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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. % * - *'•*•*♦• 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 1 „ - r.Ct ‘ L 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, rj - 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- _JU i\. 1 * 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