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A' 5 total want of troops to make a debar-, der the act of Congress 5lh We, per cent, or deferred stcck, credits shall be entered to the respective subscribers, St he redemption or rermburserrert taock wfaidh may be Subscribed bv observation which have Jeicapccl me, but to shew that my client is jisii-fiedy his situation in stating every otjMon that he can, to the preknt measure. 5 t4t 1 ft i I if I me provisions ot this act, shall pledged for the payment of inters 1,1 in? on the stor? 'cru. sunscrmtion. anrt nrti-. such imbutsement the principal of f' It shall be thediityof the coZi the, Sulking Fund to cause to be an- arid paid out of the said fund, yearly'' every year, stfch sum and sums' aa n.v i annually wanted to discharge th I interest and charges accruing or.

the wliicn may be created virtue iact. The said commiFsio'ncrs I authorised to apply, tVcm to such sum and sums out cf the said farf' jthey may think proper, towards raC -l ing, hy purchase, or by reimburse: conformity with the provision cf t1 -'I the principal of the said steel annual: sum of eight cf d-'-J vested in the said commisV.o shall be, audv continue apprcpriatcd payment oT interest arui redemption cf- 1 public clebt until th whole of th.l''f which may be created! by the prrccdir J' tions of this tier, shall have been redecn tr reimbursed Sec 7. Aid be 'it farther cnacU IThat there shall be allowed) each of thj agents to be appoimed by virtue of this in addition to the necessary cxtjericfs jcurrtd by them, for printing, s'atioiy and postage, a sum of thtvo thous.md ii lars, as a full comper.fiation for ii-e-r i vices. Tie said and the siopcrr, of loans, shall also le vch additional sum as may be r.ctual!y and cessarily expended for thclci k-hirc site fi-carrying this act i.ito efiVtt. rj for defraying the said Qompcnsatlons 5,4 allowances, and such other co.itmrt-t charges as maybe incurred fur cam this act into effect, a not i sixteen thc-usan'd dollars, to ,1 r'j i any monies in the treasury net is hereby appropriated, Sec.

8. And be it further enzcird, I That whensoever ncrice of reimbursement shall le given, as by the sircor a-d third section" of tlils act, the cert cares intended to be reimbursed, he designated therein. every r. menr, the be holdrrs of cerrificates as, pi ev'otulv to Uaid noiice, shall hate notified in wi- ting to the treasury departrrem their wish to 'reimbursed. If not be cations to the treasury suixiot to r'-.

VWp the payment cf the whole sum to be 1 to that purpose, the secrcarv of surr, alrer paying ciT ail sums for ment of which applications shall have bcai made, gall detcrivinc bv, lot what 01 lie cerrificafes shall be reimbursed, so ai to make up the whole amount to bo discharged and in case the aprcatioriR shall ceed the amount to be discharged, the secretary of the treasury shail prcfrnl to derernvne by lot what shall Ic entiile to priori pavnet. Sec. 9. And it farth-r enacted, That the agents appointed by virtue of tl.is act, and the several commissioners of loars, shall observe and perform such dirtctiors and regulations, as be preicribed 'them by the secretaiy of the treasury touching the execution of this Sec. 10.

And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained, shah be construed, in anywise, to airer, abridge, or impair, the rights of those credit 3tr. i I the United States, who Shalt not to the loan created by virtue of this act. NAT. MACON, Sfecker cf the House of Repress tathw. i GEORGE CLINTON, Vice-Preszdeht of ihe United States, nd President of cKe Sei.a:?.

Approved ieb. 11, iti)7. TH. JEFFERSON. NOTICE.

May Term, 1807, Letters were granted bv the Goimty Ccurtof Randolph to Nancy Parke, Sclomon Goodman aud Alexander Gray, on the Estate of Captain Solomon Parke, dtc.ased. All persons indebted to th; sa Estate are requested to make payment, ana those having, demand i aqainst th? same, are requested to bring forward tr.eir claims properly authenticated within the time prescr bed by otherwise the will be barred of a recovery. Nancy Park. 80' owen Goodman, tlm'rs Alexander Grav, 3 Randolph County, May 1 807- "North-Carolina, Burke County. County Court, April Sessions, VZSJ.

Thomas Davis vs. Attr.rhmsnt. Frederick Grider. Levied cn Land TT havinc: been apiar of the Court, that.tbf i'r-fertdant lives cut of this is rhe-for ordered, that unless tiie Defer.cirt appear at next Term of s.i'd ennvy ant make dcfdj.ee, judgment will btaivV default against hmi, It is "is; idered, thai this order be pr.b!!s'.";c:: weeks successively in ti iltvi t-r i. April 2.

J. EltWIN, FOR SALE, FIAT valuable Tract of LAN'S whereon. I r.uw reside ir- the; cnint cf Johnston, containing Acres, i' tnfertilny (if not suptrin) to ar.y 'n neighbourhortrof it, rsn vrr'xs v-'''' of Smithiield, cn both of Xi'M'6 Creek. Tiere is a sufficienq; o'd Lnnd to thirty "'idi advantage of comfortable Dv I Hiiuse, suaicienrly for a jmily, and the O.it houses, '-j which, have been within "eirht yearcr of the best There are phi'--: jOOO Fruit Tree of thtf J-hest Apples and Peaches, Also, 1176 Acres of 'Land in C'J" i lar.d county, on the noh s'tle ff Fear River, two miles, below At Ferry, with no b.u an -P' Orchard Asno Person will be willing to the purchaser without hrst Land, a further description is dcerm necessary. Cash, or liKe.y you.ig--1 will be taken in payment, at cne or kation would not have permitted him to mike even the smallest cttack on any of those forts to facilitate his passage.

Two French officers of rank have departed for the Dardanelles to fortify the coast of Asia, whilst others are employed 1h jortifying that of Eurojae. ThefGfind Seignior has requested Gen. Sebastiana to fortify equally the iiosphorus on the side ot Pont Euxine, the dispositions for whichare already completed. ViNCKENSTEIN, AralL 3. Vc have received official intelligence from Constantinople.

Evevy thing happens for the best. The English have completely miscarried, and have been obliged to repass the Strait of the Dardanelles. The Porte exhibits an energy which has con- founded te English and the Kris- stairs nitcur CONSTANTINOPLE, MAIfCH 8 The important events which have passed within the view of this capital the Empire of the Crescent are of a nature to fix the attention of ail Europe their favorable issue, the retreat of theEnglish under Admiral Duckworth, which has repassed precipitately the Strait of the Dardanelles, ought to have, in the present situation of affairs, the greatest influence on the military operations which will render the year which has just commenced, the most celebra ted perhaps of all that ancient or modern history has made us acquainted with. Mr. Burr's Proposal TO I ST STRUCT THE GRAND JURY.

On the conclusion cf the argu ment to obtain a Subpoma Duces Tecum. Mr. Burr renewed the motion, wh ch he had before made to the court, annul giving more specific instruc- i tions to ih- grand jury, on certain 1 points of evidence. These noints he had reduced to writing in the form of abstract proposiliciii, which he read to the court The following ir, a list ofjbose propositions with tne authorjSjfs cited to support them. 1.

That the Grand Jury cannot, with their oath, find a bill except on such testimony as would justify a petit jury to find the prisoner guilty. Folrer 232 Sect. 8, 3d Institute 25 21 In-stitire 3S4 Dal.on 519 Judo-e Wilson's Works, VI. 2d, 365 T. W.

AVil-nams 3 Justice, 5d Vol. printed 1694 od State T. 41o, 420, anvl Sir IIaw. cbsrrvarions. 4 S.

T. 183; 4ih Black. 32 to 306 3d Hale. Chap 8, Pa-e 61 -Wilson's Edkion with Wilson's Notes 2d 1 1 Chap 22, page 269, with Wilson Note Eu-iomus Hici. 2d Srrr paRes 2U.5 6 state T.

r.aSc3 Foster; page 232, Sec. 8. 2. That no testimony or witnesses iy.ihi to eo to the P-rind at legal competen' to support the charge about which the enquiry is made. Leach 4 kZ, Cl.ap 1S Dcwid's Case, 50, Chap.7 Com rnonwonli of Vir3iaia versus Hopham, W.nc.

and Daws before the G. Court ot illjamsburg. 3. 1 he grand jury cannot return a hiU for treason for levying war a-iuinstthe U. States unless they have t.vo witnesses ho sear to the overt act of treason laid in the indictment both which witness are believed by them.

Cast Crown Law, Chap 2d, Sett. 64, That both must be believed, 3d State Trials, pare 56. 4. That there must be two wit nesses to the grand jury of each overt act, follows also as a consequence irom the former position, that they must have such testimony as would be requisite for the petit jury. That the grand jury cannot find a bib lor treason in cons-rcmence of any confessions made, though pioved lvvo witnesses.

Foster 241-2, 4 Blacl-rstonc, Ccnsruutio.i ct U. Art. 3d, Sec, 3 Oi-aydons Digest. 11 Judge JredeiPs Uue Fries's l7l 172 v.Eash 6. That the grand jury only hear evidence on the part of the state, it upon that evidence they a doubt oi tne Vaarge, they ouqht rn to the bill, as the presumption is ever favor of innocence.

First M'Nally, 2 to 6. 'f 7. No Mtofa third person can be given evidence against the accused to prove him.guilty of treason, or misdemeanor under a law of the ia 3n unless that act is to have been committed bv oi tne accused, if done i "wscucecn'itdone in -i in 3 Ul UbSIStUl! An art- chill a person tonncct eacr.butthedeclarationshallnotbi him because no narr nfth 'nQ se no part of thp ii iy, io to 615. 8. declaration of ntKan j.

not be given in evidence on th sent enquiry to support the chaW of Treason or of amisdemean pr.ua Un- 4 unless it ue proven mauue ac- cused was present and assented thereto East in case of conspiracy confessions goes against them who makes but not against others, Poake B. Confess, Peake 7 Hearsay 18th M'Nally 40 4,1, Confessions cannot be read gainst others. Third State Trial 574. -r A relation of what had been done no evidence, M'Nally 616. Declarations of others is ho evi dence Four State Trial 192 196.

Six State Trial 218 in the presence of then, they acquiescing. M'Nahy 621. LoaU-Office, JV. CaroliAaj 1, age 12th, S'fS' Notice Is 'hereby THAT, hi con'foTrriity with the pV6vi-sions of the act supplementary to the act, intulcd An act making provision for the redemption of the whole of the public debt of the United States," books will be opened at the office of the Commissioner of loans for Konii -Carolina on the first day of July next, to rontiuue open until the fccventemh day of March, 1.80H, the fourteen last days of each quarter excepted, fcr the purpose of receiving sub scriptions for such parts of the eld bir per cent, deferred six per cent, and three per cent, stocks, as may, on the day of sub. scription, stand on the bookB of the said commissioner of loans- Those proprietors of the old six per cent, and deferred stocks, who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof a new six per cent, stock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the surrendered, re deemable at, the pleasure of the United States, under a proviso' however, that no reimbursement shall be made except for the whole amount of any such new ccrtifi cate of stock, nor till after six months previous notice and the proprietors of the three per cent, stocky who may subscribe, will receive in lieu thereof, a six percent, stcck, equal to sixty-five per cent.

ul tiie amount of three percent, surrendered, redeemable, in the same manner as new six per cent, above-mentioned, but not reimbursable however, without the as sent oi the holders, until after the whole of the new six per cent, (given in ex change for old six or deferred as above-mentioned,) as well as the whole of the eight per cent, stock of the Un-ted States, shall have been reimbursed. It is also provided mat in every reimbursement which may take place, a preference will be given to those creditors who may notity wish to be, reimbursed and that if the an i i plications to that eilect shall at any time! either exceed or fall short or the sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment shall, so far as may be necessary, be determined by lot. The present stock-holders who reside in any part of Europe, and miy assent to that modification, may, at their cption, receive the interest accruing on the new stock, either in the United States as hereto tcre, or in London, or Amsterdam, a par: in which lasc case, the interest will be paid there by the barkers cf the Unitee States, six months subsequent to the da) on which the same would bepajable in the Inited States and subject to no variation nor to any other deduction than acomniis. sion to the bankers, cf one half per cent, on the interest thus S. HAYWOOD.

Commissioner of Loans IfOTE. Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal six per cent, stock, subscribed before the 1st October, 1807, will be entitled to receive .649 62 of new six If subscribed between the 1st October, and jlst December 1807. 614 27 the 1st of Jan. and 17th March 1808 619 03 Proprietors of 1000 dollars nominal deferred, subscribed bt'fore the 1st October 1807, will be entitled to receive, 855 73 If subscribed between the 1st October ana 31st December iW7. S53 62 Between the 1st January and 17th March 1803.

831 42 Being the unredeemed amount of the old sttck on the 1st July, and October, 1807, and 1st January 1808, respectively Proprietors of 1000 dollars three per cent, stock, will be entitled to receive OJ0 dollars of new six. Sin Supplementary to the act intituled An acr making provision for the redemption of the wh te of the public debt of the United States" Whereas it is desirable to adapt the nature of the provision for the redemption of the public debt fo the present circumstances of the United states, which can only be done bv a voluntary subscription on ihe part of the creditors. it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress as sembled, That a subscription to the lull amount of the old six pec cent, deferred anu three per cent, stocks be, and the same is hereby prcposed for Vhich purpose books shall le opened at the Treasury of the United States, and by the several com-misuoners of loans, on the first day' of lulv r.exr, to continue open until the stevenieeth liif it -v areri next toiiowing, inclusively the fourteen lastjlays of each quaiter ex! cepted. for such parts of the abovemen. noncd descriptions of stock, as shall, on the day of subscription, stand on the books ot the treasury, and of the several- com-raissioners of loans, respectively, which subscription shall be effected by transfer to the boited States, in the manner provided by law for such transfers, of the ere-dit or credits, standing on the said books ana by a surrender of the certificates of the st ck subscribed.

Sec. 2- And bt it further enacted, I which I 01 any TV 7 7noie or any panoi any sum the subscriber or subscribers shall be enti-tled-to a certificate, or certificates, pur-portray that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a sum to be expressed therein, e-qual to the amount of principal of the stock thus subscribed, shall remain unredeemed on the day of such subscription, bearing an interest of six per centum, per annum, payable quarter.yearly, "from tne nrst day ot me quarrer, uuring wncn such subscription bhatl have been made, tiansferabh; in the same manner as is provided by law for the transfers of the stock subscribed, arid subject to redemption at the pleasure of the United States Provided, Thai no singlecertiiicite shall' be issued for an amount greater than ten thousand dol larst' And provided farther, That no reirrw bursement shall be maxie except for the whole amount of any such new certificate, hbr till after at least six months previous public notice of such intended reimbursement. Sec. 3. nd Is it further cnacled, That for the whole or any part of any sum which shall thus be subscribedin three per cent, stock, credfts shall hkewisebeer.ter-e to the respective subscribers and the subscriber, or subsciibers, shall be enti tied to a certificate, purporting that the U.

States owe, to tne holder or holders thereof, hrs, her, or their assigns, a sum to 5c expressed therein, equal to sixty five per centum of the amcuiu of principal of the stock thus subscribed, bearing an interest of six p-r centum, per annum, payable quarter yearly, from the first day of the quarterj during which such subscription shall have been made, and transferable subject to redemption in the same manner, and Under the san.e regulations and restrictions, as stock created by the preceding section cf this act Provided, That ro pirt of the stock thus created shall be reimbursable, without the assent of the holder or holders cf such stock. tiT.til the whole of the eight per cent, and four arrd a half per cent, stocks, as well as all the six per cent, stock which may by virtue of ie preceding section, shall have been redeemed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That the of the sinking fund shall he, and they are hereby authorised to appoint an agent in London, -and another in Amsterdam, whoc duty it shall be to receive subscriptions and transfers, and to issue new ceniiicares in the manner, and atithe times abovemcutioned, and as the oihce.rs of tiie treasury department, or the comm.

Sbioners of loans might dj; that is to 'say, the agent in Lr rdon, in favor of such stock-ho'ders residing in the dominions of Great Britain in the ag 'tit in Amsterdam in fav r.cfsuch stockholders residing in any other parr of Eu rope, as may respectively become subscribers Provided, the certificates issut-d by the said agents, shall Ix-ar interest only from the first day of the quarter next succeeding that in which the sub. cnpt.on shall have taken place, and that relation to subscriptions made trypld six per cent, or deferred stocks, the:" sums expressed in such new. certificates shad be equal to the amount of the principal of the old six per cei.t, or deferred stocks thus subscribed, wl.ich shall remain uYitcdecmed after payment cf the dividend pay able on such stock, on tha; day from which the interest on the new certificates shail commence. The foreign stock holders thus subscribing With either ol the said agents, shall be entitled to receive the dend in the old six per per ctn deferred, or three per cent, stock subscribed by ihcni, respectively, wliicn shall be payable on that day, from which the interest on the new certificates shail commence. And it shall be thedui) cfthe said agents, respectively, to trai before the end of each quarter, to the regri ter of the treasury, and to the several com missioners of I jas, respectively, triplicate a.osira.cr5 or uie cemncates ot stock subscribed, and of the new certificates issued by them, during such quarter, in order that the proper credos ma be entered on the; books of he treasury, and of the commissioners of loans, as the case may be, to the holders of such new certificates.

Ai the said agents, before ttuy enter upon the execution of their several offices, shall, respectively, take an oath cr affirmation for the diligent and faithful execution of their trust, and shall also becon.c bound with one or more sureties to the satisfaction of the commissioners of the sinking fund, or of the secretary of the treasury, the penal su.n of twenty thousand dMlarswith condition for their good behaviour inKtheir said offices. Sec. 5. And he it further enacted. That the ho dei of old six per cent, defer red, or three per cent.

stocK, who maybe-come subscribers, as aforesaid, either in the United States, or in Europe, and who, on the first day of July next, and also cn the day of the subscription, shall be resident Europe, may, at tlreir cption, which must be made at the time of sub. scribing, recede the interest accruing on the stock created by. virtue of the prect d. mg sections of this act, either tUe States, as other c.edi tors, or at' or Amsterdam that is to say, the holders residing, at the times above-men-mentioned, in th dominions of Great-Bri-tain hi Eur pe, at London, and at the rate ot four sh 1 gs and six pence sterling, for each dollar awd the stockholders residing, at the times above-mentioned, in any othJr pait of Europe, at Amsterdam, and at the rate ot two guilders ard a half guilder, cur-rent mom of Holland, for each ddlar in which last mentioned option the condit.cn shall be expiessed in the new certificates to be issued, and the credit or "credits, to be given to the proprietors thereof, shall he entered, and shall thereafter be transferable only on the oks of the treasury Provided bonevcr. That the interest thus payable, in London and Amsterdam.

Ljiot be payable until the expiration of six uaicuer mourns trom the dav on which the same would be payable in'the United States, and shall be subject to a deduction of one half of one per cent, on the amount payable, "for commission to the backers paying the same And provided ako, That every proprietor cf such stock may, cn surrendering his cerhlicate, receive another to the sa-re amount, the interest whereof shall be payable quarter-yearly in the United States, in the same manner as that accruing on 'he stock held by persons residing the United States. Sec 6. Jlnd be it further enacted, That the same funds which hPrnr I have been, dnd now are, pIcdMiiy law -Mr. R. observed that at least one disadvantage would result from this enquiry that it was riot clear, as Mr.

Hay had asserted, that ihc affidavits would t2 laid before the court only and not before the grand and petit juries, for the grand jury would soon be possessed of the substance of thrn and that it was next to impossible for them to seplrate theim pressions thus illegally produced upon tiieir minds, from the weight of the legal, viva-voce testimony Mr. R.said, he did not understand Mr, H's; expressions about certain persons in holes and comers, that if r.owever he meant spies there are none such and that although the overnment certaVnly had employed no spies, yet that it has excited so many prejudices against Col. Burr, ns was sufficient to make every man in the country desirous of contributing his full quota of information a-gainst him. Mr. K.

concluded with remarking, that the present argument had nerhans betn nermitted i to embrace too 'wide a field of discussion and that there are two great qxiestions which Ire should submit to the consideration of the Couit 1st. Whether there was any precedents in favor o'f the present motion, and 2d. Whethsrifa'fpropositionlikc this and of such importance was adopted, it would not yield a precedent, that Would expose every men in the country to oppression. Mr. H.

that this was a charge which the Judge had already decided on a former examination'; that it was not a supplemental ciime, but the old one that perhaps tfcejpc be some little affidavit 10 splice out some defect in the former evi-dence but what would be the sequence of tn is proceeding? Day RfW day, another and another rnTi lu- vit wcukl be brought forth facts lih.2 polypi; are easily cut into lwo or three pieces and each of those atoms is to require a new recognizance. For one rtflidavit; there must' be a bail of 1000 dollars Another Tidavit, another 1000 dollifs until the burden of bail is so oppressive to have no other resource, hut in the foiir walls of a prison. debati; to be cgntixuedJ Latest eitrcpemi JSete NEW-yOKK, JUN'F. 1 1. The Parispapers "re'c-ivtcl-at the rfnee of the Mercantile Advertiser by the Calypso, from Bordeaux, are to the KthotfApiil, inclusive.

They contain no later news irom the armies than we have heretofore received but they, furnish intelligence ltom Turkey, hicii sets aside th, report of the English having taken the Dardanelles and as tliis is tin only article cTconsequence, we have confined our translation to whaievei relates lo it. VIENNA, APRIL 2. The Court C.Zcttc of yesterday contained the following-articles relative to Turkey Adm'l. Duckworth having passed nine days; before Constantinople, and the negotiations between his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Ai-buthnot and therte having bv.en broken off, the fleet put to sea suddenly; on the morning of the 1st of and directed its course by a northerly breeze, towards the Upper Dardanelles, as if wishing to Rain the Black Sea, but suddenly fchikmg, made sail for the M-rmora. Tne Turkish licet, which is returned from the Bosphorus, joined the newly equipped vessels which were in the arsenal of Tcphona, and is Rons in pursuit of the English squadron, to the number of from 15 to 20, under the orders of the Captain Pacha.

The crews are almost entirely composed of Janissaries." A'his ivall the Aulic Gazette has pubushed to this day but private i JeJt-rs later intelligence. One of these, which has bstn received at a Dan king nouse, expressed in the following terms The English fleet, intimidVed by the formidable prepara r.onsoi the which had been directed bv General Sebastiani, Ambassador of Trance, warmly seconded bv French and by several Spanish officers, quitted on the 1st cf March its station before Constantinople, for the purpose of returning to the Ar-chiptiago. It repassed the Lr-wtr Dardanelles on the 3d of March and it appears to be on anew cruize on the coast. Admiral Duckworth, doubtless, thought that this situation come very critical on the sea of M.r-mora, lie Hv, iurks to cut off all direct com, Lit.eL in ins -IrutMhefonsoftheanen co have been puUt.any mome: 1T1CUH nd cs 'JCn put at ny moment i i Uw best state ofdeienc ce, and the June y. UiiUUlUV thteresiidfbf.