Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-01-21

Sec. 10. And Be is further enacted Jba, INV
militia officer or other person. being FIR, white
man and a citizen ofthe United States, uhe shall
eniist thirty'seven able-bodied men, to So rye
agreesbly to the provisions of this Act, shall, be
commissioned in the said corns as G. ptsin =
aud any person who may in like manner enlist
twenty-five men, shall be commissioned AZ frat
lieutenant; and any person who shall in like
manner enlist twenty men, shall be crnmissi-
oned as second lieutenant ard any rersrc %
shaii IN ike manner enlist sixteen mrr, shall
be commissioned as third lieutenant: and ary
person who shall in like manner enlie, ten men
shall he commissioned as ensign or cornet in
me sad troops which commissions the EXe-
cutive are required to issue, so soon as TIC men,
so enlisted, shall have been received into SER
vice by the officers appointed by the Executive
to muster aud inspect them and as the appi-
cant for the Commission shall ave produced a
certitcate at good moral character from the
court OF the county IN which he resides Pro.
ufded aE1edTs, that the Executive shall grant tie
commissions Aforesaid In the order in which the.
applications are made to them And when two
mr. more persons shall apply having equal claims
to appointments, and both cannot be oommissi-
oled, they shall determine b. ballot VIII ~, shall
be preferred. And in all cases there ssil be
paid certificate of public stock of the amount.
and character, Upon the conditions, with the
| limitations and restrictions before dsscrib ii in
this Act and on like evidence of title to receive
the same to each solder so engaged 10 serve az
| a bounty for his service: Frovil q, that Tho.
| number of troops which may be 50 RAISED. shall
| not, together with the number rais d IN the
| modes herein before provided, exceed The uolc
| number required by the United States Tor the
purposes of this Act A,id provided ako, That
| no soldier so furnished, shall be drawn from
| any class of militia made in pursuance of this
| Act, until twenty days shall have elapsed from
the time OF such classification, unless the class
shall have already furnished man.
Sec. 90. .4ud Be it further enacted, That ex-
elusive OF the regular force herein provided for.
] the Executive Of this Commonwealth, shall he
| authorised to accept the services of three thou.
sand volunteers for such terms of service ss
they may agree on, provided it shall be adj.
Judged TO be conducive to the public interest,
and to grant commissions to the officers, se-
ected for such commands, TO expire with the
| said term OF seTYice--Provi9edG issay., That
nothing herein contained shall exempt any per.
| sons, from militia duty, to which by law they
are subject.
Sec. Fl. Be IL enacted, That the Governor,
| With the advice ofCouncil shall be, and he is
| hereby authorised to cause to be enlisted, from
| the militia OF this Commonwealth, q corps Of
cavalry, not exceeding one hundred men, to act
as a corps OF Videttes Eor the service of this
! State TO be organized in such manner, and
SUBJECT TO such rules and regulations, as tie
| Governor and Council slsll pres ribe; to be-
| 2Tneneble IN the same manner as other troops IL
| the service of the State, and to De exempted
| from all other military duty, during such ser.
vice and the sum of eight thousand dollars 10
hereby appropriated for the purpose Of carryx
! ing this Act into effect And the corps hereby
! authorised 70 be raised shall no be cntitle d to
| any other pay or allowance whatsoever. than
| that which may be agreed On with the EXecs7
| tive within the limits of the appropriation for
| that purpose made by this Act
Sec. % This Act shall be in force from and
after the passage thereof
! WASHINGTON, January 10.
| We are grievously disappoIntsd at the pres
sent very interesting moment, by the failure
of the Mail from Louisiana. Various proc
bable causes may be assigned for its failure,
besides those incident TO high waters, bad
roads and casualties, The Direct Mail. we
are informed, used to cross part of Lake
Ponchartrain. The enemy being in possess
| sion OF that Lake, the circuit which the
Mail must consequently make may have
caused 1t to lose trip. 1t is possible the
mail may arrive, we are informed, on
Tuesday. by what is called the MARKETS.
Mail. Otherwise we shall in al probabili-
| ty not hear from Orleans before Friday
next.
The Senate were engaged the whole Of
Saturday in the discussion of the amends
ment to the National Bark bill. The mode
ications proposed By the Senate's commit
tee, OF the amendments of the House, were
generally agreed to. The subject was not
however concluded before the adjournment,
and will of couse be resumed to-day.
From the Boston 7GHkes
MR.. JOHN BULL,