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IV
(BY AUTHORITY)
L A W S
OF THE UNITED STATES
AN ACT
To nuthorife the Secretary of war to
i(Tue land warrants and for other
purpofes
BE it enabled by the Senate and
Unite of Representatives of the U
ni ted States of America in Cong ress
assembled That the Secretary of
war be author! fed to iffue military land
warrants to fuch perfons as have or
(hall before the firft day of March one
thoufand eight hundred and eight pro
duce to him futisfaftory evidence of the
validity of their claims which wairants
with thole heretofore iffued and not yet
fatisfied (hall and may be located in the
names of the holders or proprietors there
of at any time prior to the firth day of
Oftober one thoufand eight hundred
andeigit on any unlocated parts of the
fifty qufjkpr tMttfhips and the tiaftion
al onarlstoWWiips referved by law
fot " origrnal Wlders of military land
warrants
Sec 2 And be itfurtber enacted
That it fhall be the duty of the Survey
or General tinder the direction of the
Secretary of the trealury tocaufe to be
Airveved fo much of the fifty quarter
townflvps and the fraftional quarter
townlhips aforrfiia as have been or
hereafter may be located according to
law in conformity with the locations
marie on the plats of the faid quarter
town (flips : Provided The whole ex
pence of furveving the fame lhall not
exceed three dollars for every mile ac
tually furveyed
NATHl MACON
Speaker of the Houle of Reprefen
tatives
S SMITH
Prefident of i he Senate pro tempore
Vpril 1 5 1806
' Approved
TH: JEFFERSON
AN ACT
Authorifing a detachment from the mi
litia of the United States
BE it enabled by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the U
niied States of America in Congress
assembled That the Prefident of
flfe United States be and he is hereby
authoriled at fueh time as he fhall deem
ne celfarv to require of the executives of
the feveral States to take effeftual mea
fnres to organize arm and equip accor
ding to law and hold in readinefs to
march at a moment’s warning their ref
peftive proportions of one hundred
thoufand militia officers included : to
be apportioned by the Prefident of the
United States by the militia returns of
the laff year in cafes where fuch returns
were made and in cafes where fuch re
turns were not made the laff year by
fuch other data as he (hall judge equita
ble Sec 2 And be it further enabled
That the Prelident may if he fhall
judge it expedient authorife the execu
tives of the feveral States to accept as
pait of the faid detachment any Corps
of volunteers who fhall engage to con
tinue in fervice fix months after they
arrive at the place of rendezvous
Sec 3 And be it further enabled
That the detachment of militia and vo
hinteers aforefaid fhall be officered out
of the prefent militia officers or others
at the option and chreftion of the con
ffivutional authority in each State ref
pedtively the Prefident of the United
States apportioning the general officers
among the refpedtive States as he may
deem proper
Sec 4 And be it further enabled
That tlie laid detachments fhall tidt be
cnnipelNtff to ferve a longer itme than
fix 40tnSs) after they arrive at the
place of rendezvous: and that during
the time of their fervice they fhall be
entitl'd to the fame pay rations and al
low 1: ee for clothing that are elfahlilhed
bv law a :thepay rations andallowance
for clothing of the army of the United
States
Sec 5 And be it further enabled
That the Prefident of the United States
be end lie is hereby aut-horifed to call in
to adtual fervice any part or the whole
of the find detachment when he (ha"
judge the exigences of the United States
require it if a part of the faid detach
meat only (hall be called into aftual fer
vice thev fhall be taken from fuch part
thereof as tne Prefident in his difereti
on (hail deem proper
Sec 6 And be it further enabled
That two millions of dollars be and are
hereby appropriated out of any money
in tlie treafury not otherwife appropria
ted for the pay and fubfiftence of fuch
pai tot the f lid detachment as maybe
called into fei vice-
Sec 7 And be it further enabled
That an aft intituled ft An aft directing
a detachment from the militia of the U
nited States a
l'enals” approved
one thoufand
be and the fame is hereby repealed
Sec 8 And be it f urtber enabled
That this aft fh ill continue and be in
force for the term of two years from
tlie palling thereof and no longer
NATH 1 MACON
Speaker of the Houle of Reprefen
S tatives SMITH
‘Prcfulent of
April 18 1806
A Pi’RI-'V -n
TM:
and there did make an aflault upon the dingly the faid Edward fays that he is
faid colonel Return J Meigs junr and not guilty in manner and form - ft
the faid Antoine Saugrain and without fort in the faid indiftment Thepu
provocation did walk the ftreets of St after examining the record and 1fmift-'
Louis brandifliing his tomahawk in a ment fo certified to them as well as the
threatening manner and finking the witneffes adduced in behalf and fupport
lame in one or more doors and terrify- of the fame as alfo the records and wit
ing the citizens thereof and did then neffes adduced by the faid defendant
and there ot his malice aforethought are of opiuion that the faid Edward
j with the tomahawk aforefaid ftrike and Hempftead be acquitted not only of the
nd for erecting certain a-- attempt to kill the faid Return J Meigs charges fet forth in the record and in-
roved the third of March j junr and that Samuel Hammond junr diftment aforefaid but from every fuf-
eig-it hundred and three t1-n an(j there tor the prefervation and picion of guilt concerning the fame
in delence of the life ot the faid Return I William Prince clerk of the gene
tj Meigs junr with a certain pocket ral court of Louifiana’ territory do cer
jpiftol loaded with powder and ball then tify that the foregoing is a true copy of
and there a mortal wound gave to the the judgment in the cafe of the United
laid Indian by firing the fame which States againft Edward Hempftead from
entered at the left fide of the back of the the original in my office
faid Indian of the breadth of a quar ter1 In teftimony whereof I have hereunto
of an inch and lodging in the Oody of
the faid Indian and thatthe faid Indian j
then and there while engaged with the
faid Return J Meigs junr and the:
hand in which he held the faid toma-l
hawk being held by the faid Meigs was I
in the aft ol drawing his knife with hisj
AN ACT
For fortifying the ports ami lui'b
the United States
gun boats
BE it enabled by the Senate and the life of the
House of Representatives of the Uni- junr did then
ted States of America in Congress dirk
assembled I hat a fum of money
not exceeding one hundred and fifty
thoufand dollars in addition to the funis
heretofore appropriated lhall be and the length of three-quarters of an inch of
fame is hereby appropriated to enable which laid mortal wounds the faid In
t lie Prelident of the United States to 311 on te fame day and year and at
caufe the ports and harbours o( the U place afprefaid immediateiey died
and fo the jurors-aforefaid lay that the
tfaid Samuel Hammond junr did then
land there kill the faid Maichiwaigacbee
nited States to
protefted
Sec 2 And be it further enabled
That a fum of money not exceeding
two hundred and fifty thoufand dollars
in addition to the films heretofore appro
priated fhall be and the fame is hereby
appropriated to enable the Prelident of
the United States to caufe to b
and completed a number of gun
not exceeding fifty for the proted
the harbours coafls and commerce of
the United States and the Prefident is
hereby authoriled to officer man and c
quip any part or all of faid gun boats
when he (hall judge the fame expedient
for the purpofes aforefaid and a lum
not exceeding twenty thoufand dollars
is hereby appropriated to defray any ex
pence which may be incurred by officer
ing manning and equipping gun b-i
as aforefaid-
Sec 3 And be it further enact
That the Prefident of the United State's
may direft any of the armed veflels of
tne United States to be fold whenever he
fhall be of opinion that the faid velfel is
fo much out of rapair that it will not
be for the intcrelf of the United States
to repair the fame
Sec 4 And be it further enabled
That the feveral lams of money he “
appropriated (hall be paid out of
money in the treafury of the Unr
States not otherwife appropriated
NAI'Hl MACON
Speaker of the Houfe of Repre
S fentatives SMITH
Prefident of the Senate pro tem
April 21 1806 pore
Approved
St Louis 27th May 180S
Daniel Bradford Efq
SIR
THE young roan Mr Hammond
whom it is dated in the following report
killed an Indian in the prelervation and
defence of the life of col Return Jo
nathan Meigs junr one of our judges
of the general court has been perfect
ed to a confiderable degree and indeed
from great efforts having been made to
prevent his being bailed by a writ of ha
beas corpus a privilege dear to freemen
and being fully perfuaded that malice
will purfue this young man to a degree
that will not only be inhumane but dis
graceful to his perlecutors you are re
quebed to infert in your paper the return
of the inqueft held over the body of
Indian Alfo the enclofed certificate
hich ferve to hew that the Indians an
not angry at the death of their count’
man let what may be Paid by jugglers
TIMOLEON
Territory of Louifiana
Didrift of St Lou
Inquifition taken at the town of Saint
Louis in the diltrift and in the territo
y aforefaid at the houfe of Hiacinth Pleas in the General Court of the
it Cyr on the 23d day of May A
D 1806 upon a view of the body of
Maichiwaigacbee an Indian of the Kick
apoo tribe of Indians then and there
found dead by the oath of John Mur
phy foreman Calvin Adams James
Smith James Rankin- Jofiah M‘Lana
han James Hudon John G Comegys
Francis Hertes Jofepb La Croix Wil
iam MafTey Hugh Patterfon Gabriel
La Croix George Dogget and Charles The United States
Currie good and lawful men of the bo-! Vs
dy of the faid didrift who being duly Edward Hempftead
"ummoned and fworn well and faith
fully to enquire when where and in
hat manner the faid Maichiwaigachee
came to his death after having exannn- naldfon attorney general now here pro
ed feveral witneffes who were duly fworn fecuting for the United States as well
upon their oaths fay that at the town as the faid Edward Hempftead defen
of St Louis aforefaid on the 23d day dant of his own voluntary accord and
of May one ‘Yutoine Saugrain and Re- prays that the record and indiftment
turn J Meigs efqr being then and certified from the court of common pleas
there in peace of God and of the Unit- of the difttift of Saint Louis might be
ed States faid Maichiwaigachee then filed and the fame being done accor-
1 H : JEFFERSOfL tribe Mons Bolon fay that they
left band which was about half drawn
ours of when he received the lliot afore! aid and
and for building the laid Samuel Hammond at the lame
time for the prelervation and dtlenceot
laid Return J Meigs
and there with a certain
of the length of inches give
to the laid Indian two wounds on the
left fide the one under the left arm
the other near the lliort ribs of the
for the prefervation and in the defence
of the life of the faid Return J Meigs
junr
John Murphy
P Jh Lacroix
Hh Patterfon
Gabriel La Croix
J Rankin
Jno G Gomegys
Jo Hortz
James Smith
William MafTey
Calvin Adams
Charle Le Guerrien
Geo Doggett
J Hufton
Jofiah M'Lannaban
NATHAN FUSEY Coroner
St Louis 26th May 1806
I do hereby certify the foregoing to
be true copy from the original as fil
ed in my office
Louis Louifiana Territory
May 27th 1806
ince the death of a certain Indian of
the Kickapoo tribe in this town which
death happened on the 23d inft I the
underfigned who fpeak the Kickapoo
anguage have heared feveral of the
laid Indians fay “that the Indian
had been killed was a fool and tlf
whilkey had done what was done am
Teemed quiet and pacified The under
figned heared the interpreter to
(the Kickapoo Indians) wanted a white
krtag to put over the Indian’s grave to
hew the American people that they ne
ver will dain that flag and that the
Indians fay as foon as that is done they
will be fully fatisfied and that they have
applied for fuch a flag to gen Wilkin
fon Samuel Solomon
So far as relates in the above to what
Mons Bolon the interpreter faid the
underfigned alfo heard him fay
Chics Sanguinetl
To the Editor of the Kentucky Gazefll W
In your paper of the indant a
writer under the dgnature of “ Amator
Veri” has thought proper to publiffi an
indiftment found againd me To one
whofe fenfe of judice is fo far perverted
s this writer’s I have little to fay In
rder however to counteraft any un
vorable impreffion which he may have
made I enclofe you a copy of the indift
ment anddecifion in the cafe alluded to
for publication
Your obedient fervant
E Hempstead
St Louis May 27 1806
ritory of Louifiana before the
Return J Meigs junior and J
B C Lucas efquires United Stat
judges in the faid territory at the
term begun and held at the town of
Saint Louis in and for the territory
aforefaid on the firft Tuefday of
May in the year of our Lord one
thoufand eight hundred and fix
On Indiftment
certified fro
court of com
pleas St Louis
diftrift
atty at law
Now at this day came James L- Do-
hefe princefs of Piombeno
All the other Beauharnois’s are to be Prc upon the populace with ball
provided with principalities and duke- C0Py tie following account of the
doms the females to be matched with jft'00 front one ot the Dublin pajtjjpft
German princes and to receive portions Non-illumination in honor of Sir f
of the German empire as dowries I Duckworth's naval victory
Murat is the new fovereign of tl£ 1 he outrages of the mob on Wednef
dutchies of Cleves and Berg He has foJ day night demoliffiing windows and
mally aifumed the fovereignty uiidyjjjj demanding illuminations were dreadful
title of prince Joachim duke of Clevesjin the extreme It was occafioned by
and Berg he made his formal entry jinflamitory hand bills which were fent
into Duffeldorff on the 25th ult and a about to draw the rabble together by
proclamation was immediately iffued to Tome of thofe good folks who°call thern
his new fubjefts At the fame time a elvee friends to civil and religious liber-
proclamation was publifhed in the name ty but whodeferve the title of publick
of Bonaparte declaring that the kings difturhers and fuch pains were takellsb
the laid court this 26th day of j of Pruffia and Bavaria having ceded the to diffeminate thofe bills that they
May ill the year of our Lord one two dutchies to him to be bestowed on were fent about with the dav notes be
thouland eight hundred and fix Sc fuch French princes as he hall l’cleft fides being diflributed by perfons hired
ol the independence ot the United 1m had transferred them to his well be- for the purpofe The poll office on
loved brother prince Joachim to defeend Thiirfday morning exhibited the dread
to his heirs male to the perpetual exclu- fui effects of thofe inflamatorv prcceed-
Nathan Pufey Coroner
LONDON March 23
The columns of the Moniteur are fil
led with the detail' of the disturbances
in Tut key Bonaparte will loon find a
pretence for interpufing in the affairs of
that distrafted country
April I
The Hamburgh mail due on Satur
day arrived at a late hour last night
f he accounts which it brings are of a
very different nature from the nc tice in (commanded the
the Moniteur that the French
Moniteur that the French army tler arms and at the iame tittle mu
was returning to France to be put on j 3 orders for the evacuation of that pro
the peace establilhnient jvnicr The whole Neapolitan aimv is
Sweden it is faid is to experienc 1
fate limilar to that of Naples
king is to be dethroned and his douuiTl
nions to be partitioned among his neigh’
ours Rulfia Pruffia and Denmark
stria is to cede Silefia and the Gall
and be indemnified from the Turk
fit empire and Idler changes and
anl'plantations of the Mecklenbergh
branches and the duke of Bru
airily are alfo talked of
Private letters from Hollan
that the Batavian government
ceived aflfurance from the cou
Thuilleries that the emperor Napoleon
had determined to give to Holland the
choice either to have a king at the head
of its government or to become a de
partruent of France and this fnbjeft
it is fuppofed would engage the atten
tion of the Dutch legiflature which had
the commencement of its feffion fixed
for this day
It is confidently aflerted on the au
thority of private letters from Berlin
that the following propofals form a ccm
fiderable part of the negotiations pend
ing between France and Pruffia
intended to gain the content oVth'
emperor of Ruffia if poffible buyn
cafe that ffiouldnotbe granted France
engages in conjunftion with Pruffia
and her other allies to endeavour to ef
feft them by force of arms Pruffia to
e 400 more fquare leagues of its
JTeffions and to receive in lieu thereof
which will confist of the following
pntries
1st The dutchy of Mecklenburgh
Schwerin whofe fovereign is to receive
Bareuth in exchange with a propor
tionate penfion to make up every defi
cit 2d- The dutchy of Mecklen
Strelitz whofe prince is to be penfi
for life
3d The dutchy of Brunfwick whofe
fovereign and decendants in direft line
are to be pendoned and the duke him
felf permitted to remain as fovereign in
his capitol during the remainder of his
life
4th The whole of Austrian Silefia
Galicia for which the emperor of
ria is to be indemnified by the
Furkifli provinces of Servia Bofnia
Wallachia Moldavia and the who!
the Turkiffi Dalmatia
5th The king of Seden to be di
throned and part of his dominions giv
en if the emperor Alexander eonfents
to the plan of fpoliation to Pruffia the
remainder of the kingdom of S weden in
Denmark which on thefe conditions (kail
put Pruffia in poffeffion of Holstein and
Sweaiffi Pomerania
According to the last advices fi
St Petersburgh the propofals have b
rejefted
t Intelligence of the change in the form
onftitution of the Dutch government
s hourly expefted at the date of the
laft advices on the 1ft ult At the ex
traordinary fitting of the ftates general
it was we underftand to be announced
that the United Provinces were to pafs
from the republican to the regal form
and that Louis Bonaparte is to be the
new fovereign of Holland under th
ftyle and title of king of Battavia Louis j refpefting neutrals would take place
“ 'and that Minifters would not con
cede any of the belligerent rights
which were among the belt founda-
(n-
After fonie obfervations in eplXN
nation from Lords Holland Auck
land Sheffield Greenville and the
Duke of Montrofe the Bill was
read a firft time and ordered to be
printed Adjourned till to-morrow
April S
The following article is given in one
of the morning papers of this day
RIOT IN DUBLIN
On Wednefday fe’nnight a molt dis
raceful feene of riot and con fulion took
lace in Dublin in which we regret to
Madame Le Clere now princefs Borg-Tate 'vas found necellary forth
prefervation of the civil authori
fion of lemr: i ana t:i (Srianlt oT 'itftrf
imrle to revert to Bonaparte's male de
cendants or in failure thereof to the
heirs of prince Jd’eph llonaparre or
otherwife to the heirs of pe nce Louis
but in no cafe are thedutchits to belong
to the crown of France We need not
however adduce any argument to prove
that the dutchies will be just as mot h
dependent upon and fubje t to France
las if they were formally united to her
1 The king of Naples is faid to have
Calabrians to lav down
HOUSE OF LORDS
American Indemnity Bill
Lord Auckland role purfuantt®
the notice he had given to bring in
Bill of Indemnity to all fuch per
fons as had advifed or carried into
xecution proclamations for fuf
pending the laws which regulated
the intercourfe between the YVeii
India Colonies and the United
States of America He Hated
with great perfpicuity the nature
of that trade from the year 1803
to the prefent period and the necef
fity which produced the occaftonal
relaxation of the Navigation Laws
as applicable to the intercourfe be
YVelt-In-dies tween America and the
During the greater jaart of
that time it frequently occurred
kat the different Governors of the
onies were compelled to admit
certain articles the produce of the
United States in American bot
toms This was certainly againft
the exiding laws and therefore it
became neceffary to pafs an Annual
Bill to protect thofe perfons from
the penalties attached to the bread'
of thefe laws For fifteen years 1
previous to 1801 this Indemnity
Bill was continued but in the con
fufion produced at that time by a
change in his Majedv’s Councils the
Bill had been negledled and had not
n fince revived In fatft there
been four lets of Minifters in
ing the prefent who had ne
glected to apply to Parliament for
that Annual Bill His lordlhip
next explained the nature of the
commercial relaxations between
this country and America and ex
preffed his fatisfaCtion in the grow
ing profperity of America which
he looked upon as the belt fecurity
for the continuance of that peace
and friendlhip which he hoped
jvould ever fubfift between her and
reat Britain His lordfliip brought
n the Bill
Lord Holland declared himfelf
ftrongly in favour of a liberal inter
courfe between the W eft-India lll
ands and America and declared his
intention of propofing a profpeCtive
claufe to be introduced into the
ill the tenor of which fliould be
o enable the Governors to open
the ports to American veflels by
proclamation
Lord Greenville propofed him
felf in favour of the principle of
occaftonal relaxation from the ftridl
nefs of the Navigation ACl and
hoped the Noble Lord would bring
in a claufe to the effedl he propofed
The Duke of Montrofe hoped
that no derilidlion of the principle