Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, April 08, 1819, Image 2
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Broad and. Market strata, where Commu
nications, 8cc. will be received and faith
fully attended to.
FOjifElGM
A very general notion is entertaift
ed, that more/ suicide* are committed
in England than in other countries;
and day after day the newspapers
tire filled with communications in
which this is always assumed as an
v undoubted fact. The late publication
of Mr. Karapz, of Berlin, founded
on official returns, proves that, in
?the towns of Prussia, the $uicides
are more numerous than they are in
England. For instance.
Population Suicides in 1817.!
Berlin 196,584 57
Potsdam (not in
cluding the Mi
litary) 15,4a9 v 77
Frankfort on (he $
Oder 12,500 ? 41
Sreslafc 63,020 58
J/jignitz 10,000 37
Reichenbach S^ftOO 56
Magdeburg 27,869 50
Mei*eberfc 6,003 30
jPusseldorf 15,000 24
"We do not believe that in any one
town of the British dominions, the
capital not excepted, the suicide*
amount to one tenth of the frate of
Reichenbach?which is no less than
$ to 63.
Beuun, Dec.
" An official statistical estimate of
our our Monarchy has been recently
published.?Its detailsave as follows:
" Extent.?5,028 square geogra
phical leagues, at 15 leagues to?j
decree.
" Papulation (1817)?10,588,157
souls, making 2,100 to ?ach square
Reargue.
jyiales froua 15 to 00 years of ace
-?$,028,448.?Of 484,191 newly
born infants, 88,585 were illegitimate.
The mortality lor the above year has
been 1 in 69, that is ou 33 men and
$6 woman. A ninth of the acciden
tal deaths is attributed to the parents
neglecting the benefits of vaccine in
occulation : two ninths to suicide or
drowning, by individuals bathing in
the rivers.
" Since the return of Prince Har
denhurgh, several changes have been
spoken of. It is said that there w ill
be a council of Ministers, and that
. the Prince will br president."
ITALY.
Tlic Queen Maria Theresa, con
?ort of Charlus IV, of Spain, died
on the of January.
, . SPAIN.
uecemuer u.
Capital tranquil?a famous trage
diansick?quarantiuc and health re
Elations vigorous. Great efforts to
wade against theBouth Americans.
A general blow in contempkUion?
alMive 80,000 men in training by the
ministry for that purpoee. Ilandiui
formidable?police wretclied?maiU
escorted by 60 dragoons?expedition
under way?agents despatched a
broad to contract for transports?
Dec. 19, cold very severe?troubles
very general, but not acknowledged
by government.
NAPLES.
Slight eruptions of Vesuvius took
place on the 4th December: Hqua
dron uuder Com. Htewart, (at Syia
cuse) spoken of in terms of admira
tion?said to hold the most courteous
intercourse with the British Adminis
tration of justice totally reformed,
AUSTRIA;
Princess Catherine f)e IVIon'fotd.,
(%1fc Of Jerome Bonaparte) visited
liy her cousin Alexander of Russia,,
for two hours (more or lc^s} <>f) tlx
17th December.
iiijssi a.
Army (1819) 880,000? 860,(XX)
'>eiug infantry ; 68.000 regular tav
airy ; 86.(XX) Cossacks; 49,600 artil
lery, and 300,(XX) marines ; tec. St.
Petersburgh, Dec. 21.? Business
Hat: natural produce generally hii^li.
British merchadize on the advance.
Sweden it is said, ceiled fet. Bart*
to Russia, last June.
POLAND.
A statistical survey of Poland his
V I
l>een published at Warsaw. That
Kingdom, in its present state, con
tains 2191 .square miles (15 to a de
gree,. 481 towns. 22.004 villages
and a population of 732,324 souls of
which 212,044 are Jews.
SCOTLAND.
The Glasgow cottou trade is un
paralleled this year. Great sales at
tended with severe losses, look place
January 12th, in Glasgow, Dum
fries and Greenock.
FUANCE.
December 26.
Government requites a loan of
200*000,000 fr, for. the discharge of
its current exigences. (Questions
thereon in discus*ions by the cham
ber of deputies. Funds 5 per cent.
63 f. Bank stock 148/ M. de Gazes
appointed prime minister, llich lieu
resigued again?was aoceptejl?fell
[ sick?could not effect an amalgama-!
tion of contradictory properties.
EUROPE.
Army as the peace establiment es
timated at 1,998,000 men; in the
war establishment 3,603,000; marine
492 ships of the line, 370 frigates,
and 19?2 subordinate of all classes,
(Austrian statistical work.)
SPANISH MAIN.
Arion has assembled at MargariU
ta 25 sail of armed vessels, and said
to he joined by Lord Cochrane with
live others, 14th November.
FbWIA.
Army in advance against a num
ber of rebel provinces?province JbLho
rosau iu tumult.
- INDIA.
Terrible epidemic (cholera mor
bus) raging. In July 30,000 victims
in one province. Warlike ej>erations
of the British checked by the rains.
Home unimportant successes renin it
ed. Indians troublesome. Tremend
ous hurricane at Kakadoo June 16
but little damage done.
?Most of the American ships that
\*eut to Java and Sumatra for car
goes, returned to Bengal and Bom
bay, on account of tl>e scarcity and
high prices.?Province of Knneteb
completely subdued.?Pirates on the
coast?numerous.
A Serious insurrection took place
at Java, Sept. 17, 1818. among th<
Dutch troops, in which 4 or 000 per
sons were slain.
BAV1UU.
Numlmr of families ascertained
(by census) to be 780,10?, or about
4 millions of population.
Fwm a late Ltmdan paper.
The following very remarkable
anecdote was referred to by Mr.
Williams, in bis s|**cli upon se
conding Mr. Flnvell's motion for a
petition to the legislature to revise
ihe criminal code :
" Two men were once convicted
of highway robbery, liefore Judge
Caul-field, the lineal ancestor of the
present Archdeacon Caulfield. When
the jury brought in their verdict Of
guilty, the elder of the two felons
turned round to the younger, and
with a countenance expressive of the
most diaboliotl rage, malice and re
venge, addressed his companion in
the fullnmiiig maimer : i I) n
seize you, you hen-hearted villain !
If it had not been for you, I should
have sent that riKcal to hell, who
bore witness agaiQst us. I would
have murdered ttarvill&in, and then
he could have tolth no tales. Hut
you, >ou cowardly scoundrel, per
suaded me to let him go. You dog,
if I be hanged, you will bo hanged
with me, and thin is the only satis
faction I have. But, good people, if
any of my profession lie among you,
take warning by my example ; if you
rob a mau, kill him on the spot ; you
will thea be Mife, for dead men tell
no talcs. 1 have robhoe many per
son*. and I may efccape from prison
to rob many more, and, f)y HfcaVeusv
the men I will surely murder.' 'May
God visit the blood of the men voir
murder upon my head/ said Judge
CauUield. / Go, Mr. Sheriff, pro
cure a carpenter, have a gallows e
rected and a cotfiu made on the ver\
?
*<|K)t where the monster stands ; fnr
from this bench 1 will not remove un
til I see him executed ; as fur the
young man, whose henrt, though
corrupted by the influence oTlhis in-'
fernal wretch, still retained the prin
ciples of humanity, he shall not per
ish with him : 1 must indeed pas*
Uj>ou him the sentence the law re
quires, but I will respite him, and
use my influence with the Grown ?<;
pardon him. This hoary villain
shall not, therefore, have the 9atis?
faction iii> malignant heart anticipa-^
ted/ The Sheriff obeyed the order:
a pillows was erected in the court
house, and in the presence of the
Judge, the Jury, and the people, the
unparalled monster ascended the
scaUbld, cursing and blaspheming
even to the moment when he was
launched into eternity.
TlIE PL*9GUE.
Accounts frcrn the Barhary states,
as late as Dec. continue to represent
the. plague as making frightful rava
ges. A letter from Mr. Folsom.
charge ties affairs of the United States
at Tunis, dated Xov. 8d, has been
received here, by which we learn,
that upwards of 7(H) persous a day
have died at Tunis; that the Chris
tain residents are quarantined in their
houses, and placed in the most trying
and dangerous situations; and, by
a later account, we leai u with sincere
regret, tliat Richard Oglander, esq.
his Biitaunic majesty's consul gener
al at that place, a man of great worth,
and in the prime of life, had fallen
a victim to this dreadful maladv>-^
%
The plague had not reached Trqudi,
hut there is no doubt, from the fana
ticism of the Mussel men, that it will
soon reach that place ; ,it may then
extend to Devee and Bomba, when
it will be arrfcstied by the Lyhian de
sert. It-appears, that this dreadful
contagion fu'st broke out at Oran,
from thence it extended to Algiers,
and so on across the Atlas mountain-*
into the hor rtof Morocco, and out
ward to Tunis ; it bas also spread
to t!:e westward and reached Con
atantine, Kairwan, and otlier popu
lous towns. It ?s noineuhaJ surpriji
ing, that witb all the improvement
and diwcowrin in the hesV:"?* a? !
? 0 t
with all (hi'T'sc^'ufi^c re?ea?vhes nndj
experiment, wbicb ?* taW<-u i:t
their ranso every diseav\*v nv*?ih nA to
man, tliativ. * *.0 . ,nnoff? f tnal reme
dy bas ?ver lew* discovered ?or tin*
?u??pnin^ npwlil^nrp. As the
stubborn disease* have yielded tr>
skill and pro|>cT remedies, so we lie*
lieve that this dirorder could lie cured,
as it certainly could be prevented.?
Unfortunately, ?he, relipoo* prejodi
<:es of Mahometans prevent the adop
tion of measures which may tend to
clw^ck the progress of this malady.
It is contagious and nf>t an epidemic
disease. When a part of a city is
affected and it surrounded, and care
fully guarded to prevent any connex
ion with it, tlie disease expires of
itself; but, the * Turks hike no prer
caution, and apply no remecly.?
That anpire is fast decaying. Pes
tilence will do more than the sword,
and religious intolerance and bigotry
uuite with other cat)*** to promote its
downfall. The s<xyier the bettor.?
The friends of humanity are tired of
this despotism which prohibits the
use of those specifics, "which Provi-j
dence has pointed out for the use of
man, and which continues to cover)
a noble an a i ter of the world with the
shield of darkness and sujwfrstition.
?We do not, however believe, that
700 persons die in a day at Tuuts
at that rate, the inhabitants would
soon be swept away; besides, tliere
is no mode of ascertaining tho exact
nutnlter, but it will lie readily con-j
oeived, that 150,000 inhabitants,
cribbed in a city one third the size of
New York, with narrow and filthy
street?, atul a.co;if\ucd :U'.io.-:>l;nv.
must jwufler greatly. Tlv* loieij.*
ajen's must be deplorably ?:i; tinted :
litv is-fortunate \> ho i* itonor;c! by Li
country witii that trust, lmt lie
escapes it is more lortuua e ; and.
we cannot b w 1V?-| indebted to piv
eminent, under present appear.uues.
tor the permission trained us of
ieaviifg that inhospitable jmrt of tin
world.-^-Au/. Adcocate.
THE SLAVE TRADE.
Extract of u letter from a g( * 'etft i
in Virginia *n hut friends in the
I}iatret of Columbia.
" 1 rejoice with you at the passage
of the law mentioned in your letter?
it does honor h> our coiurr\? I do
know that my American pride was
ever wore highly excited. I should
have been pa tided with any law
which repealed the former a ts upon
Miis subject, so loudly an i justly
complained of, aud made a ?y pro-*
visimi for the suppresion of t. e slave
jtracfp: But Congress have sjKiken
(as they always ouc;ht to speak) in
the tone and spirit of a g;reat people.
|They are uot content with passing a
Ilaw throwing imj)ediments in the way
Of Ohs abominable trade and makin
its luiture prosecution dangerous and
difficult; but they call for the strength
?' 'be nation to be put forth at once,
Jo crush this monster of iniquity at a
blow, Instead of limiting the 1'ie
sulent to a single ship or two to uctch
he coast of Africa, (wliose vigilance
, ?"spacious adventurers nihrht
ho|?e to elude) they place the whole
navy at his command for this purpose,
that the ocean may be swept at once
of wretches who are a disgrace to
their country.?Tlx? ,,0]jcy the
law is as commendable as its spirit.
Ineffectual, inadequate, or douhttul
measures, generally cost more, al
ways encourage opjiosition and (lis
obedience, and at last are to be
|chnngei| for a course more iwomn|
and decisive. But let it be seen that
what is prohibited, will be certainh
detected and punished, and that
means unquestionably adequate ..A>r
this purpose are to be employed, and
the bare passage of the Uw and the
preparations to enforce it?the raising
the arm of the nation, drives off and
intimidates every offender.
;<ttut perhaps ui.at 1 fed m?9t
prwlci about, is the lium&uity of
law.
" I he miserable captives who may
, fr.-iu the Vulture-thai
sciy/M tiicm, ?ire no Inn^rr to
uix}>:>sed oJ\'> biit provided for
.iMi s-ijijioi t (!?are to be restored to
<b"ir ir-uiw: ronfineiit?are to be there
v?.ppfi(>| ? j'h nru'ssarius, till they
can !h?>itmelv<3*?and, to ei?*
aide 'In^Presircm mdo thi?/lOO,l)GO'
ooibtTk b* appropriated*.
<% I tru ;t 11iik ^vat law will be ex
;?outed~m of hs adoption :
and that strong and eiiectr,al measure
will be taken to blot out a stain upon
0ur country, and accomplish an ob
ject which history will record to our
Oonoi\
" Mr? Monroe, is fortunate that this
record will refer to bis administration,
and to him as the favored instrument
of effecting a work ?.s trtdy great,
benevolent atid (mtriolic, as ever
statesman achieved.
u Whatever is done, will, I hope,
be done with a promptness u Inch will
prevent the escape of thosa now en
gaged in the trade.
'? Many human being* are now
upon the coast of Africa, many on
the ocean, suffering, in the chains of
barbarous plunderers, agonies of
body and miud beyond conception.
I he relief to l>e given them must lie
immediate, or they will be beyond the
reach of human mercy. The hand
of justice must be instantly drawn
against these daring violators of the!
laws of God and man, or they will
have escajied with their prey to some
degraded land, where the robber is
[welcomed for the sake of participate
mg in his spoil. ~
u I know some officers of our na
vy of distinguiihed character, who
are ready and eager for this service,
who will prefer to all the laurels they,
now wxar, thoao that are to bo^airi-,
ed in st fi>: tl.e redemption t>*
;} 'if <onntiy's honor, and tor i!ir
v i ? * * vci'.t'i v* of clio most wretched niu!
le -v of t!*l-ir felloe creaiureK iYuui
tie (?;? and c lnvIt\ of the uiosi
1 V
abaiui?!i;ed."
Xf.w-Vokk, A!anli 19.
Important to ?ih rch^r^.
The ! ei*is!stture of this stale,
Irive, ?luting their present ses*lt n. in
i omjiliance with the. memorial of tLie
Chamber of Coiinuerce, passed a
law imposing the following damages
(Mi bill* of exchange that may here
after l>e drawn oil places within tiio
U. S'ates or places adjacent theveto,
ant! returned iitulei* protest lor non
payment, to wit:
Drafts mi New Hampshire, Ver
mrnint, Massachusetts 'Ibode-Is*
land, Connecticut, ,New~,fersev.?
% %
lVnns\ ivnnia. Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, or District of Columbia, 8
per cent.
On North or 8pnth-Carolina| or
(Georgia, J i-2perceut.
i any other state oc territory of
the L\ 8. (in or adjacent to this con
tinent, and ;?orth of the equator,
comprehending the British and all
jother foreign possessions in the \V.
I Indies, and elsewhere, in the West
ern Atlantic *Jcean, 10 per cent,
f These damages to "he in lieu of
(interest and all charges to the time
I at which the notice of protest has
| been given, and tlie amount, if drawu
|in the currency of th^United Ht^fces,
to be paid at par, if iu any othw
currency, at t*u rate of exchange
current at the time of such notice.
Much benefit may be expected by
the commercial community? from this
necessary and lun^ wished for pro
vision against the innumerable spoli
ations oi tiuanciering speculators.
NATIONAL JUBILEE.
44 Ye shall hallow the year, and pr#
44 claim Liberty throughout all the land*
44 umo all the inhabitants thereof. It shaft
<4 be a jubilee unto you."
I^cviiiru99 xxv. 10.
A National Jrtbilee wag celebrated
in Kngland, on the attainment l?y '
he monarch of ti?o fiftieth year of.
lis reign. *
The idea is derived from the HaJ
brews. Every seventh year >va?
with thera a Habb. tical year.?The
year succeeding the completion of
ven Sabbatical years, was the yeaf
of Jubilee.
The American people wtll devisi
appropriate. modes of celebration*
constant, to tlieir institutions, if thej
hould determine on the observation
of a Jubilee.
The following resolution ban been
passed by an institution at a distance
from the s? at of government*
" Resolved, That it will be expe*
44 dient, on tire Fourth day of July,
"which shell immediately succeed
u ?be admission of the twenty (rivtk
" State into the Atneijcan Union,
"being the first duplication of tho
"original and revolutionary Thir
4< Aeh, to celebrate a NATION AL
44 JUH1LKK throughout the Uniled .
" States of America*?'
T(?e|)ie?nt numkr of States ip
the general liepuhlic is twenty-oue.
Alabama, Missouri, Floridaf Mainep
Michigan^ may constitute the aiip
plementaryYfive*
The dupljt ation of out Republic*
within one generation, and the qna
druplication of the People, will pre
sent an appalling spectacle 'o the co?
vert ami to the epen enemies of Li*
berty, tliroughout the world.
No s|>ectacle upon this earth, can
be more sublime than that of a frc?
propI/S offering to the Governor of
the Universe .their testimonials of
gratitude, fer the invaluable privi
leges and blessings conferred upo*
them.
FAYETTE^
Febuaryf 1819.
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ESCAPE FROM PRlSOPf.
Augusta, Jfarch 81.?On Monday
night last between IS and 1 o'clock,
ihe Jail in this place was broke open,
and seven prisoners made their ^
cape. They were confined on th? ?
secend floor, and effected their en*