A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS BY fOHN FEN NO. No. 34, MOUTH FIFTH-STREET, PHILADELPHIA [No. 6cj of Vol. IV.] < Jt- ' J """ continuation of An ACT concerning ihe registering and recording of Ships or Vefl'els. Sec. 8. A ND be it further enacted, That in Xl order to the registry of any iliip or veflel, which, after the laftday of March next, lhall be built within the United States, it (hall be necelfary to produce a certificate, under the hand of the principal or master carpenter, fcv whom, or under whose direction, the said Blip or velfel (hail have been built, reflifi ing, that ihe was built bv him, or under his direc tion, and Specifying the place where, the time When, and the person or persons for whom, .and describing her built, number of decks and masts, length, breadth, depth, tonnage, and such other circumitanrts, as are u'nally de fcriprive of the identity of a ship or vefiel, which certificate (hall be fufflcient to author ize the removal of a new vefTel, fVom the dif trift wbere (he may be built, to another dif trift in the fame, or an adjoining state, where the owner, or owners actually reside, provided it be with ballad only. Sec- 9- And be it further ena<sted, That the several matters herein before required, hav ing been complied with, in order to the regis tering of any Ihip or veflel, the collector of the diftritt comprehending the port to which lhe shall belong, fliall make, and keep, in some proper book, a record or regiflry thereof, and ihallgrartan abflraft or certificate of such record or regiltry, as nearly as may be, in the form following : " In piirfuance of an ast of the Congress of the United States of America, intituled, "All ast concerning the registering and recording of Jhips or vessels," [inserting here the name, occupation, and place of abode, of the person by whom the oath or affirmation aforefaid, Jhall have been made] having taken or iiib- Jcribed the oath (or affirmation) required by the said ast, and having I'woru {or affirmed) that he (or ihe, and if more than one owner, adding the words, " together with," and the name or names, occupation or occupations, place or places of abode, of the other owner or owners) is (or are) the only owner (ar ow ners) of the Clip or vefTei, called the [inserting here her nan«.TefTiiifertirg bare the port to Nvhich she may Ixloiig] wliercoffinfei'tinghsre the name of the mafterj is at preffent mailer, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said (hip or veGcl was [ioferting here, ■\vfcen and where built] and [inserting here the name and o£sce, if any, of the perlcn by "whom fiie ihal] have been lurveyedor admea fu ed] having certified that the fa'd fliip. or VefTei has pn.eiting he re,the number of decks] and [irilerting here, the number of mails] and that her length is [Inserting here the number of feet], her depth [inserting here, The number of feet] and that ffie measures [inserting here, her number of tons] that flic is [describing here, tlie particular kind of vef fe', whether Ihip, brigantine, friow, schooner, sloop, or whatever e!le, together with her buiit, and fpecifvirg Whether she has any, or no gallery or head,] and the laid [naming the owner, or the malter, or othef person, acting in behalf of the owner or owners, by whom the certificate of admeafurernent (hall have been counterfigncd, as aforesaid] having a l*'eed to die description ai d admeal'urement, above fpeeified, and fufficieut leeurity having been given, according to the.fiid afij the said fliip or velfel hashed! duly regiltered at the port of [naming the port where tegiftered.l Given under my hand and feat, at [naming the said port] this [inserting the particular day J day offnaming the month] in the year "[Tpe c,lying the number of the year, in words at length:'*] Provided, That if the master, or per ton having the charge or command rf such ihip or veflel. fhallj himjclf, hnve made oath or affirmation touching his being a citizen, tlie wording of the said certificate Ihsll be va ried Jo as to be conformab'e to the truth of tlie cale : And Provided, That where a new certificate of regiftrv is granted, in cor.fe quence ofany transfer of a Ihip or veflVl, the words shall be lit varied, as to refer to the Ijwmer certificate of regiitrv, for her admea iV'eniont. Sec. io> Ami be it further enacted; That it fliail be the *luty of the Secretary of the Treasury, to cause to be prepared, atid trar.f i.lifted, flom time to time, to the coifcriftors ct the ievcrsi difcrie'ts, a fuffictertt nnmber cf f irtns of theiaid certificates of reg-iftrv, as Ufted under the seal of the Treasury, and tiie hand o» tl:e Regifler tbereet, With proper blanks, to be iiiltd by the said collector*, le ipedivcly, by whom alio, the said certificates full be figneo and Teuled, before they (ball be i:llied and where ti ere is a liaral officer at any port they fliall be by him ; •mi witere there is a fnrvevor, but r.o naval cheer, they fhail be coun'terfigred by him ; and a copy cf etch, (hail be transmitted to the iaid Re;;ifter, who foal) caue a rccoid to be ■kept of the Itnie. Sec. 11. And be it further enaflcd, Thct wliere any citi»--n or citizens of the United States, ihall purchale, or becdne owner or owners of any ihip or vcficl, entitled to be JejiitL-red, by virlti* oi atst, fucb fiiip or vefTel, being within any diftii«sV, other than the one, in which he or they uftially reside, such ship or vefiel lhall be entitk-d to be re giftercd by the collector of th? diftiicV, where fucbfnip or vefiel may be, at the time of bis or their becoming owner or owners thereof, upon bis or their complying with provi sions herein before prescri bed, in order to the registry of fbips or vcliels ; And the oftth or affirmation which is required lo be taken, may, at the option of iiich owner or owner®, be taken, either befoie the collector of the comprehendirg the port to which luch (hip or vefiel may belong, or before the col lector of the diftrifty within which, such ship or vefiel may be,,either of whom, is hereby empowered the fame : Provi ded nevertheless, That wherever such fliip or vefiel lhail arrive within the diftrift, com prehending the port to which such ship or vei lel shall belong, the certificate fit' registry, which fhaJ! !>ave been obtained, as aforefaid* (hall be delivered up to the collector of such diftrift, who, upon the requisites of this ast, in order to the registry of ships or. vellcls, be ing complied with, shall grant a new one, in lieu of the firit j and the certificate, so deli r vered up, shall forthwith be letumed by the collector who shall receive the fame, to the collector who ilia 11 have "ranted it : and if the said firft mentioned certificate of registry, fh.ill not be delivered up, as above difefted, the owner or owners, and the master of such ship or vat the time of her laid arrival v/ithin comprehending the port to which such ship or yeffel may belong, shall, severally forfeit'the sum of onehundied dol lars, to be recovered, with costs of suit; and the faip certificate or registry shall be thence forth vofd. And 1 m cafe any of the matters of fact, in the id or affirmation alledg ed, which fliall be within the knowledge of the partvi so swearing or affirming, shall not be true, there shall be a forfeiture of the ship or velfe), together with her tackle, furniture and apparel, in refpeft to which, the fame fljaH have been made, or of the value thereof, to be recovfeied, with costs of suit J of the per fon 1 by whom such oath or affirmation fliall have been made : Provided always, That if tlie master, or person having the charge or Command of such ship or vefiel, shall be,with in the diftrift aforefaid, when application shall be made for registering the lame, he shall, himfelf, make oath or affirmation, in stead of the laid owner, torching his being a citizen, and the means whereby, or manner in which, he is so a citizen ; in which cafe, if what the said master, or person having the said charge or command*, fliall fofwear or af firm, shall not be true, the forfeiture afore faid fliall not be incurred, but he shall, himfelf, forfeit and pay, by reason thereof, the sum cf one thousand dollars. Sec. 12 And be it further enacted, That when any ship or vefiel, entitled to be regis tered pursuant to this ast, fliall be purchased by an agent or attorney for, or on account of a citizen or citizens of the United States, such ship or vefiel, being in a diftrift of the United States, more than fifty miles distant, taking the nearest usual route by land, from 4 the one comprehending the port to which,, by virtue of such purchase, and by force of this ast, such ship or vefTel ought to be deemed to belong, it fliall be lawful for the collector of the diftrift, where such ship or vefTel may be, and he is hereby required, upon the applica tion of such agent or attorney to proceed to the registering of the said ship or vefTel, the said agent or attorney, firft complying, on be half, and in the flead of, the owner or own ers thereof, with the requisites prescribed by this ast, in order to the registry of ships or vefieh, except, that in the oat'i or affirmation, which fliall be taken by the said agent or at torney, instead of swearing or affirming that he is owner, or an owner of such ship or vefiel, he shall swear or affirm, that he is agent 01 at torney for the owner or owners thereof, and that he hath bona fide purchased the said ship or vefTel, for the person or persons, whom he shall name and describe as the owner or own ers thereof • Provided nevertheless, That whenever such ship or vefTel fliall arrive with in the diftrift comprehending the port to which such ship or vefTel shall belong, the cer tificate of registry which shall have been ob tained, as aforefaid, shall be delivered up to the collector of such diftrift, who, upon the requilitqs of this ast, in order to the registry of snips or vefTels, being complied with, shall grant a new one, in lien of the firft ; and the certificate, so delivered np, fnall forthwith be returned by the collector, who fliall trar.fmit the fame to the collector who ftiall have granted it. And if the said firft mentioned certificate of shall not be delivered up, as above directed, the owner or owners, and the master cf such ship or vefTel, at the time of her said arrival within the diftrift comprehending the port to which she may be- shall, severally, forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered, with costs ot suit, and the said certificate of registry, fhail be thenceforth void. And in cafe, any of the matters of fact, in tb? said oath or af firmation aHedged, which fha.'l be in the Saturday, January 26, £795. 273 knowledge of the parVy, so fwearirg or affirm ing, shall not be true, there fha.ll be a for feiture of the (hip or vessel, together with her tackle, furniture and apparel, in refpe<Tt to which, the fame shall have been made, or . of the valuo thereof, to be recovered, with costs of fiiit, of the per Jon by whom such oath or affirmation shall have been made : Provi ded always,|That if the master or person hav ing the charge or command of such Ship or velTel, shall be within the dill rift aforefaid, when application shall be made for the fame, he fhafl, himfelf, make oath or nf firmation, instead of the fa id agent or attor ney, touching his being a citizen, and the means whereby, or manner in which,he is foa citizen ; in which cafe, if what the said mas ter. or person having the said charge or com mand, shall so swear or affirm, fliall not be true, the forfeiture aforelaid shall not be in curred, but lie fliall, himfelf, forfeit and pay, by reason thereof, the furn of one thousand dollars. [To be continued.] From the AMERICAN MERLVRV. CERTA JNJiighly diftinguilhed oppofers of the corrupt administration of oui national governmtnc, hold preachers and preaching in utier contempt; they arc too much of philoso phers to be chriflians—Sedfasejl et ab hojle doccri -—that is to fay, they fee the great efficacy of preaching to propagate and to preserve religious opinions. Why then should they not turn the guns of the enemy upon him ?—Preaching anti fed era I ism may prove equally cogent for doc trine, for reproof, for discipline, for ftirrincr U p weak minds against Congress. and for confirm ing the faith of those whom the prosperous ad m niftration of the constitution has half per suaded to be federal. Therefore, on matiire de liberation, the Jacobins of this country, have re solved in their Council, that it will be pioper to deJiver a course of antifederal Lcthtres. For this purpose, iiinerant preacht is will be lent into all pans of the country. Persons will be appointed to hold forth in bar-?ooim, at re viewing of the militia, and in all places of pub lic resort. Some shall be sent to Rh de-Island, ?rid oihers to Vermont. The Apostles who are obliged to flay at home, may be ufeful bv wiit ing Letters. By that means, and by the meet ing of the agents of different difti i£ls of country at New-York, the attack on th** Vice-President was carried on with peculiar skill and force but it remains to impress the people with pioper feniiments. If that could be fuccefsfullv done, we might have the comfortable hope of feeing a revolution in government once or twice a year. We might talk as the Fiench do about the anlient Constitution, (meaning 1 hat made last vear.) — Like the Tartars we might keep-on the move from one plea fa nt station in politics to another; we should not get bigoted to old systems again, as we are at prcfent ; ana to such a degree that any scheme of amendment and improvement is flifled at the birth. The are afraid of flaying long in a place, for feai of getting wed ded to it, and consequently losing their indepen dency. Every re volution would open fre Hi paf turc for the Cattle, and the National Gazette fair iy tells us, it high time to set about it. in order to aflift our Leftuiers, and to pre pare the public for their leccption, we give a Syllabus of the Le£t«rts. Leelure iji. The amendments to the Constitu tion were mere milk and water, not having al tered its pcinciplesj nor afforded the flighted fc curitv against their dangerous and despotic ten dency. 2d. That the amendments have done away the objedions of the Anrifedcralifts, so thai Gov. Clinton is now a better Fcderalift than Mr. John Adams. Meke the former Vice-President, and he will become better than a good Fcderalift, and will put the monarchy-men, and the sup porters of ihc monied systems, 10 a total rout. 3d. Shews how the Constitution may be prov ed co forbid any meafuie, good or bad—this se cret is to be learned by examples. The Bank Law was oroved to be point blank against ihe Constitution—Tread one loot off the letter of that writing, and you get in o the mire. Pass a law to carry any of the powers expressly given to Congress into execution—if the law require you.to provide the ntceffary means for giving it effc$ R prove that you cannot constitutionally adopt the means II you could, would be as despotic as TippooSaib. Provided al ways, that if the Bank Charter were limited to ten years t or eftabiiftied on the Poiowmac, it would be as ccrtllituiion.-tlas the rcfidcnce a£t. 4th. The best method of recovering popula rity, vote against all grants of nroney—vote a ramU every rne;jfure. If ii should pass and be approved in the operation, nobody will ask what part you took. If it should raise a cla mour, you may fay I told yr«u so. sth. A question of casuistry—Whether a Con crete man may lie tor hi* party ? In doubtful calcs, the opinion and practice of the fathers are tailed; the affirmative of this question is (dp ported by precedent, arid good confidence dic tates that a man (hould do all the good he can. Jn this Ltfture the point is difcuffrd, whether if £ man lie, and the thing pinches, he is bound to swear to.it. It is ftiewn that it a clcver fellow is hired for it, lie is bound 10 earn his wage*. 6th. On ihe proper discipline of a party —Iww to make tfcr men follow their file leader. [Whole No. 591.] 7'h. On the phrTntophy of prejudice, or Vhe art of addreffinfc the pa(W,s of the ,u,.plc— where tfiey exist, a pariy itun muR fni<J ii, rm our, and where thev .ire not be inuß m.,ke them —in'his way fie will r-V e r rail—by Iwo ftiek«, y «o nwy. »l«»v< g-f a fire. R.ih ~,j and do no: be difcouragcd ; cry forever. Muff go wrong, and- ytru wil/ fomrlime or other tc right, or fenrr (0 be,, Always run wnh the pen. pie, and by running fjfler, y'o,, w jH |< f( ,p (k ,} oie them and lead them. Popularity is a frirmv, and may be taught even to boys, as wcil as Arithmetic. Foreign Affairs. PARIS. Otfnher2o. ON Thursday the l9th ini%. 1000 Mai;(ei:l lois arrived in Paris. They were divid ed into four columns and cantoneii. Not withstanding the clamors cfrhe PrieftChabot, and others, they received a moll hearty wel come from the citizens of Paris* S-rue the Convention began to ag : tate the qtteftton of the King.*! trial, it is said, he 'ha* fa I!" n into a profound melancholy. OFT. 9,5. The return of the votes for the e leclion of a Mayor of is, was hist nig'tt ex. amined, when it appeared, that of 14,317 votes, 13,746 were in favor of Petion. The 1 eft of the votes were between Mes sieurs Antonele, Lulierp, Manuel, S.c. Phi lip Egalite, (late Duke of Orleans), obtained onevotty and, as there .ire always some per sons who delight in jests, it was found, rhaf Mnnfieur (the King's brother) and the King of Prufiia, had each of them—ane vote. Address ofPetion to the Conuniflaries,aflem bled to examine the ballots of the 48 Sefti" ons. Citizens, I, . I HAVE had the Ixinour, some time ago, to inform you that, being called to a feat in the National Convention, 1 had accepted of that important million ; that I could, nor ought not to hold two different offices; and at the lame time I had rcqr.efted you to pro ceed to tlie nomination of a new Mayor. Yovi have a second time honored me with your (Vf frages,—there is nothing more glorious for me, and I want words to express to y6u my gratitude. I can but view that choice as a mark of friendfhip, and of the recollection of the services which I may have rendered to this,city. I confefs it is very painful to me not to be able to correspond to that confi. dence, which X value lo much. When I ei ter the House of AfTentbly as a Representa tive of the Republic, I only ebey the patriotic principles of serving well my country. Ac cept my fincerefV regrets, and tie affurauce of my entire devotion to your welfare. Your Fellow-Citizen, PETION. O&ober 26, 179 a. It is afiured that the fe&ion of Marseille have come to a resolution, to invite the 83 departments to join them in their fa rift ion to a decree of the wiiich di reels the afiemblage of an armed forcc in the capita!. Army of the North. To the showers of fire which have, daring ten days, deluged us with ruins, succeeds the roaring noise of a formidable army, which ij encamped in the plain where Luckner was posted at the time of his expedition into Weft • Flanders ; and to that infernal storm succeeds at last, that peace of mind which the glory of having deserved the approbation of one's country, can alone inspire. The Auftmn satellites and plunderers, who had evacuated Iloubaix, have returned, there to exercise anew their pillaging. They plundered yes terday two waggons loaded with the fluffs which are fabricated in that borough. We have fkirniifhes everyday at Pont-rouge, in which we have always the advantage. November. 8. They seem to reproach Gen. Dumourier, and the other Generals, with not having done the Pruflians, in their precipitate retreat, all the harm and mifchief they could. It is an easy matter to ast the part of a critic in the closet, especially when we are neither ac quainted with the places, the things nor the motives which determined our Generals to ast this or that part. To have reduced and compelled, by ikilful manoeuvres, an enemy fully able, to fall back, to have liar raffed thejn continually, to have intercepted their provi sions, and their convoys, to have every day taken prisoners from them—is a result for tunate enough to disarm envy, and filenci those ariftocratical detrafters. We have ob served it at the beginning of the war, that' the best combined fvftem of defence, was not to hazard bloody battles, but precifelv to do what was done. Success has fully juftified our expectation, and we are far from pre tending to the presumptuous felflove of beirg thought a warlike people. After tl*e fur render of Nice, the Bishop of that city dared to congratu'ate the French General, who with firninefs answered fcim, that he could 1105 believe his bypou itital ]an ■ ir: ?ojf ■:'>. V
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