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RECORDER.
VOL. IV.
MILLEDGEVIU'Ej GEORGIA, TUESDAY, A1‘R1L 29, 1823.
No. 12,
PUni.lSHF.U WEEKLY,
i,ys. cni.vTLi.vut,- n..\(. orme,
^On llimeock st. between Wayne t Jefferson,)
DOLLARS, I* ADVANCE, or roca
1,01,LARA AT TUK EIVIRATION or THE
TEA*-
II f Adrarlisiitnents eonsplcumidy inserted
,t the cuitomary rates. ' Letters on business,
,1! ca*es, inuil be rest fait,.
],UVS OF THE UNITED STATES.
[BY AUTHORITY’.]
AS ACT to nuthorize the building of licht
houses. Ii» r ht vessels, and beacons, therein
mentioned, and for other purposes.
IU it enacted by the Smote and House of
Jleprtst niatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled. That the Sucre*
r.iry of the Treasury be, Si he hereby is, em
powered to provide, by contract, for build
ing light houses and lixht v essels, erec ting
beacons, and placing buoys, on the follovv-
• lg sites or shoal-*, to wit: A light house on
Ihker’a Island, near Mount Desert, in the
State of Maine; one on Menamoy Point, in
the state of Massachusetts; a light house on
Goat Island, in the state of Hhode Id and ; a
light vessel, not to lie under two hundred
and fifty tons, on Cape HaUeras, in North
Carolina ; a light house on Capa Romain,
in the state of Soutli Carolina; alight house
at or rear the entrance of the harbor of
Pensacola, for that part of tlie territory
Vn»mn as \Ve«t Florida : a light house near
Fort Gratiot, in Michigan territory ; a bea
con on Hadroll’s Point, in the state of booth
Carolina ; two light vessel* to be placed in
the r*.y of D«.irt»’»ufo, ill*- OUe at «•» ti«:<tr the
Drandyvvine Shoal, and the other at or n.-nr
llienhoal called the I pper Middle ; k, also,
to agree for the salaries, wages, or hire, of
the persons to be appointed by the Presi
dent of the United States, for thn superin
tendence of the same : Provided, That no
moneys shall be expended in erecting such
light houses, until the jurisdiction to such
portions of land as the President of the Uni
ted Slates ahull select as tho sites of the
name, respectively, shall he ceded to, and
the property thereof vested in, the Uuited
States.
Sec. C. And be it furthrr enacted, That
♦ litre lie appropriated, out of any money in
•flic Treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
the following Minis of money, to wit: for
building the 1'glit bousu on K.iker’s Island,
two I'aousand live, hundred dollar* ; for one
on Monamoy Point, three thousand dollars;
for one on Goal Island, two thousand five
hundred dollar* ; for an additional sum to
complete the light vessel authorized to be
built, by an act, entitled “ An act to author
ize, the* building light houses therein men
tioned, and for other purposes,” passed the
seventh day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty two, for the slate of
New York, five thousand dollars; for nn
additional sum to complete the light house
on Oldfield Point, in tlte same state, one
thousand five hundred dollars : for nn nddi
AN ACT making the gold Coins of Grrit Bri
tain, France, P-^ugal, mid Spain, receiva
ble in payments on arc unit of Public Lands
He it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Ihiited States of Amn-
iea in Congress assembled, That, from and
after the passage of this act, the following
gold coins shall be received in all payments
on account of public lands, at the se.v eral and
respective rates following, and not otherwise,
viz: the gold coins of Great Britain and Por
tugal, of their present standard, at the rate
of one hundred cents for every twenty-seven
grains, or eighty eight cent* and eight-ninth*
p**r punny weight: the gold coins of France,
of their present standard, at the rate of one
hundred cents for every twenty seven and a
half grains, or eighty-seven and a aunrter
cents per pennyweight: and the gold coins
of Spain, of their present standard, at the
rate of one hundred cents for every twenty-
eight and a half grains, or eighty-four cents
per psuxiy weight.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury, to cause unsays ofthefoieign coins
to b« made at the Mint of the U. Slates, at
least once in every year—and to make report
of the result thereof to Congress.
Washington: .Approved, March 9, 1823.
AN ACT for clearing, repairing, and improving
certain Roads, for th** purpose of facilitating
the I reimportation nf Hip United States’ Mail
He it en tettd by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the Presi
dent of the United States be, and he hereby
is, authorized, to cause to be cleared, repair
ed, and improved, the United States* Mail
Road from Nashville, in the state of Ten
nessee, to Nevv-Orlean?, in the state of Lou
isiana— Provided, He shall not expend more
than seven thousand nine hundred and twen
ty dollars, in clearing, repairing, and improv
ing the same, and that the said sum shall he
expended on that part of the road which
may lie within the territory occupied by the
' hC,r t,Ur " 0t *** ! 'll,'H enacted h ; , ",C S
Represi niatives of the United States ofAmtr
said fines, ‘hall be paid by them, respective
ly, to the Treasviieruf aaid State.
Sec. 3. And hr it farther enacted. That the
said fine* shall be recovered, by tbe Viis)
state, under such regulation*, provisions, and
restrictions, as shall be prescribed by the
Legislature thereof: Provided. That iffh«
provisions nf this act are accepted by the
State of Virginia, that state shall indemnify
the United States against any charge or
charges whirli has already accrued, or which
may hereafter he made, in conacqiirnrP of
the assessment ana collection of said fne*.
Washington: Approved, March 3, I8J3.
AN ACT for the ejection of a Monument over
the tomhot Llbridge Gerry, late Vice ?rcsi
dent of the United States.
He ii enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States <f Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That the Super
intendent of the Public Building-* be, and he
hereby in, directed to canoe to fo.- erertt d.
in the burial ground of the City of Washing
ton, n neat ami appropriate Monument,
over the tomb of P.lhridgc Gerry, late. Vico
President of the United Slates, who died at
Washington, November twenty-third, one
thousand eight hundred and fourteen, with 1
suitable inscription on the °ami\ slating the
name, station, age, aad time of death, of tliu
deceased.
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That a
sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars,
he, and the same is hereby, appropriated, which the
fur the payment of the co*t thereof, from
any money in the Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated.
Washington: Approved, March S, 1823.
AN A r T providing for the rirr.ution of the ti
tie. h land in that part of llm Slate of Louiti
ina‘itvated between the Itio Hondo and the
Sabine-iver.
Re it merit l hy the Senate and those of Re-
p*rst ntiUun of the t'nited States of America in
Congress assembled, That nil that tract of coun
try situate.! Itciwi-en the Itio Hondo and Sa-
bine river, wiilmi (he State of Louisiana, and
previously to the Treaty of the twenty-second
of February, one thousand right hundred and
nineteen,helween the United -Mates and Spain.
< ailed tin in-iilral Territory, be. and the same
i* hereby, ai'aclo-d to the PiHrict south of Bed
river ; md the Register aad Receiver of the
Land Office, in said District, are i c.piired to re
ceive and record nil written evidences of claim
to land in snij iract of country, derived D on.
ami issicd by, ilic Spanish Government of Tet-
aj pri#r to the twentieth dav of December,
one thousand eight hundred and three, nee r-
ding (a the regulation-, as to the granting of
la«J«, the laws And ordinance* t.f dd gevein-
rrent, and to receive and record all evi fences
of eldi n, (mended on occupation, habitation.
changed by Md**eqrrrt law* of the t inted
Suites Provided, That alj such public lands,
embraced within the district created by this
art, which -hall have been offered f«*r -ale to
the higbeft bidder, at Detroit, pursuant to any
proclamation of the President of the t’nbed
Slates, and which Finds remain unsold at the
taking effect of this act, shall be subjert to he
entered and sold at private sale by the Register
of the Land Office, hereby created, in the .-arne
manner, and‘object to the same terms, and
upon like conditions, ns the sale* < f -aid lojid*
Would have been subjected to in the land office
ut Detroit had they remained attached to that
office.
Sec 4 And be it further enacted, That this
act shall take effect, and he in force, from and
alter the first day of May nest ensuing the pas
sage thereof.
Washington : Approved March 3d, 1823.
AN ACT further to prolong the continuance
of I tie Mint at Philadelphia.
Rr it marled by the Senate and House ff Re
presentatives of the United States ofAmtucuin
cultivation, designating particularly the j Congress assembled, That the net, enttdad
time and manner in which each tin t was oc- i act concerning the Mint," approved March the
copied, inhabited, or cduvated, prior to, amt j third# one thousand eight huudud and one, is
on the twenty--econl F bruary, ei»:h > etii bun* hereby revived, and continued in force and
dred and nineteen, 'to ! Pie continuance there- j operation, for the further term of five )ears,
of subsequent t th 'nne. vei'h the extent ol j from the fourth day of March next
improvement on eac
record such evident
touching the pcrfoi :i
quired to be perl irn;
grant, concession, i
i/a J to r
AN ACT to continue in force an art, entitled
“ An art refoilatiog the currency within the
United States, of the gold coins of Great
Ihitain, France, Portugul, and Spain, and
the crowns of France and five franc pieces,"
passed on the twenty-ninth day of April, one
lliouoand eight hundred and si*teen, xp far
a? the same relates to the crown* of fraucc
ability
ceive and
may be produced.
Of the conditions re
any holder of any
?, or order of surv ey,
• f claim, and on
claim may have de-
nent from which it
and record all
•blaming or issuing the
irn dums, and of llitirabau
■ govern
Washington: Approved, March 3, 1823.
AN ACT respecting stamps.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress asscmlled, That, whenever
any person or persons shall pay to the Se
cretary of the Treasury, the duty chargeable
by the act, entitled “ An act to establish a
general atarnp office,” passed on the. twenty-
third day of April, in the year one thousand
ight hundred, on any deed, instrument, or
ivtitmg, on which the said stamp duty
chargeable by law shall not have been paid,
together with the further sum often dollars,
and shall obtain a certificate thereof from the
Secretary of the Treasury, such deed, in
strument, or writing, shall hr, t« all intents
sill! purp-. ., . J / ; ;i .... ;r 1
the same bad been, or were stumped, coun
ter stamped, nr marked, ns by said law re
quired—any thing, in any art, to tbe contra
ry, notwithstanding.
Sec 2. And he it further emaettd. That this
act shall be, and continue, in force, for the
term of one year from the passage thereof,
and no longer.
Washington: Approved, March 3, 1823.
AN ACT extending the lime for issuing and In-
eating Military Lurid Warrants In Officers and
Soldier* of the Revolutionary Army.
He it enacted ly the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Statu of Ame
rica tn Congress assembled. That the time
'* »>»l “> co.npktc n li.wrr hr the ligW (j , tllr s ,. 0 ,„j „
<•" Fort .Ni»R»r;,, m tt.o unit' «UI.-, '-ne lir „ v . ^ j... ,
on of the act, ap-
thousand Gve huixlrrd *l..llam : for l.Ui in K J; hou3!1D j and uli.rt.'rn, for
a l.nl. rn at Fort UcUwan-, m the r.v«. . <m| u , n(1 Warrant, to tl.r offi-
D.da.var.*, on« ihouwnd B»e hundr.'il dol-1 m ^ rld S oUt.er> <.f tl.e Il. volutioi.Rry Ar-
hr.; for c»nt|. otm K III* Mil »'••>■ « ,hall be o,t«.d«t to tlm fourtl! .lav of
Cape May, in tin- stato of New .leracy, n M ' 3rc||< „ nf ihon.and . i K ht hundred and
sain not ’.Ece.dinic Ga.thoumnd “’'"twenty-five; and the time for lor at me till-
hand red and fifty dollar, ; for |iUcme a *ht | ,, ' ed | u . ,. xl ,.„ded to the
.relator nea. Cspa ll.ttera, bho.il., a fir „ day .her there:, ft. r.
ica in Congress assembled, That su mud 1
ol the act, entitled “ An act regulating the
currency within the United Skates, of the
gold coins of Great Britain, Fr inCn, I'nrtu-
al, ami Spain, and the crowns of France
am! five franc pieces,” pissed on tin twen
ty-ninth day of April, one. thousand tight
hundred and sixteen, us relates to the crowns
of France and five franc pieces, shall be,
and the same her* by is, continued in force,
for the further term of four years, from and
after the fourth day of March next.
Washington : Approved March 3, 1823.
pended under lb
emanated, and t
drnce nf fraud in
•en evidence f
dontneni oi forf.
Sec. 2: And he it further enacted, That the
Renter «*nd Receiver, a« aforesaid, snail Iran*-
c:t the Secretary of the Treasury a com
plete record of ull the claims presented to them
under this art, and llie evidence appertaioiri
to eucli claim, and shall hLo make out an
transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury a
abstract, containing (he whole uun.lt' r of
elaiuv In four distinct c' i • •, , '.r fir*t T whir .
(hut* nf] *h#H contain a specifir i ion ! he nature mm.I
extent of complete titles, the tim when, and by
whom issued, and to uhoir;, w.'n the date ol
riug, and lo whom transferred, and where the
r.onditi »n* of such ^r.int or patent have been
complied w,;h ; the second shall contain nil
rimin' founded on written evidence and n t
embraced in the first das*, and where ’he con
ditions on which the perfection thereof int
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That, during
the continuance ol the Mi t, at I ho city of Phi
ladelphia, the duties which were enjoined on
on the commissioner of loan*, for the state of
Pennsylvnuia, by the second section of the
act, ♦ (.titled “ an act concerning the .Mint,"
passed on the third day of .March, one thousand
eight hundred and one, shall be performed by
j the Collector of the poit of Philadelphia, for
the time being.
See 3 Ami be it further enacted, That, when
an, silver, l/mudil to the mint for coinage,
shall require refining, the expense of the ma
terials used in the process shall be deducted
from (he amount of tbe deposite ; and that,
when silver so deposited, shall he of a quality
superior lo that of the legal standard of the *il-
I! ver coins o| the United Ststes, a deduction shall
n | he made from the amount, equal to the expense
i of the copper necessary to reduce it to the mill
. I standard, and that all such dt-Ju
1 i lariv accounted for. bv the Tr
I ublic o|iprri>«ion ; nhilst I hey have Ifft
it the victim ofu.il.viil»al tyranny. 'I he
State, the Lr.it< d States cannot conduct
even criminal* to a prison, wit lion. n
public trial before liarued judge, and
impnrti.il juries, nl.ilst a creditor, by
mean9 of an oath in the tint instance,
aod subsequently by the fiat of a sin
gle obscure justice of the peace, may
lodge by the side of the convict, in
the same mansion of vice and mise
ry, an unfortunate and less favored
debtor. Harrier after barrier is erected
between the murderer & hi* cell, whilst
the way i* clear from obs ructions and
the doors of the dungeon Hand open wide
for the reception of the debtor. Il.it it
would seem that the injustice and inhu
manity of the practice are objections
not sufficiently strong to produce its abo
lition , will it be yielded up if it be shown
to be contrary to the constitution ? Is
it not a violation ofcontracl? Does, it not
add an engagement to that agreed on by
the parlies ? The promise is to pay
money simply—the law addi, or render
’lie body to prison.
“ It may be, as it has been said, that
the laws are known, that they are in the
contemplation of the parties, that their
provisions form a part of the agreement.
Hut this, to the i xtent of the proposition
as stated, is a fallacy ; the parlies con
tract null a view to none but constilu*
tional laws. Law* violating a contract
are unconstitutional, and any change
whatever of the express agreement be
tween the patties, is a violation of the
instrument, and consequently void.—
II hat zt'uuld he the effect of an agree/nent
Individua'
on the part of an individual to undergo
iifTh.l l,n P T,,unmtnt J or a certain time in it 11*
AN ACT to authorize the Secretory of the
Treasury to remit the instnlu.ei.ls Hue ....
rerlain lots iu ahawiicc town, iu the slste o'.
Illinois.
Ripresentattveo of tfic I ^n7eJ >hite' of. Imcr-
irri in Congrc.i* 0891 mbltd, That the Seere
Inry of the Tieasury lie, and he is hereby,
authorised am! direeted to remit the ir.st.l-
nients due, and to tirronw dim, on lots
numbered eleven hundred and thirteen amt
eleven hundred and fourteen, in Sli twnee-
town, in the state of Illinois, and a patent, or
patents si. til issue for the same, as in otlir
, uses ; w liicll said lot. are used as a public
square.
Washington t Approved March tl, 1023.
Mint, Iu Ihe Treasury of the United Slates.
Washington : Approved March 3, 1823.
AN ACT for the better organisation of ihe Dis
trict Court of the United States within the
state of Louisiana.
Itf it enncteit Pv the Senate nnd House of fie-
-nl.itull of ihc Cruft it Slates of .‘Jmtriea in
rleclion tbereot ino i (‘, mt , r iss assemhltJ, That, fur the inure
depended according veaient traosaeliun ot business in Ihe coui
AN ACT to alter Ihe time* of bolding Ihr Pi*
trict Court ..f die Cnited hiatus t >r the ldi-
romplfle till.-, may base Oepcnue'l aeeoruing' veni. nl transaeliun ot business in the courts of
lo Ihe laws and orduianees ot I tie Spanish l.o* ( ,Coiled Slates within the slate uf Luui.inna,
vernm. nl, are shewn to have he. „ complied ,|„. s .-ii,l -tale shall lie, and (lie same is hereby,
well ; the third class shall ron.isi ot elaims divided into two district.; in manner following,
I Minded on habitation, occupation, or eultiva- w p . |,,, (Dunries of Altnkapas, Upeluuia.,
lion, previously to twenty second oi February, u H p.de. Natchitoches, and Ouachitn, shallroni-
one thon-and eight hundred and nineteen, and |K) , r ,„ 1C distrirt, to be called tlic Western
in the nainm r w hich would have entitled Ihe District of Louisiana ; nnd all the remaining
.Taimasts to n Idle uuder the government e\- j )at , q u , , | u j .hail roinpose anutlier
err.isiog the sovereign pow .-r ov.-r that (met ol i district, to be called the Eastern District of
eoualty,and svloeh, in their opinion, ought to Louisiana; and all criminal actions, nr civil
he confirmed . Ihe fourth cl hall consist ot K |,i t h have arisen in thu Western Pis-
(leter arid ffttWVWT, Otrgrtt miro or .al.ill.n.p.r lllkancr*, rtl'U U»',’nriungin^ mcVttu, Ilian
Provid'd, That nothing contAine.it in thi- scl i, 0 transferred to the Western Diltrict; and
»'iall he c n vide red ns a pletlge on the part ol q, erP shall b«, sn.mslly, only three ‘taietl .*•*»
Cong;e*? toronfirni any claim thus reported #j 0 ns of the District Court for th^ La-teru Di*-
3 And br it further enacted. That it hall i r ,ct.to ho held at New Orleans, on the third
It the duty of the Rcgntcr and Receiver afore- Monday* of November, February, and May ;
said, after suitable notice to claimants, of the an j tiirrr shall be annually, one stated sc*>ion
time and place of their meeting, and the ob- 0 f (he said Court in the VVcm**iii Disliict o!
ject thereof, be t; ven by tbem : to hold their the state, to be held at Opelousas Court Mouse,
w-'ion at N itcbit ( hes ?o long may be ne- j () cornim'iice on llie third Monday of August ,
r.t ssaryfortl • peiformancu <1 tin- duties here-1 an j (ho District Judge of the United State?, for
in prescribed, und *-hHt| be allowed the sum I (he state of Louisiana, is hereby authorised
of five hundred lollars each, m a lull compel)-' Hn *] required to hold special session* of tbe laid
«ation for the services n quired to be performed j tbe said Western District, for the trial
Hr it cnnr.it d ly tbr Senate and House of
Rfpre svntativcs oj tbe United States of Amen
V\ a»liing’on, Approved, March 3,182.3,
tbe provision* of
■ lie may
turn not exceetling twenty-live tli.mii.nri
ilollnrs ; for building a light licnne nn Cape
Homiiiii, ten thousand ri.rii irsfor erecting
h heaeon on Hnrirell’i Huint, one l!ioui..n,|
Tve hundred dollars; for f.niidiliig the light
house near St. Augustine, in tile territory nf
Washington; Approved, March 3, IE2S.
AN* ACT to evtenri the time allowed for the
riemption of lands sold for direct tax in t
tain ease..
Re if enacted (.,/ the Senate and Mouse of
i,-l Congress asnmbhd. T'liat the l)i-lrirt
Court, if the United Slates for the District
nf Vermont, si):,II he hereafter hnlden on tin-
-ixtli day of O,toher, and op the twenty-
fourth day nf May in each year, instead of Pie
tOth day ill t t.-ti.t.er hi Ihe 27th d..y nf May,| 1
a* i. notv re.joired by law : Proridni, Tliat 1 T
if either nf the days prescribed by tills act. t . tl ,, illy
AN* Af T fiuiher I,
the «cl, entitled
an net, entitled M
pifciiu.v-rs of Ihe public land,
l.t July, I8J0."
Ut it enacted the 5. nafr arut Itniiie of fit
set i-.uf (he Cnited States of .inurien
of criminM Or civil causes, w hen
deem it expedient : Tliat ull process, writ",
recognizance., of every kind, whether res
pestmg juries, witnesses, bail, or otherwise
t supplementary to i which relate to the ca.es to lo tried ot the
t for the relief of the ! J ,|H-eisl session, shall be consid
* *‘ ‘ ' long, ,g i» such sessions, in the same manner
as iftluy had been issued or taken in reference
then to Tins! any special ses-ion maybe ml-,
jourmul to any time, or lime., previous to the present
• ' - L - I nersoD.
- to tiie I
hurge of a debt ! W otild the courts en
force it ? It is believpd that they could
not—because the right ol liberty is in
alienable— because tbe person i« secur
ed agamst unreasonable seizure*—be
cause cruel punishmeot cannot be inflict
ed. but if imprisonment be not found
in the contra, t, or, iffouod, be nugatory,
can it be superadded by the laws, and
considered binding on the parties ? al
though all these principles are violated
as well as tbe sacreduesa of the contract
itself’’’
A S’CIV CAVE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Lit am iir.Ksrt.Ttc, Ha. March k j.
Among the many curiosities with which
atdiu*ie>eiy p*ii WPukV gjimiry.^srincn
in the hosvels of ihe earth as on its sur
face, there ha, none ever rome under
my observation so worthy of our admi
ration aud wonder as the one which I
aoi about to attempt a description of;
nor are there any of thetvork, of con
vulsed nature, yet discovered in this
country, so singular and majestic in ap
pearance ns this Cave ; and, although
one of the wonderful works of nature,
it would appear ns if art and nature had
there both made a general display of
their talents respectively in the forma
tion and furnishing of this beautiful
cavern ; for there are certainly ma
ny very nice imitations of art among the
myriads of its airy concretions which
hIi-Ih
East rioridH, the sum nf five th.m-and do! ! ffa'cnite.!'Stalls nfJmer-1I* 1 "”
4r ‘ /■ . mm, ti... .i. -;imo mar
cribi d liy t!ii> act.
for huldinn thi* court ahull be a Surul.ty, thn
tlit* said court «hall romniciicc ami he hold
en on the folioumu d »y.
S»*c. C. And be it further enacted. That all j (hr
proceedings of a civil or criminal nature, now 11
pending in, or returnable to,
] R.
noy time, nr time., previous to the i p— themselves to the astonsihed
.lull state-it m.-siiiis of tim District Court;— person, who, with wonder aud deliglit,
That all l.o ins,, df|iendiiig for trial i.t am j S | 0 j„ short at the entrance of the sub
firs; for building a light lipus.i at or ...^ar | Cmgntl „,enMcd, That Ihetime al
; thomanri ., , , *, , „ ...,
l'ensacola,. sum ..ot exceeding six u.o.,ia..u ||owi , d r „ r ~ (he r ,. dr , n| ,tinn of lands, whirl,
dollar. : for building a light li.ni.e at 1 ort , , )r , nav S „ M f „ r non .pa, -
(i,allot, three thousand live h.lndred did- „ f u ,,j,. r , rv ,. r „| Jrl , passed
hrs ; and for Inn Id mgsincl plying tv o r, |L| |e Sl . c . on ,i day of August, one thousand
xr**els iu Delaware Boy, twenty thousand 1.^ , lllllI | r# . ( | ur ,j thirteen, the ninth day nf
dollars. ! Jammi v. one thousand eight hundred and Cf-
Scc. 3. And he it further enacted, Tliat an ff the fifth d iy of March, one thou-
tbe Fr«s’ulent of the United States be, and jg| lu ] right hundred and sixteen, for lading
b« is hereby, attthori/.cd tociumsuch an | an ,| collecting a direct tax, nit bin Ihe lint*
MiminatiiHi and survey to he made of the , L .,] States, so far as the same have been |inr-
nbxtructinn between the harbor uf Glouce* 'ehased for, or on behalf of the I’. States, bv
ter and the harbor of Squam, in the state of! rrv ived and * xtended fur tin* further term of
M.iihucIiiiscU*. as max he requisite to a n r- j tww yeai.«, from and after the expiration of
tain the expediency of removing such ol>-|(| le L;*<*: »**it esiion of Congress—provided,
btruction , am! the 1'res‘ulunt is hereby an- i flint, on such redemption, interest tit 411 be
tlioritcd to cause such obstruction to he re- < a f the rate of twenty |» /, r centmn per
moved,by contract or otherwise, under Bie| llll0Uin oll (|,„ » ;l xes aforesaid, k on the ad-
direction of llie Collector of the District dilions of twenty per eeutmn chargeable
Gloucester, if, from tbe repoit of person? I.v 1 thereon ; and the right of redemption shall
titty appoint to examine and survey the ; t - will to the heirs and assign*
lama, hu shall deem it expedient: ® n d a j jj.,. lauds so purchared on behalf of the Unit
;um, not exceeding six thousand dollar . St;,t**as to Che original owners thereof,
hereby appropriated for that pnrpo*n, to he Waihington: Approved, March 1823.
bat all per
pvidi-nce to tb. ... - -------- . , « , .
proper Land Office, that! Special curt, shall, at the close thereof, Iks
titled to and would have considered as of course removed to the next
„,aikd theiU'Hvpi . f ibeprovi ion*«>f the act,I tote-H t. rm of the DiMriet Court; 1 he sud
t nlitlrd '* Aii s.T •upplcnirntsry In tlm not, rii* Judge .bull nppoii.t n t'lvik i t llm »au! court
nil.,I I f .rihzr. Ill I. t III.! |,urch.i..-r. of, in tlm W e-tern Dirinet, who -hnll re-..le, «nu
Ull.;-, prior t.. Ill- l'ir-1 dm ol .to- keep the records ol the »t the place
. eight il l 11 ’r- t H .1 Tvs. 1,1). j lictc Ii.c scs.i.n,. of me held, and
,,... returnable tn, said court,shall I approved April tweniietli, nue Ihonoind i-iyiit I .hail receive, for the -erviei- ,.i .im. ,)
ill’ll in by the 3,rid court, i,- the hundred twe.ity-t.v„, and Hn-ir l-.ilur, l„ him, the ..me fee*and 1 1 ,
-.. • ,, . fcl , ... lu'lnrl I.nrli T C ire • Illl^f H l)C*«* allOWCtl totllU l-llTk Ol Hie »*•*»( 1 ■ Ol V *»» m
manner a. ,1 mi^ri erarion .. the tim. • *-• «"» r ” l" ‘ n ’rAnl, Ml be .1-! Eastern Di.lrn . nf ,he state, and .'.all he sub-
f„r h.dri,n K »;.« co t tad l ken ,e ! t ’ cinb .. r nest. ,«*,ineveij rope,>■ <»
U ashington Approved, March 3, IIM. |, , pw '|.#es,«dv<„. ties.
nod provisions of »aid av t, in tliej See 2 And be it further enacted, That tbe
manner tin. could have done prior to p r « Vident of'tin* United plates, by
.. , the thirtieth U» of Sept
ll».np.h.re, W.-liingtoo Apprnv
He it enacted bn the Senate nnd House of \
R< present at ins of iht United States of Amer AN ACT to cdahlidt an nvlditiomil T.and Of
in it: Congrtss asst mbltd. That the terms of | C» •• in the 1« rritory ol Michigan
the Circuit Court, which are now directed | ft, it marltd by the Stnnte and Ihusr nfftep•
by law to bv* hidden annually in the di*;ric' reimfa/irei 0/ the I niied’Stula o/Ainrnra m
of M aim*, »t Forthind, on tin* eighth d-ty uf; Congrcu ar^vx^ted, I liat all the puhlii l.uwlv in
May; and at \ViHc;is-«ct. on the eighth dm • the di-trict of IMruR, lying south of the I. **..»
,.f October: anil in the di.-trict i,( N. Ilamp-1 >!»ry line, lietweeu tho third and fourth l„wi,
,|iire, at Hurt-month, nn tbe first ris> , |j .hip. ■.mil; of thn ha.e line, ev.-.-pt
May ; and at F.X'T* r, no the lir-t il-.y of <)i--
AN' ACT altering Ihe lime of holding Ihe Cir I
roil Court in Ihe Di.triets of Maine and New
I March 3, 1823.
terranean grove, lo feast bis optica, on
lliese inimitable works of nature. I
have faul imitations of arts ; but I ap
preliend, there arc many of those con
cretions that would even defy the nicest
art to imitate.
Tins curious production of nature was
never discovered till a few days ago,
when the owner (Mr. Iteece, of I’elers
town, hip, hung oo the bans oft he north
mountain) was about to dig for water ;
and, as there is a very large spring is
suing out of the rocks at Ihe foot of a
lull of coi snlei.ible height, and a kind of
.1 ** ill) tin*
and consent of (he Senate of the United
53ir.lV *,be, and hereby i-, authorized to appoint
' fnr ihV'aid We.t“n! j’udie.a! ul.lri.-i'd i •ink-hole some distance above the s pi mg,
lh v t iiitevi Slate* w ithin the state of Loui*>innn,
created by this act, and that the terra* of ap*
I .ointment und service, together vvilli tbe dutic*
Miul re*jK)ii»ih»litie» of the en»«l Manbal ai tl
Di.-trict \tlorney, respectively, for tbe district
line, i
eVeofi’.N lie* north ol the- rive
, and all the public lauds
Hur«ni, ol
iu the tei
t.f Michigan, to which the Indian title uu- ex
• tineuisbed by the treaty ot Chica«o, *l)«ll b*
itrv no I
paid out of an) money hi thu Tic
otherwise .ippropriatLtl.
See. 4. Mil he it fdither marl'd, l y the
tluthvrity a fir (.mid, Thai the twin v*i unc
liundreii and lilt) vbdlara lw, and the same i*
lurvby appropriated, to lie paid out of an)
money in the TVc.v twy, no* olln rwi.-»«? up-'
propriatevl, tx» enable thn President of the,
United Stalest') cn»n*o the cnlraiirv: of t!i*
bsibor uftbe Port Pn’Svpic Lie, in P» nnf*yl-1
vania, to In* « xjmioevl and surveyed bv «uic i
toher, shall he hereafter holden at Portland, |
on the fir*t «*;*y of May , at Winca^et, on
the first d.))’ of Oct'dier; at Portsmontli, on I, , riu ,.,| i„n/a nrw land dhtiirt, and fur ilu
the eighth d ty of May ; aevl at P.xeter, «u ! sw |,. ot |i„. puhlit lands within the di-triet lieie
' ! the righlh day of October, in said distiid* « I.v conxtituted, there thnll be a lanJ office
in each year; at.«l \vbt*n vilher of said : tnbli*be«l, at mch place wiiliiu the district, a:
days shall hr Sunday, the sexsinn of said jibe President uf the t mtud Slates nay dvsig
| court slnll commence on the dny next ful
!,ow ing : am! all cause*, suit*, action*, pro
ress ple.ultngK, and pr.Hfedmg*, nf every
desi ription, cxislin^ «.r depending in the (’ir-
Unit Court, in the disti ii is af<>rt*«aid, be
I relui’e.lda t»), nod prove# vb d with, indue
V the Senate and 77- of bum of law, at the tme* conformable to the
j the UnitedsAtatis of Ainer- alteration* herein provided I"r.
in Congress assembled. That all right | Washington: Approved, March 3,1823.
which (lie United States hove to llie line
Mtore*aiil. be, in all respect*, the 'tune
their said district a* the term* of appointment
I.,tW•• I unil service*, tbe duties ami responsibilities of
itorv ] the Mar-lnl nnd District Attorney,respective*
\N ACT vexing
right of the I n
f>r*«ed t • *r non-
during the lute
ii ». i I S ’ut*
lit it madid I
IHpri sent diets».
ti.- ^tnte cd A irgire
I States to all fir
.all b.
cat Britain, \
vlutv,
d op4»ii the citizens nf the Slate of Vir
, . .. , ,, 4 , giniav for the non performance of militia du
f lbe rv»|»o ? raphn..l fcngmeeriof the 1 n\-\ <luri||R flu . na , ui(! , |
i sh til be. and the tunie i* hereby, seated ii
1 the ‘ ltd State,
ti vi Sl*t-!t, whore duty it shall he to make a
proh ibit estimate of the ntpcntM 1 of r* lino-
ing the ohtdruclionji, and report on the I»• »l
manner of n mining them, «r,d the • iTcvt of
ssUch r»nioxul on tie channel# in future.
piiilip r ii Minora,
Speaker of the. House of Rcpneseulatice*.
JOHN DAILY. \UD,
President of the Senate, pro tempore
‘ aeb'.aMon, March 3, U2 < Approved,
JAM 1.8 MOMiOi:.
AN ACT supplementary to *• An art f«-r »l:
better orcaniZNiisot t-t il < * «»urt* «»f lh»* t n
‘ ted States within tbe S|al«o| Niw York-’
Hr it tnaeltd Ir; tl* Senate and House of j
Rt jntsciitativi • of the Urited Splits ofAmtr
And be it further rnarltd, That there
i Reveler ot the Land Ollier, und a
of L'ildic Moneys, «| pointed by tbe
of the United btates, f.rtlie Laid
uby eree’ed, to superintend tbe sales
lauds within said district, who shall
iiiy in the same manner, ir: (he *nnie
I stuns, and w hose cou»pc*n*Mti >n*, emotuincnt*,
and duties, and authority, shall, in every rt-
| ]„.,-t. be the «am**, iu relation t>» the land* w bn b
til publi
r.astern District of the Slnte
isiivna, Mild 'Mill Mor-bat shall receive *uch fe.it
nnd emoluments ns arc received by the Mat*
•dial of the United State# for the Slnte » f Lou
i'innu, ami said Attorney nil annual cunp. ii*i-
lion of two bundled dollars and tbe same lee'
ami emoluments a* are allowed to the Attor
ney of the United States for the Eastern Dis
trict ot Louisiana
UttiliinpoDi Approved, Murth 3, Ib23
Sec. 2. And be it further enact*ii. That nil i ini in Congress as* 1 :ddtd, Tli.it from final
I ntone)a in the hand* of those who now arc. ■ decre e orj idgmcnts in tbe DiMiit t Cmut
or heretofore Yiav. been, MandiaU, m Depu- j of the Noitlo m Di-4rict of the state «.t New
ty M »t*di.vli), xvJiieh in a) have been collected | Volk, them *h.» 11 he an upped tx» (lie t it
l inn llie Yini’f aforesaid, after ded».cling the f cuit l*ouit iu th** Southern District of *iit|
t xp» nne ..f collecting tile same, and the cost late, In the *aim* manner, and upon ihe
lofan) suit vir anil* which may |w«ve U**-.. mviiic leiiii*, a* fi«»m otlicr c».urts to tloir
I brought against su’d Marshals or Deputy J respective Circuit Coint*.
j Mursht!*, .. coMScqucncc of the collection ol | \Vashiitplon, Match it, 1823 : Approved.
•
him) be, bylaw provided iu relation to the
Registers and Receiver' of public monev* iu
tl > sevtritl office* established for tbe rale uf
| public land*.
5, c 3 And be it furthrr rnaeted, That the
provision* * t the tbiid and filth • clioiiiof the
art, enlitletl “ \i act to ilesignnte llie boundary
Q ( district*, ami establi'h i.u.il office', tor tbe
di»(K»*al of tbe public land*, not heretofore
oth red fur side, in the state* ol Ohio and In
diana," approved M»ri h third, owe thousand
l ip'it itnmited and nineteen," be. .tfitl the •Hllte
are barehy mode a| pi Cable la I ha dhtfict aad
offico bertb) created; >o lar a, tL.y arc Cut
ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
Wp do not know that we ever read
my thing stronger on this subject than
111 following extract (rum the Message
t ol Governor Kiibehtsox, to the Legisla
ture of Lovisixxa. ut ihe coir.inen.e-
njent of Us atinu.il Session :—.Vat. Int
“ At the lust session of the Legisla
ture, t |uo|io*ed for it« con.ideration thi
propriety of abolishing imprisonment foi
debt ; or in other woiris, ol rescuing
the individuals ofsociety from the mean
est of all slavery and the most in.uliing
of all tyranny, that of confinement m »
jail by i.ne of themselves. It is tl..
boast of the institutions of America n-
have Eucurod :be liberty of man, against
he thought he could probably come on
the stiearn. Accordingly, he commenc
ed digging in the sink-bole, aud had pro
ceeded but a few feet when he could
plainly hear the water tunning, appar
ently with great rapidity ; and, at Ihe
distance of about twelve leet from the
[ surface, came on tn the water, at the
.' low er extremity of a fissure in the rock,
• I w Inch immediately expanded into a large
and beautiful cavern, the entrance of
which is partially obstructed by loose
rocks, which, alter advancing a little dis
tance, emirely disappear, and, instead of
loose rubbish, appear solid rocks, en
amelled with spar of different colors.—
In every direction are to he seen the
most beautiful icicles suspended from its
nob, and in some places majestic ceiling.
Concretions without number, and of al
most every color, size, and dimension,
are seen pointing downwards from the
ceiling, and inwards from the sloping
,tails, some white, some red, some
brown, some green, and others transpa
rent as gta*>, and all solid as marble,
threaten t!ic curious adventurer with be
ing torn in pieces by their craggy point!
ri lie attempt penetrating any further into
it, and, indeed, in some places, he |« ob
liged lo proceed in a stooping position in
order to avoid them.
In proceeding up this subterranean
pas:a;R, jc,a are obliged t sva’Xialbe
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