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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Seventh Congrefs of the United
States.
At the firfl Sdlion, begun and
held at the City of Wafbing
ton, in the Territory of Co
lumbia, on Monday the 7111
of December, 1801.
An ACT extending the privilege
tf frank/ : ng and receiving let
ters , free cf peftage, to any
p erf cm admitted, or to he ad
mitted to take a feat in Ccn
gre/Sy as a delegate j and pro
viding cowpenjation for Juch
delegate.
*|j? K it era!ted hy the Senate and
JL>- Ucufe cf Reprejentalives cf
ife United States cf America in
Ccugrefs affemhledy 'l'hat any ptr
io n admitted, or who may here
aftt r be admitted to take a feat
in Conrreß, as a delegate, fhail
O' O
enjoy the privilege of fending
and receiving letters, free of
O ’
poftage, on the fame terms,
and under the fame rdtridlions,
its are provided for the members
of the Senate and of the i Toufe
of Keprefentatives of tire Uni
ted States, by the aft, entitled
“ An Aft to eftablifh the pofl
ofbee of the United States f*
.and that every luch delegate fo
admitted to a feat, be, and he
is hereby authorlfcd to receive,
free of poftage, under the laid
reftnftions, any letters dlrcftcd
to him, and which fhail have
■arrived at the feat of govern
ment prior to the pafiage of this
aft : and that every fuch dele
gate fhail receive for his travel
ling e*pences and attendance in
Congrefs, tire fame com pen ra
tion as is or may be allowed, by
law, to the members of the
Senate and Houle of Rcpre
fentacives of the United States,
to be certified and paid in the
fame manner.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the llcvfe cf Repre
fen tat i ves.
Aaron Burr,
Vice-Prejident cf the United
States and V ref dent cf
the Senate.
Approved, Feb. i 3, iSoa.
1 KOMAS j I, F PER SON,
Prefident cf the United States.
An ACT making cert hi a partial
Appropriations fur the war
eve then find eight hundred and
two.
Sec. i. EE it enabled by the
Sen at card II ufeof Representatives
cf the United States cf Am eric ay
in Congrefs af'ernhledy Time the
ium of fixtv thoufand dollars
be, and tire fame hereby is ap
propi later! towards defraying
the expences of the pay of the
during the year one thou
.hj J t TLt hundred and iv.rf. . 1
Sec. 2. ydnd he it further
matted. That the following hums
be and the fan e hereby are ap
j mpriated to the pur poles herein
recited, reftm dtively, that is to
fay ;—her the contingent cx
penecs of the Department of
the Tre a fury, to make good
the deficiency of former q pro
priations,for the fame, the fum
of fixtecn hundred and thirteen
dollars, and fifty-feven cents.
Tor the printing the public
accounts, to make good the
deficiency of former appropri
ations for the fame, the fum of
fourteen hundred dollars.
Towards the contingent cx
o \
ponces of the Department of
the Trcafury, during the year
one thoufand eight hundred and
two, the fum of one thoufand
dollars.
Towards the contingent ex
po nces of the I Toufe of Repre
fematives, during the year one
thoufand eight hundred and two,
the fum of three thoufand dol
lars.
Sec. 3. And he it further
enacted , That the accounting
officers of the Trcafury De
partment, he, and they herein
are authorjied, in the fettlement
of the accounts of the feveral
officers herein after mentioned,
to make the .following allowan
ces for clerk hire, during the
year one thoufand eight hundred
and one, in addition to the allow
ances now eftablifhed by law,
that is to fay :
To the Accountant of the
Navy Department, one thou
fand nine hundred dollars, and
thirty-one cents.
'To the Purveyor of Public
Supplies, feven hundred dollars.
'To the Superintendant of |
Stamps, three hundred and fc- 1
venty-feven dollars and feventy
eight cents.
'To the CommlfTioner of
Loans of Pennfylvania, one
thoufand five hundred dollars.
Provided however, That the
cxpencc, thus allowed, fhall
have been aftually incurred :
And provided alf'o, that the whole
amount paid to each above
mentioned officer, refptftively,
for his compcnfation, and that
of his clerks and perfons em
ployed in his office, for the year
aforefaid, fhall not exceed the
Aims heretofore appropriated,
by law, to thole objefts, ref
peftivtly, during the laid year.
Sec. 4. And he it further
enacted, 'i hat the aforefaid fums
fhall be paid and difeharged out
of any monies in the Treasury
of the United States, not other
wife appropriated.
Nathaniel Macon,
Speaker of the lie ife cf Rcpre
fentatives.
Aaron Burr,
Vice~Pr efident cf the United States
and Pref dent cf the Senate.
Approved, Feb. 23, 1802.
j Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident cf the United States.
JUST PUBLISHED,
T H E
AC T S
Or THE GENERAL ASSEM
JJI Y of the STATE or
( I /JKGIA, fOR TK£ YEAR
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. S i. u - i UJ\J' ) *VLIi. Ih) 2 2.
Information has beon lecciv
od at Gibraltar, by Mr. Gavino,
the American Conful, that the
infamous renegade admiral, in
the fervice of the Hey of Tripoli,
v hofe frigate has long been
blockaded at Gibraltar, had c b
tained pcnr.ifuon oftl e Emperor
of Morocco to cruifc againd the
American commerce. The pi
rate was then at Ceuta, fifteen
leagues from Gibraltar, where
he 1 ad completed his crew, tak
en in pro virions, and was hourly
expected at Gibraltar, from
whence he was to depart on a
cruifc.-—The United Stares fri
gate EiTcx was laying at Algeb
ras ; and captain Bainbridge,
her commander had been in
formed by the conful, of the
hottile intentions of the Tripo 7
litan admiral.
United States Avcncy Office.
Bcnrdeaux , Jan. 20.
The imderfigned commercial
agent of the United States, for
the didridl of Bourdcaux, makes
known to the American cap
tains and fupercargoes, that there
are upwards of r 20 American
Tailors now Trolling about the
fhreets of this city, entirely def
ritnte of employ menr —and ma
ny of them are To wretched as to
be obliged to beg their bread—
and chat mod of chefe men have
been difeharged from their rei-
O ,
pedlive veffels upon the meft
frivolous pretence. —Therefore,
the imderfigned finds himfclf
obliged to declare, that in con
formity with the laws of the
United States, that in future, no
American fcarnan can be dil
charged from his veficl, whether
fold or net, until the captain of
faid vefiei has proved to the
agent that he has procured faid
Teamen a padage home—or until
he has paid into the office of
the agency, fuch a Turn of mo
ney as fhall be judged diffident
for his return to the place where
he dripped onboard. W.Lee.
PHILADELPHIA, March 17.
Yederday arrived fchooner
Lydia, capt. Brown from Cape
Francois, which he led the 20th
ult. By the Lydia we learn,
that on the 18th of February the
French troops marched out of
the town, and about fouro’clock
in the morning, attacked a large
body of negroes on the plains,
from whom they received one
fire, and immediately rufhed on
them, and with the bayonet kill
ed between 4 and 50c, when the
red took to their heels. The
French loft a general and 200
men.
The Cudom-Houfe is open
ed at the Cape, and the Ame
rican vcdels were getting away
as fad as pedible.
BALTIMORE, March 18.
Extraff cf a letter from a gentle
man in Pert-Republican, to his
friend in this city , dated Feb.
12, 1802.
<f On the 2d mid. fix fail of the
line and two frigates, with troops
di redly from France, hove in
fight of this place. Un the yd
the French general lent on There
one of his aids-de-camp with
difpatchcs for Toufiaint; the
moment he landed he was put
wider arreft. The troops be
g-rt Co srn i on the 4:11, abou*
14 miles below this town, and it;
coming to it, took without
ing a gun, a fort called Eizaton.
About fnn-fet they arrived an
I .eogane—a fmart battle eni i.ed,
in which the v hiteslc ft between
ico and 140 in killed and wound -
eck but in courfe of an hour re -
pulled the blacks, who t< < k to
the mountains arc] plains, burn
ing all before them. T hey have
r Baffin a ted all the whites both
in L’Arcbaye and fee wine
, • O •
1 he burg of Croix dc Eourcur
was burnt, and 4CO out of about
6co of its inhabitants mifiine.
Ibppofed to have been mur
dered ; feme few have come in
with from 8 to 15 bayonet
wounds in their bodies. One
had hair of his jaw cut away by
the (broke of a (word. Neither
the hills of Leogane nor L’Ar
chaye can at this moment be feen
for the fmoke arifing from fu
gar plantations now on tire.
Provilions are riling daily.
From the 6th in ft. flour has rife a
from 8 to 16 dollars; pork from
18 to 30* and ail others in pro
portion.
<c The two brigands, Touf
faint- and Della line, are going
through the country like roaring
lions, burning, Idling, and de
ftroying. They returned with*
out the French aid-de-camp—
It is fuppofed he has been mur
dered with the reft of his unfor*
tunate corn panions. ”
LOUISV I L L E,
WEDNESDAY April 21, 1802.
Married, on Thurfdav even
ing, the Bth inibant, Mr Lsni
H. Marks , to Mifs Jane L.
M c Murray, daughter of Mr.
Francis M‘Murray, of this
place.
Died, in Savannah, on the
7th inftant, in the 17th vear or
her agp, Mifs Ann Vivton,
youngeft daughter of Thacker
Vivion, Efq. of this County. .
The Englifh papers Fare that
the difficulties which occasioned
the rupture between the com
mifiloners, appointed by the
United States and Grcat-Brltain
are removed, our govemmenc
agreeing to pay 2CC,cod. which
is to fatisfv all the old claims by
Britifh fubjedls on individuals
here.
For the Republic an Trumpet.
C O N G R E SShavingdedined
to pay the Britifh merchants
trading in America f r theib
loffes during the French Revo
lution—The federal tory print
ers feize this circumftance with
avidity to exclaim againft the
prefent adminiftration —they faf
that, that article in the late trea
ty between America and franco,
which required reimburfement
from France, for captures at lea
was expunged by government
to procure a treaty, which was
deemed a public good, that this
national advantage being as they
fay thus obtained by the lacnfice
of private property in theaban
donmentof the merchants claims.
That government was in honor
and juftice bound to‘make good
the lamebut they do not Wi*