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L. M. JONES, A- Co. Publishers. . "at tiie public good we aim." M. M. ?.EVY, Editor. ??1mb????gsbbbbbg5gg!' "?"" ' " "' ggg?i gggamii?ggg^e"> yOL. I* ClflOE.1, SOUTH AftOIJi\Ar SATURDAY OCTOBER OS, IH37. AO. 96. TERMS or TUB * aOMMBR3X&.li aOlTRIBR i Published weekly every Saturday morniuir at $3 per annum if paid in advance, or $4 if not paid until the expiration, of the year. Advertisements inserted at $1 p*?r square lor the first insertion, and 50 cts. for every continuance. Persons subscribing out of the State, are - required to pay in advanoc. Advertisements that do hot have the num<* her of insertions marked on the margin will be published until forbid, and charged accordingly. No subscription received for less than one year. CC/^Communicntions must be post paid.??i3 CAMDEN, S. C. JOCKEY CMiWJMf IZvACES. j'ji ^r^ifl WILL commence on thin course, on the 1st Monday in November next, with a Sweepstakes, mile heats, subscription $100, half forteil, for 3 year old Colts and Fillies, closed with 6 subscribers. Tuesday?Jockey Club Purse, 4 mile heats purse not less than $600 Wednesday?Jockey Club Purse, 3m. h. purse not less than 500 Thursday?Jockey Clab Purse, 2m. h., purse not less than 350 Friday?Jockey Club Purse, mile heats, best 3 in 5, purse not less than 350 Saturday?A post stake tor all ages carrying their appropriate weights; entrance $250, piny or pay, two mile heats to be closed on IVlonday night of the first day's race, by 9 o'clock, 3 or more to make a race. J. S. NETTLES, Sept. 9 19 9t Sec. nnd Treas. The editors of the Charleston Courier; Times & Gazette. (Columbia;) and the People's Prets, (Augusta, Georgia,) will copy the above and forward their accounts to the subscriber. J. S. N. BOOTS AND SHOES. AT the store^heretofore occupied by J. Bishop <&. Co., the subscriber has opened a large r.r I extensive assortment of Boots and Shoes, which ,wre selected particularly for the retail trade from the most approved manufactories?to wit. Gentlemens fine Calf Boots. il Waterproof u f4t Stout Calf sewed " a tt a pegged " " fine " Bootees " Stout " ? . " Fine Shoes and Pumps 11 India Rubber over-shoes Ladies French and Morocco Slippers " Gater Boots " Black and White Sattin Slippers 11 New style over shoes " '* " Rubber " Buckskin and Velvet " Seal Slippers and walking shoes Misses Seal and Prunella walking *f *' Slippers " Leather Boots and Shoes ? New style Rubber " Boys Fine and stout Boots ?? 4c n ti Shoes " 11 Dancing Pumps Cbildrcns black and colored Prunella Poots 44 44 4< l( 44 Shoes <f Seal and Morocco Roots and " <c Leather Boots and Shoes. A|large stock of Mens stout shoes and brogans suitable lor plantations, and 6000 Fairs of Negro shoes, Camden make, superior to any others in the district. ? AT.SO Northern and Southern Sole leather, Upper leather, French and Northern Calf skins, Lining and Binding skins, various colored Morocco skins for Coach Liinining. Shoe knives, pincers, kit files, punches, awl blades and Imlfs, boot webbing, heel ball, shoe tacks, bristles sparables, peg cutters, sand stones, jiggers, shoulder sticks, shoe lasts and all other nrticlcs ffoncrnllv in use with shoemakers?also every description imported shoe thread, shoe blacking nnd varnish Drv Hides received in exchange. GEO. ALDEN. Sept. 30 22 tf /t A DOLLARS REWARD. ?Abscmi* ded from the subscriber in Barnwell District, 9. C., on the night of the 15th inst. a negro man named REUBEN, he also took with him a dark sorrel Mare about 13 hands high, said mare lias a small star in her face, and lias two saddle marks on her back. Reuben is about 25 or 30 years of ago, G feet high, dark complected, speakr quick when spoken to, and when he left, had on a blue cloth coal, and n black hat with crape around it. The subscriber boucrht said nenrrn frnm innn who *airl hia waaJOHN e5WARDS, an.l that he lived in about C miles of Camden, he vas travelling to Alabama, and had four slaves in coin, any with him of which Reuben was one, he is also of opinion, that said boy has by some means came wp with his former master, and* that he will endeavor to get him out of the state for the purpose ^>f re-selling him. Any person taking up said negro, and lodging him in jail, and giving information thereof to me, at Blackville Post-office, Barnwell District, C., shall receive the above reward. SAMUEL REED. The Cheraw Gazette, Charlotte Journ-I, N. O. and Peoples Press, Augusta, Ga. will give the above 4 insertions and forward their accounts to the subscribe! at the above P. O. for payment. Oct. 21 25 4t* SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER DISTRICT. Summons in Partition. Elijah McElveen, Applicant. vb rB^HODA McElveen, Joseph McEl veen, John tfil McElveen, Mohpb McElveen. Elin McEl- 1 veo.i, William McElveen, Susan McElveen, (widow of Adam tcElveen deceased.) John Frierson. I (widower of Ja e Mc .Keen, deceased;) Fran.-is * | Nel son and E ir.al elh .8 wife, Margaret McElveen | (now cDonaid, having intermarried w th one 1 | McDonald) llebecca McElveen Samuel McElve?n. I (Andrew J. McElveen?childien of Adam and ( m Susan McElveen, to "it: ' ' Robeccn, Margaret, Mary Ann, John. Robert, < Nincy and Adam. Children of John and Jane ' **_: _ . - !a * rruthon, iq wu: * J Adaineond Joseph, Mason Reams, guardian I sdlitein tor minor lv irs of William McElveon, sr. deceased, defendants. ' 1 T appearing to my satisfaction, that John McElveen, Moses McEiveen, Elios McLlveen, William McElveen, Mnpgnret McDonald, and hu-band, Daniel cElv en, James M Elveenand wife, and | nli others ('if any . f the legal heirs and represents : lives of William McElveen, sr. deceased.) defendants, resides willuut the limits of this st te, it is therefore ordered thai they do-appear ??nd object to the division or sale of the real estate of William McElveen, sr. on or l>efore the fourth day of December next or their consent will he entered of record WILLIAM LEWIS, o s. d. ? et 7 23 8 $0 WlA'iiU 0.1iroKl?l! I NOVUM iiEit. THE derangement of the currency . and the difficulties which have pressed up- | on every portion of the community, have < compelled us for some time pus* to curtail 1 liie magnitude of our schemes; hut now as * tiroes begin to look brighter. I have the j pleasure of submitting to the atti ntion of Correspondents a m??st magnificent series of Lotteries, to be drawn in the month of November, and mnst request early attention to prevent disappointment, and to insure a supply as the demand for Tickets j will be great. Besurft and address < 8. J. SYLVESTER, 130 Broadxoay, New- York P. S. Particular attention is requested ' to Schemes mentioned btlojv. 14 drawn numbers in each pack of25 lick. ! Virginia Mate Lottery, 1 CLASS C. 1 For the benefit of the Richmond \<*ademy l To be drawn at Alexandria, Va. Saturday Nov , 4, 1837. , CAPITALS. f30,000 ! lfr,000 G,000 ! 5,000 3,000 'rize of 2000 Dollars- ' 25 l'rizcs #1,000 20 "ot l 500 20 ' 400 20 ** 300 Tickets $10 ?Shares in pr portion. ] Certificate of a Package of 25 whole Tickets will cost only 120. Halves and Quarters in nrnportion. Delay not to send your orders td Fortune's Home. TVVJEN J Y FIVKTIIUUSAIND IJUL,I,'S. < 5<) Prizes of 1,(100 Dollirs: ;] Virginia Male Lollcrv, t Cla* 7For the Benefit of the Town of Wheeling, Tu be drawn at Alexandria, Va Suturday, jVn?. 11,1837. , SCHEME. 1 $25,000? $0,000? $,5000 1 1 Prizes of . 3,000 1 ? 2,224 < r?o ? i,o<>o i r>0 " 300 40 " 200 &c. &.c. Tickets only 10 Dollars. A Certificate of a Package of 22 Tickets will j be sent for 110 Dollars. Halves, Quarters and Eighths in proportion RICH AND SPENDID SCHEME. I FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. j<*raii 1 Consolidated Lottery. For the benefit of the SStnie Treasury, Del. College and Common Scoots CLASS B F??R 1837 To be drawn at Wilmington, Del. Saturday November 18. , GRAND .SCHEME. $50,000 20,000 10,006! 7,500 6.040 ! 20 Prize of 1000 Dollars 30 Prizes of 750 Dollars 30 Prizes of 500 Dollars 28 Prizes ol 300 Dollars Tickets Ten Dollars. \ Certificate of a package of 25 whole Tickets in this Magnificent Scheme may he had for 140 Dn|. j lars - Packages of Halves and Quarters in pro: portion. 100 PRiZES of 1,000 Dollars. MARYLAND LOTTERY, I Class No. 23, lor 183? To be drawn a Hnltimnre. N- v. 22. CAPITALS. 1 Prize of 30,000 Dollars 1 '? - 8,000 Dollars 1 44 4,000 D.?llar? 100 " 1:000 Dollars A'C. Tickets only 10 Dollnrs. A Certificate of a Package of 25 Whole Tickets i will he sent for 130 Dollurs?Packages of shares in proportion. OilJSEUVE SYLVESi ER's FAVORITE Noit 30 000 dollars. Virginia Mate Lottery, ^ i 7 ! 1 N 3 7 . Endowing the Lecshurg Acudewy and for other purposes. To be drown at Alexandri > Va. Saturday Nov. '25 bCHEME $35,294 11.764 0,000 5000! 3,000 50 of 1,000 50 of 250 50 of 200 63 of 150 &c. 6cc. Tickets for Ten Dollars. A certificate of a package of 25 Whole Tickets will be sent on receipt of $<55, Halves and Quar> ters in tho eame proportion. ?????I???????? Royal colljbur of sir. <ieoxs, l4bwoon. ?Tlie original Hy< Eeian Vegetable Medicine, prepared by W Misin, Esq., .Vlembernf the Royal College of Sur> fjennB, Licentiate of A pot ecary's < oinpony, FeJow of Bolt Court Society Surgeon to the Royal Union Pension Association, Lancaster Place, Waterloo Bridge, and perpetual pupil of Guy's ind St. Thomas's Ilospi. la, London This valuable medicine, the result of twenty pears' experienc. and unparralleled success in tlie extensive and highly respectable practice of the proprietor, patronised by the fhculty and nobility, Is now introduced to the notice o< the Atne>icnn public, at the earnest solicitation of a num er of fentleinen of long and high standing in the p;olession. It -is hoped#_ as a preliminary step, to Uieck Uie evils and fatal conseque ces arising rom the use of the numeinuM deleterious nostrum** oisted upon the public by the aid of fabricated >roofs ?( miraculous cures, and other frauds, by a let of mercenary, unprincidled pretenders, so to. Ally ignorant ot medical science that it is imposii* >le the monstrous delusion can any longer go lown with tlie'*intelligeut people of this country, rhese pills, mild and agreeable in their nature, 1'iould be kept in every family in cases of sudden linens, ior by their prompt administration, e.hnle a, cramps, spasuiR, levers, and other alarming complaints, which ton often prove futnl may be ipeedily cured or prevented. In tuct, nil those vho value good health slionld never be without ,hcm. I'hey are sold in packets at 50 cen's, $1, iltd $2 each, by every respectable druggist, bookieller,and vender of medicine in the United tutes tnd thet unad-is, with copious . irections, together ivith testimonials ut professional ability from the following eminent gentlemen; Sir Aslley Cooper, I. Abernethy, Jas i lund* II, XVI D.. W. Bark, M. D., J. Aston Key, A. 1 rnmpton, .\l 1> nud inmerous olheis. The originals nia}' be seen in anssession of the general ngent, by whom til meiicine is "qnported into this country, and to whom ill applications for agei cies must he made. INO. HOLBEIN, 36 Waverley Place, N. York, Sole Generul Agent, for the U S. c Sold by J. R M KAIN, * amd. n, S. C. Oct 21 25 ?f X'OiS VExNTlON or Mi.lU UAVJ 8. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 18J37. The convention met pursuant to adjournment, and was called to order at 12 o'clock by the chairman. The secretary then read the minutes af the last meeting which were confinned. The following gentlemen, who had arrived since the adjournment of Tuesday, then came forward and gave in their names, viz: JNl^srs. J. K. Douglass, C. F. Shannon, and C. Matheson\of Catnien, S. C. The President then called on the select wmmittec for their * report, whereupon 'he Hon. Gcortie Mcltuflic. the chair man, rose, and read 111 a clear and impressive manner, the following Report and Resolutions: The Select Committee raised for the puipose of ascertaining and reporting, what measure will, in their opinion, most effectually contribute to the accomplishment of the great object of ibis Convention, ask leave to submit the following REPORT: The committee are deeply impressed with the importance of the duty assigned them,' and have bestowed upon it all the attention their limited time would permit. >. They regard the present derangement of the currency and exchanges of the country, however we may depreciate its causes and deplore its immediate effects, as furnishing an occasion, which, if wisely improved, will relieve the staple-growing States from a state of commercial dependence, scarcely less reproachful to their industry and cnterprize, than it is incompatible with their substantial prosperity. The staple-growing States, while they produce two-thirds of the domestic exports of the United States, import scarce Iy one-tenth of the foreign merchandize which is received in exchange for it. Almost the whole of the foreign commerce which is founded upon the productions of our industry, is carried on by the citizens of other States, causing their cities to flourish, while our's have been sinking into decay. In the opinion of the committee, the period, has arrived, when our Citizens are invoked by the united voice of interest and patriotism, to put an end to this voluntary tribute, amounting annually to something like ten millions of dollars. It is believed that the quota of Georgia and S- uth Carolina ai<?ne, amounts to not less than three millions of dollars.?It may not be disguised, however, that this extraordinary and unequal state of our pnmmprrinl n Litinns. had its oriffin. inure in tlic fiscal operations of the federal government than in any supposed deficiency in the industry and entcrprize of our citizens. The h'gli duties imposed by the tariff of 1810 upon the productions of Southern industry, and the still more enormous duties imposed by those of 1824 and 1828, combined with the unequal system of depositing and disbursing the revenue thus collected, almost-excius?veTy in the Northern cities, operated as a bounty to the commerce of those cities, which the most persevering industry and entcrprize on our part, could not have overcome. Great and obvious as were the natural advantages of our Southern cities, .they were more than counterbalanced by these operations of the government. And whilst v * - ? - - 111 we stood amidst the ruins thus produced ; by misgovemment, many of our own citizens were utterly unable to account for . the phenomenon,, and some of our charitable neighbors supposed it to be owing to the curse of llcaven upon our domestic instructions. Every practical man, however, will at once perceive, that the deposite of almost the whole of the government funds, in the banks of the Northern cities, was equiva. lent to a loan of a like sum without interest, and that the immense sums disbursed 'by the government at the same points, operated even more decidedly to give those cities an undue ascendency. One of the most obvious and salutary consequences which we may confidently anticipate from the reduction of the duties and the withdrawal of the government do posites from the hanks, will be the restoration of the S ut hern cities to a condition of comparative equality in the business of foreign commerce. In a fair and equal competition, it cannot be doubted, that they will be able to exchange our domestic productions for the manufactures of Europe, by a d rect trade, more advantageous y, than the Northern cities can do it, by a circuitous process, involving intermediate tiansfers and agencies, all increasing the risk and expense of the ope rati n. There never was presented to the capitalists of the South and South-west such an opening for pr tit able ente/prizc, and they are invited by the most powerful considerations to improve it. Now that the fisca' operations of the federal government have been so greatly reduced, and the field of competition fa rly-opened, if they sh >uid still look on with listless apa! thy, while the mighty current of our own n ?i 1 >).. u.. Iici >?it?.n v-wumu icr lb u 'Uiiij; <* ?y ny them, to nourish distant cine* and fortalize tlie barren hills of distant communities, we must then, aequosce in the judgment which the world w 11 pronounce, thai we deserve our destiny. But the ' commit tec iudu'ge the contid nt belief that isucli a reproach will no longer rest upon us. The public spirit of our people bas * been roused into action, they have been awakened to a sense of their condition, and ! all arc prepared to co-oporatc, in their respective spheres, in the great work of throwing oft* the shackles of our present colonial condition and establishing our commercial independence upon a lasting i foundation. j The staple-mowing States never can be , practically independent and enjoy the full mi'usun} mi m? doiiiitics which i'rovMionce lhas so abundantly provided for thorn, | until the commerce which is founded upon their valuable productions shall be carried on by our own merchants, permanently resident amongst us, whether they be ' native or adopted. The pursuits of commerce must be liberalized, the commercial class must be elevated, in public opinion to the rank in society which property belongs to it. The avocation of the merchant requires- as much character and talent and is of as much dignity and usefulness, as any other pursuit or profession; ; and the senseless prejudice which would assign to it an inferior rank, has been 1 Kli II? 1 1 f -l - uniHiiy uorroweu irom inosc ancient rc{publics and modern despotisms, whose policy it was to regard war as the only ' honorable pursuit. As agricultural productions, whirh find their market prmci' pally in foreign countries, constitute the almost exclusive source of wealth, the mercantile class is as indispensable to our prosperity, as the agricultural. Their interests are iuseperably identfied, and whatever etFocta the prosperity of the one, must have a corres]x>nding influence jon the other. How much, then, does the general welfare of Hie staple-growing States depend upon diverting into the pursuits of commerce, a largo portion of the ! capital, the character and the talent, which 'have been h lherto directed too exclusively to agriculture and the learned professions? It is the deliberate opinion of the Committee that no change could lie made in our pursuits, that would so largely contribute to the public prosperity; and that th osc public, spirited citzcns who shall lake the lead in tli s new career ol useful j enterprize, will deserve to be regarded as public benelite tors. ! The prevailing habit of investing almost the whole proceeds of our cotton crops in land and negroes, has produced a constant tendency toovcr production in this great staple; and nothing but the extraordinary increase of its consumption in the great markets of the world, has prevented us from experiencing the ruinous j consequences V>f our mistaken policy. In this view of the subject.every dollar that shall l>c diverted from the production of cotton, to some otlier profitable pursuit, will be so much clear gain to the planter and to the country. It is a well established principle in po; liUcal economy, that an excess <^f su^l) beyond the efficient demand, diminishes . the price of an article more than in pro portion to the excess, and that a deficientcy of supply increases the price in a corresponding degree. For example, it is !>elieved that if the present cotton crop of the United States should be only 1,200,000 bales, it would produce a large ; | aggregate sum to the planters, than if it should prove to be 1,500,000 bales, the price being more enhanced than the quantity would be diminished. It was upon this principle that the Dutch East India Company, actually burnt one-half of their species, that they might obtain more for the remaining half, than they could have obtained for the whole. Let us pursue a still wiser policy. Instead of burning our surplus, let us direct the capita1 and industry that produce it, to other profitable pursuits, which will open new sources of wealth, and at the same time increase the value of those already in existence. In c annexion with this view of the subject, thn nnlifvnf raicin/* ?L:-L J W111CU the soil will produce, cannot be too strongly recommended. By whatever specious reasons a contrary policy may be countenanced, experience proves them to be fallacious. If every planter would raise his own supplies of the various productions of the soil, and of the animals which feed upon those productions, it would tend greatly to limit the excessive production of our great staples, and increase at the same time the independence and the income of the agricultural class. The committee will now proceed to examine, a little in detail, the relative advantages of the southern cities for the business of foreign importation, compared with those of the Northern cities. In the first place, house rent is much higher in the latter thun in the former, a very important element in the calculation. In the second place, freight is habitually higher from Europe to the Northern than to the Southern cities, for the plain reason that ships joining to the South for cotton, would have to come in ballast if they were not freighted with merchandise. A!lthc other elements that constitute the cost of importation, are heiieVed to be as cheap in the Southern as the Northern cities. It is thu6 demonstrable that foreign merchandise can he actually imported and ' sold in ihc former at cheaper rates than nt tnc inner places. When to this we add the expenses of transhipment at New York or Philadelphia, the loss of interest the freight and insurance t??lhe Southern cities, and the expenses of landing ancl storing there, it will be epparent that the merchants of the South and South-west, will find it greatly to their advantage to their advantage, to make tlieir purchases of foreign merchandise in our own cities, in preference to New York or Philadelphia. The same course of reasoning will show thai our cotton can be exported direi tly from our own seaports, with si- ^milar advantages over the more circuitous route of the Northern cities. it seems, therefore, perfectly clear to the committee, that our capitalists who shall enter into the business of importing foreign merchandise, cannot fail to realize ample profits, and yet supply the merchants of the interior oh terms more advantageous than they can obtain from the Northern importers. They have every natural advantage in the competition, and are invited bv cv*>rv ?UJ 1 . - --J j/UVJtC uuu piivate to embark hi the business and reap lite rich harvest that lies before them. 11 cannot be doubled that the merchants of the interior will them a preference, since, to the motives of interest, those of patriotism will be superadded. Among the measures which will most effectually promote the great object which has brought this Convention together, none are more prominent, in the estimation oi the committee, than the completion of the great works of internal improvement, by which the Southern Atlantic cities are t<? be connected with the Vail*) of the Mississippi. In aid of the ;..,1:....1.. . i - --* i - mi vmu ll ci|Miai ann enterprizo engaged in these works, it is believed that the patronage of the Stales interested, might bo wisely and beneficially bestowed. Their completion Would greatly promote the system of direct importations through our own sea ports, and these importation* would equally promote the completion of the works in question. They are part* j of one great system, and will mutually sustain each otlie . If Georgia and South Carolina, with that harmony and concert of action which the inseparable identity of their interest so strongly recommend*, would bring their individual energies and resources to the completion of those line* of communication c< nneeting their atlan* j tic cities with the navigable waters of 1 the West, the d.?y would not be distent w lion our most ardent hopes and sanguine anticipations would be realized. The committee beg leave to suggest to he Convention, another measure, which to their opinion, would he eminently con .icive to the great object we have in \iew. One of the obstacles in the way I' estatdishing a system of direct importations, is the want of the requisite capt