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[BY AUTHORITY.] AN ACT Supplementary to the “ I I making prcvljton f-.r the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the go vernment of France, the payment of Hjuhich has been a fumed by the United Status, by virtue of the Con - Veafi nos the thirtieth day of April , one thunfand tight bundled and three , be tween the United States and the French re pu nice.” BE it enacted by the Senate and ilouft of He prefentatiases of the United. States of dm -rua in Congffs Affemb led, Thar the balance of the appropriation cf three millions fev?n hundred an 1 fifty ihmf.iud dollars, made by tho act to which this is a fupple msnt, which may' remain unexpended on the fhtrfy.firft of December, one thoafanJ eight hundred and fie, ilia 11 not be carried to the credit of the lurplus fund, but (hail tern jin appropriated to the Hiiiie purpose lor which it was originally appropriated, any ad to (he contrary notwithdandingi NATHI. MACON, Speaker <of the House of Representatives, GEO ; CUN lON, I ice- F rest. lent of the U. States, and Prefi* dent of the Senate, Approver!, December 71, i3os. TH : JEFFERSON. AM ACT Ma kiv& an additional appropriation tofup fly die deficiency in the appropriation for the naval service , during the year cue thousand eight hundred and five 4 * - BE it emitted by the Senate and House of Riprcfentiltives of the • United States of Amtnca in Cong refs- affemble.d, That lor fupplving the deficiency in the appropriation lor die naval service, during the year one Ihnuf.md eight hundred and five, the further fa 71 of three hundred arid fifty thou fa nd dol lars, to be paid out of any monies in the trenury, not other wife appropriated, be, and th< lame hereby is appropriated. nat 1 ic. Macon, Speaker of the House of Reprrfentati'Ves. GEO,: CLINTON, Vice- Prejtdi nt of the United States and Pre (ide.it of the Senate. Approved* January aa,'i3o6. TH: JEFFERSON. AN ACT d o provide for lyht h*ufes in h-*ng Ifiand Sound, ami to declare Roxbury, in the fate of Mujfachufetts , to be a port of delivery, BE it toadied by the Senate and House of Rrprtfeutah'iits of the United States of America in Cong refs ojfemblcd , 'That the Secretary the treaftuy (hall be, and he hereby is authorised and required, to caufc two good and fufiicicui light houses to be cretted in Long Illand Sound, one to be placed on Watch Hill Point, in the town of Wcftertj', and ftatc of Rhode Illand, and the other on Sands's or Watch Point, in the • • - town of Norihampftcd, on Long liland, in the Hate of New. York* and to appoint the keepers of the said light houses (under the dirtiiion of the Pre fide nr of the United States) and otherwil’e provide for such light houses at thelHpenfce of the United States j Provided, That fufliient land, for the ac commodation of such light houses, can be obtained at a rcafwnable prjee, and the legif laturc of Rhode Illand and New. York lhall cede die jurifdictiou oVer the fame to the United Stater. And a sum not exceeding fix thousand dollars is hereby appropriated fur the ourpofe of defraying the experice of erefting the said light houses, to he paid out any monies in the ttcafury m»c otherwise Appropriated. S(ic. 2. And be it further enatted. That It (hall be the duty of the secretary of the treafuiy, to caufc the said light houses so to be confiruckd, that their lights, on being difeovered, may with certainty be diftin. ) guifiied.tfonr thufe of all other light houses heretofore erected in their neighborhood. Sec. 3. And bt it further enulled, That the town or landing place of Roxbury, in the date of Maffachufctts, (hall be a pdn of delivery, to be annexed to the difttid of fioftou and CharWttown, and (hall be fubjcH to the fame fegtuanons and reftriflions, as other ports ofdelivt ry in the United States, N/\THI. MACQN, Speakerof Ihe House of Reprefeu/atl-ves, (MvO: CLINTON, Vice. Frrfidtnt of the United States, and Pre sident oj the Senate. Approved, January it, ISO 6. ■ TH,: JEFFERSON. OLMUTZ, December 3. Ycftcrday a great battle took place be tween the combined and French armies in the vicinity ojthc yillegcs of Schlawpowitz, Kumcrowitz and Chtrnitz, not far from Turas, which lasted till tc-day, and was extremely blood)'. The ilTae Isjftill undeci ded, anti all the accounts received heie rest on mere reports. Our fovtrefs, in the mean time, has been put into a state to ft and a (lege, and the royal family have removed to Tefchcn. The two Emperors are with the army. We wait for more ctrcumftantial particulars. P. S. According to later accounts, the batde has atlnft been decided in favor of the Adrian and Ruffian army with whem the viftorv xcmains, j MORAVIA, December p I In the battle on il<c id the Ruffians* by | the impetuous attack of the French, had loft part of.thtir artilleiy, but to-wards evening general Kuthfow rc-cock the artille ry, and refeued the greater pan of the prif. oners. On the 3d the battle was renewed, and the fortune of arms declared in favor of the combined army, which relumed its position near Aufterlintz, and prepared for a mw an ark on the sth. Viftory or death was the word in the battle, which was one of the most bloody in modern biliary. The Cornell was deci ded by the bayoner and thefabre. The Ruffian guards under the grand Duke Constantine, fought with thegreatell brave, ry j the Aufirian Cavalry likewise concri. bmed greatly to the deci lion of the battle on the 3d* LONDON, December 17. The Hamburgh Mail due on Wcdnefday last, arrived Lit night, and this morning the other three Mails, that were due also, reached the Poll Office. By ihefe mails the important intelligence ha s been received, that the emperor of tha French has rejected the mediation of his Pfuflian M'jsftv ; rhar the latter has taken the field, and his armies are in motion to wards Franconia;—Such is the fubllance of the intelligence from Hamburgh, lr is turfher Hated, that the Duke of Bronfv, ick’s head-quarters have been trans ferred to Gottingen ; that the King, with the garrison of Berlin, gone towards Saxony j and that the PruflLn troops arc, evacuating Hanover* The intelligence from the Archduke Charles is also much mote favourable than we could well hope for, though we had reason to expeft every thing from him, that could be ef&flcd by perfevcrance, coolncfs, and prudence. He has effefted his retreat at the head of 90,000 men, has formed a junction with the Archduke John, arid both are now advancing, by forced marches, for Germany. The accounts d I rest from Italy, do not come later than the 6ih u!t. from Venice* The Ruffians, who were expected from Corfu and Dalmatia, had not yet strived, 1 and were therefore supposed to have failed dircft for Tricft. The fame letter speaks of the retreat of the Archduke Charles—- but it does not embrace circumstances of so late a date as the german accounts of that army. Latest European News. By the Independence, Walker, from GREENOCK. CHARLESTON, February 0. Intertfiing extrail of a letter from Londoft* dated 2 I Ji lBO5, received at New-Turk. , “ This government has granted licences to Neutral Vtifels who take in a proportion of their cargoes inGteat-Britain, to proceed to the Spasiih colonies to the South of the Line, provided the return cargoes arc enga ged to be brougt to this country ; and I have now fevcral expeditions of this nature j under my directions for the account othouf- j es on the continent, who prefer fubjefting themftlvcs to the conditions, minifteis have imposed for the toleration of that trade, to the 1 ilk of detention and its confequcnccs, even in the event of refutation." February j. The fuhftquelit document is pulTJhcd In the Kingston fjavl.j Chronicle, of December 3. St. J ago de la Vega, Nov. 3*l. The tollow'ing is a summary of the irn- ' ports and exports to and from this iftand to the United State;, from the 30th September, 1804, to the 30th September, 1805, a grecahiy to the Naval Officer’s return, pre fcnied to the honorable house of aiboibly cn the 9th i«ft. Total iti American •vessels -40,543 hhds of meal and fkur; 15,451 bags, 5,999 bbls. 2, 161 kegs, of bread; 1,143 tier ces U rice j 1,493 hhds. 10.007 bbis. 735 kegs, *,319 boxes, 93 quintals, ofj fi ib ; 4,195 bbls, beef; 5,642 bbls. pork;) 1,199 urkins of buttei j 606 calks, 28,132 bufliels corn and beans; 6,465,190 feet o lumber; 8,386,060 Haves and heading 3 8,712,660 Ihinglts. | 1 To the United States —469 hhds, 8 7 trs| 79 qrs. sugar ; 2,910 phn>. rum 5 7 calks; mobiles ; 12 bags ginger; 404 hags, 38 calks pimento j 984.582 lb r , coffee. j Total from Kiftgjton- —56,791 hhds, 6,< 370 irs. 2,261 bbls. sugar; 17,870 phns! 922 hhds, 133 bbls.' 167 kegs rum; nj casks molasses ; 773 bags, 160 calks gingej 2,423 calks pimento ; 17,465,040 bis. ccfi fee. To the United States —sB hhds. 3 trs. 1 hbh. fegra ; 14,405 phns. rum ; 321 calks mobiles; 49 bags of ginger ; 15 calk pimento; 6,416 lbs. coffee. Total from out ports —81,115 hhds. 11, 907 trs. 1,428 bbls, of sugar ; 35,341 phns. 406 hhds. rum ; 556 calks of molaf Fes y 1,355 l>a S B 55 calks ginger ; 4,73 bags, 156 calks pimento ; 6,672,353 coffee. Grand T0ta1 —137,904 hhds. 17,97 trs. 8;6o9 bbls of sugar; 53,211 phns, 1, j* B bbds. 133 bbl«. 1 6] kegs of rum; 471 calks of mobiles; 2,138 bags, 315 cases ginger; 7,157 bags, 28* cases ot pi mento; 24,137,393 lbs. of coffee. On inspection ot the imports from the Eritilh colonics during the last year, we think it is n fufficient proof that they are not adequate tnfupply the Wctt-lndies with provifiensand lumber. Brunn, November 13. The following details have been received from his Royal Highness the Archduke Charles : After the impetuous and repeated attacks of General Mafl'cna, in thelatter end of Oc tober, had been refilled with so much per severing courage, and the happiest confc- 1 quences, by the imperial army ; in the night of the firft of November, the French army made their retreat back to Verona, and left us in possession of the field of battle. His Royal Highness the Archduke availed himfelfof this favourable opportunity 10 ex ecute a project, which the lunation of affairs in Germany urgently required 5 & particu lar, as according to all appearances of pro bability, it could be no longer protracted with fafety, and on account of the proximi ty of the enemy, might otherwise have been attended with great loss. His Highness, therefore, commenced his retreat about midnight on the firft of November, every thing being prepared for that event, and continued his march, without any obftaclc to Montcchivs Maggiore. It was rot till the next morning, that the enemy was ap prifid of this movement, when he warmly purlued the Imperial rear guard, but with out rffetf. His Highness has reached the opposite fide of the Piave by cafy marches, and' ts ready to take Inch a position as the situation of affairs in Germany rnuft ncccfia. rily require. , . London, December c. Tne prince of Aueilberg, who took Mu fat's word of honor that preliminaries of peace had been resigned, and who desisted, in coi.fequence, from executing his orders to destroy the bridges, has, we understand, been sent to prison. / December 6. Accounts from Franconia, dated Nov. it), fay—*« Travellers have obfervedabove 5° villages, on the road between Brannau and Lmtz, entirely deferred by their in habitants. Not a living creature could be seen, but the bodies of soldiers were pleilti fully strewed all the way. December 1 i. I he commander in chief of the British troops on the continent, is lieutenant.gene ra. lord Cathcart, who will have the brevet rank ot general in the army. BOSTON, January 6. lets worthy of remark, that the only rt * , Prcfident's rheffage approved by the federalKh are, his obfervationson Spain, iiod the ideapf building a number of 74 pim feips. The firft they know will have a tendency to julfifiy their conjeftures on the 1 ' J eo‘ the Loulfiana purchase, and the lat ter they are equally convinced will serve to I augment the, national debt, without any ad i ar ‘** n £ rom f be measure adopted.— Admtt that we fiiould build fix seventy fours what would they do in opposition to twenty times their force, brought against them by the British ? The fedcrtHifts know the futi lity of our navy oppofitwr., and therefore recommend it ; they aifbkhow the flrtngtb of oor commercial oppoMon, and therefore oppose it. The fame papers which urge the building of (hips, are constantly reprobating the idea of'oppofition in the way of nqn.iru tercomfe, See. Such conduct an the pa« of the federalifls, is consistent with their original plans., to weaken the United States and {Lengthen Britain. J’fwe feeuld build the (hips, and they'fhonld be captured, the advantage is greatly on the fide of Eng land, for we incrcafc our public debt, while the British are {Lengthened by the acqujfi tion* But if we adopt commercial measures, of non-intereburfe, embargo and canfifeatt. 00, the benefit is on our fide in the firft instance, and inftcad of (having oer resources converted to the augmentation of the British navy, they would operate,to the immediate dill refs of ’the roctchanisrand manufacturers of England. It appears that a sum is appropriated to the purpofc of 74 gun ships ; it is hoped the Republicans in Congrcfs will not be deceiv ed by this fecctal project. The loud found, ingforct ttf j 4 guns may be pleasing ro England as a maritime nation , but mult he the woril policy to the United States as a commercial one, Britain and America ate as opposite as the poles in their phyfieal {Length. It is asabfurdfor the latter to place themfclves on the security of a few ships of the line, as it would be for the for mer to fny we ftiould not import any’more •f their manufactures. We are as (Long on the latter point as they are on the former, and a contest on this ground would ulti mately decide the energies of the rafpeitive nations. FREDERICKSBURG, January 20. OUTRAGE. We ufsdcrftand that the mail stage be tween this place and Alexandria was rob- bed cr. Saturday night last about a mi! c t e yond Falmouth, I bis dating outrage I effsdied by taking from among the bagga» c that was tied behind the llage, two belonging to two Frenchmen that were fengers, which they said contained abo u J 2000 dollars, principally in bank notes. We fincerdy hope that the perpetrators ct this henious offence may be difeovered, and a proper example made of them ic do av/av atrccites of a similar nature, RALEIGH, Feb. 3. A New. York print fays' the expedition under Sydney Smith against Boulogne had“ proved utterly abortive, that the largeit veilcis were in imminent danger of going afnore, and the (mailer vcffels rolling gon, whale to ; and that alter much difficulty and danger, the expedition had returned to the Downs. ExtraSl of a titter front a Member of Con~ grefs to the Editor of the Virginia Argus, dated fan. 21. ft 1 enclose a bill brought in by Mr, fl Wright of the Senate. It willferve to (hew the temper of fame of the members of Con gress, “ I have good reason to believe, that the government of Great Britain is deter mined to use every means in its power, to embarral's, and if poffihle to cru(h the com merce ot the United States." In SENATE of the UNITED STATES, January 20, 1806. Agreeably to notice given on rhe 16th inst, Mr. Wright afced and obtained leave to bring In the following bill, which was read and paiTcd to a fecund reading ; A bdl fr the protection and iftdemntfication of Amer ican. Sea Men. Whereas, by the treaty of amity, com merce and navigation, made between his Britannic Majcfty and tho U. States at London, on rhe 19th day of November, one thoitfand seven hundred and ninety.four, by the firft article of said treaty, it is a greed, “ That there (hall be 3 firm, inviola ble and univerfa! peace, and a true and lin ccre friendfhtp between his Britannic Majcfty his heirs and successors, and the United States of America ; and between their re fpeftive countries, territories, cities, towns, and people of every degree, without excep tion of persons cr places." And whereas, in dired violation of said treaty, his Britan nic Majcfty has caused to be iropreffed out of the (hips of the Uuited States, failing on the high seas, divers citizens of said United States; and has compelled them to serve On board the (hips of war of his said Britan nic Majcfty, in violation of their liberty, and at the hazatd hf their lives j and in def. pite of the remonstrances of the government ot the said United States, continues said un just practice ; and the fenmen of the United States so imprdfed, by force, retains in hia service. And whereas, the United Stares arefolemnly bound to protect all those vrho are bound in allegiance to said United States:—’Therefore, Be It enabled, by the Senate and House of Bveprefentativcs of the Uuited States of America, in Cong refs assembled, That from and after the v day of next, any person or persons, who (ball iinprefs any seaman on board any v.cfftl bearing the flag jof the United States, upon the high seas, or in any river, haver, bafon, or bay, under pretext or color of a com mifiion from any foreign power, (hall for every fitch offence be adjudged a pirate anti felon ; and cn conviction (hall fuffer death. And the trial in any such case may be had where the offender is apprehended or may be firll brought. Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That it shall be lawful for any American seaman, failing under the flag of the United States, on any person or persons attempting to i:n prefs him by force from cn hoard any vcffel ot the United States, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, bafor, or bay, to re pel such force by (booting, or otherwise killing and destroying the person or persons so attempting to imprtfs him, and (hall, as an encouragement to resist, be emitted to a bounty of two hundred dollars, to be paid to him or his order, or legal representatives, out of any money in’ the.trecfury, not other wise appropriated. ’ .jt -•'< s Sec. 3. A\ d be it further enabled, That on information being given to the President of the United States, proving fatisfaftorily to him, that any citizen of the United States, who (hall have been imprefled' or forced by violence or threats to enter »n board any foreign vtffd, (hall fuffer death, or any other corporal puniihmcnt by ths authority of such foreign power; it (hall be lawful for the President of the United States, to eaufc the meft rigorous and exaft retalia tion on any fubjefts of that government* whom he is hereby authorifed to seize and take for that pur pole. Sec, 4. And be it further enabled , That every American seaman, heretofore ct hereafter imp re (lid ard compelled to serve cn board any foreign (hip or vcffel, (hall b® entitled to receive an indemnification tor ms slavery and hardflttps on board the (hip in which he has been, cr (hall be compelled to serve, from the day of his impressment, tha fur# ot sixty dollars per month, for every \
