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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
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