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fort, where Mike and Carpenter, over a 1
cup pfwhiskey, r> viv*n th recollection
of Hit ti past quart cl, but made a treaty of
which was to be Solemnized by
their usual trial of shooting a cup of
whiskey from oft each other's head as
their custom was. This was at once the
test of mutual reconciliation and renewed
Confidence.
The question remained to be settled,
who should have the first shot. To de*
t* rmine this, Mike proposed to ‘sky a
copper’ with Carpenter/ that is (O throw
up a copper. This was done, and Mike
won the first shot. Carpenter seemed to
be fully aware of Mikc‘s unforgiving tem
per. nd treacherous intent, for he declar
ed, that he was suie that Mike would
kill h>in. But <at penter scorned ife too
much to purchase it by a breach of his
solemn compact, in refusing to staid die
test Accordingly he prepared to die.
ll* hequeathed his gun, phot pouch, and
powder horn his belt, pistols, and wages
to • albot, in rase lie should be killed
They went to the fatal plain, and vvtdist
Milo: loaded his idle, and picked his flint,
Carpenter filled his tin tup with whiskey
to the brim, and without changing his
features, he placed it on his In ad, a9 a
taig. i for Mike to shoot at. Mike leveled
hi - fle at the head of Carpenter, at the
disunite of sixty yards Aftei drawing a
beau, he took down Ins idle tioin ins face
and -milingly said, ‘Hold your noddle
Steady, Carpenter, and dun‘t spill the
whiskey, a-’ 1 shall want some presently!’
He again raised cocked his piece, and in
an instant Carpentei, fell, and expired
without a groin.
Mke* i,al| had penetrated the forehead
of Carpenter in the centre, about an inch
and a half above the eyes. He couly 9at
down his.rifle, and applying the muzzle to
Ins mouth, blew the smoke out ui the
touch hole without saying a woid, keeping
hia eyes steadily on the fallen bodv ot Car
pentei. His lirst woids were *Lai pentcr
have you spilt the whiskey!’ He was
.then tnld that he had killed Carpenter.—
‘lt is all an accident,’ said Mike, ‘for 1
took as fair a bead on the black spot on
the cup, a> cvei I to.-k on a squirrel's eye.
H \v did it happen!* He then cursed the
gu i, tht'ii the bullet, and finally himself.
Bids catasti ophe (m a country where the
stiong ai m of the law cannot reacii,) pas
sed oft tor an accident; and Mike was per
mit'ed to go at large, under the belief that
Caip ntei's death was the result of con
tingency. Hut Carpenter had a lasi
friend in Talbot, who only waited a fair
opportunity to revenge his death. iNu
Opportunity offered fur some months alter,
until one day, M>k i aln of gasconading
declared to Talbot, that he did lull Car
pentcr on purpose amt that he was glad of
it. Talbot instantly die.v from his belt
a pistol (the same whi h had belonged to
Carpenter,) and shot Mike through the
heart. Mike fell to the grout.d and ex
pil ed without a word. Talbot, also went,
unpunished, as nobody had authority, o.
inclination to call him* to account, flu
truth was, 1 atbot was as teiocious ami
dangerous as the gully bear of pie prair
ie->. About three, months after, Talbot
w / ,s 1,1 the battle of Anti ri km ees, iu
which Col. L-avenworth commanded,
wbeie lie displayed a coolness, winch
iv mu til nave done honor to a better man.
IB came out of the battle unharmed.
About ten years aftei, be was drowned m
<h- < it.in iver, m attempting to swim it
I hu* ended ‘ I he last of the boatmen.’
Oi-.OKGI V LKiiISLAfUItE.
~ _ SKNATE.
M EnWESDAY, Nov. 18.
Mr. Spam reported a hill for
changing the manner of punishing
c onvii is in the penitentiary, and for
the better regulation of the same; also
f'r adding to and amending the Pen
itentiary buildings, and for applying
the money appropriated for the support
<*l .the penitentiary, fur the year 1529,
t< til** repairs and alterations in the
penitentiary buildings, herein contctn
j>l ted; read the lirst tune.
,*lr. Powers reported a bill to alter
am, ISx. and more lolly define, the
fe- oi the di/IVrent publie o Hirers of
this state therein mentioned: read the
first time.
1 hursday, November 19.
Mr Habersham reported instanter,
a hill to amend the several laws of
tins slate, tor the trial and punish
uieolot slaves and tree persona of co
lor: Head the first time.
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On motion of Mr. Sayre, it was
U-solvid. That the j hut committee
•n the Judiciary b* instructed to en
quire into the expediency of, prohibit
ing by law, the employment of slaves
or free persons of color, in the setting
of types in printing offices in this
state.
The bill providing for a convention
to revise and amend the constitution
of this State, Was made the special
order of the day for Wednesday next.
The bill to authorize the Justices of
the Inferior Courts to incorporate
churches and academies, and appoint
trustees for the same, was rejected.
Saturday, November 21.
Mr. Branham reported a bill to a
mend an act to establish a Bank at
Mill) dgevillc, to be called and known
j oy the name and style of the Central
j Bank of Georgia, Acc, passed the 22d
December, 1828, and also, to provide
for the disposition and sale of
lands for feited to the itate: read the
first time.
Mr Habersham noticed the senate,
that lie would introduce a bill to au
thorize the formation of limited tra
ding copartnerships in this state, upon
< ertain conditions to be therein siteci
find.
Mr. Daniel notified the senate,
that, after to-day, he would introduce
;* hill to amend the 9lh section of the
3d article of the constitution, so as to
give the superior courts in the sever
al circuits of this state full power to
grant bills of divorce.
Mr. Mealing notified the senate,
that ho would introduce a bill to com
pel constables to advertise their sales
in a public newspaper,
Monday, November 23.
Mr. Famhivugh reported a bill to
authorise the Justices of the Inferior
Court of the respective counties of
this State, to lay a county tax on all
cattle of the cow kind, the owners of
which are not inhabitants of said
counties, and to point out the mode
for the collection of the same; road
the first time.
Mr. Beall, reported r. bill to ex
tend the Jurisdiction of the Justices
of the Peace within this State, and t u
regulate and define the mode of stay
ing executions on judgments, and
further to define the duties of Justin
ces of the Peace* and constables.* read
the first time.
Mr. Brown reported a bill to alter
ibe several estray laws of this State:
read the first time.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, November 18.
Mr. Shorter from the select joint
committee tow let in was referred the
eport f the Senates Ac deniieus,
reported a bill more eflfe< tually to en
dow the University of Georgia, and to
provide for the education of the poor.
The house then took up again the
bill to provide f<r ilie improvement
<• the public roads in this state.
A proposition was made to fix the
salary of the superintendent at glooo,
whii U was l..st—yeas 55, nays 73.
Anew set ion was added, .ippmpri -
Ming 825,000. including 20,000 here
tofore appropriated, for the Savannh
river above Augusta, for the purchase
“fable bodied negroes, who have been
12 months in the state, to be placed
under a Superintendent, and 3 over
seers, one half on the stage road from
Savannah to Macon by Dublin and
Marion one fourth, on the road from
Macon to Columbus by Forsyth, and
sssthe remainder on the road from Co-
lambus to Lawrcnceville, by Decatur.
While engaged on the 6th section,
a motion was made to adjourn, it be
ing near 2 o’clock; which was adopt
ed.
NOTICES.
Thursday. November 19.
Mr. Brewster—To make .uniform
the mode of advertising sheriff’s sales
in this stnte.
Mr. Kelliim—To alter so much of
the Bth section of the militia laws, as
respects the manner of superintend
ing the ejections of field officers
The house again took up the bill to
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provide for the improvement of the’
public roads in this state.
Mr. Brewster moved that it lie on
the table for the remainder of the ses
sion, which motion was r jected—
yeas 42, nays 74
The bill was gone through, and on
iis fi *1 passage, the yeas were 82,
nays 47.
Saturday, November 21.
The Speaker being Absent, on mos
tion of Mr. Bates, Mr. Wafford was
called to the chair, and the house pro
reeded to the election of a speaker
pro. tem . — and the ballots having been
received and examined, it appeared
that Asbury Hull was duly elected.
Me. Ryan preeented the following
report, which was read and agreed
to:
The committee on agriculture and
internal improvement, to whom was
referred tlio annual report of the com
missioners of the Chattahoochee river
above the Coweta Fails, have had the
same under their consideration, and
ask leave to make the following re
port. viz,*
1 st. The report is informal, and
does not comply with the requisitions
of the circular of the Execuuve, be
cause it gives no account of ! he money
on hand. It is informal and unsatis
factory, because there are no vouch
ers by which this committee can ar
rive at any conclusion how, or what
amount of money has been applied to
the legitimate objects of the appropi i
atiou; nor can the committee discover,
from the report, or in wlrnt manner
the public hands were employed du
ring the time they could not work on
the river. Your committee are, there
fore, of opinion that it is expedient
to adopt the following resolution;
Resolved, That his Excellency the
Governor be requested forthwith to
order the commissioners of the Chat
talioochee river, above the Coweta
Falls, to lay before the Executive a
statement of the amount of money on
hand, and vouchers for all the money
they have expended; and if they have
loaned any part of the public funds,
they be required to make out a soiled
ule of the. notes, together with the
names of the makers and their secu
rities, and the probability of the re**
overy or loss of the same, and that
they also be required to show in
vvliat manner they have employed
the public hands when they were not
at work on the river, and that his
Excellency be requested to lay the
same before the legist at ure,
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Mr. Freeman offered the following
resolution, which was agreed to;
Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed consisting of Messrs. Freeman
Shorter, Black, a*:d Dougherty, to
as. ertain the amount of money, d<‘bts,
property, and other things (negroes
ex epted) belonging to the state, now
in the hands of the ditFerent naviga
tion companies in the state, and that
they recommend what way the same
be disposed of and applied; with povv
erto report oy bill or otherwise.
Monday, November 23.
Mr. Bates offered a resolution,
which was amended and agreed to,
as follows:
Resolved, That the committee on
financ e be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of reducing the sala
ries es Treasurer, Comptroller Gen
eral & Surveyor General of this state,
& that they rep. rt by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr.Saffdd,
R> solved, That the judiciary com
mittee be instructed to enquire into
the expediency of adopting a uniform
mode of admitting attornies from ad
joining states to plead and practice!
law in this state, and that they report
by bill er otherwise.
The house went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Mann in the chair, on the bill
to impose, levy, and collect a tax for the
political year 1830, on property, real and
personal, and to inflict penalties for neg
lecting or failing to comply with the pro
visions thereof and for other purposes. <
The bill was reported to the house with
amendments, which report was laid on the
table-
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WAR R K.X‘TO.Y YO V~ 2 8 18 > . ‘
From our C >; respondent .
“MILLKOGKVILLE, Nov £O, 1529.
For the two last days, *>uc
business has been definitively a- tyri
upon by the legislature—The” Bill t*
form anew Judicial Circuit has ueen
rejected in the House of Representa
tives, as was also the Bill to form.* a
new county out of the counties of Lee
and Randolph. The Bill from the Se
nate to repeal tiie act of 1825, vesting
in the State all valuable ores, mines
and minerals which may he found on
lands the property of the State of
Georgia, Ate. was this day passed in
the H onse of Representatives, will!
amcinmeats not effecting the priori,
pics of the BiM, by almost a unani
mous vote. Col. Robert Tutle was
elected, this day, Brigadier General
to fill the vacancy occasioned by ilie
promotion of Major General Tayl r.
The Journal of the 25 insf. says*
Yesterday, the Senate rejected, by 37,
against 27, the act passed at the fost
session of the legislature, altering the
constitution of the state. This act
provided for the biennial instead of
annual sessions of the General As
sembly. <Ncc.
Yesterday, in the House, Mr,
Dougherty, from the committee on the
state of the republic, reported a b;lt
tu authorise the survey of the .lands
lately a-quirt and by.the United States*
for the use of Georgia, of the Civ'k
Nation*of Indians, by a treaty oade
at the Creek Agency, 15th Nov. 1827,
From the Oeo. Courier oj the 23d insL
The Grand Jury of last weea, on
Thursday, found nj bill against
John Guitnarin for arson.; but on Fri
day brought iu a true bill. The
causes of this apparent inconsistency
are, of course, unknown to us. yVe’
presume, however, new testimony
must have been introduced.
Os those cases on the Criminal
Docket before the Justices of the In
ferior Court ontli same accusation,
two black women were found guilty
by the Jury, and sentenced to be hung
—the black girl Jenny, belonging to
Mrs. Jones, on the 4tii of Decemo r
the woman Cinda, belonging t Mrs.
Lubbock, is respited til! the 4tn day
of ncx* June, in consequence of preg.
nancy. The latter was the instigator
<>f the act, for which they both have to
suffer The fire that these two < ,reu
diaries communicated was
ed so early as 10 prevent the damage
its location was well calculated to ef
fect. Tiie two negro men arraigned
at the same time, were a< quitted.
Fire in Camden S. C, Extract of a
letter from the Editor of the Camden
Journal to the P >st Master, in Augus
ta, dated Camden, Nov. 24,
** This town was visaed last night
with a most destructive hre l'ho ;
whole of Broad street, from York in
King street, is in sshes. The loss not
less than 5i50,000. It was the work
of:an incendiarv.h
Extract of a letter from Ch iTeston
S. C. to a gentleman in Augusta,
“ Our principal Engineer, U ,ratio
Allen, Esq. Iroin New York, lias *r
rivi and and is now locating the first five
miles of the Rail Road near this city.’ r
The following letter from Gov. Troup
was laid before the Senatus Academicus r “
on account of the suggestion it contain?,
in relation to connecting the College with
the Poor School system of the state.
To the Hon Judges Craws rd, Cobb,
or i'layton.
LA uR E NS, 4th NoV. 1829.
Dear Sir —My health is so bid ihat*
in making an effort to reach Washington, ,*
bv the meeting of Congress. I will no*
have time to give my attendance at the.
meeting of the Board of Trusteed; an
object very tnuvh desired, because i have
seen great injustice done to ihe members -
of that body; and it wouid have afforded