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rpmentber the door of mercy may soon bo cloned—(ho voice of companion may soon be dumb forever! G Saviour of sinners, have mercy on Her voice here failed—the words died on her lips—her pulse teased to heat, and her spirit tied, praying for her brother. At first 1 thought 1 cotrld never rise from my knees from beside the death-bed of my sister. .My head was dizzy, and seeuvd as if the grave which covered my sister, would cr.ush my heart. A loud knock below aroused me: it was an officer with a few soldiers in pursuit of me, as a deserter. 1 hastily put iny sister’s Bible in my bosom ; and took one lingering farewell look, and went below—fori could not wish to have the soldiers enter the chamber of death. I was remanded back to the army : was confined for a while, but soon was let loose, having this chain and ball around my neck ; but 1 thank God that although my body is chained, my soul, l hope, is by this time free. This Bible, said he, taking the Bi ble from bis b.osom, this Bible has been the means of saving my soul. I rejoice in all that l.have experienced as it has been the means of bringing me to that God who has .proclaimed.himself the Sgviour of the chief of sinners. 1 may, or I may not, one day again be respectable among men ; but I hope I am saved through the riches of his tree grace.” The soldier ceased—and we were both in tears. We kneeled on the soft bank together, and l trust the wind as it sighed over the Lake, wafted our united prayers to Heaven. After taking each other by the hand, we parted, never more to meet in this world. Pereurinus. THE MISSIONARY. MOUNT ZION, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1821. Inonrpaper of this week will be found an in teresting letter from a clergyman in Virginia to the editor of the Boston Recorder. The account there given of (lie state of religion, and of the des titution of a preached Gospel, will apply with equal .force and propriety to the whole of the Southern section of our country. In this state, there are not such favourable prospects, as in that to cljeer the minds or animate the hopes of the’ friends of the Redeemer. Here, even in propor tion to the population, there are fewer organized societies, and less of the regular and stated preach ing of the Gospel. If there the pious are con strained to adopt the language of lamentation over the desolate condition of Zion, how much greater is the cause for lamentation here. There they have pleasing anticipations of better times, while here there is scarce a beam of light to irrad* iate the moral gloom, and to dissipate the dark ness of infidelity. There Christians seem to be active and awake, while here a cold indifference, a deadly apafby chills every faculty,and benumbs every exertion. The watchmen*on the walis of our Jerusalem have ceased to sound the alarm, Qr do it in so feeble a manner that their cry is not heard or regarded. In what part of our state can we look for a revival of religion ? In those places where the preaching of the Gospel is regularly at tended to,no work ofgrace has oflate in this respect our College, our Academies and our Schools are unblest, and the far greater part of our population i: not favoured with the stated ordinan ces of Christianity. Blit even under such circum stances, it would be wrong to despair, & still more so to omit those exertions which may produce a happier state of things. Barren fields may be ex- , pected where there are not sufficient labourers to til! the ground, and the fruits of righteousness will not appear where there are none to sow the seed. We would call upon the ministers of the Gos pel of every denomination aniongst us, to use tlihir influence m behalf of Missionary and Edu cation Societies. In this way much may be done to augment the funds of these Societies, which are now nearly exhausted. Let an appeal be made to <he patriotism of the more enlightened part of the-community. . Those who love their co’nn.fry may be induced to contribute for the support of institutions calculated to promote the .peace, the order, and all the host interests of so ciety. When bv these means an united effort can he. produced in favour of these important charities, the moral and religious prospects of Geoigia, will begin to brighten. The uiinisteis of the Gospel must take the lead in this business, or nothing.will he done. If they excuse them selves from exertion \\ ho are supposed to be best acquainted with the spiritual wants of the State, it cannot he expected that much will be done by others. They ought frequently t enforce this subject in their pnblick addresses, and also in their more private intercourse with society., They, will thus make this subject felt and understood, and cause, it*,- believed,a copious stream of char-1 i'y to How into the treasury of the Lord. The following is an extract from a letter written 1 hy the Rev. Mr. Baker,.of Harrisonburg, Va. to the editor of the Boston Recorder, dated: * Jan. 27, 1321, which we doubt not will be read with lively interest, hy all who lay to heart the prosperity “f Zion, and the success of Educa tion Societies. • Ji. Rtc. , You sav you 1 look to Virginia as a itfide and important field for mUsiqnary enterprise’—Vou tic correct ; Virginia is a fine populous state ; but with regard to religion we cannot boast much. It has hitherto presented’ rather a barren aspect-; multitudes, multitudes are without a preached Gospel, and are therefore perishing for luck of knowledge. We have some learned, excellent and truly evangelical preachers amongst us, but when compared .with the population ol the state, ihc-.y are something like the prophet’s olive ber ries, two or three in the top of the uttermost hough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof. We have also had amongst us some re vivals of religion,hut they aretoo much like An- I'd risitn—few and far btlwttnS Our hearts art cheered for a season, and *vve have good hope through grace—but we are constrained again- to hang our Imrps upon the willows, and take up tome sad lamentation. Oftentimes, it, resiling of the numerous and astonishing exhibitions of grace m some of the Northern States, 1 have sighed, yea, have hcen ready to weep over the desola tion- of poor Virginia—l think, however, our p ospeclsare now beginning to brighten a little, i) ‘ring tin last year we have certainly received considerable erfcourageiuent within the bounds - of the Lexington Presbytery. I have had a hand- [ some addition to my own church, and several of! my brethren have rejoiced in seeing the work off the Lord prospering in their hands. The late revival in the south western section of our stats, has excited much attention, and very lively hope, it is indeed a veryj encouraging work of grace. I know it, because I have witnessed it; indeed 1 may say, qaeque ipse pulcheriina vidi. The work is spreading ; it has already extended through a large region of country. Although there has been u great lack of preachers—although there was on ly a handful of corn upon the top of the mountains , yet much good has been done ; the fruit thereof has already begun to fall like Lebanon. In refe rence to this region of country, 1 think it may very emphatically be said, the fields are white alieady to harvest ; yea, the harvest is great ; but alas 1 the labourers are few. Ah !my dear sir,we want more missionaries ; and remember when 1 say we, I mean the people generally. I have travelled a good deal in Virginia, ami therefore I know something of the state of publick feeling and sentiment. Almost wherever 1 have gone, 1 have found a strong desire to have a preached i Gospel. Indeed, in some places the people were i extremely anxious; and did even with tears ini thejr eyes, beg me to have missionaries sent] amongst them. lam very confident that fifty or I even an hundred pious and zealous missionaries j might be very usefully.employed in Virginia. In some sections of the state, the people are poor,; and cannot support a stated ministry ; but they I are willing to do what they can. When 1 rode! as amissionary, I occasionally took up collections for the missionary fund, and I do assure you I. have had my feelings much excited by the prompt nud cheerful manner in which contributions were made. This promptness, Jhis cheerfulness, in the support of missions, encouraged me much —I con sidered it as a very pleasing and decisive evidence •of publick sentiment upon the subject. 1 may be wrong, but 1 think, that for some years past, there has been a gradual revolution* of sehtiment in Virginia favourable to ‘religion lam sure there has beyn in those regions with -which 1 am best acquainted. It is true, as a state, we are, like the rest of the world, lying in wickedness, yea, chargeable with ‘ crimes most foul aud hor rible,’ such as profanity, intemperance aud sab bath-breaking ; yet L feel quite assured, that in many places, the heralds of the cross would now be received with open arms, where not long since they might have expected a very different recep tion. Q, could we but be well supplied with zeal ous, active, able and faithful preachers, I do think we should have happier times ; I do verily be lieve, in a short time our northern brethren migiit ‘ look upon Virginia,’ not merely .s an l.uj.or tant field for missionary enterprise,’ but us a wen watered garden, or as a field which the Burn hath blessed, We have young men enough -in Virgin ia to supply every pulpit in the land, hut mump pily very few are in the service ol |.tie Redeemer. An overwhelming majority are ‘ missionaries of errour,’ or at least lov is of plea sure more than lovers of God .1 So much file more need have we for Gospel missionaries. Fray lor us, my dear friend, and do advise some of your Pauls and Silases, that they come over into Via cedonia and help us. Should they come in the true missionary- spirit, they may hope by the di vine blessing to reap a rich harvest of immortal souls.” !. Cold H eather. —On Monday morning, the 15th instant, the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermome ter stood at 19, or 13degrees below the freezing point. For two days previous, the weather had been uncommonly cold for the season, most of the lime so cold as to freeze during the day. The prospect of fruit is entirely destroyed, in this re gion. It is the opinion of.many that as cold wea ther was never experienced here in March. Foreign and Domestick Intelligence. | From'the Augusta Chronicle of March 12. RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY WITH THE CREEK INDIANS. We congratulate the people of Geogia, on this new and valuable accession of Territory.—ln be ing enabled to present our readers at this early , period, with so important a document, we are in debted to the polite and prompt attention of one onrSenators in Congress, who never omits an op portunity to lay before his constituents the earli est intelligence: “ Washington, Feb. 27, 1831. u Gentlemen , ® “ Enclosed I send you a Copy of the Treaty, lately concluded with the Creek Indians, it was ratified on the 24th.” Articles of a treaty entered into at the Indian Springs, in the Creek nation, by Daniel M. Forney, of the State of North Carolina, and David Meriwether, of the State of Georgia, specially appointed for that purpose, on the part of the United States; and the chiefs, head men, and warriours of the Creek nations, in council assembled. Article I—The chiefs, head men, and warriours, of the Creek nation, in behalf of thersaid natim, do,by these presents,cede to the United States all 1 that tractor parcel of land, situate, lying, and be ins:, east of the following bounds and limits, viz ; Beginning on the east bank of Flint River where Jackson’s line crosses, running thence tip the eastern Bank of the same, along the water’s edge, to the head of the principal western branch ; from ! thence, the nearest and a direct line to the Chat- j ahooche river, up the eastern hank of said river, j along the water’s edge, to the Shallow Ford, where the present boundary line between the j state of Georgia and the Creek nation touches ! the said river ; Provided, hovvever, That the said j line should strike the Chatahoochee river below j the Creek village Buzzard-roost, there shall be a set-off marie, so as to leave said village one mile within the Creek nation ; excepting and reserv ing to the Creek nation the title and’ possession in the manner and form specified, to all the land j hereafter excepted, viz ; one thousand acres, to j be lkid offin a square so as to include the Indian 1 spring in the centre thereof; as also, six hundred ! and forty acres on the western bank of the Oak mulgee river, so as to include the improvements at present in the possession of the Indian chief General M’lntosh. Article 2—lt is hereby stipulated, by the con tracting parties, that the title and possession of the following tracts of land shall continue in the Creek nation so long as the present occupants shall remain in the personal possession there of, viz ; one mile square,’ each, to include, as near-as may he, in the centre thereof, the im provements of Mickey Barnard, James .Barnard, Biickey Barnard, < nssena Barnard, and Efane mathlaw, on the east side of Flint river; which reservations shall constitute a part of the cession made by the first ariiele. so soon as they sfyall be abandoned by the pre *nt occupants. t Article 3—lt i- hereby stipulated by the con tracting parties, that, so long a the United States continue the Creek agency at its present situation on Flint river, the land included within the fol lowing boundary, viz ; beginning on the east hank of Flint river, at the mouth of Boggy branch, and running out,’ at right angles, from jthe river, one mile and a half; thence up, and parallel with the river, three miles; thence parallel with the first line, to the river ; and them e, down Be river, to the place of beginning, shall he reserved to the Creek nation for the use of the United States’ agency, and shall constitute a part of the cession made by the first article whenever the agency shall be removed. Article 4 It is hereby stipulated md agreed, on the part of the United States, as a consideration for the land ceded by the Creek ration by the first article, there shall be paid to the Creek nation, by the United States, ten thousand dollars in hand, the receipt whereofis hereby acknowledged; for ty thousand dollars as soon as practicable after the ratification of this convention ;five thousand dollars, annually, for two years Hereafter; six teen thousand dollars, annually, for five years thereafter; and SIO,OOO annually foF six years thereafter; making in the whole, fourteen pay ments in fourteen,successive years, without inter feres!, in money or goods and implements of hus bandry, at the option of the Creek nation, season ably signified from time to time, through tiie agent of the United States residing with the said nation, to the department of War. And, as a further consideration for said cession, the United States do hereby agree to pay to the state of Georgia whatever balance may be found due by the Creek nation to the citizens of the said state, w henever the same shall bb ascertained, in conformity with the reference made by the commissioned of Geor gia, and the chiefs, head men, and watriours, of the Creek nation, to be paid in live annual instal ments, without interest, provided the same shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty # thou sand dollars; the commissioners of Georgia exe cuting to the Crec-k nation a full and final relin quishment of all the claims of the citizens of Geor gia against the Creek nation, for property .taken or destroyed prior to the act of Congress of 1802, regulating the intercourse with the Indian tribes. Erlich 5..-—The President of the United States shall cause tlife line to be run from the head of Flint river.to the Chatahoochee river, and the reservations made to the Creek mtion, to be laid off in that manner specified in thefirst, secoud, & third articles of this treaty, at suci a time, and ill • such a manner, as he may deem proper, giving 1 timely notice to the Creek nation; and this oon ; vention shall be obligatory on the contracting par | ties, as soon as the same shall hare been ratified by the government of the United .Hates. ! Done at the Indian Spring, this eighth day of ■lanuary, A. D. eighteen huudr;d and twenty one. 1). M. Forney, I). Meriwether, William M’lntosh, i'listunnugee llnpoie, hi l X mark. Lf.ni Fniautlilau, his X mark, Holougblan, or Col. Blue, Ins X mark, Cussetau • licco, his X -nark, Hot. t n Haujn.hisX mark, Eto.imie i ustiinmiggee, tits X mark, • iVkegei- Emauthhiu. Iris X maik, Tin k! LnsC-e, h's. X mark, ’ -'kte Cosier Haujo, hi- X mark, . ..- . t- Paiinnthl.ai, his X mark, il uliienoie, I,is X mark, i uskeeunheocki his X mark, 1 Ch.ugi le ”ui. -o, his \ m ark, Isfuune, I ustuunuffsee 11. mi ..J his X mark, Wa i Tlilm i -j Haiij -, i.is X ;..ar, Alabama Tustunriuggee, his, X mark, Hidamrblrtti rustunnuggee, Cis X mark, Ahauluc k V ohola, Ins X> mark. Oscachec- j'listunmu'gee. hi* X mark, Hopauthlec- Tustuimnggre, hi* X mant, : Neuehanuiauglit n E h’s X mark, Ilenelau l uxico. hi. X mark, Tasekeah Haujo, lit* X mark, Joseph Maisimli. * . In presence, of I. M’lutosh, ) Commissioners David Adams, > of Daniel Newman, Georgia. I). B. MitohiU, Agentfor the t. N. Win. Merriweuther, sic. U. S. C. Will. Cook, S(C. C. Cr. Win. ILunbly, SI. Hawkins, ) . , . George Lovett, > Interpreters. • . • The Savannah Republican of the 15th instant says,— 11 We have seen a letter fiotu Washington i which states, that General Andrew Jacksoti will be the Govcrnour of Florida; and that Colonel ! George Walton, of Richmond County, has been j appointed Secretary of State for Florida.” ‘ The session of Congress was continued and | business was transacted till 12 o’clock on Sat i urday night, the 3d ol March, —and it was about I three quarters after 12 when the Houses adjonrn : ed. i’he bill to establish a uniform system of | bankruptcy had been puhed by the Missouri | question so nearly tc the close of the session, that j when, on Saturday, a motion was made to take it up, by Mr. Sergeant, it was lost by a vote of |7O to 58. The bill to reduce the animal appro i pfiation for the gradual increase of the navy-, from ’ one million to half a million, became a law. A i bill was passed for the occupation of Florida, ahd i for the settlement of claims under the treaty, and authorizing the appointment est rrilt'rial officers. A bill authorizing a ban of five millions, was, af ter some diversity of opinion between the two Houses, agreed to--and the members, it is said, separated under the mos’ friendly and amicable feelings The Senate will continue in session some days .for such executive business as may re quire their concurrence at the commencement of anew Presidentakterm, and with anew acquisi tion of territory. I On the 6th inst. the President “of the United State* took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, in the halt of the House of Repre sentatives, on entering his second term of service. Th’e oalh was administered by the Chief Justice of the United States, in the presence of the peo ple.—Geo. Advertiser. The follnvviiisr is the Resolution admitting the | Stati of Missouri into the Union. It will be seen | th-.l t'-e prerequisite to this admissnijj is in priuci-. I plfe snch as the state of Missouri cannot object to, inasmuch aenothing more is required than that the principles of the federal constitution shall be pre served-in that state and their obligatory nature be assented to. The objectionable phraseology of I the article in the Missouri constiution is not in | trodnced into the resolution of Congress, and ’ what is tequired in the newstate is, that the prin ciple of the‘federal constitution, that “ the eiti -2’ its of each state shall be entitlgd to all the pri- 1 vileges and immunities of citizens in the several st .es,” shall be there recognized as in all the ! otter states of Hie union.— Cite. Advertiser. Resolved by the Senate and House of He presen- | tat ire i of the United States of America in Con- | press assembled , That Missouri shall be admitted into this Union on an equal footing with the orig- j inal states in all respects whatever, upon the fund- j amental condition, that the fourth clause of the twenty sixth section of the thifd article of the constitution submitted on the part of said state to Congress shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shad be pass ed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen of either of the states in this Union shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges ami immunities to which such Citizen is entitled under the constitution of the U. States. Provided, That the Legislature of the said'state bv a solemn publick act shall declare the assent of the said state to the said fundamental condition shall transmit to the President of the Uni ted States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an aufhentick copy of. the said act ; upon the receipt whereof the President by proclamation, shall announce the fact ; whereup on, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said state into this Union shall be considered as'complete 175 Indian ‘Treaty ratified. —We have the satisfac tion to inform our readers that the Indian Treaty negotiated lately in behalf of this slate, after a violent opposition to it, has been ratified by the Senate of the United States. • Should the House of Representatives have agreed to the necessary appropriations, it may be forthwith carried into effect. A question of much importance to the prosperity of Georgia now’ presents itself. Shall this vast tract of country he disposed of as here tofore, by Lottery, or will the disposition of it be such as may enable the state to improve her nav igable water publick roads, and es tablish on a permanent basis, a systdm of publick education not less honourable than beneficial to her citizens i [Millegerille Recorder. Population of Savannah. —According to the census of 1820, taken in conformity to act of Congress, the city of Savannah contains 75523 inhabitants, viz.— Whites. 2,lo6 ) J einales, 1,760 ) females, 1,750 Free persons oft Males, 224 Colour. <j Females, 358 Total, 7,523 Savannah, March 13, 1821. At the election yesterday for an Alderman, to supply the place of Mr. Charlton, resigned, the following was the result of the poll: For Mr. Gumming 700 For Mr. Fell 239 A Mail and Accommodation Stage is to Com mence running between Montgomery, Alabama, and Georgia, early in April. Such an establish ment has long been wanted ; it will * .eatlv facil itate the travelling between the- Atlantick and south-western States, and will undoubtedly (libe rally compensate the enterprising proprietors. Jhe rates, it is’ understood, will be similar to those in Georgia, and South and North Carolina. • • _____ From the Balt : more. Federal Gazette. The information contained in the following let ter wiil be useful to some and gratifving to many —we are assured that it is from a source that may be r*lied on. Extract from a letter received in this city dated Port-au-Prince, Jan. 28, iB2L “ A friend from New York sent out by the j Friends’ Society for the purpose, has arranged with the President for the accommodation of the. coloured people the'President will pjy the pas sage of those who have not means to pay them selves, aud allow them time to repay, even at the rijte of 8 dollars per aim. -or, they may pay the Whole of it at once. He will insure them lands to live upon, which lands may become their own property after one year, with indu-try and frugal ity. They will he allowed to assemble for divine worship, m private houses, and will be protected. “ All is still and quiet at present, and no man will he forced into the regular army without his consent. • T his country will become more happy every day;, as the people become more enlight ened.” C HART/ESTON, March 12. VERY LATE FROM-EAGLAMD. By the ship Martha, 14 days from Plymouth, (Eng.), we have received London papers to the 25th January, inclusive. An article from Vienna, inserted in the Paris papers of the 18’h Jan. reports, positively, that a force ‘of 30,000 Austrians is to be stationed in the Papal Territories, with the consent of his holiness the Pope, in order to give the effect to the nego tiations at Laybach. A letter from Naples Bay, dated 29th Decera- I ber, after mentioning the departure of the king 1 for Lay bach, says—“ What will be the result I 1 know not; but the people seem determined not ! to give up thejr liberty easily. Under the old 1 system they weie little better than slaves. Yes -1 terday the regent met the parliament, and took I the oath never (o forsake the present constitution, j Mr. Arnot, a Somersetshire yeoman, had com -1 pleted the great pedestrian match of two hun dred and sixty-four miles jn four days. t Mr. Southey ha in the Brjtisb press, anew po - | era. entitled, “ The Vision of judgment.” f| ThtsAbecgia transport,*of 328 tons, from Gree i : nock, bound to the Cape of Good Hope, took t | fire at sea, and was completely destroyed—49 * I souls only were saved in ihe boats, out of 162; f; they were taken up next morning by a Portuguese -i naerchantman, from Bahia, bound to Lisbon, i | where they arrived in safety. i J , London, Jan.*l2. I ! A Lisbon packet arrived yesterday, with let- I ters of the 31stult. It brings the manifesto oftthe , j Portuguese n'ation to the sovereigns and people . of Europe, enumerating to them the sufferings of I Portugal for many years, describing the corrupt j , and debased administration by which that conn- j try had been governed, the malversation that i prevailed in all the departments of as ■ rribing the late changes to thepressure of all these f grievances. It breathes the manly sentiments of a nation sensible of its own .wrongs, and deter- I mined to redress them • and, at the same time, I points out what may be expected if other powers interfere with their concerns, with a view again to plunge them into that same state of degrada tion from which they have just emerged. This paper is calculated to make a deep impression on the nations of Europe, particularly at the pre j sent moment, jind nowhere more than in this country. • Jan. 13. 1 A political understanding between England . and France is spoken of in some of the Continen tal circles, which it is thought may produce ef fects of great importance upon questions at this moment agitating the publick mind of Europe. A union of these two leading kingdoms, for the j attainment of any specifick end, cannot fail to ! have considerable influence upon the measures of every contemporary power. • - Paris, Jan. 14. On the authority of a Neapolitan officer, who left Naples on the 27th December, the Constitu tionnel details the defensive works that are prfe ’ paring on the frontiers of the kingdom of the Two I Sicilies. The people are said to join heartily in j these labours. In the whole"of the Abrnzzas, in i the Cantons of Molisa and Sora, there is not a man fit arhis, who is not enrolled in the National Guard, or in a company of Guerillas. It is added that, though the government is not able to eifnip such large bodies of people uuiforin ly, every man has his musket or his carbine ; and, besides, all the manufactories of arms are actively employed. London, Jan. 19. The Paris Journals which arrived yesterday, communicate the important fact that the King of! Spain has been summoned to attend the Congress, or rather Criminal Tribunal, at Laybach ; there | to take his trial with his brother of Naples. The | answer to this mandate will determine the true | state of publick feeling in Spain. If the King is ! permitted to repair to Layback, it can be ascri bed only to the weakness of the demoeratick par ty in the state—for Spain has already proved that she may, if true to herself, defy an external force greater than, in the assured neutrality of France and England, can be directed against her inde pendence. .’an. 21. The l ord Mayor has appointed Friday next for bolding a Common Hall, for the purpose of pe titioning Parliament to cause her. Majesty’s name to be restored to the Liturgy, &c. They write from Madrid, under the date of Jan 4, says the Gazette de France that armed men of all descriptions have passed through the town of Zamora, exclaiming, “ Long live Reli gion.” In several villages the country people joined them. Anew conspiracy has been discovered a Sara gossa, but the zeal and activity of the civil, au thorities entirely disconcerted it. • Vienna, Jan. 4. The allied soveieigns have given a fresh proof of their determination not to recognize any of the acts extorted from (he King of Naples by the re volutionary faction. Prince Russo, who was de prived of his embassy at Vienna, and recalled by a decree of the parliament, converted into a royal decree, has been invited to repair to the Congress at Luybach, with the title of Ambassador from his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies. Cqoperstown, N. Y. Fab. 19. Crime against the Purity of Election. Perjury. A fellow by the name of Herrington was indicted and tried at the court of General Sessions held in this village urr the Bth instant on the charge of Perjury, for having sworn in a vote for governnur at the last election, without possessing any -freehold estate. He was convict ed and sentenced to seven years hard labour in the state Prison. Great Fire’at Surinam. —Capt. Rich, of the ship Camillas, from St. Übes, arrived at this port yesterday, reports as having spoke a few days since a Dutch brig from Surinam, who informed him nearly four hundred houses had recently been destroyed by fire. . [SVi.mnaA Museum. W rn. T. Barry, Esi}. late senator of the U. S, and now Lieutenant Governour of Kentucky,has been appointed Professor of Law and Politicks in the Transylvania University, at Lexington, Ky. law case. State of Maryland vs. Thomas White. Indictment fur Misdemeanour. — The circum stances ofthis cae are briefly these : Mr. Frey, a .lew'converted to the Christian faith, and a Min ister of the Gospel, was invited by the Trustees of Mr. Duncan’s church to preach in said church on the night of Monday the 12th of February.— On the same day a piece had appeared in the Baltimore Patriot, signed “ Calm Observer,” in which sundry,question; w'tre propounded to the minister calculated indirectly 7 to throw an impu tation on his character. To these questions Mr Frey undertook to reply from the pulpit; in the interval between the singing and the preaching. Immediately after he had closed these remarks, the traverser arose and asked him one or two questions relative to the subject to which Mr. Frey hadjust adverted. It appeared to he doubt ful whether these questions were propounded be fore or after the text. Immediately after li e in terrogatories, the cry of “ out with him” was echoed through the church which produced great confusion. The case, after an elaborate argu ment, which occupied the whole morning, was referred to the jury who relumed a verdict of guilty. Messrs. McMahon and Tyson for the de fendant—Mr. Kell for the state. In the above case the court this mniniug pro nounced their judgment, that Thomas White pay s£l dollars fine, and costs ol prosecution, and suf fer ctTe mouth’s imprisonment. Balt. pap. A fire broke out in Broadway, New York, on the night of the 3d inst. which destroyed eight buildings. ('OOrF.RSTOWN, Feb. 27. Awful calamity. —On Saturday night, (Feh. 17) j the dwelling house of Mr. James MasweJl, in Ot j sego, was consumed by 7 fire, and awful to relate, ! two children, the one a boy 9 years old, and the | other a girl of 4 years, fell victims to the devour | ing element. Their bodies were found after being 1 soiburnt as to leave scarcely any traces of human | features. The parents had left the house to at j tend a sick child in thtfneighbourhood. Kemetn • her, reader, that ‘in the midst of life we are in j death,’ and parents and stewards of families, ’ take warning how you leave your dwellings in | the care of those who take uo 1 thought for the 1 morrow.’ It is stated that the whole population of the United States could stand on considerably less than one ’square mile. Allowing 5 men to the square yard, the mile would accommodate 18,585, 600. persons, . MARRIED. On the Ist. ult. Mr. Beni. Hardin, of Warren, to Miss Sarah Corvan, of Columbia County. On the 15th ult. Dr. Q. W. Williams, to Miss Maria Boyd, both of Edgefield, S. C. On the 15th inst. Mr. itobert Merriwetber of Columbia, to Miss Martha Baker of Edgefield, S. C.—.nil by the Rev. Jabez P. Marshall. In Augusta, on the 7th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Moderwell,. George W. Warner, F.sq. of the city of New York, to Miss Margaret Hopkins of the former place. i PRICES CURRENT AT AUGUSTA. Corrected every week from theGetrgia Advertiser , Feb. 10. Cottpn, [Upland] 10 to 14 Flour, $6 to 7 Corn, . 50 • T ALLOW, 18 Beeswax, 28 to 30 Hotter, 12 1-2 to 3i 1 4 Bacon, 8 to 10 Ca.niiees, [Tallow] 24 Do. [Sperm.] 50 Whiskey, 45 to 50 Brandy, [Peach] 75 Do. [Apple] 45 Do. [French] 2 Run, f Jamaica] 1 25 Do. [N. E.] 45 Gin, [Holland] 112 >l-2 Do. [Northern] 50 Molasses, 35 to 46 Sugar, [Muscov.] 10 to 12 Do. [Replied] 25 Coffee, [Green,] 26 to 29 Cotton Bagging, .22 to 23 Iron, [lkus. & Swe.l 5 to 5 1-2 Do. [ Eng, & A me.] 4 1-2 to 5 Steel, [German] 17 to 20 l)o. [Blistered] 12 1-2 Salt, 60 wholesale 62 1-2 retail .■-•aA-.se 1—ugwe For Sale, A LIKELY YELLOW WOMAN, about 24 or 25 years of age. For particulars in quire at this office. March 16. Attention, the Cavalry! TIN HERE will be an Election held in the town of Sparta, Hancock Comity, on the second Saturday in April next, for first Lieutenan* and Cornet, to till the vacancies of David Sirothtt and Pleasant Bonner resigned. JOHN BINION, Capt. n T. f Feb 28, 1921