t- • ,A :HAflQi4*>k4*&*> .MJiuSHKft W«ON«SOA¥S AMU. .SATUfcfA [No l 9 8 of Vol. IV.] LAWS OF THE UNION: SHCOND tjweokass dp tH£ eiwrfio STATES, A-t THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City ot Pk'.ladelphia* i#.the Stateiof Peunfylvania, on Monday the fifth of November, one thousand. seven hundred and ninety-two. AN ACT providing an annual al lowance for the Education of -4fitg4* Wereef. BE it enatted by the Senate' and House of Re>prefentatives of the United States oi America, in Congress afiembled, That the annual allowance to be made for the educa tion of Hugh Mercer, son of the late General Mercer, pufuant to the resolution of the fbrmer Congress of the dhte of the eighth of April- one thousand seven hundred and;feveu ty-feven, (hall oe four hundred dollars from the time for which he has been last paid until his be finifhed, or he lhall ar rive at fh'e age of twenty one years. And that the Comptroller of tHe Treaty be au thorized t'o revise and fettle the account of the said Hugh Mercer for his penfiorr to the present time ; the balance of whictt, as. also the annual allowances afbxefaid, as they (hall become due, lliall be paid to his guardian at the treasury. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, SprakYf of th* Haufc a) Reprofentativa*. JOHN LANGDOK, Present pro tmporc of tfie&tinQtc* APPRttVE-D 2, 1793* OEG. Pt gfitlerit of tht United States. L "AN Atr certain appropH ttions therfli) mentioned. Bfeit ifo&tiMt ana House 'bf Representatives of 'sHe tJnited Stbtits'ot ■ tp Cvvwtfc, ttfleitoWed', That titfre be appropriated to. the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to Mi petd Aut of arty monies, ♦Wis AMI 4h*w ; intfi' the Treai'ary <jf the '• •i?mted.Stite»yl««4ci er«d of fcb« pnefent ye»J, <|iMt {►iwwdipjjljrfltH fhSi gßtieaflnunports arid pot Lerftofor* apprt)pjiat«tf, . ari«t out of the fdr'plui « any us the'duties if Imjtilt «*» akMpne,-MtUs the present yeai j-ttie Wft ■ fNli ;idd tiv<M 6)i ty •M *<nt»w . ' i V- loti ofgroßfopj-Wity W 6 j Juiraines* tKereoii, an silfldlngs, aritf purVhafimj fuflofy Watefmls %rtiJ tiifWfefiei! Wf (JHfr Sft imn<J IwtfWe , HbMltfotKi awl hlfle «y wigbc <«nts i-i-fot the lalai*i*» of tbe,.o®- ;ter jtof jthe-jaiut, frwo tlw as J#ly£° ferft day »f <>ne th<wi- - fin# (ev^rfhundred' aild ninety two'tliau "Aritf Ifit WiMdfed ?Md ftintty feuf AdlWrs, ifnU tttrttv: •*>!' Chi Utoty bf vk W oFthe mint, for th» jr»«r e»e ttoqfaiA' (eve 6 bmxlr«d ««Ml »: tjifc ti««JthQuiptnd doH*rs ;—*he aflay-: if fifteen hundred dollars ; tlte chief collier, Welv e WfelV* Wt»h --i«kl MMrt ttertls, fiv* hundred tfftl- W*<«*c)u,iitiedeh toi>dred dollarj de 'f y*^r, . «ne i«jrea J>»i>died »rol ninety th'er> «imm two tlioufarid si* hun "-•SnM diifirtcfeft'avfrt'g'tKs iWpdJifes'of • •WAfei ng* gp t, 'Hfe vtole s Sta<>c«lor>r«fi rfent.wid VittfPi>«6den*, feAim nfctpucewlilig, •ne tboufand four hundred and ninety ■ d»n*fs :-7-ipr d>fcb»i*ip£,th« of Return IWeTg's lefcal re^refiiitatives •ffc(Wte>riheKG rtA, 'flrtt fit* otf tdrtr IWb - the pay, WXi*t»c« »hd forage due to Winthrop Sargent, jM JlJjßttrt general to the t-ro«pt late under the coin ■ta»4 |b CWilr, «*ehb)i<ired and ; sn*jr ninp (lallafi, and forty five senfs i—for Bavin. Dontap Arid Claypoole, for printing JteWßrftifetTuiwfe'r tfie Affection m a toniiiit|tee of the United State*, four aftj twn ty dollars :—lnr tfefVayiiig certain ef <Ke'Aoife ofße- and for 'artd *How- Hir >vitnefl<« atteindiug the late c«n inittef appointed to enquire into »hf iaHure •f the expedit on tinder Genera] St. Olair, tour hundred doHars :—for paving tl»e pririci std tterk to the Secretary of Ae Senate, for 1»c fiervicet, fVom the fii'ft of Juty tothttdavth of Nsveiubcrjune thaoftnriievai btwdr<dind Wednesday, May 8, 1795. - _.... ♦ ..... , , ninety two., on®.hnndred and days, at three dollars per day, three hundred and eighty one dollars .—for paying the fame clerk for his services, for fix months, over and above His for fner allowance, five 11 grid red and forty • seven dollars and fifty cents : —for fixroonthvadditional 'pay to the engrofljng c;ierk) three hundred and fsxty jfive dollars : — for extra-fej*vices ps the door-keeper, during the present fefliou, ninety one dollars <ar.d fif ty cents --—for defraying.the attend ing tbe featlhg and printing, the public ac ta lints, irt ptirfuance of the order o'f rl.e lioute 6f Rfeprefentatives, of the thirti tth of De- one t'ooofand seven hundred ninety one, a sum not exceeding eight hu,n- | dred dollars .—for paying the account of the truftees<jf vVilmington public gran^nar T fchool and 'acadjiny, two thousand five hundred and fifty tiiree dollars, and sixty four cents to make good so much deficient in the appropri ation of the year, one thoufapd seven Impdred and ninety one, for defraying the fxoenfes of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and.public piers, a fnm nine hundred and hUy five dollars and il/.ty lix cents* for K» «. a lighthouse on Moritok point, a sum not ex ceetHog twenty dollars :—tor pleting the JjghtliiOUfe : qn Ba]d-hend,, at the mouth of Cape. Fear rivet', two thoufm"»d dol lars :—for tbe.falapies of clerks not exceeding three, to be employed m the office oPtto* com millibner of tlie revenue, at the rate ot five hundred dollars per annum, fifteen l urid.ed, dollars for defraying the oxoenfe of books and printing,: incident to the a&s for record ing the raftering of fliips-or veifels, and en rolling and Jicenfing veitels employed in the cbafting tradb, three hundred and* fifty d*>l lars. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Sjfwfcr c*j. the Ho'j:■ i'j Kei lejeniutives. JOHN tAMGDOX, Prefdt'tpro tempore of the Sci'Utc. AffKOVEB, MAUCH q, 1793. G£o„ WASHINGTON, PrefnUntof the United States. AN ACT to repeal part of » refo' , lutitwi of Crultrreia of thf . ninth of Anguft, One thousand se ven hundred and eighty-eight, refpedHng the Inhabitants of Pott Satnt Vincent!?. BE is enaffed by the Senate and Iloufe Of Repreleutatives of the United States oi j America ii> Congress aiTembled, Tflat so much of the lefolution of Congress of the twenty ninth of Auguff, one thou'and hundred and eighty eight, as requires the French add Canadian inhabitants, and other fettiers at Post Saint Vincents to pay for the fujrvey of the several tra&s, which they right fully claimed, and which hud been allotted to them, according to the lawi and ilfjfges ot the government, under whjch they had let tied, be, ar,d hereby is repealed ; And thyt fiich fbrvc* s thereof, as may have been made, be paid for by the United States, not exceed ing the rates hitherto eftablifhcd by C6ngrefs for making fnrveys. JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ipcief of ike Htmji of Rtprrfmtdtiveu JOHN" ABAMS, Vice- Prrftdtnt fifth* United Stales, avi Prrfdenl oj t\e Senptc, FEBRUARY 21, 1 Jyfr GEO. WASHINGTON, Pre/id nt of the United,Statu. A Proclamation. By his Excellency Anthony WayRE, Efqujre, Mpjor General and Com mander in Chief of the Legion of the United States of America. WHEREAS the Pfcftdept of the JJafad Stores of America dnominate and by and with ihe advice and cdirfent of the Senate, has appointed three comttiiffioners to hold a treaty with the hoflile Indians at the Lower $Qn dujky on 01 ahogit the fir ft day of June next, tn fuing, to endeavour to effect a .permanent peace wiih those Indians : And whereas it would be highly improper,that any hofVle attempts (houid be made aga.intl any ps the India.n towns or set ' tkmpnts, whil ft the afor?faid treaty \i pending. Ia in therefore ordered by the ?r< fcdent, and I do, hereby, in Ins riatfie, most (oiemnly forbid and rrftrain any attempts being made ag-.inft any ot the Ind'an towns or fettlemems until the icful.t of t*he treaty is known. GI-VEN under my hand find deal a! Head- .Legionville, th'S 2ad day of April,- in the year of our Lord one thou sand fevifn hundred and nmcty-fhree, and in the fevrnucnih year of the Jnde ,pcn<iQncc of the Untied State*. ANTHONY WAYNE. By Order of theCotrimander in diief. K. Df A. D. C 389 S BY JOHN FEN NO, No. 34, NOfiTHFFIFTH-STREE t PHILADELPHIA Bj, ths J'atefi Arrivals. CALCUTTA, (Eaft-lndiesj Aug. ?■ ON Tuelilay the Governor Gene ral had his fiill levee.; as roi,ght be expected, it wa9 both numerous and splendid, each person anxious to evince his refpell and eltecin for the noble Lord., His Lordship appeared in high health and fyiiiis, and every one fliared the conciliating and pijlilhed; manners, which he extends in his, own good (tile of affability. The future levees will be held at the Government Houfe,onTuef4ays, as formerly. MADRAS, September 8. Tippio is Paid ro be imitaiiitgthe policy of JolVph 11. in blowing up and destroying all his fort ificatlpi'.v throughout his Iti 11 extensive terri except those of Seringapatam. A liberal I'ubfcription was opened; at Calcutta, soon after the news of the peace, to prefcnt Lord. Corn wallis with a diamond fiar, George, loop, &c. but no I'ooner was his tprdlh'ip acquainted with it, than he declined rhis honor, and put a llop to a scheme which had been a favorite object with the settlement. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20. The following trait of liu manify does great honor to the mer chants of rhis city ; as there exists a Royal ordinance, published rti 1788, amhwrifing the tradesmen to take tlje children of Jews apjneu t kC-i, fe»«raf mirchun;.! Tnrre }jc?r ed a subscription for raising a fund, the interest of which is to lie appli ed to the purpose of paying their apprentice fees, and giving toremi-! urns to fnch young men as behave well during their apprenticertiip. Five hundred rix dollars were fub fcrfbed in one day to this beneVoleht inftituqon. HELVOETSLUYS, March j7. Capt. A. Ball, of the Cleopatra frigate, liasjuft landed with Cotn mifl'ary BrookWatfon. Lord Charles Fitzroy, of the firrt Regiment of Guards, and Bentinck, of the Navy, came over pallengers in her. PARIS, March rr. Our fleet in the Mediterranean has been f» much shattered by the itprms it encountered, t hat the Ihips which composed it are returned to Toulpn without having, in any de gree »ccomp!ilhed the obje<ft of their IS. The last difpaches from general l)uuioMrier are of the uimoit im portance. A very I'erious action took place on the t3tb between liruflels and Louvaiu, the details of which will probably be laid before the con vention to-morrow. Yesterday a bill was dillributed and posted up jn different parts of Paris, stating, that the deputies of the national con vention and the whole municipality ought to be maflacred, and that it is abiolutely necelfary that Krance should have a king Intelligence from the interior parts of the coun try, prove that there is great com motion among the people through out every part of rhe republic. The ino-ft serious ditturbances have been at Montargis. The dearnefs of bread and the law for recruiting, were the preteiices for this commotion.— Manuel, who reiigned his feat in the convention, when sentence was aboiu to be pailed on Louis XVI. has unfortunately falTen avidlim to it. This was the platce where he was born, and he had retired to it difgofted with rhe violent proceed ings in t-be convemion. The mob [Whole No. 420.] wished to oblige hijn to enrol lys n.irne asa volunteer. Pie refilled, and pleaded the ktw which. exainp a persons.above the age of forty. 1 be mi,(guided rat>We, iifieitfed at tl»i« re.fu(a], (tabbed him in a number of places, and lie expired a/nuHV ttye molt cruel treatment. The piifon ers of the temple, fuppprt, with the gttatelt conltancy and perfeitft ie- Agnation, all the evijs of their cap tivity. Notwitbttanding the fog, end a humid atmosphere, they walk ed this morning upon the platfonn of the tower. 7 hey supported thepi felves upou the battlements, and fixed theif e.yes upon the amazing height of t.heir litigation, the afßiift ,i|ig,image of their former gran deur. iylaria Autoniet e took the Dauphin in hpr arms, aijJ mpde biin vifw the prccipice quite cldfe to it. l'he fc ' qf Kg alii e has fee put for the a,r,uty of the. Var.; and both he and his father have quarrelled with Dunioui ier. NATIONAL CONVENTION. March 9. The ft objedt that ft ruck tJ}e Coavejuion this dny, with i'oine de gree; of fu,rprize, was to that- the tribunes wer.e filled, wicji men only.—There was* nut a tingle woman. On e)|(j,'jirj;, it was found, that the iji.eji, had prevejueH the wai|ien f'roia ejK-er'wg t.be hall. [Ojie fr.alf of the auditor,* tvad. ££• nerahv been woiuen.], Tb-e co,ni>iiiffij)iit';s deputed l;tye preceding day, to the legions, gaye an account of (heir njiffion, and ttye difpo&tion in which tbey found the — Th? report <>f the public danger having e.very, wlier? gone them, ifeey fo.upd all the city in flamed with and zeal to dje fetid their country. A new ai njy is going to ill'i.ie oiy of Rails ; new victories are aUout to signalize the infant republic, Sotnefeiftious havf. exp-.-eflTed their anxiety to the fommiHioners, re fpeetii'g the public tranquility dur ing the absence of the troops on ilpe frontiers i and fearing that fuvye counter revqlmionilts niight again cpnipite againlt the republic, re quired thai a Rcvolntianary l iiUu nal (hoyld be fftri^pd. On the report which the comniH fiopers made of (bejr demand, the convention decVeetj, thqt there (hall be ertablifhed an extraordinary tri bunal, to judge without appeal, qpd without having rerourfp iq the tri bunal of CaiHtttpn, all (onfpiratqrs and counter-teyolutionirts. The mayor at the head of tfie council general of the commune of Pari*, appeared at the bar, and con firmed the report made by the cspi> miifioners, of the general devotion of the fe<ftion» to the public cause. C hautnet added, tha-t foinp letfti ons were ready tq let out, in a whole body ; and he required that a war tax should be imposed upon tha rich, in order that an immediate equipment plight be effected, of the citizens who were going to set out for the armifs. Th,uriot alio proposed a war tax, that would fall only upon the iich, which was decreed accordingly. Danton, after declaiming ngainft the avarice of Hfurers, and inhuma nity ot creditors,moved that all prU foners confined for debt, should be set at liberty, in order that they niight ma.rch to the afliftance of their brethren—Decreet}. A n timber of deputations werere. ceived from the fetfjon* ; some of whom demanded a revolutionary tribunal, to be especially charged with the trial of the general officers who were absent from their ports at Aix-la-Chapellc.
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