Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-07

their respective plantatlonSs where the
general in chief grants them their pardon,
whatever may 'haveSeea the motives of
their ablence.
vi. All .thof., hewevsr, who :have
been hired with the domains deaominased
'sati5uol, and to which they are conGder-
ed as belonging, are to be maintained
thereon until the cancelliug or expiration
Of the leale.
VII. All thofe who fhall not have ar.
rived upon the plantation, to which they
refpes,ively belong, within Eve days from
the publication of The prefent decree, ihalI
be conGdered as accomp'ices OF rebellion.
At the expiration Of that period the
Civil and military authorities ihall caulc
fsria enquiries and the mott vigorous ;nea-
fares to be adopted; in cafe OF rehGauce,
or of fight, the offenders may may be
taken dead or alive. Thole who fhaIl be
apprehended after the expiration OF the
term of forgiveness, and accufed os fome
direct at Of rebellion, fhall be brought
before the military commifion, or be de.
tanned in prifon till claimed by their
owner, Imported by the authority of the
comniflary of government from the place
where they are incarcerated and ihall
fufer in entering it fuch correction as the
iaid commil,lry may think proper to in
hia.
VIII. All individuals Whole REFLECTIVE
plantations (to which they ufed to belong
before the war; are oas of the Colony,
mall be bound under the penalties expre(-
fed in Art. 9TH, to appear within twenty
four hours before the comnifary of gov
eminent at the commune in which they
may find themfelves, in order to be added
to the Dept fixed in the town O. BaGe
Terre, and he distributed as the general
in chief may direct, according to the re-
port OF the hyperion commifIary.
TX. All individuals, who have come
Gncc the re1aking of the country from the
Engliih. and who may be the bearers ola
legal act of freedom, ihall be bound
to appear within five days from the
publication Of thefe preients before tie
commidary of government to have
certificate delivered to them fer the pa.
pofe of returning into the country they
formerly inhabited, or any where ellie;
peace having rendered the communicate.
ons and reGdences free in all the dependen-
cics of the republic. The delirqnents
hsll be purified and incarcera,ed, to be
given up at Tx diipo(al of the general in
chief.
X. Thief. who G,ould favor the often.
ders in oppoGtion to the different dapof.
.ions e9ablihed above, by harboring or
lending them any atiifance whatever,
ihall be fubjeeted to the fame penalties as
themielves and if white perfops, they
hal be arrelled and fent under fuhicient
EFFORT to the general in chief, who will
impofe fuch fine as the cafe may require
or they lhall be ient hack to the military
commiiion to be punilhed according to the
magnitude of the offence; more Especially
if there mould be a plot of brigands,
without prejudice to the indsmniti.s
in favor Of the owners, sgrceably to the
method hereinafter declared with regard
10 defaulteIs.
XII. In future, every defaulter, ;bove
the age of "A, hall be punihed ftr the
frf offence with one year in irons ard the
correctional difcipline upon the plantation
10 which he is attached the fecond Of
fence lhall be punilhed with five yearsih
irons, bcades the correctional difcpline
and in cafe of relapie, he lhall be given up
to the military commiflion, OF to the tribu.
nal fpecially eRablihsd for tina. pcrpoie !; :
which viii apply to him the penalties de. !
creed againa brgands and public punder- :
ers. In all cafes, the defaulter Who h4ll
be me, in arms, &all be Judged according
to ,hele latter difpoGtions, !
XII. Every inhabitant has the, private
police of his plantation, and may inait
the penalties fpeciied in the preceding
article, as welt tho rnni(hmen of the
uu"geon, under the INFECTION of he com.
military of government, who is hund to
IT.