The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. — Washington City [D.C.], 1807-03-11 00:00:00, page 1

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H**t Ol
■ fol
I
ye, it is well tim
• mtage o< i
un of : water rum
■
ienCt are a Li
mber 4, eoi o aercs or a***
l-Br< «r* •*» goed com-,
fr.,- is and burn—th sir.: ie about
ore htiudrc'd t.
l>ori' i
re« ,
bet*—this tridt adjoins the"
-»iai
fo, 0 ed bait of i
-i land, lying Ol
cre-ek, '■ men* 1
tiolK'd trafl ; tbl
XI Sf«
m *s.il)on '
fpiingoi water
ti«r.«. Tl i be fold U
ftp-rate plantations, as may
to thefe •> rehab.?. The terms ■*.-;!■■.
be, one third of the pur
paid on tl - firft dey of April near, at
tir..c . nice to i
lc paid in fit ee.ual annual pay I
f-crion wtfhing to purchals at |
•*«ay make application to a.
t oi.tra. or to Maffrs. Oliver and (
CromwcM, who will fhow the lands to any;
ftrfbn uicltßing to purchafe.
W*i.i »a Bote-, "*\
M.nriN KaasuNsaV -~..,,.,
_, . > Com ti.
JrliHtY Ankony, f
nm Pricb, j
f Wt# irp;ton county, Febai— W4t
Orphans Court of Prince George*
County, October lerm, 1806.
On application »f Ifabclla Wood and Of
liorn Belt, junior, adminiilraiors of JElij-h
Wood, late of I'ruico (feorgcV county, in the
ftate of Maryland, deceafed, to tifts court, to!
niske dimibution of the tftTcts in
among the heir* and
the fauf Elijah Wuod, and it appearing to *jitt>
tfxat I'jiot ot the re; I • of tht!
fi-id'deceafed, *o wit: Lafel*f Wi
fwrinr; a d Rohsrt V7orn'
ftate f Maryland. It is thereupon oi
that this court will proceed on the fecotiej
Ttcfdiiy in April neic, to leak
of the affets in the land*, of the laid liabcik
Wood nd Otborn Bet, , sided h
copy of ihis order be inkrtcd in tf.
on*. l Intelligence! once s vtccL, until the fjril
day tit Aj.fi) i.'-xc.
TRUEMAN TYLER,
Rcf.ifler of Wills for Prtiir -leorgc's count-
<i—-wtAi*
JOhN DtT,
JL)RUOOIBT,CHYMrBT and APOTHK..
arrivals *
fired oi **«fiulnc Medi
pes, l - *try aiti-r.
v« n-tt If.i
s«9itiorttr«.
joe ~ - dciCriptioa, i'hi..
. clye ftidtt, if'irxs ai.d pcriu
j-tj'ry ; *11 of -a hich he will eiifpeiic of on ai
few tern « hi> the quality and eirignal ciift oi
s will sdmit of Phyficwps* and
~t up with the itinofi csn
uid d ill orderi frt>m city, tcwi
or c./-ji.iry put up with -ci uracy and di<"patct
In . the above, he has juts, re
ocived a iupply of
PRESE R VMS, CONFECTIONS,
I Pi, cjre. t»<g.
Preferveu Pitie Apple, Onirics
Btt>srbcrrtcs, Citron, Q
IPeachtt*, Lemon Peel,
Currant Jel'y, f>recn Oage Marmelscl*, l<
-non,Hoarhound, Creao* *nd Mint I
Syrup i»f Otrr&nt and
h"*rry Viscyrsr, Ktife and Orange I
.ges, Raifins, Currat.'
Almyiid-; Filberts, Malaga Ocapcs,
Anchovies—London IVlufta/.
i Refined invert Oii,
ba . oa *iej»»r»., Improved fhininj''
I nJlacking for fhoe- a d Uocts, Sec &c. I
erworgc Towm,Dec. »o—■ a»w»»&wcf
V-titiafble Property for Sale.
IN ~purfi**n.:« cf an order of W-.C ,
county c-nrt, will be orTere*f ** |
>■* oli thi prer-ifr.«,on ihe *6*h ot March
I, the rt»l
v.ii;c fai« iv tiie mean
Vor.. VII.
I DOLLARS pbh annum.
AND
/-% r% Sri i ry 1-* i I J iW a ■j-*-
;c Senate end
blouse of Refit ts of the U
■./■■ess as
i:is appointed tor
inning th-j clairi
• me<i.
,'. 'I, s!< d b r* ir.iulcd,
jThn-t to c i
ricy, and ir»i-'
jprovei i act o ■ parcel of ;
~ at'
in tli tain- !
jgun, to wh
extinguished, i
nd on the lulyj
I
r whojn he, she, or
nd which said oc- I
• en con-.
.Ie oi ttie passi
, OCCUpK
Miall be granted, and such occilpaht or
■title
tune**, in ft
IMiat no other claims shall be
virtue ol i than'
mm ll a , hive
if Detroit,].
; liiMT
jiand
; Mitt the sanu
, nor more ,
six hundred aiwl forty acres:
ill QOt
-.1 tOiiriy l
leh may 'jy the President o
rut its vi
, oi* on the island of rviichilimaki
\}\AC.
! Skc". And he it furthtr tnat
JThat .'v ol ti ■
i with tii
and recti-.
land
oners for the pu-pofe ofjrsfcer.a
claiming the benefit of this at.:
the fi*
■ ies o; tbei
(ly take
. I
n) that I v.
irge ihe i
! " An act
jiand in the terriwi* ;en "
•rii of D -j
y of July i
inext, and they liall not i ■ air. >
other plate e>r foi ap' Ipiiger time, than l
I the firft day ol T-iiiuaV)
next- oi until they fli.ill have compleujd!
the bnfinefs ot then- appointment
And the faid commimoilcrs, or a n
ty of-hrni ffraW have power to near,
and decide ill a hinunary nianiier, alii
matt- i, to com-
P'-l the attendance' of witrieiTes, to
niiiiilter oaths and examine witiv
and fuch -lony as may be
adduced, and to determine thereon ao
jutlice an errtiity Minn i
, dectfions, meetinga aim
adjournments of the board, fliail be regu
larly entered b; Iter* in a :
to be kept tor that purpofe together
with tbe evidence on wliton Inch dcci.
lions are made,unlefs fuch evidence hi
already been entered according to law,
in the book or books ot minutes, kepi
by the coinmiijiont-rs appointed U
' r acts, to inveHigate the claims to
land in the oiitiiiSt of Detroit. Ann ,
when it (ball appear to the faid com
that t he claimant i.s en;
to a tract of land by virtue of this
the.) I ■ thereof ft i
the cafe, and tha
I pa
tor inch a tract of inn*-, by virtu:
it" ait ; winch tract (hall be fur*
I in confbi mftj. d«< ilion ol
at the e,
uuder the di
neral by fuch ol
in the territoi
igan, as the faid Survey.-,i
iifi.ll appoint for that purpofe.
ivideci, That the whole cxpenle ol
AN ACT
territory of M
. t. i
WASHINGTON Cli '
(By Authority.)
■ ■■'
that fhaii ]
tor marked- '. ;
Fmit to
■at D-troi
* faid, and Stall ;ol j
-treafury. Thi
fmit to the
s in favor.
of cl I
ill bei'
,' by the faid
'ami tl
duly entered w
■ of Detrei ni'fl da) n
ot January,on. i;»ii-. (
drea and n
~ as rpo.n
II h.ive I
er, to r.-..
vvhich certi ! re-P
\uy ; and if it fhall ap-' t
dn oi' ti;
' cretary, th.it I'uch cettiflcates have b
fairly obtained, according to the true a
r and meaning- of - thin,-*"
;andin that cafe patents fliall ir
is provided by lav/ for the o- "
lanthi cf the United .States.
Sh:c 4r. Ana be it further etui
i vefted by tins act in t ,
nesl fh.ii t]
.c lots in the town v
troit, the claims to which lit3.lt fl
be afcertained a*sd decided upon, in th
j manner provided by tiie act, entitled
i** An act to provide for the adjuilir< n
U»9 oi land, in the. town of Detroit
in ory el Michigan, and for otht *
c. 5. And be it ft.
■ That the* fecretary of th yof
' Michigan, fliall be i
five hundred dolhirs, in full for all
. f.i vices rendered by him uncle
toll, paid out ofthe Iv a which have,
l.ien, or m.iy be appropris*rted for carry „
i.-ct the feveral laws enacted .
; ofal of public lands and tor g
aims i.i the Indiana
Michigan t< i
NATHI MACON
,'Speaker of the House of Rrpresenta-*
tevet*
S. SMITH. I
>! President of the Senate pto tembore. f
■\ March 3, 1807. -
JAFi-KOVir, '
TH: JEFFERSON, i
.in" act
for carrying '
■ ,- , ~.;..,. en thi I
.9 and the Chickasaw tribe i
of Indiana ; ■
cc in ihe fli territory.
w
■xc'ed by the Senate nf.d
Htuse o* Representatives of the Uni I
led States o*' America, in Congre
■cf/, That for the pur-pose ot car ;
ryiug mto effect a treaty, .made on the '
, -third d , one thousand !
hundred and five, between the '
id the Cnick.isaw nation '
f Indians, the following sunis, to be
piudout ot any monies in the Treasury '
lierwise appropriated, be, and the !
same hereby art appropriated, in con *
Formttv with tb ions contained !
<n the said treaty, that is to say ; tothe l
♦aid Chick ■-n, twenty thousand '
dollars ; to George Colbert and O'ivoy,'
. one thousand dollars; and ti
"t binubbe Miago, chief of the nation, an '
iinuity of one hundred dollars, di
his natural lift.. :
Si.c "2 And be it further enacted. ■
fbat 11 Khali .c the dot* if the si..
.>!• general oi the public lands, south o' '
i • iniessee, toe*use fo ie surveyed
nd out, in the- -lime manner .is is pro
t by law fer the other public lands '
n the Mississippi territory, so mu<
.Ue hinds Ceded to the United States in
he W\\< rol Chtckasaws, a
within the said territory j and the Pre*]
dent ofthe United States is her. by i
isetl, v, hi never he shall think it prop, r,
ta-blbih a land office for the sa
.id lands, and to appoint
ie, and a receiver of the pun '
a* moni-S accruing from the aat
■id lands, whose respective em
.-•-. and duties shall be the sir
lie other land oiiices in the said t
wry.
NAITII. MACON,
f Rep ret
S. SMITH, / oF the]
Mai
Approve .». "
'Ai 1.1, I
i< a.
Mr. IV
rj to vote I tiie 1
>:icii. that the i
onal stu-ia-ity 1.0 tha i
the cir.ix-,on he thoi
'~,1 y, althoiiijli iie <lid not be I
terial, or
lat provlsii .':i dmic-.q
Had che gentleman fvoin Dela t
the **i f b s
je;i of his motion, and avoided obaerra t
uifconnecud with las osten
Id have acquiesced »i t
lently. t^haconstitution of the U
.
Corpir., without deterflaiairig in •
I shall b.
~ That can only be ..:•
of Con ,
ta and fi
• oi .',
•w, relates to this writ, a.it says, i
'* This and all <
provided for by statute shall b
able to tbe principles and v
/." Mr. B. contended
ciples here alluded to, could only
those of the English law*, and the n.s . v
hose of their courts; otherv
could not lie found in t\\c bonstitu t
tion, or laws of the union, a single sen p
tence relative to the subject, and tht p
deciHionti heretofore bad in our cdum -
said o
lie was fully justified in this position . y 1<
the uniform pri in the court .o
■nd particularly those which
.iy taken place in this district**
c the court afcting expre
. .-rthe liiws of I'o shewjc
\o-.\v ample the provisions were, he
: to Blackstone's Commeatai
vol. 3d. p. 137, statute Charles 2d \)
• Any prisoner may move lor and
tain his writ of Habeas Corpus, ices
and the lord chancellor or judges* da s
nyiug the sanae on sight ot thi
th, that the BHine is refused, shall ti
forfeit to the-party grieved> the sum,-;
The jud elled un-jii
ih*r heavy penalties, to afford l*eli< I
is v/lio apply for the writ, antljc
we shall presently si c the law am
■;t cieia or evasion by farther lb-la
niitations on tin n of thejudg I
Mr. B said he admitted the
cilic penalties ofthe4tatot*e.*fcrd not at-iy
tothe judge.i and courts of thisjt
country ; but it established their duties,*
and the punishment inlticted is regul t-a
ed by the constitution ami law of the v
[j. S. applicable to judicial offences and c
misdemeanors. The same statute i.
" that olticers and keep t
rs negtecting to make due returns, or i
ring to the prisoner or hi
~ a copy ol the warrant ofcommit Ii
ment within six hours, or.shifting the r
i!y of the prisoner without suflici-s
flit authority shall ieu felt, bee." In ad-1
dition to this, the court could enforces
fits process -ment, tine ami im- i
prisonmc-nt, and call on the executives
for aie, if resistance is marie. Mr. 8.l
said thi* statute was considered as hay r
i irrg completely guarded against oppres- I
sion, and was expressly intended to pui j
an end tothe evasions of the jud
v The oppression of an obscure indivi (
dual gave birth to the t\mous Habeanc
.Corpus act, 31st. Charles 2d, wh.ch is
!i*ntl> considered as another Magna -
Chavta, ofthe kingdom, and by cou \
sequence and analogy has also in snbse I
iju'nt. times, reduced the general me- v
thod of proceedinr;on,these writs and
(.though not within the reach oi that j
statute by issuing merely at common f
law) tothe true standard of law and li- I
berty,B. C. 136. What more is ret-ui- 3
site? Your courts are compelled to is- t
sue process, and grant relief, your ofli- r
' cers to carry it into effect, and your t
us to obey. Mr. B, observed it v
red to him impossible to devise i
, dition.tl provisions, when those alrea- \
dy incorporated into the jurisprudence t
ofthe ronntry by-the act of Congress,
md exercised uy the courts, embrace <
every case arising under the laws
extend to all persons confined under the |
authority or color ot authority ot
U. S. He, however, was not a pt*i
-uonl man, and was thereture the i
Jmore 'Isposed infavOrof the commit, j
ment, least, he ■ rnlstak .
an tie man from
salutai\
ceive
jail th nponlj
itUti
. y which
-
nsylvania ,
lilitary, carried to .
ent. Notwithstantl
, the v i
Corpus every effort ■
~ and at I
*e was exhibited t
at, or
Usui ; but oil !
niVlr, B. said be won!'
, the affidavits pro*
all guilt in
tion, and proved he had
-great influence to moderate tl;;
uei (.met. tiie api r
restrain the violence of tl
this statement \
lie ecu
uad bee*! reported, •
precedent in th
which, had been fri
daring the present terra.
i 'gentlemen ri |
I iSs early and impi
tirnation been disregarded, if
ntle-nan
, ik-law-.iv, bays ttie :
■ the n.
i warnings of tbe
noes. Mr. B. hint, and
hoped the gentle man jaoul
. ecollect and profit by it. 'A
•villi him had i
I i.-. I t,.
their tendency. The events aj
proved the uulispi n
preserving tlicm subordinate tothe ciy.l
-utlioiity. This proved tbe iinpoi i
of reducing the standing army to
lowest point compatible with '
of the frontiers. This was ihe it
which induced him during Ufe pii
gainst the proposed i
mentation of our fo;
contiru tertain bis present opini
kst in twt-v-n ihe civil and military
t, be was determined to avoid the
;s*ue hy keeping tho latter in complete.
subordination, If an opposite j-.
•should ever become ascendant in
country, the measures atKev
i instead pi being temporary will be en-
I upon v*. Mr. B. said |*i
Jit impi-oper to nuntiou the events v I
>had occurred .itNew Orleans. It was
niedy probalde prosecutions v.
and
*j*'*j" a* | ion in that
■ would give a tone to public ■
men, which justice required si
-lyet be suspended ; every person admit
iked the commander in chief had violated
,jthe law. He admitted it himself, and
•assigned reasons of justification wl
■we ought not to decide, but leave tothe
I courts of justice. They are the pri
stribunal* to punish those who infv
the rights ofthe citizen* and until -.
•ire closed by power, or their
•■t at d« fiance, an. the exeeir:
We to in.orc.e the in, legislative
rciicc -vary. Ji
-said, eve rv officer who i.
-die writ of habeas corpus troim
tshotite! be punished with death.
• has been proposed as an effectual pr
isionto secure the benefit of this writ.
.Has the gentleman so soon forgotten the
doctrine advanced em that side ofthe
Mouse, and assented to during the pre.
i sent session, when we were told a miii
• tary officer knew no law but the orders
of his superior ; when we were told the
• contrary was monstrous, absurd, and
subversive of all subordination, in tha
i army ; that they were not lawyers,
versed in your taws and constitution.
Mr. It hoped he had. But the y.-euUe
- man from Delaware had run into <x
-1 actly the opposite extreme by pi
t highest and lmvest officer upon
■ looting, exacting from both tl
-knowledge of the law, attaoh
-same responsibility, and contrary ta
- every principle of justice and humanity,
-punishing with the same severit*
r man who intentionally and know;
' violates the law, and the man who ig
- norantly commits a bleach ol .
- would completely reverse w. ,
E lie en so long and wis-ety
uuir arirrrinal -uri**pr**4eiice.
E* dress allowed to a man who lias been
'■ forcibly f-eised and i .; witlwut
authority under the existing ;
is much oriore conformable to equity than
• this mode. It is an ,t a-i
t* individual's rights--.- d be pu
-aished like all other injuries of a per
■ onal nature, I tl ie recti*
' fry ' ■ if) which the
r the "1
:ander in *
I by tils oath to perl
r of this
ji- this country than