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(BY JWTUOMITY. J
AN ACT i
In addition to the act, entitled “ An act to pro?
Tide for calling forth the militia to execute
the laws of the union, suppress insurrections,
and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now
in force for those purposes ” r >
BE it enacted by the Seriqte and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress aieemhled, That courts martial, to be
Composed of militia officers alone, for the trial
of militia drafted, detached, and called forth
for the service of die United States, whether
acting in conjunction with the regular forces or
otherwise, Shah, whenever necessary, be ap
pointed, held and conducted in the manner
prescribed by tlie rules and articles ofwafr for
appointing, holding and conducting courts
martial for the trial of delinquents in the army
of the United States.
Sec, 2- And be it further enacted. That in all
cases in the militia, where an offiyice is pun
ishable by pay or by imposing a
fine, limited by the amount of pay, the same
shall be taken to have relation to the monthly
pay existing at the time the offence was comV
{pitted-
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That if a
fty delinquent directed to be summoned to ap
pear before a court martial for neglect or re
fusal to 6bey the orders of the President of the
United Slates in any of the cases recited in the
first, second, third and fourth sections of the
act, entitled “An act to provide for calling
forth the militia to execute the laws of the u
nion, Suppress insurrections and repel invasi
ons, and to repeal the act now in force for thope
purposes,” passed February iwenty-eiguth, one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall
t>e absent when any non-commissioned officer
shall cud 10 summon him, it shall be a suffici
ent summoning of such delinquent if the non
co mmistinned officer leave a copy of the sum
mons or a written nqiice thereof, signed by
him, with some person of suitable agfe and
discretion, at the usual place of abode of such
:/ delinquent al least ten days previous,to the day
of appearance. And incase of the non-appear
ance of such delinquent, the court martial may
proceed with his trial in the same manner as
if he bad appeared and pled nut guilty to the
charge exhibited against him.
Sec- 4. And be it further enacted, That it
Shall be the duty of th« president of any court
martial for the trial as militia/ if requred, and
upon his being duly satisfied that such testimo
ny is material to th a trial, to issue his precept
directed to any person to be summoned as a
witness, commanding his or her attendance at
such court to testify for or against, the person
to be tried, us the case may be, and any wit
ness having been duly summoned, and failing
to appear; without a reasonable excuse, shall
forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty dol
lars, to be sued for and recovered in the name
of the United States, by bill, plaint or inform
ation, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
And if any witness when called upon for that
purpose shall refuse to testify, or shall behave j
with contempt to the court, or if any Other per-!
son shall use any menacing words, signs or
pastures, in presence thereof, or shall cause a-;
ny riot or disorder therein, it shall be lawful
for such court to punish every such offender by
Imprisonment for a term not exceeding one
month at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. And be it,further enacted. That for
the purpose of carrying into execution the sen
tence, judgment or ..order of .any such court
martial* lor any of the offences specified in the
last clause of the preceding section of this act
it shall be lawful for. the court to issue an or
der <o any commissioned officer of militia not
beiow tlie rank of captain, commanding him
to carry the same into effect by military force.
Whose duty it shall be to obey the same, and
execute the order accordingly
S. c, 6. And be it further enacted. That on
the trial of delinquents, for offences not capi
tal, by any such court martial, the deposition
of witnesses uken before,* justice of the peace
or other person authorized to take affidavits to
.be read iri any court of record in the state
frlii-re the same shall be taken rtiay be read in
evidence, provided the prosecutor and person
Accused are present at taking the same, or arc
duly notified thereof. 'And further that the re
turns of captains or other commanding officers
of companies, of delinquents drafted or order
ed into the service of the United Slates wiio
shall have refused or neglected to remer the j
same, sworu to as aforesaid, shall be compe-!
tent evidence of the facts therein contained. :
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any
person shall wiltully swear false before any
such court martial, or in any affidavit or depo- |
sit ion taken us aforesaid, he'oy she shall be ad-
to be guilty of wilful and corrupt per
jury, and shall be indicted, tried and punish
cd accordingly, by any court of competent ju-.
risdicfion in the state where such offence shall
be committed. 4
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That the
militia* when called ;iuo the service of tlie U,
States by virtue of the before recited act, mayj
if in the opinion of the ''resident of the United
States the public interest require k, be com
pelled to serve for a term not exceeding six
months after their arrival at tlie place of ren
dezvous in any one year.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That regi
. mental chaplains in the militia which hare been
or shall be called into the service of the Uni
ted Slates, shall receive the same monthly pay
and rations as a captain of Infantry, with’ the
addition of forage for one horse, and whenever
billed forth into he service of the U, States,
division quartermasters shall be entitled to the
pay, - emoluments and allowances of a deputy
qvuruTmaster-genera! ; brigade quanermas
tors »« the pay, emoluments and allowances of
an assistan I deputy quartermaster general; and
regimental quartermasters to the pity and c
molumeiits of * lieutenant of infantry, and six
teen dollars per month in addition thereto,
arid foiage for one horxe, division inspectors
.shall be entitled to the pay, emoluments and
allow ances of a lieuteiianicolonel of infantry ;
brigade majors to the pay, emoluments and al
lowances of a major of infantry; aids-de-camp
to brigadier generals la the pay, emoluments
td u cwpuia of iufiuurv, with
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an addition of sixteen dollars par monfo, and
forage for one horse.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That.ffie
expenses incurred, or to be incurred by mkr
chirig the militia of any state or territory of the
Unified States to their places of rendezvous,, in
pursuance of a requisition of the President of
the United States, or which shall have beeii or
may be incurred in easels of calls made By the
authority of any state or territory which , shall
hate been or may be approved by him, shall be
adjusted and paid in like manner as the expen
ses incurred after their arrival at such place of
rendezvous on the requisition of the President
of the United States: Provided, That qpthmg
herein contained shall be considered"as autho
. rising any species of Expenditure .previous to
, arriving at the place of rendezvous, which is
not provided by existing laws to be paid-for as
. ter their arrival at sucli place of rendezvous.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That in
all cases where a brigade of militia shall be call
ed forth for actual service, it shall be jibe duty
of the brigade major of such brigade to ,inspect
and muster the some, and sign the muster rolls j
conformably to the provisions of the act enti-i
tied “ An act more effectually to provide for
tlie.national.dcfeftcc by establishing an iuyform
.'.militia throughout the U. States.” If less than
Si brigade be called forth, then it shall be the
duty of a brigade major of the district where
in such militia may rendezvous, to inspect and
muster the same, and sign the muslef rolls :
iwo musters to be in the manner afore
said, one on. the assembling and the other on
the discharge of such militia. If their, should
be no brigade major in the vicinity, the. com
manding officer may direct any officer under
the rank of.-lieutenant colonel, whether of the
regular troops or militia, to itspectaAd mus
ter the militia so called forth. ~
See 12. And be it further enacted, That any
comm issioned officer, non-commissioned officer,
musician of private of the militia of the United
States, who shall have committed an offence
: while in the actual service of the United States
may be tried and punished for the yn>r, al
though his term of service may have expired?
in like manner as if he had been actually in the
service of the United ‘ S ialM. -o ■
Sec. 13. And be it further enaeted, That this
act be continued in force for and during the
present war. and no longer.
EANGDON CIIEYES.
Speaker of the House of Representatives*
• E. fiEHUY.
Vice-President of the United States , and'Presi
dent of the Senate.
, April 18, 1314—Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
New York, May IS.
POSTSCRIPT.
The following disaster..us • intelligence
is copied from the Albany Register, of
the 10th inst. which we received- last
vening’toy the steam boat North Rivers -i
A gentleman who left Onanjfsga m
Sunday morning, and arrived in thjs* city *
; (Albany) last evening informs ihattiefore !
! he departed, an Express arrived from the [
! village of Oswego, with the* t&ahknchofy I
; information that 1400 British troops had,
on the 6tn inst* made good theii landing ;
at Oswego-* that the opposing force, 41
Oswego did not exceed 300 mo- that
the fort was tak 11 as well as the village,
together with a quantity of military stores
: and a number of pieces of heavy ord-
I nance—-that the enemy then moved to,
i wards the Falls, where there was cen
! siderable depots t>{ military stores, with
a design no doubt of destroyingthetn.
Our informant also adds,' that the mi.
litia at Onondaga, were ordered out, and
were about to march toOswtgo.
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It is said, that a letter is in town (Al
bany) from the vicinity of Oswego, to a
rcsptc able officer in Ihc army, '’which
states that, on Friday the Bth instant, a
tremendous firing was heard m the direc
tion ofOswcjro, whuh comment ed about
II and continued without tntmuption
tin' ll 13 A. M. when the mail was about
closing, ' - f -
j By a gentleman from U'ica, who as-1
I rived in the steam boat last evening, we
| have received the fol owing interesting
verbal intelligence
j ** On Thursday last, the sth instant a
bout 1 1 o’clock tbt British fleet under
Com, Yeo, appeared off Oswego, in
force 7 sail, including their new frigate
ahd two new brigs, and commenced an
attack on the fort between . 12 and 1 o'-
clock, After cannonading some time, an
attempt was made to. land a of troops
in two gun boats and about 12 barges,
which were repulsed by our garrison- A
second attempt was made in tbc course of
the afternoon, under protection of the
cannon of th* fleet, and proceeded within
close gun shot of the fort, which again
opened itsfire upon the boaisi and drove
them back to the shipping, without the
loss ofa roan on our side in either at
tack. This account was brought to Ulp
ca by a midshipman or cltrk to Captain
WooJsey, of the Oneida, who was at Os
wego Falls, to superintend the passage
ofthc cannon and storcc fbr the new ves
sels at Suckett's Harbor, but on the' ap
peuranceof the British fleet were ordered
up to Oswego with a party of sailors,' to
assist)m defending the place and-were in
' he engagements, on the evening after
which the young mun feft the rfcicc for
Utica.” v •
Our informant further state;', that the Lady
ot the Lake was chased by the enemy into Sack
ed s Harbor or. Thursday, €; that Com Chaun
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cej imoicd lately got bis squadron 'under way
and sailed ih pursuit of the enemy, baying With ,
him the two new brigs. The frijrHte was laun- j
ched oi Sunday morning se*nnight, tend would
be ready for sea in a few days, 40 of her guns
having arrived, and the the way.
At Albany, it was reported by * gentleman
who was at Onondaga Hollow on Saturday,
that Oswego was taken on Friday at 1 o’clock.
There were but few stores in the fort and vil
lage, the guns, rigging, &c- destined for Sack
ett’s Harbor (which h|4 been at Oswego) hav,
ing reached the place in safely : and those on
the road being immediately directed on another
route. , 1 .
It was also rumored that Cora. Chauncey had
met the enemy en Friday, and a cannonading
was heard at Home, (about 40 miles from Os
wego* in a straight direction) on that day, but
■ho result known. r
The militia were rapidly marching towards
Oswego in gr* at numbers. The place of de
posit* for water carriage to Sacked’* Harbor
fron Oswego River, was at the Falls, 13 miles
in the intrior, »and probably within the pow
er of defence by the troops* and gathering mi
litia. *' ■;
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• Washikoton Crrr, May 14.
Copy of ° letter from Captain Warrington to
the Secretary of the Navy
U. States’ sloop Peacock, at Sea,
Lat. 27,4 r, long. 80 9, 29th April, 1814.
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I have the honor to inform you that we have
this morning captured, after an action of 42
minutes, his Majesty’s brig Epervier rating and
moisting 18 thirty-two pound carronades,
with 138 men, of whom 8 \yere killed and tS
Wounded (according to the best information we
could 1 obtain.) Among the latter is her first
Lieut, /.who hat lost an arm and received a se
vere splinter wound on the hip. Not a man in
the Peafeook was killed, and only two wound
ed, neither dangerously so. The" fate of the
Epervier would have been determined Ih mnch
lest time, hut for the circumstance of our fore
yard being totally disabled by two round .shot
in the starboard quarter from her first, broad
side, which entirely deprived us of,the use of
our fore and Tore-top sails, and compelled us
to keep the ship large throughout the remain
der of the action. % r
- This, with a few top-mast and topgallant
back stays cut Way; a few shof through our
sails, is the only.injury the Peacock, fiat sus
tained. Not a round shot touched pur hull;
our masts & spars are as sound as ever. When
the efoemy struck, he had five feet water in his
hold, hia main-top-mast was over the side, his
main-boom Shot aWay, his fore-mast cut nearly
in two and tottering, his fore rigging and .stays
shot away, his bowsprit badly wounded, and
45 shut holes in his hull, 20 of which were with
.in a foot of his water line. By great exertion
we got befr'-in sailing order just as the dark
came on. - r .
• ’ln fifteen minutes after the enemy struck, the
Peacock was ready for another action, in every
. respeqt but be** fore-yard, which was sent down,
, fished and' bad the fore-sail set again in 45 min
i iites—-suefi' was the" "spirit and activity of our
; gallant crew. The Epervier had under her
k fonvov an Englishhermaphodite brig, a Russi
’ an and a Spanish ship, which all hauled their
. wind and stood to the K. N. E. I bad deter-
I mined Upon pursuing the former, but found
that it would not answer to leave our prize ‘ in
her then crippled state, and the more particu
larly so, as we found she had in g 120,000 in
specie, which we soon transferred to this sloop.
Every officer, seaman and marine did his duty,
which is the highest compliment I can pay them.
I am, respectfully,
L. WARRINGTON.
-P. S. Prom Lieut. Nicholson’s report, who
was counting up the Epervier’s crew, there
wqre 11 killed and 15 wounded. L. W.
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CHRONICLE.
FnWJtr , MAY 27, 1814.
, Major Gtx Twiggs, has received the or
ders of his Excellency the Commander in Chief,
to held in readiness for immediate service, the
first class of the militia in his division.
From the above order, it is probable, should
the sqtadrons of the enemy continue to hover
on our sea board, that a detachment of militia
will be ordered to reinforce the regular troops,
at or near Savannah.
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What we staled on a former occasion, we
are sorry to have to repeat now—That, no mi.
litary movement among our troops on the fron
tiers of Canada, will warrant a hope, that the
army is prepared to co-opgrale with the fleet
on Lake Ontario i although no circumstance,
within our notice, tends to brighten the pros
pect of a speedy and honorable peace-
BY LAST NIGHT’S MaTl7
The Fall of Paris.
Savannah, May Si. ,
GREAT AND IMPORTANT
•YEWS FROM FINANCE. *
Yesterday, arrived at Ih it port, the
fi«c, fust vailing Utter «f marque brig
JmIAwS Monroe, capt. banner, in 44 days (
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Irom L’Oiicntj with i cargo of brandv
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i C ?Pi; Skl . nner informs us, that the Em
peror Napcleon had a great battle nhh
the allies, >bput the 20th March in
which he was totally defeated.' H e a j‘
informs that the Allied armies enter!!
Paris on the 31st March, without opna f
Mtion—the Crown Prince and the Emn e I
ror of Austria Were also in Paris, •j t j' I
not known wlk re Bonaparte wets; ni- n M
reports ( relatiye to hi& were afloat; oj I
that he was under the walls of Paris, bom’ I
baring it ; another, that he ttas about 3o I
leagues from that place, at ihe head of I
his troops, endeavoring to allied
troops between Paris and his army ; ami I
another, that he was missing.
a, The French Court had been removed
\6 Tours, about 4j leagues from Paris
where the Empress and the young Kj n ’ I
of Horae were. Napoleon’s army it w a *
said did not consist of more than 100,00$ I
then. The allies committed no exce'ssfs I
at all on entering Paris ; they said they I
were ready tb raake peace with France I
but not with Bonaparte. Captain Skin*,
ner furtber informs that the French p eo !
pie had deserted Bonaparte; and that
was the impression in France that the I
Bourbons would ag,.in be placed tin the I
throne. All , was confusion and alarm, I
Bankruptcies were taking place daily.* I
Capt. b also informs that Bordeaux I
was take© puss-r ssiou of by Lord Welling. I
ton, on the 16th March, by the invitation I
of the Mayor of that city—that business I
Was completely at a stand, the merchant* f
having shut up their ktores. France, fl
throughout is represented to be in the K1
greatest state of distress.
The J amt* Moovce left L’Orient on the I
Bth April, and has brought 12 or hi
French pissengers, many of whom cot-1 t
roburac the account of toe f ill of Pang, H
Tho James Monroe, has tak«;n one or 9
two prixes on her horn-ward bound pw. fj
s-igtybutn no of them of -my value. J
Sht has lik wise been chased several 1 /
times but escaped by superior sailing. * ■
Capt. S. informs that he heard f the 1
arrivah of Messrs. Cla/ and Russell; at I
Gotunburg j and that England had ap. I
pointed commissioners to meet them. I
Nothing «»n the subject of adjustment of I
difficulties between this Country and I
land. (W>‘ are led to believe from he I
intelligence received by the James Mon. ■
roe, that we shtdl not have a peace jud I
now ) t I
Capt. S. has.brought dispatches fr«o I
Mr. Crawford, our minist r in Paris, for
government—also, despatches from the I
French government to Monsieur Sum>l
Captaid S. states, the mails due at I'M
Orient, fail d 6 or 7 days successively; JM
and when they arrived brought the ac<n
count of the fall cf Paris which iccountM
ed for the detention* The presses
had stoppcd---no papers having
sued f>r several days previous to his
ingi&’Oricnt
No treaty had been concluded betwten^My t
France atid Spain, as reported.
- W’l'ork, May 13. a
Latentfrom Oswego— We 'earn v< rbally, frarl.
a passenger who arrived this morning in
steam boat Paragon, from Albany, that ikl
British have evacca cd Oswego; previous ul
which they carried away or destroyed 40 hi
of flour, 200 barrels of whiskey, seven lit? I
and three small pieces of ordmmee, the W
botyer cable for the new ship Superior, burl
ing at Sackett’s Harbor, and burnt one or >#l
public stores. Our garrison in the fort, 4
ring the two first attacks made upon it,
14 men killed, and between 30 and 40
ed ; the loss of the British is supposed
much greater. Lieut. Woolsey, will. (l
Growler,, and two others of the
Sackett’s Harbor, had been at Oswego,
hearing that the British fleet were out, K
mediately sailed with two of the ve»sri> si
reached the Harbor before the British
mad* their appearance. The Growler * as
king in cafmon and military stores at Ow' t
and, not being in a situation to sail, ' vr ‘ f
>V. received information of the sailing <*’l
enemy, he was under the necessity of
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IT ia neither consistent with my feeli n ?l
wishes, to address the public on a matter "
may seem particularly to relate to rr
ft so happens, that in mostcommunUws,
individual may be found, destitute cn l ° u 1
principle, to originate and propagate hd*
for the purpose of doing individual
in such cases it becomes proper for the 8
injured, to obi rude, so far at least
public/ as to place the real truth bcfoi*
The state of society may sometimes
that persons in general, of little or no
quence, by taking upon themselves, u
regard to truth, to make n»C of round
ons and abusive epithets for the purr s 4 ’'J
citing popular indignation against an “-Jl
individual, maydonirnand (£
rious evil. Os this kind of abuse, 1 !
self been an object; though not
having given occasion for the ill Wi °K
my fellow-citizens, yet a man lser«. I Mm
never, 1 believe, been distinguished
good c’ccds, has had the effrontery 10 Iff
the must bare faced falsehoods rci| jC V jI
| fur the purpose of jpdulging the "is •- ■