The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-05-13 00:00:00, page 2

coW.of Antrim; sad.tbit the county
of WidfoContinued fotoMffirai by.
2 band of ruffians, under the command
of a fellow named Dwyer. On the Sat
urday preceding, a party of men Wat at
tacked near Rathvitie by a patrote of the
'Glegary fencibles ; a very severe contest
ensued, but ended in difeomfiture of the
Rebels, 6 of whom, were killed, and 16
taken, with I1 muskets, feviftl piftuls,
fword^ and bayonets, and have been con
veyed to Baltirglafs. Os the military, a
corporal was killed, and two privates dan
gerously wounded.
Several emigrants in this country, a
mong whom is the Abbe de Catenae, are
about to go to St. John's Island, in the
Gulph of St. Lawrence, to form an ag
ricultural establishment under the auspi
ces of the British government : The set
tlement is in future to be called Prince
Edward's Island.
It is with great concern we mention
the general anxiety that prevails refpea
ing the fate of the Proserpine frigate, in
which the Hon. Thomas Grenville and
his suit, embarked from Yarmouth, on
the 28th ult, bound for Elbe. An
extraa from a letter written by Capt.
Hearne, of the Prince of Wales Packet
to Mr. Warmington, agents for the Pac
quetsat Yarmouth contains the follow
ing alarming account on this very inter
afting occasion.
" Toe Proserpine frigate arrived at
Heligoland the 2d inst. took on board a
pilot, proceeded to the Elbe, and came
to anchor within the Entrance. Two
days after she was seen on fbore from
Heligoland, in great distress, and the
three days and nights following was con
stantly firing signals of distress, with her
, topmast struck. The Director of the
Post Office at Helligoland told me, that
no boat nor vessel could go to her assist
ance; and on the zgth inst. the ice be
ing three leagues without Helligoland,
(he could no longer be seen."
fbb. 27.
War with the Turks.
On the 16th the Directory sent a mes
sage to the two councils as follows :
" The Ottoman Porte, informed that
the expedition (0 Egypt was only dired
-ed against its real enemies, bad begun to
look upon it witha fovourable eye ; but
it was soon led astray by the perfidi
ousinfinuatioas of Britain and $ the coal
esced powers. The war which it has
declared against its aotient and faithful
allies, has been the fruit of this error,
and will lead to its total ruin. It has
drawn the Barbary powers into a war
with France.
" The French government has adopt
ed measures of reprisal, and it gives you
notice of having done so."
It is reported tbat the king of Prussia
has contented to allow the Ruffian ' troops
a free passage through his dominions.
Mure Bribery.
The Court of Madrid has not refufed
the passage of the republican army, as
fibred by fome'&f the papers : but cer
•tail? arrangements have been made be
tween, that and the Cabinet of Luzern,
berg, which will have the fame effed.
Theaters of which we speak fay, that
i the Court Os Madrid has bought off that
pirfage so dangerous to Spain, "by a sum
of money to be given to the French
Government,' and to which the Court of
Lffbob is to contribute its proportion.
The following is an extraa of a letter
from on board the Cambrian frigate :
" On Wednesday last, the 20th, we en
countered a mofttremenduous gale in
' the Channel; with thunder and light
ning. Afire pall fell upon the fore cas
tle, which unfortunately killed two meh
and wounded 17. Two are struck blind,
lof them is raving mid. The (cene
was so awful that we all expected imme
diate deftrudion."
MARCHI.
, It was yefterdey reported, on
the authority of the account# r&
reived via Guernsey, that the
• French failori at Brest had joined
.in a resolution, not to fail on an
expedition (aid to be fitting, in
conference of not having receive
te any pay for the last 12 month#.
A tyadroo of ten fail are in Brest
harbor ready tor tea.
'? A letter in the Courier de Paris of the
^ 16th, dated from the neighborhood of
Naples, mentions that general Mack,
surrendered to the French gen. Chafe,
pionet, in order to save tiffifelf from the
Bayonets of the Neapolitan soldiers-He
had the escort of 20 Dragoons allowed
him to pars through the Roman territo
ties, on his way to Vienna.
BOSTON, MAY I.
SURRINAM FLEET.
An exprefa arrived in town on
Monday night from Norwich,
bringing information of the failing
of the Surinam fleet, confitting
of between 70 and 80 richly la*
den American veffela ; and of the
arrival at Norwich of one of them,
These veffela having been a long
time detained, great anxiety for
their fate has been entertained.
We are told that policies on them
have been filled in thia town to
the amount of 400,000 dollar#.
L AW S '
Os the UNITED STATES.
An A& providing compensa
tion for the marfhals,clerks,,
attornies, jurors and witnes
ses in the courts of the U-;
nited States, and 'to repeal
certain parts of the a&s
therein mentioned ; and
for other purposes.
& " taaed b, the Snott and
' Hs^,f
Umud Stam of AmmfateCrenfc (fa
bhd, That from and alter the passing of
this ad, the compensation to the federal
officers herein after mentioned, ihall be
as follows, to wit : to the marshals of
the federal diftrißs ofthe United States,
for the ferrice of spy writ, warrant, at.
tachment or process iffoing out of any!
courts of the United States, two dollars
and in case there be more than one per
son named in the said writ, warrant, at
tachment or process, then two dollars for
each person so named; for his travel out
in serving each writ, warrant, attach
ment or process aforefaid, five cents, per
mile, to be computed from the place of
service, to the court where the writ or
process shall be returned ; and if fem
fafely lodged in the Federal Jail in
Savannahs Hutchiofon and Mit
,chell were apprehended with the
other Horse, by a party of militia
sent after them by the Governor,
on the route to Teneffee= and to
prevent retaliation by the Indiana
who threatened it, the Governor
promised payment for the horse
which could not be recovered.
On Tuefday hit excellency paid
him, and gave him a talk, the fu&
fiance of which was: That the
Mico fair how just the white peo
ple were ; that he had received
back one of the horfei, and was
paid for the other, and that the
thieves were sent to jail ; that not
withftandiog this, two of the red
people, Cowetai, had crossed the
Culapocha, and killed a.man, Mr.
John Moreland, while at work in
the field; that as white people
had done justice, Io the Indians
must do justice and deliver the
Cowetta murderers up. That a
number of horses had been ftoleo
along the frontier, and a number
of negroes belonging to citizens of
Georgia, were in the nation ; that
they must be returned, or the
chain of friendship would grow
rusty ; that harboring runaway
negro, bled ill blood, between the
two people. ,'
ON Mood#, week lift, arrived
in this town, the Cheehaw
Mico, or King of ooe of the Creek
Tribes. Hit visit was to hit ex
cellency the Governor, to procure
payment for a horse, one of two
which were stolen from him about
fix weeks since, over the Oconne
'river, by Peter Hutchiofoo, and
Merit Mitchell, two thieves, now
LOUISVILLE, MARCH W
United States.
perfans, than one are named.therein, the
travel (hall be computed from the court
to the place of service which shall be ihe
most remote adding thereto, the extra
travelwhich (hall be necessary to serve it
go the other ; for each bail bond, fifty
cents ; for actually summoning witnesses
or appraifors,, each fifty cents ; for errry
Commitment or discharge of a prisoner,
fifty cents ; for every proclamation in
the Admiralty, thirty cents ; for files of
'veffels, or other property, ar d for receiv
ing and paying the money, for any sum
under five hundred dollars, two and one
half per cent ; for any larger sum, one
and one quarter per cent, upon the ex
cels, for fommoning each grand and oth
er jury, four dollars : Provided, That in
no case shall the fees for summoning ja.
rors to any one court, exceed fifty dol
lars ; and in those states where jurors,
by the laws of the state, are drawn by
constables, or other officers of corporate
towns or places, by let, the marshal (hall
receive for the use of the officers employ
ed in summoning the jurors and return
ing the venire, the sum of two dollais,
and for his trouble in distributing the
venire, the sum of two dollars ; for at
, tending the supreme or circuit court; five
dollars per day ; and for attending the
diftria court where such court has the
powers and cognizance of a circuit court,
five dollars per day ; and for attending
the diftria courts in other cases, four
er purposes."
„ Sec. 4. A l #/ be it further flread, That
the compensation to the attornies of the
United States, shall be as follows, to wit :
for each day which any such attorney
shall necefTarily attend on business of the
United States, during the session of any
diftria or circuit court, five dollars ; for
travelling from the place of his abode to
such court, ten cents per mile ; and such
fees in each state, refpeaively, as are al
lowed in the supreme court thereof; and
in the diftria courts, his ft ated fees in the
cases herein mentioned, shall be as fol
lows, to wit ;—for drawing interrogato
ries, five dollars ; for drawing an exhib
iting libel, claim, or answer, fix dollars;
and for all 01her Services in any one cause,
fix dollars.,; And the annual fumoftwo
hundred dollars, as a fall compensation
for all extra services, shall be allowed and
paid by the United States, to each die
tria attorney,, for the difirias of Maine,
refpeaively, the fame fees as are allowed
in the supreme court of the said state,
with an addition thereto of one third of
said tees, and five dollars per day for his
attendance at any circuit or diftria court,
and at the rate of ten cents per mile for
bis travel from the place of his abode to
either of said courts ; and in case a clerk
of a court of the United States perform
any duty which is not performed by the
clerks of the state, and for which the laws
of the state make no provision, the court
in which such service shall be performed,
shall make a reasonable compensation
therefor. And in all cases of admiralty
jurifdiaion, the clerk of the diftria court
shall be allowed the fame fees as are
prescribed by the second feaion of an
aa, parted the firft day of March, 1793,
taitted "An Aa to afeertain the fees
judge of such diftria shall reside and be,
the oath of office required of such depu
ty, before he enters on the discharge
thereof, may be administered and taken
by and before any judge or justice of any
state court within the fame diftria, or
before any justice of the peace, having
authority therein, and being certified by
him, to the laid diftria judge, shall be
as effi&ual as if administered or taken
before such diftria judge.
Sec., And be it further e*&aed, That
the coupenfation to the clerk of the su
preme court of the United States shall
be as follows, to wit, for his attendance
in court, ten dollars per day, and for his
other services, double the fees of the clerk
of the supreme court of the state in
which the supreme court of the United
States shall be holden. To the clerks of
circuit and diftria courts in each state,
in admiralty proceedings in the diftria
courts of the United States, and for oth-
dollars per day, and at the rate of ten
tents per mile, for his travel from the
place of bis abode to either of the said
courts—for all other services, not herein
enumerated, except as shall be hereafter
provided, such fees and compensations as
are allowed in the supreme court of the
state where such services are rendered :
And the annual fam of two hundred dol-
lars as a full compensation for all extra
services, shall be allowed to each marshal
for the diftria of Tennessee, Kentucky,
New-Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine,
Sec. 2. And be it farther enaaed. That
when a deputy marshal, who shall be duly
appointed by the marshal of any diftria,
shall reside and be more than twenty
miles from the place where the diftria
An Aeft to amend the ad, in.
titled "An aft to provide
for the valuation of lands
and dwelling routes, and
the enumeration of fops
within the United States."
r it enaadil, the Sen
„fotaives of the United States of
Amcricain Coagrefs offrabted, That
so much of the ad, intitled " An
rd co provide for the valuation
of lands and dwelling boules and
the enumeration of flacet witio the
United States,"aa requires that
the lifts to be delivered io purfu=
anee of the ninth feaion thereof,
wall fpecify, in refpe& to dwelling
hoofed, "the number and dimen.
fool Qf tfeir windows," fhail be,
and hereby is repealed:
Sec. 2. And be it farther toadied.
That thb commissioners under the
said *% for each fare, refpedive
ly, shall be, and hereby are autho
rized so paged the time thereby
allowed for receiving appeals by
the principal assessor,, and also
the time so allowed for returning C
lifts by the assistant affeffora in
cases where the said commiffionen
shall deem such exteefion otafft *
New H-mpffiite, Vermont, Rhode-111--
and, Conneaicut, New-Jersey, Dela
ware, Virginia, North Carolina, Geor
gia, Kentucky and Tenweffee.
Sec. ± And hr it further mate, That
for all Services in criminal cases perform
ed by the attorney for the aiftria of Vir
ginia, and for which no fees are allowed
by law for similar services in the courts
of that state, he shall be allowed such sums
or fumsas the courtin which the fame .
is rendered, shall consider a reafanable
compeufition therefor.
Sec. 6. aid he it farther ena&td, That
the compensation to jurors and witnesses,
in the courts of the United States, shall
be as follows, to wit : to each grand and
other jnror, for each day he shall attend *
in Court, one dollar and 25 cents ; and
for travelling, at the rate of five cents pel
mile, from their refpeaive places ofa
bode, to the place where the court is hot
den, and the like allowance for returning
—to the witnesses summoned in any court
of the United States, the fame allowance
as is above provided for jurors.
Sec. 7. And be it further enaßed, That
the refpeaive courts of the United States,
shall appoint cryers for their courts, to
be allowed the sum of two dollars per day
—and that the marshals be, and they are
hereby authorifed to appoint such a num
ber of persons, not exceeding three, as
the judges of their refpeaive courts shall
determine to attend upon the grand and
other jurors, and for other necessary pur
poses, who shall be allowed for their ter.
vices the sumos two dollars per day, to
be paid by, and included in the accounts
of the marshal, out of any money of the
United States in his hands.
Sec. 8. And be it further enaaed, That
if any informer on a penal statute and to
whom the penalty, or any part thereof,
if recovered, is direded to accrue, shall
difeontinue his suit, or prosecution, or
shall be non suited in the fame, or if, up
on trial, judgment shall be rendered in
favor of the defendant, onlefs such in
former be an officer of the United States,
he shall be alone liable to the clerks,
marfhalsand attornies for the fees offuch
prosecution ; —but if such informer be
ah officer whose duty it is to commence
fuchptofccution, andthe court shall cer
tify there was reasonable ground for the
fame, then the United States shall be re
sponsible for such fees.
Sec, 9. And be it further enaaed, That
the third fcaton of an afc, parted 00 the
eighth day of May, 1792, inuikd " An
Aa for regulating process in the courts
<£ the United States, and for providing
cempenfations for the officers of said
courts, and for jurors and witneffes,"—
And the second fedion of ao ad puffed
on the firft day of June, 1796, intitled
" An A& making an appropriation to
fatisfyeertain demands attending the late
insurrection, and to increase the com
pensations to jurors and witnesses in the A
courts of the United States," be and4|
they are hereby repealed,
Approved—Feb. 28, 1799.
JOHN ADAMS, , ,
President of the United States.