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ftiall be, and hereby is repealed, and that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.
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THE UNDERSIGNED,
HIS Swedifli Majesty's Consul General, and au
thorized to tranfa<st the Consular Bulmefs,
for hit Majesty the King of Denmaak iu the United
States of America, r eliding at Philadelphia;
Hereby gives public Notice,
That id obedience to recent in&ru&ions reoeived
from his government, it it the duty of all Matter*
«f Swedish and Danish vefTelo, b&for« their Tailing
from any port in the said States, to call upon him
or the Vice Coiiful in order to be granted fach
Certificates for their Cargoes, which the eiigency
of the (late of the Neutral Commerce *o-4 the fe
jrer l Decrees of the Belligerent Power;, render
mdifprnfably ncceflary, and, that any M after o?
veflTels belonging to the refpe&iVfc nations, or na
vigating asider the protection of their flags, in
emitting to tike such certificates, wMI pcrfonally
It and retponfible for the conferences.
RICHARD SODERSTROM
Philadelphia, iSth December, 1799.
jporeign^ntriUsence.
Latest from Europe.
LONDON February s .
The Wig Club met yelterday. TJie may
or was iii the chair. Ms. Fo* observed, he
continued of' opinion that retirement was the
w!frl>couife 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
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to them, ~.<x may divide tlat debt into tvit February -re. \
parts '; tit Jir'st half was' contracted to dc- ' The French government lately applied
stray the Bjvrbpns ; .the second half Us bee* to tbe p rH ffi, ni rf q U efting that for the fu
contracted to restore tuitn,. , ture Pruffisn Covjfnis in FrjfOee mighty be
- The cro»d to get into.the gallery of the denominated Commiflaries. The Prufiians
Commons xo hrar. the late debate on the agreed to alter the term to agents of Com
fubjeA. of; pe'.ce was unpirccdently great, roerce.
The peopie affeo bid day light and con- Sundry inhabitants of the County of
tinued tili ifce<doi)ii j»ere opened. The gat- Longford have petitioned the Irilh Par
lery woald not contain one sixth part of liament againft-the Union
the candidates for feats. Many persons Some commotions have occurred in Swe
were injured'in the croud. 1 den on account of the hig'i plice of bread ;
Mr. Eox, in his speech on the late over* whiih by the milii ity. The
tutes for pcjce, took occafiun 10 Ipeak ;n distillation of brandy is prohibited,
the-.moft. hjindfiyiie terms of the deeeafed , It is said General Maitland has returned
General Walhingtoo, ' from his million toi afccrtain the ftateof the
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Government has revoked the Quarantine
order rrfpcAing veflels from New York and
Philadelphia, i
The pi ice'of bread continues to rife.
The County of Down, has petitioned the
Irifti Parliament against a Union. The!
Roman Catholics, all over the Island are
»&ive on the fame fide.
The Brazil), (loop of war, has been wreck
ed and ever/ person on board, except »ne,
576
683
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perished
ine n dratted from (hips which had been paid
off, and had »bout 50001. with them.
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47300 to
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February 4.
Letters from Peter&urp and Cracow (late
that 6000 Ruffians are 00 their march to
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271 10
The Batavian Government, it 11 said, has
Rationed cruizers at the mouths of her har
bours to prevent vefiels departing for Eng
land with grtin.
479 10
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next day waited on the Consuls, Sic.
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Gouftitu.tion is confirmed
to the new French.
The French Journals fay that a quarrel
has taken plate .between Mr. .Wyndhatn tjhe
British Mir.iftt-r, and the Commander of tht
Awftrian troops near Tofcaity. The cause,
the difcanding of armed peasants which Mr.
W. Qpppfcd,,.
Gen. Mack is to have a command on the
Rhine. Suwarrow is to be commander in
chief of.thr Grand. Armiesof Germany.
AdviceS*from India inform that the Bri
tish expedition against Manilla, which was
given' ujfon'tTie war with Tippoo^will now
be resumed.
It is said Mr. Pitt, has a financial projett
in view, which is grounded on the new ter
ritorial in India.
Arrangements for ah expedition to Britan
ny are nearly matured, §rr R Abtrcrrvm
bie is to command the Ruffian troog, .which
were in p HollaJid, and a reinforcement are to
be employed, --
The crew wa* composed of fel-
February 8.
'. February 9
Pari": papers of Feb. 6, contain a letter
from Gen. Brilne, announcing that Gen.
H«ry had defeated the Chouans new,Grand
champ ; and that Gearys fufferetf much.
Private letters fay that the Hoy,.lifts were
superior to Hatry's troups, Jnd that the
latter was e»pofcd. An ' s repoi ted
between Brum and the Chouan C W.ct
George* ; outu<u>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
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