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management, makes a wretched pro gress against the current of the Mis sissippi. Gen. Jesup has returned from having seen her ; and it is be lieved that Col. Atkinson will not wait many days for her arrival. CHARLESTON, AUGUST 5. The Courier of this morniug states,! that on Tuesday night last, a man by the name of Smith attempted to com mit suicide by hanging himself in the Market. He was cut down by one of the City Guard," who it appears received no thanks for hi9 humanta*. It appears by letters receiv?fl?t the Patriot Office, that Gregor Mac Gregor was still at Aux Cayes on the 9th of Jijly. He was without means, find those attached to the cause of the Patriot* had no confidence what ever in him; and well it is so, for lie lias often exhibited himself in a rjost contemptible light. Indeed, he deserves to lose his head for betray ing so many of his gallant followers. A fellow calling himself James Higan, was taken up and lodged in the gaol of this city yesterday, as one of the cretf of the piratical sloop Lawrence. He Md token his pas sage for New-York in the forecastle of the brig Eliza, capt. Topper? who, having some suspicions of his character, caused him to be arrested. The cabin of the above brig was feloniously entered on Monday night last, while Capt. Topper and his mate were asleep on deck. His desk was broke open and some arti cles of clothing stolen, 'but the Cap tain fortunately had his Inouey in his pocket. CAMDEN. 'THURSDAY/ AUGUST IS, 1819. ST - Wo understand t'ar.t (;apt. ,Reid, com mander of the United Si ales' sloop of war Hohnkt, reached tins city yesterday, nod was the bearer 6f dispatches toihe govern ment, as late aa the 22<i ot June, from Mr*} Forsyth, our Minister Plenipotentiary in: Madrid; that the Treaty with Spain wan, not ratified by the Kun; at that time, and; "^thjere was no immediate prospect of its being Ratified by him; that, a tew dayB be-, fore Cspt. Rkid left Madrid, the -^Marquis of Casa. YaujO was discharged, and ban-J ished the court; it was generally believed Mr. On is would succeecpum, upon his ar rival at Madrid, as First Minister of Stale and Secretary of Foreij^ Affair* * and that the brother-in-law of Mr, C)n?s, Mr. Sal mon, occupied those offices, ad intrrim.. Actional Intelligencer, dug. 4, The Spanish Treaty. * Our readers will have seen, by the time they read litis, that, by the latest and most authentic accounts, the Treaty with Spain had not been ratified on the 22d of June. \ We are not among those who at tach great importance to this negative information. Still less do Wfehelieve, that Spain intends, or desires to pro voke a rupture with this country.^? There is no motive which could in fluence her to do so. That slit has seen with mortification, privateers swarming from our ports, and prey ing on her defenceless commerce, there can be little doubt: but she has also seen that the government of the United States, sensible of the enor mity of such unlicensed robbery, has used its exertions to put a stop to it,j and is therefore guiltless of having; encouraged such practices. She has! seen, too, that%the People of this country, had the Government *tlU pb.yed the same inclination, have been well enough dis|>oged to have arrested the Kloridas from Spain, by a weapon very different from negoti ation, and to have taken ample in demnity in Mexico, as well as Flo rida, for Spanish spoliations 011 our commerce. Hut (he alternative of War with Spain has been cautiously and sedulously avoided; n^nd a,Trea ty has been framed, in conformity to Iter Minister's instructions, quite as favorable to Spain as she could have expected. That Treaty, under such circumstances, it is scarccly possible she will not ratify. If, after this view of the subject, people will anticipate an ultimate re fusal to ratify the Treaty, let the fa< of the promotion of Don Luis 1) Oxub speak for itself. It is not to Ik supposed that the King of Spain would elevate, to the highest office and honors in his gift, a man who had just returned from a Foreigu Mission, >\ hicb iiad resulted in a Treaty so odious, that the Sovereign intended to reject it. That a few courtiers about the per son of the King, interested in large grants of laud in Florida, of a date too late to be recognized by' the Treaty, will exert themselves to de feat its ratification, is quite probable. VVe trust Jhey will utterly fail: we hope it, as we denrecate War, which, we believe, would, sooner or later, be the /inevitable consequence of a breach of faith in this instance on the part of Spain.. The time limited by, the Treaty, wit tun which, ou* ratification, it shall peremptorily hind U>tty parties, is currently reported to we sjx months; which term will expire about the 24th of this month. If not ratified be fore that day, the government of the United Stales, on its part, ceases, to be bound by it. It is proj>er to state, that the pri vate letters received in this city from Madrid give no reason to suppose that the '1 reaty will not be duly ra tified. Ibid. * To the Editors of the Franklin Gazette. Jlniiqne. Curiosity*'*?On October 22d, 1777, Vtirt Miw# wad attacked by the British* men of war anil fri 8ites, without success. TheAngtifc f frigate nftd Merlin slooji of war grounded ; the Angela took tire and blew up ^ the Merlin was hastily evacuated and burnt. C'ol. Samuel Smith, of Baltimore, commanded the Fort. * - . ? Some few days &inc?, an enter prising individual, in the habit of plying up and down the Delaware, succeeded in raising a gun belonging to one of the above vessels; it is a double fortified 21 pounder ;_and its high state of preservation, after hav ing laid near 42 years in the water, Wvkes it _a ^ulxjecM>f curiosity, 1 ap|>ears tci hnve tfie reign of George the 1st, bearing his majesty initials and fij ms. It uow lies aw navy vard cate. W * * Cuuioso. * J|_ Report t^feifrathi in Columbia, within Tht two iu9t werk *.. Intestinal disease,. I.?Tympanites ab dominalis, 1.?Total, 2. Of these one was white, aged 3 weeks, and the other black, aged eight years. liy order of the Faculty of Columbia. . m. Maclean, sec'y. N. B. Two other pet?ons have died in Columbia (a white man and black boy) within the same tune, but as they were not residents of the place, and hi ought here while sick for medical aid, the Faculty have not tuou^hl proper to report them* C'ulumtia Tclevcofic. SUMMARY, Growth cif Tea in Francc.?The Moni teur has the following :?This previous shrub, first introduced into France by* UusMan, 1814, promises to become natur a ized among us.?There are already thi rty hundred stalks, which it is easy to multipy. Tliis tea has received the approbation of the Ki ll's Physicians, and the naturalists of France. The plants are to be sold by aubscripiion.,,^-.?9wrfon fiafter. It is stated in the Continental Journals, that in Magdeburg more than SOO families have entered into a recipi ocal engagement, on their word and honor, not to take off their hats in saluting, but merely to imitate the military mode of r^^ng the light hand to the head. A not he (Association in the same city, hat invited, by circular addres ses the whole world, and particularly the ladies,: to renounce in future all articles ot fashion and luxury.? Ibid. The Waterloo* prixe money granted by Parliament is thus appropriated?Com mander iu chief 6*M * 0 pounds; General officer, 1550; Field officer, 430 ; Captain 90; Subaltern. 38; Sergeant, 19; Hank and File, 2/. lo*. The Duke of Welling ton's share is equal to24,OOOrank and file. King Ferdinand, it is stated* has chosen for his Queen, the lVinccss Maria, ntice of the King of Saxony* THree hundred suicides had taken place in Paris in five months, A Velocipede for females has l>cen man ufactured in England. A drawing of the machine is given in the Liverpool Mercury of June It. v An article from Berlin, (Prussia,) says : | 4 The government is endeavoring to es*?h iish as much as possible, a direct commer :ial intercourse with the United Slutcs < Vorth America, for which purpose sevt al Prussian consuls have been appointe .or the American sea ports. *? The present Grand Pacha of Egypt, has commenced a system of internal improve - incut, in opening the great canal?an ex ample worthy of imitation by ni^re enlight ened nations. Mr. Clio Hickman, the friend of Thomas Paine, has announced the immediate publi cation of a full and authentic account of the Life and Writings of that remarkable man. Rickman is a native ofLewes, where Paine resided lor a long time, and it is said that Paine wrote some of hit must cele brated Pamphlets at Rickmao's hbuse, in London. Euro/iean . Pau/ier*.??The Dumfries, (Eng.) Journal, of April 20th, states? u thaw four vessels have sailed since our last lor America, with passengers. They arc mostly of the lower orders of society, either connected with agriculture or labor ers, and 9ome of thctn Paufiers, Jrotn the JVorth of Jinglundy Jor whom the Over seer* of :he Pariah pay the ft outage Three ^undred and 9eventy~two Emi grants, from Ireland, arrived at Halifax a tew wfeeks past; and the Philadelphia Ga zette mentions that more than txoo thou sand Germans are at present on their pas sage to this place. Governor Tompkins has made a settle ment with the State of New-York, and re ceived a balancc of upward* of a hundred thousand dollars. It is now understood that the arrival of the President at the seat of Govcrnmeut has been anticipated too soon. Ue is not now expected, we believe, before the 8th or 10th of August.?jYaU Intel? The Western Monitcr, printed at Nich olasville, Ky. states that the President, on his way to Washington "City, pa??&cc through that place on the 7th ult. The author of the Declaration of Inde pendencc, Thomas Jefferson, is now .at Bedford, (Pa.l^Springs, where, says the Editor of the Philadelphia Democratic P ess, we undcistand lie intends to remain iwe months. <\Vc learn, says the Washington City Gazette, tjnat the Russian Minister, whits on an excarsion to MounnArcrnonl obtainec I'Toni a ti?e, growing over the tomb o \Vashingtou, a s?ia!l branch sufficient to nu&e a walking stick ; which he intends sending to Russia, as a present for the Em peror Alexander, iw-^rtmembrance of oui beloved Washington, with the simple mo to of w Mount VkaNoN'* engraved on small gold plate fixed on its head. It has 1>een stated that Puerrydon had resigned the office of Director of the go vernment of Ihienos Ayres, But a post cnpt.to a letter from Kio Janeiro of the iS'o Mf.v, tne latest date received, aays PVierrydon is still Director, andaiis aaiti has no intention of resigning." \.M. tie Neuville, the 1-Vonch ministar, ha* arrived in New York, preparatory to. nia embarking for Prance; he does not re itirn to this country ; having been permit ted-at his own request to retnaiu at home. In the meantime, M. Thierry will act as charge ties affaires, till the appointment of a .new minister-?This legation has been very popular with the government, and peo ple of this country, and has been ably filled. The Pennsylvania Society of Cincinnati, have raided the sum ot nearly four,thousand dollars, lor the purpose of building a monu ment to \Vashington. The sum, however, not being deemed sufficient to accomplish the patriotic object, further subscriptions are to be solicited. It is a consummation devoutly to be wished, that every state in the Union, would furnish a similar exam ple of gratitude and patriosm. A New Orleantf paper of the 35th J tin*, mentions that a report is in circulation that the sch'r. Two Friends, which sailed from that port some time since, ostensibly bound to &t. Thomas, feVfcin wini a Spanish vessel of war, -Which engageonen and killed a number of the crew and passengers. A-j |mong the latter is said to be the celebra ted General Humbeit. The country lately pittchased from the Cherokeen, south of Tennessee river* bounded on the south by the Highwasse river, and eastwardly by Highwasfe and Tellico mountain*, contains about sixteen hundred square miles, or upwards of one miUiou acres ot land, fit for cultivation. This it an important acmnsHion to Tennes see? and ire understand the soil is ol good second rate quality, . Pro*fiectt qf the Wheat Harvest.*?The Buffalo Gazette of the 15th ult. mentions, that Wheat, hi that region, promised to be unusually abundant; but that, in many fields, it will be much injured by smut. A Cincinnati (Ohio) paper of the 6th ult. remarks that the Wheat Harvest had been commenced in that part of the Stale, under very favorable auspices ; and addsr-*-14 The rich appeararfce of the fields and the cheer ing prospect of abundance, delight the eye tad gladden the heart of every beholder, hould the grain be got in without injury, ir bread sustenance will be unusually ex cellent and moat plentiful." Accounts mrm Lancaster (Penn.) state that a double quantity of Wheat, will be raised in that county the present year. [ It is said, Potatoes may b? kept good the whole year, by dipping them in hot water, as the Scotts preserves eggs, by killing the living principle v and as the rerm is so near the skin, -it would not hurt the potatoe. One or two minutes, at most *ould be sufficient, in an open workeo ??ket* a ton might be cured in an hour o? wu.?This would be useful in providing jhip stoics; the trial is easily inade. Gold, and Sih-er.??It is not generally! known, tiiat aUer the first ot .November next, agreeably to a law passed ihe last session oi Congress*, no loreign Ci'jiU Coin will be a Icgnr tender. The effect oi this knowledge will be to throw into our banKs most of tnc gold com now m tne Uniteu Stales, which will be?transmiued to the U. S;ates Mint and made into Lagles. It ought also to be recollected, that at the end of two years from the 1st of April last, all foreign Silver Com, except Span ish Dollars and parts thereof, ceases to he a legal tender in the United States.? Rclf. Pennsylvania Banks.?By a law passed at the last session of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, every Bank in that State, which shall not, on the 1st day of August, have resumed specie |>aymcms, shall be considered as having forfeited its charter, and shall immediately wind up its accounts. The Carlisle Volunteer expi esses the opin ion, that very few, if any, t*f the fony (too banks last chartered, will survive the dog days.?vY. Y. Corn. Adverttscr. A letter from Pittsburg, (Penn.) states, (says the Intelligencer) that most of the country Banks have stopi>ed pa>ing specie, and that they have nothing for exchange m t'ittsburg but city tickets, worn out years since. Substitute for . S/iccie.?Yrom the ab sence of Specie it is thought that aotue of the Western Banks will have to pay their notes in Bacon, or suspend their operations. Should Bacon be substituted for Specie as a circulating medium* it is thought that Irish Potatoes might be advantageously made use of for small change. Baltimore Miming Chronicle. A writer, under the signature of Medi cut, in the New-Y ?"'< Daily Advettiser, offers the following as a ccitaia cure for the Cholera Morbus? Take a soft cork, and burn it thoroughly in the fire ; when it ceases to blase, mix it upon a plate with a little milk and water, or any thing more agreeable to the palate, and repeat the dose till the disorder ceases ?which it commonly does in the aecond or third administration of the remedy* the acidity of the stomach is immediately cor rected, and the effect instantaneous* C urrfor the Geuf.-*?The best cure for the Gout, is to apply a leek poultice to the part affected. Numeious instances of its atiicacy, in this painful di order, have re cently pecurrcd. Its culture should be cherished as a medicine of inestimable value.?Philadelfihio pu/ier.. The ladies of Philadelphia contemplate the formation ot society for suppressing ex* travagance in furniture, dress, and tiring. And had a meeting for that purpose on the 4th of July. A tailor in Poughkee si , N. Y. ofle?> to make coats in the best manner, for $ 3 50. The stated price of making coats at pr^ent, isflPm 4 90 to &5 50, which ac cording to the timR, he sa>s, extor tionate" f It is stated fin the Nashville Whig, that Dixon Benton, who robbed the mail be twe n Springfield and Dover, had been ar rested by Iiia father and delivered into the hands ot justice. The father refused to acccpt the reward of &200.v Effects of Lightnings? In the vicinity of this town, there were 24 Sheep killed by Lightning on Tuesday evening last, they were found among the Tinibs of u large oak that had been cut down in Cap tain William Lord's pasture, the flock con sisted of 37, A large proportion to be killed by a flash of Lightning. Fayetteville Observer, Au^unt f. Remarkable Heat.?Under this head, it is stated in a paper printed at Middlehury, Vermont, that on the IOth inst. at 3 o'clock P. M. the mercury, in Farenheit's ther mometer., stood in that town at ninety-nine and a half degrees. Musk.?A young musician, of Ply mouth) is said to have invented a curioui instrument, which he calls the Musicai Telegrafih, By it, the laws of harmony am) the element* of thoroughbass, and the study of the theoretical properties ol the science are exemplified v ' , OBITUARY. Died, In this Town, on Saturday even ing last, Mr. William D. Parker, Cabi net-Maker, aged 44 years* Departed this life on the High Hills, July 24, Mrs. Naomi Hamptoh, aged about eighty-three years. The world has known, history record! feiysuch characters, aa was this beloved and lamented old Lady. Her long protracted life, was a pattern of piety and beneficence. To do the will of the Lord, to relieve and comfort suffering mortals, washer daily meat and drinks Having through Divine aid, finished the work assigned heron earth, she fell asleep in the arms of her compassionate Redeem er without a struggle or a groan. " Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou intone joy of thy I?rd/~ M BOOKS WILL be delivered to Members at the Library Room, by Mr. J. McKwkn, Li brarian, on Thursday's and Saturday's, from 2 to 5 p. m? J. REYNOLDS, Scc'y. August It., >L74 ? Law. HARRIS H. HICKMAN hastaVcn 0 < pffice, recently occupied by John Roykin. lun. l><j. and tenders to the Public hi. professional services. ! - CAMDEN" School dissocial ion. THIS School, under l he direction c Mr. CAHPEN I EH, has iHi\v commenced its tourtu q nailer. I he ui?asaun:-m? nu ? lit, and great diligence o! '.Lc Instructor, are conspicuous it. the progn ^ made by t:.e Children under his care. Lach quar ter has h liner to produced evidence that Parents may, satisfactorily to themselves; entrust the education ot then otVspung to a Gentleman, whose retiring woi.esty be speaks his real worth, and whose aiitntion ,to the instruction of those undei his care ? is such, as to induce us highly to recom mend him to the notice of tne public. ISAAC SMI I H, kT M Standing Com viittcc. THE Bu ilding < om m it tee, Of the Orpnan Society, wjli contract .for materials for enclosing the society's* Lot of ground, on L)c Kaib-stieti, and for workmen to perform the work. The fence to be of good Lightwood Posts and Inch Flank. The same Committee will receive pro-" josals fur furnishing Bricks, Lime and, Scantling of the best quality ; aiso lor ck>? ing ftiick layer's work. Proposals to bo made in writing, and delivered to Alex ander Young, Broad-street.- ^ Camden, August 12, AS the Subscriber intends removing to , Charleston, as soon as his crop of lotton ? can be gathered. He will seilthe Lease* of tliose Lanns he now p]unt6, for two year* ? Yom 1st of July next. There i? on th^% )lace about i45 acres of cleared land, 65? of whicn is prime Kiver Swamp, the bal? ance good Cotton land. He will also sell tbe stock of Cattle and H6gs, a good Gin of SO Saws together with about 1000 bushels of Com, ail the fodder made on the place, Pease, fee. and all the Plant** tion Tools* . John Dubose. August 6. "Tr"* ^ ?if *. 12, Notice. JCeivhaw District?South-i arolina. AUGUST 6, | ? 19.? MR. JOHN 8'U ILLLY, Jul. hastolPd >eiore me a SOUREI. MARE, about 134 hands high, a small blaze in her face* 11 years old, a <;ark *]>ot in the < now p i t ot her thigh, <*nd ?? white; spot on her weathers, valued at $.>5. John Dultosc, J. P. . Robert Elk ins, ? ? .. . ? ... Warren Dulxwe, Prmm>rt m. mm FRESH AND CHEAT GOODS. H. Leyj 4r Co. Hare received in addition to their fir* mer Stock, the followivg articles: Extra fine Cambric Print*, for ladies dresses, Russia Drill, French Jeans* :\ Irish linens, Dia|>ers, Dutch Rolls, Ginghams, | Nankeens, blue and yellow, Palt, etlo Hats, Ladies black and colored Kid Shoe** with and without heels, Do. Morocco do. ?ALSO?* A few tiercea Rice, do. boxes Ling Fish, do. do. Spermaceti Candle*, Warranted 8| Best London With a general anortment of Groceries. July IS, IS19. 70? ? i ? a ? i ? ORIGINAL PAGE(S) MUTILATED