A NATIONAL PAPER, PUBLISHED WE
[No. of Vol. IV.]
LAWS OF THE UNION.
Of" HE UNITED STATES,
AT THE SECOND SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia,
in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday
the'fifth as November, one thousand
seven hundsed and ninety-two.
AN ACT to afcerjain the fees in Ad
miralty proceedings in the Dif
trjft Courts of the UnWcd States,
aftd for othei* ptrrpoFes.
BE it en ifS'id by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States ot
America, in Cong ess assembled, That from
and after the firft day of May next, ™ ere
ftiall not be taxed or adjudged to any officer
or other person, any greater or other tee or
reward, for, or in refpeft of any service to be
do:ie sr performed, in any of the d:ftriftcourts
of' e United States, in cases oi admiralty or
mar time ju- ifdittion, than such as is herein
fpecrfi?d i that is to .av :
fee, ot the Cmxf ilor or Attorney in the diftta
cowt, in Adini-uh* ani maritime proceedings. _
J' ,e stated fee !'o'd'awing and exhibiting
11>, -1 -ct in and dtjftver in each caul'e, three
io'kif-t '
Dts v 'nt-rr9garoi- : es, three dollars;
other j„ a: ,y one
-ttlree dollars.
F-uj v/ tiie detk tj the diflriflwurt, in admiralty
and maritime caujes.
fbt flhaving every stipulation, process, mo
aition oi* for each sheet containing
ninety \vot<ls, fifteen cents.
Atld for engrolfingeaEh sheet, ten cents ;
interingthe return a! jttocefr,fifteen cents;
t'ilingevery libel, claim, pleading, or other
piper, fix cents ;
Copies of the pleadings, interrogatories,
dejtofiypiis and exhibits, when required, for
each lheet of ninety words, ten cent" ;
Entering proi lamation, fifteen ceats ;
Entering each default, twelve cents.
Wintering every rule of court, fifteen cents;
Examining each witness, and drawing his
demolition, for each flieet containing n
words, fifteen cents ;
Gertiifying each exhibit of writing shewn
to a witness, at his examination, twenty-five
cents;
Drawing every decree, or decretal order,
for each flieet containing ninety woi'ds, fif
teen cents ;
And for entering the fame in the minutes,
far each flieet, as aforefaid, ten cents ;
For drawing a record, or making a copy of
the proceedings, for each Iheet containing
niriety Words, fifteen cents;
But hp pleading, depletion, exhibit, or o
tber writing!, to be inle; ted therein verbatim,
or in hs6c verba, (hall be computed as any
part of such draft.
Entering a record in the register, or en
grbffing or copying proceedings or records to
be felled or exemplified, for each Iheet oi
ninety words, including all the pleadings, de
pofitiofts, exhibits and Writings inserted there
in, ten cents;
Every certificate, twenty cents;
Entering return of appraisement or sales,
For eaCh flieet of ninety words, ten cents ;
Affixing the leal to any paper, when requi
red, twenty five cents ;
Drawing coninriffion to examine witnefles,
for each flieet containing ninety words, til
teen cunts ;
And for engrossing the fame, if on parch
ment, includingtheparchment, twenty cents;
And-if on paper, for eacb Iheet of ninetjr
words, ten cents;
Sweating each witness in court, ten cents ;
For every entry or writing not mentioned
or tlefcribed, ftich allowance fliall be taxed,
as forlitnilar serVices, lierein mentioned.
AM money deposited in court, one and a
qtiarter per cent.
Feel of the Marjkal in the dijlrid court, in admi
rals and maritime cuujis.
For funimoniug every witness or appraiser,
fifteen cents ;
Making each proclamation, fifteen cents;
Serving every capias, attachment or sum-
Tiion?, one dollar and fifty cents ;
Travelling each mile, going only, either to
serve procefs,or fubpcena witnefles,ten cents;
Custody fees of vefiel, lor each day, one
dollar and fifty c?nts ;
Sales, for any sum under five hundred dol
lars, two ar.d an half per cent ; and for any
larger fufti, or>d and a quarter per cer.t. upon
the excess.
DAYS AND SATURDAYS BY JOHN FENNO, No. 34, NORTH F1 FT HST Rh.i. /, PHlt ABfcLVHIA
Saturday, May i i, 1795.
And be it further enacted, Th*t there be al
lowed and taxetl in the fuprertie, circuit tad
dfftrift courts of* the Uni'ed Stares, in favor
of the parties obtaining judgments therein,
such compensation for their travel and at
tendance, and for attornies and counsellors
fee?, except in the diftrift courts in cases of
admiralty and maritimejurifdi&ion, as are Al
lowed in the fupieme or superior courts of
the refpec'tive States.
Afrdbe it further That this lh.ill
continue and be in force for the term of one
year, and from thence until the end of the
next session of Congtefs thereafter, And no
longer.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Speker
of the Hokje of Rtprtftntatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vtce-frefident oj the
United States, and Prefidtntvf the Senate.
APPROVED MARCH 1, >793'
GEO. WASHINGTON,
Trefiient of the United Slates.
AN ACT to authorize the adjust
ment of a claim of Tofeph Heii
derfon against the United States
BE it ena&cd by ttm Senate and House ot •
Reprefentativ>fts of the United States df
America in Corrgrefs affeinbled;, That there
be allowed to Joleph Henderfon, a yeatrfy Sa
lary of one hundred dollars, for his service.. as
paymaster to the Navy-Board for the eastern
department, frorfl the tenth day of Aupuft,
tone thousand seven hundred and ferenty eight,
to the tenth day of Aitguft one rhohfaiid ft ven
hundred and eighty-two, being 4(nrr years;
and that the officers of the Treasury be au
thorised to pass the fame to his ciedit, and to
fettle brs account accordingly.
JONATHAN TRUMBULL, 'Spiihr
t>j the Hottfcof Reprtfintativis.
JOHN ADAMS* Vitc Prcfidcnt of the
United Stairs, ar.d Prtjident oj the Senate.
AVFROVED, FEBRUARY 22, 1703.
GEO. WASHINGTON,
PrcJiSentofthe United States.
AN ACT to authorize the Comp
troller of the Treasury to fettle
the account of Thomas Wifhart,
late a Lieutenant in the army of
Itates.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House at
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress That the
Comptroller of the Treasury be, and is here
by authorized to adjust and fettli thi account
of Thomas Wllhart, late a lieutenant in the
arijiy of the United States, and to allow him,
in add tion to the pay, to which he may be en
titled as an officer deranged under the acts of
Congress hf the year one ihoufard seven hun
dred and (evenly eight, the pay of a lieute
nant, from the I Jth day of October, one
thousand ftven hundred and eighty, to the
fifteenth day of October, dpe thoullind seven
hundred and eighty one.
JONATHANTRUMBULL, Sft/rier
of the House of Rtpnjcntatmcs.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prefidtnt oj the
United Stales, and President oftheScnate.
•APPROVED FEB RUA R Y 22. 1793"
GEO. WASHINGTON,
President of the United Mites.
AN ACT in addition to, and altera
tion of the act, entitled, " An a<£l
to extend the time limited fo.r
fettling the accounts of the Uni
ted States with the individual
States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
RipreTentatives of the United States of
America iti Congress aflemblcd, That the se
cond feftion of the aist, entitled, "An ast to
extend the time limited for fettling the .ac
counts of the United Stales with the indivi
dual States," which extended the powers of
the board of to the settlement
of the accounts betweeji the United States
and the State of VermoAt, be ltd hereby is
repealed.
And be it further enacted, That the board
of commiflioners eftablilhed to fettle the ac
counts between the United States and the in
dividual States, in apportioning the aggre
gate of all the balances due to each State, be
tween the States, agreeably to the ad, enti
tled, " Art ast to provide more effectually for
the settlement »f the accounts between tlie
United States and the individual States,"
lhall have no regard tothe State of Vermont.
And be it fortbter finafled, That in the ap
portioning of the balances aforefaid, the State
of Kentucky IhaH be deemed to be incloded in
the State of Virginia, the 3dmifiion of the
faiil State of Kentucky as a member of the
Union notwithstanding.
JON AT HAN TRUMBUI.L, Speaker
of the House of Refrtfentatives.
JOHN ADAMS, fne-Prefident of the
United States, and Prejident oj the Senate.
ATP* OV ID FEBRUARY 47, 1793.
GEO. WASHINGTON,
frrfdent oj the tfnitei States.
393
FJtO&t TUB COLUMBIAN CINTIKEL.
Mr. Russell,
THE following Stanzas were lately compofrd
at Cambridge, and inferibed to a gentleman in
that town, whose taste isfo pleasingly exhibited
inhtyrlegant Seat; and of which a recent dis
play reflects no less honor on his generality. A
beautiful current, which his Fi(h-Pond difcharg
«d, had long flowed unnoticed, through a low
groujid to the banks of the Ch afc l f.s. On one
fide ps this rivulet, he raised a gravel.walk, pre
pared a receptable for a larger stream, fbaded it
with willows, and terminated the Mail with an
arch, through which the water is emitted, by a
g«nlle and transparent cascade. This modern
iyccufn has enrolled tbe daughters of beauty in
the academy of Peripatetics ; and the Mujes, who
warbled on the banks of JHjfus, have consecrated
it with their lyres, to Apollo and Kygeia ;
" White The 1 Willow* waves all its green boughs
to ihtir forig." Sheridan.
STANZAS To BRATTLE.
■XTRITTMS IN JOKI, t75».
HERE'ER the vernal bowe*-, tbe autum
nalfield,
, Tbe 'fummer -arbour and the winter fir.e;
Where'er tbe charms, which all thefeafons yield,
Or, Nature's gay museum can inspire ;
Delight the bofoiti, or tbe fancy please,
Or, &fe exalt above a splendid Hreaiti;
There, Bk atti e's fame (ball freight the grate
ful breeze.
Each £rcve refdund it, and reflect each stream.
Each that waves o'er brown I*6mon a's
plains.
Each bud, that Woffoms ift the ambrosial
bower,
Nurs'd by this.great Imp.hover's art., obtains
A nobler girmin, and a fairer Jtower.
The rural vale a kind asylum gave,
When peace the feats of ermin'd woe forfook ;
found an Athens in a Cdii'tr.
And man grew social with the bfcblrftg broolc*
Here, happy Brattle, in thy lov'd recess,
*Twas thine the f>btloTbphic gtove to tract;
And, viewing N-atore in a gay ukdrefiy
With Art's fl'ght veil embelli(h every grace.
The airv hriN-top and the Dr\d>Z's. bowe>,
No more (hall tempt out fpomve nymphs to
rove ;
Thy WlHow-jfidae {ball woo the social hour,
And fhiar#iVfc Mall fdrpafs ARC adVa's
griv*.
Fair FrieitdJliif, lovely virgin, here rcfort!
Here with thy chaTms the joy-wing'd nidrti
1 beguile ; , ,•
Thy eyss clisten utterance to
THOUGHT,
Atld learn the cheek of hopeless glooiii tb
smile.
Here too, at eve (hall choirs of damsels pafe»
Yield a foft fplrndor to Diana's beam,
Gaze at the image in the watery glass,
And blush new beauty to the flattening Ttream !
While the pleas'd Nai ad, watching their return,
As oft at morn her sportive limbs (he laves,
Hetrs their lov'd voice, and leaning on her«irn,
Stops the smooth current of her silver waves.
Here, mingling with the fair, the classic Beau,
Sha-11 quit his Euclid and hi* evening oil,
To si Jofot" a compliment, u project" a bow,
Or, " eafculaW' the " edlipfes" of a smile.
Here too,(hall Harvard's more ennobled sons,
In whom theveftal " fiies of genius glow,*"
Stand musing, as the chryflal mirror runs,
While FMrtcv copies its pellucid flow.
And here, when SpßiNGher Cailitft ftbwerets
ftrfw*,
When firft Zeph y r us, from hi* winter cave,
Looks out—aftonifn'd at the change he views,
Aod kijifig* leaves a HmfU on the wai/t,
Some fair Phi lima, with her plaintive Jyre,
May charm the mind, and moisten every eye,
While weeping Muses hush the feftive wire,
And the lorn Witloiv undufetes a sigh.
The dear cafeade, whose (ireid lapse fitpplied,
Spreads an unruffled (beet of lymph r-efin'd,
Shines a fair emblem of thy bounty's tide,
Theexhauftlefsfountain of a Brattle's mind.
While thus rninying all, that rajt bestows,
That Friendship yields, or !>ticvcc can refine;
Whiie A r T to thee a brighter polilh owes,
And Nature owns, that half her charms are
thine ;
Tho' nf> Pactolus rolls hisgoltlen waves,
Nor wafts his liquid Indias to thy shores j
More affluent Charles thy fertile viHa laves,
And Uve»,+Euthr ATis-like,Ei/f( r<!n bowers.
Boltoti, Aptil *i, *tS3-
* Phi lew iA,
• + The fii'fi liver of Turkey, in Ast a, aajhing
the luxurious country oj Diarbeck, the ancient '•'ejo
petunia, in which the garden cf £den is Juppnfta to
lime Lttn Jituated.
MENANDER.
[Whole No. 42 i.J
For the GAZETTE tj the UNITED STATES.
fH CUTS on THE
STATE OF AMERICAN INDIANS.
(Continued from, AV. 97, oj 'hit Gazette,J
No. VI.
CIVILIANS have remarked three stages
in lite progress o>f(bcietyfiombarbari(in
to refinement—dittinft from each other, aT.d
marked by a peculiar cbarafter.
The tranlition from one of tiiefe to tfi«
other, is formed by almost imperceptible gra
dations.
Those countries which have prefentefl! 11s
with man in his rudest form, have uniformly
exhibited him in the character of a hunter.
Thus the inhabitants 6f the I (tends in the At
lantic and Pacific oceans, the natives of thia
country, the original inhabitants of ancient
Greece, and many other countries of anti
quity, when firft visited by civilized people,
knew 110 other means of subsistence than hui}t
ing aud fiihing.
In this state tber have few ideas of private
property. Tiieii weapons, the game they
have taken ia the chcce, the fruits they have
gathered, and in general those things which
they immediately occupy, are the only objtfts
to which they claim an exdulWr right. The
idea of personal appropriation is formed only
by the progreifive improvement of manners.
Wen, in this stage of society, depend wholly
nponthe success of hunting and fitting, and
those fruits and vegetables which the earth
produces withoflt culture for theii subsistence
—when these fail, they are reduced to the
moil fatal extremity. An unfavorable sea.
son, a dearth among the animals, and the
ftratagertls of a neighboring enemy, may op
preft them with all the miseries (if pinching
neceflity. tt is to the famines which have
taken place in confequente of these evils, that
we mat afctibe the practice of devouring one
an6ther, which has been found to prevail
among savage nations Fear and wans, ex
cept the thirst for revenge, are the only springs
of aftioft in the savage state—bunting and
war are their thief employments. Surround
ed by dafigfers on every side—exposed to tl e
rapacity of ravenousbeafts on the one hand,
and hostile neighbors on the other, the favsge
is kept in perpetual alarm—The peculiar
imperfections of the savage (late—the want
of known and acknowledged laws—of a com
mon judge to adjnft the differences that may
k'ife, and of authority to enforce those equi
table decisions 6f nature and reason, to whict
even savages are competent, cherilhes tli«
feed of contention, and multiplies the num.
ber of wars. The constant call for war, tb<
growing scarcity of game, and confequeni
difficulty of the chace, mult netefTarily ex
cite their ingenuity and improve their dexte
rity ih the invention and u(e of their wea
pons. As their numbers increase as th'eir ih'
tercourfe with each other becomes more Ire.
qbent, and their ideas expand, their wantj:
multiply—new arts become neceiTary., an<
more provlfiort is requisite than their ordinary
sources of supply will furnifh. Expericnci
would soon teach them that foriis animals ar<
superior to others, in delicacy, in flavor, am
in nutritive virtue—they would Toon lean
also to diftingoilh the trainable from the fe
rOcioos, the gregarious from the mUre folita
ty; these they would collect and tame—the;
would erefl enclosures to prevent their war.
derirtg, to distinguish them from others, am
designate therrt as their own. Thus by de
grees they would exchange the hunter'? so
the pastoral life, and divert their care fro"
the chace t6 their flocks. In every step 0
this progrelfion new wants arise, new arts&r
invented, and every social improvemen
makes proportional advances. Innumerabl
causes cbntribute to the improvement an
progre/s of the pastoral life. The greate
certainty and abundance of subsistence it fui
nifhes—the easy means of procuring it—th
facility of guarding more eflfeftuallv again
the evils of famine, and the leisure it afibrd:
render intercourse with each other more fr<
quent and more desirable, and mature an
strengthen their social difpoiitions.
The neceftity of being in the neighbourhoo
of springs and rivers—the extraotdinary fei
tility of pa ticulat spots of earth, or the sea
of enemies, may have firft suggested the idc
of a permanent residence- The accident;
di r Covery of the ififiu'ence of the refufe at
filth of their hovel.s in refiefh'ng a barren (
exhaufled foil, and In increaluig ahd prefer'
ing the fertility of a new one, with fomc a
tempts to cultivate and rear those plan
which experience had taught them we
wholesome and nourishing, may have ipfen:
bly brought them froiti pasturage to agricv
ture.
Thisis the foundation of civil fociety—ai
until this takes place, society canriot be fa
to exist. This is tbe natural order of
gradations by which a nation advances fro
rudeness to refinement, when left to the 11
pulse of its own genius, and the ordina
course of things. Accidental causes diftu
1 this progress. A nation is sometimes, by t
force of particular circuraftauces, bra 14