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and shipped them on board three sc'.oon-,|
ers. and wtre to proceed with their booty
to St. Domingo.- The schooner Belimra
wab burnt.
Our informant and several other prison
ers made their escape in a boat and landed
at Barratana and after manr drflicuities I
arrived in this citiy* , . - -j
chjrmmcT. We vvVFoh our a avy.
Capt. Grily, of the brig Sterling, which 1
arr i ved th is morning, .in 50 days from
Tcnerifit, informs ns, that on the '26th lilt,
lie spoke the schooner Remittance, Hod
ge rs, from New York, bound to St. Domin
go, who inlormtd that he had spoken a
Spanish government schooner, from Cadis,
with despatches, and Was e-xplicit 1 y told,
that Sfmin had declared WAR against lLc
United Stales. ? tiouihtryi Patriot,
? ? ? ? ? ?
Major T oulmin, son of the J udgc,
w rises to a friend tn this place, that
a requisition ha* been made by the
General Goverment on the Gover
nor of the Mississippi territory, for
-twelve hundred infantry, the whole
of the cavalry and riflemen, ar.d a
company of artillery, to be held in
readiness to march at a moment's
warning. It is likely the prospect
of a rupture with Spain, has occa
sioned che adoption of this precau
tionary measure.
Georgia Journal.
We learn, with pleasure, the arrival of
Gen. Bertram! , in the Metropolis. It is
rumoured that this officer is the one ?e
lected by <he president, under a vote pas
sed at t he last x session of Congress, lor a
high and important service in the engineer
department- He is well known tn Ku
rope as an ofliccr of exlraordirary military
talents and knowledge, and of great expe
rience. He rose, solely by his genius ai d
merit to the rank of major general in the
?epcice-of Napoleon ; ami he -was -one of
th<? ex-emperor's aids in the fatal battle of
Waterloo. He is one of the many emi
nently scientific men who have been raised
in the fioly technic school. Altstevge*.
&tale JLegiMature.
SENATE.
Monday, A'ovember 25.
This day was Occupied in the election
ofofficers and the Usual preliminary ar
rangements. J. R. Pringle, Esq. was e
lectcd President, and John Murphy, Esq.
Clark*. After the appointment of Door
Kee|>er? and Messenger, and some othtr
ordinary business, the Senate adjourned lo
to-wiori'ow >0 o'clock ; having previously
appointed a commit tee to Inform f lis Ex
cellency the Governor, that they were rea
dy to recieve any communication he might
have to^make*
HOUSE OV REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday , Aovembcr 2 5.
One hundred and three Members hav
ing been qualified) the House proceeded to
electa Speaker. T.Bennet, Esq, being
declared elected, a committee was appoint
ed to wait on him, inform him of his e
lection and conduct him to the chair. On
ascending the ohatr M?' B. addresed the
House in a short but approptiate speech,
thanking them for the honour conferred
upon him, distrusting his abilities to dis
charge the arduous duties assigned him,
but relying on the indulgence and liberal
it y of the Hon*e, and informed them the
chair was ready to proceed to buisness.
The House then proceeded to the elec
tion of a Clerk* Upon the third balloting,
,Col. R? Anderson was declared elected.
A Committee was then appointed to
wait oil His Excellencv the Governor, to
inform him that this House was ready to
receive any- communication he might
have to make ; who reported that His Ex
cellency would be ready to communicate
at half -after ten o'clock to-morrow.
A Committee being appointed to draft
rules (or the House, reported the same,
which were agreed to' without alteration ;
and on motion of Mr. Yancey 1 50 copies
were oftMfed to be printed for the use of
. the Members.
Col. Hayne gave notice that he should
to-morrow call up a bill passed at the last
aestipn of the Legislature, for an alteration
in tile Constitution* which (it would be re
<'>llcQted,) required the sanction of the
present Legislature be lore it becomes a
?*? ? v
Mr. Wilson, al?o, gt .e notice of his in
tention to bring forward on Wednesday
next, a bill making so&e alteration in the
Judiciary, and abolishing the Chancery
Courts.
After the presentation of sundry peti
tions and three balloting* for Door- Keeper,
the House adjourned till to-morrow 10 o'
clock.
The numb* r of I'ost-Oflices in the U.
S. is about 2 4.' >0. '1 he mail iscnnied 46,
880 miles in 6tages? and 61^17 1 in vu'.kcys
&uU on horseback*
CAM DEN>
THURSDAY, .\orcMBF.n 28, 1816.
Another villainous trick of the Cotton
Packets has lately been detected in France.
Three bales Sea Island cotton were filled
from one half to three quarters of their
weight with cotton seed, and one bale up
land had 27 lb. old iron packed into the
centre of it. Thiscotton was sh ipped from
the U. States. A similar accident has re
cently been detected in unpacking a bale of
cotton in Philadelphia. (
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^ COMAILMCATRD.
Robbers J Robbera ! ? Cilizensbe on your 1
guard ; there is a nest of villains lurking
about our town. On. Sunday night last,
I It , L"" . 4
they made an attempt to enter a grocery ;
store ot? York-street, and after getting into
the back room, and finding the store well
secured they retreated. On the same night
they cut down a bag partly packed with
cotton, fi oma Gin house on the same street,
1 4 *
and carricd it away. Similar depredations
have, of late, been committed in different
parts of the town. Have we no patrol?
No gu*rd tn'protect our property and lives
from the midnight robber and assassin ?
Is our late escape from butchery en
tirely forgotten ? Have we no enemy now to
fear ? Yes, feliow-citixens, we have an en
emy among us* who \valclies our motiops
Let us not relax from our duty. Nightly
patrols should be established ; particularly
until the approaching holidays are over, if
to continue no linger. We hope the pro
per a uLhority will take the subject into
Consideration, and afford that protection
and securit y. which ha* beeiv evtoced Of* *
former occasion.
FOJi 7'ItR C4MUE V GAZEl'M. ''
To the fjonorablt ihr bfieuktr and Afcitdrerd
c / the Mount of Kt/iffMfaiivea*
GKNTLtMhN,
The present communication has beet*
delayed some luiic past, tor the purpose of
bringing to your view, during the session,
evih necessarily arising from the encour
agement of quackery in medicine. No
state in the union appears to have viewed,
with greater indiflctence, the rapid growth
and destructive tendency of thi4 insidious
foe to humanity, than ours ; yet none e
vinoes greater anxiety in the adoption of
la\ys and municipal lobulations for the
preservation of equal rights, See. Strange
I to tell, whilst it has bestowed such indefa
tigable attention upon, the subject of state
jurisprudence, it lias manifested more
zeal in the enactment of laws calculated to
i preserve the relative lights of citifeens,
than to protect the lives of those who are
unwarily exposed to the tfco edged weapons
of empiricism. If ever there was a time
for the encouragement of learning and li
beral pursuits, See it is the present. Pros
perous in the enjoyment of an uninterrupted
peace, and desirous of advancing every
thing tending to improve and adorn the
I utate, our citizens look forward with an
unprecedented xest for examples sanction
ed by legislative authority, fchall they be
disappointed in their anticipations ? Will
; the legislature yet persist in encouraging
the exercise of a profession by the most
Unqualified pretenders 1 Will it still refuse
to listen to the voice of reason, reiterated
by the experience of oiher states, and deny
| to those who have devoted their time and
property to the acquirement of a useful
profession, the benefits which would arise
from the exercise of it. Look around you
I and see whether this is not literally the
fact. Are not the Sangrado's of the day
playing around hypochondriacs, ftcc. with
all the sang Iroid of professed maejicians;
and. do they not ingratiate themselves into
i public favour, so far as to acquire ?* ascen
dancy over the legulsr practitioner, not
withstanding a conviction, of the injustice
of public sentiment.
Let it not l>e ?aid that men of studious
habits and liberal education may acquire a
sufficient knowledge of medicine? for the
discharge of the duties incumbent upon
that profession* I his idea, we are aware,
is inculcated by all such as have read a lit
tle upon the subjcct, without tasting the
sweets of an adequate knowledge* Drink'
deep or taste not the pierian spring, should
be the motto.
What arc the opinions of those who once
advocated that docti inc> from ijfnorancc;but
have'had the veil lorn from their eyes by \
the hand of instruction ? They now pio
claim tfteTnjustice oF a premature decision,
and recommend those universities winch
- were once the subject of their derision ?
Who will pretend to deny that a know ledge
of anatomy can be acquired without the
assistance gf demonstration? Can it be at
tained by an occniar inspection of the hu
man subject* independent of oral instiuc
tion ? Ask any man of common sense who
has prosecuted a regular course of study.
If, then, a knowledge of anatomy is not to
be obtained by individual exertion, and its :
importance to the practitioner of medi
cine is conceded, is there not a necessity
for compelling such men as are itbnut 10
attempt to administer reliefto the ufllicte;!,
to comply with the rules of such institu
I tions as are organized for the instruction of
medical students.
Anatomy may be said to be Jllie ground
work of physioligy ; St without a knowledge
of the laws of ttie animal a*cotu)iny, the
modus operandi , of disease, Scc.no man
should assume the practice of medicine. ?
Anatomy, although important, constitutes
however hut a small proportion of the
knowledge which a physician ou<;ht to pos
sess. Pharmacy, Materia Mrdica> Chem
istry, the theory of medicine and clinical
practice are equally important, not to say
any thing of obstetrics.
It was not until impirical practice was
exploded in the states of New-York, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ma
ryland and Virginia, by expunging from
the list of physicians, such persons as
would not conform to the regulations of
Medicinal colleges ; that they emerged
from a state of comparative ignorance in
our science. The immense advantages of
such regulations not only redounds to their
credit, but has actually improved the itaie
of general knowledge. By encouraging
men of science to locale amongst us, we
enlarge the field of enquiry, and open the
? door to an investigation of bubjects, but
little attended to in South-Carolina. Who
will pretend to^say that no fossils, mineral
waters or medicinal "hetbs demand^nrnrr^
tention, and by what means will Botany,
Mineralolpy or medicine be cultivated, un
less we hold out sufficient inducements for
-Tmen of profesional knowledge to settle,
4n very part of the state. The evils which
existed in the United States, prior to the
acheivement of our National Sovereignty
and Independence, do not now prevail.
Before that period, our young men wtre
Compelled to cross the atlantic, for the
purpose of acquiring a knowledge, which
may nbw be attained in our own country.
Expends were so enormous as to prevent
all such as were not wealthy* from prose
cuting a regular course of" study. But
at present, the case is widely different,
livery man, who possesses industry, en
terprise, and application, may procure a de
gree in medicine \ and our young men
would seize every opportunity of advancing
themselves wi'h alacrity, were such in
ducements held out. It may possibly be
alleged, that by adopting such a measure,
we should deprive two thirds of ourcoun
try of medical assistance. By no menus.
? Let is be said, after a determinate period,
it Will b>: required, that all practitioners of
medicine, shall have received the degree of
Doctor of medicine, or passed a regular
examination, before a legally constituted
board of Physicians, Wl** may issue cer
tificates to that effect, before he shall be
alkvwed to practice. You have, Gentle
men, alrbady evinced a disposition to im
prove the literary standing of our State, by
establishing aCollegeat the seat of Govern
ment, and occasioning indigent children to
be instructed at pahlick expense. You
have manifested a zeal, the most laudable,
in encouraging men of learning to efrt
. bark in the profession of Law, bjj requiring
that candidates shall undergrt a Jegular ex
amination before admission to t/ie liar ; and
as life, if properly appreciated, is more
valuable than property : go one step fur
ther- and advance the profession of medi
cine to a level with law in point of respec
tability, hy requiring candidates to pass
through the same ordeal.
A Lon% Job ? The Rev. M. Milk i, in
? report to i he Missionary Society for Chi
na, nays ;
u We want, air, FIFTY MILLIONS
of NeW Testaments for China ; and after
that about one sixth of the population only,
would be supplied. I would ask no high
er honor on earth than to distribute the
said number. M
Now if Mr. MtLWK had commenced the
distribution of 44 said number" at the time
the Ark nested on Mount Ararat, and had
contimied to distribute forty three Testa
ments pet day, Sunday excepted, he would
have had cm hand July 4, 1814, seven hun
dred and aixteen thousand, seven hundred
and forty seven. Or should he now begin
his work, and distribute ten each hour of
ten hours of the day, ho would end his la
bors on the twenty-seventh day of July, in
the year of our I>ord three thousand four
hundred and eleven, at one oYlock in the
afiernoon. For . tiaz.
(
EPIGRAM
ays Splash to hit took you >on of a punk..
How coinc* it I see ycu thu? every day drunk ?
Physicians, they aayvonce a mou-h. du allow,
A man for his health, to get drunk ? as a s>ow"
'? That 's right,' quoth the cook, but the day they
don t #ay, %
5q far fear 1 ahouUl-roW it , J'm^drtmk ev'ry day1
W holesale Prices Current.
Domestic Article*. <
Collon, Sea Island lb
m Upland,
Rice, prime new civ:
Hour, Superfine bbi
? Fine country
Corn, bush
W heat,
Tobacco, leaf lb
? manufactured
Whiskey, gvt
Gutter, lb
liacon,
Lard,
Tallow,
Bees Wax,
Hemp,
Homespun, cotton yd
, ,, N. Carolina tow
Shoe thread, lb
Indigo, prime,
Dear Skins in hair,
Foreign Articles. |
CofTee, prime, H>
91 old
Sugar, Mubcovado
Salt, buxti
Iron, 100 lb.
Molasses, gat
Charleston;
00 0 . 0 48
0 21 . 0 22
0 00 . 5 OU
1 I .
00 . 0 00
O 00. 1 25
ou.o \e
0 60 . 0 65
O 23 . 0 25!
O 14-017
O 20 . 0 22
O 18.0 70
|0 28. ? 0 30
[0 23.0 28
0 75 . 0 80
0 19 . 0 23
0 12.0 15
0 55.0 65
5 00 . 6 00
0 45 .0 48
Camden.
0 18 .0 20
11 .12
87
1 50 .0 00
0 10 .0 1 I
0 20 .0 25
0 K0 .0 8 5
0 18 .0 25
0 12 .0 15
O 12 .0 15
0 00.0 18
0 00 .0 25
0 30 .0 37
0 25 .0 30
65
o 75 .0 87
18
0 30 .0 32
0 18 .0 20
1 00 .000
7 00 .8 0(>
0 87 .0 00
Attention ! ? A meeting of
the Young Men of Camden, who are de
sirous of forming a uniform Infantry Com
pany, is requested at Mr. Havis' on Satur*
duy evening next, the 30th inst. when) if
a sufficient number enrol their names* the
officers will be chosen, and immediate ap
plication mode to the (Governor for ennw
missions. ? Punctual attendance is request
ed at 7 o'clock. Nov. 28.
8TOLEN from the Gin houne, corner of York:
aud Market meet*, on Sunday night l??t. a
Bag partly packed with Cotton.? Any information
rcpccting the tame will be thankfully received
and the informer rewarded. Should a parcel of
packed cotton be ottered for tale by a tuipicloua
person it is rtqucstccl it may be stopped for ex*
aminuion P. W. JOHNSTON.
Noveriibcr C8
JUST O P IN ED AND FOR SALE,
By Robert Mickle,
AT BIS STOKK, IN CAMdEV,
4 pi Burs Coffee, a 25 els. per lb.
l ive hhds Suujar, a 5|ltos. pr. dollar*
300 Bushel Salt a gl per bushel.
Together with a s nail assortment of
liritish Dry Goods,
Hardware and Crockery, all v?liich he will
?*?ell as low as any person in the place, and
would (hank his friends and acquaintances
for their custom. Nov. 27, 1816.
The Subscribers,
UNt)ER ihe firm of J. C. & ELIAS
PRIOLEAU, have entered into. the
Factorage and Comtni/itron Busineaf* Their
Counting House is on Phiolkau^ w.hahv*
John Corded Prioleau,
Elias Prioleau.
Charleston, Nov. 25. 35?0
NOTICE.
ALL persons having books belonging
to the C amden Library Society are re
quested to return the same, as an inspect
lion will take place shortly. .
? ?- W. STARKE, Librarian .
Sov ember 28. ?
l^OUND, on the 25th of the present
? month, a small sum of MONEY, in
Broad-street, near Mrs. Spears* house.?
The owner may have his money by ap
plying at Mr. Fredetic Ctlmlnger's Store,
and paying fer this advertisement.
November 28.
?? ? i m
Stateburg Jockey-Club Races
ILL commtnce on Wedncsduy the
** 1st January, 1817, and continue
three successive days.
1st Day? three mile heats. 8*00 purso
2d. ditto ? two do. do. 300
3d. ditto? mile heats 200
Free for any Horse, *Mare or Gelding
on the continent.
Ry order of the Club .
JV<nw. 28, 1816.
Just Published,
And for Sale at, this Office,
At Mr. Clark's and at Mr. Mathis' Store a,
and at the Post Office,
( Price 1 2 J cent*. J
A Sermon,
Preached in Camden, on the death of the
Rev'd PRAMCIS ASBURY,
One oj the ttiehoftt of the Methodist hfiitco*
pal Church in America,
By Hili.i aro Judor, Elder, M. E. C.
Considerable allowance mode to those v>ho buy
a quantity .