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- . (p 2utDorttpJ UVS OF THE UNITED STATES. Sute. to c?t iml oroire certain W Juatecr MiLury Corps." - : i -5 il tnzcteJb tlx Senate and ffjute f trts&jaiiu cftU United State Arfxerus, v suicniUed. That la ail cae where vo kjntccri hafc offered or hereafter shall iffcrr their serf ices to. the United State under the actcnutjed An act autho ruing thTresidcnt of the.Uniied States to accept and organize certain volunteer military corps," it shall bclawfui for ihe Pr iideut of the United States to appoint and coramStton officexa thereto by and wi.h the advice and consent of the Se nate, any thing tn'the said act to the coc trary rvoithstaniing : Proi-idtd, That piior.io thelisuihR olsuch cummiskions the volunteers aforesaid shall btve sign ed an eiollment- binding themselves to tervice, conformably to the provisions of ihe act to which this is a supplement. Scc.-2. J4 be ii further enacted, Tbat Ihe President and-he b hereby authori zed to form the corps of volunteers into battaHonslsquadrons.regimcnis,brisadea and divisions, and to appoint thereto, by and with the advice and consent oC the Se nate general, fi.ld and at a ff officers, con formably with the military establishment of the United Sutct, and who shall be en titled to the, py and emoluments of of ficers of; a similar grade and corps in the aimy of the United States. Sec S. And be it farther enacted. That it ihall be Uidt for the President of the Uni ed Suicj, in the recess of the Se nate, to appoint all the. officers autho rised by this act ; which appointments shall be submitted to the Stnate, at their nxt sesiion, fur their ad rice and con sent Sec. 4. Jed he it farther enacted, Th at in ca the volunteers, when their terra of(,scr Tice shall have expired, shall deliver their stand of arms and accoutrements, in good order, to ihe proper officer, they shall be entitled to receircin lieu there of, tin dollars for every stand of arms ao delivered. HENRY CLAY, Stealer ef the Jlotue of Hepretentathtt , Wai. II. CRAWFORD, Prtudent ef the Senate pro tempore. July 6, 18 12. Apprtved, J AM&S MADISON. An Act supplementary to an act ir!.u!ed An Act uiLoriiu a Loan for a sum nut ex cted.ng ekveo milliooa of dollars. Be it tnacttd by the Senate and House of Keprrscntaiivu cf the United States of jfvterica in Coures ascvibLd Yht the Secretary of the Trcasury b, and he is hereby authorised to employ, wi n the ttpprubaiion of the President of the Uni ud Stales, an agent or agents for the purpose of selling in conformity wi(h . the provisions of the act intituled '? An act authorising a loan for a sum not ex ceeding etevrn millions of dollars,' any part of the block created by virtue of the saidaa A commission not exceeding one-eighth of one per centum on the a mount sold, msy by the Secretary of the Treasury be allowed to such agent or events , ar.d a sum not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out cf any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriaed, is hereby ap priated for paying the amount of such commission or commissions as mty be jlhus allowed. H. CLAY. Speaker of the House ot Representatives. Wm- It CRAWFORD. President of tbc Senate pro tempore. .JuJjfo, 1812. Afmov&D , JAMES MADISON. o Act fixing the'tifne for the aext meeting ot CAHjrcas. lie it enacted by the Senate and House f Representatives tj the United Stater j Atactica m -Congress assembled, That fct'.er the ujounimcnt of the present ioii, the next metting xf Congress -'u tx oa the first ivioncay ui Aorern iux:. .. HENRY. CLAY, S; eakcr cf tbe House of Representative, Wm h. Crawford, . reiidcr.t of the Senate pro tempore Jtly 6, lSi: .ArrovCD - JA1S MADISON. . Dr. Robertson's Medicines. :( Jwt teemed frcn Hulaielphla. b J.-Caks, a frejh supply of ooertsoo's VcgeuUc Nervous Cordial. ' Gout c Itheumatic -Drops; Aug. 9. bicniachic Wine Bitters.'- REPORT Of the Committee appointed to enquire into the Cauut and JZxwit of the late Commo . tiont in Baltimore, In the first branch of the City Council, Augl o, loi, tne louowing report prccy ved, read, concurred in and ordered to be " printed in all the newspapers of the cit. By. order, S. II. MOORE, clerk, in the second branch, August cy 13 12, the following report was presented, read, con. curred iu and ordered to be printed, in all ' the newspapers of the city. Bk order, THOS. HOGEIW, cleric ' ' TO EDWARD JOHNSON, Esq.. a, MAYOR OT TUE C1TT OF pALTXMOaX. The joint committee of the two branches of the city council, appoint td toenqurr'e into the causes aci ex tent of the late commotions in the cU ty,' havtng", as enjoined upon them, requested the aid of thfrteen other of their fellow citizens j ten of whom attended in the discharge of the du ties assigned them, in pursuance there' of- " - - - ' REPORT, That on Saturday the 10th of J'uqc, a publication appeared in the newspaper entitled the Fede ral Republican," printed in this place, wnicn excttca great irriiauua iu mc city that on the Monday following, the printing office occupied by the editors of that paper was pulled down, and their press destroyed. This com motion had subsided, and the trans action was under legal investigation by the criminal court, until Saturday the 26th of July ; in the evening of which day, Alexander C. Hanson; one of the editors, with several of his friends from other counties, and one from another state, came into town, unknown to the inhabitants (or known only to a very few of them) and took possession of a brick house in Charles street, that had been the late dwelling of Air. Wagner, his partner The committee further report that from written documents, since touni and communicated to them by the mayor, which are subjoined to this report, it appears that the plan of renewing the paper, and of arming for the defence of the house from which it was intend ed to be bsued, had been deliberately formed and organized some time pre vious, in the country, without tbe knowledge of the citizens of Balti more, and all the details settled and adjusted by persons who must have been acquainted with military ser viceThat having so taken posses si on of the house, they fortified it strongly, and ptepared arms and am munition to defend it that on the next morning the editor issued from that house his paper, containing se vere animadversions upon the mayorj people, and police of Baltimore, which the editor caused to be circulated thro' the city In tbe course of the same day it was known to many persons' that Mr Hanson, one of the editors, was in the house, and from the prepa rations for defence that wer e observ ed to be making therein, it was con jectured that he expected to be at tacked. During the day, many other persons of the city went to the bouse, and, some remained there associated with those within: Towards evening many boys had collected in the street, opposite the bouse, and their noise exciting some apprehension, a neigh boring magistrate endeavored to dis perse them, and had nearly succeed ed, when, about 8 o'clock a carriage stopped at the door of the house, and a number of muskets and other arti cles were seen to he taken out of it and conveyed througu an armed guard into the house ; the boys then return ed, recommenced their noise, accom panied with abusive language to the persons in tbe house, &c began throw ing stones at the window s ; at this time, and for an hour or more there after, there did not appear more than five or six men who could be suppos ed to have any connection with, or controul over the boys ; about this period a peraon on the footway endea vbrin to persuad e the : boys from their mhchicf was severely wounded in the foot, by something 'weighty thrown froin "the, house the boys werere pcAtcdly told from the J&crsoiis with! - in, to go away and not molest, them, ! that they were armed, ana would ae-j fend themselves ; - the boys still con-j tinuing to, throw stones, . two guos; were fired from the upper part of the house, charged as it is supposed with blanlc cartridges," as no" injury was; done by them ; the assemblage bfj people in the street at this time great-, y increased, and. the, threats fbnd throwing of stones at the housey be-1 came more general and violent J .the; sashes of the lower windows were broken and attempts' made to force; the door by running against iu .Ten or twelve guns were then fired- fromj the house in quick succession, by! which several .persons ioj the street were wounded, some dangerously About this -period rippiicationwasj made for military aid to prevent fur ther mirchief: whilst the military were assembling in pursuance of an order from the General,! issued in compliance with a requisition from the legal authority, frequent firing took place from the house; and three! guns were fired at it ; some short time afterwards a gun was fired from the house which killed a Doctor Gale' in the street about twelve feet from the house, this circumstance greatly increased the irritation of those in the street, who soon after brought a field piece in front of the hou9, but' by the interposition of several citizen! were restrained from bring upon the house, under an assurance that the persons in it would surrender them selves to the civil authority ; the imN litary soon after appeared, and placing themselves in front of the house no further injury occurred ; a negotia tion took place with those within the house and upon being assured that a military guard would be furnished, and every effort used by the mayor and the general to ensure, their safety from violenct,they surrendered them selves to the civil authority about se ven o'clock on the morning of Tues day, and were conducted to the Jail and committed for. further examina tion; thev were Alexander C.Han son, Gen. Henry Lee, James M. Lin gan, William Schrcedcr, John Thomp son, Wm. B Bend, Otho Sprigg, Henry Kenuedy, Robert .Kilgour, Henry Nelson, John E. Hall, George Winchester, Peregrine WarfieldiGeo. Richards, Edward Gwynn, David Hoffman, Horatio Bigelow, Ephraim Guither,- William Gaither, Jacob Schley, Mark U. Pringle, Daniel Murray and Richard C. Crahb. Af ter the removal of the persons the in terior of the house was greatly injur ed, and the furniture' in it destroyed and dispersed. , L. The committee further report, that during tbe coursepf the day the mayor applied to the sheriff to use particular precaution in securing lbs doors of the jail, which he promistd.to do, and about one o'clock application was made by the mayor and other justices, to tbe briga dier general, to call out the military tot preserve the peace and quiet of the state.l; Orders were issued calling out a regi roent of infantry, two troops cavalry, J and two companies of artillery, to parade at an appointed time and place. The mayor, the general and many citizens repaired to the jail early in the afternoon at which a number of persons had as sembled, the much greater part of whom were pe&ceablc and orderly citizens ; those of a different temper of min u on beingrenpnstratcd with, appeared to yieldjto.;theadiiatmiSoiis of others & to be appeased'with the assurances giir en that the party in jail should not be bailed or suffered to escape during the night ; it became the prevailing opinion about the prison that no mischief would be attempted thatYitght, in consequence of which and of the insufficiency of the force assembled, the military, by thexr der of the general, with the approbation of the mayor i were dismissed ; and ma ny persons left tbe prism and went to their homes.! Shortly after dark, the number of the disorderly increased, and an intention was manifested of breaking into the jail ; the mayor with the aid of a few persons, succeeded for some time in preventing the prison door from be ing forced open ft they, beiiig overpow- " Among these was Mr. John wiliiami i spectator jsnrf aixxco dead- " Jmcrkanl ered by the increased numbers and vio lence of the assailants the mayqr was force'rl away ; anaine. door having been previously haltered, andagain. mrea'terV ed; was'opehed fay theturnkeyi Upon the "entry of the assailants;' fceyorced the Inhef dobrs, and pressed jhtb thE room in which the-persons ahove tien ttoned were confined Here a scene bf horror ensued- which the' committee cannot-Well dectibeii The resiilt was, that one of Jthe pcrsonsgen. Lingan) was killed, eleven others dreadfully beaten, eight of wjhorri were thrown to gether in front of the jail, supposed to be dead. " j i( ' .- . The" committee being (by the autho rity under Which they ,e3tt) directed to the 'collection and reportof fact's hate carefully a voidedihe .expression of an opinion on any of the-causes or extent of the unhappy commotions herein re ported. ' Other facts (but we know of none, material; may nave-anenaea tne above transactions, which" the limiied powers of the city council do not enable them to impart to the-committee-the full authority to develope. Adam fT.nerden" Cominittee James Parey,; f I Pt'fye first William Steuart, Branch Ci- Thomas Kelt, J ty Council. Jamea Calhoun, - Committfle James Calhoun, Co: Jfihn C. White, . f of Wm. M 'Jjotiald, f Br; Henry PuysQiii J ty i the nd Branch Ci- Council! The Undersigned, being requested thereto joined the above committee in the discharge of their duty and 'unite with them in the foregoing report. Jas. 1. Buchanan, ThomdUk Chase j William If ilsotii Iemuel Taylor, . Peter Uitle, Jiobt. Gihnori l W. Cooke, S.Sterett, H'illiuiu U-wynn, Julai Montgomery. f Here follow copies of a number 6fletters (the originals of which are in possession of the Mayor) lo A. C. llanson from persons in various parts of the country. They relate to ' the recommencement ot tne obnoxious news paper ; to the expected attack from the citi zens ; and to the garrisoning the house, and providing arms, Sec. We have selected the following extrstcts,which are, sufficient to de velops the intentions jMr. Hanson and his associates.3 i , From Col. J. Lynn to Mr. Hanson, dated, Cumberland, Julj9th, 1812. " If it is possible I will with heart and soul join the band; nothing in this world, at present, would afford me more real pleasure than to assist in the noble undertaking. Secrecy and great cau tion will be necessary until the party are actually' in possession of the house. In the first place, there ought (accord ing to the size of the house) to be a full quantity, of gallant men to defend it at every door,;; win dojv, 8cc. muskt-ts with he bajonefs, and a plenty of good pis tols, with a' large store of ammunition. Let there be a plenty of buckshot pro vided for close work, and when they reach closer still (which will never be, I believe, but it is always best to be well prepared) I would advise that a store of tomahawks or. hatchets, -with dirks for every man be provided. If we are thus prepared, and they can neither fire; the house or starve us out, the garrison will never be under the necessity of a sur render.. ' ,.: rom Mr." A. Taney, dated ' Frederici.7ovn, July 24 c The plan is here public, and L be lieve Geo. Baer and others have named the very day for its execution When the scheme was first mentioned to, me, I stated my objections ttj if, I believe to you, as well as to others The very same reasons which I urged against it to Crabb and Kilgour, on last Sunday, ray brother has urged to me here en forced with others.wbich upon the whole; I have thought irresistable, I presume none- have entered into this plan, sup posing for. a moment that there, could be any danger after ihe battle was over ; but upon conversing with, my brother, he seems clearly of opinion that to' fire upon the assailants before other means oC putting them out of the house, have been used Would be unlawful, and sub ject us to the puoishmentdf manslaugh- ier." under tneie circumsianccs ri have' concluded hot to go on toBalti more, as I could not act in such a plan. From GeiuH. Lee, to Mr. nanso aated, . CMexahdrta. July 30, 18W Selecf a 'hous for; yc; business: capable of defenceplaw ydut'v family under the samejrdof, aad coUect a few resolute fnend'fotne of whoni shall al : ways be iti th- hbVrsej throughct; the day and alit1 ut Ihe night; ; "i FutJn Retired room in the upper "sloxTr'c. . idges niadeof the b?st .. - - -. - s .''. .!,-., r "-'J$i"A''r k--' '"" " ' ' j ::; , 1. r :. '-P-' ".v,r-.,. powder, vitb balKand swan; shot these wuh ra niimoerj of spare flinU chos foith care, reseryi iq the bpur t$a if that l-siSjifco cartridges Wuhrf small ' ihoi'noitppf wherever, it can he doneWithour .ehcou-ragirig;thev'- mohrJtheir expeihceof theiririnrncesllecr rloh britWobt of them close , to the windows oyeir the outer doors of ihebuse;ito be rolled down on the assailamsf heh forced foN Appropriate to everys torV nronor- ward through the pressure 6fthost:-, Tiind. ater linli biscuit bea sure i have in' ahuhdance'T:- , T tion pt yriur friend Assigning to eac h f r '4 ' siory a leaoerier- inem not -De croWa-'; ! edjvbrlyoti hot j-pniyuhhfeces :"H(M their lives 'but $pt lnjkrVoahilitKfu" "; defehd---In a sife;upperr !' the supernumeraries in jeisuref arraog- r L i t ingfto them ihe - Wll flints n& inu'sketsas aceideiit inat teh 'S $t der Decessaryi; ; tX T$ and inculcate.not only ofound silence throughout thj house, but let every Pr der be given in a low voice, th& com p'kli your own men tb be silent anattentive and wtthholdli ftpm ihe asailajbfc know ledge useful to him.; - ; ' The defenders of the house txiust be posted bnteach side' of every Window, all ol which except in the lower story fmust;le'hosi'lti6preventt the shivering of the glass by the ballsi; hose below ought also to be opehed'if he ? round ad mils itf lf , v " In case of forcing the cbter doorj and entering the'Iowerstory; be ready wiih chairs, bUsana6pst to stop the staircase, Whichdefendi" ; ' public eirttment; MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN CONVElrtiON. Ata Convention ! of Kepubtiean t) e i. ca. t a t fromIFTYNOWNShcld at the Court-House ih KoiJhampton.Totjhe 20th of July; lo counteract the efTects Of a Cy ventioh holdeh i the same pliee, on the 14di, SArftfa. BtTTiVG-tov,&8ti; being appointed Chairman, ah Address was re . ported and adopted, shewing the causes of the present War with Cl feat Britain, aiid . Warning the People against the cohbina " '! tibns, which they; believe to eiist, for dis- -. i . solving the present happy Union 6f the - States. . Vhat.they say on this aubject, ia as follows : " i "X '. ' vj- ;; .'' ' " j Voul'ni'mitteebi tio doub i there is a Settled determination o1J!jth6 part of certain Jeadinjand influential fe deral men: in fJew-Eflglarid to dissolve the iitiion of the States; ft Is a cause of pain and regret to yiia.that any men in our couniry nave so contemptible an opinion of hej United States and such a blind attachment to Britain, as to har bour so nefarious a design. Biit the proofs of this conspiracy ere so cleai , that i ts existence cannot now be denied . It has beehldiig jmaturedi and the fac tion concerned ini it havii iorjlywaiteti for a period of hationaf caiamity to car- V ry their designs into execution With hhis view the vr have attembed to rrraft thb nation at government odious tor-re-, present that the eastern spates are' op-? pressed, andi tq hold up the' government' of Britain our antient opposerfas the n champion jiot only of liberty but pf reli gion. In confirmation of our statem'erit we need only reler tahe proceedings pf the Legislature "of this Cochmon wealth in 1805 and to the resolves of various towns during that yeary iecqni f mending a resistance 4o the lawi and a separation of the States ; ' v-. -y- ; "The transactions of thfe j(faders'of the opposition; .sihte theclaration of war; prore that this plan of divisiop has not been abandoned coh vention has been held by the federal -party in tm coumyt proicssefliy to oppose the War, but in the opinion pfyour, committee if Khc people for, the iad catastrophe of a dissolution prtheUriicfi;t A itate;coi' vehtio has been prowed by that body andj this tdbiii Comraonwealth where the:chce of officers is aflQualand im mediately su1serjuent to ah election.' A cprjtehtion unknown to the Gohstitu- luohand without an'; objecVtas' tdur cumrniucc conceivcf unicas u oe to con- , cert meato torcsi; the vernmeh t & N prostrate thejjnion;; Your Cpro'mi tte n ' have ho fearfrfor ihr insult htruggM foytheU onti hntthcJcifiDgh isv hotto 6eT oveiturnibydesrrate;party men. " Whh6um of p3-; tricisTOwlScbllj wi'fW: but claiming ahy lugher respect for j&io' 7 r .1 n I" rip; :
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