Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, February 25, 1819, Image 2
Carafcen ?alette
And Mercantil? Advertiser.
Published for YV1LIE VAUGHAN,
Proprietor, at three dollars per year,
payable in advance.?No subscription
taken for kss than six months.
The Office is on King street, between
Broad and Market streets, where Coni
muiucations, See. will be received andl
faithfully attended to.
fcIT* Advertisements not exceeding twelve
hnes, (except those of a public nature)
Inserted three times for one dollarrand
twenty-five cents for each contiwuation.
Fourteenth report of the British
Foreign Bible Society.
During the year -fending May,
481B, (he Hociety published 5000
Irish Bibles in the Roman character
?5000 Dutch Bibles?and 5000
Dutch Testaments?5000 French
and English Testaments. Besides
various editions of the English Scrip
tures in different forms. And they
had in May last, preparing, besides
English Bibles and Testaments
German Pocket Testaments 10,000
?Portuguese Testaments 10,000?
Irish Testaments in the native char
acter 5000? Malay Bibles in Ro
man character 5000?and Malay
lestanicnts 10,000-4000 Syrica
Old testaments and Hindostanee
^c\v I estaments.
Distributed during (!:?? same period
87,780 Bibles and 104,300 Testa
ments.
In 14 years, tlie time the Society
lias existed, it has distributed over
2,000,000 Bibles and Testament.
?Received Inst yearinmihscription-aud
donations, 99,3801. and paid for
.Bibles, &c. to be distributed 71,0991.
xt
? ?%fflQfeturned to this city la*t
evening wiHTthe third Mail Rojibec,
who is safely bulged in prison. He
was taken about 13 miles the other
aide of Lancaster, on the Htrrisbnrg
road. This man freely confesses his
participation in the Robbery ; be
?tays that when the Mtil stage came
?i|>, their hearts failed them, but one
of theni crying out, wecaratt to rob
the mail, it must be done, they im
mediately made the attack. He nays
lie received but six hundred dollar!,
part of which be cx|ieuded in cloth
ing and in the purchase of a watch
in this city; 150 dollars he gave for
Ins horse, and the remainder he had
with him vdien apprehended, which
he threw into the road as the persons
were bringing him into Lancaster.?
He is but 28 years of age, was I mm
in r ranee, and served two years in
the army of Bonaparte, thai he is of
a very respectable family, and lie re
iuses to give up his name, as it mav
bring disgrace upon them. IJc con
fesses that he knew that the punish
ment of his offence would be death.
lie is descrilied as being a very
timid man, and acknowledged that
if any resistance had been made by
the persons in the stage, he would
certainly have run, and he lielieves
the others would, for he w as as much
frightened as any one in the stage.
[Franklin tiux. Feb. 10.
Robberies of baggage from stages
yet continue, with n frequency which
it is distressing to notice. The trunks
from behind the stage w hicli arrived
at Philadelphia from Baltimore on
Friday evening last, w ere cut from
the stage, but discovered in time by
the passengers; and, it is said, the
thief was taken in the fact. The
following, copied from a New York
paper, is lielieved to be a correct
statement of a curious incident w hich
lately took place.
" A letter from Washington City,
of the 1st instant states, that on tin*
preceding uiglit, the stage in which
the writer arrived in that citv was
%
I. bhed of all its baggage, and it was
only owing to the piecaution of one
of the passengers, a French gentle
man, that it was not lost. Appre
hending danger, l.e hod Jixcd a siring
to oiw of the trunk*, und
'her rid to his hand, which soon
<ved such a jet k as causcd him
to cry out. TliLsti mtdy alarm caused
? *
the passengers to pursue tlie robbers
so closely, that they were compiled
to drop their booty, ami flee to the
neighbouring hushes."
It may be added, that tlie robbers
succeeded in carrying off a bed,
which was amongst the baggage,;
and that, among tin' passengers who
thus narrowly saved their basjraire,
were two of the Judges nf tlie^ Su
preme Court.
JVat. Int.
Talking of JWuil Rubbers, reminds
us of a (i good joke" we heard a few
days ago. A man who arrived here
ill a packet from Jialtimore the week
before last to look for employment,
was engaged at one of our bake
houses for a few days, after w hich
lie quit his employer; and it apjiears
that the next thing he tuimcd his hand
te was a trunk of goods which he
carried off from the ware-house near
YY brren's wharf, and deposited on
hoard the packet Mary & Ann. Capt.
Rollins, bound to Kaltimore, as his
higgug*.?This was on Friday
morning last, about the time the
packet was advertised to sail. It
happened, however, most unluckily
for this dexterous conveyance, th; t
the wind came ahead before the ves
sel sailed, which caused her to be
detained a da^> longer; and in the
interim the trunk having !>een missed,
due inquiry was immediately institut
ed, w hich resulted in its recovery by
the right owners, and the apjuehen
sion of the robber. It may here be
sai l with much aptness, that " it is
au ill wind which blows nobody
good."?J\a)folk Herald, Feb. 10.
Tht Battle of New- Orleans.
The Louisiana legislature have
resolved " that tlie memorable 8th of
January shall, in future, he observed
as a day of public thanksgiving;
that a Te Ileum shall be sung at the
Catholic Church m the city of New
Orteans, and the civil and military
ollicers of the state and of the United
States be incited? together with the
ministers ok 'every denomination, to
join in a procession from government
Louse to the place of ceremony."
..
Boxin>,y. -On the 8th of Decem
ber, one most horrible boxing
matches that ever occurred, took
place in London, between bcroggius
(not Giles) and Martin. After tlie
Olst round, which occupied more than
1\w> hours, tliey roTled down together,
blind and beaten to a perfect mummy.
?Martin was declared the victor,
merely because he had strength
enough to raise his haijjl and let it
fall upon Scroggins.
?Additional Information.?In ad
dition to the melancholy circum
stances which attended the fatal Duel
!n*tween the late General Mason and
Mr. M'Carty, it is stated that they
were blood relations, being Cousins
in thejirst degree, and added to this,
that the brother of one of the parties
had married the Sister of the other.
Of all the sanguinary anil barbarous
rencontres which stain the pages of
what is called im.Vrn chivalry, we
lielieve this to he without a parallel. -
Charleston Times.
Mintder case of the most atro
cious kind was wantonly committed
last evening, between the hours of H
and 9 o'clo<k, in this city, oil the
body of John Martin. pa\er, who,
it appears, was stabbed in the side
by James Hoyd, mill-weight. The
deceased was in the act of get
ting a bucket of w ater, \n hich bad
been refused to two of his sons by
Boyd, w ho claimed the pump as his
private property,, although plated on
the public street. A weapon, suppo
sed to be a case knife, was made
use of for (his act. Both parties, it
is to be lamented, have families; the
former a wife ami nine children ; the
latter a wife and three children.
We understand that Bo} d attempt
ed to Jiide himself in his garret, As
.1 c^S&ld not make his escape timely,
on dtfcount of tbea^'i^libor* surrond
1
ing his house. On tlve Watch Wins:
sent for, lie was secured, ami com
mitted to gaol by the neighlmring
magistrate, iu about half an hour af
ter the deed was done.
Baltimore Patriot, Feb.
At-tivsTa, Feb, 5.
Mr. Bunce?It will he recollect
ed probably by yourself ami the
public, that a publication, api>eared
against me in the Augusta Chroni
cle in April 1818, charging me with
a course of conduct of which * w<
not guilty ; and in the discussion,
which that publication occasioned,
it may also l>e recollected that 1 re
marked that while there was iu the
pa[>ers only one assertion against
another, a course of legal investiga
tion was to l?e pursue^ in which the
real merits of-ihe case will be de
veloped. That legal i n vest ieat ion
has taken place, and in the follow -
ing brief sthtrraent of it l lie result
will be known. You will please
publish it in your paper, not mere
ly as a gratification tome, but as an ict
of justice?that iny friends'at a dis
tance may feel satisfied, tlut though
moving in an humble sphere, 1 would
not designedly depart from a cor
rect course of conduct?and tliose
printers who published the former
caution will 4 Impe have the_ candor
to publish the following conse
quence of it:
In the Superior Court of Richmond
county, January Term 1819.
The state, ^ Indictment for
vs. ? C a Libel
John E. Kean. 3
This was an Indictment for a Li
l>el published in the Augusta Chon
Icle, of the 11th April 1818, charg
ing Benjamin Brantley, the prosecu
tor, with a shameful and insulting
violation of a contract stated to have
been entered into with the Editor* of
the Auguftta Chronicle, and caution
ing all printers employing him, and
requesting the caution co be inserted
in other paper*, &c. The laws of
this state wisely and prO|>erly al
low, in such prosecc ions, the truth
to be given in evidence ; and of this
equitable provision the defendant
endeavored to avail himself?but
failing to prove the truth of his
charge, lie was found guilty, and
sentenced by the Court to a fine of
two hundred dollars, aud thirty
days imprisonment. The council on
both sides did justice to their clients,
and the verdict substantially evi
denced the subscriber's innocence of
the charges alleged against him.
BEN J. Bit AN I LY.
jus~riEJ>rv uiii due.
ZWALLE, Oct. 19
Between Vahe and Kxloo, in the
Neen (a marsh) in the district of
Dienthe, a bridge lias been diiM ov
end four feet under ground, which
has been uncovered for a length of a'
league and a half, and the end
o( which is not known. The fol
lowing are some particulars :?The
bridge, of which more is daily dis
covered, runs from I he Weerdinger
tout, through the marsh, |M*t the
Haar, ami the convent Ser Ajfel, a
distance of aU>ve .full three leagues.
It consists principally of rough tirs,
of the length of 12 feet, neatly laid
together. W hen the marsh ground
is carefully taken up, no interval is
to be seen between these stems, which
are, on an average, three or four
inches in diameter. Here and there,
instead of stems, there are split
planks, of the above length, anil va
rious diameters. There are no nails,
and all is hewn with the axe. it is
generally believed that this is the
bridge of Germanicus, nv _ ioncd in
Tacitus, and which was luid about
this place, |>y 40 Roman cohorts, on
occasion of a hasty retreat, 13 years
after the birth of Chriut,"
A Peasant of Dallonville, in the
department of Kuze, recently dis
covered, whilst digging in a Field,
the remains of a Vase which con
tained from six to eight thousand
Copper Coin*, the size of a Kranc,
having the heads of all the Roman
Empvrors, from C om mod uw to Con
stahiinc. It fs, thereFore fifteen hun
dred veai-s that this treasure has re
mained iu tiie earth.
Tlir grand Duke of Tuscany ha*
lately purchased, it is said, a man
uscript of al?O'iti>0 [*tges in the linn.i
writing of Tasso, for the sum uf
R)00 francs.
Statue of i/inOii.?A Loiuloa
paper of August H 1st, *s.i\ -?'"iu
statue of Memnon, sent fVo.a pt
hv Mr. Sal to as a present to the
liritUh Museum, now lie* in the
Museum yard, and consists ot^oti^
? 7
solid block of granite, weighing
al?out pine tons, J'he face is in
high pi eservatimi, and remark abh
expressive. t lie same ship ?1m>
brought presents of antiquity from
n*e Bay of Tri|H)li to therPrmce Re
gent, consisting of coluinns, cornices,
chapiters, &c. found at Lebida.?
The columns are mostly of one solid
piece, oue weighing near 15 tons
and being ?& feet in length. They
were selected by capt. W. H. Smyth,
of the loyal navy, in which l?e was
assisted by the British Consul at
Tripoli.
77?? Washington Statue.-*1The
hill appropriating 150,000 dollars for
erecting ail &queatriau Statue to the
memory of Washington passed a
third reading in the senate of the
United States, on the 18th inst. with
a proviso that if that sum shouid be
found insufficient to accomplish the
object of the bill, then the President
shall not proceed to caiT it into exe^
cution, but shall cause proper esti
mates of (he ex]HMise of such a work
lolie laid before Congress*
? ? ? ? X ? 1
wMyivl Proposition.?The follow
ing amendment to the law for the
punishment of crimes was submitted
iu the Legislature of Ohio, on the
18th ult. hy a Mr. Keur, " That
each convict shall be liberated when
he shall have committed to memory
one chapter of the New Testament
for each month for which he may
stand sentenced to hard labour; any
provision to the contrary notwith
standing/'
Caution.?The late regulation
which has been made respecting the
arming of the passengers in the Mail
Conches oil the different routes, may
possibly be attended with advantages
? but at the same time we agree with
the Editors of the New-York Ga
zette, that care should he taken that
in such cases there are no inside vil
lains. Charleston Times.
Liverpool, Dec. 23.
llonaparte's Physician.?In con
sequence of the intervention of the
allied sovereigns at Aix-la-Chapelle,
the family of Bonajmrte ai Home
have beeir invited to choose and nom
inated a physician to attend on the
ex-emperor in St. Helena, and ac
cordingly they have appointed M.
de Beauregard, the able medical man
who attended on Bonaparte in the
Isle of Elba, and who returned with
hiin to Paris, where he remained at
the particular request of Napoleon,
hut with instructions to follow him
to North America, as soon as it should
be known where lie had taken up his ,
abode. , M. de Beauregard is to go
out immediately, and we have no
doubt but that it is part of the ar
rangement, effected by representa
tions made at Congress, that this
gentleman, will not find sir Hudson
Lowe governor, on his arrival.
Morn. Chron.
Spanish Hostility.?A letter fram
Washington of the 28111 January,
published in the Franklin gazette,
nay*??* There is a report here, thi*
(lav that a sergeant of our armv at
Amelia-Island, together with three
or four citizens, h id crossed tin4
Florida line to see some of their
friends, that the {Spaniards followed
them at ni^ht, fired on them, woun
ded two, and took tlie others prison
ers. General (dairies had demanded
their surrender, hui the Spaniards
refused to deliver them*, it ui under
stood, that Hie information was re
cvivcd i'luin an i.ilker of our artnv\
HARD TIMES.
An eastern writer says he i? cre
dibly informed, that a merchant c.f
NvW-Yurk, lately sohl a Cashmere
"IiiivnI tu a latly in that city, for tie
i'i h Hundred dollars//
Wholesale Pric.s t urrcut.
CamdxS) J*\brt:ur^ . C f
tttilter (lb.) _ 2?) cents
Hac on do. ? ? ? ?? 15 do
iilMlKl), - 3 30 do
ike* Wax ^Ib.) - 25
du
L' plnnd Cotum, -- 17 } a I 'M do
Cum (bush.) - - 137) a i5J do
SooiiT iiiMuxtf.
? subscriber respectfully informs the
?- citizens oi Camden and its vicinity, toat
ae ija^ just commenced the alrovc branch
ot Business in the store opposite Col. Nix
oi?ks, where be will execute all kinds oi~
Binding ith promptness and precision*
he has also an assortment of
Books and Stationary
For sale on very reasonahn tenus.
iieor^e Forbes.
January 7 tf
Notice.
Left wiih the Subscriber, for sale, u
NE(iRO WOMAN, said to be a seam-*
stress; any person wishing to bin , can have
her on trial one week, if she suits theni|
the pt ire "1? Seven irundred and l ilty D oT
lars.
John Heed.
February 25. H) ? 5*2
laU HSU ANT to a resolution passed by
the committee of the lieaver ( reek Con*
gregation,_ will be rented to the highest
bidder, ai the Hesver Creek Academy,
the said Academy, from the 4th of March,
to the 25th December; with other neces
sary buildings. The situation is healthy,
and good water, the House is large and
commodious. It is well worth the atten
tion of those living i'i the lower country.
Terms will be lnadt known on that day.
David George, Chairman*
February 2 5.
MOTIVE
Is hereby given to all those indebted to
the concern of Ballard antHJye, wrlHronre
forward and make payment for no longer
indulgence will be given.
John G. Mallard.
January 38
A Lad
Of respectable, character, who can
read and spell, is wanted immedi
ately as an apprentice to the Print
ing Business; lie will be wtdl treated.
Apply at this Office.
AN APPRENTICE WANTED-.
A La(f~1ronT to 15 years of age, is
required as an Apprentice to the Cabinet
Making business.-?For particulars enquire
of
Joseph II. Jowitt.
February 55. 50?tf
In Equity.
Htatc of South-Carolina-* Darling*,
ion District.
IVillium Hendricks
v?. * Rill f For
Jamra Field* and ? lorn Morlgtirt.
Richard G. Eubank. J
It appearing to ihc satisfaction of the>
Co\irt that-Richard (J. Enbank a defen
dant in this case, is absent from and out of
the limits of this State, ordered ihat the
said Richard G. Kuhank do appear to tho
above case and put in his pica, answer or
demurrer thereto, on or before the first
day of Pcbruaiy next, or the said bill will
be taken as confessed against him.
Geo. Bruce, Com. in Equity
for Darlington district.
In the Common Fleas.
STATE OF SOU/'If CAROLINA
LANCASTER DISTRICT.
Kamukl Bhilky, 1
v*. V Cane In Attachment.
thtm Bua*onn, 3
WMLREA8 the Plaintiff in this action,
did on the 15th day June, 181#; file his
declaration in the office of the t Jerk of ^his
honorable court, against the Defendant f
who is absent front and without the lirfiit*
of this State, and hath neither wife nor at
torney known within the same} upon whom
a copy of the said declaration, with a rule
to plead thereto, within a year and a da>?
might be served. It is therefore ordered
in - persuance of the acjf of the General
Asnembly, in that case, made and provided,
that the said defendant do appearand plea<|
to the said declaration, on or before the
16ihday of June next, which will be in
the year of our Lord one thousand eitfi t
hundred and ntn ?-en, or final and al>solu:o
udgmeM will then be given and award s!
against him.
William M'Kenna, C. C.
Office of common I'lca*, L,QH(ttstcr DUtrir m
June I 5# lit I#. ^