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be deemed and ad
judged guilty of felony, and being thereof
eonvieted by due -course of law, shall be
be imprisoned and kept to hard
labor for not less than three years, dor more j
than tea’ years, or thall be imprisoned not
‘exceeding ten yeat-s, atsd fined not©xseeding
five thousand dollars. Prm'ided, That no*
thing herein contained shall be construed to
deprive the courts of the individual States of
*.; isdietfon under the laws of the several
s*:\tes, over any offence declaredpunishable
bw this et.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That
i.i Roy. person shall make or engrave, or’
leause to be made or engraved, or shall have
in his custody or prossrssiotf any metalie
plate,engraved after the similiiuJe of any
plate from whieh any notes or bills, issued
hj the said corporation shall have been
printed, with intent to use. such piste,or to
eeuse or softer the same to be Hseil in forg
£-; or counterfeiting any of the notes orbiffs
issued by the said corporation j or shall have
in his custody or possession any blank note
or notes, bill or bills, engraved and printed
after the similitude of any notes or bills is
-3J and by said corporation, with intent to u*e
t;u ;b blanks, or cause or sufter the same to
Jb-.* used in forging or counterfeiting ariy of
the notes or bills issued by the said <*orpo
lra'iou; or shall ■'feave io bis custody or pos
yeision any paper adapted to the making of
k>ank notes or bills, and similar to the pa
per upon whi?h any notes or bills of the
9iid corporation shall have been issued,
v . h intent to use such p vper, or eau*e or
autifer the same c be used in forcing or eonn
ietfeitiug any of the notes or bills issued by
t ! ‘c said corporation, every such person, be
ing thereof convicted by <hte course of law,
feh 11 be sentenced to„be imprisoned, and kept
to hard labor, for a term not exceeding five
years, and find in a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
Sko. 2o And he it further enacted, That
in eo!)*ideration of the exclusive privileges
iud benefi s conferred by this act, upon’
the said bank, the President, Dire-tors and
Uomp my, thereof, shall pay to the United
States out of the corporate funds thereof
the sum of one million, and five htindied
thousand dollars, in three equal payments ;
that is to say, five hundred thousand d.llais
.tut the expiration of two years, five hundred’
thousand dollars at tli expiration of three
jreara, and five hundred thous nd dollars at
♦he expiration of four years, after the said
bank shall be organized, aud commence if>
operations iu the manner herein before pro
vided.
Sec. 21. And be. it further Minnie A, Thar
Sto other uanh ihuti be established by any
future law of the United States during the
continuance of the corporation hereby crea
ted, for which the faith of the United States
r ss hereby pledged t Provided, congress may 1
lenew existing charters for banks in the!
District of Columbia, not increasing the
capital thereof; and m*} also establish any
other bank or banks in said district, with
capitals not exee-ding in the whole six mil
lions of dollars if they shall deem it expe
dient. And, notwithstanding the expiration I
of the term for which the said corporation
jis created, it shall be lawful to use the cor- i
jporate name, style, and capacity, fer the,
Jmrpose of suits for the final settle neat aud i
iquid&tion of the affairs and accounts of the
corporation, and for the sale and disposition !
©f their estate, real, personal, and mixed ;
kut not for any other purpose, or in any
©ther manner whatsoever, nor for a period
exceeding two years after the expiration of
4he said term of incorporation.
Sec. 2-3. And be it further enacted. That
if the subscriptions and pymeuls l© said
bank shall not be made aud completed so
as to enable the same to commence its oper
ations, or if the said b >nk sh .IS not com-
Eneuce its operations on or before the. first
Monday in April next, then and in that case
Congress may at any time within twelve
Eio tths thereafter declare by law this act
3duJ! and void,
Seo. 23. And be it further enacted, That
it shall at ail times be law ful for a commit-J
tee of either bouse of Congress, appointed
for that purpose, to iuspeet Jhe Books, and
examine into the proceeding of the eorpo* i
ration hereby created, and to report, wheth
er the provisions of this charter have beenj
by the same, violated or not, and whenever;
any committee ag aforesaid shall find and;
report, or the President of the United States
•hall have reason to believe that the char
ter has been violated, it may be lawful for
Congress to direct, or the President to order
a scire facias to be sued out of the circuit
court of the district of Pennsylvania, in
the hame of the United states (w hich shall
be executed upon the president of the corpo
ration for the time bring, at least fifteen
days before the commencement of the term
of said court) calling on the said corporation
to show cause wherefore the charter hereby
granted shall not be declared forfeited ; and
it shall be lawful for the said court, upon
the return of the said scire iariatt, to examine
into the truth of the alhdged violation, and
if such violation be made appear, then to
pronounce and adjudge that the said charter
is forfeited and annulled: Provided how**
ever, Every issue of fact which may be join -j
and between the United States and the cor- 1
poration aforuisaid* shall be tried by jury,*-
And It shall be lawful for the court dfrorfi
said to require the production of such of
the hooks of the corporation as it rnay
deem necessery for the ascertainment of the
j controverted facts; and the final judgment
of the court aforesaid, shell be examinable
in the supreme yoort of the United States,
by writ of error, and may be there reversed
jor affirmed according to the usages of iXw,
H. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Representatives*
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the. Senate, pro tetn-
April 10, lßib—- approved, ‘
JAMES MADISON.
fcP-SATA.
k7* In the second section of the Bank
Law, publish'd in our last, 24th line, for
“ Savannah .” read Augusta.
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AMERICAN CtJAiiJs CI'EH.
‘From CobbeWs Political Register,
Communicated.
There H a strange notion prevailing in
Engl nd, that society, in America, is y t in
a rode slate; that the Anieri'-.-n is, and;
must be for'some Time, sn ‘unpolished nation ;i
that when they become p ii** ed, and w h n
great riches are bc emulated by individuals,!
they will have as mu h p uperism end as
many crimes ms Wt h ve; aud ur’s has on
ly been the unavoidable progress of civiliza
tion and refinement If this ware iror, it
would be impossible to deny, that during!
this king’s reign, we have hi de a most
wonderful progress in the sublime arts of!
polishing aftd refining, seeing Cr&t since;
1760, the paupers have rincre.-sed an hun
dred fold. But, sir, if I look back to the,j
days of Pope, I do not perceive that there in ’
mu ch proof of an increase of the quantit y of
the highest taL-nt. If by polish and refine
ment, are meant hypocraey in ail its various
brauehes, we have certainly arrived at the
pinnacle. But, as to the American* being
•u h rude state, or on what is the notion foun
ded ? Their dress, their amusements, their |
manner of eating aud drinking, are so much
like our’*, that, were it not for the absence
d‘beggary, misery and filthy street#, a man
dropped down in an American town would j
imagine himself still in'England* There,
} no science, no art kuowu in England,;
which is not studied or practised in j
America, end in numerous , instances,!
with greater succfese than In Eng
hind. Ihtir courts of justice have the
same form ; ! w is ulm nis ered in the same
manner ; ir, m*ny cas s it is the same law'.:
I maiters of commerce and navigation, the
Americans almost, eqm l ug, r pd are in ai
fVir way of surpassing us ; Hhd os to the
a flairs of war, whether by End or sea,
they have made us fee), and they have con
vinced all the world that they want no les
son from any body.
Where, then are we to look Sir these
marks of compHrative rudeness ? Not iu
the speeches made iu the congress ; nor in
the notes and other papers of their dii'toma
tie ministers; torus tolhsAe latter, it makes
one blush for one's country to vi< w their vast,
superiority, is it in their friendly and dig
nified depot Intent towards foreign nations ;
eii the wisdom nnd gentleness of their gov
erns m and law s ; in the peaceable Le
havior cf (heir ritizijus ; in the absence of
crimes,and in the went of rotten boroughs
and a “ new drop is it in any or in ail
of these, that we ar’ to look for proofs of
ihiiT a Hedged ruda ens j?
‘‘ So fitr, sir, from its being true* that the
Americana re in a mass, compared to us
in m rude state, the very contrary is thei
truth. In AnuViea there are none of those
brogues, or dialects, which distinguish
.Scotch and 1 ish and English, and York
shiremen, and Wiltshircmen, ami Uo knejs
from each other. These cease with emi
grant, wh >e el-iidnen spev k good and cor
rect English. In America, reading
and wntiog, and something beyond
merely these, are universal, ‘I be Ameri
can farmer h&s other charms under his roof
besides those of attending his hospitality.
He can converse with you upon almost any
subject. The Bible alone does not foim his
library. He tomes in from the l ent of tLe
sun, strir*ned to his shirt, takes down a vol
ume of his Encyclopedia, or some book of
science, travels, history, law, polities or
poetry. W hen he has rested himself, he re
urns to his field op his yard. ‘1 here is no
aw of his country, no regulations wbieh he
does not understand ; no right that hepos
si sses that he does not know how to defend;
co public question in which he does unt feel
h lively interest, aud as to which he is not
able tc txpre a bis opinion, i must be un-j
<]*;rstood, of course, to speak with excep
tions. There are stupid men in all i oun- <
tries. But, as a general description, I pledge •
myself for the tfuth of wbat 1 have here 1
said, with the expectation that, in less that)
four months, this letter will find its way to
every part ok ;h? country of which 1 am
speaking, and with very powerful reasons
not to be looked upou, in that country, as a
dealer in falsehoods, and mure especially as
a flatterer.
I Well, then, sir, if what I ; have hen
(stated be true, will not you, with all you*
jHtiU uii*h&ka aUttJuae&t to old
Tand which, afierall. Tfcannot refrain from
participating with with all the sor
rn’w that you ftiubt feel at seeing distant re--
Kions carry otf the fruits of the talents, the
labors, aud tbe sufferinge of Sidney end of
Tooke, will not your rising envy be stifled,
by that generosity which you ex-,
claim—“ Blasted be the man who would
destroy the harmony and freedom css such a
peoplel”
“ As to the efleet of great individual for
tunes ou the liberties and moral state of the
Americans, such already exist, and
have long existed.- There are men in Amer
ica worth half a million sterling each.—
But ns these riches have not been derived
from taxes, they have not impoverished &
degraded any part of the community in ae- j
cumulation,; and as it is impossible that j
they should he employed in the purehaseof;
boroughs, they do not appear to be danger
ons to public liberty. The Edinimrgh’ke
viewers fl itter themselves, that these rich
merchants will, in time, heeome the lords of
the country ; and, they will tell us, that oar
government ought to conciliate their friend
ship beforehand. These wise critics know,
or appear to know, very litrle about the mat
ter—They seem very uneasy at the exist
ence of a greet democracy. They are anx
ious to<see it converted info “ a more digni
fi* and” state, with “ a great body of eristorra
ey,able to protect the people against the
throne and the throne agttii a:, the people.”
In short they itch all over, to see a list ol
“ ry| burihs” in Ameri ‘a. I dare syV
the Americans will be o u h o'blig< and to ti.eui
for their hut, In®v ry sure, that
they will think themselves better protected
by their power of choosim their own public
servants, then they would be by any ki grc t
body t-f nobles,” even if import'd from ocot j
land, and if Mr. Jeffery himself were to to
out as king. No, sir, Ido not b tiove that
the Atneri;*ans will be very lik’ lv to fall
tfpon theseheme of a thhonk for
the purpose of wstiVi’g “a bo-iy of ?;reut
nobles.” to protect tin m against :h,.t throne.;
Sue?* briUh.ut sehetnes they wilHeave, wMi
all linn ilitr, !o the polished aud refined na
tions of Europe ”
‘ROADS AND tAN ALB.
The people of M&ssa huseits propose to
ntttketwo Cf nuls for the benefit of their,
’state.—The people of* the State cf NeW-i
York, in their Slegislature, ere pushing lor*!
vard tb© plan of the liroat Cunul frotn.
Lfikt Erie to Hudson river—if this very
laudable design be carried into exec ution, it I
will be the most extensive Uonul iri the
World, trot even’eaeepting.China—it will o--
pen h weter n-ininunicmiou from New-Or
ieoriS to Ne\v-York,an extent of nearly 30CO
miles.—And our neighbors, both in Penn
sylvania and Virginia, are busy in planning
internel improvements.—it is” truly pteap
to observe this general spirit of improve-.
iiicnt, pervediog elmosr every state in the!
Union."—indeed, every day’s experience
shews the necessity of the Atlantic states o
pening convenient communications with the
Western “oimtry,by facilitating the con
veyance of goods and produce to and from
that extensive end rapidly improving por
tion of the U. States.
Besides the roads now making in vari
ous direi tions from Baltimore, tin Greet
National Road from Cumberland is pro
gressing with speed—this road will be of
ir finite advantage not oniy to Maryland &
Virginia, but also to Pennsylvania—it will
cross the Youghogany, pass through Union
town, Penn, from thence it will run through
Brownsville, fform°rly Redstone] aud ex
tend through Waslirg on. until it tern in
ates at Wheeling, on the Ohio.
A “mom st all these highly praise-Worthy
plats, we are sorry to observe, that not a*
word is Sl id about ti e long-projected C< li
sts between the C f es ‘p’ okc and *le 1)1, .
wsie, si and frrtrn thence to New Yotk—tb©i
experiemeofthe late war should have!
shewn the absolute necessity of these wa
ter communications.— Balt. Aimer.
The President bos r‘. fied a Treaty of.
cession coiteiudcd at \Vt*d sng’on ou the
22d ult. with certain Chiefs ofthe Uhero
k. e Ncctioii of Indians —By tbis treaty the
Cbrrokees relioqoish all claim to the ter
ritory lying within the boundaries of the
Btate of hriuth Carolina, for the considera
tion of ?st)t;o to bt paid by the state within
nicely d-ys from the ratification. j
The President has also ratified a eon-;
vention eoneiuded at the same time and ’;
place and between the same parties, which
establishes the boundaries of the territory
ceded by the Cherokee nation to the Uni
ted States by the treaty held at Fort Jack
j sou in August 1814. The right is alfeo ves
ted in the United States to open ard to
have the use of such roads within the Ciier
j okee territory as may be necessary for the
free intercourse between the states of Ten
nessee and Georgia and the Mississippi ter
ritory ; ana the free navigation ofthe riv
ers and waters within the terriory. Th/
United States agree to indt moity the Chero
kee nation for losses sustained by them in
consequence of the marching ofthe United
State’ troops through their territory, which
losses l ave been duly, ascertained to amoun:
.to &30>OOQ
Norfolk Herald. ■
Dot laxt nritie©A froth the British
meut discovered the inqtiisirivi* temper of
the nation in regard to the treaties which
had keen formed, and the extent of the ar
ticle! which still remain io the ifeerets of
state. AH we can eflirm is, the convuiioc
ohtain'edthst we were not In posse :n. li t>?
some inten S'ing measures whit h regard not H
more thepres wt than the future .oindi 100
of Europe. The documen's which have
been received, have heeft romp r and as to
their subjects, and have been found not to
erharaee all those which haVe uudonbtf dlv
haen hefyfe the Congress, and hove obliged
some serious deliberatiens, and probable
conclusion as yet unknown. Iu England
the same deep interest is taken as formerly
jin all questionsof revenue, hut the agitation
[ subsides soon, and the xr nister generally
i gains his purposes by a little accommoda
tion.
Essex Register.
qwul'M'W wi ■wwaMwacaa*in ■ j -jgr^irmnniTOi s^ajefamb
FOREIGN.
Eonnoßs of carth.ioe.ya.
Copy of a letter from Don Juan de Dios A*
m idor, late Governor of Carth&gena, to
I>cn FraoJfisco Careia dal Fierro, Nevr*
Orleans.
3AH 15,1816.
ATy e Atoned Nephew,
It would tok“ me very loog to give yott
the particulars of what took place aftef
yur departure, and to describe the honors
of famine by wbieh such numbers daily
perished. After the Greatest instances of
heroism on the part of the people, we were
forced to an evacuation e disaaterous as
any recorded io history. The greatest
weight of the common ealc.mi;y seems to
have fallen on oUrf.mily. As to what be
-1 I my sc IP during a p as-ige o f 34 days
from Cartl.ageua to this is? nd, { wdl on
ly observe that eapt iu Mi;eh ;L% v. ho <om
manded the schooner General fas i’Jo, on
board of which I r;v?e me of passffi
geis, after having despoiled us of all our
| money, £o’d, silver, j w Is & preetQua
! stones, put us on shore in the i land of IVo
| videnee, whence vve at li st arrived here
in the miraculoos manner you ah’ ;1 learn
when we meet aguiu, and .1 can v . Y more
composure relate you my odveniures,
My sister McrY, jaif meiber-iu-lnw,
your young wife Pepita. who h and lain in
but three days I>'fere : ye(i>- ,> ,>• t r , law,
with Villegas ©ad r.r.; fl ic the
Americht’ ’Q.-Hboc-or r v <rr?As soon
88 1 I ear cf Mr; t t':: I will in
form them where you ere ; f * o;i n:y vrri*
vul here, 2 learned that y. ;niid: ,*..vted for
New Orleans, in company with In Driveii
le, w ith u pare: I of goods, and 1 rejoice lH*&l
you are less uuforiuuate than most of your
kindred.
From Carthageha we have nt> informa
tion, tor tha British fiigate Junon, sent by
H e admiral on this station to claim the En
glish remaining in the town, is this day re
turned without them. She was not allowed
to have any comuaunicatioa with the shore,
from wiii h a boat was sent for the pa
peri; and the answer to them is said to be
orpl. nsoiit ; hence it is thought the town it
afflicted with Tear mother,
your brother Joseph, hoth your sisters and
your nephews, who sailed in the brigantine
Hi'pe, urrivtd at Grand Caiman in a state
of starvation. A vessel is going to suii
from ibis, to bring hither afeern And fifty
other persons, a rn m. er that had eieited
public tonsideratiuu.
lith February*
My esteemed Nephew,
My grief* arc loti i’ely isic>-eaßed, and |
must tell you whet will SSI your heart vrith
affliction. The American sehoofcer Drum*
m >nd, on hoard of whi. h were your tender
pledges and a great part of the fanlily, wai
forced Jo try to p o ure provisions to tho
leeward of PortotieiiO ; a. boat went and
gave information in that port, in conse*
quenee of whi< h a privateer went out and
i.aptQred the American schooner. I have
seen a Hat of the pri-onerf printed in Car
thagena by order of government*—ln the
number are included rr.y sister Maria aud
her sons, your brothers in law, with all
their family, yo*r unfortunate wife, my evez
esteemed Fepita, with her two tender in
fants, in her ill state of health, having sis
lately lain in. 1 fed. dear nephew, how
great must be your ; ffl ctinu, as is mine, at
this deplorable mh fortune ; to w hieh are ad*
; ded the consequences which the waht of
food and other sufiei ings may have produ
ced on the tender frame of a woman not
well recovered from ihild-lirth.
Your mother and b>others are almost
tims of their a ifleringg, in ifi brigantina
Hope, with many others. I have already
briefly told you how we wcrl robbed by
eap'ain Mitdiell. 1 will now relate wbaf
happened to other vessels of the emigra*
tion. Ou board the C'onstk!u(ion, 70 per*
sous died of hunger ind thirst no her passage
o this island; and on board the Gram!
Sultan, a still larger number of emigranti
died through the same c use. The sehoo
oerT'wo )Y others, alias Union, foundered
iu sight of this islaud, but so duddeniy tha l
only 17 persons could be saved out of tht
great number that were on board. Vh<
Utawb