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(3Sg 'gtttfrgrftgQ . itrrs oF the pxrrED states.. AN ACT tnkio appropriations for the op- pcttofin Additions! Military Fore. -BE it enacted h the Senate and Homteof He pctexiatixei tU United States of America, in cesianr exDcnce, to the fist day cf Jj- ouurnext, ofthc troop toberiiicd by S'of .n ct. enUUed An ct to rsise i additional miliiary force, pas- ied on the eleventh day o( Januiry, one thousand tii M hundred and twelve, the !bllowiner sums be, and the same here- by axe respectively appropriated that is to siv 2 For pay, one. million four hundred ' .... - . - and six tnousand eignt nunorea ana ni- tv.nn HnlUi-t flnH nintvJvc rmt. ' For forage, one hundred and fifty.four . thousand four hundred and thirty-five dollars and thirty cents. For subsistence, one million seventy four thousand, and ninety -seven dollais and sixtyscven cents. For clothing,1 eight hundred and six ty-thrcr thousand two hundred and for ty-four dollars. For bounties and premiums, four hun dred and forty-two thousand two hun dred and sixty dollars. For. the purchase of horses for the dragoons, and (or the purchase of horses for the transportation of heavy artillery. ammunition and baggage, two hundred and eighty-two thousand dollars For the quartcr-mastcr-general's de partment, induditfg harness and other equipage, quarters, fuel, tools and trans portation, four hundred and eight thou sand seven hundred and sixty dollars. For the medical and hospital depart mcnt, ene hundred and tweuty-five thousand dollars. For contingencies, three hundred and fifty -five thousand nine hundred and e leven dollars and seventeen cents. Sec 2, AmJ be it further enacted, That the several sums spccincal'y appropriated by this act, shall be paid out of any mo nies in the Treasury not otherwise ap propriated. HENRY CLAY, GEO. CLINION, Fut-PrtiUt if lit U. Sisttl W Ptttidem if Ue Itttt, Febiuaiy 21, 1812. Appkotxo, . jAS. MADISON. AN ACT authorising- a Loan for a Sum not excetdinjj Eleven Millions of DolUra. BE it enacted, h the St mite and Ewe of EtprttrKiattxtt of the United States of Jmerf ca. in Gon&ess assemWed That the lrcaidcnt cf the United Slates be, and he is here by authorised to borrow, cn the cre dit oT the United Slates, a sum not ex cecdiog eleven millions of dollars, at an interest, not exceeding six per cent um per annum payable quarter-yearly, to be applied in addition to the monies now in the treasury, or which may be re ceived from other sources, to defray any of the expenses which have been, or may, curing the present session of Con gress, be .authorised 4by law, and for which appropriations Jhave been or mjy, curing the present session ofCongress, be made by law-: Providcdi That no en gagement nor contract shall be entered into which shall preclude the United States from reimbursing any sumofsums thus borrowed, at any time after the ex- ptrauoa oi twtlveyeais, trora tne nrst cay ouanuarynex. Sc2. Axi he it further enacted. That the . - ...... rrestuent ot the United b ates be, and he Is hereby tmhorised lo cause to be constituted certificates of nock, signed lay the register of the treasury, or by a commissioner of loans, for the sum to be borrowed by virtue of this act, or for any part thereof, bearing an Interest of. six per centum, and reimbursable as afore &aid ; which s.ock tho created, shall be transferable- in the same manner as is provided by law for the transfer of the existing public debt of the United States i nu ins ncrcoy lurtheroccurca,inaiu shall be deemed a Vood. execution of f WW the said power to borrow, for the Pre sident of the United States to cause the id certificates of stockor any part inereoi, to be sold : Provided, That no suco stock shall be sold under par. SS. And be it father enacted. That so ronch of the funds constituting the annual ap propriition.tDf eight millions of dollars, for the payment vof the principal .and interest of the public debt of the United States, as may be wanted for that pur- .ier siusry ing.the sums necessary far the payment of ;he interest and such p-rt of thr principal cf the aaid debt as ln.1li.1t-J L'.... '-i' ... . ihe United States are now pledged an nuIly to pay orcmiurse, is hereby pledged ind appropriated for the pay raent of the interest, and for the reitn burseraent of the principal of the atocfc . which mar be created br virtue of this act ; It shall accordingly be the du.y of the commissioners of the sinking fund, to cause to be applied and paid out ot the said fund yearly such sum and sums as may be annually Wanted to discharge the interest accruing on the said stock, and to reimburse the principle as the same hll become due, nd mxjr be dis- I charged in canrorroity wi'h Ihe terms of line loan ana tney arc iunncr auuiur- tscd to apply, from time to time, such sum or sums out of the said fund as they II my think proper, towards redeeming I by purchase, and at a price not above II . . f . I J L par, tne principal oi xnc saiu aiocK,.or n any pan incrcui. c ianu m ms. II Uni:ed States is hereby pledged-to es II .... m J r i; tablisn lumcieoi revenues xor raaKing up any deficiency that may hereatter take place in the tonds nereoy appro- priated for paying thp said interest and principal sums, or any of them, in man ner aforesaid. I Sec 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any of the banks in the dis trict of Columbia to lend any part of the sum authorised to be borrowed by vir tue of this act, any thing in any of their charters of incorporation to the contra ry notwithstanding. .HfciNK i CLAY, 3tfr of tht Hett f Rtprtitnftum GEO. CLINTON. fkt-PrtnJfH f the U. Suits W Prtudet qf the Senate. March 14, 112 Apcao vd. JAMES MADISON. Deferred Articles. SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS. It has just come to light, that Mr Coore, aid -de-camp to Sir George Pre- vost, was in this town some time since, ij ihe leueral papers oi yesterday were instructed to say, that be did not appear in disguise, but (to them) in hts proper character If this is the case, (which we do not believe) how does it happen that it has been kept a secret' till this time I It has always been the custom with the leading federalists" on the ap proach of a distinguished character to make it known by issuing a bulletin. The approach of Francis James Jifkson was duly announced, and a number of the choice spirits" went out, met him on his way, and escorted him into town, and gave him adinner at the Exchange : But Mr. Coore pays a visit at a certain time, and none but certain men must know it. There is more in this business "than meets the eye.' J Look out I Ii is now stated for the first time, that Mr. Morier, the late British Charge des Affaires, was in this, town a short time before Mr. Coore, and that a convoca tion of M choice spirits' was held, no doubt for the purpose of renewing their mutual pledge of "integrity of inten tion. Boston Patriot Great Haste- We have It from good authority, that on Sunday last, the day on which the news of Henry's conspira- cy arrived here, a letter was dispatched I to an officer of the British government in Canada. Ib From the National IntcUizenler. ' We have frequently seen with regret in the public prints, accusations against Congress of. tardiness in their motions, and inaeea loiaj lnuispwsnuuii iu mane the serious preparations called for by the present interesting crisis ; artd we have seen, with equal regret, the lm pression in some cases prevail, from these and similar representations, that Congress and the Executive were not decided us to the course proper to be pursued. It has been the constant aim of the federal prints to produce this im pression, and their publications have had the unfortunate effect to lull the mercantile interest into a false security, from the effects of which we shall re joice if they do not eventually severely suffer. - " Those who have their eyes fixed on a certain object ; Tike the traveller, to whom the distant mountain, the object of his pursuit, appears but an hour's journey from him ; overlook the inter mediate obstacles they' have.to over come, the natural impediments inter- posed, and toe exienr oi space wmcn m- tervenes. - i ms is incident to tne san gulneness of our natures, and extends as well to political as to civil life. Those who, warmed by the ardent desire to a- tchge their Country's wrongs, have re garded the preparatioi for war and its actual commencement as. simultaneous ooerations have, in their anxiety to at- tain their object, overlooked the tedious terestingnd instructive as it . cuht, to II. 11 i .? lilt Tf V '.,fil 1 1 Ibut necessary aeiay oi preparauon anaji organization essential to Ihe success, nay to tne insmuuoii oi munary cxpeai- tions. 1 niSIi WUU1U UUWCVCl IlttYC uccn criminal for a government to have over looked, and we accordingly find, thai Congress have progressed, from the claBTIiin adetibera e but firm step in th commencement of their present session, e path pointed out to them no less by their own conviction oi me auues, imposed on them by the actual state of things, than by the urgent recommendations of the Executive. We have been led to these reflections by a remark which just now caught pur eye, in a valnable republican paper, reprobating J what is there called the ' criminal tardiness" of Congress. Let us see, since they are said to have been so inactive, what has been done, in the present session,by way of preparation for anticipated war. Notwithstanding the novelty of the subject, ourinexperi- ence in war, and the consequent difficul tv of arranelni? the details of a larcre military body, its equipage, Sec. we find that Congress have passed some acts and originated others To fill up the ranks and prolong the enlistments of the present army To raise an additional regular force of twenty-five thousand men ; lo autnonse me employment o a volunteer force of fifty thousand men ; To raise six companies of mounted Rangers for the defence of our western frontier ; To arm the militia ; To authorise detachments of militia To complete the fortification of our maritime frontier ; To repair and fit out our whole nava! rorct. To procure camp equipage, baggag waggons, 8cc. c. To purchase ordnance and military stores ; To purchase a vast supply of sulphur and saltpetre ; ' To make 'further provision for the corps of engineers ; To establish a quarter-master's de partment and create commissary-generals, &e. 1 To provide for the support of the ar my and navy for the ensuing year ; To authorise a loan of eleven millions to defray these great expenses ; j And have taken steps evincing their determination lo lay taxes to raise a re- .. .. r- . venue to pay tne interest ot tne war loans etc. ; Is all tins nothing ?. But it may be asked, and indeed the question has been already put why are not the men enlisted f why hae no recruiting parties been sent out I In reply to these questions,we need on ly state a single fact : that it is only in the course of the last week that; the Se nate confirmed a part of the appoint ments ot officers in the new army, with flout whose aid recruiting could not be commenced. We have understood that letters of appointment have been imroe diately expedited to those whose ap pointments have been confirmed, and that the recruiting will be forthwith vi gorously commenced. In relation to other preparations, we arc not in the habit of pry ing, into Ex ecutive secrets, but we should deem the Head of the War Department remiss in his duty it he have not caused ample preparauon of military stores, camp e quipage, clothing, Sec. to be prepared, in a quantity sufficient to meet the proba ble demand. But we feel a confidence that he has performed this important, Ihis all essential duty ; and that those who exult in the idea of their country's imputed imbecility and nakedness will find their views of profiting by her dis tress most happily thwarted, jo the joy of every teal lriend of ms country. AMERICAN HEROISM, i CoU Arnold, with -a. detachment of Yankees, left Cambridge in the autumn of 1775, . and penetrated through 'the wilderness of Maine to the vicinity of Quebec, where he formed a ' junction with General Montgomery. On reach' ing the southern bank of the St. Law ;ence, Col Arnold's detachment were exhausted, and- destitute of every thing except their courage and the inspiring presence of their leader. This expedi tion was one of the mbstHanoiballike of any that were 'undertaken, during the ref j J voluttonary war ; ' and no historian : has I detailed it in a mannerto make it so in oei ii any survivor orine oeiacnmem will communicate a short history of the'r jourhry through the wilderness ; ' and of the manner of their crossing' the St. Lawrence (whether on rafts, in boats. or on the ice) his communication can not fail.to be interesting at the present time tp the soldier who may again be called to a similar enterprise jtnd to the historian who may be ambitious to make his writings subserve the .military genius of his countrymen. , , Yankee From the National Intelligencer. IMPRESSED SEAMEN No. I. Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.'' - Permit me to detail a few particulars relative to this important object of na tional concern, as it has frequently fal leu under my observation at sea, as weli as on shore. When Vessels are met with on the ocean by British vessels of war ; on being boarded, a 'dam and is made of the roll or articles, and the men being mustered, the officer inter rogates themt who (if it is bad weather) is generally the sailing-master, or one of his mates, or perhaps a lieutenant ; with very lit tit knowledge cf mankind, or of national dialects he undertakes to be sole judge to decide and determine the place of birth of every man on board, their legal testimonials (the place where they' embarked being strong prima facie evidence) to the contrary of his opinion notwithstanding; the fate of the men being thus summarily decided, the con demned are taken on board the man o war, and turned btfore the mast, ile lanchoiy prospect, worst of . slavery, to hzht for their oppressors I From that moment (particularly if found to be good seamen) they are solicited by the bjficers as will aa mtn to tnter they arc ttm'ptfd by assurance of " leave, to go on shore when in port with the liberty rnen." Some months elapse in this way ; " no morniner sun shines for them," all is gloom, horror, slavery ! 1 To escape ap pears impossible ! At length thev lis ten lo the seductive hofie of opportunity to regain their liberty by entering, despair whispers it is the only chance I The bounty is taken 1 but double disappoint ment follows ; the ship goes into port, and they find themselves more strictly watched 1 Still upborne by the hope of freedom (tor men that deserve it never despair; tney preserve a miseraDie exis tence, till at length the glorious day ar riles, and one of 'them escapes !, Wa ges, prize money, and .oppression, are Ictt bemnn ; ms it ienas ana ms country receive him again 1 Having witnessed the escape of a man who had Keen ten ytars in one of those dens of slaves, j 1 would paint his joy, describe the ex pressions of his fears and his feelings, if it were possible, but it is not in the power of language. Who can then de scribe the sufferings of his companion left behind ? Still compelled to drag the galling chain, and fight for his 'tyrants; he also attempts to desert, but is-retaken1! The rules of that navy which is supported by conscription, by depriving foreigners as well as natives of their U berty are' not less cruel in the punish merits they inflict. He is ried, found guilty, and Logged through the FLEET 1 - . GHOST OF MONTGOMERY: From Notes, wbile in Batbai ' does Court ol V. Admiralty- .. A certain number, who, it is supposed. can be relied on, are allowed each day, or at least every Sunday, to go ashore, r- The picture in my last may have glv en some idea of the sufferings to which our' Poor Tars are reduced when taken into slavery ; hearing it asserted that it was 44 too highly drawn;' arid that " it seldom happrned," I , found the obser vations fell from an t .Englishman, to whom T. was" able to state, from'perfeCt knowledge, that owing to .the Wrfe rerice of a gentleman of Philadelphia, 'a very respectable ybung'tnan 6f? Boston, who deserted from the Arcast a British frigate at La Guy ra, was saved from this worse than death. Ut tnat rempnstrance it isjbelieved a copy is.in the hands of TOvernmerifc'r'. ' : . Cu ;- ' ir-U t Isut of any tdhsequenceV bow .many J may nave . su Merea, inis iwnac snaii. jL tall it f Let eyeryrman who has; or a friehd-eTery father who has a son J motiierssisters i name it I . Is it not j IS Jf enouciftti know lAnLt-atig kajsutierfl P 'KZi-':. and what nation has'lnflicted thit unme mi m&h mnY ? St A onty.pQwer pn eattn that has by Aefr cim ubi sets becomes a citizen of the United "Stptes he jsiialf nefirr' assume his rightf oTjaileialiceiti ;Bjr Lord HawkeSbury's afct (aslt i called when takfng out a rejgister fcrstyesset in England, het! owner Jisttoweir,vhfri: ' has never takei the oa prgahce?? to any. foreign' wer,inccprjstateV except to a fower ui!Euroffcb &frjain the? rights of a burgher ofct wen.'' f This act of Parliamenf forcxCAuw pitjury n those who shielded 'Bjiish '-elsels under, the Imperialslag ai Oitend Cthen La free port) is 'equally a declaration of their morality and their prtfsent consis . tency. Who cab think." without shuS dering, without jhorrrptn innocent man, wkosf only ijfer(ce Wfyii profession being-carried ina'-'bVVtitj'-avj'-'. suspended lover- his ',fronis.ljp :to ship, his hands t)ed up 'to the" cross bar, and along side of evdry , pne hearing ;a mocks sentence read arid then imagine ' him whipped with a " cat o'nine tails" 'till the blood trickles down his manly-; back 1 fancy ! no it isAnot fancyi fot has been repeateid t'repelteIv'ijepeat-r ed ! 'till his giantindependentspirit burst indigiriant from its prison arid left the galling cords which bound his felt-' Wed. body; .; ,1 : ;-f ; - ' Ifej; - When on some occasion an JRnplish man had his ears unjustlyj cut off by tie Spaniards, the British Parliament was applied to for redres;l-th!e sufierr ' "bef ing- brought before the House, witn a handkerchi ef on his heid io hide his dis grace, was asked, 'when the act was " done, when yfcu were thus treated, what did you think ?" j He jteplied ( at that moment I expected to die ; 1 priyed td my God for pardon of my; sins, and re lied on my country for revenge.?' v4 GHOST OF MONTGOMERY, From notes while in1 the Court of Vice Admiralty at Malta f He cannot again even own a Biitish shin.- iCan an American deserter from a British man of war be tried by his peers!, or by bis of ficers ! ' nL-Lp ' p Having in every Br itish port had feel ing excited, and jreflections called forrh on the melancholy exhibition and Suffer ings of my much wrongtd fellow-citi zens, confined-on boar4 their fl dating galleys, I wasvinddcrnbuir other effects, of this systemoprcssiony exercised by a nai ionhplaiming prel-emi-nenbe in Europe jfor j jsticeiand to baka' an estimate of the pecuniary aid her na vy receive Iromj this atrocious morle of maintaining it, by a t Ucu)ation of the a mbunt due to American Seamen for wag" es and prize money, w,ho having been impressed bad already deserted (wheth er before or after-Jjeing forced or ind u ced to enter) and from the best informa tion which could. be! obtained in England it niay exceed 350000 olla! " j v ! t Convinced by these un varnished facts, methinks 1 hear rnyji tortured cc jntry meri exclaim, where is the cure ? ! j It is certain!ymuch mordj easy' to pointout -grievances thkh remedies but whb can ,doubt our ha vingj theimeans of redress X Some years since, the ship was boarded byitbe 6ritiih Urigate' commanded by a; sprig of nobility ; ihe second mate and carpenler, ffatilbgal citizens, ,were by'.his orcler inipreissed, ' notwithstanding very strong re monst ran -pes?; at length te owner of the ship they were taken from spoke to them in the y boati ' Touch not a tope ini6at Jngaike- : , number you are Freemenmaintainyaut Rights , , . or perish rmn r 1 i"-:- .,-.; ''..i They .behaved like men. and were suc'cesifolThe raUalnasbnlred- v to set them utyiheK threatened they! replied, " noklin your, hand we ' mil nt$fr:&$4ty& v; in this jAtA" thev i--they were sent to- qQarter di.ck : the captain asked them a icw quesuons. ana oraerea mem ione floged" hed liinj which lfe&jit. ktyoifurBrifaki ; put: aboard f a!p$aearidl scn'bJaTOt their own sliipV'i He' knew ihat iii jthoi? hour of action those men could not wish f4 r yictoitjwbttld endeavdrto ? get C revehgef they hadfknowo freedom, and who.that eatlmajek its tsIuo t wiU subjects and iiiens'oeryraL- ; : V tion unctir Heaven, iyjervic:0o: qua! privilege witA her omnaliv(0 jects Who has by (aw provided, that r k;, u acciarea tne rtpnz: at roreivrurs. . tne.. . .-v i .: -t. v. i .V -II k .t t: .t':' a t Mi II I- 4V. 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