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Fr . the Charleston Cour ier.
S-OiYITER MEETING.
. Agreeable to public notice previously
given, a large ami respectable portion of
the citizens of Sumter District, asscmhled
at Sumterrille on tlie 31 inst. for the plir-'
pose of expressing an opinion in relation 1
to the next election for Governor of the
State. < *
On (notion of Tuomas J. Wilder,
Matiiew James, Esq, was called to the
Chair, and Alester Gadden, Esq. ap,
pointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting being explained
by the Chairman, on motion of
CbJ. Wilder, a committee of twenty was
appointed to report to tne meeting on mc
subject. The following gentlemen were
appointed on the committee: Col. Thos.
J. Wildery Col. O. S. Rees, Maj. George
Ballard, Col. Wm. Nettles, Col* J. K.
Spann, Alaj. Wui. IJaynesworth, Beter
Mellctt, Capt. J. E. Wilherspoori, John
D. Sturgeon, Wm. Harris, A. G. Cropwell,
W. ftl. James, Capt. Alex. Brailsford,
?. Broughton, Joseph H. Stukes,
" George J. M'Cauley, Samuel B. Daris,
James II. Tiftdall, Joseph Sprott.
The committee reported, through their
chairman, the following preamble aud re
to;ut oris:
The events of the few past years in our
country and some portions of the civilized
world, loudly admonish us and the (vliole
Southern portion of this confederacy, that
it is of the deepest importance to our future
welfare and security, that we should
preserve, if it be possible, unanimity in
feeling and action. "United we stand,
divided we rail," was the wis* sentiment
of a wise statesman and patriot. South
CaroTtna must know, feel and acknowledge
its truth. But a few years ago, she was
the prey of a bitter feud and party spirit,
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which distracted Jier councils anu uircatened
to uproot the very principles of society
and government itself?and certainly
never was there a more tit opportunity
offered to heal past differences, unite
in concert and make common cause against
her enemies, than the approaching election
to fill the Gubernatural chair of the
State. We respectfully suggest to our
fellow citizens throughout the Stale that
the united voice of the people in favor of
the Hon. Jno. P. Richardson would
bring about this happy result.
Col. Richardson was our late member
in Congress, as a fit man to succeed our
lamenting Manning; of his general course,
there, it is not necessary uow to speak,
llis acts are before the people, let him he
judged by them; suffice it to say that he
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was highly respected Dy nis ineuus, uuu
his opponents have never fot nd ought to
1 charge to his discredit.
Col. Richarbson was a mild, but influ~
Tpntial member of the Union party, and his
was the doty in times of high excitement,
. ~ to assuage and soothe the roused passions
of men, and finally to conduce much to
the successful result of the compromise in
1834, which was hailed by both parties
. as the harbinger of peace.
His stand in Congress in relation to our
peculiar institution of slavery was in
a high degree honorable to our .State.
His principles upon the leading measures
of Government, arc thoroughly de,
mocratic, and when, in 1837, South Carolina's
gifted son, the Hon. John C. Cal><*? :
hotjn stepped forth, almost alone, the
champion of that great measure of deliverance,
the Independent Treasury, Col..
Richarosox was amongst the first who
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hastened to ine rescue, auu reuuereu eindent
service to the cause. It was, therefore,
1. Resolved, That we highly approve
the liberal spirit evinced to obliterate all
old party distinctions in the State, by the
nomination of Col. John P. Richardson
for the office of Governor.
2 Resolved, That this meeting, without
distinction of party, most cordially
unite in the support of Col. Richardson,
and earnestly invoke their fellow citizens
in the State to participate in our efforts to
preserve peace, harmony and union in the
councils of the State, in repelling all future
aggressions and eucroachments upon
its rights.
$ Resolved, That knowing, as we do,
the private worth and useful qualifications
i?f Col. Richardson?the soundness of his
principles upon the leading politics of the
lav?his nrudence and experience?we
recommend him with confidence to the
60f?port of hie fellow citizens, as an officer,
who may be fully relied 011 to protect
the rights as well as support the interests
of the Slate.
' 4 Resolved, That we regard the ungenerous
and illiberal attempt to excite old
party prejudice, to defeat the election of
Col. Richardson, as unjust and unnecessary,
and as calculated to disturb the
harmony of the community.
5 Resolved, That as the candidate of
the Slate Rights Independent Treasury
parly, ive confidently believe that Col.
Richardson will receive the cordial support
of the people of ibis Slate, and thai'
lis election will be the most eminent proof
of lit* success of those piiuciplee.
Q'Resolved, That we highly approve of
the patriotic oflorts of Hie present Admin:
ll?n tiliatuoL* Ztf ?lw* !
i>iraiuni iu irmiBii mv mumovo wi mv wu?-eminent,
and to administer iion true Re-i
publican principle, and believe that it is
entitled to the cuniidcttce'aud support of
the South.
7 Resulted, That the judicious nnd patriotic
course of the Hon. John C. Cai.iio.in?his
able defence of Southern rights
and constitutional principles?his vigi-j
ituce and indefatigable exertions in liiet
terriec of the country end of his consti-.1
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tuents, entitle him to their highest confidence
and graiitudc.
On moiion of Dr. James Haynesworth,
the following resolution was added to the
report of the committee:
Resolved, That this meeting approve
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of the congressional course 01 our representative,
the Hon. Thos. D. Sumter,
The question being put upon the report
of tho Committee, together with the resolution
offered by Dr. Haynesworth, they
were unanimously adopted.
The meeting then adjourned.
MATHEW JAMES, Chairman.
Alister Garden, Secretary.
A RARE EXHIBITION?HONESTY
IN A FEDERAL WHIG EDITOR?
. THE HOOE CASE.
The Editor of'the Lexington (Virginia)
Gazette, C C. Baldwin, Esq. a decided
Whig of the modern school, treats the
case of Lieutenant Hooe like an honest
man. He maintuins that it would have
been as absurd in the President, to set
aside the finding of the court convicting
the accused upou charges and spccificalions
to which the negro testimony was
not applicable* as it would be in ah ordi
nary court of criminal junsuicuon 10 sci
aside a conviction of murder on one indict*
ment, because improper evidence was ad*
milled upon another. Having illustrated
this point, he proceeds to another, as follows,
viz:
"2d. By the common law and the uniform
practice in the navy under it, negroes
are competent witnesses against white
men in Virginia, because that is very properly
forbidden by an express law of the
State. They arc good witnesses, however,
in many of the free Slates. They
were, then, competent legal witnesses in
the case. The question then arises, what
right has the Federal Executive to repeal
the laws of the land, merely because he
may deem them inexpedient? Are our
Whig friends?are the freemen of this
land?prepared to surrender this monstrous
and despotic authority into the hands of
the Federal Executive? Yet this is the
very principle involved in the case, for
the President is universally censured by
the Whig press, because he would not
repeal the law of the land, authorizing
negroes to give evidence against white
men. As a Whig, as a Republican, intensely
jealous of Federal encroachments,
nay more, as an American freeman, we,'
for one, enter our protest against such a
monstrous usurpation of power by the
Federal Executive.
" Let us not be misunderstood. We
are" no advocates for negro evidence'
against While men* On the contrary, we
are strongly op; osed to it. But let the '
loathsome, the disgraceful, the degrading !
law be repealed by Congress?by the Re-1
presenlatives of the people?not by the !
Federal Executive. What freeman can
tblcrate the bare iJea of Executive legislation?
Give this power to your Executive,
and he is a despot, and you are his slave."
Thus saiih a Whig Editor in V.rginia!
Come from what quarter it may, it is true
Democratic doctrine.
Well, what is the point of attack against
t- o.L.i i ?. ._ ,u:_ ? f, Ko
Hie 1" IHSH'flll in una wsci n ia mat uv
has not ALTERED THE LAW! Ilia that
he has not USURPED THE RIGHTFUL
POWER OF CONGRESS! Botts
and Co. call on the South to oppose the
President because he has not in this case
become an USURPER! Yes, the very
men who daily and recklessly |chargc him
with usurpation, complain of him also
because he does not usurp the law-making
power!
It is not at all remarkable that the Whig
Editor of the Gazette should think it necessary
to give reasons for venturing to
be honest in any thing which relates to
the Administration. Honesty and candor
are so rare in the newspapers of that parly,
that we never expect to meet with
them without an apology. Llear wtiat
Mr. Halriwin says:
" We hare been told by some of our
friends that it was very imprudent in us
to express this opinion; that it might he
tised to injure the Whig cause. To this
we have two brief replica. First: we shall
always do justice, we trust, even to our
worst enemies, "tho' the heavens fall."
We scorn that pusillanimous, criminal
prudence, which, for party purposes,
would countenance injustice even to a foe.
We were taught by maternal piety that
honesty was the best policy, that the right
was always the most -prudent; and may the
lightnings of IJeaven blast us if we ever
forget the lesson. We owe a higher
Jegiance to truth than to parly.
"Our second reply is, that we can't
help blabbing right out whatever we think.
We abhor all concealment and scorn all
trickery. A manly frankness, a lofty independence,
an ingenuous candor, we es|
timatc above all price, as one of the noblest
traits of the human character. In a
word, such unfortunately is our moral
constitution, that
IVc can't be silent and tee will not lie
We hope our friends are satisfied.1
We need not say that the columns of our
paper arc open to tiic freest discussion of
the whole subject."
From the Glebe.
CARICATURE PRINTS.
The Whigs have spent thousands of
I i ii w a * 11 < tt Lr (hov m i a.
uouars III una najr. II V H?^
take Uie taste and sense of the people, by I
supposing that they are to make their]
cause popular by degrading and disgusting
displays of the Ppesidext, General Jackson,
and others of their opponents. i
They arc greatly indebted to our forbearance
for not retorting upon them this
sjrt of attack. Never was a party more
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open than they are to the severest retaliation.
What a picture for instance, might be
exhibited of their hero, and the proceed-1
ings under his selling and shipping laws.1
For the sale, let a woman be exhibited
in a crowd of buyers of all colors; the
auctioneer calling "out for bidders on onej
side, her husband and crying children,1
and the General 'confronting het, by saying
she will be taken "to a hospitable
mansion of a virtuous citizen," and be reclaimed
from " her vicious propensities,"
and advising her not to abscond from her
master or mistress's service, and she will
not be whipped. This would make a
good picture. The whipping process
would make a still better. There would
be the public whipping post, with a woman
tied to it, and tne constable flourishing
his cowhide. In the crowd are
seen her little children, and the General,
with the volume of Indiana laws in his
hand, giving directions to the constable.
He reads; 41 On her hare back;" and she is
stfipped?" Well laid on" and slash goes
the cowhide.
. VViiat interesting ornaments those picMires
would make, hung up "in the hospitable
mansions of these virtuous citi-1
zehs," who buy their servants at these]
sales; and how they would , help to keep
these servants in order, and reclaim them
from "their vicious propensities!"
In Gov. Cass's work on France is the
il- - fi it ; .1 _ r .1 . 1._
me luiiuwing uuecripuon 01 uie caiacomua
under the city of Paris. The author had
been speaking of the frequency with
which Marie Antoinette, in her earlier
days, visited these dismal regions of the
dead.
"But I must confess, that I surveyed
with surprise one place associated by tradition
with her name, and which assuredly
1 should have thought presented the
last scene a young, beautiful and accomplished
woman would desire to visit.?
This was a stone bench in the catacombs
underjhe city of Paris, which our guide
told us Jiad been constructed for the temporary
repose of the Queen and the gay
and gallant Count d'Artois, when examining
that impressive repository of the mortal
remains of many generations which
have died in this great city. You know
wiesr immense excavations exienu unuer a
considerable part of the capital, and that
they have no doubt furnished its building
materials, since the earliest limes. They
arc no longer worked, because the streets
and manv of the houses having been undermined
the surface of the ground, as
well as buildings, occasionally fell in,
and the government felt it necessary to
check the farther progress of the evil.?
Pillars have been constructed in the most
exposed situations, and as it is some time
since I have heard of any accidonts, I
presume there are no farther apprehensions.
The entrance is secured, and admittance
is obtained with some difficulty,
for in Europe, the public authorities are
more careful of life than we are, and persons
having been separated from the
guides haye become lost and perished in
this vast field of the dead. What end can
be more frightful! To wander in this imkmiBA
ffiisPANndail kv tkn1
iiiruou Liiai iivi'iiuuciu ouit uuuuvu uj mv
most revolting emblems of mortality, to
perish in the midst of departed generations,
is terrible indeed, 'flhe booes are
all arranged with horrible symmetry. Pillar
after pillar, and wall after wall, of
arms and legs and ribs hedge in the visiter
<nd form a narrow path along which he
follows the guide in an impressive silence.
And as the torches which are carried, and
which alone light up these regions impenetrable
to day, shed their feeble and flickering
rays upon these sad memorials of
humanity, the scene is painful beyond description.
And then come to the columns
of sculls, and you may almost fancy, as
the fitful light strikes them that they are
grinning upon you with diabolical malice.
The whole cavern docs resemble the Valley
of the Shadow of Death so powerful
ly described by the prophet, rendered still
more strange by the display of a kind of
taste in the arrangement of the materials.
"1 breathed freer when the portal of
this great tomb closed behind me."
The Albert Bonnet.?Last autumn,
when Prince Albert was on a visit preliminary
to the British Court, the young
Queen and he, used frequently to wander
amongst the shady wooded walks of Windsor*
On one occasion, on returning her
bonnet was slightly bent back round its
front, the Prince it appears had been
thinking more of the woman than the
Onppn. ns a crallant kniorht should, and
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had, in some pressing attentions to the
Queen, committed a slight tresspass upon
her millinery. The young ladies of the
court perceived at once the slight derangement,
but were delighted tvith the
improvement, and immediately as toon
as etiquet e permitted, hurried to their
milliners gave orders for the new fashion
of bonnets with turned back fronts, and
Secured their Royal Mistress in her future
little wanderings from betraying appearances:
for where all were alike, there
could be no suspicion of particularity.?
: Such was the origin of the Albert Bonnet,
; and so attractive and becoming is the fash;
ion in the bright eyes of young ladies,
that like its origin, it is now almost uni?
i vcrsal.?English Paper.
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New Orleans, Aug. 1.
Criminal Court.?Dr. Hines again.-'
When we entered the court yesterday, the
doctor sat solitary and alone in the prisoners'
dock, and as they say of the
theatre, there was a perfect "jam" in the
couit, occasioned by the anxiety to hear
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his trial. The costume of the doctor tras
different from that which lie wore on the
occasion of his previous appearance in
public. He retained the full quantity oi
wrist ruffles and shirt frill, put on, perhaps,
an extra finger ring, but in every(
other respect he metamorphosed himself
so far as his "toggery" could do so. Instead
of a frock he wore a dress coat; a
light vestsupplied the place of a dark one,
mlitta nsnts and dress numos took the
aiiu ?rn??v |'? | f
place of black pantaloons and boots.
About the time of opening the court,
the District Attorney informed the judge
that he had received information of the indisposition
of Dr/Hirres' or Walker's principal
counsel, Mr. Grymes; he would therefore
more that the trial be postponed to
Friday of next week.
Before the court would comply with the
motion it was thought necessary to ask
the prisoner if he was prepared to go to
trial. ?
He answered that the interest of the
public and his own rights demanded a
speedy trial, but in the absence of his coqpsrl
he could not think of proceedipg with
the case.
One of the prisoner's counsel, Mr. N. R.
Jennings, now asked the court what would
be the sum otr which the prisoner, would
be admitted to bail. He reminded the
court that it was originally fixed at 92.5UU,
and wished to know if subsequent events
had any influence on the mind of the court
or had determined his honor in lessening
or increasing the amount.
The judge said he did not remember
having flxeu the bail at the sum mentioned
by the gentleman: if he had done so it
was through mistake. The bail should
now be, however, $10,009; and from facts
which have recently transpired, he regret*
ted the law did not permit him to make it
more. "Besides, I do not know," added
the judge, "what charges, exclusive of the
present one, the Attorney General may
have against him."
The District Attorney: "I have three
charges against him, may it pkase the
court: the one of slave stealing, for which
he stands indicted; and I intend also to sue
him for swindling and breaking jail."
This brought the prisoner on his legs,
who appears somewhat ambitious of indulging
in oratorical display.
It was true, he said, that he, in company
with five Others, did last night [Wednesday
night] attempt to break jail and escape?but
what arc the "circumstances that
led to this? One of the principal keepers
of the prison had tampered with the prisoners
for two days previously. lie offered
to supply them with the necessary
tools, to furnish them with keys, and re
sorted to other chicanery, fur no other
purpose that he, the prisoner, could conceive,
but to continue the popular prejudice
against him, and to furnish an excuse
for making his eoniiuemeut more irksome
and oppressive.
The District Attorney asked who wob
the keeper to whom he alluded.
Prisoner:?" It is not one, buUthree?
Mr. Labourdette, Mr. Androse and Mr.
Pino. I did not break the jail, though I
was the first to go out when it was broken,
and your honor would hare done the same
if placed i:i my.situation and oppressed
by every power that has been brought t??
bear against me. 1 lear persecution, but
I tremble not at justice. The malversation."-"
Here the prisoner was silenced by the
judge; the court could not I.ear his accueni
nnr. unfounded as lie believed them to
he.
The Attorney General:?"Let him go
on?there is no danger to be apprehended'
from any thing he says; he might be speak-1
ing for tep days and six hours, and nothing j
that he could say would affect the public.
With regard to what he said of Mr. Labourdelte,
he felt authorised to say it was
a lie; but of this it was unnecessary to
speak here. IIow does the court intend
to treat the motion?" +
The court?"To exact $10,COO of good
free-hold securit), most decidedly"
The prisoner's counsel trusted the judge
would interpose his merciful authority,
and order that no unnecessary severity
might be used towards the prisoner in cou'
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sequence OI wrini Iiau rcceunj uuvuncu.
The judge said that the sheriff was responsible
tor the prisoners in his charge,
and was the best judge of the surveillance
which it was necessary to use.
He was then handcuffed and remanded to
prison.
The Tomato.?Now is the time for gathering
this healthy and most desirable
vegetable, which is cooked In various ways
according to the peculiar taste of people.
As a silud it is good?as an omlct. with
butter, eggs, and crumbs of bread, capi
tnl?it is good stuffed and baked?good
stewed down close with a fat piece of beef
and Lima beans?in short, in what position
is it not good! Recently the Tomato
has been successfully used in medical
cases. It is good for a cough ?soothing
to the lungs. Use it freely in the hot
months to check the accumulation of bile.
If you wish to dry and | ack them away
in bags for winter, gather them when ripe
and scald them to get the skin off?then
boil them well with a little sugar and salt,
but no water?spread them in thin cakes
i t the sun, and when dry pack them away
in a dry room.?iV. Y. Star.
An Old Bachelor's Cut at the Ladies
When we see a neat, pretty girl, with a
free but innocent air?dressed tasteful yet
simple?with cheeks which we can haidly
help kissing, and with a pair of heavenly
blue eyes, which seem to repose in perfect
security beneath their silken lashes,
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how can we help loving her! Bat trhe^
we see a woman whose looks seem to sty
that she is sojourning somewhere about
the region of 39, dressed off in pink ribbons,
mock gold safety chains, and pinch[back
breastpins, and mincing her steps as
if treading on eggs, 6ne reminds us of an
old piece ot furniture scoured op to sell.
From the New York Signal.
LETTER OP JOSEPH N A, PO LEON.
We find the following letter in the
Courier deg Etats Unis. It 'bejn date '
London, 26Ui May, 1840, and ir.ee,addressed
by Count Survilliera.'to Mardhir
Clauzel, by whom it was eomruunieated
to the President of the Council. We do
not remember seeing this letter in: attijr
English paper, and, regarding it as im?
portant in- a historical point of view, we
lake the pains to translate it:
My I>ear Marshal?I hare reed your
report relative to the honors to be rendered
40 the memory of the Emperor.
I know not whether yon arc aware that!
in Ifilfi (ha F.mnornr remitted Ukinstt>.
veral millions in state drafu, (rescrip*
tions) and appropriations for his cjvil iiit, -,
and to M. Perregaux, chamberlain in ser>
vice, and a partner in the house of Lafitte
four millions in gold, the evening of Ma
departure for Malmaisoo. . * ? . * .
When we arrived at Rochelprt, intent
on embarking for America ip, tU(0 lifle* /-?
rent vessel, he requested that I would
not sail until after I had been aasureB t^athe
had escaped the surveillance of the
English squadron. 1 asked him what use
I should make of the six millions in rescriptions
which 1 had deposited with toy . \
brother-in-law, Mr. Clary. "I hope," he
replied, that we snail meet in America,
but if it is written that we shall not tee
each other again save in another world,
then, my friend, yon will make aoeh use
of it as you would judge I should make
myself--if I were in your place and yon
in mine."
The four millions in gold, for. which jjftT
thawed ino the acknowledgment, he it*
posited by his will with the house of Lafilte;
the six millions in paper escaped-the :
vigilance of the police; encksad ilt-. t
strongbox, and buried under theeareof
M. Clary and his faithful secretary; they
were returned to me in London ie 1889, A
the time of my first return front America.,
I have disposed of a great portion of lifese
effects, (they are payable to the bettert)
conformably with the intentions of the
Emperor; there remains four millions.
My brother Lucein received- directly-from *
*1? * ttllinna r^otr hie #{?{!
me EiuipcnM twu iiiiiiivuir nwm ? ?
listi ,
Of the four millions at my disposition,
I appropriated one million for the noble
remnant of imperial guards, and-one mil*
! lion to replace that which youreemmission
proposes over and ubove the credit
already demanded, convinced that hi
would have done that which \ noW'do?
he who knew so well that gold is, in its
last analysis, the sweat of the poor and
the blood of the brave. If we shall ever
meet in another world, Napoleon will approve
the use which I make of hi* trnst.^
I rely upon you, my dear Marshal, to
present, in a suitable manner, the devoted
homage* of my sentiment* to the country *
whose sympathies in behalf of the man I
have most loved, have touched me sensibly.
Accept my assuranc of continued
friendship.
Your affectionate friend.
JOSEPH NAPOLEON,
We can no longer give credence to the
adage, that ''a person can do but one thing
it a time." While passing round ? cotrpon
a few evenings ago. we saw a woman
sitting on a stool, milking a cow, suckling
a child, smoking a pipe, and singing?
.' There's room enough in Paradise,
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'j here's room enongu id giori,
al) at the same time.
We like an energetic character, and
were not a little tickled at this one, but
soon became absorbed in thought on the
multiplied avocations of men, and came to
the concluson that he was right who said,
"we cannot have t?o many irons in the
fire."?Light-wood Torch.
NEW SHOES.
THE subscribers have just received the
following kinds of SHOES, made
expressly to their order in Philadelphia
and Durham: f Gentlemen's
best CalfckiivShoes.
Ladies' American &. English Kid Slippers,
Misses 44 ' 44 v 44
Ladies' Seal and Leather Walking Shoes,
Misses " " 44 44
Children's4' 44 44 Bootees
Also,?Boots and Shoes of every description
made to order at short notice by
experienced wcrkmen.
JONES & HUGHSON, '
July 11.
rr-p=>ii?Ticu iii:;t?Broim
' that in pursna >:t ofjhe instructions
contained in the rc.oiutions passed by the
citizens of Camden at the meeting held oa
the 28ih of June last, the Town Council
of Camden, will apply to the General At*,
sembly at its next session, for an amend*
ment of the charter of lite Town so far is
to authorize the Council to lay a "capitalion
tax on each person in the town liable
to perform patrol duty; the said capitation
tax.not to exceed four dollars on each per* M
son. ~ Ijy order of th^ Council,
R. L. WILSON, Recorder.
Aug. 1, 1840- 14i36
Resolved, That the Guard do seize, on :
Sunday, all Negroes who reside permanently
out of the Town of Camden, and
treat them as the Ordinance dii ects, with*
out a legnl permit.