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WESTERN

SUN

VOL. 1.

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1807.

THE WESTERN SUN,

printed weekly at TWO DOLLARS, paid

in advance, or an attested NOTE, pay-

Two

able at the end of the year for TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS.

Avertisements of no more length than breadth will be, published at FIFTY CENTS for the first insertion, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for every after insertion. All letters addressed to the Editor must be post paid or they will not be taken out of the office.

of the United States; Provided, That suf-

ficicnt ground for the accommodation of

said light houses, respectively, can be ob-

hereby declared to extend to Gonoave and

Portuga, and to any other dependency ol

the said island of St. Domingo, not in the

tained at a reasonable price ; And provided lpossession of, or under the acknowledged aise, That the Legislatures of the states of government of France.

Connecticut and Massachusetts, shall cede the jurisdiction over each place respectively to the United States. Se&. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury be, and

he hereby is authorised and directed, to

(BY AUTHORITY.)

cause the light house at present established

on Smith's island, at the mouth of the ri-

ver Potomac, to be taken down, & to cause another good and sufficient one to be built at such other spot on the point, is the president of the United States may select ; Provided, That suffcient ground for the accommodation thereof, can be obtained at a reasonable price ; And provided also,

NATHL. MACON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives

GEO : CLINTON,

Vice-President of the United States, and

President of the Senate,

AN ACT to proviide for surveying the coast of the United States.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives of the United States of

assembled, That the l to the United States. And the secretary

07. yil: JEFFERSON.

AN ACT further fupplementary to the act

entituled "An act, concerning the dif.

trict of Columbia.

BE enacted by the Senate mnd House

of Representatives of the United States of

America in Congress assembled, That to

much ol the act intituled, An act additional to, and amendatory of an act entitled, an act concerning the district of Co-

lumbia," as directs that no capias ad satis

faciendum shall thereafter issue on any judg-

ment rendered by a siugle magistrate, or in

America, in Congress assembled. That the to the United States. And the secretary

president of the United States shall be, of the treasury is hereby further authoriand is hereby authorized and requested, to sed and directed to cause the light house take a survey to be taken of thr coasts of, heretofore established on North island, at

the United States, in which shall be defig- l the entrance in Winyaw bay, in the state l any cafe where the judgment shall no ex-

ated the islands and shoals, with their l of South Carolina, to be rebuilt in such l ceed twenty dollars, shall be and the fame is

ds and places of anchorage, within 20 l manner as may in his opinion be most

algues of any part of the shores of the U- l ly to secure its

ited States; and also the respective cour- l Sect. 3 And be it further enacted.

and between the principal l that the secretary of the treasury be, and

's and head lands, together with such 1he hereby is authorized and directed, to

cause proper and sufficient buoys and stakes te be fixed in, and along the channel in

Winyaw bay, leading to thr harbor of

turnable in like Manner, and the clerk and

Georgetown, in the state of South Caroli- l

be it further enacted,

wful for the President of l na: and also to cause proper and sufficient l therein, as the faid act herein before recited

beacons to placed on, or near l directs and allows in cases of executions

the rocks and shoals in the channel leading l against the goods and chattels of the deb into the harbor ol Salem, in the state of l tor

matters as he may deem proper for completing an accurate chart of every part

the coast within the extent aforesaid

ct. 2. And b

that it shall be law

Uiiitt-d States, to cause such examinaand observations to be made, with direct to St. George's bank; and any other k or shoal, and the foundings and curit beyond the difference aforesaid to the Gulph Stream, as in his opinion miy be efcially subservient tn the commercial interests of the United States. S, ct. 3. And le it further enacted, that the President of the United States all be and he is hereby authorized and

quested, for any of the purposes aforesaid,

cause prosper and intelligent persons to

hereby repealed, and in all such cases a writ

or writs of capias ad satisfaciendum may hereafter issue, any thing in the said recited act to the contrary notwithstanding.

S-cl. 2. And be it further enacted, That such writs of capias ad satisfacien

dum shall be issued, directed and made re-

i i ir r i c A ui:, buildiiiv? the li employed , also such of the public Shawn Island, two thousand ffels in actual service, as he may judge dollars ; for pulling down expedient, and to give such instructions for

ulating their conduct as to him may ap-

ir proper, according to the tenor of this

Sect. 4. And be further enacted, hat for carrying this act into effect there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, a sum

exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be

tout of any monies in the treasury, not

otherwise appropriated. NATHL.. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives GEO. CLINTON,

the President of the United States, and

President of the Senate Froruarv 10, 1807. APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.

tain light

n ;v i

authorising the erection of cer-

certain

houses and the fixing

beacons at

the Senate

and House

Massachusetts Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of defraying the expences which may be incurred in the execution of this act, the following sums shall be, and the same are hereby respectively appropriated, to be paid out of any monies

in the treasurv, not otherwise appropriated :

that is to say, for building the light house

on Fairweather island, five thousand dol-

for building the 'light house at Nau-

sand five hundred

g down, and re-building

the ligl house on Smiths point, six thou-

sand dollars ; for re-building the light house on North island, twenty thousand dollars ; for fixing buoys and stakes in Winyaw bay, one thousand five hundred

dollars ; for fixing buoys and beacons in the channe1 leading to Salem harbor, one thousand five hundred dollars. NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

state of New York, on account of the seizure of the ship Liberty, and of the ship Two Marys ; which vessels had been seized and libelled for a presumed infraction of the provisions of the act entitled "An act concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels NATHL. MACON,

Speaker ef the House of Representatives.

GEO. CLINTON, Vict President of the United States, and President of the Senate. February 24, 1807. APPROVED, TH : JEFFERSON.

FOREIGN NEWS.

. Sct. 3. Ard be it further enacted, That the eighth section ol the aforesaid act shall be, and the fame is hereby alfa repea-. led. NATHL. MACON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, February 24, 1807. APPROVED

TH: JEFFERSON.

SALEM, June 1. We have received a file of French papers

from the first to the nineteenth March.

The papers are from Paris, and tho' they

add nothing to the great events of the war already known, they explain some circum-

stances respecting the affairs of Europe.

from their papers we learn, that the

report at Berlin, was, that the Russians had

afked an armelVne cf tfe French, hut h-d

eenefohd, as not co li!trm the pr, ent arrangement of the F r,cli eutpeur.

1 Biron JCilow, niniflrr nf Drurnirk L

received on the 3d of Mrch.

rni the Danifn court, wh:ch ii j'nted

9 tlie f rench etrpTor, f ,j innm.

the miuilier from the kin?; cf VVattrm-

erg. FRANKFORT, Kiarch i3. It is reported ar Vieun?, that br rrjrJ

e ignior hid f-nt a letter wrlrt h w"'.h

own hard to Czerni Gtorr, appoinii, hira

AN ACT r-fpefl ing feizures made undr

the authority of tke United St4tta and for other purpofei. BE it enacted bj the Senate end ILuse

f Representatives ef the United States vf

America, in Corgrcss assembled, 1 ht hen any prcfrcution IhJl be commenced cn account of ti c feizure of apy (hip or

vend, goocrs, wjres or inithar,dife, in .de

MEN 'J Z, M-rcli U. ' We hearf. c m irfi , that rn t!.e rgh teenth of Frhruiiy, the Wit, mf,T troops err pVyd i- tfi- Gt;'' rf Srhveit'iii's were cn the w -rcfi ct ;h- f-vo: dy A' r

the furr-i;der of thu j.It-. 'Wvx or. thr 20:h, they fiimmri'-J 0V?J SiiSer. berg, ard hwl i v n d Ii ..T . Ti e varian and Vurfrrr !,rg t i wre r'i Mrced by pt-i (h troep, under pi:jwe j ifeph Poniatov llcy. ANCON a! F --.uary 5. The Ei-bib jr.d IMu4h 'flI?l j rf tf line witif u t rn.frfl T.;.n- i , ..- r.i I

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TH: JEFFERSON.

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be trier!, that there w: 1 a reafonat.fe c-ul. of f iziirc, the ltd ccurt Hull ciufr 4 proprr certificate or rnti) to be made thereof;

AN AC T tt ronti iue in torce, f.ir a fur- arid in fu' h caie .he claimant or iltimnu

thrr time, adt intituled, " A' dt to ' fliall not be tnti'.h d to colli, nur fluli tf?-

fufp rd tlir comm-rci-1 intercv fe be-'perfn who nud' the frirur-, or the proft j tweent! U ft d Stu-s aid cert iii parts futcr be lubie t dii- Li: or jtidm-i'l v.i :! e tiUnd ' f . J)on:i''zrj. ion :.rro-.nt of futh f'iz.ue y. i' u in uw i

We learn f.nrr. Fcrr, that thr Jr- s

t tht plce, hvc ffTe-ed !iv-f, month to iill the youth i: Jhfir ratir-. ..f . vii ei I ft in the f ric r f t! e F- 1 ' '

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Representatives of the United States of l of Representatives of the United States of

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