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COMM MCE Oi TNI UNITED STATHS
ITfi JOREIG* PARIS i:« S «i A-SALT.
' - ’:e following article is extracted from
*' 1 he Medical Repository and Review of
«A.mer‘can publications on Medicine, Surge
ry. and the auxiliary branches of Science ;
lor ?.lav, Jane and July 1803,” published at
>T«u.v-York. It was commenced in 1797 ;
and is ** published in Numbers—one num
ber :n ew-y three months under the di
recti a of Doctors Mitchell and Miller. As
Dr Mitchell has been the Professor of Che
mistry in New-York, and is now a member
< 1 Congress, it is iv«ooiv.ble to supjiore, that
fl.t‘ whole statctiw.it ^givrn in this article) of
«n» <|uantitits of salt imperted into the Uni
ts’. S.utes, i* officially true, and that theq.ia
i. y which i. attributed to the 1-iverpool salt
lias by sevcial t.bstivatiut i» and some expe
riments, been found to exist The article
Itself is incomplete. It gives t.o latisfauto
~ry information :
1st. On the quantity of salt exported from
flicUItiteci S-.ates. The lastofficed statement
U eSporfr frt m October 1st 1802 to Sepuin
u.v 30,1303, estimates it at 25,5 13 bushels.
M. On the quantity annually collected in
the United Sia.es, particularly from the salt
springs \n the IVestern p.art of Virginia, in
Kentucky, anti Ohio, and in the Indiana Ter
ritory This subject might also have compre
hended an account of its peculiar qualities
■and relative prices.
;'d. On the various ’dads of imported :
i. h and their peculiar qualities. The chemical
knowledge of the Editors might have enabled
them to exhibit the component parts of all
the kinds of native salt, of hay sr.lt, and of
•a'-ife or On led suit, which are imported into
this country, with their several uses.
ThU nrncle, although it has not taken in
tnese different enquiries, will present rh > cu
lt ons reader with snme useful knowledge on
the importation into this country cf one of
t iic grearest necessaries of lift, and one ci the
■pi’odp.d sources of out revenue.
A few notes are added, which mnv simply
s:-me hide infonnarion to the reader.]
The fall.-bade of the United States is ve
ry itripmtar.t. The greater proportion of
tins neceflar/ article is imported {Yoni fo
rei*n part3. ± hough tlie fait fprings in
New-York, in Ohio, in Indiana,in Ken'tuc
l:?> Tennetfee, and in other pi. 'er, fornilh
the interior country with large quantities of
in m 'Jte of foda,^) fit ill it is a fiidt, that
by far the greater proportion of the fait
•confumed in the United States, is brorght
l. jrn abroad. The amount of fait impor
ted from the 1 ft October, isoo, to the both
-September, 1^01, was as follows :
“In vefTcls of the IE States 43,.5t<2,8i5 libs.
.In ibirngn vefl'els l 5,245,070
Grand total in pounds 6.t,s27,s83
It’ vsfTcls of the U. States 1,CC7,805 bus. i
Ip foreign veflela 534,475
Grand total in bufhels 2,1 12,280
The reafon why part of the fait is reck
oned in pounds and the remainderin buih
els is this : all imported flit being fubjedt
to duty, the revenue law declares, that
■whenever a bufliel of fait weighs more than
half a hundred weight, or SQl'bs. the import
fhall be calculated and collected on each
pa-cel or quantity of 56 lbs. and when the
hi t Hi el weighs juft 5 C lbs. or lefs, the import
fliall belt-vied on the bulliel.(2) Hence, if the
number of pounds be divided by 5G,(tt) the
quotient will be the number of Lulhels :
1 bus 56) Cr.,fi27,S8‘J—( 1,139,783.
Then buftiels 1,139,78.?, added to
2,i 42,230, make
8,282,06.3, as the aggre
gate amortnt of fait imported from foreign
parts,and landed in the United States, du
i;ng th ' above-mentioned twelve-month.
O* this fait, 16,6 12,933 pounds, and
972,739 bu/hels, are brought from England.
The pounds, reduced to bnfhels as before,
j?ive -£96,6.59, which, added to
' 972,739, make
1,239,39f., as1 the fum total of
the fait imported from that part of Great-’
Britain called England ; none having be<n
brought from Scotland, Sc only a very few
bufhel# (76) from Ireland. Whence it ap
pear , hy abfolute calculation, that one
third of the fait imported into the United
States, and 17.5,377 bu/hels in addition to
that third, is exported to our country from
England. This is chiefly, if not wholly,
of Englifi manufacture.
The Britijli fait imported into the Uni- 1
ted Slates comes chiefly from Chefhire,
from the mines which contain it. It is
found there near Northwich. The firft
was difeovered by accident, in boring for
coal in 1670, by one John Jackfon. The
BifliOj) of Landaff went to the bottom of
them, and thought his labour well rewar
ded. The Northwich rock-fa It mines are
fuperior to thofe of Cracow, (4) with refped
to the quantity of fait annually raifed. For
a tingle pit at Northwich yielded at a me
dium ‘1)00 tons a yea**, which amounts it
felf to two-thirds of the annual quantity
raifed in thr l’olilh mines. A gr"at quan
y of the Northwich fait is fent coafhviti
to L,v«mo »i and other places, particular
ly to i ioihnd and Ireland. Kock-falt, and
tne whit- frtit which is made from it, ar.
exported " from duty ; and the quanti
tv exported from Northwich is fo great
thai il it "Vaa charged with the fait duty it
■would produce to the government a reve
nueofabout four hundred thouland pounds
P-r annum. Nortliwich rock laic i» never
ufed in its crude (late at table ; and the
employment of it for pickling or curing
flclii or fiih, or prefening any provifiotis,
without being prcvioully difi'olvcd in water
and boiled down into white fait, is prohi
bited under a penalty of forty (hillings for
c\ try pound of rock-falt fo applied. They
ufe this rock-falt for (Ireiigthening brine
fprings, or fea-water preparatory to boiling
down, liy this operation the people on
t he Merfey, in.dead of one ton of fait fnun
fortv-cight tons of fea-water, can obtain,
l»y fat uniting ocean-water, four tons of
fait trom the fame i|uuntity of brine fo
made. The white fine fait is prepared by
a boiling heat. Sea-water, brine-fprings,
and rock-falt, generally abound with vari
ous other earthy and (aline ingredients,
Inch as lime, magnefia.Epfomfalt, gypfum,
(Manlier s (alt, &e. all of which injure the
quality ot the fait, anil tlhquulifv it for
prefen ing animal flefii every where, butel
peclally in hot countries and l'eafons.
Therefore this Britifn fait, which chiefly
comes to us from Liverpool and the Mer
ic v, is a moll pernicious article of in.port.
It is both weak and impure. And, deceiv
ed by its fair and tempting appearance,
die Americans have u(ed it for curing their
lilli, beef, pork and butter. In fuch cafes
tueic kinds of pruvifions have cenerai'y
(polled and become putrid. The feptic
gales (.•>) exhaling therefrom, poifon the at
inolphere of our cities and (hips,and infeed
the people with peftilential 'difeafes : the
way to avoid which, is to avoid Liverpool
l Mere are other fources whence the A
meriean States derive their fca-fclt bendes
England ; to wit :
l'rotn the Swedifh WVit-Indies 53S>6°3
pounds, and 2819 bufliels. From the Da
ndii Weft-Iiulies 711,909 pounds, and 63r>o
bufliels. from the Dutch Weft-Indies
987,190 pounds, and 12,458 bufliels ; from
the Dutch Faft-Indies929,405 pounds,and
10183bufliels. From the Birrifb Weft-Indies
17,165,708 pounds, and 1 19,768 bufliels.
I rom the Kr*tifli American Colonics 40,648
pounds, and 11,3*6 bufliels. From the
French Weft-Indies 694,331 peunds, and
5702 bufliels. From Spain 196,8SG pounds,
6c 16,474 bufliels. From Teneriffe and the
other Canaries 1416 bufliels. From the
Spandli Weft-Indies, 1 s 11 bufliels. From
Flondas and Louifiana, 116,oil pounds,
and 4421 bufliels. From other Spanifh A
merican Colonies 6888 pounds. From
Portugal 5,772,124 pounds, and 207,972
bufhels. From Madeira 19,654 bufliels”
From Cape de Verd Iftands 5,i49.«»or)
pounds,'and 177,331 bufliels. From Italy
61,272 pounds. And from Europe gene
rally, and uncertain ports, 650 bufhels._
(Air. Nourfe's Treafury Statements, 8cc.
"tli Feb. 1803.)
Thefe kinds of fait, any, indeed, that we
import belulesthat from Liverpool, mav be
employed wirii fefety in preferring animal
ilefh tor food. But that Britith fait which
they make to fell a Broad, and not to con-I
Uu aeat home, ought to be thunned as a I
•iu,iv i>wim.u„ua tiling 1,1 trade, and the
caufe of incalculable ficknefs, death, and
lots ot property among^he American con
fumtrs.
As foon as the ufe of Britilh fait is dif"
continued, there will be lefs corruption of
the provuions which form fo great a part
of our Weft-Jnriia exports ; there will be
lefs feptic and venomous air engendered
in the veirds whieh convey and contain
tnem ; there will be proportionallv lefs
licknefs and mortality from their mifehiev
ous agency ; and, of courfe, there will he
lefs and lefs noilt about importing yellow
fevers. &c. fromrthc tropical latitudes.—
.rhus, by degrees, we fliall icarn not to
blame tiie Weft-Indies for our own mifdo
"igs. The evil chiefly lies at home, am! in
our own vcfills, and this is one of
modes of correction and prevention.
(1) Salt. This is one cf the technical
v md-s. which was introduced by the French
chemists who fom* I the new nomenclature
m 1787. Like most of the other terms in
Mat nomenclature,it is made up ofthose sim
I, vv°ms.wijjch express the simpler materi
als, that enter into th- formation of th:.s
compound substance. Thus muriate cf so
da expresses, that our cotmnon salt i-, com
pounded of the muriatic acid which is son.'-'
times known in the Apothecaries’ shops un
der the name of spirit of sea-salt; and cfh .
da a whitish salt, sharp to the tast*», that is
procured fron a strong Icy, made r,f d,c ash
es of burnt plants, but only from those which
grow upon the sea-side, and especially from
tin- herb Kali, which -grows cn the snores of
the Mediterranean sea.
(p) * on salt weighing more than
ofilbs. \Tx r bushel, is SO cents ferretry 56 lb»
If weighing 56 lhs. per bushel or less, tnc dutv
on it s 20 cent, per bushel. The revenue on
this single commodity is thus equal to
615,653,dollars 69 cents This sum is pre
dicated on the quantity which is stated bv
this article to he imported, and including al
the one-tenth additional duty, which is
| £aid 0,1 K^ods imported in foreign bottoms.
I he drawback however, is not included.
Among the benefits which the French have
l derived from their revolution, theii exempti
| on from the heavy duty on salt, is not the
least. '1 he Gahelle (as this duty was called)
>vrs computed to he no less than one-fourth
part of the whole revenue of the kingdom ;
md was besides, one of those taxes which
var. put under the severe exaction of the far
mers of the revenue. Posticthwayt’s Die.
Article Gahelle.
(3) This method may be accurate for the
alculation of the revenue : but it is obvious,
nat as some of the salt weighs more than
-Mbs. per bushel, (for it would not otherwise
ave been expressed in lbs. instead of bu
2“ n,,,nl>‘?r r'f bushels contained in
’5,8-7,83,, lbs. must he less than the quoti
nt of that number divided by .56.
(4) A city, formerly the Capital of Poland,
n the river Vistula. The salt-mine B are at
Vieiittka withm e-gh; miles of Cracow.
■If the extent ol tb.’,c mints many fabulous
accountshavebeen published; such as their
containing several villages inhabited by co
lonies of miners, who never see the light.
Its known bread h however, is about 1115
feet; its length 66D1 feet, and depth 74v>.
See Coxc’sTravels, vol. 1 ch. 7. tnadein 17Tt5.
(5) Gas is a word la'ely introduced into
common use by the French Chemists, instead
of air. Septic expresses the quality of any
Gas, which is pernicious to the animal ecco
nomy.
BY A if THOR ITT.
[LAWSOFTIIE UNITED STATES.]
AN ACT.
Making appropriations for the fupport of the
Navy of the United States, during the
year one tboufunJ eight hundred
and four
BE it emitted, by the Senate and Houfe of
Representatives of the United States of
America inCongrefs CjfcmbUd, That for the
defraying the expences of the navy of the
United States, during the year one thou*
faiul eight hundred and four, the following
fums be, and the fame-hereby are refpec
tively appropriated, that is to lay :
For the pay and fubliHence of thejofficers,
and the pay of the feamen, two hundred
and thirty-four thoulimd three hundred
and twenty eight dollars :
For provi(ions one- hundred and twenty
five thouiand five hundred and eighteen
dollars, and feventy two cents:
For medicine, inftruments, hofpital (tores
‘and all expences on account of the lick,
four thouiand eight hundred and feventy
live dollars:
ror repairs or vcllels, ftore rent, and
other contingent expence >«, one hundred &
foxty-four thoufand dollars :
For the purpofe of ordnance, and other |
military ftores, five thoufand dollars :
For the expence of navy yards, docks,
and other improvements, the pay of fuper
intendants, Acre keepers, clerks and labo
rers, fifty two thoufand dollars :
For the pay and fubfiftence of the ma
rine corps, including provifions for thofe
on lliore, and forage for the ttafF, fifty-feven
thoufand five hundred and forty one dol
lars, and eighty cents :
For cloathing for the fame, -twelve thou
fand eight hundred and fifty two dollars, &
feventy fix cents :
For military ftoresfor the feme, four hun
dred and fifty-two dollars :
For medicine, medical ferv-'ces, hofpita*
fte.’es, and all expcnces on account of the j
tick belonging to the marine corns, one
thoufand dollars :
For quarter matters and ba-rack mafttrs '
Aorcs, officers travelling expcnces, anno a- j
rers and carpenters bills, fuel, and other
contingent expenecs, eight thoufand eight 1
hundred and forty feven dollars :
For completing the marine barracks at
the City of Waihii gton, three tlunifand
five hundred and eighty four dollars, and
feventy two rents :
Sec. 2. And be it fu, thcr enabled, That
the fevers} Aims herein fpecifically appro
P'**4**1 n«»M-t,« paid, run, our orany i>a
lance remaining unexpended of former ap
propriations for the fupport of the navy,
and fecondly out of any monies in the trea
fury not otherwife appropriated.
NATIIc. MACON,
Speaker eft be Houfe ofReprefentatrves
JOHN BROWN,
P ref dent of the Senate pro tempore.
January 13, 1084.
Apt roved,
TH : JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To incorporate the Directors of the Columbi
an Library Company.
13 E it enabled by the Senate and Hotfe of
V Rep refen t a tiroes of the United States of
America in Congrefs ajfembled, That Ste
phen li. Balch, Jofcph Nourfc, Charles D.
Green, John Craven* Francis Lowndes,
junior, and George French, and their fuc
ceffors, only elected or appointed in man
ner hereafter directed, be, and they are
hereby made, declared and conrtituted a
corporation and body politic,in law and in
ta^t,' to have continuance forever, by tlic
n;ur.e, (file and title of “ The directors of
Cie Columbian .Library Company in
oeorge-Town.”
Sec. 2. And be it further enabled, That
r..l and fingular, the goods.and chatties
heretofore given, granted or devifed, to the
hud Library Company, or to any perfon
or perfons, for the ufe thereof or that may
have been purchafed for, or on account of
the fame be, and the faid goods and chat
ties are hereby vefted in, and confirmed to
the faid corporation : And further, That
the faid corporation may take, and receive
any fuin, or fums of money, or any goods
or chatties, or other effects of what kind or
nature foever, which lliall, or may hereaf
ter, be. given, granted, or bequeathed unto
them, by any perfon or perfons, bodies po
litic or corporate, capable of making fuch
gift or beqlieft, fuch money, goods, chat
ties or other effc&s to be laid out and dif
pofed of, iu the purchafe of books, maps,
chruts, drawings, fpecimens of minerals,
tolhls, and other natural and artificial pro
ductions, calculated to fumifli a library &
mufeum, for the ufe and benefit of the faid
company, agreeable to the intention of the
donors.
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled, That
the laid corporation, by the name, ftile,
at.d title aforefaid, be, and fiiall be hereaf
ter forever, and are hereby declared, able
and capable in law, to fuc and be fijed,
nlead and be impleaded, anfwerand be an
tWered unto, (defend and be defended, in
any court or courts, or other places, and
before any judge or judges, jufiice or ju/li
ce«, or other perfons what foever within the
(liftriet: of Columbia or elfewherc, in all, 5c
all manner of fuits, actions, complaints,
picas, caufes, matters and demands, of
what foever kind or nature they may b'-,
in asfuil and effcifta^! a manner, as any
J other perfon or perfons, bodies politic or
i corporate, may or can do.
I ~ Sec. 4* Ana be it further ennPed, That
the laid corporation 11ia.ll have full power
and authority, to :aake, to have and ufe, a
common leal, with fuch device and infcrip
tion, as they ftiall think proper, and the
fame to break, alter and renew at their
pleafure, to appoint a treafurer, fecretary
and librarian, to affign them their duties,
fix their compenlation, and remove him or
them from office and appoint another or
others in their place, as often as they lhall
think fit: to make, ordain, eilablifh, and
execute fuch bye-laws and ordinances as
may be deemed ufcful to the inftitution, «x
the fame to alter, amend, or abrogate at
. pleafure ; to fix the price of new (harts &
annual contributions on each (hare; to di
ced how transfers may be made and certi
fied, and judge of the perfons proper to be
admitted members ; to procure by pur
chafe, rent, or otherevife, a fuitable place
for keeping the library and mufeum ; to ap
point the times for keeping the library
open, and for taking out and returning
books ; to fill up vacancies that may hap
pen in their number between two annual
meetings; toflevy and colled fines and
forfeitures, and to determine upon, do, and
tranfad all bufinefs anti matters appertain
ing to the faid corporation and library
company, agreeable to the rules, ordinan
ces, and bye-laws hereof during their
continuance in office : Provided, That not
lefs than three of the faid directors form a
quorum to do bufinefs ; that no bye-law,
rule or ordinance fiiall be made repugnant
to the laws of this dift rid ; and that no
contribution be laid on any fhare, in any
one year, greater than one-fifth Of the value
of a fhare, without the confent of a majori
ty of the members.
occ. o. yum tie it jurtDer entitled, That
there (hall be an annual meeting of the
members of the faid library company at the
library, or fuch fuitable place as the tlirec
tors may from time to time appoint, of which
; the directors ihall caufe public notice to be
! given in one or more of the newfpapers
that circulate in the vicinity ; at which time
and place the members, or fuch of them as
may be prefent, either perfonally or by
proxy, and (hall not be in arrears for any
annual contribution, lines or forfeituress
Ihalleleft and choofe by ballot, fix directors,
out of their own number, to fervefor the
year enfhing their election, and until
others Ihall be elected and coufent to ferve
m their place.
See. 6. Ami be it further ennRerl, That
I the directors fhall caufe the treafurer, fe
| cretary and -librarian to keep in fuitable
[ books for that purpofe, juft, and proper
entries of all the proceedings and accounts
of the company and corporation and have
them laid before the company at every an
nual meeting, previous to taking the votes
for directors ; and Ihall always deliver the
I faid books, together with .all’ the property
of the company, in good order to their fuc
cefibrsm office whenever required.
NATHl. MACON,
Speaker of the houfe of Reprefentat'rvcs.
join* uw-oWM.
Prcjident of the Senate, pro tempore.
January 31, 1804.
Approved,
Til: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the fupport of tie
military eflablijhment of the United States,
in the year one thoufand eight hundred and
four.
BE it enacted by the Senate and llcuse of
Reprefentati'ves of the United States of
America in Cong refs ajfcmbled, That for de
fraying the expenfe of the military eftablifh
ment oi the United States, for the year one
thoufand eight hundred and four, for the 1
j Indian department, and for the expenfe of
> fortifications, arfenals, magazines and ar
mories, the following funis be, and the fame
hereby, are refpe&ively appropriated, that
is to lay :
For the pay of the army of the United
States, three hundred and one thoufand
J four hundred and feventy fix dollars:
J For forage four thoufand and fifty fix
! uonars :
( For the fubfiftencc of the officers of the
army and corps of engineers twenty
1 eight thoufand and eighty two dollars and
I righty three cents and one half of a cent:
J For the fnbfiftence of non-commiflioned
officers, muficians and privates one hun
dred and fixty three thoufand eight hun
dred and thirty nine dollars and thirty fe
(ven cents and c.'c half of a cent :
For clothing, eighty thoufand dollars:
For bounties and premiums, fourteen
thoufand dollars :
For the medical and hofpital depart
ment, ten thoufand dollars:
For camp equipage, fuel, tools, exper.ee
of transportation and other continngent ex
penfesofthe war department, feventy one
thoufand dollars:
For fortifications, arfenals, magazines,
and armories, one hundred and nine thou
fand eight hundred and ninety fix dollars
and eighty eight cents :
For purchafing maps, plans, books, and
irfftruments for the war department and mi.
litary academy, one thoufand dollars:
For the Indian department, feventy five
thoufand five hundred dollars:
.Sec. 2. And be it further enafied, That
the feveral appropriations, herein before
made, fhall be paid and difeharged firfl out
of any balance remaining unexpended of
former appropriations for the fupport of
the military eftablifhinent, and fecondly out
of any monies in the treafury, not otherwise
a; propriated.
NATIJi.. MACON,
Speaker of the Houfe of Repref-ntatives.
JOHN BROWN,
Preftdent of the Senate pro tempore.
February 10, 1804.
Al t P.OVF D,
TH : JEFFERSON,
AN ACT,
Supplementary to an aft entitled « An ncl
to incorporate the inhabitants of t/.nr City
of IVaJbington, in the D jhid of Colum
bia.”
BH it enabled by the Senate and Hortfe of
Representatives of the Unit d States of
America in Congrefs ajfemh!edt That theaCt
intituled, “ An act to incorporate the inha
bitants of the city of Wafhington, in the
DiltriCt of Columbia, except fo much of
the fame as is inconfiftent with the provi
fions of this ad, be and the fame is hereby
continued in force for and during the term
<>f fifteen years from the end of the next lef
hon of congrefs.
-ec. 2. And be it further enabled., That
the council of the city of Wafhington, from
and after the period for which the members
otthe prel'ent council have been elected,
lhall con lift oft wochambers, each of which
fhall be compofed of nine members, to be
chofen by diltinCt ballots, according to the
directions of the aCt to which this is a fnp
plement ; a majority of each chamber UuH
conftitute a quorum to do bulinels : in
cafe vacancies lhall occur in the council,
the chamber in which the fame may hap
pen, fhall fupply the fameby an election by
ballot from the three perfons next highefl
on the lift, to thofe elected at the preceding
election ; and a ma jority of the whole
number of the chamber in which fuch va
cancy may happen, lhall be neceflary to
make an election.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the council fhall have power to eftablifli
and regulate the infpeCtion of flour, tobac
co and ialted provifions, the gauging of
casks and liquors, the ftorage of gun-pow
der, and all naval anti military ftores, not
the property of the United States, to regu
I.uc iHe weignt ami quality ot bread ; to
tax and licence hawkers or pedlars, to
rcftrain or prohibit tippling houfes, lotte
ries and all kinds of gaming; to fuptrin
tend the health of the city, to preferve the
navigation of the Potomac and Anacosta
rivers adjoining the city; to ereft, repair
and regulate public wharves, and to deep
en docks and bafons ; to provide for the
eftablifhment and fupi lintendance of pub
lic fchools ; to licence and regulate, exciu
lively, hackney coaches, ordinary keepers,
retailers and ferries ; to provide foi the ap
pointment of infpedtors, conftables and
i'uch other officers as may be neceflary to
execute the laws of the corporation ; and
to give fuch com negation to the mayor of
the eity ae they may deem (it.
Sec. 4. And he it further enabled, That
the levy ctrort of the county of Wafhing
ton, fliall not hereafter poflels the power
of impofing-any tax on the inhabitants of
the city of Walhington.
NATHi. MACON,
- Speaker of the Hcufeof Reprefentatimes.
JOHN BROWN,
Preji/ient of the Senate, pro tempore.
Tebruary 24th, 1804.
.Approved,
TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT,
For the relief of the captors of the Moorish
iet mecr snip Mestsotuta ana Jnirboba.
"13 h it enabled by the Senate and Houf- o f
X> Reprefen tat iws of the United States -of
America i:i Congrefs affirm hied, That the
funi of eight thoufand live hundred and
ninety-four dollars and fifty cent 8, being our
moiety of the value of the armed fliip Mef
liouda, captured by the Frigate John A
dams, commanded hy captain John Ro
gers, and reftored to the Emperor of Mo
rocco, be, and the fame is hereby appropri
ated fi r defraying the expence of prize
money due to the captors ; and that the
further fum of feven hundred and thirty
eight dollars, and twenty-five cents, be,
and the fame hereby is appropriated for de
fraying the expences incurred for the faid
fliip, whilft in pofleffion of the captors.
NATHl. MACON,
Spea.rcr of the Ihiiseo,4 Rc/n'/’/entatl'i'es
JOHN BROWN,
Prefident of the Senate pro tempore.
February 24, 1«04.
Approved,
TH : JEFFERSON.
Richmond County, Jur e 1803.
Jolin Cair.jj,.K:llI comp’it.
against *
Willium Morgan and Peicr £ &
Northern d.’fis. Vy
rJ~lU j defendant Morgan notl i -
ving entered his appoarnee and piven,
• Timtv according to the act cfAs.cn.’.Ay, and
the rules ot this court, and it appcinr.g 10 the
satisfaction of the court that he is not an in
habitant ef this state; on motion of the com
plainant, by his coui.c'l, it is Ordered hat the
K.iai defendant do appear here on the line day
oi the next term, and answer the lv.lt- of he
complainant, and tha^ a copyed this order l.o
published in some newspaper printed in the
city of Richmond, for two months sure iv«>
ly. and a copy also posted at the front dvr
of the courthouse5 and it is further ordered
that the defendant Northern, do not pav,con
vey away or secrete, the debts and effects in
his hands, due and belonging to the said Mor
gan, until the further ordei of the court, in
the premises.
A copy Test?.
_ n. M'CARTY c •> c.
To facilitate to claimants un
derthe 7th article of the treaty y.-ifh Great
JSritnin tLr receipt of tueir monies ui inflan,
ces in which they have not Cy'.iftituted f;»c
public agent in London, their fpcch] att'iv
ney.it has been thought proper to draw »->
the Unite 1 Stats all fitch monies of the a
hove defeript ;on ,m may not be drawn from
him by the individual; thendllvcs prior to
the 1ft of Sept. next. The A-ciit is a<cor
dingly inflruilcd tocc.fe paving them ;
ter that date, but after the 1 tt'of Novem-K
next, they will be again pnj.dde at the fjiy
of V/aihing' .n, to thofc who have light, in
to tiuir alto ncys duly nutlm-ikd,
I Department of State, )
■ ’ April‘tsth, JSOf. C