LAW OF THE UNION. THIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, ArT THE FIRST SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadel phia, in the Stcj'e of Pemtfylvania, " on Monday i l 'e fecnnd of De cember, one thousand fe '•vcn hundred and ninety-three. ytn ACT, Prohibiting far a limited time, the exportation of. Arms and Ammuni tion, and encouraging the Importation of the fame. Sec. I. T) E it enacted by the Senate JD and House of Representa tives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it (hall not be lawful to export from the United States any cannon, mulkets, pistols, bayonets, swords, cutlafles, musket balls, lead, bombs, grertado3, gun powder, or falt-petre, but the exportation of all the aforefaid articles are hereby prohi bited for and during the term of one year. Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That any of the aforefaid articles, ex cepting such of them as may constitute a part of the equipment of any veflel, which during the continuance of this prohibition shall be found on board of any veflel in any river, port, bay or harbor within the territory of the Unit ed States, .vith an intent to be export ed from the United States to any foreign country, (hail be forfeited, and in cafe the value thereof (hall amount to four hundred dollars, the ve(Tel on board of which the fame shall be seized, together with ,her tackle, apparel and furniture | shall alio be forfeited. Provided, never- I thelefs, That nothing in this aft shall be construed to prohibit the removal or f transportation of any of the articles aforefaid from one port to another port I within the United States in any veflel having a licence as a coasting veflel, the I master, agent or owner of which shall iiave given bond with one or more fuf ficient sureties to , the collector ps the diltrift from which such veflel is about to depart in a sum double the,value of I such veflel and of such of the laid arti cles as may be laden on board, her, that I ' the said articles (hall be re-landed and I delivered in fame port of the United ! States. Sec. 3. And be it further enticed, I That if any of the articles aforefaid (hall ! contrary to the prohibitions of this aft, J be exported to any foreign country, the I • vefTel in which the fame (hall have been I •xported together with her tackle, ap- I ' parel and furniture, (hall be liable to j forfeiture, and the captain or mailer of J ' such veflel shall forfeit and pay a sum I ' Jlot exceeding one'thoufand dollars. Sec. 4. And be it further en ailed, I " That it shall be the duty of the cuf- C tom-house officers, and of all persons I t: employed in the collection of the re- I S venue, to attend to the execution of I 1 this law, and all forfeitures, and pe- I nalties incurred, under it, shall be sued , for, prosecuted, adjudged and diflribu- , ted in like manner as provided in the ■, aft, entitled, " An aft to provide more I effectually for the collection of the du- K tics imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United 3 States, and 011 the tonnage of ships and I veflels." di Tu SCC 'nf' '' f ur '^ er enaSed, h ' 1 hat all brass cannon muflcets and fire- I locks with bayonets suited to the fame, pistols, swords, cutlafles, musket-ball, lead, and gunpowder, which (hall be I imported into the United States from any foreign country within the term of A one year, and all sulphur and falt-petre which shall be so imported within the tenr, of two years from and after the palling of this aft, shall be free of du- p ty, any thing tn any former law to the ' contrary notwithflanding. FaEDkiueK A. Muhlenberc, I Speaker of the House of Fr Reprefe'ntatives. I te John Adams, Vice-President of the . United States, and President a , .. of the Senate. s u p Approved— May the 22d, i 7Q4 . G°. Washington! t President of the United States. cd An ACT to alter the time for the next of"; B annual meeting of Congress. jin t E it enacted by the Senate and House ny of Representatives of the United er t Mates- of America in Congress ajembled, I That after the adjournment of the pre- peai lent feflion, the next annual meeting of my Congress shall be on the firft Monday mar in November next. ' W]( j ) Frederick A. Muhlenberg, whit Speaker of the House of i nge Representatives. Ed t< John Adams, Vice-Pref.dent of the difea Umted States, and President' I charc 0/ the Senate/ I nortl , Approved—May the 30th, 1794. )N. G°. Washington, President of the Un ited Statts, 'HE ' An ACT to continue in force the a 8 for toe relief of. Perjons iniprifuned for ladel- Dl 1"' a, * T> Ev/ enaCltd by lie Sendte and House IJ of Representatives of the Unite/1 States of America in Congress assembled, That the aft, entitled, •' An aft for the relief of persons imprisoned for j debt," be continued, and that the fame ( time, be in force for the term of two years j nuni- from the palling of this aft, and from ( ation thence to the end of the next feflion of Congress and no longer. enate I'rederick A. Muhlenberg, j enta- Speaker of the House of a, in Representatives. it be J OHN Adams, Vice-President of the ! tates United States, and President lets, of the Senate, cad, Approved—May the 30th, 1794. G°. Washington, a f a }l President of the United States. { ohi- one An ACI for extending the benefit of a - Drawback and terms of Credit, in t died, certain cases, and for other purposes. £ CX " Sec. I- T) E it enaaed ly the Senate _ -IJJ and House of Reprefenta . j'".' tives of the United States of America in tl ,® Congress assembled. That in all cases 0 wl>ere the term allowed by law for the c; , or exportation of goods, wares or mer- P chandizes, with the benefit -of a draw- fl back of the duties fherupon, (liall have Vl expired after the last day' of January ! b. ; a e last past, and previous to the last day of ( |°of J U ' y next ' there stall be allowed Jur- tl 0 ther time for the exportation, with the F " er benefit aforefaid, until the said last day iti ure of July next. ' ■; r) J Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, iof j That on all bonds which may have been ' w •\J I S' v^ n f° r duties on coffee sugar and indi- <li ■ ®I go imported into the United States and hi jj. r which shall be unpaid at the palling of er el this aft all that time from the last day ' jj °f January last past' to the last day of ha - u £ I May instant shall be considered as no w the ' )art t^ie me by law for the di t P a y>nent of the laid duties, but the pe of ,m P° rt€r enjoy the fame te m of th rti Cre<^'t as 'be said period had not in- to hat terVened - Provided, That in every ed ln d I e . af s where the extenfio-n of credit is fa' ted claim «<3 and granted under this aft new 1 I bonds (hall be given for the duties on tr < J whici ' f"ch credit is extended, with one ho lall I °i rnorc Sureties to the fatisfaftion of e d I the collector of the diftri6l. or he' I T / eC .' 3- did be it further enaßed, «'< ■en I • 10 es w^ere certificates and fat ip. I < "' V ' ct ' now re q u «red by law, f jr an to I the payment of any drawback « a of or allowance on any goods, wares or so im mercl J !lnd,z:e exported since the firft day I a , lot July one thousand seven hundred and kir j I ninety-two or which may be hereafter i if! I exported, are not and' cannot be ob-'thi ns tamed, the exporter or exporters of such ore e _ goods, wares or merchandize (hall ne- - ord of VCTthelcfs be permited to offer such other ' ous e- P , vaS totl,e Heliv ery therof without ; 'nfe . d the hnnts of Uie United States as he or I onl; u- I t , K '' bave, to the comptroller of ? the ,e e n tr u r ry -'r Wh ° fha ' l if thc famc P'"of I vea re (hall be fatisfaftory to him, direst the ' this 4- P a y me " f the drawback or allowance. \ I hi ■ d 1 "/'ways, That in no cafe (hall i trav , d a diawback be hereafter paid on any in d goods, wares or merchandize until the caui duties on the importation thereof shall the f I nave been firft received. t)ij s 1 Frederick A. MuhlSnberg, noni I Speaker of the House of ' feari I, Representatives. e Ralph Izard, -President of the ''' 1 n I Senate, pro tempore. I ha f I Approved—June the 4th, 1 794, the el G°. Washington, Soci Present of the United States. { . From the Trwfaaions of the 'New-York man Agricultural Society. On the Decay of Apple Tries. frZ From a letter of William Denning, Esq. I root! Dr. Mitchell, dated Dec- woul Sir, troul IT is undoubtedly of consequence to I°"' the farmers of this countiy, as well as " to others, that the and pre I fervation of apple trees, be duly attend- ' ™ « td t0 - u h >* therefore with great con n cern, that 1 have marked the progress lin ° r f Cr K. PreVa,i, ' ng and ' ncrea fing »» this valuable and ufeful tree, for-ma fny with.ut having it in my jT. er to devise a remedy. As no observations have as yet an peared on this interesting fubjeft, I hope Sam ' my giving you the trouble of my re cr<> marks thereon may be attributed to my Yo , so " [ he P r eservation of those trees - al 1 which I hope may be effected by feme ed to T InVen , tion ° r discover y adap dffeafe r n fi °? y J nd " r ß eilc y <* the chards'in the north of the Highlands, in 1780. I have since observed its bane ful pcogrefe further Swith. And, if I „ am not raiftaken, it is spreading rapidly. I have observed it alio, attacking pear ? for trees and quince trees, to the total <def -1 j or trudion of them in a few years : and as these trees are of a flow growth, the r _ loss, is of eourfe irreparable to the pre "ju j 1 sent proprietors. A long time this disorder baffled my ' ' !»ioft critical refearchea. As I obferv -1 ed the young, remote, and tender (hoots 01 firft affeded, Ftraccletl the malady to 1,110 the spot where the sap ceased to flow, „ tar! but could difcovcr no external cause. r °m On the second year I found the boughs wounded deeper, and prugiefling .year ly, the tree continued to fieken, and in *'• fix-orfeven years died.—lt is to be ob served, that every Spring ihe trees ap . pear in full vigour (except the limbs " r " already penfhed from the former years 1 attacks) and continue so until the latter ; end of June, or beginning of July, when , fwddenly the leaves wither, turn read, and soon fall off; the whole tiee appears j r - sick, and the si nit filll of spots, and 1111- j promiling; hence the indifferent ap- •, I & pearances of many of our apples brought I ( '» to market for sale, few of them being £ es - fair and smooth as they formerly were. r nate As soon as the leaves fall off, a 6 above t ida- described, it_will then appear how far t '.i in the tr eis affected for this season. a afes Finding all my efforts to discover the the cause in vain, I hazarded several expe- p rer- periments; among others, two years r aw- | since, I laid bare the roots of two fa- J ave vorite pea trees in the month of Otto- n aryjber, and left them so until May follow 'of j ing of these trees was so injured, ] fur- 1 that X had no —I.T I *c *. , the Last year they (hewed few or 110 addi 3sy ■ tional symptoms of the disease, wereve- jry full ot fruit, and had a great "supply '' 'ed, jof new ; this year, both trees " ;en | were veiy fall of trufr, tho' again they ° uli. di corned symptoms of the disorder, ° ind but not in so great a degree as in form- " of er years. cl lav Still pursuing my enquiries, I have ]!' of had some apple tr.es cut down, that j ! no were very far decayed. In the fill 1I | :he difeovered two worm holes, running j " ;he perpendicular from the tap-ipot up thro' I 3' of the heart; holes were Higeenough [<• in- to admit a common pipe Item, and reach- m" ;ry ed about fourteen inches above tl e Air- f is face of the ground, a.id from each hole !' ew I crewed out a worm. All the other -r on trees I foutid perforated with worm- r me holes, fucM as have been already defcrib- U of ed, and in some to the mini ver of eight p or ten. Having ex traded J'ome/ of these \ J ■d, woinis entire, 1 si ,d them nearly of the *7 nd fame |ize and (pecies of thole so com u- rnon and so will known to be the con- W< .k ft3nt attendants on peach trees ; indeed or so fimilaraie they to those' worms, that ly lam of opinion, they are of the fame e " id . kind. . mi cr I I have loft several valuable trees by C ." j. fthismott pernicious worm, and mv whale r , h orchard is in a state of dec iy. This dif i order appears to me to be of a more ieri- t0 " ;r otis nature than any thing that has ever ,t ( mfefted orchards. The canker worm ,r I only destroys the leaves and th"e fruit for I C 3' •f j the season, and perhaps eveny fourth if J year, if not attended to when a fly ; but '■ Cm e this worm radically destroys the tree'itfelf \ ° U ' :. j 1 have enquired of many farmers in mv ! II travels, whose orchards I have observed I y in this (late, what they supposed the tT" l ' c . aufe (,f " ? t( 'ey generally answered, I the trees were blafied by lightening, and „ this I found to be the prevailing opinion : none of them, of eourfe thought o-f , searching for the true physical cause. As I am confident 1 have difeovered it, the next step is to (ind a remedy ; as ~ I have not yet succeeded, I fabmit it to 'bw the consideration of the Agricultural 1 1 °' Society, whether a publication of the , rial cause of the disorder may not le*d to ' , 1 a discovery that may tend to'flop the ra I, ' vages,of this worm ; and perhaps induce ! many, whose tntereft it i s to preserve ! < their trees, to attempt to secure them T" from its fatal attacks. To lay bare the » «!ll M f, orcy ' every autumn, :7" vvould undoubtly be attended with .reat I"*"' trouble and expence, yet even °thar ad would be easier than to raise another or- paffi chard. And I have besides, observed n ° l very young trees, even in nurferiesficken i ° Ur from the fame catife. Wiping this com- qUK mum cation tnay be attended with tht I g "u salutary effeds contemplated. w,l! I am, with J men Refped and esteem, of P Sir your mod Humble servant. WILLIAM DENNING Sam. L. Mitchell, Se- - cretary to the New- - T . .T*s 1 to thi From the General Mverlifer. ' tifi c ° ' /Si , , chani s the present ruling powers in Frante l hat ' have always been accused in the En- Pneft g'A prints, of overturning a U fyf. ane- tems of religion, and morality, it if I may not be improper to lay before dly. the public ! the following extrads to pear friable thefti to form a light judg-_ def- ment of the French govefnreent. and Extrad of a report made by Barrere the on Hebert's con (piracy : P re " The' more vte examine, the iHo're we discover how dangerous and extensive my was this ccfflfpiracy. It was canneded el ' v - with the diflolution of all principles of lo:s morality, and with religious difturban ,r t0 ces intended to be excited by violence ow > and "by the preaching of atheism. Al ufe. jeady hath aristocracy endeavored to ghs ava ;i Jticlf of this pretext to light up car " new firebrands of civil war. These cir -1 ln cumftanCes evince the wisdom and utili °h- ty of the decree, too "litlc refpeded, a P" which you passed to prevent the evils Tibs we bad predided, at the time when the - ars Clootfes, the Chaumettes, the Heberts tter and others, by their private authority, hen commenced their frantic euterprizes. ; ad, We will apply to these evils a remedy ;ars (till more efficacious. The committee un - is now employed in digesting a vast plan a P _ "of re-generation which mult eventually I £ bahifh from the Republic immorality and prejudice, superstition and atheism. fre - The Republic miift be founded on prin '; e ciples and morals. . With your support f ar the committee will devote itfelf to the accomplishment of this grand purpose. the "I am charged by the committee to pe- propose to you the approbation of the ars reforrh it has made in the Commune of l " Paris, and in the Revolutionary Com '°- mittee of the fedion of Marat, w- Extraa of a report made by Saint-Jufl. mere wai-jtt tt>at rrme a party ern ,J_ ployed by foreigners to embroil the Re -1 public, to kindle civil war by hasty opi -es " lons raa i n tained by violence. A friend cy °f Cliairmette's said in a popular society ' > of la Nievre that the time was at hand m [ whe " tlle attachment of a father to his children, and filial refped would be pu- ' ve n 'fhed as an offence against the natural ! hberty of mortals. A popular society j ! devoted to Chaumette, presumed to ; censure your decree on religious worship, 1 J ' and to commend in an addiefs the opi.' [ h mon of Hebert and Chaumette, Fabre ' h-}""P ort heie those infiduousopinions; t r _ ''ey attacked the immortality of the r loul which consoled Socrates at his c er d r eat ! l - ' hey endeavored to ered athe- ? nm into a worship more intolerant than fupei Itition. e it n ' IV y attacked the idea-os a Divine o fe > J ro vide nee which doubtkfs has watch ie|ed over us. One would have thought that they wished to banish from the c , world th f generous a fed ions of a free fl d people, nature, humanity, the Supreme if< lt f eing, to leave nothing behind but non- j'' , e entlt y> tyranny and crime. What nu merous enemies did they not hope to J create to liberty, by imputing to her !c r Ti' " nt, .' a ges! The authors of those J? f. lubtle devices are now found to be trai- b tors to their country and royalists. Chau- 01 T mette in that time of infatuation sent ' r i thirty thousand livres to his father, and ' j cautioned him not to purchase the nati h ! domains nor the property of the j m t 1 emigrants. May the patriots through- »re f out France love one another fufficientlv 1 w I nothing that may draw new difaf- tc Uters on the country] Let Frenchmen w f . .rcS; • 2 > ; Extraa f rortl Chombon'i report on si- T( f; nances; These researches may perhaps lead us , 1 ftl 'f VC ''i the fcancia l°"s apostles i of a the, fin have exerted so much zeal in U ,!™f , the ' do > only to appropriate Ce: ,| to themselves their eoftly ruins. Perhaps In :!, their wh, (leers, under the pant a- P° , ' ?°" and rf f d ca P. we (hall discover more th ' ■' ! •IT/, 11 ' 0 ' 6 Craft y nave s who de- th' | claimed To loudly against the rich only ful i through love of their riches which they coveted, who as cringing in presence of ! sovereign people as the courtiers be< , were formerly in presence of their mas- fld ' ter, employed the confidence which they l hi Paffio! 1 ?' °' lly gratif >' in g c 'iminal P at passions with impunity ; and if we can- the not during our present session complete tuc i ° Ur und ertaking, we will at lealt be- ful queath to our successors documents to F le Wit! V K? I" their Marches, which shef he enable them, in Bringing perverse ln R men to j U st lce , to strengthen' tfe rdgu ac ' °f probity and virtue. the h'gl UNITED STATES, una Nat ALEXANDRIA, June 17. dep The following is an extraa of a letter havi from a refpeflable ManufaAurer at Bir- Div ! mingham Jt i s a grievous misfortune men to this country, that the firft charter! " wo take with them every branch of fcicn- -T tific knowledge, as well as P radti ca f thTth- t >e i m / V itis well known . [ trs PrieltW' h" 'i° faVtd ' b >' " nm , dlrt ' ft!ons ' thousands of I mat< pounds in the art of gilding, and numbers V of five, have "Wn preserved by his direc- whic » " tl0 "> m the alteration of t"hp n fore extraordinary before he came '•«* Wa * sto son who evaporated quickfilvfr r ■ S P er " ldg .. years, but now every one is"s i > 3s ' n a "X other employment L m th « eft part of it is laved thn' u g re at-, rere all loft. I believe I am'witV ei( W2 »' I fay ioo.oool. has been savers if we w°A better done. Part of th "* 1 five of t] ? ls ,aft Wcumftance is to be !£■?? 4 :> > another truly fcientific jml, lcribcd to f».e, ~IIJ , ht ™ S ot are gone to America from r * >an- town, Leiceilerfhire, and var£ ,thU nee in this part of the kingdom T'u2¥* Al- mers, mechanics, merchants . far " to the truest science , all which ° f up th / owm mto the scale aeainft t i!? 11 be P of commerce and manufacture, !, "> time at least, will ruin thi? C ' wh,ch 'I'" There is n °t a trade in this townbut ed, .s«one oyer, and in some degree hp " vils America ; others there are J, gUn m rhe the pursuit of minerals ;tth„, T ;rts 'he growth of cotton, &c." atc ity, - ' ' :es. - % PHILADELPHIA, ' an JUNE 27. illy J ity fm. From a Comespondknt. in- We fay in,celTantly our government refl * .JUfssjaeSPft 1° lenfethe citizens lefrr *°°?, he support the conllitut'ed po it of they are made to believe that tlv ?■ m " ed'in a th aged bs ' men b ° th weak ><' d +M tli C f xtreme » the sooner they jet tsmss^siStir Le- yond their strength, thlfTafe fn n , p J. Ed probability aa i common sense, that the nd extravagance of their malice is in ty fotff degree an antidote againfl its poi . nd , u- Extraa °f a ,et "rfrom Fort Dauphin, •al dated May 22. r y , " The Spaniards have been driven from tQ all the out posts of Cape Francois-thofe p, A t ment ! oned Carracol, La. ' ™ u ' Wlth the acknowledged loft re T K I2 f e r nad r lerS r k ' lkdand -wounded— Thar loft of infantry, cavalry and negroes s. they keep concealed. The rtulattoe, and ,e negroes of the Cape took large quantities is ° f prowfion and ammunition, and the e _ Spaniards have given up the expedition, exXe I U;;e.° omCnfick ' ° Cfafl ° nedb y ie Wele ° nthe ' th and loth it The news of the capture of Cape Fran ie cois at the period of the 13th of Mav it ■e so far from being true, that Capt. Thomp-* ie ' ion, of the brig Harriot, wjio failed from | thence ab' ut the jirft of June, assures us that the Spanilh army which had blockad ed the town during several days was cut to 0 pieces by Gen.Vellate. r Gen. Lavaux was about to march a e gainst Port Dauphin in full confidence of i- being able to retake it, the news of the de- ' cree for the emancipation of (laves having transformed all the negroes into so many heroes. The Spani/h squadron which blocked up " the Cape had sent a flag of truce to fum e mon the town j the Spanilh commander - received orders to fetid no more, as they j were resolved not to surrender. The bat teries were well served. The America™ who were in the road defended a battery °f 36 guns on which the tricolour and A ■ merican flags were flying together^ Gen. Ad. To Joseph Priesley, L. L. D. See. The American Philosophical Society, < held at Philadelphia, for promoting Uufeful Knowledge, offer you their 1111- cere congratulations on your fafe arrival in this country. Aflociated for the pur poses of extending and difleminatinj those improvements in the fcicnces and the arts, which raoft conduce to the substantial happiness of man, the Socie ty felicitate themselves and their coun try, that your talents and virtues have been transferred to this Republic. Con fideringyou as an illustrious Member of this institution, your colleagues antici ■ pate your aid, in zealouflv promoting ■ the objecVs which unite them ; as a vir ! tuous man, pofTefling eminent and ulp j ful acquirements, they contemplate with | pleasure, the accession of such worth to the American commonwealth; and look ing forward to your future character of a citizen of this your adopted country, they rejoice in greeting, as ftichj an en. lightened Republican. In this free and happy country, those unalienable rights, which the Author of Nature committed to man as a sacred deposit, have been secured : Here, we have been enabled, under the favor of Divine Providence, to establish a govern ment of laws and not of men j a govern ment, which fecurcs to its citizens equal rights and equal liberty J and which of fers an asylum to the good, to the per secuted, and the opprelTed of other cli mates. May you long enjoy every blessing, which an elevated and highly cultivated
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