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A ' i*- ? ulkvl o%li?r in . 4 l p I - ? . . . , VA uM on t ic t il i day of M.?y, i'i the \ ear oi jut Loi d one tliou.si.id sc\e?i iiuiKirjd ?iul t'ortv. Ta*t when any p?r3>n shall be feloni tJlul v strurk, * ouuded poisoned or o;her w,5j injure \ in tnis ?ldle, <uki Oio thereof m a. m ^Hir :?t.ite or territory, the person or p.TV**? guilty ofsueh striking, wouaAh^, p^?so ?in^j or other* injury, a id ever/ ae fesjary thereto either betore or after the act, s!*x].i bo tried by and before the court of the di&triet^ her j such stroke, round, fcoison or other injury was had, given or in flicted, and (if ccmvicted) punished in the iwnie mode, manner and form, as if tha de ceased so ^iricken, wounded, poisoned or otherwise i.iju ivdTTuuTdied thereof nr^drtr district w hat? such stroke, Avound. poison for oth^r injury happened or was indicted. If any person or persons shall luvcigle, \teal or carry aw \y. any negro, or other Blave or slaves, or shall hire, aid or council ?ny person or p?;rso^s to inveigle, steal or carry away a* aforesaid, any such slave yr slaves, shall he deprived oi the use and beb ?tit of such slave or slaves, or shall aid any such slave in running away, or departing fro n his master's or employer's service, he, she or they, tipon bein^ tnereof convict ed, shali be publicly whipped, and receive not more tlian thirty-nine lashes, nor less than twoiity lashes ; and shall moreover pay a fine, not exceeding tw*o thousand dollars, nor less than one thousand dollars ; and up on default or inability to pay such fine, shall be in^oiisoned not less than one year not more than two yesrs. Ail and everv persoiior persons who sh^jk he indicted antf found guilty of stealing Any horse, mare, geidtng, colt, filly, ass, or mule, shall 4>e privately whipt, and receive not less than thirty -nine lashes, and shall be imprisoned not more than twelve months, nor less than six months. And if such of fender or offenders shall at any time after-| wards commit or repeat the like offence, he, I she or they shall be publicly whipt, and re-# coive not less than fifty lashes, and shall be moreover banished from the state. Whoever shall be convicted of perjury, fchall pay such fine, and suffer such im prisonment, and receive a* many lashes, as the court shall, in disoretiouqliiuk fit : and if such offender shall. at any time after wards co-umit or repeat the like offence, he or she shall receive the like punish ment ) and in additiou thereto, siiail be ban ished from the state. And be it further enacted* That the fe lonious taking and carrying away the per sonal goods and chattels of another, shall in all cases be taken and adjudged to be larcenv- without any regard to the distinc tion of grand.anLLputty larceny, or to the species of the goods and chattels so taken, except in Such cases as are otherwise pro vided for by this act. And if any person Or persons being indicted for larceny, shall he found guilty thereof, he, she or they, shall fori c it five times the value of the pro perly Stolon, and shall be imprisoned .iot i?*>s than tlitee 'months, nor more than six months ; and upon default or inability to pay such fine or forfeiture, shall be pub lifckiy whipped, with not less than thirty lunc, nor more than one hundred stripes, and if 3uch offender or offenders shall, at any time afterwards commit, or he guilty of the like crime, he she or they fchall be fined and imprisoned in like mantVi r, and be publicly whipped with i*>t jess than fif ty, nor mure than one hundred stripes, anil shall be banished" fiom the state. Arid be it further enacted, That whoever shall bi v any stolen goods or chattc?s>know- j in** the tame to Ik) stolon, shall incur the same punishment, as by this Act is ap pointed for such as he nuiUy oi larceny. livery offender who shall cheat or cotn- j mil any swiiMling, upon being indicted and found guilty thereof* either by common ? law or by statute, shall be fined and impris oned, and receive such corporeal pun ishment, as the court shall in discretion think fit: and for the second offence, every such offender shall rcceiyo nut less thin fif ty nor more than one hundred lashes, and shall b<S banished from the state. The court before whom any offender shall he indicted and convicted of gt ttinjj a bastard child, shall, in discretion, fix the itum to be paid for the maintenance of the 6hild, *n4olfcdofauU in paying H'ch sum, or j;ivinjj?urity foi- the maintcnai.cc of Such chil^Hfeh offender shall be whipped witb 4i<jtjjHphan thirty-nine nor more than fifty strip** Whoever shall crnceal, entertain or har bor atiy fugitive or runaway slave or slav cs, 10 the injury of the owher or owners nfsuch slave or slaves, \ipon conviction tltercof, shall pa}' such fine as the court shsll in dis cretion think fit. * Vfc soever tfoajl wantonly beat, **onnd or I ill treat *ny slave u*aves, or shall v.nish any slave In a barWous mmv, by refu sing rte'eesaary subsistence, or by any other undue severity to such slave or slaves, upon heVnpf indicted And convicted thereof, shall be fined msilch sum as the cQurt shall in dis<* ration think fit. 1 B? it further. enacted, That in all indfct Ift 'iits for retailing spirituous liquors, the iuior.ner shall toe a competent vftness, to t?yy on the part ?t the stare. ^Vhoerar shall be found fcuHty of assault ,nd battery, shall be fined and imp^snned, ?v>t m^retnwitwuyea'N. nor l*bs fhan one Month : and all such fi n's shali be p / I to the commissioners of the r of the' \*\t* \ ,h or district whcivin aucSi otTWe shall brhe been < ommittrj. ' And he \\ hereby < ar.c.U'd, TJ:at the ptWiahma.tt of pi'l'vy, jnd b'.rnhjfr in the K.ind,Ue,and the s.i.ne *i\ hop '>.V aboiUh-ti td nun auV?>n In*- pu i ?s>.r.i of plilrry a*. . 1 ~ v.: in the ' Wave been heretofore e^cd or ia\wtbe couit ?hall, in lieu thereof, i.rdei* and direct such Pint* and ini;>i*lsoir.aen^ "in ? leir discre tion may be propc**. And be it further enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That u any offender cr offen ders shall be convicted of any crime, Where by such offender or offenders s;iall be liable to bo brushed from tnis state, it shall be thi duty o'. Ihe judge before wlioftS such of fender or offenders sh * i be tried, to fix -a certain day for said oneuaer or offenders j ! to leave the stite ; and to cause a desenp | tionofsuch '> .fender or offenders, together I w i til* the judgement of t.ie court, to be pub I lished three times )h every newspaper in ? t-f^- state ; and ;t any offender? or ohV.tidf.ns . so banished shall return into any part oi South Carolina, he or she so retuYning si tail be liable to be punished as any- person- at tainted of felony without benefit of clergy. And if any offender or otienders so banisn od as aforesaid, be found within this state after the expiration of the. time fixed for the said offender or offenders to leave the state a3 aforesaid, he or she thus found wHhin the state, shall be liable to all the pains and pen alties of having returned from banishment, and shall suffer death accordingly. And be it further enacted, That upon the arraignment and trial of any person for returning from bauishmett, the clerk ol general sessions of the district wherein* such offender shall have been convicted - and had judgement of banishment, shall, at the request of the prosecutor, or of any otherln the states' behalf, certify a tran script briefly containing the effect of every indictment against such person, and the certainty of the conviction anil judgenu nt, to tiie clerk of general sessions wherein such person shall be indicted, which certi ficate being produced in court* shah be sufficient proof that such person has been rfegally Banished from the state. * And be it furtheT* enacted by the author ity aforesaid, That if any person or per sons be indicted of any offence, for which by virtue of any thing in this act contained, such person or persons are excluded from the benefit of clergy, if he, she or they be thereof convicted by verdict or confession, such person or persons shall not be ad mittcd to the benefit of hTs, her or their clergy; if he, she or they stand mute, or will not answef' directly to the felony, or challenge pcremptoyilv more than twenty persons returned to be on the jury. And be it further enacted by the author ity afo;%saidt That in the taacfc herein be fore mentioned, the pun'u hments presc;i-. i-ed bv this act, and none other, be intlicted ; and that all former acts, arid parts of acts, so far only as the same are contrary tmfia true, intent and meaning of this act, be, and t^.e same are hereby repealed. CJSE OP C'OX.. JOII.V .1\'nERSOJ.% (contihcko.) U.&CONOIiESS. .. HOUSE OF REPRESENT ATIV ES. 'J'iiursrfay January 15. The H'>iw resumed the consi deration of the case of Col. Ander son, the following'resolutions, mo ved by ;VIr. Rnea, by way of amendment, being ve* under consi deration. " Resolve*, that this house posse$seth competent power to punish for contempts of its author ity. Therefore, Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms be directed to conduct John Anderson to the Bar of the house." ? Mr. Rtiea. with a -'"view to put" ?his amendment in a shape more ac ceptable to gentlemen, modified his moffon for amendment, so as to make the first resolution read fol lows : ' *' Resolved that this hou*e pos sesses adequate power, to punish for contempts against it. Mr Pitkin assigned the reasons, why he wished to avoid placing on the Journal any thing affirming th<* authority of the He*?se on the one hand, or denying ic*on the. other > and. tb escape the alternative pre sented to the House by the propo sed resolution and annndrfttnt, be moved to postpone indefinatefy the consideration of the. main question and the amendment proposed there to. ? f i After some questions [ to the chair, and explanations therefrom j respecting die effect of such a post ponement, that effect was pronoun ced from the chair to be, to place > tlte question iu ;the state in which it was when the- motion of Mr. Spencer was first made j and, if this course *tre pursued, tha: the hoifee would he at full liberty to take any course in reject to John Anderson, which in its opinion was within the scope ot us constitutional powers. After ex; l.inatery riruuii-* bom 1 vauou? membtrr, s:r,or.^ wIvt.i were?Mc$>rs. R ch, Rl'.ca, Tail majge, B J lard Smith and Cul J>reth ? The qurstiori was tiken on the i postponement, and decided as foi | lows : For indefinate postponement 117 Against it 42 1 he propositions before the house were indef?na:clv postponed, Whereupon Mr. Tall mad ge of fered Che foilowifi^ resolution for] consideration : t( Resolved, That John Andrrson _bcforthwith brought to the bar of this house." Mr. Rich proposed to amend the | resolution by adding thereto the following , ,c And that he have an opportu nity of offering to the house anv ex planation of his alledged offence, which he may think proper." This motion Mr. Rich support ed by observations regarding the general Question, in which he op posed the expediency of proceeding further than he had suggested in the present case. After a few observasions from Mr. Sergeant, however, Mr. Rich withdrew his proposition. Mr. R h subsequently moved to insert an amrndfnent, denying ; the power of the House tojudge or punish any individuals, its own members excepted, which motion was negatived by a large majority. Mr. Culbreth then moved to strike out the whole of Mr. Tall madge's resolution, and t<* substi lov/mgi 4< Whereas John Anderson is in custody for an offence which this home does not pot?CM the conati tutional power to try, or right ? to ? punish : Therefore. 4< Resolved, That the said John Anderson be discharged ? from the custody of the Sergeant at Arms.*' And the queston was taken on the amendment thus proposed, and uecided as follows : Yea3 4? I Kays 1 19 | So the Hfouse refused to agree to the amendments proposed by j Mr. Culbreth, The question was then taken on the motion that " John Anderson be forthwith brougni to the bar of this house," and decided in the af firmative, by Yeas and Nays ; 118 to 45. Whereupon the Sergeant at Arms brought to the bar, and the speak er propounded to him the following interrogatories, to which he made the replies thereto ; ? 1. Do you acknowledge your self to be John Andersoa I An swer. Yes. ^ 2. Did you Write and deliver to Lewis William a member of this house, the letter of which a copy has been furnished to you by f the Clerk ? Ans. I did. 3. From what part of the city did you write the letter ? Atis. I wrote at Mr. Bestor's, where I board. 4. What is the amount of your. ownclalmst which you arc attempt ing to liquidate ? Ans. About 9,000 dollar*. j.Wh'vt is the amount of those of others, which' you are soliciting? I Ans. About 000 dollars. 6. Have you an? interest in the latter ? Ans. None, of a pecuniary kind, but am influenced in their pur suit by motives of charity. 7. Mad vou any authority from the persons yow represent to make the offer contained in your letter ? An*. I have a general power of at torney do for them as 1 would do for myself, lw.it had no instructions to make that or any. othet r?frcr. / * f r jrt" ' ^ Jk I 8. Are you acquainted with any persons now in the city soliciting tne claims of other* ? ifyo* name diem. Ans. I am'; tfiere i* a Mr, I iAmierov, who is a soliciting his own claim, and Col. Wacsoi?r who is a general a&enc. ' % 1 9- Have voi: irt.tdr' n?v ? !ur fcr to any person. Ans. No. io, Did yr.j consi lt cr jdvi-c . with r.rtv person bvToir vou wrot~ and ?ciiv t:\ci the letter r Ans. 1 did | nor. j if. Who is :\c M>. HnlSJr.i you mention in tjie ictrrr ? A:*s He , is a gentlcrrim I became partial) v acquainted with during the troubles of the river Raisin. I have not seen him since ci iac troe, till I arrived iu this city at the present session of1 Congress, an I did not rec.^ni^e "firriii until he made himself knov^n to me. * . - r 12. Has lie any claim to solicit ? Ans. None to my knowledge. 1 Have you any witnesses to examin^, or defence to make in jus^ , tirication, or explanation of your conduct ? If you have the house if read;' to hear you. The prisoner at the bar then cal led TJpon his witnesses, viz. Gen. Harrison, Col Johnson, members of the houie i Mr. R. J. Meigs* postmaster general; Capt. Gray ? Mr. Cyrus Hulbard ; Capt. Larra bee > Col. Jos. Watson $ Mr. John I I. Piatt j Capt S. IX Richaidson i Mr. Pomcroy ; Lieut# Conway ; who, all bring previously sworn, delivered in their testimony* The testimony was uniform, as far as the knowledge of the witnes ses extended in giving the accused a high charactcr for probity, correct department, and patriotic conduct, I It was too 'diffuse t*>r publication en tire tfyat of Col. R. M. Johnson is sciecteU as a specimen of die gen [ eral tenor -of the-ev4dencg.-^ ? %Mr Johhson having been called on by the piiaoner to, give, to th* I house any information in his pos I session touching his character and [Conducrj, tcsnfied to thin effect ; I that his knowledge of the charactcr I of Col. John Anderson was not de l jmiho-mucii from personal, intei* I course as from ther information ?jt* I others j but so far as his personal ! information extended, was corrobo I rated by it. When Col. J.' was on I the northwestern frontier, Coiont I I Anderson was a fugitive from De troit on the river Raisin, as Ccfl, l.r I had understood : and, being -well I acquainted witfi the frontier of that I part of the U. States, attached him*' self to the tpounted regiment. How I lon<* he acted in that capacity, Mr# I J. did not recollect. As far, said I Mr. J. as his conduct came withiij* I my own knowledge, I conrid<jK;d , I him a very gallant and a very brave man., In relation to the inform#? tion he had from other quarters, there was a general content of opin ion' that during the war, Col. An-, derson had been considered not on anUaof integrity* *]io had mack uncommon s?criflt$T o f nearly all , his property^ from his devotion to the cau>eof the country. Mr. J. ssid, he did also understand, from Hcvcraf source#; th&?ok Andcr>ont ! at the risk of his own life*, did, at the river Kaisin, rescue iidivkfeials from the hand* of the savages* Col J, had further understood, he said/ that Col Arkhrsort hod refused the com mand of a regiment offered, to him by the British commander* when the enemy had po iession of that country | and Cok Elliott, on belDjj pressed t(f repeat the offer, answer ed, that fie knew die character of Col. A. fuUy* ?*( he knew he would as jpon submit to have his head chopped oft as to accept of it* Of John Anderson, sJftd Mr. J. in relation to hts conduct to me a: the last session, and-'at t!;i.?, 1 cansay, ?'$ with6ut prejudice to the merits Of others, 1 hue never known an indi vidual, who*c /fd^ses Were so great and who knew I wa? disposed to ad ? vocare hi* Claims, to take up so lit tle of my time, aiwi to be as modest in urging his claims. All these cir cuuu.caiuW together had given to Mr. J. a high idea ot the integrity, of the gallantry and patritftbm of Col. Anderson. *Orl*r f:*c cs thana t}>ose above