Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-08

the House OF Representatives oil the state Oh Mas
sachusetts. recently made. it appears
lst. That there were 1916 commitments tor
debt in the year ending the SOlh Of september
1882. >,
3D. That 4S9 were by authority OF Justices OF
the Peace, on execution, and S55 do do ON mesne
process.
Sd. That 1901 cases we're for sums not ex-
ceeding $50, and S4l cases were for sums not
exceeding $50.
4th. That the average amount of debt on CON-
mitments BY authority OF Justices OF the Peace,
does not exceed Sl2 so; the average OF the costs
Of suit, of commitment, and of board. OF this
class Of cases, is rs, except when discharged by
the poor debtors oath" and then amounts to
Bill.
5th. That nearly half Of all commitments are
on mesne process.
9th. That great proportion of those in the
county are made during the months OF June, Ju-
ly, and August, and consequently are most oP-
press,ve on the laboring classes of community.
7thy That the aggregate number OF commit.
ments with the exception Of the county OF Sui
fok) was 725; of these 287 were released by the
s. poor debtors oath," non levy of execution,
non payment of board, and military fines; con-
seuuently two fths of the whole number may be
considered as a total loss to the creditors, not
onv Of the debt. but of the costs and expense
Lastly. That from January 1. 1920. to slst
December 1880, there were eleven thousand Sc
ven hundred and eighty.hree commitments tor
de t in Suffolk county, of which seven thousand
seven hundred aud three were for sums not ex.
ceeding twenty dollars!
From the augusta (Georgia) ". #. Gazette.
Several families removing from South Carroll
ma crossed the Bridge at this place, few days
ago One individual of the company, well
looking man, remarking on the change OF resi-
dence he was making, said, that he. with his
company, we're determined to settle where they
could enjoy the blessings of freed"m-he had
enjoyed, he said the rights Of freeman ever
since the close of the revolutionary war, until
last November. The extraordinary Ordinance
then passed in his State, and the Laws made to
carry into execution, had so changed his condi-
ton aud feelings as to the enjoyment ct what he
considered his privileges and his rights OF con
science, that he determined to leave the
State, in which he had before supposed he
was settled for life, and to seek resting
| place sunewh here to the West. where The bless
lngs resulting from the free Constitution aud laws
OF the United States were duly appreciated snd
quietly enjoyed Ii has been supposed such nu"'
| Der of per,nns have left South Carolina since the
doctrine Of Notification has been understood,
that, were the census now taken, that State would
lose a, least one Representative IN Congress: and
the emigration still continues.
Wool taken from black beaver hat operates
like charm. in cases where profuse and dan.
gernus breeding takes place from the extraction
| of a tooth.
The Rhinoceros. reported at Boston. by the
Emporium from Calcutta, it seems, is not alive.
having died IN consequence Of being put on short
allowance tor few days previous to the arrival;
hardship shared by the crew. The eIe
plant. however, escaped with lille, although they
do say that Partially was shewn.
american TIFF Register and Sporting Maya
ine.-The March nsmber Of this popular work
has already been issued. 1t is embelii'hed with
portrait of the magnificent horse "BYRoN,"
(the property of Col. w. r. Johnson and w.
Ware, ESQ engraved in fine style by Mr.. Ben
herman, from a painting by Bordlsy. The con-
tents of the present number of the Turf Register.
are more than usually various, and must of course
render its pages more than usually interesting to
the numerous patrons OF that work.
F,res.-A fire brokr out, on Wednesday night
last, in tho dwelling house Of MIR William Fer
nv, situated in Main street, Chambersbuig, Pa
which was mt subduad until the back building
and the upper story Of the front house we're con.
sumed.
On the night of the Goth ut. tenant house
on the Farm belonging to Mount ST. Mary's Col
lege near Emmitisburg, took fire, and was con
sumed, together with principal part OF the fur
, niture The house was at considerable dis
lance from the College building, and No other
loss was sustained or injury done.
The last Raleigh papers inform US Of the death
Of two Of the most distinguished citizens OF n.
Carolina, John Hall Esq Of Warrentown, in the
Gath year OF his age, and for more than so years
one of the judges Of the Courts ct that State;
and Col Philemon Hawkins, Of Warren county,
a soldier of the Revolution, and the last OF the
sgners Of the constitution of n. Carolina, adopt
ed in 1716.