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V AN ACT H * . ■
f'or the remission of curtain duties to the i
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
■a Arts. ( ~r . .
BK it enacted by the Senate and Hon/e of
Representatives of the United Stales of A
jiftrlcCf tit Con± rest Aittvtblid% That all
duties due and payable to the United
Skates on a large box of paintings and
engravings owned by Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Aria, imported from
Halifax to Boston in the year eighteen
hundred end twelve* on board the cartel
ship Agnes, be, and the same are hereby
•; remitted. ■ '
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Speaker of the Hou/e of Representatives.
E. GERRY,
Vice- President of the United St est est and
• 'f President of the Senate ,
Jsly tt, 1813* *
Approve w. .
JAMES MADISON.
. AN ACT
Concerning suits and coasts in courts of
** *”lbc United Sutet.
£JB it matted by the Seaa/Maad Hestse of
Rejre/entati'vis of the United States of J
mA’tca in fiongress assembled, '1 bat when
ever there sfvaU|»e several actions or pro
cesses kgainst persons who might legally
i be mined in one action or process touch
ing any demand or malur in dispute be
fore a court of the United Stales or of the
territories thereof, if judgment be given
Jut the party pursuing the same, such
party shall notlhereoa recover Jhe cosffik of
more than one action or process, unless
cause for several actions or procqp&cs shall
be satisfactorily shewn on motion in open
court. m
Sec. a. AnJ be it further enacted\ That
whenever proceedings shall be bad on
several libels against any vessel and car
go which might legally be joined in one
lible before a court of the united States
or of the territories thereof, there shall
aibt be allowed thereon more costa than
•a one libel, unless special cause for ii.
belling the vessel and cargo severally
shall be satisfactorily showenss aforesaid.
And in proceedings on several libels or
informations any cargo or parts
of cargo or merchandize seized as forfeit
ed for the same cause, there shall nut be
allowed by the court more costs than
would be lajwlul on one libel, or informa,
tian, whatever may be the number of
owners or consignees therein concerned:
but allowance may be made on one libel
or information for the costs incidental to
Several claims. Provided , Thai in case
of * claim of uny vessel or other property
seized on behalf of the United States and
libelled or informed against as forfeited
under any of the laws thereof, if judgment
jshall pass in favor of the claimant, ha shall
be emitted to the same upon paying only
bis own cusis.
Sec, 3. And be it further enacted, That
whenever causes of like nature, or rela
tive to the same question shall be pending
before a court of the United States, or ol>
the territories thereof, it shall be lawful
for the court to n£akc such orders and
rules concerning proceedings therein os
maybe conformable tq the principles and
usages belonging ta courts for avoiding
unnecessary costs or delay in the admin.
f istration injustice, and accordingly causes
may be consolidated as «o the court shall
appear reasonable. And if any attorney,
proctor or other person admitted to man
v age and conduct causes in a court of the
United States or of the territories thereof
shall appear to have multiplied the pro
ceedings in any cause before the court so
as to* increase costs unreasonably and
vcxaliously. such person may be required
by order of c«mrt to satisfy any excess of
costs so incurred.
M.CLAY,
Speaker of the Ihu/t es Repre/entatives .
K. GERRY,
Vice-President of the United States,
and Prefdent of the Senate,
July I*. .18^3,
APPROVED,
JAMES* MADISON,
' 1 min iiijiiMim
from the Savannah Museum,
I; appears extraordinary to roe Mr.
Printers, why Dancing is so universally,
condemned among persons who style
themselves disciples of ourSaviqui some
of wnam are so firmly biasing in their «
opinions of right and wrong, that nothing i
C«n alter their way of thinking, but the 1
* ' » r «um c ius advanced by those captious so- fl
PWfl led pedantic bigots, who have i«.
orcWW such opinions. Their conduct
renm*Mi«p of that gloomy period, when
mrtnlusW|rocrstUion r reigned with unlira,
itjd contrful snd confined, its victims to
the observance ol thoae rrifling tenets and
ordinances which have io||ured the doc
trines of Christianity ana lessened the
value of the true estima
lion of mankind. However/before I pro
cecd r let it not be urged that lam an ex. I
elusive advocate, for the amusements of |
the Ball room, and that! do not justly
esteem the “ beauty H holiness” es a*
Christian believer—far be it from my
thoughts to render rational piety but
-of sccondary importance; still I shall hot
feel disposed toigive it that construction
so generally enjoined and which often
rankles the breasts of many, who have
never yet enquired*
I have ever conceived DANCING to
be a rational and a necessary amuse*
ment tp those who have not as yet taken
refuge in the Temple front, decreptitude
and length of ycars. I.t.is a pit asing aux
iliary in the formation of the social com
pact—and tends to lessen that great dread
and involuntary diffidence which the love*
ly part of creation so generally entertain
for the male sex—it likewise has the ten*
dency to soften and improve the manners,
and adds grace to our gesture, and digni
ty to our deportment—ip fine, it is cl the
utmost importance, in our intercourse
through the early period of life—without
it man would he u clown and the fair dam
sel a moping house keeper. Although the
advocates for rigid mortificasion carp and
sigh aft this haart-rcncling depriviiy of hu
man nature-—still there are some among
them who prefer the trifling chit chut of
a tea-party, to a littfe wholesome,yet de*
cent activity—who bury the failings of
the head and heart in the palpable, the re
mediless ciime of walking gcnteely—they
justly answer the description given id the
following lineal /
“ When the Party commences all Starch’d
and all glum.
They talk of the weather, their earns, w sit
mum .)
They will tell you of cambric, of ribbons of
lace
How cheap they were sold, and will name
you the place
They discourse of their colds, and they hem,
and ihey cough
And complain 6f their servants, to pass the
time off; w ; >. _
Or list to the tale of some doating mama
How her ten Weeks old baby will laugh aad
saytaa! * ..
But Tea thrft enfivener of wit and of soul
More loquacious by far than the draughts of
the bowl, «
Soon unloosens the tongue, and enlivens the
mind, ♦.
And enlightens their eyes to the faults of
mankind. <
It brings on the topics their neighbour’s de
fects
The faults es their friends, or their wilful ne
glects ;
Remind them of many a good natured tale.
About those who are styJUsh or those who are
frail, '
Till the sweel tempered dames are coaverted
by tea;
Into character *raanglers—EoirAlKOPHAOi,
In harmless chit, chat, an acquaintance they
boast, , ,
And servo up amend, as they serve up a
toast.
Some gentle Foux pas, or some female mis
take,
Is like sweet meats delicious* or relished as
■„> cuke,
A bit of hard scandal is like a dryferust.
It would stick in the throat, so they butter it
A lirat, „
With a little affected gflod nature, and cry,
“ No body regrets the thing deeper than I.”
Such are the delights which many
Christians esteem far preferable to that
of dancing* but Which do Hot correspond
with the ssntiaunts of STERNE.
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INDIAN COUNCIL. ’
Dayton, ( O.) Feb. ».
List Friday 50 o* 60 Indians (of which
number arc about 20 chiefs* arrived at
this place to join in council with General
Harrison indisposition ban prevented
the General from attending as was eL
peeled—Mr. Johnston Indian Agent, pm*
ccadcd with the Chiefs to the ultimate ob
ject of the council on Sunday, The fol
lowing tribes were represented in the
council at Dayton: Shawanoese, Wyan
dottt, SenccMt, Miantits Pottaxvaiimtes
Ottawa* and Kitkafioos,
Mexu.Torky March 4,-
A letter to tbo editors of the Albany
Argus, dated on Wednesday, at Platts*
burg, says: . r
H Monday Gen. Wilkinson received
intelligence, that the enemy were ad
vancing from the West, 3000 strong. The *
infantry and some companies of artillery
and dragoous, immediately marched to
meet them, and the troops at Burlington
wereordeied here. The troops proceed
ed 14 or is miles, when finding the en.
emy bad turned back, they returned to
this place. It appears the enemy have
been at Malone, and carried off 5 or 600*r
barrels 6f provisions, it ft
qutnees of a person’s neglecting to bring
them on according to contract. *ft»ey
bnmtlhestate arsenal at Malone, afccl de|
stroyed some private property, naSßily.
belonging to sutlers.”
•, A gentleman trora the army states, that
only SO baraells were taken by the cnemy^
IWashinctom, March 7.
Extract of a letter Jrom Cajit . John H,
Dent , to the Secretary of the Jiavy, da.
ted ■ ; ■.
, *• CHARLESTON, (S. C.)
February 21, 1 1814.
“ The Alligator has been refitted, and
will sail in the morning to cruise on the
coast and inlets between Stono and Fort
Royal. The enemy continues bnl the coast,
but haveftot committed any depredations,
or sent their boats in, sitlce the attack on
the Alligator. Onoof theirbarges engag
ed in that action has ba n picked up, on
North Edisto, very much injured. I have
sent for her to be brought here. Also an
officer and one seaman have been found
and buried, the former with his arm shot
off and a musket shot wound.”
The Legislature of Massachusetts ad
jpurned the List day of February. With
the exception of the spiteful act of refus
ing the general government the use of
their prisons, no mischief has been done,
whatever may have been in meditation
during this “ sessionof bravado.”—A. bit*
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At a meeting of a number of citizens
at the Mayor’s office in Baltimore, a few
days ago, a committee was appointed to
collect subscriptions to the amount of 50,
•00 dollars, for the purpose of building a
floating battery for the defence of that
harbor on the plan of Fulton’s warship.
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Milledgcville, March 9.
To Brigadier General John Floyd.
Slß—The field, staff and line officers
of the Volunteer and Drafted militia of
the state of Georgia, in the service of the
United States, embrace the occasion of
your retiring from the command of the
army, to express the high sense they en
tertain of your official conduct, the value
they place on the services you have ren
dered the Pe/iublic , and the profound re
gret which they, in com nun with every
patriotic citizen, feel, that causes bvyond
your controul should have prevented, thd
termination of the Creek War, by the
troops of our ownstate. , ,
We presume not to approach you, sir,
with ths language of adulation, fulsome
praise we know is no less disagreable to
you than itsindulgcnce would be dishonor
able to ourselves. In the spirit of candor
then, and fair dealing, we would s:,y of
your conduct what it deserves, not spar
ing reproach where merited by others—
That you have done every thing which
human means could effect under the same
circumstances, every man in the army is
convinced, and no rightly informed
honest man in the communfiy will not
deny, that you have dared to attempt and
have actually performed mere than many
other Generals would have encountered,
is equally apparent to the suffering wit
nesaes of your means, the joyful par
ticipators of your successes and achieve
ments. And it is therefore with feelings
of extreme mortification we have been
informed of the prevenance of a disposi.
taon among ourfellow-ckizens to reproach
the army under your command lor not
having terminated the Indian war, \Vc
know indeed how much was expect
ed from our efforts, and feel as sensibly
as men cah,>.>w little has been perform,
td. We have in common with yourself,
-deeply regretted the necessity which li
milted our operations to partial and tem
porary incursions into the enemy’s coun
try, and the existence of that necessity,
combined with other; causes impells us to
the exposition of facts, and individuals to
public aniraadvei tion which wc would glad
ly haye avoided.
We know the delicacy of your situati
on, sir, in relation to these matters, but
#e love the reputation of the army more
than that of individuals, and respect your
character more sincerely than your feel
ings, honorable and exalted as they arc.
Letthe community then be rightly inform,
ed of the real cause of the partial
cesses of the campaign. From the time
of the rendezvous of the troops at cam/i
Afo/ar, until this time, they have seldom had
ten days provisions in, advance , aua have
frequency been destitutes/ meat , and of.
ten in danger of starvation. On the im.
poriant aid which the Commissariat ©fan
army under proper organization, affords
to us movements and support, principally
depends its success and safety, and not
unfrequently its existance. But sad ex
pciwe has taught «s tl)it th« unwar
'wßp . 5 -• t . *’•
,I,i! »f«rt«,, te j. I
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May you sir, although ceasing to I -
nvand us, never -cease to cr£ v
life, the rich reward of I
inflexible virtue,
May you enjoy in the c f Vf J|
fcra.ly and friends, renovated hralth IM
increased felicity, and hereafter the * !
reward of virtuous deeds. 'J n theevrT!;
sion of these sentiments and feeling JI
are joined, we believe by every ir>dif£|
a! of the army, and for them and cZM
elves, bid you an affectionate farewell. I
Charles Williamson , Hospital Ellr&
Frtd. Freeman, Major of CavalS
I),, S, Booth , Mf*j. I
Jas. Meriwether , Capt. rifle corps,
Jftt 7'homas, Capt, artillery,
2'homas Pace, Lu ut.fc brig. g r . m
Committee in beha-f of the G eor I
‘ militia, Lie in the service of the United I
States. ■ Q I
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THE GENERAL'S ANSWER. I
Gextlimek, 1 .
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Accept for yourselves end i n behalf I
, of the tfivld, Staff & Line officers of il. I
Georgia Militia, late in the service cf the I
Umtecl States, nay sincere thanks for tl lff I
flattering manner in which you have been I
pleased to approbate my conduct as Com. I
roandmg officer, during the late Cam. I
ii P»'go» I
'1 he motives which led me to embark!
in the service of tay country were parj m
mount to every other cooperation, and!
it is pleasing to me to find my toils rt.l
warded by the satisfaction expressed, oil
my efforts to employ usefully the scantrp
means afforded. ' ' ■
It is to be lamented that those depart!
ments which would regulate, and con.!
troul the movements of the most exotri.B
cnced armies, have from the cupidity cf!
I thc Contractors agent; and the want o f|
: experience, and perhaps, the want cf m I
pie means cf thc Qur. Master Gtn. frus.H
: trated the most sanguine, hopes of the I
; artt, y»
public expectation, to fulfil ‘which,!
; the bounds of our resourced were trans-|
cended, the enemy sought and defeated, i
under the most trying and disadvantrgc.l
ous circumstances. ■
And notwithstanding the innumerable!
haitiships & privations which continually I
hung about the army, I am proud to say, |
that both officers and men proved worth!
of tucmstlvcs and their country, served!
out. tfieir tour of duly, and have returned!
orderly snd honourably to the bosom of |
their families and friends.
Permit me, Gentlemen, to reciprocate I
your friendly wishes for my d<.mestic|
happiness, and while 1 reluctantly bid a*!
dieu to my compatriots in arms, I am per-1
suaded from my knowledge of their paU I
nctism and valour, that they will always!
be ready to join the rough edge of Baltic!
in defence of national right. That the I
evening of your lives, mav be cheered by I
the pleasing reflections,'that ycu have I
preserved unsullied <be character of A • !
merican Patriots and Freeraen, is the sin* I
cere wish of Gentlemen your
Ob’dt. Friend 8c Fellow Citizen
JOHN FLOYD.
To fV|essrs. Charles Williamson 11.1
Surgeon, Fred, Freemen Majr. o( I
Cavalry, D. S. Booth Mnjr. of Inf. n- I
try, James Meriwether, Capt of R:fle I
corps, Jett 1 bomas, Captain of At- I
tilery, Tho. Pace, Lieut, and Bri- I
gade Qr. Ms.
Committee in behalf of the officers oil
the Georgia Militia, late in the service oil
the U. States.
cowgreFs. I
HOUSE OP REPBESSNTATITES. |||.
WKDMESDAT, MARCH S. f
PROPOSED SUSPENSION OF EM-1
v BARGO. B
Mr, Wsicht es Md. rose to submit a!
motion for considcratiSn. lie aaid, fet!-B
ing, as he did, a perfect confidence in the I
sincerity of the administration to effect B
by negotiation at Gottsnburg an honor- ■
able peace ; and knowing, as he did, th«t| i
the President had perfect confidence
the prince regent in his own propositi? 5 B
to meet at Gottenburg to settle by negO'B
elation the,unhappy differences that sub-■I
svst betwecfi the two Nations, upen tbeß
principles of thc laws of nations and
maritime rights cf Great Britain; ar.fi B
from the policy of this «ovefnmcnt,
ed by their proposition trough
athan Russell after the war* upon an s, l
greenjent to negociate on certain cm
tions, to agree to an armistice, and fi• r;l ■
the proposition of the fcritish
through admiral Warren, on our ag‘ v;; '|
nlcnt to negociate on certain terms, iV B