The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

THE. ARMY..

CIRCCLIE RESPECTING THE
GIMENTS OF

REDUCTION OF TUE RE•

INFANTRY.
War-Onice, August, 1621.
have the hononr to acquaint you that the
Ring has been pleased to order the establishment of the
Regiment of Foot under votir command to he reduced
from the 'th instant, inclusive, so as to consist of the
num peci6ed as follow :
Regiment of Fe
I Colonel
1 Lleutenant-Colonel

It, S Companies.
1 1 Quarter-master Serj.
1 Paymaster Serjeant
1 Armourer Serjeant
1 1 School-master Serj.
S Colour Serjeants
16 Serjeauts
1 2-1 Corporals
1 Drum 31ajor
11 Drummers and Fifers
13.12 Privates

2 Majors
8 Captains
10 Lieutenants
I Ensigns
IParnsaster
I Mijutant
Quarter-waster
_

I Suwon
I Antstietst Surgeon I --
1 Serjeant Major I 650
I am, at the same thee, to convey to you the following
instructions, viz.:—
Arm:4'lml., Aceontrements, and Camp Nercssa
Ist The supernumerary arms. and spare tents, if any,
are to be returned into the Stores of Ordnance, and ac-
quittances are to he taken for the saute from such per-
son as shall be appointed to receive them. ComplAc
sets of accoutrements, equal to the number of men to
be reduced, and the spare Camp necessaries, if any, to
be packed up, and sent to such place as shall be poiutc:l
out by the Agent for Commissariat Supplies at the
Treasury, to whom Inventories thereof are to be trans-
mitted.
Quarters, and Arcovnts of the Men.-211. The gnat.-
ters of the men to be reduced are to be duly cleared,
their accounts made up, and all their just pretensions
completely satisfied to the time of their being discharged.
Cioti.iof of diseharged Earlt Non...omnd%.
sioned Officer and Private Man, who shall be discharg-
' ed, is to be permitted to carry away wi; h hint his knap-
sack, and his proper regimental clothing for the present
year.
Great Coaty di.veharged Rm.-1:h. The great coats
in wear will also be allowed to be taken away by the
said Non-commissioned Otlicers and 'Alen, if the same
shall bate hem actually worn for the space of two
years ; but, it' not, they are to be packed up and for-
waried to such place as shall be pointed out by the Agent
for Co:moist:4oe Supplies, to whom an iiiventory there•
of ghoul i be seat. _

1,.11,prii,e).3.-3th. The Officers liable to re-
duction will be vim:ell upon Half-par Prow the 2:ffil (its
October next, and you will be plrasea to report their
11:11114•S to this ()thee. _

gst;avite of Sews rego;,-ed.-4011. :in Estimate Of the
cams that will he regoired on the present occasion, is to
be sent to the Departoileot of Accounts at this
tinguisiiiiig the proportion fur each head of S..reice. A
Duplicate of such Estimate is also to be scut to Ct.: Agents
of the Regiment.
q.Aled.-7th. The claims of the Imlividolls
present with the Regiment are, of course, to he titiailv
settle4bn their reduction, but iu cases of men unavoid-
ably absent, a Statement of the balance flue to each is to
he transmitted to the Aviv, in order that the claims of
such men may be settled hereafter upon their own appli-
cation to the Agent, without ditlieulty or delay. A
Doplicaie of this Statement is to be sent to the Depart-
ment of Accounts.
Dates of I i;s4nrging thr Men.—Sth. Care is to be
taken that the day, or days, on which the men are seve-
rally thscharged, be inserted iu the pay lists, in the column
of 11:unarks.
AN/ca.:cot te, r'oalef„lArent, and Capflins.--9th.
The allowances to the Colonel, Agent, and Captains, for
the reduced cotopanies are to be discontinued front the
:isth inst. inclitsi‘e.
.110:1••,!, Family .411tommee and Pascage
.Honey.-Ithh. allowances to be granted under the
head. of M .irching Money, Family Allowance, an ! Pass-
ages by Wa:er, for the men, who, on being discharged,
ititetfl to reside in the I 'niied iiingd 4 and for their
:aniiiies, are specified in Section 2 of the RegulAtiuns is-
! stvil 1;.0.11 this Oliire. _ _ .

....
11144ra:reg.—I Ith. It having ocnttrreil, in mane in-
stances, that men producing discharges at Cholsea have
aileged that the discharges did not contain aii the par-
ii,:ulars which they would have wished to have Brous„ ht
rui,ler the consideration of the Chelsea Board, it is ex-
tremely desirable that especial care be taken that the
ii.setiarges of the uien, recolunien.ted for the. Oitt-Pensioit.
show every proper ground of claim that each
man mry have ou account of his services, wounds, or
• other disability.
You will he pleased to acknowledge the receipt of this
' letter, and to reolit tit.. date when the Reduction shall
have been came.: into effect.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your isitAt obedient Servant.

(Hhcer Commantlinw the
Regiment of Foot.

AMERIC.I.V 5h:117.3 TR.IDE.

The following are a fe►c of the specimens of the
treatment of .lu►erica:► slLvls. as related in Pr. Tor-
rey's (jun.) Book' on the subject, just re-publi3ited by
Mr. Cubbett

A slave having escaped from his master, in the state
of North Carolina, within two or three years pa*..
was seized and brought back, by a being, whin, when
requested by the master to name the reward he shovid
render him for Lemming the slave, replied, that all
the compensation he desired, was the satisfaction of
1104...;:idg him. being granted, the slave was
bound to a lug, and the .` resounding lash" applied,
until the resentment of his execittioner was satiated.
The infatuati.d master then took the ensanguined lash
himself, and wit.+ about to repeat the process of fla-
gellation, when death, not then a king of terrors, but
a generous benefactor, a "fricied i.t sired," rescued
him from the intended protraction of his excruciating
tortuer.t. After all, let Cie balm of compassion, ra-
ther than imprecations of divine wrath, he adminis-
tered to these erring mortals. Their igregiona mis-
take may be traced to the :nighty force of example,
and the deficiency of early, religious, amid moral eiiu-
ca'ion. This fact having heel: before pub.ished, tuust
be, to many p nouns, already known.
In the state of Pennsylvania, a considerable number
of years ago, the proprietor of a turuace took up a
black boy, a few years old, and in the presence of his
distracted father, wantonly thrust him into the games
an ! melted metal, where he was instantly consumed!
The information of this horrible deed was originally
'communicated by a rear. ;an.e cit.ten of t:t.' city of

PRICE SEVEN PricE.

Washington, who formerly resided in the state oi
Pennsylvania, and it has been further corrobora• by
another, of the city of Philadelphia.
In the state of New Jersey, a female slave. several
years ago, was bound to a log, and scored wlth. a
knife, in a shocking manner across her back, and t!.e
gashes stuffed with salt! after which she was tied to
a post in a cellar, where, after suffering three days,
death kindly terminated her misery. Tbis. fact was
communicated at Washington, by the sameti64*n
above mentioned.* t 419.
As two persons were returning from Haft'
a few miles north of the city of Washington; fit yor
ten years ago, they met on the road a free man of co•
lon,, who resided in the vicinity. They seized hiht,
and bound him with ropes. His protestations that be
was flee, and his entreaties that they would accorn-
patty him to the house, (but about half a mile divan:),
where his wife resided, and where he could satisfy
them of his freedom, were in vain. Having fastened
him by a rope to the tail of one of their horses, ..bey
were seen, by a citizen, who met them on the road,
dragling hint in this manner, and beating hint 7.)
make him keep pace with the horses. He cantiont.l
them, and begged of them not to kill the black ma ;
but one of the ruffians plucking a stake front ti.e
fence, and threatening with horrid oaths to Iwo,:
hint down, he found it necessary to retire for his o
safety : —a few miles farther along, on the following
morning, this poor African was found by the side of
the road, dreadfully bruised, and his eyes blootish.,:-
ten,—,ka,l!* This distressing catastrophe str.in'_
exemplifies the defect of the laws of the state in
it occurred, concerning free Africans, which
their seizure, without any specific judicial authority,
if found without certificates of li•ecilum, by the in,s:
vicious and aha:oloned menthers of the community,.
These two ill starred wretches, just sallying far's
from a notorious school of intemperance, were u
tiouirtedly. intoxicated, and of caurse in a state of
sanity at the time they committed this outrage ; and
probably been reared in the wilderness of
ranee sal vice. I was assured, that one of them
hint; been accustomed, 15 company with hisoreafit."..: .
• to tile business of apprehending ru .away shaves, a:t
Filch. free Africans as they clad catch without cart:-

Ow yieiaite 44 the phre w!!cee the aloave tra”:.
neoirroll, it livinz at a Itn.i
in whie!a riere ;t,l just tfroan.l. for brlievir.g• that the
lives I.%•eral slaves had !wen olestroyetl, by whippin
4W! c•veriti.“-, yet l.:vertaittell such horror at
thou:Jos ilf t..a:lspiletaii in to lieorgh, (with whic!i
ha.! ofton titreat...iiel, by way of reprinian.l.'.)
f I),AT u h so•Vii;4 a %Ir stagCr tawarls the how:a,
(o‘i a r.)A :lay.) %%phalli he suspect:A to be a Georgia-
:l,l% Ile 11..1 in:.' the fields with the greatest precipita-
tion, :tn.! secrete:l hinisi.lf so effectually, that he was
nut .iiscovere,l moil the expiration of a fortnight,—
when he was &at' ..—fr.aeul—antl the pupils of hi:
eyes picked out

• It is a notorious and afflicting truth, that in the Uni!,,
States. the head of a poor Neck inaa has beea cut off la i•
impunity, by a white WM, (or master;) that black men 'iv: •
been wantonly shot by white men ; and that a free lets •.;
man (wtenn I have seen myself) was/it/Advil, and tieing :la-
sueee,:sfidly offered for sale as a stave, was bound to a ;Tr,:
in the winter, and lea without food until his feet were fro-4.'1.
where he would probably have perishzil, had be not extri-
cated hiaiselt by his own straggles.
+ This statement was furnished by a res:ieetable
who was one of this first tital found the dead body,
his ow a house.
11. Nothing can more stronvly indicate the tree st^s,,
of tae ease than !his diisoisin, of names. Tne Antnnr dare
put his itlme ; but he was is Pennsylvania : he wool,,
bandy liavo exposA his •Jarylaad informant to deaf:
naming him. W. C.
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I t is a fregimt custom in the district of Colitmlia.
Nlnrylantl, sad I)..laware, for masters to eniestvoirr to
I oral ttwir had siaves, by territyin; Clem with threai, nl
selling. them for tie Georgia market, " or " to Carotin:l"
them ; which is of•ea carried into effect. 'Nero arc not-
withstanding, several individuals. so conscientiously oppose
to selling inert against toe's,. will, that the most trap.ti.d mahot
con.loct will not induce to do it ; and they prcfer rt•je•-
ing then, and letting. tiwal heel) all the wnei they Call
fur Glair own

On Saturday In:truing, the 6th instant, between tb,
hours of two and five, was committed a most doh):
rubbery upon the promises of Messrs. Sidehothaw an i
Co. at Ilroadbuttoto Ilia*, near tilossop. The rubbers
seleeted the opportunity to accomplish their purpos.,
when the watchman of Messrs. S. and Cu. bad left rho
premises to accompany the waggoner some distance
'Ton the Manchester-road, and in the first Instance
violently entered the smith's shop, and took thereout
large sledge hammer; they then broke into the coon:-
log-house, and by repeated strokes with the hammer,
succeeded in breaking the doors of the inn safe. front
tt !aids they extracted upwarals of 1,0110/. in bank
notes, gold, and silver. Upon the watchman's re-
turn to the premises, about five o'clock, he gave the
alarm, and Messrs. S. and Co. immediately despatch-
ed numerous bodies of their workpeople in all direc-
tions, to get intelligence of the depredator.,, but with-
out effert. A reward of one hundred grtineals was
infineditvely offered by the ttloss.ap Association fa
the apprehension of any one of the &fenders, and war -
rants were obtained in order to scare!' the dwellin_s
of several suspected persons in the neighbonrhood. In
the house of a man named Arundale the Police found
some joiners' tools, which were identified as the pro-
perty of Messrs. S. and Co., and upon his being mi-
nutely examined before a Magistrate, after much hesi-
tation he confessed having, along with another prr-
sun, named Shaweross, committed the robbery. Ifo
has siare discovered the place where hie share 'la,.
booty (about 4111;0 was coluvaloii, and which we en-
dersiatel etas been recovered. Shaweross ahsconde•l
whet* Arundale was taken into cesto ty, and has rot
singe beet heard uf; hut it is generr.lly ettair!nd—l
that be 1-as not taken the property along with hie,
the place of it* concealment retnaiet at preeetat
a seeret. It is singular bat Aiviedale, as a trawl:min
of Messrs. S. aid Co., attended tier muster at tb.
mill, within two bears after the Frpetra on of ii.•
the theft. an,t remaiarat at moat
ni/eitt