A PAPER, PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS B% -f&IH F£l*l*o, No. 3 s, fTOPTH FIfTH STRt [No. 92 of Vol. IV.] LAWS OF THE UNION. SECOND CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Phi!a4lelphia, in the State of Pennfvlvania, on Monday the fifth of November, one thou (and seven handled and ninity-two. AN ACT to regulate the claims to invalid pensions. WHEREAS the ast psifcd at the last Session of Congref?, intituled, " An Ast to provide for thn settlement of the cjaiim of widows and orphans bnrrciTßy ttx fnnifat tions heretofore established, and to regulate the claims to invalid pensions." is found by experience inadequate to prevent the admis sion of improper claims to invalid pensions, and not to contain a fufficient facility for the allowance of such as may be well founded : THEREFORE BE it enabled by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame rica, in Congress affeinbled, That the fccond, third and fourth .fe&ions, of the said Ast, be repealed, and that in future, all claims to Jijch pensions shall be regulated in the manner following, to wit. First, AH evidence relative to invalids lhall b<? taken upon oath or affirmation, before the Judge of the diftrift in which luch invalids re- Jide, or before any three persons specially au thorized by commission from the said 1 ixdp^ Secondly, The evidence a "^ claimant Jiuit - Jf** lability to Uie of known wound';, re vived while in the a&ual line of his duty, in the service of the U lited States, during the iite war. That this evidence must be tbf affidavits of the cqromanding officer or fur gcon of the shir*, regiment, corps, or compa- in which luch claimant served, or two other credible witnesses, to the fame effect, setting forth the time, and p-lace of such known wound. Thirdly, Every claimant (hall be exami ned upon oath or affirmation, by two physi cians or surgeons, to be authorized by com mission from the (aid Judge, who (hall report, ill writing, their opinion, upon oath ot affir mation, of the nature of the said disability, and, in what degree, it prevents the claim suit from obtaining hi« livelihood, by labor. Fourth!*, Every claimant (hall produce evidence of the time of his leaving the fer. vice of the United States, He must alio pro duce evidence of three repufable freeholders of the City, Town or County, in which he uftially resided, for the two years immed;ate ly after he left the service, as aforefaid, of the existence of his disability, during that pe riod; and afeertaining, of their own know ledge, the mode of life, employment, labor or means of (upport of the claimant. Fifthly, And the said claimant must pro duce the evidence of two credible ISfitnoHiw, of the continuance of his disability, from the expiration of ti<e (aid two years, to the time of his application. Sixthly, Each claimant must (hew a good and fufficient cause why he did not apply for a penfiorl to the person or persons authorized to examine his claims, on or before the ele vtnth of December, one thousand seven hun dred and eighty-eight, the time limited for applications of this nature. Seventhly, No evidence of any claimant ffiall be admitted whole claim has been ex amined and reje&ed, on or before the afore faid eleventh of December, one Thou and seven hundred and eighty eight. And be it further enacted, That the Judge of the diftrift (hall transmit a lift of such claims, accompanied by the evidence herein directed, to the Secretary for the Department ofWtr, in order that the fame may be com pared with the Muster-rolls, and other docu ments in his office ; and the said Secretary fliail make a statement of the cases of the Paid claimants to Congress, with such circum flances and remarks, as may be neteflary,, in order to enable tliem to take such order thereon, as they may judge proper. And be it further enacted, Tliat no person naVon the pciifioii lift, before the twenty-third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, (hall be entitled to a per.fiou, who shall uot have complied with the rules and regulations herein prescribed ; saving however to all pcrfons, all suid lingular tiieir rights founded upon legal adjudication* under the ast intituled " an ast to provide for the fettluinent of the claims of widows and or phj:,., barred br the limitations heretofore eftablilhod, and to regulate the claims to in Wednesday, Aprll 17, 1795. ytW penfioKsßut it flialt he the duty of the Secretary at war, 1 in conjunction with the Attorney-G»eneral, to take luch niealures a? may be necerfary to obtain an adjudication 0} the Supreme Court of the United States, on the validity of any such rights claimed under the ast pforefai'd, by the determination of cer tain persons styling tiieuifelves conuniifion ers. And be It further enacted, That no claim to a pension (hall be allowed under this ast, which (Sail not be presented within two years from the parting of the fame. JONAIHAN TRUMBUI.L, Speaker oj the Umjc ej Reprefentattfes. JOHN ADAMS, Viie-Prcfident if the Ifnitei States, and Prejiieut of the Sen'nJc. APPROVED, FEBRUARY 28, 1793- GEO. WASHING I ON, Prejident of the United States. AN ACT providing Compensation to the President and Vice Preli dent of the United State*. BE it ena&ed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States'of - It? Congfef! -l'icintiiod, 1 hat ii'om and after the third day nt "March in the pre (ent year, the coinpenfation of the Prdfident of the United States lhall be at the rate of twenty five thousand dollars per annum, with theufeof the furniture and other effects be lorging to the United States, and row in pos session of the President: And that of the Vice- Preiident, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, in full for their respective Servi ces, to be paid quarter-yearly, at the Tiea filry. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker ej the House of Refirefentative j. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and Prcjrdevt oj the Senate. Ar Y 18. 1793* GtO. WASHINGTON, President of the United States. An ACT refpecfting Fugitives from Jnftice,and persons escaping from the Service of their Masters. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress aflembled, That when ever the executive authority, Stair 4iv the Union, or of either of the territories north-weft or (oath of the River Ohio, lhall demand any person as a fugitive from justice, of the executive authority of any such State or territory to which such person (hall have fled, and ihall moreover produce the copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made be fore a magistrate of any State or territory as aforefaid, charging the person I*o demanded, with having committed treafbn, felony or other crime, certified as authentic by the go vernor or chief magistrate of the State or ter ritory from whence the person so charged, fled, it (hall be the duty of the executive au thority of the State or territory to which such person (hall have fled, to cause him or her to be arretted and secured, and notice of the ar rest to be given to the executive authority making fuchdeir.and, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he (hall appear : But if no such agent lhall appear within fix months from the time of the arrest, the prisoner may be discharged. And all costs or expenses in curred in the apprehending, securing, and tranfinitting foch fugitive to the State or ter ritory making such demand, (hall be paid by such state or territory. And be it further enacted, That any agent, appointed as aforefaid, who (hall receive the fugitive into his custody, (hall b? empowered to transport him or her to the State or terri tory from which he or (he (half have fled. And if any person or persons (hall by force set at liberty, or rescue the fugitive from such agent while tranfoorting, as aforefaid, the person or persons so offending (hall, on con vjftiun, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding one year. And be it alfoenafted, That when anv per son held to labor in any of the United States, Or in either of the territories on the north west or south of the river Ohio, under the laws thereof, lhall escape into any other of the said States or territory, the person to whom such labor or service may be due, his agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize ot arrest such fugitive from labour, and to take him or her before any judge the circuit or diftrift courts of the United States, residing or being within the Stitt, or before any ma gistrate of a county, tity or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest (hall be made, and upon proof to the fatisfaftion of such judge or mag'ftratf, either by oral testimony or affidavit taken before and certified by a magistrate of any such Stateor territory, that the person so seized or arretted, doth, under the laws of the State or territory from which he or (hi ficd, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it (hall be the du ty of such jjidce or magistrate to give a certi ficate thereof to such claimant, his agent or 365 . attorney, which fliall be fufHcient watrant for removing the said fugitive from labor, to tfcc State or territory from which he or ftve fled. And be it further enacted, That any per son who fliall knowingly and willingly oh ftruft or hinder such elaimant, his agent or attorney in so ieizing or arresting such fugi tive from labour, or ft)all rescue such fugi tive from such claimant, his agent or attor ney wjien so arretted pursuant to the authori ty herein given or declared ; or (hall harbour or conceal such person after notice that he or Ihe was a fugitive from labour, as afortfaid, lhall, for either of the said offences, forfeit -arid pay the sum of five hundred dollars.— Which penalty may be recovered by and for" the benefit of such claimant, by action of debt, in any court proper to try the fafne ; saving moreover to the person claiming such labour ot service, his right of action for or on ac count of the laid injuries or either of them. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speaker oj the House oj Reprefentttixies. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prejiient of the Uvilid Sfatet, and Frejident of the SebiUc. H.bkua*Y is, >793- GEO. WASHINGTON, i FrefidtrtoJ the fhitcH State?. FROM THE. ORACLE OF DAUPHIN. PRINTED AT HARRISB UfcG H, LOUIS, then, has at length ascended the fcaf lold !— is at length— beh jaded !— Cruel l-tej—Humanity supposes the crown might have fuffifed—fuppofes that, ftript of the trappings of rovslty—deprived of regal power —-Louis might, n*y, ought to, have been permitted to live—a cin.-cnof Fiance. However perfefl the rrpub licm system of France may be; however con ducive to the eftablifhmmt of univrrfal libeny ; it will be viewed with horror by poftertty when found fealcd with the blood of Louis XVI.— It.humanity and insult tio not, cannot,conftitute republicanism : but behold Louis! haplcls fel low-creature i—The viteft criminals arc, in all countries, permitted to address the surrounding multitude, on the fuhjefl of their guilt or inno cence, without interruption : but this, it seems, wps too great indulgence for him. Unfortunate l.i/uis!— The withholding that indulgence, how ever, with the contemptible manner in which it was withheld, was more degrading to his exe cill toners, (not to fay MUR DKR F.RS) then nior trir*. - Inluhing IKm -tn raameot of deaili, while yej his foul hovered over the verge t>f eternity, the fonnd of drums and trumpets, was an inflance of contcmpt never Ex hibited before ; derogaioiy to the charaflers of Freach republicans; and which has fixed an indelible blot oil the hiltoric page of France ! May luch conduct never be imitated ! All this contcmpt and ignotniny wasiinpofed by the French on Loo is—who was oncc a mo narch beloved —the pride of Frenchmen—lor aspiring to the dignity which he once poffeflcd. Is it reasonable to suppose, that Louis was, by nature, a greater enemy to the freedom of man kind, than the members of the National Con vention ? Is it not the most eligible poittion, that under the influence of a similar education, and expectations, he would have ranked among the forernoft patriots in Francc ? But where is the man who, nursed in the lap of royalty, im bibed with his firft milk, the principles of here ditary right; and whose whole plan ol educa tion had been calculated to inspire him with a firm conviction of his indubitable right to sway the sceptre, would have a£ted otherwifc ? Such ideas instilled, I fay, into his mind from his earlvrft infancy to maturity, not only by the most linking precepts, but by the example of his pre'deceffor, whose authority, so tar from being controuled, or even disputed, was sanc tioned by the united approbation and encomi ums of his fubjefls, must neccffsrily have prompt him to similar measures. Gratitude should rife in proportion to the benefit received'; without adveiting 10 the actuating cause : for, let that be what it may, the benefit is flill the fame. Then let us drop a mbutary tear to the memory of a mail 1 , whofi- peculiar fituan'on in life exposed him to fufferings, of which no other man was capable, and whose only crime (if he was guilty a crime) was merely the etteft of education. The real service he rendered ut (when a King) in our struggles for freedom, every circumltancc ccmfidered, was alone fufficient to counterba. lance all the political errors of hit lift, and de. mand&our warmcft gratitude. FROM THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE. LOUIS CAPET has lost his CAPUT.* FROM my use of a pun, it may fcem that X think lightly of his fate. I certainly do. Ii afkt'rs me no mote than the execution of another malefattor. Less indeed, becaufc know ing the commiseration which will ensue on the falfe principle o{ eftimanng highly the misfor tuues of great perfonagea, I feci a contempt of this diftinfVion in favor of rank,and am ditpofed to commiserate Hi than in the cafe of Tome ob scure and unpitied- rogue that goes to the gal lows, without a tVmght to furtive him. Be cause few pity bim, I WiU be one of ihofe few : but in the cafe of Louis, bc£aufe there are fu many King*, and Queens, and Aristocrats throughout the world, to mike a mountain of the matter, I ditdaio to join with them, or leel pity at all. 'T, PHIL A [Whole No. 4 i 4. i wa.«. ffufJrv,!hirrt c-'M bo .no d<*u^»f. !t was scar ckly i'K na Tim£ THAI HE SHOULD NOT ftE■ GUILI -V. Who ever pain J with wlrwn |je could keel) it ? Som.e haife o*r4ys wMi life—fomp with pow<;r — ! Marows, Btuius and Atticns, witli life: iViocieGan »n<t Chailes, with power : filicide in r'hr one cak, and resignation in the other. 'But gtv£ ui« an example of one acfjuiefcmg from tlietieart in au abridgment of power, arid retaining the re mainder. Pride and ambition will be nothing rathrr than half what it vvaf. A man that haa been in the habit of .ij&ating everv thing but the power of thought to those of mankind abound him, cannot have become such a .philosopher, as to reduce his mind with his> state, and be fat is— fied with a rcftrised controul. You that <=» well tame a grown up wolf, or a bear. To a certain e-.tent Louis was sincere. He wa» wil ling, nay anxious, to procure for the people all the happii.efg he could give them under dcfpqt ifm ; that if, a convention of the ita«es, in order tochoofc their own ways arid tncs»ns of fuppfy irig him with money. But be bad no idea of retrenching his He was not sin cere in the adopting the cnnrt?r»uicn. H:s oath wasfaHe; his council* infidio'is ; his object fub ■Sjngtfrion bv ife* atffiftartce <X fc* brcttHef-kings, it wh at stake whether he (hortld hicceed, and trucidate half a million ot fubje&s ? or whether his fubje&s (hould decapitate hun. Had he fuccccded, wbnld his brother arid aViflo crats, fel* commtfeiatiott at a recital of the trucidation of democrats ? Nq: they would have (miffed the air that brought the account, as if fragrant with odoriferous odours Why tHeri such a'noife even wiih republicans about the death of Loui& ? Wajhirgtor, April i, 1793. * Caput'ii ihe Latiii wbrd fnr head BRITISH habits, BrTtifh affections, ideas, at lachinenis, piejudices, and even rcfentroents have vegetated rapidly in this country since the late war. No better evidence of this truth is wanting than the torrent of abuse daily poured forth from mapy of the American prefTcs tvy the vile tools of Hritlfh minifterialifm and Britjih against ihe republicans and patriots of France, and the caufir, which Ame rica, at least, from her own recent fuffcrings, ought to eftetm the cause of human nature. — Tl nie enlightened Citizens of America know how to venerate the French, and w'rtfctft not be considered in Eurdpe and by every 'confident character here as degenerate from the manly principles 0L1776, they will turn with abhor rence from the men, who by the aid of the press are endeavoring tb prejudice the community against Franee, and to exeite the fympath? of the public in favor of royalty, eternally extirpated as.it is from 'his country, and from the hearts of all true Americans. Foreign Intelligence. France. NATIONAL CONVENTION. Friday, February 3. Massacre tif the Second oj September. A Deputation from the- society of Def enders of the sole andindt vifible Republic (Jacobins) of Paris appeared at the Bar, after which one of them spoke as follows : " We hoped that the death of the Tyrant would have put an end to all animosities ; butyou have order ed the minister of justice to prose cute the authors of the occurrences of the 2d and 3d of September, Or der him also to prosecute the authors of the maifacres in the Champ de Mars, and at Nanci; and thole per sons who signed the petition of the Feuillans : all of whom we have al« teadv pardoned. " The 3d and 3d of September are not such as they have been re* presented. " Did pot the people know, that there were innumerable villains con fined in the prisons by the counter revi>luii®nary tribunals ; and that they intended to fortify thcmfelves there, and procure the King's escape by means of a junction with the Chevaliers of the foignard ? " The people puniflied the guil ty, and set the innocent at liberty. After this they flew to the frontiers and conquered the enemy. " Legislators ! these excefles ought to be urged againlt thole who pro voked them ; and you ought to re* colled, that popular vengeance is but a fupplpment to the laws. We A FREEMAN, !OAf THE NATIONAL GAZETT£.
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