Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, May 17, 1821, Image 2
Foreign.
?' SAyANKAH, MAY 9.
CM ?. DA Y LATKR JfR OAf /. O.K'D O. V
The arrival of the Georgia , li.,<
given us London dates to the 23<i
March, and commercial letters from
Liverpool to the 27<h. It is with'
feelings of no ordinary disappoint-!
went that \vc inform our readers of
the re\ er9e <st the Neapolitan army.1
Tbe^report which had been widely
circulated, aud generally believed",
of the discomfiture of tho Austrian
army, proves t^iave had no founda
- tioo, The ^Neapolitans were beaten,
and the victorious army was march
ingou Naples. Such is^ie state
Xbent winch ^vill he found in our ex
trects from the London Courier of
J8jd March. ^ However, .although
^we must partially credit tH|jfcouiiL
yet as uo particulars are |^en of
the engagement, nor of the extent of
loss sustained or either side, it would
be .premature to make any calculation
^iltV^u^?ncea that may result.
What la termed, a battle, may only
_Jjgve het*n a skirmish of outposts, or
at any rate an indecisive rencontie.
force of the Austrians, -com
puted at 45,000 inen, could certainly
* Ujake-uo fatul impression in one en
gageuient upon so numerous a popu
lation as that of Naples, when it
asserted that' one hundred and
thousand men are in arms on
the frontiers. And although this ac
count is rather gloomy, yetthe e\%uts
In the >prth,of Italy which are offi
cially announced, afford os. ample
consolation. ? Tbej open a brilliant
prospect of success, and Alieve us
ironv all fears of ultimate defeat. A#
great an enthusiasm appears 'to pre
vade the stater of Piedmont, as has!
ever actuated ? the ^eapolitkns, and
if without actual oppression their
feelings can bo ao strongly aroused,
with what energy will they benerv
VVf)en Europe shall
attempt to wrest from them the rights I
they lia^e proclaimed. Under all
.wo^aiance* we <hink there is no
reason to de?pQnd^-J^p?iffcaw,
A letter irom Liverpool of the
S7lU March to a Commercial House
in tun City, sajs .? Hie demand for
Cotton continues -very brisk, and the
sales are still on an extensive scale,
,^'vwy*|idce8. Uplands 8 1-2
a 10 8-4}"TN e w-0? WaiiK, 9 a 18 12;
Island, 14d afis per lb. llice
is in lii tie /request at 14 n l?s per cwt.
? sales of the w eek previous to
that date, are over lfl.000 bags.
(Frorn the London Courier 23d M?rch.
BaTTUS BETWEEN THE
Austrians and Neapolitans.
anticipation .that an engage
ment had token place at liieti, is
ftrtly confirmed by the folltmiuc in
telligence, wliicli we hasten to lay
before ?JUr readers, jy.d which We
have Irom a Source in which the most
implicit reliance may he placed. A
let U* has been received from Paris
?his morning by express, written on
Wednesday morning, cpinmunicat
?wig the nfSportant event of a battle
between lhe Austrian* and the Nea
yomans ; the former have been com
pletrtj successful, and have taken ?
great ~ number of prf^fe.- The
. Auatnan, were ,? tfffTAasch to,
Naples, where tiny expected to ar
rive without further fighting. Tha
Neapolitans commenced the attack ?
'"gagettient took place, at Hieti!
"? <{'? 7<h. The French fond^
winch had been 73f. immediately^
advanced toTJ# 60c. on Uie intelli
gence' rencliiiiK Paris.
The follow ing appears in the se
cond edition of a (uorning paper.
** The following is a copy of a
notice posted on the Exchange at
faii^ in the afternoon of Wednes
day lrtst, hy order of M. Roy, the
llflnkter.of JHYartce : \
There hag been, onthe7th inst. an
engagement between the AoMrians
and Neapolitans. Tim lutler had
advanced on Kieti, which was occu
pied by the Austrian^. They were
rennlsed with considerable loss.?
The. AusU'inii army has entered tht
Ahrtizzi ; many prisoners have fnl
len into their hunds, and the g,rt*tcsi
li^order appears to re'gn in il?e Nea
lolitan armv."
*? ?
The t\t ws from It$W since our
Jaat is of considerable intfrfst, espe
< ially that portion of it ^liich relates
o Piedmont. The first act of the
revolution in fTiat country is complet
ed, aucl we mu*t wait to see bow
the drama will proceed. The act
of^abdication of the late King of Sar
dinia is now befoie the world, aiul
who will not smile at its introductory
declarations? We have frequently
contemplated the abdication of the
throne " ? " 'This idea which ire have
always eiitertainsd , pfc." . We do
not mean (o say that it is impossible
Victor Kmanuel may have contem
plated a retirement iVcuujjJtoe^cares of
monarchy, byf certaigj|fr^tfe inten
tion has been disclosed under circum
stances which entitle, it 'tovery little
confidence orfllie scoreW sincerity.
It is remarkable that even in the
solemn act of abdication, there is no
mention of tl>e person in whose f?i
>or it has been made.* . '
> We leam indeed, from tlie decla
ration*? and proclamations of the
Prince de Carigtian, that herhoMs
the reins of government only until
the late King's brother Charles Fe
lix, duke de Geuevoiw, can a arrive
to ^assume them. This Prince is in
liis 56th year, and has been married
14 years to a daughter of the King
of Naples^ but he has no children
Jbylier. The Royal Family of Sar
dinia is divided into two branches ;
ityb reigning one which is that of
Havqy, and that of Safoy Carignan. '
Tlie next iu succession to the Duke
dp Genevois is the Prince de Carig
nan, who is in his 23d year. lie
is married to a daughter of the Grand
Duke of Tuscany, but is also with
out children.
The Spaniah constitution has been
formerly ^romulgateth bjrtinrregent,
and a provisional junta of government
appointed, consisting of 45 members.
The intelligence from Naples is
is*_ihe 0th, hut it does not add mttc4i
to our previous information, except
in what relates to the termination of
the sittings of the extraordinary par
liament, and the opening of the or
dinary session on the 1st. March.
CHAKl-ESTOy, MAY 13.
From Havana and Mexico.
The friend to whom we submitted
for examination and translation, our
Havana papers to 29th ult. per schr.
j Eudora, reports that they are princi
pally filled with Debates of the
Cortes, at Madrid, upon the inter
esting question* whether tlmt body
'.ought, in compliance with tiie re
[ quest of the King, to n commend
proper characters to compose a new
Administration, the Ring having
dismissed six out of his seven Se
cretaries of State, and the only one
*hat had been preserved having pf
his own accord given his resignation.
The Cortes decided, that under
the Constitution, it would l>e impro
per for them to specify Members for
the Administration. They referred
the King to Ihe Council of State,
whkh is his constitutional adviser ;
at the same time, expressing a hope,
that the Kiug would a(>pot?t none,
bvt such a* had given proofs of their
attachment to the present system.
In the course of the debate, they
paid the highest compliments to the*
dismissed Ministers, 'ami expressed
great regret that they should be put
out off office ; the mure so, because
it'happeued nt a period ^hen they
were to exhibit to th6 Cprtcs. the
statements or reports of their several
Department, \n hich couhl not be pi e
pared by tfie new Ministers, for some
time.
In the paper of tire 25tli is -the
following important article: ? The
bug Kajo, from Cempeachy, brings 1
the news, that jtist before her sailing
from thai* port the Spanish 'brig
Thirtieth of May, bad arrived there i
in & short passage from Vera Cruz,
and brought th? positive information j
that the iryjurrec ion in the Kingdom
of Mexico had been ineffectual, the
-principal leader, i'oK Ytnrvide, hav
ing solic ited and obtained pardon for
his offence : That two battalions of
In* Vrnopis bad previously ^ouo over
to the King's Authorities, and said
I/*a(Wr hail also delivered to the
tfte same Auiborilies haif a millioi
of dollars out of the treasure, which
lie had before taken possession of.
m mr> ? ? ?
Domestic.
TARIS, (KEN.) APHIL 8. .
V ^ % - ,4
Extraordinary Preservation .
?* ti i * **
Lxtrart of a letter from a Lady in Frank
lin, Missouri, of unquestionable veraci-,
ty, to anotber4n this neighborhood, dat
e<l 23d February, 1821.
? Air. Benjamin F-. Royre, a
five of Fayette county, Kentucky,
i and half brother to iWjaapgs Moss,
late of ami
| iiis friend ]Jtr. Carr, also from Fayette
county, "were ou their return frt.m
Council Bluffs, as.the cold weather
commenced. ' Rogers was . sick and
weak $^heir progress was slow, and
J a fell- of sue* M*as tbree feat tle-ep*
The^rjutj^t^aUeq^pt was to proceed
by ^atQ$~aiuT they went dofcn the
river Untfil Mr. Rogers' weak Mate
"of health, determined them to land
and tTecide, on Mr. RV remaining
until Mr. Carr would proceed to the
settlement, and procure help to take
him in* The settlement, or inhabit
ed jmrt of the country, was one hun
dred an <l vfif1y miles /distant; and
they feaged, as ihe weather was so
cold, 'they might both perish, as
Mr. lingers was too weak to proceed.
The snow was raked off by his faith
ful friend, leaves gathered /or a bed,
wood to last till his return, a fire
kindled, powder left him to kindle
his tyre in case it /should go out, a
buffaloe robe and a horse blanket let'
biro, awl all the provisions they
had, a quart of com. The friend
took his leave, with promise to re
turn as soon as a man and horse
could be procured.
The first night he (Carr) stopped,
lie attempted to kindle a fire, but
iris powder was wet, and he did not
?sucpeed ) he had to beat about a tree
to keep himself from freefciug. ? In
this manner -lie reached the settlement,
and as soon as he could, With the
necessary he^p returned to his friend.
Iu the mean time a fall of 6now hap
pened. This added Jo the difficulty
of fiudrng the place where he had
left his friend. Hetlioughfit was
near Cow Island, and ?peat many
d&ys exploring that ground, fearing
Rogers had moved bis ground. Not
succeeding in his searches as he left
him on the banks of the Mississippi,
he was determined to proceed higher
up, and on the 21st dfcy after he left
him, he fluund him 40 or 50 miles
from his first search, hut whefr he
had actually left him. He observed
a rise of suow, (the snow was all
over the ground,)* and many tracts of
a wolf, leading to % and' with tf
palpitating heart ho went up to it,
and saw a piece of Buffalo robe
sticking out, and stooping down, dis
covered" the shining eyes of his
friend !? He was alive ! but his feet
much frozen. His Ure had gone out
and in attempting to make more, his
powder blew up; ? He was afraid
his frieiftl Uad firozeTT, ftfid In des
pairing of life had rolled himself up
in his Buflf&loe robe and layed down.
He was eight days without auy kind
of food, and was so exhausted, that
. when the wolf stared him in the face,
he was not able to make any exer
tion or noise to drive him away.r?
- They got* him safe into Hempstead.
It was feared he would lose bis feet,
bqt Dr. ? y told me he wouki
not ev^k loose a toe ! Is not this a
wonderful tale ; but nevertheless, it
is strictly true. 1 went to see him
at the doctor's in this place. I did
not hear all the particulais from him*
self, as he was in much pain when
I saw him ; but 1 had it from the
best authority. He acknowledges
the hand of God in his wonderful
preservation. It is a miracle !?? The
mat time 1 saw the doctor he told me
he would soon be wellf that he wooid
lose part of the Heah off his great
toes, but expected it would be re
placed?let no one in the most trying
tit cuifatances despair qf tha mercy
of God ?
VOITNT 210N, (or.O.) MAY 11. *1
On M outlay last, nl k?u t 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, a Revere ami des
tructive storm of hail, accompanied
l>y thunder aud heavy rain, uas ex
perienced in the vicinity of this place,
which we are sorry to learn has done
considerable damage, particularly to
cotton. Wtj are iwt apprized of the
exteut of the injury sustained, hut
are told that the crops on several
plantations are entirely runied, The
[destructive violence of the hail was
confined to a breadth of from half to
th'ree quarters of a mile; hut we
understand it passed on with ruinous
effect, into. 'the county of , Greene.
The -ground in some places were
covered with hail-stones to the depth
of twp or three inches, They w ere
not, however, of a very uucommon
? *?
CAMDEN.l
THURSDAY, AY 17>
r- - '".fi-' x ' -y ' ' iff
? RAIL ROADS. # v
It "has been suggested that Hie
space of court try between Charlestou
and Augusta, affot^s the most eligi
ble seite for ait experiment in rail
road making, of any route io the
United States, in consequence of a
concnrence of the following circum
stances: no road of the same length
could facilitate so great an amount of
commerce: no spac&^ country of
the same extent between commercial
places, presents fewer obstructions,
or offers a more easy and eligible
scke for an inclined^ planer no sec
tion of country is better suj>plietl
with limber for the purpose of con
structing the vail way ; and perhaps
no two |>oints could be fotmd where
capital is more abundant, than at the
two extremes of the proposed rail
wajt or where property ^o^greftter
amount would lie more favorably af
fected by such application of funds,
or to a greater extent.
? Every foot of rail? read would,"
upon this plan, require the. hewing
irf 18 feet of square timber, estimat
ing it according to thi usimi custom
of (lie country, by measuriug one
side and one edge, which it is neces
sary to ?do, to ascertain the price of
hewing ; but tbp price of timber
should be reckoned by the cubic footr
and every foot of road wcj
within a' fraction, of five
ok timber.
Cost of am mile of Bail Way .
[Surveying, levelling, and
making tf%raduated. plan
oi the road per mile, 8 1 0 00
36,400 cubic feet of timber
trees, at one dollar, per
100 ftfet, standing, 264 00 ,
63,360 feet of hewing, side
and- edge measurement at
[ two cents per foot, 1267 20
Hauling . 26,400 cubic feet '
at one cent per foot 264 00
Carpenters wor!, 13 i cents Mfep:
per foot, 660 00
1 3,660 feet of Oak plank f tit
facing, at ~ftcents-per foot 3 S3 00
3520 yards of digging, or fil
ling in between the rails,
at,20 cents per yard, , 704 00
Expense per5 mile, 3502 20
'flic whole road, 140 tailes -
will at thi? rate cost t 8490,308 00
Aa it- is confidenily believed
that every item in Hie a*
bove climate is rated ? - - -
highj^than it would be
nrcflpy to pav, On actu- i
I al cdmiracts for the wooii, ?<*]$''?
at the present reduced pri
ces of labor k provisions,
it will not therefore be ne
cessary to rnake any great
allowance for contingen
cies or intervening bridge
es, sajr for the pufposeof
making a round sum, > 9692 00.
. ' i >, m. . ?i
Total, 8500,000 00
Thus it appears that a permanent
rait road from Charleston to Augusta,
wouldaoost half a million of dollars.*
The amount of cottoq sent down
fponr Augutfn is believed to be one
fttftidmt tfioiifl&nd hags in a year ;
and that the aggregate of all other
^roduttfbns exported from the same
ylnce, together with (lie /cotton and
other articles which wotiffl come on
ttye road froth Booth Carolina^ would
be equal to fifty thousand bags more.
'The returning freight or hack load it(
w presumed, would be equal to that
dcscendip^itt Jfttf the iwount jjn
toll 3 ench way. would lie together,
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars. If fifty thousand dollars of
this sum, w hich is ten per cent on tli -?
capital to he expended, shoukl be
allowed for the expense of collection,
and keeping the road in repair, there
would then he a dividend of twenty
per rent per annum left for (he Stock
holders.
These ideas are sanctioned hy ifio
late Mr. Latrohe and Hamilton Ful
ton, Ksq. I^ncineer to the 5S(ale of
North-Carolina.
Pee J)ic (Jli l.zctie.
Another tire took place at Wil
mington, in the night of the 30th
ult. occasioned hy an incendiary hav
ing put fire among a parcel of hoy or
-straw in the c?n '.a?;e- Louse of Gen.
W. VY. J ones. The siahle, cat
riage-house and smoke-house be
longing to the General were destroy
ed ; but hy great exertions the fire
was stopped at the Kitchen, though
a wooden building, which prevented
the extensive mischief which was at
first apprehended. V\ e shall - foe
glail to hear that the vile wretch who
committed this struciotia oft e nee is
discovered*.
The salaries of the Governors in
the different States in the American
Union, range from 3400 to 87500.
Rhode-Island being the lowest
Louisiana the highest.
. A mass of native Silver* found 7
miles North. West of Alexandria,
(1). C.) and weighing #0 ounces
when found, has been deposited in
the Philadelphia Museum.
L lrvprovemevt in. Bridles. ? Tlw
Philadelphia A u rota states* .. ?" that |
Mr, La Porle, a native of France, I
but for many years a citizen pf this
conutry, has made au improvement
011 the common bridle, by , which
the difficulty of mauaging high spirit
ed and unruly horses, and prevent
ing them fj*om Tunning away with
their rhlers and drivers, is prevented*;
as well a* .that exj^rienced in break*
ing young* homes 'to lmrness. Th*
contrivance isextreinely simple, light,
and cheap, and so applied that it
may be used at pleasure, by mean$
of a short additional rein, which
hangs loose over the horses neck,
(when applied for the saddle) wliiist
Hp common bridle is used iill occa
sion requires stronger argument to
Urine the animal under command.
- - - 1 - it . .
t the ftorstrus
and comp^es*
ting tHenr in
cannot hear;
his courage
at the will of
ovejiient may
together -oi*
ears as ma#
and slackens his
be ijuule use of <
separate for the no
be." ?
The per|?etpal
sought for in vain
attract a pretty heavy be
continual oscillation of \
gives motion to a pemlul
has never stopped for the
years. The physician u
deavoring to give to this
an isochronism which ma)
more useful.
Potatoes.? K correspond
American Farmer, an a
p^per of considerable m*r
in Ball i more, a sser Ui, tba
way to improve the pofal
the seed of its own apple.'
he gathered a handful of
after washing out the seta
ing it he sewed them in <1
came up very thick, havii
pearance of some small
two or three weeks the;
leaves: in the fall he bi
many kinds and of variq
As (lie expanse* Is (filling (his expert
ment t* certainly worthy the atten
tiou of ?ajrricHlttiiisK