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<0TT>m'n?'on of Major sha'l become v:\cnr.t, the Colonel or it llieie be no Colonci, the officer next mi command in th? mentor Battalion shall appoint two til and proper persons to open and hoici the poll for the said election, at the Baitalion mus ter ground of the . said Bat al.on, fron*. 10 o'cToclTih the mofning uirot :our o'clock tn the 4 tic moon, 'after having adtertUed same for lliirty days in six p ibiic places within the said Battalion, and the said man- J . ageisstiall me?i ai the said place of elec-^ tien the day following, count over ihe vuyes and declare the election, 3 t ~ " Be it enuctexf? Thai when any vacancy shall take place in a Captains commission, the Lieutenant Colonel or officer command ing the Battalion or squadron, sh .il appoint two fit and proper persons within the said company or ttoop to manage the said elec tion, who shall hold the polls at the usual muster ground of the said troop or com pany, from eleven o'clock in the morning until thrpe o'clock in the afternoon, after having advertised the same for twenty days before ihe said election, in at least four public places in the said company or troop, and that on the same evening, the maling ers shall count over the votes and declare the election. Be it fur/her enacted, That when the commission of first lieutenant, second lieu tenant, ensign or cornet, shall become va cant, the captain, or if there be no captain, the major or lieutenant colonel command ing the said company or troop, shall ap point two fit and proper persons to hold an election at the usual muster ground of said company or troop from eleven o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the af ternoon, after having advertised the same for at least twenty days previous to the election, in at least four public places in the said company or troop, and that on the same evening the managers shall count over the votes and declare the election. Be if further enacted* That when any di vision, bngude, regiment, battalion squad ron, company or troop shall be embodied and in actual service either under the au thority of this state or of the United States, the vacancies therein shall be filled by se niority> tgreeable to usages and customs of war. And be it further enacted by the aa/hrrity aforesaid , That whenever an election is or dered for a Major Central, or Brigadier ticneral, it shall be the duly of each Colo nel, who shall be ordered to hold such elec tion* logiv^My days notice in his regi mem, <it suchelection und post up the said notice for that lengih of time at least at one public place in each beat in his re giment. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That from and after the passing I of this act, jt shall noi he necessai v in or der to consn^u^^^ttahoi^jconij_jiViy_U?L or court of1 enquiry that a field officer should preside* but tnat the same may consist of a captain as presiding afficer of said court ; and four other commissioned officeis ol said battalion, one of whom at least shall be of the rank of a captain. And be i further enacted by the authority aforeiatdy That the commanding officer of any division, Brigade, fjegimept-, Battal ion, Sqoadron, Troop tyr iiompany, who shall call out the men under his command to muster, shall be, and he is hereby au thotised and im Dowered to appoint a Sut ler, to retail Spirituous liquors at the mus ter ground of said division, brigade, re giment* battalion, squadron, troop or com pany, without any other license or permis sion; Provided that the said sutler soap* 4 pointed, do furnish a suitable field to ex ercise the said, troops on, to be approved by the commanding officer, who shall have ordered the said muster. And be it further enacted , That all acU ! l?nd,|>tfrts of acts repugnant to .this act bt, and the same are hereby tt pealtd. Ratijlcd in the S* nate ( bomber r December \9th% 1816. JAMLS R. PKIXGLF., P rem dent of the Senate. , THO.VlAS BENNE T, Speaker of the Home of HefireMentativf ? ji britj f ketch oj the State of Sierru Leon . \ : ? w tit 1814. ! Sierra I con is a country on the western coast of Africa, lying ' be tween 7 and todegreesN. latitude. . A river of the same name passes . through it nearly in the centre. The ? land on the banks of the river, for a considerable distance, is peculiarly fertile, and furnishes a soil well a dapted to the cultivation of cotton, rice,- sugar, and most ot the other tropical productions. The. heat .of the climate is moderated by re gular breeaes from the sea, and i* found in. a good degree congenial to American and Ltiropean constitu tions , ? > ha' ? . , ? This colony was established in I7ji? under the v direction of the | Sierra Leone Company In London. The design of the company w is to cultivate the luads, to open a trade with that country, and gradually to civilize and improve the Atricans i r he first settlers were about 20a : whites and a number jq? irte tracks from Nova Scotia. They com menced the building of a town^ cal led Freetown, on the banks of the Sierra Leone, divided the land into lots to each individual, and thus laid the basis of a prosperous colo nv. The natives were triendlv, and * ? 9 in less than three years the schools were regularly attended by more than 300 children^-- But unhappily a reverse of fortune awaited them \ their fair prospects were obscured, and their reasonable expectations defeated. In 1794a French squad ron, contraty to implied promise, and with wanton cruelty, attacked the colony, dispersed the inhabi tants, captured the vessels, plun dered aud burnt the houses, 1 he colony has since been taken under the care of the English govern ment, and is now in a flourishing state. ? In l 8 1 1 the population in . the H colony amounted to about 2000, exclusive of several hundred natives, who had emigrated from the adja- ! cent country, and were hired by tht* colonists as laborers. The emi- j grants have probably beep enrolled ' in the list of citizens. The * pre- | sent population, therefore, may be about 3000, There is a disposition among the colonists generally to encourage new settlers who come among them, either to cultivate the land, oren I in commercial pursuits. I The principle employment of the coU>n^)is agriculrure The pro- 1 ductions of the soil abundantly re ward their labor. It is believed, that coffee, rice and cotton' have become articles of exportation. Rewards have been proposed to en courage their cultivation, j This t< nds to excite an honorable1 emu lation among the citizens and to promote among them habits of in dustry, and a spirit of enterprite. The education of children is a subject of particular attention. There are a number of schools in the colony, one of which is design ed ?oc the instruction of adults, the others for children. The present number of children in the colony exceeds 1000. Most of these are , placed in the schools, and instruct ed in all the necessary branches of, education. Separate schools are assigned to the boys and toche girls, Great order is preserved. Here they are not only initiated in the ru diments of literatuie, but in this state of discipline are taught the important practical lessons of obe dience, subjection, sobriety, and industry. Here are laid the starn- < ina of their characters j here are for med their depositions, habits tnd principles 5 and here, in a great de gree, rest 1 he Futuie hopes and pros pects of the colony, < > The state of religious intructlon deserves notice. They have six . places for public worship where, the people generaly and regularly assemble. The hobrs for public worship on the Sabbath are 5 and 10 in the morning, and 2 and 6 in the evening ; other releiigious meet ings during the week* are usually at tended at j> in the morning and 6 in evening. Several years agtf a -society was established in the cbiony among the ptopk of colour for the further promotion of the christian religion. ; j We have before us a copy of one of their addresses to the public, which j we should be happy to insert would our limit* permit. It breathes the spi rit of fervent p'ety. Tliev exprrss | gratinkie for their mercies, lament Lthc misery and degradation of their A:rican brethre-rv complain of the 4 injustice afid~ev41 consequences of the slave trade, and finally exhort ~their bre th ren to confideTn that Bell ing, whose government and provi t dcncc are universal. " Another favorable trait in the I character of the colony, is the ex istence of a society for the relief of the poor ami infirm. This was instituted in \ 8 to ; the Governor its patron, and the principle gentlemen in the colony are among us active members. The society is under good regulations, and is calculated to be eminently useful ; its good effects on the dispositions and man ners of the Atricans can be easily imagined. The civil state of the colony next invites attention. There are five courts in the^colony, viz. the court of quarter sessions, the may or's court, the court of requests, (the police court, and the court of vice admiralty. The court ofquarter ses - sions meets quarterly : the govern, or presides as judge ; tne jury con-= sits of twelve men selected uromK. ft cuously from rhe Europeans and the people of colour. The mayor's court meets quarterly. The court of requests meets weekly ; its pow er is limited to the trial for debts not exceeding two pounds. The police court meets weekly; their business is confined to the t?ial of disorderly conduct. The court of vice admiralty is held whenever occasion may require. The colonists are governed en tirely by British law, are usually quiet and peaceable, and are dispos ed to abide by the devi&sious of their civil magistrates. There was a society established in the colony in i8t2,by the name of the Friendly Society. This :>o ciety opened a correspondence with the African Institution in London. An intercourse was bIso kept up be tween the Societies, in order to en courage che African settlers wiih a good market for their produce. The Friendly Society commenccd with 70I. Sterling, in the spring , of 1816, the Society was worth 1200I sterling Early in the winter of 1815, a bout 30 people of colour left Bos ton* with a view of settling them selves in the British colony at Sier ra Leone, in Africa* The vckv 1 in* which they sailed was the property of the celebrated Paul Cuffcc? } - Capt. Cuflfee has returned to this country, and brings letters from* the emigrants to their friends and benefactors. We have seen one of the letters datedApril 3, 1816. It states that they all arrived safe ait - Sierra Leone, after apas*age of 55 clays, and were welcomed by all the colony. The place is represented as good. They have fruits of all , kinds and at all seasons of the year, i'he governor gave each family a lot ot land in the town, an?T titty a r" crei of ?good land* sn the eouqtry,. or more in proportion to tbeir fami- 1 lies, the land in the country is about tw<* miles from town. They hzvt a plenty of rice and corn, and all other food that is ' goad* Yhere were 5 churche* in the colony, and 3 or 4 ftcfaools, in oneaof which there is 159 female Africans, who ^ are taugnt to read 'the word of God* A letter from Havana, by the schooner Drs/iutch, dated the 19th innt. says, u the , British frigate Tay , on board of which was Two toillionM of Dollar a, bound to Uie Havana, was cast away . at Yucaten shore ?whether any part of the money is saved, I is yet unknown." Amos Klimaker, Esq. is appointrd Attorney General of Pennsylvania, vice J, ingeisoL, Lsq resigned MFDT~\T. \t a regular nkiim^ ot the 'fetfJra! ? of??o-+!h~C t he following ic port was re-ad and appmved: to >h~ Medical Sort cry of Sou A-' a-o'rw. 1 he C/oiiuuiUte u|)po!iH;.?4 lo hiujuir^ into l he It uth of lupous at present ci, culaUnyj It thts CHy, *>r the ^mail IV^ InV inn *ucceed?r the T.cone Disease lit ihe same person ; and or perv6ns taking ^lie Small Pox af cr l^vm^ >liu| n by iuoc? uUtion ? likewise to ret??rt on the simda my of Clin. ken l\>x to S.nuil Pox, as it h.?s lately appeared" ? "'M ? I'-hat th*v have not, in any in* stance lound a c se of small po* succeed^ ing vaccine, where ihe person ha* been propel ly vaccinated, anU the d?sease pas sed through its regular stairs, attended with a constitutional affection.? Poey hav<5 carefully traced all the reports uoltiendiy to vaccination, and invariubtv <!isro*\r d that ttu'y were entirely unfoumk-d, or not de serving of credit ? ?n many tnstanccv the. s nail pox was met with i, person^ sippo^ed to have had the vaccina ; but iu these, the vaccination was neither followed l>y constitutional or local .t flection, and the operation, through neglect or delay, not iej>eated ; or lUai it wis clone by some one* unacquainted with the disease,* who hud never observed .'it, and being* ignorant of its nattn e and progress, w is, consequent* ly, unanle to determine whether it' had been cominunic.iteil. Untot rtinaiely, Vaccination has general* ly been stip|K)sed so easy, as to render t..? opinion of a Physician unnecessary. This, we Dclieve, has princ pail v "been the rea son why it has so frequently been entitl ed to the uninformed and ignorant, who not only themselves deceived by it, bui be get in others a false confidence and seruii ty? oiten attended with fatal consecjutnces^ ?Your Committee a*e compelled to state, . a,Kl ?'^y <?<> with the concurrent opinion ot other Physicians, that many of the cases of small pox which have occurred, , (al,d they mink me greater number,) have succeeded vaccinatiou, performed by such jK'isons.? ? Again. they ha*e ascertained, tl?at many of these reports arose from tho chicken pox having been mistaken for small pox i and, though (he termination of the disease removed the error, the ru mor remained unaffected. I4ie evil is not peculiar to Charleston? it exists in other places, and was lately noticed by the commitee of the Medical Society of New-Yo?k; who in their re port to that body, made the following ex tract fiom the 7 \ca i%e of />r. * 't hompso* on Cow/Vr? Persons' little acquainted with he affection, engage to conduct the operation of cow pox ? 1 have latelv been in formed, that the greyer part' of the chil dren in two parrshes in Scotland w*re %o~ culatcd [vacinated] in this way the result was, that the small p >x came among them soon afterwards, arid every one thus inocu lated became affected with that dreadful disease ; while these few who hud been k inoculated hy persons acquainted with the ?appearance* in cow pox, entirely escsprd" As a proof that vaccination shoulc on ly be performed by one tfref! ' acquainted wnh the disease, We will mention the fact, staled by writers upon ifiiv sMbj^cW* That jruc vaccination , will hometimr* produce ? ?fluriou* dineatr in one firr?0n , . hough it % would, not At another/ ? This, then ia certainly a strong reason for confining t ha opperatton to the Medical profession ; for how can it be properly ascertained by any but those Conversant with the disefNe, whether ? hey produce a spurious or gen uine pustuie. ^ The Committee take pleasure fn stating to the Society, that 1 heir confidence in the Vaccine, as a preventative of Smail PoX* continues undiminished ; and ftey think it the only meant by which the ravage* of that disease can be effectually put a stop to.? Proofs of its efficacy are continually present to out view ; they surround us ois all sides. Did it not destroy the suscepti bility to ttnatt pox, iesfcry house would ' have become an hospital scarcely would there be a family but would have to mourn the toss of iome favoHte^m^R^^ have been the situation of oiir city for many months past, *here '"ilTvrtfcnf thou-. sand* have tilled on it eidcRlsivel) I houtth it W hardty necesrtry to notice the evidences t>f it a pi event We tfpt rat ion, as they are to be found in tvrt) Quarter ofi ibo Globe* yet we cannSot refrain from mentioning 6n?- or two:? W 4*teiytrt of 4lu qi?o?inR the ab ove, we mutt bennderafood lo ia]Tt (h?t we do not yyi ncrcr <f?f believe we the ctiMenet of tpurioot' Yaccine dlMuc, Inde. penaent or tnf |fVTUitK TBCnflf j wc wovti DOff# 4 ever induce under tbn headj <^rtrf mqimIom end irregular appariac* of t|>e 4mm which Me to frequently meet with after TMCiMtioo, and Which m couriered by pnytfeian* M requiring th* repetition of th* operation. We agree with the gentlemen of the New York Mfcdfcal ?e?^n when they ob?erve ? * ProfeuM Men thou Id feel it independently nec eatery to conduct the proce** of vaccination wkl> the |reMe?t poetible attention, through all i(? aiagca and until it* com plete operation on the tyatcm ha* taken placet and that they shonfd be e*cr reedy to rep^t H*o proeeta if *ny irregu>*ritv pf deficiency In the fir# ?hjl h^re 4>cen notkcfl'^ i<, *