Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, September 09, 1819, Image 2
* Iiat l>ot}i nnle and female, by fol
lowing fashions with an extreme tie
motion, and pursuing her throu .i>
every mazy course, fall into many
ludicrous errors, and frequently cut
a very sorry figure.
A few evenings siuce 1 c a? dally
paid a visit to ati old friend, and was
surprized to find the rooms illui&n
ated, and filled with gaily dressed
ladies and gentlemen. As I like
iuuocent hilarity, I took my seat on
a- sofa, between two smiling, "pretty
lasses, Who said many handsome
things to me, though I am an old
man. The conversation at last turn
ed on fashion, taste, extravagance,
artd so on, to domestic economy.?
A young gentleman, some would
have called him a buck, others a
dandy, came^ in front of the sofa,
and stood before tbe ladies, in an
attitude in expressibly inelegant,
though it may have been fashionable 5
he had on a pair of petticoat panta
loons, so short that the calves of his
le^s were visible ; a striped waist
coat? alul his waist compressed by
corsets, to nearly the size of a wasp's;
a carvat which nearly choked him ;
seals and keys in the usual quantities.
The animal straddled before tbe la
dies with hi* thumbs elegantly hitch
ed in the flaps of his pantaloous,
-and with & squeaking, effeminate
voice, pronounced sentence of dis
pleasure on all those meddling busy
bodies and philanthropic writers,
who, having no money of their own,
insolently intruded their advice on
men of fashion, and presumed to
dictate. Tbe ladies smiled, but not
in approbation ; and they seemed to
ei\joy the appearance ; which this
caricature of a man made, holding
a glass of ice cream in ene band,
and with the other occasionally, ar
ranging his bushy bair, and render
ing, himself more frightful.
At this period the sky, which had
been overcast, became Quite black,
and peals of thunder broke upon the
ear, accompanied by vivid flashes)
of ligbtoitjg. The ladies aroee^
somewhat discomposed ; but one,'
young and handsome, with whom I
was conversing, turned froui me very
quickly, put her bqnd'into her white
bosom, and drew out a long black
piece of iron or steel, which in her
. cmifusiot) she let fall; 1 stooped,
picked it up, and handed it fo her,
observing that confusion. It is iny
corset bone, whispered she 5 1 am
00 afraid of the lightning that 1 have
to take it out ; do keep it for mi), dear
sir, and dont look angry ; it is th4
fashion, and it is English, also,
Alas ! what is fashion to bring us
to? A young and delicate lady, cat*
tag herself in iron ; flying from the
elements ; binding and compressing
her tteKcate frame, and blasting her
white skin, by the tude embrace of
a vile And black substance ; checking
respiration 5 obstructing the free use
of her lungs and muscles; laying
the foundation for cramps, pains, aud
consumptions; and courting death,
disguised in the alluring and illusive
shape of JtfaMon. "Fie! O fie!"
i HOWARD
U- U
Foreign.
NEW-YORK) All OUST dQy/
FROM ENGLAND. /
Tin*. London papers by the ship
Mentor from Bristol, add very little
to our etock of foreign intelligence.
The East India Cottipan^ have
declared a dividend for the last half
year of five and a half \*r cent.
A letter from Liverpool of tlie lStli
of July, saya? "There has been no
further improvement, since the 8d
instant, in the cotton market; and
the corn market is rather lower, the
weather having been more favorable.
Coffee lias been fluctuating; and
there is generally little disposition to
speculation in ail article: nothing,
new in the cotnmertial world."
LONDON, JUI.Y 12.
Preparations were begun on Sa
turday at the House of Lords to re
ceive the Prince Regent, who is ex
j |>ected to go in State to-morrow t?.
prorogfte parliament. I
V Wooler, the Black Dwarf, was
nindlv thrashed on fc^aiiinlav in liis
twn rt>om, for some impudent re- |
?narks respecting the York Hussars,
Phis wholesome. discipline was inflat
ed, it is said, by the commander of
ttiat regiment, The particulars are
not worth relating. ? Courier .
A number of y respectable inhabi
tants of tti'e city mean to be sworn in
as Special constables, to assist the
civil power in quelling any disturb
ance that may take place at Smith
field on the 2 1st of this mouth.
The new duty on malt was laid
for the first time oti the stock hi hand,
on Friday.
At the corn market to-dav, wheat
went heavy at a reduction of Ss from
last Monday's prices.
Nothing ever exceedeiLthe abund
ance of the crops of corn of every
kind in the northern provinces of
France; though it is feared they have
been laid by the late heavy stroma
of rain tmd hail which have taken
place in that country,
A serir us calam ity has , be fallen
Mr. Moore, the poet, in conse
quence of the conduct of a depnty
whom he ha<^employed yww
at Bermuda, and who has embezzled
a considerable ?urn of money, for
which Mr. M. is of course responsi-'
hie. An attachment is decreed against
his person.
At a seditious meeting of reform -
er*j held it Blackburnlasl Monday,
a deputation from the Blackburn JR?
male Reform Society mounted the
stage to present a Crfp of Liberty
and an address to the meeting. The
latter was read, and in it the women
composing the society " pledgtd
themselves to instil into the minds of
their childreu a hatred of civil and
religious tyranny >y
The Prince Regent appointed
Adam Duff, esq. sheriff of the shire
of Edinburgh, in the place of Sir
Wm. Kae, resjgned.
At Doctor's Commons, on the 10th
of July, a suit was hrcttght by a
Mrs. Turner against her hosband i
F. M. Turner, esq. for a separation, j
on the grouitd of adultery. The
foci of adoltery was proved, and
the court pronounced sentence of se- 1
paration. The husband, who was
present, in effected at the sent- |
ence, that he burst into a flood tears.
^Itffi)ner*l of Madam Blanch- j
hrd was attended by seven mourning !
coaches, at|d several family coaches
were in the mournful train.
A respectable Leeds paper Rays ?
{i A Sunday school has been esta
blished for some time at Manchester,
for the purnoae of teaching children
* 7b kute King $ and PriestB;9 it is
conducted by refoVmers, Thus Die
hope to increase their - ranks, by a
Lenating children from the worship
of Almighty God on t' Sunday, im
bibing their minds with the principles
of Infidelity aiul jacohinisaqii a suf
ficient comment upon their schemes,
when they acknowledge thai they
are unaided to accomplish them, ex
cept by destroying the obligations of
religion and the foundation of mor
ality
Dining last week a Reforming
Female visited Leigh and the neigh
honrhood, to disseminate revolution
ary principles in the families of the ;
work-people, to whom she expatiat
ed on the necessity of altering things,
and descanted fluently on the usual
topics of reform, Bot perlir.ps the
most singular, as it was certainly the
most degrading part of her mission,
was to instruct them in the manufac
ture of the rwotulionary pike; a
formidable weapon which has Iwen
introduced, into various parts of this
neighbourhood* and thfe existence of
which ndw lemains no longer a mat
ter of doubt. She was very precise
in the directions.? Wheeler'* Alan
cheMer Chr .
Very lute from Europe* J
The fiue ship Martha, Captain
Sketchley , arrived here on Saturday,
in 81 day9 from Liverpool) which
v>ort she left on the morning of the
20th ult. The editors of the Mer
:i\ntile Advertiser have received pa
<?era to the $4th, and London pa
pers to the evening of the %8d July.
Those of the latest dates are pr;n
! eipally tilled with accounts of no
I raerous meetings of the |>eople in
I various places, ou tlie subject of
I their grievances. The meeting at
I Smithtield on the 21st caused con
I siderable Htirm iu ? Luudon ; the
I Mayor stated tliat information had
I been laid before him, on oath, tfcat
I it was intended by that meeting to
I proceed to acts of open violence aud
bloodshed. The numbers assem
bled at Kmithfield were estimated at
I from 50 to 90,000, who peaceably
I dispersed in the afternoon.
Lord Sid mouth has addressed cir
I cutar letters to the Lords Lieutenant
I of the manufacturing counties, di
| recti ng them to give orders to the
I Yeomanry cavalry to hold themselves,
I id readitie^ to assist the magistrates
I in the preservation of the public
I pean\ It is stated that upwards ol
I 120 thousand men are enrolled in
I the Reform Societies in Yorkshire,
I Lancashire, and Cheshire. ? .
Don Onis proceeded from Paris
r on the 11th July forM&drid. The
I last Madrid papers say, it is con
I firmed that he is to be tbe prime min
I ister of Spain. % .
Among tbe rumors that lmd reach
I ed London, it was said King Fer
I dinand had determined to accompany
I tbe grand expedition for booth Aine-j
I rica. ?- '?
A report' had reached England^
I that the Algrrines had declared war
I against Spain ; but tbe last letters.
I from Genoa, as late as the 10th,
I July, do hot confirm the report.
Intelligence from Hurl in state that
I ' recent investigations in Prussia aarf
I other cotintrie* have proved the ex
I istence of secret demofcratical socie
I ties, whose proceedings are of a
I treasonable iiature.t? A complete
I plan of a republican constitution
I had been seized in Germany.*
An order in council of the lfeth
I July prohibits the exportation of
I gunpowder; salt-petre, or any sort
I of arms and ammunition, to the ports
I within the dominion of Spain.
Parliament was prorogued on the
I 13th, to the of August. The
I following is the Regent's Speech :
My Lords and Gentlemen :
I It is with great regret that I am
I obliged to aunounce to you the con
I ti nuance of His Majesty's lamented
I indispositions.
I 1 cannot close this session of Par*,
I liament without expressing the satis*
I faction that I hate derived from the
I seal and assiduity with which yoq
I have applied yourselves to the sever
I al important objects which have come
I under your Consideration. j
I Your patient and laborious inves*
I tigation of the state of the circtila
I tiftn aiid curreucy of the kingdom
I demands mv warmest acknowledg
1 ments; and 1 entertain a confident
I expectation that the measures adopt
I ed, as the result of this inquiry.
I will lie productive of the most bene*
I final cotiscquences.
Gentlemen qf the Home Common* t
? I thank you for the supplies which
you have granted for the service of
the present year. 1 sincerely regret
tliat the necessity should have- exis
ted of making any additions to the
huTthens of the people ; but I anti
cipate the most important permanent
advantages from the effort which
you have thns made for meeting at
once all the financial difficulties at
the country. And 1 derive much
satisfaction from the belief that (lie
means you have deviled for the pur
pose are circulated to press as light*
l> on all the classes of the comrou*
nity, as could be expected, when
so great an effort was to be made.
My Lords ani Gentlemen ;
1 continue to receh j from foreign
powers the strongest assurances of
their friendly disposition towards this
country.
I have observed with great con
cern the attempts that have recently
been mad4 in some of the tnanufao
taring districts, to take advantage of
circumstances of local distress, to
excite a spirit of disaffection to the
institutions and government of the
country. No object can be nearer
my heaH than to promote the welfare
and pros|>er*<y of all of
majesty's subjects; but this cannot
be effected without tbe maintenance
of public order and tranquility. ?
?You may rely, therefore* o|m.u u r*
Arm determination to employ, for
tlii* pur|K)9C, tbe- -powers entrusts:
to me by law ; and 1 have no doubt
that, ou your return to your several
countries, you will use your utmost
endeavors, in co-operation with the
magistracy, to defeat (be machina
tions of tliuse^ whose projects, if
successful, could only aggravate Che
erils whicb it is professed to remedy ;
and who, under the pretence of re
form, have really no other object
but the subversion of our happy con
stitution.
I v % Jk ? * . ^ *
Domestic.
BOSTON, AUGUST 19. \
The Sea-Serpent ?
The recent . appearance of this
animal at N ahant, in ?!.o view of *ev
' T, Nndwds of persons, has fur-.
fslu-d perhaps more conclusive
pioolsof luscxistence, than any that
, b?/oi? made public. ? For
tne satisfaction of our readers we
1-T r,r0CUr(,^B f opy of follow.
i i' glves a very dear
and intelligible description of his nn
iiea ranee ami movements. We have
, rd vorhal "tateroents from a exeat
number of. gentkmcil, all ?,f which
agree in substance with what is here
related. v v -,7?- ? v '
Cofiy of a Utter from Jame* Prince,
J,T n ^ "" lMuri?> t? the Hon.
Judge Da-viHy dated
Nahant, august 16, 1810.
My Dear Sir , ? I presume I may
have s. ?n what k generally thought
Jo be the SEA SERPENT. I
have also seen my name inserted in
rII m2 !'e"8P?l? Printed at
m^ton on Saturday, in a communica
tion on this subject. For y*,, grati
fhation, and from a desire that fov
name may not sanction any thins be.
yond what wat actually presented
and passed in review Infore me, I
wAll now- state that, which, in the
presence of more titan two hundred
other witnesses, took place near the
long beach of Nahant on Saturday
morning last. f
Intending to pars two or three
JjfjSS ny family at Nahant, we
left Boston eariy ??, Saturday morn
nig. On passing the half-way house
on the Salem Turnpike, Mr. Smith
infoimed us, the Sea Serpent had!
been seen iho evening before at Na- 1
hant beach, and that a vaat number
of people from Lyna Imd gone to
the beach that morning in hopes of
being gratified with a sight of him ;
this was confirmed at the hotel. I
was glad to find 1 had brought mv
famonthead ?py-ghue with roe, as
it would enable me, from hs form
and size, to view him to advantage,
if I might be so fortunate as to ?e
him. On our arrival at tin beach,
we associated with a considerable
collection or persons on foot and in
rtry. "OOH >n animal nf
the fish kind made his appearance,
nearly in this attitude and manner. J
the animal
te given m th? original.]
I lis head appeared about three
feet out of water ; I counted thirteen
* 18 batk? n>y family
thought there w ere fifteen? be par
ted three times at a moderate rate
across the bay. but so fleet as to oc- !
casion a foam in the water? and my
family and myself, who were in a
carnage, judged that he was from
Ally and not more than eixty feet in
length? whetlier, however, thewake
night not add to tlie appearance of
his length ; or whether the ondula
?? fb" Wa!fr w hi" peculiar
manner of propelling himself, might
not cause the appearances, I leave
^?w<^r!?!tte^?'ud^?nen'? Th<s f,re'
"I"?"11 occas'oncd some
agitation, and the novelty perhaps
^.ve",^l'l,at l?? cise discrimination,
which afterwards took place? as he
swam up the bay, we and other
spectators moved on and kept nearly
aiireastbf him; tie occasionally with
drew himself under water, and the _
| *
I
idea occnrred to that j^is occa
sionally raising his head n hove he
level of the water, was to take lire at! ,
as the time lie kepi under was i>ii an
average ab mt eight miuute* ; and
after l>eing iccustomed to view him,
- we became more r?m posed ; and lm
| general appearance was as above
* delineated. ? Mrs. Prince and tlie
Coachman having better eyes than
I myself, were of great assistance to
nie in marking the progress of the
animal; they -would say, he is now
turning, and by the aid of my glass I
saw him. distinctly in this movement ;
he did not turn w ithout occupying .
sc me space, anil taking into view .
the time and space which he found
necessary for his ease and accommo- -
dation. I adopted it as a criterion to
form some judgment of his length. _
A. had seven . distinct view s \>f him
from the Ions; beach so called, and
at some of them the animal was not.v
more than an hundred yards dis- v '
i ,)ein" on 4,16 ,onS heaeh wiili
pther spectators about un bone, (he
1 an,",al ??"PPwwd, and J proceeded
o? towards Sinhant 5 but on haga*,?
>.??? Mf
ALjmi .or Boston, w,th several ladies
?^%rrMge, prompted by curiosity
to en&avor to see the animal, n?d
we were aga,? g,atifle,l beyond eve"
7 1 7TV 1,1 the oU?* l>?y* whirl,
I Concluded be bad left in conse
ffl enuralwr of hoa,s in t,,e
in the offing m pursuit of bim? the
noise of whose oars must have dis
t"rhe?l him, as he appeared to ns to ?
be a harmless timid animal. Wc had
.&!??? <'mn ? doaen different
views of lunt) and each similar te
!k ? .i 4 ,"ne however so near,
that (lie coachman exclaimed, ? Oh
tee his glistening eye" Thinking
1 might form, some calculation of his
length^by the time and distance of
each turn, and taking an angle with
t',fi length which
he exhibited, that is to sav from his
head to th? last probilterance, and
applying the same an$Ie to other ob
jects, 1 feel satisfied of the correct
nees of my decision th?| he is sixty
feet long;, unless the 'i-foplcd of bis
wake deceived me? nor, my dear
*? oS'J undertake to any he was of
the Snake or Eel kind-rthough this
was the general impression of my
family, the spectators and myself. "
Certain it is, lie is a very strange
animal, I have Iwn accustomed to
see Whale., Sharks, Grampuses,
Porpoises, and other large fishes, but
he partook of none of tlie appear
of,ej"'er tliese The i
Whale and the Grampus would have I
spouted? the Shark never raises his !
head out of the water, and the Por
poise skips and plays* neither have
such appearances on their backs, or
a, t a. M "''9 mimal. The
Shark it is true has a fin on his back,
and often, the fluke of his tail is out
of the water ; but these appendages
would not display the form, andper
tainly not the number of prrilaror
ances, which this ? animal exblwnfiri ;
nor is it the habit of the Slijgfto
avoid a boat. The water was ex
tremely smooth, and the weather
clear ; wo had lieen so habituated to
see him, thai we were cool and com
posed. The time occupied was
from a quarter past 8 to half p^t
11} a cloud of witnesses exceeding
'wo hundred, brooght together for a
single |Kirpose, were all alike satis
fled and united as to appearances
I and of the length and size of I ho
animal ; but you must deduct the in
fluence ? liich his passage through
the water and the manner be pro
pelled himself might have as to the
apparent ^ protuberances on his back,
and the ripple occasioned by his mo
tion on bis real length, of all which
you can judge equally well and bet
ter than myself. I must conclude
.there is a strange animal on our
coast? and 1 have thought, an un
varnished statement might be grati
fying to a mind attached to the pur
suit of natural science, and aid in
the inqHrie* on a controverted ques
tion, which 1 know <o have interest
e<l you. 1 have ventured on the de
acnplion, being abo induced to hone,
that if ?ny thing of (be marvellous