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CAMDEN. THURSDAY, JUNE 1819. EAST FLORIDA. The circumstances a gentleman havini* Recently j>assed some time in Kasi-Fiorida, enables us to lay before out Readers, ex tracts from his Correspondence. They will l>c found as amusing and instructive, as might naturally be expected from the pen, of a writer of talents a;iu observation. Arrival at St. .iuguntine?Introduction toy ? and character of Governor Cor ping kx, and real disposition of the Floridan Gov - crnmcnt toward* the Jieofile of the United States?St. .iugustine und its fruits. AlatanraM, (E. F.J I?th May, 1819. I arrived at St. Augustine on the 12th inst. about 1<> A. M. After having chang ed my dress, I waited on Governor Cop ftnger, in order to present him with my letters of introduction. He received mc with great politeness, and treated me, dur ing my stay there, with distinguished hos pitality. The Governor's character is ad mirably calculated to render a people hap py, and, more especially, under an abso lutjp government. 1 have never heard of, or been acquainted with, an individual who offered a more perfect model for a States, man, than this gentlemxn. He is plain in his manners; perfectly mild, affable and unassuming in his conversation. He is surrounded by no suite of officers, through whom it is necessary to address him," ftnd who then would render him difficult to ap proach. On the other hand, he is acces sible to every one near him, and there is not the slightest appearance of either the pomp or 4* insolence of office." fie visits bis neighbours, oans Ceremonicy and re ceives theirs in return, in the same man ner. He makes his evenings calls on his friends, and takes a social game oi whist vwith as much intimacy as ever I was ac customed to do in our own little circle at ? -???. He discusses all the subjects of daily interest in his own Province, and -every thing ibat relates to the world in general, with all the ease, freedom ant ingenuity, distinguishing the character of a Well bred, and well informed gentleman.? Jn his public conduct, he is erve from doing any thing that can wound the feelings of the people around him ; and, shouli policy, necessity, or, the orders ol hi su . periors, compel him to adopt a measure opposed to the wishes of the inhabitants, it is a source of great paih and anxiety With uil this pliability o{ disposition, he unites as much real dignity, native sim pli city, and true energy of character, as any individual I have ever known. His mint is shiningly constructed, and the energy distinguishing it, is happily supported by a magnanimity of the most perfect kim Of this fact, I can give you a prominent proof. I have learned from * ell informct men, that he is naturally of a passionat character ; but, that he is so well aware o the impropriety of acting at periods, when unimpassioned reflection cannot have its due weight, as never to transact anv affai of the least importance* until reason shall have resumed its empiro. Should he have wounded the feelings of a person near him, on any of these occasions, he avails him self of the first opportunity which offers itself* tc^cxpvcss his regret and sorrow for the pain he has produced. When we reflect, that we are speaking of a man, vested with an absolute power over the inhabitants, with whose govern, mcnt his Sovereign has entrusted him; that in fact, he has no control hut the con trol to he found in his own feelings and judgment, wo must acknowledge, there I can be no stronger evidence of real innate, goodness of heart and true greatness of soul. I There appears ? to be a belief general among us, that the government of this Province lias a feeling hostile to the citi zens of the \jnited States. I am satisfied it is a most erroneous impression. They visit the Province without passports?they are pot even asked questions?they air. W liberty to go about as they please. None but the disorderly become subjects of the! vigilance of the Police. Much vexation has been practised by the l>orderers, and robbery committed; but, notwithstanding these circumstances, they do not excite | any hostility of feeling against the great mass of the American people. A^gcntlc mtui is here, treated with ^s much genuine politeness, as ir. ?ny pori of Uie world. | i After-what 1 havp said of the character, of the Governor, you will be prepared to hear me say, that the peopb adore him ;! irulfced, they cannot fcc^they have a g?v_| emment, except when its arm i* stretched out to protect their rights against foreign or domestic wrong. I am sure if such men had been ai th? head ot all the Span iSii Colni.ie.-, Spain woukl^j^ot have bet t. engage^ in the deadly struggle existm. between herselt and herTraos-Atlantic pos sessions. 1 ?.*?. ot this fact we have a striking proof in the administration of the Mexican government by the admiral Apo. oaca, as I have understood the friend aiu. patron of this worthy gentleman, whom i have, and unavoidably made, the Thenu of such just and suclv merited hulogy. The Police of St. Augustine is admit a ble. Amongst the_citizens, drunkeness is discountenanced ; iiSde d, I may say, it Is wholly unknowu. Keither do we hear of riot in day nor robbery by night, at ar.\ time can either stranger or citizen walk the streets unmolested. And, strange to say, there never lias been but one capital punishment inflicted since the commence ment of Governor Coppingers administra tion. This was for a murder of the most atrocious description. The people air polite and hospitable, and neariy every oni speaks both the Spanish and English lan guages. The town of St. Augustine enj^* ' very pleasant and delightful atmos, her , like Cadiz and the towns of Spam, u ap pears planned in an uncomfortable man ner, being irtegularly laid out. and the streets so narrow, as scarcely to admit of two cariiages passing each other. I sav the towu a/ifiears badly planned, because, when I recollect how differently Charles ton and Savannah are, laid out; and, that with all the-difference, und the difference supposed to be so much in their favor, they have been so uniformly, or rather frequent ly the subject of endemic dot-ease. On the other hand, St. Augustine with its nar row streets and imaginary want of a due circulation of air, has been uniformly healthy. The narrowness of the lanes, for they are reaily not to be called streets in our acceptation of the word, exclude the scorching heat of the sun, thus giving you a good shade all day ; and the irregular wav in which they lay, prevents the free ran y of u ind \\ I ieh occasions at times tin inconveniences arising from the sand, whic! we experience in cities built in another manner. This is a rno^t delightful garden spot, and as in horticulture, arc to be found the most valuable gjiil gratifying comforts ot life, here shall wc be most 1'rkcly to meet with those productions that have been long and justly thought the greatest luxuries, that could be placed on our tables. Hut, as you know the people of Spain are not attached as much as those of Bri tain to high and luxurious living; so in the Trans-Atlantic countries who have their orgin to the two nations; do we observe the same difference, as between the mother *?* > countries. Of course, generally speaking, wc find the cultivation of many of those articles, that in Charleston and all the Carolina markets would find an unlimiteo vent and a ready sale, almost wholly ne* glected. There may be some exceptions, but I think I should be within bounds, were I to s:ty that two thirds of each gar den is covered with orange and fig trees. The town may literally be termed an orange grove. The fig, pomegranate, grapes of all kind*, and melons grow h?'re in the highest state of perfection. The fig is nearly twice as large as in South-C at o lina; and I am told it is much more de licious in flavour, I am now sojourning at the house of a very .wealthy and respecta ble citizen of this Province, and he has two fig trees, each of them measuring, from the extreme points of the branches*, 33 feet. I am informed that to the southward of this place, and near the end of the Cape, all the West India fruits arc culti vated by an individual, who has there fixed his solitary residence. I shall resume my correspondence, and leaving you to feast .n imagination on these delightful fruits, beg to say here truly T am Sec. (To be Conf&urd*) Extract of a letter from an officer on boara the L. ?S. ship I for net da ted " Cadizy Jlpril t<J.* " I have the pleasure to inform yon of our safe arrival at .this port, on the 14tli inst. after ? pleasant pas sage of 18 clays. On the 8lh <la\ out, we wore ahrenst of Corvo, an< on the 9th brought Graoiosa to hoar S. \V. ; all this time we had fresh i^iles from \\~ N. W. when it fehift cd to N\ E. which lasted till our ar-' rival. Mr. Forsvth, Mr. Fenwick. and ? 7 Capt. Reed, will leave this for Mad id to-morrow, under an escort of jational cavalry. On Mr. Forsyth's! saving the Hornet we saluted him villi 47 guns; manned the yards, / nd cheered sWip ; which had a beau ful effect. The next day we salu ted the c'rty with 21 guns, which was returned from the fort. " There are here six ships cf the line, five frigates, six sloops of war and gun brigs, and a few schooners, destined for Buenos Ay res, to which There aiu 1(3,000 fine troops now in this city and its environs, under com and of General O'Donnell, now Governor, of Cadiz, to l>e Vice-Roy of Buenos Ayres, should hecortqucrit, u Mr. Forsyth's baggage was de tained at the gates of the city on its landing, at which lie was much dis pleased ; an officer a short time after came to know if there was rtnv trunk * in particular which he wauted 5 to which Mr. F. replied, lie would have nil or vone, and refused giving up anv of his kevs. The next dav lie (Mr. F.) wrote to the Governor, de manding all his baggage; adding that, if he refused him, he would immediately re-embark for the Uni ted States { observing, at the same time, that his Majesty's Minister. Uon Onis, was not only permitted to land his baggage without its being searched, but allowed to import bis tcines free of duty ; and in this case thought it an ungenerous ad, The Governor made every apology, and gave up the trunks."?Dew. Press. Separation of Maine,?The com mittee of the two houses of the le gislature of Massachusetts, now in session, have reported a bill which gives-the consent of the common-"" wealth to tho erection of the District of Maine into an independant state, provided the co lgress of the United States authorise i*. \Vooller\s British Gazette of the 23th of March, has the following re marks, on the late treatv wirli Sonin ? " The jwlioy of Kmnri1 in making wgain* will ho hereafter quite eclips ecl by the skill 1 of the American Statesmen^ who, at present, seem the, only politicians that deserve credit for any ability. They out witted the English ne^ociators of the right of fishing on the greatest por tion of the hanks of Newfoundland : and they purchase Florida of bpain, by paying their own merchant* tbs money. It is difficult to say which event may be productive of the worst results to England." . Canadian Opinions. The " Western Star," published at Montreal, says;?1" We have often been led to admire the secret policy of our American neighbors, but we candidly confess that we never till now had a proper conception of the full extent of their political wisdom. Wlwle the CTonri of England is wast ing in Eastern indolence?while tl*At of Franee is daily becoming more obnoxious to the peijple-Mhat of Spain, at once the terror and curse of the subject, is rapidly becoming ef fete the eagle of the Uuittd States is spreading its wings with speed over the continent of North Ameri ca, and, we may add, rapidly in progress to the continent of South America. From a government so surcharged with perfidy as Spain, what has England to ex poet?the pretended lossess of the U. States'1 citizens from the piratical baubles of Spain, may serve very w?ll to hood wink John Bull, till the secret etnis saries of Monroe, have finally con eluded with the tools of Ferdinand, their overtures of negotiation. . ? * Those who doubt the capacity of the United States^ or rather an} single State of the Union, to effect a junction of the Atlantic and Paci fic, by a canal navigation, have on ly to turn their eyes to the erent Western Canal, in the stale of Nev York, and be convinced that an lr - latid navigation of three hundrei and sixty miles in length, can be undertaken bv the inhabitants of a state.?Surely the object of thi> \V ei$teru Canal, in a political or commercial point of view* can nevei. by any rational being, be named in competition with a canal which must inevitably command the greater pro-* portion of the western commerce ot all North and South America, and much of the Kast Indies, as melius that of all the islands thickly scm terod throughout the North and ?**HUth Pacific ocean, Russia 1 ar tarv, &c. Winn we take a retros ? * pect of what might have been dont by our country a century age?wheb we learn that Mr. W, Pattersoik a learned anil intelligent Scotchman, applied to the government, of Great Britain, to cut a canal *ind to form an establishment at Darien, up wards of a century ago, what man that wishes well to his country, hut must deprecate that worthless sys tem of policy, that defeated such a noble design." SU.MM.1Ii r. u By gar 1 here Monsieur i'enson come again." S<a Scrftrri; Returned.? The Boston (*azcuc of Monday announces the return to our coast of the celebrated Sea Serpent. It was seen on Frulay and Saturday -last* near ('ohasjet Uocks, and appeared Jo be from eighty to one hundreu feel in length. A*. Y. (\ Mv. - At the late iiiiiing. of the Constitutional' Court in Charleston, John H. Sauornt, Il.sc}. of Bo-ton, was admitted to the prac tice of the Law in the Courts of this State. Mr. John Gamac* a graduate of the South-Carolina College, and late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Geor gia, has beconTC a partner in the office of the Meldgeville Journal. ^ Invention.'?Joseph Hadley, announces, in a \ ermont paper, that he has invented a new and useful improvement in finishing t.ic inside ot llOUSLS so as to secure them against fire, li is on a plan entirely new,1 tv?i rooms are quite as elegently done yi this as in the old way. Besides itssafcty, there are two things in which it greatly excels, which are its warmth and perma nency. Mr. Silas Mason, of Dedham, ' 'ass. has invented a new Carding Machine,rxpressly calculated for the manufacture of wool hats. It produces the hat in its conical form in one operation. A volume of Poems by Mrs. E. I.amont, formerly ol Baltimore, hna been recently published, and is very highly spoken of. An admirable portrait of General Jack* son in plaister, has been prepared at Phi ladelphia, by Mr. Hush. . Any number of casts can be furnished, at a reasonable price. '? SRC9SC B9R 5559K9BMB9anBVSBVna9BnMBSSR?, MARRIED at Salisbury, N. C. on me 10th inst. Dr. Ruffin, to Miss Mart M'Clfllau'd. daughter of Major M'Clel land, all of that place. At Columbia the Rev. Samuel Dun woonr, Pastor to the Methodist Episcopal Church, resident in this ittwn, to Miss hl.lZABKTH II. IIaHRISO* of ColllTIlbiu. ??? ?? * I, i ,i '+?? _________ I)IhD, suddenly, on the 19th May, at St. Mai ks, in the Island of Cuba, after flattering prospects of recovery, the Rev. 1 nomas Frost, Assisstant Minister of St. Philip's Clunrch, Charleston. In this town,^Master George Jumelle, son of P. L. Jumelle, Esf|. For Sale. TE\ Kegs best Virginia Manufactured Tobacco, one Hogshead Leaf ditto, fifty Gallons Havana Honey, one hundred Gal lons Philadelphia Vinega", a few Hogs heads N. Rum, Gun Powder Tea in Cad dies, Rifles and Shot Guns &c. James Clark. J tine 24. f7?(r Library Society^ A regular semi-annual meeting will he held on Saturday 3d of July next, at 4 o'clock. A punctual attendance of the members is requested. J. Reynolds, Spc'ry. June 24. 67?8 An E stray.. ^CATPX. JOHN DUBOSK toll9 before me a Sorrel Horse, about 14 han<fc high, 8 years old, blind of an eye, has no visible brand; appraised at ten dollars. Said horse has been in the neighbourhood since last fall, and is subject to fits. Joseph Mickle, j. q. June *24. < 67 ?tf AnEstraj. WILLIAM NtAL Tolls before me, a iinall yellow Sorrel Marc, about 11 years old, 13 hands high, mu?h marked with H ? ?ddle, but has no visible brand; appra: - ?d at fifteen dollars. Joseph Mirklr, j. y. . Sawneys Creek, k. I) June 10^J u" Auction. ON Saturday the 26th mat. at 10 o'clock \ M. will be sold without reserve at Publ e \ net ion, at the corner store, opposite to John Havis', TWO i RUNKSOl DRY GOODS, on account of the former pur chaser not complying with the turns of sale, consisting ot Cambiic, Muslin, Di mity, C alicoes, Silks - assorted colours, Nhawls of all description, Pocket Hand kerchief, Gloves, Hose and half 1 lose, Umbrellas, a few pieces Northern Home^ spun, unc keg Ciawley Steel, and sundry other articles.?C onditions cash. James Clark, V. ?V. June 24. 4m 67? Company Orders. THE C amdei. Light Infantry Company, will assemble at the Court-House, on Sun day the 4ih of July next, at 10 o'clock a. m. (uniformed as has been directed) to march in procession to attend Divine Worship. The Company is further ordered to attend at the place above mentioned, < n Monday the 5th, at 9 o'clock, to be prepared to march to the Presbyterian Church in pro cession at 10 o'clock, to hear an Oration to be delivered by JOHN C. CAKTKU, Esq.?Every member is required to fur nish himself with fifteen blank c ait ridge a. By Order of Captain Cantey, William O'l aiq, O. S. June 24-. 67?8 S.ILE OF Escheated Lands. ON the first Monday in July next, *iU be sold at the Court-House in Camden, six several tracts of land, each containing hy the original survey 500 acres, situated in Kershaw District; three on Little ? Lynches Creek, two on Pine Tree Creek, ? and cne on the waters of Brack River, bt the same originally granted to En wahd Horn, Esq. deceased; and ordered' to be sold as escheated property. These' lands will be soid on the resurvey in small * tracts to suit purchasers. On one of thr*v on Tine Tree is a fine mill seat, with air abundance of excellent timber around it, and only seven miles from Camden.? Terms of *ale ure,ten per centum paid at the time of sale, for the ituuuindcr twelve months credit, with interest from the day ol sale, purchasers giving good security, and a mortgage of the premises and pay itig for titles. ' R. Billiard, k. n. When the above lauds are sold, the Cam den Orphan Society will be emitlcd to the proceeds of the sales. Said Society has passed the following resolution^?That aa .soon as this Society shall become entitled to the proceeds of the escheat*d lands ? about t<?' .in the purchasers of said land *hall, ii desired, have the followi,, teims ol credit to wit.?One fifth of the purchase money m one year from the day of sale of said lands, together with the interest which shall Ik; due on the whole sum, and soon ot?c fifth thereof annually, with the interest dt*e on the remainder, being in the whole five seperate annual instalments, *A4fo Petolvcdj That the ? ecretary do publish the above terms in the Camden Gazette. It. Bulliml, Sec'ry. C. O. S. June 24. 67~tf Strayed or Stolen. i A Grey MARE, about 1# hands high, 7 or 8 years old -9 ?j?.no visible mark, but the hair of her footlocks is remarkably long, and her hack a little tore* A suitable reward will be given for her return. % Vaogban. June 94. 67?^tf TO T HR PUBLIC I,. THE Subsetibtr retpectfully inform* his friends ami the public in general, tli*t ne has commenced the ? Tay taring business, at the Olftce lately occupied by Me?si?. Hlanding & Holmes, where he will.fxe tule all orders in his luie, with nea'ne?s and despatch, on the most reasonable tcnn9 lor cash. Coats made foi $6 50, Pantaloons ft l 75, Vests ditto. _ _ ? John Jane*. KIFLfi COMPANY^ Attention! YOU are requested to parade in uni form, but without arms, at the company parade ground, rm Sunday the 4th of Jtrfv next, at 10 o clock A. M. in order tr> march in procession and attend Divine Service : and you are required to appear armed and equiped accenting to law, for the purpose of muster and drill, at ten o'clock on Monday the 5th of July ; on which day, after the parade, the company ?vill attend to hear an Oration on the An niversary of A meiican Independence, to be delhered by JOHN C. CARTER, Ksq. and afterwards partake of Sfdinner at ?Ir. Uriah Blackmail,?punctual and gen eral attendance is expected. < aj t. Graham's Company of Riflemen ? respectfully invited to paitake of the linner on this occasion. J*y order of Captain Kenredy, lili liiadiry, O.