Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, January 27, 1820, Image 2
v' Mrom the Savannah Hejiubitcun.
& ? AN ADUBEWrf - ,
tTb the Citizens and Inhabitants of
? \ the United Slates.
never a pleisand office a
' r? jfcr it is revolting to Um pride of chfcr
?ctert and man generally possesses
a spirit of independence wjiich for
huU the huinllbtion,
Jfcre times, io which
ince to ask for charity
Id be lafa Aside; from the ina
ctive nature of the occasion which
ands it, /and in which diffidence
be croiirable ; ? And it is in-!
such times, . when the finer feelings
\>f our nature become predominate,
Ud stifle coldblooded calculations.
.Most trtrty is the prcse.it occaaion
dt ?fb? character; an&.WO^with
' jant feelings ?f ?rief, declare
in/>aj<0 reSTPC* ^ : *"
H ?| (L
:Mt unforeseen, wkle-spfe&d^
incalculably calamitous.? The
t, 4he most populous, Knd the
lilt fiart of Havannah lias, m
hours, become a. naked and
ain ? iimi_
Me: n^r im
^ ,x. w U| aune9 ; >*wm untie
tely stood splendid^edifbe*, "filled
Hh raerchai&iae^ fend all the ^ro
inions, of taste and elegance, are
tiow smoking ruins : and the ghastly
points >i\nd turrets of naked and tot
Krtte walls. :
here a^few hours 'since, we be
lli the active hunt of business,
Xvith smiling <yiintenanc*s, indica
content and cheerfulness, we
the gloom of despondency,
rl iIaaiumm ' ?' " ??.
ef and jdei
'e? who have taken Flic [? lace
f the crowd which lately thronged
streets, havfT imwt. amide
2 J?V the ?^mej?,choij
oor
BBL a*- "msM
^1?/^ ?333m
t*M,
aD<l 81
aredL^^P
jmmi
my years or
""-srouriug ele
Such was its
fSf
nwiy wa*
ie entranced ; they sto*d ap-J
and ail the aohtt cakulationsl
n?w collected were failed.
ho-?thongl?t thctasetVes
soon found their hopes
he flames seizing on theis,
?and stores; involving
?4?^M?on rain. NehWr
tance from the origin of the fire,
' Ktrenctli of walls, not the style
seemed to be any* seen-;
b Samm progressed with
which '/Miad? pfeft^riete ? <h?%
exertion;' .Atfndredll
uC . 1 - ia 'w' ????
to
, ^ v?uf
their Hfitftawinre dselvH* ; Hint
e fire only mocked their weakr
It has fallen tojhe lot of .very few
glen to Iks ihc wlmessea % of ancti ft1,
calamity; or one which lias been;
productive irf sowdancholy a result*
?c^ 6f **vaatatlun is laid opetl
are us, which entirely roars den
ittori, ami sjckefta the ioart to
told it.
;^ T?^fiv6 * a faithful t delineation i
Would require a language not fitted)
for ordinary occasion*) no* could
4l? pencil, with it# usual coloring,
tray with sofflctenrtf uth, the l?or
of a catastrophe which has dis
jd all that was regular and beau
tiful h?to shapeless and terrific
forma* #
jjf^Let na no tonfjpr aim to lwtrflow
the feeling hy the expression of sen*
t intents wNted to prodoce com miser a
tHHi ; hut let real or heartfelt *ympa.- j
?th> I* excited from a short detail of
jpi? 1 ucholy and lainetahle truths*
Hire are not dealing in fiction ; nor!
f& ours a talc of romance. ..Viosfi
g)adiy would we wish it were, hut
W<* ait^brced to behold ?>u every
P aide of us a desolated ?pirture, which
piM {Aims its trAtti* & * Itkli h.is never
feud its similitude iu this country*
??* v*** ' i? ?
More than *80 \uJuies, of wWh ,
many wete threa storyy Imiltlbf
lmck, aud supposed to be entirely
fire-proof, besides stables and other
out-htiusefc, have been totally des
. TVith^ the destruction of bouses^
and toe property contained in them*
the loss is "moderately calculated at
[four millions of dollars.
' To this immense sum we must add
the yet greater toss which must arise
from % derangement of aH the ordin
ary -courses of business ; and the dis
memberment of the links which unit
led its various ramifications. .
Hundreds, who were lately bade*
ing in the sunshine of prosperity, are
uo\v in hopeless |?enury ; many are
shritorless, and iJQrany did m,t save,
a change of clothing, or an article
of furniture.
Under the pressure oi so dire a
qalamity, we test give Utterance to
feeling, and claim the sympathy of
the more fortunate. We daim it
with great justice, and shallacknow- .
ledge it with gratitude. Savannah!
has never refused its benevolence \
to the distresses of its sfeter towns,
and indeed it has l^enr" always mar
ked for its distinguished and active
Swfcs* y ? Vi, ^ 'Sj- " A&t
>^&ikWe ntft then, with justice, asft
(or belief from those 'who Have want
ed and received help *in time of
need?" Shall we ask in vain? ? WiH
succour he refused to the many dis
tressed. wretched and forlorn fami
lies, wandering without a home and
bereft of the common' meatos oT . sus
tenance ?
v 'Wnl nqt >he purges ' oSf the tfch ,
awl the good he united' to eleviate
?heir s 1 1 ft'er i n gs ; ami will not public <
institutions-, and corporate bodies,
each and all, chf^rfelfy^ jmd with
alacrity, contribute to create a fund
by which our city may regaftr a pro
don of Jts beauty> and the distresses*
of its citizens we partly alleviated?,
We are wire we shall not appeal
In vain ; and through the medium of'
one of our inhabitant's, ffc. J.
White, opcopytnga high place in the
confidence abA good opinion of his
ed bis s^^oes fb?ajounie^^^^^
ty, we att confident of exciting Ufa'
commisseration of our counti^orttK .
andof making or. r appeal successful. |
THOS. V. P. HfARLTON.'
Mayor of 8a,
Savannah* Jan- ify itoUX
BjSfe
Shuitee SleamrBiwt r^jmoy, madfe
th* tit st trial of tie* Micbuifry oti
Tilery lust. >;fce staVfcd fcom
8i*it?rVwhnrf^ and in M mimtfe* ar
rived oppoeite 8uftt*aifti Is)#hd?
befog it the'Me or about f8 mifps
jier hour, : tflie d^aw* lea* than tlir*e
frei water, and conceit* exp<%1a<intis
[are entertained, that should the Rtv*
efrg continue n*vfj*able, ahe, will be
able to reach Granby WilHow# difficul
ty ; for which plart, We nndetratand,
she will depart with a Tow Hoi^t in
ftor 8 i*y&^Carotina Gdx.Jan.%**
msr . ? ?'?*>-+- - '<'?
Ihmthe boston CenttneU Jan. IS.
Bta rfgood felingB.?Vt e >ari|
from Portland that a meeting of the
Member of tfie Convention df Maine
? without distinction of party? held
in that place, it Waa oifeiiiifiously rt
?blved, to recomraettd to tire electors,
to mipport the Horn WiHinm King,
as firtt Governor of the- filiate of
Maine ; a& thai a committee, con
sisting of the Hon. Mr, PatTfa, of
PofUaml, Vtr* Thactaer, of Saco,
Hon. Mr, Campbell, of Harrington,
Mr. Johnson, ofBeHastf and Mr.
Wingate, of Bath, walled ott, and
acquainted tf?e .General of tl?e vole,
and requested him to be a Candidate
for the office:? ami we fiirthrrleam,
thnt< General King, In ana we $ con
sented to become a Candidate on Uie
sale condition, of bein^ " the Gov
ernor of tfcii State, and not of a
putty.*' We announce their pri>
v with i^iasure, an a #ro$no4
I'ic llio felicity, prosperity, liarmo
!*
ny and goo d government of the frir
Daughter of Massachusetts adoptitt
| into the gieat Federal Family.
I' ? , > v
From thr Columbia TelcMcofic, .
The letter front \W ashin^tan^
! which we this day publish, will be
| fqond \erv interesting.? It la l'nm>
the pen of JOSEPH J^EVAIU^
Esq. We published the sentiments
of E. 61MKINS, Esq. a few w?ks
ago. Tliese letters liave been com
municated to the Editor in a friend
ly correspondence ; am! although not
authorized to give publicity to the
: names of either of 1he writers, we
.deem it v necessary^ not onlyv to give
the spirited sentiweuts they contain,
but also the high sources from which
they come. . >.A ^;'A
EXTRAQT OF A LETTER TO THE tin
- > TQR, V
Washington tyty, January 15, 1820w "
The Spanish business is at a stand,
and nothing is, paid concerting it a*
present. ^ Indeed, t?ve;y other impor
tant sdbject, seems fp be loraplfetety.
absorbed in nie very interesting ones
tion respecting the admission of Mis
sourv^Htto th^imion bf states* A Wit
passed (lie House of Reiwesentatives
?lor <iie_ad|nifiston of Maine as a uew
state, y fn tire Senate* an amendment
was 'moved, t heoi >j r ctof Avh ic b wastto
yoke Missouri VYjthJVlniTie inth'e same
bi11#: and authorize tlieir- introduction
into the union on ecpial terms-v Thi?
s^ave occasion for a detiale w hich Inst -
ed t^vodays^; aud yesterday, atnlnte
hour, the question wa? decided by
yeas and nays-, in fa Ar of the pro-,
position, &$ to is. Tile principal
r^eslion, whether M issouri shall %r<
Sdrtiitfed unconditionally, is ye*
he debated and settled. Mt\ Ki?VJ>
(of New-York) Ijaa be*tiv elected to
the Senate, almost unanimously^
f Mid airived in thte city, is I have
heard, yesterday/ Me is expected
to take a decided part in favor of re
striction. Mr, Pinckney (of Mary*,
land) oft tfie contrary, is decidedly
opposed to : that measure. it 4s ex
|>ected that he wiH display s;veat
(foWers of ofktory and argmnent,
when the question is debated in thfe
L-fcW*. iv !?
<WBSfBSmSBS
-for two days past, from the ^desire
antf curiosity generally felt to hetor,
him Speak on a subject of so nnrfctV
importance and interest ; and it \yi\\
fjfrobahly he still more crowded on
Mohday and Tuesday Wext. TWe
^vent is very
are various. I ioclinfe to believe
t^M* the qtiertloh in the Senate wtff
bedocwM in Mr of unConditiotivJ
al ndmissio^jpl that it will be^
otherwise dmiltd Hi tW House of
Representatives! ^he crw^*5Mfe]
fy\* bijJjLlA: c^HemieaiW'fatal
to the petfcr a nd^safrty m.\ tkfc; south^
-ftnMtatfR, and Hie states formed fromij
the country acquired by the porc^w
rif Lwibianat^s well agMissouri,
and other port Urns of our eropjre ly
ing westward. '? ^ rU \3. A
There are profound and crafty
politicians, wh6 move tiro secAt
springs ?} of i irt*on, \ aodhave dis
tant,? but- great objects io view.~
There are others who avail /them
selve^of the dfagaston preheated of
tendering themselves popular* V by
indulging h i the common cant *nd
slang of the duty ; and declaim with
all the fuency And insolent* of field
preacher*, againaSr slavery and trad
ing iii hitman flesh. Some are sin
cere, but not well informed, especi
ally in relation to\the probable ultir
mate results of the measures they
favor. A very large proportion df
the peog|p of thf non-slaveliolding
states have never examined the sub
ject at all, or but superficial ly., Tliey
are either impelled by their preju
dices, or dup4d by policy, or elsfc
pushed on by bigots and fanatics, to
join in the new cfy of " Popery and
the church is in- danger !" Authors
by trade, am! krfMers of every size
and degree, have been busy, and
eager to distinguish themselves ?.}
some literary achievement in the
crusade, against modern Salicet*,
'the holers of daves; *1
Few of these have ever ronsidej -
< <1, nor are thqy at all disposal, at
present, to consider the political con
sequences that are likely to flow from
their misguided prejudices, aud mis
taken zeal. This apple of discord
thrown amongst the states, is intend
doubtless, -to -produce -division,
hostility, aud finally a disunion of
the states, unless a certain political
party can again become dominant,
and again sway the sceptre, which
has been so long departed from J udah.
Tlie policy ot that party, it is be
lieved, is to seize the present occa
sion) and take- advantage of the sen
satious that have been excited ; the
fermeut which prevails, and the
feuds engendered by this unfortunate
question, is to divide the people in
order to rule then*. The public
mind to the north aud east, lias been
ao charged \y ith the electric spirk of
reform and regeneration, that it real
ly seems ns if Hie salvation of their
souls and bodies both depended on
the renunciation of the right of claim
ing auy proi>erty in slaves, by their
brfechf ren of the south ami west ; and
a practice which has existed for more
than a century and has been com
mon to almost all tbe American peo
^>te ; fitful lights wfiich have been
constantly claimed ami exercised*
antj which have never been till of
late disputed* must all at once Ik*
yielded tip and forever renounced*
without hesitation. and without auy
regNardtt^consequencCs.
Hut l^trnst, the people will a->
wafcen ere long froifi this delirium,
shake off the animal magnetism,
which suhjeots the mi Jo the will of
others of more anient or more ac
tive nundsi and look beyond .' tWt
narrow boundary :to w hich their v iew s
^re at present limited; by their spi
ritualized |>olitical teachers, anjJ
Waders, ,^he resolutions entered
irtto. ami the instruction* given' 10
their representatives in rongress
will doubtless luive great influence*
^nd produce effects, which I verily
belies, w iH hereafter he deeply re
lented of. '
Hpiose who r<ilc<ilate on etnetglng
To honor and power, amidst the tn*
miflt and cnnftisjon which is expected
to ensue, "may find themftelves wefut
Jy <Wivert. The
nroKen, tond the $alh$rin]? tempest
subside in a peaceful calm. Or* if
the volcano must explode, and cover
the sufrounding region* with a lava
of UlpofU tfiosfyvrtm/have contributed
fo^excite the secret firea, and: hasten
the catastrophe, may, notu ithstand
\n% the renfotevratod may $ot?
teive, the safe distance at which
f ey stand from the scene of desol*
m and hoiror, chance to fe*1, liniat
ahisHify, the wide wasting effects of
that ruin into which %.y hsve4abor-?
ed to plunge the coutitry . They Can
not possibly escape nnharmeil in the
|gpn#niV calamity. though thfy may
Ihave .the sad consolation of being
[the last devoured. ?< Thus* even
hfihritd justice will Commend the in
gredients of thfc poisoned din l ice to
their owif^jpa**
1 have heen led to these reflections,
faun a persuasion that the fixed oIk
ject of *he advocates for the power
claimed of imposing conditions on
hew Mates, upon tlrair admission inr
to the union, and of the doctrines
avowed in support. flf fuch claim, is
a general ana comnftte emancipation
in alt the states. *Ji is yet too early
to mah^an open declaration of ihfc
design; hut there are stich awful
squintings thai way* tliat it ia little!
| to he doubted, that there are few
men of party feelincp, or wlio hojie
tp rise to rink and distinction in the
j^nerAgovernioent hy destroying the
influences the slave-holding states,
wjjo limit their views shori of that
olnect.^A man must hate a very ]
slight acquaintance with the world,
and very little knowledge of the men
of it, Especially those who do the
busfnean of it in i. public fife, who
would mueh credit tlioafe who profess
to Ik actuated in tlys question by the
canting, Hypocritical, and puiitajii
'c*l motives, which are often assigned
a a the ruling principle by *bich they
are govetned. The most m??chiev
mis "and dangerous designs are some - ^
times. dis^iS&d under the siirciou*
cloak of .aancjn.v? *nd a wcruptjlous
adherence, to conscientious punctilios.
l T&iese Scruples easily relax who 11 ft
question of interest nft'ects tljem
seives; 4iut so w lien it affect* otters.
1 sincerely deprecate the discord
arid hostile tee lilies which this con
troversy has engendered," and will
give hirth to. I deprecate still more
*he infinite. train of evils amf mise
ries to \rhich it may lead, and atu
not uithout apprehensions that it may
rend in pieces the bands of federal
union, and tumble down the firmest
fabric of government that has ever
yet l>een raised on earth. 1 might
? be more easily consoled under these
sorrowful impressions, if I did not
fee] tin: mqst |>erfect conviction, that
the claiui contended <4>r on the part
of the Congress of 4hc United Htates,
aUd the doctrines insisted on in sup
pertrtliereof, are. unfounded;, pot
warranted by a fair aud just con
struction of the constitution, by the
prineipleaof *he federal nr
the custom*, jiahits, and practises of
the people for w hose security . . and
welfare the compact wag formed*
There aie others who no doubt ieei
an equal conviction, in direct oppo
snati vrew <ji ure suujeci, examine
it coolly, op theorectical prince les,
and deride upon it as an affair of
poetical justice an&^dnvenience, as it
regards themselves, . wjiltont per- ,
plexing their judgment ^ith tl>e for
mer and jnvseift constitution of the
country^ where the slave population
is almost equal .to that of'JVeentfn ;
or the considerations w hich operated
on the tottrtWT>T tine farmers of the
general government, in jvlation to
this state things, when thie c%>:
k stitution was add^uVr and the Rele
gates of tire atftea in wfeich. shivery^
>vas established} absented to that
conatitntioiK" - J . ?
i ? ? ?
of the United States. ? Mi^
Calhoun, Secretary at War, has
mac|* a report to C5ohgre*s of the
present strength of the Army ; by
which it Appeal* that, irehidtag the
Ktogineer Department, Ordinance;
Departmfot, and excluding Cadets,
(he a^pyttate are ;-*-T otkl of Com
pussioueU Oflfcers?jfi27 5 Kon-Com^
f^Grand totaj, 8184, The strength
of the Northern Division is stated at
4083 j o t the Southern, at 3930. ?
Tbe Edilor offlie Ampricnn K?f
tracr-hVs nttrcbafcrd, for tWA}:r\''>1?
iiiral Society of South-Carolina. 100
lbs. of smiI cotton, imported from
f??oUi-Amqric?, l>y ColnneTTtifMl^a
Tenant, who haa consented to setST
the Italanoe of the importation. t?i lie
fold at Cbarlestort. Souttarn Plan
ters will tbns have an opportunity of
Ittertaining whether imported seed
ma> not resist the roh,** s<iggcstud
"by Cencrnl Troup, of Georgia. '
i fatrifit. ?
I'if
'^Ilariog the session ?, o# the .JOd*. ?
gates frotn the Northern, Middle,
Southern, atol Westcrir Districts of
the United States, assembled in the
Capitol* for tlie formaticn of a Na
tional Fbarttu?copc5ia, Dr. Bamriel
Bakeiy Bnltomore, Drs. Terrell
and Abbot, of Georgia, took -their
?eat*. " ' < ?
^ Having decided on the several ar*
ficles of the Meteria Medic, a andNm
preparations and oompotmds
ed official, 'the Convention ap
pointed Dr. Jacob Bigelow, of Bo?*
tort, Dr. Eli Ives, of Newhaven,
5'* !^,nan of Ner.Y ?rk?
Dr. Thomas I\ flewson, of Phila
delphia, and Drl Elijah De Butts,
of Baltimore, a committee to arrange
and prepare t lie same for the press.
The Convention terminated its sit
tings on th4 8th instant jj-vW '
t National Intelligencer.
fjiterary . ? Proposals have been
issued for the publication of the poe-j
tical works of John BrumbuU , X.
L J), consistfttaof Mc Ungal, The
Progress of JJiitlnegs, and various
other pieces. The work h to be
handsomely printed on a superfine
vellum p&f>er, a tflve dollars fot two
volumes. Vat*