Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, March 11, 1819, Image 2
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Broad and Market streets, where Commu*
tiications, See. will be received and faith
fully attended to.
Interesting Anecdote.
The Public will probably have
noticed the advertisement of Mr.
Shall, announcing the publication
of the first volume uf Transactions
of the Historical and Literary Com
meitee of the American ^Philosophi
cal Society.^ The greater p?rt of
this illume is an account of the His
tory, Manners and Customs of the
Indtan Nations, who once inhabited \
Pennsylvania and the neighboring
States, by the Rev, John Heckewel
4er, of BetMehenL From this in
teresting volome, we extract the fol
lowing Anecdote^ which we think
caunot but gratify our readers?It
occurs at page 313 of the volume.
fwln. I). Jld.
4t Seating myself once u|>on a log,
toy the side of an Indian, who was
resting himself there, being at thai
time actively employed in fencing in
his cornfield, I observed to him that lie
must be very fond of working, as 1
never saw himidleing away his time,
as is so-common with the Indians.?
The answer which he returned made
considerable impression on my mind ;
X ha v .* remembered it ever since,
?and I shall try to relate it as nearly -
In hi* own words as possible.
" My friend!" said he," the fishes
in the water and the birds in the air!
and on the earth have taught me to
work; by their examples I have
been convinced af the necessity of
labor and industry. When I was a
young man I loitered a great deal
about, doing nothing, just like the
Other Indians, who say that working
is only for the whites and the negroes
;and that the Indians have been or
dained for other purposes, to built
the deer, and catch the beaver, otter,
raccon, and such other animals, Hut
it one day so happened, that while
Jiunting, I came to the bank of the
Susquehannah, where 1 sat down
aear the water's edge to rest a little,
and casting ray eye on the water, 1
was forcibly struck, when I observed
? with what industry the Mevchguliu
&U8* heaped small stone* together,
To make secure places for their spawn,
and all this labor they did with their
,jnouth and bodies without hands!
? Astonished as well as div?*ted<
1 lighted my pipe, snt KjiiuJi^mol^
Ing on, when presently a little bird
pot far from me raised a song which
enticed me to look that way, while
I was trying to distinguish who the
songster was, and catch it with my
eyes, its mate, with as much grass
as with its bill it could hold, passed
close by me and flew itWo a bush
there 1 perceived them toghther busy
building their nest and singing as
they went along. I entirely forgot
that I was a hunting, in order to con
template the objects I had before me
I ?aw the birds of the air and ,he
fishes in the water working diligent
ly and cheer folly, aud all (his with
out hands! 1 thought it was strange,
and became lost in contemplation ? J
look**! at .myself, I saw two loo"
arms, provided with hands and
uealdea, with joints that might
be opened and shut ?t pleasure I
could, when I pleased, lake up any
flung with these hands, hold it Inst
or let it loose, and carry it alon?
With me as I walked. I observed
moreover tlmt 1 hxd a strong l,od\
capable of bearing fatigue, and sun
rJrted by two stout leg*, ? in, whic l
could climb to the highest mono
tain and descend at pleasure into
jlic rallies.
Anil Is it possible, said I, that
a l>eing so formed as I am, was civ
Ated to live in idleness, while th*
wrds, who have no hands and no
thing but their little bills to help
them, work wkh cheerfulness and
without being told to do so? Has
then the Great Creature of man, aud
of all living creatures, giv*u me
all these limbs for ho purpose? It
cannot be ; 1 will try to go to^vork*
I did se, and went away from the
village to a spot of good land, build
a cabin, enclosed ground, planted
corn, and raised cattle. !Ever since
that time, I have enjoyed a good ap
petite aud Hound sleep; while the
others spend their nights in dancing,
and are suffering with hunger, 1 live
in plenty; 1 keep Horses, Cows,
Hogs and Fowls ; I am happy. See !
my friend; the Birds aud Fishes
have brought me to reflection, aud
tauglU me to work.
*Sun Fish.
Fromthe National liicelUgei?cer, ?Feb. 25*
It is seldom that we have h?d so
acceptable an office to perform, as that
of announcing to our reader# the un
animous ratification, by the senate
of a TREATY of AMITY, SET
TLEMENT AND LIMITS,
BETWEEN THE UNITED
STATES AND SPAIN, as re
cently concluded at this nUce by Mr.
Secretary Adams and Don Luis de
Onis.
As the Treaty, though ratified on
our part, will not he |>romufi;ated
officially, uutil it lias also Becu ratifi
ed by the sovereign of Spain, we
shall state the principal provisions.
a9 distinctly as we have been able to \
ascertain them, of this important iu
| stiument.
By this treaty, we understand
that FLORIDA, including all die
claims of Spain to the territory east of
the Mississippi, is ceded in full so
veriegnty to the United States.
That the Western boundary, be
tween the territory of the United
States and that of $pain, is adjust
ed as follows : Bugiunririg with the
moutii of the Sabine river, and run- ,
ning with the west bank thereof to
the north west limit of the state of
Louisiana ^ thence by a direct line
north to the lied river; thence along
the south bank of that river to the
100th degree of longitude; thence
on that meridian to the Arkaiisaw ;
and thence along the Arkansaw to
its source; in the forty-second degree
of North Latitude, and theoce upon
that parallel to the l^acrfic.
A sum not exceeding jire millions
of dollar*, is to be paied by the
United States, out of the proceeds of
the sales of lands in Floridia, or in
stock or money, as the congress may
proserin, to our own citizen*, "on
account of spoliations and oMier in
juries received by them from the gov
eriupent of Spain, or from the gov
^rtfnients of the colonies of Spain.
The remaining articles are to au
thorize the formation of a board of
gommisfcioner* for claims; a provi
sion for the subjects of Spain enjov
ing certain privileges tor 12 yanrs.
Il is probable that Mr. Forsyth
our newly appointed Minister to
Sj>ain, will be the bearer of this
Treaty, and that the ratifications
will be exchauged long before the
commencement of the next session of
Congress ; in contemplation of which
event, it is probable that Congress
will, before they adjourn, pass an
act authorizing the Executive to re
ceive the surrender of tlm provinces
of Florida from the Spanish authori
ties, and to established an indepen
dent government therein.
We felicitate the country on this
amicable and satisfactory termination
of the tedious, and hitherto unplea
sant negotiations with Snain, The
attainment of either of the three ob
jects, the cession of Florida, the
settlement of the Western boundary,
or the recognition and provision for
the. adjustment of the claims of our
citizens on Spain would have lieen
considered as an epoch in (lie history
of our Foreign Relation*. The
onion of the three will make this
Treaty trebly acceptable to the A
inuvicau people.
Cession of the YJcridaa. |
u We give the following from JbJ
Georgetown Messenger :? *
u We understand tliat the nego
tiations irith Spain are brought to a
; lose, and tliat the Treaty is expect
ed to he communicated to the Senate
in a- few days. The report is that
Spain has ceded the Floridas ; that
all the grants of land by the crown
since the year 1802, aro to In* ab
rogated ; that the LL S. are to pay
the claims of their citizens fur spol
iations committed by Spain ? and in
?>pnni?h pol ls, to the amount of five
milKotfs of dollars y the southern
boundary of the U. 8! i* to be _tbe
Sabine?and, 011 the Pacific ocean,
the 41st degree of north latitude.
" It being understood that Russia
| has reliuguislied to ttie United States
all tier right to the countries on the
j Pacific Ocean south of tlie $6th de
cree of north 1 ititude, and that GrefU
Britain relinquishes all hers to the
sajjie countries (after the ten years,
stipulated in the late treaty with rts
pect to a certain portion of them) the
II. States will now possess a territo
ry embracing fifteen degrees of lati
tujte on the Pavine Ocean"
The assertions in the latter paragraph
I are, we apprehend, not perfectly founded
in fact: Our opinion it grounded on the
following clauses of the recently concluded
British Treaty
ARTICLE n.
It is agreed that a line drawn from
the most northwestern poiut of the
Lake of the Woods, along the Ar
ty-ninth parallel of north latitude,
or if the Raid point shall not he in
the forty-ninth parallel of north la
titude, fUen that line drawn from the
said point due north or south, as the
case may be. until the said line shall
intersect the said parallel of north
latitude^ and from the point of such
intersection due west along and with
the said parallel, shall 1m? tlie line
of demarcation between the territo
ries of the United States aud those
of His Britannic Majesty^ and that
tlie ?aid line shall form the noi them
boundary of the said territories of
the United States and the southern
boundAry of the teiTitories of His
Britannic Majesty , from the Lake
of the Woods to the Stony Moun
tains*
ARTICLE in.
It is agreed, thai any country that
may be claimed by either party on
the < itf/rthwest coast of America,
westward of the Stony Mountains*
shall, together with its harbors,
hays ami creeks, anil the navigation
of all rivers within the 8&nie, be free
and open, for tire term of ten years
from (lie date of the signature of 4he
present convention, to the vessels,
citizens, and subjects, of the twi>
powers: it being well understood,
that this agreement is not ty be con
strued to the prejudice of any claim
w hich either of tl>e two high contract-!
ing parties may have to any part of
tlie taid country, nor shall it be ta
ken to fffect the claims of any other
power or state to any part cf tk<
said country : the only object of the
high contracting parties, in that res
pect, being to prevent disputes and
differences amongst themselves.
I n t he paragraph copied into our last pa per
from the National Intelligencer of the *3d
ult. we had not time to observe, that there
were two words in it, namely those 44 if ra
tified," wliich induced us to think more
seriously of the final result of this highly
important question; our alarms having
been excited ill an'additional manner, by a
considerable degree ofuncertain'y,a*to thv
power of Spain to make the Jar^e Western
Cession, which site has done by the Treaty.
Nor does it appear that these alarms have
been exclusively confined to ourselves.
The papers of Washington have, a* may
be seen above, thought it necessary to ac
count (or if, by the. assertion, thai
ami Great Britain have ceded ail the coun
try on the l*arific, l>etween 5 6 degrees,
and (we may fairly suppose) 42 de^rres, to
the United States, nut, as wjs have be
fore observed, the letter of the Britis\
Treaty is directly contradictory of the truth
of this assertion. Not, however, but tha*
it is "possible, koine arrangement may hav<
bc?n subsequently made.
However, we cannot dismiss the ,?uhjce#
without adverting to the following extract
frorn a recently published number of th?.
Quarterly Ravicw, extracted fro-..?t? Crl
tiqae on Sir R. Wilson'* Book. It is p*v J
ceded by *or?c observations of the Intelli
gent Editor of the Petersburg Litclligen
cer, who is possessed of much informa
tion on this interesting subject, and -ir
fature observations wc shaH look for wit*
anxiety.
The Vnited States and Kims!a.
Of fill the European Government
that of Rnssia is one. which we 1,<k!
sup|H>sed would he the leant trouble
sonie; and one whose neighbour
hood we woaM have tlie least cau^e
te-feain We believe it has never v*'4
entered tlw liead of any American
Politician that the day vumld arrive,
when commissioners would Ik? ap
pointed to settle the l>onndary line
lietween the United States, and the
territory of the Emperor Alexander,
Yet if we are to cretHt the Quarterly
Review ; this day is not far distant,
and the event they predict "will ix>t
be unfavorable to England. T).?
p ssi^e to which we allude is coin
tained in their Review of the niili*
tary and political power of Russia
| by Sir Robert Wilson. It deser\en
the serious consideration of every
American.
44 Nt>r is it in Europe only that
the prosperity of Russia is likely to
? ? | . | || ? . ? |
oe utus aa\antageous to lira Ilrtn&li
monarchy,. There is a nation with
out the limits of Euro|>e, to whom,
tfor the sake of our kindred race and
common language, we would gladly
wish prosperity^ but whose hope of
elevation is built on our expected full,
and who even now do not affect to
couceal the bitterness of their hatred
towards the land of their progenitors.
Already we hear the America tin
boasting that the whole continent
must lie their own, that the Atlantic
and the I*acific are alike to w ash
their empire, ai\d that it depends on
their charity what share in eithei
ocean they may allo w to our vessel*.
They " unroll their map and poiui
out the distance between Niagara
?nd the Columbia." Let them look
to this 4aat point ^'ell! They will
find in that neighbourhood a diffei
eut race from the unfortunate Indians
w houi it is tlie system of their gov
ernr.ient to treat with uniform har*h
ness. Tliey will flnu testa in beard
ed men with green jackets autl bay
onets, wlwse flag already flies trium
phant over the coast from Califor'Ju
to the straits of Anjan, who have
the faculty, wherever they advance
of conciliating and even civilizing
the native trills to a decree which
no other nation has attempted, and
whose frontier is more likely to meet
theirs in Louisiana, than theirs is to
extend to the Pacific. These aiv
not very distant expectation*, and
they are unquestionably not unfavor
able t?> England. It only remains
to give the moral to Vur~~prbpUecy7
and in this we are liappy, tliough
on very different ground*, and in
terms not quite the- same, to agree
with bir Robert U ilson. He pro
fesses, as we have se^n, to dissuade
us from resisting "Russia. Wfc see
no necesity to reai?t but we earnest
ly deprecate all yielding to vain al-<
arms or popular clamour, which ,
might induce us to injure or offend j
her. l>et us not, on the mere pos- j
nihility that she may one day tiecome j
too |K>werful, dissolve our union with
an ancient ally, from whose great
ness we now derive and are Fikely
to derive increasing lienefits. Let
not the two nations whose language*
(it is no vain boast) are one dav to
divide the world, interfere without
necessity in each others harvests?
but let the rivalry between them Ih*
which shall govern best, and tw the
instrument of most improvement to
the goodly fields which Providence
has instructed to their care!"
80, according to the Knglish He
viewers the Russian and Kugiish
languages are to divide the United
Slates. The German, French and
Spanish we persume wili then he
come extinct and the Russian Lan
guage the vocabulary of <mr men of
f tshion, After these remarks of the
(Quarterly Review j ii is evident we
on^it to place very little reliance iu
o ore ft ssion* of the British Gov
ernment ; or 11 it'll* pretended cession
tH tilt* North Wwt coast. If the ces
sion has heen made hy tlit* late treaty,
? w ill aflerw aid* he argued that it
is otilv the ri^ht of Britain which
iiev ceded; hot that Britain never
? ? ?
Sad a iiu;!41 to it; and tl'Qt ''ussia, is
oe unl\ |w)NNcr which possesses a
msf claim to the coast t>i" tLe Pacific
Ocean.
r?
Kemoval.
The Pennsylvania Company
ior
Inaurancc on Jives, atui granting ar.nuiiir*.
IIA VIC 1 einovtd their ?fT?cc, tiv-m No
7?, Suuih Second, u Ko. P3 C he sunt
street, opposite to the Slate Hoir>t, wbeie
?hey continue to M A K V 1N S U K A \ t I\S,
by >*a and Land ; Grant Annuities and
hndowmcnts; and gene tally make all kinds
v f contracts in which the casualty of lite rs
concerned, on the most reasonable and c
quituble terms. The following is a brief
exposition ol some of the adva<vtag< s n\ hicli
?iv bv obtained by contracts with this
Company.
BY INSURANCE,
A man aged %7 >ears, may secure IO0J
dollars to l>c paid to his family at his de
cease, for the consideration of 17 dolla r
a ul 50 cents. if itshrl 1 appen within one
year, and a proportionate rate will le
charged on oil itr agedf and for other pcii
ods.
BY AN ANNUITY.
A p<' rson ag*d 62, may secure himself
an income of 12 per cent, per annum. One
of 69 year* 15 per cent or if at^cd 7 5 yearn,
20 per ccnt. per annum during life, if the
receipt of the Annuity is deferred for some
time, the annuity will be increased ; thus
if the annuity .wast deferred 10 years, a
person agt d 60 would receive 42 per cent,
per annum during life, after attaining the
W e of 70 years, for any sums'he Hiight
choose to deposit wi'h the' ( ompany. Dc
?cried Annuities will also be granted for
the consideration of an annual payment to
be made to the Company, during the time
it is det 1 red : thus a person aged 21, pay
ing 10 dollars per annum till the age of
60, will receive an Anuuityof 2TO dollars
per arcmin. during the remainder of hit
ife.
1 BY ENDOWMENTS.
The sum of 1000 dollars, or an Annuity
of 68 dollars and 40 ceuts wijI )>e secured
to a child just born; for tfie pajment of
157 dollars in a gross sum, or an annual
payment of 22 dollars and 35 cents, during
that interval: or by continuing such pay
ment until the age of 50, it will receive
?10,061 in a gross sum or 932 dollars per
annum, during the remainder of his life.
The above is intended as a mere sketch
?and sums ami ages are assumed for the
ourpose of example; but contracts will
V. made for any other sums and ages ; and
for <y possible combination of cjrcum
? ne< % \r>. which the casualty of his life
.nay be in any way involved.
Application lo be made at the office at
anv time between 9 o'clock A. M. and fl
V. M . where a prospectus of the Institution
xvill he distributed gratis, and any further
? iiformstion uriven.
Letters |>ost paid will be duly attended to.
COVI)Y HAtjUKT, PrrMcnt. .
J ACOB SIIOLMAKFK, Actuary.
October 8.
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Kntcrtaiament.
\
THE subscriber respectfully informs
his friend* and the public in general* that
he has' purchased and ?|^am opened a
UOUSfc OF ENTERTAINMENT, Hi
that lar^c and well known house formerly'
owned by Mr. itives, and lately occupitd
by#Mr. Itabb, opposite the state house,
where he hopes from hia experience ami
former assiduous and unremitted attention
in the above line, to render comfortable
the s tuation of those who have heretofore
favored him with their custom, to share a
generous part of the public patronage.
The beautiful, elevated and pleasant situ
ation of the above place is so well known to
the public generally, as to render further
commrncot unnecessary* His table will
always be supplied wiih every necessaty
he market will afford : and his stable , with
an abundance of provender of all kiwta
which will be attended by a faithful ostUr
He has appropriate rooms rlegantly
furnished for the reception of families,
entirely remote from ths bustle of tffc
tavern.
Healsoha^ood pasture lo* for the
accommodation of horses ; and yacant lots
for droves of hogs, hoists, awl mules
Isaac Firftzier.
Columbia, January is, 1819^
N% H. f 1 is buildings having lately un
dergone a thorough repair, and are notf
more fit for the reception of tho?c who
may be pleased to call on him, than they
have been for some lime past.
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For ?alc at Uiis Office.