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biv f'rom li".e sedative influence of ab\tin cntc, o i railicr pof,r e: ct, miasmata arid an abstraeton nt' part of the usual sUmfTtr ol hit;. 1 1 1 c >' , Tiowover, arc nut always dcpiivcdo! these. \\ hir kc y, \ urn, tobac co, and cji d arc a mop.; '.lie most potent of those wli.cn elevate th^ir souls, gladden the: r hearts -rid produce ganuiiiy. (. ow ? ards thui become* heroes, an. I pugdh>ts sta'.esmen. 1 lic.r inub aie artltssiy con structed. A few poles ielled and cut oH at a ;_;ivei] length, being built up in the form ol a pen compose the body of a house. I he 'o >t being arched with the same nu. tenai, is covered by shingles or boards, split Irom pine blocks, of about f?<ur fee.' ? i :V Tv.t* . ,t li. i'hey arc then laul acioss, and 'confined hy a species of im chanism equal ly simple A door is afterward* cut, a Cuitnney built of wood, and seemed Irom lire b. a stone oi some eauh thrown against j's b.tck. flic only additional requisite accessary, to prepare ? uch a house for use >i clearing the ground wlucli its walls en < lose ot roots, chips, See. Four forks ate driven into th-j earth near a comer for a bedstead on which die placed two pieces of wood lor the support of a b<>aid Sec. The devices are now closed with ctay. The tivituial growth of those low lands otul sand h ? ! :a is p'me. That produced bv the former is tan and well calculated foi building, whilst the latter is of a low sciuLby cast, inleisperstd with an under jjiowtii, of I, ickoiy, and oak bushes. The low giouuds of rivers and creeks, are re maikabiy well timbered. Oak, hickory, tnapic, See. compose but a small pan. he American elm, and poplar also grow to a fine size, but t^at predilection for ex otici which exists with the natives, will e\cr oitciude tlieir general use as remedies in the healing art, although they maintain a i expectable standing among the different articles of our materia mcdica. The com mon dogwood or Cninus foriJa, is one of the most common trees tl at we luoe. It glows tu the height ol irom sixteen to eighteen feet, and is generally known as an excellem tonic among all classes. I might go on tocnumera'e many other indigenous plants, but snail content myself >*ith observing that we meet with the iive oak and palmetto nem the -ea coast. The? former grows to a very considerable size, ?.nd is extremely uselul in ship building. It is generally overhung with a species of moss which flourishes in low moist situa tions, said o be indicative ol insalubrity. The palmetto glows to an immense height, perfectly streight and without a limb until you arrive at the top, when it branches out. Its texture is apparently 'Hpongoid or re ticular. It resists the decomposing effects of water, and is very useful in the con struction of forts. When struck by a ball it is not fractured like other wood, but sut lers the ball to enter and closes again. Water for chinking, and domestic purpos es, is* obtained from wells sunk -to the depth of twenty, thirty and forty feet. It improves as you advance in'o the country. 1 hat obtained in Charleston, and along the coast is unpleasantly brackish. Those who visit the city pnd low count ty, from the upper part of the state, labour under the greatest inconvenience from it. In si ort it is frequently an exciting cause ol oisease. The wealthier class of inhabi tants in Charleston, take advantage of lain, hy collecting, it in reservoirs or cis terns as it descends from the eaves of their houses. It is evident however, that water th uncollected independent of stagnation is5. rendered additionally unwholesome hy the letention of every impuiity lodged on the tops of those houses, and collected from that stratum of air, hing next the earth. C To be cwin'icd .) T!lc following ls a copy of the resignation of YV m. M AYR ant, Esq. to the Gover nor of the State. f X State bur gh t 21#/ October \ 1 8H 6. Sir? The opening of the Poll Boxes, for this Congressional District, speaks a lan guage too plain to he misunderstood ; Hy it 1 perceive that my votfe, in favor of the Compensation Hill, has lost me the confi dence of my constituents ; not wishing to * i present people, whose sentiments and feeling upon that point 1 cannot, consistent with my own opinions, advocate ; I there fore resign my seat in the fourteenth Con gress, to give them an opportunity of elect ing Bonne one who may lend his exertions to repeal that law ; to them so odious, but "which opens the door of your notional leg islature to virtue and tale nt, altho' pr or,and tukes from their pockets annually, one cent mr.tl not quite a I am yours with respect, __ WM. M AYR ANT. + Hi* Exetlfrncy />. l< . M /z / z^mv, UweTTmr [fir Store o f ?S\ Carolina . IVIr Cuthbtrt, of C.votgin, has resigned his seat in the 14th Congress, not I av i??g succeeded in the late tit c lion. CAMDEN, THURSDAY, Ocronr.n 3 1, 18 16. it is siateu in the Columbia liazette, that Jamj*s Adams, the person who robbed the Clerk's C/ffice of Dailington District of & I 1 66, was apprehended in Oeorgia, and passed through that place on Sunday Lst> under a strong guard, on their way to Dar lington. Fih a /-?The City of \ew-Oi leans has been visited by a dreadful fire, which has destroyed about, sixty houses ; from many of which not a single article was saved. ? T he damage is estimated at three or four hundred thousand dollars. It original. *d in a pc w bu'lding. ard was not known whe ther by accident or design. L The City Council of Charleston have I w ^ . I appointed Thursday the 7th November to I be observed as a day of Thanksgiving and I 1 Prayer. A l'tiry Boat, to be propelled by horse I power, similar to the boats used for that pur- I pose i:> the not them states, if now build- I irYg Ly the Charleston Bridge Company, to I bj used on Ashley ri\er. Washington, October 3?. William 11. Crawford, Secretary of I War is . t?;>omtcd by Uic President of the I L'niud S?a!is, U) be >'rcye'ary of the J'tuh- I urij. in the place of Mr. Dallas it-signed. The Pub.ic tcehng appears to have been I stionglv excited by the late news from New 1 C)rieaiib,ot a fencountrc between one of our I vesse Is a t id a Spanish squadron : nnd thv I hope has been repeatedly expressed that I our go\ ei nment wouid take prompt mea- I sutes tor red; ess of this and pievention of I future similar indignities. The pub'ic I nw.y tesiasstired, that there is nothing like I HuhlVert lice felt on this subject at the seat I of government. All our naval fcrce in the I neighborhood lias been directed to put to I sea to protect our ilag from insult; and I lest hostilities should be seriously intended, I the Congress frigate, Capt. Morris, ha* 1 been ordered to eiui^e iu that sea. Our I navy force thus strengthened, leaves no- I thing t<> ltar from continued hostility, if it I be meditated. Measures will also of course I be taken to secure a reparation for the in- I jury sustained prompt and propoi tionate to I ihe importaficc and aggtavation of charac- 1 ter which shall appear, on examination, 1 properly to a. taeh to it. lien. Wnu tl. Harrison is elected a I nienibcr of the Fifteenth Congress, and I also a member of the present Congress, to I supply the place of John M'Lean, resign- I td. _ I From the National Inliligencer , * It may be interesting to many of our I friends to know that on the first of next I month, Ui'ncan Mac Hae, Ksqv*will re- I establish the line of mail stage* between I Fayettviile, Camden, and Columb a, which I route has recently been interrupted or dis- I used. I The President of the United States, and I his fami[y, arrived at the scat ol govern- I merit on the 9th inst. (7a* ? Pipes are laid in several I streets in Baltimore for the purpose of I lighting them with gas. The corporation I of New-York, are adopting means for the I same puipose. Ocean Steam Boat ? A swbscrption to I raise capitat of ?125. 000 Iihs been opened I at New-t)i leans, to build a steam boat to I ply between that city and New-York, with I leave to touch at the Havana. I Kxtract of a letter from a gentleman on board the V. 5". 9I00/1 of war t* OVK da ed . u W e arrived here on ti e 1 5th inst. the day after Lord hxmouth's squadron sailed for the destruction of Algiets- On taking his depsrture lie was saluted by the batteries on shore, which w*s returned by the sqoadioti. They have l>een here some time preparing and exercising their boats for the expedition, and at one time made a display of ninety, exercising a brass gun in each. " ? ommodore Chauncev is off Naples, where our squadron at present icndezvous, and the Peacock proceeds to join him." From ( iuadalonfir. Captain Andrews, arrived at Pro\idence (U. I.) the 1 Ith instant, from Point Peter ((.nad ) advises, that it continues very sickly at that place. He witnessed while there, one hundred funerals in cne <!.:y ! | Captain Andrews lust two men at Point Peter, and one on the passage. Letters fixjm Madiic!. mentioned in a London paper, say, ,k the Amecun Am bassador has proposed to abandon tne claim of his government for seizures under Bo naparte's Decrees, on condition of West Florida being ctded by ^patn to the Uni ted states ; hnt that Ferum md s Ministers declined a?l ne^ociatioiis on tne subject." We have to peiform the melancholy I task of announcing the decease of bis ex cellency GFa>RGK M \l)lVv)N, govern or of misstate lie died on Mond ty lu- 1 at Paris, Bourbon county, where he had been several weeks confined by a pamfui illness. We shall not attempt to pouriray the character of this amiable man ; his vu tues and patriotism are too well known to need eulogium. His whole life was devoted to the service of his corn try ? The corspicu ous station to which he had been recently Chosen by the unanimous voice of his fel low-ci izens, amply testifies his worth. Inconsequence of the above distressing event, the government w ill be administered by Gabriel Slaughter Lieutenant ( Governor, for four years. The Coiisitu tion djes not provide for a new election. Acntucky fivfu. r. Corn ? It has been discovered that Corn can be obtained trom St. Domingo, - if it should become ex tremely scarce in the United States. Some importations have already been made at this place and even in Connecticut. At first it could be obtained at 50 cents a bushel, but on the 'demand increasing, the price advanced considerably. The grain is smaller than ours, yellow, and of an excellent quality ? and it 4s said three crops can be r^i ed in one yearin that island. Jiosion f'o/itr. JLatest Foreign News. Paris. Aug. 3 1 . The Princess of Wales, in her travels, assume tne costume ot the people she vi sits; in Turkey she woie pantaloons and a turban. An American frigate and a brig of the same nation attacked near Algiers live bar barian vessels. One of these vessels, in which was a nephew of the Dty. was taken and exchanged lor the tribute winch a Nea politan vessel was carrying to Algiers for the deliverance of slaves. The Neapolitan officer boarded the American vessel, the captain of which said to him in presence ot the Dcy's nephew " presents only render those to whom they arc ottered more ea ger f r more. ? It is an act ol weakness to submit to make them- Honor alone gives liberty and independence ; it avenges inju ries- Return to Naples, and tell your mas ter that a son of America has freed the Mediterranean from the yoke ofc he Bar barian powers. " Septemdrr 2. His Majesty yesterday tead the oath of Count Serrurier, as Marshal of Frun?. e. .^tptember 4 The departure of the Spanish t xpeditinn against Mcxico, is considered as very re mote. September 5 The rains recommenced on Friday last, and continued in a manner most deplorble for the harvest*, which are not yet fin-shed in many paj.ts of ihc country. I he tem perature bus become at the same time tx iremely cold, than which nothing can be more unfavorable to the vine There was frost last night, and snow fell this morning, mingled with rain. The Hank of Hamburgh has been reesta blished some time ago, and has resumed its accustomed transac ions. The agent of Christophe at Hamburgh, continues to recruit trusts and scavans. A Hessian offict r has been appointed chief of the Haytian artillery, with a very large salary. The whole public attention in England, is fixed upon the distresses of the labouring classes, the expedition of Lord Lxmotrh, the health of the Prince Regent and Di vorce of the Princess of Walen 7 en Dollars will be paid to Ike informer . ON the night after the boxes was opened at our last Election for Kershaw Dis trict, I ptacebly walking the street ? a vil lain overtook me at the corner of Col* Nix ons house and said you (loa 4am bd firattntr ton , and at the same time gave me a blow with his right hand on my left cheek, and he left a mat k with blood ? \ ran aft r him and left a mark with a muddy shoe on his breeches behind. GEO. BRASINGTON. October 30, IB16. f - - ? y i . j U holesale Prices Current. Domestic yfr: teles. | Charleston Camden. Lotion, >ta Nlund M'OO 0 . 0 48: ? Lpiand, 0 25 0 0^0 23.0 24 Rice, prime new rtyf|o oO 5 OO f'.oni , Mipei fine bbl I I . *11 .12 ? Tine country | QO . 0_QoJ Corn, bush 0 00. \ 25 Wheat, I Tobacco* leaf /ft'.Q 14 . ....? ... ... . . ? manufactured | 'o 2o o 2 5 Whiskey, gai 0 60 . O 65 0 ?o 0 85 BuUer, MO 23 0 i)j!o 18.0 25 Bacon, jO 14 0 17 0 12 .0 15 Lard, <0 2u .0 220 12 .0 15 Tallow, jo 18.0 JOjO (-0 018 Bees Wax, |o 23 . 0 30,0 00 .0 25 Hemp, Homespun, cotton ry</jo 23.0 28,0 .10 .0 37 ,, N. Carolina tow .0 25.0 30 Shoe thread, /6] j - 62 tndi^o. prime, Dear Skins in hair, Foreign sir tic Us. Coffee, prime, lb\ 0 19 ? old Sugur, Muscovado [0 18.0 20 Salt, bush i 00 .0 00 Iron, 100/6. 7 00.800 Molasses, gal 0 87 .0 00 V 'I'd the Public. N inconsistency having appeared -be tween a letter wutten tome by Capt. James, and one wrttten by him to Capt. St a :< kk, 1 have had a conversation with Capt. Jarnes on 'hat subject, and from his peittci assurance that lie did not in any manner m end to communicate to me an idea that Capi. Starke/ opposed \lr Cure ton as commissioner of the new ga >1. In justice to Capt James and mvself. I must say that I leitainly understood Capt. James otherwise, but that I must have been de cidedly mistaken. -* CHAPMAN LEVY. C amden, 2Hlh Oct. 1816. To the Public 4'*APTAIN 1 KVY having made the a ^ bove statement, I am bound to say that I am satisfied Capt. Levy labouied under a mistake. I do not believe he intended to practise an imposition on me, btcause there was no disguise used by him: he wrote the Idler that I signed in a legible hand, and laid it on the table before me, and there by gave me an opportunity to read it as well as sign it, but being in haste 1 did net read it. SAMl. JAMES. Camden, 28th Oct. 1816. JS'OTWE. TIIE petitioner humbly solicits his friends in Kershaw District, to aid and assist him in trying to acquire a major ity of votes in his favour, for the Sheriff s place, at our next election, as he assures them that he is a real candidate. WM. BRASINGTON. Camden, Aug. 2 1, 18 1 6. 2ltf Now in the Press, Of Messrs. Rowe & Hoopkr, Boston, A Journal ( )f a Young Man of Massachusetts, a Pris onei of War with the British, confined fii?t a Melville Island (Halifax) tlitn at Chatham England, and last at Dartmoor Pi ison." Sub cn/if ions for the above work received ai this Office. Wanted to hire immediately. Al'l-.KSON to attend a COT'ION ( v 1 N ? < )ne w ho ?s capable of weigh ing Cotton, and is willing to assist in ten ding n?e Gin, will mett with good encour agement ? Enquire of the Printer. ? ? tober 24, 18 16. Just Published And for Sale at this Office. At Mr. Clark's and at Mr. Mathis' Stores, and at the Post Office, ( I'rice 12 J cents. J A Sermon, Preached in Camden, on the death oflhc Kev'd FKJMC1S jlSnUHY. ? . V. One of ihe /lishofis of the Methodist Kfti%eo fmt Church in America. Bv IIilliahd Judgk, Elder, M.E.C. Considerable allowance wade to those who buy a quantity . August 22, 1816. < Notice. COTTON in the seed will lie receiver! and expeditiously picked and pack ed, on usual toll, at rny Cotton Factory in Camden. J. LYON. Aug. 15, 18 16. We Jire authorized to state ill it S \MU ! L BROW S, Evq in a can didate for the Office of Clerk of the Court of Kershaw District. October 24.