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An ACT as/horfog the difeharge of Lau
rence Erb from hii confinement.
IDE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
-1) fentatives of tbe United States of America, in
Congress nffemkled, That the marshal of the dif
tri& of Pennsylvania be authorized and direded
to difeharge Lawrence Erb, late a colledor of
the revenue of the United State,, in the county
of Northampton, in the diftridt of Pennsylvania,
from confinement ; upon a judgment obtained
against him in favor of tbe United States: Pro
vided, That he take so much of an oath impeded
upon perfans imprisoned for debt, by the second
feaion of the a&, entitled, "An a& for the re
lief of persons imprisoned for debt," as relates
to his not having transferred his property with
an intent to defraud the United States; and
that he shall assign and convey all the estate, real
and pcrfonal, which he may now own, or be en
titled to, to feme person or persons for the use
and benefit of the United States, under the di
re&ion of the Secretary of the Treasury : Pro
vided, alfo,' That the said judgment shall remaini
in full force against any estate, real or personal,
which the said Lawrence Erb may hereafter ac
quire, and that process, may at any time, be
thereupon issued against the fame.'
NATHANIEL MACON,
Speaker of tbe House of Reprefentatites.
A. BURR,
Pice- Prefdent of tbe United Spates,
and PreJident of tbe Senate.
Approved Feb. 3, 1802.
/ TH : JEFFERSON,
Prflent of tbe United States
RESOLUTIONS expressing the sense of
Congress on tbe gallant conduct ts Lieut.
Sterrett —tbe Officers and crew of the
United States schooner Eriterprize.
RESOLVED, by tbe Senate and House of Rep
rejentatives of tbe United States of America in
Congress 'afembied, That they entertain a high
sense of the gallant condud of Lieut. Sterrett,
and the other officers, seamen and marines, 00
board the schooner Enterprize, in the capture of
3 Tripolitan corsair of 14 guns, and 80 men.
Refolded, That the President of the United
States be requeued to prefect to Lieut. Sterrett,
3 feord, commemorative of the aforeiaid heroic
naion ; and that one month's pay be allowed to
all the other officers, seamen and marines, who
were on board the Enterprizc, when the aforc
faid action took place.
NATHANIEL MACON,
Speaker of tbe House of Reprefentativee.
AARON BURR,
Pice-Prudent of tbe United Statfl,
and PreJident of tbe Senate.
Approved Feb. 3, 1803.
Th :_ JEFFERSON,
PreJident of tbe United States.
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DIALOGUE
Pflween two Democratic LegJbter?, of Maffaebu
fette, on tbe State- Houfefloor.
J. Well, General whom do you talk es in
your quarter, for our Lieutenant-Governor ?
S. Some are for Bowdoin ; but generally
we have agreed to run Heath with Gerry
once more. It is our only resource.
J. I'm forty for it— Gerry's kite never
am rife, with such a dead-weight for a bob to
-<i, , — Exeunt.
If after reading the" Memoirs" of " the Mar
quis of Grant," any thing were wanting to red
der him perfeai, ridic '-us, it would be the
perusal of , our General's" epistle, in praise cf
she traitor Dumourier—the Arnold of the French
Mgr. It ison file, and can be easily obtained.
SEVENTH CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
, > % an^ >3 ^ the City ^ Wudingicn, in
-the 1 ff§ itcry of Columbia, on Monday the
Seventh of December, one thousand eight
hundred and one.
AN ACT extending the piwlege ts
/ranking and receiving letters, free of
postage, to an, person admitted or to be
admitted to take a feat in Congress as a
delegate : and providing compensation
fucb delegates.
—6—
BE it enaaed by tbe Senate and House of Reprfe
JenWroes of tbe United States of America, in
Congress Affembted, That any person admitted, or
who may hereafter be admitted to take a feat
in Cougrefa as a delegate, shall enjoy the pri
vilege of fending and receiving letters free of
postage, on the fame terms, and under the fame
reftriaions as are provided for the members of
the Senate and of the Houle of Representative,
of the United States, by the aft entitled, " An
a& to cftablilh the poft-office of the United
States;" and that every such delegate so admit
ted to a feat, be, and he is hereby authorized to
receive free of postage, under the said restric
tions, any letters directed to him, and which
fhal&iave arrived at the feat of government pri
or to the passage of this aft ; And that every
such delegate shall receive for his travelling ex
pences and attendance in Congress, the fame
compensation as is, or may be allowed, by law,
to the members of the Senate and House of Rep
refentetives of the United States, to be certified
and paid in the fame manner.
NATHANIEL MACON,
, Speaker of tbe House of Representatives.
AARON BURR,
Fuc-PrefideM of tbe United States,
and Prefdent of tbe Senate.
Approved Feb. 13, 1802.
TH : JEFFERSON,
Prefdent cf tbe United States.
Laws of the Union.
^AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH'LEAD TO POLITIC Al
PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDfSPENSABL .
supports. WASHINGTON'S Legacy.
Vol.XII.} SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1802.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Printed and rubiiibed every
Portsmouth
Witch feffit^
T Prox tbe CENTIN at,
HE State of Virginia has lately vot
ed to recommend three or four altera
tions of the federal Constitution ; and
the Legislature of New-York two more.
Thus by clipping and paring it away
by piece-meals, we shall in a very Short
time find not a feature of the Original
Instrument left. The enemies of that
Constitution, who, when they dared,
were its open and violent oppofers, now
pretend great attachment to it. They
love it dearly, they pretend ; but it is
such love only as the Shake has for the
bird, which it charms to destroy. Op
en hostility, they now find, will not
answer their purposes ; they therefore
conceal the dagger under the cloak of
Amendments.—it they were sincere in
their desires to make the charter of our
liberties perfect, they would propole a
very essential, and real Amendment :
It would be to expunge from the 38
paragraph of the 2d fe&ion of the 4ft
, article, the words, "Three fifths of all
other persons." These " other person" are
the negro Slaves on the Virginia planta
tions, and elsewhere : —They amount
to 869,768, in the U. States :—Every
Fifty-five thousand of whom will have
one Representative in Congress ; mak
ing in all FIFTEEN REPRESENT-
A FIVES in Congress : And in the
next election of President of the United
States, FIFTEEN votes will be given
for animals ; who will have no more
voice, or influence in the choice of the
Electors who are to give them, than
869,768 of the mules and black cattle
of New-England or the cod-fish on our
sea coads !,uch an amendment as this
is wanted, and ought to be made—
When the Constitution was formed,
this abomination was imposed on the
Northern States, as the only condition
upon which Virginia, &c. would con
sent to the Constitution, The patriotism
of the Northern delegation induced it
to content to almost any Sacrifice toeffe&
the consolidation of the union ; and to
obtain a stable form of government.
The address of the Convention, which
accompanied the Constitution, acknow
ledges that the concession was rendered
indispensable at that time by the pecu
liarity of our political Situation. That
peculiarity of Situation does not any
longer exist. The governments is al
most wholly in the hands of Virginians ;
who would sooner agree td the amend
ment desired, than relinquish the hold
they have on the government. —Judice,
therefore, dictates, that when the fub
jed of Amendments of the Constitu
tion is in agitation, that this essential
one Should not be overlooked.
TURNPIKE ROADS.
It would be very desirable to have
Straight and good roads throughout
the United States, from one town or
city to another ; but particularly so
from the Capital to that of another.
Boston being not only the capital of
Maffachufetts,but also of New-England
we ought to use our utmost exertions to
facilitate the travelling to it, by the
Shortest possible way. It has for some
time been in contemplation to open a
Turnpike road from Boston to Ports
mouth in or very near a direct line,
which would cross Merrimack River
near Hoyt's wharf, and which would
contrast the travelling from 68 to a
bout 52 miles, beginning the reckon
ing at the old State House in Boston :
And from the fame place to this town
from 43 to about 32 miles. However
great the undertaking zhay appear to
some, by many it is considered as very
trifling when compared with its im
mense utility to the Public. In New-
Hampshire a Turnpike haslately been
opened from Pifcataqua Bridge to Con
cord of about 30 miles at the expence
of about 900 dollars per mile, and a
petition is now before the Legislature
of that State for opening a road from
Portsmouth to the dividing line between
the States and it is said. that Gentle
men have offered to contract with the
Proprietors to complete it at xio© dol
lars per mile, Should it cost even 2500
„dollars per mile from hence to Boston,
it would, considering its importance
in point of utility and convenience, be
perhaps as cheap a bargain as the Pub
lic ever made : It is therefore fincepely
hoped that no local interest will have
any influence in defeating so noble and
laudable an Enterprise.
•fcNrtcturyp®rr Herald.
MJSCFLT, AN PO %.
The official journal announces that
the fleet failed from Brett, &c. the 14th
December, It is composed of 23 Ships
of war, French and Spanish.
There are 25,000 troops on board ,
these Ships and the transports. The
Spanish General Gravina accompanies
the expedition. He is appointed Gov
ernor of Havanna.
Gen. Hedopvihe is appointed Envoy
Extraordinary, &c. of the French Re
public to the Emperor of Russia.
The Ministers of the Foreign and
Home Departments are preparing to
set off for Lyons—Many of the Cifal
pine deputies have arrived there to as
sist at the Consulta. In the procla
mation issued by the Cifafpine govern
ment, on the fubjeCl, it is said, that the
First Consul, author and restorer of the
Cifalpine Republic, will partake, with
the deputies of the Consulta, the
weight of its deliberations.
Citizen Otto, appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary of the French Re
public to the United States of A
merica, has been appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary near hi< Britannic Ma
jesty, to ad in that capacity until the
definitive peace.
Foreign Articles.
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B, an arrival at Norfolk, 'rom Fabnoatb.
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^^ * B?rr^s&tS, JrttU 7; V,Cl.'
LETTERS fiom Amiens, State,
that only the Frenca,English and
Batavian negotiators had met a; that
place, the Spanish and Neapolitan Ple
nipotentiaries were daily expected. It
is not known whether any Minims will
be feat by Russia and Fruffia.
Such is the favorable State of the ne
gociation at Amiens, that Lord Whit
worth, our Ambassador is to pioceed
immediately to Paris.
Spain it is said, has preremptorily re
fufed to ratify the preliminaries of Peacte
or Surrender the island of Trinidad.—
She has as yet refufed passports to En
glish Shipping;
dec. 24. It is highly probable that
government is in expectation of the im
mediate conclusion of the definitive
treaty of peace ; and to this hope may
be attributed the unexpected adjourn
ment of both houses of Parliament, to
next Monday, instead of the intended
adjournment for the recess. Mr. Ad
dington's declaration, in answer to the
quellion put to him by Mr. Windham,
that the treaty of Badajos,is to be con
sidered as the basis of the negotiations
between G. Britain and France as far
aS they refpeCl Portugal, while that of
Madrid is to be annuled: muff prove
a fubjeCl of great fatisfadion to the
country. It evinces the peculiar at
tention given by ministers to the inter
ests of our mbit faithful ally, as well as
their firmnefs in refilling the encroach
ments aimed at by France upon the
Portuguese territory in Cuiana, altho'
the measure had been ratified by the
tribunate and legislative body.
rad WASHINGTON, FE8.16,
I HE public mind is highly agita
ted here.— The holders of City Lots
seem much alarms. Not a lot has
been fold for many days past; and the
profpeCt of a dependent judiciary, and of
judges who are to be the creatures, and
puppets of the Virginia-party, prevent
ive sale of the landed property here.
Many of tbe sober minded men of
Virginia are endeavoring to fell their
lands and Slaves and contemplate re
moving to New-England. From the
violation of the constitution, disunion
must, they think, ensue ; when it Shall,,
they mean to be on the Safe fide of the
boundary." r-—--;
NORFOLK, FEB. 6.'
By Captain Quarles, arrived yester
day from Port Republican, we learn,
that the ftri&eft order and discipline
prevail throughout the iflaud of St.
Domingo. It was understood at the
time be left there, that 80,000 negroes
were u^der arms, anting as militia ;
the whites had been disarmed, and a
certain number of negroes apportioned
United States.
LONDON, DEC. 20, 1801.
Paris, dec. 18, ißor.
to the plantations, who, if found fray
ing from them, were instantly Shot.—-
The whites had received alfurances of
protection and fafety from the govern
ment : the fortifications round the isl
and had been repaired, and it was ex
pe&ed that On the arrival of the troops
from France they r -ould meet with a
friendly reception ; they were at tbe
fame time prepared to oppose force to
force, Should circitmftances render it
necessary; for which end, quantities of
arms and ammunition had been im
ported into the island in vessels under
Spanish colours.
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PHILADELPHIA, TPB. Xs.
THE MAMMOTH.
The Skeleton with which it is Mr.
Rembrandt Peale's intention Shortly to
visit Europe, was yesterday so far put
together, that previous to taking it to
pieces for the purpose of packing up,
He and twelve other gentlemen partook
ofa collation ^within the breast of the
animal ; all comfortably seated round
a small table ; and one of'Mr. Hawkins'
patent portable pianos.
FEBRUARY 24;
On Friday night'laft a poor washer
woman returning home with ten dol
lars which we had just received, was
knocked down and robbed of her hard
earned pittance, by force villains in the
Northern Liberties—and on Saturday
nighalaft, about half past 3 o'clock, as
Roger Hennie, a Shoe-maker who lives
in South-street, gear Twelfth was re
turning home, he itas attacked in Pine
ftreet, a little below the Pennsylvania
holpital, by ruffians, who with horrid
imprecations commanded him to Stand
and deliver his money ; he answered
that he was a poor man, and had but
little money, but what little he had he
would give them willingly, at the fame
time begging they would not ufc him
ill ; at this instant he received a blow
in the face from one of them, and at
the fame time two of the others Struck
him with bludgeons from behind, which
brought him to the ground, they after
wards gave him Several violent kicks
on the face and body, and then proceed
ed to rifle his pockets, from which they
took two dollars and seven or eight
cents, (all the money he had) with this,
they retired.
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NEW-YORK, FEB. Ifr
FROM FRANCE.
Very little intel igence of importance
has been received by the Orlando. The
measures of Government in France are
conduced with impenetrable Secrecy.
The departure of the fleet for St. Do
mingo is generally known—it is sup
posed it will rendezvous at an Engliih
island until the disposition of the inhab
itants be afeertainceL It is also surmis
ed that a portion of the embarkation is
declined for Louisiana, and that more
troops will follow as fqpn as they_ can
be marched to the'coaft and transports
provided.
From the communications of an in
telligent passenger, arrived in the Or
lando, from fourdeaux, it is presumed
that the American trade will be Se
verely reftri&ed, and that the United
States have little to expert from France
on the ftpre of commercial favors. The
American merchants have little indeed
to hope from the friendship of foreign
powers, whole necessities alone can ex
tort a demand for our productions.
European jealousy and policy will en
deavor to curtail our credit ahd cramp
our trade. American enterprize and
a&ivßy, will, however, surmount every
obstacle._,„eb. '8
In Gold-street, yesterday afternoon,
about three o'clock, a white man Slab
bed a negro in tbe fide of liis heck, of
which he instantly expired. The mur
derer is committed to prison ; he is
said to be a painter, and has lefta wife
and family.
At Baltimore on Monday the 9th
instant the body of an infant was
found buried in a candle-box, near the
furfuce of the ground.—-The box was
marked I. S. A coronet's inquest was
called, which brought in a OerdiCt of
wilful murder. But the unnatural per
petrator has not yet been difeovered.
„february 26 #
EFFECTS OF PEACE.
A failure to a very large amount has
lately taken place at Baltimore which
threatens to involve a number of ref
pedable merchants in this place and in
Philadelphia. —There is a very great
demand for money here at present.
Saturday Morning, by WILLIAM TREADWELL, & C 3
PRICE t DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per An,mm. [No. 2.4
f^ADVERTISEMENTS reasonably \A cokspieuoualy inserted —COMMU
J NICATIONS duly attended to —and every FAVOR THANKFULLY
{ acknowledged.
©M^Cie ana
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIRTEENTH YEAR.
Advertiser.
BOSTON, FEB. %6.
TAXES.
ONE of the firft efforts of the Vir
ginians in Congress, as early as 1789;
was to put a heavy duty on molasses.
It was not their fault that it was not e
normous. They were as generous and
public spirited as men could be, to have
the Yankees pay taxes for liquor djlillled
from molaffet. But when, two years af
terwards, the tax was laid on peach and
apple Brandy and on grain spir its, com
monly called Whiskey, their patriotism,
flagged. They cursed the tax. Philip
Freneau was clerk to Mr. Jefferfon at
500 dollars a year ; he printed the Na
tional Gazette, and helped to kindle the
fire of the rebellion that Gen. Washing
ton, and Mr. Gallatin, as the Jacobins
afire us, aftewards put out. What
was this rebellion raised about? Taxing
dram for Pennsylvania, &c. The firft
steps towards the rebellion prevented
any officers collecting the excise—and
for several years almolt nothing was
collected. To this day, it has not paid
for the expense of quelling,<
Now we hear that this fort of hr is
to be repealed.-
Is not this equality ?—Ts not this do
ing exaft justice to all without regard
to local preferences or political fefts.?
The spirit of Ne v-England muff be re
duced far. below its ancient proof,if this
pretty specimen of democratic fair-play
is not attended to.
A Gang of pick-packets are ver,
busy in New-York.—the Mayor of
Philadelphia has offered a reward of
200 dolls. f6r apprehending the person
who lately robbed and murdered a
person in that- city and 100 each for
the two villains who were with the mur
derer—A man by the name of Da
venport, flatbed a black man at New-
York the last week, who soon after
wards expired.—We are told, there
are an uncommon number ^.criminals
in Boflon Goal.—The number of for
eign paupers.maintained at the expence
of the State of Massachusetts, is very
considerable.
A Mr? STORM is appointed Speak
er of the democratic Legislature of
New-Yorl, —No unfit Genius this to
reign o'er the temptfuawfea ofDemocracy.
and as money becomes Scarce, real pro
perty must fall in the years 1786, '7,
'B, and '9, real property was at from
about 1-3 to 1-4 of its present value.
Those largely interested in this kind of
property would do well to improve the
prefer prim , before the increasing de
mand for cash Shall reduce its value.
The annual redemption of 7'500.000
by the government of the United States
will afford feme relief to commerce,
and will keep up the price both of flocks
and of real property,; but still so great
will be the effe&s ofthe colonial fyllcm
of the European powers, in excluding
our citizens from their foreign poffcf
fions on our imports and exports ; that
all descriptions of people among us mud
be affected, in their incomes, and if
they wish to avoid bankruptcy and ruin,
mutt abridge their expences and prac
tife a very rigid economy.
MARCH 2.
NOBLE ACTION.
Capt. Cook, of the Ship Diana ar
rived at Baltimore, dates that on the
evening of the 9th of Feb. in lat. 24,
long. 80, he Spoke the fchr. Nancy,
Morris, from Notches to New-York,
" and .while in the act of {peaking,’"
fays he, " we were palling each other
in opposite directions with a bride breeze
from the eadward ; he being under
my lee he called to me apparently in
great confufion, that some one was
overboard; I immediately hove my
fails back, and Towered down my Stern
boat and Sent it to the afliftance of the
drowning, whom we Should not have
found, it being dark, had he not kept
calling out he jboald drerwn. —When the
boat came to him he desired the,
would take the woman in fir(t altho' he
said She was dead, which apparently was
. the case ; when She was taken unto the
boat there was not the lead Sign of life
in her, but She soon came too whenihe
got on board of the Schooner.
Capt. Morris informed me that the
vessel rolling heavy to leeward, the wo-'
man who was a passenger, fell over
board; the man wasa sailor and a paffena
ger, and jumped immediately over, af
ter her, and Supported her under one of
his arms till my boat teok them up."