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SAVANNAH
GEORGIAN
NEW SERIES—VOL. II
SAVAJV'JS'Att, TUESD iV MOILYIXG, I)IZCEMU Eli 17,182*.
SWANN Yll:
MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 16.18?2.
. \Vc understand, says the Augusta Ad-
t<4'tiscr, that General Thomas Glasscock
and Col. ZachoriaH Lamar, have been ap
pointed Cotmaissioncra to treat with the
Indians.
CanijTwi.—Nothing of any importance
has yet been transacted in Congress, both
houses having been principally engaged
in their internal organization. Ill Senate,
on the 5th inst, Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky,
gave notice, that he wonld ask leave to
bring in a bill for the abolishment of im-
prsfcnment for debt. The Rev. Mr.
Bref Icenridgo, of the Presbyterian persua
sion, was chosen Chaplain of the House.
The House adjourned on Friday the 6th
to Monday.
A new steam boat, named the
«• Hamburg” was to be launched at
Charleston on Saturday, intended to
ply between (hat city and New Ham
burg, opposite Augusta.
From Spain—Captain Hatton, ar
med at Norfolk from Cadiz, from
whence he sailed on the 28th of Oct.
brings a report that a severe battle
had been luu^ht previous to his de«'
parture, in Cut* Ionia, between the
Royalists and Constitutionalists, in
which the former were compelled to
retreat with great loss. The state of
Spain is represented to be miserable
aud distracted in the extreme.
From Brazil.—Copt. Burnham, o!
the brig Fenwick, which arrived at
Roston from Monte Video and Bahia,
repoits that when he left the latter
place, Oct. 23d, the town was closely
besieged by the Brazilian forces, who
mere bombarding it with hot shot.
Lieutenant Allen.—On the arrival
of the melancholy intelligence of the
tleath of this lamented officer at Hud-
An, his native city, the colours of oil
the vessels lying in the harbour were
lowered to half,mast, and a similar
tribute ofTfcsprct pnitMiy the
steam-boat Richmond during her
whole passage down the river. The
family ol Liout. Allen were.distracted
at the news of his premature loss, and
the whole city where tin was intimately
acquainted, is said to have been in
mourning. No event, for many years,
haa excited so strong a sensation, and
produced such deep and universal
regret, a® the death of this brave anJ
meritorious officer.
Extract of a tetter from a /dghly respectable
mercantile house in Kingston, f Ja. J
dated jYov 1822.
"Dear Sius—At foot we. hand pri
ces ol our Imports and Exports; as far
as they are interesting in vour city.
“ Pitch Pine Boaids, Vlanks and
and Scantling, 13 t 151. per M. duty
30s. very scarce j common Boardsand
Plaok, 8/. ppr M. do. do.; W. 0.
Staves and Heading I7l,duty 22>6d ;
R. 0. do. I2i- duty 30*; Shingles, 22
inch Cypress, 3 a 4(. duty 20s ; Cedar,
pef M. feet, 16/. ; Flour* 66s 8d. per
fib/,.; .Sunni’, par 100 lbs 26s. 8d. a 40s-
Coffee, do. 60 a 140s ; Hum, per gall.
2s; Pimento, per lb* lOd. Exchange
on London, 19 a 20 per cent. prem.
or 500 a $$5(J4 per lOOi. sterling.”
Court of Common Tleas and Oyer
1 and Terminer for the City of *Va-
vannah.
DECEMBER TERM, 1822.
Charge of Judge Nicou. to the Grand
Jury.
Gentlemen of the Grand Inquest,
You are assembled to accomplish the
most important object which belongs to
the members of civil society ; to uphold the
laws, to prevent crimes, and preserve the
rights as welluf the citizen,as of the public.
'filcue are duties, to (he discharge at
wh\4b, there needs no impulse, save that
Which themselves supply, Yet, as every
innovation upon established usage, or ac
customed institutions, is calculated to ex
cite our prejudices or revolt our feelings,
it may not be inappropriate to state the
taouves, which induced the organization of
a Court novel as this is in the jurisprudence
qf the State, and to examine its. effects m
accomplishing the ends of its institution.
And if this examination shall lead to the
persuasion, that this tribunal contributes to
the peace of society, to’the preservation
or morals, or of good order^or to the inter
ests of humanity, it will not be doubted,
that whatever of prejudice the inconveni
ence resulting from the discharge pi the-
duties imposed by it, may have occasioned,
Will be readily surrendered.
One of the important objects of criminal
punishment is, the prevention of crime, bj
a dread of the consequences it incuts. Bui
when these consciences are slow in their
event, and theretwre remote n their con
nection with the offence, they are rarely,
or but feebly absoctuted with the coinnvs-
siunof it, aiulllu feforearesca-cely opera
tive in the prevention of crime. This is
•especially the ca*e in those classes of of
Jeucea, in which the punishment, from its
disarming punishments of their salutary
terrors, and disconnecting them from the
offence to which they were annexed, gave
to them an imagined impunity, which, if it
did not invite to, at.least did not dissuade
from the pe petration of crime. And this
19 particularly the case in a community like
this, whose members arc transient, are con
nected to society by alight ties, are conse
quently not strongly impressed with a
sense of the duties it imposes, and arc un
mindful of the effects of their acts upon it
and who, in considerate in their temper,
do not contemplate those effects upon
themselves.
Where an individual is a permanent mem
ber ofa community, is connected to it by
domestic ties, by bonds of affection, or by
habitual intercourse, there grow up in
him a sense of social duty, and a respect for
the opinions of society, wlr'ch const rain him
aa well to an obatsryai>ce of the rights of
the public, as to the preservation of his own
rank. There belong to him a pride of cha
racter, and a standing in society, which for
tify his principles of virtue, and strengthen
his fidelity to the laws, and with those a
multitude of sources of shame and moitifi.
cation, which make him alive to the cen
sures of the l.nv, and prohibit him from -ha-
zauling its penalties.
Rut on tnat-transiei.t population which
forms so laige a portion of our community,
particularly on seamen, whoso principles
are too frequently a« unsteady as the tie.
ment on which they roam, aml whoscTives
on shore are devoted to frolic and riot,
these motives, as they are unknown to
th m, urc inoperative.
Hence, then, the particular importance
of the speedy administration of criminal
justice among them, in order to give it an
imposing terror, and a preventive influ
ence, and to preserve that tranquility and
jood order, which even a lax and dila
tory enforcement >f the laws is elsewhere
competent to insure.
As reason leaches, so experience proves,
that it is from this class of persons—those
who are not attached to our society, but
are only transiently among us—that a vast
majority of those on the criminal calendar
of our courts arfi drawn. Such persons
are necessarily unknown among us, and
consequently bear with them none of those
pledges of \A-alth or integrity, without
which no prudent man will hazard Igs pro
perty -and the means of support 6f himself
ami family, by becoming surety for their
appearance. For what man who regards
the ordinary dictates of prudence, will
stake his fortune, and perhaps his liberty,
oil the submission to the law of one, whose
character and whose means of indemnify,
ing him, he does not know ?
I'he accusing, therefore, of such a one
of crime, no matter how unfounded, pro.
duces all the dreadful effects which follow
the conviction, ami instances have occur
red, prior to the establishment of this
court and but for its existence would-re
cur, in which individuals charged with
minor offences, though innocent of them,
have suffered imprisonments, whose dura-
ration and severity were inordinately
greater than those which actual guilt would
have induced.
Such a state of things was a reproach to
the justice, as well as the humanity, of the
state, of which it became us to rid ourselves
by any sacrifice. And this is believed to
be in a great measure accomplished by the
organization of this Court.
An individual is no longer doomed to an
imprisonment of months’ duration; shut
out front the use of his faculties, and an
indulgence in’the charities of MV, and
imposed as a burden on society, while lie
should be an active contributor to its re
sources, in consequence ofthe mere accu
sation of an offence, which demands the
slightest animadversion of the law, and
of which he may be innocent.
Justice is now prompt and therefore ef
fectual. U no'longer, false to itself, de-
.iniVnds innocent victims ; and it therefore
enforces itself without an infringement
i f the rights oMiununity, or the interests
ofthe country, The strictest justice is
now made to consist and harmonize with
the inost'enlightcilcd mercy.
As the administration of criminal juris
prudence has been made more prompt, so
is it more certain ; and it is these two qua-
laties, of promptness and certainty, which
give to the laws their efficacy. Crimes
arc prevented less by severity of pu
nishment, than by the certainty of its in
fliction ; and so long as there exists a hope
of impunity, particularly if this hope be
cherished by examples, will individuals be
influenced to crime. Indeed, it is tile
certainty oftlieir execution that gives to,
laws their force, amt that author'd* .» hich
imposes a sanitary restraint on evil doers,
nay, which is essential to their existence,
and without which.they would become but
a mockery.
It is wise and just, therefore, as well
as humane, that the laws be faithfully
executed, that punishment certainly
follow crime ; and this is most likely to be
attained in a court like this, where trial
ensues the offence speedily, and before
personal reinovul, or the casualties of na
ture, shall have deprived the public of the
testimony ofthe witnesses ofthe crime.
And as it is necessary to an effectual, so
is it to a humane, ami just execution ofthe
laws.. For if the public justice may be de
feated, so may individual rights be infring
ed, by the loss of testimony through the
casualties which time occasions.
Another evil resulted from the former
organization of our courts, which, as it vi-
sited tile severest penalties denounced a-
gainst crime upon him who was confes
sedly innocent, was shocking to the feel
ings of humanity and the principles of na
tural justice, and which was not, as the
remedy applied to it by the establishment
of this court proves, justified by any suffi
cient motive of public policy. Individuals
have been incarcerated for many a cheer
less month in the common receptacle of the
crime and misery of me county,where they
were forced,from (he structure ofthe build
ing, to be tlie associates of hardened crime,
and perhaps the pupils of sinister wisdom,
and thtir bodies to he the ptvy of whate
ver is noisome and disgusting in nature,
and where their feeling* were agonized
not merely by a less of personal liberty,
Jutl mildness, is not calculated *’
THiphiu the mind or .l.rm the fetw, end t|, c i r „ c |v«», but by th.
^.Siiuemly ntnose wuich have beena.-
aigu r <* the jurisdiction of tins Court.
j'uNt diLiuy aojjMWsi'fitio® ofthe law,
mngiy to , kl|t j A view moral deformity affecting
destitution uiid
w reubedness, to which the objects of their
flection*, who claimed from them Inc
means of support, were reduced, because
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theft '** ,c # * ,fcl .° n * , they had been the carnal witness*-* of some
tb« • -awed ww'iww «f i 1 '*
thus subjected by accident to the unjust
consequences which resulted from Rnpit-
cd crime.
But the creation of this court, If it has
not removed this further injustice and in
humanity, has, in a great measure, reinc'-
died it. To entlrely.curc either of them
is perhaps scarcely possible, consistently
with the good order and well being of so
ciety, since to preserve these, crimes must
be prevented, and this cannot be accom
plished unless punishment awaits their
commission. But the certainty of punish
ment is of course commensurate only with
the means of proof ami of infliction, and
these depend upon the guages, whether
pecuniary or personal* furnished by the
( accused and witnesses for their presence.
{ But, although to preserve the authority
and effective force, of the laws.'jind ac
complish the purposes of justice, incon
veniences must be-occasionalfy imposed,
upon individuals, these Inconveniences
should not be greater in extent or duration
than is necessary to the attainment of the
g reat objects in contemplation, of which
lev are created, and the establishment of
this court provesthat the privations nail
sa. flees required under the ancient sys
tem, us they were inconsistent with hu
manity, were, moreover, not demanded
by the purposes of justice,
Nor were .these privations and sacrifices
confined to individual feeling, character or
interest. The public itself was a sufferer
indirectly by a loss of-the, fruits of the
active industry of citizens, and directly by
the sums drawn from the treasury ofthe
City, and ultimately from the people, to
s ihsist prisoners wha were poor or un
known.
Those expence; are now saved to the
public, aiul did not this court support it
self as it doer, would be more than
sufficient to defray all the charges inci
dent to it.
These, then, are among the benefits
which flow from the erection of this tribu
nal. Our humanity and justice arc re
deemed and preserved, the administration
ofthe law is made prompt and efficacious;
public economy is maintained, and private
burthens are prevented.
It would be idle, if notunworthy, to op
pose to these great and manifest advhn-
tages, the inconveniences to which they
are exposed on whom the duty of jurors in
this court devolves. For what is the in
convenience of serving as a juror, for
few hours or even a (lay annually, and it
is believed that the tour will not revolve
round oftener, in comparison with the cost
saved to the public, and those from whom
the public treasure is drawn; what with
the pecuniary loss and anguish of feeling
of individual-!, whose misfortune it is to be
suspected of crime or to be the witnesses of
imputed offences, and still more of 'those
who are allied to them by bonds of affec
tion, or dependent on them by tl«s neo««-
sitieu of nature; what with the saving to
humanity, and the preservation ofjusUcc,
pure, prompt, effective, and yet merciful?
Ihil no inconvenience, no additional duty,
has been imposed on any citizen by the
reation of this court. The cuuses which
are here referred to jurors, arc drawn from
another tribunal, where, but for the exist
ence of this court, the same duty would
belong to them. The difference then
occasioned, by the transfer of the criminal
jurisdiction of this court from the Superior,
is this—that while, there jurors have been
and are obliged to give days, ami some
times weeks, to the discharge of their du
ties, here they are drawn Horn their pri
vate avocations, but for a few hours ; that
while there, the office devolves upon them
moat unequally, since it falls upon a few in
the course of a year, in a community whose
members are ever and rapidly changing,
and then for burdensome terms; here it
rolls round among almost all the citizens, in
in annual revolution, 8t therefore operates
finally on all, and since the service requi
eu from all is moderate in it* duration, is
therefore burdensome on none.
And this inconvenience, did it exist,
would be more than compensated, by the
relief which the establishment of tliis court
has afforded in another important respect.
In the Superior Court—the highest tribunal
of.tlie state, is vested the jurisdiction ofthe
most aggravated offences and the most mo
mentous civil injuries. It was a detriment
to the pu >he justice, as it was also inconve
nient to jurors and vexations to suitors,
that the attention of that court should be
withdrawn from the investigation of cau
ses, in whose decision were involved pro
perty of perhaps an immense amount, und
principles which form the landmarks of all
our pecuniary interests, to be bestowed
upon a trilling broil between malicious and
iitigious individuals, or that the time which
should have been employed in a Matter in
teresting to the life of a fellow being,
should be engaged in the slightest infringe
ment recognized by the law. It was tm
portant therefore, that this evil should he
remedied ; and from this vexatious and dis
tracting airaugeinent, the Superior Court
and th. si connected witli it, have been ex
empted by the creation of this court.
As this court has produced a prompt ad
ministration of crimmal, so has it oi civd
jurisprudence, and punctually in the dis
charge of contracts and engagements, aa
well as a diminution of crime, has resulted
fronryt. 4
In civilized society, almost all the tran
sactions which re I u-..* merely to individuals,
resolve themselves into contracts. These
may be said to be the atmosphere ol com
merce, in which it floats, and on which it
depends for befog, und it is to commerce
that society chiefly owes its wesfltli, its arts,
and even its civilization. Thu3 vitally es
sential to commerce, if is of the utmost mo-
ment particularly in a country which dcrivt s
from it its prosperiiy and strength, its ad
vanceinent and gre.iw.ess, to enforce nunc*
tuaiity in the performance of them—smee,
without a punctual fidelity to engagements,
no mutual confidence can obtain, ami -with
out this, there can exist no other com-
merce, than that barter which belongs to
the rudest state of soi.icty.
The observation is weheved to be gener
ally correct, that where transactions be
tween individuals are of longstanding, or
ot laige amount, there exists tint confi
dence, which in other cases is supplied old)
oy the ability to summarily enforce «u.
gageinei.ls, and that consequently in these
it is not so essential that courts shouhk
promptly inteipoir, as in those rases where
the smallness o» the claim evidences a ••am
of confidence, save that w hich an ability to
pcedd/ resort to legs! progcw,hU»uc pro
duces To thm community, therefore, which
dcnench on commerce for its very being,
»nd a large proportion ofthe active agents,
in whose (ratio are transient, and perhaps
more adventurers, having neither a resi
dence iwr a fixed interest among us; a
(Jourt which could promptly lend its aid to
the enforcement of eoutructs?, was in the
highest degxc important, particularly in
those cases small in amount, which have
been assigned to its jurisdiction.
These positions aro not ideal, nor does
the establishment of them depend on re a-
son. They ara proved hy the rcc. *rd« of
the con t, whicit furnish demonstrative evi
dence of a diminution of crime, and also of
violations of engagements since its orguui-
zation.
But the utility of this court and the faithful
execution, talced Uie efficacy, of the law:,,
depend jj (L. fidelity wuh which mag
trite#«ml jurors, we who ure the agents ol
the laws, ffipcliurgff our duties. Ymtrs, Clew*
tlemen, are defined to you in the oath you
have Ukfcn, nwd instructed as yon are, in
die general nature of crimes, it is unneces
sary lor mi to address you on the particu
lar offences of which’ you have cogni
zance, especially as it is not known that
any will be presented to your considcra*
tl'ii, whffch. is novel in its character, or
which involves principles tiiAt are not fami
liar to you, |
PRESENTMEN'I^ofthh GRANT) JURY.
The undersigned, the Grand In
quest of tliis city, fur the present
term, in couc|udii>j> the duties «t the
trust rcpn.cd/in them, cannot forego
the expression of their approbation of
(he very ubie charge delivered by his
hollo/ the Judge, and the satisfactory
elucidation ofthe objects embraced in
the establishment of the Court of Oyer
and Terminer ; and being desirous
that publicity should be given to the
opinions therein contained, they re
quest that his honor will cause them
to appear in the Gazettes of the city.
The Grand Jury, in the discharge of
these duties which they are solemnly
bound to perform, cannot refrain from
giving expression to a few prominent
grievances and considerations.by time
ly attention to which the public weal,
individual prosperity, and the sup.
pressien ot vice, might be accomplish
ed.
The Grand Jury are well aware,
that the subjects of presentment they
now refer to, have been for the most
part alreiiuoasly urged by their pre
deccssors of the county and city, and
in thus recalling attention totlie grie
vances, they aie unbiassed nnd untra
moiled m declaring their opinion, tha-
infringement and violation of the
laws, may be attributed to the want of
vigilance in the officers in the dis
charge, of their duties, to whom it
particularly pertains to bring to pu
nishment all violators ofthe law,
1. The Grand Jurv, satisfied with
the fact of injury resulting to many
of our bellow citizens, from the illicit
proctice hy negioes of vending arti
cles, in violation ofthe law referred to 1
by his honor the Judge, passed Dec.
IDili, 1818, and from their assemblages
in tippling shops on the Sabbath day,
also in violation of tho 4ih sect, of tile
same act, do recommend, that the pub
lic officers be prompt in enforcing the
requirement ofa ticket from all sfaves
who shall otter for sale any artikle or
articles, except those allowed by the
(aw, and bring tu punishment thoso
who violate the other provisions of
act referred to.
2. We present, as a serious griev
ance, the introduction of slaves from
other states the property ofindividuals
not residing in this, who send their
slaves (generally the most depraved &
worthlessjto be disposed of here. This
practice is subversive of good order,
detrimental to the public, und in vio
latiun of a positive statute of this
state; and we earnestly recommend,
that the public officers be vigilant in
detecting and arresting persona who
have or shall introduce, sell or otter
to sell.ii> this city, any slave or slaves
the prqperty of non-residents of this
aitate.ho that be or they may be made
amenable to the law. -
3. VVe present, as a subject for the
investigation of the Justices of the in
terior Court, (he conduct of William
Browiij-ihn, a county Cuustablc, who,
from evidence before this inquest, ap
pears to have been unfitted for the
proper discharge of his official duties
by intoxicatiun, arid has proceeded (o
the collection ol an execution placed
in his hands in a manner unbecoming
his station, and injurious.tu the feel
ings of oinr citizens.
4. We present to the-Mayor and’
Aldermen of this city, the- necessity
ut mure frequent examination and
proof of the accuracy of weights and
measures.
5. W< present as a serious evil, that
the prqvi.iona of an act entitled “ An
act lupgdemciitary to, ami more ef
fectually to enforce, an act entitled
au act, prescribing the mode of manu
mitting .laves in this state, to prevent
the future migration of free persons
nf colour thereto, tu regulate such
lieu persons of culuur as how reside
therein, and for other purposes,” pas
sed Itllli December, 1818, have been
lounil inefficient for the prevention ol
the introduction ul free person< ut
colour, generally into Ibis state f but
murn parfioularly, that whiles, who
are the agents or principals in intro
ducing them are not reached by (h^
NO to
-1 Sl/nmutof/i Fmiiitm—We are i
Provision-and penalties of tlv‘ smite, i -i cunmmorn fitmilju-
und recent in-t niccs,have made ibis | funned, that Mr. Jnsepli ,,, v ,
act fully appear, where, aa we be- I Glnplin, has eleven Children all now
lievp, tree perauna nf color, ignorant I living. The youngest is about iliirty
of the enactment! of this statute, haye
suffered penalties, which ought injii»-
tice tu have attached to the white J-
Jf"ut or principal who introduced
tlic-m. Wo iherefore recommend snbh
additions to and amendments;.oP tlfe
above referred to act, asshull eu|Hff*e
the-,p«i:puaea of those wl)o framed and
passed tin- act.
0. The Grand Jury, in the excur
sive view of ull-thut appertains to the
city, strongly recommend tot the uwi
•idermion of the Inferior Gourt i|k
ostah'tohinent‘of a Treading Mill'll
vhe County Jail, on the saint'princi
ples ta that adopted In tpo ('unitei -
'iai-y of NewJYork, and about to lie
established in other northern cilice,
tor the purpose of uniting useful and
e labour with ctninheinent.
7. The Grand Jury esteeki it their
duty to present to their lellotv ci- izeuil
a stibjeclol barefaced oppression/r der
the provision, ofa law pas-ed I9ui
December, 1018, regarding the intro
duction of persona 01 colour into this
state, where a free peiwim of colour
wub introduced into this city, from
New-Vork, by a resident of this city,
(though not a native of the southern
States,) who having cause of ol-
fenoe against such pri son of colour,
did procure tlm confinement of tlw
same, and proceeded to tako mea
sures, which if carried into lull ett' et,
would have operated to the extinction
ofthe liberty ofsaid person of colour,
who was free at home, and who we
believe to hate been inenorant on ar
rival here of the provisions of our
statute, und, therefore, suffered its pe
nalties, when the individual introduc
ing flic same has not been amenable
to tho law, from defect in ito terms
which did not reach his case.
. We request that these our present-
mentsand recommendations be pub
lished.
TITOS, roU.W, Foreman,
G, P. Cnmmtrijr,
Edward C.phcc,
H. F. Ih-tliu.
years ol age, itj- they ovemge uptyauls
of twuhundred pounds nub !
J\fw Loudon paper.
A Scotch peasant being ridiculed fin
his bad singing, replied "It’s a far goto'
aiwcen here nnlf heaven j a’ mu.in
sounds Wi-el i' the distance.”
MARINE.
r nut
... .
>t hjU.
Joseph Folker,
S. hi, Williams,
A. Dufhure, *
. Joseph Camming,
■ Dimas Ponce.
Jana Meigs,
A. Sheftull.
JU U. // Furth,
P. Schenk,
Jacob lie La Molta, hath. 1+ mt,
S, C. Dunning, IVm. Parker,
W. U Cuylcv. Moses Sheftqk.
Summary Punish ment.—Sume'tim r
since an iliuerunt nnd very poo
woman, while journeying to thin
town, was accosted by a strudy'.snd
“dour-lnokitig” Irishman, at u Idm-
ly part of the Castle Douglas Koad
nod commanded, in no very gracious
terms, to deliver up her moody. Th
pour woman replied that she had no
money lo deliver; and her story an
peering a true one, the villain rudely
tore from her shoulders a pretty good
shawl, with which he immediately
made off, deaf to her intreaties, sml
regardless to her tears, fly and bve
however, a band ofblythe-liearled car
tors appeared, to whom the Wmna
communicated her misfortune, and
who, learning that the robber was hm
far off, pulilely requested her to si*;
into one ol the carts, that the might
point out the culprit in the event of
their overtaking him. This puipose
by dint of smart driving, they soon
accomplished. Pat, of course, denied
that he hail ever seen the woman be
fore; ‘-but facts aro duels that winna
ding;” and the appearance of the
shawl, which was found lurking in a
secret corner of his wallet, shut his
mouth in a moment. The carters
next deiiberutdd what was to be done
and, lortliing themselves into a sort of
court-martial, they cond“mned the
now-coiile6iingand supplicating crimi
nal to the mitigated punishment ''
thirty lushes. No sooner said than
dune. Pat was forthwith ordered, anil
even assisted, to strip to the very butt',
while a carter elevatinff his Whip, "sur
charged with ang-y thwack,” and, on
the word being given, acquitted him
self in a style that would have done no
disgrace to the most accomplished
Jack Retch in all the country,
Dumfries Courier.
Wc have observed in the Charles
ton papers, a statement of informa
tion said to have been written on the
11 Washington way-bill,” on the day
fixed Tor the late great Race on the
Washington Uace Giound, which in-
lormationjs totally false. We are au
thorised to say, from investigation,
that nothing ofthe sort was ever writ,
ten at the Washington Post Office.
The endorsement on the way-bill re
ceived at Clm lesion, was therefore a
forgery, committed between this place
and Charleston- wVat. Jut.
Letter of Introduction — Dean Swift
gave Mr. Cooke, a gentleman of very
good character and fortune a letter
of recommendation to Pope, couch
ed in ij.e (allowing term.—'' Dear
Pope, though the tittle feiluu) that
bruits this, be a. justice of peace, and a
me mile r of our Douse of Commons, he
may nut be altogether unuivrthy of
your acquaintance,”
ARUIVKD,
Slop Lycurgiis, tlakv, PorUippytli, Ntf.
24 days, with hay, to die niaaier. '
8chv Traveller; I mvrenco, Xlarbtetienil,
12 duys, with Cub* toj
Scliv Isabella,-Fairest, Uurrucou, 9 days,
with fruit, to F Julineau.
Schr Experiment. Si.atfdock, Darien.
Hvitli 100 tier cm rim*, to ,1 if'Ntsh.
Sloop It*.mlie, Uctlley, Siinbu.y, Cilnyr.
Neptune, Nye, Kicebgro, 3du) b ,
wuh rice to order.
Sloop Riainjf Sun, iWjhavv/iy, Darien, 4
days, witliHi.lt to LtiWieiic? i<t Thompson.
U.S. Revenue etitier UftlUlin, Mathew.-,
from a cruize.
(On Saturday.) Steam HoM Cnlumbh,
Blackman, (Jhai les on via IJ unfoM, 2 (!■,»«.
Passengers, f'idfp* JolniHon aiulXllnurliter,
Lt.’nV W W- Hr, y S Army, MetyuG V )\
Walker, BlunclwvU, Sulms, and Dr C'uth*
bert.
Foie boat Sarah, Antfusln, with 745 baled
Cotton to Camel iu ijf Lanur, and oilieru •
Foie boat Accoiinno ! .tor, Augusta, whig
700 bull s option lo Ganlclou & Lamar,
and others*
AnmvArs piiom this ponT.
At Charleston, Dec, 14, sloop Height,
Cooper i Express, llanunet, and Suoutu
Bradley. -
At Providence, 29'h ult. schr Selina and
Jane, Drew; 30, schr Suvnnnah, Pease. '
At N Ilavun, via Providence, sloop Ko-
rct* Collu:,
CLttARKn ton THIS I'OUT,
At N York, 6th, ship N uj»irtii Beebe.
vp rou tuib pit n r.
At New*Yurlr, 5th, ship Superior, Joce
lyn, to sail 12th.
At Providence, 2d, sloop Rising 8un A
Cooley, to Hull Bin.
FROM OUR CMUt HRS PON DENT,
Office qj th* Charleston Mercury, ?
Dec. 15.—noon. 3
Arrived, brig Flora, Mcldrum, London,'
uqd46 days from POiumimth/ tiut'c'd in
co. with the brig New York, of 18 guns tit
80 men, for the Spanish Main.
Qtfhe of the N. Y. Mer. Advertiser,
December 7*
Brig Jos. S, Lewis, Caldwell, Havana,
Id days ; schrs ChcuapeaAre, Baldwin, D.t.
rien, 6; Only Daughter, Hawthorn, St M.»-
rys, 10.
MOUNT ZION INSTITU
TION.
OrpilE regular ct.tme of instmetion in
IX this Seminary wilt commence on tho
Riot Mornluy in January, 1U2J. The public
are well acquainted with the liteiury chav*
cter of this Institution, and arc disposed,
-i is belicvcdi to appreciate its merits. It
has been for ten years in successful .ml
jnrecni led operat on; and t is a considera
tion peculiarly cheering to'the hearts of
(hose whose repu'ation and lubourslu ve
been idehtifi- d with its existence n:uX
j-r ispeiity, that ag'eater number of cLs.
bical sclioliirs nave boon instructed during
that period, within its walls, than for the
same length cftime-in any other Academy *
in the stuie Fo the correctness and ut-
lue of the instruction cornu ideated, tho
public are referred to those ydung g« ntle-
men who have received tfitir 'education
either wholly or in part at, this- ioBUtu-ou.
Many of them have already e .leri d upon
the active profess ons in lift, who do cre
dit to the place of their euucuii< n, ui.d
who cannot fail, in process of time, to sus
tain an honourable rank among the proud*
nent characters of out State, t he acquire
ments and reputation of scholars, furnish
the best testimony of the competence aiul
fidelity of teachers. *
It has bttui the aim of the Instructor3 In
this Institution to make tuoiiovoii sello
uts, rather thun to ucquire an ephemeral
repuiat on by teaching ** a mass ot things,
out nothing distinctly’*—and thqs leaving .
iho pupil to become a mere smattmer ,.t
last. Those who ^wotild iorm u coirect c«
pinion as to the manner m w hich the I .;»fln
and Greek CiasS.cxa are taught, are ic*
quested to consult the literary gentlemen
who have from time to lime a tended the
public examinations in these brandies of
a liberal education. In the common bran
ches of an English education—m the high
er deput tmenls of literature and science—
n composition und elocution, the exuni-
nations speua for themselves.
Mount Zion certainly presents many ad- '
vantages as a place for the education of
youth; and these advantages cannot bo
overlooked by those patents who intend to
send their children abroad for this purpose.
The expenses are a9 moderate as in arty-
other part ofthe country—it is a place of
unusual health—special attention is paidlo
the conduct and morals of the students ;
and there are now in the Institution a num-
oer of young gentlemen, who have made
considerable advances in science, and whose
example cann.tt fail to exert a favourable
influence over the minds and habits of those
who are in the incipient stages ut their ed
ucation.
To patents and guardians the subscriber
will hold himself rcspdfosible for the cor
rect deportment and honourable progress
these who a e committed to his cave.
C F. lit MAN.
dec 16. 18 uf
A Situation Wanted.
O NUwlio lunue.ii regul.i(y irouglitup
m . coiintini' room, wi.li.. employ,
mem, Mul will cng.K* lo renuiu . ye»r or
more, 8.tiW.ctory r. faeeatu will be go -
ciii Appty el tU.i office.