A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 69, HIGH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. no, of Vol. lII.] JUST ARRIVED, In the Ship Molly, Captain Pitt, from Lisbon, pipes and quarter-calks of LISBON WINE, far superior in quality to what is generally imported - And a few bales of the very best CORKS, TO BE SOLD BY George Meade, WHO HAS FOR SALE, Choice three and five years old Bill of Ex-change MADEIRA WINE, by the pipe or quarter-cask. London Market MADEIRA WINE, five years old, by the pipe or quarter-cafe. Choice old SHERRY WINE, by the quarter-calk. MESS BEEF, of a fiiperior quality, and such as is fit for an East-India voyage, put lip in this city. Choich firft quality BEEF, do. Ditto second ditto do. BOSTON BEEF, equal to any from that country. BURLINGTON PORK, of the firft quality, and 114 Hhds. FLAX-SEED. &c. &c. Philadelphia, May 16, 1795 SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. AT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the city ol Philadelphia, in the State of Pcnn fylvania, Monday the twenty-fourth of O&ober, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. AN ACT more effe&ually to provide for the Na tional Defence, by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress afrembled, That each and every free able-bodied white male citizen of the refpe&ive States, refidetit therein, who is or fliall be of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, (except as is herein after excepted) shall severally and refpeftively be enrolled in the militia by the captain or com manding officer of the company, within whole bounds such ci tizen (hall reside, and that within twelve months after the parting of this act. And it shall at all times hereafter be the duty of every such captain or commanding officer of a compa ny, to enrol every such citizen, as aforefaid, and also those who shall, from time to time, arrive at the age of eighteen years, or being of the age of eighteen years and under the age of forty-five years (except as before excepted) shall come to reside within his bounds; and shall without delay notify such citizen of the said enrolment, by a proper non-commissioned officer of the company, by whom such notice may be proved.— That every citizenfo enrolled and notified, shall, within fix months thereafter,provide himfelf with a good musket or fire lock, a fufficient bayonet and belt, twofpare flints, and a knap sack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not !efs than twen ty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball : or with a goad rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch and powder horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder ; and fliall appear so armed, accoutred and provided, when called out to exercise or into iervice, ex cept, that when called out on company days to exercise only, I he may appear without a knapsack. That the commissioned officers shall feverallv be armed with a sword or hanger, and efpontoon; and that from and after five years from the passing of this ast, all mufquets for arming the militia as is herein re quired, shall be of bores fufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound : and every citizen so enrolled, and providing himfelf with the arms, ammunition and accoutrements re quired, as aforefaid, shall hold the fame exempted from all suits, dittrefles, executions or sales, for debt or for the pay ment of taxes. And be it farther enacted, That the Vice-President of the United States; the officers, judicial and executive, of the go vernment of the United States; the members of both Houses of Congress, and their refpeftive officers; all custom-house of ficers, with their clerks all poft-ofiicers, and stage-drivers who are employed in the care and conveyance of the mail of the poft-office of the United States : all ferrymen employed at any ferry on the post-road; .11 infpeftors of exports; all pilots; all mariners actually employed in the <ea service of any citi zen or merchant within the United States ; and all persons who now are or may hereafter be exempted by the lawsof th t respective States, shall be and are hereby exempted from mi litia duty, notwit'nftanding their be ; ng above the age ol eighteen, and under the age of forty-five years. And be it further enacted, That within one year after the passing of this ast, the militia of the respective States shall be arl-anged into divisions, brigades, regiment-;, battalions and companies, as the legi<la»-m-e of each State fliall direst; and each division, brigade, and regiment, shall be numbered at tht lormation thereof; and a record made of such numbers in the adjutant general's office in the State ; and when in the field, or in jbrvice in the State, each diyiiion, brigade and regiment fliall, respectively, take rank according; to their numbers, Wednesday, May 16, 1792. reckoning the firft or lowest number hlgheft in rank. That i<" the lame be convenient, each brigade shall consist of four re- giments ; each regiment of two battalions; each battalion of five companies; each company of sixty-sour privates, That the said militia (hall be officered by the refpe&ive States, as follows : To eaca division, one major-general and tiro aids-de camp, with the rank of major; to each brigade, one brigadier general with one brigade infpeftor, to serve also as brigade major, with the rank of major; to each regiment, one lieuten ant colonel commandant; and to each battalion, one major ; to each company, one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four ferjeants, four corporals, one drummer, and one flier or bug ler. That there lhall be a regimental ftaff, to consist of one adjutant, and one quarter matter, to rank as lieutenants ; one paymaster ; one surgeon, and one surgeon's mate; one fe;jeant major ; one drum major, and one fife major. And be it further enacted, That out of the militia enrolled, as is herein directed, there shall be formed for each battalion, at least one company of grenadiers, light infantry or riflemen; aud that to each division there lhall be, at least, one company of artillery, and one troop of horse : There shall be to each company ol'artillery, one captain, two lieutenants, four fer jeants, four corporals, fix gunners, fix bombardiers, one drum mer, and one fifer. The officers to be armed with a sword or hanger, a fufee, bayonet and belt, with a cartridge box to contain twelve cartridges; and each private or matrofs lhall furnifh himfelf with all the equipments of a private in the in fantry, until proper ordnance and field artillery is provided. There lhall be to each troop of horse, one captain, two lieute nants, one cornet, four feijeants, four corporals, one fadler, one farrier, and one trumpeter. The commissioned officers to furnilh themselves with good horses of, at least fourteen hands and an half high, and to be armed with a sword and pair of pistols, the holsters of which to be covered with bearlkin caps. Each dragoon to furnilh himlfelf with a serviceable horse, at least fourteen hands and an half high, a good saddle, bridle, mail pillion and valise, holsters, and a breast plate and crupper, a pair of boots and spurs, a pair of pistols, a sabre, and a car touch box to contain twelve cartridges forpiftols. That each company of artillery and troop of horse lhall be formed of vo lunteers from the brigade, at the discretion of the commander in chief of the State, not exceeding one company of each to a regiment, nor more in number than one eleventh part of the infantry, and lhall be uniformly clothed in regimentals, to be furnilhed at their own expense ; the color and falhion to be determined by the brigadier commanding the brigade to which they belong. ( C P9') And be it further ena&ed, That each battalion and regi ment lhali be provided with the state and regimental colors by the field officers, and each company with a drum and fife or bugle horn, by the commissioned officers of the company, in such manner as the legislature of the refpe&ive States shall direct. And be it further enacted, That there shall be an adjutant general appointed in each State, whose duty it shall be to dis tribute all orders from the commander in chiefof the State to the several corps; to attend all public reviews, when the com mander in chief of the State shall review the militia, or any part thereof; to obey all orders from him relative to carrying into execution and perfecting the fyflem of military discipline established by this ast ; to furnifh blank forms of different re turns that may be required, and to explain the principles on which they should be made ; to receive from the several offi cers of the different corps throughout the State, returns of the militia under their command, reporting the actual situa tion of their arms, accoutrements and ammunition, their de linquencies, and every other thing which relates to the general advancement of good order and discipline : All which, the se veral officers of the divisions, brigades, regiments and battal ions arc hereby required to make in the usual manner, so that the said adjutant general maybe duly furnifhed therewith: From all which returns he shall make proper abftrafts, and lav the fame annually before the commander in chics of the State. And be it further enacted, That the rules of discipline ap proved and established by Congress, in their resolution of the twenty-ninth of March, 1779, shall be the rules of discipline to be observed by the militia throughout the United States, excep't such deviations from the said rules, as may be rendered neceiTary by the requisitions of this ast, or by some other una voidable circumstances. It shall be the duty of the command ing officer at every muster, whether by battalion, jegiment or single company, to cause the militia to be exercised and trained agreeably to the said rules of discipline. And be it further enacted, That all commissioned officers lhall take rank according to the date of their commissions ; and when two of the fame grade bear an equal date, then their rank to be determined by lots, to be drawn by them before the commanding officer of the brigade, regiment, battalion, company or detachment. And be it further enacted, That if any person, whether of ficer or soldier, belonging to the militia of any State, and call ed out into the service of the United State-;, be wounded or disabled while in actual service, he shall be taken care of and provided for at the public expense. And be it further ena&ed, That it shall be the duty of the brigade infpeftor, to attend the regimental and battalion meetings of the militia composing their several brigade?, du ring the time of their being under arms, to infpett their arms, ammunition and accoutrements; superintend their exercise and manoeuvres and introduce the system of military disci pline before described throughout the brigade, agreeable to law, and such orders as they lliall, from time to time receive from the commander in chief of the State ; to make returns to the adjutant-general of the State t at lead once in every year of the militia of the brigade to which he belongs, report iirg therein the actual situation of the arms, accoutrements and ammunition of the leveral corps, and every other thing which, in his judgment, may relate to their government and the general advancement of good order and military discipline; and the adjutant-general lhall make a return, of all the militia of the State, to the commander in chief of the said State, and a duplicate of the fame to the President of the United States. 437 [Whole No. 518.] And whereas sundry corps of artillery, cavalry and infantry, r.ow eriit in several of the said States, which by the laws, cus toms or usages thereof, have not been incorporated with or fubje<?c to the general regulations of th<i reft of the militia. Ee itenafted, That i'uch corps retain their accultomed pri vileges, fubjeft, nevertheless, to all other duties required by this ast, in like manner with the other militia. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker of the Hat ft of Representatives. RICHARD HENRY LEE, Pre/ldent pro tempore oj the Semite, ArrßOV£» MA* TUI £ I GHTfI, »79®. AN ACT for the relief of persons Imprisoned for 4ebc. BE it ena£led by the Senate and Hmife of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress aflembled, That persons imprisoned on executions issuing from any court of the United States for fatisfa&ion of judgments many civil attions shall be entitled to like privileges of the yards or limits of the respec tive gaols as persons confined in such gaols for debt or judgments rendered in the courts of the several States arc entitled to, and un der the like regulations and reftri&ions. And be it further enacted, That any person imprisoned as afore faid, may have the oath or affirmation h rein after expr("fled ad ministered to him by any judge of the United States* or of the ge neral or supreme court of law of the State in which the debtor is imprisoned, the creditor his agent or attorney, if cither live with in one hundred miles of the place of imprisonment, cr within the diftrift in which the judgment was rendered having had at least thirty davs previous notice, by a citation served on him, lflued by any such jhdge, to appear at the time therein mentioned, at the said gaol, if he fee fit, to shew cause why the said oath or affirma tion should not be so administered j at which time and place, if no fufficient cause in the opinion ot the judge, be (hewn or doth from examination appear to the contrary, he may at the request of the debtor, proceed to administer to him the following oa;h or affirmation, as the the cafe may be viz. " You folemrly swear (or airirm) that you have not estate, real or personal, nor is any to your knowledge holdcn in trust for you io the amount or value of twrnty dollars, nor fofficiem to pay the debt for which vou are imprisoned." Which oath or affirmation being administered, the judge (hall certify the fame under his hand, 10 the p» ifonkeeper, and (h ill fix a rtafonable allowance for the debtor's support, not exceeding one dollar per week ; and if the creditor shall theieafter any week fail to furnifh the debtor with (uch weekly support, by paying or advancing the money to h>m, or to the prifonkeeper, for his use, the debtor (ball be d (charged from his imprisonment on fuchjudgment, and shall not be liable to be imprisoned again for the laid debt; but thr judgment shall remain good and fufficienr in law, and may be fatisfied out of any estate which may then or at any time afterwards belong to the debror. And be it further enalted, That if any person shall falfely take the oath or affirmation aforefaid, such person (hall be deemed guilty of perjury, and fuffer the pains and penalties in that cafe provided. And be it further ena&ed, Thjt this ad D»a!l continue and be in force, for the space of one year from the paHing thereof, attd From thence to the end of the next fefiiou oi Congress, and Ho longer. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker ofthe Himje oj Reprejentativti, RICHARD HENRY LEE, Prejident pro tempore of the Strttte. APFROVID MAY THS 7IFTH, 1792, THE PORTRAIT—an extract •' —HE returned from the fatigues of his br.'- linefs at ten in the morning. His feelings call ed loudly for the poisonous draught ; but the well was dry„and no water could be had but from a distant spring. He dispatched a servant express with the pitcher. The bottle of rum was on the table in readiness—the weather was hot, and his third was excefiive the moments were anxiously courted, and rolled on more te diously than they do when chided by an anxious lover waiting for the mistress of all his affecti ons.—He took up a Gazette to cheat the delay— but the time was prolonged, for the servant had broken the pitcher in his return from the spring, and was afraid to provoke his mailer with the disappointment ; lie therefore ran to buy ano ther, but the fliop was ihut. Charles walked the room in an agony ; but contemplating on a fragment he had been read ing in the Gazette, entitled the progress and ef fects of drunkenness. It had made a deep im pression on his inind, and held a mirror before his eyes which gave him pain. His piclure, tak en about three years before, was hanging in the room. He viewed his image in the large glass, and then turned and viewed the picture with aftoniftunent. He counted the number of years since he had been thrown on the canvass with all the vigor and fprightlinefs of healthy man hood ; and soon recollecting that none of his neighbours, excepting two, who were intemperate fats, had gone down the bill of life so fwiftly as he had done. He was thus thrown by accident, into a light, where he conld no longer conceal GEORGE WASHINGTON. Prejident of the United States. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prejident of the United Statei.
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