Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, December 26, 1816, Image 2
_ jNIy Client's noc, gentlemen, \s Con
jaoguton ? and w,ien 1 have pi\en \ou h s
name you nave almost r. i i his his lory. 1 o
-culuvaru the path of honest industry COriT'
puses in one line ? %t the short and simple
annals of the poor.*' rhis has been Ins
hnmoie but honourable occupation. It
mailers Utile with what artificial nothings
chance may distinguish the name, or de
corate the person ? the child of lowly life,
With Virtue for his handtmnd, holds as
proud a title as the highest ? as rich an in
heritance as the wealthiest. Well has tke_
Poet of your i own count iy, said it. ?
Princes and Lords taay flourish or may fade,
A breath can make them. at a reach hat made;
"But a brave peasantry, their country's priJe,
Wiren once de?truycd can never be supplied.
For all tlie virtues which adorn the pea
santry ? which can tender humble life re
spected, or give the highest stations their
mo ft permanent distinction, my client
utands conspicuous. An hundred yeais of
sad vic.ssitude have roiled away since the
liilKc farm on which he lives received his
family**? and during all that time not one
accusation has disgraced ? -not one crime
has sullied it. i He same spot has seen Ins
grandsire and his parent pass, away from
this world, and the village memory records
their worth, and the rustic tear hallows
their resting place. After all, wh**n life's
mockeries siiall vanssh trom before- -us,
and the heait that now beats in ti.e
proudest bosom litre, shall moulder un
conscious beneath its kindred clay, art can
not erect a nobler monument. or genius
compose a puier panfegy nc ? Such, gen
tlemen, was al i .o^t the only inh rttance
wuli which n?y client enteied the world.
He _ did not disgrace it ? his- youth, his
manhood, ins uge, up to this moment, have
passed w i tn out- a- blemish, and Ire now
stands confessedly the head of he title
village in which nu lives. About five and
twenty years ago he manied the sister of
a highly respectable Uoman Catholic t Ur
gvnian, by wn./ni he had a family of se
ven children, whom they educated in ihe
pnnciples of moranty and religion, and
who, until the defendants interference,
"Were the pride of their humble hone, and
the charm or consolation of us vicisitudes.
Jn their virtuous children the rejoicing pa
rents their youth renewed ? their age made
happy? their days of labour became holi
days in their smile? and, it the hand of af
fliction pressed on theimthey looked on their
little ones, and their mourning ended. I
cannot paint the glorious host of feelings ?
the joy ? the love ? the hope ? the prule ?
the b ended paradise of rich emotions, with
which the God of Nature ti Is the father's
heart when he beholds his child in all its
filled loveliness ; Wueii the vision of hi*
infancy rises as it were ru-unimate before
him, andadiuue vanity exaggerates every
trifle into some mysterious omen, which
shall smooth his aged mink lea and make
his grave a monument of honour 1 1 can
not describe them ? but, it there be a pa
rent on the Jury he w;il compi eh ciul me.
It is stattd to me, that ut all his children,
there w .re none more likely to excite such
feelings in the plainaft' than the unfortu
nate subject of the present action ? she was
his favourite daughter. and she did not
ahame his preference. You shall find most
aatisfactorily that she was without slain or
imputation ? an aid and a blessing to her
parents, and an example to her younger
sisters, who looked up to her for ins. ruc
tion. She took a pleasure in assisting in
the industry of then home, and itsvus at
a neighbouring market where she went to
dispose of the little produce ol that indus
try, that she attracted the notice of the de
fendant, Indeed such a situation was not
without its inteiesi ? a young female* in
the bloom of her attractions, exerting her
faculties in a parent's service, is an object
lovely in the eye ol God, and one would
Suppose estiinabie in the rye of mankind.
Far different, however, were the sensations
she excited in the defendant. lie saw her
arrayed, as he confesses, in charms that
enchanted his ? but her youth, her beauty ,
the smile of her innocence, and the piety
of her toil, but inflamed a brutal and li-'
ccntiou) lust, that should have blushed
itself away in such a presence. What
cared he for the consequences of his grati
fication.? 1 here was.
? ? Mo honour, no relenting troth.
To paint the ptrcnt'i fondiing o'er the child,
Then ?hew the ruin'd maid, 6c her detraction wild!
What thought be of the home he was to
desolate ??? what thought he of the happi
ness Ire was to plunder ? ? Mis sensual ra
pine paused not to contemplate the speak
i ?g picture of the cottage ruin? the blight
ed hope-? the broken heart?the parant's
aicony ? and last and most withering in the
woeful group, the wretched victim herself
Starving on the sin of a promiscuous pro
stitution, and at length, perhaps, with her
own hand, anticipating the tnoffe tedious
murder of its diseases ! He need not, if I
an* Instructed rightly, have tortured his
fancy for the miserable consequence# of
tu p* bereft, and expectation plundered
Thr*Mi?h no very distant vista, he might
i have seen the fo? in of deserted loveliness
weeping over the worthlessncsa H>f his
worldly expiation, and warning hiffi
us there were cruelties, no repentance
could alone, so therri wre suEcLkPgLi^h
ther wea 1th nortimeAor absence coiiW^
leviate.* If his memory should faiJfhim
? ? it he should deny the picture ? no man
ran tell him half so efficiently as the ?cu
rable advocate he lias so judiciously adj
ect, t ti at the case misfit arise* where,
' though th: energy of native virtue should
defy the spoliation of the peison ? still
crushed affection might leave an infliction
-on the rntnd. perhaps less dtadtyr b^t cer
tainly not less indelible. I turn from the
subject with un indignation which tortures
me into brevi'y ? I turn to the agents by
which this contamination was effected.
1 almost blush to name them? yet they
were woiihy of their vocation. They
were no other than a menial servant of Mr.
Dillon, and a ba*>e, abandoned, profligate
ruffian, a brother in law of the devoted
vtoirm heiself, whose bestial appetites he
bribes into subserviency !? ? It docs seem as
if by siich a selection he was determined
to degrade the dignity ot the inasterrwhite
he violated the fi.'e impulses, cT the man,
by not merely associating with his own ser
vant, but by diverting the purest streams
of social affinity into the "vitiated sewer of
his enjot menu Seduced by soch instru
ments into a low public house in AthTon'e,
the unhappy girl heard, without suspicion,
their mercenary pinegyr c on the delend
ant, where to her amazen ent, but no doubt
according lo their -previous arrangement,
he entereu and joined their company. I
do .confess to you, gentlemen, when 1 first
perused this passage in ?uy brief* 1 flung
it trom me, with a contemptuous incredu
lily. What ! I exclaimed, as no doubt
you are ali ready to exclaim, can this be
possible ? Is it thus I am to find the educa
ed youth of Ireland occupied? Is this ihe
employment of the miserable aristocracy
that \et lingers in this devoted country?
Am I to find them, not in the pursuit of
useful science ? not in th? encouragement
of ur's or agriculture ? not in the relief of
an impoverished tenantry? net in the
pioud march of an unsuccessful but not
less sacred patriotism ? not in the bright
page of warlike immortality, dashing its
iron crown from guilty greatness or fced
n>g freedom's laurel ^with the blood of the
despot ! But am I to find them amid drun
ken panders and corrupt slaves, debauch
ing the innocent of^tiTiage life, and even
amid the stews of the tavern, collecting
or creating the materials of the brothel ! ! !
Cfcntlemen, i ajn still unwilling to believe
it and with all the sincerity of Mr. Dill n's
advocate, 1 do efureat yo.u 10 rcject u alto
gether, if it be not substantiated by the i
unimpeachable corroboration of an oath.
As I am instructed, he did not, at this time* I
alarm his victim by any direct communi
cation of purpose, he saw that u she was
good as she was fair," and that a pieroa
tire disclosure would "but a la mi her virtue ,
into an impossibility of violation. His
satelitts, however, acted to admiration. j
They product d some trifle which he had
left for her disposal ? thty declared he had
long felt for her a sincere attachment? as a
proof i ha * it was pure they urged the mo
di-sty with which at a first interview, eleva
ted above her as lie was. he avc/iiled its
disc Insure ? when she jvrtsscd the mild
ness 'of the expectation which could alone .
induce her to cr nsent to his tfddre&ses, 1
they assured her that though in the first
instance surh an event was impossible,
sull in time it was far ftom being improba
ble ? t hat many men from such motives
forgot altogether the difference 'of station
? that Mr. Dillon's own fimily had alrea
dy proved every obstacle mi^ht yield to an
ail powerful passion, and induce ln-m fo
make her his wife Who had reposed an af
fectionate credulity on his honor ! Such
where the subtle artifices to which -he
stooped. Do not imagine, ftoWevcr, that
she > it kls immcdiut y and implicitly to
their persnations ; I should scarcely won
der if she did. Every day shows us the
rich, the powerful and the educated, Wow
ing before the sp^ll of amtmion or avatice,
or passion, to the sacrifice of their honor,
their conntry and their souls ; what won
der then, if a poor ignorant peasant girl
had at once sunk before the united
potencv of such temptations* But she did
not. Many and many a time the truths
which had been inculcated by her adofr
ing parents rose up in her arms ? and it
was not until after vaiions interviews and
lepeated artifices and uniting: efforts, that
she vielded her faith, her fame, and her
fortunes to the disposal of her seducer? A
las ! alas ! How little did she supj>ose that
a nv>ment wa* to com* when every hope
denounced and every expectation dashed,
lie w is to fling her for very subsistence on
the charity or the crimes of the world she
ha l renounced for him ? Mow little did she
n licet that in her humble station, unsoiled
* Air, Phi lit f\ ft here winded to a verdict of
5 000/. obtained at the fate Galway yf*?izea
a/rain*t the defendant , at the nuir^of Mits
H'it*ons a very brfi'jtifvl and interesting
young lady , for o breach of ft'Omite */ mar
riage. Air, Whiten tone# who tww pleaded
for Mr, Dillon , fva* Mi* t 11 i In on'* advocate
' ogainvt htm an the occasion alluded ( o ,
and sinlesl, she might look down upon tb e
eleva.ion to which vice woulu i\.isv n -r
\ ttt e\^n wet c it a throne i sav she nii^liL
look dowfv^n it. 1 here is not on tins
eaitha lovlier vision ? ihtrt is not for the
skies amort; angelic candidate than a
youngs modest maiden, robed m Ghustity
no matier vhat its habitation, whe
ther i: be palace or the hut.
'*? be continurd.
Mercantile Information .
virtue of the regulations ot His Ma
jesty the King of the Netherlands, bcc.
* and the dispositio .s of the Governors of
| live v olonies of Surinam, St. Martin and
Saba, the commercial navigation of the
vessels of the United States of America,
to those Colonies, is*re-e:>labiis!v. d on the
same footing a? it w^s before the 'y^ai
1765. And inconsequence thereof, the
articles ullowed to ^bc imj>cried into Suri
nam are, timber, cattle of eveiy descrip
tion* dried and salted fisu, tobacco flour,
peas and t>eans ; andj^JLher articles, dried
or salted, poik and bee f excepted. 1 he
productions of the Colonies, sugars, co>
ton, coffee and cocoa, txcrpted, are per
? mitted to be exported in foreign vessels
on paying five per cent. tn and outward
duties, on all articles enumerated above.
Respecting the Islands of St. -Martin
and St. Saba, it has been regui'Ucd that
the National vessels belonging co the ports
in the Kingdom of tne Netherlands, are
exempt from paying inward and outward
duties, with the excep/ron of an outward
duty of "2 1-2 dollars on eve ry thousand
we ght of sugar. The articlts imported
in foreign vessel**, are subject to an inward
duty of 3 3-4 per cent, and to an tnitftratd
du y of 4 1-4 per cent, to be t?.k n on
the market price of the Island, except the
following modification v:z. ? Provisions of
every descripf.on pay three on entry ; rum
and molasses, for in and outtvard duty ;
pay one half dollar per cask, say ox-hoofi
ed ? i ye and meal flour, pays two rials in
and three rials outward duly, per bar
rel. .
The articles coming from Furope, are
subject to an inward duty of five per cent
and an oatwafd duty of six per cent, on
the invoice ? in case the invoice cannot be
produced) the inwurd duty h frxtd at 3 3*4
per cent, and the outward duty at 4 1-2
per cent, on the market price of the Colo
ny. ?.
On the exportation of all the articles, a
deduction will be made of the amount of
the duty paid. With regard to the pro
visions that have paid 3 per cent, inward
duty, this reduction is fixed on one half.
The exportation of provisions, of every
description, however, to be made in three
months; and all other articles, in six j
months, from the day of entry.
Consulate Office of the Aefherland9y
New-Yohk, Dec. 4, 1816,
Bedford. (Penn.) Nov. 28.
On Saturday the 23 instant, as Mr. Pe
ter Smith, oT Greenfield township, in this
county, was kindling a fire near whert he
intended to hew sled runners, five miles
distant from any house, in the Alleghany
mountain, he was mortally wounded with
two bullets, fired at him by Cieorge Divels
and John Lingenfelter ? they mistaking
him for a bear. One of the bul'.ets pene
trated his body tx little above t-he hip on
the ltd side, and went oiut at his right
shoulder? the other entered his back and
lodged in his body. ( )n the following dav
an inquest Was held, which, after examin
ing witnesses, 8cc. gave it as their opinion
that said person* had no intention what
ever of injuring or killing said deceas
ed.
Singular Madman. ? In the mad house
At A i x-la-Chupelle, ( ? ranee) it Ml insane
man, whose madness has been subject to
surprising and periodical change*. For
the three first yeui*, he never spoke a word
but was continually silent. During the
three following, he seldom ceased to tpeak
either by night or day. Afterwards he
laughed for three years, and in such a
violent manner, that he often fell into con
vulsions. When that period was over, he
began to whistle from morning to nigh',
and ft om night to morning, so that many
persons apprehended that want of rest
must kill him. It will soon be three years
since he began to cry in such a manner
that I e has already lost the sight of one
eye, and should he not soon leave it off he
must probably, in a short time, be entirely
blind. He is 35 years of age, but looks
as if he had passed three score and ten.
His only food for these last 15 years past
lias been, in every 24 hours, two small
alices of bread, and his only drink; two
glasses of water.
John \V. Eppes, E?q. was elected on
the lOth'iust. by the legislature of Vir
ginia, a Senator in Congress from that
state for si* years from the 4th of March
next.
Col. James P* Preston, late of the U. S.
army, and who was wounded at Chrystler's
Field, on the descent of the St. Lawrence
is elected by the same Legislature, Gov- '
ernor oi the state of Virginia.
C.iiini ajretk, or C: in % u a
!<:*?* AC iic.
W>bw informedbv tt friend lately from
the frontiers, that from circumstani cs
which have recently transpired, it is believ
ed ih.it the notorious Abranam Collins; and
his accomplice. Allen 1 wkiy. have formed
a sot t of Banking establishment iu the
Cherokee Nation, where conteri itt JSank
Bi-ls are manufactured in laige quami'.its.
and disposed ol wholesale and retail, cu
icrms sufficiently uUurmg h> induce per
sons connected with ihe establishment. 'a?.
aid in giving them ciicu'aticn.
Bills of Five, and ot Fifty Dollars of the
Stale Bank of South Carolina, signed John
C. l"a her, Picsulent, and John Dawsoiu
Cashier, have alitady been discovered, and
thv?se our informant mention are the only
kind, and denomination of hiils of this man
ufactory which had within his knowledge
?ot into circulation, and these had been
passed to Waggoners in t in- Nation, nr on
the Frontiers, a. d it is supposed many of
i hem had been passed in Franklin, and in
L Jackson Counties. It ft conjectured aiso
we at e told that some persons on this side
(he Indian Lines are concerned in this in
famous business, and as it is not likely the
counterfeiting is confined exclusively to
Lhe Bills? mentioned*- it wilt be ptvdent
in persons on the frontiers to be cautious
what paper they relieve.
It is supposed the establishment is on
the Hightower River, as a large ..^uajjliiy
of the trimmings of the Bills that had been
made, wete found under a rock in that
neighborhood If the Bank in Charleston
were to offer a liberal reward, it is probable
;hat the whole of this vile association
might be arrested or at least, that the
principle managers of it might be taken
and the establishment cffectuaHy broken
up ? if it is not in some way destroyed,
in all probability a qu .ntiyy of Couiuemdt
money will be got into circulation. which
will piove a serious evil to persons least
able to detect this species of imposition*
and least able to bear the loss it occasion^
In the Bills that have alieady appeared*
we understand, the filling tip is badly exe
cuted, and persons of tolerable judgment,'
may readily distinguish thein Irom the
truc bills. ylu.tr us: a Heialdr 12 th
From ihe Baltimore American* . ?
The wife of Mr. Frederick Cole? of
this city, was safely delivered on Thursday'
last of three fine boys* We mention this
circumstance with pleasure as it proves,
contrary to the speculations of Kuropean
theorists, that We do not degenerate as
rapidly as they suppose, in any - respect.
Mr. Cole is a tfij'wltiit of Bond- st a worthy
and respectable Mechanic^? and his chil
dren at present can only be distinguished
hy the colour t>f the ribbands on there
arms.
The gallant commodore Barney panned
through Maysville, on the 25th tilt* on hit
way through the interior of Kentucky to
Louisville, with a view of procuring some
desirable *[>ot for hit future residence.
Chilicothe fiaficr.
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Legislature of S. Craolina.
* ' ?
UY AUTHORITY.
An act to ptohibit the importation of slaves
into this state from any of the United
Slates, and for other purposes therein
mentioned. i * .??**?
Be it enact fd by the honorable the Senate
and HoUte of Repre tentative* t new met and
ait ting in general a$*ent blyt and. by the 6?i
thority of the *ame , That from and alter,
the passing of this act, no slave nor any
negro, Indian, Moor, Mulatto or Mustizo,
bound to serve for life or fc term of years*
sludl be brought info this fVe fiNflli any
of the United States, or any of the territo*
ties or countries bordering thereon s and
if any slave, or any negro, Indian, Moor,
Mulatto, or Mustizo, bound to service for
a term of years, ahall be imported or
brought into this state contrary to the true
intent and meaning of thif set such sieve
or slaves, negro, Indian, Moor, Mulatto or '
Mustizo shall be deemed and taken asa
forfeiture to the state, and one helf of
whose value shall be paid to tht person of ,
persons informing of such importation #t
bi inging in ; and the person or perse?ipp%*
porting or bringing in such slave, negro,
Indian, Moor, Mulatto or Mustizo so fit
aforesaid, shall be liable to be Indict eJ
therefor, and upon conviction thereof, shall*
be fined fifty dollars for every slave* negro#
Indian, Moor, Mulatto, or MustilOf so C*
aforesaid by him or them Imported or
brought, into this slate. Provided Uiat if
any person shall be travelling into or
through thin state without any intention
to reside permanently ' therein, with not
more than two slaves, negroes, Indians*
Moors, Mulattoes or Mitstizoen in his pos
session, and shall within two days after
entering the stale go before some justice
of the peace or quorum, and render before
him in writing, the name and description
of such two slaves, negroes, Indiana,
Moors, Mulattoca, or Mustizoes, and
l make oath that lie, she or they will not
sell, or attempt to sell the sume or any one