Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, September 19, 1816, Image 1
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Number 25.
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A DISCOURSE, j
Delivered at a conference hclfLjn Camden,
BY
George Dougherty, Elder, l\f. JZ. C. j
Sept. 1 2.
\ 4 -j
?J*We are authorized to
state that WILt.lAM MAVR ANT, K*q. J
of Stateburgh, is a candidate (or the ensu
~ ing CoRgfe**.
THR petitioner humbly solicits all his
friends in Kershaw District, to aid
and assist him to-trying to acquire a major
ity of voles in liia favour* for the Sheriff s
place, at our next election, as he assures
them that he is a real candidate.
- WM. BRASINGTON.
Camden, Aug. 21,1816, 2 1 tf
~ MILT. SAWS.
THE Subscriber has a few Philadel
phia made MILL SAWS, for sale
on good terms.
HENfflT ABBOTT.^
Camden, August 0, 18 1 5. 20tf
Notire. -
COTTON in the seed t?ilf be received
and expeditiously picked and pack
ed, on usual loll, ai my Cotton Factory in
Camden*
J. LYON.-,1, j
Aufc. 15, 1816. .
N. JJ. I wish to hire two first rate pack- 1
ers for 5 or 6months. tf* ^
South* Carolina? bumttr District.
.Tolled before me
a certain bright bay Horse,
ban the nppearntice r>t fk>
ing very ohi, quite 'grey abo?it the flanks*
and his legs grey to the krieets about 14
hands and u half high, no brand perceiva
ble. - A JtMU Pj&KDLES, A ?.
August 16, 1816. 4 6
" NOTICE. , ' *
FOR Sale, Twto LOTS, one situate on
the corner of Broad k Rutledige streets i
the other adjoining t^fwttfag on RuHedge
st it having on thetnff good two story dwel
ling house, calculated for a store, a kitchen*
smoke house, stable and carriage house, and
all other necessary buildings for a family
and a atore.? -For terms and fuither par
* ticulars appljr tg the subscriber.
EL1SHA BELL.
Camden, A^g. 1 3, 1 8 1 6. ^ 20tf
For Sale,
A bODYorRWxJ HiKh LAND of a
jt\ bout SIX THOUSAND ACRES,
in Lancaster County, on Wild Cat branch
and Camp and Crane Creaks ; the Plaits
are in Dimension of Jamet H. Blair, whn
enn girl information about the Lapd* tr
any person wishing to purchase, jmd will
receive proposals for the same.
ROBERT BALKLEY,
DUNCAN M'ftA.
ZACII. CANTEY,
July 10, 1316. |7rf
LEE ^ DeLEON
HAVE on liand a general assorts
ment of seasonable and
F a sliio liable (roods.
Also, a ^ood supply of OHOCKftlES,
which they will sell low for cash or pro
duce.
Camden, May 0, 1810.
DOMESTIC. '
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/Vo/rt /At* / alii more GuzeUe,
The Kngli ih papers contain short ac
count of ti ijI^ which take place in theit'
courts, both of Civil and criminal jurisdic
tion, which are very amusing u> a majority
of readers. In cur coin is here many trials
occur, leports uf winch would lie equally a
in using, and, in some instanced furnish
useful information^ l-t>e
en as a specimen of-what might be done, if
vre could induce some of the gentlemen of
the bar, who are known to possess the abili
ty, to turn their attention to the subject
when any case of sufficient interest is tried.
THE STATE vs. LANMAN
On Sirttrrtiay last, June, alias Jenney
Lanman, spinster, was tried in the count
' of Oyer and 1 ermlntr, tor ^Baltimore
county, upon an indictment for^ being
4* communis rixatrijcy"w? a common t>cold
and turbulent biawtrr.
The Attorney, general opened the piose
cution with a brief statement of the tacts
he expected to prove against the Traverser,
and observed, that the gentlemen of the
jury must be perfectly aware that the pub
lic peace might be more noisily disturbed,
and the dignity of the good people of the
state of Maryland more loyUly insulted by
the shnli clamour of a woman's tongue,
than by the boisterous quairels of men ?
that assaults and batteries vmxzqui ckly over,
and the mischief usually confined to the
parlies ; bul the rattle of a common scold
Was iucchbunii 'and annoyed the whole
neighbou. hood? that although this offence
was strictly of the Jrmtninc gender, anrl^
to the honor of our sex, the law had no
terni to fix the leproach upon men? yet, i
inasmuch as ive were the principal ^ij def
ers, the policy of the law had vested men
with the sole prerogative of trial and ptm
Uhmcnt? -thui he trusted he might remind
them on this occasion that the tranquility
of society mainly depended Upon a saluta
ry restraint of its >e*tleas and ungovernable I
If&viOcru * ,
NflP^ie first witness culled was the clerk of
(he market, whu testified that lie had
known the traverser about four years,
during fehich the witness had charge o(
the market. 'That on market day* she
\*us particularly nofoy and troublesome,
bellowing ami screaming at all the market
people within the reach of ber Ipogtifc? -
that excepting her tongue, he knew no
. harm of her? ahe Was at ttme*iutl?st?Mftttft
and submissive? indeed? he must confess,
he had now become so used 10 her tongue,
U did not annoy him a great deal, though
he could not tell liow her scolding sat upon
utlmr people's eafS i iilliat he b<|)it*edf ho\fr.
?Vor, she was afnad of no man bi woman
upon earth exevfu hmmclf.
i wo con>tabies were then called, one of
whom declared, that he considered JeAny,
the traverser, one of the moet ytrbuicnt
creatine # he nad ever saw in the whole
course of bis life-? that she was ffiUe^abiy
abusive to every bony, black and white,
gentle and simple? that witness had fogged
her over and over again* with a Vt? y g</Od
cow hide, to See if he fcould not quit t her
unigue, but ail to no purpow, for the more*
he had whipped, the louder ahe had scream
ed, so that he absolutely despaired of a
cure. /J*
. Here the jury begged to have the traver
ser produeed} that they might see her* and
ujftn tldsp without leaving thejto*, they
found her 4i guilty/'
,.We understand the punishment is not
yet fixed, though the law still atith'ories
?the court to inflict the antient ami appro
priate punishment of ducking till tha of
fender W ill hdd her tongnr.
Interesting case of Sickness.
Miss , about *ix yefcrs old, T found
very ill in the evening ? she labored tinder a
perfect degree of i<iiotism; she alternately
muttered, groaned and laughed*^. Every
limb and all parts of her body were in in
cessant motion; she would pull or tnatch at
the bed clothes, her own clothes, or any
thingelse that came in her way; she fteevned
10 know no person, and if she took notice
of any, it appeared to be accidental; she
would attempt to climb the walls of the
hruse, approach the fire as if she would go
against any object or person, and fall over
him, as if she were blind ; she was perfectly
listless, and, therefore, urina sua improvidi
mixit; she would neither eat nor drink, and
she imagined pins stuck in her hands and
that she saw im.\mv things that were not
pfesrnt, as simk'.ts, In fact I thought
every object appeared to her in a disguised
arul in a terrifying form.
Her pulse was little disordered, but her
skin "was dry * and the pupils of her eyes
werj? considerably abated.
All the information that the family could
give me was, that " she appeared well when
sSe sat iCtheVable to dine; tw?"f, while eat
ing. she became very sick, puked her face
hcugne spotted, white and red, that
The family demanded of me, in a
minutes af er my arrival, what I thought
was the matter with her ? I candid! f replied,
I believed she had eaten some poisonous
berries- _
All the family, both white and black,
assured mt I was mistaken* and that the
child had not had any chance to eat any
th'wg of the kind, and one Jjerson present, ^
who partially practises medicine, mention
ed four complaints, with one of which both
he and the family thought she must be af
fected. ^ ;
! persisted in my opinion* and the case
was confided to me. I freely administer*
ed Ipecac, and Tartar Kinetic. She was
resolutely opposed to take medicine ; but I
succeeded to Rive so mUckvas to vomit re
peatedly. No poisonous berries came up,
I therefore inferred they, must be too far
advanced in the common passage to be
evaluated by puking ; hence I pave purga
tive * medicines, and directed clysters to
speed their operations. Evacuations sue
ceeded, but no btrries. She seemed to
grow better, but the a me i ulmen't w as tran
!?itf>ry.' More purgative medicine ^Vas
KiveUf and at lant twenty- fry berries of
the Jamestown ( 1 -utura Stramonium), were
dischmged iri one passage. These satis*
fied $ht family I was right in respect to the
nature of tlie complaint. More mediciine
was given* and many moqty of the berries
were evacuated-? the child appeared hour*
ly to mend, thougU with some appear*
ances of occasional relapses. She got per
fectly weU in a fcw days. - ,
Perhaps Uie preceding statement con
tains ii.fovnjatibn thjt msy Le useful* The
substance of It was penned down by the
side of the patient \ it 4s therefore more
worthy of aitcniion* It is now abstracted
from a work called Medical Philosophy*
once announced to the ptiblice* though not
yet quite ready for the pvcst.ma&nquirer.
Eason, the Blackheath Pedestrian, %bo
had uudertakeifciri JLondtn, for a wager, to
go tleyen hundred miles in eleven hundred
hours, and to go only one in each hour,
entered iipon his thirtieth ?l*ys* perform
ance on the morning of the 4th ot July,
and was g?*h>g on well, lie had complet*
ed his 709th miles*
S * i i X. Y,
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Inundafiomi ? roreigV^^apers contain
numerous accounts of inundation, htorHis,
and their disastrous effects, in Holland,
tier many and Swilaerlud- The river# had
swelled to a height never before known In
the ?ummer,anci breaking their banks, had
inundated the surrounding country, devas
tating every tiling in their course. On
thr flh Jul** the water jvaw on a level with
the highest dykes in some pars of flo land,
apd the most fearful apprehensions were
entertained. In one village ail the popula
tion had assembled in a church u Ho ap
pease Heaven," when tlfc inundation, pene?
titrated the fenetuagy y h**4\y time for
the unlortunate inhabitants to escape to the
roof and the tower. The accounts are
I truly distressing, and a famine was fearfully
anticipated.
?
m Wm. Pknn, on Marriage. ? Do thou be
wise; prefer a person before money, y virtue
before beauty, th<^ mind b^Jjjre the bfcdy:
then thtou hast a wife, a friend, a compan
ion, a second self, one that bears sn equal
share with thee in all thy toils and trou
bles/' ^
SCRAPS. *
% Prom a Art v- York Paper ?
Pugilism J ? The federal and democratic
newspapers, being crowded together In
the mail bag, got to fighting And torr rack
other to fare en- This accounts for the
scarcity of news in our present paper.
Patriot* of South America / ?The KVen
ing Post informs that Bolivar's army is
reduced to eight hundred men, who are
chit fly negt org from St. Domingo; from
which it appeafs, that tin; Patriots h.?vt
been beaten until they arc nearly all bluck !
' Original.
&0*ne account of the di$cove7~y. of ytmerica
and ii* sHtltment^ - connected with a short
sketch of events that have occurred since.
[COM TINUF.D.l
Notwithstanding bickering and pftrty
spirit had, in a manner, supplanted har
mony and biothertyhrve, the provincial
continued to extend their settlements ; and
the growing importance of ihe colonies be
came, in Europe, a matter of admiration
and jealousy. ?Cnticipating anjncrca^e of
wealth, by encouraging the settlement of
the TOW world thekings of Trance, Spain
and Great-BAtain, who had by this time
, extenitffi possessions in .America, seemed
to vie with each other fit their exertions to
promote the advancement of their respec
tive colonies. Wheri^ such a collision of
interest exists, it cannot be expected that
a mutual good understanding should be
maintained long.
At the death of King WilliaWthe rifcht
<of government dejfolved h|>on Anne SteW
art* the ' youngest daughter of King
James the^second, whose ambition induced
j hdr ib think of humbling the ytde ot
t foe infu6nceof whope power Ik
was thought becathe dahgeroiis to the li
berties of Great-Britain. The address
ftn<! Wfeience of Lewis \ 4th induced ih#
Spanish nation to asist in declarirg th6
pretended PHnce Wales "King of Eng- ^
land, which superadded to restric^ibn* iml
posed on the British comtnerce, bedamC
? sufficient cause fbr a declaratfbn of war.
The disturbances of Europe did not at first
interfere much with the concerns of the
colonies, but the gathering storm -burst
upon our shorfef at last, with a Airy thfceat
ening the most alarming consequences*
.Surrounded by eneitiies, some of whom
were civilised, other barbarous, and many
savage, we had mucH to apprehend, Spain
Oif the one hrfnd, always vindictive, insti
gated our negroes to revolt, inflamed the
savage mind, and poured upon us the *
whole artilfety of her ^disff^abie force.
1 he -rrench fle^t, by no meSns contemp
tible, harassed our\ortina^rce. Her land
l^^^eviiiee^'an ' vt&Mj resolute aftd de*
vastating disposition* The Yamassce in
dians, on our western frontier sparejl nei
ther age nor sex* Alarming, dangerous
and threatening as was the attitude of war
It' 4. * ?*' f"1'
at tnis moment, the unconquerable intre
pidity of the provincials with an arm nerv
ced by heroism, and teve of country, re
eri that victory would never be theirs.
Peace being restored, matters went on
prosperdusly and the faCe of, our infant
kcountry resumed its former appearance*
Bttt the check which hud been given to the
>pfetensioni of tfie late enemy had left an
impression, to effrcc which required time.
So far from promoting m good understand
ing, small petty depredations were fre
quently committed by the Spaniards, and
Jthe *p roads Of savage Warfare continued to
harass the peace and safety of our frontier
settlements,' and nothing but the prompti
?e, vigilence and energy of Governor
nston could have kept alive the hopes
of persecuted planters. Spain appeared
to be foremost in fomenting those disturb
ances, which pacific measures could not
allay.
Although the accommodating disposi
tion of ihe Carolinians and Georgians was
calculated to preserve lasting peace, such
was the contentious unjust and avaricious
conduct of Spain, that nothing shoi t of a
renewal of hostilities could reduce her to
terms rendered tolerable by hal>it. A new
war was accordingly declared : That event