Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, February 11, 1819, Image 2
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+lnd ?Mercantile Advertiser*
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Published for WiLIE VAUGHAN
Proprietor, at thuCk d^iaiA j^er yeai
payable in ac^^ce.?^ii*cri% ti(,
taken fot icss than sij| months.
The Office is on King street, betwee
Broad and Market streets, where O.in
munications, See. will be received aiv.
faithfully attended to.
tr Advertisements not exceeding twelvi
lines, (except those of a public natur
inserted three times for one dollar, arm.
twenty-five cents for each continuation.
From Petiigntw's M 'moirsof Dt\ Lettaom.
I once dined with Dr. Johnson,
Wilkes, ;k>swell, and Lee the A
mericanwh*t a group! <? It was
ungrateful," said Lee, J4 for the
?Scotch^ wbo, when emigrants, al
ways found an a\yluin in America,
to be the most violent opponents to
American independence, and to op
pose their benefactor* in the cabinet
and in the field." <? The obligation,"
replied Boswell," was not so consid
eranle, when it is understood that
the Americans sent the Scotch eini
?anfs to Cape Fear, and such like
rren regions." " I think," said
Johnson, " tfiey acted like philoso
phers." ? Why?" Bos well inquir
ed. " Because," added Johnson.
* If you turn a starved cow into
clover, it will soon kill itself by the
famished in their own country, had
been placed in the more fertile parts
of America, they would have burst
by a belly full, like the cattle in clo
ver." Nobody enjoyed a laugh at
the expense of he Scotch more than
Boswell, at least fvlien it came from
Johnson; and the latter appeared to
do it in play; but his play was as
tough as that of a bear, and you
fyt fearful of coming within the em
braces of so fierce an animal."
The following, taken from Im Belle
assembler, is> a curious account
of a d* ad Monk's reunimation"
It is a well knowu fact, that through
out ml theraouanjenes inKieily, the
dead bodies of the Monks are dried
and made to stand erect in Inches
placed round a kind of sepulchral
chamber, where one of the brothers
of the holy order take it in turn to
watch for two hours every night, to
put them in constant mind of the last
awful change that every one is des
tined to undergo.
A Alonk of Palermo, was passing
Cart of the night in the manner a
ovv me ntioned* when in the interval
of his itwouonal exercises, he fanci
ed he heard every now and then a very
fmusuat noise; and looking stedfastly
at tint part of the room fyom whence
it proceeded, he perceived one of the
dead Monks nod to liini; he held
lip hi a lamp, and the head nodded
again : lie instantly hastened up
?tairs to the convent, to acquaint the
"brethren with this fearful omen.?
The Monks bnghed at his fears and
persuaded hiui it was a mere illusion
of the imagination ; he, therefore
tu'iim med courage, to return, but
took care to go to a different part of
these extensive galleries, where he
remained a while in anxious suspense.
Finding all still and motionless, lie
began to think he must have been
deceived by his imagination, and
therefore he returned to his former
station and fixed his eyes on the same
dead Monk. He again saw the
head move and noil at him. Away I
* he ran, and declared that all the!
?aiuts in the calendar should not per !
suade him to go down again : he was
How so positive of the fact he had
witnessed, that cotisidera* le alarm
prevailed in the convent. The
Monks were called together, and
eight 01 ten descended into the
appartment with candles and holy
water?They were brought opposite
the dead bo iy in question, but just
as they drew up, a nod of the head
put them all to flight. When the
Superior was informed of it, he wa.?
extremely angry, and declared somi
Jtv.>glish heretic n.id got in and plac
ed this tuck; he Lautiotv wen.
dctwu himself anotl.er partv.?
A* tU'v descended to the ^alleiie
their fears h\ sooie decree abated .
and after ailvaocing cautiously to tlr
place, the 8uperk>r belli up his lam,
to the Monk. It was no illusion,
lite, ha<l iiuleecl, once more entenii
this frail tenement of mortality ! A
that yery men cnt lire head shoo
violently and fell from the boih
when out Hew?not the soul of *j.
Monk, but a living rat, w hich hat!
made its nest in the skulk
This is a fact which happened
lately, ami is well known and an
thenticated at Palermo.
Miseries of an Editor.
From the 0?ive Branch.
Weofteii hear of the miseries 01
authors, hut they are nothing to com
pare with the miseries of an editor,
iie lias everybody to please, ant)
himself besides. Here comes his
particular friends with a piece for in
sertion, which the editor dislikes to
publish. His friend insists and is
admitted. Next comes a demand
for the author, the editor is in honor
bound to not give him up. A schi <111
is raised about his ears, he uiusi
bear the wliole censure and obloquy
of those offended. Thi? is etijugh
to bear; but when to this is added
the indifference of those very friends
for whom he makes this sacrifice, it
is too severe. r
Another piece is presented in an
unknown hand , false grammar, bad
construction, &c. require that the
piece should be remodelled and re
composed. The hand is not legible,
and, after much study and vexation
to analyse and understand it, lie
throws it aside as unworthy his col
umns. He is always in the very fo
cus of contention; each party watch
uim with a jealous eye, and each is
ready to attribute all ohnoxous senti
ments found in the* paper to the edi
tor. A ferment is easily exited a
gainst him. lie often stauds between
two fires, and receives the shot of
both parties. lie selects matter
which be thinks useful and enter
taining. The printer's taste is dif
ferent, he sH^up instead of it
' ? ^ ?
some anecdote, some old item of
news, or some horrid robbery. He
with much pains corrects his proof
sheet and point out the alterations.
When the paper is handed to him, at
the first glance he discovers many of
the most prominent errors uncorrect
ed. After flattering himself that he
liful found something that will please
his readers, he is stunned with their
complaints that his paper is dry and
uninteresting. To cure this complaint,
he inserts short articles about sea
serpents, love affairs, Irish bulls,
Yankee tricks, &c. &c. His neigh
bors next complain that the paper is
very trifling; and thinks the editor
must be hard run for matter to in
sert snch non-sense.* The ladies
complain that there is not enflicient
poetry and marriages; the grave
l>oliticiau that there is not enough of
state papers and learned political es
says ; the merchant, that there is uo
market news or price current; the
farmer that there is few agricultural
articles; the man of science, there
are no profound investigations, and
'dl that there is uo news of w; r, bat
tle, or bloodshed. After much la
bor, deep thought, and Iu^Ia expec
tations of eulighteuiug the public
mind and changing public opiuion
upon particular subjects, he finds, to
his extreme mortification, that his la
i)or is all lost, ami that former pre
judices and opinions have a stronger
swa) than ever.
lie consumes the midnight lamp,
in preparing his cogitations for the
public benefits; he is sanguine, a gre.it
effect must follow, wheu suddenly
his hopes are blasted, (lie consoling
cup is dashed from his lips by the
cold indilVi cencu w ith which his la
bored piece is received. Hut the
uukiuilest cut of all/ is, after toiling
by the noon day sun, and the mid
night lamp, to please, instruct, and;
benefit his readers, A, 11, C, and II,
withdraw their names from his sub
scription list, oltserving, at the same
aiuc, that his papers arc not worth
bavins;. He has often, nml indeed
. mwt constantly, ^reat s?*?iu^i -
??'iween his duty, his interest, am
.?i* safety.
%>
If he estimate his duty correctly,
ml |>ursue it, Wmay offend and losi
?Ms friends aiul patrons, and endan
ger his personal safety, and the -?at?
iy of his establishment. So criu<
is his situation frequently, tliM hi
onscience and duty hid him mauu
? earless on, while his reason tells hi',
.hat peril, aud perhaps ruin, awa'r
.?is course. His situation is little les.
perilous than that of a soldier, whose
duty bids him inarch ever into ttiv
atiuons mouth. Retreat, in eithej
vase, is disgraceful. Of tlu* two.
.lie soldier's situation is preferahl .
le is only in battle occasionally, and.
for one good obtains the ap
plause and thanks of iws country.
TITe editor's is a constant u aria it
*ith ignorance, prejudice, falsehood
and vice. Let him ik;nt ever so vnli
antly and successful, his reward in
small, and often it last poverty aiul
disgrace.
- ?H? ? I I I
IjONOON, . ,o?.
A Genoa pap ?r sules, that on the
10th of Sepl'Mi ?er, Vfr. Jones, the
American Consul General at fripola,
?veut ?>iit to h int witii his Secretary
llie. and a Janissary,
Being separated from his companions,
he# was attacked oy three Moors of
the Admiral Mourat Itais, who struck
him several times v> itli the hutt ends
of their muskets, knocked him do\vn
and would have murdered him. had
it not been t'oc the return of his com
panions. ? he consul was conveyed,
covered with blood lo the palace of
the l^acha, who promised every re*
paration thai should i>e requited, and
then convoked all the Consuls at his
country house to consult w itn them.
In the mean time, Tt<hir ft-H iis who
w an iiaglish Renagado, and the
private enemy of .r. Jones, tcnik
refuse at the house of the BritUh
consul, who granted him an assyluin,
and refused to deliver him up to the
Pacha. Bv the advice of the otiier
consuls, Mourat-Rais was exiled,
^crne of ttie -Moors wa^ contenced to
death, and of the two others, *me
had his hands cut off, and the other
received a hundred blows by bastina
do. Mr. Jones transmitted informa
tion of the circumstances to the A
merican consul at Tunis, who iuinte
| dlately sent off the American squad
ron then in that |>ort. The appear
ance of the squadron before Tripoli,
excited much surprize, but as the
American flag was still hoisted on
the house of the American consuls,
a parley was entered into, and after
several communications, the Anun
can commander sent off a messenger
to tike United States wiUi a report of
what had happened.
FROM MANILLA. ?
Extract of a letter, daed JfanUln,
?May 13. 181^, to a gentleman in
Pto vide nee.
4i I have been embargoed here 26
days, on account of tins goverumen
fitting out an expedition connistiug o.
two ships mounting 66 guns, oik
large schooner, carrying four small
guns and a long ?4 pounder, six
gun-boats with a long brass $1 each
and upwards of 700 men to capture
one cruizer from Buenos Ay re*,
mounting 26 guns and with certainly
not more than 1^0 men for she has lost
06 of her crew by sickness, &c.~
This expedition has bet?n preparing
about 50 days, the commander bav
ing done every thing he could io de
lay the time of sailing that the cruizer
might go oSf unmolested?The Gov
ernor has at length compelled him to
put to sea; he is now uuderway, and
as lie is out of sight, i shall have It
oerty to sail." [Prrrv. Patriot.
111 IT--L ; .
11 of the UNITED STATES.
The Committee npjKiiuted by the
I louse of Representatives, to inves
tigate the affairs of the BANK OK
rHE UNITED SPATES haw
made a very full and detailed report
on this subject, it occupying eight
colunrf in the National Intelligence!.
Tiio CoiQuiUUe concluded with the
opinion, ? that tlH> provUlon. of t!.?
tia. *erol iae ? aniv uf the. L niter
stales iiav^ been violated in the fol
lowing iiis auces.
I. In p irchasing two millions o!
4?tHittc cetot, in order to substitute
theui tor iwo other millions of sinit
iur w hich it had contracted t< I
sell, or hail sold in Kuiope, and
tt iiich he Secretary of the Treasury J
ciuiine tiie right of reading. I In
uicts ; n Hits subject, and the view *
of the transaction enteitained by tin
Committee, have already been giveu.
? il. In not requiring ti,e fulfilmeu.
of tlit vii .agement made by ti*e siock
iiolduson subscribing, to pa%, the
2d ai d 3d instalments on the stock
m cOiii and funded debt. The Ik.,
on tins point are fully be fore the fijU
and they establish beyond all doubt.
1st, thai the Directors uf the 13.; Sik
agreed to receive ;itid did receiu
what they deemed an equivalent f
coin, in cliecks upon, and the uoles
of ihe Bank and otuer Banks sup
posed to |)iiy specie. I his subsitu
t HI 1^ equivalent whatever, for
the tpjcilic?tilings required by the
charter, was in itself a departure
from its provisions; but, &|, the
notes and checus thus received were
not, in all cases, equivalent to coin,
bee use there was not specie to meet
ilieiu inthe bank ed, thai notes of
individual* were discounted uud ta
ken iu lieu of Jhe coin part of the
2d instalment, Jby virtue of a resolu
tion^ -fur tlmtj&irpose, passed before
that instalment bPcatue due; 4th,
tha* the notes of individuals were
takeu in many instances ami to large
amounts in lieu of the whole of me
2d and 3d instalments, whicli notes
are yet unpaid.
III. In paying dividends to stock
holders wuo had not completed their
instalments, the provisions of the
cimrter in that res|>ect were violated.
i V . By the judge* of the first and
second election allowing many per
sons to give more than thirty votes
each, under the pretence of tln ir be
ing attorneys for persons iu whose
names sn.ires then stood, when those
judges, the directors and officer** of
the bank, perfectly wett knew that
those shares really, belonged to the
persons offering to vote upon them as
attorneys. The facts iii i*eapecia*?
this violation are iu possession of the
house, and establish it beyond the
reach of doubt. x
The committee are of opinion that
no other instance of a violation of
the charter has lieen established. In
closing this report of a most laborious
investigation, the committee observe,
that whatever difference of opinion
can exist among tliera as to the results
and inferences to be drawu from the
facts stated, they unanimously concur
in- giving, to the preceding statements
of facts and abstracts of documents,
their sanction. They have not re
commended the adoption of any
measures to correct the many evils
and mischiefs they have% depicted,
excepting that of the bill liefore men
mned, because, by the (irovissions
of the charter, the Secretary of lie
? Yeesury has full power to apply a
prompt and adequate remedy, when
ever the situat'nm of the bank shull
require it. And if, after the stock
noiders have l>ecome /icuuaiuted with
?.h?- mismanagement of the institution,
they shall adopt no means to prevent
Us coutilineiice, or the directors them
selves shall persist in a course oi
conduct . requiring correction, the
committee cannot entertain a doubt
? hat the salutary power lodged in
tlie Treasury Department will l?e
exerted, ns occasion may require,
ind with reference to the best inter
est of the United States/'
Banking.
In Mr. Madisonb view of the powers
proponed to be rested in the Unked States
and in the 44th No. of the Federalist, we
find him quoting a well known articlc of
' tic Constitution prohibiting any state from
kmittivo rills or cHtDiT and an illus
tration iu the following words.
"The extension ol the proliihition *'? bill*
of credit, must y;ive pleasure to every
? i '*en, in pioportio ? to h?s love of juwtic*
aiiii his kiiowlcdge of the true sjpiuigsot
nubile prospenty. "rte)os* wh'ch \mrrt
ii js *>l j'ii. (J sinc^ ill" |>c? r. i uni ? ? ie
)cs>iifnt tflccis o| p?(>?r inuutv go itoe
CC'CS^I'V Col.ftdr !>CC bc'.^r >11 ITIJn ii A\
\ar^?5\U^ ct ^ihc
?u'>mc councils ; oix ihc iritiusuy and moral*
>f the people. and on iht vcn.tucicr ot re
>ubhcan urovcrnmuit, co.ymiutes^antnor
nous debt against the stab:*, cb<*rgrtbi?
viiit tins unadvised measure, which must
?**.g >cmatn tins.w tied ; oi p-jibci" an a*.
angulation o ^uiit. wh'cn can he* txnia:.
d noo'hcrwis than by a volunta y >aeri
ice on the altar o! jusice, ?>t ihe po cr
a ich hub been ihe iitsininuiu of it. la
ddtiion to i.use pvi'^ua-ivc consnu ra u ns,
may be onsetved, lhat ihe same reosors
^*:?ich show ldeming In
he power ol regulating coin, piove. w.tl\
I force, thai they ought nol to In at
beity lo substitute a pap* r medium in
he place oi com. Hud cvv . y sia e a ri^ht
regulate ihe vVtuc oi its roir. iherc
.night he as many dift\ rt nt curt\ nc e>
* alts j and thus, the mitt course ..mong
nern would be impeded; reuospcetiv? ai
*?rt*\tot?s in rts Uf " l^hi bi rnadt ^nj
hus the civ.Zens oi' other stalest*. h.jnud,
?nd am mosaics kindled among the sates
themselves- Tne subjects ol fouign
\>oweis might softer from iht sume < ntse,
and hence the union be d?scrttuttci a. d
embroiledA>y the wdiscertion ot a sn.^ic
member No one oi these mischiefs is
less incident to a powei ?n the stale to
paper money, tha.j to c in gold or Miver
[-The jxiwtr to rn.'ke un> tlrn< bm A.Id
and s lvtr a lender in the payment ot ?. bt%,
is withdrawn trom the smus on the s .tro
principle with thai ol * tJl p'per
currency/' -
Ftttstr
Garden ^eeds. .
Just arrived from JVeir knglund,
. ANn VOR IALE Rt
P. '* HORN TON,
( One door brl<)*v l.atta if Kitgore'*J
As lliey were put up by Ihe shaking
Quakers, and other persons who raised
them; they may be depended on to be ^ood
.it follow* :
Early York t
^jCaubaue?
Early sugar loaf Ho
Late Dutch do
C reen glazed do
Savoy do
Red ? do
Borecoal _ do
Drum head winter
ditto
Early springTuritip
1'ftte Dutch do
r'rench do
Yellow Russia do
~Earty
swelling Parsnip
Orange carrot
Purple do
salmon Radish
short top do
black winter ditto
Ice Littucc
Head do
su^ar loaf do
Early do
Red ? Onions
Vv nite d<>
Kiirly cucumber
Look >;recii do
Gcrkins
cant elope or Nutt
me^ Meliona
Waiernielions
busk bquaahe*
Winter crook necfc
ditto
prick ley spina ge
Asparagus
squash pepper
Ve^etab? Oyfeter
plant
curled parsley
Lavendei, Hue
an^e, Thyme
saffron, peppern;ra?3
Early Petersburg
Peas
Early frame od
Ea-ly oharltan do
Dwarf marrowfat do
Early bush be ana*
Pamphlets with directions for gardening
mav also Ik; had. *
A liberal discount will he made to those
who may wish to purcmLe to sell again.
N. B Just received im addition to tho
above, a few I inda of Grass Seeds, and
nome other new ai d choice kinds, too tc*
dious to enumerate,- amontfjthem^ are the
Hutu Ba^a, or \ el low Turnip, a
fall Turnip, which has latcW heen intror
duced in to America, and ialj?1^ *? *>e
pcriorto any heretofore in l*e' a,,d if
much more productive, and \[ found to
be excellent food bitli for cows\|11' sheep,
therefore it may be worth the ajention of
the fanner to cultivate It.
A small traati*e gm the cultural may be
found iu the pamphlet offered f<f ?*lc?
December 10
In the Common Flei
STATE OF SOUTH CARU'Wt
LANCASTER VI9VR1C
amuex Brilry,
V9*/ v Case in AttaeMtenr'
iJamri. Buhford, J
WHEREAS the Plaintiff in this.fu?Vf
Hd on the 15th d^y June, 1818;
declaration in the office of thfe ^lei k f***
oriorablc court* fcyafiiat tha nef|jya?
A hois absent from and without tMWuu
of this State, and hath neither Wife V***
thrney known within the samu; upon'"01**
a copy of the said declaration, witjjj
to plea<l thereto, within a year an
might be served. It is therefore
in persuancc of the act of the
Assembly, in that case^made and pi
that the *aid defendant do appear at
to the said declaration, on or hef
16th day of Jiidc next, which wilj
the year of our Lord one thousar
hundred and nineteen, or final ai d
judgment will then be given and
* gainst him. . j
William M'Kenna, j '
'%ftce ofr >mvton Pleat, La* ca*tcrfrict
June 15, I ft I ft
Neatly executed
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