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l ber, bolt<?<l with iron bolfs fo the p rocks, and stones mansoned in. We have dug about i i-4 miles of the Canal, and in one part (say a quarter of a mile) there is considerable pro gress made in blasting and cutting the Canal through the solid rocks. We have Gnished three embankment* and two dry stone walls, one 76 feet long and the other 133 feet long, tor supporting the Canal along the slope of the hill ; also a heavy culvert. The quantity of cut stone* blocks (for the aisler work) of which you, saw a specimen, is considerably in creased ; we only wait the arrival of lime to commence toe .Locks* We have completed a sluice navigation on Broad iliver, comiuenceing a lit tle above Al'oow an's Ferry to Chap pell's Mill, a distance from this place i?of about ?0 miles, we have succeeded 'in removing the logs from the chan nel of Congaree Jiiver, from lira 11b . to the Bee Tree Landing, about 20 miles afco from Columbia. Then* is a competent force on the Edisto ' .River and both its branches ; also a strong force on Pee Dee Iliver, di rected with great zeal aud energy by Genera 1 D. Jt. Williams. We have commenced removing the logs from Wateree River, and will cmplry on that river two setts of .flats faith ma chinery and about 40 men. There are al present employed in different sections of the" State about 400 men." ?We loam that it is the Granite Stone, equal to any of the kind that has been im ported Iron* the Northern States, and is used in constructing the Locks and build ing the Walls along the slope "f the hills _ leading to the Kivers, 8cc. A specimen of this Stone is shortly expectcd, when it will be exhibited to our feilow -citizens. A number of Stone ('utters are now engaged iivpre paving and squaring the stones, and no doubt is entertained but a company might be brought from the North, who might engage in such a work and make tl.oir fortunes, as it is believed the Stone Tnight be broug t to this market and sold upon lower teri^t than it could b por e . CAMDEN. ? " I i ? ? ???*! ? * THURSDAY, AUGUST 19* 1819* j Extract of a letter from h gentleman qf thU fitaec, now in the uflfier country to his correspondent* y - -v - w I saw the North-Carolina Contractor ai k1 his men at work to-day clearing the River at the Pleasant Gardens, in order to render it navigable-? a lajrge company of fine hearty fallows in high spirits, and going on rapidly ; they are to proceed down as far as the State lihe. 1 hope our Engineer is at work at Rocky Mount~?tf not, he uses the North-Carolinians very ill." REPORT^ Of the Examining" Committee qf Mr* frrEWEjVS ACADEMY. Ma. M'Ewen's Academy closed its Summer Session on the 5th in?t. Inaddi ? tion to tho religious services, 4hich this Gentleman, in the absence of a resident Minister has rendered to the Town, it is indebted to him for the establishment of a y Classical School ; founded on the plan of those in Edinburgh, a city universally ac knowledged to be the most literary and scientific in Europe. The Examination took place on the 6th ; its result proved him io possess sterling talents as a T eacher ; and the affection and regard borne him by his pupils fully evinced that of b*th he had been and was able to^rmkc good use* Mr. M*Ew*n has wholly devoted him self to the important business of educating his pupils, and, the duties of his Clerical Profession for which he has been regularly brought up, and has received a recompense in the encrcascd and still, ?ucrcas?ng num bers of his Schbol in all its classes He has made a judicious division of bis weekly holidays, and thus prevented an uselessly long and highly pernicious interval in the studies of his pupils, lie usually presides at the Sabbath School ami his scholars generally attending, they stye brought daily under his cy$ ; thus enabling him to derive a most sensible advantage from a union in h is person of the character of the tutor and teacher of religion. '1 he first Latin Class, was examined in Virgil, Horace and Latin Sjntax. John Nixon, to whom was awarded the first premium ? John Reed, John Vaughan equal. The second Latin Class tfas examine* in Ncposand Mairs Introduction. JameS* Young, to whom was aware the first premium? Henry Reed. I The third Latin Class, wa* examined in Lali i Rudiments. ' \V. Ad* on, to whom the first pr ? i um * rded ? Thomas B* Ari.?< r Henry I). *V. Alexander. In the first English Grammar Class, the Premium was awarded to Ransom In the first English Reading Class, Pre miums were awarded to James M'Kain, first ? R jbert Young, second. In the second Eugjish Reading Class, the Premium was awarded to 15. Bineuam Nixon. in the Cyphering Class, Premiums were awarded to Columbus Nixon, first ? W. H. Arthur, second? Henry Schrock, third Premiums were awarded to the following young Ladies for distinct Reading and cor r< ct Spelling. Miss Laura Reed, first ? Miss M'Kain, second? Miss B. Reed, third? Miss Ma thieu, fourth ? Miss A. Reed, fifth. In the ? Writing Class, Premiums were awarded to Miss L. Reed and Miss M'Kain* equal. ?Mn the afternoon the following Recita li6ns were admirably delivered at the! 'ourt House. John Nixon-First \ on the Fourth of July. ? Second ; on the Wondets of Nature. Ransom liunley ? General Washington^ iAddrtss to the Army. i Henry Reed? Reflections on the Grave of a Young Man. John Reed? On the Fotirth of July;' Henry Cook ? Burke's Eulogy on Sher ideur. ' < .% James Young*? Cato's SolUoqtiy. / Benjamin Cook ? Scipioto his Army. Columbus Nixon ? On fcociety* John Vaughan? F. Blake on the Dec laration of American Independence. The Examining Committee . Extract of a letter, dated " Mace donian, Valparaiso , March 8. I "The Arrival of the Macedonian in the Pac.ific, Jias caused t4^con^ siderable decree of wonder and ad miration. Indeed, she justly merits it, for *he is in the most perljpt or der. I have visited Santiago, the capital ot Chili, 96 miles frrinx Val paraiso, situated near the foot of the Andes, and was treated with mark ed* politeness by the supreme direc tor. The army. under. gen. St. Mar tin* was at that time encamned about it miles from the city, and consisted of about 10,000 jnen, under good discipline, and ready for active oper ations. " j t " Nearly 60 whale ships are in tie Pacific, w hich were wholly unpro-J tected till our arrival. ; Borne depre dations have already been committed, which it will be necessaiiy to check." JFrom the Germaniown Advocate INTERESTING. Extracts qf letters from a gentleman | s on board the tX S. steam boat\ Western Engineer ? th^iatest tf June IB th, 1819. By unavoidable delays and the non- operation of parts of the steam engine, the party were detained at the Garrison* uear Pittsburg, until the 3d of May* They proceeded from Pittsburg under a national sain te frotn the arsenal, which was return ed from the boats; and the cheers of the numerous spectators who had as* sembled to see them depart. jThe first night they came too at i Steubenville the second day passed Charleston, Va. and fired a salute, as is customary, at all the towns of note on the river : and oil the fourth they stopped at Marietta tt> procure wood. Here they visited one of the largest ancient fortifications in the Western Country, it covers upwards of sixty acres of ground, has high and regular built walls of embank ments, With guarded gateways on each side; both within and without there are several large mounds, some of which arc round, and others square, the largest of the round omy* is thirty feet in height ami surroun ded by a ditch and bank. They arrived at Cincinnati in four days from the time of starting, but were only 73 hours in running 586 miles, with the wiud the whole dis tance ahead. The party were detained a week at Cincinnati on account of the ill health of Doctor Baldwin. Wf.ile here they were passed by the 0tl; and part of the 0th Regiment, ii ten large hargefe with twenty oar? each; many of the ofRcers had thei? vives, aod some their sisters wit item, all in excellent spirits, altoge .n presenting a very elegant spec 4Clt>? ... A salute was fired on pacing th~ residence of General Harrison, 3 ? miles below Cincinnati, in compli ment to bis past services. The party arrived at Louisvillv on the 49*h; here commenced the Falls of the Ohio, which continue rapid for two miles, the water flow ins: for that distance over a flat table rock ; having a high steam power aided by the velocity of the current, the boat weht over beautifully* and with satisfaction to all ou board. Hhippingiiort is situated at the foot of tlte Rapids, where the party remained four days, and then pro ceeded to Shawanee town. This town was originally settled by the Shawanee nation, but is now wholly occupied by whites ? it Is badly situ ated, ami requires little penetration to say it can never thrive. The party were detained here two da^s in effecting some slight alterations and repairs in the boau Home miles below, this town there is a range of limestone rocks, front ing the tiver? in a precipice of sixty feet perpendicular, in which there is a large cave, noted for a numl>er of Mammouth bones found in it ; the cave is one hundred and sixty feet deep, and has a beautiful arched front. Here the l?oat ran on a sand bat, and was got off with difficulty by the crew, in the wafer, with pries. Two miles l>elow she ground ed a second time, but vras got oft* with less difficulty. * We entered the Mississippi on Sunday* the BOIli of Slay. Thej Indian name Alissachipi, or ' Father of River?/ i* certainly not unappropri J ate. TJie current ruus from 8 to 4 J miles per hour, and contain* alwwt 1 -5tb of yellowish tnttd, which pre vented our making use of it a's long as we could do without ; w ith all its mud it is consideied wholesome wa ter by those residing on its banks it certainly is better than many of the springs, some of which are very im pure omitting sulphuretted hydrogen, which*niay be sm<'U at a quarter of a mile; one of tbi? kind is near St Louis. * ?> \* :-*:: 4 Oh the Mississippi eame is plen ty;; <v? saw deer; Jitneys swan, geese and pelicans ; but have nut fouwl a new bird. < The scenery of the Ohio* and. lowfcr parts of the Mississippi, pre sent a sameness throughout, until you ascend as high, as Cape Guar dian; it then becomes broken, and in some places gtond be^imA any thing 1 . have ever seen ; long and broken precipices of limestone rock, of immense), height; extended for miles along the river ; some with hare summits, others capped with busliea and trees. As you ascend higher, the country gradually opens into prairies, which continue up to 8t. Louis, which is situated on an extensive prairie, extending 8 or 0 mijes hack from thfc river, * The rise and fall of the Missis* sippl is not so great as that of the Ohio and some other ?>f the western rivers. The Ohio has been known to rise sixty-three feet perpendicular; ten is high for the Mississippi. i The floods of the Ohio liecome more frequent as the country becomes cleared, those of th* Mississippi less, , 6 We have employed a keel boat and manned her with twenty men to take our provisions and presents, which enlarges our party to upwards of 40 men ? the boat has ascended the Missouri several days before ii#.* Col. J. Johnson tias built five steanf'boats to carry troops and pro visions to the Yellow Stone. Three of them are at Belle Fontaine on the Missouri, waiting the arrival of the other two, which have been detained bdow by accidents ? it is mentioued (hat <one Of them liad taken tire, in attempting to race the Western En ;ineer, and was near being deatroy <>rf. ' It is the general opinion in that ountry, that Col. Johnson will meet vith great difficulty, as the smallest >f his boats draws six feet, and tlH >lissonri is one of the most difficult ivers to navigate, It is gratifying to know that th< party are all in health (with the ex ception of Dr. Baldwin, who is rc-1 covering slowly) ami in firm spirits at the prospect of entering upou the duties of his arduous undertaking. Missouri ExjtedUion . On Sunday, the 4th ofthis month, the 6th regiment of the U. 8. In fantry* under the command of Col. Atkinson, departed from Belle Fon taine, iu the steam-boats Expedition, Jefieraon and Johnson, and a num ber of keels and barges for the up per Missouri. ? in a postscript in the St/Louis Enquirer of July 7, it was stated that the troops had returned, in consequence ot the steam-boats not heiug able to stem the current.. But in an extra hand-bill of the 9th, the same paper corrects the aliove infor mation. The keels and barges out run the steam-boats, so far as lias yet been observed ? and It is expect ed that the contents of the latter will be transferred to the former. The river is iu fine order, and the July flood was still sw elliug it. We sincerely hope that the steam vessels may yet l>e found adequate to ascend the Missouri* It would be a great source of national pride to wituess the -complete success of an expedi tion, the preparations for which have called forth so much patriotic pains and labor. Hince the above Was in type, a gentleman has arrived, who left the Missouri on the 19th instant. He states the steXm boats w ere going on very well, and were about 400 miles *fp the river. The magnanimous zeal of Colonel Johnson, Ami his indefatigable industry, deserved to be crowned with the most brilliant success. There ere few men who would have hazarded w hat he has done* to carry into execution th6 views of the war-office : and the cabinet, and every agent of govern ment should yield their assistance. ? To throw obstacles in their way, SB MM Jill I. A late English paper says that u Vis count Chateaubriand has just finished a tragedy, entitled AloUe (Moses) upon jtfhich he has been occupied for some time. Mr. Thomas, of Philadelphia, baa ad* vertiaed in the Press, The Bride of Lam* tntrmooty an Legend of Montrot% being the third aeries ot Tales of My Landlord* [ The fourth number of the Hclgic Medi ?cal Journal contains an account of a new j chemical discovery, the result of which is jthat hydresulph&t of iron, sulphur and wa* iter, taken internally, will instantly cause | salivation to cease; and wbeii applied ex ternally will cui? to moat inveterate itch. Boston Palladium ? tn Philadelphia the thermometer stood, on Monday, 2d inst.' at twelve o'clock, at 93; in N<" -York, on Saturday, at 99; and on S unday at 101 !? said to be the greatest heat in this country. The Season .?Within the last forty-four hcrtirs, this city ynd its environs have been visited with refreshing showers of rain. Moat of tho harvest has been gathered in unusual abundance and quality, and the pastures which were parched by the drougfa have been relieved. Although commerce desponds, and the ordinary mer cantile business of the .city ia diminished, w^ are indeed cheered by the prospect of plenty in the labor of the husbandman, and in the reduction of the pricH^f the neces saries ol life.? For* Gazette, Fine Cro/k#.? Orange County, it ia be lieved, can boast of as fine crops of grain as any County in the State ? indeed it ia said thst crops were never known to be better, the weather has been uncommonly fine for harvesting. The whew and rye is now mostly secured from injury, and if the State of New-York does not this season produce aa good flour as tinr part of tiie union, we stall be compelled to believe that the fault lies In the manufacture of it. Extraordinary yield.? Mr. Frederick Dolsen, of Minisink, a few miles from this village, lately cut S8 ahockaof rye from one acre, one half and two rod^ot land, strictly measured? good judgea admit that every shock will produce * bushel* Unexampled Product.? \t is asserted, that on the f arm of Samuel Cope, in Kast bradford^ Chester county, Pennsylvania, there was found this season a root of wheat which produced one hundred and tm stalks, and all well headed. One of the needs (the only one counted) contained 62 grains, if the other heads were aa welt ilV*d, the product must have been upwardf of OOOO grains of wheat from a aingh root. A. ?. Commercial jld vert iter. India*? Prom Calcutta papers, it seem aat India ia threatened with a limine, i; onsequcnce of a general failure of crops MARRIED ? In this town, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. Isaac Smith, Mr. Hemuy Fitzsimmoms, to Miss Julia. Honey. DIED ? In this towii| Mr, Holdin Uo RlNSON . ? Law. HARRIS H. HICKMAN has taken the Office, recently occupied by John U^ykin, Jan. Esq. and tenders to the Pub.ic his professional services. August 5. 73 ? BOOKS WILL be delivered to Members at tfto Library Room, by Mr. J. McEwfN, Li brarian, on Thursday's and Saturday's, from 2 to 5 p. m. J. REYNOLDS, Sec'y. August 12. 74 ? JIjY OHBlJr.iJVt'E, TO divide the Town of Camden into Fire Wards, and for other purpoees therein mentioned. BE it Ordained by the Jntendant and Wardens of the Tovjh of CapOieny and it is hereby Ordained by t/te authority <tf the same, That the Town of Camden be, and the same is hereby divided into two Fire Wards ? All tltat part ol said Town which is south ofYffrk-street, shall constitute one Ward, and shall be distinguished as W ard number (I) one, and all that part of said Town which lies north of Vork-street, shall constitute one Wardr and shall be distin guished as Ward number (3) two. Be it further Ordained by $he authority aforesaid , That each Mai?ger Of a Fire Engine shall immediately after his appoint ment in each year, cause a roll to be made of all the able bodied male slaves above sixteen years oitagc living within his Ward, . to be by hira kept, and that each shall cause his Engine to be played off once in . leach mcnth. v ' I Be it fUrther Ordained by the authority inforetaid) That the Town Marshall shall* when requited by the Manager of an En 'gine* require, by note in writing to bo ; served either personally or by leaving the same at the house of the owner or hir- . er, ajl the owners or hirers of slaves so en rolled as before provided, to cause his her or their slave or slaves so enrolled to appear at the time appointed therefore to the place j directed, for the purpose of working or playing off such Engine? and for such^aer* .< vice, said Marshall shall be entitled to On* Dollar for each working of a company. Be it further Ordained by the authority . aforesaid. That each and every owner of Jiirer of a s>lave or slaves so enrolled v as ? aforesaid, si *<1 forfeit and par for the use of the Town of Camden, Fifty Cent* tor each slave to owned or hired by him or ter and so enrolled at aforesaid) for each and every default of appearance it The time tna v place so as aforesaid appointed for their appearance? -Provided) Tl*t he or the have on* day's notice at leas? of Such Qmo and place when and where said slaves a?e tequired to appear for the purposes afore* said. Aeitfurthet Ordained by the authority Hfbrriatdt That a reward o( Itn Dollar* shsll be given to th* Officers and Company of that Engine which in case of fire, shall first throw water with a full Engine on the same. Me it/Urther Ordained by the authority * aforesaid , Tl>at aH Ordinances or clauita of Ordinances of said .Town/ repugnant to this Ordinance, be, and the same are here by repealed, Ratified in Town Council, tenth of August, one thoosaudelght hundred /T and nineteen, and forty fourth year ? of American Independence fV THOMAS SALMOND, Intendaht~s' ?" 1 ? " ? in i? JLm? ? For Sale, A LIGHT running Chataugeo WAG ON, with harness but little worn?^it will be sold cheap by applying to the subscriber directly opposite the Masonic Hall. Tliomat Witrren. -.ALSO? On band a variety of CABINET-FUR NITURE, mariwof domestic. wood, which will \rt disposed of low, to sqtojLhe time;*. Camden, August 19, I81W 7 5-77? .. . - i.. FOR HALE. TWO HOUSES and a LOT, on Bmail street, with the out buildings, now occupied by Mrs.JoAK*A Pa rkkh, opposite Messrs. HoDors ?c M*Caa's store. The terms will be liberal, five years credit will be given for one half the amount, with interest front the data and approved security. Those who may feel disposed to purchase, may apply to William B. Parker, Who wishes to inform those indebted td him, to come forward and settle their ac counts, as he wishes to close his business. C'nmdeis July 14, 1819. 70? 75? Committed TO the Gaol of Kershaw District, oft the twelfth instant, a-nego Fellow of a ?el ow complexion, 20 or 25 yeat s of ai;e, j-tout built, 6 feet 7 inches high, call^ his ame 1SHAM, says he belong to Doctor Alexander Long, in Salisbury, N. C. The .wner is requested to come forward, piovt: roperty, pay charges, aiv' take bin ' wny. WILLIAM LOVE, G K. D. Cam* ep, August 19, 1 8 19? 75-tf? '