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VOLUlViaiil: ; NEW BERN, N. CI. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1820. NUMBER 115. t TRRMS. t ' 1 ' THE CEtfTINEL IS ptJBUSHED WEEKLY BT! PASTEUR WATSON, At Three Dollars per annum, one half payable in advance. i No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid up, except at the op tion of the publishers. c Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square the first week, and 37 l-eents 'per square for each succeeding insertion. .-II"" 1 , 1 BY THE PRESIDENT OP THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICAr ' ; A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, by an act of Congress of the United States, on the third of March, one thousand eight Hundred and fifteen, so much of the several acts imposing duties on the ships and vessels, and on 'goods, wares, & merchandize, imported intotheUni ted States, as imposed a discrimi nating d ity of tonnage between fo reign vessels and vessels of the Urii tedStates and between goods impor ted into the United States in 'fo reign '' vessels and vessels of the United States, were repealed, sofar as the same respected the produce or manufacture of the nation towhich such foreign ship or vessel might belong, such repeal to take effect in favor of any foreign nation whenever the President of the United States should be satisfied that the discrimi nating or countervailing dutiesofsuch ioreign nation so iar as tney oper ate to the disadvantage of the Uni ted States, have been abolished : And whereas satisfactory proofs have been received by me from the Burgomasters and Senate of the free and Haaseatic city of LubecV, that from and after the thirtieth day of October, one thousand ei ght hundred . and nineteen, all discriminating or countervailinglduties of the said city, so1 far as they operated to the dis advantage of the United States, have been and are abolished : Now, therefore, I, James Mon roe, President of the Unitd States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of khk several acts imposing duties on m tonnage, of ships and vessels, ancrbn goods,' wares, ana merchandize importea into the United States, as imposed a discriminating duty on tonnage be tween vessels of the free and Hnse a actic city of Lubeck and vessels t of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States, in vessels of Lubeck and ves sels of the United States, are re pealed, so far as the same respect the produce or manufacture of the said free Hanseatic city of Lubeck. I Given under my hand, at the City of f Washington, the fourth day of 1 ; May, in the year of our Lord 1820, and of the Independence of the Uni ted States of AmericaHhe forty fourtli. - JAMES MONROE. By the President : JOHN Q. ADAMS, 1 Secretary of State5. JAMES MONROE, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF, - - AMERICA, - v' . 2b all whom it may concern : Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to me, that David Kizer, Esq. is appointed Vice Consul of His Swedish Majesty, for the port oi uaitimore, in tne state oi mary- land, I do hereby recognize him as such, and declare him free to exer cise such functifcns, powers, and pri viliges, as are allowed with the Uni. ted States to the Vice t Consuls of friendly powers', between whom and the United States there is no agree ment for the regulation of the con Bular functions. , , iA. ' In testimony' whereof, I have cau- se4 these letters to be made pa- tent, and the seal' of the United States to be hereunto affixed. - Given under my harfd, at the City ; of. Washington, the twenty-fifth : day of April, A, D 1820, and ; ; of the Independence of the Uni ted States trfe forty-fourth. J AMES MONROE. ! By the President:'. JOHN QUINCY ADMS. : - Secretary or State. JAMES MONROE,. PRESIDENT 0$ THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. To all whom it ptay concern j ' Satisfactory evidence having been exhibited to me, that Ch ahles f West feldt, Esq is 'appointed Vice Consul of His Swedish Majesty for the port of Savannah, in the state of Georgia, I do hereby recognize him as such, and declare him free to ex ercise such functions, powers, and priyiliges as are allowed with the United States, to the Vice Consuls of ifriendly powers, between whom and the United States there is no agreement for .the regulation of the consular functions. In testimony whereof, I have cau- vj-. sea tnese letters to oe made pa tent, and the seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. i Given under my hand,' at the City ! ; of Washington, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. D. 1820, and pf the dependence of the Uni ted otates the iorty-tourth. 1? JAMES MONROE, By the President : JOHN QUICY ADAMS, Secretary of State. (R Y AUTHORITY.) AN ACT confirming the proceedings o the inhabitants of the village of Ca hokia, in the. state of Illinois, in lay ing out a town on the commohs of said S ' village. ; . ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U nitcd States of America, in Congress' assembled, That the proceedings of the inhabitants of the village of Cahokia, intihe - state of Illinois; by their agents, Jesse B. Thomas, John Hay, John Hays, Nicholas J arrot, and Francis Tar cotte, in laying out a town called Il linois city, on one of the tracts of land confirmed to them asaeommon, by an act of Congress, passed on the twentieth- February, one thousand eight hundred-and twelve, and the distribution made by the said agents, of the lots amongst! the inhabitants ol said village of Cahokia, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed.. Sec. 2. And bel further enacted, That the said Jessee B. Thomas, John Hay, John Hays, Nicholas Jariot, and Francis Turcotte, or any three of them, be, and they are here by authorized to convey, by deed, in fee simple the lots, that have heretofore been distributed as afore said to those persons or their le gal representative s, to horn distri bution as afdresaid was made, " .11. CLA, ; ; Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILL VRD, President of the Senate' pro tempore. May 1, 1820. Approved : JAMES MU;KUt. AN ACT for the relief of John B. Reg. .. ;y ; nier. ; Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous of Representatives of the' United States of America in Congress Assembled, That Jchn B- Kegnier, ot Ohio, be, and he hereby is, authorized to locate, in ihe Marietta district, any unappro priated quarter section of land which has been offered for sale by the U nited States ; and, whenever the said Regnier shall have ' entered such quarter section withi the register of the land orfice of the said district, it shall be theiuty of the said regisT ter to give to him a certificate, de scribing the quarter section so en tered ; on the presentation of which to he Commissioner of the General Land Office, a patent shall' issue to the said Regnier, for the aforesaid quarter section of land. Approved, May 2, 1820. AN ACT for the relief of Fielding Jones. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be paid to Fielding Jones; out of any money in i the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, eighty dollars, in tuiricompensation lor a a-. --. m . f . . I . I horse impressed into the public ser- vice m the late war witn oreac tin- tain. 5 . Approved; May 2, 1820. AN ACT i for the benefit of Christopher Miller. R it enacted biithe Senate and House of Africa, in Congress assembled, That n. t 4l. ITnUvJ Vo 1 r.hrUmnher M Her. ol Hardin coun- ty, and state of Kentncky, be author ized to enter, without paymei t, at any land otfice of the United States north-west of the ! river Ohio, six hundred and forty acres of land, on any lands subject to entry at private sale ; land on return, being made to. the Commissioner ot the General Land Office, a patent shall issue as in other cases. v"- Approved, May 21820. AN ACT for the relief of Captain Stan- ton Sholes. I . Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the proper accounting officers ot the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to audit and settle, on the principles of equity! the account of C aptaih Stanton Sholes, late of the army of the United States, for any moneys disbursed by him whilst in. the ser vice of the United States, for pub lic purposesv - - , " i Approved, May 2,' 1820. AN ACT for the relief of John D. Carter. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress, assembled, That there be paid to Johnj JJ. Carter, ut of any money in the Treasury, not Otherwise apprepnated py law; the sum of five thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars ana ninety cents, being that part of ' the pro ceeds of certain goods and merchan dise, belonging to the said John D. Carter, captured on board the ship iVT nnrl -tA rt ' on r 1-rr It Or Vlfr in tr t V f norf of Philadelphia, and there condemn- ea, as prize or war, wmcn were paic into the Treasury of the United States, as the United States' portion ol said prize. j Approved, May 8, 1820. (AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of Abiiah Hunt, and William Gordan J . r - Forman.-; - Be it enacted by. the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the heirs of 'Abiiah Hunt," and Wm. G. Form m be, and thev are here- by, coifirmad in their;daim to fifteen hundred arpens of land, situated on the Mississippi river near the mouth of Cole's creek, in the State of Mis sissippi, being the same! land which was conveyed to Abijah Hunt and William Gordan. Forman. on the 3 1st day of May, one thousand eight hundred and two, by Charles! Nor wood, executor of the last will and testament of John Turnbull : Pro vided, nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the claim of any other person or persons to the said land, or any part thereof, de rived either from the United States,; or from any other source whatso ever. J '; . 1 ' ' P: , . ! " ';." Approved, May 8, 1 820. RESOLUTION for the distribution of certain copies of the Journal of the Convention which formed the Cdnsti- tution. . ; " -. . Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit one co py of. the Journal of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia, in one thousand seven hundred and eighty- ! seven which tnrmen tne onstltu- tion of the United States, to ach of the members; now alive, of the said ConveqyonC : .;tV': . ' Approved, May 8, 1820. AN ACT suDDlementarv to an act, en titled u An act concerning naviga tion. : ''..; "?. . "4:;':' : Be it enacted bw the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America in Congress assembea .That trom and alter the thirtieth day ot beptember next; the ports of the U nited States shall be and remain clo sed against every vessel owned whol ly or in part by a subject or subjects oi nis ontanic majesty, commgvor inviiiR u aw, "um Any purs ti living uy sea, iroro any port-, or place i the province of Lower. Can- ' H"mb dl"v,u5'ul port or place in the province of New Brunswick, tne province of N vk Scotia, the'islands of Newfoundland, St. Johns, or Cape Breton, or tbje dependencies of any of them, the islands of Bermuda, the Bahamia islands, the islands called Gaicois, or the dependencies of oy of them, or from any other port or place in ; any -.11 - isiana, colony, territory, or posses sion, under the dominion of Great Britainin the. West Indies, or on the continent of America, south of the southern boundary of the Uni ted States, and not included within the act to whi. h this act is supple mentary. And every such vessel so j there shall be paid a duty of eigh excluded from the ports of the XJni- j teen dollars per ton, on all French; ted btates, that shall enter, or at- te'mpt to enter, the same, in viola tion of this act, shall with her tackle, epparel, and furniture, together with the cargo on board such vessel, be forfeited to the United States. j Sec- 2. And be it furth er enatted, That, from aid after the thirtieth day of September next, the owner consignee, or agent, of - every vessel owned wholly or in part by a subject or subjects of his Britanic Majesty, which shall have been duly entered in any port of the United States, and on board oi' which shall have been there laden, for exportation, any ar- tide or articles oi the growtn, pro- duce, or manufacture, of the U nited States other than provisions and sea-stores- necessary for the voyage,' shall, before such vessel shall have been cleared outward at the custom house, give bond in a sum double the value of such article or articles, with one or more surities, to the satisfac-K tion of the collector that the arti cle or articles so laden on board such vessel, for exportation, shall be lan ded in some port or place other than a port or place in any province' island, colony ' territory or posses sion, belonging to his Britanic Ma jesty, that is mentioned or describ ed in this act, or in the act to which this act is supplementary. And every such vessel that shall sail or attempt to sail, from any port of the United States, without having complied with the provisions aforesaid, by giving bond as aforesaid, shall, wi th her tackle, apparel, and furni ture, together with the article or ar ticles aforesaid, laden on board the same as atoresaicl, oe lorieuea to the United States : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed so as to vio late any provision of the Convention to regulate Commerce between the territories of the United States and of his Britanic Majesty signed the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the thirtieth day of September next, no goods, wares, or merchandize, shall be. im ported into the United States of America from the province of No va Scotia the province of New Brunswick, the islands of Cape Bre ton, StV Johns, Newfoundland, or tkr rmnrrtive denendencies,; from the Bermuda Islands, the Bahamia Islands, the islands called Caicos, or either or any of the aforesaid pos sessions; islands, or?places, prrfrom any other province, possession, plantation, island, oi place, I under the dominion of Great Britain in the West Indies, or on the continent of America, south of the southern boun daries of the United States, except omy su.u 6n waita ' ch goods, "wares, and chandize, as are irmy ana wnouy oi the growtn, nnaauce, or. raaniac ture. of the province, colonv. plan- aforesaid, ivhere the same: shall be laden j and from whence such goods, waresor merchandize, shU. be di rectly imported into the United -States, and all goods, wares, or mer chandize, imported, or attempted to be imported, into the United States of America, contrary to the provis ions of this act, together with the vessel n board of which the same shall be laden, her tackle, apparel.- ana mrniture, snau oe iorieued to the United States. v . Sec. 4. ; 'And' Be it further enacted. rhat the form of the bond aforesaid shall be prescribed, and the same shall be discharged, a net all penal ties and forfeitures' incurred under this act, shall be sued for, recovered, distributed, and accounted for, and the same may be mitigated, or re mitted, in the manner, and accord ing to the provisions, of the act to whivh this act is supplementary, .Approved, Miy 15, 1820. AN ACT to impose a new tonnage du- V ty on French ships and vessels.; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Statet of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the tonnage duty now paid on French ships or vessels, ships or vessels, which shall be e-. tered in the United States,' any act to the, contrary notwithstanding: Provided, however, That nothing contained in thr act, shall be so con strued, as to prevent the extension of the provisions of the.aC't, entitled dAn act to repeal so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vesels, and on goods, wares, ana merchandize vim ported into the United States, as imposes a discriminating duty .a. tonnacre between fort iim vessels and vessels of the United States, and be tween the goods imported into the unitea otaies in ioreign vessels ana vessels, of the United States, to French ships and vessels, and the goods imported therein, whenever the government of France shall ac cede to ''the pr visions of the' act above referred to. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tonnage duty laid, and di rected to be paid by this a n, shall be collected and paid according to the provisions of the act entjtleoV An act to regulate the collectioa ot duties on imports and tonagr,,, passed the second day of M.rchy one thousand seven hundred arid, ninety-nine. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted That this act shall commence, and be in force, from and after the first day of July, one thousand eight hun dred and twenty. Approved, May 1 5, 1820 AN ACT for the relief of J the inhaM- tants of the Village of Peoria in tHe State of Illinois. s Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That every person, or the legal represen tatives of every person, who claims a lot or lots in thi village of Peoria, in the state of Illinois, shall, bn or before the 1st day of October, next, deliver to the Register of the Land Office, for the district of Edwards ville, a rrotice in, writing of his or her claim: and it shall be the duty of the s?id Register to make to the" Secretary of the Treasury a report of ail claims filed with the said Re gister, with the substance of the evi dence in support thereof ; arid also liis opinion and such remarks re specting the claims as he may think proper to make ; which report, to gether with a list of the claims, which in the opinion of the said Re gister; ought to be confirmed, shall be laid by the Secretary oi the Trea sury before Congress, for their de termination. And the said Regis ter shall be allowed twenty-five cents for each claim on which x a decision shall be made, whether such decis ion shall Be in favor, or against the clnims ; which allowance shall be ia full for his services under this dcU Approved, May 15, mo, ) 1- : -- ;::;;;.:. -.v-:.v- t r ' , : - ' ' . ' ! . , . : '"'v. .,.