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thou^.d icven hundred and ninerv five dol
lars tor com penfation 10 his clerks, in ad
dition to the sum allowedly the a& of th^
second of March, one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-nine, thirteen thoufam
five hundred dollars.
F >r expenses mt fuel,candles, rent of a houf
for the meffenget, ftati-mary, thefts, &c. ex
c'ufive of expenses of protection, portman
teaus, mail locks, and other expenses incidero
to the department at large, thefc biing par
for by the poftmader general out at thefand
of the office, two thousand dollars.
F°r c ^npenfati>n to the several loan of
ficers, thirteen thousand two hundred and
firy dollars.
fror coftipenfation to the clerks of the
Commissioners of loans, and an allowance
co certain loan offi :~rs, in lieu of clerk hire,
and to defray the authorized expenses of the
fveral loan offices, thirteen thousand dol
lars.
For d< fraying the expense of clerk hire in.
the office of the commifli'ner of loans t<
the date of P nnfvlvania, in c nfequence 01
the removal of the officers of the treasury
department, in the year one thousand eigh'
hundred to the permanent (cat of govern-*
meat, tw, thousand dollars.
For extra expenses uccadoned by the re'
fhoval of the loan office of P^nnfylvania to
Germantown, doting the prevalence of the
yellow fever in Philadelphia, in tie summer
of one thousand eight hundred and two, tour
hundred and ninety-four dollars.
F>r extra expenses occaiioned by the re
moval of the office of purveyor of public
fuoplies from Philadelphia during the pre
valence of the yellow fever in the year one
thousand eight hundred and two, one hun
dred and thirteen d >Nars and fitly cents.
For compensation to the surveyor gene,
fal, and the clerks employed by him, and
for expense of stationary and other contin
gencies of the surveyor general's office,
, three thousand two hundred dollars.„
For additional cbmpenfation to the cl^ks
of the several departments of state, treafry,
War and navy, and of the general putt-office,
pot exceeding for each department, helped
ively, fifteen per centum, in addition t? the
firms allowed by the atl, intituled, " An ad
to regulate and fix the c°inp <nfa'i >n of
clerks" eleven thousand eight hundred and
eighty,five dollar.
For the cotapenfation granted by law to
the chief ffdtice, affiliate judges and diftri&
judges of the United Sates, including the
thief justice and two ad ciate judges of the
diftria of Columb a, and to the attorney
general, fifty-two thousand nine hundred
d< liars
fy the like compenfdtwns granted to the
For com penfation to the governor, judg
es and farrtary of the M^iffippi territory,
five thousand one hundied and titty dollars.
For expenses of ttatio iarv, office rent and
other contingent expenses in the laid terri
tory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
For cornpenfation to the governor, judg
es and secretary of the Indiana territo
ry, five thousand one hundredsand fifty dol
lars. r .
F>r expences of stationary, office ten'
and other contingent expences in the fain,
territory, three hundred and fifty del
lars.
For the difeharge of foch demands against
the United S ates, on accounts of the civil
department, not otherwise provided fcr, as
Th ill have been admitted in a due course ot
fettlementat theireafury, and which are of
a nature, according to the usage thereof, to
require payment in specie, two thousand
dollars. -. \:
F>r coinpleating certain surveys of the
lands of the U lited S'a es, authorifed by
acts ot CoUgrils it eluding an allowance of
five hundred d dials tor tranferibing plats ot
fnrv.ys near Vincennes, fix thousand five
hundred and forty-throe dollars.
For compenfarion tothe folk wing officers
of the mint, ten tbJuland fix hundred dol
lars, that is to fay-=
Td the dircaor, two thousand dollar:.
The treasurer, one thousand two hundred
dollars..
The ilfayer, one thousand five hundred dol
lars. •,
The chief coiner, one thousand five hundred
dollars..
The melter and refiner, one thousand nve
hundred dollars.
The engraver, one thousand two hundred
dollars.
One clerk at seven hundred dollars.
A dtwo at five hundred dollars each.
For the wages of persons -mployed at the
different branches of melting, coining, car,
penters, mill-wri^hts anl smith's work, in
cluding the sum of eight hundred dollars per
annum allowel to an afliftant coiner and dic
forger, who also oversees the execution ot
the iron work, fi< thousand five hundred
dollars.
For repairs of furnaces, coftof rollers
and ferews, timber,, bar iron, lead, Reel,
pot alii, and for all other contingencies ot
the mint, two. thousand nine hundred dol
lars.
several diftria attornles of the UoitedSfates,
wo thousand eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the marshals of the
iftiias of Maine, New-Hsmpthire, Ver
mont, Kentucky, east and weft Tennetfee,
nd Ohio,one thousand four hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses pt the supreme,
ircuit and diftria court ; of the United States,
deluding the diftria of Colombia, and of
irors and witnesses, ih aid of the funds a,
:fing from fine 1 , f >rfcittires and penalties ;
nd likewifc, for defraying the expences of
rofecution for offences against the United
States, and for fate keeping of prifon^xs, in
cluding an additional appropriation of three
houfand seven hundred and two dollars and
ixtv-fix cents, for compleating the gaol in
ire city of Walhington, forty-three thousand
teven hundred and two dollars and fixty-lix
cents.
For the payment of sundry pen Cons grant
d by the late government, nine hundred
dollars.
For payment of the annuity granted to the
children of the fate color© John Harding,
ind major Alexander Trueman, by an afl ot
C°t)grefs palled the fourteenth of May, one
Jumfahd eight hundred, fix hundred dollars :
For payment of the annual allowance to
he invalid pensioners of the United States,
Torn th- fifth of March, one thousand eight
hundred and three, to the fourth of March,
me thousand eight hundred and four, ninety
three thousand dollars :
For the maintenance and support of light
houses, beacons, buys and public piers, and
(takeage of channels, bars and thoah, agd
tor occaiional improvement in the cobitruc
tion of lantherns and lamps, and other con
tingent expenses, fifty thousand nine hundred
and seventy dollars and eighty two cents.
For re building the light-house on the
eadern end of New - Cattle iil and, in addition
to the firm heretofore appropriated for that
object, five hundred dollars.
For the erection of the light-house on
Smith's Point, in addition to the firm here
tofore appropriated for that objed, three
hundred and fifty dollars.
For the payment of a balance due on con
trails for building the light-house on Cape
Hatteras and beacon on Shell-Cattle island,
and for a compensation to the perlons wh<
biperiutend and infpe& the execution of the
work, the balance ot the former appropria
tion being carried 10 the credit of the surplus
nud, one thousand dollars.
For erecting light honks and placing
buoys in the found between Long Island an<
the M tin, in addition to the sum heretofore
appropriated for that purpose, one thoufan
dollars#
For the difeharge of such tnifcellaheou
lemands against thrUnited States, not other
wise provided for, as ihall have been admit
ted in due course of settlement at the treafu
fitry, and which are of a nature, according
to the ufuage thereof, to require payment ir.
tpecie, four thoufand-dollars#
Fo; the expenses of intercourse with foreign
nations, seventy five thousand five hundred
add sixty two dollars^
For the falarics of the commissioners under
the seventh article of the treaty of amity,
commerce and navigation, between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, including halt
the compensation of the fifth commiffionet
be salary of the assessor to the commissioners,
ihe halt of expenses of tileboard, & the con
ingent expenses of the commissioners of the
United Spates, twenty five thousand five hun
Ired and fixt, fix dollars and sixty seven cents.
For salaries of the agents of the United
States in London and Paris, expenses of
profeewing claims and appeals in the courts
if Great Britain, relative to captures of the
velfels of the United States, and of defending
American causes elsewhere, twenty nine
thoufond dollars.'
Fir intercourse between the United States
and Algiers^ and other Barbary powers, one
hundred thpnla.nd dollars. . . >
F>r the relief and protection of distressed
American seamen, fire thousand dollars
Sec. 7. And be it further enaaed, That
for the purple of obtaining further Cessions
ot Land from the In dan tribes, the sum of
ten thousand dollars be aid the fame is here#
by appropriated.
- Sec. 3. And be it further enaaed, That
the several appropriations herein before
made, (hall be paid and difeharged out of the
fund of fix hundred thousand dollars, referv.
ed by the a& ''making provision for the
debt of the United States," and out of any
money which maybe in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated
NATHL-MACON,
Speaker of the House f Rehrefe-f^roes.
I STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, ,
Preftdent oj toe Senate ^ tempore.
Approved, Mirch 2d, 1803
TH: JEFFERSON.
The Baltimore Federal Gazette of the i?d inst. Inform, That
JEROME BONAPARTE, brother of the First Consul of Eraser, had
arrived at the City of WathtogtoA from the WaHadicr.'
F' r the erecting of alight-house on New-
Pun' Comfort, in addition to the sum here
tofore appropriated tor that purpose, three
nree thousand five hundred dollars.
Counter Declaration of the French
Government.
— — o— —
Papis, MAY It.
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Sitting of the Qh F^veaL
' t& [Concluded frem cut lift.j
„ His Excellency Lord Whitworth, proposed a second
Profca. England demanded that the Civil Govern
, ment of Malta being left with the Grand Matter, the
! Britifh Garrison should continue to occupy the fortifi
cations of the if- land.—This proposition .was ini
; pradibic and unheard of. Like that of the Firfl pzo
fe<2, it was contrary to the Treaty of Atnitns, and
. consequently to the oafisof thc Negotiation, offered by
. the FirA Consul : It was belles attended &ith the
;irrcmedible iocenve nience of placing an Order of
Knights', appertaining to all the Powers of Europe tin
'dcr the authority and arbitrary rutellage of a tingle
Power ; it was finally, in its veryfclf, an offence to the
honor and to the religion if an order, allied by all its
elements to the honor and to the religion of all Europe.
Thus, in every step of this negotiation, the govern
ment Q1 the Republic was obliged to perceive that the
! Eogiifh government had but one desire, one sole otfea
I in view, to wit, the non fulfilment of the stipulations of
;the treaty of Amiens, and to retain Malta, for this sole
realoi),b<caufe Malta farted its convenience, anc that it
called this acqu fition a /efficient guarar &< But which
lis1 is the poaer <f Europe.were it even obliged to acknowU
i edge itfelf um qual, that could fufftr r„ fuhmit itfelf to
;the will of another. without a cifoffi r of its rights
without an appeal to the principles ol jnftice ? Where
abcve all is the power which placed in the predicament
France finds herfclf in the course cf this dicuffion, could
have hibfcribed to conditions dilated frorrthe very op
ening of a negotiation, and rather announced with the
node of menaces of war. by preparations and by arm
anients, than proposed as the means of according the
rights and the itterefts of two slates ,
In circumstances, in some relpta analagoos, a ratiori
feeble, rot as to its ebuogc. but with refca to the
extent and population of its pro- vinces, dared to brave
the English power, and menaced in its capital, to expofc
the residence of its Kings, to endanger its sole riches the
result of a century of peace and of an industrious econo
my rather, than fubferibe to urjuft conditions proposed
at that time, the fame as on ths prefect occasion, from
motives of convenience to England , •and backed by the
equipment of a considerable armament. Many gallant
herces periled : the Danish Colonies were usurped ;
but however unequal as was the Struggle, honcr did not
leave to this generous nation the cofchoic the part
which it ought to take.
In the prelect difeuffion, policy (peaks
the fame language as honor, itth British
Government is at liberty to conform, cr not
conform, to it> engagements ; it it is pemit
'ed to the,British Government, to make a
diftinaion in the Treaties which it con
cludes, between the spirit and the letter ; —
it mental reftriaions are allowed, as author
ifed exceptions ; it whatever constitutes an
objed of convenit nee to England is to be
s he umpire of the meaning of political con
tentions where will he the end, the tt rmin
ition of the conc< ffions which the British
govern tnpnt flatters itfelt that it can Wreit
rem the weakness ot France • what will
'e the mealtire ot the facrihces and humi
tations, which one may dare to impede up
n her ? To day the convenience ot Eng
and exads a guarantee agrinit France and
England retains Mabas jn former times,
'he covenience ot England required a gur
'titee against France and Dunkirk was def
royed! and an Englilh cummiffiry dictated
the law in a country in wnich the French flag
vaved ! to-morrow the convenience of Eng
land may demand a guarantee against the
progrtf' of French indultry, and a pi t ptlal
may be made tor a tarit of commerce to ar
red and check the progress ot our indufhy.
If we repair our ports ; It we confhua
a Mole ; if we dig a canal; if, by any
node of eno 11ragemen', we improve our
manufaaures, &c. a demand is made upon
us, to degrade our ports ; that our canals
Shall be choaked up, and our manufactures
ruined. It is demanded thet France (hull
become poor ; that it thall be disarmed to
suit the convenience of England, and that
it (hall giie a fuffi< lent guarantee to its gov
ernments Whether we coufider the prin
ciples, or examine the corfiquenecs, we
are equally (truck with surprise at the in
justice and the scandal ot these pretentions.
Supposing that such a demand were sub
mitted even to the verdict of an Englilh ju
ry won'd they heState a single moment to
rej< 6tit unanimdufly 1
The government of the Republic has the
right to feel surprised, that the British Min
iffrv should deem rfelf authorifed to fupprfe
iha ! France would fabmit to such a degree of
humiliation. On what ground has it believ
ed, that the aSiial and exiting government
of France would, in Inglorious repose jofe
fight at once <y f the remembrance of what it
had achieved, and M all its duties.
Are our Provinces hf roenfive, or is our
population decreased ? Are we no 'otigEt the
fame nation, which made a Ta©fee of eve,
thing to out just and indispensable interims ?I
And it, alter our success, we have difplayeo
an extraordinary moderation, to what other
force can this moderation be imputed than
to the justice of our cause, and the conviction
ufrnr force ?'
The underfigred, in laying before his Ex
ccllency lord Whitworth, these obfftatfons,
conceives himfclf authorifed in making the
remark, that the moderate conduct of the
whole of the French Administration, during
two entire months,which constitute one series
of provocation , and offence, and notwith-;
ft inding the deep impression which such con
duCt cannot fail to make, ought to cause him
to appreciate the real character of the French
Qvnnm^nt. Yet, under al| thefc tircum
The onderfigaed, confining himfelf th thd
form of his communications on the part of
his Excellency Lord Whitworth, requeffs of
him to observe that verbal and fugitive ob
fervafions are inlufficient for the diftuflion
of such immense intercity all the motives of
which it is customary to uifcofs in the coun
cils of nations, atttf the meft mature de
liberation. In these councils, and undet
inch circumstances, retiring is judged indite
ferebt ; the forms, nay the very expreffi^ns
are weighed, examined, debated^ canvaffcd&
appreciated, and serve always as well to de^
termine, as to juftify the part, w,hich it be
comes necessary to take.
If such an imprudent, such an indecent
violation of all forms had been committed
by France, what would not have been fiid,
what would not have been written by Eng
land ; there is not a single Orator in the two
houses of Parliament, who would not have
declared, that this deviation from the rules
generally eftabliffied between nations in im
iportant circumftances,was an outrage offered
to the Engl?fh nation, [a the opinion of a!l<
an offence of this kind would be regarded as
an adequate motive to- break off ail further
negotiation.
With. refpe£t to the basis cf the proposed
Ultimatum, the underlined has the honor to
cull to the recoll c a^n of hi; j;^lkbcy tglil
ft'hit worth, that he was chained to ipecity
by a hoG, which was remitted to him on the
12th Ftoreal ; m<l the First Consul W^§ ^
little to be worked upon by menaces is by*
injuries, and that he was ready to overlook;
the negletl ^ forms, of which a para!l<l ig'
not to be found in the hiftory of any nation,
in circumllances* fcqual importance.
1 hat the island ot Limpedofa did nm+e.
long to France ; that it was under the
Sovereignty a foreign powpr, and that, with
refpe& to rhe*Wi/h of his Britannic Majesty
to have posse flion of it, he Firlt Config had
no right to fccify, either his confer ox
refufah'
ftanees, at the very time, that in confeqwence
ot its profound silence after reiterated urfults
the government of the Republic had the right!
roexped that reparation would be given;
or; at kaft that a termination would be made ~
to insult— at a time when, abstain from ;%. /
judging the final and ultimate result w hich j °
affairs -might take, it has manitefted nothing"
but affection and eagerness to invefiieate the
means, which were capable of being pro
posed, in order to conciliate and fatisfy the
Englith Governcrent ; at this very time and
under these peculiar circuinttances, his Ex
-Icellency Lord Whiraorth by order of his
igovernment, made verbally and without cor
lcnti,g to give any written declaration, the
following demands to the Underfignert, vte.
1. That England fficuld retain Maha tor
ten years.
2. That England should be put io poffete
fion of L^mpedofa.
3. Thai Holland should be Oacuated by
the French troops,
I His Excellency Lord Whitworth further
declarer, that their propufitien fern ed the
Ultimatum of his Courts ar( jthat, in case
ot a lehifal, he had inftruCtions to leave Pans
in tlexcurfe ot seven days.
, The Undersigned has no hesitation to de^ °
tate, that there is no precedent nt such fern!
being given to so imperious an Uhimarom.
And on what ground ? Is war attended
with no inconveniences to any other P wer
than us ? Does the Enghih Mmiftiy believe
Frenih nation to be so feeble, that iri
circumftancts, where points of the utmost
importance are under confidehation, it does
I not think itfelf bound to conform, on its part,
to the usages which obtain among the Gova
ernments of all civilized Nations 1
Or is it not rather that the fentimeni of
ujuftice, which weighs upon the coofcier.ee
ot a public agent, as upon that of a private
man, has prevented the British government
from signing the de maud which it made, and
that it has endeavoured, by a decisive step, to
reserve to itfelf, at a future opportunity, the
capability of effacing the traits of its real
Pretentious, and to deceive and mislead the
public opinion, as to the cause and origin of
the rupture?
Or, laitly, is ft that the Miniflers of hil
Britannic Majesty have ill appreciated the
naracter ot the First Consul i have the,
Battered themfdves with the hope, that the,
thould be able, by dint of provocation, to
exasperate, or intimidate him ; to cause him
to forget the interest of the nation, Or to goad
him to any a& of eclat, which they might
afterwards be able to parody and toifrepre^
sent to Europe, as the initiative of War ?
The First Consul, more than any mart
that exilts, knows the evils of war because
he is better acquainted than any other n # 3n,
with its calculations and its chances. He is
of opinion, that in the circumflances in
which we are at prefect placed, the firft care
<1 a government ought to be di/taed to the
Catastrophe and the Calamities, which may
result from a new War ; be is of opinion,
that it is a primary duty not only not to
give way to the impulse of irritation, but to
make use of every means to enlighten, to
moderate the impetuous passions of the mute .
tittide.