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■ Flu DAY MORNING, JANUARY 1.
total number of deaths in Charleston, du.
V itflng the week ending on the 30th December, as
Mr! by the Board of Health, were Hi, Whites
I Bpjßj black and colored 13.
D^HFo r several days past we have had no newspa
jljr mails from the North. This is owing to the
Lv/.&continuance of the great Mail SHt.gc Route,
■Hdthc substitution of the route by Charleston in
*' jt| place. To-morrow we shall begin to get our
r HBpcr. ' the latter route, and shall then be able
,1 He our visual quantity of news.
I|B The Line ship La Fayette, from New York, e
a Kflßtarleston, reports that an she was coming out
the 28th. the Liverpool packets, Europe, ot
II .tJBc 7th, and Columbus of the 19th of Nov.
Ie goinginlo New York.
d aßßScnianiin Tuppun,thn new Senator elect from’
is a brother of Arthur Tappan, the great
-jlbolitionisl, but we are gratified to learn that the
m BHrmcr is no abolitionist. He succeeds Mr. Mor
(| whom our readers will all remember to have
a most outrageous abolitionist.
■Wc learn by the Charleston Mercury of yes
'' that a temporary arrangement has been
c - : xvith ti. C. C. <Sc R. K. Co. to carry the dni
(y,[ Mail, between that city and Hamburg. The
ic c£rs to leave Mary-street depository at half past
!r * «blcn A. M.—and the Hamburg depository at (5
on ft- M. every day, on and alter the .3th insf.
lit liSVctS'
... %$» Justice Bedard, the individual who was sus
yjHm >--• ...
■d- jfuKnded by (Sir John Colborne, for objecting to the
rs BJBspension of the habeas corpus, sailed on the
1,1 * &th from New York, in the packet ship tSid
,ly v ;*jbns, for England.
nil IB Clinch Riflemen.
mg £9 Wc alluded the other day to the celebration by
uL Mhe Clinch Kiflemcii, of the 31st December, on
■en sJrhich occasion a Dinner was given to them I\.
‘ml ,^n r . Shultz of Hamburg. We have been politely
m furnished with the following particulars.
W The company formed on its Parade Ground
Ivo yimdcr the command of C irrus Starnes, be
°»t Kwcen the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock, in the
ils afmorning, and moved through the streets oi our
jf city to the bridge; free passage over which had
lu\ ■ been politely granted by the agent ol its owner
iMr. Lamar. When the company had passed
illy ®he bridge, and just as it touched the Carolina
jfliorc, it was welcomed by a discharge ot cannon
md . . , ,
llio from Mr. Shultz s battery. It was also received
tes- ft the foot of the bridge by Mr. Shultz’s band ot
Hire -Jjnusic, and r.scorled by that band through the tow"
in’* Xf Hamburg, to the foot of the Fort, or Citadel’
miii »bovc the town. In the meantime, as the eom
fJwiany advanced, minute guns wore fired from Mr.
"l 10 flphultz’s fort, until the company surmounted the
If’ wamparts, which it did on the western side of the
Bbrt. When it had reached the centre of the for
enn it was received by Mr. Shultz, in per-
Tb* Won, w * l ° welcomed l '' c cor P s with much generous
am ■enthusiasm .and addressed it to the following effect,
it nd “Commander of the Clinch Riflemen.—l hail
11 with joy. It was the Richmond
l ,m " if Blues that first gave honor to my park, and
it so- .‘lit is the Clinch Riflemen that first give honor to
? !,( * ■these ramparts—the foundation of a citadel. —
id so iB" 1
, n is the Clinch Riflemen wherever they go, give
m °. ro Jliov as friends, and strike terror as foes. - ’
who V J -
iF he tr The company was then marched into the en
l’me Htrcnchments, in one angle of which the Target
,r< iso Hwas placed, and proceeded to fire for the prize of
l l""l ■B" ar kmanship;which was a beautiful rifle, the stock
arlnr ■’ichly ornamented with silver mountings, and
, nufl Slaving a silver plate in-laid on one side ot the
Lit Kill, **T
Hires, Wrccch, with a suitable inscription, and the motto;
•men- ■“Armn viri, fertc anna, aspirn.l fortuna lubori."
| h )' P pt ml’hc prize was borne off by Mr. Augustus Robert,
** 1 mil this city.
niem- 3 When the contest for the prize was finished,
amble ■ho company sat down to a sumptuous dinner,
icslbc had been prepared under the auspices of
qVIr. Shultz. Two tables had been arranged, one
KGS.MCB . .
Nifli- jr ue eorp-;, and the other for the citizens,
fcwiib- ljv',lo were present. The repast was delight
ie spe* ajnl) the enthusiasm of both host and guests
iciison, V*vas high, and the occasion was inspiring.—
Softer dinner, the company performed vari
rreom- ®us evolution; and manamvres in the spa
ii ro'i'i- enclosure of the fort, and then taking
itaeli.is ■eyv'e of its. kind and generous host, who sainted
triple ® with a discharge of ordnance as it retired, re-
Inch fumed to this city. The following were amongs t
(ilic°fiir ■ v |fhc Uvi'ts drank on the occasion. Wc have
it, nmi |iot been able to procure all.
, wiiii M 1
vitbcnl By Captain Starnes —•• Center// Duncan L.
! in np- JtfTiuch'' —Wc honor him, not alone for the lan
irntinn k# ,
ie meiU®*’L he has won, but for those attributes winch
jury li are brighter and nobler than the conqueror’s
en, I 11 OS
■ cannot ■ wreath —the i/uahhes of a kind, generous, ana
°l’ en al 'iul/unl heart.
r t sj Bv a committee of the Clinch Riflemen :
)n,S Cl J{,. n ry Shultz and hi Furl” —What place so
1j ppropriatc for the exercise of his generous hos
j ilalily, as that which overlooks those monuments
f his creative energies, w hich, whilst they honor
( im, add to ’he »ed»h and prosperity o (lira
b •tat 1. • y
By Henry Shultz, Esq.—“ The Clinch Rifle
men”—May they nail the foes that dare to oppose
them, and clinch them perpetually.
Sent by Captain Gould, of the Augusta
Artillery Guards:—“ Military Competition” —
Not a strife for personal distinction; but a gene
rous rivalry among citizen soldiers, of who best
can serve their country.
By Lieutenant Barker.— *• The ground we
occupy” —May the founder of a citadel in Ham
burg, S. C., live to sec it completed, and may its
bjpmost tower rise high, and be imperishable a s
the Pyramids of Egypt.
By Lieutenant Milledge.—<■ Our Youth” —
Their country calls for men of energy and enter
-1 prize—cannot the example of Henry Shultz,
. move them to a life of usefulness and honor !
By Lieutenant Miller. —“ Major Win. M.
Graham, the friend of Gen/. Clinch” —He
bore with him from the field of Withlaooochee,
’ two wounds full front, the vouchers of heroic
, deeds.
1 By .1. R. D.ivis. —“ The Lund of Mill; and
i Honey” —Long sought for by me, but never dis
' covered until now.
By Win. CTaggett, Jr. —‘■•South Carolina and
Georgia” —May the lustre of their acquirements
I and the brilliancy of their achievements, ever be
I I worthy of those two stars of the South.
By Win. T. Thompson— 11 The Clinch Rifle
urn”—May they in time of need and peril find
such a General as Clinch, and a Commissary like
’ Henry Shultz.
t By John fSloune. —'-South Carolinians” —
‘ Time sons of the South, consequently of chivalry.
May prosperity and success attend them in peace,
honor and glory in war.
Can the following be tnn 1 Can it be possible
( that all the high public functionaries of the conn,
try have become swindlers, thieves and robbers 1
What shall wc look for next 1 The following is
from the Washington Correspondence of llm
I
, Charleston Conner.
Washixrtov, Dec. 28.
An astounding disclosure has been made in
the War Department. A system of fraud lias
■ been carried on in that Department, which will
. astonish the public, although they may have lit
tle confidence in the management of public af
fairs. Gov. Uass and his associates have, it is
• discovered, cheated the Government out of nearly
two millions of dollars. The discovery was not
made till Monday, it became known generally,
not till this morning. Thu War Office and the
' Palace are in a state of unutterable confusion and
1 excitement by the disclosure. The frauds were
j perpetrated through expenditures on account of
’ the Indian Service. Carey A. Harris, lute Super
-1 iatendant of Indian Affairs, has been sent for by
the President, with n view to his assistance in cx
j plaining the matter. Harris’s answers, on account
of which he was compelled to resign, have been mi
nutely looked into, amDhey wercjprohably the clue
c to the discovery. Many officers now in the War
r Department must have been concerned in the
\ frauds. Mr. Poinsett came into office, ignorant
of the system of his immediate predecessors, Eu
-1 ton and Cass, and to his honesty the untoward dis
-1 closure of what was thought to la for over buried
a in secrecy, is attributable. Gen. Cass has been
( peremptorily recalled. It now appears that the
•Secretary of War had got upon the track of the
I defalcation before the awful discovery made on
if Monday’. Hence the rumors /hat have been in
II circulation for some days in relation to Cass.
l>
Death of Mr. Drown.
Mr. Gordon,of Chatham, on Saturday last, in
troduced the following resolutions in the Senate.
e relative to the death of Mr. Brown, of Murray,
e which were adopted:
•- Whereas, a dispensation of Divine Providence,
has removed from among ns, a brother Senator, in
the decease of Robert iiiunvv, late the representa
s tivc of Murray county, in the senate of this state ;
and the impending adjournment of the Genera) As
: sembly, after a protracted session prevents the
'1 performance of the usual melancholy duties of at
d tending his interment,
Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
-1 sentatives, That this General Assembly deeply de
-0 plore the loss whlcli it lias sustained in Us deceased
member, and sincerely condoles with his bereaved
family.
e Resolved, That a suitable and permanent monu
ment be erected to his memory in the cemetery of
this city, and that his Excellency, the Governor, be
authorized and requested to defray the expenses of
,[ such monument and the expenses of his interment,
out of the contingent fund.
'f Resolved, That the members of the General As
li sembly will wear crape on the left arm, for thirty
days, in testimony of their respect for the deceased.
1 Resolved, That a ropy of these resolutions be
e transmited to the widow of the deceased.
In Senate,agreed to, 29th Dec , IS3B.
In House of Representatives, concurred in, 29th
’ Dec., IB3S.
Canada-
By the following extracts from the Buffalo Com.
k Adv., it will be seen that there is good reason to
■> believe that the report of the murder of Col. Me
if Nabb, is without foundation;—
e Sir Allan N. McNahu. — V rumor to which we
attached no sort of credit, has been prevalent for
’’ several days, that this somewhat notorious Individ
;- ual was recently assassinated, by being shot through
s the head, while passing through the Grand River
Swamp, on his way from Hamilton to Brantford. —
The story of his death is contradicted by letters
from Queenston, from an unquestionable source. —
Thus much is probably true—that his carriage was
stopped by some ruffians who supposed him to be
j inside, but, on finding their mistake, it was suffered
I j to pass without further molestation.
A very late Rochester paper says ;
“ We have nothing further, either to confirm or
q contradict the reported assassination of McNabb. —
e We still doubt its truth, although a person has ar
rived in town who says he attended the funeral!”
The Kingston Herald of the Ibth nil., in alluding
.. 1 to the execution of Abbey and George, says:
. j “ Abbey refused the service of any clergyman,
, | but George was attended by the Rev. J/atlheu
a I Lange, and seemed deeply penitent, though he too
s ; had professed Deistica) principles. Abbey met his
j \ fate with firmness, and without much pain. Geoigc
; struggled for some time. His wife was allowed to
| see him after his execut ion, and provided a coffin
of black walnut for his body. Both bodies were in
-1 Itered in the burying ground of the Church of Eng
-0 : and.”
: The same paper says, that Woodruff was to be
executed on Wednesday j and states that it is
r doubtful if any more of the brigands will snffcrtlie
r 1 extreme penalty of the law.
The Court Martial wa« proceeding with the trials
n 1 of the o’hci' pri-oners >* ithout an\ unnecessary de
lay.
A mi'itia Court .Martial has been ordered to a- .
semble at London on the 07th inst. fur the trial of
the pirates lately taken in the west.
The Montreal Courier says:
Our Kingston correspondent says, that the I ourt
Martial silting there, will, il is supposed, bring its
proceedings to a close iu the course 01 next week.
Daily threats are sent from the sympathizers on the
opposite side, who swear they will have sweet te
venge.
A gentleman who left Detroit on the 00th ult,
informs the Editor of the New-York Herald, tint
■ he was told the night previous to his departure that
i three of the patriots who escaped to the woods,bud
reached Detroit, and gave the information that live
of their companions had been frozen to death iu the
woods. All was quiet tn Detroit.
Moan Executions. —Montreal papers of the O'-’d
received inNew-Vork contain the following:
Cardinal and Duquette were hung yesterday.—
Cardinal was u notary public at Chatcaiiguuy, and
a member of the house of assembly in the late Pro
vincial Parliament. Duquette was his clerk, and
1 might have been forced by his employer. We have
been frequently asked when and where Lepuillenr |
and Diielianir: are tube hanged, but all that we can I
say, b, that wc understand their death warrants
have been signed by Sir Joint Colborne. and that
, it is reported they will he hanged al Beauharnois.
Martin Woodruff, one of the Vinevicuii brigands
■ taken al Windmill Point, was hanged at Kingston
on Wednesday morning last. He was a native of
Safina, Onondaga county, New-Vork, and held Hie
• situations of Militia Colonel and Deputy Sheriff —
He died a Catholic, to which religious persuasion
1 he was recently converted. Warrants for Hie ox
. ecution of Sylvamis Swete and Joel Peeler, two oth
er of the brigand;, had been received by the Sheriff
of the district, and they were to he hanged this
• morning.
I It was reported in town yesterday evening,on the
authority of private letters, that another American
■ invasion had been made about Amhcrstburgh, and
that an engagement had taken place between the
brigands and the British volunteers, who had Hie
assistance of a small portion of tile 34th regiment j
and that our loss consisted of nine killed and eleven
wounded. The number of the killed and wounded
; of the enemy is not known, but about fifty were ta
ken prisoners. Sir John Colborne received a de
spatch yesterday afternoon from Sir George Arthur,
hut its contents have not transpired.
. From the Baltimore American.
! I Proceedings in Congress.
Washington, Dec. 2b, 1838.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Bill for graduating the price of the Public
Lands was called Ihp, but in consequence of the
! absence of several Senators, was further postponed
, to Monday next.
5 iSoiiie petitions referring to miscellaneous Ims-
I iness were received, but none ofimporliince.
A long but uninteresting discussion arose upon
. the propriety of relinquishing the two per cent.
s fund to Alabama, which belongs to lier. as is evi
dent, by acoutracton the part ofthe General Gov
s 1 eminent.
lIOt'SE HI 11 kimiksuxtatives.
Ah soon an ifio Journal of SiLtnrtiuy’a ~r..
; ings was read, Mr. Haynes of Georgia, moved the
, suspension ofthe rules for the object ol going in
j- to Committee of the Whole fur the purpose of re
ferring diilbmnt portions of the President’s Mes
t, sage to the dillerent Standing Committees of 1 lie
. House. The rules of the House were suspended
I a vote of two thirds being obtained—ayes 112,
. noes 2b.
c The House then wont into Committee of the
r Whole on the, State ofthe Union. The Speaker
B | called Mr. Adams to the Chair.
( Mr. Haynes, of Georgia, moved a resolution re
. ferring different portions of the Message to the
. different Committees.
I Mr. Bell, after the resolution was read, coin
j plained ofthe manner in which this resolution had
been brought forward.
Mr. Haynes, of Georgia, thought, it singular
, enough that any one should ho taken by surprise,
! but ho could not consent that the subject should
not now be considered.
Mr. Hell then commenced a speech, unprepar
ed ;iA-he was, examining at some length the mer
its ofthe message, taking np ils various points, and
discussing them with ability,
b The power and extent of Executive influence
’> in this country formed a prominent purl of Mr.
Hell’s speech. He illustrated this pari of his sub
. jeet by references to farts recorded in our political
II history, and to certain events connected will) the
- elections of tile Profile, and connected with Hu;
> condition of affairs at Harrisburg. Recent events
showed that, this io flue nee was flay bv day increas
-1 ing in powei, and in its extent. Il turned to rid
icule many ofonr free institutions, —when the
. spirit of such institutions was placed side by side
- with Hie facts in our history.
:I Mr. Bril, spoke too, of the professions of ro
ll form anil economy manifested by Hie Executive.
He declared sueli professions to lie hypocritical,
*. and to consist of professions ouly. In profits
,, sion, Mr. Bell said, the friends of the Adminis
,(■ tration even went farther than their opponents.
The President recommended retrenchment, and
the ■'Secretary of the Treasury preached economy,
- even going so fur as to sermonise at length upon
i' it. Not only the President, and the (Secretary of
' tlie Treasury were loud talkers about economy,
but the friends of the Administration would go
beyond their opponents in saying what ought to
1 be done, and what they would do. But the pro
mise was only kept to the ear, while it was broken
to Hie hope.
Mr. Bell then examined the figures of the Prc
• sident’s Mcsaege, in regard to the expenditures
a of the Government during the year 1838. He
. showed that many of them were unnecessary—
many of them extravagant—many of them kept
1 from view through tin; mystified report of the
| tSccretary of the Treasury.
| Mr. Bell also examined into the late defalca-
I, lions in New York. Mr. B. said the attention
r i he had heretofore bestowed upon Hie public as
- j fairs in tins country, convinced him that ere long
s ! explosions would lie made. It could not be in
| tlie loose manner of administering our public as
• j fairs under the administration of Gen. Jackson
( l i and Mr. Van Burcn, that there should not lie de
falcations. The Executive was the fountain
head of a good part of these evils. They began
with Executive appointments, and were second
-1 ed ami sustained by Executive patronage. This
was the curse. Mr. Bell here went into a some-
I what minute examination of the Defalcation of
; Samuel Hwarlwout, and on facts connected with
I other defalcations. Mr. Bell spoke until after
three, when
’ | Mr. Prentiss followed Mr. Bell, telling the
a I House that he was anxious to speak upon this j
s | question, and would give tlie House the plan of
| tlie remarks lie intended to present. He spoke
0 briefly of tins plan which is to examine the im
a portent acts of the Administration, and to prove
■ that if the Executive and Executive departments
" had chosen, they might have prevented the do
faleations.
s Mr. Prentiss spoke of the morality of the Ad
. ministration, th° •’spartan morality, as he called
i it—which made the commission of crime no of- j
s I fence, but which did make it heinous crime to j
■ be found out in Hie commission of an oll'ence. '
Flic rogue "'us :• gentleman, and roguery 1 >k
but a gentlemanly ofience, unless tlie rogue was
found out 1»\ some one besides Hie Executive. ■
A knowledge ot an oilence was no crime on the |
part of those who should take cognizance of the (
crime committed by tlie "dicers of the Govern- t
meat.
Mi, Prentiss also spoke of the apparent willing- .
ness oi the friends of the Administration to enter ,
Upon an examination of the defalcations at Nev ,
4oi k. He considered it but a pretension made ,
to keep ns many persons under the ragged banner
0* the Administration, In alluding to Mr. tSwail- |
wont, Mr. Prentiss said he did not believe him .
a greater rogue than many who had been cm- .
ployed by the Administration, or than Inmdroes ,
who were now serving the \dmitustratiou in
public office.
To-morrow Mr. Vtcntiss promises to condemn
tlie friends of the Administration out of their
own mouths, to convince them of tlie iniqiiitv o:
iieir principls, N■ ■ He says be will convince
ny man who will meet him, and challenges a
toiftbalmit in tile discussion.
Mr. Prentiss eon-luded foi to-do , „fier laying
limn the preliminaries of his remarks.
The committee rose and tlie House.adjourned,
Wabhngt' M Dee. 27, 1838.
united states senate.
No business ol importance was tninsueled in the
Senate Chamber to flay Most ol tlie time wus
ronsumod in a long flisoiißsion upon lac two per
;oat. fund belonging to Hie State of Akibmni. The
Alabama Senator-, Mr. Crittenden <d Kentucky, 1
l/r. Niles, and several others tool. part.. The Bill
was passed.
HOUSE O) BEriIESKNTAT'IVES.
The House resumed, in Column ice ol the Whole,
the consideration of the subject before lliain last
niglit, viz; the reference ol the Pre ■idem's Annual
Message.
Mr. Prentiss resumed Ids remarks, and contended
that the President of Hie United Steles and the
Secretary of ihe Treasury were implicated in the
frauds which have lately been exposed, and ivlilr.li
were now lo tie punished oidy because they had
teen (blind oul. There was no excuse lor Ilia frauds
vlno.il had been committed hut Hie plea of non
owpoti on the part ol Ihe perpetrators,
Mr, Prentiss thought I lie selecting or appointing
lower was responsil'l; for the dedications—espe
cially responsible for the running away of Hie two
delimiters who have made tbeir escape truin New
York, fie thought the President’s selection of 011a
of the greater delimiters there, us bill the ruse ol the
bear, v, ini'll when pursued by the hunters drops one
ol her cubs, lo save the rest by cheeking I lie (sirsiiit.
Mr Prentiss said he should not slop ;-y the way
side, liul go to Hie lion's den, and drug lu’nli the old
she bear herself. The cubs that hud escaped wore
less to bo looked after than tlie mother of tlie cubs.
Mr. Prentiss began with ihe Secretary of the
Treasury, exposing lirsi, the facts eon nr cl oil with
the defalcations ol John Spencer, a great defaulter
lo the Government and a receiver of Public Moneys
in Indiana. He convicted Mr. Spencer of gross
frauds, sho wing from reference to public documents, 1
which were read, tlint Hie Secretary ol ilioTrensnry
wag cognisant of Ihe luel of Iho delaleiilion. He
showed 100 that lliedeliilcalions were not exposed
on account of tlie elections in 111 - Stales whore j
they were eonmiiitod. He road eighteen loiters, tlie ,
obied of which was to show that ••.union ..OW-m- of 1
theGennm iwjverimieru •, re u.iaiille,.;, and -.1-,.- I
funlters with Hie Knowledge of ihe bead of Hie i
Treasury Department, if not of ill 1 Executive. He 1
theiteitaled that the Secretary of the Troasiny bud |
sworn that there were fin ilidhic.aiioiu, no longer (
since than Febmniy, 1837. In March 183 d, 11 pub- I
lie account of the dcliilcaiiofis wa; published. Mo
then proved I list the Seen taiy ol' I he Treisury bnd\
knowledge of doliile ilinns which le gin in 1831
To sustain'these broad positions (1 llci.i and circulars
were read from Mr. Woodbury, ami his subordinate
officers in different purls of tlie country.
He examined into llm deliilcaiion of .Hr. Harris
of Mississippi two yours mill 11 lull in office, and
kept there a defaulter with the lull knowledge of
the Secretary of tlie Treasury Hint he was a delimi
ter. He quoted a corrcspoiidci cc, raiding eighteen
letters from Mr. Woodbury to Win. I). Ilurri.- alone,
for Hie purpose of showing Hun Jlr. Woodbury did :
not speak the intlli wbcii ho said 111 1837 he knew j
nothing of defuleulions.
All I Ins correspondence took place during a period !
ol thirty inor.iliH. .Mr. Harm in Iho meantime had i
been potted and excused,mid bid rnceivud all pos- I
sible liiTorfrum ihe head of HlO Treasury Depuri
meil. He had secured what public money lie!
could, and had then resigned bis place.
7 bo letters nl Air Harris linn the manner he had
been dealt with by llm President ofthe United S.
and tlie Secretary ol'the Tn. ; ury, showed a feudal
system in Ihe United Slates, Mr Prentiss said, moro
remarkable than that which bad distinguished En
rufio in lliellest flays nl li'iidnbsm. The lumiatones ;
in ibis Administration had mnt wiiii more favor than
the Icmlatories of old. The land system was more
grand and extensive, and Hie s.utem was conducted
upon 11 grand scale here I linn it had been in any other
section of the world. And now said Mr. Premiss, I
should like to It now why it was that this \V. I). Har
ris whs 1 ominueil in office during the w hole lime be
was known to he o public cicl'nillcr so the (intern
ment. Why did not Ihe J’residentremove him t
Why? Because lie did not dure 10 do mi Mr. Mur
n; was u ncin of great influence in Mississippi lie 1
was 11 zealous and powcrlul minister, and literature
he was not removed although lie was known and j
well known to lieu defaulter.
In view of Hie facts connected wiiii Mi Harris's !
defalcations, said .Mr. Premiss, 1 cannot hut mourn
over Hie depravity el I lie limes, and the deep flisgrace
in which the facts I have mcnlioned firing this coun
try, I mourn On; ecially over the depravity which Inis
shown ilselfsince Harris resigned 11 defaulter to Hie
Governin' nl lo Hie amount of 809,"DO. Whet fol
lowed ! Tim appointment of another defaulter, —
a Mr Hoyt I ,—who became us bad ami more 11 de
faulter Ilian Harris,
Mr. Prentiss then spoke of Mr. Boyd, who
was proclaimed a defaulter—known to he so,
and kept in office as a defaulter. He spoke 100
of a letter written hv James Mhen. begging the
forgiveness ol Mr. Boyd. Silica expressed his
conviction that Boyd, would go and sin no more.
He felt sure that lie was penitent, and would not
he again a transgressor. .Shea said “Don’t ap
point another man, because Boyd, is truly peni
tent, and if a third man is appointed, he will tie
very likely to do ns Harris and Boyd, his two
predecessors have done before him—become a
defaulter also.” Mr. .'Shea’s advice had ite effect,
and for a long time Mr. Boyd was kept in office.
Tlie particularsof Boyd’s defalcation and that
of Rogers ami of Linn, was explained nt length,
and many important facts connected with them.
Os the 260 letters referring to this subject in a
special report, more than 200 of them complain
ed of violations of duly on the part of the public
officers.
Mr. Prentiss spoke until half past 3 o’clock.
He discussed several matters besides defalcations
connected wit li our public policy—such as facts
connected with the interference of Government
office holders in Elections, the danger to our free
institutions growing oul of such interference, Are.
Mr. Cushman, of \. H., has tlie floor to-mor
row and promises a defence of Mr. Woodbury.
Hi.tcide or Ron Eire Fitilovu.—ltmaybcre
membered lliat when Robinson was tried, for the
murder of Helen Jewett, Robert Furlong was his
principal witness, and procured his acquittal by
swearing positively, that on the niglit ofthe mur
der, Robinson was at Furlong’s store, at an hour
which rendered it almost impossible that Robin
son could not have been tbe murderer. Previous
ly, and up to the time of Robinson’s trial, Fur
long carried on tlie Grocery business in tins city,
and was considered a prosperous man. But soon
after this trial, his business fi ll away, mid ii“ w»“
oblige! to give it. up altogether.
In October lust, he took a passage in the brig ;
Wexlord, captain Munilay, bound to Porto (label- ,
10, and, when only three days out, he was at- l
tacked with delirium tremens, and exhibited svm- 1
toms of insanity, during which tie spoke inc.fln . |
rently ol Robinson amt Helen Jewett. The cap- ;
tain uni bis officers did every tiling in tii.-ir pow- i
er to calm his mind ami bring him back to reason. J
and ills insane paroxysm subsided. While in this ■
condition he told some persons on board, Hint
since Robinson's trial, elivnnislanees had come to !
his knowledge which convinced hint that he hud !
sworn untruly, and that Robinson bad not been
at his store at any linn on the niglit of the mur
der, although when swearing to il he believed lie :
was telling the truth.
Shortly after making this communication, Fur- !
long s insanity returned, uml be became quite out- j
rageous, mill refused altogether to go below . Hi ‘
stilled as his reason for not going into Hie cabin, i
Hml Elicit Jewell was siitinc there. His parox
ysms ot insanity eonltmii'il with little intermission 1
during (lie first day, ami on the second .lax hr is- j
eiimc so violent that it was deemed necessary to i
coniine him. But when this intention was about
to be etleetefl. Furlong leaped on the gunwale of 1
the boat, and threatened to jump into the sea. j
B>i>me persons addressed him, and endeavored to i
coax him down, and fie consented, on condition |
• hut he was first given a glass of brandy amt
laudanum.
A glass containing some weak liquid was ac
cordingly handed lo nim, hut on lasting it he said
il was not strong enough, and almost at the same
instant leaped into the sea. A tub mid ropes
were immediately thrown to him, but he made no
effort to catch cither of them, and he sunk. A
seam in then Jumped overboard, and when Fur
long eumo to the surface, the seaman luifl hold of
him, ami lie was taken on board, but life was ex
linct. —[jV. V. Journal Comment,
Favor vni.K inbicastonh. —Since the resnJi 1
nl the Now York ideation lias become known,
since by ten thousand majority that fStale lias
discarded her reprobate son Van Burcn, the loeo
foeo papers have one ami all become less rabid.
They evidently have cooled down ami are dis
playing indications of returning rationality. To
break the forge of sorrow from their past miscon
duct, they have betaken themselves to divers em
ployments—the groat Globe teems Hi!, essays on •
agriculture and ol the little Globes some descant
upon tile Morns Multicaulis, and some on the 1
dignity ot the press: some eschew polities us the 1
root of all evil, while others most dolorously us- |
sure the public how good and decent they intend 1
to lie hereafter.
M hat a mighty and wondrous change tlie
breaking ot tlie little Magician's wand has produ- j
ceil. \\ e hail these omens of a brighter day iind j
congratulate our Country, onr who!* country up- ■
on the glorious issue of past events. The power I
ofthe reigning dynasty, is crumbling to dust, the 1
sceptre of the tyrant is broken, his siittellites are ,
, in despair, while above their despairing groans '
I me beard, the triumphant shouts of the people al !
| their deliverance /into perpetuus—Natchez four- •
I ler.
M A R R 1 K li, |
yf Du Monday evening, 31st December, by the Itevtef.
Laid: V\ . Key,the Rev. Aiiham U. Elliot, ol Jus- !
pur GtMintv, t 1 Mrs. Ltcinik Vmi ng, tis tUi* ritr.
ii I E I).
( <n tlie .*? Ist October lust, on (joordtht MiipVvJiit
more, twenty urn? days »»ul from New York to >hi
ih ira, Kmsiia M.vn ton, Kscj., ol Providence, lor
,n;i n.v ycurs :t respectable merchant in liii>
city.
Jn thi.t city, on yesterday morning, Vr. John
■ I‘Atkiki 0, a native of South Carolina, in the JlStli
j year of his age, um! for Ihe last 20 years a respec
table merchant in iiii< city.
i , IJL
I AW VtTK.'K.— H'IYIIOIiN ./. I.AW’fttN
, I A having located himself at Jaeksonboro, Seri ven
county, will laithluily attend to all business en
trusted to him, w3iu jo
NO M < E. —-James T. flothwell, A Uoniey ;.l
l/.ny. Loui- x file, (b 0., w ill iilten.l to all
legal Imsiucss inlrusieil to him in the Counties of
Burke, Jefferson, VN’ashiugton, EimmueJ, 3 .uuai.
Moiilgoiaery, and Laurcncs, anil he (fuller:, hiiusi ls
by bis diligence and attention to business, s(ian
i apai/ut public patronage. AH counminieations ilt
iccicil a* above w ill meet with immediate atten
tion. xvibn drc 12
IAVT N(» nt E.—.l. Jr (! . 11.0 l RNOV Tm
J opened a Law Office iu Waynesboro, Burke
couiity. He will attend tn any biisiiicss i,.tinned
lo bis can- with promptness and despatch.
uov ID _ xvlm
i\ W NOTICE.— The co-pa itneißlupheretoiore j
J existing Itetween Hie undersigned, at Monti- 1
I cclb. and EaSunton, under the firm of /•;, V. J. I
It IU„ was dissolved on Hie Huh inst., I.y the dec- |
Hon of the former as Judge us the Ocmuigee Circuit,. I
I The latter will attend to the unfinished busincs- ol !
i the late firm, as wadi as to auv new business en
trusted to him. < mice :il .Vloniicelln, (b o.
EDW ARD V. HILL,
dec | xvflf JOSHUA HILL.
iAW NOTICE,—The undersigned having
i-J rtiinived from Clark eoimly to Lmcululou,
will attend lo tbe practice ol Law iu llic Superior
and Interior Courts ol i.inculn eoimly, and the ad
jacent eoimiies. Biisiiiessinlrusled lo bis care will
be promptly al tended to.
HENNING If. MOORE.
References —lion. Charles Dougherty, Hon. A
•S. Clayton, Hon. Thomas W Horns, (ten Edward
Harden, Athens; C. J, Jenkins, O. VV. Crnwlbrd,
A. J Miller, Col. John Milledge, VVillia.n L. Jones,
Aiignsln I.iueololcn, Kiareh 24, 1838. wlf
i-a vv notTckT
rFI HE icdersigiied having united in the (irnelie
I ol the LAW, offer I heir services to Hie public
They will attend the courts of Muscogee, Marion,
Stewart, Randolph, Early, Baker, Lee and .Sumter,
ot tbe Chattahoochee Circuit; Houston,ol the Flint
Circuit; and Twiggs, Pulaski, Lowndes, Thomas,
Decatur and Dooly, of the Southern Circuit Bu
siness entrusted to their care will meet with prompt !
attention. Their office is in Americas, Sumter
comity, where one ol them mav always be Ibuud
when nut absent on business.
LOTT WARREN,
oct 10 vvtf WM i) CRAWFORD.
■ NOR SALE—My Plantation in Rarkc county
' 3d district, containing 600 acres, lying on the
waters of Uliicknsahatchcc creek, Nos. 268 and 269;
upwards of I6U acres cleared and under good (pac
ing, a large new gin house, gin and running gear,
an excellent smoke house, kitchen, and double pen
dwelling house,good negro cabins, and stables, two
wells of good water. Any person desiring to look
at the above propel ty will find the owner, or her
agent, on the place during the winter months.
I). C. B ALDWIN.
Athens, November 26, IS3B wtlstapl
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
f |NH E subscriber being desirous of settling his
fl affairs in Jefferson county, oilers for sale his
settlement of first quality oak and hickory land,
consisting of five hundred acres, well improved,
with a commodious dwcllinghoiise,bain,gin house,
negro houses, and other out-huildings, with one
hundred arid fifty acres new cleared land under
good repair, adjoining land of G. W. Crawford,
Gardner Connelly, amt others,on the waters of Dry 1
creek. Also, live likely young negroes, all to he i
disposed of at public outcry, at the market house |
in Louisville, on Hie Sth day of December next.—
Terms on the day. JAMF-8 cross,
1 Limisvifie,\'ov, 22, 1838. wtf
PE ANT ATIO\ FOR SAI-li.—Thw sub-
Ht'iiitcr offors for wale hia splendid plantation,
iu Lee roiaiiy, mntainin;, out* thousand t>tx inin<lre«J
am *of land, all in a solid body. It coiisintH of
lota fid, 57, 7*2, S'J, IUJ. HU, aid oim mhei,
number not now rcecdhried, in the third District
of I .♦•l s countv. About 3.M 1 r.ere« an- in cultivation,
ivid under excellent teinriic;, all fresh, mum of it
ha\ ing been cleared more Ilian live or sis years,
and mo.it ot it within Iho iatltwo year*.
The cleared land is nil of i hi* first qualify, oak nnd
hickory land, and is capable ot producing from I*
to Ditto pounds of rollon to the acre. The tin
clewed land is all of tin* .same quality, except l\\n
lu * which arc first rale pine land, and almost equal
to Iho oof aim hickory lor tin- production of cotton.
On the plantation is a first rule gin hon.se and gin,
the running gear hunt hist year; also a comfortable
dwelling nini all of her necessary outbuildings tor a
planter who works *2;» or HO hands. On the land
nrv several line springs of excellent, pure water and
the well water used at the plantation is equal to al
most any in the up-country, lor freshness, and
purity. The place is also very healthy, ns there
waa nut a single case of m< kucss among tvy ne
groes list year, requiring the uilondunce ot a phy
ciun.
The land lies o)> fW eastern branch *»t f'Ltid.a
suvvlmlchio creek, 18 miles from Albany, in Maker
comity, the head ot steamboat navigation on Hint
river, which will enable the purchaser to gel Ins
cropcnslly to market. Thu terms will he made to
suit Ihe purchaser, inquire of the subscriber, at
Athens, or of i he editor ot the i lliroiiiele & Sentinel.
June? tnv&wtf CHARLES G. McK KNLKY.
CKiLETHOHPE I’NIVEIISITV.
fINH K next term of this Institution will commence
I on the first Monday in January next, at. which
time applications for admission will he received,
and examination of candidates take place.
Thr Fn.ci/l.ty cwm/v/x us
Ucv. ( . P. Hr, vi \ President and ProfessoVefUhepi.
i>fry and Natural Philosophy.
“ 8. K. Tai .m\Di;r,, Professor of Am icid Lan
guages.
“ r. \V. Ho waiid. Professor of Moral Philusopliy,
Rhetoric,and evidences of Christianity.
N*. M. Cu vvv roup. Professor of Mathematic s.
The Primary and Academic, departments vill he
under the charge of Mr. 11. Ramsk.t, Nile of Au
gusta. as Rector, a gentleman of well known quali
fications—assisted in the Classical and English de
partments by competent Teachers. The Faculty ol
the College will exercise a supervisory power over
these d<■partments.
The students of the College will 8* **xpectcd to
lodge in the Dormitories.
Ample arrangements are made for boarding, A:c.
The. rule requiring the* tuition in advance, 'S.n,in
no cr.se.bc dispensed with,
W, order of the Hoard,
nov I ? S, .K "• VJ,M A l)(IK, Secretary.
rti w/ | KKVVARD. —A rewardof fifty do 11 are
Jp #)\f will he paid to any person who will .p
--p rebuild and deliver to the Sheriff ot Jailurof Pu
laski eouniy, a man by the name of MARION
SIMS, who has broke, jail in Hartford, Pulaski coun
ty. Sims is about forty or forty-five years of age,
ahmif >■i\ foot or more high, is a man of dark com
plect iun and dark hair, in stature tolerably well pro
portioned for his age; he has formerly been a citi
zen of North Carolina, and more recently from La
wrence county, in this state; lie has a family in
Pula.lP county, at this lime. Sims has a blemish in
one eye which deprive' nini of sight, has a fellon
on if which looks white» ho has on examination
large scars on his hips, occasioned by lying on
them iu a long spell of sickness. ll» was confined
in jail for stealing a negro, mid for a more full de
scription of Sims’ villainy I refer the public to u
piece in the Recorder and Standard of Union,
which has been published fertile last -ix month
over tie signature us liryant Johnson,
o'l H1 ts SAMUKL B. VVKBH, Jailor.
0 “, The Recorder and Standard of *1 .don will
puldish the above untill otherwise directed;
i/a | in | RFAV \KD for (ho apprehension and
7/j | | | delivery of my Negro man by the
name of HOH, and the white man that decoyed him
off; or I will give fifty dollars for either of thei
apprehension • and di*liv-cry to me. 't’iie \s bite m.u;
ihat I believe decoyed ollTny man Rob, is by name,
(as in- called himself) Harris; he is about six fret
high, dark hair, and rutin r squint eyed, when talk
ing .-hows iiis upper teei.li very much, his fore teeth
very broad; he staled that he was raised at the
north, and talks very broad, and is rather stoop
shouldered and slender built, long armed, long hands,
and quite long lingeis; he has been engaged in
working on tin Slate Rail Hoad when my hands
were engaged in the? same business, un*i flarrb anti
my negro man Hob both left that place on Sunday
night, tin* *2lst (October. Harris tried several other
Negroe*', and promised tin m lisilf'of what he could
make by selling lliem, and their treedoM ic the end.
He hid them that lit- would sell them iu every
town they passed, and ideal them again, and then
take water and make their escape. My man Hob
tiiat he carried off, is ahold b feet S inches high,
stout made, and slow spoken, lias a fleshy,soft hand
for a uegro that labors, he ran lead \er\ well, and
can write a lo eralde smart hand, Oie- of his eyes
appears to bus mailer than tin* other, he is tolerable
black, and very broad across his shoulders, and has
a down look. Any information respecting either or
both, will be thank Hilly received. My residence
i ’m (ivv iuneitco. tloo, Mnih s below La wreucevilb .
If is supposed they will take water, and go from one
tow n to another, from Augusta on to the imu,..
HI HLKV HON./-.
The Federal I nion, Columbia TcJcsropr,
Fayetteville Ohsencr, and Richmond Whig, will
publish the above four times weoly, and forward
heir bill to this other for collection.
NOTICE.
f 111 IF subscriber oilers for sale, on aceommoda
| ting terms, his plantation, forty ( in) miles from
Savannah, on the Savannah and Augusta, road, in
the County of Kllingham, conlainingseven thousand
(7000) ncres, more or less, lying in a body, four
thousand ( 1000) acres of tolerable fair pine land,
well wooded and timbered, one thousand (1000) oi
oak and hickory land, five hundred (AGO) of which
are cleared and under good repair, and two thou
sand (2000) of river sw amp land of excellent qua
lity, and conveniently situated for cultivation. On
the open land and pleasantly situated arc two fine
framed dwelling houses, one of two, the other onr
and half stories high. The former consisting of
four full sized and two shed rooms, with two chim
neys, an out-building as a part of the dwelling
house, a kitchen, blacksmith shop, corn-houses, ne -
gro-houses, post office (Tuckasecking) and a set of
first rate stables; the lattorconsHting of two full siz
ed rooms and two shed rooms with two chimneys, a
kitchen, gin and other outbuildings in tolerable re
pair. Pleasantly located in fine, healthy situation:,
on pine land, are two excellent summer residences
with all other outbuildings required, all in good re
pair. Also a firat rate (hist and Saw Mill under
one roof, the gristmill warranted to grind sixty (b‘o)
bushels per day with ease ; three first rate steam
boat landings and two timber landings conveniently
situated for raf ting ; also, corn, fodder, hogs, stock.
&c., if required. The plantation will be sold either
in a body or in lots to suit purchasers. Persons de
sirous of purchasing are requested either to call and
judge for themselves, or address the subscriber by
mail, Tuckaseeking, F.ffiingham county, Georgia,
dec 6 wit JAS. 0. GOLDWIRE.
W ILL be sold at the market hoilse-m ffle town
of Louisville, Jefferson county, on the first
Tuesday in February next, in the usual hours of
sale, to the highest bidder, agreeable to an order of
the honorable Inferior court of said county, when
sitting for ordinary purposes, the following negro
slaves, viz; Dolly,a woman about sixty years of
age, Harry, a man about twenty-five years old;
Amy, a woman about twenty years old, and Mary, a
girl about five years old, Violet, a woman about
twenty years old, the property of the late James T.
Hudson, deceased. Terms on the day of sale.
KLISHA SMITH, Administrator.
November IP, 18SJS. td