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gt : ii .in win hi i "iiw'mmmm SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. AN ACT To alter and amend the charter of the vil] lage of Lancaster. I. Be it enacted, by the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, pow met and sitting in G.neral Assembly, . and by the authority of the same, That the second section of "An Act passed the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled An Act to incorporate the Village of Lancaster," be altered and ehantred, to read as follows*. That on the first Monday in March, in each and every year, an election shall he held in the Court House by ballot, for an Intcnrlaiit and four Wardens, and that all free while male inhabitants of the village, of the age of twenty-one years, who are citizens of this State, and have resided within the limits of said Corporation for twelve months preceding said election, shall be entitled to vote. II. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall be known and designated as the Intendant and Town Council of the village of Lancaster, and shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, and also the following oath, viz: "I will, without fear, favor, or affection, equally, impartially, to the best of my ability, exercise and discharge the trust reposed in me, and will use my best endeavors to preserve the ?nd carrr into effect, according to law; ihe purpose of my appointment:" so help me God!" III. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall severally and respectively, within the corporate limits of the said village of Lancaster, be vested with and exercise the jurisdiction of Magistrates, (except lor the trial of small and mean causes,) and shall also be invested with the same powers, and discharge all the duties, as required by the aforesaid Act, of the eighteenth day .of December, Anno Do?toon r\f Prxmrnjcsinnprs of Stroots mini, ioku, vi .......? ? and Markets. IV. That the Intendant shall, and may, as ofteu as may be necessary, summon the Wardens to meet him in Council, and any two Wardens, with the Intendant, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. V. That the Intendant and Wardens shall have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all their ordinances, and are hereby invested with all the necessary powers, and required and authorized to pass and enforce such ordinances as are necessary to preserve the health, peace, and good order of said village; for the regulation of the streets, ways, roads,.-and markets, and the performance of Patrol * duly within their jurisdiction; to la^ and collect fines for transgressing any of said ordinances, and for the neglect of Patrol duty: Provided, that no fine above the sum of twenty dollars shall be collected, except by suit in Court of Common PJcas; and provided also, that no fine shall exceed fifty dollars. VI. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall have power to abate and remove iniltiin (1>o!p pnrnnrnlp limils. lin I1UICUUVW irikiiiM miwi. w. on view thereof, or on information lodged on oath, but shall first notify, the person against whom such information may be lodged, to abate the same; and in ail instances of nuisances, shall proceed according to law. VII. That it shall be the duty of the said Intendant and Wardens to keep all roads, ways, streets, and alleys, within their corporate limits, open, and in good repair; and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers granted to Commissioners of Roads; and for neglect of duty therein, they shall be liable to the same penalties as are imposed on Commissioners of Roads: Provided, that nothing herein contained, shall exempt the inhabitants of the said village from being liable to be assessed by the Commissioners of Roads of the District of Lancaster, in eommon with the rest of the citizens of said District. VIII. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall have power to compound with all persons liable to perform road duty within their jurisdiction, upon such terms and conditions as they may deem right and proper: Provided, that no persons shall be required to work on any portion of any road, way, street, or alley, which has not been worked upon as such for ten years, and the same be discontinued, unless by consent of the owners of the lots ' on each street. IX. That the said Inlendant and Wardens shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to elect Constables, who shall be duly sworn in, and invested with all the powers Constables now have by law, and whose^jjirisdiclion and authority shall be confined within the corporate limits of said village. X. That this Act shall be taken and deemed a public Act, and shall continue and be of force for the term of ten years, and from thence until the expiration of the next Session of the,.legislature; and all Acta, or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this Act, be, and the came are hereby repealed. AlI/ is 'Vanity.?Riches and abundance of the earth, load more than fill, and men's wealth only heightens their wants. The wealthy man oftcner wants - a stomach and rest, than the poor man wants meat and a bed. ?Fleming. Few rich men arc godly, bin all godly. ' men aw rich. . r T v "v -^ ^ FR.OM FLORIDA. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. ^ HARVEY AGAINST THE FIELD. ?! - si 66 INDIANS TAKEN. Q Great hopes of the termination of the War. j Through the kindness of an officer re- h rently from Fort King, I am enabled to & furnish you the particulars of an achievement performed by the 2d Infantry, that in 0 my opinion is cqu.il to any thing that has e occurred during the war?ajnore perfect exhibition of coolness and skill than has before fallen under my observation, and evincing that dear bought experience has at last been put into requisition. Compe- 1 I lent judges amongst my military acqnain- n i lances are loud in theirencomiums?high--er praise (were I a soldier) I would not desire. About the C'.h instant Col. Riley left 1. Fort King and crossed the Ocklawaha, at Fort Towle, with the intention of procec- a ding up its eastern bank in searclt of the 1 secret haunts of the enemy. Third day v lie fell upon a small trail, and discov- ' ered that it led into the Everglades of tbn Ocklawaha. Sa'isfied that Indians wero near him, lie put his command in mo- s lion, an'l for three days, continued his on- 1 ward course through mud and water, frequently more than knee deep?bivouiack- s( ing at night without fire, &c. In this cautious and truly Indian manner, he approa- 1 ched the enemy unseen and unsuspected. , On the morning of the third day the ad- s. vanccd scout reported a large Indian force 1 a short distance ahead?an intervening liil- , lock enabled the Colonel to dispose of his , force in such a manner as to preclude the possibility oflhe Indians escaping without t , a fight. The mounted men under Lieut. I Anderson were ordered to the right?the J5 j foot under Lieut Dason passed to the left \ and rear of the enemy. During these preparations my informant says, every heart ^ beat high with hope and the desire to strike 0 a blow that would resound far and wide to ^ the credit of our little army was visible upon the countenances of all?no one ap- , peared to dread the combat, and the recollection of poor Sherwood and Mrs. Montgomery's fate nerved every arm and arous- v ed the dormant energies of souls about to ? mingle for the first time in deadly strife with a savage and in human foe. The I command, forward! rang clear and sharp, . and followed by cries and confusion in the 1 enemy's camp. As the troops closed in, r l... t tmnation or me war, trie news from the y gulf portending as it does, towards such a M consummation of our wishes. v JANUARY 27. o Bnpt. Barnum has returned to Fort Rus- t! sell. The camp of Hallcck-tus-te-nuggee o was discovered within 7 miles of Fort Rus- n sell?he got wind of the troops and escaped. Capt. Barnum captured tnrec women, one child and three ponies.' p St. Aooustine, Jan. 2D. tl From the South.? By the arrival of the ft Walter M., from the South, we learn trtfc ii Col. Harney and his command reached lhe camp of Sam Jones, but the warriors had fled. The camp . is a very largo one (1 . ; ^emmssssim a lew warriors sprang iu men aiiii3| uui one look al the situation of things satis- a fied them of the folly of fighting; far from .n j behind every tree andTjush the "grim vis- 1 i age"" of a musket presented itself, and the ( first effort at resistance, would have but 8 ' tappod the bell that tvould have rung the ' knell of their departing spirits. They yielded without resistance. The sobs and 8 and lamentations of the women and chil- r dren, were only equalled by the fear and J trembling evinced by the warriors. They were so badly frightened that they could scarcely articulate?'tis ever thus with the coward. Upon counting noses the prison- c crs numbered one hundred; and before a t disposition was made of them, a runner jwho had but a few hours previous jjined 1 them made his appearance, with an order a signed by Gen. Armistead, directing that I no one should interfere with said Indians, \ as they had promised to go in alTampa. t The Colonel turned to his officers?"gen- I llemcn. said ho, I would not have regard- i ed a white flag, but to an order in black and I white I must succumb." Guide, (addres- a sing his negro) draw a bee-line for homp, L and see that you take us there by the c shortest possible route. In silent and the 1 most perfect disgust, the command wend- _ cd their homeward path. My ignorance J of the great Captains of bygone ages; t would render me cautious how I presumed f to cavil at Lren. Amistads course, but I g am sure that Dicky Hiker would exclaim } were he hers "that this signing of papers p is a geat evil and practiced to a great extent in this community." Why not say to the Indians, "ifyou are really desirous! to come in, make your appearance on the j j, open roads, carry a while flag, and if you j s meet with troops they will not molest you, | e on the contrary, they will take charge of, j c and escort you in." Such a course would I j. enable the troops operating in the liarn-' (j mocks, to reap the fruits of their labors, I f) and not subject thein (as in the instance! n here related) to the mortification of find- :( ing their enemies armed with paper in-j stead of leaden bullets. Capt. Barnum I a with the companies of the Indians, is ope- i s rating in the neighborhood of lake Church- |< hill. The command of Fort Holmes un- s der Capt. Smith and Lieut. McKinstry, t have been operating in the islands at the j mouth of the Ockla\vaha,during which time j they submistcd upon a preparation of par- ^ ched corn. e P. S.?Since writing the above, glorious j, news from the Everglades has reached us. Col. Harney's second expedition has re- p suited in his capture and killing 16 war- a riors. Major Childs has taken 44 men, ? women and Children. Lieut. Steptoe has ? also killed 6 warriors?making a total of v 66. We are all looking for a speedy ter- ^ -it is supposedthey have reIpm(ctl to ] Pahoo Swamp. Lieut M'jLaugMin cap- i:ff ired, on the expedition three Indians?lo- lat ing one man, Serg't. Surls; The whole Gc T the Indian prisoners are to be sent to K? 'arripa tn the steamer Thomas Salmond? be o doubt to be again let loose, with-pass- re s from the commanding General.?News- vvi We understand that Harney" has been gii rdered to cease operations ^against the re: nemy.?lb. thi Earthquake.?The New York papers ca peak of an earthquake which was felt in ec hat city and neighborhood on Monday re mining. The American of Monday af- 'J,1 ernoon says: This morning, at about 20 minutes beore six o'clock, as a friend living in S' Iroome street reports to us, he perceived so distinct rocking of his bed?he being an hen awake and perfectly collected?which 111 vas followed by a hoarse rumbling sound hat continued several seconds. He rose rom his bed and found the ladies of the amily roused by the rattling of the hall tove pipe, and the falling of the top of sn he stove. After this gentleman had told the story, sa everal others came in, living at intervals ar rum the Battery to Union Place, all sta ing the same general fact of having been tartled by the rocking of their beds, the baking of the house, and the continuous lead rumbling sound that followed. w The same occurrences were noted at 8,1 Jersey City, Weehawken, and Williams- ar org, on Long Island. s" The time as noted by all, was from 25 o 30 minutes before 6 o'clock. The sky sa lear and almost cloudless, and the wea- ac her mild. 10 It seems impossible to doubt that this as henomena were occasioned by the shock if an earthquake. If so, we shall hear nnre of it from South America or the 'u Vest Indies. ?* The Newark (N. J.) Advertiser of Mon- sa iay aiiciiiuuo This city and its vicinity was very seerely shaken this morning about half ov last 5 o'clock, as is generally supposed, Pc ly an earthquake. We hear from all larts of the city that families were roused rom sleep by the shaking, some say rock- WJ ng, of their dwellings. Several gentle- ni nen rose, expecting to find the walls of s" heir house opened, or cracked at least, nd all concur in speaking of the tumbling UF loise which is understood to be one of the 10 ndications of an sarthquake. We hear if the same phenomenon as far west of us is Springfield, and at Bellville on the co iorth, a range of some ten or twelve miles. Pa Die shock appears to have been felt for ; bout twenty seconds. There was a si- se nilar quake in this vicinity about forty ! ar 'ears ago, which is said to have been in ; bj he same direction. Wl bj wi Attempted Assassination of the 'Editor sj| f the Union.?By yesterday's mail, (says pa he McMinnville Gazette) we received a ar irivate letter from Nashville dated on the 2th inst., by which we are informed that most cowardly attack was made on Col. m larris, the tsdented Editor of the Nash- ol ille Union, on'tfie evening previous by ar wo of the young Fosters, sons of E. H. w Foster, as he entered the public room of aT he Nashville Inn on his way to supper. j?( t is supposed that they both fired at him it the same moment?one ball entered his th ireast and had not been found at the date j0 if our correspondent's letter, though his ungs are thought to be very little injured j0 -another ball passed through his arm.? w Lticr he fell, the younger brother attemp- 0l ed to shoot him again, but was prevented in rom doing so hy two gentlemen present. ?oine hopes were entertained that Col. p, Iarris would recover, though our correslondent thinks it very "doubtful. ar Knoxvillc (Tcnn.) Argus. t0 ur Confession of a Murderer.?The Lex- te nglon Ky. Observer contains a confes- in ion made and signed by Gilbert N. Rich- m y, who was hung at Carlisle, Nicholas onnty, Ky. on the 25th of November sst. The murderer states that he was esired by a Mrs.. Fuller to take the life H f one of her neighbors in August last, ce lamed Mrs. Snap, in consequence of the di ealous suspicions of the former, who ra ronused him a reward of six dollars, and th II flip mnnuv chp rntild herpafler aet. he- nr ides making other pormiscs of varions he ;imls to tempt him to the deed. After re- th isting some lime, he at length yielded to th he woman's importunities, and on the lil 3th of August proceed to the house of th drs. Snap, where he found her alone, wi ut a neighbor entering before he could of xcute his purpose, he thought proper to es eave the house in company with the in- tir ruder to prevent suspicion. He however fo: resently returned, and as before was 9h sited to take a seat. He declined and at thi nee knocked her down with his fist.? by ihe recovered and ran out of the house, vhile Richey, who had seized a shoe nife pursued and caught hei- about thirty at ards from the house, when he again ke nth a heavy blow of his fist brought his sci ictim to the ground, and in an instant at oft ne stroke with the knife, nearly severed pe he head frojjuhe body. He was arrested n the ISthiuried and convicted. The ca lurdcrer was tmt 22 years of age. of ?r br< Thomas D. Condy has beeiv re-apointed by the President, by and with ? he advice and consent of the Senate, pe larshal of the District of Sonth Carona.?Mercury. v <er It is more honor to be rich in goodnessj|30 lan to be rich in goods. mc >mnor of Virginia to the Governor oi mtucky in ifefsiipn to the controversy tween Virginia and New York; The port of the committee fully concur* th the views of the Governor of Virnia, and concludes with, the following solutions: Resolved by the General Assembly oj 2 Slate of Kentucky, That they have refully examined the letter of the Ex utire of Virginia, and the preamble an< solutions passed by the Legislature o at State, relative to the demand of thi cerutive of Virginia on the Executive o ew York, for the surrender of three fu lives from justice, to wit: Peter John n, Edward Smith and Isaac Gansey? id the reasons assigned by the Execu re of New York for his fuiling and re sing to comply with the demand, am at in the opinion of the Legislature o e State of Kentucky, the said reasons o e Executive of JNew York lor tailing n rrender said fugitives?Peter Johnson Ivvard Smith and Isaac Ganscy?on th id demand of the Executive of Virginia e wholly insufficient; and that, if th ;ate of New York shall sustain the Ex utive of that State in his conduct in re sing to deliver up said felons for trial i e Slate of Virginia, where the offenc as committed, that it will place all th aveholaing States in imminent jcoparoj id demand from them not only thei 1emn protest, but render it necessar at they adopt measures for their ow fety and preservation against the lawles 4 "I""" /olnnc qc ivpli k IS t JI Ull Blu rc-artrari.tg ibiuuai v." ?vr. maintain a due obedience to their right confederated States. Resolved, That the Executive of thi late cause copies of this report and reso tion to be transmitted to the Executiv ' Virginia, with a request that he lay th me before the Legislature. The North and the South.?How er others may regard as trivial and unim >rtant, those differences which exist be 'cen Maine and Georgia, andlhose al ded to in the Governor's Message hich exist between New York and Virgi a, we look upon "them with -feelings o spicion, not to-say of alarm. ^ There are somd who are apt to lool >on the federal compact, which hold gether this brotherhood of States, ii e spirit of the question. "What 4s a! is worth?" But'if the time should eve ime, when, through the madness of th irty feuds, or sectional differences, th rnds of this brotherhood should be dis vered, and those States become divddei id belligerent, it would then be knofrr r fearful experience, what this union i orth. Let this nation be once agitate r civil commoiion, an3 the encouiite juld be tragical. The extent of its po live and intolerable mischiefs would sur iss the powers of human calculator id far be from us the attempt to estimat em. To some, this expression of forbodin ay seem like "borrowing trouble" with it a cause. But depend upon it, thes e dark spots .on a cloudless xanop^ hioh, -in some distant part of. the skj e but the precursors of a rising tempesl or, if ever a serious internal commotio ippens in this country, it will arise frot every quarter to which we are noi oking. It becomes, then, the duty of ever urnalist and of every patriot, wb ishes to see the glorious inheritance c lr blood bought institutions descend ur lpaired to the latest generation, to us eir utmost influence to conciliate th ibfic mind, and extinguish the kintflio es. Tlie attention both of .the Federt id stale goveanmeDts should be directe the adoption of some direct, just an liform mode of disposing of these cor sted points in regard to slavery whic variably give rise to so much cxciU ent, and such bitter sectional reeling! N. Y. Sun. Mark our Prediction?says the Net aven, Connecticut, Register.?The sue ss of the federal parly will hasten'it ssolution?the administration of Gene I Harrison will be the weakest one ii e history of the country?it will disap lint thousands who are looking to it fo :lp, which it cannot render?and al ough it now "goes up like a rocket," a e end of four years it will "come dowi te n stick." The time will come, whei e measures proposed by Mr. Van Buret ill be adopted as the only correct policj the nation, and his patriotism and hon ty will be properly appreciated. . Th< ne will come, when error shall fall be re the power of truth?when democracj all plant its standard permanently 01 e ruins of corporate power, "uuawei 'faction, and unbribed by gain." One day a Quaker woman kindly asket "uraseller some questions about his whis y business, which disturbing his con ience a little, he eased himself with th< t repeated salvo that he "sold to sobej rsons only" .v - " Ah, said she, and does that better th< se? Is it belter to make drunkards ou sober men, than to kiJLthe poor olc oken down drunkards?" - ; ; v This came upon him like a thunderbo] it overset his best excuse, and he stopd the business of making drunkards. The nett profits derived from the Peniitiarjrof Ohio; for the year ending Nov , 1840, says Gov. Shannon in his late issage,. amounts to 825,000. , | fore, send it tonn^wiin aji ^ over one hundred preachers in-atiendai^.^'Tftfr'' .'. Rev. Bishop Awdmew wM .preside ovdr;its^^^HB I ^ auJ range of usefulness to .th^ bstabHsbmont.- S: ' continuance of the CarolinaPlanter, rmi<feif:?- -1 ? senliftUy newjwory at the. capital -of; tbo^bMUj S^>|> ^ - medium through which may bo made T proceedings'of our various AgricaituraI 9icictiesr ;B8-"f> i roll as <ho latest imptovomente -in, thf lirtf Of ^ accessible ^ to atli .^inbo^ Jd^ate,^o I Wt which preceded' it, Und.Vtl'ttbA j may appear, the contests, vo ra?ro angiy andmore l embittered. One would baturally beled'to aupyqwi , I,, that the ravcrae would be-the case7 zujd that .a jEjwfc (f dendal conrass, in which spmo great pnhcipIe Wfii,' at stake, would be condacted with:m?t}iMrt and..' with more strife thaD when>o' pria<#r^wo3^T^> / y ed, or at least, if tliero was -any/' it should be iflostp. . time seems to be apppiiachjDg, if we my-judgiMjf* * tj ths future by the past," when the-, best, the most enc. cessful passport to1 the. highest office'.in tto. gift pfr' * r; thepeople, willhe'tho iact that tlie candidate.'nwr r . had any princfpl 1 this bornoew ?f President mttitin, still more profiti less, and the contests more bitter and more oncomr they are extended. The time was when a new . President was at least allowed to deycjopV ^prinj^ 5 ciples and policy by which he proposed to bo wverh^^l . cd in the administration of our natibnal^affiu^t-lfe^-r v, r fore any opposition was mado to hino, afterJIM^iibic. ' . tion. flteri'bv those who had used all their powore to 1 prevent his elpvaihra, and a moch loJ^t^'vraa suffered to elapse before liis snccessd^Woi^w^n J Anew order of things, bawoyer, has been^intw* - duced, and before, the new President-has been iiu-i - augu rated, before the country has been made a<J?~.^ J quainted with ilia principles, or the policy he intttwJe r to pursue, tho gapxe has commenced for Uw succeeunong t them shall fail.heir talhe'throne, which ia.tohe va- . catcd^ at the' end of four years, at ieatfl :;tthat is the " I ho wjjul^, consent to give daring the canvass. "And ' pwiueiuu^^a^pw, ?u* ^ . of endeavoring to again place their principle* in thft! ascendancy. "When we ehall have vindicated the truth end juttice of our principles, utve tnoat a*