Laws of the United States. 15? Sixth Cortgrefs of the United States. At the First Seflion, beguft and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, 011 Mon day, the second, of December, one" thousand leven hundred and ninety nine. AN ACT, ?» altar tie form of certain oatbs and of- firmatians direeud to be taken 4> the act • entitled " an act prtviding for thf sectnd ecrfsus, "or tnumfratian »f the inhabitants «f the Umittd States." - - • BE it enacted tj tbe Senate and House of Representatives of tbe United States of America, in Congress assembled, That so much of the ftrlt l'eftion of the aft palled during the prrfent session of Congress, inti tuled " an aft providing for the fecend census or enumeration of the inhabitants of tlie United S.tates," as relates to the form of the oaths or affirmations thereby direfted to be taken by the Marlhals, Secretaries and Affiftams therein mentioned refpeftively, ftiall be, and hereby is repealed, and that the said oatl* or affirmations (hall be in the following form ; that is to fay :—the Mtr {hali and Secretaries oath or affirmation in the form following : " I, A.B. Marlhalof the diftrift of (or the Secreta ry of the territory of as the cafe may be) do folemly. fwe«r, or affirm, that I will well and truly cause to be made 4nd perfeft enumeration and defcriji tion of the persons rcGdeiit within my d»f- trift (or the territory «f ss the cafe may be) and will return the fame to the Sectetary «f Stite agreeably to thfc dirfr&ions of an of Congreft intituled w an »c\ providing for the fecooicenCus or Wluoierati«.n of the inhabitants »f the Unit ed States according to the best «f my #bility : a.id the aflilHnt* oath or wffirma tion in the form following : I, A- B. do solemnly fw«ar (or Jtffirm) that t wi'l make a just «nd perfeft -enumeration and defcrip tio» of all persons resident within the divi sion a Signed to me by the Marshall of the diftrift bf ; (or the Secretary •f W*»itory of is the cafe nay be) and main due return thereof to th» fcid Marflul (or Secretary) agreeably to the of an aft of Congress intituled *' an aft providing for the fecood cr-nlas or enumeration ot' the inhabitants of the Unit ed States," according to the heft of my abili ty. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of tie House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Yiee-President t>f tin United States ani Prtsificnl of the Senate*. Approved, April Ij, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, fres idem of the United States. AN ACT, so continue in force "An act concerning certain Fisheries nf the Ur.ited Sitae.-, und for the regulation and government nf the Fishermen employed therein " endfor ether purposes as therein mentioned. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the aftentituled " An aft concerning cer-. «»in filheries of the United States, and for the regulation and government of the filh ermen employed therein," (hall be in force, and is hereby continued for the term of ten years, fiom the third day of March, one thoufaod right hundred, and until the end of the ftfllgfl of Congress next ensuing the ex piration of that term, any thing in the ninth feftion of the said aft to the contraryheretf jiotwithlUnding. Sec. 2- And be it further enacted, That the additional allowances which were by the sixth feclion of the aft, intituled, " An aft for railing a further sum of money for' the proteftion of the frontiers, and for other yurpofes therein mentioned"; and by the second feftion of the aft, entituled, " An aft laying an additional duty on fait, and for other puipoftj," refpeftively granted to fliip* or vtffels, employed in the bank and other cod-fiffwriei, fliall be continued to the flrips and vessels, refpeftively, which (hall be so employed, in the terms and according- to the intent of the said firft mentioned aft, for and during the farther continuance thereof, as aforefaid : Provided, that the laid allow ances (hall not be underltood to be continu ed for a longer time than, the correspondent duties refpeftively, for which the said addi tional allowances were granted, (ball be pay able. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-President of tie United States anil President of tie Semite. I Approved, April 12th. ißco. 1 JOHN ADAMS, President a/ tie United Statet. AH ACT, Jfjr the Relief of ike i*'orp»i ation oflfrbkde Island College. BE it enacted by the Senate anil Huuse of Representatives of the United States Of America, in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the'Treafnry be, and they are hereby authorized and dire&cd to liquidate* and fettle the clainwof the cor pofatibu of Rhode Island College; for cum penf»ti«ji fyt- the use, and occupation of the edifice of the {aid College, and for injuries done to the fame From the tenth day of De er mbrr,orre thouf»ml~feven hundred and fe »enty fix, to the twentieth day of April, oivf thousand seven hundred and eighty, by the trcops of the United States ; and that the fuai winch may be found dtle to the said corporation, for damages done to, and occupation of the said edifice, aforeiaid, be p.>ul them nut of any monies in the trea sury nototherwile appropriated. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker, of the Htuse of Representatives, THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vtce-Prfsident of the United and President oft be Senate, Approved, -April 16, jSoo. , JOHN ADAMS, / f President of the United States. RESOLUTION Respecting the Copper Mines en the c-onih side of Lake Superior. RESOLVED'^' tbt Senate and House of Representatives of tb t United Stipes of in Congress Th*c the Pre fide nt of the United States be autho rized to employ an agent, who shall be i«- ftru&ed to coilecl all material inlormation relative to the copper mines, on the south fide of Lake Superior, and to ascertain whe ther the Indian title to such lands as might be required for the use of the United States, in cafe they should deem it expedient to work the laid mines, be yet subsisting, and if so, the terms on which the fame can be extinguiihed : and that the said agent be inftru£ed to make report to the President in such time as the information he may col left, may be laid before Congress, at their next session. THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice- resident of tbe United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, April 16, 1800. JOHN ADAMS, President of tbe Vnited States. WASHINGTON LOTTERY, MVMIGR II List of Blanks and Prizes Drawing No. 104 380 10 100* 378 935 1138 10 457 10 47 1 '• 3031 to 035 io 184 306 698 19318 535 658 10 73? 832 10 95* 20043 21219 877 to 22233 10 559 885 23413 » D 5 12 4,037 10 443 10 SSS 59* 815 10 24223 542 10 *53 86 735 51*7 to 2-15 10 6 'S9 757 t» 794 864 394 7999 8653 9092 10 10182 IO 26229 27665 850 28277 to J l ' s*B 246 10 sh" 642 13 981 11524 J3033 IO 271 10 396 14087 42J 619 25 956 29122 660 811 1* 589 30122 •9* 826 15138 la 31194 641 10 898 lo 32 22 l 10 J 4 . 8 75 S»5 7*i 860 10 16498 7»f 748 >o «7»3i 18201 33°°7 081 10 319 10 3478 a 28® 64 S 3S 2 57 904. 787 »7$ 19310 3 6 ®93 THE UNDERSIGNED, HIS Swedifli Majesty's Consul General, and au thorized to tranfacouife hit could purfne. His experi ence in the House of Commons tl»e day'be fore in d.i>«te on Buonaparte's overtures had con&rmed him» All hU efforts had only obtained three votes io addition to tkol'e whs usually concurred with him. "No one d«ubfc>, said he, if the niinilter had adopted an .-ppofjee and had opened "a ne gotiation with Buonaparte. the House of Cooimons would have giver ail lihahim'ous vote in his favor. All control ever minis- ters is gone, and nothing remains but to obey them. Whether they delire war or peace, Parliament blindly adopts theit opi nions and all efforts to rtlifll them m«lt be inefTe&ufrU" He belteved-public opinion *as with him, said be lliould always,fcel/or his country and whenever there was a chance of his doing .any good he fhpuld readily ceime forward; -- » The duke of Norfolk gongrarplated the members, that.tho livery of Lon4on f ip spite •f • the' »ffori» of tbe- ministry, had chosen the man of their own hearts as their mayor. Mr. EHkine (aid the-only part of the na tion notjtariiifbwi l>y the war waj tht navy ; that he was aU'old lailor; and whe* he went to the House of Commons the last night with Mr. Fox, he said. to himfejf, like old JaClt, " I'll go any-where with my friend-" Mr.- Sheridan said he did not yet despond like Mr. Fox; and. for this reaibn scad at- tended mere to Parliament. j J'hc Turkish ambaftador, cenfined by tbe Mr. Sheridan wi&oi the whole kingdom | atc Direaorv, having been rele:ifed, has could have heard the excellent argu ner.t of had conferences with the minister of "Foreign his honorsble friend (Mr. Fok) on Monday Affairs, and dined with Bnrmaaprte, who is night,, as it. rnuft have convinced every im- t h e mod aftive te bring about a peace with partial man, and he could n&t deuy that he Porte. had just realpß tor dilguft, in finding, it ■ The treaty of defenfive alliance signed be could only . persuade three members of the tween England and the Porte is the fame House of Commons.- He wished the pub- as that between the latter and Ruflu,except lie had heard that argument, which, with f» ' that t f,e P< fte promises ti continue the much truth, had stated this to-be a newsra W ar«giinft France, even after the delivery in the war. Mr. Sheridan would not be ,of Egypt. discouraged by the dil'parity of numbers in i Mamain, so Celebrated for the horrible af the House ot Coir.mous, if iuch a as fjffination of the Princess L&ipballe, has just that of ili '. iwnorable friend could be heard been '.incited. We are ignorant of the mo by the natlari at large. The public would 1 t ; vts e f this new arrefl .(La Clef du Ca then enforce his arguments. . Mr. Sheridan did not wiili tndefpairof the fpiritand princi- Barrere, Carnot, Gachon, Simeon and plesef the country, and quoted the condua of Villsrct Joyeufe, are at perfeft liberty in the city of London, in cle&ing their present France. chief ma~iftrate in juftificstiori of his hopes. Gf n. A ngereau command* the French The public attention should be drawn to the armv i n Holland. new war, in winch the people were to lpend The Oufrripci defYrt in various parts of their.blood at)d treasure to rellore the JJour- t [, t FreKh republic. bons, arid support their, sacred and iiiipre- Thirty Jacobins have been arretted in the fcriptible rights. What would be the far- Dutchy of Wertemhrrg, accused of attempl pril'c of the man whpfe memory the Society t0 rcvMntianize Suabia. commemorates (.Vyiiliara III.) if he could Lord Minto is at the Hague, arranging look down snd lVe us fighting for tht inile- w ; t h Suwurow the pay of 100,060 Ruffians ff alible rights of .the Bonrbms ? To that fa- to . be fubfidieed by the English ; "'ho were may which wr nou jigbt to restore, we are to comm(;r , cc their march for tbe Rhine on [obliged for cur patjcwl debt. By reference t j 2c ao! h u ] ti 3611s 607 373*5 v 553 10 3«3 6 3 9SI 39153 *>- 194 591-10 6a 5 to them, ~.articuUrj are nieptiowed- The Adrian Klenau h " been d to 'giv? up certain advantages he re cently gained In Italy ; reinforcements not j arriving feaffcnably ; and the French being' ftsperinr ill numbers. The army of Italy has msde an attempt at Novi, which was not attended with fur cefs. Maffena has taken the conifnand of that irmy. All the positions of it are to be chatted. The General it at Genoa. The French still occupy tlie Reviere of th Port Maurier, Gnrilles, the diflii of La Pievrc, Loine and La' Pietra, Fina!, and Savona.' "The space between Final and Genoa is likewise occupied by a strong cor don of French troops. • A letter from Turin relates that a young soldier, who was about to be puriilht-d for infuborclir.ation said, he was the foil of Louis XVI. and had escaped through the favour of his Governor, Simon. He has much the appearance of the Bourbons, but has cod fefled, that he told this story to avoid pun ilhment, being for of a watchmaker at Paris : he, however, again told the story, and has, in coniequence, been arretted. A meafore is in contemplation to raise two hundred millions by civic gifts. All those prrfons who have robbed the reptibircf or gained money by dishonest numceuvres are to contribute half the money foatquired, under pain of being considered a» dilapida tes, and denounced before the military commifSoners. Royalists forces in the Provinces of France, and thai he confirms the llatement of the faccefs of the republican gen. Bi une ; and generally that the condition of those Roy alifti.was unpromising It is said Dumourier is .at Peterfcurg ; and is tQ have a command pn the Rhi' e. The Channel fleet ef 22 fail of the line, has failed, under the command of Admi r Gardner. February it. It is said the Archduke has detached troops for an expedition against the fobth of Frasce ; and that the French army under Moreau is preparing to cross the Rhine at Old Brifac Kchll and CalTell. The parliament of Ireland have decided in flavor of the Union, 158 to 116 -r-abfent 2\ members only. The presence. of the military alone prevented the Dublin popu lace from committing excesses. The north of Ireland is in such a (late, that an ilitary escort is thought nrceffary to the f*fe travelling of perfonk of ctninenfle, The PalUs, French frigate, of 44 gnus, has been taken by the Loire, English, in company with two {loops, which firft enga ged tier. She was from St. Maloea for Bred, with ft or « 8 and (tramen for the fleet. This is the firft time of her being at sea. She had 50 killed and 20 wounded. The loft of the Loire was inconsiderable. February 12. A meeting of the Livery of London was to be held about the nineteenth of Februa ry, to conGdtr of a petition for peace. Queen'* County in Ireland has petitioned agaiolt an union ; and twelve persons, bur geffes of Belfaft have petitioned in favour of an union. The county of Tipperary has petitioned agaiaft an union. The Pallas, French frigate, captured, was bound 10 the Weft Indies, and not to Bred ; and failed in company with two cor vettcs and three Aore (hipi In many parts of England, 111 confequente of the high.price of pravifions, mob* hive aflsmbled, seized such *s they could fad or obtained by so and fold . thea in the market at th« old pricct. Botfly d'Arjla#, has arrived at Pari*. . V DUBLIN, January 30. -■-The corporation of Dublin has unaai- ' moufly refolvrd topetitron parliament against an unio*. The people of Dublin are to meet to-morrow to adopt the fame m«af ure. Limerick and Downpattick, hare also petitioned again It the Union. February 8. In confluence of violence offered to the members of parliament, who are in favonr of a union, a troop of hotfe has been ftati. oned iu the cir.cu» by the parliament hottfe ; # and a party of Cavalry has also bpen stati oned in Sackville street. The anti unioa members, it is thought, will make this mit ter the fubjeft of a motion. No theatre was evermore- crowded; than the hoafe of commons last night. The : h.-.ufe rose about one o'clock thiiday. The ; avenues were filled by the populace- Mr. Martin's coach was broken to pieces by thim, and be narrowly escaped. . Other union members were aiTailed. A military body was called .forth, and major Swan discharged a pistol among the people ; but wa» aftc rwartis obliged to flee. J Varney Darby, Efiq. and. major Rogers, * are ordered to the bar of the common* to »a fwer for an isterference with military foTce to prevent the people of Bar from holding a meeting iocoufider of.the m.ion. To mar.y other refpefffu) triiutcs of applaufi of the life, 'taints a. d virtuei of our Wajk- 0 ington ; it it with pk-fure we aid the Jol lzwing, the pathetic ejfujion of one erf thi * Frinth l.eg'flators. [ Hot. ont. Gaz. legislative body. 13 Phuuafc, jsutiary ». • In foecking of General W-fhington, Fe lix Faulcon said. , . This is not the moment to retrace in thin hall all that that great man has done for the freedom of America ; the number and im portance of his warlike explots j the gene rous infpi;ation with which h« animated the French who fought under him ; and the lublime aft by which he did eternal hon nour to his memory, When, after having contributed so much to give fre: dom to his country, he laid down volunarify the fa preme pawer to hide his glery iu the obfeu rlty of private life. Malice and mean jea'ou y have attempt*i to fprcad a deadly vdnora over (o great a life ; but tlieir perfidiom insinuations are loft io the universal fuffrages of his grateful fellow-patriots, and of all the free men in ♦ the univerfc. Yet he is no more, the hero whose eulo gium affords pleasure to great minds ; who has doubly merited the civic palm. b"tb aa a warrior and at a citizen ; who combined eveiy virtue with every talent; who, after having begun and fuppsrted the revolution by his abilities his valour and viitue, knew how to termi >ate it by the moderation aa well as the wisdom of his counf 1« ; who has done aiore yet th.\o render his couDtrymea free, who has rendered them happy. Oh Legators ! feel you not your fouls f«td at rhcfe i.hiftrinub recalleftioirs, which, by a privilege wdrthy to be envied, are Coo« ne&ed with nothing to be regretted, and create none but sweet and elevated emo tims !-Do you not desire that this t ibune, I v. here we are forbidden to mix our voices ' in Ie illative dilrußions, fliotsid at lead lcrve | to (hjw the im;>reflir>n of our gratitude, p£ our veneration, of our unanimous sorrow ? Do sou not feel the rieceflity of joining our portion of funeral ora fe to that which all free people will address to the manes of the magnanimous Washington ; and wc owe him ttill more particularly, we among whom, tlw- tle&rie trample of the American Re« volution sowed the fir,ft feeds of the desire ps independence ? He movsd, that tbe Pre fide»t fliowld oh the 28th Ffimaire (the an niversary of the day of the General's death) make a speech in honor of the bere whose loss every one deplores. FOR BRISTOL, THE SHIP ' • JmWk MANCHESTER, INTENDED to return ao early Fail ih.p—w ill tike freight if applied for im mediately ' Thomas Murgalroji IS" Sous, 35, D#kStr«ct. April 17 CHINA GOODS. Imported in the ship Jean y Daniel M*Pbcr* sen rammander, from Cfintoii, AND FOR SALE, ' By JAMbS LATIMER, jr. Nankeens, white ani yellow Black, blue and colored Ltoceftrings Black and colored Sattint J Mazarine 1 lue do. Sattin Stripe Dove colored Shawls Black and colored TaiFcUae Canton Cloth imperial, Hjrfon, Young VTftftl of the firft Hyfoo and Souchong J quality* April 8 LANCASTER STAGES. THE Proprietors otthc Philadelphia and Lao cafter line ®f Stages DISPATCH, return their grateful thanks to their friends and the public in general, for the past favors they have received,and inform them that in addition to the regular Line* tljty are provided with Carriages,fober amd careful driers, to go through between the City and Borough is two day s. Those who prefer this mode of travelling can be accommodated at the Stage office, fipn of United States Eagle, Market ftrect* Philadelphia. Slough, Davfningt Ouuveod/V Ot. Nov. JB. . _ ■ ■ -f at—s di» dlOt.