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f Such conduct, says Judge T. will scarcely find a parallel in the history of any civilized nation on ear tb. Wc invade, J(ith fire and sword, tnc I territory of oar peaceable and unof- 1 fensive friendly allies , without any injury beih g received , complaint made cr notice on our part given. Wc car ry away their subjects , destroy their possessions, and seize chose persons who had Jtve<i under their protec tion from ten to twenty years." ? Besides the work of Judge Thorpe, published before the faces of the ministry and Mr. WiJberforce, wc have a volume of corroborative tes timony from enlightened corres pondent, (some months in our po$*. scssirin) who w<u an eye witness-ee many facts which Judge Thorpe mr n n ons,arid wTib/^ori our "first noticing the subject, sent us hi* notes taken on the spot. ? It is our duty to lay this subject dispassion ately before the public, that, at least, our abolitionary Societies may not be the dupes of those of Eng -Janck - ? - ? . IM PORT ANT. We understand the commancfing officer in the Mediterranean fleet has been authorized to notify the Dey of Algiers, that he must ac-s knowledge the treaty or expect an immediace war* His refusal, wc are informed; \yill amount to a de claration of hostilities. tVasbingto* paper. European News/ The Sovereigns of the Holy Al liance are to have another meeting, in -which > it is said, they arc a going to be generous enough to admit the king of Bavaria to a seat. Four Spanish ships, with 400,000 dollars have been captured oil' the coast of Spain, by a Buenos Ayre^. privateer; Seventeen Algerlrie vessels were taken at Sardinia by 3 or 400 peas ants. The marriages betweeh the ses of Spain and Portugal are said to be broken off. No wonder this 1 Ferdinand has long since been seri ously wedded to the Inquisition ! ! 1 j| All the accounts from Europe* speak of the hfeavy rains > the Thine* and Nectar have swollen upwards of nine feet above their usual height. I'OF.TKy. . AN EMBLEM. I've seen a drop of morning d tHr Like lome fair gem serene, Tii at sparkled on a verdant bou^hj All clad in summer ereen. ? , * ^ . _ _Jx ? A The rising nun absorb d the teafr. And drank it at it shone ; The winds of winter cleft the bough. It moulder d and was gone* The drop of dew is li ? e the bloom * <? And morning of our ?p?n ; The bough that withered in the Matt Is like tha life of man. Jt yburife taffy' who had been in 911 lied by ait 1 M Maids placarded the J allowing line # on her d'ror and windows : To be let, or to be sold, for the term of her life, 'flftkubeth Hall, by the way of* wife, Ine't old and ihs't ugly, ill natur'd and thin, For further partteulara, inquire within. /le&ify. ? Socratet* calls it short lived tvrunny ; Plato the privilege of nature : 'i heopfcrattu*, a mute eloquence; Dio fccnes, the best letter of recommendation ; Ca\ neadeSj a queen without soldiers ; Theocritus, a serpent covered with flowers ; lliou. a ^ood that floes not belong to the |)o*sessoi\ because it in impossible- to give one's self beau l y or preserte it. ? After tins scientific^ display of quotations, all hys^le*1 with Greek names, may be adder) the d< finition of a modern authOff who call* it 44 a bait which as often catches the fisher as the Curiouw ? I l?r Persian Ambassador at Paris is ?n .rftnrrtcan horn, of the ' h list inn , nut e>f the M??' orr-tan persuasion, of cre ditable tr\!rnt?, and unblemished private rharacter. He has been lotijj a resident in Pt i s i ct. CAMDEN, T H\J R SD.iYy f.pt&mbe* 19, 18\6? 'Itie only scrap of intelligence we h?ive to jjive our readers this wock is, that the Grand Crusade, consisting of tsvent-iive vessels well fittrd out, urxler the command of l^ord Exmmith, sailed on the 21st July. Half1 that fotce under Ukcatuk would drive those lawless pirates * from the ocean. No one" vri 1 1 attempt to predict the result of the eupc.tttrlOM, their sufficient time to prepare themselves for the attack. We hope, however, that a * % * final check be put to the naval power of these barbaiians. A trial lately took place in Philadelphia, before Alderni A &la(lack% on a summons co recover ^ Ur&f ut money" on a Bank note % of he Mechanics Bank of the city of Phila delphia. ? After proving the signatures, &c. judgment Was ^iven in fator of the plain tiff, Mr. J. B Shain, and execution issued. We are autKorized, by a friend j of Col. M* Willie's, to state that he declines offering top the Legis lature. We are requested to state tfiat WM. R. THEUS, Esq. is achF didate for the State Legislature, in Clermont, Sumter District. As this Ccnt!eman*s jjeliticks are not g?.ne rally known, we are authorized to state that they have uniformly been republican. We also understand that ROB ERT WI I ttbRSPOON, Esq. will ^rve in the stace Legislature, if e I iCCted. ? * ' tOMMUNICJTED. I AM chavgtd with having voted, in^he last Gcinrial Assembly, for a Resolution, which gave to each member ot ^e Legislature, a copy of Judge Brevakd's Digest of the Laws of South-Carolina. : It 1 am guilty ol> this accusation, J have committed an act no less offensive, than tb^t of perjury : for the Resolution is ia effect an increase Lot compensation to thf njembera of | the Legislature; and the Constitution of om bcate (which 1 have sworn to I support) declares, chat no alterition I of compensation shall be ftkade by I any Legislature, to take effect dtlr I ing th? existence of the Legislature ["which shall make?uch alteration. I haye heretofore been deaf to the voice of envy, and the malevo^ I lence of party. But in a case of this kind, I should be regardless bf my I self i 1 should do injustice to the libcml patronage that elected me, andu> tnc District I have the honor I to Kepfesenty were 1 cantKly tn gt>h initio an accusation sofalse#4 In I + * \ 9 . 1 # # J stead of giving 'my aid in support of I the Resolution, my best efforts were I exercised in opposing it ; and when I opposition on the floor of the Leg-* islature became unavailing, I con I tinued to manifest my abhorrence of I the proceeding by rejecting the book *hich had been voted to me. I I am induced to make this exp!a~ I nation, as well on account of my I private as public character, for 1 consider the Resolution both mor ally and politically wrong. I It is for you now to determine, j whether in my Representative capa I city, 1 shall be held responsible for the proceedings of the Legislature, generally, or only the separate part I may have taken, during the pro gtcss of business before the House. JAMKS G SPANN. S:n tcburtfy Sr/tt. IB, lyi6, AnecdoU of Mircscbai Saxc. 1 When Mareschal Saxc wa*-? at London, he was one day passing along in his coach, when his coach -_! man happened to have a dispute with a scavenger, <}f rather a ro bust and vigorous constitution. ? The scavenger stopped the carriage, opened ttjyp door, and desired the master to make him ajnends for the insolence of his servant. . The Mareschal, who, .as you know, or . whether you know or not, was en dowed with an extraordinary srength of body, left hi* sword and^coat in the carriage and leaped upou die pavefficnt. I any thing could prove tha^the human tkan wttt nothing ? than a fantastic assemblage of ever ery passion, it was to -ee a London scavenger fighting with tlic son of the king of Poland, Sov?rei<|h Dukt Klect of Courland, and victor on the plains of Fontenoy and Lonfeldc. The Mareschal received the first blow/ and immediately seized the Scavenger by the nape of the neck. The spectators shouted 5 he lifted him up with his nervous arms, and threw him into his cart that wa* fil led with mud. The populace; Cfcver delighted by an extraordinary action, exclaim ed <c ravp'/\ took off his horses and* drew the carriage of the marshal dc 1 Saxej who had an opportunity of applauding himself for the only vie to i y hr had e v t r gai ned , wlnck <i*4 not co^t any one a tear. DIEl). at his fathers residence, in Char leMttm. on the tU'.h insf. General JOBRpHI , ALSTt >M, formerly govern4r of this state^ W liolesale 1'iues Current. Domrstfc jfr(ic/esmT CoUon, Sea Island lb n L'pUlu), IVicc, prime new cu?< I lour, bupcrfine bbl v rixwj country Corn, bush Wheat, T?Uicco, leaf ,lb M manufactured . Whiskey, gel t Buuer, ? 7? ? -lA Bacon, Lard, .* TulioMS | liees Wax, Hemp, IIome*pun. cotion yd M N. Carolina tow Shoe thread, lb Indigo? prime, | Dcfir Ski i) si in tffliir, * foreign sir lie lea. Coffee, prime, H> ?? old f. Sup;ur, Muscovado Salt , bukh Iron, 100 lb. Molassea, gai C Charleston 00 0 . 0 43i 0 00 . 6 00 11, . 00 . 0 00 0 00. I '25 041.0 o 60 . o 0 23 O ?5j 0 u 4 O J 7 0 20 . 0 22 a- h . o *o( 0 88 . 0 30 -1 " J 0 23 . 0 $8 I ? ? 0 75 . 0 SO 0 19.0 23 0 12.0 15 0 55 . O 65 5 00 . 6 00 0 45 . O 48 Camden* > 0- 33 .0 24 It _ .13 * 87 \ 50 0 00 0 10 .0 12 20.0 25 0 80 .0 85 Q 18.0 25 0 12 0 15 0 12 .<n* 0 00 0 15 0 00 .0 '25 0 no .0 37 0 25 .0 SO ' , 62 0 75 .08* .18 0 30 .0 32 o ii .o 20 J 00 .0 no 7 00 .8 OO 0 87 .4) 00 In my Oration of the,, 4th. Jtify last, published at the retjutsr of the audience, the reader i* requested to. read Monttzumtt instead of Ptzarro. The er ror' originated from a dependence uponVlj memory, which appears not to have serV ed me correctly. Pisarrc? tfas the Span iard who subjugated the Indian and Mon tezuma the prince who fell a victim 10 the treachery and cruel tapacltv of the former. ? ? w. langley.*_ Sept.18. ?} ' 4 *1 ' , 20 Hilars Reward. RAN AWAY on the 4ih June last, a Ne^ro fellow named PR1NC1\| a hout twenty two or three years of agersix (ret high, stout built, dark complexion. Arc. Upop examination it will be found that both ears are cropfied? when ftpokttl to he answers quick, but inclines to stuner. ? Eyes dark and keen. He has worked at the blacksmith' % business for about two years. It is supposed he Will aim for |he district from whtnee he cam|. Arty per son apprehending said ncproe, and lodging lii tri safe in jail, upon giving information thereof to the subscriber, will be entitled to the al>ove reward. , TH08. ENGLISH, jr. Swifi Creek, near Camden, ? Septemer 12, 1816. 3 +X Wanted, one or two in telligent LADS. from 1 4 to 16 years of a^e oh apprentice to the Printing Husincs. ? Knqnire at this office. 1 ? SHERIFF SALE. B y vi'iue c f Sundry I\xei m:on* fj rnr oY. rccted , tu* devoid on :hc Jlr*t J\fjriduy and J ucj^luii in Ocudrr rn ti. bif^rr l/ic cuurt huiue m Camden, t vittim ihc UvqI | hours of *atc. One lot situate on York-street with 4 Blacksmiths shop thereon ? also, the Ica^c of the lot, building and improve mehts thereon, sruaied un the *ouUi-e*st corner of Droud and York-jfcUcetsClike wise a ]>nme ns^iolHiy vIllH ha* wuike4 *ome ii me at the liia?ksmilh*s trade, all levied on us ttie property of Alexander M'Rne, at 1 the sepai ale suits oFSeth Tibbies and John Dohv . ? Conditio, s cash. {Mirchasers to pay for Sheti ft' lilies and bills ot sale. P R A N C 'S 1 >E E, "?S he rijj\ Camden. Stpt. 16. 181$. ? NOTKK TS Herebv Given, to all persons i n^ebtfiil ~?Z^ JO SEPH IL un less they make paymci t to the Subscriber by the 19th < will finri'Tf^tf notes in an cfficer's hands. > JiiSSE POPE. September IT, 18 1 6, JOHN i{. HOOS&& SIG.\ PAi\TKR GUILD - [ GIsJZfhH. INFoMS the Public that he has estab lished himself ori Brod-sfreet. Camden, where all orders in his line will ? e thankful-, ly received and duly attended to. Having I neveral hands employed in the above busi ness, work will be done with expedition and in amnsterly style*. ... - |C7* N.Jj. All orders Tom the country executed without delay. J September I J, 1816. 25tf. ? [ tsxnujE. ~~ WALKER St BKNNKT have this day dissolved their Co-partnership I in trade. T her earnestly call on all tho*d I who aie indtbted to them to come forward I make payment / and alf to whore the/ I are indebted to present their accountfl^lK* I to be discharged. ? K % i I ^ >t ?* . Said W ALKKft continues the business, I with afi assortment of \v est India & English Goods. I He wishes those indebted to him by Bond I or Book previous lo 1816, would be so kind I as to make immediate payment ; as those | who willingly neglect to pay, may expect a [-Lawyer's- hint before next April term.? | Produce received in payment, and the high I est price given. ,A fevfr hundred bushels CONN and b?* D OAT8 for Sale. I Swift Creek Mills. Sept. 5, 1816, 25 Public Notice I . . ,0 i | IS Hereby Given, that election will be held on the second Monday and the I day following in Ofct. neaft, for a Member of I Congress to represent tht Districts oi Ker I shaw. Lancaster, Chesterfield and Sutn I tcr ; also ik>r one Senator and t*o Kefir t u I Htntative t for the state Legislatures for the District of Kersli*w? also* ComihitHionert I oj the Poor , at tbe following places, viz^ I v At the. Court (loupe in Camden; nt Haiwintf Heck; at Wm. Mariin'a on 25 Mile, Creek, and at John Lesenby's Jr. on Lynch's Creek. # FRANCIS S. LF,E, James brown, , , i . Manage rj at Camden ? " ^.JOSEPH p.A'l TEKSON^,,^ * L A fagram'0 Hanging Hock . [ RObKBT SINGLETON, VV'M. J&LANTON, Jit U'm. AJartiti'* 25 Mile Crerk} CHARLES EVANS* and "" LOVJCK YOUNG, , Ji. /. Lutcubtfa jr . Lyritfi*a Creek . Thf Manage rs# or a Majority of them, ' will meet on Wednesday following, at Camden, to count over the votes and de clare the election. ^ THE AOT&D H'jRsK Wrangler, Will And this seaion at the at able of the subscriber, on Beaver Creek* St (be re duced price of the reason, 50 ctt the single leap, aud $8 to ensure with foal ? Wrangler is so wejl known in t hi v dis trict that be need* no further recommen dation. SAMUEL B. HAMMOND. Ailp. 27. I H I f>. _ "if ?Inst Published And for Sale at^this Office. At Mr. Clark's and at Mr. Maihis' Stores, and at the Post Office, ( Prtce 12| crtiti,) A Sermon, Prcacbed in Camden, on the death of the Rtvd J-K.AACJS jtSDUUY, One rf the lUthofin of the Mtuhodiat Kfriiro fnil Church in America . By Tin. i.i AMn Judgk, FJdcr, M. F.. C. Considerable a/lotvunre mode to those w.* . I uQ a quantity ? Angnst 22; ! ? J 6,