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to allitr.-’i-A amend Tfe se»ei j| Militia Laws pf
iutijuu.c, jiitTtrfoigjmijthc Cjv airy.
lirfyenateandlltMfy
-a’e ofll.-orgia, in
. lii it enacted b.j the
'ttt'a.tu-j •./tuttime, Tint wlieu any vacancy
•..nil iu;),>ani by death, resignation or uther-
ir.vei pf a.iis®aptali, acvihett any new created
. - i‘.id.riTt shaif rcqiitrer.ffBet's, vuqii ofiicets shall
!»j elected’ by we, citizens liable to bear arms
. wii bill-such contpriydistrict, under me follow-
-Jo;; rules :u.d restrictions.* 'The commanding
oni'ev 'ofthe regiment or battalion, shall give
' at least ion days , public notice of the time and
place ol holding such election | and the elco
lion shall be held under the presidency of two
1 more of the Justices ofthc county such conn
trcrncnls atpl ammunition ir. possession of esc* i
member of iiis company, and shall add tu sue
accoupn the arms, accoutrements and amn-.r.
nitton, in possession of any other person »«
may fall into his .contpany from time to tint,-,
and shall make an exact return of his company
to the commanding udicer of the regiment or
battalion review, tnthe form which he shall
receive from such commanding officer or the
adjutant—which return shall be filed, ready to
be delivered to the inspector as he ihail com-
mencc the inspection of each company. -
Sec. -. And be it further enacted, That at all
courts oi enquiry, and courts martial, as point
ed out by the militia law oi this state, the offi
cers 1 present, who maybe highest in grade, shad
preside—but where there are two or raoie of
the same grade, the senior officer shall preside;
and that ail commissioned or breveted officers,
shall be emitted to sit on regimental and baual-
. lion courts of enquiry. V*
pany may be in, togethei with two free hold- ! Sec. J. And be it further enacted, That on the
ers belonging to said district, or a majority of brigade inspectors producing to the bngadiet
them, who shall receive the ballots of all such general, a certificate h om unde, the hand of the
Citizens of the district, as aforesaid, and make lieutenant colonels, and majors of battallions,
report thereof under their bauds and seals, certifying bis services, as having been well and
Within thirty days, to the commander in chief faithfully performed, it shall be thi'duty of the
for the lime being, of the persons having the brigadier generals, to certify the tame lo the
highest number ol voles, together with a state commander in chief; who is hereiy authoris- j
of the poll: And thecommander in chief shall
within five days after the receipt thereof, corn*
mission the persons so elected ; and'in the in-
- terim. between the term of such election and
receiving their commissions, such officeis shall
be fully authorized to act in ail their functions.
. by brevet, font the Lieutenant Colonel, or in
Cou nies containing but one battalion, from the
major-commandant; upon the officers elected,
procuring b certificate from the persons super*
Intending said election, that he or they had the
>.v highest number of votes at said clcctieu—pro
vided, that slich election is net protested against
by any person having been a candidale. And
where any vacancy shall h»ppcu by death.
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’ice. 16. A ti be it farther enacted, That the
eft. seventh and Ibuilcootlv section of tile
-lilia law, passed on the 23d day of _May,
dQg ||and ail parts of the said acts, thU unit*
agaiust this act, be and the sa.ne are
chair, that the wld motion of Mr. Gardner tvac
not in older,' . 1
Friday, December 23.
The house to-day passed the jnll for employ,
ing an uddttinnai number of seamen- and tu;>
eieby repealed. rines. which passed the committee oltlie whole
dec. XT. And be it further enacted, That the yesieidsy. A message was received from the
etson who hqs cm.tracted to print the laws of President, inclosing tho belligerent decree*
the present session, do priut one thousand against neutral commerce, agreeably to Mr.
copies <>f this act, and deliver them info the ■’ Bniweh’s resolution requesting such Informa*
Executive Department, by the tune spreified .lion. 5,000 copies were urdetcii to be priuted.
tor the delivery of be other laws'; fir which j The house adjuumed over till Monday..
service, he shall receive the same price per j —“»uo—— ^ • j '
sheet, as is allowed him for the laws aforesaid, I u emperor op the two Americas.*^
and that bis excellency be required, to'pay the j Wo foinieriy werts emenatticd with o starf
game.out of the contingent fund ; audit shall 1 that Joseph Bonaparte was to be kingof A-ner*
be the duty ot his excellency the governor, to 1 ica; and ,ve are at present regaled with an
dish Unite the same, agceably to the .number account that Charles the IVtli tvasby Bona-
of miUtia officers, in e tch county within this ' patle to have been made emperor of the two
stale. Uekj amir Wilt taker. Americas. Mlm of plain sense, who are not
- S/ieaker tjf the Htusr of K'fire.en ativet. ' fond of fiction, must see that thete is soute-
Henkt Mitchill. thing extercmely ludicrous in these talcs.—
. President tf Senate. Poor old Charles, whilst amusing himself with
Executive Department, Georgia. the chase at Fqntainblcau, little dreams of these..
Assented to, XTih Dec. 1808. J cui ious stories. What incentive couid it be to
Jared Irvvir, Governor. a man of hra years, to tell hint Unit he should
Secretary of State’s Office, Geo- efo.
h lire.
be king ol countries which lie had never seen,
distant from t'
i,: I certify, that the aforegoing is a true copy ' titer suspect that Bonaparte consulted his iuoli-
s from the origins), deposUed in this office, with nations more, when ho made huh munurcliluuV
e the great seal affixed ’.hereto. ranger or the hunting ground el his presenere-
Hob. Marbury, Stc’ry.
7— w ■■ - rr j -, of the pay master of the regiment; or ;n coun-
stg.ration, pr olhei wise, of any scbaitei it officeis ! ties holding hot one baltallion, into the hands of
the captain or commanding officer of the dis-1 the pay master of such battalion, and shall be
JMb where such vacancy or vacancies shall. appropriated in such manner, as the regimental
s haU give at leas' ten days public no- . or battalion courts of enquiry shall direct; and
ttcc.'of the time and pi .<cc ol holati g sucj, cicc* j fo shall be the duty of the captain or command*
tton, and shall be held and cutidut ted in the i jnjr officer, of each company, annually tu lay a
•a ne manner, as pointed out by this act for the . lair and cor rect return or statement, in writing,
election ol captains; and such officers, when ; of all proceedings had tn such company courts
elected, shall be folly aut housed to act in all j of enquiry, bef.-re the regimental court of en-
their functions, by brovet, undo the same , quit y ; or in counties holding butene battalion,
rules and restrictions, as pom ed out by ibis , before ihe battalion court of enquiry. And in
act for other officeis. And where it shall hap* case of refusal or neglect, of such captains, or
; pen in any company district, that pi t valet neg- " ■
lecl or refuse to" elect any such
which are far distant from the scenes which Im
Aiitlfdgcvillr, XTth Vcc. 1808. loves and the pleasures he delights it) i i ru
ed to pay the same out ol the comtrgem funds, *— ! ' “ ' v- ■■ '
at the rate of two dollars per day, presided such
service does not exceed thirty days hi any one
year.
Sec. 6 And be itjurther enacted. That com-
papy count of enquiry, shall be held on the
uext muster day, after any company muster; to
esnsist of a majority of the commissioned or
breveted officers, of said company, and the de
linquents oi defaulter, shall be notified there
of, by a serjeaut of such company, at least five
days prevents to the meeting of such court, and . . , . . „
that all fines collected by vittue of company ™ acl > entitled an act laying an embargo on all
courts of enquiry, shall be paid into the hands ships and votels in th* ports rod harbo'a of
CONORfoSS.
officcroroffi-
ceis, to the command, it sltuii lie the duty ol
the Keutcuapi-colonel comiuandi .g the regi
ment, to which they belong; or In the coun
ties containing bur one battalion, of the major.
Commandant, to nominate a fit and proper pe
tto . or persons, us the case may require, to take
the command of said company uUtiict, until
such election shall be had. nil the jiersou or
persons elected, arc co mmissioned by the com
mander in chief, or bjeve ed, as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That it
-shall be the duty of the Itrigadier-geneials.
within thirty dtys after receiving information
of a vacancy having occurred tit any regiment,
within their respective brigades,.by death, re
signation, or otherwise of me ueulenam-culo-
nel commandant, to order a new election, and
give the then commanding officer of the regi
ment, at least thirty days nonce, of the time
end place, when and where, such election shall
be held ; who shall advertise the same, at least
yeas and nays, as follows:
Teas— Messis. Anile tun, Condit. Crawford,
Fraukitii Gaiilard Giles. Gtcgg Kt.cheil, Mil .
ledge. Adiichili. .Ylcore. Pope. Uubiuson, Smith, ’
H. V. Smith Md. Smith, (, l eu.) Sumter, fvIJsSS.
Thtuston. Tiffiin, and Tu nei-20.' hn. Ai 't'
Nays—Messis. Gilman, Goruliich, Hill-! , ” , c
coiiKtiuiuling officers of cotnpanics. they shall
be fiaed, at the discretion of such regimental ur
battalion court of enquiry. .
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That all
courts of enquiry, shall be competent to take
cugu’zunce of such offences under this act, as
shall i elate to the fining or imprisonment nf the
person or prisons so charged, whether officers
nr soldiers—and that the (towers of a court mar
tial shall extend solely and exclusively, to tri
als foi disobedience of orders, contempt nf any
decision ot a court of enquiry,' mutiny, deser
tion, ot the encouragement thereof; and to all
such otTcnces as hy the militia law of the United
States, or ai tides’ of war, or the militia law of
his state, requires corporal punishment of sol
diets, or cashiering of (ttficers.
Sec 8. And be it further enacted. That the
troops of cavalty within the several brigade
and divisions shall be arranged inti) one brig
ade, regiments and squadron; and that a regi
ment shall cunsist of wo squadrons, and each
squadron of not less titan two, nor more than five
HOUSE OF REl’K ESENTATIVES.
Tuesday December 30.
as follows—Yeas 49, Nays. 64.
On motion of .ur. Newton, the house resolv
ed itself imoa committee of the whple. Mr.
Basse' in-the chair, on the bill flout the senate ;
twenty days before such elec inn, at the ittos- ! troops,
ter ground, in each captain's district, within | Sec 9. And be it further enacted. That a
such regimental district—A id such vacancy, . brigadier-general, to command the whole, shall
wall be tilled by the commissioned or brevet- ' be ap|x<intcd by the legislature and commu
ted officers, within such regimental dismets. sioneil by the governor; who shall direct such
who will become subject to the comm and of returns to be made to lunt, as are directed to
suen officers whea elected, under ihe follow- be made toother officers of the same rank, and
Ing rules and restrictions—that is to say—any ‘ to each division, there snail be one regiment of
two or more captains, or lieutenants, wi.ltin cavalry; and the'lieutenant colonel, to com-
such regimental district, with iwnor more Jus-. nund the same, shall he appointed by the lc-
' tires ol the county, not being them elves cun- gislantre ahd commissioned by the governor:
d.dates, shall preside at. and superintend such And to each brigade, there shall be one sqttad-
eicctioit and the Said presiding officers, civil ronof cavalt v, and the major to command die
and military, shall within thirty days thereafter, same, shall be elected by all the commissioned
certify under their hands and seals, the person or breveted officers ol cavalry, within such
or persons having the highest number of votes; squadron as »h ill become sul^ect to his com-
whtch. together with the state of the poll, shall mand; and that forty daya notice shall be given
be transmi.icd to the commander in chief, who in one or more of the public gazettes, within
•hall within ten days after such transit,Isson. the militia division, where such election is to
and for duties on other importations ol the same
articles, shall be suspended during die continu
ance of the embargo.
Mr. Newton proposed an amendment to the
bill excepting from its scope those articles Im
ported hy permission (coi.foru.i.bly to the sup
plementary embatgo law) inpayment for debts
due from foreign countries.
Wifence.,' ...
But suppose the emperor of the French had
deluded the hoary monarch with so wild a pro
mise. by what method of reasonidg can the pic-
sent administration be stigmatized ; for it ? If
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, j Napoleon should promise to make marshal
Wednesday, December 31. ! MasschS king of (he sun, ought that to subject
The act to enforce and make more effectual •4*“^ ,0 tho of being under
French bms. or to prove that he could 1 effect it.
Admit, however, that the exposition and
z&zSm ^dThe^et’rjtr^pfo. de,e ^ ?rr u
menu., therero. was real the third lime. 10 >*\ fn . u,n '' “ 1,U ; h '*7 "' nch d ““ bl ^ “ ra
Messrs: Gtle. Inti Pope supper cd. and .ness. a. . '*? c f nu "' •itaxl.e .ransla or has nrade no ttus-
Httlnouse and P.cke.fog opprreed i s passage. «** 1 “obsllluted the : ,o
Ihe debate was con inued.il. about 8eM.a:k 1 Rentas’’ for the tsfianish/iosscstons tnthe two
in Ihe even,r g . when rite quest.on was taken by . ^.'has possessions in both North Sc South,
Amenta, town:
In North-America. In South-Americas
New Mexico, Tena Firma
Fltn idas Peru
Chib, and
Paraguay
.,, ,, a w ..u ’ n : Indeed, her provinces to 1 the northward off
\Vh»;-7 V ' ’ P “- kC, “‘ e ’ “* d . Panama a,idPorto-Bello. are very constdet thro
'* ‘ extensive, tolerably populous.'fertile, ami
super ioi class of inhabitants extremely ur It ly.
T he general idea is that the Spanish p », s-
siont in America, ere all to the south,oi .no
Mr. CnivxRNRKH called fur the order of the ■ isthmus of Darien; it is. howcVer,“a vciy itrcoi -
day, on ihe resunnion offered by hint fi r- the rect one ; fin not only ate the province* consul-
repeal of the embargo, and the question “ will eruble to the n o th of Daueri,but they,were tr k»
the house now resolve nself ttito a committee en possession of under Spanish authority pi ei -
of the whole on the resolution l" was decided . uul iy (hose to the southward r.f it. In the
year Is 19 the Spaniards under tlio conimatrd
nf Fernando Cortc2. undertook the conquest of
Mexic<> in North America, at,d utrhieretl it.
The subjection of Peru, in Smith America u>.
supplcorcntal ro alt act for extending the terms ! der Pizai ro, did not take pi- ce tdl rwcjve.yea,e
ot credit on ihe revenue bonds in ceriaiti case* i afunwarda, in the year ts3t. ' ’
Tnis bill provides, that the payment ol all j At any rale, I do not see bow the affair iietrl
bonds given subsequent to the date of ihe act to t alarm us, any more than Mr.'o un find’s strn-jr
which this is a supplement, for duties on coffee, | aboutd’AIvihntr. w hose nainc, ', fi »m terror pos-
sugar, kc. imported into the United stales, tibly) he seemed afraid to tell to ewigreys on
‘ L ; ‘‘ s late occasion. -I suspect the whole nnsines*
to be a trick ot the British, whu put in dairy
practice an hundred stratage'nrx to dupe tire
people of the United Slates, ft is, in all pre-
babiiity. an invention like the work Called the
Secret History of St. Cloud.”— Monitor.
PtttLADEi.rtuA December 21.
Mr.Newton proposed a new section tothebill, Yesterday arrived, ship Hannah and Atfct,
for refund ng such ofthc ah rvc duties as have i from Htvaus, which (ihe Icf’ nirthe 2d iiutimt,
already been paid into the tr easury, subject to | and infot ms, that about the 23d of. Nuvemljcr,
rc-payment, however, on the same conditions j an armed king’s brig arrived there, from Spain,
as other duties of the same description. j in thirty days, and brought news, which' glarl-
Some desultory discussion took place on this ' dened the hearts of the mhabininfs.soihaulii'io'
amendment, and a morion was tusd* that the , were illuminations, and a jubilee, for three days
committee rise to give ti ne for further conside- J and nights, at Havana. The subs airce oftho
ration of the subject, and carried, and the bill news, as related by esptain Uyntera. as ho
wasTccommiucd to the comniitice of commerce . brought no papets, is, that there had liern a
and manufactures. j great for’tie, at or near Bilboa.in which tho
Wednesday, December 31. I French were completely defeated, and the
Mr. Qr.incey presented* petition from E. whole arn.y the., engaged wererobjiged tosur-
Blake, jun. of Boston, stating, that during the judder at discrenoii; that the Spaniards hud
commission the person or p,.rso is, so elected, be held bv the lieutenant colonel or major, of! su^perrsionof the noii-imprirtaiton law-, he had fall ut on tlicn u or after tlje furrerdcr, and
tlm or otherwise of the map 1 , to order a new 'grade,
election, and give the then co amending officer Sec, 10. And be it further enacted. That the
of the battalion, tit least thirty days r.oticr of commander tn rhref, lie authorised andemprrw-
the time and place, when and where such elec- bred. 1 to call togethet by icgunents or squad-
tl rn shall be held ; who shall give, public no- roiis,ahe cavalry thus organised,once in every
' tiee of the same, at least twenty days before year for the purpose of being inspected, train-
sn:h election, bv advertising the same, at the bd and instiucted by their brigadier general,
mi|rort them. Mr. o also presented a similar ... i-- VloL
petition rrom other me, chanis of Boston. They * uilhort, that ’he conquesloftlre SpaS-
were both referred to the committee of com- i -‘ rd ’ was so complete, that ^sooo met. who
me.ee and manulac.ures , " erc W& "P m B; "" !o r r ’.‘- (t-a.»1om.) were)
Thursday, December33. ]** '”*> French troopsAcf, n, a.ry part of'Spattt.
A message was received from the senate, by A xnrm of the Rights and Wrongs, Paver and
Mr. Otis, who delivered for concurrence, a bill Policy of the' Umted Sfates of America, f (tis it
tiiustcr ground, in each captains d strict, wi'h- oi the adjutant general, for a term not exceed- entitled “ an act to enforce and make mareef- a perfot mince, written by Charles Jared (tiger,
in such bn’talion district ; and srtch sacaraty, ing three days, at anyone meeting i fectual an act entitled •• an act laying an embar- soil, of Philadelphia, in vindication of American
•hall be filled by the commissioned or bretet- Sec. 11. And be it further enacted. That the ; go on all ships and vessels in the porta and bar- principles. Amidst the foreign political Tub-
fed officers, within such battalion district, who cavalry shall retaintheir accusto, ed privileges ' trors of the United States,” and the several acts bish that overwhelms us, wc ought to hail with
will become subject to the command of soch subject nevertheless to the usual duties re-
officer, when elected—and any two or more qui ed of them by the militia law.
captains, or lieutenants within such regimental Sec. 13. Audheil fur her enacted. That h
or ha’talion district, as the case may be, wiilv shall be the duty of the several brigadier gen-
two or more ofthc justices of the county, not erals, to accompany the , adjutant general at
being themselves candidates, shall preside at, the several rcvicwiof inspection within their
and superintend stud election—and the said respective brigades.
presiding officers, civil and military, shall with- bee 13. And be it further enacted, Hat the
in-thirty days thereafter, certily, under their commander in chief, in the annual promuiga-
bands and seals, 'he person or persons having tion of general orders, be empowered to order
the highest number of votes ; which together and direct such measures, as he may deem
with the state of the poll, shall be transmitted best calculated to carry more fully into effect,
to the commander in chief, who shall, within the reqnisions and intentions of the militia
ten dsys after such transmission, commission law of ibis state, and of the United States,
the person or persons, so elected. f Sec. 14. And be it further enacted. That all
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the officers are permitted to srear, lace; and tha
commanding officers of companies, of every the uniform prescribed formerly by the major
description, shall muster their respective com- generals ol this state, shall be the established
? nnies, four times, and not more than six times, uniform of all the general, field, staff, aod con,-
n time of peace, in every year, at such places psny officers of the militia, as aforesaid, cavalry
wi-htn their company district, as mav be most and artillery excepted ; and that the militia a-
convenient to a major! y of each company, and afor esaid be permitted to sirear plain buttons
at such times as shall be ordered by the Com-. See. Is. And be it further enacted. That i
mv-ding officer of such company—and it shall all returns of elections, that may be held £.
he the duty of all commanding officers of com- any field or company officers, that the numbe
parites. at any and everrof'heir company mus- of the regiment trettafim or company district
ten, to ukc an exact account of arms, accou- shall be expressed.
supplementary thereto.” peculiar pleasure the native productions of our
- Mr. Newton, from the committee of com- own citizens, from which alone wc can expect a
mcrce and manufactures, presented, according correct delineation cf views, which are at van
to order, a bill to deprive, in certain cases, vet- once with the inveterate prejudices of Europe*
sels of their American character, and to pre- At such a conjuncture, especially when the iron
vent, under certain disabilities, any citizen of arm of despolism it aiming its deadliest blows
the United States taking a license from any at the cauve of liberty, and threatens to twedp
sovereign power to navigate the ocean, or to from the face of the eat the very vestige of
trade with any other foreign and independet neutral right, 4t becomes- doubly important
power, which was read a first and second rime, that our own native genius should unfold ity
and committed to a committee of the whole energies, to roust the dominion of error, and '
bouse on Monday next. to establish the empire nf truth. Such appear*
Mr. Gardner (of N. Hampshire) proposed to have been the motives of 'Mr. Ingcrsoll,
he following resolution ; who, though young, has drawn copiously en
Resolved, Thai the act laying an embargo on the treasures of knowledge, and has tested by
■11 thips and vessels in the ports and harbors of the experience of otbefs, the penetrating and
he United States, and the several acts supple-. liberal views of his own mind. The. ground
•nentary thereto, be repealed on the first day . assumed hy him is, in our opinion, in general,
>f February next. t correct, and the sentiments such as are svorthjr
On the question that the bouse do now pro- or an independent American. Although tho
‘ ‘ ' ■’ ’ rrret is manifestly written in hisre, ft contains
much valuable matter, and sidy peurtrays tho
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ceed to tske the said proposed resolution into
consideration.
A question of order was moved by Mr John
G Jackson, whether the tame was admissible
conformably with the ttandin, rules and orders
ofthe house. Whereupon,
true policy of this country. T ire enlightener!
pan of the community will not fail to appreci
ate us merit and to took wi'Jt solicitude to the
drveiopement of powers, which open with V
Mr. Speaker decided) ns the opinion ofthe fair a promise—Mt, huclB$enter,