Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, July 13, 1820, Image 2
Foreign.
From the Proxudenc c American.
FROM SPAIN.
By the I)ido, arrived at Marble
bead, we are favored with an inter
esting letter from a friend in Cadiz,
on Ihe subject of Spanish affairs, da
ted May 11, iS20. We subjoin an
extract from which it would seem
v- that the new ?rder of things is firm- j
]y established, and that no apprehen-l
sion is eutertaiued of the fidelity ofi
the king or the wise forbearauce of
the people :
44 The new system goes on well,
-? the rancor of party is daily diminish
ing, and the prospect seems fair, that
it wiH be completely consolidated
aud established, without further op
position or difficulty. The king be
comes every day more popular and
more beloved, and his satisfaction
and content keep equal pace. There
can now be no doubt of good faith
aud sincereity. In a Madrid papqr,
we have the substance, of a conversa
tion between him and the French
Ambassadors op this subject. The
king observed, " I have understood
it is said in France, that I have tp*
ceded to- tie constitution from necss*
siry, and not from .choice. Tell
your master and your friends, lhat.it
is false ; that 'I did it of raj own free
will and accord, and sincerely re
ret not having done so long ago."
he people are tranquil and satis*
fied, and there appears little or no
danger of their carrying their newly
acquired liberty to such an extreme?
as would make it degenerate into
anarchy and confusion. A proce
dure of this nature might b$. expect
ed, judging from the experience of
what took place in France ; but
_ there is a very wide difference in the
national character of the two people.
, A/id moreover this ' sad example is
still fresh in the memory of all ttpain.
There hasT been little persecution on
account of political opinions^ and the
plan proposed to be followed -seems
tu be that of conciliatfon|an4 the upif?
< ing of all parties, .which is>undoubt-'
edly the-hest, and at the . same time
the most politic.? Justice, however,
has been done to those who have suf
fered for the constitutional t<ftuse;
> those who were deprived of their
? offices on the te turn of the icing from
France have been "reinstated, and
those / who assisted in the rerestab-*
lishmentof th? constitution have been
II proyided for. 7 ; ?
4 x <sThe late.copspiracy in Madrid
turns out not to - have been pf such
moment as was at first supposed; and
its precise object is still unknown.!
Alt opposition seems to be at*n end J
an?k those great ones, -who, it is]
known, aire inimical to the new sys-|
tem, are obliged to " hide their di- 1
} minis hed heads*" The king, by a|
royal order, baa appointed eight!
Aids-de~Camps to be near bispersonj
and have an entrance at all times in- J
to bis private apartment# and through I
iv bom to transmit his orders.? They I
are Sallasteros, Camperverde, 0,-J
Donaju, Villacatnpa, Zayae, Qmro 1
ga, hiegoand the Count of Aldovaj
' all of them, of coorae, tried constitu-1
tionalists. All the troops in Anda-I
lusia are to be united, under the com-l
mand of general O'Donajii, Quiro-1
?i to be second in command, and!
rcoaguera chief of the staff. Kie^l
go is employed in organizing a small 1
Constitutional army near Seville. A
royal order has been issued, suspend- 1
ing all embarkations of troops or of-|
fleers for America, even in the char- 1
acter of volunteers, and there is no]
doubt that orders have goq* out fori
an immediate suspension of hostili-l
ties there, and proposing the estab
lishment of negotiations. I
This question is the g*eat stum A
blin& block, amll think will givd
rise 4o much difficulty, and must!
finally 3be settled at the pohit of the
bayonet ; unless Spain herself yield
the point of independence, whhh, 1
am petquaded, will be insisted up
on by the provinces. . The business
has already been agitated in the pub
lic papers here,, and did time and
)eisure permit, I could Jftirni*h ym,
Vritli some curious productions on the
'subject. Meanwhile, several iusur- I
put privateers are cruizing in the
Mediterranean, and making many
prizes, ^io Minister had yet been
named for the United States, iu the
room of Vives, so that it is probable
be will remain untouched . It is cer
tain (bat Salmon will not be appoint- j
ed, a9 he bas been returned to his
old employment of superintendant
gf the works at Tarifa,
BOSTON, JUNE 29. I
Latest from Cadiz. j
Arrived at MarWcheadj brig Dido,
Bessora, 43 days from Cadiz, bav- .
ing sailed 13th May. .
The massage of the President,
recommending forbearance as to
measures against the Jb'loridas, &c. .
1 was received at Cadiz the day before 1
I the Dido sailed, and gave great sa- j
tisfaction. \
Cadiz was in an unsettled state,
parties running very high. The
(Priests since the adoption of the j
I Constitution, had Income more op
| posed to the King, Some of them
bad <juit the country for France.
NORFOLK* JUNE 30.
From Spain . ? We iiave private '
intelligence from Spain up to the 11th
of May, M which time the country
was perfectly tranquih and the peo- .
pie we*e looking forwa?d to the meet- *
ing of the Cortes in Jirty with a de- ..
gree of interest bordering on impa
tience. Meanwhile Qui roc a and
others who commenced the revolu
tion are determined not to lay down
their arms .until they Are satisfied ;
that it is complete.? -They ma'mtain
their posts and stations as a check
upon the counter revolutionary pro- i
jects of the King apd his party,
whom they know to be powerfuLand
perfiidious. ;lt is confidently believ- .
ed that there will be a party in the ,
Cortes opposed to having a King,
and it has been even asserted that he
will be impeached for his past con
duct, in overturning the Constitution, \
Judging however from the prudent
and .exemplary proceedings of the
Spaniards at every step ^of their re
vblutionivry caxeqr, we de not think
they will touch that subject. but upon
tlie suggestions -of extreme necessity
connected with the national welfare.
home otic.
'CINCINNATI* J JUKE 15. j
Cxcrio*iti f.?Qu Saturday last{
in digging the well of Mr. Wright,
Jiear Harrison, near a mile from the
VV bile W ater, and about 14b feet from
the surface, in a bad of .rounded ;
limestone pebbles, a living frog was j
dug up, which, in a short time hop
pea away as nimbly as if he had
been bqt a year old* There .are
trees ^contiguous, and in lower
grouod, more than 500 years old,
which have evidently taken the pla?
ces of others at ^qual growth; so
that this frog had probably Jain bu
ried for 1000 years,
* A Mr. Whitaker, trho lived
few miles west of the Little Miami,
informed (be writer of this some years .
ago, that, *in digging his %ell, Jie
had found buriedthere a living, frog,
and a lizzard, (if rightly recollected)
more thru 30 fee t below the eurfape.
, ( ?> % I i
WASHINGTON, JU1.Y 0. '1
The >uiicfertftHitjr respecting the J
execution of the sentence of death I
on Htittoi and Hull, the Mail Rob- I
bers, tip and convicted at Haiti- I
more, is at length ended. Their I
death-warrant lias been issued. *Hie 1
execution is to take place on Friday I
the 14th, iu pursuance of their sea- 1
tence, the justice of which, however]
mercy may have pled for them, none 1
i;an doubt, 1
I)ARlE*r, (GEO.) JUNE 19." 1
Fortunate escape? -but not the 1
Great Sea Serpent. ? On Friday 1
evening last, as a party of young men 1
from tins place were asce ad ing North 1
[New Fort river, in a small boat,]
jnear the head of navigation, discovf ]
ered an enorpions Snake making to- 1
wards them. Four muskets, three I
nfles and a pair ol pistols were dis- I
chuf&ed in quiche suoccssion at the I
%
monster, "which arretted his progress
until the party reloaded and fired n
second time; this with the aid of
harpoons, bayonets, &c. they suc
ceeded ki taking Us life.
The Suak* measured in length 21
feet ami a half, and eighteen inches
between the eyes.-r-Ou opening the
body, a negro's head, a calf, four
alligators (each measuring three feet)
a green turtle, two dogs, six geese,
besides many small birds, were
found therein* A Similar animal
has lately be$u seen in Sunbury river,
by some of the young men^ while on
their nocturnaT rambles. From the
description Jietetofore . give^ of the
great Sea Serpent, and the enorm
ous size of this animal, many have
uo doubt in saying it is the same,'
NEW- YORK, JULY
THE WEATHER.
For a day or two past, the weather
has beetj exceedingly oppressive,
particularly yesterday. We have
examined several thermometors to
ascertain the precise degree of heat,
but they differ so materially that it
is difficult to tell on which we ought
to rely. Those we have examined, j
placed in the shade have ranged!
iionj 80Tat 8 o'clock a. m. to 9G at 4
p. m. Several workmen w ere obli
ged yesterday to .quit their labour.
We also find from the pnpers that
a greater degree of heat has been ex
perienced in many places north ai>d
?east of .New-York /or some time
back than has been known for a num
ber of .years so fearjy in (he season,
At I?vngBt<m9 Upper Canada, the
thermometer in the shade rose .to 00
degrees. .
At Hudson, on Thursday last
week, at 2 o'clock, it-rose to^iOO de
grees?the thermometer hung shade*}
on the north side o? the building,
where there was a free!circi*latioq of
? * . ' . ' 4 * ; ?
air.
At Hartford, Conn, on Thursday,
it was up to ,98. %
At Quebecf in the shade, it rose
to 98.
At Portlapi, the thermometer,
shaded, and in a current of air, rose
to 94. Last year lt never exceeded 93.
At jfewbp-yptort, on the 20th
Jpne, it rose to 93? Sist, t<\97?28d,
. to 101, On the 1st of August 1809*
it rose to lOS, being the only instance
in 25 yearn, before thjs, that it has
risttfi above JJ8* .
CHARLESTON, TU^Y 3. '
A gentleman who arrived at. this
port yesterday frftm St. AugustinqJ
informs us, that a few days previ
ous to his sailing a Patriot privateer
touched at. St. Augustine, havingjon
hoard Mr. Coppinger, son of the
Governor of tbe Matter place, who
was forcibly- taken ? put of the -schr.
Mary, a short time sine#, on her
passage bom this port lor Matanzas.l
The commander of tbe privateer]
made the fact of his son being on J
bt&rd knowototlie 'Governor, ,and
required * supply of Provisions 4nd
Water, <48 a condition of his released
Governor^ oppinger refosed comply- 1
ing with tbe request, .calling thel
effimmander ami his .crew, at thel
eatpe time, a band of BaccaneersJ
Who were unworthy 4>t an; assist- 1
ance. It was 4 n ally 4hrough the
humane exertions of the above!
gentlemen, who furnished 4is . with!
these particulars, that young Mr.l
Coppinger obtained his .freedom. \
* - ' ' JULY 6. J
Incendiary Attempt. -?On the night
of the 4th, io&Unt/ about 40 o'clock,!
a Stable in BulUstreet, two doors I
from the residence of I. S. K. 'Ben
nett, Esq, yas discovered to be on
fire, but it wait fortunately ?* tiaguish
cd without serious injury, by an ear
ly discovery .^-rrJh? premises where
the lire ocigimted, were unoccupied,!
and" there is apt the least doubt tha?]
it was the wt*k of an inc^niiary.r^A
An anoymoualetter Jiad been thrown]
into the pia$za of the gentleman!
whose napae it mentioned above, thei
evening predating, evidently written!
and dictated foy a Negro, cautioning!
him to be on his guard, as siioh aril
attempt would he madfe to destroy!
the neighborhood ; in censequence of)
which an extra guar^was on that
n ight placed iu ihat quarter of the
City. jul\ 7'
Kx tract of a letter , dated at -Ckoss An
chor, (Union, s^. C.) 29th June.
We bad a very severe Hail
Sturm, on Sunday evening, that did -
la great d**al of damage ? some of |
the llail .Stones were considerably I
larger thaif" * bowVs Kgp; every !
pane of glass that Has exposed to it i
was broken ; very many Ivoles broke
through tlie ?hingle roofs; nearly
every Tree strippid of their leaves.
Fortunately it did not extend very
far~i-bttt a few miles. Many persons,
however, have lost their whole
crops ? they have planted Jfrga**i- It
was too late for Cotton, ami almost
so for Corn."
CAMDEN.
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1820.
: ; ? rr ? !
A severe lire has taken place in the
city of New- York? -Between thirty
and forty houses burnt. Theioss
estimated at about seventy thousand
dollars,
i*'W u
Wonderful f ? The following ex
traordinary account of a water-fall
in fjorway, is copied from the Paris
Journal of the Sd of May ; some
doubts are entertained as to the cor
rectness of the statement.;^?
" lu their sketch of a voyage to
Norway, Messrs. Coupe.de Saint
Donat and .Roquefort give a concise
description of the immense water
fall of Tulleinarke, uiore wonderful
than that of Niagara, and of which
the learned in Europe were all igno
rant till within a few years. It was
discovered by Professor JSsmark.t?
It was first observed An 1812, by ;
Schow, and since by many other
travellers. This Fall is called by
the natives JRinkan Fosse n, thai is,
Foaming Fall, w hich no doubt arises
from the immense^cloudti of vapor
formed by the drops as they evapo
rate, The sight of this knmeiise
sheet of water causes astonishment
mixed j^ith fear. ]Lt iA composed qf
three fulls, two upon inclined planes,
each of which separately forms a
fall of most singular magnificence,
Aid tfee third descends perpendicu
larly. According to Professor Es
mark's measurement, ihis (last fall
is eight hundred feet highwwhicli is
four times as high as the Jt alls of
Niagara, #if the celebrations be not
exaggerated. The body of water
of Juttkan-Fossen is egual to it? im
mense height? it is. furnished by the
Maanely, a considerable river, which
discharges itself into the Lake Mio- '
sen or Mio&w*ten, a short .distance
from the fall, the length of which is
8 >tp iO Gqrmftn miles.'1
FROM (THE CANADA AROU3, -MAY
The amend <if English c ensure for Rfl-gr
S^:'- lUh conduct .
f Jj)ijalty and steady habits /?At
exhibition of Waxeji figures, .fast
week, at York, we understand a
few 1 ".choice spirits" wer?e spraly of
fended at the introduction of such
a personam as Gen. Jackson, in the
capital ?of Upper Canada : and to1
manifest th0ir grea,t indignation, re^
solved' to sQ^ecyte the unfortunate
Generals Accordingly, he was ta
ken from his owner, and, in due
form, suspended upon a tree in the
towjp, in whjch exalted situation, tie
remained until morning! Such an
act of magnanimity is sufficient to
exak a nation, and reflect spleqdor
upon 4he rwlice of % chief town !
O York/ Mprkf how well doth thy
distinguishing title become thee!?
Little York ! Much dost thou stand
in nead of an University, to lead the
Muses and the Graces to resqrt and
dwell ^within Jhy , borders !
To assert .and vindicate the honor
of toe Province, we will take it upon
ourselves to say, that not a place in
it, whose inbabi^ts entertain any
correct sence of decency and deco
tum, (not excepting even the Mo
hawk village,) would have suffered
the commission of ,a transaction so
coptetnptlble, and partaking so much
of a state of barbarism, We shall
make no comments upon the impoli
cy of such Acts, trivial and foolish as
they' may appear to the enlightened
and intelligent public. i Veriumsatj
the fire at troy.
'Jo the America v IJnblic.
On ihe twentieth instant, a fire,
unexampled in the fury ot ii* j.-ro
gress, in the course of a few hours, ?
reduced the fairest portion ot this i
opce flourishing city to ashes. This \
a^vful visitation of Divine Provi- I
deuce, hag in its desolating course, I
swept away an immense amount of I
, the wealth of our city, accumulated f
i by the industry of years, and throw 11 '
a respectable and extensive portion of 1
I the commuuity. hitherto iu compe- 1
I tent if not affluent circumstances,
upon the charity of the public, for
I the first necessaries of life.
The peculiar circumstances atten
I ding; this terrible conflagration, has
| occasioned a greater extent of indi
I vidual ruin and distress than is usual*
ly caused by the most extensive fires.
I The extrerpe heat of weather ? the
I extraordinary dryness of every thing
I combustible? a strong wind, and the
I very comjmct population iu the vi
I cinity of its commencement, at once
I spread the flames iu every direction,
I with a rapidity, "which not only baf
I fled every effort to check its ravages,
I but repdefed the removal of any
I thing within its desolating range, al
I together impracticable, ? -Wherever
I it came all was lost. From the vast *
I amount of property consumed, there
I is scarcely one of our affluent citi
I zens who does not, either directly,
I or indirectly; participate iu the gen*
I eral loss,
A calamity so ?xten?ive apd gen
I eral, at a time of peculiar pecuniary
I pressure, reisers our own citizens
I whuJly unable tp afford that relief ? to
I the distresses .rf those who have lost
I their all, which Jheir necessities im
I periaualy claim, euid which, under
I different circumstances, many would
I cbeerful)y bestow. > ]?
Under these circumstances, the
Common Council of this city, have
felt it their duty to ky the distressed
situation of thsirunfortnnate & needy
fellow cities before the public, and
,in their behalf Solicit such a|<fas they
Ai-e willing to bestow, in making
tl\ia appeal they ask not for contri
butions to reimburse the losses of the '
affluent, however extensive, but to
mitigate the sufferings of the needy
and relieve the wadt$ of the distres
sed? apd from the liberality and
munificence for wjiich the American
character baseyejbeen distinguished,
they derive assurance, that claims
upon the public liberality so pres
sing and ?o gftfttj ^viU not fail to t*t
tract the attention an*} open the hands
of (he charitable and humane in eve
ry sectityp of our country. Un
der Jhis expectation they have ^p
point^d ? respectable comtnittee to
receive and distribute any donations,
either in money or property, which
the public charity may bestow. Of
this committee 0urdon Corning is
chairman, and to hipi *}1 donations
should he directed.
By order of the Gomqiou Council
of the City of Troy.
i Esaias Wajwen, Mayor*
June SAth , 18*0, x
?4 remarkable large cfiUd^Mt. \
Abel l)eal, living about t?n miles '
from Elizabeth Town, Bladen coun
ty* (N. C.) has a son named Hay
wood, will be nine years old in Au
gust next : \b jive feet, six and a half
inches high; was weighed by James
Shipman, JSsq. in January last, and
bis weight was one hundred and
sixty -seven and a half pounds.? ~H*\
has all the actions Mid disposition of
children generally, of his age. He
is rather corpolent; has an open,
good countenance ; good disposition ;
very sensible and communicative, for ,
a child raised in the country* His
eyes are weak, particularly in the
9tin. Hi* father is an industrious
laboring vnan,^ a common size; bis
mtther is quite a small ? woman.?
They have a daughter older than
Haywood, remarkably large; she
lost her eye-sight when very youn?.
f it appears by the report of the
New- York Sunday $cliool Uo^pn.
Sociely, that there aw upwards 6f
nine thousand children who receivo
regular instruction at tho Humjay
Schools in that city.