Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-28
SENATE or TIE UNITED STATES.
IANuAKY 20. 1856.

JANUAKY 20. 1866.
Agreeably - hutar sised on the i6.h int,
Mf. Wt:sh. aked and obtained leave totrrs IN
th- faiia.v,n, Dill, -~alch wasIca,i and p-G ID to
a ie,ot,a Issd.ng.
! Il FIJI jer z5e4tr>ttz2iou 0tl mltmS!6ra:i:n
si 81 l5mtrif"p JfGmtn.
Elicicas, ~ Nc sca.j oi ariGy, commerce
r. 4 ,i:av!Xatlo,, niadc ictwten his Bfitaon,c uis.
tE0y and tie ,Cn:sct lSta!es az lsondon, on thu
nii,etten,h DAY OF November, 1898, by the hit
article OF ID ifeaty, III agree, g Thas ticie
fhail be f:m, invi&aoiS aid uniyrrGh Ie4ce,
and tru- and he.re trendth,p between his
| Bri;anNic marity, his heirs and succeGjrs, AID
I the Upiied states OF America; and between
their ,clpsGtive countries, ,erutones, cites,
towns, andspcorfe,o OF every degree, without ex-
ceptiol Ct peffor,s OF piacc,. And wtfrcas, 10
dnca violation c. iaid 'featy, his Britannia na.
jay has rauitd to be inptea.d cut oflhc Gaps
ui he ,Jni,fd S;a'es, falling 81 III !igh seas.
divers tl:!zns q fai,! u. TED Sta.cs: anti las
compelled them 90 feiye IN b3ata ,hg fl ps Of
var OF his fald Z i;aneic NIFTY, in v,oIatlon
OF their liberty, and tho hazard of thcit lives;
and In dipi,c "i tie reEn hitfaGces Of he govern.
nlent OF iaid L. States, confirncs fad uniua
practice; and the icaroen Of the u States 70 IN
srcf{cd, by force, retains ia hi: fersice. And
whereas, the u. States are folcmnly bound to
Hrored all thc!e whoarc BIZ ind in allegiance 70
iaid Unlttd States. Therefore,
BE ntnaleG, by the Senate and Houfc otf Re
pressufatives of tie United States Of America,
70 Congesls aaenbIed, / bat from and attsr the
DAY of nexF, snypcfon or
pcrfons, who fail irnp'efs any ieaneo on board
any veae bearing the fss Of the United Sta,ss,
lpon the high !sss, OF 10 any river, havsn, ba
lon or bay, under pretext CT Color If comm ai-
81, from any fo5egnra@st, lhsn 5or every fueh
oReace be adjudged pirste an4. t-ion; ano or
conviction olal Offer death, End tbr: sriaI IT
any iuch ca'c may be had where De ef.nacr is
apgeheclcd or may be fri btousFT
SgcT.'2. IND be Hjayibry eaaf7ea, That III
6al be lawful for any temericap f&o.cn, falling
under the flag OF the Uai.ed States, on any geFion
or pe.lons attempting 70 iuprefs him by force,
from on board aHy vei5e ct the Uaissa Stsres,
upon the high fcas, o. IN aay river, haven, ba-
Ton, or bay. 70 repei f,ch io"e b, Ihattng, Of
ohetwife killing AID destroying he'pgrion 0. per-
ions 70 attempting to imfr.(s him, andlhall, as
an encouragement to rcGst, be emitted 70 bopn.
~ oItw, hondred dollars, 70 Be paid TO him or,
his order, OF legal Representatives, out of any
money in the trcsiuly, not othe,wilc app.opsi.
atea.
SECT 3, Asd6fh j9rtber eaoar9, Tint on
information being gwen to tha Prefident Of the
United States. prsving Satisfactorily 10 him, that
Any cittzen Of the u tied States, who fhaI hare
bs,n i.npeG.d, or freed by violence, Or threats,
tc enter On board any foreign yehel, fall fueser
death, or any other corporal pnni,hn.en! by he
authority Of uch foreign power; it hail be law.
full for the Proficient OF the United States, to
caufr the most rigorous and cxatt retaliation 90
any fuoje6ss Of tina. government, whom he is
hereby authorized to fcx- ard laketor that Eur-
poie.
SECT. 4. Aa1 be IL J.f'utbsr enalFs2, That
every American tczaian, he etofofe or hereafter
impref-d and compelled to leryc Oh board any
.oTeign f,p or vefici, hall be entitled to receive
as an decentralization for Els a veiy and hard
Hips on board thc lhip in which he HIS been, or
AhalI be compehd TO lerve, from the day Of bis
imprefmenf, 1hssfum of fry dol ats per month
for every month he has, OF ihail feiye, on board
fad Chip or hps; and that he fhc laid fcanan,
his heirs, executors, administrators or aiiisrs,
lhall be entitled TO recover the fame IN the al.
tliA court of the state in which the port lies,
from which the yeae cleared. for the voyage IL
which he was TAKEN, by attachments of ary Prl
vate debt, due from any citz o g tic s<ei.cl
States, to any fnfj & Of tn. go4csaetni, :,
Whole iabists h bag -, ispfess-i; and sha