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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16.
FOR PHERI DKMTy
WILLIAM HENRY HAI'RISON,
Os Ohio i
ttlie invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor-
Tuptible Statesman-Mhc inflexible Republican—
the patriot Farmer of Ohio.
ron ▼ ick-presioknt,
JOHN IYLEU,
Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B—
—of Virginia’s noblest tons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriotic statesmen.
ron ELECTORS or PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
GEORGE R. GILMER,of Oglethorpe.
DUN3AN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
SEATON CRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
CHRISTOPHER U. STRONG, of Uibb.
■JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM E/.ZARD, of DcKalb.
The Election.
We fake the earliest opportunity to return our
acknowledgements to our friends and those Post
Mas'ers who have politely favored < s with returns
of the late election, and to request those to whom
this paper maybe sent, to extend to us the same
courtesy after tho November election.
We have returns from 85 counties, though not
all official, they will vary very little, if any, fiom
the official result. The following is the aggregate
vote for members of Congress in the counties re
ported in our tabic:
FOR HARRISON.
Dawson 98,569
Habersham, 38,999
Nesbit 38,392
Alford 33,357
Foster, 38,309
Warren 3\252
King, 38,211
Gamble 1 38,161
Merriwethcr 38,017
FOR VAN 11UREN.
Cooper,... 31,012
Colquitt,.. 33 994
Black 33,913
Lumpkin, 33,833
Campbell 33,819
Pooler 32 812
Hilyer, 33,778
Iverson 33,771
Patterson 33,741
The remaining 8 counties to be beard from, are
Appling. Baker, Clulouga, Dade, Emanuel, Irwin,
Union, and Ware, which will probably reduce Ihe
present majorities 800 votes.
In the Legislature we have already 47 Senators,
which is a majority without farther increase, and
a large majority in the House of Representatives.
Maryland Erect.
This old Republican State has spoken in a voice
of thunder to the destructives. The Whigs have
gloriously triumphed over I.ocolocoism. From
a table showing the popular vole for Delegates in
all the counties, it appears that the Whig majority
in the Stale is 2657. Maryland has therefore ta
ken her stand lor Old Tip.
The Baltimore Patriot unnuunevs the result in
the following glowing terms s
From the Baltimore Patriot of the 13th.
Whigs ofi tin' whole Union, open to the
right and left, mid make way lor old Ma
ryland, the Avalanche Male !
The result of the election in Maryland on
Wednesday the 7lh inst., shows that the Coun
ties in the Stale stand thus on the Presidential
question.
Counties for Gen. Harrison. —Alleghany,
Washington, Frederick, Auue Arundel, Mont
gomery, -Prince George’s, Calvert, St. Mary’a
Harford, Cecil, Quern Ann’s, Kent, Caroline,
Dorchester, Somerset, Worchcster, and Annapo
lis city.
Counties for Van Huren. —Baltimore, Carroll,
Talbot, and Baltimore city by the meagre majori
ty of 192 votes, and this only secured hy a bat
talion of troops from the Van Buren grand ar
my, brought in and quartered among us.
That Flag Story.
Well Corporal, you say you do not belong to
that order of politicians who regard all as fair in
politics. Will you tell your readers what you
think of that “ Flag Story," you published some
days since ' Is that fair f
CCj" Have our friends of the Richmond Whig
cut off their exchange with us ? We have not re
ceived their paper since the 3rd inst.
Gbobcia.-Iu 73 counties Dawson leads Coilquilt
about 4100 votes, In the Senate there will prob
ably be 5, and in the House 28 or 30 v\ hig majori
ty. “ Call you this backing your iriends ?"
Charleston Mercury of yesterday.
Yes, we not only call it backing our friends,but
we call it backing Calbouniim and loeofoaoisra out
of Georgia.
Election in Charleston,— —The general im
pression, as far as we can ascertain, appears to be,
that Mr. Bovce will be elected Senator by a con
siderable majority. For Congress a:,d Tax Collec
tor there was no opposition.— Charleston Courier.
In Hie case of the State of Illinois vs. Mr. Dela
field, the Chancellor (Walworth) has granted the
prayer of the complainants. We ate informed
that the cause new goes up to the Court of Er
rors. It is said that the Chancellor’s opinion,
if continued, will much ailed the confidence
hitherto given to stats securities. We shall en
deavor to give the substance ol the opinion, when
Wi receive it.— Times and Star.
“General Harrison's Whipping Law,’ '
and General Glascock’s Handbill.
t ur readers will recollect the notice wc took of
the following llandb.ll, which made its appear
ance in August last, and of which General Glas
cock avowedhimtclf the author.
Gen. Harrison’s Whipping Lutv.
Freemen of Georgia.' Poor Men and Women.'
Read this !
American Women ! load this, and then let your
husbands, lovers, fathers and brothers know what
you think of making General Harrison President.
(‘Receive on his or her back, thirty-nine lashes
well laid on, at the public whipping post."
feuch is a law approved by General Harrison,
(sec laws of Indiana Territory, page 343.) What
now do you suppose was the heinous offence
which Governor Harrison thought lit to have thus
punished, for which a woman was to ho stripped
at the public whipping post, and receive thirty
nine lashes on her bore buck, ve./l .laid on? —
Will you not he amazed to tind that this was the
offence I (Hee the J oth section of the above law
entitled an act concerning servants.)
“If any persons shall presume to deal with any
servant, without such leave or consent, (that is,
of the servant’s master or owner,) he or she so
offending, shall forfeit and pay to the master or
owner ol such servant, four times the value of the
things so hough;, sold or received, to be recovered
with costs, by an action in tha case, in any court
of common law in this Territory ; and shall also
forfeit and pay the further sum ofs2o to any per
son who will sue for the same, or receive on ins or
her bare hack, thirty-nine lashes, well laid on, at
the public whipping post, hutshall neverlhiess be
liable to pay the coals of such suit.”
Again, this same law, section 13, page 945,
directs that when such servant shall be found "ten
miles from Ihe tenement ol his or her master,”
without a puss, "any person may apprehend him
or her, and carry him or her before a justice of the
peace, to be, by his older, punished with stripes
not exceeding thirty-live, at discretion.”
Again, this same law, section 14, page 336’
directs that" if any slave ur servant shall pre
sume to come anil bo upon the plantation, or at
the dwelling house of any person whatsoever,’,
(whether that person bo wh Ic or black.) " with
out leave from his or her owner, not being sent
upon lawful business, it shall be lawful for the
owner of such plantation or dwelling house, to
give or order such slave or servant ten lashes, on
his or her bare back.”
And again, the I Ith scclion of the same law
concerning servants, (page 344) has the follow
ing wholesale whipping provision:
“ In all cases ol penal laws, where free persons
arc punishable by line, servants shall be punish
ed by whipping, after the rale of twenty lashes
for every eight dollars, so that no servant shall
receive more limit (inly lushes at uny one time,
unlcs such offender cun procure some person to
pay the fine.”
I’erhaps you may ask who were these servants
who wore to he subjected to this merciless code,
and for presuming to deal with whom, free wh lo
men and women might if unable lobe paid in mo
ney, bo made lo pay in lashes, well laid on, at the
public whipping post! Who were they 1 Why,
they were peer while people, who, by amilher
law of this same Gen. Harrsion, had been found
guilty of any offence , (such as an assault, keep
ing a tavern or lorry without license, or any oilier
petty misdemeanor,) and were unable to pay
their lines, and the lawyers’, clcks, and sheriff's
fees, and were directed lo be sold at public auc
tion lo any person.
1 beso were the people who, having no dollars,
were lo pay iu lushes— twenty lushes for eight
dollars / and these were the people with whom,
if a poor woman should presume lo deal for a
chicken or a dozen eggs, without the leave of their
lordly masters, she might if utniblu to pay twen
ty dollars, bn taken to the public whipping-post,
and receive thirty-nine lashes on her bare buck,
well laid on ! and Hum bo sold to pay the costs.
If you arc women of any spirit or sense—ifyou
ore the daughters of freemen—if you deserve lo
be mothers of freemen—let it he forthwith known
what you will think of those who shall vote with
this bare-back-amman-to/uppingparty —give
them your thoughts of the man who could ap
prove such a law, and of those who support him,
and let it lie "WELL LAID ON.”
Immediately after its appearance, wo addressed
a letter to a gentleman of Indianopolis, Indiana)
requesting a copy of the Law, and the cirtilicate of I
•he Secretary of State, with Hie great seal of the 1
State affixed, and we have received in return the
following letter, and the subjoined copy of the
Law i
It is not our purpose to notice farther the author
of this celebrated handbill, we rather leave him to
the visitations of his own conscience. But who 1
we more particularly de-ire, is to cull the attention
of the people of Georgia lo this Law and handbill,
and ask them to compare the one with the other,
and then determine what a lively regard for truth
he must possess, who has endeavored by such
means, to impose upon a confiding people.
People of Georgia, read these documents careful
ly, watch how the handbill has garbled the law,
see what has been left out, and wbat put in, and
you will observe the means resorted to, that you
might be deceived.
Indianapolis, Sept. 21, 1816.
Dear Sir : Inclosed yon have a copy of the act
(duly certified by Hie Secretary of State) re
torted to in General Glascock’s whipping hand
bill, which 1 find in your paper of the 24th of Au
gust.
You cannot fail to observe, upon a comparison
of Hie hand-bill with the act itself, how grossly ig
norant, to say ilia least of it, (he writer ol that dor
ument must have been of the law which seems to
have excited within him sneli a holy horror.
The history of this law is this: In 1807 the
Territorial rode was first revised. The revision
was committed to two of the judges of the higher
courts,gentlemen who are yet levered for their
many excellent qualities, Hy them it was intro
duced into the Lode, and was copied Ire ill the Vir
ginia law of that day. This Code, after amend
ments, was adopted by the Territorial Legisla sue,
and was approved by Lien. Harrison.
Gen Harrison did not reiominei.d Hie adoption
of this law nor did he on that or any other o ca
sual interpose the veto power to thwart the w ish
of the people ns expressed through their represen
tatives. He had Hie | ower of appointing ail offi
cers, county and st .to, yet lie never appointed a
man to the most inconsideiable office unless the
people by election or otherwise had requested it.
By reference to the first section of this law
(which is left out in the hand-bill leforred to) n
will he seen *lut these servants instead of being
“ poor white men and women" were negroes. Hi
the first settlemcni of the I'erritoiy a large portion
ol the settlers were Coin Kentucky, Virginia, North
•and Boutli Carolina,and other slave states,—many
of them brought t. eir young slaves with them, as
midei the laws ol Hie I erritory they were entitled
to their services until Hie ueg.o was 21 years of
age. It was soon found, however, that there wore
practical, if not political, abolitionists in every
settlement, who loved a ncgio belter than a white
person, for no other reason Ilian that ho was a ne
gro : or it may be their sympathies, like tlio-e of
this General Glascock, were excited to the utmost
tensity at the cruelty of a master claiming the ser
vices of his own siave until lie was 2 1 years of
age. Be this as it may, the negroes tlius bound
(by which then rights as well a- the m ister’s were
protected) soon began to feel that those whe had
raised them and brought them to a free country
were their worst enemies; they grew impudent
and la/y, and upon tin? slightest provocation, or
without any, they ran away, it was in vain to
attempt to regain them, lor they wcie provided
with a safe retreat even before they started, and it
discovery was feared and mu-uit made then »bo
lilioa Iriends furnished them means to escape to
some more distant settlement, were there were
these who, if it were found necessary, would for-
ward -them to still more distant parts of the Terri
tory, so that generally the master had quietly to
submit to the robbery.
This is a brief outline of some of the causes
which led to the introduction of the Virginia law,
and it is a remarkable fact lhat its adoption pul a
linal stop to decoying negroes from their mastois,
and there is not one case recorded, or within the
recollection 01 our oldest settlers, where the law
had to be enforced.
It should be borne in mind, too, that this was all
done near forty jcais ago, when our now nourish
ing lloozierland was a trackless wilderness, with
settlements distant from each other, that, like all
new countries, it was infested wilh those who
hang upon the outskirts of civilization, that mur
der, lioisc-stcaiing, and counlcrleitmg was fre
nuent j the people w re poor, they had no jails,
no money with which to support scoundrei:, ami in
many instances tuey not only used the wliipping
poel, but resorted to the more summary process of
Lynih’s law, and even in desperate cases to the
i i/lu.
Had Gen. Glascock (who I take to be as gioat a
General at the General Crary,cf Michigan,
judging from lire exhibition lie has given of him
seli,) been one of the actors in those trying '.lines,
he would, 1 think, have come to the conclusion,
Unit although our fathers were not so wise, so
patriotic, or humane as their sons, yet that they
were clever, respectable cnougn old HHows for the
times, and that they were alter all at least half
right in managing their scoundrels in their own
Way. And as it was their law and not Gen. Har
rison’s they take the responsibility.
Respectlu ly yours,
A. VV. MORRIS.
•I. W. Jones, Esq., Augusta, Geo.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
AN ACT CONCERNING SERVANTS.
Sec. I. All negroes and mulattocs (and other per
sons not being citizens of the United States of
America) who shall come into this Territory, un
der contract to serve another, in any trade or occu
pation, shall he compelled to perform suth con
tract spccilically during the time thereof.
Soc. 2. The said servants shall bo provided bj
the master with wholesome and sufficient food,
clothing, and lodging, and at the end of their ser
vice, li they shall not have contracted for any re
ward, toad, clothing, and lodging, shall receive
from him one new and complete suit of clothing,
suited to the season of the year, to wit; a coat,
waistcoat, pair of breeches and shoes, two pair of
stockings, two shirts, a hat, and blanket.
See..). Jhe benefit of the said contract of ser
vice shall bo assignable by the master to any per
son being a citizen of this Territory to whom the
servant shall in the presence of a Justice of the
Peace freely consent that it shall be assigned; trie
said Justice attesting such free consent in writing,
and shall also pass to the executors, administra
tors, and legatees of the master.
Sec. 4. Any such servant being lazy, disorderly,
guilty of misbeh iviour to his master, or master’s
iamily, snail be corrected by stripes, on order
Horn a Justice of the County wh rein lie resides :
or refusing lo work shall be compelled thereto in
like manner, and moreover shall serve two days
for every one he shall so refuse to serve, or
shall otherwise have lost without sufficient justi
fication. All necessary expenses incurred by any
master lor apprehending and Lriugi g home any ab
sconding servant shall be repaid by further ser
vice, alter such rates a- the Court ol Common Pleas
of the County shall direct, unless such servant
shall give security, to be approved us by the
( ourt, lor the payment in money within six months
after he shall be free from service, and shall ac
cordiuglj pay the same.
Sec. a. 11 any master shall fail in the duties pre
scribed by this act, or shall be guilty of injurious
demeanor towards his servant,it shall be redressed,
on motion, by the Court of Common Pleas of the
f ounty wherein the scivant resides, who may- hear
and determine such cases in a summary way,
making such orders thereupon as in their judgment
will relieve Hie party injured in future.
1 Sec. 0. All contracts between masters „nd ser
vants during the lime of service shall be void.
Soc. 7. f ile Court of Common Pleas of every
County shall at all times receive the complaints of
I servants being citizens of any ol Hie United States
ol America, w ar reside within the jurisdiction of
such Courts, against their maste.s or mistresses,
alledging undeserved or iiiunoderaie correction, in
sufficient allowances of food, raiment, or lodging,
and may hear and determine such case in a sura*
mary way: making such orders thereupon as in
their judgment will relieve the party injured in.fu
tuic, and may also in the same manner hear ami
determine complaints of masters or mistresses
against their servants for desertion without gpod
cause, arid may oblige the latter for loss thereby
occasioned to make restitution by further services
after lire expiration of the time for which they, aad
been bound.
Sec. S. 11 any servant shall at any time biing in
, goods or money during the time of their service,.
! snail uy gilt or other lawful means acquire goods
j or money, they shall have the property and 'benefit
- thereof lo their own me; audit any servant, shall
; he sick or lame, and so become useless or chargea
ble, his or her master or owncrshall maintain such
servant until his or her whole to- e of serviceshall
be expired; and il any master or owner shell put
away any lame or sick servant, under prete nce of
Ircedoui, and such servant becomes charged).o to
the r ounty, such master or owner shall forfait and
pay thirty dollars to the overseers of the poor of
the County wherein sucii olfence shall be commit
ted, lo the use of the poor of the County, recover—
able, with costs, by action of dent in any Cauit of
Common Pieas ol this Tcnitory, and moreover
shall be liable to the action of the said overseers-of
the pool ai the common law for damages.
Sec, 9. hlo negro jnulatto, or Indian shalhat-any
time purchase ay ervant other than of th*ir own
complexion, and if any of the persons aforesaid,
shall nevertheless presume lo purchase a. white
servant, such servant shail immediately Hecorne
free, and shall he so held,deemed, and takai:.
Sec. 10. No person whatsoever shall buy, sell,,
or reicive ot, 10, or from any servant any uoin or
commodity whatsoever without the leave »i con
sent ol the m ister or owner of such servant; and
it any per on shail presume to deal with mv ser
vant without such leave or con ent, he mzstie so
oilending shall lorfeit and pay to the -master orv
owner ol su. h sei \ ant four limes the t tittle of tns
tiling so bought, sold. or received, to be recovered;
with costs by an action upon the case in any Court
of Common Pleas of this Territory, and shall Also
forfeit and pay the author sum of twenty dallanisto
any person who will sue lor the same or reve-ivo
on his or her bare back thirty-nine las lass- weU laid
on at the public whipping-post, but shall neviailhc-
Icss Ire liable to pay the costs of such s*it
See. H. In ah cases of penal laws, where- free
persons are punishable by lines servants sluiU be
punished by whipping,fter the iaae of twenty
lashes lor every eight dollars, so that no servant
shall receive mure than forty lashev at anyone
time, unless su h ollcndcr can procure-sumo person
to pay the lino,
See. 12. Every servant, upon the e-xpiraiioa of
his or her Cme, and proof thoioof made before the
Court of Common I !o.rs of Hie County where he or
she last served, shall have his or her freedom re
corded and a certificate thereof nude* the hand of
the clerk, which shall be sufficient to indemnity
any person lor entertaining or hiring sue;, servant;
and if such eerlitirate should ha; pen to b.- to,u or
lost, the clerk, upon request, shail issue another,
reeiliug therein the loss ol the foimer; and if any
person shall harbor or entertain a servant not hav
ing and producing sucii certificate he or she shall
pay to tue master or owner us stub servant one
dollar for every natural day ho or she shall so har
bor or entertain such runaway, recoverable w ith
costs, by action ot debt, in any Court of Common
Pleas of this be in lory ; and if any runaway shall
j make use of a forged ccrtilicate, or after the deliv
ery of a true certificate to tne peison bin-tug him
or her shall steal the same and thereby procure
other entertainment the person entertaining or
hirein jg shall nut nc liable to the said penalty ; but
such runaway, besides making reparation for loss
of time and charges of recovery, shall stand two
hours in the pillory on a Court day for making use
of such forged or stolen certificate, and the person
forging the same shad forfeit and pay thirty dollars,
one moiety to the Territoty a ,d the other moiety
to the owner of such runaway or the informer, re
coverable, with costs, in any Court of Common
Pleas ot this Territory, and in failure ol present
payment, or security for the same within six
months, such offender shall receive thirty-nine
i lashes on his or her bare back, well laid on, at the
1 common whipping-post; anl where a runaway
l shall happen to be hired upon a forged cerlil cat ,
and afterwaids denies the delivery thereof tne
> onus proinindi (the burthen of proof ) shall be upon
> the party hireiugsuch runaway,
?«. 13. If any slave or servant shall be found
'eTe e t iFnA eW
II AH RJ SON, \ A $ BURKN.
A ' ~S . RNOR 1539.
M? fc * >, 5 p e- aj cc o n n x F 7
SB-^6f, s, BSris ß li £ ? 2i Fg,
counties. ? §• : : 3 • ? § • ? s ST " § e | .** % § *S
: ::::::: ; • ; f- ?
1 I ' _1 :
Appling,
Baler, r 132 102
Baldwin, 337 313 33 342 334 3:4 337 33" 337 325 323 326 322 32l ’324 ’sib ’AiA ’AAA 278 133
Bibb 6SO 676 606 687 671 677 67. 670 673 674 676 67- 68 667 666 669 660 67 VI 278
Bryan, - 89 89 89 8b 89 89 89 89 89 35 35 36 32 35 30 3' 3 - r 49(5
Bulloch, 737777877 369 36 365 369 .369 367 360 360 373 , 7 99
Burke, 518 532 532 5311 619 519 529 523 523 271 281 287 266 260 260 256 256 all 3| ~ 7
Butt- 230 228 328 228 221 228 218 228 2.39 398 396 398 39.- 396 396 396 306 306 1,4 589
Camden, 189 189 189 189 187 185 190 190 19. 2-27 227 228 226 226 2"6 227 021 AAr 189
Campbell.... 202 199 200 196 199 2002 no 199 202 526 530 530 524 528 627 525 5,7 11- 180 I- 9
Carrell, 268 £7of 266 267 253 275 257 256 266 450 451 450 4.09 454 4l' 458 45, 45,'; : 481 ICO
Cass 506 496 493 497 491 480 490 489 496 600 062 658 658 657 660 604 061 664 828 21,0
Chatham.... 560 56: 558 559 557 551 56j 556 557 631 631 631 627 624 624 6J7 624 636 !!! ‘* * 481
Cherokee,’’<’ 366 363 358 357 353 353 ' hob *504 *sl*2 *507 *504 * k!v\ ' ken * knk ' knk 108
Clarke 632 622 621 024 615 621 622 615 62. 354 359 352 350 375 35 347 344 480 326
Cobb,.. .... 425 411 418 414 408 409 408 407 416 684 6bo 657 687 680 68S 692 686 681 , 372 093
Columbia,... 480 479 478 478 478 480 477 479 -J7- 272 274 271 ‘’73 274 279 973 o-i 079 3:i;J
Coweta, 687 084 08b 6*6 683 684 679 682 090 684 684 684 680 682 07b 682 652 682 252
Crawford,... 419 419 418 420 419 420 416 417 417 447 448 446 457 451 451 457 449 awl !i? si ' )U
Dude,.. 4/9 255
Decatur. 4<-5 401 404 404 405 403 402 404 404 245 248 248 244 243 ’ 244 245 245 '-Idi Ava’lc- i 3 ‘° 24
IJeKalb, 6,30 025 029 622 023 620 618 616 63- 754 753 750 753 750 753 757 752 ”” '® J - ’‘ ’ * 289 310
Dooly, 2281 228 226 227 229 226 2z7 228 224 329 330 33, 33 ., 3-50 Ls. IV 7- ’ 4 920 oa3 466
Early 241 241 242 211 240 241 241 240 238 262 354 355 356 355 350 354 362 355 4 ’ b •- 390 >37
Effingham,... 173 173 173 173 172 17. 173 173 173 75 75 75 75 75 w ® V 360 >^
Elbert, 911 911 904 910 911 910 90S 908 910 132 132 133 12.5 125 ion .I 5 ,0, 88 > 43
Emanuel,, I ' u ' u 79 005
Fayette 408 409 408 409 407 404 4(15 406‘405 '644 ‘d43 '538 'sit? ’644 '343 ‘543 'kl : < "u : > 132 114
Floyd. 3 7> 271 270 270 270 270 270 262 271 285 284 384 295 293 203 307 205 205 288
Forsyth 323 319 319 319 317 317 316 316 315 513 513 512 013 513 on I 513 on 330 188
Franklin,.... 411 43S 432 436 336 433 431 133 434 817 815 810 813 Sbffi SO9 8 4 ' 4:7 298
Gilmer, 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 34b 340 340 3 0 34 , 3 . 34( Vm 34, 388
Glynn 113 111 111 110 IK- 114 110 HO 110 26 28 29 20 28 2 24 9d f 273 79
Green 860 867 839 855 856 854 857 840 850 97 106 96 93 95 04 01 oT o 33 131
Gwinnett,... 713 704 707 7bß 7(4 701 702 703 7.6 682 680 67.9 652 689 6S<- 688 r.vl 71 788
Habersham,.. 350 347 .345 344 344 344 346 341 345 807 802 810 803 804 80S 811 tun £O4 619 808
Hall 06 557 007 559 556 556 656 655 559 651 64- 652 615 644 651 647 B fiat 384
Hancock,... 476 472 472 474 471 472 471 469 474 259 248 262 253 267 255 252 ot ot 908 470
Han is, 945 945 935 944 942 944 930 936 938 386 386 391 371 370 37 377 373 37 378
Heard, 329 3.30 329 328 327 328 329 32- 329 375 374 371 376 376 376 37 - w 37b 792
Henry, 806 854 852 856 855 352 855 853 853 779 782 781 785 753 715 78s rl, iVi 389 261
Houston,.... 673 671 670 667 666 669 672 567 667 618 6,7 620 619 619 5,8 621 no ?o, ,9 •••• 835 649
Irwin, J uzi oiy 4 ,jq
Jackson 54S .547 54.0 54,5 547 546 517 544 547 *562'.569 ‘569 '564 "oil '563 's63'ofio 14
•'a-per 014 oil 5( 6 ,512 ,509 507 o:>7 510 511 510 509 51 5T siv to vn -? 3 506
Jefferson.. . . 439 439 436 440)438 437 -J53 438 436 95 96 99 9* 03 04 <u ' o 410
Joues, 6 0 0 499 500 5.3 499 498 502 497 4b7 456 456 45- 46 481 41, 9 ' ’’ • ’ 98 231 .... 108 456
Laurens 443 443 413 44.3 413 443 413 412 44 5 4 7 0 0 0 ‘ l6 ; 4 ° 7 503 447
Lee, 3'3 3-2 302 303 304 302 304 302 30” 151 153 151 m n' it rt -rt 168 292 •••• 5 3-9
Liheriy 103 154 152 1.53 153 155 150 |SI |.|<)l 12| 121 Ipj ns n n 10 n ire 223
t nCU !, n ’ 294 294 295 294 294 291 894 294 295 152 152 52 46 49 01 «° ' 7"" 87 139
Lowndes.... 410 IJ ‘ 195 044
Lumpkin.... 316 295 293 20i 202 202 291 toi ‘294 740 'ris *745 '755 ‘75,3 "dkr 'An ’Are 89 151 •••• 224 319
Macon 369 358 359 35s 358 357 359 307 356 3'7 312 32 31 3 It I n n It 89: 249
Madison 32a 326 326 326 325 325 324 304 324 298 09 j 95 291 -07 00- ot t- 48 28l: •••• 337 243
Marion, 3)9 358 359 358 35- 307 357 357 355 307 312 310 1,2 T It 1?! Aw- 197I 97 b 386 :09 279
Mclntosh,... 102 ,00 100 100 100 100 10, M sot. 146 145 tfi ‘ 5 Toftf -ft 224 332
Meriwether,. 741 732 733 742 732 733 731 730 7-P 787 79u 788 777 77- ts to t® ts 42 139 •••• 1 28 H»
Alonroe, 822 822 814 825 818 819 82b 818 5.2.- 730 733 730 736 732 7- 734 730 r<‘ 284 1182 •••• 788 871
Mont ornery, 202 202 2;’2 20. 202 202 2b2 o-’ °O2 77 7 5 fi 1 7 ' 3l , 7j ;’, 802 671
SJ 01 * 9 "’ 494 482 483 487 488 -ISO 479 4SI 481 323 33(. 322 31!- 32. 32 3 op 320 477 > 9 242
Murray, 242 235 23-1 236 23a 236 235 231 2 482 481 482 483 483 484 401 474 3A A 48 2
Muscogee,... 97 969 963 96, 964 967 965 959 967 837 846 831 831 825 85* 822 8”8 S-
Newton, 971 962 966 972 96b 966 963 959 963 395 39- 398 390 3% osil at ass B;J ° 861
Oglethorpe .. 61: 609 604 609 607 607 606 604 608 132 m m 34 T ft ft ft ft 487 890
Paulding.... 248 246 249 246 246 247 245 243 244 263 263 263 262 262 262 202 267 269 '<* 479
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Pulaski, 213 212 209 211 217 214 214 2U 214 314 3 1 312 309 30 On ‘lt 3 6 w 49349
Putnam,.... 448 450 440 454 445 444 440 446 44,8 342 346 3-50 3:1 323 326 325 322 326 "" ft ft
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Randolph,... 5H 544 543 511 543 542 641 a K .542 693 692 591 587 680 OS' 684 684 j 299 11
Richmond, .. 900 901 894 894 894 897 896 893 895 491 601 496 495 481 494 494 49 493 "" °' S 5V*? f!”
Scriven 174 174 175 174 17, 174 179 172 173 234 237 238 235 03a at ot 23, at 449
Btew “ rt 893 899 898 890 802 890 89-" 888 890 773 775 771 771 77~ 774 77" 77 m H 2 !J
Sumpter,.... 4a4 44a 441 449 450 439 447 446 449 372 371 370 367 366 367 in 366 t ,hJ 7,jt
Talbot 896 891 889 894 890 888 886 888 891 816 st g 8 818 814 Ef'r sfb tt 148 350 392 497
Taliaferro,... 40: 4.0 396 402 401 400 40b; 396 390 6fi 0- 60 52 5 t t t t 787
Tatnall, 250 2.50 250 237 259 24b; 288 25a 257 28 21 21 23 oj »!, t ~ 331 414
If*"’ > 9 > 189 187 18S 191 189 IS7 187 ISJ 131 131 132 131 it 1 1 ,*o 129 vm "" 3 " 5 *• •• 88 278
1 hornas, 436 442 444 444 44. 4lt 414 440 443 145 14- 146 13, 14 T- qr V it 40 102 130 174
T rdu P 1134 1127 1122 1132 1126 1128 1112 1110 1125 429 433 432 400 400 40 40" t(- ], AA’'A 203 312
u^;;;:;.t..f! 9 . 3 ! 9 . 3 ! 2 . 3 ! 5 .?! 8 377 376 377 42u 423 424 419 417 4 >« 4 > 7 ™ Z 3 ;. 9 :!
Dpaun, 638 039 636 638 639 639 ’ 639 ’637 ’ 637 ’ 310 ’ 308 ’ 311 tiA ’AiA‘ AI A ’ AIA ’ AIA ’ A’A 448 20
Malker,.... 383 386 3SI 380 38. 81 S7O 380 382 507 609 509 l\l 6 2 6 , 6 U l\l 393 544
waS n ;;:;::.tl.!? .t°.?f°.? 27 .? 2 ! 527 528 928 078 681 68< 877 88 " *** tk, to III
Warren, 586 582 58: 685 582 582 582 582 582 337 336 337 336 334 ’ 331 ’ 337 ’ 336 ’AA j : 2:6 7
Washington . 583 584 584 582 583 582 590 579 581 521 517 52 i 516 516 517 6 afa ft 317 429
W?yne 77 76 77 75 78 83 78 75 76 80 80 SO 78 78 78 76 77 t 514 583
4 '.f '® s > 484 484 483 48: ’ 46a 464 461 462 462 383 384 3871 38 37-- 377 379 379 2 q ><’f 29
4(55 405 403 905 506 903 ' 503 504 504 61,4 - 9 ° 3 503!! ft 42 f
ut the distance of ten miles from ihe tenement of
his or her master, or the person with whom he or
she lives, without a pass or sonic letter or token
whereby it may appear that he or she is proceed
ing hy authority from his or her master, employer
or overseer, it shall and may be lawful for any per
son to apprehend and carry him or her before any
Justice of the Peace, to be by his order punished
with stripes, not exceeding thirty-live, at his dis
cretion
Sec. 14, If any slave or servant shall presume
to come and be upon the plantation, or at the
dwelling house of any person whatsoever, without
leave from his or her owner, not being sent upon
lawful business, it shall he lawlul for the owner
ol such plantation, or dwelling house, to give or
order such slave or sei vain ten lashes on his oi
lier bare back.
Sec. Id. Hiols, routs, unlawful assemblies, tres
passes and seditious speeches, hy any slave or
slaves servant or servants, shall he punished with
stripes, at the discretion of a Justice of the Peace,
not exceeding thirty-nine, and he who will may
apprehend and carry him. her, or them before such
Justice.
Sec. 16. If any person shall harbor any servant
or slave of color, who is bound to service, wit out
the consent ol his or her master lirsl obtained, he or
she so oll'endmg shall be fined in any sum rot ex
ceeding- one hundted dollars, at the discictiou of
the Court, to he recovered hy indictment or in
formation ; and if any person shall aid and assist
any servant or slave to abscons from his or her
master, upon conviction thereof, he or she so of
fending shal, be lined in any sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Court,
for the use of the party aggrieved, to be recovered
as aforesaid. JLsM-1 0. THOMAS,
Speaker of the iiouse of Representatives.
B. CHAM liEHS,
President of the Council.
Approved September l7lh, I*o7.
WILLIAM HLNRY HARRISON.
INDIANA—to wit. i
T, William J. Brown, Secretary rs State for the
State afoiesai , do hereby certify that the forego
ing is a true copy of the original act now on file in
my office.
In testimony wher of I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Great Seal of said
seal. State, at Indianapolis, this JJd day of Sep
tember, A.D. IS4O. WM. J. BROWN,
Secretary of state.
Prom Ihe Baltimore Patriot.
Stales’ Evidence*
John O. Truesde 1 was, and we believe still is,
a Van Huren editor in Washington, Fayette coun
ty, Ohio. He confesses that for two years past he
has been a “ slave ” to the Administration leaders
in that count.i, and having hurst his bonds, he now
bursts out with this description of Iris masters:
“A more heartless, soulless, and unpiincipled
set of men docs not exist in any county, or in any
| community, than ate the leaders of the Vanocratic
parly in Fayette. 1 know them well. They are
held together by political priucipes, not hy any
respect for each otiicr. 'I heir adhesive qualities
consist only of self aggrandizement and love of of
fice.* 1 know that their bosoms rankle with ha
tred and malice towards cadi other, which will
break forth ere long, and an attempt will be made
j to entangle some of the honest and unsuspecting
of the party in their plans.” * * * *• They would
sell their county for gold, or their ‘ birth right’ for
an office.”
* As John C. Calhoun expresses it, they are
kept together by the “ cohesive power itf' the public
plunder.” *
To adopt the phrase of Junius, as applied to the
tulogist of Lord Granby, we may say of the testi
mony of these witnesses against Vau Burenism—
“none but an intimate acquaintance could have
described it so well!”
Legislature.
Baker. —Holmes. —Keaton.
Baldwin. — Williams. —McCombs ami Hammond.
1 lo«s.
Bibb. — Bullock. — Brown, Chappel and Howard. 2
gain.
Bryan. —Smi th—L inder.
Burk e.— Harris.—Evans, Carswell, Mulkey.
Butts.— Lindsey.—Lawson, Saunders
Bulloch. — Peter Cone. —And a tic.
Camden. —Hopkins.—Dufour and Atkinson.
Campbell. —Camp.—Beavers and Carlton.
Carroll. —Boggles.—Espy and Rogers.
Cass. —Hamilton.—Hudgins and Pitts, i loss.
Conn.—Guess. —Mays and Morris. 1 gain.
Coweta.— Tie for Senate — Bell, Cook and Lee. 2
gain.
Cherokee. —McConnell.— Hunter and Ford.
Chatham. —Gordon —Milieu, Stone, Stiles and
Anderson.
Clarke. — Vincent — Moore, Richardson, Stroud. .
Columbia. — Dawson. — Jones, Robertson and Burt.
Crawford —Walker.—Turner and Cruchlield. i
Decatur. — Seel.—Hines and Chester.
Dooly.— Graham.—Potter and Farna'd.
De Kalb. —Diamond.—Murphy, Collier and Pal
mer.
Early. — Speight— Wilson and Sheffield.
K f finch am . IVtildhour McGahaga n.
Ki. Bert. Christian. — Craft, Warren and Parks.
Fayette. —Hiffin.—Brown and Nixon.
Floyd— .Wallers.—Shropshire and Li Idol.
Franklin. —Monis.—Anderson, Jones, Mitchell.
Forsyth, —Hammond.—Green and Irvin,
Gilmer, —Chastain.—Price.
Glynn.— Dant — King.
GREENE— Stocks.—Reu, Dan tell, Criddle.
Gwinnett. —Loveless.—Read, Billman and Mar
tin 2 gain.
Habersham.— Kimzy.— Barclay, Sandford, and
Wat's. 1 gain.
Hancock. —G under. — Thomas, Hudson, Hitchcock.
I gain.
j Hall. Dunagan. — Hardagc, Thompson and Hoh
; erts. 1 loss.
Harris. Kennon. — Jones, Osborne and Williams.
Heard, t roshy.— Johnson and I awson. 1 gain.
Henry. Cox, — Davis, Dodson aim Bentley. 4
tain.
Houston. — Holmes. — Hampton, Bryan and Brown.
4 gain.
Jackson. Mays. — McMullin, Chandler and Webb.
1 loss.
Jasper. — Glover. — White, Preston, Robinson. 3
gain.
Jefferson.— Stapleton.—Bighorn and Cavenah.
Jones. Goddard —Hardman, Lowe and Franks. 4
gain.
Laurens. — H i ight, — Robinson and Ashley,
.Lee — Jane- — Fold. I gain.
Liberty. — Spencei.—Harrington and Maxwell.
Lincoln. — Moore. — Hagaman, Hardy. I gain.
Lowndes. — Knight. — Wu/dhour and Birmans
Lumpkin. — M’Allcc. —Gathright and Hibberts 1 ’
loss.
Marion. — Mintern.— Wkigham and Hall. 1 loss.
Macon. — Bryan, — Whighum and Green,
Madison. — Culbertson.— Whitworth, and a tie. 1
gain.
Meriwether.— Reeves.—Dark, Towles and Reeves,
1 loss.
Mclntosh. —McDonald.—Stewart and Le Fils.
2 loss.
Monroe. — Reid. — Black, Gordon, Jones, and O’- I
Neal. 4 gain.
Montgomery — Creech. — McCrimmon.
Morgan. — Floyd. — Foster. Martin, Mann. I i
Murray. —Bishop. —Morris mid Carroll.
Muscogee. — Calhoun. — Flournoy, Alexander, Sapp !
and Chipley. o gain. I 1
Newton. Williamson. —Hardman, Loyall and i
Reynolds. ; (
Oglethorpe —Thomas. Crawford, Davenport I
and Hubbard.
Paulding. — Jones. — Pryor. 2 gain.
Pike. —Adams.—Neal, White and Green. 1 loss *
Putnam. — Griggs. — Shaw, Harrison and Linch.
Pulaski —Bostwick.—Whitfield and Booths. I
Rabun.— Henly.—Cannon. I \
Randolfh.— Graves. -Harrison and Hendry. /
Richmond. Miller. Jenkins, Crawford and
Rhodes. 1 gain.
ScßivEN.—Conner.— Moultrie and Hotchkiss. 3
less.
Stewart.— Bryan. — West,DcLannv andßoynlon
2 gain.
Sumpter— Tomlinson.—Crawford and McMath.
I alliafeuuo. —Harris —Stephens and Chapman.
1 ai.bot.— Smead. — Dixon, Williams and Eman
uel. 4 gain.
T atnai.l. — Strict, land. — Mann.
T elfaik. — Fryer.—McCall.
I'iiomas Blackshear.—•Daniel and McMH.ain,
I roup. Beasley. — Durden, Caughlright. Taylor
and Johnson.
Twiggs.— Smith.—Fitzpatrick and Tarver.
Union. —Jameson.- -Wellborne.
Upson.— Goode. — Troyler, Meadows and Walker.
Walker —Thompson.—Smith and Dickson.
Walton.— Echols.—Stroud, Harrison and Moon.
Warren. Harris. — May, Anderson and Darden.
I gain.
i ashincton. — Warlhen. — Long, Flournoy and
II tha.
\\ ayne.— II iggins,- — Bryan. 1 gain.
W T ilkES.— Anderson.—Toombs, Whitfield, Woolen.
Wilkinson.— BeaH.—Murphy and Hatcher.
GT7’ I de first name in each county is Senator.
The names in Italics are Whigs.
Keeping Defaulters in (/Ace.
It is proven By official documents that Haiiiiis,
the Receiver at Columbus, was retained in office
after it was known that lie was a defaulter to an
immense amount. Mr. Woodbury, for nearly
two years, had been coaxing this man to restore
the money which he. had stolen. I say stolen, for
that is the word, the proper word. ‘ Now do,
dear Mr. Harris, pay us our money ; it is very
painful to have to teaze you thus ; we would not
do it, Mr. Harris, indeed we would not, hut vve
are mighty hard pushed ourselves.” Mr. Harris
was inexoiable; he would pay nothing. At last
he was informed that it he did not pay up hy the
first o( October, he would he dismissed. This
began to look a little like doing the right tiling at
last. But mark the issue! Mr. Claiborne, the
memberof Congress from Mississippi, writes a let
ter to the President, saying amongst other things,
that the election in Mississippi would be a very
close one, and that Mr. Harris and his family
were very influential, and were friendly to the
Administration. He was restored to his i slice un
til he embezzled thirty or forty thousand dollars
more, which was lost to the Government; in all,
109,000 dollars. I might swell this list if I were
to name all who, under like circumstances, were
retained in office after it was known that they
embezzled the public money. Is not the case,
: then, made out, ol the overseer who makes a
profitable estate ruinously unproductive, the
fences down, houses dilapidated, and winks at the
stealing by the servants of the little that is made,
not satisfied with i.ot punishing them, hut reward
ing them hy again giving them opportunities lr»
steal 1 Would any man here retain such a man
ager ? Ii he would not, but would continue pow
er in its present hands, he cares less for the public,
interest than his own. He may boa patriot,
according to his idea of the meaning of the word
—he is not, according to mine.— Waddu Thomp
son s Dani il'e Speech.
\an Blue n Democracy. —The Electoral
Ticket for De Witt Clinton, in 1812, was head
ed in Massachusetts hy Harrison Gray Otis, an
old Black Cockade Fcderalits, and one of the
pr.me movers of the Hartford Convention. In
Connecticut, the Ticket was headed by Theo
dore Dwight, the Secretary of the Hartfoid Con
vention; tor die man whom these men sup| cr
ied Mr. Van Buren voted and yet Mr. Van Bu
ren has always been a democrat, at least, so say
hit friends tnd present supporters. — Pet. Int.