LAW OF THE UNION. TiiIRD CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION, B;?un and''held at th<■ City of Philadel phia, in the State of Penn/ylvnnia, 011 MnYtday the fl r "nd rf De (embtr, one thousand fe ■vert hundrtd and ninety-three. An ACT in addition to the " AB fur making further and more eJfeSual fro v/ion for the Protection of the Fron tiers of the United States. Sec. t. X 5 E it enaßed by the Senate IJ and House of Reprefenta tivesof thi United States of America in Cnngtefs ajfemb/ed, That if any comif fioned officer in the troops of the Uni ted States, (hall, while in the service of the United States, die, by reason of wounds received in aflual service of • the United States, and (hill leave a wi dow, or if no widow, (hall leave a child or children, under age, fiich widow, or if 110 widow, luch child or children, (hall be entitled to, and receive half of the monthly pay, to which the deceas ed was entitled, at the time of his death, for and duting the term of five years: And in cafe of the death or in termarriage of filch widow, before the said term of five years, the half pay, for the remainder of the term, (hall go to the child or children of Inch deceas ed officer, while under the age of lix teen years, and, in like manner, the allowance to the child or children of such deceased, where there is no widow, shall be paid, 110 longer than while there is a child or children under the age aforefaid. Provided, That no grea ter sum (hall be allowed in any cafe to the widow or to-the child 01 children of any officer, than the half pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel. Sec. 2. And be it further enaßed, That the army be in future paid in such manner that the art ears (hall at no time exceed two months. Sec. 3. And be it further enaßed, That to such of the troops as are or may be employed on the frontiers and under such special circumstances as in the opinion of the President of the U nitcd States, may require an augmen —>atl'nn of some parK nf tVi-.V rations. filch augmentation as he may judge neceflary, not exceeding four ounces of beef, two ounces of flour and half a gnl of rum or whiskey in addition to each ration, and half a pint of fait to one hundred rations. Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House as Rtprefentatives. Ralph Izard, Piefident of th* Senate, J>ro tempore. Approved—June the 7th, 1794. G°, Washington, Prejident of the United States. Foreign Intelligence, STATE PAPER, CONVENTION, For the CfMmon defence of the liberty and faftj of the Danish and Sivedijh com. rnrce and navigation, between his Ma- j the King of Denmark, and Nor- I ■way, and his Mafjly, , te Kin <, nf Sweden, &c. concluded at Copenhagen, < March 21, 1794. Majeft7 ' J t !' e Kin S of and Nonvay, and h„ Majesty ,1* King of .Sweden, having considered how much « imports f u bje«fts of their realms to I enjoy in fafety and tranquility, the ad- 1 to * Perfect neutrali ty, and founded on acknowledged trea ; ties, imprefled with a deep sense of their Smhl° I • ful ? J ' efts ' and -able tl rfftemble the inevitable embarraffinent f their (jtuation ,n a war which rages LeJ Part ° f El,ro P*' have a greed and dcr agree to unite their mea inres and the.r interests in this refpeft, •nd to gite to their nations, after the example of their predeceflors, all t h e protection which they have a right to expect from their paternal care "f moreover, to-draw closer the bonds effeft-_H; n' h r nom, " at ed to that of Hate m; 'j c "y' h is mmifter AndrePier , T f sirs ' fieur , h'S majeiy the king of Swede , 'eur Erie Magnus, baron Stael de Hoi- j stein chamberlain to her thajefty the queer* Dowager- of Sweden, and knight of the order of the ftvord, wb6s after having exchanged their full powers, have agreed on the following articles : ' i. Their mnjefties declare solemnly, that they will maintain the mod perfect neutrality in the course of the prefrnt war; avoid, as much' as 011 them de pends, whatever may embroil them with the powers their friends and allies; and continue to mark, as they have con ilantly done, in circumllsnces sometimes difficult, all the attention, and even all the amicable deference, cowiiftent with their own dignity. j They declare moreover, that they claim no advantage .which is not clearly and uneiceptionably founded on refpe&ive treaties with the powers at war. j. They engage also ■ reciprocally, and before all Europe, that they will not claim, in cases not fpecified in the treaties, any advantage which is not founded on the universal law of nations, hitherto acknowledged and refpe&ed by all the powers, and by all the sovereigns of Europe, and from which, they can as, little suppose that-any of them will de part as they are incapable of departing from it themselves. 4. Founding on a bafi6of justice the ' claim Sc the maintenance of their indis putable rights, they will give to the in nocent navigation of theirfubjeits which is entirely, within the rule of, and con formable to the fubiifting treatiesy with out extending it to such as may depart frcJm the rule,' all the protection which it deserves againit«ll those who,"contra ry to their expe&ation and their hopes, wwuld dilturb the legal excrcife 'of fanc :l tioned rights, the enjoyment of which cannot be denied to neutral and inde pendent nations. 5. For attaining the proposed objuft, their mSjelliea engage reciprocally to equip, Ite soon as the feafonwill permit, each a squadron of eight (hips of the line, . n ith a proportionate number of frigates, and to providfc them with all necessaries. 1 6. The squadrons (hall unite or fepa -1 late, as (hall be judged bed for the com mon interest, which (hall be interpreted on both fides with the unity that so 1 happily subsists between the two pow ers. 7. No didinftion what foe ver (hall be 1 mads between the interests and the flags of the two nations, except filch as dif ferent subsisting treaties with other n;-, ■ M OT i> YfL r, b u A| $ ■ out any exception, the Dani(h (hips | (hall defend the Swedish (hips and flag, ( as if they Were their own nation, and tae fame on the other part. 8. For the 6rder of comrhand in ail cases, it is agreed to adopt the tenor of article 6 and 7 .in the Convention of 12th July, 1756. 9.TheGerman dates bothofDenmark and Sweden, are reciprocally and entire ly excepted from this Convention. r°i Tt / C ® a ' tlc ein g always to be Considered as a sea (hut and inaccessible to the armed (hips of d.'dant powers at war, is declared so anew bv the coli trafting parties who are resolved to maintain in if the moll perfeft'tranquil /I- Theirmajefty's engage so make a joint communication of this Conven- r i the P ° WeiS at war > add »"g the most fylemn afTurances of their (sn mnft r A° t preferVC w,th 'hem the Th, P lt arm ? n3r ' and t0 mher than wound it by this m easure, which tend, only to secure rights main tamed M d asserted by those poweres j themselves in all cases where they were ; neutral and at peace, without Denmark j and Sweden having dreamt of interrupt ing thejn. But if the ffn fortunate cafe (hould Z C "-' j a , ny po . wer > in contempt of treaties and the universal law of nations .will not refpeft the basis of society and j the general happmefs, and (hall moled i . ln ?°" nt . nav 'gation of the fubjefts of their Dani(h arid Swedish majesties : ShT 7 i terhavi "g e *haufted all ■ the moft^'lr 0 •°" Ciliat ' on> and made the mod pressing jomt rcmonftrances to . obtain the fatisfa&on and indemni v vention. '" J °" aecount °f this Con- ■ place fifteen J In tefHmony of which we, the under ligned, by virtue of our full powers, have ligned the Convention, and affixed to it the seal of our arms. Done at Copenhagen, March 27th, 1794. (Signed) A. P. V. Bernstorf. E. M. Stael, De Holstein. BRUSSELS, April 25. They write from Valenciennes of yesterday's date, that since the 18th only, the Aultriaus have loft 3000 men killed, and as many wounded.—The wounded are disposed of in the private houses in Valenciennes and Le Quef noy ; for they arrive hourly in luch numbers, as to make it impossible to dif- J>ofe of them in hospitals and churches. The capture of Oneglia (a port town , in Italy, fitnated on the Mediterranean) 1 i is of the utmost importance to the : f French, for itsfituation on the sea (hore ; ; will facilitate the introdufton of provi-' , j fions and other neceflaries into France, ■ | and will also expose Piedmont to the ; irruptions of the enemy. ' CAMP, NEAR TOURNAY, 1 May 6. We have hurried hither with extra ordinary expedition, and excessive fa tigue and inconvenience ; —but since ■ our arrival at our present encampment, we have been perfectly inactive. Pichegru is (till (lationed a short dis tance fiom Courtray, which is covered by his camp : his arrty is very nume rous,and flu died with their late success, are likely to dispute with us the pof ' session of the fertile country of which we are now mailers. ' The loss of tin Auftrians, in the late affairs, amount to 3500 killed and taken prisoners, with the loss of 22 ' pieces of cannon, &c. The enemy, belides gaining very ' considerable plunder, have, by" their ' i incurlions, completely deranged our ' j plan of operations. ' J Pichegru, by his present position, - I obliges the Po(t, &c. from this to Of. ; tend, to go round by Ghent ; and so 1 j great has been the apprehenflon of the ' | French advancing to Ghent, that the - j great part of our Military stores have I b:en removed from thence, to Ant - werp. OSTEND, May t, - " Menin was.taken by dorm yefter , | 'TPr'T?'' 111131 ail the Emigrants i v ' "" LaCliartre their Colonel, were put jj to death. Th<f garrifen confilted of a j bout three thcufand men. The Bth regiment of the lrifh Light 1 Dragoons, who set out yesterday to join the Duke of York's army, return i \ ed this morning. j " All the transports are preparing : I to go out by this tide if possible, as it . j is strongly fufpefted that the French in | tend to pay us a visit. I NATIONAL CONVENTION. 9th Floreal— 28th April. Naval a " d Military Operations. Barrere from the Committee of Pub ic laret y, gave the following account of the operations of the Naval and Mi litary forces of »he Republic. He informed the Convention that eight prizes had been brought into Brett, L Orient, and Rochfort ; but that on the other hand, two French frigates, on their way from Concale to oieft, had fa.len in with some EmHifh men of war. One had been captured, the fate of the other was not yet known. A third which was present, had return, eo to port. Letter from Richard and Choudieu, Reprefc n tat j ves 0 f the Army of the JNorth. Head-Quarters, of Flamcrtin, | 9 floreal, zßth April. | We expea the result of the Gene ral Attack. On the left we have had the most brilliant success. We are in j ourrid C ° Urtr u ay - We continue our v ftonous march mto Belgium.— We lea f rn '» { he mean time that the army of the Ardennes has triumphed ' at Beaumont and that the junction of « he division of the Ardennes and Mau- ' beuge has been effected, which puts i of th* Ol ' t danger. Our attacks « of the center » h e grand army have Thrift" 3 T d With brilllant '"cccfs. = Thrice we have attacked, but vifiory < s dubious ouing to the difaffeaion 1 and cowardice of several Officers r Richard repan-s thither. The ardour I and confidence of the soldiers are at 1 their height. There are only Me 5000 men, and thirty pieces of cannon. We wi(h there May 7. 11 the diftriif of Luxembourg Gen ' Jouroan fbil keeps possession of Arlo U | t by which means he Iras cut off the communication between the army of Gen. Beaulieu and that of the Prince of Sn.xe Cobourg. WATERFORD, (Ireland) April 19. Six men charged with most cruel murders, wete latt week committed to Kilkenny gaol, and will be brought to" trial before the present Judges of the Leinlter Cucuit. 7 The savage deed is thus related—A 1 farmer having gone to a fair, these def -1 peradoes attacked his houfc in his ab : fence, in order to plunder it, in which : was the wifi of the farmer, with a ve ■ ry young child, and a man and woman 1 servant. Having got entrance at the street • door, they fell upon the servants and 1 murdered them. The poor woman of ) the house being above flairs while the ; murders were committing, upon the ; fir It alarm, covered her child in with ] the bed clothes, and forced herfelf for > concealment up a chimney. The ruffians after dispatching the unfortunate fertants, searched every part of the house for their mistress, but happily could not discover her.— Finding the child in the bed they mur dered it in a manner too (hocking to relate, by whose cries the merciless monsters hoped to diaw the wretched mother from her retreat; but /he had ' the mortifying resolution to refill the unparalleled barbarous ilrat3gem, to pre ierve her own life. After committing theft murders, the barbarians, plundered the house of a ' sum ofmmonety t feafted themselves up on some provisions they found there, and locked it up, retiring vith their booty —but left behind them in the j house a large dog by chance, which belonged to one of this cruel banditti, and which was the cause of their ap prehension. In a short time after, the faimer re turned to his houfe—blit was altonifh ed at not being able to gain admittance into it. Upon which he alarmed his ' neighbors,—with whose assistance, he broke open the door and entered it, and saw the (hocking scene we have defcri [ bed.—His wretched wife, when (he ' heard her huftand's voice, came forth from the chimney. The dog that the murderere left be hind was lecured, and a magistrate be ing sent for, a consultation was held for the purpose of devising the bed - means for diieovering the desperadoes. , I. , nnnn in mis nts * the dog s ears and part oFfus tail, and ' ftt him loose, and to pursue him as he ran, as he probably would fly to where he came from. : This was accordingly done, and the plan fuccecded ; for the dog flew to a I house at a great diitance howling with i pain fiqm the opeiation, into which he i was followed by a perion, who found the woman of the place uttering curses agamft those who maltreated so cruelly her dog. That was enought—he signal was giv en tothe party that flood at a distance, who all entered the place, in a private I room in which, they found the whole j gang dividing the booty they had taken 1 who were all inflantly seized and chae- { ged to gaol. UNITED STATES. BOSTON, J u ne, 21. From Hamburgh we learn, that sugar and coffee were a dull sale—owing to the great quantities recently import <■ therein, amounting to T0,000,000 pounds of the former, and 50,000,000 ot the latter. BLESSINGS or PEACE. It be demonstrated that the quan | tity of (hipping owned in this town, has mcreafed more than double, within | the la it eighteen Months—Another in | d '' CatI ° n that our Federal rulers have not » impoverished" thecount.y. The exports of the United States, form the grand source of wealth. In ' the year 1 791 , they amounted to ' '7>s7jj 55 1 dollars. Tll the year 170? ' 26,011,788. An aftonilhing in. ' creale in two years, of 8,440,237 del- ! Jars. A fact demonftrativr of the increaf .ngprofpernvof agriculture and com- J The exports to France, in 170* ! amounted to 7>500 ,498 dollars. To ' BaUance TLlr of'' m.lhon three hundred and eighty'thou" ] jand, seven hundred and forty-one dol- \ I COMMUNICATION. 1 Complaints agamft rulers areas old as 2 the origin of representative governments- a the mibV cn . teie d a gainst the servants of fl ' e Publlc ,n ever y ffhere, whether a : town,difhifl,(late or nation,aredifFerent f in nothing but the pitch, they are fit : at, the tune rising and falling in exact proportion to the importance of the" station fillled. It is the common lot of • " the rulers of the free and so long 1 as there shall remain any who wilh to , supplant their neighbors in stations of )- honor or emolument, just so long will : the world be amused with the melodious chauntings of these chorus-lingers. Lcgi/laiurc of Majachufetts. , HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thursday, June 19, , 794> 1 The Committee on the fubjea of the bounty on hemp, reported in favor of 1 its continuance for two years, at 91. per 1 ton, instead of 121. This report' was f advocated by Meflrs. Martin, Read = Slocum, Barnes, Frye, Derby, Win! : throp and Hubbard. The thiee fi r fl 1 were of the Committee. They menti. r oned, particularly, that the agricultu ralists had not been made fufficiently ac : quainted with the bounty of govern ' meut, as they had but few opportune » ties to read the resolve ; and had not, ■ perhaps, seen any inftrudtions neceflary - for a new culture of this valuable branch > of agriculture. Mr. Martin urged the 5 measure as more efiential at this time 1 than at any prior period. Mr. Derby 1 said, it was well worthy the confidera : tion of the house, that from Salem, only • two or three ships would go this year to Rufiia, whereas they have, of late years, : sent ten (hips annually—and it was sup ' pofeable, that the cafe would be similar ■ in Boston, and other ports. They ar -1 gued from this circumltance, that the " importation of Hemp would be confide : rably less than usual; even if the (hips 1 arrive fafe ; but Ihould a war take'placc, > their return was uncertain; and with ■ out hemp, cordage and ditck, our 11a. vigation mult be destitute indeed. Na ■ vigation, they said, depended on a'gri • ■ culture ; and agriculture flo'uriflicd by ; ■ means of navigation. We might live, ' | and provide neceflaries, by agriculture; : { but without navigation our national ' 1 confcquence would be extinct. It was ■ ' observed, that from the small quantity : of hemp expedted from a broad, if some 1 spur was not given to the growth of it, at home, it might be raised in price to ■ an hundred pounds, per ton. " Next - ' to religien," said Mr. M. " no fubjeft 1 ' of more importance could come before t j the house." • I It was urged, by Dr. Eurtis, I)rj f - Mr. Tudor, that notwitil ' Handing the bountf = ; ; f° r several years, yet the quantity of : | hemp raised in consequence, was so small, that it was almost a burlesque oil '■ bounties to continue it. 1 ! To this it was replied, that the pro. 1 ■ duce of hemp was increaftng, and that : • the papers on the table proved, that as j much was raised the lalt two years, at 1 had been in the four years preceding them—That all our articles of export, such as indigiS, tobacco, rice, pot-alh, &c. had gradually progrefied towards ; perfection, and if in the article of hemp, we peifevred, we fliould in a short time raise a fufficient quantity far our eon fomption. It was declared by Mr. Winthrop, that American hemp raj 25 per cent, (tronger than Ruffian, which was impaired by a long voyage, and being heated by confinement. The duty on hemp it was said, would soon operate as a bounty and fupercede the necessity of a local gratuity—but it was eflential, in the infant (late of its growth to afford it the protection of govern ment. The report was agreed to. NEWHAVEN, (Con.) June 25. Norihford, (Rrandford) Jut 20, I "94, On Thursday afternoon, 19th inft. palled over this place, a cloud out of the S. W. the head of which was very thick and heavy, like the common thun der cloud ; but of a very light fmoaky colour and agitated beyond description. It's height and diametrical extent about 1-8 of a mile, of a circular figure— whirling in the molt violent manner upon its center.—From its center iflued a vprtex of a!r( similar to what is often seen in water)which descended to the earth, and alternately increased and decreased from one to two rods apparently, but really from 5 to 20. —As I stood and viewed it, at tfines it appeared to divide into a number of whirls, yet all compile in one This vortex had constant com munication with the Cloud above, and when it contracted (the vortex)the wind lulled a liitle, but when it expanded, frightful to behold ! the herbage oi the field—the fowls of heaven —fences- leaves— boughs and trunks of trees filled the atmosphere, and whiiled in every direction.—No rain or hail fell f rvm 1[ ' zigzag in its couile attended with an alarming rumbling something like that of an earthquake.—lt's progi«' r s ra P"* and terrible aa the mighty wlurlwind !—•
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