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(3Bp QutljOritgO JLAVS OF THE UNITED STATES. An Act io embliib Q?irt mwtcr'i De partment and for other pnrpoej. BRitenaci'edbj tbSttrl Bm of Rt prtwftbr United Statu g America, m Carrt uen&i, Thtt there be. and berebj heitaWiihed Qoartcr mister's Dc cartrocnt for the army of ihe United biates, to conaisi ff a qoarte,r-master gcoeral, four deputy qui rtcr-m? Hers, and as many awisiant deputy quarter, masters as, in ihe opinion of the Presi cknt dt the United States, the public senrice may reqnire ; the quarter-mas ter-general and deputy quarter-masters to be appointed by the President, by and with the adrice and 'consent of the Senate, and the assistant deputy quarter masters by the Pi esident alone. And he hereby is authorised moreorer to ap point auch additional number of depuy quartet-masters, not excteding fur, to be taken f.om the -lines or no, at his discretion, ai in hU judgment the pub lic service may require. Sec 2. And be it Jtilr enacted. That the quarter-maater-general shall be entiikd to ihe rank, pay and emoluments of a brigadier-general, undur the act of the twelfth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, with forage for two additional horses ; the deputy quarter masters, when not taken from the line, thai! be entitled to receire sixty doibrs per month, fie rations per day and fo rage for two horses ; but if taken from the line, then such additional pay and emoluments as shall be equalto the fore going prot isioo ; the assistant deputy quarter masters, when nof taken from "the line, shall be entitled to and receive fartrdoUara per month, three rations per day and forage for one hore, but, if tsken from the line, then such addition- al payand emoluments as shall oe c qual to the foregoing provision. Sec. 3. AMkxhfjttbcT enacted, That io ad dition to their duties in the Meld, it shall be the duty of the quarter master general, bis deputies, and assistant de puties, when thereto directed by the Se cretary of 'War, to purchase military stores, camp equipage and other arti cles requisite for the troops, and gene rally to procure and provide means of transport for the army, its stores, artil lery and-camp equipage. That the quarter master general shall account, as .of:en as may be required, and at . least once in three months, with the Depart ment of War,' in such manner as shall be precribcdf for all property which may pass through his hands or !he hands of the subordinate officii in his department, or that may be in his or their care or possession, and for all mo nies which he or they may expend in discharging their respective duties j that he shall be responsible fr the regu larly and correctness of all it-turns in bis department, arid that he, his depu ties and assistant deputies, before thry enter on the execution of their respect ive' offices, shall severally take an oath faithfully to perform the duties thereof. Sec 4. Jd be it further moeud. That there shatl be a commissary. general of pur chase, and as many deputy commissa ries as, to the opinion of the President of the United States, the public service may require, to be appointed by the Pre sidentcy and with the advica and con sent of the Sentae. See. 5. And be it Jurtler enaaed, That it ihall be the duty of the commissary ge neral of purchases, under the direction and supervision of ;he Secretary of War, to conduct the procuring ard providing of aji arms, mili ary stores, clothing, and generally all articles of supply requisite tor the military servicer of' the United States ; 'and it shall be the doty of the deputy commissaries .when directed thereto, eitherkbytthe Secretary of War, tue cbmmtssary-gtneral of purchases, or in case of necessity, by;tbe com manding general, quarter master gene or deputy quartcrroasters, to por ch, all such of the aforesaid articles s miy be requisite for the military ser vice cf the United Setesl. . , . ' , Sc 6. And be ft further ctuteted. That either the quarter master general nor the com missary general shall directly or indi rectly be concerned or Interested Stfctr rymg on the business trade or . coro . merte, or be owner, in ,whole qr in 'part, of any sea ustet, .nor alull .cither, ol ihem purchase by himself,-or another m trust (or him, flulic lands or ;any o ther public property, or be concerned m" the purchase or tdinosalforany poblif sriuritics of ans:ate0T of the UniieY States, ?r.take or apply to his own use, any emolument Vf gain for negotiating or transacting any 'business in the said department, other than what shall be allowed by law'; and if either .the said quarter master general or commissary general shall offend against any of the prohibitions of this act, the parties so of fending shall, upon conviction, forfeit to the United States the penalty of three thousand dollars,and may be imprisoned for a term hot exceeding five years, and shall ie removed from office, and be forever' thereafter incapable of holding any office tender the United Stales. Sec. 7. And be it father enacud, That the salary of the commfssary general of pur chases shall be three' thousand dollars per annum ; and the compensation to a deputy commissary shall not exceed two and one half per centum on me puoitc monies oisoursea oy niui, uui oj stance the sum of two thousand dollars ner annum. Sec 8 And be it further enaaed, That the commissary general of purchases shall, before he enter upon bis duties, give bond with sufficient surety to be approved of by the Secretary of War, to the sum of fif.y thousand dollars ; and the deoutv commissaries each in th vimoftenthomand iollars,withconditton for the lai hful performance of the duiies of their effi.e respectively, which bonds shatl be lodged with the Comptroller of the Tieisury. Sec 9. And be it further enacted, That from and ?fter the last day of My next, so much of the art entitled " An act to es tablish the office of purveyor of public tuppliet," as relates to the appointment and services of a purveyor of public supplies, br, and the same is hereby re pealed ; and in the mean time, the pur veyor shall deliver over to the commis sary general or one of his deputies, the public stores and property of all sorts io his possession who shall receipt to htm for the same Sec 10. And be. it further enacted. That all letters and packets to and from the quarter-master general and commissa ry general, shall be free from postage. Sec 11. And be it further enacted. That there be allowed for the compensation of the necessary clerks in the quarter master gtneial's office, a sum not ex ceeding rifteeen hundred dollars a year ; and for the compensation of the Clerks of the commissary general, a sum not exceeding seventeen hundred dollars per annum, with such books and station ary as may be necessary ; to the quar master general's and commissary gene ral's departments. Sec 12 And be it farther enacted. That the quarter mater general, be authorised ro appoint a principal waggon master, and as many waggon-masters as he may judge necessary for the service of the arrr.y, not exceeomg one io eacn on- garir, whose duty snail ne, under tne di rection of the quarter master general or any of his deputies, to provide and con duct the waggons and other means of transportnectssary and proper for the military service of the United States. Sec- IS- And be it further enacted. That no wagg-jn master shall directly or in)i rectly be concerned or interested in any waggon, or means cf transport employ ed in the service of the United States ; nor in the purchase or sale of any horses, harness, wagcrons or other means of transport, procured for, or belonging to the United States, except as agent for the United States. Sec 14. And be it further enacted. That the principal waggon-master abH Dc enl tied to receive forty dollars per month, three rations per day and forage for one horse, and each waggon-master shall be entitled to receire thirty dollars per month, two rations per day and forage for one horse. Sec 15. And be it further enacted. That the quarter-mas'.er general be authorised to appoint one principal forage -master, and as many assistant forage-masters aa the nature of the servlco may require, not exceeding one to each brigade, whose duty shall be, under the direction of the quarter master genera), or any of his deputies, to provide and deliver out fo- rige necessary, ana proper lor the mili tary service of the United States ; nor ajiall any forage master be directly cr indirectly concerned in the purchase or sale of any article of forage procurecj for or belonging to the United States, except &s in agent for the United States Sec , 15 yAttd be tt furtber evanert, That the principal forage master shall be entitled to and;' receive forty dollars per' month, threelrations per day and forage for .two horses ; and that. the other forage, tnas- tcrs shall be emit led to and receive thir- ty dollars pr month, two rations per day and forage for one horse. Sec If. And be it further enatted-, That, ttiere shall be four conductors of artillery, who shall be appointed by the President a lone, each of whom shall ber entitled to the pay and emoluments of a lieutenant of artillery. Sec 18. -And be it Jarlher enacted, Thai this act shall go into operation on the first dav of April next : and that so much of the act fixing the military peace estab lishment of the United States, as res pects the appointment of military agents and assistant military agents be, and the same, is hereby repealed, from andfter that day ; but all those agents shall con tinue to perform their respective duties In the mean time, and until the deputy and assistant deputy quarter-masters shall be appointed and ready to enter on the execution of their respective offices ; to whom the said military agentsf fend assistant military agents shall then deli vcr all the public stores and property in their possession. r Sec. 19. Am be it further enacted Thai ail persons attached to the pub ic service by virtue of this 3ct, shall be sub jecVto military law, except the deputy commissaries. . T ' Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That the President may, nd he hereby is authorised in the recess of the Senate to appoint the quarter-master general, deputy quarter-master j,. commissary general, and deputy commissaries!; or a ny or them ; which appointments shall be 'ubmitied to the Senate at their next session, tor their aavice ana consent. ; HENRY CLAY. Speaker of the House of Represent ativet. Wm. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 28, 1812. ippeved, ; v J A NIKS MADISON. j .i-i An Act respecting the enrolling and licensing of Steam Boats r ; "";s BE h erfacted by the Senate and How of Re. pretcntatives of the United States of Africa, in Congress assembled, 1 hat irons and after the passing of . thi? act, a Steam boat em ployed or intended to be employed only in a river or bay of the United States, wned wholly or in part by an alien, re sident within the United States, msy and shall be enrolled and licenred, as if the same belonged to a citizen of the United Spates, according to and subject to ail the conditions, limitations and provisions contained in the act, entitled u an act f r enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coast ing trade and fisheries, and for regulat ing the same,' except that in such case no oath or affirmation shall be required that the said boat belongs to a citizen or citizens of the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the owner or Owners of such Steam boat, upon application for enrollment or licence, shall give bord to the collectors of the district to and for the use of the United States, in the penalty of one thousand dollars with suffi lent surety, conditioned that the said boat shall not be employed in other water than the ri vers and bays of the Uni'ed States HLNRY CfcAY, Sfetitr Jikep0UH R'.pr tentative. GEO CLINTON." ( Fitx-Prttideiu tf the V. Statej mad Frttident of the Senctil March 12, 18i2 . AeraovErv JAMES MADISON. Reiolution on the subject of Arts and Manu factures. RESOLVED, br the Seaote and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameri ca, in Cbnjpces assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to employ a person to digest and reduce to such form, as shall be deemed moat condu cive to the interests of the United States, a statement of the number, nature, ex tent, situation and value af the art 3 and manufactures of the United States, to gether with such other details connect ed with these subjects as can be made from the abstracts, and other documents and returns reported to him by the mar shals and other persons employed to collect information in conformity to the second section of the act of the first of May one thousand eight huudred and ten, and such other information as has been or may be obtained which the sub ject will admit of; and! that he report the same to Congress ,V , t HfcNRY CLAY, z 1 . Speaker ef ike Bomtt if Rtprtiexiatx9et ' GEO, CLINTON, fiet-fHfidtnt sf tkt Umtai States ami Trend nflkt Sena&l March 19, 1812. -Apaovab, y ' , " . J A MES MADISON. L .BLANKS Of every' Kind; fer sale at this Ofite j " Good out of Evil. V, How often have tVe reason to be thankful for the unintentional gopd that (lows from the actions of bad men! The freedom "that so happily and pre eminently distinguishes us, as well as the mild, beneficent religion we enjoy, owe their existence, if not entirely, certainly in a great measure, to tyran ny and intolerance. A few ambitious men, who fancied the world to have been made exclusively for them, set up a despotism in politics and re ligion, denounced all those who did not fall into their ranks and menaced them with the sword or, the faggpti This is a plain picture of old times It was this tyrannical and persecuting spirit tht founded the 'American co lonies, 'and particularly the Colony of Massachusetts Bay , Freedom, po litical and religious, was the boon for which her hardy and intelligent-sons endured every privation. Whatree dom ? A liberty to act as they pleased without regarding the equal rights; and common interests of their bre thren A liberty to violate and; op-. pose laws iramea py.au ror neoenev j . v a. 1 ' f """ "if' mm-' ht ot alt: A lmerty maaeup pt li centiousness ? WS ; this tle object for whose possession ;heyresigoed iheir property and their livaT.ajs. it lor this, that they flea from, one ty ranny, that.they might, establish ano ther ? Theirannals tmounce a far d'uTerent character. They shew us jn every page, that they viewed therm selves as brethren pf a common fami ly, that thty justly considered ge nuine freedom- as consisting in the maintenance of laws enacted by . men fairly Selected for that purposef '-They knew, and their ; patriotism shews-ity that where the empire of the laws ends, .tyranny begins. Such were the primeval sentiments of the sons of New-England, and such the principles which cpvered with so bright a glory their revolutionary ser vices. Such, we belie ve are Still the sen timents and principles of a great ma jority of their descendants. They feel the dignity of their condition and realise the important destiny of their country. They have no conscious ness of being fallen from the high e statc of their fathers. They fefel like men, . who have not merely personal' ends in view but who have iikewise a country to protect, a national charac ter to maintain, a government ta sup port. And above all, they never lose sight of the consecrated maxim of confederated states, that4 united they stand, divided they fall," This class of men have the virtue, and physical strength too, of that important section of the Union : and should treason start from her hiding place and aim at the lawless possession of power, she will infallibly feel the weight of their'arimv ; AVhileJ with pride, we do justice to thi honorable . body of men, we can no longer conceal from ourselves the 'factv th&t there likewise exist in that .country juntas, of restless,, and ambitious men, who, whatever their motives may be, are at this moment treading close on the path of treason, not that legal treason that eippses their necks to the halter, but that po litical treason that justly exposes them to general reprobation. By the Constitution of the U.S. treason consists in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giv ing Uhem aid acid comforu J-Vhat difference is there in foroicortswrtide between the legal treason that furnish-, es supplies in men, or clothing, ijor moneys and the moral treason, f that, bf rendering our own government ati object of contempt and hatred, while that of oyr enemy is defended j and to the Jatter. at the cxpencc prthe former ;.taat, &s iar. as 11 can, un. , Dervesr&e arnipf :OtijeDgdadJ subjectsrus to themercy-6thee my, makinc her, instead. f 'our pov-, ernmcn V the arbiter of cut fate. Our con&iiiuupn ana tays, tauaaDiy. jca-1 loos of the rights of tho Ictzenina 1 I brctect him froni a judicial vengeance: II T m ,J ' ' e" m ' . - so tatally abutred in dark -ages j , but we maintam, thar just in ( the degree in which ihe laws of free government are in such feasts inefficient,1 publid opinion should ber active; and itnpo smg. That ireedonipf opinion atid of language oral or Written,; en trenched with so muchciccum8pecf tiorii; from the conviction that in a virtuous commbnity it wputdjie di . rected to ends-promotive of the buh : lipwdfare.: . " l.!:-'::-1. ' When, therefore, .either bad or r id- temperate in en. oifeiri; it, ,tHere is the strongest call on good men'.toujri-'it for its legitimate purposejr.i; These, feett cnlt themselves repiihHcansi ? Bali cad he beHhstly considered as arepublicah wno reiuses to suomuiio tne wui 01 ine majority fairly ati.lrgailyixnrcsscd t Expressed too,' in thitr own way. We say in their own WaV.! For, the ar that is now waged, has been dearein di rect obedience to thai vei'v Const i'.nti'hn of which they t Were at itsladoption the warmest advocates i Whp, that is suf ficiently 0ld does hot recollea the en- thustastleWatnsfih wnicntne4fr ists 6t .Kew JSh4'Wke its jldofa tibh f In the; execs cf xheir xeal, they atrpatttly clairned to themselves its ex clusive merits and assumed a name fden tiiyinghemsevjetuh it; This very Constitytion :sifs tbH Congress shall have power lor declare wat, grant letters of marque and TeDrisa) and make rules concirnigurie;! cn land fhd ieu" Anrf.now-ihese ery f&deralists, 'aposta-. using ipm meir crecoi are ousiiy occu, piedt by trarlti jy ilayi in sowing the seeds off disaffection, in , paralising the energies of theirf gdryer nment in titter ing the most atrocious libels which they koQwltohe; jseiothi b sest or mot Jgn6bleeh4sjHT6 aiTbpr-, tuhity6f signalizig thwifhbstility to their government, taoi $rinfrom but one of twomotive?. Eiijirthey are determined rlmanently rtof- unite the destinie s of theirx country with England or they are ready, vfbr the paltr attaip ment,of offices to sacrifice the bt st inier ests,w the dearesi tights of their country. Left thefntake either herhative, attd they will equally merit the detestation of. good men.; and, we may add, they wtll also receive it. -These airibts should hot deceive thlem? local fervor is very limited. Therefis no sympathetic lirg either in-Ahe middle, the southern, brwestern sfatts. Therjejit is the pride of tnen of all'jar tiea ;t6- rally rour d t he standard of tfe Union ; and there (be men, be he who he may, who, in; such fimes, refuses to bow to the majesty bfhr laws 1 or to enforce tnenergiea! lwerftj;ehe despised, it is true inaij mis snument, inoun in dignant, ' s' calm ; j it dbes hot vaunt fit self in vapid Words; or buoy ijself bn th waves of nojsy meetings ; but itlis ht on thisccpunta it be, the Jess resclptb'and st)t!e..v.' Thbe who feel it are habitually accu worried o tealhe the blesUnbfheCoiistitniicn under, which thevendfSpw'. Satisfitd Vfjtlihej jbyW rights they hear' (be. inesiimablt Value of maintamibg:t;Tjire of; the laVs even when thoseaws arejih some res. pects i repugnan t Cbihfee lings. Wit ness the memarable ins urjection in Pcnn sylvahia whnrconcn ywiib t heir lbUoW-cUixt4ft tbey marched wit h - alacrity at" the call of tb'eir cpbritry to 'enforce an obedience " to laws' which ther condemned " lt has been the misfortune of t He lead ers of the federal party, in the paroxism of their "passion on s;erenemQrable occasions to hrb off all disiseThe efieci on the public mind ha beenuni form. RerbbaUbn and defeat baVe in variably :ensuedi jThd tame :- .caus on the present; !0CiibnJ W the same effect JJeisbbt a diipassirn ateinabof the artiK that is iiot disgu ed5 With I the. ur jifiaolelebjgthso which the diwffe ccedd.j :Nanaf ' TAKEN OP & COMMITTED fTO the Jail of Charlotte; Mer klenburg Ma itii M1U h;ilf HP.ARY rifm Wtb boniieiibn ;itays he lelbos'to Jaesi'Dixbo, of NewbexTj J JDiittTCtf Carplidardoght J - Ktm Whb Dim ooe stripes nomcspxro cpai, ina ooc pair of pantaloia end a.waisicoataUo sniped a black brcOddoath coat. and a shift Yufted, nA fve nrottrJIniT crfre hd tale hifd mm--? t; i . e HA w t'j "X 11 if:! X f . - 5.-. . 1,
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