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AN "act
For the appointment of aa additional
Judge, and extending the right of
sulfrage io the citizens of Madison
county, in the Mississippi Territo
ry.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
assembled, That the citizens of Ma
dison county, in the Mississippi Ter
ritory, qualified according to law, be,
and they are hereby authorised to e
lect one Representative to the Gene
ral Assembly of said Territory, and
also to vote for one Delegate from
sai l Territory, to the. Congress of the
United States, which election shall
be held at the same time, and in the
aaiuc muiuici f .13 o ui may uc jjrtiv 1
ded by law’ for tho elections in the se
veral counties of .said Territory.
Sec. 2* And Ije it further enacted,
That an additiortjil Judge shall be ap
pointed for the/lVIississippi territory
who shall reside in said county of Ma
dison, and have the same compensa
tion, which is by law allowed to the
other Judges of said territory, and
shall possess and exercise the same
powers and, jurisdiction within said
county, which are po3se«sed and ex
ercisbd in the county of Washington
in said territory, by the Judge appoin
ted by virtue of an act, en.itled “ ar.
act for the appointment of an additi
onal Judge for the Mississippi terri
tory and for other purposes,” passed
the 27th of March, one thousand eight
hundred and four.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That all final judgments and decrees,
rendered in the superior courts of said
counties of Washington and Madison,
may' be re-examined and reversed or
uliirmed, by the superior court of A
ila ns county in said territory, upon a
writ of error issued from said superi
or court; which said superior court is
hereby empowered, upon the reversal
of any judgment or decree cf said
courts of Washington and Madison
counties, to rendtfr such judgment as
the court from whence the cause may
h.ive been removed ought to have ren
dered ; except where a jury may be
requisite to try issues or assess dama-1
gei. In wbicti cases the cause shall
be remanded to the court where it o-|
i ginated; there to be proceeded in.
county when sitting on the trial of a
nv cause removed as aforesaid, shall
be composed of not lus* than two Jud
ges.
S*c. 4. And be it further enacted,'
That the legislature of said territory (
Biiall h ve power and is hereby au
thorised, to establish a superior court
in each county, vhich nas been or may
be formed within the bounds which
composed the former district of coun
ty of Washington, to be holden by the
Jud^e who hr i Is the superior court ol
Washington county in said territory,
which courts and the courts of Madi
son county, to be holden at such amts
and places as said legislature may di
rect. And all final judgments ana
mere s to be rendered by any superi
or court so established, may i»e re-ex
amihed and reversed or affirmed in
the manner prescribed by tne third
section of this aut: and tne condition?
ui which any writ of error strait b<
obtained, and alt other proceedings
1 dative thereto, may oe regulated by
bald legislature.
S -c. 5. And be it further enacted
1 li a so much of the act, entitled “ a
act for tire appointment of an udditi
t oual Judge lor the Mississippi term
tory, and tor other purposes,” p issei'
tlii twenty seventh day of March, on.
thousand eight hundred aui lour, as
comes within the purview of this act
>e and the same is hereby repealed,
i J. 13. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
JOHN GIJLLARI),
President of the Senate Pro-tempore.
March 4, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON*
AN ACT
Making aporopriations for the sub
port of the Navy of the United
States, for the year one thousand
eight hundred and ten.
BE it epacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
issembled, That for defraying the
expenses of the United Slates, durinp
the year one thousand eight hundred
and ten, the following sums be, and
the same are hereby respectively ap
propriated, that is to say:
For the pay and subsistence of tb
officers, and pay of the seame % seven
hunched and eighteen thousand, one
hudred and fifteen dollar?:
For provisions, three hundred a*l
fifty-three thousan l, six hun Ir.-d and
ten dollars and eighty four cents :
For medicines, instruments, and
hospital stares, sixteen thousand dr/ I
Lrs ;
For repairs of ve-scls, one hundred
and fifty thousand cl. :!ars :
1’or freight, store reo .commissions
to agents, and other contin- it ex
penses, seventy-five .h.iuiiud 'ars :
For pay and subsistence of -c ,na"
rine corps, * eluding p-ov.si >ns (nr
'hose on shore, and forage 1- ■ !i
sta'T, one hundred and 'or y < \ i hi i
one hundred and twenty o della:
and forty cents:
tor clout ting 'or the sa ’ thirty
eight thousand, three hundred • act'
ninety four dollars and sevei ty c.*uts
For militia stores lor the su ne, on
thousand three hundred an 1 uinety
eight dollars and seventv live cents:
tor medicines, rued cal services,
hospital stores and all other exoduses
on account of the sick belonging to
die Marine corps, two ihousand del*
lar3:
tor quarter masters’ and barrack
masters’ stores,-oiHcers’ .ravelling ex
penses, armorers’ and carpenters* bills,
luel, premiums for enlisting, musical
instruments, bou-.ty to music, and o
tber contingent expenses of the ma
rine corps, tilceeu thousand dollars :
The expenses of navv yards, com
prising-dock and other improvements,
pay of superiutendants, stoie keepers,
clerks and laborers, seventy live thou
sand dollars :
I* or ordnance and small arms, se«
venty five thousand dollars.
-Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the several sums specifically up*
mis aut1 snau uc paid
out ot uny monies in tne treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the Hojse of Repre
sentatives.
JOiiN GILLARD,
President of th» Senate Pro-tempore.
March 2, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
AN *CT
Making appropriations for the sup
port oi the Military establishment
ot the United States, for the year
one thousand eight hundred and
ten.
BE it enacted by the Senate an
.louse of Representatives of the Uni
ted States ot America in Congress
‘Vsseinbles, That for defraying the
expense* of tue milmry establish
ment of toe United State* for th
year one thousand eight hundred aw
ten, for the Indian department, anu
ior the expense ot formications, arse
nals, magazines and armories, the foi
towing sums be, and the same hereo,
are respectively appropriated, that i„
to say : 0
For the pay of the army oi the U
iiited States, eight nundred uni sixty
line thousand, nine nundred and six
j y eight dollar*,:
For forage, sixty four thousand sh
lundred *nd twenty four dollars :
For subsistence, six hundred anil
eighty five thousand, five hundred an J
it tv two dollars and five cents .*
For cloathing, two hundred and
ninety three thousand, eight hundred
and four dollars:
For hountici and premiums, thirty
thousand dollars ;
For the medical and hospital de
partments, Glty thousand d^l! irs :
For ca np eq lipage, luel, tools and
transportation, two hundred and se
venty thousand dollars:
For ordnance, two hundred thou
sand dollars:
For fortifications, arsenals, maga
zines and armories, including t vo
thousand dollars for such a number of
additional military store keepers as
mav be required, two hundred and
eighty th ee thousand five hundred
and sevcrny four dollars and seventy
iive cents c
For purchasing maps, plans, books
-nd instruments, two thousand five
hundred dolrirs:
hor contingencies, fifty thousand
, dollars:
For the salary of clerks employed
in the military agents* office*, and in
the office of in-nector of the army,
three thousand five hundred dollars :
F>r the Indian department, one
ur.dred an l forty six thousand six
nundre t dollars :
J»ec. 2. And be it further enacted,
Thai the several sums specifically ap„
propnaceu Dy tms act, snail oc paid
out ol any monies iu tue treusury not
otherwise appropriated.
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker oi the House oi Kepre.
sentatives.
JOHN GILLARD,
’r -anient of the Senate Pro-tempore.
vl -rch 2, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
FOREIGN.
New York, March 5.
VERY LAiE ExtOAI EN
GLAND.
Last evening arrived at this port,
the British Packet Eliza, from Fal
mouth, with the December and [anu
ary mails. The packet sailed on the
t5ih ci January, and brings London
, papers to the 12th ol January, inclu
I cive, from which we have copied the
nost interesting articles.
Th.i paper of the 12th states as
probable, that the French decrees
wou d very speedily be revoked.
i he United States ship of war
John Adams, had arrived in England,
France and Holland.
We lcaiu Irom the passengers in
he Packet, that not the smallest ap
prenension was entertained that a wat
would ensue,- in consequence of the
dismissal of Mr. Jackson.
Our London papers are mostly fil
ed with the correspondence between
~*ur government and Mr. Jackson.
1' urthcr extracts shall t>e given in
our next paper.
AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
1 he I imes of January 4, says—
“The sktin of Ametican negocia*
tions becomes every day more puz
zled, and every day are we more cm,
vinced that great faults and blunder
lave been committed by both parties,
*r the disputes might tfcng ago have
>een amicably adjusted.”
January 1—The rupture at present
s not betweem America and En^la.iJ,
•ut between the American govern*
nent aud Mr. Jackson.
[Times.]
London, Jan. I.—Ministers hav»
ie«n busily occupied in deliberation'
•pon the last*dispatches from A neri
i, having h id two Cabinet Council*
.'tween Thursday and Saturday. I
« sai l if the American governmen
efuse to renew their, negociation
rith Mr. Jack .on, no other negocia
ar will be substituted.
January 8—.A long? and very im
trUiu letter we have given in o>.
, aper of tnit day, from Air. Smith t
# *
. Mr. Pinkney, relative to the unhappy
lisputc with Mr. Jackson.——Th<
. whole materials however are yet in
complete. We want the correspon
dence between Mr. Erskine and th<
•Secretary for the Foreign Depart
ment.
January 12.
The important news frnn America
contained in our papers of yesterdav
and to day, relate to three subjects ;
The finance of the country, with whid.i
we have leis concern: The conduct
to be pursued in relation to Mr. Jack
son ; and the measures proposed upon
the resumption of our Orders in Coun
cil. The last is by far ihe most mo,
mentous topic; for upon it will ulti
mately' depend the question of peace
or war.
Tue resolutions proposed by Mr.
Troup, a member of the House of
Representatives, if adopt.d as a law,
void!, we apprehend, be d^ci ive of
the determination of the Am.'rictus to
appeal to the 5\vord Exclusive of
the consider ition of this melancholy
result, which must spring from the
enactment of them, it will, we appre*
henfl, be evident to all dispassionate
understandings, tiiat the resolutions
are in themsOves partial and unjust,
in every way in which they can beco ne
the subjec of investigation. 1. The\
are unjust, itr professing to deal indis
criminately between us & the French ;
2. They are unjust, in affecting, to h
a mere imitation of our Order-, in
Council: 3.' And they are unjust t-.
the Portuguese and Spaniards.
upon me nosme act ot u ngress,
resul mg'from the conduct ot Mr.
Jackson, we have the less to sav, be
cause America has certainly sustained
uo ordinary provocation in this in
stance. We have never yet given our
opinion upon this subject, and shall
now rherelore state it.
First, then, assuming as a fact, that
of which considerable dou it is still en
tertained, that Mr. lirskine did act in
a manner contrary to the spirit of his
instructions; yet whence originated
the necessity of imputing the knowl
edge of this, our minister’s deviation
from his direc ion«, to America ? it
is sufficient, according to the doctrine
cited from Vattel by Mr. Smith, to
frustrate the validity of an engagement
that the minister farming it hhould
have violated the instructions given
him ; it was not necessary to prove or
*o aver that the other contracting par
ty knew this. u To refuse with honor
(says a high authority on public law) to
ratify what has beet, concluded on by
«irtiu of a full power, it i» necessary
tha’ th governmen. she ul .l have strong
md solid reasons, and that it shew in
.ar.iculur that its minister had violu
ed his instructionsHence it ap
pears [if this argument be well foun
• d, of which we have no doubt] that
die olfence giveu to America wu^ per
iectly unnecessary and gratuitous ; the
real me rits ot the quest.o.i being this ;
■* Hid Mr. Krskinc violate his instruc
tions?’* !Mot4* (iid the A.uericati gov
ernment know that he violated them x”
\nd in tiie establish.>10*111 ot tne for*
ner position, Mr. Jackson would have
tound ample exerci .c l^r Ins talents,
without undertaking the task ot pro
ving that men knew ttiat which they
declared that they did not know.
The last topic upon vhich * e shall
t inch, is the financial statement 01 the
•Secretary to the American Treasury.
We omitted to observe, in our remarks
on this yesterday, that tne thirteen
.Kindred tho tsanJ dollars, whereby
the expenditure last year exceeded the
receipts, was covered by a suin already
in the treasury, the surplus of the re
venue in the preceding years ; yet
whoever considers tnat tne expenses
of America have thus, without doubt,
oeen outweighing her means, and ob
serves too, that she acknowleges her
inability to commence a war (which
will impose no sensible burthen upon
i->) witnout negociating a loan, for the
'rare interest 01 which she cannot pro
vide, without having recourse to sn
novel a method at internal taxation j
oust hope, at least, that she will no)
tastily or unnecessarily encounter per*
•U so incalculable.
1 he importance however of the
preceding observations, though we
rust not their correctness, (as iouu
let! upon an ass 1 ne l state ot thing ,,
vdl be miie.-ially ailere 1 by the lot
tow*moat important an i more rt«
r cent communication from France,
: which reached us at a late hour last
• nigln :—
Paris, Jan. I.
. “ The merchants have lafely had
several conferences with the ministers
ol his imperial majesty, on the present
state of affairs; an l have submitted to
1 hem, that trade has, since the B ;• lin
Milan decrees taken quite a new di
rection, and is carried on by very c r.
cuitous routes, and hy persons disa
vowed bv the r.-al m rchan's.
“ 1 he ministers a mounced, that
His majesty’s intention was, that neu
trals might trade freely wi.h France,
, and France with neutral countries;
th >t the a jove m mtione l decrees Ju i
been pointed only a u'nsc the com
merce of E fijlam1 ; and that if they
htd been misinterpreted, and a fa!->e
mean ng given to them, tin* merch.1 i*s
should make representations, v/uicii
I would he favorably heard.
I “ It already appears to be agreed,
' that the visit at aea, a in a sure of po
licy adop ed by all nations, is not a
viol ition of neutral rig.uts, and'that the
d cree of lMilaii was intend? i on v to
prevent the visit directed by the or
d rs of council, of Nov. 1807; by
which neutrals ere obliged to go to
England, and there pay a tribute. It
is also un lerstood, that the embargo
and provisional sequestration of A
meri nn vessels in Frauae, wire in
consequence of the em >argo law uf
\me ica followed by the noc-inter
course act ; that we therefore consid
ered the A meri COP. 1 rim. inr»
our pur s, as disguised Englishmen;
and that since America has repealed
jher laws, our’s should full of them*
selves.
“ The merchants fl itter themselves
from thcSf com nunications, an 1 Irum
the news lately received, that Ameri
ca was not di.->p ^sed to yield to Eng
land, mat the \ lit leal relations be
tween the two countries, for the es
tablishmerit cf perfect harmony,'ivid
become active ; and as it seems that
both nations have a well pronounced
1 intent in their success, the/ wi 1 pro
bably agr-e on some provisional basis,
and permit trade to resume its relati
ons, reserving the ulterior discussi
ons on the grearquestion oi maritime
rights.”
The public relations between this
country aad America, such as they
appeared upon the face of the last A*
mciicai news, will, as wo before hinl
ted, be materially altered, by the con*
tents of this important letter horn
France; the ruler of which here, as
we sec, gives up the whole grounds
ot dispute with Americ t, aud concede s
not a little to us: “It already up.
pears to be agreed, that the visit at
sea,” (or in other words the right cf
search tor witch we have so long con*
; tended,) “ a measure ot poliev adopt*
ed by all nations, is not a violation of
n utril rights, and that the decree of
1 Titian, was intended only to prevent
th visit directed by the orders of
| council, of Nov. 1808; by which neu*
|tr ds vve.c obliged t'» go tu Eigluud &
j lucre pay a triouie.
Warmly as we have ever defended
our orders in council, we cannot still
oelieve that this our enemy’s change
oi tone has been entirely produced by
ihtir operation upon his commeice;
and are not without our suspicions
that there is an indication here, of a
n ho general tendency, real or pre
tended, to accommodation, between
t rance and America; however, if th?* '
preceding intelligence be authentic,
little now remain: for adjustment ; and
d, on the removal ol the A erica i
embargo towards Fran e, the French
commercial edict* fail to the ground,
oar orders of council, (fir wlucn ;he
promulgation of those e licts w s »,ic
avowed and just cause,) must of cours*
I drop with tnem, without lac necessity
of a speciha treaty'. 0
Tinn s.
London Dec. 23.
The flag of truce that sailed for Ca
lais on Sunday, with Mayo/., the Au*
I trian courier, and Mr. Powel, the
I Secretary to the American Minister,
returned to Dover «>n Wednesday,
with the litter gentle nan, who w.is
not allowed to land. F u refusal, it
is said, was qu tidied y an assurance
'| that he would be alio arid to diaemba.*