Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, July 27, 1820, Image 2
Foreign.
C11AULESTON, JLLY 18.
Late, from the Sluttish +Mq i n . ?
A gentleman \\1mj left Kingston
(Jamaica) oil the 10th ult. has favor
id us with the subsequent verbal in
telligence.
It wilt be observed by the extract*
~ which we have made from the papers,
that the Patriot forces under Colonel
Montillo and Admiral Brion, who
Lad some time since takeu posses
sion of Rio <Ie la Ilacho, ^and ad
vanced into the interior, being sorely
pressed by the Royalists and In
dians, (about 1500 strong) aud in
^fvant of provisions, were obliged to
Htflopt a retrograde movement, and
again retire to the sea-coast. When
within three miles of Rio de Ja
H iche, the Patriot forces, amount
ing to 700, faced about, attacked
, And completely repulsed the Royal
ists. After the action, 300 meu of
General l)evereaux7s Legion, de
manded their arrears of pay, (not
? having received a dollar since tliey
arrived) which waB refused ? in con
sequence of which, they declined to
act any further against tl*e enemy.
Brion immediately ordered them into
the ?town, took away their arms, and
. forced them to embark on board of
several neutral vessels in the har*
f bor; mostly from Kingston. The
following; day, Rio de la Hache vtas
giverPup to plunder, the fortifica
tions blown up, and the remainder
of Brion's forces embarked on board
of his fleet, which sailed immediate
ly (after plundering two or three1
? American vessels in port, of their
cargoes, of provisions, &c.) for Mar- j
garitta or St. Domingo.
The Royalists then marched in
and took possession of the pltvce
Devereaux's men put to sea at the
same time with Brion, nearly desti
tute of water and provisions; aud
one of the vessels, having on bo^rd
about 150 of the number, mostly
officers, arrived at Kingston on the
9th ult. in the greatest distress im
- agin able ; without clothes, and witlw
out money. The Commanding Of
'ficer at Port Royal, in consequence
of their distress had allowed them
to land, and assigned some vacant
^barracks for their ? temporary resi
de nee. 1
- Thus has terminated the operations
' of that overwhelming expedition,
v which, after taking Rio de la Hache,
was said to have been joined by thou
sands of the -inhabitants, who weie
In. full march foT Santa Martha and
JMaraqaibp 5 after taking which, they
weri to unite with Bolivar, in the
reduction of that important, aud hi
therto deemed impregnable fortress
0 1 Carthagena.
. From Havana . ? From our atten
tive Correspondent at Havana, we'
y hfcve received papers of tiiat place
\ to the 8th inei. inclusive* Wer per- ,
ceive by them, that the enthusiasm
of the people in favor of the Govern
ment of the Cortes, had1 uot in the
least abated. The Captain General
of Cuba had issued ati Order, en-,
i 'joining the observance of Sunday
the 9th,,. as Day of General Rejoic- ?
ing and Festivity" by the People;
and authorising them to indulge in
all kinds of sports and recreation
that would not militate against good
order and decorum ? that being the;
day ou which the Cortes were to as- ,
semble in Spain, and when Ferdin
and was to renew, in solemn farm,'
liis oath of fidelity to the new politi-j
cat Constitution. The Election for
Members of the Legislative Junta!
of the Island, under the new Con
stitution, was also to take place on
the Oth and 10th. The Island had
been divided for this purpose into
five election districts, which were to
send 105 Representatives ; the most
important furnishing 31, ttie three
next each 21, and the fifth it mem
bers. The Polls for this Klection
Mere to be opened at eighty-six dif
ferent places, iu order to afford to
the voters every facility to the exer
cise of the right of suffrage. At a
phort distance from each Poll, a suf-j
flcicut number of militia was to lie'
stationed to preserve order, and pre
vent persous not qualified to vote
from interfering ; and also to pre
vent the approac h of carriages to the
? poll, to the obstruction of the voters.
No armed j>ers< 11 was to I?e al
lowed to vote ? and each militia man
before approaching the poll for that
purpose, was required to lay aside
i his anus.
Domestic .
_N?W-YOKK, *ULV 11.
Counterfeiting upon a wholesale
scale, ? A man was apprehended in
Washington county, iu this state,
la^$ week, having in his possession
8 800,000 in spurious hills, princt^"
pally on the banks iu this city. He
was on his way from the great manu
facturing establishment in Canada,
when arrested, and was exposed by
one if his brothers in iniquity, who
but * fevv davs before had been ta- j
i ?
ken into custody for the same crime.
JULY, IS.
. Another 'Blow-up! ? We yester
day anuounced the resignation of
? David J. *Greene, Esq . as Cashier j
of the Phenix Bank in thie city. ?
The resignation was understood to
have taken 4>lace inconsequence of a
reduction of his salary of 81000. ? ;
It was whis|>ered, how ever, last -
'evening that therft were other and |
more pow erful causes for the measure j
adopted by Mr. Greene; and this^
morning, Wall-street, all the husi- ;
ness part of the city were struck with
astonishment, that Mr* Greene had
not only absconded, but had aver-;
drawn his account to an immense ;
amount. We understand that a vie*v '
of the affairs of thfe bank has just
been concluded, and that the actual,
deficiency is ascertained to be one
hundred and forty -seven thousand
jive hundred dollars . i
Wre also further learn, tluit the
Counsel of Mr. G. has appeared be- '
fore the Directors, admitted the de- ?
falcation, and offered to assign over
claims in favor of Mr. Greene against
certain persons, 4o nearly the full
amount, provided they would exou- :
erate him 'from ail debts & liabilities, i
To this proposition, tlie Directors
refused to accede. V arious rumors
are iu circulation respecting this ;
most unexpected occurrence. Among'
others, it is said to have been ascer
tained, that the deficiency has in part
been of several years standing, and
has been increasing *for the last three
or four years.
hi uce writing the foregoing, we
learn that Mr. Greene took breakfast
at New-Haven on Saturday morning.
He left a statement of property,
book deihts, notes, &c. to the amouut
of 8187,000, conditionally* that
about 7000 private claims should be
paid; the residue to go to liquidate
the tfank debt, provided the direc
tors would not commence a criminal
prosecution against him, and would
give him a discharge. " |
BALTIMORE, JULY 15;
JExecution.--PeregrineHutton .and
Morris N. B. Hull were hunjg yes
terday morning for the deliberate
murder of Jobn Heaps, driver of
the U. S. mail, (they having rohbdd
the mail previous to the commission
of the bloody deed.) The malefac
tors were led out from the jail be
tween the hours of ten and eleven
o'clock, attended to the scaffold by
the Rev. Mr. Wyatt, of the JEpis- j
copal Church, the Rev. Mr. Os
HoitxK, of the Baptist Church, and
others. After the usual religious ex
ercises were performed ? Hull ad- |
dressed the spectators for a lew i
minutes. He stated that he had
been brought up with every care by
bis father, and with a proper regard
for religious duty. Bad company,
however, and those improprieties
which are generally deemed excusa
ble in young men, connected with
the flattering thought that when older
there would be sufficient time for re
pentance ? these had been the causes
which led him to the commission of
a crime for which he was about to
suffer death. He. addressed himself
to the young men, advising them to
take warning Uy his example, and
to embtxce religion without delay. ?
lie then concluded by fervently re
commending himself to the mercy ul
the Uedeecjer.
This, as far as ineuurv serves,
was the substance of his address. ?
llutton said nothing ?he appeared to
he employed in siucere and silent
prayer during the whole period. ?
The conduct of both to the last ?
but Huttou evidently discovered n
far greater degree of becoming sensi
bility than his companion. At half
past eleven the platform sunk under
their feel, exhibiting in theirpersons
the ignominious and fatal consequen
ces which must ever attend the per
|>etralioti of mail robbery and mur
der* They were executed oh the
same scaffold erected for the pirates,
^piny aud Ferguson.
RALEIC.H, JULY Si.
Internal Improvements . ? The
Civil Engineer, Mr. Hamilton Ful
ton, having returned from the coast
and a survey of the Tar River, is
engaged in making out his report for
the Board of Internal Improvements.]
He w ill shortly gotuthe western parts
of the State, and wiM be engaged in
that quarter until the meeting of the
General Assembly. , \V>6 understand
he lias collected much valuable infor
mation on the subject of our-barsand
inlets, and has suggested plans for
the removal of the one and improve
ment of the other.
CHARLESTON, JtJLY 20, 1
Patriot liecr lits. ? Notwithstand-J
ing the arrest and confinement in jail]
for trial, of upwards of twenty sea-l
men, with the persons who enlisted]
them, we understand that SO or 301
others, who had been recruited in]
this city, left town on Tuesday night,]
to join tlie Patriot Wig Wilson , Capt.|
Almeida, who is still hovering on the]
coast. They went off in a two-mas- ]
ted . boat, through Wappo Cut.?]
They are said to havfc been accom
panied by a Young man, son to Capt.
Almeida* The new suit of sails]
made in tins city for the prize, (the]
Snutiago) have been taken from the]
loft where (hey were made, and are]
no doubt by this time on board that]
, vessel* It is supposed that she is]
also intended for a cruize r, being al
very fast sailer. Thus are our laws]
evaded, and tiur public officers -cir-]
cumvented in the execution of their]
duty- ??
Anthony Hombra, i|Vm. H. Laf-j
fley, and Joseph Gassario, were]
yesterday committed to jail m this]
citj; the two former for breaking!
open and robbing two dwelling-]
houses, and the latter (a lame map)]
for being found on the premises where
the stolen goods Were deposited, with-]
oqt being able to give any account of]
himself, Hombra is an old offrmtar,]
liaving been repeatedly convicted in]
the Court of Sessions ; and was but]
a very short time since released from
>1. ,
JULY, 21. *1
Patriot Recruits..? Another at-]
tempt waet made on Wednesday]
night, to embark between 20 and 30]
men for the brig Wilson , which wasi
frustrated by the vigilance of the]
Marshal, and other U. S. officers. ]
The sails intended for the SantiagoA
were detained yesterday by there-],
venue schooner Gallatin, on board!
of a smaH vessel, bound out. Tliel
Wilson and the Santiago were seen]
off Port Koyal, on .Wednesday,]
i lying to, by a small Pilot-boat from]
1 Savannah, which arrived here yes-]
terday morning.
COLUMBIA, JULY 25,
A Hail Storm passed through the
settlement on Saluda river on. Satur
day last, aliout eight miles from Co
lumbia, which, it is feared, has
clone considerable damage to the
crops in that quarter? the bail
were of considerable size, and fell
in great quantities. .
*??11 ss^ssaasmsamammmsji m. uuum hi hi mumi
TO RENT,
Jlni immediate possession given .
THE Store Rooms lately occupied by
Mr. William Mathiiok. For terms ap
ply to Cha*LK? J. Shannon.
Willis W. AUsobrooks.
July 6. 12? tf >
CAMDEN,
mi ws day, July 27, 1820.
It uuy not, perhaps, be improper,
for 1 lie guidauce of persons who lm\e
hei etofoj e received pensions under
the act of Congress providing for
1 evolutionary services, to Mate ex
plicitly the grounds on w hich such
pensions are discontinued under the
act passed at the last session. Such
information will save to persons
whose names have been placed on the
pension hst, and whose circumstances ?
?u life will now exclude them there
from, both cxpeuse and trouble. ?
According to the construction given
by the Attorney General, and under
which the Secretary of War decides,
the law* contemplates those only who
are unable to support themselves
w ithout the aid of private or public
charity. In every case, the follow
ing points are considered the occupa
tion of the pensioner, his age, his
ability to work, his family residing
w ith him, the number of them, their
ages and ability to work, and, lastly, I
his property, aqd the description of 1
it : and, whereverJt appears, under ]
all circumstances, that A he condition I
of the pensioner is such as to be able I
to live without the aid of charity, J
his name will be iuvariably stricken I
from the pension rolls. ? J\at. Int. 1
|
Thq New- York prints announce I
the completion of Colonel Trumbull's
Splendid painting of the " Sqrren- ]
der of Lord Cornwallis." ? The mo- I
ment seized by tlie painter is " when I
the principal British officers are pas- I
sing the two groups of American and I
; French generals, and are entering]
between die lines of the victors/' ? I
The canvass is 18 feet by 18, " and I
contains no less than 84 portraits/]
all of which, except the few British ]
officers, are likenesses takelh by CoL ]
T. from the life."? -This pointing is ]
an accompaniment of others, execu- |
ted by the?anre pencil by authority ]
of the Federal Government, and I
designed for Congress Hall ? The I
signing tlie Declaration <of Indepen- I
xlenee was finished in 4818.' The I
N. York Daily- Advertiser praises!
the present work "as one of the finest I
specimens of the art which modern I
(times have produced." |
Extract of a letter Jrom Cafit. J, /?oyrrt? .
of the steam . boat lVa(b4n~thc-7t atcr* x
u dated Black Rock , $9 thuft.
41 1 arrived M this place froi# i
Mackinaw on the morning of the
27th just, after a most delightful
passage up anil down, of 17 days, ,
including about four days we stopped
at different places, and unlading our
cargo at Mackinaw. We left De- j
troit, on our way up, on the 14tb,
and passed through lake and rher
St. Clair, and arrived at Fort Gra- ;
tiot at 7_ o'clock same day ? As we, !
passed the fort, we were greeted
with a national salute, St. Clair is
a beautiful rivei, of about 40 mile*
in length. We ascended the rapids
which run at the rate of five knots
an hour, without difficulty, and in
handsome style, and al daylight en
tered lake Huron, a yery extensive
sheet of water, and which affords
A grand prospect to the eye in a clear
morning. From thence to the island
of Mackinaw we were out of sight
of land most of the way. The sight
of this island was very grateful to
my feelings, and its wild appearance
presents an interesting view to a
stranger, it is situated in the straits
of river Mackinaw, between lakes
Huron and Michigan. Forts Holmes
and Mackinaw situated here, are
composed of strong stockades, are
nearly built, and exhibit a beautiful
appe*rlnce from the water? the
former is on the submit, near 350
feet, and the latter a little below,
about 200 feet from t|ie surface of
the water* The town is directly on
tlie margin of the river. What ad
ded much to the novelty of the sighj,
was about 1300 Indians encamped in
their wigwams, and in bark canoes
at the water's ec)gp. The island
presents the greatest variety of scene*
ry I ever saw in s6 small a compass ;
and from Fort Holmes you haye a
complete view of lakes Huron and
Michigan, an J the surrounding b>
IjuilU. The waters of ihofce lakes
ars as transparent as air. We came
to anchor in 18 feet water, ami could
set* our cable and author a* plain as
if it had been on deck- indeed, at
that depth of w ater, in a calm time,
you could see a sixpenny piece cui
the bottom. The trout caught here
exceed any I ever saw ; they weigh
from 5 to 60 lbs. ; 1 bought one for
fifty cents th^t weighed 3D" lbs. ; they
are a beautiful fish, uud as delicate
as the be?t brook trout."
1Mb. D. ddc.
Great -Britain. ? At no period do
we remember seeing the afl'uirs of
this kingdom so deranged. If in
former times manufactures were de
pressed and commerce languished,
the national debt was not swelled,
and economy wars more rigidly ob
served, Petitions continues to flow
iuto Parliament, calling for relief to
the manufacturing and commercial
classes; and the national distress is
so great as to create considerable al
arm. TJ*e debates in the house of
co.nmons are distinguished for threat
virulence and acrimony ou both sides,
a sure proof *)? national calamity ?
for when ministers caunot explain
with temper, and oppositionists at
tack with cautiou, affairs are more
deranged than tbe people are aware
of. When George tbe third ascend
ed the throne in the year 1760, the an
imal interest of tbe national debt was
a little more than four millions and a
half, it is now more than thirty-two
millions . At that period eight mil
lions were collected for taxes, now
near sixty millions are required.
Spanish wars continental alliances
and subsides, colonial possessions,
and a national pride, called for by
the national interest have produced
this increase of taxation and the pub
lic debt, 6o that the nation cannot
longer support the burdens.
Meanwhile, George the Fourth is
making the moet spendid prepare
' tions for his coronation, and the
ceremony of placing on hjg brow the
H round atid top of sovereignty ," bids
i fair to cost thft people five millioit of
| dollars.' Instead of recommending
a system of economy wd retrench
ment on his accession to the throne,
tie is striving to plunge the nation in
deeper distress^ and with a pride,
as it is useleea, he studies how to in*
crease, not diminish the public
burdens* How much longer the na
tion can exist in this state, it is im
possible to say- , ; Nat. rfdv.
The General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States, have recommended, to all
Churches under their cato, to set a
part the last Thursdy in August next,
as a day pf Humiliation, Thanks
giving and Prajrer. ?
Washington City /laJZ.? The
Gomroon Council of the City of <
Washington have resolved upon
building a splendid City Hall. It
will probably, /be erected on the Ju
diciary Square, which embraces the
rising ground North of Pennsvlva- '
qia avenue, and just the west of Ty
ber. . The cost of the building is es
timated at 100,000 dollars. This
will be a work worthy of the Me
tropolis,
A letter from St. Thomas to a
merchant in New-York, dated June
21st says ? ? Four: Commissioners
from the Spanish Cartes have arri
ved at Martinique, on their Way to
the Spanish Main, to treat with the
Independents. We may, therefore,
shortly expect to hear very interest
ing news from that quarter.
Cheap Travelling. ? The N.
Hampshire Patriot says, that the
fare between Concord and Hoston, a
distance of 00 miles, is rpduccd to
One Dollar.
Pedestrianiam . ? A young gentle
man of this town has just finished a
tour to Kiagara, on foot, for health
and exercise. He was on the roaij
only thirty walking days. The dis
tance is uver 1000 miles,
Doston Centinel . J