' [communication.] i
Mr. Editor :?It is due to the Marshall of the
Town, that 1 should state, in reply to a communication
which appeared in one of your late num.
hers, that he was required to restore the possession
of the Lot which he had procured for the use of
the Town as a Pound to its right owner, some
two months ago, and a suitable place for the purpose
has not since been obtained. No one, but
the Officer himsolf, can have uny just conception
of the difficulty of enforcing the Law alluded to j
by vour correspondent. W hen he has started on
an expedition of hostility against the prohibited
stock, although they inay have been swarming in
the streets a moment before, they arc at once gathered
in, and as soon as he has disappeared they ;
are sent forth again. Nay, it has l>cen said that
some citizens, I know not who, turn their stock J
out on Sunday. No officer, however vigilant, can J
relieve the town of these or other nuisances, unless
the people themselves co-opcratc with him.
Respectfully,
Tiik Ixtexdant.
Rf.sihxvtiox ok tiie Hon. J. C. Calhoun.
The following interesting communication was |
Ill v* lliv.ll .?t\ J*JI i> ? ?< - I ? V
per and Davie p articipated. A motion was made
and carried, tint when tho II mac adjourn, it ad.
journ to meet at it o'clock, in order to en ible
members to ride uj>on tlic road. This resolution
was agreed to. A resolution was then made by
Mr. M emmingcr and agreed to, that a committee
should l>c ap.miutcJ to make arrangements to en .
?\c members to avail themselves of the invitation
to go to Forte Mottc and return to-morrow. Tlic
argument was, that the Legislature of South Carolina
would be sanctioning the violation and deseoration
of the Sabbath day ; that they uiust nec?-ssirily
return on Sunday, as the coiutucir Ciiient of
the College wonlJ ttke place on Monday, and that
the time-honored custom of attending that cele ebration
could not be departed from.
Mr. Albert Rhetl moved that a message be sent
to tha Senate, projosing to go into tlic election of
a Senator of the United States, to till the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. W. ('.
l'r. ctrtn '>n-l C.r .. <, n ilnr In si-rw f#ir Kit eenrn
from March next, at 2 o'clock this day. Agreed
to'
The Senate sent a similar mess igc to the House. ;
The S;>ccial Committee on the rail road ride, j
re;?ortcd that they had made arrangements for the
carriage of the members from this place as far as >
the Coigarec river, and that members desirous of;
going should attend at the depot ut 11 o'clock to.
morrow.
Mr. Mcmmingcr, the Cluirman of the Com.
mittco of Ways and Means, made sundry re.
l?orts, which were ordered for consideration to. i
morrow.
Gen. Jamieson, of the Military Committee,
made a report, which was ordered for consideration
to-morrow.
TJtc committee to count votes for the election of
Commissioners in Equity, rcj?ortcd that the follow,
ing persons were duly elected Commissioners for
the several districts: Lexington, J. A. Mcctzc;
Union, D. Wallace; Barnwell, A. P. Aldrich ;
Orangeburg, K. Murchison; Richland, E. J. |
Arthur; Georgetown, J. W. Coachman ; Andcr. j
on, J. T. Whitfield; Chester, J. Hemphill;
Williamsburg, Ilcy Coleman ; Abbeville, H. A.
Jones.
It was agreed to go into the election of Secretary
of State at 2 o'clock. On the first ballot the
Vote stands, for R. Q. Pinckncy 37 ; Kencgan III;
Griffin 18 ; Jones 23; Cooke 10; Ilayne 23
^ Douglas 10 ; XcsbittlO; Rawls 2.
Second ballot?Pinckncy is still ahead.
The Committee to count the votes for Senator,
to serve in the U. S. Senate for six year?, from
4th of March next, rejiorted Gen. McDuffic duly
elected.
Mr. Drown moved an adjournment of the
] louse.
Coi.r.MntA, Dec. 3.
Senate.
Mr. Me Willie submitted the report of Committee
on Privileges of Elections, in the case of Simen
Verdicr, contesting flic seat of the Hon.
D.ivid Walker, front St. Bartholomew's, asking
leave to send for persons and papers, which was
purred to.
Pursuant to notice ~ivcn, Mr. Moses ir.trod
laid before the two branches oT the Legislature,on
Saturday last:
Fort Hill, 25th November, 1812.
It is tny intention to retire from the Senate at the
close of the present Congress; and, as it is the '
policy of the State to fill the place of Senator in
.advance, to guard against the contingency of a
vacancy, in crder that the legislature may have
the opportunity of do'ng so in my case, I herewith
resign my place of Senator in Congress, to take j
effect on the 4th of .March next.
I avail myself of the occasion, to express my ;
profound gratitude to the Legislature and the people
of the State, for the many marks of confidence
1 have received from them, and for their firm, un- '
wavering support in the many trying scenes S
through which it has lieen my lot to pass, in the !
long period of thirty-one years iti the service of the
^ Fnion.
That the State may long retain her high stand- \
ing in the Union, and that the Union itself, with !
our free, and happy and glorious institutions may
be transmitted to the latest generation, shall, to
I
my last breath, ever be my ardent prayer.
1 am, &c. With the highest respect,
J. C. CAI.noUN. I
The letter, on bring read, was referred to a
jSj?*rul Joint Committee of the two Houses, consisting,
?ki the part. of the Senate, of Messrs.
Cregg, Rhctt, and Hunna, and on the part of the j
Wouse, of Messrs. Memtningrr, Henry, Carn, j
I. I). Wilson, C.jmb.'ll and Ilibben, who will :
consider and report \vh :t action is pro:>cr to be had
thereon.
Toe Hon. Joan C. C Jh-rju It .s tendered his re- j
si gnat ion to t!ic Legislature, for the rem tinder of
his Senatorial term, which expires on the 1th of
A!arch, which, it is siid, vill probably be accepted,
conditionally, by that body.
From Chm lf <*>m (J turf r.
South (aroliiin lagi^lainr.".
Col/'M.IA, D; c. 2. I
Hon*' of R'jtrctentative.
The House met at 12 o'clock. The Speaker i
read a lettcrof invitation front the President of the
Riil Road to the Legislature, tendering a train or
cars for their use, on Saturday, 3 1 inst. either to '
go to Fort .Mottc, and return the same day, or to 1
proceed to Charleston and retu.n the next day or
day after. Upon this proposition and what order
should be made there was considerable discussion,
-? Mu.iv AtKin tf Kro?a Menimin.
a bill to require the Commissioner in Equity for
Kershaw District to transfer to the Commissioner
in Equity for Sumter District, all the records in
his office pertaining to the latter district, prior to
the establishment of the Court of Equity therefor.
Read the first time and referred.
The President laid before the Senate a commucation
from the Hon. J<jfin C. Calhoun, resigning
his seat as Senator, from South Caroliua, in the
United States Senate, to take effect after the 4th
of March next. After which, the Senate adjourned
to Monday, at half past 9 o'clock.
Tlierc has been no election as yet for Secretary
of State. On the 2nd ballot, the vote stood as
follows, viz. R. Q. Pinckncy, 41 ; T. P. Jones,
3.1; 11. K. Hencgan, 21; W. E. Hygna, 18;
R. C. Griffin, 18; J. P. Cook, 9; I). Douglas,
8.
For Surveyor General, 1st ballot, Thomas
Frean, i>0; W. F. Arthur, 35; J. N. Barrillon.
32 ; S. C. De Brulil, 19 ; Shcpard, 1.
The 3d ballot for Secretary of State ispostjioned
until .Monday next. The 2nd ballot for Surveyor
General, was made by the two Houses, but the
Senate adjourned to take an excursion on the Rail
Road Ix-forc the result was known.
Df.C. 8.
Mr. Ivopcr from tlic Committee on Agriculture,
presented a Report on the Governor's .Message No.
1, and the memorials of the different Societies,
praying for an Agricultural Survey ; which was,
on motion of .Mr. Geddes, ordered to be printed,
and made the special order of the day, for Monday
next, and on motion of Mr. A. Rhctt, ">00 extra
copies were ordered to be printed. iMr. Rhctt on
making the motion, expressed great gratification,
that the Report on this interesting subject, had
been prepared with such care and ability, and said
lie was proud to sec so firm and devoted a friend
to the Agricultural interests of the State in the
Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, and
hoped that his indefatigable and persevering exertions
would yet l>c rewarded with the success tliey
certainly deserved.
A very serious accident happened to several of
the Western members of Congress on Wednesday
last, on the hill cast of .Mount Sterling, by the
carriage in which they were travelling being
overturned arid precipitated twenty feet down the
side of tli^ bill, by which all the passengers re.
ccived more or less injury, and especially Mr.
Curuthers and Mr. Gentry, of Tennessee, Mr.
Lane and Mr. Wallace, of Indiana, and Mr. Sc.
nator Smith, of lmlnm. .Mr. (?ooJe, of Ohio,
wis the only fnrinlHT in the stage who has been
able to reach ih * city; the others being left on
the way. 7-Ir. Caruthcrs was tlic inost hurt, and
.Mr. Wallace tin next worst.?Nat. hit ell.
The Hon. Daniel \V erst ex lias accepted an
invitation to deliver a Public Address on the 17th
of June next, on the occasion of celebrating the
: completion of the Huukcr.ilill .Monument.?lb.
A brand Jury of the State of Delaware lias
i presented the Hon. Thomas fr. Marshall for
j fighting a dud. Colonel Webii, it is added, es.
j c iped the like notice, by reason of his having oc[
etipied a jKwition rn the other side of the line of
the State, during the light.
From the Wilmington N. C. Chron., Nor. 30.
We are inf r el of a very rem.r ;ahlc affair
that occurred a few days ago in Wayne county,
in this state, which, as it has been related to us,
I is as follows:?Al?out lour months ago there came
! into that county a young man of the name of Grim.
1 slcy, who formerly lived there, hut who had been
) absent for many years. Shortly after his return,
\ he engaged himself to a .Miss Martin of that coun*
1 ty, and their m irriage was to take place on the
! 24th of this month. Four or five days previous to
. that time, Miss M. was making up her wedding
j bonnet, and requiring some pajicr for the lining,
I while in search of it she found a newspaper pub.
! fished two years ago in Mississippi.
In cult.ng up this p iper her eye lit u|>on an ad.
' vcrtiscment by the Govcrvor of Mississippi, offer.
I ing a large reward for two men charged with a
j murder in tli:it stale, one of them named Grimsj
ley, and agreeing precisely in description with the
j man to whom s'ic was alout to lie married. She
I immediately call'd her brother's attention to it,
| who at once called on t irin soy for an explanation,
j (jlriinsley denied knowing any tiling about it, and
said he could prove that he was not in Mississippi
at the time of the murder, by persons at Snow
Hill, Green county. The brother accompanied
j him to Snow HiJi, but on tlieir arriving there not
i a soul knew him. lie then said that he could es|
tublish his innocence by persons living at another
little village in the same county. There they also
repaired, and with the like success, no one
knowing any thing of him. They then returned
to Waynesboroiigh, where a warrant was Issued
against Grimslcy, and he is now in jail at that
11 .cc, waiting the demand of the Governor of
Missi.-sippi. Since his confinement he has acknowledged
that he was present when the mur.
dcr w: s committed with which he is charged in
! the advertisement as a participant, but denied that
he was engaged in it.
Ci r.ioes JrnieiAL Opinion.?Some months ago,
Horace Pagaud, Clerk in the Comptroller's Office
of Mississippi, decamped from Jackson, after
having forgeil certain warrants on the Treasury to
the amount of $70,000, and was afterwards arrcs.
ted at i?ufTalo, New York. Governor Tucker dc
i inandcd t!ie fugitive, and sent an agent to receive
| him, who visited Buffalo and took the prisoner in
; charge. On his return down the Mississippi river,
I a writ of habeas corpus was granted at St. Louis,
commanding the agent of the State to produce
the prisoner before the court, together with the
cause of his detention. It seems that the agent
had no warrant against the prisoner, nor any evidence
to hold him in custody, except what was
called a " sheriff's receipt."
After abusing the agent, and referring to the
fact that he was the same man sent by cx-Govcrnor
McNutt to demand a fugitive from the Governor
of North Carolina, the St. Louis Judge, in dis.
charging the prisoner, concluded his opinion in the
following extra-judicial language:
41 These two expeditions to North Carolina and
New York have cost a great deal of money, (part
of which the cou-t has reason to believe was obtained
in a very suspicious manner,) which would
have been much better expended in redeeming the
acknowledged liabilities of the Statcof Mississippi;
and that, in the opinion of the court, if the Gov
ernorof that .State, and his emissary now present
can keep out of the penitentiary themselves, they
o't^ht no? to manifest much concern as to the fate
other*."'
j At a meeting of tl?c Common Council of New
! York on the 28th ult. a communication was rc!
ccivcd from ti?c Sheriff, M. B. Hart, accompa'
nied by the following letter, which he had received
the day previous to that fixed for the execution
of Colt, and which enclosed $11,000 ;
44 Should you do what is herein required, another
6um exactly equal to that now enclosed shall
l>c sent to you on Friday, ltith November, 18-12.
The undersigned has no acquaintance with Colt
nor with any of his relations or friends. Pure be
; nevolcnce and humanity have induced the underj
signed to offer you the enclosed sum on the condition
that you decline and intuitively refute to
; haiifir Cult. This you can conscientiously do on
the score of humanity, and that we have no right
j to take the life of a fellow-creature ; on the score
j that the Chancellor ought to have granted a writ
of error to the Court of Krrors, (the Senate ;) on
the score of an improper bias, nay, a violent prcjuj
dice having in the outset !>cen created by the large
and small papers of the city against him ; on the
score that the true republican doctrine is not to
hang but to imprison for life for capital cases ; on
the score that in all human probability the law
anacting hanging for any offence will this winter
be repealed ; on the score that Governor Bouck
will, as he has declared, pardon Colt?Governor
Bouck's opinions being well ascertained on this
point.
44 There arc many reasons which, in the Inste
' of the moment, the undersigned is unable to write;
; but, sir, come out like General Jackson : take
! u[?on yourselfdhc responsibility?construe the laws
and your duty as you understand thetn, and refuse
i to hang Celt. You will thereby lay up for your:
self in future lifo the pleasing reflection of having
j saved from destruction a human being, unjustly
| condemned, and receive the thanks and blessings
j of Colt's relatives and friends, and meet the full
i approbation and entire approval of the whole of the
Bar, of the Vice Chancellor, and of the Judges.?
If you take the step recommended, you will rereive
the applause of the people, and of the parly,
and of the whole community. Popular feeling
now runs high in favor of the prisoner.
44 W. \V. \V."
The money remains in the hands of the Council,
! and various suggestions are made as to its appro.
J priution.
orkxfxo of a rall. road.
A Steamboat left here this morning, at 8 o'clock,
I to take passengers to the mouth of the Acquia
j creek, to witness the formal opening of the last
link of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potoj
inac railroad. The part which has just been
! completed, and intended to \to opened to-day, cx.
tends from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to the Potoinac
river, where Acquia creek empties into it, a
distance of about nine miles, wc lielicvo.
There is now a continuous line of railroad, with
a few links of steamboat navigation, from New
Hampshire to the interior of Georgia ; and wc l>clievc
a person can now travel from Portsmouth,
I New Hampshire, to Augusta, Georgia, by way of
j this city, (a distance of 1,068 miles) in about four
j davs ; and take a comfortable nap of four or ffvc
hours in every twenty.four on board of a stcimlwat
Globe.
specie at new orleans.
Vast quantities of ppeeic are flowing up the
f Mississippi. It is estimated that from the Sdth
' of October to the 1:2th instant, more thin two
| million three hundred thousand dollars, in specie,
j had been received at New Orleans. On some
I days between four and five hundred thousand dol|
lirs arrived.
Most Horrible.?Wc find the following nnr
r I....
' rativc in me x incinnau oun ui i uusu^ la.-i.?
Can it l>c true ? We can scarcely regard it in any
other light than as a horrible fiction.?Baltimore,
Sun.
i
j " It has l?ecn a matter of considerable inquiry
| with the priests of the day, whether the spirit of
j God or the devil was uppermost in the world ; but
generally conceded that the latter took the lead.?
j In the following instance, we shudder at the dcI
pravity of the human heart?wonder at its hard.
' ncss, and sigh over its obduracy. Some three
J years since, a family of the first standing in our
I city was called to mourn the loss of a father, who
J had toiled to amass a fortune for his wife and
j children. Scarcely had he been laid in the grave,
j when a plan was fixed upon by the children, two
| sons and a daughter, too horrible to think of, yet
| too true to slumber, to abduct the mother who
| stood between them and the property of the dead
, father. Accordingly, the mother was prevailed
j u;>on to go to the country, where some relations
resided. Tlic journey was commenced; but on
' the same evening, the old lady was returned to
i this city, secretly taken to the garret of their family
mansion, and confined in a room where no
eye could reach her but that of the daughter, the
, usurer of her mother's rights. Here, in solitude,
: the old woman lay, with just food sufficient to
keep her aJive, beyond the reach of fncnds, a
; muzzle on her mouth to keep her from crying
aloud for help.
" A story was raised some few weeks after, that
the old lady had died in the country?mourning
; was put on by the sister and the two brothers, as
well as the relations, who actually supposed that
the old lady and lawful owner of the property was
dead and in her grave!
j " Two years rolled away and the daughter and
sons are in quiet possession of their ill-gotten
1 wealth, when a circumstance transpired shocking
to relate. A j)erson employed about the premises,
f who had often heard, or surmised lie heard, away
i in the farthest part of the upper garret, moaning
j so low indeed, as to be scarcely thought earthly?
; about two months ago heard the groans more distinctly
than ever, and became convinced that foul
| play had been used upon somebody. He watched
till well assured that in the dark and ghostly rooms
! of this garret, a human form was suffering the
j pains of confinement and villainy. He aroused
j the household, the guilty daughlcr being absent,
rushed to the spot with a light, burst open the
door, and there beheld the miserable form of the
j>oor old woman in the last agony of death ! What
a sight! No pen can describe the scene. Lanj
guagc fails to give an adequate view of such a
spectacle!
41 On the return of the daughter, her h.isband
and friends, by bribery and threats, succeeded in
quelling the noise just bursting forth, and had the
l)ody secretly buried, and these devils incarnate
now stand u;> in the first society in this very city
as pure and healthy patterns of all that is good
tnd virtuous. Ste. 3 arc soon to he taken, wc
learn, to investigate this foul affair, and bring
those eoneerncd in ft to justice.''
CAMTAL PUNISHMENT ABOLISHED IN VERMONT.
At the session of the Vorniont Legislature, about
closing, a few days since, a law was passed abrogating
punishment by death. We had not seen
i any mention of it in such notices of the proceedings
of the scssiou as met our eye, until we met
with the subjoined paragraph from a Vermont papcr.
Vermont has thus, in advance of all the
I States of the Union, taken this important step?
substituting for a punishment, which public opinion
will no longer enforce, and which is effectual 1
as a preventive of crime, a less revolting, a moro J
certain, and more effectual penalty.
" Mjntpelier, Xor. 19.?The present Legislature
of Vermont has passed an act abolishing cspital
punishment and substituting therefor imprisonincut
during life in the Penitentiary, unless tho
Governor shall, after one year, issue a warrant, I
requiring the criminal to be executed. This bill j
has received the signature of the Governor of ^
tliij Slt-iln niwl lino rnnc^nilPrttlv. h^COmf* thff i
I.'ivv of (lie commonwealth. We regard thifl mca. !
sure an the inost important one, perfected by our !
Legislature during its present session. It is a
measure that receives our hearty approbation.? j
Wc consider it as a virtual abolition of capital >
punishment, and as such believe the experiment I
is well worthy of a fair trial by the people of this :
State. We know that many theories which ?p- !
pear beautiful, and seem to promise great and
good results, work badly when carried into practice.
Wc say, give this law a fair trial, and if it j
j turns out, that crimes increase in our land, and
i that the lives of our citizens, are less secure than j
under the old law, then, we say, re|>cal it; but at
present we entertain no fears of the result. Wc
believe, that a law is useless and generally inis- i
chicvous in any social compact, where such law is !
not approbated and sustained by a general public
sentiment. The feeling had become very general |
! in this State, that capital punishment is a relic of
! a barbarous age. Indeed, it was didicultto select !
! a jury who would convict of murder, knowing the i
! inevitable consequence. We believe the present i
law will operate benefieia'ly, because it exhibits j
the humanity nnd Christian feeling of the Lcgish*
turc: and 2dly, because there will now exist a
i much greater certainty of convicting the supposed
! ctiminal than did exist when dcaltf was the ccr[
tain penalty of the law. Ix-ss positive proof will
'i i i' i I....i.s ?
| now.convince a jury opyonu a rational uuuui, u?
! the guilt of a prisoner than was required under the
! former law. We humbly ho;*'. unJ trust that the
' experiment will work well, and the necessity for a
return to the old practice of taking life for life may
i never exist."?Mmtpelier Watchman.
From the Tascaliosu (.l.'/i.J Mjnitor Noc. 16.
j Violent Execution is Alabama.?Though as
! forbearing to the itiiiriuities of hninan nature as
[ is necessary lor a man to be, considerations of
public duty impel us to condemn in the most unqualified
terms, the late tragedy in B ?rl>our.?
j George W. Lore may have been guilty of the
! crime alleged against him?certainly it was one
of the darkest dye, that of killing a fellow creature
for money?yet as the law h td p isscd on his
: ease, and had vouchsafed to him another trial for
his life, it was duj to I he supremacy of the law
it6olf, to the moral sensibilities of the public, and
to the character of our country and its institutions,
that legal justice should have had its ultimate
sway. In no other form is there the least guaran,
fy 6f individual rights or public order. When the
| passions of men, however apparently justified by
J circumstances, u?urp the majesty of law uuJ bear
I away everything before them, a fearful precedent
J and contagion will be too apt to spread, until the
very basis of government, submission to the laws,
J shall be destroyed.
The facts are briefly these: Two years ago,
! Henry Blake, a traveller known to have a large
sum of money, was found murdered near the house
of Lore. There was no direct proof who committced
the horrid act; but circumstances pointed to
Lore, and link by link in the chain of evidence,
the fact was established against him to the satisfaction
of the jury, who returned a verdict of guilty.
Sentence of death was passed on the culprit,
/ to be executed 15th July last, before which time
| l/)rc escaped from prison. His counsel had tai
ken the case to the Supreme Court, where a new
i trial was granted on questions of law. Lore con1
tinued at large until about tho 1st inst. when ho
j was arrested in the vicinity of the murder. lie ,
i wa? committed to jail amid great popular excitement.
and on the 3d inst. it was decided by a large
gathering of the people, of whom 130 expressly
J urged it, that Lore should bs forthwith exceuted.
j He was taken out on horseback to a tree, with a
! halter round his nock, which was tied to a limb,
! when the unhappy man swung off, of his own acj
cord, without waiting for the word to be given, or
tlic horse led away. This fact will no doubt be a
legal defence for those concerned, in the event of
j a prosecution for murder. They did not kill Lore
?'he killed himself; and for aught that is known
to others, the persons engaged, merely intended to j
j alarm the prisoner and extort confessions. He
! protested his innocence to the last, both verbally
j and iu a letter which he wrote within half an
hour of his death, to his parents, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, in New Jcreoy. The
j community seem to think very little of his dccla. I
I rations of innocence, with the terrors of a future j
state before him, as he was of the Univcrsalist ,
j faith, and therefore apprehended no punishmennt
for any crime or falsehood.?We add in conclu- |
1 sion that the people of Barbour, from the extraor- j
j din try conduct of the circuit judge and other ofli- |
j cers under the court, in relation to Ix?re, had lost
j all confidence in the administrution of justice. It
also appeared that Lore had been prowling around
j the houses of the material witnesses against him, |
; for the purjwsc, doubtless, of taking their liven pre.
i paratory to iiis new trial.
The Ilurtford Review, of Saturday, state*, on i
j the authority of a letter from the scene of the :
i tragedy, that warrants have Ineu issued for the
j arrest of all the parties concerned in the hanging
j of George W. [sire, and that the sheriff has or- |
! dcrs to raise a sufficient force to ensure their eap. j
I ture. The letter also says that one of the Mitch.
^ ells, who were the accusers of Mr. Lore, is very
strongly suspected of the murder of Mr. Blake,
for which Lore was three times tried.
latest dkhl'atellks jkom liberia. i
We extract the following passages
from despatches from the Cotony, pub- ,
lished in the last number of the Alticnn
Kepositorv :
Government IIoise. ^
Mrotiiovi a, A it,. 11,1941. $
Sik : The VaruSalia has not yet arrived; |
we arc afttKwIv rxj'cctin^ber, DQ'J sha'i!
I most assuredly avail ourselves of ail the
advantages which the visit of this vessel
may afford for concluding treaties and con.
j ventions with the native tribes.
The general condition of things in the
! colony is as prosperous as ever, particularly
at.this season of the year. The goneral
health of the people continues good.
We are still in the enjoyment of the blessing
of peace. The natives all around us
continue friendly?paact tod harmony
among the culouisU are pretty generally
restored. Our merchants ure malting
great preparations to prosecute their
trade along the coast the coming season.
They aro expecting an abundaut harvest
of palm oil. The rice crops are also encouraging.
In this part of the colony agriculture is
increasing wonderfully ; though we have
hud but few importations from abroad,
our supply of potatoes, cassadus, plantains,
&e., have not been limited.
With fervent wishes for the success of j
colonization, I am, sir, most respect fully,!
your obedient servant,
J. J. ROBERTS. I
i
Rev. R. R. Guklky, Sec. J
Am. Col. S. Washington. $
PKRSKC.lTIOtf OF TIIK JBWi.
Among the details of wrong and outrage, by
which the study of history is frequently rtm- J
dered painful, few are m#re revolting than the i
massacres and persecutions of the Jvws by i
the Anglo-Norman kings. Besides the mors j
general and shocking transactions of this 1
ciiaracter which historians record, many old
documents exhibit evidences of local persecution
which are as curious as they are revolting.
In illustration may bo quoted the order
issued, in 1255, by Henry Hi. to the sheriff of
Norfolk and Suffolk, who is commanded to
cause proclamation to be made in the city of
Norwich, and in all the good towns of those
counties, that no Christian woman shall henceforth
serve the Jews, to nurse their young
children, or in any other office." Thirty-five
years alter, all the Jews tn England, to the
! number of 15,000, were cxpelleu frotn the
1 country, and all their real estates confiscated,
by a resolution extorted frotn the parliament
by the clamours of the peeple.
j ARRIVED
3rd ilist. Utility's lighter, with Md'so to B Bryi
an & Bro. M A. R II tiley, Charles Holmes, L)
, Johnson, J Lazarus, S Kcelcr &. Co. (J Goodrich,
j of this place. R G Gregg, J Eli Gregg, J Smith
1 1 Son, M B D Townstnd, Saml. Spark*, A
II Brown, C GckIbold, H Davis, Rev. A McNair,
Jno. X Williams, J Horr, II B Williams, and B
' 1) Cooper, of the interior.
7th inst. Steamer Utility, (Gulliver,) three days
and a half from George Town, with Md'se to Mrs.
M Stinemctz. M &. R Ilailoy, S Keolcr & Co.
B Bryan & Bro. D Johnson, Emanuel Ac Solo.
[ rnonp, D S Hardee, Rev. J C Coit, J Lazurua, and
j A Malloy, of this place. S R Gregg, J Eli Gregg,
R G Gregg, II It Williams, J Smith <2L Son, W
j R Long, A II Brown, of the intorior.
DEPARTED
7th, Utility's lighters with Cotton for Goorge
J Town.
i 8th, Steamer Utility, (Gulliver) with Cotton
j and Md'so for Georgo Town.
CHERAW PRICES CURRENT.
Dscsuaita 13,
Aktici.kp. vkk | $ C. | $ C.
Beef in market, lb 0 Si a 4
Bacon from wagons, lb 6 a ^
by retail, lb ? 7
Butter lb 124 ? 1$
Beeswax lb a 1|
Bagging yard 20 a 82
Balo Rope lb 10 a 124
Coffee lb 124 a 14
Cotto.v, lb 54 a
Corn,sc.irco bush 60 a 02
Flour, Country, brl 4 a 4|
Feathers fm wag. none lb 3 .'4 a 32
| Fodder. lOOlba 75 a 1 00
i GI.ns, window 8x10, 50ft 3 25 a I 37A
, lOxJ2, 50ft 3 50 a 3 76
| Hides, green lb 5 a
dry lb 10 a
Iron lOOlba 5 a
Tndigo lb 1 a I ft
Lime cask 4 a 4 54
i Lard scaroe lb T a
Leather, sole lb 22 a la
Lead, bar ib 9 If
Logwood lb 10 a 11
Molasses N. O. gal 35 a 46
, gal 28 a 53
Nails, cut, assorted lb 7 a t
? ?* ?
Tub Rivf.r is navigable for Steam Boats.
m*. L .. XS? - l ll M
RIGHT ABOUT FACE!
I HEREBY give notice, with great raluc
lanco, lh.it I shall not, after the first day of
January next, open a single runi.ing account in
i my Books, for any <! scriptiou ef goods, except
I for Bagging, Rope and Twine, and for these
articles 1 wiil only give a crcd.l of 60 to 90
I days. Merchants, and oilier citizens of the
town, who may ho die; o<ed to order goode from I
iny Stores, arc informed, that their order# w.ll bo I
gratefully received, and promptly fi led at low
prices, upon tho condition, that their bil.s may
tic presented in ten day s, for payment. This
course I am compelled lo take, to m*et mr own '
engagements, and I hope will not givo offence 1
to any, for I lind by experience, that it is much I
easier to sell goods, than to collect, and that ac- :
counts and notes be they ever so good, will not
pay the debts of my contracting. An I shall sell j
goods for CASH, it i* almost useless to say, that |
1 shall sell vert cheap.
A. P. LaCOSTK.
Dec. 13th, 1842. 5 tf
SHERIFFS SALE.
BY order of the Court of Ordinary fop
Chesterfield District wi.'l bcaold before the
Court House door of said District on tho first
Monday in January next, one tract of Unci situ*
ate in s lid District on Deep Creek, containing
six hundred and twenty one Acres, more or less,
hounded on tho West by Willis Hancock's land,
north by lands owned by Isaac Timinons and
Alex. McNair. Kast by lands owned by the
ivtilc of Hardy Sellers, and South by lands
owned by the Ksiate ofjohn P. Hancock, Doc'd. j
being hinds of which lOchard Alien deceased, '
died aviZ'id and post-oe^cd and so'd for partition. i
Con litions.? One hundred dollars in Cn*h j
besides the cxjwiiws of this snlc; the ha'anco to
be paid in tlnee of pi a I annual instahnenia. the j
first payment to he made on the first day ofJaiiu> '
ary, 1M4, th second payment on the first day j
of January. 1815. and the third payment on the j
first day of January, 1P4G, purchaser to give j
jlonds bearing Intorcst from the day of sale, with j
good personal security, and & mortgage on the
tnvmiscs. if deemed necessary to the Ordinary, ,
i<? secure tin* pnyni'-nl of ilio purcha c money.? '
Purchaser lu jxty^ror title*.
J NO. EVANS,
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I SHERIFF'S S1XJ&
BY order of the Court of Ordinary for Cktttr*
terfiold District will be setd before lha
1 Ceurt Mouse door of mm! District, cm the 6r*t
! Monday in January next, one tract ef land situ-'
; ated in tiaid District on Thompson's Creek, cotf~
i taiuing three hundrod Ac res r more or 1cm,
I boundod on the south and west by Henry J.
King's land, north by lands belonging to the
Mutate of Levin WaisoQ, and east by lands
owned by Stsphen Jackson, Miohael Watson,
and Franois Joboeoo, being lands of wlucl*
Thomm* Htndriok deceased died aelaed eudpm.
| Mssed, err! sold fqf partition.
Condilious.?As much Cash as will pay tike
expenses of this sale, with a credit of Twelve
' mouths on tho balance, purchaser to live bond
hearing Interest from the daj of sale, with goofi
poreonal.eccurity and a mortgago of tho premise*
if deemed necessary to the Ordinary. I'wrch-Jrt
to pay fwr tjtlea.
JOtf N EYAX9. +
fgUft fi ft . %
Sli'iT'a O?c*, 1Mb Dec., liM3. ' 6 3t
CKtDIT 4*1 VEX FOR WOOD.
I HOSE t'MtoDion, who have paid rue
BL onco a /ear for Weod. 1 tomier my thank*.
aud ahull be gratoful to receive their order*, and
ball not trouble thorn but once a /ear for a
settlement. TUo?o who are unwilling to settle
once a year, or have net paid at all, must excuse;
itte if 1 refuse to work for them.
A- P. LaCOSTE.
D c. 13, 1842. 5 if
l NHEKU1!1 HALES*
ON Write of Fieri Facias will be sold before
the Court Houbc door on the first Monday
and day following in January noxt, within the
lo^al hours, the following property, 9ix;
Two lot* in Powe Town, known in tbo plan
of said Town by Noa. (74 and 75) acvenly.four
und seventy-five, having each a front of one
hundred fuel front on rowe Street by three
hundred fret deep, at the suit of Jaa, Yf. Blakenay
vs. Juo. Do ten.
Two lots in tho Town of Cheraw, together
with improvements thereon, kuown iu the plait
| of *uid Town by Noa (49j and 493; foor bun.
dredand ninety has a fioat of one hundred aud
sixty-eight feet on Green Street, by three bopdrod
feet docp, four hundred and nincty-lwo baa
a front of two Itundrcd and sixlv-fivc feot on
Hugcr Street, by three hundred foot deep at tinr
suit of M. MacLean, et al., ya. J. D. Ptckard.
One lot in tba Town of Choraur, together
with the improvements thereon, (formerly a part
of tho public square,) levied on aud to be sold at
the property of James Jonoa, bounded on tba
north by Market Street and west by fiugev
Stroel at tho suit of Jamea W. Blakcney fa,
Jatnc* Jo. cs.
Six lots in the Town of Cheraw, lovicd on and
to be so'd as tho propeily of Isaiah DuB<x*#
known iu the plan of aaid Town by Noa. (46,
47, 32, 83, 84, and 85.) forty-six and forty-eeyen
aro well improved lots and bounded on the north
by Church Street, having each a front of one
hundred feet front on Church Slrcat by thrao
hundred feet diep; eighty.two, eighty-threo,
eighty-foui and eighty-five, ma but little in\prove
I and boundod on the south by Church
Street, and wost by Third Street, at tho suit of
Ann Llde et el., vs. Isaiah Duboae aud K? CI.
DuBose.
Right negroes, viz: William, Venus, Melissa,
Martha, Amaud, Ann, Mary, Edgar, levied on
aud to be sold an tho oropertv of Isaiah DuBose,
at the suit of Thos. J. I'armalee, ot id., vm Laiali
DuBose.
One negro boy (Legrand) levied on and to 1??
sold Ob the property of Isaiah Dubose, at the suit
f K W. Charles &l Co. et al., vs. Isaiah Du
B.ee.
fifty nogrocg, tiz: Sharper, Fanny, Biuah,
Rose, Racliael, Lucy, Jim, Snpho, Dolly, Sandy,
Kusetla, MHly, Grace, Cloe, Albert, AJiqp, Li-,
irius, Sylvia, Culvin, Jim, Willis, Minds, A'jkf,
Boston, Frank, June. Ben, Decknoy, Clutrblle,
Christopher, C*Ur, Caroline, Sam. Robert, Mary,
Sandy, Stephen, Jesse, Jetso, Archsr,
Surah, Wi liain, John, Daniel, Sain, Eliza,
Ellen, Clara and Cook, at tho suit of Goo. W.
i)<*:g..u ?-l aJ., vs Isaiah DuMoso and K. C. Da
Bj ?
All of Andrew Clark's iliterst in a lot in the
Town of Clier&w, known in the plan of said
Town l>y No. (248,) Two hundred and forty,
eight, ou Front Street, being the ona half of
said lot and tho improvement* then on, ut lh?
suit uf E Mulloy, for Geo. Duron, vh. Jmc, E.
Edward*, A. Clark, and Jos. liervey.
300 Acres of land, more or lest, levied on and
to bo sold a* tho properly of Philip Hancock,
Dac'd , bouudod south and wrest by Willi* Han.
cock's land, north by Isaac Tiunnen*'* land, and
Ea?t by lands belonging to the Estate of Rich,
ard Allen, at the suit of Turner Brvan, Ord'y,
C. D., vs. A. >1. La wry, eduir. of Philip flajtcock.
13o0 Aero* of land, mora or lesa, wharaoa
John Copelaud reeidoa, lying on beth aide* ef
m?n Prnut iinrth Knd k. Willi.
Hancock'* land, weal by luoda owned by A Man
Mittoy, Math. Rushin and N. Gibson, and south
by tho Estate of Win. Hancock'* land, al thn
ail of Turner Bryan, Ord'y. C. D., ?*. Geo. Vt.
Meudur and John Copel&nd.
800 Acres of land, mora or lota, whoraon
Marshall Evans resides hounded East by Abeu.
loin Dses'e land, souih by Calvin Rollins'* land,
j north by John ULkeeej's land, at the ?uit of
; John C. Mangutn st ah, vs. Marshall Evanaawd
f John Evans.
I Three head of Horeo* lovied on as Iho properly
or* Evan Threat at ths suit of Gibson Mangum
fur John C. Mangum, v*. Evan Threat and
John Ro' insou.
A small lot of corn and thrc-e stack* of fodc'or
; levied ou us the projwrly of John Jack ton at the
suit of Snrn'l. Timruons, vs. John Jackson.
2t?l Acres of land, wore or less, on little Blsok
Creek, whereon the Do'ondant raeidos, with a
b'nw and Grist Mill thereon, adjoining the lends
of Abner Jordan, et ah, at tho suit of Fletcher
Mangum, vs. Junes Joplitt
372 Arrcs of land, uioro or less, whereon D.
| A. M'Eachora resides, on tho north east of
Black Creek, and the upper Beaver dam Creek,
waters of Black, being pert of a tract of land
originally granted to Thomas Doeriusn at tho
suit of Kautld McDonald, vs. D. A, McEacU.
ern.
9'%0 Acres of land, mora or 1cm, on Thompson's
Creek, Sandy Run and Cosway Branch,
waters of Thompson's Crook, being a tract of
land originally granted to Cuthridg* Lyons at the
suit of A. P. EaCiwte and A. M. Mclver la.
Horsors vs. J. J. Ga lagher and the same. vs. R.
Shaw, and W. G. Fosgin, Indorsers of J. J.
Gallaghor.
170 Acre* of land, more or less, whereon tho
rv i* 1 * ?-LUa on I kn tuarars nf TliAMni/iri fm
L/Ojcnuani iwiuci', ?? ?mv ? ?-?? > v* |
Creek, bounded north and waat by Da rid John's
land. south and cart by R. L. Ed f worth's laad.
| nt the suit of Gathinga k. Covinfton, re Alex.
| Miers.
360 Acres of land, more or lew, on Clay
Creek, bound- <1 on the north by the State lino,
on the oatl ly lands owned by Kliohft Hera*
and Joel Drawer, and wo*t by William Carter'*
land, nt the suit of Gibson Mtmgtini, ra. James
I'. Home.
All of Defendant's Internet in 100 Acres of
land on Jcnning'a Branch, watera of L)^cp
t'rr-ek, boandod East by lands belonging to tha
E?tatc of Math. Sellers, north by N. N. Gibson's
land, nt tho suit of .Fctcr L. Ro! eaon, vs. Joseph
Sr ID rs.
One Gmy Mare, at the snit of Turner Bryah,
' Ori'ry., vs. Geo. W. Mcadur <\?td John tap?.
land.
'I'erms?Cnah.?rurohasors to pay for neces!
sery papers.
i J .NO. F.VA.VS,
I ShTf. C. D.
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