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Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That
the said state shall consist of all ^territory
included within the following boun&Qfo
wit : bounded on the east by the Pennsylva
nia line, on the fouth by the Ohio river, to
the mouth of the great Miami river, on the
weft by the line drawn due north from the
mouth of the great Miami, aforefaid, and on
the north by an east and weft line, drawn
through the southerly extremes of Lake Mi
chigan, running east after interfering the
due north line aforefaid, from the mouth of
the great, Miami, until it" fhallinterfea Lake
Erie, or the territorial line, and thence with
the fame- through Lake Erie to the Pennsyl
vania line, aforefaid : Provided, that con
gress shall be ai liberty at any time hereaf
ter, either to attach all the territory lying
caff of the line to be drawn due north from
the mouth of the , Miami, aforefaid, to the
territorial line, and north of an east and weft
line drawn through the southerly extreme of
Lake Michigan, running east as aforefaid to
Lake Erie, to the aforefaid Rate, or dispose
of it otherwise, in conformity to the fifth
article of compact between the original fiates,
and the people and states to be formed in the
territory north weft of the river Ohio.
Sec. 3. And be it farther enabled. That
all that part of the territory of the United
States, north weft of the river Ohio, hereto
fore included in the eastern division of said
territory, and not included within the boun
dary herein prescribed for the said Rate, is
hereby attached to, and made a part of the
Indiana territory, from and after the forma
tion of the said fate, fubje& nevertheless to
be hereafter disposed of by Congress accord
ing to the right refervedm the fifth article of
the Ordinance aforefaid, and the inhabitants
therein shall be entitled to the fame privi
leges and immunities, and fubje& to the
fi^H?' es an d regulations, in all refpe&s
wlratevefrS^h all. other citizens residing
within the Jndiarateriitory.
See. 4. And be it further e/iq^rg That all
maW citizens of the United Sj/es, vbbiball
have arrived at full age, rid resided within
& the territory at teaft one ycar previous to the
t day of election, and shall have paid a terri
r torial or county tax, and all persons having
in other refpeas, the legal qualifications to
Vote for representatives in the general assem
bly of the territory, be and they are hereby
authorifed to choose representatives to form
a convention, who shall be apportioned a
mongst the feveral,counties within the eas
tern division aforefaid, in a ratio, of .one re
^refentative to every twelve hundred inhabi
tants of Beach' county, according to the enu
meration taken under the authority of the
United States, as near as may be, that is tof A man has been fentencedat Worcester, w two
fay, from the county of Trumbull two Re- months f ° litar Y element, forking an inde
prefentatives ; from t^e county of Jefferfon, I j a fhtonable Nudes [naked ones] fay to this?
seven rvprefentatives, two of thejeven to be 1 [London Paper.
sa, in Congress assembled, That so much of
the aft entituled "An aft for regulating for-'
eign coins ; and for other purposes," as is
Contained wiihin the second fe&ion thereof,
be, and the fame hereby is suspended, for and
during the space of three years, from and af
ter the end of the preferit session of Congress.
NATH'I. MACON,
Speaker of the Houje of Representatives.
• • ABRAHAM BALDWIN,
PreJident of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
TH: JEFFERSON,
PreJident of the United States.
AN ACT
To revive and continue in force an aft,
intituled " Am aft sores..& ! Jbing trading
houjes with the Indian tribes."
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, in Congress assembled, That the aft intitu
led "An aft for eftablilhing trading houses
with the Indian tribes," approved on the
eighteenth of April one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety, fix, (hall be, and the fame
is ^hereby revived and continued in force, un
til the fourth day of March next, and no
longer.
NATHL.' MACON,
Speaker of the HouJe of Representatives.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN,
PreJident of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
TH : JEFFERSON,
President of the United States.
AN~ACT
To.enable the people of the Eaflern divfion of
the territory north weft of the river Ohio to
form a confutation and fate government, and
for the admifion of such fate into the union,
on an equal footing with the original flatcs,
and for other purposes.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca, tn Gongrefs assembled, That the inhabitants
of the Extern division of the territory north
weft of the river Ohio, be, and they are
hereby authorized to form for themselves a
con ftitution and state government, and to as.
fume such name as they shall deem proper,
and the said Rate,,when formed, shall be ad
mitted into the union, upon the fame footing
with the original Rates, in all refers what
ever.
Sec. 7. And be it further enabled. That
the following proportions be, and the fame
are hereby offered so the convention of the
eastern state of the said territory when
formed fortheir free acceptang^or rejection,
which, if accepted by the convention, ihall
be obligatory upon the United States.
First, That the fe&ion, number sixteen in
every townffiip, and where such fedtiori has
been fold, granted or disposed of other lands
equivalent thereto, and most contiguous to
the fame, shall be granted to the inhabitants
of such township, for the rife of schools.
Second, That the fix miles reservation, in
cluding the fait springs, commonly called
the Sciota salt springs, the salt springs near
the Mufkingum river, and in the military
traa, with the fe&ions of land which in
clude the fame, shall ^{granted to the said
state for the use of the people thereof, the
fame to be used under such terms and condi
tions and regulations as the legislature of the
said state shall dired ; provided the said le
gislature shall never fell nor leafe' the fame
for a longer period than ten years.
Third, That one twentieth part of the nett
proceeds of the lands lying within the said
state fold by Congress, from and after the
thirtieth day of June next, after deducting
all expences incident to the fame, shall be
applied to the laying out and making pub
lic roads, leading from the navigable waters
emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to
the said state and through the fame, such
roads to be laid out under the authority of
Congress, with the consent of the several
dates through which the road Ihall pass :
Provided always, That tl,: three foregoing
propositions herein offered, are on the con
ditions that the convention of the said state
Ihall provide, by an ordinance irrevocable,
without the consent of the United States,
that every and each traa of land fold by Con-'
grefs, frhm and rafter the thirtieth day of
June next, shall be, and remain exempt
from any tax laid by order or under autho
rity of the state, whether for state, county,
township or any other purpose whatever, for
the term of five years from and after the day
of sale.
Sec. 5. And be it further enabled, I hat
the members of the convention, thus duly e-
Ic&ed, be, and they are hereby authorifed to
meet at Chiliccthe on the firft Monday in
November next ; which convention, when
met, shall firft determine by a majority of
the whole number ele&ed, whether it be or
be not expedient at that time to form a con
stitution and date government forthe people,
within the said territory, ant iif it be deter
mined to be expedient, the convention shall
be, and hereby are authorised to form a con-
Ritution & date government, or if it be deem
ed more expedient, the said convention shall
provide by ordinance foreleaing representa
tives to form a conflitution or frame of gov
ernment ; which said representatives shall be
chosen in such manner, and in such propor
tion, and shall meet at such time and place,
as shall be prescribed by the said ordinance ;
and shall form for the people of the said state,
a constitution and state government ; provi
ded the fame shall be republican, and not re
pugnant to the ordinance of the thirteenth of
July one thousand seven hundred and eighty
seven, between the original Bates and the peo
ple and Bates of the territory north weft of
the river Ohio.
Sec. 6. And be It further enabled, That
until the next general census shall be taken,
the said state ihall be entitled to one repre
sentative in the House of Representative of
the United States.
NATHL. MACON,
Sbeaßer of the House of Representatives.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN,
PreJident of the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, April 30, 1802.
TH : JEFFERSON,
PreJident of the United States.
elected within what is now known by the
county of Belmont, taken from Jefferfon
and Washington counties ; from the county
of Washington, four representatives; from
the county of Ross, seven representatives,
two of the seven to be elected in what is now
known by Fairfield county, taken from Rols
and Washington counties ; from the county
of Adams, three representatives ; from the
county of Hamilton, twelve representatives,
two of the twelve, to be eleded in whatis
now known by Clermont county, taken en
tirely from Hamilton county; and the elec
tion for the representatives aforefaid, shall
take place on the second Tuefday of Octo
ber next, the time fixed by law of the terri
tory, entitled "An Aft to afeertain the num
ber of free male inhabitants of the age of
twenty one, in the territory of the United
States north weft of the river Ohio, and to
regulate the elections of representatives fur
the fame," for electing representatives to the
general assembly, and shall be held and con
duced in the fame manner as is provided ,v
the aforefaid :ft, except that the qualifica
tions of electors shall be as herein Ipecified.
Wefhall carefully drive to render even
more perfect those systems of government
from which we have already derived such Im
portant blessings, by endeavoring to remedy
those defeats which attend the most accurate
productions of human wisdom ; but in this
attempt we shall cautiously follow the fafe
inftruaions of experience, sensible that the
oretical calculations serve merely to weaken
that energy which is of peculiar importance,
especially in a Government extended like
that of the United States, over so large a ter
ritory, and wittr a populatioh so rapidly in
creafmg.'"
The hiftor, of ruined republics, affords a
most valuable fund of inftruaion to those
who have the wisdom to receive inftruaion
and to avoid the evils which were the con
spicuous causes of their overthrow, ^
We have long beheld with approbation
thedecifion and frankness with which your
Excellency has publicly advocated those po
litical sentiments which it is odr belief na
turally refuh from an informed mind and an
upright! heart. ' Ofthe justness and impor
tanee,4f these sentiments, we have, never
doubted ; but yet we can sincerely join with
your Excellency, in declaring that this con,
viaion has been confirmed and increased by
"the recent tranfa&ions of our National
Government." : n
The fubje&s to which our attention has
been direaed, with every subsequent com
munication, will be duly and carefully noti
ced*; and we hope to participate with your
Excellency, the pure and virtuous pleafare of
those whose efforts are intentionally directed
to the public happiness.—May that Almigh
ty Power on whom all depend, ever guard
your Excellency by his holy providence, and
by his wisdom guide you to Rill greater tife
fulnefs here, and to the final rewards of those
who faithfully serve him in their generation.
ANSWER FF THE SENATE
of New-Hamp/bire to the Governor s Speech.
May it please your Excellency,
AT a period when our Country laments
the exclufior. of many of her ancient and
long approved benefactors from her Coun
cils and Government, it is with peculiar
pleasure we fee your Excellency yet enjoy
ing the confidence of the citizens of this
State, and to find you disposed to accept the
important truß committed to you by their
fuffrages. Your Excellency's former admin
ißration affords us a fatisfying evidence, that
your communications to us will be dictated
by a wife and faithful regard to the public
good, and that all our endeavours to promote
the fame important object, will meet your
fan&ion and ready concurrence. By an as
surance of our firm support in every measure
which shall appear to be conducive to the in
terests of our conßltuents, permit us to in
vite your Excellency to a reciprocal confi
dence.
Altho' the particular interefc of this State
demand our primary attention, we sincerely
participate in the repose granted our Euro
pean brethren from the alarms and calami
ties of war; and notwithstanding the threat,
ening afpe& which the accumulated power
of a particular nation, and the depression of
others, may have upon the continuance of
peace, we would fondly cherish the pleasing
idea, that these temporary agitations will re
sult in the advancement of genuine liberty,
and the happiness of mankind.
A sense of the dangers which have sur
rounded us, amidst the conflicts of contend
ing nations, is highly calculated to excite our
grateful joy, and to appreciate, in our efli
mation, the wisdom and propriety of those
measures which were the conspicuous means
of preserving our country from many insi
dious attempts to involve us in the convul
sions of Europe. It remains, however, mat
ter of deep regret, that those attempts, al
though failing of their ultimate obje&, have
prevailed to disseminate those principles of
division whjch impair our Brength, degrade
our digrfity, and even endanger our national
exigence : And were the means in our pow
er by which we could extend the pacifications
of Europe to the breads of Americans, most
ardently should we embrace them as the sur
est means of our national prosperity and hap
piness.
Your Excellency has perfe&ly expressed
our sentiments refpe&ing the importance of
habits, opinions, morals and religion, in free
Governments : we firmly believe them to be
the foundation on which republics rest, and
that in proportion as these are Ihaken, the
whole fuperftrudurc will be convulsed ;
therefore, lilt attempts' to misrepresent the
measures of Government, we con sider as hos
tile to the fafety, profpeiity and peace of the
community ; and it is with no small degree
of indignation we fee "the liberty of the
press" so grossly abtrfed, to promote the pur
poses of deception, and subvert the liberties,
the morals, and happiness, of our country
men. Deeply impressed with these senti
ments, we shall not be inattentive to the re
commendation of your Excellency, as Legis
lators and Magistrates, to do whatever may
be in our power, both by precept and exam
ple, for the suppression of licentiousness and
immorality, and for the promotion of ufeful
knowledge, virtue, and religion.
Madame Garnerin, only 20 years of age, wife cf
Garnerin, the zronaut, lately afeended from the
garden called Hameau Chantilly, in a balloon by
herfelf. About three thousand persons, confuting
principally of the beauinonde of Paris, were in the
garden, and upwards of forty thousand people
collected in the Champs Ely fees and the Garden of
the Thiiiller;:s. She did not descend by a p.wa
chute, which flie had done already by herfelf ; she
defended in a plane near Fauxbourg St. Antoine,
about five miles from where she set off; she was a
bout turee quarters of an hour on her zrial tour.
The air absolutely rang with applause when she
afeended.— Lon. Pap.
A Letter from a gentleman in New York, to his
friend in Boston, fays—" The great Mammoth
Ikeletcn is put tip at the hotel, a small difiance
from our house., It is indeed worth feeing. It is
11 feet high, and about 20 feet long ! The top of
its thigh bone is 3 feet 10 or it inches in circum
ference ! Its under jaw weighs 6) pounds, and is
so high that I could not reach it with my cain, ,
feet long. It appears of the Elepliant species, but
larger. Well might the Indian Chief exclaim in
the tradition, the tall pines eroded beneath their
feet, and the lakes shrunk when they quenched
their thirst !"
INFORMATION TO MARINERS.
Whereas, His Majefly, the King, has been plea
sed to command, that lor the guidance of the na
vigation in the Baltic, alight-house be eflablifhed
on the north' fide of the island Bornholm, be it
known:
That on due examination as to the most conve
nient place on which such light may best be seen,
by those, who coming_£ s well fronu.be.&lLas
also from the ran or North, intend to pass be
tween Bornholm and the coast of Sweden, a light
house has been erected on the mountain called
Stellebierg, situated about S.,W. on the compass,
at a diflance of 1. 4 of a Danish mile from the
mofh northern extremity of Bornholm, and on
account of th^ height of said mountain, the light
will be at an elevation of 272 feet above the fur
face of the sea. Although the light or fire be of
earth-coal, notwitbftanding it will be surrounded,
agreeably to the latest improvement, with a build
ing or lanthorn of windows, 14 feet diameter, so
as to render the flame fleady, and independent of
wind and weather, and its blaze will receive fur
ther additional vivacity, as that part of the sur
rounding building or lanthern, turning towards
the land, iqafmuch as the light cannot be seen from
sea, is a fojid wall, the inside erf which has been
lined with a plate of policed brass.
This light is to be kindled for the firft time on
the 21st of June, 1802, and from that day hence
forth will continue to be so, during the summer
season (between Eafler and Michael-mass) from
one hoyr after sun-set until fun-rife ; during win
ter, (from Michael-mass till Easter) half an hour
after the fun has set fill it rises.
Copenhagen, in the Royal Department of
Culloms, April 6th, I'Bo2.
MALLING.
TRELSF.N.
TONDERLUND.
KOSENSTA NDGOISKE.
OLDENBURG.
STOUD.
KORNERUP.
The different printers of newspapers in the Uni
ted States will serve the commercial interelt, by
giving the above a place.
^ tbe ^aiW,
Norfolk, June 15.
The following accounts of rising, among the Ne
groes in the state of North-Carolina were hand
ed us yesterday :—
Gum-Bridge, ^o'clock tn the morning,
10th June, lEO2. p
Captain Grice,*
" I have to inform you that I hare just receiv
ed from John Shaw an account that the negroes are
embodied in Hartford county, and under arms;
the express came to Mr. Show's, at 12 o'clock at
night. lamina hurry.
]BENJAMIN OVERMAN;
* Capt. Grice lives at Elizabeth city, (N. C.)
Another Express.
Mr. Browning, at Nixtroton, received an ex
press latt night, at 120'clock, giving him infer ra
tion, that the negroes in Berte county had risen in
and about the town of Wibdfor, and had commit
ted great havoc ; from thence they marched to
Chowan river, where they are embodied and arm
ed at the ferry about 7 miles up the river,
; I do certify that the above is a truecopy.
D. JONES.
The above is a true copy from the original—in
addition to the above I have just received informa
tion that they have embodied in largg .companies,
armed, in the great fuarop, near Virginia line,
M r * J- g* v e the information as I give it—l tear
there is too much truth in it?
WILSON BUTT.
Late ©nuffiong.
H«.s^ Q„,, t
NORWICH,%ne 16.
On Sunday last, between 11 and 12 o'clock,^ a
son of John Nichols' of Preflon, u as wandering
in a neighboring (wanip in search offwznip-apples,
he suddenly difeovered the bushes in a tremulous
motion around him turning Limfelf, he perceived
a monitrus serpent, already in the annoie of
springing upon the defenceless child.—-Frightened,
the alloniflied lad ran with speedy Beps to his fa
ther's holUe, and alarmed an elder brother, «%
immediately haflened, with a loaded gun to the
horrid feene. Observing a number of birds flut
tering in the thicket, uttering diverted notes, re
proceeded with caution into the buihes, where he
soon got fight, at the distance of about two red?,
of this monUrous reptile. He immediately aimed
at him, but unfortunately his gun milled fire 3 ft:c
ceffive times ; on hearing the snap of the piece, the
friake immediately made towards him, with incre
dible fury. This forced the young man to retreat
out of the swamp in order to hammer bis flint ;
which having completed, he returned a second
time to the charge. He again difeovered him at
the distance of only a few feet, coiled in 3 circle,
his head elevated 12 or 14 inches above the earth
in a springing poftbre. Finding no alternative,
but to " kill or be killed," he immediately flapped
his piece ; but it still miffed fire. Taking courage,
therefore, for a Jaft effort, he again levelled, and
Was so fortunate as to discharge the contents ef
feftually into his coil. The foot cut him into
three pieces ; and on admeasurement he was found
to be 7 feet 6 inches in length and 15 inches in cir
cumference ! He was of the racer breed, having a
white ring round his neck.
FEMALE AERONAUT.