compensa
tion allowed to the Officers of Congrets.
Mr. S. Smith fubinitted a refutation for ex
tending for sixty days, bonds due, prior to the
firrt day of August next, for duties, where it
fliall be required off the parties, and where the
recovery of the duties ihall not be Endangered
thereby. The effe& on the merchants of the
United States, by the failures in Europe, was
urged 8a the cause of the resolution. Mr. S.
, moved its reference to a Committee of the
whole.—Upon the queftiun, the Yeas were S 3,
Nays 33. —The Speaker deciding in the affirma
tive, it was committed.
Mr. Claiborne substituted the following, for
a resolution he some time fierce laid on the table,
referring fupplics for rhe Indians;
Refotved, That a Committee be appointed to
inquire into the operation of the a&s Taking 1
pro%fijn for tire eftabliihment es Trading
houfeswith the Indian Tribes; and also into the
expediency of reviving and continuing in force
the said arts. A Committee of five was raised.
TUESDAY, FES. I 1.
The bill extending the time for the payment
df bonds, in certain cases, was read twice.—As
was a bill in addition to the Military Ertablifh
ment of the United States.
Several local and private articles were arted
' upon.
BANKRUPT BILL.
I This bill was again taken into conflagration,
t lMr. Jones, moved the following additional sec-
Jtion :
“ And be it further enabled. That nothing in
i this art contained, ihall extend to, or in any
wife affect or operate upon debts contracted,
or tranfartions which may have taken place,
prior to the puffing thereof."
This was negatived, 24 members only voting
in the affirmative. Some other amendments
were made and negatived, and the bill ordered
for a third reading on Monday next —55 mem
bers voting for it.
FRIDAt, FEB. 14.
The Committee of Commerce, on the fubjert
of the fufpeofion of intercourse with France,
f have reported a variety of information on the
[fubjert from the Secretary of the Treafery :—
I which was referred to the Committee of the
I whole. When in Committee, Mr. Nicholas
I moved an amendment to the law on the fubjert,
for giving neutrals, residents in the United
States, liberty to trade with the French territories
in neutral bottoms.
Mr. Sewall opposed this alteration ; which he
said would render^re bill intolerable to the
citizens of the United States ; who would view
with jealous eye, foreigners enjoying the benefits
of a trade we are precluded from, and employ
ing dur own vessels and sailors for that purpose.
Gcu. Smith supported the amendment. A
long debate enfaed ; and the Commitee report
ed progress and had leave to lit again.
Mr. Kittera, in order to bring thefubfa. to a point,
proofed the following reflations t —
RfolveJ, That a Committee be appointed to report
a bill to continue in force for one month, the aft inti
tled an "A& tofufbend the commercial intercourse be
tween the United States and France, and the dependen
cies thereof. —
MONDAY, FEB. 1,.
Several private and local petitions and memorials
were attended to.
NASH THE MURDERER.
The PreJident's meffsge on this fabjell was com
mitted for eonfideration on Friday.
Mr. Bayard submitted the following Refutation ;
which was also referred for Friday :—
Refolded, That the conduct of the Executive Gov
ernment of the U. S. in relation to the riquiftion made
by bis Britannic Majeffs MiniJilrs oj tbe delive
ry up to juflice of Thomas Naf, etberwife called
'Jonathan Robbins ; upon tbe charge of murder com
mitted on board of tbe Hermoine Britifofrignte, which
said Najb bad fought an asylum within tbe United
States, was conformable to tbe duty of the government,
es to tbe übiigatiorts ofgoodfaitb,Jiipu!ated in tbe 27th
article of tbe treaty of amity. Commerce Iff navigation,
stade with Great- Britain.
Mr Nicholas's amendment to tbe Intercourse
Susjenfion Laau was negatived. Ayes 42 — Noes 5 1.
TUESDAY, FEB. Is.
A variety of local and private articles puffed
various stages.•
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
Was further portioned, in order to take up the
FRENCH NON-INTERCOURSE BILL.
Several amendments were proposed, & neg
atived, or withdrawn. Ochers were carried &
reported ; hut the House adjourned without any
final quertwn.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10.
THE petition of David Frodiingham, of
Charlcrtown, praying compensation for proper
ty defroyed during the revolutionary war, was
referred to the committee oi claims.
The committee of claims, on the petition, of
Moses Gill, Elq. praying payment of P4OO dol
lars, on a Georgia Loari office Certificate, re
ported in conjunction with the Secretary of the
Treasury, igainft the expediency of affamihg
the payment of said certificate.
THE BANKRUPT BILL ,
Was further poftpOned. flbefade of this bill
so anrioufly wfed for,feeds suspend-d on dacertain
ty ; and it wid, we far, eventmilfy expire in tbe
t .,mb. kUe Jee theft names on tbe wrong fide in
the debates on tbit f&fl, whom we too bad bas
in feeing on all others in toe riget.^
NON-INTERCOURSE BILfo ,
The Bill further to fufeend lft„%r^ ^
France, wasaigain difcullcd. the fertion con
sidering the whole island of Hispaniola; as a part
of the Ffdtcii Republic, moved to be Bruck out ;
and was advocated by Messrs. Nicholas, Living
ston, and Harper—who urged that we bad ub ,
right to determine, to whom the juri'dirtibn
belonged—that although it had been ceded by
Spain to France, yet the latter had never taken 1
poffeffion—aad it might possibly be by some fc-,
efet article, re-conveyed to Spam:; and there
fore France would never have poffrffion of the
: whofc of ^is iffand-rMr. Harper also objerted
to it; because it went to eftabtifh a new prin
ciple, to wit, she reftrirtian of intaCQurfe with
Spain—and thought it might give offence to the
nation.
It was answered by Messrs. Smith and Sew
all, that no poflible offence could be taken ac
the exprefliont used in the fertioh, since they
were only intended to operate h to the provi
sions of this art —That Spain often prohibited
our intercourse with the Colonies, without a
fbppbfttiod of giving offence to us, ind we of
course had an equal right of prohibiting our ci- ,
tizens from going to these Colonies, whenever
it was good policy to do so—that akhoi Spain
frid not actually given up the Government of
HifpanioL to France, yet their influents there
was very great, and they had equally as much
command as though no Spanish Government,
existed—and that it might be in the poorer of
France to take poffeffionof the whole of the
iftand at any time, which, for political purposes,
they probably now declined to do.
The question for Striking out was o negatived —•
Noes 48. Yeas 42. Afahry of 3000 dollars
per annum, was voted, for the public Agent
! reading there:__
An amendment was moved to prevent fraud
by our citizens being made Burghers of St.
Thomas', in the Weft-Indies, and l«ing.there
by enabled to transfer their right of property,
as well as citizenship, to carry-on a dirert inter
course with the French iflauds ; which was car
ried—Yeas 56. —Nays 46.
The Bill was then to be engrossed.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20.
Mr. Thatcher presented a petition of Samuel
Haley, praying remuneration of expeufe for
building aharbour—which was committed co the
Secretary of the Treasury.
y%ithan Rebbinr.
Mr. Livlngßon laid the following Refola*
tioas on tbe table .—
“ Revived, That it appears to this House, that
a person calling himfeif Jonathan Robbins, and
claiming to be a citizen of the United States,
imprerted on board a Britifb (hip of war, was
committed for trial in one of the courts of the
United States for the alledged crime of piracy
and murder committed on the high seas, on
board the British frigate Hermoinc. That a
requisition being subsequent to such commit
ment, made by the British minister to the exe
cutive of the United States fomhe delivery of
the said person (under the name of Thomas
Nalh) as a fugitive under the 4,th article of
the treaty with Great Britain. The President
of the United States did, by a letter written
from the department of state to the Judge who
committed the said person for trial, officially de
clare his opinion to the said Judge that he "con
sidered an offence on board a public (hip of war
on the high seas to have been committed with
in the jurifdiaion of the nation to whom the
(hip belongs, and in consequence of such opi
nion and inftrurtion did desire and request the
said Judge to deliver up the person so claimed
to the agent of Great Britain, who should ap
pear to receive him, provided only that the
stipulated evidence of his criminality should
be produced. That in compliance with such
advice aud request of the President of the U
nited States, the said person so committed for
trial, was by the Judge of the didrirt of South-
Carolina, without any presentment or trial by
jury, or any inveftiglfion of his claim to be a
citizen of the United States, delivered up to an
officer of his Britannic Majerty, ' and afterwards
tried by a court martial and executed on a
charge of mutiny and murder.
Resolved, That inafrouch as the Constitution
of the U. S. declares that the Judiciary powers
shall extend to all questions arising under the
Constitution, Laws and Treaties of the United
State s,and to all cases of admiralty and maritime
jutilUi&ion, and also that the trial of all crimes
(except in cases of impeachment) shall be by jury;
add such trial fliall be held in the state where such
crime fliall have b>en committed, but when not
committed within any Rate, then at such place or
places asCougrefs may by law have directed; and
inafniuch as it is directed by law, that the of
fence of murder committed on the high seas shall
be deemed to be piracy ' and murder, and that
" the trial of all crimes committed on the liigh
seas, or in any place out of the jurifdiaion of
any particular state, shall be ia the diftrirt wherk
the offender is apprehended, or into which he
may be firft brought."—•Therefore the several
questions, Whether the adjudged crime of piracy
and murder was committed within the exclutiv#
jurifdiaion of Great Britain. Whether it comes
within the perview of the said twenty-seventh
article ; and whether the person stating that he
was an American citizen, and had committed
the a& in which he was accused in attempting
to regain his liberty from illegal imprisonment;
ought to be delivered up without any invefli
gation of his claim to citizenship, or enquiry in
to the farts alledged in his defence. —are all mat
ters etclullvely of judicial enquiry, as arising
from treaties; laws, conftitutidual provifions,and
cases of Admiralty and maritime jurifdiaion.
That the decifon of tbfe quefions 6, tbe Prudent
of tbe United States agiinfl tbe jurifdiaion of the
court of the United States, in a case where tbjfe
courts bad already assumed and cxercifedjurifdiaion,
end bis advice and request to tbe judge of the Aftriß
cotirl, that theperfon thus charged Jhuld be delivered
up, provided only, fab evidence of Fis criminality
should he produced as would juftify bis apprebenfon
rid commitment for trial, are 'a dangerous interfer
ence of the executive with judicial decifons ; and fbal
tbe compliance with fab advice and requeJl en tbe
part of tbe j'u?ge of tbe diftriH court of Soutb-Ca
rolina, is a facrfce of tbe corflitutional independence
of the judicial power, and exposes tbe adurinf ratio*
thereof to fofpicion and reprorcb.
The qaeftiun of reference to a committee of tbe
•whole was taken and carried —Ayes §fr
THE NON-INTERCOURSE RILL.
Puffed tC, be spaaed, Mr. Randolph called for the
Teas and. Nays.—Neefa Macon, Egglfon and
N,ifrbolUhfp& agni.A tbe p-fog of tbe Bill; and
Mfrs. AJcfbal and Gallatin in favour ts it.—-
It ftgLl'c, 63, Nays 28. • ,^
The P:e/Hentinformed tbe Hogfe be bad approve
doftbe,lniyimmt % SuftenJiOTi Ad. > ^
TUESDAY; FEE. 2,.
The Grti&at b F:fh<*y Kill paffi:d to he ehia^a.
the House concurred ih the amendments of'
the senate, except one, to the bill for regulating
grafts of land appropriated for milirarv 1 Cervices,•
and for the focift, of tbe United Bre&ert f#
propagating the gbfpel amorig & bratlfy^"
WASHINGION'S I.kcact.