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 !—•