Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, September 21, 1820, Image 2
foreign.
NEW-YORK, SKPT. 11.
FROM ENGLAND.
By the arrival yesterday, of the
regular packet ship Anwiy, captain
Maxwell, the editors of the Com
. mercial Advertiser, have received
from their foreign correspondents,
London papers to the 30th of July,1
and Liver|KKil to the 1st of August,
inclusive. They have also received
Myers* Liverpool Mercantile Ad
vertiser and General Price Current,
and a few shipping lists.
We find uoihing of much interest
in the papers. The London editors
continue their ejaculations upon the
affairs of the queeu ? and the people
in the country also continue to ad
dress her; The mayor of Rochester
.refuses to call a common hall, b#f
the citizens mot in Corn Markrt II all,
and though the meeting was compos-1
ed of all parties, an address was
voted unanimously. The queen has!
dispatched Wassali, her equeny, to
Italy, to fetch witnesses in her de-?
fence. : ~ \
The^>reparations for the Corona
tion proceed slowly, hut without in
termission.
From something that passed iu
?he house of lords just before the
*4j0Drnrh*ut, it id supposed ministers
%y\U turn their atjgption t6 some other
tiiode of punishing criminals, in lieu
of transportation ? the latter no long
er being an object of terror or dread.
Steam boats are established from
Southampton to Cowes ? and froiti
Bristol to Cork*
. ; iTbe remains of the late bishop of
Winchester have been interred in the
cathedral of that city.? Among other
Requests he has left jg30UHto the
Door of ITranham. ? ?
At (he Lancaster quarter sessions,
two men were indicted for stealing
Dine gallons of Wine ? Jhe jury re
turned the following (-pilous verdict :
? J\/ot guiltf: but . we. derive they
imy be rejmmandedSKj*^ , '
At the Manchester sessions, on
Thursday last, Samuel Cheetham
vras (lied for uttering the1 following1
language to the soldiers, on the ^Ith
of . April last:?* Those are the last
clothes you shall wear,. You. will
pever proclaim another king George,
".pt- n i the kiug. May the skin* he
torn off the b? ? butchers, to serve
lor reformers to beat to arms." Tl>e
charge was fully proved, and 4ta
jury found him guilty*
r We have a few days proceedings
of tlio Spanish cortes ; but no im* ,
portant business was transacted. ?
"?The* liberty of the press, it would
teem' bv the following, must be all
Upon one side*
A " 14 was proposed that the editor
Of' the journal .entitled L a Ley,
should be presecuted for sedition and
Jplumny. On this occasion M. Mar
tial Lopez moved, that whoever
dared to speak with contempt of the.
national representation, should be
cited to the bar, and be obliged to
give satisfaction for doing so."
Trial fur Murder. ? The papers
give a very interesting trial for mujr-'
3ef, which took, place at Maidstone,
On the ?8tb July. It was that of
James Nesbitt, indicted for the ag
gravated murder of Mr. Parker, at
Woolwich, in March last, an ao
count of which was published in the
American papers, lie was convict
ed upon a train of strong circum
stantial testimony. lie heard the
gentence, that " he should be banged
on, the Monday following, and his
body deliveied to the surgeoivs for
dissection/' without diAmay, and
replied " my lord, though the laws
of my country - have pronounced me
goilty, 1 am innocent of the crime
laid to my charge. The men who
really did this murder, are now in
this town." He would have pro
(Oykd further, but the cciurt ordered
him to be taken away. In retiring,
be burst into tears.
We have been politely favored,
by Messrs. Jeremiah Thompson &
Co. with the following letter dated.
? Liverpool, Jlvgvst 1.
u Our cotton maikei is dull, am.
prices barely maintained. W e quote
ipland, ordinary, lid; in'ddlin^
r, lJ^il ; fair, 12 1-4(1; good f?ir,
*2 1-2; good, 13il ; \er\ tine, 13
I Id. a 13 t-2d; New Orleans lltl;
?fiddling fair, 12 l-4d; very fine,
13d, Teniessee and Alabama, 10
1 2d. a lid ; Sea Island, middling
fair, 17 l-2d; fair, 16 l-2d; gotd,
21d. The adv ices from the nited
States have for some time past stated
that tl?e im|HHt of cotton for the rest
of the year v oultl be very trifliug
and indeed it cannot well be other
wise, our in^ort beiug already ver\ .
much beyond that of the whole oi
any former year, and our stock so_
heavy, that it will not only be adq-'
quate to the consumption of the year,
but will leave a considerable surplus
on hand wlicn the jiew*crop comes
to market." ?
~ ' ? * LONDON, JULY 28.
The Morning Chronicle has the
j fallowing paragraph to day : ? Ac
counts have been .received of a very
unpleasant kind, of the issue of the
expedition under Sir William Carr,
to the Persian Gulf. Report says
that the pirates, who in the first j
place abandoned the fort, which
some time ago the public were in
formed had been quietly take*) pos
session of by tlie troops under Sir
William's command, returned and
made a formidable attack on the fort,
in which the 4>7tb and 04th rifrgi- ,
ments suffered severely. We have
nofhean) all the particulars."
" The last letters from Naples do
not announce any event or remarka
ble circumstance <o have occurred
since the 8th hist. From tut 8th to
the A Oth news was expected from
Sicily, ivhere it was supposed the re
cent Revolution would iiave found
n.ore numerous partisans than in the
kingdom of Naples. With respect
to the provinces which were the first
theatre <? the Revolution, if we may
credit letters now brfore us, it is easy
to perceive that reflection has succeed
ed to factious and transitory enthusi
asm. The .Neapolitan people re- '
member, with* mixture of regret, j
that, agriculture and commerce flour
ished under the? former fgpvernment,
that the fiiiaftces of the sta4e were ad
ministered with ectmamy, and that
there existed a. well grounded hope
of the diminution of the taxes ; it is
flow doubtful whether the benefits
which are promised bytjie recent
revolution will indemnify the nation
for the positive good which she en
joyed. -These reflections, say our
correspondent, suffice to Drove, that .
the Neapolitan people took little part
in the revolution." ;
L-LL- L ? ?
Domestic.
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i- ' , - WASHINGTON, SBHT. 6.
The Army > ? Publications are mak
ing in some of 0141* newspapers' cal
culated to injure the Army in the pub
Jic esteem. One of those we Jiave
published, respecting violence said,
to have Been inflicted on a man in the
fort tt Jutland ? and we discover
in the Kentucky Gazette a report of
illegal punishments having been in
flicted 011 soldiers on the Stations in
the West With respect to these re
ports we do. not undertake to say
whether they ber. trueror false? but
we have fto hesitation in saying, if
true, the offences imputed ought to
be visited with rigorous severity of
punishment We have not the least
doubt but the War Department will
take prompt steps for au investigation
of the truth of these reports, and
sucli further measures i\* may be
.warranted by .the result of the scru
tiny . This course is due to the high
^character which the Army sustains
t- ? il is that which was purchased last
summer, in a caw somewhat analo
gous?and, knowing the respect for
the laws entertained at Head (Quar
ters, we have every reason to believe
it will now l>e resorted to. W e
ho|xt it will appear that there is 110
ground for these imputations.
The JS*avy. ? We understand that
t lie nature of the Mediterranean Ser
vice is about to be essentially changed
iiy a late arrangement,. The vessels
.re not to .regain so long there ? but
.re to make cruizes from our port*
to and from the Mediterranean, and
in that 6 en, returning here pepiodi-,
call) arul I ? y turns for supplies.?
i his \> ill afford advantages in the
improvement of the skill and discip
line of the Navy, and will obviate
(he objections which hare been urge<K
nut without force, to long cruizes i? ..
Italian seas. By this arrangetnei
our vessels, are# daring their cruiz
es, to pass down the Coasl of Afri
ca to our new Colony of Free pri
sons of Color, and to scour those
and o&er teas fur the apprehension
of slave traders anil pirates. The
additional advantage will be gained,
this activity given -to (he operations
of the Navy, that it will hereafter
he wholly \ictualled at home, instead
of being supplied abroad by pur
chases there, or by storeships ex
pressly sent from the U. States. For
(lie purpose of supply, &c. to our
vessels of war? we understand that
the port of Annapolis is selected as
a place of depot for Naval Stores,
Provisions, & c. &c.
LYNCHBURG, SF>T. 1. .
Ih&peraie Combat.? The follow
ing event occuretl about 10 days since
ip the County of Henry. Various
representations of it are in circulation
We bleeive that the particulars, as
related helow, are substantially cor
rect, We have collected them from
sources which may be relied on.
Mr. Nicholas Hairston in riding
over his plantation, in the County of
llenry,. passed through a body of
wood*, either enclosed within his
limits, or adjoining his estate? Hav
I dtof p^irof draw bars to pulldown,
or a gate to open, he dismounted for
the purpose, when he perceived at a,
short distance from him a negro man,
partly concealed by the shrubbery. ?
Conceiving him to be a runaway he
accosted liim with the questions of
^ what he was doing there and to
whom he belonged?" To. this latter
question the slave answered, by say
ings he belonged to Mr. Nicholas;
Hairston ; Mr* 'Hairston told him lie]
lied, for that he was Nicholas Hajr
stou-^-the negro rejoined, saying that
he was a damn'dliar, /or lie did be-,
.long to hinv . Upon this, Mr. Hair
f.ston advanced; towards him, as well
with the; purpose of chastising bis
| insolence, as of Apprehending him as
a runaway? -Ue was promptly met
-by the .negro, who nothing daunted
by .th^ firm carriage Df Mr. Hairston,
closed in with him, and by dint of
superior strength hurled him to the
ground. Hiding so far triumphed,
he proceeded to complete his vfctotry,
by hutting Mr. Hairston in the breast;
and choaking hinw-In the intervals
of his fuiy, Mr. Hairston begged
for mercY, promising eternally to Con
ceal whathail happened, to resign
his pui^b if that was his objeot in
wishing to kill him, and even to [>or
chase and emancipate him? Nothing
however could soften the* breast of
this sava$v He proceeded obvious
ly with an intention of killing, to
beat his prostrate foe in the most un
merciful manner. According to the
account we heard, , Mr, Hairston
swooned under the severity of his
suffering*, When he revived hefound
that he had unknown to himself, in
stictively taken his knife . from his
pocket, which before he had forgot
ten to do? He instantly aimed a blow
at the negro, which he received near
his eye? he seemed however totally
regardless of it. Mr. Hairston then
aioied a second Innge at his side,
which produced a mere sensible ef
fect. The* negro ceased for * mo*
ment, and observed, "you damn'd
rascal, you have got a knife"? Mr.
Hairston seized the moment to renew
his intreaties for mercy, offering to
send for a physician to heal his
w ound, ^ and to forget ^and forgive
every tiring.? The barbarian was
however inexorable, and Mr. Hair
ston perceiving it to be a matter of
life ajid death, repeated his stabs
with such good effect, that in a short
time the unfortunate wretch exjiaus
ted by the loss of blood, quitted his
$rasp of death, and tumbled off in
i he last agonies of dissolution, ob
serving to Air. .Hairston, "ion
damn'd rascal you have killed me.'
V> ith great difficulty Mr. Hftftston
readied home, v here his life for ?otne
r i m#* \>as nearly despaired of ? He is
represented however, as. convalescent.
1 lie persons sent to look for the ne
j;ro found -4iim dead. The spot
v\ here ,the &teuggle took place, is
*ai<J to Took more as if it had been
t ampled hy contending armies thru
y two individuals.
OEOBUETOWN, SF.PT. 13.
Dreadful Gale. ? On the 10th inst.
we were visited by the most destruc
tive and violent gale of wind, which
ever occurred within the memory of
uur oldest inhabitants. In this place
and in the country, the horrors of it
were severely felt, and its effects are
visible. Some of our streets aje
rendered almost impossible by the
many trees which are lying prostrate,
and the mails can neither arrive here,
nor depart, so generally liavp the
bridges been washed away. We
have had no direct accounts from the
country, hut we fear that t4ie crops
have suffered. However severely
this gale was felt here, it was on the
seaboard u fraught with horrors," as
the following description of St by a
friend 'will show. U The gale at
North-Inlet, was preceded fey a great ;
prevalence of Easterly and North- i
East winds; but , on the 10th the
wind blew tempestuously all day, j
fluctuating between the points E. N.
E. ?ud N. E.-5 but more generally,
blowing from the N. E.
i% About sunset the scene became i
truly ttwful, i he wind increasing in|
violence and the tide rising with
frightful impetuosity. At about this
period the Church was blown from
its foundation ami many of the in
habitants were seen removing from
such houses as appeared most ex
posed to the -clangers of the tide and
wind. Aftpr dark the Gale continu
ed to increase and by 10 or i 1 o'clock
there raged one of *the most violent
Hurricanes that has ever been ex
perienced. At this hour the wind
began to back (as it is term*d) to the.
N. blowing at times in squalls of in
credible violence, bringing with them
such floods of rain, that no Bouse
in the village could entirely resist
their ftiry. The wihd about one
o'clock appealed to 1iave backed as
fnr as the N. W? from which quarter
it continued to blow* but with tie
creasing violence till the morning.?
From every investigation \vhichli*s
l>een made, it appears that die tide
rose at least four feet (perpendicularly
higher than the com moo spring tides,
and was full as high as in the g*eat
Hurricane of 1804; ? -The Mercury
hi the Themometer, as is usual in
our fall dales, remained during the
violfetic$ of the stotfm without varia
tion? the point at whidi it stood dur
ing this Hurricane was 77 1-2 ? it
began to fall as the Gale subsided,
ana at 8 o'clock on Monday (burning
was as low as 73 1-3*
"The church and some other
buildings were thrown from, their
foundation*, and the house of Mr.
John W aldo was completely destroy
ed. It is with pleasure we add that
nolives were lost." /. ^
Narrow Escape.? The stage, on
its way from Charleston to this place
being impeded by fallen trees and
other obstructions the passengers
thought it expedient to mount the
horses and come on.' Dr. A. Solo
mon was riding on, when a tree fal
ling suddenly on the horses wethers,
crushed ' the horse to death. The
Dr. happily found himself uninjur
ed* *
CHARLESTON, SEPT. 16. .v
GMte.? About 12, o'clock on Sa
turday night last, a smart gale com
menced from N. N. K. accompanied
by a heavy fall of rain. During its
continuance, it shifted almost round
the Compass ? early this morning it
was nearly due West. Last night
it blew so violently in gusts, that
much apprehension was entertained
for the shipping, which, however,
as far as we have been able to ascer
tain, has escaped without material^
damage. We never remember to
imve witnessed a greater fall of rain
than has occurred between Saturday
night apd this morning. - A consid
?
?
crable number of Frnit and shade* ?
Trees, a9 well as Fences, have been
prostrated. It is teared lhat the crops,
both Kice and Cotton, ha\e suffered
severely.
v
Since the above was in type, we
lenrn that two small wooden tene
ments, unoccupied, on an upper
wharf; another in King;, above
John-street, and two others on
Charleston Neck; forty-seveu tree#,
and many fences, have also been
blown down on Kins;- street road. ?
A small building at Haddrill's Point,
has also been blown down.
A Jury of Inquest was held on t
Wednesday last, before J. H. Ste
vens, Esq. on the, body of Archibad
Graman, found dead under a lar^e
back building in John-street, near l
King-street Road, which had beet* |
blown down during; the storiu on
Suuday night. ? It is supposed that
the deceased had taken refuse in the- i
building, from the severity of the |
storm. The Jui y returned a verdict* I
that he came to his death by the fal
ling of the building.
CXMDENV
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1820.
in consequence of *he unavoidable ab-,
sence of one of our workmen and the illness-' (
'of another, W? were unable to issue otjr pa~ f
per last week. We hope our patrons will <
make an allowance for our difficulties.
, To the Editor of the Camden Gazette.
Sir ? In your paper of the. Stsfc
ult., I read a communication signed
? A Water ee" stating that the hand?
employe-don this river had be$n idle*
since the sickly seasou commenced.
The statement, Sir, is incorrect ; the
operations ?Q the Wateree ceased
early in August, in consequence of
the fresh and subsequent ' sickness ;
when it was found inconsistent witl*
every principle of humanity to con
tinue them on the river, they wire
employed in bringing up the boat*
and flats, and in repairing the .ma
chinery and flats, until orders were
received to commence the road refer
ed to. ^ All the citizens of Oarfdea
anil its vicinity (and who are betted
judges?) unite in saying, that, the
road from the town to the landing is
4he most beneficial work upon which
the hands oould be employed, during
their short Absence from the river,
as well to the State in general, as to J
this particular section of it. If this/1
3ueritiou? Englishman, (whose only
etigtit seems to consist in grumbling:
a i our institutions and our course of
government,) had sought information
irohi the Agept for the Board of Pub*
lie Mrorks, he would not have as- .
serted as a fact, that which is abso
lutely inconsistent with truth.
WILLIAM NIXONf
jl gent for the Board Public Works.
Counterfeit Five and Ten Dolla*
Notes, of (he Bank of Cap? Feah,
have been detected at Norfolk-*- they
( are said to be very good imitations,
except as to the color of the paj^er,
, which is of a reddish cast, whereas
the paper of the genuine Notes is
remarkably white.
Earthquake. ? JJetween the hours
of 3 and 4 on the fkiotning of (he 3d
inst. (he shock of ah earthquake was
sensibly felt by several .persons in
Georgetown, B. C. The shock was
accompanied by a rumbling noise,
which was distinctly heard* *
i ' \ s' t . v ul
A shock of an Earthtpjafce was
very sensibly felt at Wilmington,
(J)e).) on the morning of the 27tU
uli: at h&lC past 2 o'clock.
The Ship of War North-Caroli
.na, was launched at Philadelphia on
Friday the 8th inst. She glided in
to the element for which she is des
tined, under a National salute, in a
very handsome manner; and it i*
asserted by the best judges, that
whether for strength, beauty or dura
bility, she has never been excelled,
. ' ?? ??'
The wheat harvest in Ohio hag
been most abundant, and the Indian
corn promjnes g;ready. Flour a'
Ciqciiiati is 02 %5 per bbl.