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rid Hit?.* in this' p?*ovH?1f e,"
puttied j.i i jc tcntn div ot in the year
our JLord on,; thousand s:;vew outidrcd
ind iortr.
1 t?tU w i >en g^-y p .'rv.m shall be felolli
ausly fttruck) wouuda.l poisoned mr otticr
injured in ti fcis stale, an d die thereof
Vi aiotniT stitc or territory, tno person or
persons gniity oi such stiirvin^, ivou^ei i>$,
y jisoning, or other injury, and e\orv a c
%'jtBary thereto either before or at'tiir the
act, sn tli be tried oyand before the court
o' thj district where auch stroke., iv j.iud,
?poison or other injury was liad, given or in
flicted, and (if convictcd) punished in the
tame mode, manner and form, as if tha de
ceased 30 stricken, wounded, poisoned im*
Otherwise injured, had died thereof in the
district where such stroke, wound, poison
or other injury happened or was indicted.
If any person or persons shail iuveigle,
Steal or carry away any negro, or other
slave or alftves, or shall hire, aid or council
any person or oersonsto - inveigle, steal or
earry away as aforesaid, any si>.ch slave or
Blaves, shall.be deprived of the use and ben
blit oi such slave or slaves, or shall aid any
such slave in running away, or departing
from his master's or employer's service,
be, she or they, upon being thereof convict
ed, shall bo publicly whipped, and receive
tiot more than thirty-nine tas^s, nor less
than twenty laches j and shall moreover pay
a fine, not exceeding two thousand dollars,
nor less than one thousand cioUars ; and up
on defauit or inability to pay such fine., shali
be imprisoned not less than one year not
tnore thnn two yesra.
All and every persooor persons who shall j
be indicted and found guilty of stealing any I
horse, ntare, gciding, colt, filly, ass, or
mule, ^!iatl bo privately whipt, and receive
uot ifcss than thirty-nine lasnes, a:rl shall
be imprisoned not more than twelve months,
nor leas lhah six months. And if such of
fender dr offenders shall at any time after
Wards cc/mmit or repeat the like ofieiicc, he,
?he or they &h2ll be publicly whipt, and
Ceive not less than fifty Uulhea, aiid ? iiail be
moreover baiji&hed fronl the suite.
Whoever shall be convicted of perjury,
ahail pay such fi:'.ev and defter s\ft:h inf
prisanment, and reccive as many lashes, as
the court shDll, in discretion think fit; and
If such offender Khali at any time after
wards commit or repeat the like offence,
h&orshe shall receive the like punish
ment } arid in .addition thereto, shall be ban
ished frbm the state.
Amt be if further enacted, That the fe
lonious taking at id carrying avray the per
sonal goods and chattel* ot another, shall
in ail cases be taken and adjudged to be
larceny without any regard to the distinc
tion of grand ahd pejty larceny, or to the
tfpecies of the goods and chattels taken,
Except in such casts as arc otherwise pro
vkled- for by tl^act* And if any person
Or persons being indicted tor larr.fv.iy , shall
be found guilty thereof, he, she . or ihc>
shall forfeit five times the value of the pro
perty stolen^ aYid shall be imprisoned not
mbs than three rfVontlvs, nor more , than six
months atnl upon default or Mobility to
nsuch fine or ferfeitrtrc,. shall be -pub
>ly whipped, with' fiot le&i than thirty
nine, nov more than one hMylred stripes,
ai?d if such offender or offender* shall, at
any titiie afterwards commit, or be . guilty
of the like crime, ht she or they shall be
finod and imprisoned in like manner, and
V,e publicly whipped with not less than fif
ty, nor more than one hundred stHpes, and
snail he banished from the state.
And be it further enacted, That whoever
ahaH tit 7 any stolewgoods or chattels,know
ing the same to be stolen, shall in?ur t-He
tamo punishment, as by this act is ap
pointed for such as be guilty of lafteuy.
Every offender who shall cheat or com
?pit any swindling, upon being indicted and
outvi guilty thereof, either by common
law or by statu t'e, shall be fined and impi is
?onod, and receive such corporeal punr
i&hment, as tl\e court, shall in discretion
fhfnfi fit : and for the second offence, every
if ich offender shall uecoive not less titan fit
ty nior more than one bundled lashes, and
shall be b&nished from the state.
Thecou*| befoitj whom an f offender |
rffAli b& indicted and convict z4 of gutting ai
bastard child* shall, in discretion^ fix the
turn to be paid for the mainteitajtco of the
?hild, and on default in paying such sum,
or tiving security for t.;e maintenance of
such child) such offender shall he whipped
less than thirty-nin j hor more thai) J
tffty Wipes.
Whoever shall cr.ftceal, entertain or har
bor any F?\*^\tiV e or runaway Slave or slaves,
tot^Mnjury of the owner or owners ofaueh
alave Or slaves, upon conviction thereat,
ahall pay such fine as the court shall in dis
Civ lion think lit. < ^ .. / ; .
Whoever shall wantonfy beat, wound or
iTl treat any slave or slaves, or shall punish
any flave in a barbarous manner, by rcfu
wW necessary* subsistence, or by any other
riudite seventy to sucTi slave or slaves, *;>on
tyjii*# indicted and convicted thrrep^ shall
he ll.icd in such sutft a* the court shutt in
rfn.cretion think fit
lis it further eriactirl* That in n/l indict
ments foi< retailing spirituous liquors, the
informal' ?hall be a competent ?ritn<%s, to
testify on the pan of tlje f5tate. r ,
Whoever shall l>? found' guilty of asav.ilt
and ? Attery, shall he fined and Lrmpi jBoa&d*
not more than two years, ik* lest than one
month : aud a;l aucu linos shaft be paid to
tme convu isioncr., oi 'the rouis of the * it
Mtfh or distrii t 'wherein ?ucn oilincc suull
have bwon eamnntud.
Anil be it hereby enacted, Thit ? the
ftft-iiV. vne.it "f pilio?7, an- 1 burning in thv
U&n-.l, hi*, ind trie ~4 v.: a\ ?vre >y ab.lUh
*t&\ un4 \^pxK m \v ^ ? ;juii
Ishmeut ef p'.il or; :;iJ lu'.V.in ~ ? *3 r.ir
have been heretofore u^cd by .iw. ti.e coun
aha. i, in lieu ihcr^wt, order aikloirjct such
fine ana imprison xient, Li their discre
tion may be proper. ^
And be it t'urtoer cnartcd by tl\e author
ity aforesaid, That II any of;ej"ler or offen
ders shall b t convicted of any frtTT^e, where
by svr:h ofVendci' or offenders su-.ii* l>e li-Ye
to be banished from this state, it sliali Ik*
the duty of the jud'^e before whom such wf
foikier or offenders shall be uv<l, to iix a
certain day for said ort'etvie'r or <>fr*e;'.ders
to 1 ear c the state ; and to cause a descrip
tion of sue h'o Bender Or offenders, ijj^eiuer
with the judgement of the court, to be puH
\ lished three times in every newspaner in
i the state ; and if any offender or offenders
- b&itislK'd "slwti return into any *^rt of I
South Carolina, he or she so returning shall
be liable to be punished as any person at
tainted of felony without bene tit of clergy.
And if any yfiender or offenders sb bunisn
ed as aforesaid, be found within this stute
after the expiration of the time fixed tor the
said offender or offenders to Iftive the stpte
as aforesaid, he or she thus found witfcin the
sute, shall be liubk* to all the pains and pen
alties oi' having returned frbin banishment,
and shall suffer death accordingly.
And be it further enacted, That upon
the arraignment and trial ot any person for
returning from bai.ishinett, the cle rk ot
general sessions of the district wherein,
such offender shall have been convicted'
and had judgement of banishment, shall, at
the re?[uei*t of thy prosecutor, or ot any
other in the statu* behalf, certify o tran
indietment airainst such j>erson, aiul the
certainty oftlie comidion and judgement,
to .the clerk of general sessions wherein
s(ic I; person :*.all be indicted* which certi
ficate being produced in comt, shall be
sufficient jwoof th:?t such person has been
legally banished thin tb" st.ite.
And be it further enacted by the antlkor
my -aforesaid,* Tl?at if any person or per
sons be indicted of any orfenccj lor which by
virtue of any thins 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
mitted to the benefit of .his, her or their
clergy ;^fhe, she or -they stand mute, or
will not answer directly to the felony, or
challenge peremptoyi*y more than twenty
persons returned to be on the jury.
And be it further enacted by the author*
ity aforesaid, Thsr- in the c ascs herein be
fore mentioned, the punishments ftyscri
hv thia o/'i. and lUkTVi^ i >thpr. Kit * :
t/rut/j ttlto di!lt IttHtt' tiUl\Tt ^ f r\> Ttititt V"' ' { '
and that all former ncts< fnd parts of nets, |
so far only as the same are contWr f to the
true intent and meaning of this a'ct, be, and
the sanreare hcrtljy repeated. ? ~
j C.1SF. OFV'A.. -J0H.Y4.YD Eli S OA',
(tjOMCI.WKU.)'
; U.S. CON<<I<RSS. ?
I HOUSE Ob' REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday January lf?.
| The will of the house was ulti
1 mately conslimated, bv thc passage
f of a resolution iiV the following
words ;
i Resolved, That John Anderson
| has been guilty of a contempt ami a
violation of the privileges of the
house, and that he be brought to
j the bar of the hou?e tins /day, and
r be there reprimanded by the speaker
lor the outrage he has committecf/
and then discharged from the cc*
to'dy of the Sergeant at arms.
Whereupon John Anderson tfas
brought t6 the B*ir of the House,
j and addressed by the Speaker ai
i follows f . 4'
" John Anderson ; Voir hav?
been brought before this House up- '
On a charge of having committed a
breach of its privileges in attempt
ing to bribe one of ? its Members
filling a high and responsible situa
tion. The,. House has patiently
heard you in your defence, f.nd, in .
proportion to the pleasure which it
ha** derived from the concurrent tes
timonies in support of your char-'
acter and good conduct heretofore,
is ks deep regret that you have de
liberately attempted to commits,
crime so entirely incomparable
with the high standing* ^you have
heretofore maintained. You have
the less apology for the attempt
which you madiM>ecause y?11 had i
yourself experienced the justice of
ibis house b\it a lew days nefore, by
th<^passagd of two bills in your fa
vor j founded on |>etition* p resent -
td'to the house. Your attempt to
corrupt the fountain of legislula-^
tion, to uudermine the itcgnty of
a branch of the National Leguta^
tine is a crime of so deep a dye that
even you must acknowledge and be
sensible 01 it ? And if John Ander
son, you could hive bte?m suc.cess
.l.ilin sccli Jitempc : if it wsi j*>s
sible thai Reprcscnta;i/^s of r c 1
people coukl have been found, so
lost to their dur;. as to accept your
you mu^ yourself ice die
dreadful consequence.\ of such a de
plorable state; of -j; kings In your j
turn you might fall a? victim; for
your rightrs, your liber; , and your
property, might in the end equal
ly suffer with those of 'others
The Houselias seen with pleasure,
That at a very early period after ma
king your base offer you disclaim
ed, with symptoms of apparent re
pentance and conuirion, any intcrr
tion to corrupt the integrity of a
member ; and in directing^me to
[ pronouncc your discharge, the
house indulges the hope thai, on your
return hope, you will be more fully
convinced of the magnitude of your
offence, and by the futuVe ccitor of
your life endeavor to obliterate i as
.far as it may be po>iblev the stain
your conduct on this occasion has
impressed on the high and honor
able character you appear to have
previously sustained,, Youaredts
charged from the cutfedy of the
Sergeant at Arms."
y.
yV hereupon Joi n Anderson was.
discharged front custody :
And the house adjourned to Mon
day.
i Miscellaneous .
I Drscrt/ifiov nfth~ fimon of the apostle Paul.
| ? St. Chrysostom describes him 1
,ca little man, about three ' cubits j
; (four and a h*lf feet ) in, height." -
Lucien says <4 he was rather bald
beaded, with an aqi*eline nose, who
travelled through the air into the
third heaven." Nicephorous Callis
tus (Lib. i, chap. 34) says " St
Paul, was small of stature, stooping,
and rather inclined to crookedness
j ) ale* faced# and of an elderly look,
bald on the head, hi? ryes lively,
keen, and cheerful ; shaded in part
1 by his eye-brows, which, hung a
Tittle over. His nose rather lung;~
and not ungracefully bent. His
, beard pretty thick of hair, and of ar
sufficient length ; and like hi* locks,
interspersed &?th grey."
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E aTU,4 OPDIJY4JI Y jtCClnEftr.
The following extraordinary acci
D *
dent occurred about 5 o'clock On
the morning of Friday se'flight, in
Carmarthen 'As a drove of ox- ,
en were passing through Spilrn:fn
street,' one of theai strayeif to the
Castle Green, whence in hi* head
long course he fell over the preci- !
pice facing the bridge, upon a house
r>t which the inhabitants were aslecrp
Ln^bed. It will be. naturally sup
posed that the terrof and alarm* ex
cited on t he-occasion were 'great.
Fortunately however, part of the
roof fell in, while the ox was ba
lancing athwart a beam, 4 Exactly
ovjer a bed, m t/hith were t^ro chil
dren/ fast asleep, ,antT who were awa- '
kened by* *trer falling upon the
bed. Notwithstanding aril the alarm
*nd biistle efeated by this occur
rence, we are hapoy to add, no per
sonal injury was Aisfcalncdon the oc
casion, and whati* equally remark
able, the o* does not appeal to j
Have suffered materially from his,
extraordinary descent.
Glo uce*tery ( K. A*. Herald.
MujapM) '' . ' v?
Foote the celebrated Humourist,
befog one day at a table next to a
gentleman who h*vi helped himself
to a very Urge peiece of bread * af
| ter he had taken a mouthful or
two, took it up, And cut a pice off.
" Sir/* said the gentleman "that is
[ my bread," ?? I beg ten thousand
pardons," said Foofe, i# I protest
I took it lor the loaf,"
$f' ' ? '? ^ . 1
If hi London papers mention that
a fourth Canto of Childe Harold,
rby Lord By^bH/had bren received
from the Continent for publication.
The daily consumption of coab
in London for producing Gat
amounts to aft cha)dron?i, by which
7-6,000 lights are supplied, each .
c4u.1l to the light uT six candles. -
r .A cerrsin quark wa* s;Mrcs cd
by one of his pncicr.cs a^> f ?i->w* ;
<c How is ic that when we car r?rvi
drink, the mear is se par a:rd fr^ui* x
the drink ?" *' Whv, I'll :r II von,"
i iiaid the quack, %< in the neck tltrrc
| are two pipe*' one of them is to
I receive meat, the other drink ; at
j the top of these pipes, is a lid or
clapper, and when we eat, this clap
per shut! up the drink pipe, and
when we drink, it turns back upon
j th* meat pipe \ 14 But Doctor,"
said ri?e-patient, it f^ccms to me that
the clappcr muse plav d ? n sh vrp
when we eat pudding and milk !"
? People A^ho are resolved to
please always, at all events fre
quently overshoot and render
| themselves ridiculous being too
| good. A lady going to eat plumtv
j cake and candy at a friend's house
I one morning ran to the cradle ro
| see the fine bov, ;*s soon as she cam?
r W * %
in ; unfortunately the cat hfci taken
the babv's place, but before she
could give herself time to see her
mi>take, ihe exclaimed with- up-%
lifted eyes and hands, *c Oh 1 what?
a tine chiid ? the very picture of it*!
r father ! %* ' ~~~
The sir. all -pox has made its ap
pearance in the borough ot Carlisle,
(Pcntt,) Scvual pei sons havc^^fled
and others are dangerously attacked.
FhUud. fiajier.
Distressing Accident-? About the
1 4th inst. a distressing accident hap
pened in Sevier County? A large
beach tree fell an the camp of a tra
velling family ; out of ta, five Were
killed instantly, five were wounded,
and two escaped unhurt. , Of the
wounded two have since died, the
othei three arc on the recovery.
IH* a cei lain truth, thy d man TaT
so# easy, or so little impoaecF
u^ort, as among people of the best
?cQst,; ^ It cosi^tar more troublcta
be admitted or continued in bad
company that in good ; as the for*,
mer niVe less understanding to be
employed, so they have mure van
ity to be pleased ; ana to keep - a
fool constantly in good humor with
other** is no very easy task.
,} It appear? by an official state
ment* tlut iromf ths tsc ofjauuary
to the 1st of July, 1 $ 17, there were
kiQed, in 86 departments of France
24.1$ woive*, 4 Dears and 1 liger.
,The tiger was ?< tiled in the depart
ment ot Anuc* t^cx>nly one fpr aj
ftgff P4?t.
RELIGION IS LOVKT.
/n > i *T .. v .^ "1'? ' ' ?' '? " J
Extract of a letter from the Iat6
Rev, S. Prarse, of Birmingham,^
w.. to a friend who had lately bceu
kcuieci in a new charge.
" You sec^n to breath, in a free
airland to bd cdnjected #ith sucli']
whttse IhiWianity can fait allied to,
t^hdrn*. ? What ..t pity iiich an a\
V \\xricc is not uni ver sal I But I mis
take? rrue rhrjstianity,' genuine
unadulterc'J Christianity is *11 can
dor. Oh ! I hear her tfweer voice
whispering from above, M Let e v
*ry man be fully persuacftd ttt h^:
own, mind/' Ah, , KovG difJeitW
the spirit of professing christian* to
the cent us of the religion by whiefcr
they are ilistmguiihed j Worse thin,
the tyrant of Babylon i be sat uj*
an image to be worshipped, bill wcT
have oufsclvei^and have *ai<r
^ in facjr, Wlmsp, wh*h he heareih
out* voice* {illcirti Yiot down and
wonhJppeth* u ** worship, be-'
licvcniot as we belie vry and gi vet
ou'r undesstanding credit as afc ?Cv
otiaimanct with the ti tot# however
Sonant Ha opinion may be'tooifr
own^M thai! be cast into a furnace
of fire'#*-- The CSod oflove assumes
the tone of severity at such tyranrf^
a % this i and explains, with a kefeny" |
I ncss which must pierce to the |
heaft, ? Who art thou that judged
-.another'* servant ? To his own J
jnaster he standeth or falleth.'*
Btothcr, 1 am sick of almost every
thin^that has been calfed religion