Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, December 12, 1816, Image 1
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Number 37.
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We arc requested to state that
Mr.JOHN HAVIS is a candidate for ihe
office of Sheriff of Kershaw District, at the
ensuing election* Dee. 5, 1816
Wc are also authorized to stare
that Copt. WILLIAM DR.\KkFOttD tit
a candidate, for the office of Sheriff *?f Ker
shaw District* Dec. 5, 1816.
It is also understood that Mr.
MATTHEW WIGGINS in a candidate
for the office of Sheriff of Kershaw Dis
trict, at the ensuing election*
'December 5, 1816,
YV e are authorised to state,
that Mr T HOS. ft VLMONDS is CamU?
date for th? Clerk s Office, of Kershaw
District.- ? - Nov. 21, 1816.
VV e are also, authorised to
state, that Mr. JOHN PEOPL.KS, late
an Officer of the U? S. army ; is a Candi
date (br the Clerk's Office, of this I>is
~ T' r **>v YrmiBr
ire requested to state,
that JUTOlVHN SWlLLEYjf. is a candi
cUte for Clerk of the Court nt this Di*.
trict st the ens^irifg election. Not, 20,
< *?? ?? .^a? p| " ? * * i i^? mmmtm
Lre auth<
that Mr* DAVID EVANS is a candidate
for the oflfioc of Clffflt of Kershaw District,
at the e)cctiot) to take place in January
next* November 14? 1816.
1 *' 1 i 1 \ ? " ' , ? ? - *
We are authorized to state
that SAMUI L BROWN, 1i?q. is a can
didate for the Office of Clerk of the Court
of Kershaw District. October 24.
Just. Printed,
jind fit &a!f at thi* Ofpcr , firice 1 2 \ cm(9}
A DISCOURSE,
Delivered at a conference held in Camden,
p Y
George Da'gbrr/ijy Iildcry /!/. /?. C.
FXJR THK CAMDEN GAZfTTK.
A 1SRIEF ACCOUNT
OJ the general afi fleam nee oj SouTh-Caro
i.isa , and iitt cuma!r% connected with 06 -
scrvuuo & it/itm the manners qf it* inhabit.
antsy and the influence of ciimcue uflon
ihtm , toy _? tHk editor.
? ? [f9.vc/.gfbgu.]
Climate has'not as great an effect upon
the system, as the utihe alth fulness of local
51 1 u aiTOTis. Person s removing from a heal
thy, Wr 11 watered part of the country, to
the lower part of the State, or from high
lands to swampy aitua ions lose their con
stitutions, in :* frw years ; become sallow &>
acquiie an indisposition for active exercise.
Hence we discover that those who inhabit
the upper part of the State aie more rud
dy, vigorous, and athletic than thei* low
country brethren.
The observations which I have made re
lative to the eftefcts of climate upon tiie
constitution, are the foltowing.
1st. Those who inhabit the upper part
of tiie Slate, enjoy betteV health, and more
equanimity of temper than the inhabitants
fl the low country ; in short they differ
but little from the inhabitants of every
other part ol the United States, who en
joy the advantages of good water and u sa
lubrious atmosp iVjre. My observations, |
therefore, will be extended in future only
to the inhabitants ot the low country,
*(L_ . 1 hese are affected more or less,
according to their q^nner of living, occu
pation, and original stamina.
3d. i hose who are engaged in agricul
tural pursuits are sallow, subject to repeat
ed attacks ot the bil ious fever, intermit- ?
tents, Uc. and have but slender constitU
tions. ?
4th. Tliev a re,ge lie rally speaking, short
lived, and laitlv die ot chronic diseases.
1 am here met by an observation of Dr.
Rush's; which t think extremely pertinent.
He has said, if I mistake not, that avarice
is a very powerful mean of protracting
animal Jife. I know of scarcely an in
stance of old age, among the affluent, in
which the immediate influence of that
very powerful stimulus may not be disco
vered.
5th. FroiVi tlieir quickness of . temper
and precipitancy of conclusion, there are
few cases of * mania, comparatively speak
ing* it is remarkable that among the 1
blacks this disease is as rare as that ofy
consumption. Contentment, which ap
pears to constitute the happiness of man,
seems 10 extehd its benign influence alike
over body and mind. In the first we rare
ly or never discover the inroads of disease,
Irom that quarter ; in the latter mental
aberrations extend no fahher than the pros
pect of another nocturnal excursion. Man,
who is the creature of habit and imitation,
no matter what his colour may be. if doom- !
*d to toil in slavery and ignorance, in a
country where the custom has exfsted from
time immemorial, will accommodate his
mind and manners to those ol his associ
ates, where there is no piospect < f better
ing his condition* Hetye no apprehen*
sionof futuie want corrodes his mind; no
leir of pi i vat ion of. rights ; no anticipation
~?vf"Tuture evils preys upon his setises|; bu?
cheerful submission to the superimendance
ot an all wise Providence, sooths the un
derstanding, and covers the road to a f\i
ture state with flowers of the m<Jfct delight
ful cast. How imminently provident has
the great architect of the universe beorin
the distribution of our variooa'faruftit*s.
If misfortune frowns upon man, and
dooms him to transient slavery, hope
buoys him up, and enables him to sustain
its greatest cur*e. If doomed to inevita
ble bondage, hope transports him in ima
gination, where future bliss lavishes upon
him theft* choicest blessings. How dubious
then is the decision, which places superi
or happiness in the supposed preponderant
scale of civilisation, snd unrestrained free
dom as it regards mental quietude.
6th. Females generally out live their
husbands, and are not as prolific generally,
as they are in the tipper part of the state.
This remark is particularly applicable as it
respects the opulent, among whom there
few children raised.
7th. The facility with which the v -
appetite is ?atijted, where Congress be
tween the two sexes is not confined t'o a
particular colour, affords abundant proofs
of the influence of a warm climate upon
the system. Henre the number of mulat
In's, who answer many valuable purposes,
a* litiu^e servants*
Changabieness of climate. irregu- I
lariiy of living, and hertditaiy influence I
predispose lo consumption. In the village
ol Camden, Containing iit farthest not I
mote llian three hundred families, theie I
ha*e perished as many as ten or lwd\t per- I
- softs of thai dreadful malady wit. in a fe^v 1
- ye*rs. Although foreign to the subject. I
1 cannot refrain from expressing my ub- I
hor?Bnce of the sentiments inculcated re- I
specking its incurability. I have uniform- I
ly observed, that t^o^e who are under this I
impression- fall victims to the disease. |
I through the instrumentality ot their <. wn I
f remedies, and the Ye?y injudicious p'e- ]
sctipuons of much sooner than I
they would otherwise have done.
9ih. Pet sons raised in the I^w coumry
are not as liable to the attacks of disease
i at foreigners. They become insensible 10 I
the disagreeable taste of the water, and
beat extremes of heat much belter than I
otbats.
f 10th. Person Migrating from ("onnecti- I
cut* Massachusetts See. complain of being
lea* capable of bearing the cold of our J
country t!i an theiT own.
th In the city of Charleston, theie I
have been instances of apoplexy occurring 1
ilk the streets, during the heat ol Summer. I
Those accidents are, for the most pare, con- I
fined to habitual drunkatds. . I
13th. Negroes, from an exposure of I
their bear heads to the direct rays of the 1
sun, are very frequently attacked with ln60- 1
1 iatititt, which proves fatal in three or four; J
day* I shall here remark, although cbn
? trary to my proposition, that bleeding and I
deliquium animi and evacuating the bowels I
pc*t?y copiously with topical (applications, I
tectifcirse to in time.
J-ith. The warmth of climate "predis- I
posts to contaneous diseases.
liih. Those wlio reside in low un- I
healthy situations, having experienced many 1
attacks of the augue,' have enlarged spleens. I
I am disposed to attribute them in part to
the influence of miasmata, although op- I
posed by Dr. Cleghorn, who places their I
remote t ause in bad water.
Then influence of slaveiV upon the mo- I
ral iaculty is very greafc. it extinguishes I
the glowing spark^<5i -religious fervour, I
generate elhpicT sensttalty, and produces
cruel y tQ^Hiichis superadded Us penici- I
ous effects, in a political point of view. It I
begtts idleness, effeminacy, vbiuptVlous* 1
,ness, and a thirst for powek*.- li endangers
our safety; and destroys domestic Iran- I
quility. in short were it not for slavery, I
we should be consolidated as a people, I
formidable as an enemy, i^nd happy as
brethren. ! would not have it understood. I
as has been very unjustly reported, that 1
am an advocate for Emancipation. I am
now regretting, and have always lamented I
that the policy of our country has noi been I
to remove, instead of introduting domes- I
tic enemies.
Were I disposed, I could shew that it
has ever been one of the principal causes
of the subvtrtion of the most powerful,
and flourishing republics of antiquity. I
could also prove, lhat it /rEtfcrds the pio
gress of arts and sciences, that it produces
despondency and pusilanimqy io those,
who are dependant upon their own excre
tions for a support, and that it destroys
the natutal energies of the mind.
The females of our state, eaily embibe
the sentiments of their respective families,
and are much devoted to fashion. They
are sprightly, fastidious and display a con
siderable taste for painting, vnusick and
reading ; they are fond of dancing and pot*
sess in an eminent degree, the social and
moral virtues. Brought up to a high sense
of filial and parental duty ; they enbilie
those sentiments which beget circumspec
tion of conduct, diffidence and modesty,
for which they arc so distinguished They
are generally small, slender and well made.
When nature refuses that booft, which to
them is inestimable, they neve* fail to ob
viate the deficiency, bv diawtng them
selves in with what have been called corset tf#
It is truly astonishing to see, to what an
extent they carry this pernicious custom,
although sensible of its dangerous effects
upon the constitution. (There are not
wanting instances in whifch the ribs pass
the sternum, in ftiteh a manner as to give
it the appearance of being depressed.
Thi? in part accounts for the pallid face,
hysteria, syncope, difficulty of breathing,
anorexia consumption, and many other
self acquired disease*, which sweep from
us annually the fairest portion of tbe tace.
Their mannet of living corresponds with
their si uation in life. Those, who fiom
indigence have n '-Rice* *o dischat
u'.t a;'ive> industrious and pr. i.liv.. 1 hose
on the o'her hand, to whom propitious
fortune 1ms been mote liberal, lead a se
dentary Mr, and de\ote their time to the
needle, and amusements which feavt- di
rt ady been mentioned. With this view
of thjr subject, I shall close my present
cotffmUnicaiion ; other remaiks mitflit be
introduced with advantage, but they be
long more p:operly to a medical work.
SPOTS ON THE SUN,
Some * poison the sun's disc have re
opptaud. They arc iriore considerable
ui. (I in greater number* than wee remark
ed ( uring the nomh of Ju:y. They form
' w< ii legnlar ch?7plets, ol u hich the first is
\cr\ apparent, and covers, longitudinally*
'he 7th part ol the sun's diametor Refer
i? ?r t<> <ht ct* sc. considered in its apparent
? Xi nt ol ' feet ?ti cncumferi nee, the
two principle spots of he first duplet are
equal in siefce 10 two large chcrries, which
they also resemble in shape. The space
which sipuaUs th?m is coveted "with
twelve or fifteen other spots more or less
visible, some large as a |>ea, others as a
lentil# 1 he second o!i ;plet is composed
of seven or eight small spots, of which the
two mc.si appnt.ni appro chin siz.-* those
| which appeared previously. So says the
Gazelle de Stance ; to illustrate the subject*
I it gives u print of the sun with its cheek*
all cover eel with fpots. like the patches on
a fashionable English lads ICO years ago*
Uverfiool A/er.
The Bank of the United States will
the beginning of January, and the several
offices or branches at Boston, New-York*
Baltimore, Charles'. on, Suvannah aniLNeW
Orleans, it is expected, will be ready to
commence about the same time. It is al
ready well ascertained, that the directors
of this great National ihstitution are dis
posed to act wiih the most friendly liberali
ty m their inteicoui ne with the State Banks,
and all apprehension* of injury res'Jtirg
from the commencement of it* operatioi s?
are changed inrt> the pleasing certainty of
bentfi to the merclytints in particular^ and
to the nation in general
The i tVer made ol ten million in Specie
by a respectable mercantile house in Lon
don, on terms highly advantageous to t tie
Bank, will probably be* accepted ; and will
at once effect the restoration of gold and
silver to current circulation. ? fed. Guzctte.
yfn act to aufifire** Duelling , passed the
Legislature of New-York on the 5th inst.
which enacts thai if any person shall send
or carry a challenge, the probable itsue
i of which may or might result in the death
| ol i? e challenger or challenged^ such per
son shall he detmed guilty of public of
fence, and be intapabl? of holding any of
fice, civil or militay, under this state. It
obliges every person who may heteafter
be elected a member of the Senate or as- .
sembly of this state, and after the first -of
July nekt, every person who shall be elect
ed or appointed to any office under the state*
i civil or military, to make oath that lhey
|~ havenever been engaged In tiny tn anfter in
violation of the act to suppress duelling,
passed on the fi at of July, 1816.
The age of Invention . ? M Schmidt, pi
ano-maker, in the Rxie des Bons Enfans*
has invented a nautical machine of the 1
I greatest simplicity , by means of which, in
the most stormy wheat her, and in th*
midst of the moat voilent tempest, any per
son may contend against the waves* and he
preserved from ship-wreck. During the
next week, he will, in presence of the au
thorities, make trial of this machine, Which
he calls the Parapon>ic Chair.** The
maker proposes to walk in it from Culai*
to Daver. ^ [/Jari* fia/ier.
A man having been capitally convicted
at the Old Bailey, was. as usual* asked
what he had to *ay ^rhy sentence of death
should not be passrd against him ? * Say ?
(replied he) why I think he joke hp s l?een
far enough already, and the least that is
said on it the better ; so if you please*
we'll drofi the tubject.
Teagtve at St. Ja meat Strolled about*
One of hi* Mocking* wrong side out? -
? The srftfy nsk'd by way of sport*
If he drfesa'4 thus to come tci court ?
Or if before *twas light he rose,
That he had thus put on his hose ?
" No faith, dear honey," Teague replied-**
"I've got a hole, vn t'other ?i(fc.*$