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the secretary of state, the secretarT of
treasury, and the attorney general of the
ate* (f.>r the time being) shall be ‘
Pand rhey?are hereby constituted appoint
ed a board of commissioners, to meet in the
city of Washington* on the first of
Januaranext; and, as soon as may be prac*
ti .ble thereafter, they or any two of them,
are hereby fuUr authorised and required to
adjudge and dy'ermine upon the suffit e icy of
releases and Assignments and powers to be
executed and deposited in the office of the sec
retary of s?ate in conformity with the, forego
ing section ; and also to adjudge and finally
determine upon all controversies rising from
such claims so released as aforesaid, which
may be found td conflict with, and to be ad
verse to, each other; and also to adjudge and
determine upon such claims under the afore
said act or pretended act of the state of Geor
gia, as may be found to have accrued to the
United Stares by ojyeration of law : Provided,
Tha* shall be the duty of the said commis
sioners to cause to be published for the period
of diree months liefore the said meeting, at
Jcast once a week in all the public newspa
pers in which the acts of Congress are by au
thority published, notice of the purposes and
of «he time and place of such meeting.
Sec. 3. And be it further
That as soon as the said commissioners shall
have made report to the President of the U
States of the sufficiency of such rejeases and as
signments to the amount ot at least nine tenths
of the whole lartds claimed by virtue of the
nales made by the Legislature of the state of
Georgia to the respective companies hereafter
enumerated, exclusive of such claims of the
lands as shall have vested in the United States
by the operations of law, and shall have certi
fied to him the names of the claimants whose
claims they have linally adjudged and allowed,
and the respective and relative proportions
on wnich they are entitled t.p the indemnity
underand by virtue of this act, the President
sh dl be and he hereby is authorised and re
qu *ed to cause to be issued from the treasury
cf he United States, to such claimants res
pectively, ("f convenient amount for circula
tion) cerificates of stock, not bearing interest,
and expressing on their face that the same are
pa. able out of the fi st monies in the treasury
of the U nted States, arising from the sale of
public a.ids in the Mississippi territory, after
the money due to the sta e of Georgia and the
expenses of surveying such lands have been
satisfied.
To the persons claiming in the name of, or
trader the Mississippi Company, including
mtch share or shares as may be found to have
vested in the United States, and for which the
United States are to be considered entitled to
the respective proportions for the same, (and
exclusive of all claims usually denominated in
the former report of the commissioners afore
said citizens* claims) a sum not exceeding in
the whole three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
To persons claiming in the name of or un
der the Tennessee Company, under the fore
g li.ig term^. nd restrictions, a sum not exceed
ing in the whole six hundred thousand dol
lars.
To the persons cpiming in the name of, or
under the Georgia Mississippi Company,
under »he like terms and restrictions, a sum
Tin exceeding in the whole one million five
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
To ihe persons claiming in the name of, or
under the Georgia company, under the like
restrict! »ns, a sum nor exceeding in the whole
millions two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
To the persons claiming under citizen’s
tights, including such shire or shares as have
already accrued to the United States by ope
ration of law, or by the provisions of this act,
and to which the United States are to be con
sidered entitled to the respective proportions
for the same, a sqm not exceeding in the
while two hundred and fifty thousand dollars:
Provided, That any person having claim under
•ither »f he said companies, and entitled to
indemnity by virtue of this act, shall, receive
such indemhity only in proportion to the a
mnunt of such claims : And provided also:
Ttiac no claim shall he allowed or anv indem
nifica ion mide therefor to anv person, or
who have voluntarily surrendered the
evi.lt uce of their claims to the said lands un
tie* -he abt of Georgia of rhe ihineenthoof
February, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety six, or under any subsequent act of the
said state, and v’hich at the time of the sur
rt nder would have vested the title m such
claimants, had ihe title from Georgia been
valid, or who have received the money depo
sited as the consideration of the purchase of
«»ai 1 land surrendered; but all such lands ahall
be deemed and taken to be vested in the U.
S ares, exonerated, and discharged from all
such ciatms without any further surrender or
release whatever, and the dividends to be
made to claimants who shall be entitled to the
benefits of this, act shall be lessened in propor
tion to rhe claim so surrendered or withdrawn s
And provided also That no person or persons
n>r he agent or trustee of any person or per
sons shall be entirled to the benefits of this act,
wh > by himself, herself, or themselves, or by
his. her, or their agent, or by any person or
pers M\?» with privity and consent of him, her,
or them, shall have taken, received, or with
dra vi* from the treasury of rhe state of Geor
gia avy sun or suns of money, which, had
been paid and deposited as the consideration
of ihr* purchase of any of the aforesaid lands,
wh ch person* or persons at the time of the
taking, receiving, or withdrawing of the said
ynnnev, was or were not the bonafide claim
ant or claimants of the lands for the purchase
of which the said money had been deposi'ed ;
bur all and every the share or shares of such
person or persons so fraudulently drawing
the m iney as aforesaid, as may be found to
have been clai med by such person or persons,
ar rhe time of recording in the office of the
secretary of stam the evidences of their claim
or cl aims, shall be vested in the U. States, and
the dividends to be made to the claimants
•ptitled to the benefits of this act shall be les
sened in proportion thereto ; And provided
»Ua That each and every person, before re
aving the certificates of stock aforesaid,
shall, after the two foregoing provisos have
be *n road to him take and subscribe the fob
iowmg oath, viz: “I, A B. do solemnly
swear or affirm, as the case may be. that I
have not, norha* any person for whose interest
I now ue r, either as agent or trustee, or as
execu'or, administrator, or heir at law, done
anl perfumed any act, which by the tenor of
the two provisos I have heard read to me,
W dsq rilify me from receiving the indem
ni*v aifhrdedby the provisions of this feet ”
Sec. 4 It* be it further enacted,
Tba” die said certificates of stock shall, tie re
in payment of the public lands to be
< v.MAtf‘f r the date of such certificates in he
** rr ' tor y •* Provided, That on ever,
doitars to b<* paid for land, ninety-
P>K , ■t'S shaH be r-4fvab> in said cernii
: provide I, t
land* m certificates, authorized to be issued by
this act, shall be entitled to the discount for
prompt payment now allowed by law to pur
chasers of pubtic lands. -
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That from and after such sufficient releases
from the claimants <o the Unired States shall
be lodged in the office of Secretary of state,
as is herein before provided in this aet, all i
such sum or sums of money, remaining in
the possession of the state of Georgia, which
may have been deposited as the consideration
of the purchase of the said lands, together
with such interest, if any there be, as may
have accrued thereon, shall beset over and
paid by the said commissioners to the state of
Georgia, in part payment of one million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, stipulated
to be paid by the articles of agreement and
cession between the U. States and the state of
Georgia. *
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted.
That if any person or persons, in pursuance of
the act of the state of Georgia of the 13th
of February, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-six, or of any subsequent act shall have
taken received, or withdrawn, from the trea
sury of the state of Georgia, any sum or sums
of money which had been paid or deposited
as the consideration of the purchase of any of
the aforesaid lands, which person or persons,
at the timoof receiving or withdrawing said
t sum or sums of money as aforesaid, were not
the bona fide claimants of the lands for the
purchase of which said money had been paid
or deposited, or if such person or persons had
not£ at the time the legal title vested in them,
supposing the title of Georgia to have been
valid, every such person or persons who shall
have taken, received or withdrawn the mo.
ney as aforesaid, shall be deemed and adjudged
to have had and received the same to and for
the use of the United States, and shall be and
hereby are declared to be holden and liable to
refund and pay to the United States, or to
the treasury of the state of Georgia for the
use of the United Stages, all such sum or sums
of money so had and received as aforesaid,
with legal interest from the time tie, she, or
they so received the same. And the afore
said comm ssioners shall be and they are here
by further authorized and directed examine
into and investigate all cases coming within
the purview of this section, and to claim such
sum or sums of money to be paid to the U.
States as to them shall appear just and reason
able, and in case of refusal topav the same,
to direct suits to be commenced for the. reco
very of the same, in such form and manner
as shall be thought most advisable, making
plaintiff or complainant as they shall think best
either the United States, the claimants who
shall have transfered to the United States their
right of action against the aforesaid persons or
the state of Georgia as bailee of the money
so taken, received, and withdrawn from the
treasury of the said state: Provided, That if
it should be thought advisable institute the
suits for the recovery of the monies aforesaid
in the name of the state of Georgia or of its
proper officers, the consent thereto, from thei
proper authority of the state oF Georgia, shal
be first had and obtained: And provided also,
That the said suits shall be conducted at the
proper expence of rhe United* States.
Sec. 7. And be s it further enacted.
That the President of the United States be
and he hereby is authorized to apply to the
Governor of the state of Georgia for all such
vouchers and testimony within the archives
or treasury of the said state as may be neces
sary for carrying into effect the provisions of
this act. I
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted.
That wherever the legal estate in any of the
! said lands (supposing the said act of the
i Legislature of the state of Georgia of the se
i venth of January, seventeen hundred and
ninety-iWe, had been valid and effectual) shall
be vested in any person or persons who at the
time of the passing of this act shall be under
the age of twenty-one years, tt shall be lawful
for the guardian or guardians of soeh person
or persons appointed in pursuance of the laws
of the respective states in which such person
or persons shall reside to execute for and in be
half of such person or persons and deposit in
the office of the Secretary of State of the U.
States rhe release, assignment and power
mentioned in the first section of this %ct;
which said release, assignment and power so
executed and deposited as aforesaid, are here
by declared to be good and effectual to all in
terns and purposes, and that in case of femes
covert claiming lands under the act or preten
ded act of the state of Georgia aforesaid, pas
sed the seventh of January seventeen hundred
and ninety-five, it shall be lawful for the hus
band and wife to join in the execution of the
release, assignment and transfer mentioned in
the first section of this act, and that such re
lease, assignment and transfer shall be good
and effectual as to the interest of such wife :
Pro vided, That the release, assignment and
transfer executed as aforesaid, shall be ac
knowledged before the judge or jnstice of a
court of record, and shaft have the attestation
of such judge or justice, certifying that on the
separate examination of the wife, she had ac
know 1 edged that she had freely and voluntar
ily executed the same
Sec. 9. And be tt further enacted ,
That if any person or persons claiming lands
imder the aforesaid act, or pretended „ act of
the state of Georgia, passed January seventh,
seventeen hundred and ninety-five,-shall neg
lect or refuse to compromise anjl make settle
ment of all such claim or claims, in conformi
ty with the provisions of this act, the United
States shall be, and hereby are declared to be
exonerated and discharged from all such claim
or claims, and the same shall be forever bar
red ; and no evidence of any such claim or
claims shall be admittedto be pleaded or al
lowed to be given in evidence, in any court
whatever against any grant derived from the
U. States.
LANGDON CHEVES,
Speaker of the Honse of Representatives,
E. GERRY,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
March 31, 1814. *
APPROVED,
J'MESMADISON.
We are happy to learn, that the
useful and effective species of defen
sive force has been brought to so
great a degree of perfection. The
boats whichever! mentioned in the
Report of the Secretary of tha Na
vy. as building on the Eastern Shore,
are completed and no-w in the care
of’ their able and experienced com
mander. Commodore Barney.. They
met, we* understand the very ,deci-
Kd approbation bf commodore Rod
rs. who expressed much gratific*-
at* naa-
and considered them avery
way fstr superior to he com
manded before Tripoli. r l his gen
tleman concurs with Com. Chaun
cey, Perry, Lewis and other able of
ficers and well in formed jnen, in the
superior efficacy of these vessels, for
action m smooth w-»ters, like those
in the Bay.—Mounting so heavy
metal and presenting so small 4 a
mark to the enemy’s fire, they are
specially adapted to the strvice for
which they possess so great advan
tage.
The manning of the Flotilla goes
on with a degree of alacrity, which is
highly gratifying; indeed it is nearly
completed. A circumstance which
occureda day or two since, deserves
public notice, as highly honorable to
the brave fellows who are the subject
of the anecdote. The carpenters to
the n umbe rof (hi rtj-five y who had been
engaged in completing the boats on
the Eastern Shore, determining,
they said to try the trim of their
work, entered the service, and took
in charge the vessels they had been
building. It is difficult to estimate
too highly the security ana advantage
this species of defensive force gives
to our city.
JSaitt Pot*
’ The Boston Palladium says, we
understand that London papers to
February 12, have been received at
Halifax ; that the battle in France
January 31st, [of which we have had
the French aocoi\nts,] resulted in a
great victory to the allies, the loss of
the French in killed be wounded being
immense; and that the Bramble,
despatch ‘Vessel, from tne United
States arrived in England in 20 days.
We lately mtntioned the case Ot
Joseph Warburton an Englishman
who was executed, being found in
arms against his country. The Sa
lem Register contains the following
sketch of his life :
Warburton was born in England,
and at 15 years of age was impress
ed. About six years ago be was pm
‘as one of a prize crew on board a
brig belonging to Mi • Samuel Gray
of this place. Whilst in the Gull
Stream, the prize master, a British
officer, Was continually intoxicated,
and the brig was driven about at the
mercy of the wind and waves, to tne
hazard of the lives of all on board,
who for their own safety, put them
selves under the protection of the
original captain, who brought tne
brig into Salem in March 1808.
Warburton worked three years on
shore in this county—*he then made
a voyage to Bal iroore and back, and,
a voyage to Gottenburg and back.
After the war, he weut two cruises
boatswain of the John, private arm
ed ship, belonging to this town. He |
then entered on board the Chesapeake
i and was on board her during her first
] cruise under captain Evans, and was
taken in her second cruise under
Captain Lawrence. He came to this
country about nineteen, and was ex
ecuted about five and twenty. He
was a remarkably intelligent add
well educated young man. After he
had been five years in this country,
he applied to an attorney to be na
turalized, but war having been de
clared, aud the additional act of Con
gress not having passed, he could
not effect his wishes.
Extract from the Presentments of the Grand (
Jury of Richmond County for last Aprij 1
- Term.
WE, the Grand Jurors, in behalf .
of the State of Georgia, and for the j
body of the county of Richmond, up
on our 04th present as a grievance
of the first magnitude, the act of the
General Assembly of this State, en-.
titled, (i An act to Alleviate the Con
dition of Debtors.”
We hold it as a sacred duty, thus
publicly to express the mingled e
motions of abhorrence and regret
with which we view every Legisla
tive proceeding, that suspends the
ordinary course of justice. Such ]
measures far from palliating, only
I increase the calamities of our coun
try, and injure instead of benefiting
the deluded sufferers, for whose re
lief they profess to be intended. Se
duced by the prospect of infinite de
lay, few have the prudence or integ
rity to retrench their expences, or
increase their industry for the pur
pose of providing against the season
when that delay must cease. Con
tent with being relieved from the
immediate pressure of the law, they
suffer their, debts to accumulate
through? thoughtless extravagance or
criminal supineness, and continue
obstinately hoping for more favora
ble times until their affairs become
too desperate'fot bny times, however
favorable, to retrieve# The moment
for enforcing payment, will come
upon them at last, when they have
forfeited by procrastination the con
fidence of their creditors, and with it,
all hopes of future indulgence
Were thp» the arising, trom
such acts, though plainly impolitic,
tot hey might merit a milder censure—
■4§U they ard*also evidently
and unjust, and therefore* descrying
the severest reprobation. They les
sen the credit and respectability of
oar state abroad. tb«y corrupt the
morals and destroy the mutual con
fidence of our citizens at home, they
tempt men to be dishonest, and re
duce fraud to a system, impugn the
‘plain principles of natural equity,
and violate the Constitution of the
U. S. From these mischiefs, we
have now no hope of deliverance, but
through the firmness of our Judges
and the exertion of the people them
selves. To the one, we look with
anxiety for a speedy and indepen
dent decision on the constitutionality
of this act, and to the other, we
wou?d recommend in the strongest
terms, the propriety of preferring
manly but temperate petitions from
every part .of the state, to the next
Legislature, against the renewal, (in
any shape) of a measure so noxious
to public morals, so destructive of
private faith, so contrary to justice,
so disgraceful to our country, and so
repugnant to the* Constitution. Io
examining this subject as connected
with the firm and prompt discharge
of duty, that we expect from our ju
diciary when called upon, we could
not avoid remarking the obvious ne
cessity of rendering our Judges inde
pendent of the Legislature, as to the
tenure of their office, and of allowing
them such liberal compensation as
would certainly ensure to our coun
try in the Judicial department, the
services of courage and talents, equal
to the examination and decision of
every question, however awful or
delicate.
We therefoie, most earnestly re
commend to the Senator and Repre
sentatives from this county, in the
next General Assembly, to use their
best endeavors to procure such an
alteration in the Constitution of this
State, as will give to the Judges of
the Superior Courts the tenure of
their offices during good behaviour,
and to obtain if possible, the passage
oi an act fto operate after the expi
ration of their present term of ser
vice ) allowing them a salary of 206 »
dollars or 2500 dollars per annum.
NEWLY INVENTED FIRE
ARMS.
.. ) ■ *
Ntto Firearms invented by M, Pauly,
Officer of Artillery, m the service of
Switzerland,
The arms invented by M# Pauly,
offer in, their mechanism and use,
very great advantages over those
now used.
* The musket of M. Pauly has for
its principle qualities:
v lst. To carry the ball twice as far
as common guns.
2d. To be capable ot being dis
charged ten or twelve times in a min
ute, without carry ing the gun to the
left, without going out of the hori
zontal line, parrallel to that of aim,
and without interruption, which ex
ercise the inventer has rendered ea
sy, and much less tiresome, than
the one now practised : 1. In substi
tuting to the strap which supports
the cartridge-bok, a leather belt, fur
nished with 4 a metal plate, in the mid
dle of which, is a pin (or pcg>
which serves to steady the breech of
the gun, and render the shock al
most imperceptible, at the same time
it is used as a point of resistance in
I Charging with the bayonet.— 7r, In
; composing that belt of several straps,
in which slide boxes extremely light,
containing cartridges, which by thisj
means the soldier has at hand.-
3d. To require neither ramrod
t aor flint, nor worm, nor printing
wire. v
4th. To renderthe infantry almost
secure from any attack of cavalry, v
by means of bayonets, which being
lengthened or shortened in a man
ner always strong, and at will by the
soldiersdfthe second and third ranks,
render the first Sank always protect
ed by that dreadful weapon.
sth. To present the same advanta
ges, in the most precipitate retreats,
by the facility afforded the soldier to
bad, either in walking and running;
the gun being placed horizontally
on the shoulder, the left arm on the
breech, so that be has only to turn
half round, in carrying the left foot
backward, to face the enemy wicb as
much prompti ude and accuracy as
if he had fired in front. The sol
dier may load either standing or ly
ing or even at the same time that he
is charging with thtq bagpnet.
6th. This musket, as well as the
fowling piece, is exempt from all
hanging fire, and from all effects of
rain upon powder, and has not like
the common guns, that smoke so in
convenient iff oattle and in hunting
as there is no touohhole. Its effect
cannot be destroyed for want pf a
flint, a ramrod, &cV nor be danger
ous on account of double and triple
charges, so common in platoo|| fir
ing, as is impossible to more
than once without discharging.
I 7th. It is as easy to load at nigh,
without a light as in midday, mv.
without any danger, which is an in
valuable advant|gp in night
f in which the, t roups ut ,^k, ‘U
l reUwil without alight] and Without
delays which often cost them their
lives. « ; * *
The fowling piece of M. Pauly
can also fire ten or twelve times a
minu'e. It requires neither ramrod
nor shotbag, See. Sec. and the sports*
man cannot be stopped by fear of a
double or false charge- The barrel
upon its stocky is the only apparatus
ot the sportsman, excepting cartridg
es, which are made in an uniform
and economical'way, and being out
of danger from rain, prevent the in
convenience of hanging fire.
The horseman’s pistols and duel
ing pistols of M. Pauly are rifle-bar
relled, as well as his musket. It par
takes of all its advantages as regards
the promptitude of shooting. It can
be loaded six times quicker than the
common pistol, without the horse
man being obliged to stop ; and in
charging the enemy withoul letting
go the bridle, so that cavalry can I’m’-
itate the fire of infantry. The load
ing is done without a ramrod, and
it is physically impossible that the
motion of the horse can drop the
load, and so render the arms useless,
which is often the case with those
now used.
The cartridges used for M. Pauly’s
arms, are of n particular and eco
nomical composition. They do
not throw liKe those now in use, a
wrapper or wad, the effects of which
are dangerous. They need not be
torn to communicate the powder#
arid the charge cannot be weakened
by the loss of powder, always occa
sioned by tearing the cartridge, and
its introduction into the barrel.
The charge being contained in a
cartridge, the fragments of which
are easily taken out after each fire,
the inside of the gun is always clean#
and may be fired much longer than
other guns without being cleaned.
The gun is loaded through the
breech, and the charge aud prime
are both introduced into the barret
together, in a cartridge prepared in
a particular way. Fire takes as in
the former guns of M. Pritat, by the
percussion of fulminating powder*
placed in the centre of the charge.
As the prime takes fire in the centre ,
of the charge, the gun goes off much
quicker, and the powder being in
flamed all at once, half a charge of
it is equal in effects with a whole
load in common guns.
The gun which the reporter M.
Delessert presented to the Society of
Encouragement, has fired three hun
dred times without hanging or mis
sing a single fire*. >
When these guns shall he fabri
cated, they will cost no more than
the common guns, and as they re
quire only half a charge of powder#
half that article will be saved, of
which the transportation is so dear,
so inconvenient, and especially sw
dangerous.
M. Pauly has taker) a patent and
established himself with M. Pritat
at Paris*
Ken, March 26.
By a gentleman from St. Louis#
We are informed that the Indians have
again made their appearance in the
vicinity of the U. S. Saline* Early
in the present month, within 15
miles of the Saline, seven Indians
f supposed to be Kickapoos ) attack
ed Major Nelson Rector, a y Yung
gentleman of the Illinois Territory*
He was wounded in three places—
the first ball went through his bi-cast#
the second broke his left aria, and
the third took the skin off his ;
pie. His horse was also shot thro gb
the breast. Our informant Ifcfn ,/r i
jor R. dangerously ill at the SalU
and little hope was entei-tained of ’
recovery.#Afew days after the alt <rk
on major Rector, the Indians stol 1%
horses from the Saline,and on Friday
night the V3th inst. they made au ir
ruption into the Pond Setlement with
in 8 miles of SHawnoe Town, ams
completely broke it up. All the in
habitants on the frontiers are moving
into the forts, and it is the general
opinion at the Saline, that unless the
savages are driven off, that place will
be destroyed* A party that went in
pursuit of the Indians, saw one, and
signs of three companies of fromSfr,
ven to- nine each. Much do I fear
(says a letter from the Illinois Terri
tory of the 7th inst*) that we shall
find that the armistice has had tho
’ effect of pampering the savages iit
the winter for war in the summer*
New-Oxleaks, March 15.
In this Gazette of the 17 Ult. the
letter of Messrs. Brown, Fromentii*
and Robertson,our representatives in
the two houses of Congress* to the
honorable Secretary of War, wafc
published. —This letter solicited prw
tection fronv the general government
for Louisiana, that* was supposed
then to be menaced. *
Col. Bowyer*s letter had catlsed the
alarm. The application of our mem
r Ocrs of Congres to the Secretary,
produced an-answer to tho following
effect. That General Flournoy was
Instructed to*accept of u e service#
sos the Choctaw anti Carte * tribe* of
, Indians, that Geneial Robcrtsop Had
been directed to invite the CM