Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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From the AaUoned Tnl'ttlgcnceri The v ast capabilities of nur country are gradually and extensively unfolding tnem ?elves,? tThe interesting account ot*a voy age up the i'ombisibre, which W? copy from the Huntsviile newspaper, gives us an idea at pnr? of the wildness and nnj po rtance of the country in the South-West, part of vvliich is embraced In the territory which it is now proposed to eicct in'o a state, fiere is a channel, navigable for hundnrds of miles, for boats, dtawing two iect water at least, just discovered to us, by accident as it were ! It is not in th$ Mississippi territory alonej nor yet in the wilds ^f the West, that those tiaits which give value to a country are unexplored or uncultivated* It was only last year, that the extent to wnich J unes River, is navi gable .for boats, was ascertained,, by t he voliirvjfcjiry enterprise of two or three indi "?t^ual*. And in* North Carolina, it is Mnii in only very few y ^TfsY that the state (the legislature at least) has appeatd to realize , the importance of an inland ? navi Kat yft, said to he very practicable and which would conn ibute so much to the prosperity and importance of that state. If, in these long settled states, there is much room for improvement, how wide a filld is open for lii?_yinittg and ad vent nr ous^on the bofctei s oftTie lakes, a?.d west ward beyond them, and in the bark coun try of Georgia and Tennessee and the adjoining tenitory I prom the ffunt*ville Republican \ JVcw Channel of Cvmrtierce. ? We t/\ke great pleasure in laying the followmgxom- J mumcation before the public ; it is on a subject of the greatest importance to the community. The produce of all the up per unci middle country, instead of passing along th^jrgedjidering _ channels _of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers into the Mis sissippi, will, hereafter, -bfc Ynuspor^ed to the nearest navigable waters of the Tom bi^bee and Alabama^rivers, and thence to the Mobile, if, fioni Hiuitsville to tlv falls of the Hlack Warrior, ? be only 120 miles, over a winding road, and can be travelled by loaded waggons in eight days, and if, from the Mobile, a cargo can be brought to the falls in 21). days, while the country is yet unimproved and scarcely settled, how much shorter will the distance, and how mtiQh sooner will the trip be performed w'len the roads will be straight ened and improved, and the navigation of these rivers opened and the obstructions removed ? The merchant, instead of shipping his goods from New-York and Philadelphia to Charleston and Savannah,, and from thence transporting them by land to Ross's on the Tennessee river, route ? experi- ; mentally known to be fraught with delay, hazard and loss ; will hereafter ship di rectly to the Mobile, or 10 some designa ted port on the Tombigbee or Alabama, irom whence there is an excellent keel 0 # boat navigation to the falls of the Black Warrior. From Cuba to Mobile is said to be about 3 days sail ; from Mobile to the falls of the Black Warrior is/16 or 20 days travel, and frorrl the falls to Hunts* ville only 8 days over an excellent road ; bo that in *2 5 or 30 days a cargo might ' be brought from Havanna to Huntsville. It is evident, that our qugars, wines, liquors and groceries of every kind, will come much cheaper to Us from New-Orleans, or any of the West India Islands by way of Mobile and up the Black Warrior in 25 or 30 days than those which we receive in three, four or six months up the Missis sippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers. Our acquaintance with capt. Crump who has frequently traversed the country from lluntsville to Mobile induces 11s to rely implicitly on the truth of his statements and the correctness of his calculations. T<* gratify public curiosity and \o give in for minion deemed interresting to our citizens I have been requested to give you a memorandum of my late trip to Mobile and the navigation of the Tombigbee, and (as far up as the falls of) the Black War rior river, I left home about the 1st of September for Mobile, and on my . way ?Hgft|td with captain Bacon to take eharge of my boat, Scc? which I procured at Mo bile* drawing about two feet water when loaded ; at St* Stephens the cargo was completed of some articles that could not be purchased below. ; I accompanied the boat about 8 miles, to see her safe over Megra}* .SHbals, % place said to be danger ous in passing over loaded boats? there waf, frt that time, a flood in the river, and 5 *re had Rule or no difficulty in getting thro'* Capt, Bacon states, that. he was SO days ^ Coming from Mobile to the Calls oft he Black Warrior, including 5 or 6 days de? i*y ? vl'b* impediments in the ri'ers ure trifling to aor.h a boat as mme, which is abotjlt 35 feet ill length. The cargo, con sisting o? brown and Havanna white hii gars, coffee, rum, wine, oranges, and a few dry -goods, arrived at the falls in good or der/; 2 wagon loads of sugar, wine* coffire and oranges, I brought to Huntsville ? and It to rematkahle, that, out of 1000 oranges not niore than hfalf a dozen spoiled. In eight days the waggons readied this place from the falls of th* Blacjk Warrior, J over a road three-fifths of which i* level, and the balauce. not much broken ? no^. more than 3 hills of consequence are re collected, and a 4 hor>e team c.in easily draw 2000 weight up either of them. ? There been vf ry ^Tittle- tahnr frrsfnw. ed in cutting out the road, and I discover ed, rhat, by turning a ItiiTe fiom Tts wind- J ings, it could be greatly improved ? the distance, I suppose, from HuntsviUe to the falls of the Black Warrior , is about ICO miles.' It is evident ihe distance can be much shortened by straitening the road. Yours, very iesj>cci fullv. J AMETO . CRUMf." Iluniuviile, Dec. 6c/i, 1816. A -caution to our countrymin in Prance. ? \ gentleman just returned .from hence having heard the absurd tumour that Na poleon had ^escaped from St. IieleQaT arrff. ilciuly mentioned it, and a few hours af terwards hp was wailed upon by the pro l>er officer with the prefect's desire that he should follow his guide to prison, which o bevipa he remained in durance two days, and was then desired to walk out again*, paying the goaler oneX.ouis for his boaid I and lodging. l'ROM ENGLAND. MOB AT LONDON NOV lV A gre at crowd of distressed people, ar tizaris, ina??uiacturcrs aud matmes, were assembling at Spafields^ at the last moment of our advices from London. I he proce dure has t xciied Ki eai sensibility. All the high authorities of state had been exceed ingly busy with jus.ices of liic peace, con stables See. See. the lord mayor was alpo on the alert, and something very formida ble was apprehended* -To^-giuud ag&m?t-* it, however, -the military were prepared to . march in an instant, as required. The usual IhoiougJilaie through the lower had been stoppeck ? - The meeting was called for 12 o'clock, j and those pp^sent w*re 5000, every mo- I menffapidly inci easing ? the object wrs 1 said to be to form a procession anil present 1 a memonal in persoi to the prince recent I ? to fotce themselves into Chariton house, | if refused admittance 1 In the memonal said to be intended to I be proposed at/~ the meeti.ig, is inserted I the following paragraph : ? uVVe thciefore presume to believe, I thai some other mode of management I ought to be devisi d, by which the hungry may be fed, TTTe^nakcd clothed, and the op- I pressed relieved from .their sufferings; for I these desirable purposes ve cannot ima- I gine any measures so effectual as to re- I xtqre^o the people the land and houses of | which, by diveis means they have been I dispossessed and this we Conceive may be I easily accomplished by granting indcinni- I tics to the dignified landholders, by way J of hereditary pensions, by national funds I or rents for the duties they may perforin I I At a quarter past 12, a person harang- I ued the meeting, saying, 44 You are no Ion- 'J ger under the government of Pitt? Be, | firm, and you *ill conquer. Individually'! you are nothing? collectively you are eve- I ry thing- Ycu have enemies heri, -so^i mind. Indeed wherever you meet for I good, you have enemies." ? This was a specimen of the first orator's speech. The following hand bill had been circu- I lated a day or two before? " Britons to arms !~-i3reak open all gun I and sword shops* pawnbrokers, and other T likely places to find arms? JVo rite of } bread, &c.?*Ao Caatlfrea^hy off with h*s I head. No national debt ; the whole coun- I try waits the signal from London to fly to | arms.? Stand firm now or never. ? N. B. I glinted bills, containing further tTirection I VII be circulated as soon as possible." |C7* We must wait Jor the next arrival to 1 ratn the end of this business. The rioters 1 continue in force about Nottingham? an* 1 other mob at Birmingham had been sup- 1 pressed by the military. It commenced I al'out the breaking of the windows of a 1 bookseller who hud been active in circula- I ting some "antt-jaeobmical publications," I as the London Courier has it. |C7*The state of England is really this I the governmeut owes its existence to its I military force. ? The whole country is as I a garrisofi.; When the moment arrives that the soldiers shall refuse to fire upon I their half started fathers aod brothers? I c oh fusion is ihe order qf the day. If the I ?state of distress progresses much faftber, J And how the people are to be relieved, ex- I cept by revolution, vre cannot discover I Some dfeadful convulsion must be expect- J ed. Articles of subsistence are dail/ In* J i creasing m value, and the means oT earn- J ing wherewith to purchase them seem dai-*| ly to be lessened. IfhrAt was ufi to 20*, I for 70 lbs.~~the average had been strurk and I ihe port* were ofien for its importation . At Walsall, a large body of people at- I tacked and destroyed the mills in ihe neigh- I l>orhood, clamoring for bread. The mtlt - I tary was called in to disperse them. The military is the only thing relied on 1 in Kngland to krrp the people down I TJie state of society must be dreadful | f .where cries Tor food are to be silenced ooly by the bayonet. Le>rd Cattereagh has been treated to a public dinner at Belfast!! At a general meeting of the people of Manchester (40,000 persons being assetn several deenftrd resolutions "tr ? favor of retrenchment were passed. Some of the pensioners were freely named. Camden Gazette. THURSDAY. Javuary 23, 1817. Mr. Matthew C. Wiggins is elected Shwff of thts District - by a large majortty. We also understand that the following persons were elected in Lancaster District viz : Col. James Blair, bke^fl I Capt Wm. M'Kenna, Clerk. Harvev W i there poo n. Esq. Orrftitary. Jfc Stewart, Esq. Com. oj Location* Colonel Pickkns has been elected Gov- I ernor of South-Carolina. This gentleman I is son to General Pickens, the revolution- I ary patriot of that State. It is somewhat I singular, that two of the most distinguish- I ed generals of our revolution arc at this I moment, thougl?_at 2l very advanced age, I enjoying the most peifect lie-alt h , activity | and mental vigour? -we allude to general I Sumter and general Pickens* ? These two I oul soldiers, who assisted so eminently in I atch.eving our natiohal independence, and I wh^ have witnessed Us prosperous advance- I mefit for forty years, employ themselves I indetan^ably, and with personal labour, br i their agricultural pursuits, enjoying that 1 heaith and tranquility which are the results I of temperance and industry. It is truly granting, when viewing the I rapid increase and power of our country, ! to refer, occasionally , to its first defenders, I luitl finding them yet living in the land, I which their bravery contributed to render I free* Cny Guz. W. R. Theus,Esq. requests the I Editor, to state that he was not a I Candidate for Congress in the place of Wm. Mayrant, Esq, resigned. Such a report prevails abroad, to I his injury ? he wishes it corrected. I Georgetown Gazette It stated, thar in the course of one 1 year since the war, more than I twelve thousand new settlers almost I exclusively from the eastern states, I have established themselves, within I the limits of the state of New- York, 1 west of Genessee river. I FORSJLB, -A Likely young NEGRO FELLOW.. | For lertn*? enquire of the Subscriber. I Pi WARREN. January 23. 1817. 43tf "4" ? TO BE HIRED, TvyNTIL the first day of January next, I about 18 working hands in fumilie*, 1 possession will be given about the last of ] February. Enquire of I . , LEWIS CI PLES* I January 2 3. 18 17. 43 ? 5 ... I NO 'J ICE' I ."IS hereby E?ven, that the Copartnership I l or BALDWIN fc HAMltRlCHTi? I this day dissolved, by mutual consent. HENftY BALDWIN, HF.NRY HAMILRltiHT. January 18, 1817. H BALDWIN respectfully informs I * his Friends and the Public that he I still continues the Saddle y Cap , and Harness making I business* upon his own account, and will be thank- I fiii for a share of their custom. His work I will he done in a superior style, and upon I the shortest notice. Jamiary 23, t*N7.^ 43tf EAGLE TAVERN COLUMBIA. TOrfN SUDKH takes thu liberty of in ?*' forming his friends and the public, that ho has taken that well known establishment formerly owned b#1 Dr. Green, and recent ly occupied by Williamson 8c Rudillph. Mr. S pledges himself that he will use every means in hia power to give general satisfaction. Columbia. Tie*8.. 31 ? IR1 6. _ WANTED TO HIRE a good wench ? Enquire of the printer. Jan. t Sdhrg iff Cheap. fl^HE Subsci ibct> intending to leave Cam -*? cten in the course of ten days, offers for sale the remainder of his stock of DRY GOODS, consisting of a general assocX? mettt, calctrlated for the present and ap proaching season, either by wholesale or retait, at costs ar.d charges. N. B. Purchasers are particularly invited to call. WILLIAM G. BENSON. Camden, January 22, I8i7* TO LET, -*?*HE tower part of lhat eTegant and -*? commodious budding, together with the lot and out houses, belonging to the ?Society of Masons. Possession will be given about the 2 5th March next. Any person wishing to rent the same will be .&ood enou&h LQ apyly LQ Lhe -subscriber. PLTLR WARREN. January "2S. 1 8 1 7. . STRAYED P*ROM Sumterville *a * short time agp* v a light BAY liORSE maiked on the body and shoulders twith several white spots, a star in the forehead paces and rides easy. Any person leaving said horse at Miss Jane M^ants^ ^shalt be suitably re warded. Sumterville, January 19, 1817. NOTICE. P|*HE Commissioners for repairing the Court House in Camden, have resolv ed to have the following repairs forthwith effected, ? To have all the windows glazed where necessary, and supplying the glass wanting. To put slops in the windows, give two coats of while paint well put on to rhe sashes / aud io put on new facings where necessary. Secondly. ? To have two coats of white paint put on the outside ol the house* and two coats of red lead or Spanish brown on the roof, and two coats green on the shut ters below and all the materials to be found by the contractor* Thirdly. ? To h:\vethe Court Room com* pletely ceiled and finding materials. All persons wishing to undertake the said woik, will render in their proposals under seal, to Captain Peter Warren, in C amden, by the first day of February next, 10 o'clock A. M. The proposals - for each class of the above repairs must be rendered in seper ately. On the same day, at 12 o'clock, A. M* before the Court House in Camden, will be sol^, all the window-shutters of the up* per story of the Court House. By order of (he Board . WILIE VAUGHAN, Secretary. Camden. January 20, 1817. Attention Riflemen . A TTF.ND muster on Saturday the 8th February next, at 9 o'clock. An elec tion will be held for first Lieutenant and some other oficers. Defaulters at former musters, will attend court martial at same time* The members >of the Upper Rifle company are invited to join us on drill, 011 that day. By order of Cafit, Levy, JOHN COOK, Ord. Serg . 4 Camden Hi fie Company * January 23, 1817. For Private Sale, THE Subscribers PLANTATION, on Beaver-creek, in Kershaw Dis trict, adjoining lands of Duncan M'Ra.?-? The fertility of the soil needs no comment* The situation is as plsasant and healthy as any in the slate, .it abounds with nume rous springs of the purest water. The lands were all purchased by me, and con tain about 414 acres, lor which I will pro* duce undoubted titles. There ifc on the pt entires, about I SO acres cleared, and un der a good fence, divided into convenient fields by strong inside fences, ALSO? On the premises are a dwelling house witk rooms on tlw lower floor, IHftb a Piaz za on each sidci three Are plates, a kitch en, Barn and ^tables, with all other out buildings that are common on a country ' farm-? likewise, an apple orchard sufficient for 15 or 20 barrels of cider of a good year* wiih plenty of peach trees for use, which seldom miss bearing* a giist mill not 4 years in use, calculated for flour, having a bolting chest, 14 feet long, the cloth of the best quality of No 5. In the mill is 0 cot ton gm which goes by water, equal fo any in the state. The house i* framed SO by 26, completely closed ih, floors laid above and below.? For terms, which will be ac commodating, apply to the subscriber on the premises. If not sold before Friday, the 14th February next, it will 1>e offered at Public Auction on the first day of March, and the terms made known on that day* And when sold there will be a number of other articles for sale, consisting of alt kinds of stock, farming utensils, a Dutch fan, Blacksmiths tools, household and kitclt* en furniture, &c. *c. JAMES TRANTHAM. January 18, 1817.