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exceeding one thoufand dollars. Sec. 9. And he it further enabled, That all powers of at torney executed after the thir tieth day of June next, in a foreign country, for the transfer of any flock of the United States, or for the receipt of in terefl thereon, fhall be verified by the certificate and leal of a conful, vice-conful, commer cial agent, or vice-commercial ngent, if any there be at the place where the fame fhall be executed, for which the perfon giving the certificate fhall re ceive fifty cents. Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the Houfe of R epref:ntali ves , Aaron Burr, Vice-Prefidcnt of the United States and Prefidcnt of the Senate . Approved, Feb. 28, 1803. Ihomas Jefferson, Pref 1 dent of the United States. An ACT' to prevent the impor tation of certain perfons, into certain fates, where by the taws thereof, their admiffion is prohibited. Sec. 1. BE it enabled by the Senate and Hcufe of Reprefen ialives of the United States of Am eric ay in Congrefs Affembled, That from and after the full day of April next, no mafter or captain of any fhip or vcfltl, or any other perfon, fhall import or bring, or caufeto be import ed or brought, any negro, mu latto, or other perfon of colour, not being being a native, a citi zen, or regiftered feaman of the United States, or feamen na tives of countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, into any port or place of the United States, which port or place (hall be fituated in any flats which by law has prohibited or lhail prohibit the admiflion or im portation of fuch negro, mulatto or other perfon of colour, and if any captain or mafler aforefaid, Or any other perfon, fhall im port or bring, or caufe to be imported or brought, into anv of the ports or places aforefaid, any of the perfons whofe ad jnifTion or importation is prohi bited as aforefaid, he fliall for feit and pay the fum of one thoufand dollars, for, each and every negro, mulatto, or other perfon of color aforefaid, brought cr imported as aforefaid, to be fued for and recovered by aftlon of debt, in any court of the United State, one half there of to the ufe of the United States, the other half to any perfon cr perfons profecuting for the penalty ; and in any ac tion infiituted for the recovery of the penalty aforefaid, the per son or perfons fued, may be held to fpecial bad; Provided always, That nothing contained in this aft (hall be conftrued to prohibit the admiflion of Indians. Sec. 2. And be it further enabled. That no fhiporvcflcl arriving in any of the faid ports or places of the United States, and having on board any negro, mulatto, or other perfon of co lour, not being a native, a citi zen, or regiflered feaman of the United States, or feamen na tives of countries beyond the Cape of Good hope, as afore faid, fhall be admitted to an en- try, And If any fuch negre, mulatto, or other perfon or co lour, fliall be landed from on board any fhip or vcflel, in any of the ports or places aforefaid, t>r on the coafl of any ftate, pro hibiting the admiflion or im portation as aforefaid, the faid (hip nr veffcl, together with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, fhall be forfeited to the United States, and one half of the nett proceeds of the Tales on fuch forfeiture fliall inure and be paid over to fuch perfon or perfo ns on whofe information the feizure on fuch forfeiture fhall he made. Sec. 3. And he it further enabled. That it fhall be the du ty of the collectors, and other officers of the cuftoms, and all other officers of the r( venue of the United States, in the feve ral ports or places fituated as aforefaid, to notice and be go verned by the provifions of the, law now exifling, of the feve ral flates prohibiting the admiflion or importation of any negro, mulatto, or other perfon of co lour as aforefaid. And they are hereby enjoined vigilantly to carry into efleft the faid laws of faid flates, conformably to the provifions of this aft, any law of the United States to tne con trary notwirhftanding. Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the Houfe of Reprejentdtives . Aaron Burr, Vice - Vrefident of the United States And Prefidcnt of the Senate. Approved February 28, 1803. Thomas Jefferson, Prefidcnt of the United States. An ACT to provide an additional armament, for the proteblion of the feamen and commerce of the United States . Sec. 1. ‘BE it enabled by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefenta iives of the United States of Ame rica, in Congrefs affembled, 1 hat the Prefidcnt of the United States be, and he is hereby au thorifed and empowered, caufe to be built, or to be pur chafed, (if the exigencies of the fervice lhail require it) four vdfels of war, to carry not ex ceeding fixteen guns each, to be armed, manned and fitted out for the protection of the fea men and commerce of the Unit ed States, in the Mediterranean and adjacent leas, and for other purposes as the public fervice may require. Sec. 2. And he it further enabled , That the fum of nine ty-fix thoufand dollars be, and hereby is appropriated for the purpofe aforefaid, out of any monies in the Treafury of the United States, not other wife appropriated. Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, i hat the Prefidcnt of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized and empow ered to caufe to be builr, a num ber not exceeding fifteen gun boats, to be armed, manned and fitted our, and employed for fuch purpofes as in his opi nion the public lervice may re quire; and that a fum not ex» c ceding fifty thoufand dollars be, and hereby is appropriated lor this purpofe, cut of any mo nies in the Trcafury '"of the United States not otherwlfe ap propriated. Nathaniel Macon, Speaker cf the Houfe cf Reprefent tithes . Amion Bum, Vice- P ref dent if the United States end Pre/ident cf the Senate . Approved, Feb. 28, 1803. Thomas Jefferson, Prejidcnt of the United States. LOUISVILLE, IVEDNFSDAT Jfril jo, 1803 In purfuance of the Gover nor’s proclamation, bearing date the 17th ultimo, the Legiflature met at this place, on Monday laft—And appointed a large joint committee from the ref pefrive branches, who we are told, are about to report a bill for the difpofition of the late ccftion of lands obtained from, the Creek Nation of Indians, We have not been able to procure the Communication of hi s Excellency the Governor to both branches of the Legif lature, time enough for this week’s paper; but it fhall ap pear in our next. The following refolutions have palfed the houfe of afftm bly of New-York, in committee of the whole, relative to eledlors ol Prrddentand Vice-Prefident. RcTolved, as the fenfeof this committee, that, by a fair con ftrudlion of the- conftitution of the United States, eleftors of Prefident and Vice-Prefident may be chofen by the people. Kef >lved, as die fenfe of this committee, that a committee be appointed to bring in a bill for dividing this dare into nineteen cjiftnfb, forchufing the electors of Prefident and Vice-Prefident, Capt. Gardner, of the Ibip America, m 30 days from Lif bon, informs us, that on the 10th of February (the day be fore he failed) a Britifb packet had arrived at Lifbon, in 7 days from Falmouth, with in telligence that the French Sena tus Confultum had refilled to con fer on Buonaparte the tide of <f Emperor of the Gauls.” News had alf) reached Lifbon, that American vedels were excluded from the port of Cadiz in con fequence of new regulations in the Spanilh fyftem of quaran tine. N. T. Paper. The federalifbs are condantly afiferting that die people unam moufiy wifh to enter into war with Spain ; but nothing can be more untrue. No nation or perfon in found mind can prefer war to peace when it can be avoided. The Spanifii proverb fays: tf Non cavi tan mala paz que no fuefie mejor, que la me jor guerra—'There cannot be any peace fo bad, but that it is better than the bed war.” But the fedcralifis write on this fub jc<T as if they had actually tak en leave of their fends. They fbould confider that though this may be the cafe with themfelves, it is not fo with nine tenths of the nation, who have no defire to 111 fii madley into a war for the gratification of a few difap- pointed and rr.am ious charge :•. vho care not though they owe their greatnefs to their country's ruin. [Ees. " Mr. Pickering is chofen a fenator of the United Stares for the flace of MSflachufetts, vice D. Fofrer, refigncd. M r * P. had 59 votes in the afTembly Gen. Skinner, the republican, 52, and 5 Icartering. Thus MafTachufects will be reprefent ed in the Senate by Mcflrs. j Adams and T. Pickering' each of whom obtained tacif election by a fingle vote. The fourth of March, wa* celebrated at Albany by the heads of departments cf this flare, and the republican mem bers of the legislature, now in feffion. This memorable tri umph of principle has been commemorated in various parts of the United States bv the uiuai demonflrations of joy. From the Aurora . A report was prevalent yef terday, that New-Orleans had been evened by order of the In tendanr, about the middle of February. The report appears to have arifen from letters from New-Orleans having been re ceived by a fchooner arrived at this port yefterday from Nat che'z; we have feen letters to the 15th from New-Orleans, which make no mention thereof, and which contain no other in formation than the price of & few articles of produce. The following order was iffued by the Intendanc on the sth Febru ary : DON JUAN VENTURA MORALES, INTEND ANT, &c. of the PROVINCE of LOUISI ANA. Conformably to the refblves of the council of finance, held this day, 1 permit the introduc tion into th’s capital of flour, faired meat and other provifions, brought in flat boats and other vefieis from the American fet tlements of the Ohio, under the condition, that on the land ing of the fame, the duty of fix per cent, as eftablifhed by the royal order of the 24th of April, 1794, relating to laid articles, will be exaded. —And that whatever may not be con fumed in the province, will be fubjcdl to the cuflomary duties on exportation, which is to be effected folely in Spanifn vef- • fcls, and for the foreign ports with which by the exifting royal order, this colony is allowed to trade.—And that this may be made public, I have ordered that copies of the prefent be affixed to the cuflomary places of this city. New-Orleans, February sth, 1803. PARIS, January 13. It is fuppofed Bucnaparts will declare his fucccfibr at the fame time, when he aflumes to him ielf the Imperial Title. His nephew, the fon of his brother Louis, will be named heir to the Empire. His brother Jo feph, with Generals Murat and Muncy, M. Cambaceres, a a the Chief Juflice, are to (o\ u a Council of Regency. •• *