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LOTTE® 5
?For tkefeVtf if persons whosuffered
fy the late fre qtPickensvitlc, S. C.
By Authority of the StetJW SoUtb-Carolim.
HUMANITT colls die attention of the pub
lic to the Scheme of this Lottery, which
is raised by t« authority of Jhe state of South
Carolina, for tjte rdief of sufferers by fire at
rickensville. Those who risk in it will only
be doing what they are bound to do for the un
fortunate, should they lose. Those who gain
'Will he vetting a prise for the trifling sum of
» SvH ISilCis
I Triae ttf SIO,OOO is g*M)6()
9 'do. • • 5,000 • * 10,000
‘ 4 do. . - 2,000, - - "6,000
5 do. • - 1,000 - • 5,000
19 do. • * 400 • * '9,500
fi2 do. • • 50 - - 3,100
311 do. , - - 20 • - 4,220
5030 ds. • ■» ; 6 • • 30,180
■wi-pwif
5334 Prises. . „ $ 80,000
16,000 Tickets at g 5 00 is SBO,OOO
Ist 'Drawn Blank on the second day g 500
Ist do. do. 4th
Ist ‘do. do* 6th do. 50
Ist do* do: Bth do. 500
Ist do. db., 10th do. 50
Ist do. do. 12th do. 500
Ist dp, do. 14ih do. 50
Isa 00. . do. 16 h do. 1,000
Iff do. do. 18th do. 2,000
Ist do. do* 20th do. 50
Ist do. do. 22J do. 2,000
Ist do. do. 24th d«. 500
Ist do. do. 26th do. 5,000
Ist .tie. do. 28th do. 50
Ist db. do. SOih do. 1,000
Ist ‘flo. do* 32d do. 10,000
Not trwo Jllankt 1o a Prize.
The drawing -will commence as soon as a
sufficient number of Tickets cun be sold i and
after its commencement will draw two days in
each week 500 tickets per day.
Prizes payable sixty days after the comple
tion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of
fifteen per cent.
Prizes not demanded within twelve months
after drawn, will be considered as donations to
the Lottery.
Official lists of tiie prizes Wilt be published,
for the information of the holders of tickets in
the Pendleton Messenger, in the Telescope, at
.Columbia, and in the Southern Patriot, at
Charleston, S. C.
Tidkets to he had of the Managers, and of
authorised agents in most of the towns and
villages in this and the. adjoining states, at
fire dollars.
John T. Lewis, *1 £
Joseph Gresham, |
Robert Anderson, -
James C. Griffin,
\Valter S. Adair, J 2
Pendleton-C. Hs 181£
Tickets In the above Lottery to
be bad at the atore of Messrs. Longatreet
Harrison, and at the Chi ontcle Otlice.
June 4. town
House Paper.
ftnn l>raCEß imported and of
OUU J; fewest Patterns—with
suitable Borders—fur sale at
L.BARRII > B>
Opposite the City-Hold*
.Tune 4> wpt
Executor’s bale.
M 12 o’clock, on TUESDAY, the
first day of July, 1817, will be of
fered for Sale, at the Market-House
In the City of Augusta,
ALL that valuable LOT and
Improvements, situate on the corner of
Greene and Centre. Streets, being
southern moiety of the original Lotiw.
Sd, the former residence of Dottor John
H. Thomfuon, deceased, and to be sold in
pursuance of his lost will.
The situation of this Property near
the Market, and fronting on the street
leading direct from the Bridge, renders
It desirable as well for private residence
as for improvements for other uses.—lt
has a fronton Green Street, ot about 165
feet, and about 140 on Centre, or Bridge
Street.
—TERMS—
One Fourth—Cash,
One Fourth Ist July, 1819,
One Fourth Ist July, ,1820,
Remaining Fourth Ist July, 1821.
A Mortgage on the Premises will be
required, and Notes with an approved en
dorser, bearing interest fiom the day of
sale. i
Thomas Cummins:, •% ~ .
John H. Montgomery, J iS ’
. tyay y» tds
% Notice
Os the Trustees of the
Richmond Academy.
WHEREAS this Busrd have sold
lots to sundry persons upon con
ditbn that the aamc should revert to the
Trust upon failure to pay therefor at the
limt stipulated, and a number ot pur
being considerably in arrears,
ORDRRed, that all arrearages be
pidioihe Clerk of this Board, on or
before the first day of August next, or
ee * forthwith thereafter
proceed to retake possession of the pre
mises, and again aril the same—and that
this Resolution be published in one of the
Newspapers of this city once a week un
til that time. -
token from the Minute
Isaac Herbert, Clerk
Augusts, April Sd, 1817,
•*' ' -t 2
Qi Kir
w *, . fuom The exile,.
Mr. O’Connors case* will excite «
a considerable degree of sensation
throughout Ireland; his rank in life;
his -firmness and sufferings in the
cause of his country %s an united
Irishman. He is the eldest brother
of the celebrated Arthur O’Connor,
member df the Irish executive direc
tory, with Doet. M'Neven and coun
sellor Emmett, and nephew to the
late lord LongueviUe. He was edu-.
cated for (ha bar, to which his learn
ing, eloquence, and forensic know
ledge, (distinguished as that bar is,)
should be a most eminent acquisition.
'Dublin, May 3.
ROGER O’CONNOR, ESQ.
Court of King’s Bertcb.
On Tuesday last, Mr. Bolleston, as
counsel for Mr. O’Cjonnor, moved for
a writ of Habeas Corpus, to be di
rected to Frederick Darlcy, esq’r,
j chief magistrate of police, to bring
before their Lordships Mr. O’Connor
who had been detained, as prisoner
in the head police office for some days
—and also to produce in court, a co
py of the information upon which Mr.
O’Connor was arrested.
The court were pleased to grant
the motion.
Yesterday at 11 o’clock, Mr. O’Con
nor appeared at the side bar of the
court of Ring’s bench, in custody of
Gilbert and Lynch, peace officers—
Aldcrmhn Dariey and counsellor
Guinness, of the head police office,
sat oo (he register’s bench.
In R short time afterwards, the
lord ehiefjustioe, and the honourable
justices Day, Daly, and Osborne*
took their seats on the bench.
Mr. Rolieston rose—He said, (hat,
in pursuance of their lordships’ writ
of Habeas Corplts* Mr. O’Connor was
then in court; and he had to move in
his behalf, that the return he read—s
he had further to state. that Mr. O’-
Connor did not intend to take advan
tage of any informality In it. He
wished to have his .trial brought on
as speedily as possible, and, in the
mean time, to be admitted to bail.
Jle wished to have the information
read, that he might know (he name of
the person who lodged them.
The clerk of the crown read the re
turn, which stated, (hat he was ap
prehended Under the warrant of Fre
derick Dariey, esq. backed by Edward
Allen, esq. of Cork, which warrant
stated, that he had received in forma
s’ tion, on oath, (hat Roger O’Connor
i and Arthur O’Connor were aiding, a
hetting, and assisting in robbing (he
Galway Mail Coach, in Cappagh-hill
in the county of Kildare, on (he 2d of
October, 1812; and (hat on (he 29ilt
of April, the said Roger O’Connor
wfls brought to the head police office,
in custody, where he has sinre re
mained fur examination, and (hat he
has been detained there at his own
request in preference to being sent to
Newgate.
Mr. M‘Nally—t believe my lords,
unless 1 am under a very great mis
take, if docs not state (hat he is char
ged with felonious rubbing.
Chief Justice—lt does not state so.
We have read the information care
fully, and do not think ourselves war
ranted in admitting him to hail.
Mr. O’Connor now rose, and ad
dressed (he bench at very considera
ble length. He said he felt himself
impressed with the idea of the impos
sibility of his leaving (he court with
justice to Ida feelings, without addres
sing a few vVords to their lordships.
There were many in the court, who,
perhaps, were not aware that the
charge now brought against him took
place nearly five years back, and that
the robbery was committed nearly
nine miles from his house; and he
wished it might be known how he has
since acted. The officers of (he post
office who carry on the prosecution,
are aware that the Mail bags were
found in his Demesne and (hat he
brought them up to his bouse, where
they remained from an early hour in
the morning until late in the evening
—that he wrote to Mr. Lees of the
post office, slating the circqmstaoce,
and that he also gave information to
the postmaster at Summerbdl, for
which he received Mr. Lee’s thauks.
He went down to the.connty of Cork
on lawful business, oo a commission
Issued by the cmirt of exchequer for
the examination of witnesses, whose
he was arrested on this charge—ho
most solemnly protested his innocence,
and declared it was an abominable
conspiracy against his character, his
property and his life; he called upon
Gilbert, the peace officer, who arrest
ed him, and who then sat next him, to
«ay, whether he could have kept
him a prisoner, but for his (Mr.
-
' r ' *» jr.
6'Cenmfi) interference With the
country people, who collected, to the
number of at least one thousand per*
sons, to rescue him; and who only dis
persed at his intreatles. Mr. O'Con
nor called upon him to say, whether
he and the peace officer from Cork
did not proceed along the road,
the night being extremely dark,
upwards of two miles ahead of him;
and whether be did not follow them
into Cojit accompanied by a friend.
He was hot, he said, in duress whilst
he was In Cork, and might have gone
wherever he pleased. For upwards
of twenty years he had been the vic
tim of unrcmitted persecution be
had never flinched from his ene
mies, nor would he now.——He
came determined to meet this
charge, which he again declared, was
an atrocious conspiracy. Since the
yearl797, he hadheeo persecuted, be
cause lie refused an Earldom from the
Earl of Chichester. He appealed to
their lordships, and to all who beared
li » whether it was probable that a
man of his properly, education, and
habits, would associate with a lawless
banditti, composed of robbers and
murderers; his heart revolted at the
idea. He had nine children Whom
he adored, and lie implored their lord
ships not to lelid themselves to such
an abominable conspiracy; be had
reason to believe that the infonha
tions were given by a man of the
name of Owens, now a prisoner un
der sentence «f death, for felony.—
Many falsehoods and misrepresenta
tions had gone abroad, hut Ue, with
confidence, appealed to Mr. Serjeant
Jehh, Who Was now in court, whether
he did not refuse to give Owens a
character, when be had reason tci
suspect his being guilty of atrocities,
Mr. O’Connor again declared his in
nocence, and his readiness to meet
the charge; and entreated their lord
ships to admit him to bail, which Ik
was really to give to any amount
Whatever. t
The lord chiefjustices said, that no
thing that fell from the court 601111
he considered favorable or unfavora
hie; there were other informations
and he hoped the prisoner would he
able to justify his innocence, but tin
court could mbt alter their decision.
Mr. O’Conner was then orderet
into custody of the high sheriff of tin
city of Dublin.
Mr. M’lVally applied to the court
(hat Mr. O’Conner might he sufferec
(0 remain in custody at the head po
lrc,e office, in consequence of the gao
of Newgate being so crouded.
The chief justice said that couh
not he granted.
Mr. M’Nally then applied to Khv(
him committed to Kilmainkani gaol
as from the length of time he wouh
have to remain in prison before hii
trial would come op, his health wouh
he greatcly impaired in Newgate.
The chief justice conceived it bet
ter to make the order in the usua
way, to commit the prisoner to New
gate; hut his counsel might after
wards make a motion, grounded 01
an affidavit, to have him removed
the country gaol.
Mr. O’Conner was then given ii
custody to Mr. Sheriff Dixon, am
was immediately conducted in a car
.riage to Newgate.
Counsel for Mr.O’Conner; Messrs
Rollestoo, M’Nally, aud Bennet.
Against, Mr. Aslop.
STATE OF SOCIETY,
Ever since moralists existed the>
have written against public manners
Ours are certainly not those of Ok
golden age, hut it is some conSoiatioi
to reflect that our neighbors are m
better than our selves. For instance
London is generally allowed to be tin
terrestial paradise of hushacds; En
glish wives are regarded as models ol
tenderness and fidelity. The follow
ing calculation which we extraci
from an English paper; is not a litth
curious.
St ate nf marriages in LondoniniSiG
Runaway wives, , . *,133
Runaway husbands, . 2,34 j
Married persons legallydivora’d 4,171
Liviogin open warfare, - 17,341
Living In private misunderstand
”H»» * •• 13,27 S
Mutually indifferent, . 56,240
Regarded as happy, - 3475
Nearly happy, - . l 2?
Perfectly happy, - . * 8
Total, 96,834
This is a new kind of statistics. We
are assured, that one of our first mo
ralists is engaged in drawing out a
similar aeeount of the city of Paris.
It will be curious to see which coun*
try may claim the advantage of the
matrimonial balance.
1
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CHRONICLE.
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Wednesday, June 25,1817.
We have not been able to receive
in time for publication the charge of
his honour Judge Rkid.—lt is there
fore necessarily omitted until our next.
The Presentments of the Grand In
quest embrace two objects of vital
importance to the interest and well
being of our city. Ist A city or may
or's court.—The delay in the prose
cation of small debts, which necessa
rily occur in our superior court from
the nature of its organization renders
the process not only lengthy and tedi
ous, (Which often makes the creditor
indifferent to his own interest,) bat
gives the abandoned greater facilities
to evade the dispensations of justice.
The reasons urged for the Institution
of such a tribunal are so weighty and
important, to the immediate security
of justice in the common transactions
of business, that we are astonished its
necessity had not sooner urged its a
doption.
2d. The great number of Tippling
Shops, particularly throughout the
county—their demoralizing and de
structive influence upon society—the
( necessity of some effectual regulation,
that will be tantamount to (heir pro
hibition. The man who views the
happiness of society as connected with
his own—who observes the wide
spread injury that one depraved indi
vidual can inflict in a community,
through the indulgence of an inordi
nate appetite, will at om*e see and feel
the absolute necessity of checking by
an effectual legal restraint, the pri
mary cause of an evil which destroys
the prosperity and happiness of fa
milies, choaks the current of enter
prize and industry, blasts the fairest
buds of genius, and lays the intel
lectual world in ruins! But, unfor
tunately for humanity, no vice has
received such general execration, the
remedy of which has been so little at
tended to. Can this result from that
selfish indifference to social happiness,
| i which never looks beyond Che con
tracted limits of our own prosperity?
1 which has “an eye to pity,” but “no
hand to stive?*’ It would appear so,
indeed. But, you who make and ad
minister our laws—remember—that
the known omission of a duty is o
qual to the voluntary commission of a
crime—and, then, if you dare, lay
’ your head upon your pillow and say,
“6?Od’s will be done.’*
Presentments
' Os the Grand Jury of Richmond
County—June Term, 1817.
JUDGE REID, presiding.
1 Tub Grand Jury of Richmond
county, like other men in similar sit
. uations, yield to the necessity, rather
I than enter with pleasure upon the dis
. charge of duties, whose magnitude in
volves the highest rights of citizens,
, | and calls for an energy of enquiry
, that iu ordinary cases, would appear
• an act of presumption in them to ex
, ] ercise. Every facility however has
[ been given them, and their course
. clearly and eloquently pointed out, in
the charge delivered at the commence
, ment of the present term.
. In taking a retrospect of those
charges, they feel a considerable de
gree of pride, and pleasure, to find so
few cases, comparatively, that call
for their interference. No govern
ment however is prepared apriori, to
guard against the versatile character,
and fluctuating dispositions of a mixed
1 population, where a latitude is given
1 to actions as boundless as the freedom
| ot thought itself:—The wonder is at
; the precision and excellence of those
1 laws; the very last improvement of
; which, namely, those entitled “The
Penitentiary Code,” and “ Laws for
the suppression of Gambling,” we
deem it not irrelevant to make a dis
tinct declaration of our entire appro
bation. Time is necessary to test
their practical influence on the peo
ple of Georgia.
lv When viewing the state of gene
ral prosperity enjoyed by almost all
classes of the inhabitants of our state,
and county in particular, we cannot
refrain from mingling a feeling of re
gret, and national shame, for the pen
ury of office fees, accruing to our
public servants. A principle that we
consider dangerous in the last ex
treme } from the direct tendency it
has, to drive talents and respectabili
ty from stations that it should be the
pride of every citizen, as it is his in
terest, to support. We do not con
ceive that this principle arises so
much from narrowness of understand
ing, or want of liberality, as the ne
glect to revise and adopt to the time '
being* the true and originally contem
plated valuation of salaries. With
these impressions on our minds, we '
respectfully request the senator and
representatives*** uiCuSvSd sSi!«!”j
will present a bill to the next session
of our Legislature, for the enlarge
ment of the salaries- of the Governor
of the state of Georgia, the Heads of
Department, and the Judges of the
Superior Courts, to a sum that
at least enable them to sustain the
dignity of their stations, without
drawing on private resources.
The inconvenience, delays and loss,
es naturally resulting to the citizens
of Augusta from the want of a city
or mayor’s court within the precincts
of the corporation, js so important
that the grand jury beg leiVe to as.
sign the following reasons, to wit:
First, its necessity—-This appears
from the number of small eases which
occupy so much time of the superior
court: the delay in prosecutions is so
great that small debts are abandoned,
rather than suyfor them under the
present system. The expenses at
tending actions in the superior court
prevents justice; as they are often e
qual to the amount claimed. The time
ot the court is not the only objection
to the present course of proceeding,
butthe time of jurors and witnesses.
Secondly, its importance The
wants of u city are greater than of a- '
ny other portion of the county; num
bers of strangers and other transient
persons escape from justice, as there
are no means of detention, unless by
bail process; and the requisite affida
vit,cannot alway be obtained: Month
ly courts would make many answera
ble, who now transgress with impu
nity.
Justice promptly and cheaply ad
ministered is one of the blessings of /
republics—and by no means the least.
The support and respect due to the
city authority, can only be procured
by po\ter to punish offenders.
Thirdly, its extent as well geogra
phical as judicial.—The power of a
city court should extend three miles be
yond the limits of the city, else the
idle and dissolute will tabernacle in
the vicinity, productive of every enor
mity which contiguity enables them
to do, and laugh at the punishments
1 1 w hich semi-annual courts can inflict,
f as the delay of punishments on some
minds is equal to exemption, and the
suspension of responsibility, equal to
■ a receipt for a just debt. The muta
bility in the population in cities re
-1 quires a different legal interference
from that which governs and ought
to govern the inhabitants of the coun
try; permanency in the one is as re*
markable as .change in the other—
' Judicial authority should extend to
civil cases only—in those causes, to
have jurisdiction to the extent of fifty
I dollars absolute and without appeal,
. to the extent of one hundred dollars
• on which appeals might be entered on j
payment of costs. The city court to
be a court of record. The Intendaut I
, of the city to receive for his services I
• a fixed sum on every suit, to be asses- I
• sed in tiie bill of eost.
Fourthly, its advantages.—Prompt I
t and cheap administration of Justice, 1
the citizen would not be long kept out I
i of his right, strangers whose residenes I
does not exceed in general the monthi I
ot business, would acquire confidence; I
. as impositions attempted, or injury I
, sustained could be prevented or iy- I
> dressed during their temporary abot/o
[ amongst us. The example of cities
. io other states and other countries,
i and of Savannah in our own state,
, which when a city court was establish
-1 ed by law was not so populous as Au- j
i gusta is now.—Augusta is not at its
i acme. The population by the last ecu* I
sus shews an astonishing increase in a
, few years; rents prove (hat its limits
must increase—men of enlerprizc and I
of capital will be guided in selecting I
a residence chiefly by local advantages I
—-but not a little, by the goodness of I
a police, and the energy of city cdurt* I
■—Protection of person and-property I
is the essence of good government— I
Justice speedily and cheaply admin* 5 * I
tered, the object of every good citizen*
Fifthly.—The great number of I
tippling shops that are licensed witbm I
the city of Augusta, as well as thos* I
we observe without that privilege ia I
the county, we cannot refrain from I
viewing with the utmost abhorrent* ■
It is here that the numerous pe*9 I
thefts that are continually carried «*» I
are engendered; conuiveo at by fb* I
proprietors of those shops; and articles I
nefariously obtained by people of eoh* I
find a ready repository. It is here lil®* ■,
wise, that the white man, forgetful «* ■
the distinctions of society, cwse* I
himself a comrade of the blaefcß*
drinks with him until lie has lost a ■
recollection of propriety, and ■,
I roams forth prepared for the j ! -‘ : I*’ H
traUoa of any species of outrage I