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Vio need of immense dykes or moundsJike ] those of Holland ; eveu with the slender levees which at pieseYit exist , J*ou tbi a* u caa never suffer ?o.niin.b a| Ihar aauniry ha* . experienced,, on Kve^i) occasions, within a few years past* We hear of 2p0 >? i frames being overflowed, and thousands perishing* this is an extent of calamity that can never happen ou the Mississippi, wfcch although ?n$ oi the mightiest iTtosi magnificent rivers in die tyoftd# it of the most^ntle ahd easily guided. The-! annual flood* of the fiver* bears ho resem blance to -fftt Vudden, violent and i r regu lar welling of th^Rhine^ the Elb; it risea |i?wly^aBd^pfl|dyiiUy? and 90 regu l%rJy, that in ioaifcr Louisiana it seldom varies mora than afiew iiyhcy There js notUngcr from tlicieiwddcn and extraor dinary freshes, which unexpectedly pass over the banW^kh irresistible jfiolence. This mighty .rivers can- be more easily rc tsimxl within its banks, than some petty utaaonSi 'Scarce* ; *tft lyfcriiniiy'V' 'IT tr" na vigate a cam*. ' In shot t places, the pre sent levee*, though slight; ,\wll answer all * In order 10 ex plain* U mUibc necessary, to give tome little; description*^ jjibe It is re markable for its , numerous smuositieaf every > few miles it changes its course ; forming* numerous points and bends .? it may be easily imagined, that the force of: the current, in the points and jn the bends, is very different. The whftle fqree of current usually falls in the midd the bend, wushea the bai% steep, often undermining if, causes considerable J to tumble in, particular-*' ; for as we sproach the 1 ft of the -liter* at>d for. some dis it h enclosed ~.7 JipHHRHop chrt^hicM in a great measure the action of water. - It is foi those bendi^Murt the *5-ating of the levee al**ys ts^es place ; this -if think Ctri ha remedied b#c the sim ~ having double levees .? 1 distance of 20 or 30' sad of vorf brink of the river, and continually ciumbling into the watdr. Tha moment the cii^R^^approacher^et firat leveel there ought t& be another thrown up in tb* Jfetfft Instead of Ibis, for miles along P the river, therefcis nothing' but ? this sinjJ 1 mound,' to resist the whole Trent of this vast river; a Wild not b* ^considered :p thef*tide out o&the Atlantic rivet fc./iR< is? i, 1' only tly, no Snip lible dotiht. be c? *"** ?? for the rivet, there i* none to be compared with fit on tfic tower Mississippi ; U is open vn wie sute to jihe trade of the Likes, uncf. the Tine country on. their "^urilers, oT -West Florida, and ^lississippi territory, of the Mobile and Jt ts numerous waters, ot Ptn sacola, Sec. and on tbe other it is the great depot of the Western world. An immense city in oat n*e in this j>lacc, in spiie of these partial calamities, for I am firmly of. opinion, that although the ' present suffering will be immense, thai it will ul timately prove a general benefit. It would be ?$f|l worthy of our fallow-citizeit* throughout the United States, to take this opportunity of manifesting their .genero sity,^^ contributing some assistance to the poor and distressed inhabitants of a sister city, whiclf has betji visited by a deluge almost ^as dreadful in its effects, as a general conflagration. , H.M, BRACKEN BRIDGE. BaliimOTCf June .19, 13 1 6. r~ ? ; if FROM SOU-q||;AM?gICA. *: Important. From the Nassau Royal Gazette . / , p Curracoa, May 18. By accounts received in this 1st- j and, sincc our last publication, we learn that Gencfrftl Bolivar, had at length-arrivedTtnd taken possession of the bland of IVJargaretta, where j I he had hoisted the' independent stan- j 'dud. On hisarriy tfhe uTir^ediate- ,1 'jl silttlmoned'the garrisonof Pom patar to surrender, but the Spahish governor refusing, hethen stormed and took<?ossession of the place by force of arms. In ?is affair, the i whole of the- Spanish garrison, a- ; mounting to "about 750 TWen, are said to have been put to death.? Close to Margaretta Bolivar's fleet was attacked by captain Gavdssa, senior Spanish officer on that sta tion, wi and the' . ? .... ? ? >y? ** w fleet was compelled tai strike to the independents. These captured ves ?eis were immediately manned ancf commissioned, which acquisici<Mi has increased the patriotic fleet to 35 sail, chiefly schooners, car rying M j to 1 6 guns, longit?* F to ja's, and 34 pound carronades, I thetn7tivCn' /^u Cr. v 1 Such is the ikst account of the , second actual invasion * ~ ~ * I'ivafj' of his1 native ' cot sary itSikaQ^H., . .. expedition, may or v&f riot exagerated, as it is onty from Vei report that we' Have, collected pbo#:pirtieuUrt. fflj By the retur* of ge brlganti ?Fortunatus, from the Spanish coa s? hut #iKfcfi?dc cargo of mule ball?t; Itav pRtscn, June 6, 18>?. * Mr. Franch Page at Hchrtbner, a- merchant y<mm? I as bfcle, vrhdm | tiondrcd Roj s els of w?i$ this reinforcement which, together Willi sirf ore't^h other .vw.^ on (ho main is in thiirpoweswon : and the loftt new* states, that they were marrJKI triumphant towards Carraccna, which mm doubt Is in their hands by this time. The RojrilhtGen. Moan.to has made several attempts to penetrate to Santa Fe, but has been often defeated ; lie is now cooped up in Carthagena, from which ho caanot stir without the greatest hazard. In ahtfrt the, | Patriots s?em to get the better of the Roy alist* hi al oarts, and It appears to me tety probable they will carry their CAMDEN GAZETTE. ? 1 JiUHSD.4 Vi ? Itiv 1 8 1"6. Inattention to mail conveyance between this place. & FaycttevUle, is becoming more serious daily. Irregularity is generally at tended with disappointment and inconven ience^ but entire failures derange much public and private business* It is presum ed the post master generaFwill adopt meas ures, calculated to insure greater" punctu ality and attention, on the part of contract ors, than has hitheruTbeen an ose Negroes* convict and abetting in the late conspiracy, was excc^lrd on Friday last the other is sen tenced to twelve months imprisonment* or a removal from the U. Start s~- ~ We are authorized 'to state that those who were professors of religion did not be long exclusively to one church. In presenting j>ur readers with an ad dress to the cultivators, capitalists, and man ufacturers of the United States, it is pre sumed much light will be thrown upon the ' resources of our country, its real invests, and the necessity of attending; to domestic manufactures* At a mean of lessening the buttbcij^ of war, it is important ; at a m . of promoting and insuring our independ*^ ence, it it additionally to. Although writ ten at a time when the elouda of despond ency were thickening around ut j when the east vat obscured by the turbid atmosphere of dflpbntent, and when the lowering heav ens were wont to deluge our land with tur i >.c . ' ?? v. ? ? 'i * 'ft moil, civil disseotioii, and invasion, it it not x the lett applicable to the present state of affairs. Whilst Europe reclines in peaceL U rnav be,~her sovereigns are meditating a i * , j- ^ r KIa? p * ' the first in Viewing men of i - 7 """ ing out present repose. T . . j . , as an inautpiciafts o ce, let ut cultivate the "against the worst. A few days ago, a 5 tome * tO^this^tate ft oft awl b UlKrokef lndiMt, the b terminated , in deat '? botii.'U appears from a correct ,' ?uu ment, that the Indian had stolen some ar- . riiles from a waiteon. which thft nwnrf 1 eSdeavonng to obuta M>m htm, Was stab- 1 bed slightly, which act was Several times hours, Iq cause his death. A party of Indians immediately assembled, tied the tfcer, and Several other whites, and after h**gg. deliberately ^erf thS rifci, dis H m mmm-mrmj HIV" llicir contents into l)iabody, and _ Jf- Ifennesseean instantly expired. Several farming instance* of hostility by ike Cberokecs, of a Went nature, t$ ^wgrai travellers* call loudly for enquiry frotn tbi gpvifrnmeit, and ; redress? or. \ otherwise*? MP <U**mujifcation f between ? Georgia and East (Yftftntssee) A through thfclr nation, must shortly bctbtodohed.~ J Washington ( Georgia) Acw?. ?pi mk<t 'the dwelling house at "the Creek Agen cy, occupied1 by the family 6f the late, colonel Hawkins, we understand has ttfcen "consumed by fire, together with the fur niture and papers, ibclndinj* bit valuable ^^nnto^ptv Much of the colonel's lei-v sure from ofhcla! duties, had been devoted to science art) literature, and his friends had consoled themselves at hit death wjih the reflection, that his works had not pe ?jriohtd^but would en his countryman . _ . author.-^By this account the public have . losi more than his family. No man Hvh^ l was more cohvetssnt with the character of k I the North American Indians, or better I kneW the habM, cuitoms w*?ii*4RAons of | 1 tWC Aborigine*. ? MUltifgrvittt >\ r* W\!P? W5* i?. fW< American Consul atCibraW has given public notice that\Am*rfcfcn vessels rfttght again pass up and down ihe Medi terranean without danger of tnolestation |by the Algertnea* Wholesale Prices Current. _ w.?i, r?> Cotton, bea Island 0 50 ,? Upland, 0 29 Rice, prime ocw cw/ 0 00 flour, Superfine ddi 9 00 ,, Fine country 9 00 Corn, ^ 6n$A|o 95 Wheat, ? UT^-tcco, leaf - #[o 15 . ol$ manufactured . S<d\ lb 0 53 0 31 0 24 .0 sr 3 75 9 50 9 00 .0 00 ? Whisk ej, Butter, Bacon, Lard, Tallow, 0 00,6 5S) . , 1 ool OO i, > 75 I 25 .000 0 fO .0 12 0 20 JOMS 0 70 .075 18 *0 2$ |0 60 . 0 65*0 0 25 TO 30j0 O 1 4 * 0.160 12 ,0 14. 0 19 . 0 00 0 12 .0 16 0 18 . 0 200 00 ,0 If |o-?g-.x)'3o;ow;o sr? vW Hemp, Homespun, cotton .yc/jo 23 . 0 280 30 .0 ST t* rM 9 "T V ,i N. Carolina tow Shoe tbreajd, . 16 IndigQi 0 25 .0 30 6i |o rs . o 8o;o rs >oar J 8 ir. lb 0 23 to 20 Dear SE Foreign Jrffclc* prime, - ,, old i- ;v :?>/ . . sugar, Muscovado Salt, . xbv^ Iron, . ; v 100M?]5 QO .6 W nlolasses, fc , ^a/Jo 45 *CL4$ 0 24 0 30 .0 32 ,0 22 [0 14 .0 16.0 1 8 ?0 20 |0 5 5 .0 65 1 00 f O 00 17 00 .8 QO a 87 .o ooi p i ? < ? ? y* ? i ;; . v' Almanac? July 30 days, 1816 Mo, ~i? is 20 si 22 23 24 Week A\ ? i ;r h. Fr. S?4 - ,;6u. Mo. ,Tu. W. ? bUN Rises 1 Sats a moon Sets ? , # '5 \< y * ??5 * S 4 s s( 5 J 6 6 6 6 6 58 57 57 5<H 6 56 <S 5 5 6 55 mom. O 23 O 5* ; I 37 S t? 3 21 4 23 South 6 ar 7 .1* 8 > 8 53 9 SO 10 56 Hi ?? Sajeat Auction. ILL btgtftf it ihe Court Hdute, in Qafti(||jffiita^ftur?day the 1st of ragust next, a quantity of DKY GOODS, of a good quality.? Oentlemen living in this place, or. in the country t wishing to sums they may buy, over 11109 until the first dky of January next, giving no|*? with nvrowd ^ _ ... .. ? V Camden, 1 8th July, 1 8 16 7. >.>? fmB0(A*C"ntent. i> , 'A* m rid firm wen it m'thi ? maikTor brands. Appraised at !it*fu ?06' THOMAS ENGLISH, J. /'? Ju?r ?*. !?i?. m-ifl 'y-T-- v i. ??* "f ? ypr* ' - *J ? rT" '* ?* Blank I )<???< Is, For aafentt the CtHRten OiOtOTttXCe.