Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, April 20, 1820, Image 2
Foreign.
VA
? *r-*. NEW-YORK, APU1L 5.
The James Monroe packet ship,
Captain Rogers, arrived late last
night. She sailed from Liverpool
the 4th ult. The editors of the Ga
zette have received London papers
to the 2d inclusive, and give from
them as much as their time admits of.
We are happy to have it in our
power, at last, to announce the arri
val, in the James Monroe, of Gener
al Don Francisco Vives, Spanish
Ambassador, Colonel Don Jose
Sanchez Biddo, and Lieuts. Don
Antonio D'onis and M. Salmon.
The state of many parts of Ire"
land was truly alarming. The Dub"
lin Evening Post of the 86th of
February observes, that the Kibbon
men have abandoned their agricul
tural occupation, in the pursuit of
plunder ? and then quotes numerous
families who have suffered. Gal
way, at night, was in possession of
the Ribbon-men.
In the Western Districts of Ire
land, it was considered necessary
for the restoration of peace to station
troops in many places.
Twenty-seven Delegates from the
Radical Societies in correspondence
with the Glasgow Leaders, were ap
prehended, in full conclave , on the
evening of the 2Sd of February, at
the house of a vintner in the Gal
lowgate, arid their papers * secured.
Parliament was prorogued on the
98th of Fe&uary to the 13th of
March* wfen a new Parliament was
to meet. The King was so much
indispof&l that he could not attend.
Electioneering was the order of the
day. ? f; ? ; / ?
The Mutiny Bill was read in the
House of Lords on the 83d of Feb
ruary and passed. *
The London Courier states, that
by the last accounts from Spain, the
insurgents were evidently gaining
strength, and extending their opera*
tions. No trial of strength bad yet
occurred*.
We find nothing of moment rela
tive to the recent conspiracy. There
hud not, says the Globe of March
$, been any fresh arrests, nor any
other particulars of the horrid plot.
The trials of those in custody,
would not, it was believed, come
on until after the General Election.
The Courier is filled for several
days, with minute particulars of the
conspiracy, and gives the names of
two other individuals who had been
arrested.
Another faux pa$ in high life was
the London talk on the first ultimo.
The wife of an eminent Banker had
eloped with an officer in the army.
Price* at Liverpool March 8.?
Rice 18 to tl, Georgia cotton 11
1-&L to Is Id. New Orleans 1 1 s to
Is 3d. S#a Island 19d to ftfe 4(1.
A Liverpool letter of the 4th of
Mtith states, thpt the sales of cot
ton for that week had been very lim
ited, amounting to only 4000 bags ;
but prices steady. Accounts from
Manchester were unfavorable.
LATEST FRON CADIZ. ^
By the arrival at a very late hour
last night of the brig Spartan, Gap
tain Cowper, from Cadiz, we learn
4hat Gen. Quiroga, with an army of
1000 men, entered Malaga on the
18th February ; he was pursued by
O'Donnell, whose force amounted to
0000; an action ensued, in which
the latter was successful. Quiroga
had retired to Leon. The army of
the Royalists amounted ,to 15,000,
and were commanded by Gen.
Freres, who had entered Cadiz and
arrested a number of the principal
inhabitants. The people were favor
ably disposed towards the llevolu
, tionists, but wore afraid to act open
ly. " ?
Lieut. Weaver of the Franklin,
?4, Irft Cadiz on the fc 9th February,
for Gibraltar, with dispatches fron>
our minister, Mr. Forsyth. ' The
Franklin was to sail in a few , days
for the JJnited State?* \
Domestic.
M1W-YOKK* APRIL 4.
Domestic manufacture . ? M e have
this day seen a suj>erb Sword, made
at the factory of M. Starr, in Mid
dletown, Coiw. in obedience to a
vote of Cougress. The actual cost
o^Hhis sword is one thousand dollars ,
and it is believed, that a more superb
article of the kind was llever seen
in thi$ or any other country. We
shall endeavor to give a brief des
cription of it.
On one side of the hilt are the
arms of the iJnited States ? ou the
other the following inscription : ?
" Voted by the Congress of the Unit
ed States, to Colonel Richard M.
Johnson, in testimony of the sense
of his gallantry in the battle of the
Thames, in Upper Canada, * Octo
ber 5th, 1813." The bead of the
hilt is an JKagle, bearing an open :
wreath in its mouths The head of
the guard is a bust of Ceres. The
thumb pieces on each side form a
spread eagle, holding in iiis talons
an * emblem of Agriculture. The
bow of the guard represents a wreath
of branches, descriptive of the Un
ion of the States. The blade is of
the sabre kiud, of the beet material,
and so well tempered as to resist any
impression which has been attempt
ed to be made upon it.
k The scabbard is richly gilded ;
the ornaments, whictrare of solid j
gold, reflect great credit on the iu
genuity of the atrist. , ,
Thocase which contains the sword,
is of that kind of wood, called
Birdseye Maple, and is of superior .
beauty and workmanship.
We understand that Sfr. Starr
will leave this city for Washington
to morrow morning. * ?
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5,
A motion was made and agreed to, ,
in the house of represtitatives yes
terday, which we considfa; of great j
interest, as it concems<th& character
of our national legislatibaj juul as it
directly affects .the interest of, no in
considerable portion of the people of
the United btates,r Au experience
of twelve years has convinced us,
and every day strengthens the con
viction, that congress is not the pro
per tribunal for investigating and de
ciding on the multitude of private
claims wkicb are annually presented
Jo them. . Too numerous for a bench
of judges, each house must rely on
its committees* Those compose
the committees, after df^btipg all their
time, with unwearied iii^Rjtry, to
tie investigation of casesvi?ferred to '
them, And their reports lie, day after
day, perhaps unregarded, until the
termination of the 4?fesion puts a j
term to their existence* The time j
also devoted by congress to the in
vestigation of claims is?o much taken I
from the consideration due to great!
natural concerns* which suffer in con
I sequence* We haVe long thought
thatcldms, depending oa the exer
cise of an equitable jurisdiction,
ought to be submitted lo the adjudi
cation of a different tribunal, better
I constituted tff this object. The mo
tion of Mr. Fuller is the first attempt,
that we know of, that has been made
to reach this object; and we should
[be truly gratified to And jt^ crowned
with sticcess.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 8.
Ctmgre$8.-~ The Benate made pro
gress yesterday on several uational |
[subjects, heretofore before them ;
but acted finally on none, except the
[cival appropriation bill ; from its
[amendments to that bill, disagreed
to by the House, the Senate reced
ed, and the bill thus Wants only the
Executive approbation to become a
law. The Senate havo insisted on
the military appropriation bill, which
adds 50,000 to the QuartPf Master's
Department, principally for ^lie pro
Uecutioo of the Missouri Kxpedition
I to the Mandan Villages, and. the
(disagreeing vote is before a commit
tee of conference of the two Houses.
The House of Representatives
I were occupied the whole silting in
I investigating and discussing private
Iclaims, a multitudo of w hich press
upon the attention of Congress* ? j
About twenty of these bills passed i
severally, through committees of
the whole, ami were ordered (o be
engrossed for a third rending.
A PHIL 11.
In pursuance of the invitation pub
lished in the Intelligencer of the 5tb
inst. a number of the Members of
both Houses of Congress having as
sembled in 1 lie Hall of the House of
Representatives, the following reso
lutions were submitted, and agreed
to without opposition :
"Resolved, that this meeting deem
it not necessary to proceed to the re
commendation of suitable persons to
fill the offices of President and Vice
President of the U. States.
Resolved, That this meeting be
adjourned, sine die.
District Banks. ? The bill report
ed in the House oi Representatives,
by the committee on the district of
Columbia, respecting!" the District
Banks, has passed to a third read
ing in that body, by such a vote as
to leave little doubt of its final pas- ,
sage, and a probability of its receiv- j
ing also the sanction of the Senate.
General Vives, the Envoy Ex
traordinary from Spain, arrived on
Suuday at the Franklin Hotel in
(bis city.
A letter from an authentic source
in the state of Connecticut, received
in this city yesterday, gives the agree
able information that, at the election
w hich has just taken place, the Re
publican Senatorial 1 icket has suc
ceeded by a majority of votes,
and tbat the majoiity of republicans,
in the House of Representatives will
be nearly two to one. TbeTRe pub
lican candidates for the offices of Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor are
of course elected, and by? a larger
majority thaj> that for the Senatorial
Ticket .
r* *
Commodore Barron has so far re
covered his health aslo be able to
leave this city for his residence at
Hampton, in Virginia*
? ^ + ? f, ^S?T
Nl>WBERN, APHIL i .
In Lenoir county, a few days
since, whilst returning from a <)rink
:iug party, a quarrel arose between
Joseph Jones and Shadrach Camp - .
bell : the latter being unable to de
fend himself from the assault*- of
Jones, fell a victim to bif brutal out
rage, and was literally beat to death.
The following communication on the
subject, has been banded us : *
" On the ?2d of March, near the
store of Mr. Owen Lockbart, a
Joung man by the name of Joseph
ones, without the slightest provo
cation,- assaulted a man named
Shadrach Campbell, whom he con
tinued to: beat with sticks for the |
space of an hour, when he was res
trained by some of the neighbors,
who bad now arrived and interfered.
Campbell expired in 14 hours after
? Jones made his escape, and is
supposed to have gone to South- 1
Carolina, where he hip several re-f
latives. He is 5 feet 8 or 10 inches
high? -fair skin and ruddy complex
ion ? bad on a green surtout and
black hat. He may pass for a house
carpenter, having worked at that
business. We yesterday mofning
despatched a party in pursuit of
him.
SAVANNAH, APRIL 10.
Robbers / ? Incendiaries ! ? -The
vigilance of the Police of this city,
made a most important discovery on
Friday night. Sergeant Horrice,
of the City Watch, received infor
mation from a Mr. Anthony Nard,
that he had overheard a conversation
at one of the wharves, between two
Spaniards, in which arrangements
were made, in conjunction with nine
others, to fire the city, on Saturday
nisht last, at four different places.
The Mayor issued his warrant to ar
rest the persons implicated, on board
a small vessel lately arrived from
Florida, arid to search the vessel. ?
Four were arrested, and one permit*
ted to give evidence ? and upon the
most satisfactory evidence of their
having attempted a burglary, upon
the store of Mr. Gaston, and inten?
tion to conflagrate the city? ?-having
also in their possession, a machine
for counterfeiting coin, ami lalsc
keys, l iie v \>ere committed l?v the
'Ma yor, for trial, at ihe next Supe
rior Court.
Hi nee writing the above, tfe un
derstand four others of the gang of
villians were arrested on Saturday
evening, and have been committed
lo prison. Their object, from ti e
confession of one of the part) , was,
to fire the town at different points. ?
Mr. Josiah Penfield aud JVlr. D. K.
Echols' jewelry stores, were named
as two of the points, v\ here they
were to commence the scene of des
truction. They have, however,
l>een foiled in their diabolical views,
through the vigilance of the Police
Officers. It is jnetty well ascertain
ed, that there are other accomplices,
who frequent the house of a Span
iard, situate about 12 mile9 from Sa
vannah, on the Union-Ferry toad,
South-Carolina- This if t*
believed, is a depot for their plunder,
a?d where they generally resort. ?
We understand, the civil authority
has communicated this information
to the authorty has communicated
this information to the magistrate of
the district in which they reside,
Itoping that this nest of villains will
be broken up. If this is not done,
we may, perhaps, $0011 hear of an
other nuirder and another mail rob
bery.
CHARLESTON, APRIL 14.
bxcendiary Attempt." About twen
ty minutes past 11 o'clock,* on Wed
nesday night, a fire was discovered^
in a collection oP^havings, under
the work bench of George Mathews,
carpenter, a free colored man, in
Friend -street, between Broad and
Tradd-streets. The bench stood
beside a long wooden building, and
was surrounded by combustible ma
terials, the premises are in a narrow
street,- built up ou all sides o? w ood -x
! and but for the timely discovery of
i the fire, by a family on the opposite
side of the street, and the fortunate
circumstance, that the bccupant of the
premises . bad several tabs of water
[ at hand,, with which he extinguished
I it, the destruction would inevitably
have been very extensive. There ia
no dopbt that it was the work of an
'incendiary. ^
^ CAMPE&
THURSDAY, APRIL SO, 1820.
Royal Bulla?d, Esq. was on Monday
> last elected Intenjlant of the Town of
Camden, for the ensuing year.
On the 6th.inst the parents of the nume- *
rous Children entrusted to the care of Mr.
(. John M'Ewen were gratified by a publio
Examination of his Scholars 6t the Baptist
Church. The Classical Pupils were dis
tinguished by the correctness and ease of
their Translations. The English and
Arithmetical Scholars also exhibited stri
king proofs of their own intelligence and
the attention paid to them by their Tutor ?
indeed the number to which Mr. M'Ewen's
School has been augmented renders unne
cessary any expression of pur praise to him
lei for his Assistant. ?
We understand that there wat a full
meeting of the Board of Public Works at
the great falls of the Catawba on the last
week, at which the Engineer and Assist
ant Engineer attended; the Assistant Engi
neer submitted full surveys of the falls and
rapids from Powell's Landing to Kingsbu
ry's Ferry; a distance of about eight miles,
the grout^l was carefully examined by the
Commissioners with the levels and plans
before them, and the opinion ve understand
was unanimous that it was impracticable
to construct a safe navigation on the East
side of the river, the result therefore hss
been that the Canal is ordered to be laid
out on iht West side; a contract hss been
made for the first section covering nearly
five miles in which there is a fall of about
fifty feet requiring six locks; a part of the
Stone Masons are on the line and others
are soon expected. We are glad to learn
that the injury done to the Saluda Canal
by the late freshet waa quite inconsiderable
and was entirely owing to its unfinished
state?? ?measures have been taken to pro*
tect the head of thd Canal by a substsntlat
guard lock, and it is confidently expected
that no future freshet will endanger h.