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cj i hr finl irg Ah'.cl be, am! they
I ticby are empowered, whh
the approbation of the Prefi
iui.t of the United States, to
borrow on the credit cf the
United States, either in Ame
rica, or abroad, by obtaining a
prolongation of former loans,
or othriwife, the fums requifite
for the payment of the inftai
imnts or parts of principal of
the Dutch debt, which become
due in the years one thoufand |
eight hundred and three, one
thoufand eight hundred and four,
one thoufand eight hundred and
five, and one thoufand eight
hundred and fix ; and that a
fum equivalent to that to be
thus borrowed, or reloaned,
Thall be laid out by the com
miffioners of the finking fund,
in the purchafe or redemption
of fucb parrs of the prefenr
debt of the United States, and
other demands again!! them, as
the commiflioners of the finking
fund may lawfully pay> agree
ab’Y to the provifions herein
before made, and as the laid
commiAiomrs fliall in their
judgment deem moft expedient,
ib as to effeft the payment,
annually, of feven millions,
three hundred thbufand dollars,
towards the final difeharge cf
the whole debt, agreeably to
fuch provifion : Provided , that
the U. States final 1 have a right
to rtirnburfe any loan thus made
within Ax years alter the date of
the lame, and that the rate cf
intereft: thereupon fhall not ex
ceed five per centum per ann.
nor the charges thereupon the
• rate of five per centum on the
capital borrowed t Arid provided
always , That the power herein
given fhall not be conftrued to
repeal, diminiAi, or afreft the
power given to the faid com
miAioners, by the tenth feftion
of the aft entitled, “ an Aft
making further provifion for the
fupport of public credit, and
for the redemption of the public
debt,” to borrow certain fums
for the difeharge of the inftal
ments of the capital, or princi
pal, of the public debt, in the
manner, and on the terms pre
feribed by the faid feftion ; nor
the power given to them by an
ad entitled, “ an Ad making
provifion for the payment of
certain debts of the United
States,” to borrow' certain Turns
and to fell the lb ares of the
bank of the United States, be
ionging to the United States,
in the manner, on the terms,
and for the purpofes authoriled
by the faid ad ; provided fur
ther, that nothing herein con
tained fliall he conftrued to re
vive any ad or part of an ad,
fcuthorifmg the loan of money,
and which hath heretofore ex
pired.
Sec. 5. And he it further
waJcdy 1 hat for the purpofe
of more erTcduallv fccuringthe
reimburfement of the Dutch
debt, the commiflioners of the
finking fund may, and they are
hereby empowered, with the
approbation of the Prcfident of
the United States, to con trad,
/fiber with the bank of the
United States, erwith any other
public inllitution, or with indi
viduals, for the payment in
Holland of the whole, or any 1
part cf the p-innp?.! .cf the faid
Duch debt, and cf the intereft
and charges accruing on the
fame, as the faid demands be
cofne due, on fuch terms as the
faid commiflioners fhall think
mod advantageous fftthe Unit
ed States i or *to employ cither
the flid bank, or any other pub
lick inftitution, or any individual
or individuals, as agent or agents,
for the purpofe of purchafing
bills of exchange, or any other
kind of remittances, for the
purpofe of di{charging the in
tereft: and principal of faid debt,
and to allow to fuch agent or
agents a compeniation not ex
ceeding one fourth of one per
cent, on the remittances thus
purchafed or procured by them,
under the direction of / the faid
commiAioners, and as much of j
the duties on tonnage and mer
chandize as may be ncceflary for
that purpofe, is hereby appro
priated towards paying the ex
tra allowance or cofnmiftlon re
fuhing from fuch tranfaftion or
tranfaftions, andalfo to pay any
deficiency arifmg from any lofs
incurred upon any remittance
purchafed or procured under the
direction of the faid commifiio
ners, for the purpofe of cl ife barg
ing the principal and intereft of
faid debt.
Sec. 6. And he it further
enabled. That the commiAioners
of the finking fund be, and they
are hereby empowered, with the
approbation of the Prcfident of
the United Stares, to employ,
if they fhall deem it neceffary,
nn agent in Europe for the
purpofe of tranfafting any bufi
nefs relative to the difeharge of
the Dutch debt, and to the loans
authorifed by this, or any other
aft, for the purpofe ofdifcharg
ing the fame, and alfo to allow
him a compenfation not exceed
ing three thoufand dollars a
year, to be paid out of any mo
nies in the treafury not other
wife appropriated.
Sec. 7. And he it further
enabled y That nothing in this
aft contained Aiall be conftrued
to repeal, alter or effeft: any of i
the provifions cf any former i
aft, pledging the faith cf the j
United States to the payment of 1
the intereft, or principal, of the
public debt ; and that all fuch
payments Aiall continue to be
made at the time heretofore pre
ferred by law j and the Turpins
only of the appropriations made
by this aft beyond the fums
payable by virtue of the provi
fions of any former aft, fhall he
applicable to the reimburfe
menr, redemption, or purchafe
of the public debt in the manner
provided by this aft.
Sec. 8. And he it further
enatied y 1 hat all the refttiftions
and regulations heretofore efta
blifhed by law’, for regulating
the execution of the duties en
joined upon the commiflioners
of the finking fund, Aiall apply 1
to, and be in as full force for
the execution of the analagous
1 duties enjoined upon by this
aft, as if they were herein parti
cularly repeated and re-enafted :
Provided hczvever y That the
j particular annual account of all
Tales of flock, cf loans, and of
payments, by them made, Aiall,
■ hereafter, be laid before Con
grcfs cn the nrft week of Fe
bruary, In each year; and lb
much of any former act as di
rected fuch account to be laid
before Congrefs within fourteen
days after their meeting, is
hereby repealed.
Nathaniel Macon,
$ Speaker o] the He life of Repre
fentatives.
Abraham Baldwin,
Prefident cf lie Senate , pro tan.
A pproved April 20, 1802.
Thomas Jefferson,
Prefident cf the United States.
LOUISVILLE,
WEDNESDAY, JAy t 502.
Departed this life, in Wafn
ington County, on Saturday the
26th ult. after a long and pain
ful illnefs, which fhe Bore with
a comnofure of mind and chrif
i
tian fortitude feklom equalled,
Mrs. Sarah Murphy, wife of
Capt. Cornelius Murphy. She
was an affeClionatc wife, a tender
mother, and kind neighbour.—■
She has left a difconJolate hrib
band, and four promifing cnil
dren to bewail her lofs.
The following is a Reply cf Mr.
Philips's , to a publication of
Mr. Collier's , which appeared
in cur lajt.
AS no improper motives are
imputed to me in Mr. Collier’s
publication, 1 fhould willingly
remain blent on this fuhjed,
were it not for a few obferva
tions which 1 think myfelf call
ed upon to notice.
I difclaim any intention of
injuring the feelings of General
Jackfon, by the words alluded
to, the meaning of fuch ex
pressions is eafily comprehend
ed—they occur in Mr. C’s own
ftatementj nor docs choice of
ground, on fuch occafions, con
vey an idea of private property.
As to exparte bufmefs, it ap
pears from Mr. C’s. own bate
ment that he was aware of my
defign, to which he did not ob
ject, although I had an interview
with him juil before my depar
ture from Waynefborough,
which was, I fuppofe, at about
4 o’clock in the afternoon, and
at the door of the houfe in which
the General was lodged; the
Col. and I had e;one there to
I V O
pay cur refpeds to the General
previous to our leaving the
place j I mull alfo remark, that
iny ftatement was not publifh
ed until the 23d, this afforded a
fpace of four days to make ob
jedion to the original under
ftanding ; but hearing of no wifh
of Mr. C’s. to fee my ftate
ment before it was printed, I
took it for granted that he had
no fuch inclination.
I prefume it efcaped Mr.
Collier’s recollection to mention
two matters which 1 fhall litre
1 infert.
An article of agreement be
tween lis was <c 1 hat as we be
gan we were to continue in all
our arrangements to the end
the other is the time of Ids
making the proportion to me
for the gentlemen to advance a
I ftep each bre, this was not made
) until after feveral (hots were
' exchanged, when I objeded to
fiom uti c%>»\ iiiirgncL to
fringe one article, or I could
have informed Mr. C. that my
infiruftions from the Col. were
to allow him the privilege 0 f
naming any diftance from io m
5> A> d> 2, or-cven one pace if
they wifhed it.
On a review of my flatement,
Mr. C. may di(cover that I
have not fpecificd any precife
time or place when or where
the parties fhook hands;.but
only the impreflions underwhicli
it was clone, and therefore he
will not find any incorrcftncfs
in this refpeft.
My intention throughout has
been to aft with candour and
impartiality; and if in any ref
pcctl may have deviated, it has
been the refult of inadveftanc*
and not dehorn.
O
Ralph Spence Philips.
TO evince error in Mr.
Philips’s reply, infers to whom
inaccuracy of flatement oughc
to be aferibed, in thofe matters
which could be related only by
him and myfelf.
G e n e ral J ack Ton re colle fts my
mentioning, before the ground
was marked off, the propofol I
had made of ad vancing one frep
every fire, - and the anfwcr as I
have flared. The only propo
rtion between the exchange of
fhots came from Doftor Powell,
which w r as for the Seconds to
interfere.
THOS. COLLIER.
C O T.t ?vl U NIC A T E D.
THE ftatements of the late
duel berween Gen. Jackfon and
Col. Vv atkins, by their fecords
Meflfs. Collier & Philips, have
afforded matter Hi much Pe
culation among t many : but
being unwilling to drop a word
which might tend in any meafure
to revive or perpetitete Tub Tiding
enmities between two individu
als, we fiiall forbear to comment
on either preduftion.
Neverthelefs, fb far as the
origin of this conflift interells
the community, fo far we think
it a proper fubjeft for animad -
verb on. Had it fprung from
the ordinary caufes of fuch con
tefs as private or perfonal in
juries, it would deferve very
little more notice than the pub
lic difapprobacion, as an illegal
aft ; but when we advert to the
true grounds of it, and find that
it was the common caufe of the
citizens of Georgia, every ho
nell man in the Hate, whofe
breaft contains even one folitary
fpark of public fpint, miift
fed deeply interefted and regret
that a compliance with a mif
taken notion of honor, added
to an impetuous difpcfition—
fhoukl have went fo near to
deprive the republic of fo ex
cellent and uleful a citizen.—
Had the General been a young
man, untried in the field, or
had been inexorably deaf to a
recent prejjing invitation cf honor
—or had evinced a deadly ant
mofuy to the common rights
of the citizens of this Hate, by
a feven years uniform hofeinty
to their obvious intercU'S ar.n
welfare—and had finally been
defeated in all his intrigues by
the concurring voice of ms
; country, abandoned by Ins an ■