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prepaaed for i&y foreign Prince or State, t or of my colony, district or people eon- ? terminous with the United States, and t with whom they art at peace, contrary to the sixth section of the act passed on the \ twentieth of April, eighteen hundred end f eighteen, entitled "An act in addition to t the act for tho punishment of certain ? crimes against the United States, and to 1 repeal the acts therein mentioned, and re- 1 tain possession ol* the same ontil the de- i cisiou of the President be had thereon, or | until the same shall be released as herein- 1 after directed. < Sec. 2. And be it further enaoted. That i the several officers mentioned in the fore- 1 going section shall be, and they are here- i by respectively authorised and required < to seize any vessel or vehicle, and all arms or monitions of war, about to pass the 1 frontier of the United States for any place < within any foreign State or colony, con- i terminous with the United States, where | the character of the vessel or vehicle, and the quantity of arms and munitions, or i other circumstances shall furnish probablo 1 cause to believe that the said vessel or i vehicle, arms, or munitions of war are in- | tended to be employed by the owner or 1 owners thereof, or any other person or 1 persons, with his or their privity, in car- { ryingonany military expedition or opera- t tions within the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or State, or any colo- t ny, district, or people conterminovs with i the United Stales, and with whom the United States are at prace, and detain the ' same until the decision of the President be had for the restoration of the same or .:i L ?i ? ... -I uutii Butiii jirupuny snail De uiscnargcd by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That nothing in | this act contained be so construed as to i extend to, or interfere with any trade in < arms or munitions of war, conducted in ? vessels by sea with any port or place i whatsoever, or with any other trade which i might have been lawfully carried on be- s fore the passage of this act, under the 1 law of nations and the provisions of the i act hereby amended. 1 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That s it shall be the duty of the officer making t any seizure under this act, to make nppli- a cation, with due diligence, to the district s judge of the district court of the United v Stutes within which such seizure may be t made, for a warrant to justify the detcn- t tion of the property so seized; which war- j rant shall be granted only on oath or af- v firmation, showing that there is probable v cause to believe that the property so seiz- v eil is intended 10 be used in a manner con- ? trary to the provisions of this act; and if c said judge shall refuse to issue such war- t rant, or application therefor shall not be 1 made by the officer making such seizure < within a reasonable time, not exceeding i ten days thereafter, the said property shall i forthwith be restored to the owner. But ' if the said judge shall be satisfied that the seizure was justified under the provisions ! of this act, and issue his warrant accord- i ingly, then the same shall be detained by ] the officer so seizing suid property, until i I flip Prosi/lnnt slmll nfiln* ?# ^ ?' - ...v . .ww.uv... uiuvi iu uc icsiuieu s to the owner or cluimant, or until it shall be discharged in due course of law, on c the petition of the claimant, as hereinafter 1 provided. t Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That l the owner or claimant of anv property I seized under this act, may file his petition in the circuit or district court of the Uni- ' ted States in the district where such seizure-was made, setting forth the facts in the case; and thereupon such court shall proceed, with all convenient despatch, after causing due notice to be given to the district attorney and office making such eeizure, to decide upon the said case, and order restoration of the property, unless it shall appear that the seizure was authorized by this act: and the circuit and district courts shall have jurisdiction, and are hereby vested with full power and authority, to try and determine all cases which may arise under this act; and all issues in fact arising under it, shall be decided by a jury in the manner now provided by law. See. 5. And be it further enacted. That whenever the officer making any seizure under this act shall have applied for and obtained a warrant for the detention of the properly, or the claimant shall have bled a petition for its restoration, and failed to obtain it, and the properly so seized shall have been in the custody of the officer for the term of three calendar months from the date of such seizure, it shall and may be lawful for the claimant -or owner to file with the officer a bond to -the amount of double the value of the property so seized and detained, with at least two sureties, to be approved by the judge of the circuit or district court, with a condition that the property, when restored, shall not be used or employed b.v the owner or nwnpra r?r l.?r mi<> _ -- ....J | person or persons with his or their privily, , in carrying on any military expedition or operations within the territory or domi- i Dions of any foreign prince or State, or i any colony, district, or people, conterminous with the United States, with whom I the United States are at peace; and there- I upon the said officer shall restore such < property to the owner or claimant-thus i giving bond: Provided, That such reslora- * tiori shall not prevent seizure from being t again made, in case there may exist fresh i cause to apprehend a new violation of any i of the provisions of this act. i |3ep. 6. And be it further enacted, That 1 every person apprehended and committed t for trial, for any ofTence against the act I hereby amended, shall, when admitted to s hail for his appearance, give such add:- ( fay9) security as thojudge admitting himi j * 1' * iff . fP , _ * . ? - W . ' * o bail may require, not to violate, not to id io violating, any. of the provisions < f hr act hereby amended. Sec. 7. And he it lurthor enacted. That vhenever the President of the United States shall have reason to believe that he provisions of this act have been, or ire likely to be violated, thai offences have >ee?, or are likely to be, committed against the provisions of the art hereby amended, within any judicial district, it shall be lawFill for aim, in hit discretion, to direct he judge, marshal, and district attorney, [>f sink district, to attend at such .place within the district, and for such time, at be may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy and convenient arrest and awa m ln? iImm nC ?v a a ekavwAfl ami till llta I>*?III|||C||IUN VI I'VIWMO * IIUI^VU * ? ?"? violation of the Ml hereby amended; and It ahall bp the duly of every auch judge, 01 other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time designated. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, Thai it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he mav smpower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militiot; us shall l)e necessary to prevent the violation, and Lo enforce the due execution of this act, md the net hereby amended. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted^ Thai this act shall continue in force for tbe period of two years, and no longer. Approved, March 10th, 1838. Miscellaneous. THE FOUND LINO . Passing in the course of our wandering through a thriving sea-port, Simon turned into n 'Inrorp atliin In malia enma nnrnK. ^ .... ?I?V^ ?v iii anv rvuiv |/u? Vlltt' >es. At the desk, behind the counter sat i weather-beaten rough little man, who was too much occupied with his day book tnd ledger to observe us. While the ihopman was supplying our wants, Simon lailed him with "well captain, how goes it" Up, or rather d wn, started the little >ustling man from his tall three legged tool, and joyously returned the salutaion. Balancing himself on his two feet, is af he had heen standing on deck in a tiff breeze, and pulling up, at each side, vhat no man now dare call his breeches, hat outlawed word, as sailors are wont o haul up their trowsers at the end of a ob. he clapped both his hands into his waistcoat pockets, and clearing his throat nth an emphatic wag of his head and a rink with one eye, he went on to answer Jirnon's queries after his welfare, ill a tew ommon- place phrases which conveyed >ut a little information, ile was evidenty habituated to say nothing that might afterwards rise up to trouble him; and the sight of a stranger with his old friend seemed for the lime to act like a safetv valve upon the mind. "Thank ye, Mr. Frazer, thank ye, thank ye, safe at anchor, safe at anchor now, Mr. Frazer;4iad wy rough day; in port now; try to make the most of it; >ard limes these, though; poor sales, poor ialcs, sir; worse pay/' &c. &c. He was full of civility, and activity, and inxicty to serve us; asked Simon to his louse to dine, to sleep, &c. but we only Hayed to pay for what w?" bought, and the instant we were on the street again, 3imon began. "It is worth walking five Scotch miles to see that man! if it were for no more than to teach every thing that lives, that no man born in this blessed country, however low and wretched his situation, need despair.11 "Who is he?11?said I. "Who is he?11 repeated Simon. "Indeed not many could tell you thai! but J will tell you all I know of hirn. About 40 years ago, he was put into the boskei of the foundling hospital in Edinburgh, with a 10/ note, and a scrawl ninne.d tc his breast, stating that his name should bt Charles Galloway. I have no power, whatever might be my wish, to lay open the serrets of the prison-house and tell whether the unhappy infants, whom fathers and mothers forsook, found thai mercy and kindness under the hands oi strangers, which their parents denied.? Certain it is, this poor man's appearance bears heavy marks of but merciless treatment; but accidents may happen in spile of care. And whether his bones were broken, and his joints twisted then, or afterwards when apprenticed, at a very early age, as a sea boy on bonrd a Leith trader, I do not know. It is too true thai there he did receive tho most cruel usage from the savage master and crew, which became at last so intolerable, that, driven to absolute despair, he made his escape in the night while the vessel was lying at Lrristol, Willi no oilier possession than the ragged clothes on his back. lie ran foi his life through the unknown city, thinking every sound he heard was a pursuer; and having, by the time day dawned, reached the open country, he hid hi nisei! in a hole until it was again dark. He then set forward once more, wandering he knew not whither, along cross roads and byways, ii'I about noon the following day lie carrie to a farm-steading, when, utierl) exhausted with hunger and misery, he staggered into an ? ;?er ><?t-housr, and sinking down among some straw, fell isleep, When he awoke, he found seve al people standing n?*?ir him, and his dirty 'aggen appearance exci. mg suspicion, they vere about to tumble him into the road. He implored food and mercy, and told hem his story. Instantly a warm-hearted iiishrnan, nearly as ragged as himself, started up in his behalf, and by hi* poweiill intercession, procured the starving boy plenty to cut from Ihc well-fed English I # s ^ f / 1 servant*; tad following ap tlio impression1 a ha had iv?Je 0:1 the hearts'of his- fellow g laborers, he _Mheted among them half a a crown, which he presented to the little11 wandering exile. He then set hitn on the 1 road in London, and gave hjm kind words ti and kind wishes at parting.?So that, as | : Charles himself told me, while tears were < i gashing over his cheeks?he has never 1 , since seen an Irishman, but he felt his ' . heart warmed, and his ears tingle at the i i music of the honest "brogue. 1 ,1 "On and on wandered and toiled the < ? ? I J , 1 ..L /VI 1 puur jiiue naneo joneiy wrwcn. vb, j i i what greater punishment could one wish) 11 his unnatural parents than to hare thus. I seen and known their forlorn child! But i no one knew him, and he entered the wilds I of London, friendless and wo-worn, with out orb earthly possession hut the Irishi man's half crown, which rather than break i upon, he had begged and starred upon the road. But he had received kindness? l had heard the words and the voice of pity i and sympathy, and was no longer despe rate, and no longer hated and feared his i species; blessed Ireland! > 44 By cleaning himself, and by means of I his precious long hoarded half-crown, I making the utmost of his appearance, he , got the. master.of a vessel to admit him on boatd his ship as a sea-boy; and, once t there, he took care to behave so well < that he should never be turned out. By serving and obliging the sailors, taking their jokes and thumps with good humor, < - and never allowing himself to he provoked or sulky at the many vexations and i plagues which the youngest and littlest thing?dog or boy?on board a ship is al- i : ways heir to; this poor wee practical phi- < I iosophcr, besides many small favors and 1 donations, gained to himself the good , will of the captain, the mate and the men; i and by the time the ship returned to port, had from his early command of temper. purcnasea lor nimseif an excellent charac- ' ter. Patient and steady, he held on his 1 humble career, always advancing. And i as he oompared one month as it passed I with the month that had gone before, he i saw and felt, that in spite of his apparent- < ly overwhelming disadvantages, his pro- < gress was still forward, and ever with ac- 1 celerating speed. t " While in port, he redoubled his efforts to oblige and serve the master; The < sailors then all leave the ship, and (he la- I bor of delivering the cargo, cleaning her I out, and rc-loading and preparing again I for sea, devolves on their hired jobbers ? and apprentices Here the captain felt I nil the importance of having an honest i faithful bov, on whose perfect obedience a and common sense he could rely, to watch i while he was unavoidably absent; and t Charles had plenty to do, even when others . | were at play. Whether he was sufficient- I I ly rewarded for all this, I do not know.! I It but too often happens that when a ser- 1 vice or a benefit is unexpected, it is re- i ccived with gratitude and delight; but the < | longer such services and favors are con- < united, me less tltey are thought of, ami/' are very soon considered, if not deman- i ded as a rioht. While (lie sailors, many of them three times his age, were rang- ? ing about in the wildest dissipation and I idleness, this poor destitute little boy, i with neither home nor relation to shelter t or help, or direct him, after all the severe < toil of each successive day, instead of going to amusement or sleep, cleaned 1 i himself, (no easy task!) from the pilch < , and tar and dirt with which he was be- 1 smeared, and with his little savings, i I pinched off himself when hungry and t cold; he went to a night school to improve 1 his reading and writing, and afterwards l > to learn arithmetic and navigation. His < t extreme eagerness, his agony to improve, s t so delighted his teacher, an old disabled < i seaman wun only one leg, that he pre, sCnled him with the remains of one or 1 i two iis? fnl hooks, a scale and a pair of 1 t compasses, all which, though like him- I , self nearly wo n out in the service, were i > of unspeakable value to the laborious in- I I defaiigable learner. What a blessing to i him would have been the money it took I I to make a soilar drunk! but though he i f saw their delirious waste, so disunited was he fftrm every one on earth, so utter- | ly destitute of a claim upon any creature, ; > so unused to have his miseries, necessities, ( j or wishes thought of or supplied by any j > hut himself that such an idea did not oc- , cur to him. , 44 When the ship was again to sail, and i all were once more on board, most of the J t men were mortal drunk. Many of them , ! sick and worn out; many of them bruised f, II and bloody, and dirty. Poor Charles as , >j he arranged the tackling aloft, and heard L i j the sottish uproar, and saw the degraded objects below upon deck, could not but i think that, in spile of the great riches in 1 his eyes, which each of these sailors pes- 1 > sesscd when they went on shore, their ' ; plenty of time, the means of enjoyment j , and improvement, of which he was conr tinually thinking, then they all were as 1 i poor and penny-less as himself, far more i dirty, far more exhausted, and sick, and ' bruised, and ignorant, than himself, after all his ceaseless toils in performing bis 1 duty, to the captain and himself. This 1 was one of the practical lessons Charles * never forgot. * " tfven before his apprenticeship was out, i having at different times received small presents of money from the captain and passengers, his sagasily and wits, shar- t pencci by the excellent whetstone of neces- | sity, led him as if by instinct, to lay out \ this little treasure in the most judicious t and piofitaldf miniature speculations.? I I And though at first hts gains, to the waste- ( fui hitistering xeaihen, seemed so small, s hat he was constantly the butt of their is lornful wit aud jeers; yet ihey were! (real to him who had" nothing, ami knew1 10 well how to use them. By the time tie indenture expired, he was a stout leal thy lad, and a steady excellent seaman, whom all on board could trust, and possessing the good will of all. He still continued in the same ship, and from his knowledge of navigation, having on several occasions done the duty of a second mate exceedingly well. It was. not long before he was appointed mate; and in the course of a few voyages after, the captain having left the Weal Indies in bad health, he navigated the ahip safely to port, and what was still more difficult, preserved the most perfect discipline among the men, l: utuv ui tuciii iu luiviy ms BupvriurB> axis old friend end roaster being unable to go to sea Hie nest voyage, the owners appointed CbarJes, in the interim, captain; and when he looked back on the day he first euteAd London,.with scarcely clothea to cover him, without one earthly friend, without a hole where to lay his head, and the poor Irishman's half-crown, all he had to look to as the means of existence; and when he cast back his aye a little further still, and remembered that even then he was rich and happy in comparison of the night, when, flying from Bristol, starting at every footstep, and hearing the crack of a rope's end in every sound, it seemed to himself that he was in a dream! 11 He managed the ship well, and was continued as a captain by the same owners; but, like other people who, when they are well, generally invent some excuse for being uneasy?he was seized with homesickeess, and got himself appointed master of a ship sailing for Scotland. So, behold his homesickness relieved?but what, think you arose in its stead? What a sick fever of the heart to know who he was! this was a problem not easily solved. A roan who knew nothing of himself but * I 4-IJ - HI . tvuut i nave ioiu you was noi HKCiy .10 learn much more, lie, therefore, in the meanwhile chose a new object for the fever in his heart, and married* Calmness succeeded for a time this hurly-burly of the spirits, but during every voyage the original disease returned. Still, all his ruminations, speculations and consultations ended in nothing. " At last, having been one day giving orders to one his sailors while in the harbor, and receiving an insolent answer, all he captain rose in his heart?and wheeling >round on the main with a stamp and 1 " d'ye know who you are speaking 1o?" lis apponent calmly replied, "if I did, it vould be more than you do;" a retort so itartling and so true, thai he turned away n silence to chew the cud of many a biter fancy. It happened that a newly aplointed port-officer was near enough to lear the sailor's retort, and to sec its effect on the little mortified captain; and after cogitating with his wife over some 111 - - - - una Jang syne scandals, lie proceeded to Captain Galloway's house. lie briefly Lold him he had some idea he might be lble to inform him who his relations were, rearing which long-wished for words learly cured the wound inflicted by the tailor. He soon staled all he knew of limself to the stranger, who in return, tdviscd him to write to a lady in Galloway, whose address he gave, adding, "if my conjectures are right, she is your aunt." The captain wa? butXoo happy to folow the suggestion; but who shall describe, >r who but one so situated, can conceive he perturbation of soul in which he a waited the reply to his letter! Even sooner han he dared to expect, a reply arrived. Be rushed to a room by himself, tore onon .he seal, and ihc paper on which lie lookid? the light?the house?the world? iwam before his eyes, as he read the first words thai met them,44 My dear nephew.*' rhe faiutness of violent emotion soon wore off, and the mystery of his existence was clearly unravelled, lie found lie was sprung of a high nnd ancient family, though, as probably he anticipated, his own birth not very honorable. lie soon after had an interview with his mother, by that time, a virtuous venerable matron, highly respectable. 1 think* it would puzzle any ordinary mind to conceive what her feelings and thoughts must have been when this living evidence of the deeds of other years, stood before her! She wished him to change his name for her own, but he spiritedly refused. 44 However honorable the nanic may be to others, God knowR I owe ithttle; and I will keep that, in which, by his blessing, f struggled through my deserted infancy, my starving and miserable childhood, and toilsome, unfriended youth." Soon after this period he gave up the sea, having realized above 4000/. He is now a ship owner, and part of his money being invested in that shop from which !.!_ i- i - -? ins snips are supplied witn stores, u mereby draws a double profit. Many strange instances I have known of wealth and prosperity attendant on good conduct in the poor, but Charles Galloway surpasses them all. For there he sits, scarcely yet forty years of age, surrounJcd with all that can make an honest man happy and comfortable?a good name, good health, i good wife, good children, and a competency." A large inward bound British ship was ?een off Cape Cod on Saturday last, apparently with loss of her top-masts. She is said to have had painted ports. A British man of war is expected at this port to take on board Lord Gosford, Governor ofi f'anada, and it is possible that the above ihip may be lier, as no British merchant ihip iscxpectedai this time.?Host. Times.\ I ? n< | Poetry. , r _ - | ? Frota the Louisville Journal. We need say aothifjMf the surpassing beauty of the following lines Amelia." They will find | their best and most appropriate eulogy in the heart of I the reader: j THE DYING GIRL. The fitful breeze, that, through the sultry day, Hod fanned the fainting blossoms with its breatbr Stole through the open easement, where there lay A pale young girl upon the conch of death. ; uer gianee wu trxea upon the moon, that roll'd | Through blue and starlight in the vaulted sky, As if she knew her fleeting hours were told; And wieh'd to take one lingering look and die. Beside that bumble couoh there droop'd 6ne form. The gentle mother of the dying one, For grief had bow'd her spirit, wp the storm Bends the soft rose upon its emerald throne; There lay her child, ths beautiful, the young, The breath just sighing on her lip of snow, And her soft ringlets, all dishevelled, flung j Back from the whiteness of her deathly brow, [ Sadly sho bent abovo her, though hor look Was tearless as sho sought her daughter's oye, i Yet her lip quivered like a bright loaf, shook t By the strong tempest, as it sweeps the sky. Daughter, she murmured, and tho maiden turn'd Unto her mothers faco her mournful gianee. In wliich life's flickering taper wildly buru'd, For she was startled as if from a trance. * And at that voice, so thrilling to hor ear, A thousand tendor thoughts licr hoart opprost, 'Till to her blue oye tear-drop follow'd tear, And tho whito linen heaved abovo hor breast; About her mother's neck she softly threw Uer pale, thin arms, and, nestling her young I hoad, Within hor sheltering bosom, dashed tho dew From her soft check, and in low accents said? Mother,*" my hour is come? The wing of death is o'er mc, for my brow Is damp and chill?sweet mother, I must go Down to the silent tomb. Yet not for this I grieve. It is to think that I am leaving thee Poor and unfriended?mother thou wilt bo Alone at morn and eve. And through the long, long day, Thou'lt bit with breaking heart above thy la*k, Earning thy daily broad, while others bask In fortune's sunny ray. For on thy heart will press A thousand memories of thy buried oliild, And thou wilt pour thy weepings long and wild In utter loneliness. And in the time of sleep Thou'lt turn to kiss to me as thou oft has done. But memory will whisper " she is gone," And thou wilt wake and weep. Bcforo my father died We dwelt benoath our own brignt stately halls, Round which bluo streams and silver fountain, falls Wero seen to glide. There on the evening hrce/.e, In summcr.timo no harsher sound was heard. Than the low flutter of somo singing lord, Startled among trees. Anfl there Ik side our hearth Thou'st often knelt, and offered up to God, My infunt spirit pure as snow untrod, \ And freo from taint ol* earth, But now how chamrod thv lot? Strangers arc dwelling in our once bright home, "Whilst thou art pent within this close, durk room, Unaided and forgot. I have boon like a spell, Rinding theo unto earth?but death hath prcst His cold and heavy hand upon my breast? Mother, I go?farewell! Slowly her arms unbound their wreathing clasp, Around licr mother's neck, and her fair hcud Fell heavy back, while a low lengthened gasp Stirred hor cold marble bosom?she was dead! Silent that mother gazed, the mighty flood Of grief within Iter heart she strove to hide, For it scem'd sin to weep, while thus she stood Above the holy dead, tho santificd.^ It was no time to mourn, for she had yet A bitter mournful duty to fulfil, To press the oyo lids o'er the blue orbs set, To close the sweet lips smiling on her still; Sho laid the ringlets round the lifeless faeo And wrap'd the loose shroud around the slender fun 11, That lay in mute and melancholy grace, As if spellbound in slumber soft and warm. And when the stars of night began to wane. And the warm sun had chased away tho gloom, Strange forms were seen around the. lattice-pane, That looked into that dim and dreary room, And, as they cropped the threshold of tho door, They found her drooping by her daughter's bed? Her raven tressos streaming o'er the floor, And her dark glossy eye fixed on the dead. Oh! 'twas indeed a sadly touching sight, *'or ncr wniie nana lay prcst upon her heart. As if to quell within the spirit's might, And her cold purple lips wore half apart. They rais'd her from the spot where she had knelt In the meek holy attitude of prayer, And with tho nicest touch lior bosom felt > Seeking for life and warmth?but death waa there! AMELIA. 11? * _ Melancholy.-?'The Delriot Morning Post of 21el ult. says: "The house of John Von Hoosen, of Farminglon, in this State, took fire oil Saturday night, the ITlh inst. and before the family awoke it was completely enveloped in flames. All the children?five in number?wero burned to death. The greater part of the bones of two of them were found, and when the gentleman who informed us saw them, they were thrown together in a box?the others were a complete crisp. The unfortunate father bare