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Te r A r-r e ' : s s.ory other re i guizanre I r b ’1 v any court of the tTnitctl Scares ; and if faid judge fhall r fife to aft, or the pc? for. or perfons fail to procure f.Tfoftory hail, then the faid pe;f n or perfons are tobepro curded with accordir.fr to the di reft ions of this aft. Sec. 17. And be U further That if any perfon, vho fhall be charged with a vi olation of any of the pro/mods or regulations- of this aft, fhall t e found within any of the Unit ed States, or either of the terri torial cliftrifts of die United Stares, Toch oTender may be there apprehended and brought , tn trial, in the fame manner a O , V. fuch crime or o(fence had been committed within fuch ftdtc or diflrift i and it if all be the duty | cf the military force of tiie United States, when called upon by the civil magi Orate, or any proper officer, or ether perfon duly author;fed for that purpofe, end having a lawful wan anr, to aid and a 010 llich magi Oral e, officer, or ether perfon autho rlfed as afore faid, in arrefting fuch offender, and him commit - ing to fafe cuflociy for trial ac cording to law. Sec. 1 3. And he it further tnaSfedy That the amount of finc^, and duration of imprifon- by this aft as a punifhment for the violation of any of the provifions thereof, (hall rtained and fixed, roc exceeding the limits pre feribed, in the diferetion of the court, before whom the trial (hall be had; and that all fines and forfeitures, which fhall ac crue under this aft, fhall be one half to the ufe of the informant, and the other half to the ufe of the United States; except where the profeettion fhall be firft informed on behalf of the United States; in which cafe the whole fliali be to their ufc. Sec. 19. And'he it further emitted) i hat nothing in this aft fhall be conftrued to prevent any trade or intercourfe with Indians living on lands furreend ed by fettlements of the citi zens of the United States, and being within the ordinary jurif chftion of any cf the individual flares; or the unmolefted ufe of a real from Wafhington diftridt to Mero diftrift, or to prevent the citizens of Tcnncf fee from keeping in repair the faid road, under the dircftion or orders of the governor cf faid fUte, and of the navigation of the TenndTec river, as re- Ur ved and fe cured by treaty ; i.or fhall this aft be conftrued to prevent any pr- rfon or perfons tra vellingfrom Knoxville to Price’s fettlement on Obed’s river, (fo called,) provided they foall travel in the trace or path which is ufually travelled, and provid ed the Indians make no objec tion ; but if the Indians objeft, the Prcfident of the United States is hereby authorized to | flue a proclamation, prohibit ed; all travelling on faid traces cr either of them, as the cafe may be, after which, the pen uit:es 03 this aft fhall be incur red bv every perfon travelling or being found on laid cr c;;nc: of them, 10 which the 1 p r oi I Li 11 on rr. ay op pi y* -w! chin ’ ' the Tridliin boundary, without a; paffport. Sec. 20. And he it further enabled. That the P re ft dent ot the United States be, and he is j hereby authorized to caufe to j be dearly afeerrained - and dif tinftly maiked, in all fuch f as be fha’l dt-em necef ihry, and in fuch manner as he f rill dirtft, any other boun dary lines between the United ! States and any Indian tribe, | which now are, or hereafter ■ may be efiablifiied hy treaty. Sec. at. And he it further \ enabled) That the Prcfident of the United States be authorized to take fuch mcalurcs from time to time, as to him may appear expedient 10 preventer rtftrain the vending or cilfthbuting of fpirituous liquors among ail or any of the faid Indian tribe s, any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof nctwithftand ting. Sec. 22. AA he tf further enabled) That this aft fhall be in force from the paflkge there of; and fo far as rcTpefts the proceedings under this aft, i: is to be under flood, that the aft, entitled “ An aft to amend an aft-, entitled, an aft giving ef fect to the laws of the United States within the diflrift of Ten ndTee,” is net to operate. Nathaniel Macon, Speaker of the Ho ufe of Repre- Jentatives . Aaron Burr, Vice- V ref dent cf the United States and Pref:dent cf the Senate. Approved, March 30, sScc. T HOMAS J EFFERSON, Prcfident of the United States. Meffrs. Day & llely, ALTHO’ difputes between individuals cannot be very en tertaining to the community, yet when they involve an invel dgation of t he ccnduft of pub lic agents, it is to be prefumed they cannot be w holly unintcr efting. Under this impreftion, and cor.fcious ton of not bein" O the aggreffor in the prefent cafe, but on the contrary, that my conduft as 2 member cf the Le gislature lias been unjuftly afTiil ed, in an illiberal attempt at once to rob me of the confidence and good opinion of thofe whom 1 I had the honor to reprefenr, I flatter myfelf that the public will excufe me in replying to a piece which appeared in your paper of the 24th of March, under the fignature of Bolling Hall. From this, I find that my reply to his firft publication has brightened Ins talent for invention, and that he All con tinues in the cxercife of the du ties which he moil probably en gage*! to perform, when he c n lifted himlelf under Gen. Me riwether. I fhall not pretend j to notice, or imitate, his four- j riiity, but vdiilft I do juft ice to my own feelings, foal 1 probably be enabled to fnew, that in at | mpting to clear himfc lfotonc foifohood, he has added otheis to the lift. I ; all with the effrontery ot impudence itlelf, declaies the certificate he figned to be ’ true; but only produces his own ! word in evidence cf the fact— What credibility ought to be given to cither his, or General I Meriwether’s aflerrions, I will | leave the world to determine, j Already have I pledged my i felf to Ihew irtconteftably* if it | fhould ever be required, that j the latter is a hypocrir, has rc | peatedly facrificcd his word, | and that lus pl'omlfes liberally I bellowed under the mail: cf 1 friendfiiip, never bind him to 1 c j a performance. The certificate of Mr. Hall | which I earned to be pubiilhed, and which he declares to be true, is in thefe words ; t: We clo certify that General Clark did rcfoie to vote on the motion j for difehargirg John Berrien | from his impeachn cut, and gave i it for his reafon that he was in- i tcrefted in the yazOo depofit.** Now the certificate of twelve other members dates, <c that on taking the vote ycflcrday relative to the impeachment of John Berrien, Efq. Gen. Clark j declined voting, and left the : Houfe foneafons which he then | ftared, and returning imtnedi- | atcly after the quedion had been | j taken, flared tire following as | ! an an additional reafon for de- j dining to vote, viz. that he | had formerly been fomewhafc j interefted or a 1 ttle interefoed ! in the yazoo Tales,” or words to j that eiTedt.” Which two certificates rer tali.ly contain feparare and dif- | tindt meanings, diametrically counter to each other. Yet Mr. Hall pretends lie cannot fee wherein the latter contradicts the former. In order to aid him in clearing up this Teeming mvflery, 1 will give him an en trant of an explanatory letter, together with the certificate of Benjamin Whitaker and Walter Drane, Efquircs, the two gen tlemen who figned with Mr. Hall, whcieby he may perceive that he is left the folitary fop portcr of an action the nrofl daftardly and cowardly, that ever was attempted by a Speak er cf a Houle cf Representa tives. <c I do hereby certify that the exprefiion made ufe of by Gen. Clark in the Hcufe cf Keprc fentatives, in the late fefion, refpefling yazoo, was, to the bell cf my recolledlion, ofter he returned to the HcuJj, end the qtiefiion wc.s decided > and I be lli ve the meaning intended to bt conveyed by the cxprtfllon was, that he had formerly been interefied in yazoo. February sth, 1802. “ B. WHITAKER.” " I accord in fentiment with Col, Whitaker, 13th Feb. iSc2. “ W. DRANE.” ff Agreeably to your requeft, I went cut to Col. Whitaker’s, and Ihewed him I Jail’s publica tion ; he exprefled himfclf in very friendly terms towards you, and declared he (hould not have figned the certificate had he re flected one moment, and con ceives he was improperly taken i in j particularly fo when he law ; that General Meriwether put i: j up; he then faw with f • row what he had done.” The above is an extraC: taken from a letter written by a gen ! demon pn Loui.V.j’g . e . Clark, datetl the 26T January, 1802, which was this day r in my pre fence, to Coi. 'Whi taker, and he was afked if k correct ; he anfwcred that he believed in fill fiance it was. Louifville, sth Feb. ISO 2, David M f Cc a MICK. The foregoing cerifkare and rxtradl, are true copies of the originals in my pelf Ton. jC H X C L AP K . De l. v\ hi taler and Mr. Dranc did me th** juftire to avow Hoii lar fentimentr, immediately after the detection cf the defign i which Tew. a difpofi lion to correct error, and do juflice, and are fbperior to the j cringing devotions to a popular ! tool, who c - hoofis cf his par f y 1 f ruckles” Prior to my being cle&ed a j rep re fen rati ve, r. report of my being intern fled in (he yazoo files was fet afloat - 3 but it had not the defired effect. I ac knowledged to the people then, as 1 do now, that I was formerly interelccd * but that I had long fmee transferred and rdinquifh ! cd, all claim to that territory, j Having failed in this attempt j to injure me. General Meriwe i ther makes a certificate whilfh i prefidmg as 1 peak or, perverting j the meaning of my evprcfilons, by inilrting falfe word?, with an evident intention cf privately (cabbing my reputation. Yes! I fay privately, for I do affirm, | that he is coo much of a pal troop, I ever to have appeared in i: ; openly, or to have met me face to face. Mr. I-Tall obferves, I ought to recolkdl that afrer reading myaddnfsto the Legifla.ure, that he moved for the queftloa to be taken without debate.— Pie re I will remark, that Ido net recoiled his ever making any fuch motion j nor do I be lieve he recollects it himfelf, or any other perfon for him. I well remember to have ufed every exertion to have the whole of the bnfinefs determined by the Houfe ; but the fpeaker. General Meriwether evaded an invtfiigadon, by declaring it out of order. Had there been a decifion of the Houfe, I have no doubt but both the General and Mr, Hall would at this time flood convidled by the journals ; and I believe it was the far of this, that made the f/'fb> (brink, from a fair decifion by thofe who heard my exprefnens, and the fume made the latter pale and appded, humiliatingly give me as well as my friends, lo many affurarccs of his good opinion of me, and declare that ht would not have had it to have happened, for five hundred dol lars. An impartial public will determine how fur his words at that time, and his fublcqucfic publications are reconcilcable. Mr. Hall mentions, tnat I j lodged my word to return him the certificate, after raking a copy. I agree that I promiltd to 1 cairn it; bur when I diico vered that it was in the fpeaker’s own hand writing, and ndk&cn on his dark affafiinaving defigns, 1 thought it befi: to retain the original, if Mr. 1 lall would re ceive a copy. I therefore hai it tranfiribed and prefen ted 10
