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[DY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Congrefs of the United
States.
At the fit ft Si fiion, begun and
held at the City of Wafhing
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7 th |
of December, 1801.
An ACT author ifing the dif
charge cf Lawrence Erh from
his Confinement.
BE it cuaffedby the Senate and
lloufe of Reprefentativcs cf
the United States cf America in
Congrefs affiembled , That the mar-
Ihal of the diftrid of PennfyT
Vania be authorifed and directed
to difeharge I .awrcnce Ei b, laic
a collector of the revenue of the
United States, in the county of
Northampton, in the diftrid of
tennfylvania,from confinement;
lipon a judgment obtained a
gainft him in favor of the Unit
ed States: Provided, That he
takes fo much of an oath im
peded upon per funs imprifoned
for debt by the fecond fedion cf
the aft, entitled, “ An ad for
the relief of perfons imprifoned
for debt,” as relates to his not
having transferred his property
with an intent to defraud the
United States; and that he fhall
affign and convey all the eftate,
real and perfonal, which he may
now own, or be entitled to, to
fome perfon or perfons for the
life and benefit of the United
States, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Prcafury:
Provided , alfo, That the faid
judgment fhall remain in full
force againft any eftate, real or
perfonal, which the faid Law
tcnce Erb may hereafter acquire,
and that procefs, may, at any
time, be thereupon iliued a
gainic the fame.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker cf the lloufe cf Reprc
fintatives.
Aaron Burr,
I ice- Prefident of .the United
States and Prejident cf
the Senate.
Approved, Feb. 3, 1802.
1 homas Jefferson,
Prefidm of the United States.
RESOLUTIONS
£xfreffing thejenje Congrefs
the gallant ccndutt cf Lieut.
Sferret—the officers and crew
of the United States febooner
Enterprize.
Resolved, By the Senate and
lloufe of R.epreJ'entatives of the
Vi Sued States 0} America , in Con
grefs affiembled , That they enter
tain a high fenfe of the gal
lant conduct of Lieutenant Ster
rec and the other officers, fea
men and marines, on board the
Schooner Enterprize, in the
rapture of a Tripolitan ccrfkir
of fourteen guns and eighty
men.
Reflvcd , That the Prefident
of the United States be requeft
ed to p relent to Lieutenant
Sterret a fword, commemo
rative of the aforefaid heroic ac
tion, and that one month’s pay
be allowed to all the other of
ficers, ft a men and marines who
were on board the Enterprize
when the aforefaid action took
place.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Hcufc cf Pwpr cf di
lative s.
Aaron Burr,
I Ice - P ref dent cf the United States
and Prefident of the Senate.
Approved, Eeb. 3, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident of the United States.
An ACT for the protection cf the
commerce and Jeamen cf tbs
United States againft the Tri
politan Cruifers.
WHEREAS the Regency
of Tripoli, on the coaft of Bar
bary, has commenced a preda
tory warfare againft the United
States:
Sec. i. BE it cradled by the
Senate and lloufe of Reprejentativcs
of the United States cf . rncrica ,
in Congrefs affiembled, That it
fhall be lawful fully to equip,
officer, man, and employ fuch
of the armed veTels of the
United States as may be judged
requifire by the Prefident of the
! United States, for protedingef
fedually the commerce and lea
men thereof on the Atlantic
Ocean, the Mediterranean, and
adjoining Tea.
Sec. 2. And be it further
enabled, That it fhall be lawful
for the Prefident of the United
States to inftrud the command
ers of the refpedive public vcf
fcls aforefaid, to fubdue, feize
and make prize cf all vefiels,
goods and effects, belonging to
the Bey of Tripoli, or to his
fubjeds, and to bring or fend the
fame into port, to be proceeded
againft, and clift ributed according
to law, and alfo to caufc to be
done all fuch other ads of pre
caution or hoftility as the ftate
of war will juftify, and may, in
his opinion, require.
Sec. 3. And be it further en
abled, That on the application
of the owners of private armed
vefiels of the United States, the
Prefident of the United States
may grant to them fpecial cum
in ifiions, in the form which he
fhall dired, under the leal of
the United States; and fuch
private armed vefiels, v\hen fo
commifiioncd, fhall have the
like authority for fubduing, leiz
! iog, taking and bringing into
1 port, any Tripolitan vefiel,
j goods, or effeds, as the before
| mentioned public armed vefiels
j may by law have; and fhall
1 therein be fubjed to the inftruc
j tions which may be given by
1 the Prefident of the United
i States for the regulation of their
condud ; and their commifiions
fhall be revocable at hispleafure:
Provided, i hat before any cum
mi fiion fhall be granted as a
fo re laid, the owner or owners of
cf the vefiel for which the fame
| may be requcfted,and the com
mander thereof, for the time
j being, fhall give bond to the
United States, with at lead two
refponfiblefuretics, not intend
ed in fuch vefiel, in the penal
fum of (even thoufand dollars ; ■
or, if fiich veficl be provided
with more than one hundred
and Fifty men, in the penal fum
of fourteen thoufand dollars,
with condition for obferving the
treaties and law's of the United
States, and the inftru&ions which
may be given, as aforefaid; and
abb, for fat is Tying ad damages
and injuries which fliall be done,
contrary to the tenor thereof,
by fuch com m i firmed vefiel ;
and for delivering up the com
mixTion, when revoked by the
Prefideht of the United States.
Sec. 4. And he it further en
affedy That any Tripolitan vef
fel, goods or efxecls, which
fhall be fo captured and brought
into port by any private armed
vcflll of the United States, du
ly commifhoned, as aforefaid,
may he adjudged good prize, .
and thereupon fhall accrue to
the owners and officers, and
men of the capturing veil'd, and
final! be diflri-buted according to
the agreement which fhall have
been made between them, or,
in failure of fuch agreement, ac- \
cording to the diferetion of the
court having cognizance of the
capture.
Spc. 5. And he it further en
atledy That the Teamen may be
engaged to lerve in the navy of j
the United States for a period
not exceeding two years j but
the Prefident may difeharge the
fame fooner, if in his judgment,
their fervices may be difpenfed
with.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the Iloufe of Rcpre
fer tat ives.
Aaron Burr,
Vice-Preftdent cf the United States
and Prefident cf the Senate .
Approved, Feb. 6, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident cf the United States.
STRAYED or STOLEN,
ON Sana;day, the 20th of
March, from Mr. Her
ring’s, in Louifville, a chunky
DUN MARE y with a black mane
and tail—tail remarkably fhort,a
hnall blaze in her forehead, and
no brands perceivable, about 13
hands and an inch high. Who
ever will deliver faid Mare, to
the Subfcriber, fhall receive
Five Dollars reward ; and for
the Mare and Thief Twenty
Dollars.
FRANCIS SCOTT.
Burke County, March 27.
STRAYED or STOLEN,
FROM the Town of Louif
ville, on the night of
Tuefday, the 9th of March lafl,
a YELLOW BAY HORSE,
about feven years old, fifteen
hands high, trots and canters
well, and is branded with the
letter R. on the mounting fhoul
der. If Helen whoever will de
liver the Horfe and Thief to the
fubferiber, fhall receive a re
ward of Twenty Dollars, or
Ten Dollars for the Horfe with
out the Thief.
RANDAL MCDONALD.
April 18 32.
LOUISVILLE,
WEDNESDAY April 7, 1802.
Died, at Charleßon, after a
painful and lingering difcafc, i a
the 6jd year of his age, the
Rev. Henry Purcell, d. p.
and one of the rtfident minift
cers of St. Michcai’s church ia
that city.
On the 4th ultimo, departed
this life, in North-Carolina, the
lion. John Sitcraves, ] udge
of the court of the United
States for North Carolina dis
trict.
«mmd
The committee of Ways and
I Means, on the sth ult. report-
I ed to the Hoiife of Rcprcfenta-
I fives of the United States, a
Bill for the repeal of the Inter
nal Taxes. This bill contem
plates the difcontinuance of the
duties on Rills and cloineftic dif
' tilled fpirits, on refined fugars,
licenfcs to retailers. Tales at auc
tion, pleafure carriages, and on
ftampc vellum, parchment and
paper.
On the queftion of adopting
the Virginia refohitions by the
legifiature cf Maflachufetrs, at
i their feffion in February, 1799,
I the votes in the tv. 0 houfes flood
j as follows : in the houfe of re
! prefenratives for adopting the
! the refolurions, 29 —again ft ic
116—federal majority 85. In
the fenatc, for adopting, 1 foli
tary vote, againft it 27 —feder-
al majority 26—This queftion
was then considered the teft of
the ftrength of the political par
ties —How Bands the queftioa
now ? In the late divifion on an
addrefs to the prefidenf, in the
houfe the federal divifion was
141 the republican 91 —majori-
ty 50. In the fenate federal di
vifion 19, the republican 15 —-
majority 4 In 1799, the whole
federal majority In both houfes
was one hundred and thirteen , at
p relent it is ffty five Yet the
Centinel tells us that there is a
<c fair profpeft,” and that “the
federal intereß is certainly in
creafmg.** That there is a very
<c fair prospect,” we agree i
but not precifely for the fame •
reafons Bated by maj. RuflelH
And we doubt not but this prof
pedl will be much biightened
and enlarged by the event of
the next annual election.
( B eft on Chronicle.)
The Editor of the Britifti
Niagara paper of the 9th tilt,
fays :
“ The Prefident of the U
nited States has bro’t himlelf
into a new and novel charge,
and where to rank it in his ca
talogue of high crimes we are
at a lofs. It is no left than an
attempt vi et legis, to throw oir
fuperfluous offices and officer:,
falaries, duties and taxes. The
accufers feel themfelves and
property much endangered by
this innovation and recludtion in
national expences, and declare
it unprecedented in the former
adminißration, which is nov to
be done away, and in England
where taxation is fully under
flood and pradlifed : and thele
1 bie ßings removed, fay they#