North Carolina Gazette

              n.orrh-carqlina gazette saturday january 25 17^4 n 420 .-': a h cqrryp-to efrfi en a ft o f congrtft entitled m ati moretffeftunti to provide " f.r ifc frathnat dcfrkk by eftabiijbing *'• an uniform militia throughout the united •* states aljh^ta^nd an a£i paffed at fa ■ * ttei tile in t e yfar ane thaufand even hundred and eighty fix ntitlea {( j n aft <; f;r ejt l abiijlnng a fljiiiia in this state t>e ittmithe by the ineral aflembly of 1j the unit ct^kwirl otrolina and itis hereby emitted fc£>>be iiu|qrhy ot the lame liu in order u tarry into effect the ov r r ci :*:..! ccc of cuugreis theiriintia of ihis ii ,:, uo ai ranged into brigades and divi fions in the following manner that is to lay the duirict of edenton the firf brigade i he d.ftr i>of ne%vhern the fecond brigade i he diitrict of wilmington the third brig ade 1 lie diitrict of fayettevihe the fourth brigade 1 he dittritf of hjitax the fifth \.\ g.ide the diitrid of iiilllborough die iixth brigade i he counties of kowan montgomery cabarrus mecklenburg and iredeli hall compofe rhe fevenrh brigade and the c untie of rockingham stokes s irry and guillord tiiail compofe the eighth brigade and the difhici of imorgan the ninth brigade and that the firit and fe tond brigades iiiall compote the tirft diviiion ; that the third and tow ih brigades compofe the fecund diviljon th.t the fifth and iixth t:"£<>de compeft the leventh and theei^ht £! d i n brigades fhail tompofe ihe fourth divificn and be it further enafled that one major general be appointed by joint ballot of both houfes to command eacu divifion who lhall liave the power to appoint two aids de camp and that one adjutant general be all o appoin ted by joist ballot of both hcuic s of the ge neral ifiembly whole duty it fhall be to carry into eirecl laid acr of congrelsand mi lit i aws of tiiis btc jo far as comes within the line oi that department and be it fu tatr ena&*d s that the fcveral regiments in each brigade lhall be numbered .- cordii s to the dates of the conmiiflion of the coionels or officer commanding them re i ■ tively a the cud of t v c prefent iellions 4niht it further enafad that the officers oi : i militia lueach county lhall have full no divide the ; r regiments refpectively y ' > ' : giuients and batt.uiuns agre.ible to the din . ims o congrefs and to appoint their it era piacesofholding their regimental and battalion niufters ahdrburts martials except where they ma be or have been heretofore divided ar.d appointed by law any thing to tie contrary notwitlrftanding-^prowverf al \\ ys ihat no regiment cr battalion lhall be jc nned of a sets i.uuii>er than is by actofcon directed and be '■' furtktr fnd&ed that all perfons who have entered in the cavalry and have jailed to equip themfelves agreable to law or lhall iail to ciothe lame withm twelve months afu j r i he palling of this net hall be returned to the infantry nor hall any perfon hereat ut be exculv'l from doing duty in the infa t y dotwifhttanding his enrollment in thecavalry until fuch pericn equips himfelf completely ior tlif lime provided always that nothing contained in this act lhall be conitrued to da away cr abolifh the prefent regiments of hbrfe or ot artillery or independent companies in ttiisilate and be tl further ena fled that there mall h one general or battalion multer in each > ear in every county within this fhte and one pr;vare mufter once in every three ii oaths under the iajfie rules and reonla fions s directed by the betore recited ads andhi it further entitled that in all cafes where hneshave been heretofore triable and recoverable before a jtillice of the peace the lame lhall be tried by a proper court martial and to compel payment of lucli fines the president of the court maria is hereby empowered and required without delay to iltue execution which hail be ferved in cafe of a commilfioned officer by the adjutant of the regiment to which he belongs ; rho fnall over and above fuch fine levy for his own ufe the ufua fees alloted to me'rifts for luch fcrvices and all executions agair.fr a non commiilioned officer or private fhall be ferved by a fergeant of the company who fhall over and above the fine colled for his trouble the ufual fees allowed to conttables for fuch fervices provided always that all fines empotfd by the before recited act fhall in every inftance be reduced one half and be itfu-thet ertaffedi that the enm mamhng officer of each brigade lhall annu ally make a jult and true return of his bri gade to the major general of his divifion under the lame penalty he was liable to pay for not making return to the governor and the major general lhall forward in due time a return of his divifion to the ajjutant-gener al f this hate * and be it further enabled that fo much of an a of the general aflembty entitled an aft for eftablifli;ng a militia in this ibte as comes within the purview and meaning of the berore recited aft of congress he and the fame is hereby repealed and made void read three times and ratified in general effembly the day of january anno dom 1794 france national convention saturday september i it was decreed that individuals of both fexes mould wear the national cockade as the partial wearing of them was found to have been the catiie of fome uimuus among nor only citoytns but citoyennes barrere in the name of the cemmitte of public fafety afrcr a lengthy report in which he ftewed the utility of a navigation acl prcpoftd the followirg important decree which v as uuaaimoull agreed to navication-act article i tiie treaties of navigation and commerce exifting between france and the powers with which ihe is at peace fhall be executed agreeably to their true form and te nor ; any thing in this decree to ihe contrary notwithstanding art ii aj ter the 1 ft of january 1704 no vcfiel fliail be confide r.°d as french nor enjoy the rights and privileges of french vcf fels unlefs flie has been built in france or in the colonies or other french poffefiions unlefs flie be legally condemned as a gocd prize taken from an enemy or coiifikated for breach uf the lav s ot the republic ; unlels fhe entirely belongs to frenchmen and un lefs the officers and three-fourths of the crtw are french art iii no foreign produce goods or tnerchandife fliall be imported into france or the colonies and pofleffions of france ex cept directly in french veflels or in veflels belonging to the inhabitants of the country where thofe articles are produced or from the common ports of fale and firir exportation the officers and three-fourths of the foreign crew belonging to the nation of which the veflel bears the colours ; all under the pe nalty of cor.fil'caticn of both vefii 1 and cargo of forfeiting 3000 livres recoverable of ihe proprietor confignee or agent o the vef fel and cargo captain or imare art iv foreign veflels can tranfporr from one french port to anothei french pofr no produce goods or merchandife of the growth produce or mantffaclure of france the colonies or poitelfions of frarce under the penalties appointed by article iii art v 1 he impoft l>ftem'malj he new modeled agreeably to the prov : fions of the navigation aci and the decree which abolifh es the impoft between frar.ce and her colo nies art vi this decree fliall without de lay be folemnly proclaimed in all the ports and maritime towns of the republic and communicated by the ivlinifter of foreign affairs to the powers with which france is at peace philadelphia december 30 a cheap method fir carrying on the war wtib sllgitrs a correfj ondent recommends that a crm mi ttee of congref be appointed 10 receive propolais fora contract for a given nutr.fce ot merchant-frigates that mzjj hervaher anhvertor the india trade to he fitted auc immediately by individuals within a given time fa thefe propofals muft ftate the loweft rites per gun c at which the parties cm airord to fc]uip frigates of a certain givtu iorce a ml diiiienfiom lay jrom 74 fix pounjers m 40 nine to eighteen pounders to be prime failors coppeied if poflible and equipped in all rdpects to anfwer the purpole the bouncy per gun c may continue fay for five years provided the fhips make one or more voyages annually during that perodj but if by the exertion of thefe ingates the war fliould be ended in lei than rive yeti-s ■ the bounty ihall nevcrthelefs continue du ring the term and the ihips ihall then be al lowed to purloe the india or any other trade whenever there may be a peace with the states of barbary a the principal object of tlie r e propefiti ons is to enable the united states to carry on the war at low rate o exj.enfe the fol lowing rdduional encouragements might dif pofc the merchants to reduce he amount of their demand for the propoied bounty by way of annuity : a premium might be given to thefe fhipj by law for their protection of merchant men by way ot convoy provided this premium may not exceed the d lierrnce in the rates oi ir.iurance between with and without convoy alioj a large bounty at a rate per gun c tor the firil aigerine tri pnre or eorfair taken and a id's iuin lor ull that may be taken alter the firli and alfo half of every re taken hip unlefs ftie may have paid for a convoy ; in which calealels proportion of the prize ihculd be i?ade the property ot the recaptors time will not permit a lengthy difplay of ' the minutiae of tins bufinefs at preient ; per haps it is fuilicient to ay this mode will coft lei's than one-third of my other and per haps be more effectual i;i the iflue the following is tranflated from a french gazette of the ear 1791 : jvjr genet our m;n!iler in ruffia hna fiiewn hietidi xis firm and intrepid inhispoft as the other french envoys have proved ibemlelves cowards oisd traitors in theirs a.s foon as news was received at petcrf boiirjr ot ihe ii'ght of louis the 1 6th and of his beinp arreited the prime tvlinifk-r count d'oftermann was directed to iktorm mr genet confidentially that the cmprel'9 delired him not to appear again at court mi thole cirfun.fterces rs that pnnefs on fidered ihe french sovereign as a captive but mr genet ir.liead ot conformhi jinn jtit to th.s bint refomtely declared to count oftermain that he d'd not reprefent an individual but a nation that his irus sove reign was the people and that he prcteiled in their nameagaiufi affiepwhich eommitted their dignity it reality i\.r gtiieumn.edu ately lei it to the eniprels a protcir conceiv ed in the ftr.ongeit and meft republican l*n guage 1 he courage and bomnefs of tiie french ambaitador irritated catherine the jecond w ho v rote to cornt d'artois a 1 co blcntz that iiie hoped his nu^ft chriftian majeity would fend her another min'.iler as foon as the counter-revolution ihould take place n b to this extract miy be ade'ed the following particulars : mr genet thengh in difgrnce with catherine the id remained at petei ibcnir £, where he bad the belt opportunities 01 tracing the intrigues ot courts and 0 the enrj rants fo that he was enabled to afiurcihe n?t'»ona1 aflen?bly that hul'ia whatever hoftile i tenrions ili iu ; 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