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T IJ E COUItI ER,
Uy «F. G. M ’Whorter.
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A BILL
To be entitled An Act, to amend the sever
al lairs nowinforce in. relation to slaves
and. free persons of color.
Sect. Ist. Be itena:<e.i bv lhe S'nr t:
and Hanse of Rep t-se-vii -- f
oj Georgia in Ge neral Assembly mci, „> ; d
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That from and after the passage of
this act, it shall not be lawful for the clerk
ofmiycounty in this State, to register aS
free persons of color, Gi to grant a certifi
cate of such registry to any person of co
lor who shall not establish i»y prooftothe
satisfaction of the Inferior Court of said
county, that he or she, applying so to be
registeied, is bona fide and truly a free
person of color, according to, and under
the laws of this Slate, or has been regis
tered in this State and has exercised all lhe
privileges as such for five years before
the passing of this act—That it shall be
the duty of such clerks, to file in his office
theevidence on which be shall grantsuch
application, and that any clerk violating
this law shall be guilty of a high mtsde
mennor, and on conviction, shall be sub
ject to a fine of live hundred dollars, to be
paid one half to the tnformer, the other
half to county purposes,
tEC.’2d. Ue it further enacted, That
from and after the first day of
next, it shall be lawful for any person of
color, other thana slave or a free person
of color, duly admitted to register in man
ner aforesaid to remain in this State, and
if any person of color, other than as afore
said, shall be found in this State after the
said first day of next, he or she,
shall be arrested ahd tried, and if convict
ed of a violation of this law, he or she
shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars,
and in default of such payment, it shall be
lawful for the Court to bind them out as
laborers, and shall moreover, be liable and
subject to a repetition of such conviction,
fine and punishment at the end of thirty
days after any such conviction, until heor
she shall actually depart this State, and it
shall be duty of each and every civil offi
cer of this State to carry into effect this
law.
•Sec. 3d. Be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this law, it
shall not "be lawful for any free person of
color who shall leave this State, other
than to go to an adjoining State, again to
return to it, and any and every free per
son of color entitled under the Jaws of this
State to registry, who shall after the pas
sage oft his law, go out of this State to any
place other than an adjoining State, for a
temporary or other purpose, he or she
so leaving this State, shall thereby forev
er forfeit and lose his or her rights to re
gistry as afofesaid, and all rights to reside
in this State, and if thereafter found in
this State, he er she shall be dealt with
and subject to the punishment described
in the second section of this act.
Sec. 4th. Be it fuether enacted, That
when any perron of color is charged with
a violation of this act, shall be claimed by
any individual as a slave, such claimant,
or bis, or her agent, shall depose on oath,
that such person of color is bona fide and
actually the slave of such claimant, and
not nominally held as such, or in violation
or evasion of lhe fourth section of the act
1818, or other laws of this State, and in
default of such oath, such person of color
shall be deemed and adjudged liable to
tire-pains and penalties described in the
2d section of this act.
Sec. sth. Beit further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, it
shall not be lawful for any male slave who
shall after the passage of this act have
been in any State usually known as a non
slave holding State, or in any foreign
country, to come or be brought into this
State, by Lis or her owner, or any other
person, and any arid all slaves who shall
come or be brpught in into this State alter
the passage of this act in violation there
of, shall ou conviction thereof, be forfeited
and sold as a slave, and the nett proceeds
ofsuchsale shall be paid one half to the
informer, the other halftocounty purpos
es—Aud the person or p rso s bring).ig
or aiding such slave to * .»;■ j „
State, on indictment for misdeu n.i ■, •
on covjctioD thereof he fined and imp. ;son
ed, nr either «t IJh‘ discretion of the Court
—Provided, that nothing in this act shall
preventthe owners us fugitive slaves from
reclaiming them whenever found and
bringing them back to this State.
' Sac 6th. Be it further enacted, That
the Inferior Courts ofthe several counties
of this State, shall have jurisdiction
of the several offences created or mention
ed by this act, in all cases in which by the
constitution of the ■State, jurisdiction
may be entertained by them.
Sec. 7th. Bs it further enacted. That
the provisions, prohibitions and penalties
of this act, shall notextend to any Ameri
can Indian, free Moor,or Lascar, but the
burthen of proof in all cases of arrest of a
ny person of color, shall be on such per
son of color, to shew him or herself ex
empt from the operation of this act.
Sec. Bth. Be it further enacted, That
the Inferior Courts of the several counties
in this State, shall have power and discre
tion to refuse and deny tp any free person
of color ofbad character the right to regis
ter his or her name, and such free person
of color shall then, after such refusal be
deemed and held a free person of color
in this State, in violation of this law,
and be liable and subject to the pains and
penalties hen in prescribed.
From the M. S. Noles of a Detenu,
THT DAUGHTER OF THE REGI
ME NT.
When the French, under the command
of Dumourier, had completely defeated the
Austrian army at Jamappes, they found a-
I mong the heaps of the dead and dying, a
female child, about three years old. In
l what manner, and by whom, she had
■been brought into lhe field of slaughter,
no one could tell. The little innocent
I was guarded by a large black poodle,
j who would not for some time allow the
soldiers to approach : to this faithful ani
tiii l the child appeared to be entrusted.
The p. rtiulity rs the French military to
' <’ i?s cftiiis s-ie.-fi s is known ; after much
cutie, y.e ’ • c H.sented to partake of
• . .ne irshme.it, and allowed his
charge to be taken by one of the soldiers,
who placed her upon his knapsack; he
belonged to the 40ih regiment of infantry,
and it was unanimously agreed upon a
mong the men of his battallion, that both
child and dog should be adopted by the
regiment. The poodle they called Felix,
and the young girl was christened by the
title of “La Fille du Regiment.” By
turns she was carrieJ upon the backs of
the soldiers, who were delighted with the
little creature, and she accompanied them
to Holland. Upon several occasions she
was in the midst of the battles in which
the regiment was engaged, yet the roar
ing of the cannon did not intimidate her:
but her heart was ready to break when,
in a skirmish that cook place on lhebanks
of the Rhine, her favorite and fythful at
tendant, Felix, was wounded by a gun
shot and died in her arms.
The regimeet after three years severe
service, were ordered into the garrison at
Mons: their protegee was now six years
of age, when, by the advice of the Col. and
officers, they determined on placing her
at a respecuubJe boarding-school, to re
ceive her education, and the sum 0f4,400
francs e collected in the regiment and
delivered to the mayor of the town, who
was appointed her guardian.
Having received sudden orders to
march to some distant place, nearly all the
men of the regiment came to the school
where their beloved child was dwelling,
tenderly embraced and bid her farewell
forever, as in the course of few years prob
ably not an individual of the regiment re
mained alive—they perished in those san
guinary contests that took place in Italy.
In 1803 I had an opportunity of seeing
the young girl at Tournay, whither she
had been removed by the permission of the
mayor of Mons, who had obtained for her
a situation of Governess in the family of
Count de L. She was beautiful, of ex
tremely amiable disposition, highly ac
complished. I have heard her say, that
the reccollections ofthe times spent in the
regiment were quite fresh, and fraught
with pleasing associations ; she had not
even forgot the names of those persons
who were more particularly kind to her,
and she expressed herself with the deepest
feelings of gratitude for the education she
had received by their bounty. She often
made inquiries of the officers who were
continually arriving from the scene of war
fare and strife in Italy, whether they had
met with any of “ her dear fortieth;” but
alas! they had all disappeared from the
earth. Her birth continued involved in
mystery and I never heard that she was
able to ascertain who her unfortunate pa
rents had been.
In 1809 she was married to Baron de.
L. the colonel of a regiment, and holding
a situation in the imperial court. About
this period I frequently used to see her
going to the palace of the Tuiller es, of
which she formed one of the most bril
liant ornaments; her amiable manners,
her beauly and virtue where the theme of
universal admiration; and even ata time
when so elevated in rank, she was not a
shamed of acknowledging herself "the
Daughter ofthe Regiment.”
A young Englishman, who had been
acquainted with her when she resided in
the family of Count de. L. was, in conse
quence of attempting his escape from Val
enciennes, ordered by the minister ofthe
populace to be confined in Bitche; from
this fortress he contrived to get away but
was taken on lhe frontier.' of Holland,
tried by the court martial as a spy, and
sentenced to the galleys for life. Hearing
that this lady possessed much influence
at court, he wrote and informed her of the
situation in which he was placed, on the
eve ol b ing transported with 150 felons
to the Btune of Roc u?fort. The lady
: ill her power o save the unfortunate
* iutained an order Irom
I ■ ') ;rn sent to the Citadel of
Va»;’t.viji..es, where he remained until
the allied armies entered France.
Front Bicknell’s Reporter.
A delightful Drink.— We invite the at
tention ol the Temperance Societies to the
following article. It appears to us that
the water alluded to would serve as anad
i mirable substitute for ardent spirits, or in
, toxicating liquors of every description. If
it is the enjoyment of drinking that is such
a temptation to the drunkard, and if the
water ofthe Nile will yield that pleasure
without producing intoxication,and all the
horrors that follow in it s train,in Fleaven’s
name let it be brought to this country in
as large qauntities as possible. The ex
periment is at least worthy o f a trial:
“The Albany Daily Advertiser says the
water of the Nile is said to be so delicious
that it forms the burthen of oriential song.
A late writer says the Turks find it so ex
quisitely charming, that they excite them
selves to drink of it by eating salt. It is a
•oiuinon saying among them that if Mo.
hammed had tasted it he would have begg- I
ed God not to have died, that he might al
ways have drank of it. When the Egyp
tians undertake lhe pilgrimage of Mecca,
or ffo out of their country on any other ac
count, they speak of nothing but the pleas
ure they shall find in their return, in
drinking the Nile water. There is noth
ing to be compared to this satisfaction: it
surpasses, in their esteem, that of seeing
again their relations and their families.
All those who have tasted this water.they
assert that they never met with the like
in any other place. When a person
drinks it for the first time, it seems diffi
cult to believe that it is not water prepar
ed by art. It has something in it so inex
pressibly agreeable and pleasing to the
taste, that it deserves that rank among wa
ters that champaigne does among wines.
But its most valuable quality is, that it is
exceedingly salutary. It never incom
modes, let it be drank in what quantity it
may; our authority says it is no uncom
mon a thingto see persons drink three
buckets of it in a day.
Key West.— The disasterous effects of
the September hurricanes along the coast
ofFlorida, with its numerous keys, shoals
and rocks, cannot fail to turn the immedi
ate attention of our government to that
most important part of our country. A
prompt attention is called for by conside
rationsand exigencies of the most imperi
ous character. The vast amount of com
merce which passes this coast, (it being
estimated that three thousand American
ships, carrying one hundred millions of
property, and thirty thousand lives, annu
ally pass it,) all of which is subjected to
the greatest perils, from the inefficiency of
lights along the coasts, should exact some
speedy action on the part of Congress. It
is well known that the Gulf Stream, set
ting along the Southern coast of Florida,
has so worn away the land as to form the
numerous islands, shoals and rocks,which
are there found, and between which and
the main land there is a navigable chan
nel, which, even in favorable weather, and
under the light of day, require dexterous
pilotage; but which, in the absence of
light, proves but a feeble protection a
cainst constant disasters and shipwrecks.
The late September gale has left the coast
literally strewn with wrecks, and at Key
West alone, says an eye-witness at the spot
“there is property liable to salvage a
mounting to nearly two hundred thousand
dollars, besides an immense amount whol
ly destroyed. ”
The great difficulty of the navigation
to which we have alluded, arises (rom the
eddies which set towards the shore from
the Gulf-Stream, and the numerous coun
ter currents, setting upon the different
keys, upon which vessels, either by the
injudicious placing of lights, or by none
at all, are so frequently stranded, and thus
property and lives to an almost incalcula
ble amount continually sacrificed. We
believe that some arrangement has been
made by the Government with England,
in regard to the erection of light houses
on the Bahamas, and that here and there
one is erected, proving as we are told, rath
er asa “decoy to lure vessels to destruc
tion,” than as unerring or certain guides
to safety. Al) that has been done hitherto
for the protection of our commerce along
this most valuable thoroughfare, bespeiks
only unpardonable neglect on the part of
lhe Government—and which becomes ad
d tiunally reprehensible, when the subject
has been so often presented to it, in every
variety of light, and by individuals whose
opportunities and avocations have so well
enabled them to enforce reasons, entitled
to the consideration of the country.
We have none of the public documents
at hand from which we would gladly
make extracts from the published reports
of Commodore Porter, who it is well
known furnished the Government with
the most important communications res
pecting this subject.
There are other reasons to be enforced,
why the southernmost part of the Florida
coast, and most particularly Key West,
its Southermost point, should be in every
necessary particular well protected.— If
we once cast our eyes at the location of
this importrnt point, we cannot but be con
vinced of the necessity of such protection.
Commodore Porter, to whom we have
alluded, is well known to have consider
ed Key West, the best harbour in the Uni
ted States, south of the Chesapeake for a
naval station, and the most important to
be defended, for the protection ofonr com
merce in the Gulf of Mexico. And we
venture to say, that no man is more com
petent to give a correct opinion on the
subject—as independently of his accurate
knowledge of the science as connected
with his profession, he had seven years
experience on that coast, as commander
of the United States naval force on the
West India station, and subsequently as
commander of the Mexican naval force
fitted out in 1827 or 8. We have also
before us the record of a communication
from Commodore Rogers to the Secretary
of the Navy, from which in reference to
Key West, we extract the following:
“As an auxiliary, he says, to an exten
sive and permanent Southern naval depot
(perhaps at Pensacola) such as a proper
security for our commerce, and the per
manent union of the States, seem to ren
der indispensable’ it will be found, I am
inclined to believe, that the stand in ques
tion will soon become an object worthy
the serious attention and consideration of
the Government.
“ Aature has made it the advance post
from which to watch and guard our com
merce passing to and from the Mississippi,
while at the same time, its peculiar situa
tion andthe excellence of its harbour,point
it out as the most certain key to the com
merce of Havana, to ihat of the whole
Gulf of Mexico, and to the returning trade
of Jamaica, and I venture to predict that
the first important naval contest in which
this country shall be engaged, will be in
tht neighborhood of this very Island”-
Nothing edn be more certain than.that in <
the event of a war with a nation posses
sing any naval force of consequence, the
proper protection of Key West would be
of incalculable value, as protecting our
vast commerce in its transit through the
Gulf of Mexico from capture and destruc
tion—as for other purposes as suggested
by our most experienced naval comman
ders.
It appears by no means improbable
that we shall sooner or later be involved
in a war with some of the foreign powers.
England has ever regarded with extreme
jealousy the growing advancement of our
country, and particularly in its extension
over any part of lhe Mexican Territory,
as the possession of Texas for instance,
would, they deem, give us complete con
trol over the whole shore situated about
the Gulf of Mexico.
The possession ofthe Floridas by the
United States was at lhe time, and contin
ues to be a source of uneasiness to Eng
land, as growing out of lhe safety of "the
islands in the West-Indies belonging to it,
France also has her West-India posses
sions, and tn case by no means impossible
of a rupture with theGovernment.she will
not neglect her insular interests, nor fail
of concentrating a large naval force in
the Gulf of Mexico, to annoy our com
merce, and seek in that quarter some de
barcation of her troops, to penetra'e into
the interior.
As England then may consider herself
as identified in resistance with Mexico, in
any efforts that may be made for the pos
session of Texas by this country, it is not
altogether improbable that disturbances of
a hostile nature between the two countries
mry yet spring from Mexican relations
with that Government-. As to France, it
needs but little foresight, to see the gather
ings ofa storm that we fear,will soon rage
between it and the United States.
Sufficiently strong however are the rea
sons enforced upon our Government, to
induce an immediate attention to the Flo
rida Cape. And longer neglect of those
vital interests ofjthe country,which should
ever receive its helping aid, and which, as
in this instance, neglected, must prove of
still further disastrous consequences to the
country at large.
TEXAS.
By an arrival at New Orleans, papers
have been received from Metamoras to
the 12th Nov. They contain a proclama
tion from the Naval and Military depart
ment of Mexico signed Torn ell to the
State of Taumalipas, calling upon them
to arm for the subjugation ofthe Texians,
whom it describes in the blackest colors,
—and a Circular of the same character
by Guerra, Commander in Chief of Tt.u
malipas, addressed to the citizens and sol
diers of that department, as it must, we
suppose, be now deno::.inated, instead of
State.
The New Orleans Bee of Thursday,
contains a report, direct from Texas, via
Nacogdoches, which if it be true, is ofthe
highest interest. The information is de
rived from a traveller recently from San
Felipe de Austin. When he left he un
derstood the army of Cos to be in a desti
tute condition, hemmed in by the colonial
troops and effectually shut up from all
communication with the country. While
at Nacogdoches he learned that Cos and
all his forces had surrendered, and that the
Texian Deputies had, in consequence, re
turned to the Consultation which had been
adjourned by the presence ofthe enemy.
The Bee confidently believes this report;
and, with some misgivings as to its accu
racy—we must be content just now, with
expressing our wishes that it may be true.
Intelligence of equal moment to the per
manent success of the Texians, is also re
ceived, that the principle of the Texian
resistance is becoming extensively popu
lar in other states, and that the general
cause of liberty in Mexico, is about to be
identified with that of Texas. In various
quarters there are open insurrections by
Mexicans against Santa Anna and his cen
tral despotism. General Mehia is in arms
and has attacked Tampico,—with tvhat
success is not yet known. Several influ
ential officers ofthe army, former adher
ents ofSanta Anna, have also declared for
the Federal Constitution, and in conse
quence great alarm is said to prevail a
mong the Centralists. Zavala the mili
tary commandant of Texas has addressed
to the Mexican Government and people a
spirited defence of Texas.
These signs show a growing concert
among the opponents ol Santa Anna, in
Texas and the rest of the states, —and give
encouraging prospects ofa general and i
successful resistance to Santa Anna thro’-
out iMexico, upon the principles avowed
by the Texians — Mobile Register.
From the Georgia Telegraph.
rhe Game of Draughts, or Checkers,
Being much employed for the innocent
amusement of every discription of persons,
contentions frequently arise as to the gov
erning principles of this game: The fol
lowing rules are offered, as approved by
the first players of Great Britain and A
merica.
I. The parties take the first move alter
nately, whether a preceding game be
won or drawn.
11. A piece touched must be played.
111. Any or every piece able to capture
another, and not so played, may be taken
off by the adversary player; or capture
may be insisted on by the owner of the
piece liable to be captured—provided no
other piece be captured from having been
simultaneously exposed.
IV. If either pa rty on his turn to move, |
hesitate above three minutes, the other
party may require him to play ; in which
case, five minutes more of delay will for-)
feit the game.
V. In the Losing Game, a player may
insist on his adversary’s capturing a piece
whenever opportunity occurs oris afford
ed.
VI. To prevent needless delay, if eith-
er party have no pieces but two kings on
the board and the other no piece but one
king, the latter may require the former to
complete the game in twenty moves, or
relinquish it as drawn.
VII. If there be three kings to two
kings on the board, and nothing more, the
subsequent moves are not to exceed forty.
VIII. Neither party shall in any way
obstruct the other’s full view of the board.
IX. Spectators should not advise, nor
in any manner influence, or interfere in
the game of either party.
AUcTUSTA, J
MONDAY, DECEMBER. 7.
jpr We are requested to say, that Mr
Sweet’s Benefit takes place to-night in the Cir
cus, and that Mr. Richards’ to-morrow night,
and that the entertainments there will close in
two nights more.
Cotton. —Good lots can be bought to-day at
13 cents. Inferior, which forms the bulk of
what is now coming in, from 8 to 12—good
prime 14, and strictly prime perhaps more.
We regret to learn the death of Col. Bheit
haupt. He died on Friday last, at Mount
Vintage, his residence, in Edgefield District.
The Congress of the United States meet to
day. The President’s Message may be expect
i ed on Friday, which we will lay immediately
before our readers.
At a meeting of the Augusta Jockey Club, at
the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel, on Saturday eve
ning last, the following officers were chosen for
the year:
John Phinizy, President.
J. G. M’Whorter, Vice President.
John J. Byrd, Secretary.
Col. Jas. H. Townes Treasurer.
On reference to the advertisement in to-day’s
paper, it will be seen, that the Club offer for
each day’s contention, purses not inferior to
those of any course in the Southern States. —
Great emulation exists—numerous horses of
the first pretensions will be here—the scene of
contention is admirably laid out, and uncom
mon efforts will be made to conduct the whole
exhibition in the most respectable and orderly
manner.
It affords us pleasure to state, says the Char
leston Courier, that in consequence of an ex
pression of the opinion of a number of our mer
chants, the Rail Road Company have consent
ed to continue the transportation of the Mails
until the Ist of January; and we sincerelv hope
that some arragement may be made in theinter
mediate period,by which a permanent contract
will be entered into.
We are glad to see our friend Wm. Shannon,
has taken the United States Hotel in this city.
He is an old hand at that business, and if long
experience, a natural disposition to please, and
untiring diligence, can secure custom in his
line, we know of none, who have higher claims
to success.
We have not joined in the censure of lhe S.
C. Rail Road Company for its course in relation
to the mails, because we were sure, the matter
was not fully before the public, and we knew
the directors were incapable of acting from the
motives supposed. The resolution of lhe Board,
which we copy below, shews, we were not mis
taken in their disposition to do what was rea
sonable for the public accommodation in regard
to the mail. Their refusal to be bound to de
liverjthe mail in a certain time or pay a fine for
the failure, has more reason and justice in it,
than isat first thought of.When themail may is
carried by horses, if any thing happens to them,
their places are easily supplied, either from the
contractor’s stabhs or private stables on the
line, and the time of delivery of the mail be
saved. But what is the consequence of an ac
cident on the Rail Road I Suppose the engine
gets out of order, or the r . *id is broken—it is
not once in a hundred time*; ’hat the accident
can be prevented from losing the mail. And
all this without any fault of the Rail Road Com
pany or its agents. Engines cannot be picked
up any where in the pine barrens or cypress
swamps between Hamburg and Charleston.—
If the boiler bursts, unless it should happen near
an engine station, a loss of that mail is inevita
ble, and it does appear to us, that the company
would be justly exempted from forfeitures in
such accidents as are very liable to happen on
the road, and which no human foresight can
prevent.
The following Resolution was passed by the
Board of Directors ofthe South Carolina Canal
and Rail Road Company, at a meeting held on
the 3d inst.
Resolved, That in compliance with the peti
tion from the Merchants of this city, the use of
the Rail Road to convey the Mails between
Charleston and Hamburg, and the intermediate
stations, be tendered to the Post Master of this
city, until the first of January, free of expense.
Abolition attempt in Vermont.— A Resolution
was introduced in the Vermont Legislature, in
structing their Senators, and requesting their
Representatives in Congress, to use their best
exertions to procure the abolition of slavery in
the District ofColumbia. This resolution came
up for consideration, and after a short discus
sion, was dismissed, by the decisive vote cf 86
to 34.
The Vermont Patriot states that the vote
was very small, because, as soon as the debate
commenced, the members flocked out of doors
in platoons, recreating themselves with eating
apples, or candy, or whatever else they chose,
till the storm, was over. While the member
who introduced the resolution, attempted toad
dress the House, it was with extreme difficulty
his voice, though strong and powerful, could be
heard above the chaotic confusion and cowgA
ingproduced by the severe colds ofthe members.'
Medical Schools.— There are now, says the
Philiadelphia Gazette, attending the Medical
Lectures of the University of Pennsylvania, and
ot Jefferson College, in this city, upwards of 700
students, of whom probably six hundred and 50
are non-residents. The course lasts about four
months, and allowing that each student expends
upon an average, in the price of tickets for the
lectures, boarding, clothing, books, amusements
and frolicks, three hundred dollars, the aggre
gate would amount to near $200,000 which is
no small sum of rm ney to be brought into the
city by one class of risite rs alone.
Good Luck. — We tindrestand, says the J?
corder, that William T. Burke, of Talbot coun
ty, is the owner of the half ticket, No. 1922,
which drew the capital prize of $20,000 in the
Milledgeville Street Lottery, on the 10th inst.
LEGISLATURE.
The following Gentlemen compose the Com
mittee to report a bill for the creation ofthe
Court of Errors:
In the Senate, Messrs. McAllister, Walker,
Taylor, Freeman, Faris, Alford, Rees, Smith,
Rutherford, and White.
In the House, Messrs. Gordon of Chatham,
I Petit, Clayton, Van Landingham,Schley, Chan
i dler, Lumpkin, Bonner, Dougherty, and Tar
ver.
The debate on the Cherokee bill created some
animation in the Senate. It was proposed to
limit their stay within our limits till Ist March
next, and this period inserted in the bill, but the
amended bill was rejected by two votes. A pro
vision was inserted extending the time, if the
United States made a treaty with them, giving
them a longer time to remove, if that extension
did not run beyond Ist January 1837.
The report ofthe Committee to whom Was'
referred the report of the Rev. Elijah Sinclair,-
agent of the State, for the relief of the indigent
Deaf and Dumb, was taken up, and, with the”
resolutions— appropriating $4,450, in addition
to the unexpended balance of last year, ($2,050,)
for the education, clothing, &c. of 26 indigent
Deaf and Dumb, next year, at the Hartford,-
Conn. Asylum, and S2OO for the services of Mr.-
Sinclair, (after striking out S2OO. and inserting
$530,) —agreed to.
e are unable to announce any final action*
on the Rail Road bills.
Mr. Editor,
“ A Subscriber ” in the Constitutionalist should
have a knife-grinder or saw-whetter for his a
musement. The concord of sweet sounds can
have no melody for him! The National Band
now playing in the Circus, a nuisance! Good
Heavens', what an original idee! That man.
carries an Autioneer's bell, I’ll bet a Circus
ticket. Ting-a-ling- Ting-a-ltng f hc Would pre
fer to the sweetest effort of harmony. He could
not have judged of that Band’s serenade on Sa
turday night. It must have disturbed his sleep,
and hence his ill-hamor. Such a Band a nuis
ance night or day '. “ Who’d a tho’t it V’ What
next I Make this writer City Marshall, and
he’ll empty all our book-stores of their Music to
kindle a bonfire of the Pianos, violins, guitars,
flutes, <fcc. The fife and drum will be hushed,
and the Texas and all other Volunteers march
to tin pans and tea-kettles. The reign ol no--
nuisance will then bless the
“GREATER PORTION.”’
[Correspondence of the Spirit of the Times.}
The most interesting item of racing in
telligence I can give you is this, that
Betsey Malone has proposed to go into
the match between Hard Heart and
Red Maria, and make a sweepstake ofit,
to come off in March next,/oar-rnile heats,.
Five Thousand Dollars Entrance!
From the known spirit of the owners,-
and the confidence that the bickers of
each nag, have in their respective favorites,
there is little doubt but that Betsey Ma
lone will be admitted. Then, "wake
snakes!" what a race! A tornado in a
cane-brake!—the way the fellow drove
down Spencer’s Hill without locking his
wagon ! —the horse in Kentucky that ran
so fast that he jerked the hair out of his
tail, and "all that sort o’ thing,” fail in
comparison ! Just think of three such
trumps, all Aces too! It will take the
Yerker, a card they have in Arkansas, to
win. Do come to Natchez, and look at
it. All Alabama, old Kentucky, and
Tennessee will be there, besides a large
sprinkling of Hooshiers. Suckers, &,c.
Pre-haps the way some of them will get
cleaned out, won’t be just “like falling off
a log.”
The disturbances in Stewart county*
still continue. On Wednesday of last
week a party of Hitchatee Indians 16 in
number, and a handful of white settlers
(15) had a skirmish on the Georgia side
of the river, in which two whites were
slightly wounded. The Indians escaped
unhurt, with the loss of two ponies, which
were killed during the fire. We under
stand also, that a party of these marauders
were a few days since detected in killing
cattle, in Talbot county, and when discov
ered made battle on the whites.— Re
corder.
MARRIED,
On Monday evening, 23d ult., in Columbia
county, by the Rev. Samuel J. Cassels, the Rev.
John B. Cassels, of Liberty county, to Miss Lu
cinda, daughter ol Judge Magruder.
In Marion, Mr. H. Hennenger, aged 104
years, to Mrs. E. A. Park, aged 83. This hap
py pair intend to remove to Texas, where they
mean to terminate.their life.— Tallahassee Flori
dian.
We are authorized to announce C.
PROUTY a candidate for Coroner, at the en
suing election in January next.
O" WE are authorized to announce Capt.
WM. H. MAGEE a candidate for Major to
command the 75th Battallion Georgia Militia,
vice Major Tobin resigned.
O’ WE are authorized to announce Capt
AARON RHODES a candidate for Receiver
of Tax Returns at the election in January next.
Oct 7 wtd 119
O’ We are authorized to announce WM.
KENNEDY a candidate for Tax Collector of
Richmond county, at the election in January
next.
Dec 2 td 143
jjr’ WE are authorized to announce WIL
LIAM O. EVE as a ?andidate for the office
of Tax Collector, at the election in January
next.
O’ We are authorized to announce WIL
LIAM SKINNER, Jr. as a candidate for the
office of Receiverof Tax Returns for Richmond
County at the election in January next.
O’ MISS. CHARLOTTE WALKER,
will open her school,on Monday,the 4th of Jan
uary next, at the residence of her brother Geo.
A Walker in Broad street, where she will give
instruction in the ordinary branches of EngUsk
Education, the popular sciences ofthe day, the
higher branches of Mathamatics, and the Latin.
Language. She will exert herselt to the ut
most to secure satisfaction to those parents and
guardians who may commit pupils to her care.
Dec, 4 ts H 4