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IIY BENJ. T. DUYCKISCK,
For the Proprietor*
\J ml yd ftifttss 1 Laws.
(By Authority.)
» [PUBLIC ACT.]
An ACT authorizing the Payment of
certain Certificate*.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Iti-piesentxlivcs of the Uni
ted‘Stales of America in Congress as
sembled, That so much of an Act, enti
tled “ An Act making further proviso it
fur the support ofpublic cre*Ul and for
the redemption of Lite public debt,”
pa-sed the third day ot Match one thou
sand seven hundred and ninety-five,
and so much of the Act, entitled “ An
Act respecting loan oilier and final set
tlement certificates indents ot interest,
and the unfunded and registered debt,
credited on the InToks of the treasury,”
passed the twelfth day of June, one
thousand seven bundled and ninety
eight, as bars from se'tlemcnt or al
lowance certificates, commonly called
InarWmlice and final sOli lenient certifi
cu es, anil indents of interest, be, and
tlui sa me is hereby, suspended for the
terin (-('two years from and after the
passing of this act, andfrom thence un.
til ihe ettlU of the next session of (Jon
gross; a notification of which tempora
ry suspension of the act of limitation
siiail be published by the Secretary of
the Treasury, lor tht; information o(
the holders yd the said certificates, in
oiu- or more of the public, papers in
taebo* the United Suites, jrw
Sec. 2. .hid be it further enacted, Ilia*,
all certificates, commonly called loan
otlice certificates, countersigned by the
loan ofiicers of (lie states, respectively,
final settlement certifm Ues, and indents
of interest, v hidi, at the time of pass
inf tins ant, shail he outstanding, may
be presented at the Treasury ; and, dp
on <he same being liquidated and ad
justed, shall he paid to the respective
holders of the same, with interest at
six per cent, per annum, from the date,
of the last payment of interest, us en
dorsed on sunt certificates
S- c 3. dltid be it further enacted. That
fur carrying this act into edi ct, the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars be appropri
ated, out of any moneys of the Tress ,
ry if the United Stales not otherwise
appropriated
PHU IP I*. BAHBOUU.
Breaker of the House of Kriirpipnlattvrt,
■ UN (. MM. MU),
President of Hie Keimie pro tempore
Wasldiißlon, May 7,1 Ssi.—Approved,
JAMES MONI.OE
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From the Virginian,
(.Jkvti.emrn — l was sorry to ob
serve iu your first No. of the Virgin
ian. that there was no corner set a
part for the Fort. —Pray don’t be so
selfish—And as a subscriber to your
paper, 1 take leave to copy the fol
lowing Midnight Stanzas from the
Belfast News Letter of Sept. 181 i>.
Your obd’t. servant.
Ah Mary, why prolong thy slay f
Tin- midnight pale sighs thro’ibv bower ;
Each twinkling >lar now hastes away,
And raven* scream from ivy'd tow er.
Oomr my nveel lute, and ease my cair,
The midnight damps assail my head .
H ill thou my thoughts of anguish shale,
Since from my Mary's dreams I’ve fled.
Bm slmnhor gently on thy pillow,
Im onslaul Mary I Come not now
PH lay me down beneath (his willow,
Aid drowsy sleep shall seal my brow.
Come not—Since dew s have chill'd my hrea.-i,
T would not <hunp thy glowing ohm ms,
Till morning davvnsl hero will rest,
And dream thou slamb’resi in my arms.
The eghmiinc is wet with weeping,
And sadness hangs on every (lower,
And fickle Mary, then arl sleeping
While I am sighing in ihy bovver.
Came then my lute, i»nd share with me,
In midnight stealth uiv bosom’s woes—
lender lute I I'll sigh to thee,
Since faithless Mary lakes repose.
Official Accouut
Os the fate intended Insurrection
among a portion o f the blacks o f
the City o f Charleston.
On Thursday, the 30ih of May last,
about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the In
tciulant of Charleston was informed by
a gentleman of great respectability,
(who that morning had returned from
Die country) that a favorite and-coiili
dential slave ot his had communicated
to him, on his arrival in town, a con
versa*ion which had taken place at the
market on the Saturday proceeding, be
tween himself and ahlackman; which
affords Hrong reasons tor believing tha*
a rovolt and insurrection were in con
temptation among a proportion of our
black population. The Corporation whs
forthwith summoned to meet at 5 o’-
cW-k, for the purpose of heating tlv
narrative of the slave who had given
this information to his master, to which
meeting the attendance of His Excel
lency was solicit, d p with which invita
lien he promptly complied. Detweei
however, the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock,
the gentleman who had conveyed tlu
information to the Intendant, having
again examined his slave, was induced
to believe, that the negro fellow win
nail communicated the intelligent:* of
the intended revolt to the s) a'e in ques
tion belonged to Messrs. J- & D- Haul,
Broad street, and resided in their pre
. mises. Accordingly, with promptitude
worthy of all praise, without waiting
forlhe Interposition of the civil autho
rity, he applied to the Messrs. Paul’s
and had the whole of their male- ser
vants committed to the Guard House,
until the individual who had accosted
the slave of this gentleman, on the oc
casion previously mentioned, could be
identified from among them.
On the assembly of the Corporation
at five, the slave of this gentleman was
brought before them, having previous
ly identified Mr Paul s William as the
man who had accosted him in the mar
ket. he then related the following cir
cumstances ;
“Tin Saturday afternoon hist (my
master being out of town) I went to
market; after finishing my business, I
strolled down the wharf below tbehsb
market, from which I observed a small
. vessel in the stream with a singular
flag; whilst looking at this object, a
black man, (Mr. Paul's William) came
up to me, and, remarking the subject
which engaged my attention said 1 have
often seen a flag with the number of
76 on it, but never with 96 before. Af
ter some tufting conversation on this
, point, be remarked with considerable
earnestness to me—Do you know that
something serious is to take place ?
’ To which I replied no —Well, said he,
there is, and many of us are determined
to right ouraelves! I asked him to ex
-1 nlain himself—when he remarked, why.
we are determined to shake oft our
bondage, and for this purpose we stand
on a good foundation, many have joined,
and if you will go with me, I will shew
you ilieman who has the list of names,
who will lake yours down—l was so
much astonished and horror struck at
this information, that it W'as a moment
or two before 1 could collect myself
sufficiently to tell him that I would
have nothing to do with this business,
that 1 whs satisfied with my condition,
lint I wan grateful to my master for Ins
kindness, and wished no change —1
left him instantly, lest if this fellow af
terwards gut into trouble, and I had
hern seen conversing with him, in so
public a placet, I might be suspected and
thrown into difficulty —1 did not how
ever, remain easy undci the burden of
such a secret, ard consequently deter
mined to consult a fee man of color
named , and to ask his advice
On conferring with this friend, he urged
me with great eurnesiness tocoinumm
) ,cate what had passed bitvfecn Mi
Paul’s mu and myself to my master,
and not to lose u moment in so doing.*
I took ids advice, and not waiting, even
for the return of my master to town, 1
mentioned it to my mistress and young
muster On the arrival of my master,
he examined me as to what had passed,
ami I s ated to him what i have men
tioned to yourselves ”
On this witness being dismissed from
the presence of council, the prisoner
( William) was examined The mode
resorted to in this Xaimnalion was to
.ilford him no intimation if the subject
of (he information which had been
lodged against him, as it was extremely
desirable in the first place, to have the
testimony of the other witness corrobo
rated us to lime and place, that, from
the confessions of the prisoner himself,
it might appear that he was at the fish
market at the period stated, and that a
singular flag, flying on board of a schoo
ner, hud formed the subject of his ob
seiva ion. After a vast deal of equivo
cation, he admitted all those facts, but
when the rest of his conversation was
put home to him, he flatly deni.d it,
but with so much obvious indications of
guilt, that it was deemed unwise to dis
charge him He was remanded, for the
night to the Guard House, it having
been decided to subject him to solitary
coiifinemcnt in the black-hole of the
work house, where on the succeeding
morning, lie was to be conveyed.
On lh. morning of the 31st he was a
gain examined by the attending warden
til the guard house (having, during the
night, made some disclosures to capt.
Dove) on which occasion he admitted
all the conversation which he bad held
at the fish market, with the witness be
fore mentioned, and slated that be had
received his informafiun from Mingo
Hartlt, who was in possession of the
muster roll of the insurgents.
With the hope of still further disclo.
sures William was conveyed to the work
house and placed in solitary confine
ment. The individuals (Mingo Harth
and Peter Poyas) against whom he gave
information, as those who hud commu
nicated to him the intelligence of the
plot for raising an insurrection, were
forthwith taken up by the wardens and
their trunks examined. These fellows
behaved with so much composure and
coolness, and treated the charge, alledg
ed against them, with so much levity—
(no writings being found in their chests,
containing the smallest suspicion, ex
cepting an enigmatical letter, (■ which
was then too obscure for explanation,
and to which consequent events only af
forded a clue) —that the wardens,
Messrs. Weanerand Condy, were com
pletely deceived, and had these
men discharged. One of ibese (Peter
Poyas) proved afterwards, as will ap
pear in the sequel, to be one ot the
principal ringlcadera in the conspiracy,
on whose courage and sagacity great re
fiance was placed.
Council being still under the convic
tion that William Paul was in posses
sion of more information than he had
thought proper to disclose, a commit,
tee was appointed to examine him from
time to time, with the hope of obtaining
further intelligence. Although Peter k
Mingo had been discharged, yet it was
deemed advisable to have them watch
ed, sod consequently spies were em
ployed «f their own colom for r his pur
pose, in such a manner as to give advi
ces of all their movements.
Things remained in this state for six
cr seven days, until about the Bth of
bine, when William, who had been a
■* eek in solitary confinement, and be
ginning to fear that he would soon be
led forth to the scaffold, for summary
’ Neculion, in an interview with Mr. Na
•tier, one of the committee appointed
II examine him, confessed, that he had
f>r some time known of the plot, that
“ very extensive, embracing an in-
discriminate massacre ofthe whites, and
, that the blacks were to bq headed by
an individual, who carried about him
■ a charm which rendered him invulnera
; ble. lie stated, that the period fixed
for the rising, was mi the second Sun
; day in June. This information was
without delay conveyed to his excellcn
,oy the governor,and council f rthwi'h
I convened.—Whatever faith we might
have been disposed to place in the on
s supporterl and equivocal testimony of
Wiliiam, it was out conceived to be a
i case in which our doubts should influ
> ence our efforts for preparation and
- defence. Measures were consequent
ly promptly taken, to place the city
puard in a state of the utmost efficien
cy. Sixteen hundred rounds of ball
cartridges weie provided,and the cen
finds and patrol ordered on duty with
i loaded arms. Sdch had been our fan
cied security, that the guard had pre
i viously gone on duty without muskets,
I with sheathed bayonets and bludgeons
• Three or four days elapsed, and not
i withstanding all our efforts, we could
obtain no information of the disclosure
l of William, on the contrary, they seem
ed to have sustained invalidation from
I the circumstance of one of the individ
■ uals(Ncd Beimel) whom he named as
s a person who had information in rcla
• tion to the insurrection, coming volun-
I tary to the Intemlant, and soliciting an
? examination, if he was an obj. cl of sus
, picion In this stage of the business, it
1 was not deemed advisable prematurely
• to press these examinations, us it might
. have a tendency to arrest any farther
' developments.
I On the night, however, ofFriday the
i Uth, the information of William was
amply confirmed, and details infinitely
i more abundant and interesting afforded.
1 A' 8 o’clock On this evening, the In
tendant received a visit from a gentle
man , who is advantageously known in
this community for his worth and res
pectubilitv.
This gentleman with an anxiety
which llu occasion was well calculated
to beget, stated to the Intemlant, that,
having the most unbounded c >nfi ien e
in a faithful slave belonging to his fami
ly, who was distinguished alike for his
uncommon intelligence and integrity,
he was induced to inform him, that ru
mors were abroad of an intended in
surrection of the blacks and that it was
said, that this movement had been tra
ced to some of the coloured members
of Dr, Fulmer’s church, in which he
was known to be a class leader. On
being strongly enjoined ip conceal no
thing, he the next day, Friday the 14'h,
■ came to his master, and intormed him,
that the fact was really so, that a publilc
disturbance was contemplated by the
blacks, and not a moment should be
lost in forming the constituted authori
ties, as the succeeding Sunday, the 10th,
i at 12 o’clock at night, was the period
fixed for the rising, which, if not pre
vented, would inevitably occur at that
hour- This slave, it appears, was in no
degree connected with the plot, but he
hud an intimate friend, A— (one of his
class) who had been trusted by the
conspirators with the secret, and had
been solicited by them to join their as
sociation ;to this A— first appeared
to consent, but on no period absolutely
sent in his adhesion, Accm ding- to the
statement which he afterwards made
himself to the Court, it would seem that
it was a subject of great regret and
contrition with him, that he bad ever
appeared to lend his approbation to a
scheme so wicked ami atrocious, and
that lip sought occasion to make atone
ment, by divulging the plot, which on
the. 14th he did, to the slave of the gen
tler an in question, his class leader.!
This gentleman, therefore mention,
ed, that his servant had informed him
that A—s had stated, that about three
months ago, Holla, belonging to Gover
nor llennett had communicated to him,
the intelligence of the intended insur
rection, and asked him to join—“ That
he remarked, in the event of their rising,
they would not be wi’hout help, asthe
people of St Domingo and Africa
w'ould assist them in obtaining their li
berty, if they only made the motion first
themselves.—That if A— wished to
know more he had better attend their
meetings, where all would be disclo
sed." After this, at another interview,
Kolia informed A~, that “the plan was
matured, and that on Sunday night (he
16th of June, a force would cross from
James’ Island and land on South Bay,
march up and seize the Arsenal and
Guard House, that another body at the
same time would seize the Arsenal on
the Keck, and a third would rendezvous
in the vicininy of his master's mills
They would then sweep the town with
fire and sword, not permitting a single
white soul to escape."
As this account was remaikably coin
cident with the one given by William,
(Mr. Paul’s slave) as the witnesses
could have no communication, or the
story have been the result of pn concert
and combination, the sum of this intelli
gence was laid before the Governor by
9 o’clock, and by 10 o’clock the field
officers of the regiments of the city mi
litia, convened by his Excellency’s or
der, at the residence of the Intemlant
On this and the succeeding afternoon,
at another meeting of the same individ
uals, such measures were determined
on by His Excellency, as were deem
ed best adapted to the approaching
exigency of Sunday night.
On Sunday the 16th, at 10 o’clock sj
night the following corps were ordered
to rendezvous for guard—
Capt Cattel’s Corps of Hussars, Capt.
Miller’s Eight Infantry, Capt. Marlin
dale’s Neck Hangers, Charleston Rifle
men, and City Guard.
Tlte whole were organised as a de
tachment and placed under the com
mand of Col it. V. Hayne. Although
there was necessarily great excitement,
and among the female part of our com
munity much alarm, yet the night pass
ed off without any thing like commotion
or disturbance, and its peculiarly hon
orable to the corps on service, that in a
populous tow n, streets filled until a lute
hour with persons unceitain whe.her
it was safe to go to rtst or not, noi a
single case of false alarm wis excited.
A steadiness altogether praise-worthy,
in troops unaccustomed to guard dun .
at least on an occasion involving such
deep interest and dis Messing anxiety
The conspirators finding tfie whole
town encompassed at 10 o’clock, by the
most vigilant patrols, did not dare to
show themselves, whatever might have
been their plans. In the progress of
die subsequent investigation, it*was
distinctly in proof, that but for these
military demonstrations, the effort
would unquestionably have been made j
:but a meeting took place on Sunday
afternoon, the 16'h, at 4 o’clock, of
several of the ringleaders, at Denmark
Vesey’s, for the purpose of making
their preliminary arrangements, and
that early in the morning of Sunday,
Denmark despatched a courier, to order
down some country negroes from Goose
Creek, which courier had endeavored
in vain to get out of town.
S t development of the plot having
been made on Sunday night, and the
period having passed, which was fixed
on for its explosion, it now became the
duty of the civil authority to take im
tmdiate steps for the apprehension,
commitment, and trial of those against
whom they were in possession of infor
mation. Council was accordingly con
vened, and as a preliminary measure, it
was deemed expedient, that a Court ol
the highest respectability, for the tal
ents and integrity of its members,
should be assembled, and that, whilst,
the requisitions of the Act of Assembly,
of 1740, should be stiictly complied
with, in devolving the warrant of sum
rnons on the Magistrates; the Corpora
tion saw no impropriety in affording
these officers a list of such names of
Freeholders, as they knew would me :
in a pre-eminent degree the public ap
probation ; and to these persons private
letters were written by the authority of
Council, strongly soliciting their ac
ceptance of a trust, involving indeed
♦he most irksome labor, as well as 'll
deepest responsibility. In conformity
with these arrangements, the following
Court was organized on the evening of
the 17th :
Maoistrates —Lionel M Kennedy, &
Thomas Parker, Esqrs.
Freehold'Tt. Colonel William Dray
ton, Nath’l Heyward, J R- Pringle,
James Legare, It J. Turnbull, Esqrs.
Cotemporaneously with the organ!
zation of this Court, a Committee of Vi
gilance and Safety was appoined from
among the Members of Council, to aid
the Intendant in the execution of the
laws; to co-operate with him dur'ng
the recess of Council, in all those mea
sures necessary for exploring the caus
es and character of the existing distur
bances and bringing to liglr and pun
ishment the suspected and guilty
How ably these functions were discharg
ed by this Committee it is not befitting
the occasion nr the circumstances under
which this publication appears to dwell
Their generous devotion and unremit
ting assiduity to the public interests
and safely, are left to the mote appro
priate appreciations of a community
that witnessed their labours. This
Committee consisted of Messrs. Weaner,
Napier, Condy, Burger, and Simons,
and were zealously sided by the rest of
the Wardens; and for its service, four
of the most ac'ive, intelligent, and con
fidential non-commissioned officers of
the City Guard, were detached as Po
lice Officers, to aearch suspected places,
and to apprehend those for whom wat
rants might be issued. This Commit
tee commenced its labours on the night
of the 17th, and during the ensuing
twenty-four hours, the following slaves
were committed Holla, Batteau, Mat
thias and Ned, the property of the Go
vernor Bennett; Mungo and Peter, the
property of James Poyas; Amhurst.the
property of Mrs. Lining,- Stephen, the
property of T. R Smith ; Richard and
John, the property of Jonathan Lucas.
On the morning of the llhh of June,
the Court of Magistrates and Freehol
ders assembled at the Court House,
were sworn in, and proceeded to the
arraignment of the above prisoners for
trial. Who were charged “ with at
tempting to value an insurrection “among
the Blacks against the Whites .” In or
der that the public may understand the
offence as defined in the Act of 1740,
tlieclause, at length, will be found in
the appendix, marked (A.)
Before we proceed to a brief (and it
necessarily must be very brief) abstract
of the testimony offered in tlie cases
brought before the Court, it may not be
unimportant to observe, that, previous
'o their proceeding to the painful in
vestigation with which they were
charged, they laid down a variety of
rules for their government, all of them
subservient to justice as well ns human
ity- li the first place, it was decided,
that the testimony should be regulated
by those established rules of evidence,
which are elsewhere found so important
in the exposition of truthj tnat no
slave should he tried but in the pre
sence of his Master or his Attorney;
that the ♦eslimony of one witness, un
supported by circumstances, should
lea 1 to no conviction involving capital
punishment, and that the statement of
the party himself, should be heard in
explanation of such particulars, as seem
ed most inculpatory.
THE COURT.
Being thus organized, they proceed
ed to the trial ot Uoila, the slave of Go
vernor Bennett:—
Jacob .l.rson, Esq. atlemling as Attorney
if his master.
It was proved, dial Kolia, bad con
fessed to two persons, both of whom
were examined by the Court, that he
belonged to the conspiracy, and with
one of these witnesses (h:s friend) he
used every effort to induce him to join
in tiie insurrection, which Holla stated
was to take place on the night of the
16-hol June.—Finding that this fmnd
(the witness in question) would not join
Hie association, lie urged him to go out
of town on Sunday night, lest some
harm should come to him. Holla re
presented himself as the commander of
the Force winch was to redezvous in
the vicinity of his master’s mill’s, and
expUm to the witness hilly the order of
:u.,ack ; the division of the forces; and
said, “that his troops, in their wav into
•own, would fix his Old Buck (his mas
ui) and the In endant.” On being ask
ed whether it was intended to kill the
women and children, he remarked
when we have done with the men we
know what to do with the women.—On
this testimony Rolla was found guiltv,
am: sentenced to be executed on the 2d
of July 5
Batteau was next tried—
I‘ was proved tha.l Batteau confessed
to two persons (both of whom were in
troduced as witnesses’ that he belong
ed. to the conspiracy and made efforts
to induce them to join in the rising, by
representing the extent of their prepa
rations, and die.probability of their suc
cess.*' He stated he was to head a par
’ ty near Canon’s bridge, and that be ex
pected aid from the country. —More
than one interview took place between
Batteau and the witnesses on the sub
jects; the last, on the Sunday fixed
for the insurrection, on which he re
newed his solicitations that the wit
nesses should join him. —Batteau was
found guilty, and sentenced to be exe
cuted on the 2d of July.
Stephen, belomring to Thosll. Smith,
Esq. was next brought before the
Court, but the testimony being deemed
insufficient, and indeed, the Court, be
ing satisfied of his innocence, directed
his discharge-
Peter the slave of Mr. James Poyas,
w r as next tried.
It was distinctly in proof, agains'
Peter that he had made great effnrts to
induce others to join in the insurrec
tion; and the testimony represented
him qmte in the character of a chicit in
or leader, for which his boldness and
sagacity unquestionably qualified him,
—He appeared from the testimony, to
have emi loyed uncommon pains to re
move all the objections arising in the
minds of those whom lie attempted to
enlist, as to the probability of the sue
cess of the effort, And spoke with
great confidence of the succors which
w.re expected (rom San Uim.ngo It
was strongly to be inferred, from all the
witnesses stated, that the difficult and
dangt rous sally of endeavouring to car
ry the Main Guard House was to have
been confided to him, fir he particular
ly acquaint d one of the witnesses w ith
the combin tlon of stratagem and force
with which he proposed to accomplish
this object.
Peter was found guilty on this testi
mony, and sentenced for execution on
the 2d of Julv f
(~To be Continued. J
* It would be a libel on the liberality and grati
tude of this community to suppose that this man cun
he overlooked among those who are to be rewarded
for their fidelity anil principle.
t The purport of this letter will be seen by refer
ence to the trial of Abraham Poyas.
{ Most of the black religious communities in this
placets re divided into classes, over which a leader
is placed, having the confidence of the Pastor of
the Church.
§This witness gave the information under pledge,
that bis name should not be devulged.
T I'he following ,\ote appears on the
Journals of ih*e Court. in relation to the
trial of Ri 11a—'‘Five witnesses were
introduced and examined in the behalf
of Holla, hut so far from impeaching
the credibility of the witnesses against
him they rather supported it.”
CRUISETOF THE HORNET.
NORFOLK,AUGUST 13.
In yesterday’s Beacon we an
nounced the arrival, in the Bite of
Craney Island, of the U. S. ship
Hornet , Capt. R. Henley, from a
cruise after Pirates, in the West-
India seas.
We have conversed with Capt.
Henley, who has been permitted
to come up to town since our last
paper went to press; the state of
his crew being generally healthy,
15 of the Hornet's men hifve been
very sick, but are now all convale
scent, and only 11 remain on the
Doctor's list—that of Midshipman
Myers is the only death that has
occurred on board since the ship
left this port.
'i'he Hornet sailed from Havana
on Sunday 4th inst. having under
her convoy three brigs and a sloop,
for ports of the United States,
names, &c. unknown, and parted
with them at different times.
The French Slave Brig re-cap
tured from the Pirates by the Hor
net, was released by Capt. Henley
to the agents at that port, on re
ceiving nearly SIO,OOO in doubloons
as salvage. Capt. H. considering it
more consonant with humanity to,
accept of this sum, offered by the
agents of the brig, than to send her 1
to the United States for adjudication,
its the latter course would, in ail
probability, be attended with a
great sacrifice of human lives, from
the number of Slaves on board.—
The Captain of the brig had pre
viously offered $ 17,000 to (he
Pirates as a ransom, but they re
fused to accept it, expecting, no
doubt, to extort a larger sum.—
Capt. H. had n''t heard of any act
of piracy, subsequent to that com
mitted on this brig, although the
Coast ol Cuba swarmed w ith these
desperadoes, who managed to elude
the utmost vigilence of our cruisers.
We learn from an officer of (he
Hornet , that a very ftvorable im
pression had been made at Havana,
by the respect shown to the Reve
nue laws of that Island by Capt
Henley, in asking permission to
take on board the salvage money, a
courtesy not usually paid by Britisi)
and other armed vessels. 'l’he
permission was very promptly giv
en, with a suitable acknowledgment
of the respectful sentiment tii.it had
dictated the application.
1 lie British naval force in the
West- India seas is represented as
quite respectable, but they are too
profitable engaged in transporting
money from port to port, to attend
to tlie acts of piracy committed even
on their own commerce. Their
conduct in this respect had excited
much dissatisfaction, and it was said
representations on the subject bad
been made to Lloyd's , with a view
of their being communicated®
government.
The Hornet, we learn, willA.
up to-day, to her old anchors-®
ri own Pujnt. 'W
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ( np„7J
Mr. Editor , |S
As the Chronicle has 1W n ®
willing vehicle of all coinimi,ij c ®j
tending to inculpate HisL.v n j®
the Governor, and as you | mV( ®
raised to give ready admission
cry “ defence,” —I hope von will
think me incorrect in claiming*,
performance of vour promise ®”
serting in the Chronicle an a’ti®
defence ol the Governor, whirl®
peared in the Advertiser of this®
ning, under the signature of Su®
A friend of the GomjJ
and of the EersectiiM
August 28. ®
FROM THE GEORGIA AIIVERU^ J
It was not my intention to no!i (e ®
strictures and animadversions whl
late exercise of authority on the - u B
Governor Clark would natural!,- ®
forth from his enemies, until a fui J
impartial investigation of the aft,.®
taken p.lace by proper persons, uoij®
ing they would effectually clear him J
the charge of assuming and exerts®
power not given him by the elective,®
of the state : But as the opinion v.®
to he gaining ground, that the silt®
his friends arises from a convicts®
their part that his late act was i,r ( .®
tutional, and that they are unable | ®
fend him on tenable grounds.—the®
leaving him to be condemned on c x ®
evidence alone : I beg leave, di»®
your paper, to deny that the Gove®
has exercised usurped power, an®
prove that the late dismission an®
pointment comes fully and exp®
within that clause of the Constit®
which fives him the appointing pop®
case of death, resignation, or otlicnt®
In my remarks, at present, I shall®
fine myself to that clause in its pi.®
sense and interpretation, and to ;<®
reply to an article published u®
Chronicle of the 26th inst. and exlr®
from the Southern Recorder, I
In the ninth section of the second®
cle of the Constitution, which is the ciß
vesting the power of appointment I®
hands of the Governor, with certain®
strictions therein named, I find that p®
defined in the following words: “I®
any office shall become vacant by deifl
resignation, or oth ehwise, Ike tow®
shall have the power to fill such vacaiejß
and the person so appointed shall ccntlfl
nue in office until a successor is appointeifl
agreeable to the mode pointed out M
thid Constitution, or by the Legislature®
It is on this the power of the Govemol
rests ; and 1 think I shall be able to provl
to the satisfaction of all unbiassed peJ
sons, that this section does give the puwtl
he has exercised; and that in using it tl
has but acted up to the strict letter ail
spirit of the law. In the case of the (leal
or resignation on the part of the Secret*
ry, the power could not have been quel
tioned, and of course they have grouudel
their accusation on the office becoaiinl
vacant otherwise than by these meais.-l
The insertion of the word otherwise Ini
left that section of the Constitutionea«
tirely in his favor, because the office
become vacant by his inability fromctl
ness or from any other cause that d’l
produce inability. In the section c. - M
ting the Secretary of State, there i.‘«
part that authorizes the appointment,l
deputy,—and in the resolutiondl Decelj
ber 17, 1817, allowing au extra Cleli
for certain special purposes in the Seer 1
tary’s Office, 1 do not find they consider i
it as expedient to give him the power i
do tho official business of the office by ij
torney. We of course must pre
they thought the appointing power ol t
Governor sufficient for the purpose •
case of inability ou the part ol tl'-e iecr.
tary, arising from any cause the
lure could uotfore-ec or provide for.
That this is a correct interpretation 1
its spirit cannot be denied —in I’ 1 ' 001 f
which I cite the 4th section of the n®
article, which provides, that “theh
sident of the Senate shall excrete ■
executive powers of the govern®"
when there shall be cause, either 1 *
“ death, resignation, or disability;” olll ' 1
° . . a • |U
part of the Governor. Now, » 13 '
case of the Governor, disability
executive power to another, in the"
ofjthe secretary likewise, fan office '■>
requires equal, particularity-,' :
more forcibly apply; because i'i
tare have in the Executive it;- 1 *
all the power necessary to create •
when the vacancy he occasion-.
death, resignafimi, or ot i'
which last comprehends disal Hit;
1 .• * '
whatever cause it may originate- 1
sumo it is not necessary to pur:
argument further —the plaimi""
Constitution prevents but m• ’
. . . ! cr ‘
misrepresentations, lor the goo--
the people will easily detect the -,
licit may be attenc, t‘- 1
be palmed on them, and the te
nets of that on the part ol G ( ■ |
SL'lark’s enemies may prey?"- j