Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, August 31, 1820, Image 2
Foreign.
NEW- YORK, AUGUST Si.
L-1TEST FROM EJTGLAJXD.
By the America, captain Rossiter,
the editors of the Mercantile Adver
tiser have received Liverpool papers
-to the lltb, London papers to the
9th, and Lloyd's List of the 7 th of
July.
?The affairs of the Queen continu
ed to occupy the attention of the
government and the people. The
coronation was put off. It w as not
to take place on the 1st of August,
butatsome later period not yet agreed
upon. A motion to this effect, made
by ail opposition member, was se
conded by Lord Castlereagh, who,
bo w ever , assured' the House that this
procrastination was in no degree oc
casioned by the proceedings in the
case of the Queen. [[The Times
thinks he told a fib.l
In the House or Lords, July 6,
Lord Dacre presented the following
petition from the Queen : ? " Caroline
Begina . , ? >. ;
" The Queen has heard, with in
expressible astonishment, that a bill,
conveying charges and intended to
degrade ber and to dissolve ber mar
riage with the King, has been brought
by the first minister of theKiug into
the House of Lords, where her ma
jesty has no counsel or other officer
to assert her rights. The only al
leged foundation for the bill is the re
port of a secret committee, proceed
ing solely on papers -submitted to
them, and before whom no single
-witness was examined. ' The Queen
Jbafc been further informed, that, her
counsel last night were refused, a
hearing at the bar of the House of
Lords, at that stage of the proceed
ing whfrn it was most material that
x^lhey should be heard, and that a list
^of the Witnessed, whose .names are
Jtobwn to her accusers, is to be re*
'j -?psed to her. V Under such *circum
^atances, the Queen doubts whether
gSftoy other course i* left- to her but y to
protest, in the most Solemn manner,
% against the whole of the proceeding ;
but she is anxious to make one mere
effort to obtain justice, and therefore
desires that her counsel ma^ he ad
mitted to state her claims at the bar
of the House of l^npds."
Lord Dacre moved that the coon?
g^ be called in.
* / 'TPj* counsel having appeared, de
'IjfiwKScI that an. immediate intestiga
WSfo! the charges in the bill should
HI place. An interesting discus
sion arose on this demand, aud it
^was fioftlly agreed that the subject
should be taken up on the following
uMonday* \ I ; ? ? , * '?
It is stated thai the Queen baa
written to nearly 100 persons in"|taly
to come to England to give evidence,
ftany of whom are of the first fami
lies. Six Italians, witnesses against
the Queen, arrived on Thursday
evening in the Dover coach, ami re*
mained the wHole of jesterday at
the Blossoms inn* Lawrence Lane ;
they were of the lowest order, and
niiA they were waiting for Mr. Cook.;
It is said that the Attorney of Milan
was with them;, lie Assisted Mr/
Cook and Mr. Powell, and was a
man in low circumstances, but, since
the Milan commission, drives a car
riage. He frequently went about
Milan* saying ne had tbe crown of
Bngland in his pocket.
< Five persons have arrived in town,
under the care of * messenger named
Amberget, who would Hot suffer any
person to be on board the vessel with
him, on crossing from Calais. We
understand that those (arsons have
befcn under the care of the Austrian
government for some time. Borne of
them have been accused of cf! initial
offences, and are of the lowest rank,
having been taken from a state of
starvation-? Tram lie?.
LONDON, JULY 8.
Our readers will observe, that if
the adultetous intercourse with Hcr
gatni is not proved, the bill against
the Queen falls to the ground* We
have reason to believe, that when
the charge comes to be investigated,
it will appear perfectly absurd. 1
The Queen has taken the pleasant
villa situated on Barnes terrace, tor
[her summer residence.
The question as to un alteration in
'the duties on timber, is set at rest for
(the present year, the committee* of
both Houses of Parliament having
adjourned the cousideratiou of the
subject until the next session. In the
course of a debate on this subject,
Lord Ellenborough said, it appear
ed from evidence, ilrat the British
shipping could be navigated at a
'cheaper rate than shipping from any
other part of the world.
The Agricultural committee made
their report in the house of coiBMPV
on the 8th of July, but no ureceed
ings upon it were expecty&toue made
the present session. Trie chairman
stated that no frauds bad been disco
Ftted in taking the averages of wheat,
and that the new mode of taking
them, proposed by the committee,';
would rather facilitate than retatd,
the opening of tfce ports in future.
A bill for a new issue of exche?
quer bills for the service of the pre
sent year was read.
Extract of a letter from Corky of July 3.
"The present distress is very great,
and I fear it will long . continue.
Our bank failures, within a range of
00 miles, we reckon little shovt of a
million and a half sterling, besides
a large one in Dublin. Our govern
ment has not yet agreed to suffer
flonr to be landed here for export."
Domestic,
y . v SALISBURY, AUGUST 15. )
. It may, not be uninteresting to ma
ny of our readers to be informed,
that a fund has lately been raised by
private subsciiption, principally at'
Chatham, or Cherau-Hill, (8. C.) to,
be expended in improving the roads
leading to: that place from the W es
tern Counties of 'North-Carolina/,
and paiticularly the road from
Wilkesboro' through the Forks of
the Yadkin and Salisburv. The'
distance from Salisbury toC hatha m
is 35 miles less than to Fayette ville,
and the ground for a road much bet
tar. Should the merchants of Chat
ham follow up -this act of liberality, v
by giving to the North-Carolina far- J
mer a fair price for his produce, very /
much of . the products of thi** section
of the State will, at no tery distant
period, take (hat direction. One
fourth, and frequently one third of ,
the labour of tjie ltowau, farmer is
consumed in getting his produce to
market. This is a grievous tax,
and every individual in the commu
nity is, more or less, interested in
tightening it. ; ]
AUGUSTA, AUfct/ST S4.
We learn from the up-'country that
the crops of Cotton And Corn are
very promising, i The Cotton plant <
is large arid extremely well boiled,
but the ravages of'the Hot is already
apparent and much dreaded. From
its early visitation the extent of its
progress, it is feared, will be consid
erable.
GEORGETOWN, AUGUST 23.
We understand from a corres|>on* J
dent, at Society- Hill, that the Pub
lic Works, which have been carried \
on during the last and the present
year, under the direction of Gen. ?
David 1^. Williams, were finished
oo the 13th inst. ; by which, the ob
structions to the Navigation of the i
Fee Dee river, from Chatham to this
place, have been removed.
Out readers are fully able to esti
mate correctly, the advantages df this 1
improvement of the Navigation of
the Pee Dee ; for ourselves, we are
gratified with the attention that has
been givea to this itnportant liver,
by those to whom the Legislature
have confided the work of Internal
Improvement. But, until those im
provements shi 11 have been extended
to the interior of North- Carolina, so
as to furnish to the whole delta of
the Pee Dee, including the Yadkin,
the water transportation (which is
so practicable) for its immense pro
ducts, we shall not realize all the
benefits which the situation of George
town is susceptible of, nor be satisfied
thai all has been clone, which
to be, fur this seuiou of South- Caio
[ lina.
The ara?unt expended by Gen
Williams last year, oo the Pee Dec.
according to the report of the Civil
and Military Engineer, was lest
tharn 810,000. The like sum wa^
estimated to bo necessary, for com
pleting the work, during the present
season. ? as with pleasure we uu-j
dersUnd,* (hat only about 87,000
have been expended.
Two ware-houses, on Taylor's
^l?wer wharf, were damaged by light
ning on Thursday afternoon ; the in>
jury they sustained however, was
quite inconsiderable. Several build
| ings in the vicinity of Georgetown,
have lately been struck. Mr. Ben
jam iu Young, .a few days ago, was
killed by lightning in his house on
Sampit.
COLUMBIA, AUGUST ?9.
The public are cautioned against
receiving counterfeit billsof the Plan
ter's Bank of the State of Georgia ;
a number of which are in CTcnl&iion
inartid about ibis place. They are
o^Be' denomination of T wenty Dol
lars; the name, Bolton," ou some
of them, is written Belton ; and the
name of J. Marshall, i6 badly writ
ten.
CAMDEN.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1820.
To the Editor qf the Camden GazetXe,
Sir? Your readers'wIiV observe
thaf the merchants of Chatham aiv
making great exertions tosecure jftif
trade of Anson and tfte neighboring
N. C. Counties. <f Onefinbth" ob
serves the Salisbury paper, "and
frequently one third of the labor of
the ttowaa Farmer, is consumed in
getting his produce to market." It
is to !>e recollected that* compara
tively speaking, this trade hasliith
erto belonged to Camden. I would
also call their attention to an article
from the Geprgetown paper, stating,
that" the Peedee w completed ; and ,
the navigation perfect from George*
town to Chatham."
With Columbia and Chatham both
exerting themselves, Camden should
be on the al$?t. The citizens will
therefore be pleased to hear/ that the
Agent of the Board of Works here
has bees at last desired to find out
work IbMhto hands laying idle since
the sickly season commenced; and,
at an emwnnotrrs expense to the pub
lic. The Read to the Boat-Yard is
now opening* TP hen the. river shall
be made - navigable, (h{s Road will
render aapfB service ; but, not quite
as mudfc as Would have been derived
from the opening of the road from
the Forte through Clarendon and
thence through Camden totheNorth
Carolina line? an attempt' pointed
out, as imperatively necessary, by the
efforts of the people of Chatham on
the one -side and Columbia on the
other- AWATEREE.
We are much gratified to see the
attention: of our countryman ?o gener
ally turned, as it has been for some
time past, to tf>e subjed of roads and
canal*. It leads the minds of our
fellow-citizens to * lofty and manly
course of thinking : they banish sub
jects of little,* minor, petty, suitor
dinate interests ; the din and smithe-*
ry of party debate. In the contem
plation of the New-York canal for
example, who thinks of the buck-t
tails a mi the apostate federalists, and ;
1 the disciples of 8t. Tammany. ? i
These ro^ds and theae canals are in
their natore national ; they belong to
uo party ; they are great and perma
nent benefits, which will be more
durable monuments of the patriotism
am) public spirit of the present age,
than all the party nick names which
so often decorate our public papers.
I This humour is every day becoming
more general, and we can but believe,
that such important public works
will db more to perpetuate the Union;
than the alternate triumphs ahd de
feats of different parties, which have
i become now little more than a scram
ble for office and emolument*
Tbe more our fellow-citizens are
familiarized to l lie ontempUtion of
questions of such magnitude, the less
they will be affected by sectional and
geographical jealousies, and the long
er will our republic remain. Aud
such questions are becoming more
popular every hour. In tmth and
in fact, our fellow-citizens may well
be tired of this state of petty warfare,
w Inch 1 as been dignified with the |
uame of party ; that is, whether j
a law shall he passed by A or B,
when it is perfectly notorious, that !
either the one or the other will, if
elected, vote for the passage of the
same law. ? Bait . Morn . Chron .
From Spain. . ? The ship Edicard i
arrived at New- York from Cadiz,
on the 14th instant. She sailed 20th
June. Mr Meade & Son, were pas
sengers in her. "All remained 1
(says the New-York Mercantile Ad- :
vertiser,) quiet in Spain. It was
settled that the Cortes were to meet,
on the 9th July. The members
elected were alraoat uniformly friend
ly to the Constitution and new. order >
of things, and the only fears that ;
prevailed with the considerate people,
were, that they would not be able
to control the enthusiasm of the na
tion, and settle upon a calm ancl ra
tional government."
- Indiana*?1 The Commissioners ap
pointed by the Legislature of India
na have chosen a place for the .future
Seat oT Government of thai young
and growing State. The spot cho
sen is on the east fork of White
River, and is said to he about fOO
miles froafcLmiisville, in the midst
of a ver^Bctensive tract of first rate
land. Tna few years,* Indiana will
lie settled from the Ohio to Lakei
Michigan ; and will at no distant
period Itc^ome one of the most pow
erful members of the confederacy. ?
The rapidity with which thte country
between the Ohio, and the great
Lakes, is. populating, is but little
understood. . Ohio now holds the 4th
rank amongst the States, as appears
hv the last militia returns to the war
department, and Indiana and Illinois
are pressing upon her skirts in the
career of prosperity and greatness.?
Twenty yearsji will probably give
these states a population of more than
8,000,000 of inhabitants,
Louisville Courier .
r-> > , -
We understand that commissions
have been issued to CoU Andrew
"Pickens, late Governor of South - Car
olina, and Gen. Thomas Flouvnoy,
of Augusta, as Commissioners on the
part of the United States, to treat
with the Creek Indians for (he ex
tinguish fnent of the territory within
the limits of Georgia, to fill the va
cancy occasioned byjfhe resignation
of Gen. John ployd w3 Col. John
Taylor.? Georgia Journal,
l * ^ V ' V - '
French JMarine^- The French pa
per* contain an able Report of a
Committee of the House of Depu
ties, oh the Budget for 18$0. The
sum total proposed to be granted to
the Government, as the amount of
Ways and Means for the year, is
605,183,800 francs, not more than
one half of the annual expenditure
of the British Government. In this
report a system of maritime arma
ment for France is, suggested. It
is proposed that no large, fleets lie
thought of; hat that new frigates be
built, as the most suitable species of
naval force for the protection of com
merce; and allusion is made to our
experience in our last war with Eng
land, to illustrate its superior utility
as a means of annoyance in a contest
with an enemy possessing so immense
a Navy. The Committee look to'
the complete establishment between
the years 1820 and 1880, of a Mili
tary Marine, to consist of 30 or 40
ships of the line, 30 frigates and 00
smaller vessel's, all ready for active
service'. An annual appropriation rif
from 40 to 50 millions of francs, to
effect the purpose, is advised in the
Report. Let Spain pursue a simi
lar course of exertion, and the Uni
ted States persevere in their plan of
maritime equipment, and Great-*
Britain will have other motives be
| ides the erubarra^ment of her finan
I es, to abstain from provoking nn Mrs,
which might combiue on the ocean
i he energies of those Powers.
Walsh's Gazette .
A letter from Society. Hill, dated
10th inst. says : ? " Duriug tlie pre
sent week we have had the greatest
destruction of crops ou (he Pee Dee
that lits been known here fur a num
ber of years ; raauy planters have
lost the whole of their crops ; some
who were about to send down corn in
a boat that leaves here to-day, have
declined doing so, under the impres
sion that it will be w orth more here
than in town. ? The river commenced
falling last evening."
In all the southern States, from
Virgiuia to Albania, crops of corn
are unusually abundant. The cotton
also promises well, and should the
rot be less destructive than heretofore,
of which we have some hopes, the
proceeds of the growing crop will
go far towards relieving our titizens
from those pecuniary difficulties,
which in a greater or less degree,
have embarrassed almost every one.
[MilledgevMe Recorder.
JRabama. ? At this time, perhaps
no |t?te in the Union can boast of
letter agricultural prospects, accor
ding to the number oF persons cm
ployed, than the State of Alabama,
?The season is delightful and pro*
lific beyond ?comparison. To thi?
may be added a like general time of
health throughout the state ; even in
the low country, nothing of a conta
gious nature is known. These t h i ngs
are substantial subjects of congratula
tion, cheering even those who are
undet pecuniary embarrassment, in
this time of general scarcity of money
here, as well a9 in most, if sot all,
other parts, of the Union.
Cahawba Press .
A writer in the American Farmer,
on the pernicious consequences at?
tending the cultivation of
ry Tree, states as a fact, tha
thai Tree ?VQWs, no wheat, wiry,
or rye can be made within seme hun
dred yards. This statement is cer
tainly worth the attention of Farmers*
A Shjrt made without Needle
work. ? It was mentioned in pur pa
per some time ago, in a letter from a
correspondent, that Mr. David Ay.
derson, of th|^anl?sk manufactory,
Deanside Brae, had finished a shirt
entirely in the 1o?m> without any
kind of Needle wont, and had ano
ther in progress of a superior quality,
.intended as a present to the Hnnterian
Museum, in this city. Wo liave
seen this singular production since it
was finished, and find in it every re
quisite and ornament of a man's
shirt.- The neck, hand-hands, anifct
shoulder-straps, are double cloth and
neatly stitched ; the button holes are
wrought with button stitch. It haa
also the requisite , buttons, guessets,
snd a ruffle; and in the breast is
"woven the Glasgow Arms, with the
motto Let " Glasgow flourish," and
helow, " woven and presented by
David An^eson." We under
stand this s?|lar piece of mechani
cal ingenuity? which doeasgreat cred
it to Mr. Anderson's professional'
abilities, was yesterday presented:
to Dr. Coupar, for the purpose be
intended. ? Glasgow Chronicle.
A Water Wheel has lately been
constructed In Bouthington, (Conn.)
which runs wholly under water *nd
will carry a run of mill-stones, of'
4 feet 4 inches in diameter* with but
18 inchcs head and fall of water, ta
grind any kind of grain* The na
ture of the wheels is surh, that they
may he run by the tide both at ebb
and flotf, with nothing more than
the natural current of tne water; and
mills may be erected on flat streams
with .but very little expense. It is
thought that it will ojperatc with ono
third less water than most other
wheels, the water having three opera
tions, and ice and* back water can
have ao effect upon it.