Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, January 15, 1819, Image 2
JY t.-f UKMinmd Knquircr.
MU. \ i) \ M*s u-;tteh\
The National Intelligencer of Uj
8Nt nit. hringn us one of the mo*;
striking stMf/j papers we have fv?
se?Mi? fhe Dispatch of #tl,e Seen
tin of Stat?* of tht* United Sta'es t<
the Minister Plenipotentiary of tie
1 nited States to Spain, at Madrid/
It is a genernt exposition of tT?r
transactions of the Seminole War.
- as they relate to the Spanish authori
ty?and may he regarded in tie
* ?* "
li^nc of a reply to the Manifesto o.
Mr'. Pizarro, so indecently circulated
the court of Madrid in the gaz
ettes of Kurope. In this manifesto,
Mr. Pizarro gives " formal notice
that the King, his master, has issu
ed orders for the susj>eusion of the
negotiation between the U. State*
and Spain, until satisfaction shah
have been made by the American
government to him for these proceed
ing* o. general Jackson, which he
considers .is acts of unequivocal hos
tility against him, and as outrages
upon his honor and dignity ; j the
only acceptable atonement for >vjriich,
is stated to consist in a disavowal of
the acts of the American general,
thds complained of?the ifliction
upon lum of a suitable punishment
for hi j supposed niis'ondnrf, md fhe
restitution of the posts und territories
taken by hi a from the Spanish au
thorities. with indemnity for all the
propert taken, and all damages and
.injuries, public m* private, sustained
in consequence of it." The reply!
of Mr. Adams to these insolent do-1
m,:nds is tne paper now before us^
1>earing date 28th November 1818.!
It occupies six columns and a half]
of the National Intelligencer, small
type?and its interest corresponds
Tvith its length.?The reader may be
Tissured tnat I shall seize the earliest
opportunity to lay thfe entire before
him.
I cannot sufficiently express the
profound sentiments of admiration
J and delight with which I have per
used this state paper. _ it is written
\vith au astonishing force of ingenui
ty, and adorned witrrthe most cap
tivating eloquence of all descriptions.1
It has the air of a man*.*ho feels
most acutely for tho wrongs of his
country ; who is indignant at the
insults oifered to her by the aggres* I
8f/r, pretending to demand redress,
and who ^ours out those feelings in
the most forcible strains. It is a
monument of diplomatic genius. It
is an ornament to my cunintry. I
feel proud of belonging to a nation
which has produced such a blaze of
talents. It shivers the lVianifesto of
the Spanish Cabinet into dust and
ashes. Into what utter magnificence
does the redoubtable (Jhevalier Ouis
sink! He seems like a pigmy in the
hands of a giant. And while it
seeks to answer 8pain, it serves in
some sort to palliate the misconduct
of "Gen. Jackson?jWi/y him, it
Cannot?On , that point, the argu
ment of Mr*. Adftms leaves me a
heretic.
But?while I do every justice to
this letter, lam still a heretic; not,
I hope, an obstinate one; not, I
1 know, a willing one?but 1 feel
that I am a conscientious heretic,
Hpain has no right to claim any
tlihig from ud; On that principle,
1 most thoroughly agree with the
Hcc'y of State. How (hues she.
ask justice, before she grants it (o us f
How dare she call I'm; a trial of our
officer, while \lasot and Luen^o es
cape with impunity ? No, she has
nothing to ask : we have nothing to j
gram. I^et her repair her \ioiaud i
faith; le?. her comply with a tie u), i
snlninly made and atrociously \ una
ted ; let tier bring ?ier own mi^eralde
commandants to a conn martial or (o
punishment, ere she has the effron
tery to call for punishment on Gen.
Jackson.
Hut?.hough we owe nothing to
hcry we owe much to ffurtteiren.?
The order* of the government \ioU
ted ; the pnw ers ot ('ongn ssn^ur^ed,
witnoul <)t:. nonn necrsMitu% !>.
?i ? ? *
>\\ y o t h v r ; an act ot w h? - J i ..v , .
the h t s I j,i iM?ni i * m ? ,? ,
Mouo; Wacu nv>t absuluu lj neces
sarv the usages of war, tran?gres
ed by a military commander, \\ Hi?
nrds the blood of his prisoner in
.0 very teeth of a decision of a
?iiiirt martial; these are questions
etweeu him and his government,
-ml people nf the United States.?
V11 the ingenuity of Mr. Adams*
votdd l>e ins .fiScient to satisfy us
viiat Gen. Jocksou should not answ er
for these acts to the government of
uis countfx. if the executive sav
? ?
we w ill not " inflict punishment"
nor u pass a censure upon Gen.
Jackson," ntHVcall him to account,
then ought (ingress nwt to sleep
over the breach of the Constitution,
produced by the assumption of one
of their most important powers by
the hand of a military officer?Let
*
that officer be crowned bv all the
*
laurels of the victory' of New Or
leans ; let bis services bave l>een as
brilliant, and the gratitude of this
nation as w arm as you please; and
my heart still yearns towards him;
I will still say belore my God that
for the acts he has done, on accouut
of the precedents be has set, be
ought to be called to answer. With
all my respect for the administrating
1 must think them wrong for the for
bearance they at present appear to
have manifested towards him. I
sug[*'( t, indeed, thai the
the U. States proceed against Gene
ral Jackson, the Hpanish Minister
will have the effrontery to come
against us. I am satisfied that the
administration is sensible of this em
harr&smetiU and that this considera
tion embarrasses their course towards
Gen. Jackson?but Hpain has no
right to make any demands upon
us; and we owe too much to our
selves to think of her. i have no
wish to find fault with Gen. Jackson
or with the administration.?/ can
have no such desire.?I speak on y
the sentiments of an American citi
zen who scorns to flatter at the ex
pet.ee of the constitution.
Tlte vital error of V?r. Adams's
letter, as it respects G? n. J lckson,
is shewn bv the next sentence follow
*
ing his thst ({notation from Va?tel.
" herever severity is not absolute
ly necessary clemency is to be used.
mmmm? ? ? ?? ?
% ? ? ? ?
Dandy Pickpocket.?W. Clarke,
a youug person in very tight? stays,
and decorated with other insignia of
a dvndjy was brought to Guildhall
on tne vulgar charge of picking a
hrizier's pocke.t. I he citvumstan
I ces appearing strong against him, he
was sent to prison.
The consumption of sheep and lambs
in London, during toe kast twelve,
mouths, amounted in number to one ,
million sixty two thousand seven
hundred ; the number of horned cat- t
tie slaughtered, was one hundred and ;
sixty four thousand ; and by the In- \
gpector's return, it appears that the
number of house hides produced, at
Leadeuhatl Market, amounted to
twelve thousand. |
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Extract of a letter received at Monte
Vi$do, dated Hth Oct. ihlB, polite
ly communicated to JU&, &*m
vaiUe, at the Merchants' ee
House, by ( apt. Porttow.
The Director announced last night
I at the theatre, that the post from
Mot.* loza, which had been rohhed
on the road, brought news that TaU
oihan i had heen evacuated hv the
Sipaniards and was in possession
of the Patriots. This is generally
believed, hui wants ( untir.nation.?
(.'apt in .ViiciiT, <>f the fliiiisk fri
?;jile Andromache, written that the
i Y-le khiu; of i vi !*.ia had a greet I wit;,
him to soa.e arrange. ?enN mm* open
in/; that port to t .e rin^hsii, Imit t.?a
tin* merchants had i existed, and hav
agreed to pa\ 7J0.WJ dodars <pi;Ai
terly ; thai they c mini ctnnplv w ih..
There are letters fiom Lima whir,
speak in strong terms ot die totUkih.
power ot the. hpaniurcls.
Pite ne'-toes sa\ their Iriend S?i*
#7
Martin wills utn he wi inliem ? c*
ny ??f the iit;h old Spamaid-*
..<>? i:\S. otV. : he t lui. ;;i<: \ ;? h
i ?<i - 'tt.? /iron ( (>. liiite \
Mels well etpiipeil, e.inl were aii u~
fly to go against Talcuhana, so th af
if the foregoing news should not b*
irne, tlit*re is every probability ol
iheir being able to take it?they then
have only one point of attention, viz.
to go direct to Lima?we are all well
pleased with the prospect of affairs
in that quarter.
Extract of another letter, dated Oc
tober 10, 1818.
Sir?Five days past arrived liere
a valuable Spanish ship, pilze to the
privateer Union, taken ou her pas
sage from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, lad
en with wine, oil, silk, goods, &c.?
A very late letter from a Spanish
merchant in Lima says,44 the negroes
h??re are Incoming very unruly?all
the wealthy families who could,
were embarking froiir Panama, and
several individuals bad shipped them
selves, with gold and siver to the a
(oount of two and a half millions of
dollars, on board vessels bouud to
Cadiz."
FROM VENEZUELA.
The Editors of the Columbian have
received a letter fijKft Venezuela of
November 6, and apaper of a late
date. Bolivar had by a proclama
tion resigned his office to the people,
who were to elect a successor. He
declared he wotdd accept of a miliia
peace he would retire to private life.
It is l>elieved the Iiulei>endeut9 will
obtain their object during the present
campaign.
\ ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ?
From English papers received at
Bostony by the ship T. iton, cap
tain Holeomb.
According to advices from Spain,
" confusion worse confounded" is the
order of the day there. Misery is
daily spreading through tne country,
and robberies are increasing. The
highwaymen make their ap[>earance
chielly in the Sierra Moieiiu ; and
from then*.numbers and order* bear
more resemMance to detachment?? of
regular troops than to gang*# of rob
bers. Money is grewing more hiid
more scarce, and trade is raj idly de
clining. The house of Terry, of
Cadiz, has become a bankrupt, and
has involved in its fall several oth
ers, including the houses of Morenda
and Sanchez To?cano, two respecta
ble commercial establishments oi the
city. Public crecjit is as bad as pri
vate, arid the new ministers know
not what course to pursue, for there
is not a farfliing in the Jreasnrj.?
A contribution ot 160,000,000 reals
(? 1,600,000) is now spoken of as a
bout to he levied on the w hole king
dom ; and this at a time w hen it
not possible to collect the usual tax
es. King Ferdinand, in tearing a
list of proscriptions recently present
ed to him, is said to have exclaimed,
in a lit of passion, " 1 know not
what to do; one advises me that this
is w bite, another that it is black.?
Cangua Argue lies, formerly a mem
ber of the C<irte*, who was set at li
l>erty by the late miuistry, in conse
quence of their wishing to profit by
his great knowledge in political econ
omy^ lias again bceu thrown into a
dungeon.
Extract of a letter from the Jlgent
to Ltrtjd/9 ut Jbnevos JiyreS) dated
6i August 10, 1818.
? Tl ip. patriot go vt* in mi4 lit hri^ of
\\t\v GiilvMirito (formerly the British
blip; Lucy) nailed on (lie 13th inst.
fiir Valparaiso uml Callao, to cruize
off tlie latter place tor the convoy
from Cadiz to Lima, now at sea.?
The GUIvareno mounts sixteen S4lb.
tarronades, anil two leu^ 18 poun
<lrrs, and has on hoard lfr() seamen
ml 2ft marines; ami the national
v esse I, M pypo, >\ill sail in a few
h to jfin her. The A1a\|K> pri
p.teer (formerly an American brig)
. plain Daniel*, lias captured three
?-r uj;uese vessels fiom J<io Janei
? o tiiis place, and it is likely to do .
?.at mischief to that fla?. It is i
? ? \ weli UKC iiained ti nt Ai(i? s,
?- granted i(M> < omnissions a^iust
? i ??mi?ueH?, ami that many all
... in h?i\f. to 1 In L. Slates."
L( .siiON, Nov. i.
i l.is n.Di:..n^ J tuih papers of
Monday last were received. The
;ranil review of the British, Russian,
ami Prussian armies took place
Kamars, ou tlie 2^(1. by the Empe
mr of Russia aud King of Prussia,
accompanied by the Duke of \\ el
liugton. The Sovereigns, w ith the
gallant Duke, enjoyed on the day
following the magniflcient sj>ectacle
of a sbaui fight, in which all the
troops previously reviewed, were en
gaged. In this fight the Russians
represented the victors, in honor of
their Monarch. Some serious acci
dents occurred during the day. The
mutilation of an unfortunate English
man is particularly noticed. .Each
day the Sovereigns honored the
Duke of Wellington with their pre
sence at dinner, which is said to have
been magniticieutly prepared in a
Chinese Pavilion, ornamented with
trophies of arms, and the united
of every nation, the appropriate em
blem of universal peace.
The Catholic Priests at Einseid
len, in Switzerland, have performed
a wonderful miracles, in expelling ,
from" a female no less thau 303 devils. I
Three of them it seems, were most!
reluctant to quit possession, and did
not take themselves olf, lill the pious
Fathers had exhausted their whole j
artilery of exorcism.
?hr Brunswick, says a German pa?
per, w ere Hogging has been intro
duced, as well as in Hanover, this
punishment was lately about to be
iuilicted on several soldiers. One of
them, who, in an altercation witti.
one of his officers, whose comrade he
had formerly been at school, struck
him, anil was sentenced to IOOj
, i
fishes. As he was about being con
ducted to the stake to w hteh he was
to be fastened, he slabbed himself j
to the heart w itu a concealed knife,:
? ? I
aud (bus escaped the organizing pu
ttlis men t.
London, Nov. 1.
A Revolutionary Expedition.
It is understood that Sir Oregor
McGregor's expedition will receive
considerable accession of force from I
continental volunteers, lie has char- j
tered ten transports. It is rumored j
th t tluy will rendezvous at Old j
Providence, oil* the Jv-iisc|Uito shore,
where commodore Aury has already
maiie a Lodgment ; and thence, that
sir O. w ill direct his future move
ments, according to circumstances,
so as to open a direct communication
with tne independents in the interior
of New-Grenada, or to produce an
importaut diversion in their favor, by
lauding on the istlimns of Durien.?
It is by some conjectured, that his
ultimate views are not unconnected
witii the intended operations of lord
Cochrane in the Pacific.* It is no
longer a secret that his lordship has
proceeded to take the command of
the independent navftl force at Val
paraiso, and it cannot be doubtsd
that successful attacks upon the
wealthy Spanish settle,i.ents to the
nortnward of that port are contem
plated by that that enterprising offi
cer. He neb, it is not unlikely that
a part of the force now on the eve of
sailing, may In* destined to penetrate
acroSTTfie isthmus, and to he cm
ployed by 111h lordship as a corps ol
debarkation. Two of sir G* trans
ports left the river on Monday last,
i hey had a considerable supply of'
arms oti .board. Large orders hmve
been given for muskets to the iiir
min^liam manufacturers.
[Mt seems that Lor*I Cochrane ha* p/)d
a visit to the revolu ionary admiral tin< n,
in th? West-lndic*; awl there is tome
leasoti to au, puae air (tremor ??'d hia lorii
aiiip havein'CiV'(I \ if ;orr
Naiciik.-*, 1>ov. 21.
Sea Serpent heat.
( The foljowin^ idler has been handeu
to us for publication, hy the gentlu:.?a,.
who received it, ai?<1 who vouches tor the
veracity ot the writer. vVe nave "follow
rd our ca/iy" literally, and have ?nly one
ni.uk to ? tn.-t -It the monster de
scribed, realty exists otherwise ihan in me
wuter'a biain, living Mamnioutns, ^ea
St rpt-nls, Horse Ma< MTtts, or even K.ru
kci s, will soon erase to be thought won
uu hii ]
( un.p anwug the Camunche#,
October 20, iwlH.
Dear Sir?1 receiwd ^our'*, beai
ing dale of October, 1st, 181*. it
questing Information con<r..,i _ ;:,e
unimial which has lately i?eeo dis
covered by the natives of the Pro
\ ince of Texas, aiul dulv tnko my
pen to answer it. On the 10-h Au
gust, 1818, there was * report hy two
Chiefs of the Tribe of Indians called
[ L*apans, that a treiueuduus aniuoal
bad been discovered in their ueigb
bourhood?it w? s represented by
ibein as an animal so different from
what naturalists had delineated in
their descriptions, as to give me some
doubt of its existence ; but know im*
the varacity of these Chiefs, my cur?
l osity w as excited to make further
enquiry. 1 went to the place where
it was .said to have been seen, which
j was called the Prairie del Grande
Ajo, or the Prairie of the Great
Spring. 1 found_tha 4ilace tiuUrt>lv
desolate. Jfivery uative had retired
to a considerable distance. They
told me 'twas a fact that the Caiman
de Tierra ruled predominant in tn.it
part of their country. They said if
1 did not believe them, they would
take me to a precipice from under
which the spring flowed, \\ here I
could remain in perfect security, and
from whence 1 could see him) with
all hi* usual motions. I accepted
their proposal. We arrived at the
spof ott the$tf September, but saw
nothing. ? On the nexl day, about 7~
A. M. I discovered a motion among
the ieeds and hushes, winch the na*
lives said was caused by the ap
proach ol the auiiu il. Not many
minutes had elapsed when he made
his appearance. He approached the
spring, and drank by lapping: alter
which he retired to a small distance,
and partly secreted himself: he plac
ed his under jaw, or chin, in a smooth
rock, and being extended at full
lengthy his tail reached a tree which
in thin country is called boiu d'arc. ?
1 was desirous to attempt to kill him,
by firing down the precipice upon
him ; but being told by toe natives
that an attempt had Immiu made seve
ral times in vain, and if I did not dis
turb him 1 would see a struggle be
tween him and the mustangs, or wild
horses?I desisted ; and about 10
o'cIock, A. M. when some of these
mustangs, with which this large
prairie abounds, came to drink, he
raised his tail and fastened it on tho
neck of a large horse. - It appeared
that the tail of this animal possessed
the faculties of the probosics of an
elephant ; for with it he circulated
twice the neck of the horse, and at ?*
the same time seized a large trefc
with his fore feet? the horse pitched
aud bounded tivmeudiously; but in
the end he was choked and killed.
Vhe animal then turned to him and
devoured the most ^f him at a meal.*
He afterwards withdrew, when I
had an opportunity to decend to ^
measure the distance from the rock
on which he had placed his chin to >
the tree,.which was fifty three feetx*
the diameter of his body in the lar^Jfc,
gfcat part appeared at least 4
or 5 feet, lie was of a dark brown
or rusty black color. His tail from ~
ihe hind legs appeared somewh
larger than from thence to the end t
the no*e ; his heaiLjwaa about the
same proportion as that of an alliga
tor, hut his hind legs were considera
bly longer than his fore ones.?
VS hen he went off he folded his tail
over his back, w hich discovered to
me that his whole force and action
lay in this part for I>oth offensive and
defensive operation, 1 enquired if
any other animal of the same des
< ription had l>een seen, aud was told
there had not ; that this had come
from the north west <?n one of tho
head branches of this Riodel Norte;
<hat he was never seen to attack any
other animal than a mustang, aud
?hat he li/td been fired upon without
effect?since w hit h 1 have seen a
Spaniard hy name of Don Pedro
de Dois, who observed him and
tnatked his ac tion for three day's all
which were similar to what! ha\*
described. 1 he animal irf certain
ly rot more strange than cuuous in
natural history. Knowing you to be
<t man of taste, 1 have hem minute
in its description, if rupuitfS. I
will giNe my affidavit ot what * have