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AN ACT- ' . -
Fixing: the salary of the paymaster of the army
pf the United Slates, and allowing a sum for
* The pmploymenl of additional clerks ih Ins
v.flicc, for the year one thousand eight !>nn
m tired and fourty, and proving lor the ap-
PU»oiutmciit of assistant district paymasters.
HE it enacted by the Senate and House oj EC’
present afire n of the United State* of Amerjca in
Ctngrfrss assembled, ThatmKeu of the mom i
]y compensation rfbw allowed by law to the
pWflUMtei* of ,\h6 army of thq-UnitatvS tales, lie
shall receive an annual sala.'V oft)WJ thousand
dollars, to ho paid quarter-ycavljNat the trea
sury of the U. Slates, audio on the
first day of January lust; and that in yddilion
to ihc amount already allowed by lav/ tor cui%
hire, in tlu- office ofthe paymaster of thoarmy
of the U. States, tlu*<f shall lie allowed, the
further sum of five thousundfive hundred and
X forty-s'Wort dollars, for Sue purpose of empwy
ingadditional clerks in, arid for Contingent ex
penses of, 1 is office for the present year, to be
paid out of any money in the treasury not, otli-,
erwise appropriated.
Sec- 2. And be Jt further hmeted, That the
President of the U. States be, and he is here
’ by authorized, by and with the advice
sertl of the Senate, to appoint so many assistant
t district paymasters no.t exceeding Uiirty, as the
public servici may, in his opinion require:
Provided, That the president ofthe U. States
shall have power so appoint any officer authori
sed by this act, during tfib recess of the Senate,
lobe submitted to tfceirt for ..then advice and
consent, at tlmlr mist session.*
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That it
shall be the duty of paymaster of the army,
under the direction of the war department, to
make all disbursements of money within that
department to the district paymaster, and to
adjust, state, and exhibit their several accounts
according to such period# as shall he prescribed
for that purpose by till treasury department.
Bco. 4. And be it further enacted, That to
secure the regular-ami punctual payment «f the
troops, the district paymasters shall examine
and transmit to the paymaster of the army the
accounts'and vouchers for all disbursements,
which have been made by them ty the troops of
the army or district where they shall be stalls
oned, as sooi\ as the first payment shall Ifcave
been made, aridaccompany the same with an
estimate for the next payment; which accounts
and estimate! slmll be regularly transmitted,
thjit settlements may be made and competent
funds remitted: Provided also, That tlq; said
district and assistant shall make
payments to the militia in the service of the U.
States, when required by the secretary at war,
or the paymaster of the army., <
Sec. be it further enacted. That the
assistant flistrict paymasters shall receive the
j>ay aad.cmoluments of a captain of infant y and
per
formaiice of their duties in such sutns as shall
be |equired by the paymaster of the army, an
der the direction ofthe war department; and
shall be subject io the rules and articles of war.
| Sec, 7. And be it further enacted. That this
i act shall cpiilinue in force until the terminati
on of the war in which the -United States are
now engaged with the united kingdom of Great
Britain, Ireland and the dependencies thereof,
and for one year thereafter and no lunger.
LANGDON CHEVES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
* E. GERRY, V
Vice-President of the United and Presi
dent of the Senate.
April 18, 18 \A'~~ApJ > roved i
JAMES MADISON.
Authorising a subscription for the laws of the
U. Slates, and for the distribution thereof.
RE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives ofthe United States of America, in
Congress assembled, Thai the Secretary of the
Drpurtmen ‘ of State be, and he is hereby au
thorised m d directed to subscribe, on behalf
of the U. States, for one th uisand copies of the
edition of the laws thereof proposed to be prin
ted and published by John ifioreri and W. John
Duane of the city of Philadelphia, and Rogor
C. Wctghtman of tilt city of Washington, up
on site!) terms as lie may det-tri reasonable, not
exceeding fifteen dollars per copy : .Provided,
That said publication shall contain an edition
ofthe laws ofthe U. States, the declaration of
independence, the articles of confederation, &
the constitution thereof, and the treaties and
conventions made between the United States 8c
foreign nations apd tie It.dim tribes, and that
it shall be comprised in ( four volumes, roya
octavo,, and shall include *the laws passed at the
present session of Congress, and that ail laws
relating entirely to the District of Columbia
shall be cxch dt d therefrom : And provided fur
ther, that the said edition sliall be executed on
a plan, and in a manner that shall be prescri
bed by the secretary of state and the attorney
general of the United States, whose duty it
shall be to direct what acis shall be printed by
title only. And the secretary of state is hereby
authorised and required to appoint a competent
person to prepare said edition for publication,
and to superintend the same under the direction
ot the secretary of state and thq attorney gene,
ral, who for his services shall'be compensated
by the publishers.
Sec. 2. be itfunther enacted. That the
said secretary slndi cause the Said copies ofthe
duS2*l° tlv *kuted as soon usrniay be alter
L- dvuT* on * * n rn: * n,,e * following: one Set shall
the vicfe d l ?. Ule of the U. States,
Senate an.'^V.* I** 1 ** t 0 each member ofthe
shall he dt}. I,ous ? Representatives ; six sets
•uideiAlc^ ,Terct t 0 the s, ‘fretary of the Seriate
ReDPefenl 1 -’” 86,510 tUe Ulcrk us t,le of
or use Sa houses re
if the iudfih (me set sk4 * delivery! to each
'SrredTtdm of l *J? Su P!? mc court, and clerk
courts *iu»«r ck °^ tke .lodges of the district
Jtto. ne\s n fi ) eJlch of the marshals, clerks and
'lhw-ed to t Mr ict ; onfcHet shall fie de
- -ap secretary of state, to the secretary
r *
'•t iss ■ '■* \ .j >
ofthe TjllsttWlo the stcretvy of War, M
the Navy, to the
nerak to the Director of the Mint, to the Comp
troller, Auditor, and Register of the Treasury,
to the Treasurer, to the Accountants of the
War and Navy Departments, to the 1
ter General and to the two assistant lo » u * „ ‘
ter Generals, to the Commissioner ot the lie- (
venue, and to the Commi«onej' of the Genera.
Gaud-Office each ; two sets shall be, delivered
to the legislatures of the several-states and ter
ritories respectively ; one be peuveren
to each of ilV** governors of the several mc
ecritories aid one se 8 id be each
of the judges of the com sin the several states
it territories: and the rasi.dpe of said subscript!
on shall remain at the future disposal of Con
gress.' ,
Sec. 3, ■And be it father enacted. That in
case of the death,-resignation f ol- dyjtriissiehi
from office «f either of the officers before men
libncd, excepting the President and Vice-Pre
sident of the United States, the members of
the Senate and House ,61’ Representatives* afid
the Judgcfcof thk Supreme and District Courts*
tlie said copies of the laws delivered to them,
as aforesaid, slialkbelong to, arid be delivered
up to their respective successors in the said
offices. - . ♦ >
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the
acts passed at each succeeding session of Con
gress, including future trbaties, shall be prin
ted in a form correspondinjywitb the said -edi
tion, aTd shall be distributed in the same man
ner as heretofore by law directed.
f LANGDON. CHEVES.
Speaker 6f the Himse of Representatives.
, - E. GERRY,
Vice-President of the United, State 's, and Presi
dent of the Senate.
April 18, 1814—Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT p:-
Supplementary to an act entitled “Art act for
ascertaing the titles and claims to lands in that
part of Lousiana which lies east of the river
Mississippi and island of New-Orleans.’* i ,
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That the time for delivering
I notices and evidences of claims to lands as re
■i quired by the act to which this is a supplement,
be, and the same hereby is extended until the
first day of September next.
sec. 2. And be itfiirtber enacted, That it shall
; be the duty of the commissioners appointed under
| the act aforesaid, to receive such evidences as to
1 them may be offered in support of any claims
which may not be embraced by said act, and to
report the sairic, together with those referred, to
ih the first section of ihis act, on or before the
first day of November next, to the commission
er of the general land office, tg he by him laid
befor Congress at their next session,
r sac. 3. And be it further enacted. That the
commissioner for the district east of Pearl river
J and west of Perdido, be, and he is beteby
authorised and required to receive and make re-
Speaker of the House of
JOHN GILLARD, V
President of the Senate pro tempore.
April 18 f 1814—-Approved,
r James madison.
an act .
Authorising the purchase Os vesstls captured oii
Lake Erie,
£b it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled. That the President ofthe United
Statps be, and he is hereby to cause to be purcha
. «cd the British vessels wh-ch were captured on
Lake Erie, by the American squadron, on the
tenth of September, in the year one thousand
eight hundred ?nd thirteen ; and the sum of two
hundred and fifty.five thousand dollars, in pay
ment for the said vessels, shall be distributed as
prize money amopg the captors<mr theirs heirs
sec. 2. And be it further enact-.d. That for car
• tying into effect this act a sum not exceedingrwo
hundred and fifty.five thousand dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of
*" thC trea:>ur y not otherwise appro.
sec. .3 . And be it further enacted, That there
be allowed and paid to Qapt. Oliver H Perry
cm of any money in the treasury not otherwise
adpropnated, in addition to his share of prize
mon. y, as commander of the ship Lawrence
'i'the sum of five thousand dollars. ’
LANGDON CHEVES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
*-£. GERRY,
Vice-President ofthe Unite! Stftes and
. . President of the Senate.
April 18, 1811—Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
FOREIGN NtAvsl
LATEST PROM EUROPE.
By the Gen. Armstrong Privateer, capt. Champfin
arrived at New. York.
[London dates to May 26—10 days later.'}
LONDON, May 18. as >
Two Bremen mads arrived this morning. Gen.
.Gerrard has taken the command of Davoust’s ar
my ; Davoust has been dismissed and ordered
forthwith to Paris. Qn relinquishing the
mand, he pushed an Owler ofthe ofy. pra.sil
highly h s success rjuid the conduct of the army
en? C, T^ AVAL , r JF vi ew—Not less than
ou sail of the line, it is said, arc ordered to ren
Uezvous at Spithead by the 4th erf next montri,
in order to form a naval spectacle worthy cl the
maritime power that so pre-eminently d.stinvuish
ee the British isles. It iS£o#e composed of two
disunct lines of battle, each accompanied with
vess. Is of inferior force, fire-ships, Bic in order
that the scene maiy convey to the Royal Foreign
ers, who will be present, a correct idea of a na
val action, which will be represented with all its
as nearly as can possibly be
- . St ‘Ja n 2 €S ’ ra r k is to b . e lh€ scene of the most
iprendid fireworks, and other sfijoicings, at the
ensuing celebration o! a gencTal peace. The
brwaS UOnSf ° r,hispUrpOSC nFC alread >' S oin g
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%r, v gl—M Lnckn Tortapirte, who left Ins b
sci in Woscesterehire jn the early pari cf the w
week r with the permission of the■ Bniisbghvem- c
merit to proceed to Uoniq,b.nded at Rotterdam
on Wednesday last.' j* • <*<%*** "•«
Eocene Beauharnois hasbee* created a M*r- «
shalof France* and the King is said-to have as 0
sured him, that he hoped for peace, Uit thit it
'occasion required be would employ him with 1
great confidence. . . ?
It was veiy strongly reported on Change thaj
it is the fixed determination of our government,
not iq suffer the to fish upon the banks. s
of Newfoundland, and that no American ves- _
set wll; be permitted to pass the Cape of Good ‘
Hope, so that the whpl'e of the China trade will
be taken from them. * t !
The French prisoners at Normah cross to the
am punt of 4000 and upwards, continue to be ve- ’
ry refractory, and percmiorily xefuse to acknow- |
ledge the new goVernmhUft of Frtnce
An account from Kinsale, mentions thearn- *
vilat that port qf the ship Joseph, capt. BensOn j
i from Bayonne, which place she left on Thursday
last, on the mottling' of that day Sir John Hope
had embarked for England >
His Grace the Duke of Wellington is appom
ted ambassador 10 the court oi Paris. His ac
ceptanCe of the appointment has been received.
He will returh from Madrid by the way of pas
sage >o Portsmouth,, and will receive hisinsUjtyc
tions for he definite treat/jin London.
T'l.e expedition td America is upon a madi lar
ger stale than it was originally imagined, it is •
said it will be placed under a Lieutenant-General
not yet named, although it is supposed to be in
trusted to Hill, Sir Henry-Clinton, Major-'
Gens. Barnes, Robinson, Kempt, and several
others are included in the arrangement. It will
be composed of the 14 h dragoons, a detachment
of artillery, the 3d, 4th, sth,’ 9rh, 39th,
88th, and several other regiments, comprising
the elite of the army, at present under the com
maud of the Duke of-Wellington.
Lord Hill, it,is said, will command the eXpe- i
dition t 6 America v
The 14th light dragoons are under orders for
Artiterica. Lord Harcourt’s fine regiment, the
ifith, expects a similar order, they have al
ways been brigaded together,
Jerome Bonaparte’s second wife, who is daugh
to the King of Wirtemburgh, is gone to Swit
zerland, determined to follow the fortunes of her*
husband. ■
Mai/ 22—The Duke Os Clarence lyft town
yesterday for Deal The hon. capt. Blackwood
is appointed captain of the fleet under. thS
orders> f his. Royal Highness Capt. is
' appointee! to the command of the Impregnable
93, onboard the Duke of Clarence is
to hoist his flag for the naval review stt Spit
head. >'
It is said that not more than three regiments of
cavalry will be disbanded, and two of them are
at present in the East indies.
The garrison and veterah battalions, the 2d
batt of the 96th (the*highest numbered i-dbatt )
and a few ether skeleton baits, are jo be reduced
on the-24th June. Tfot any of the militia before
the 24th July, and ttfen only a fdw regiments
*)<« tafee than' .hatt.s. wjll
and, probably not before thr sSdi
next It is understood that the half pay is to
be iiicreased one third.
A committee of the Uppc r House is, we un
derstand, about to be formed to consider of the
present depressed state of agriculture in the three
kingdoms ,>>■\
. The Gazette of last nightcontainsa proclama
tion, by his R. H. the Prince Regent, declaring
the cessation of hostilities between this country
and France, by sea and land, in virtue of the
convention concluded at Paris on the 23d ult.and
ratified on the 2d inst.
The new ship of the line, the Nelson, the larg
est and finest vessel ever known in the navy, is
now completed at Woolwich and the launch of
her is reserved as an interesting Spectacle for the
illustrious Sovereigns who are about to visit this
Island.
May 24—Disagreements it is asserted, still
subsist between Ferdinand VII aiufthe Cortes
ot Spain. It would be a lumen table thing if a
civil war should break out in that country;
The nobles we observe, are looking around the
King; the Cortes have placed Gen. Lacy at the
head of the troops which they keep around
them. T ■ r~
Bonaparte upon his arrival on this Isle of El
ba, published some curious documents. They
are in his usual stile. He selected the Isle for
his residence, “ in consequence of the mildness
ot the manners of the people and the climate,”
so congenial t« his own!! The Prefect desires
I he inhabitants to sing songs of ioy and tri
unsh ! and the Vicar General of the Isle de
dares tHat-the island will become more illus
trious from possessing a Prince of such immor
tal tame.
Sorpe American papers readied town yester
day, containing the President’s Message, re
commending the repeal of the Embargo and
Non Importation Laws. The House of Kepre
sentauves are stated to have passad the Repeal ■
Bill on the 7th ult. by a very great? majority, .
and n was expected to pass the Senate in a 1
day or two afterwards, to nearly an unanimous i
vote. ,
According to advices from Altona, the Bank
ot Hamburgh has bee% altogether drained. The
merchants of that unfortunate city are search
ingforthc means of partially re-establishing
this institution* heretofore so much respected 1
and on which, as it is well known, all the com
merce of Hamburgh turned.
In the House ot Commons on Monday, a num
ber of Petitions were presented against any al.
teratmn in the Corn Laws. The Bill for allow
ing Exportation was however, carried after «
some discussion, upon a division of 170 to 27. 1
—The Apprentice Bill was postponed to the 1
oth of June. Mr. Whitbread brought forward I
lus motion respecting the confinement of De
Bercnger, which was lost by a division of 157
to
Paris, May 18.
We are assured that Bonaparte on his arrival
in the isle of Elba, appointed General Bertrand
minister ot the interior, his other ministers are *
not yet known, ; -*•
'I he word peace has something in it so agree- <
ab,e, so attractive, and so new to us, that we
cannot avoid mentioning the reports which have
■ '■'? i •• jBI; >-■
>een in jtfrculation for soi% d -yr. p-st, Uiou-h
»;c Cannot undertake Co Wamuit.ilieip ■.tniheuu.
;iiy. it wg may believe tour polls icians,' v,J
ib#U soon see our former relations recor d
svitji St. Domhigb, M antique, our
inisiajthe Antilles, and on the coasts of”
Commandi 1 • ; *■/
Ou,r territory, taking trance as she was S:a
Dio first of Jtjfne, 179.., wji[ obtain an
of population Avhen the definitive Treaty (
have been signed.
There will be no contribution for the esocn.
ses of the prisoners of war.
The French army wdl-consist of 230,000 tae a
Including the Household yf the king, W (iich
will ng| exceed 30,000. Several other an «!,k.
meats will soon it is said, be known, unk»
tße--high contracting parlies determine tU
they shall nofbe made public till after s.guii*
the definitive treaty* which will take pi:.,*
London. At any rate what is already ki.ow.,
of the terms of*6his treaty Ik,a produced a -real
sensation among ail classes and' had a remarks,
ble influence on the public funds.—yj,
Paris, Jtny 18.
According to the latest accounts from
Pope, accompanied by the Sacred Gollrra
was to make his solemn entry lulu Home cViii#
lOlli of this month.
Tr;i;.\, May 10,
The Austrian Count Ifcjj.
na, who is now hert, has published a tleckr...
■ f licn in the napiepf the Allied powers, dated
Palriisi the 35iHofApril, and addressed to ti.,-.
subjects inf the coot*ftent*J states of U.e kinp u f
Sardinia, informing them that they shout
to return under the dominion of that aupust
family, which for so many ages had const hsi,
ted their glory and theyr happiness j and tliaf
in Virtue of a convention concluded with
the Austrian troops are about to lake
of all chat country in die name of the lawful
sovereign, Victor Emanuel. Till the arrival
of his Sardinian Majesty, his States will bead,
ministered by a’military,.governor charged with
thejr defence, and by a civil governor,
by a coucil of Regency By the same declan.
lion; tfie Cjiuit de Bnbna is named military
governor, and the Count de St. s Mamn, civil
governor. The council of Regency is comco.
sect of six members.
m
Pahis, May 19,
The peace is signed, such at least is the uni,
veilal assertion; and every one pretends to have
received Ills information from an authentic
source. It Iras not yet been published, it is aiU
ded, because the ratification of the Regent of
England is watted for. The following, accord,
ing to report, are the principal conditions of a
treaty* which must constitute the‘happiness of
lotions :-~Guadalotipc, Martinique; ami St,
Domingo, to be restored to France, who will
also recover ’hcloTe of France, and have two
factories ton -the Malabar and Coromandel coasts
one half of the ships and artillery in fortresses
now occupied by the Allied armies, to be res
tored to her; a part of Belgium to remain hers
together with all tjie districts enclosed within
hep teiagtory. such us MulhaUseii, the ConUi,
1
ordinary no picture, ear any mfi.
umc-Jit of the arts, will be removed.
AVe are assured that his majesty has nomina.
ted the members ot the commission, who re
to discuss the plan of a constitution. Their
names are, Messrs. Fi rrand, D’Ambray, aid
M-.nusqnieud.
DOMESTIC.
*— -o__—
FROM TUE BOSTON PALADIUM,
CAPTURE OF EASTPORT.
A
Extract 'of « letter ftqm Bucks own, to a gentlemen
if. this town, dated July 11.
“ I have this moment received news that East
pdrt was taken ;he llth hist 6 PM. without
resistance The English are expected to raott
along the coaa t^^yfestvvardly. ,,
A MORE PARTICULAR ACCOUNT,
A gentleman who arrived in town on Saturday
evemng, has communicated the follov'ing parti
culars respecting the capture of Eastport, by the
British :~
TKat on Moiiday. tbe-llih inst, about 5 P. M.
he was in the ferry boar, passing from Lubeckto
Eastport; that when within about one mile of the
harbor of Eastport, he discovered 7 sail of arm
ed vessels, (6 ,hips and a brig,) 2 of them frig
ates, 'fhe rest smaller vessels, just anchoring',
some of them abrest of Eastport, and some off
Indian-Island : that afrer hauling their sails, a
barge, bearing a flag of truce, was dispatched
from one of the frigates to the shore, which went
alongside the whtirf. near the Custom-house, that
about half an hour after thelbarge returned, and
the Apierlcan flag was struck at the Fort; that
shortly after 15 barges, full of men, were sent
Jffom the ships to the shore, and soon after lanc
ing the Bri ish flag was hoisted on the Fort; that
not a gun was fired on either side, and it appear
that it was surrendered Without opposition ; that
ste ferry boat then returned to Lubeck, and da
ring his stay (until the next morning) no person
had any communication with, nor was any infor
mation received from Eastpwt, although the die ■
tance is only about 3 miles; that he was at Jones
borough on Tuesday, 2 soldiers, who informec
him that they with 6 others, had made their es
cape from Eastport;, that the officer who had
landed in the barge, bearing the flag, demur.dec
of the commanding officer of the Fort to stirrer
dcr, that he answered, when he surrendered hs
would strike the flag ; that about half past 5, F
M the flag was struck, when these soldiers ite
med ia ely made off,
I was not known who the British ships vrr. ’•
FROM JfqjrjBURYPOV.T, Juki 18.
A letter from Mr- Henry Charlton, dat.i
Hufckston, July 13, to Capt. Barnes oft, '
place, contain aThe following information :-~
*‘Eas|port was taken by the English M
Puestlay. Three ships, two brigs atid a sell#-'
h«r surrounded the island, and - f'.e troops m?.‘
died to the fort id every direction, and tii-t'
hooted English coloi-j». ’ Eight only ofovflT '
plewcapt d.