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Camfcm <0a$ctu\ A PRIL 2 , 1817. The Couon crops in tins and the ad joining; Districts are very unpropitious.-? The coldness of the nights throughout -th* season, ancl the uncommon hard rains have destroyed a considerable poftion. It is supposed jibe re will be little more than half crops. The Corn cfups are more fa * ? -1 't Vorable, ai\d promise very fair. to % an run LIC. TVie Propcietors ofcjhe tk Qamden Ga ' ? fettk" having, purchased the intertst which the former Printer had_in this pa per, the same will hereafter be piinted by George IV. B. ITurby . All sums due to the Ofrice must be pji\l to the present printer - of the paper,* to "TViUiam Ltmgleyt Esq. or to the agents nominated in one of our for The Proprietors having now the sole di rection oHfhe paper, pledge themselves to make such art^gements as will leave no ground for complaint. They have taken measures to procure a regular supply of Paper of a superior quality* from Philadel phia, and hope in a few weeks to present their readers with the Camden Gazette in & neW and improved dress. i, ? FOREIGN NEWS. Emigration yrom jlmsterdarrl . Fourteen sail of vessels were prppurins to take out ' umyards of 5000 Swiss and German pas ~ ^^;ers, who were about to seek an asy lum in America. The ships were des tined principally for Philadelphia. * ? j, Baltimore Patriot, \7lfiinst ? By the brig Eugene , arrived at the Ha vana on the 15th ult. in a short passage from Pernamburo, informaton "toras re ceived that the revolutionary spirit was ex tending itself along the whole coast of Brazil, and that sanguine hopes were en tertained of its final Independence. ? Caution' ?Two ? Stoics, ? weighing 28 pounds, were taken oui of a bnlt* of Cot: ion^ at Duncan's W^rf, on Saturday last. The Couon waa from Columbia. Co Accounts from the horth, thai such have been the late imposition* irt : the Weights of cotton, that they cannot* now be sold there without te?weighing. - ? 4 uv Reft, The Missouri Gazette, of . A !>? * 1 5, printed at St. Louis,- says; u Three letter mails are missing front JJnawnoetoVn, and great apprehensions are entertained for thtaafetygf large remittances sent to the ! jt|,iward^ 1 _ ? It was supposed, say* an intelligent pas senger in the Canton, that the Income Tax would be renewed, in order to meet th^ immense expenditures* The country, generally, was becoming more quiet, and trade somewhat typing. JSew-York Gazette. The British govern rpent, it is said, have prohibited l ord CocHrane Trom proceed ing to South America, in a ship of the force which he Ntcly purchased for thatV( purpose. Ibid . Nr^-YoRK, May 1 1. From the Spanish Alain . Captain Harris* of the brig Golden Age, fropi J/fgUtNi, informs that Barcelona was taken from the Patriots by the Royal Ar !tny, on tVie 7th~of Apri?.- '1 be .force of the former was about 600 ; about 300 of s?hom, with e number of an^ children, retrea'ed into a church for vrhere they defended themselves again?\i , thu enemy for a considerable lime, but were uhimately over|^>weivd, and ihe sur vivors put to the sword.? Two of the Pat riot officers, a major and a commandant, ?were brought into Laguira, afterwards Mft to Caraccas, and shot. General Ho livar, with an army of 5 to 60**0, was in the interior ; and General M? rlflas, with 6000, was within a day's march of Carac cas# A general engagement was daily ex pected to take place* A Patriot brig ai d a schooner, privateers, one Of them com manded by Captain Thompson, had Cap tured a Spanish felucc%, wijh GOOQnlollars on board. A Mr. Spencer of Baltimore, *ros a passenger in the f<rluteft? ind vas bound from Porto CavHlo for Laguiia. Mr. Spencer was set at liberty; The ptt riot privaterra manned the prize and pt? - ceeded to Maricaibo, wh$ e they Micceec ? ed in cuttinc out several Spanish vessels. \ Lokpok. April 13. It is said that Ministers have icceived and entertained a proposition liom the king; of Spain to become a Mediator between him and the lndepeqdent Provinces oi iv>uth America, in return for which, his majesty offers us a limited commerce with certain port* on the coast. Keport adds that Sir George Cockbnrn i* to command a squadron destined lor the coast of South America for that purpose ; and that pre parations are already making for carrrying it uuoeffoct. If Ministers have leally de SiotKHOLM, April I, A _conscription is now nuking in the whole kingdom of al 1 the young men bo r Q in 179 J; ihey are to be exercised for a fortnight in June, after which, the regi ments, formed into brigades, will go into _C<nnp. It is stated also, that a camp will be farmed near Stockholifl^ to exercise ^he rloopa^his summer. The yonng men in chided in the conscription consists of five ctasses, from all the you1 hs from the age of 20 to 25 inclusive, forming a well disci plined and uniform militia of about 300,000 men, from which, ^ly in time of war, cruiting, partly furnished and equipped by land-owntfrs, are reinforctd and filled up. tcrmined upon this course. Great abuses or embezzlements are re ported to exist in the pobt-offlce depart ment in England. His Holiness Hope Pius VI H addressed an order or decree to the chief bishop or primate of Poland against Bible Societies.? It is^daled ini June, 17*6; and puts Bibles, as circulated by Protestants on the list of prohibited i?ooks. &cr. ^ JV. Y. Columbian, jpoetrp. ?The following admirable little Ballad is copied from a London paper, and is in deed one of those exquisite productions ?which, .while it delights, both soften and improves the heart:] ? THE ORPHANS. My chaise' the village inn did gain, Just as the setting kun's last ray Tipt with refi^Lgent gold the vane Of the old church across the way. Across the way T silent sped, The time tii) supper to beguile In moralizing ?'er the dead, ThavmoukWrcd round the ancient pile. ? There many a l.^mble green grave shew'd VV here want and pain and toil did re:?t, And many a fiatt'iing ?ione 1 view'd ' , O'er those whot>nce iii%d wealth posses sed. A faded beech its shadbw brown Threw o'er ?? grave where sorrow slept ; On which, Tho' scarce *ith grn??sr o'er grown, - " ' ; Two ragged children sat and wept. .t ? ' A piece of bread between them lay, Which neither seem'd inclin'd to take ; And ytt they look d so much a prey f ~ To want, n made my heart to ache. My little children,. let me know Why you in such distrers appear .? And why you wasteful from you throw That Lread \> hi$;li many a he^tt would cheer ?" -The little boy, In acttnts sweet, ? KeplW'l. while tears each other chas'd, " Lady, we've not enough to eat, And if we had we wou!d not waste.. - 44 But sister Mary's naug'.ty grown, And wifl not eat, What e'er I say ; Though sure I am the bn ad's her own* Aiid she has tasted none to-day." 44 Indeed (the wan, starved Mary said) Till Henry eats I'll eat no more ; For yesterday 1 got some bread, He's had none since the day before.1' ? Vr\ My heart did swell, my brnom heave ; I felt as tho* dtpriv'd of speech ? I silent sat upon the gr<?ve, And preat a claycoid hand of each. With looks that told a tale of wo, With looks that spoke a grateful heart, The Shiv'rincr bc/y did nearer draw, And thus their tale of wo imparl ? i? Before my father went awny, . hntfc'd by bad men o'er the sea. Sister and I did jiought but play ? VVc liv'd beside yon great ash tree. " And then poor mother did *o cry, And look'd so chang'd, I cannot tell : She told us that she soon tihould die, And bade us love each <^Cr well. 44 She said, that when the war is O'er, Perhaps we might our father see ; But if we never shw him more, That God oar lather then will be, " $he ki^s'i usl>oth, and then ^e-dicd, And we no, more a mother l.a^e ? Here mjiny a day wc sat and cried Together on [>oor mother's ^rave. " Rut when our father came not here, . 1 thought ii -we co'.M find the sea, We should be shurc to meet him there, And uice again might happy be. " We, hand in hand; went many a mMe, And ask'd our way of all ?c met ; And some did *u*h* and some did smile, And we of vane did victuals ^et. ix Rut when we reach'd the sea and found 'Twas one great water rfftmd nospread. We thought that lather must be drownd. And cried W. wish'd us both were dead.' So \v? return'd-to /^other's grave, Antf only long wi^h her -tf> be \ ? For Goody, when this bread she gave, Said lather died beyond the sea. " Then since no parents have we here, We'll go and seek for God around ; Lady, pray can you tell us where That God, our father, can be found ! * " He lives in Heavent mother said, And Gondy says that mother's there ; So if she thinks we want his aid, I think, perhaps, she*tl send him here." % I clasped the^rattlers to my breast, And cried, u Come both 8c live with me, I'll clothe ye, f^d ye, give ye, lest, And will a second mother be. -*? Aiid God TvilJire your father still ; 'Twas he in mercy sent me here, To teach you to obey his will, Va^Your steps to guide?* yttur hearts to cheer.** Wholesale Prices Current. Corrected Jar this day ft / wfier . Domestic Articles* Cotton, Sea Island lb Upland, 0 : 27 Rtce, prime new cwt o 00 Flour, Superfine bbi\ I 5 Charleston*. Camden. 0 40 . 0 42i 0 29 6 50 ? Fine Camden Corn,' bush Wheat, Tobacco, leaf lb ? n ?'.ufuctured gal lb I5i 0 22.0 24 Whiskey, Bacon, 0 Lard, 0 Tallow, 0 Bees Wax, o 35 . o 27 Hemp, Homespun, cotton yd\o 23 . 0 28 ,, N. Carolina tow Shoe thread, lb Indigo, prime, |o 7$ . 0 80 Dear Skins in hair, 1 Foreign Articles . Coffee, prime, lb 0 00 ^ ? old 0 17 Sup^ar, Muscotado 0 14 Salt , bush 0 46 Iron, 100 lb. 3 50 Molassfcs, *5 0 00. 1 50 0 8.09 78 23 16 18 18 0 85 13 .14, 1 50 10 0 .0^0 0 8 0 20 .0 25 0 80 .0 9 5 18,0 25 0 18,0 14 .0 16 0 2o'0 12 .0 18 0 2o|0 16 .0 18 O OO .0 25 0 $0 .0 37 0 25 .0 30 62 0 75 .0 87 18 0 19,0*6.02* 0 ltf 0 1 5 0 1 8 .0 20 0 55 1 00 .0 00 4 OO 6 50 .7 00 0 50 0 75 .0 80 Classical Academy. THE Sublet iber will open an j4CJ~ DKAtY for the instruction of Youth of Roth Sexks, on MONDAY* the 2d of June next, at that spacious and central situation Non47 Tradd Birred commonly kuown by the appellation of Cardoza's Long Room. He professes to teach Orthography ? heading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, History, and the Latin and Gieek Classics. As an assistant in some of those branch es, he has engaged a Gentleman, whose knowledge and experience will be of con siderable advantage to the improvement of his Pupils. Such parents and guardians, as m^y fa vour him with their patronage, are assured that the young Ladies and Gentlemen en* trusted to his c? re, shal' be kept distinctly apart, and that every attention shall be paid to their intellectual and moral im provement. No further promise is deemed neces sary ; he trusts by his conduct, to merit the encouragement of Ihose tvho esteem a good Lducation one of th* best sources of virtue and happiness. Masters will be engaged to teach Draw ing, the French language, 8tc. to such pupils a? are to be instructed in those branches.' A few BOARDKRS from the Country, of BotU Sexes wii*. betaken on Removable Term*) and the ^t*atest attention will hi bestowed upon their manners and improve ment. > For terms of 'l*,nt,on? "pply at No. 47? Tradd-street, or at the Subscriber's resi dence Nd. 105, IJioad-strtet. ISAAC HARRY. Chark^'on, May 31* ? 4 FOUND OX Friday last, by a strsant, a Pfd Mm rcccv / (a kd(-/yuok. i.ooi?>in?<ig <? simi of money, and sundif papers. The o* ti er may have it b,rain by dtsciihing ii?c same, p3>',ng ^or advertisement, ?ii<i libei ally regarding ihe honesty oi ihe ser vant,. ? Apply at ihe Office of the Camden (ittictU . * June 2. tf ~ * NO l k E. ALL persons indebted to the firm of M'WHOTEH Sc (iHAY, are rt que^ted to call at the sto e oi "Mr. E. M'Cierry, residing in the upper untment of Huvis's Tavern, and make immediate payment, as he is duly authoiistd to i*ti Ccive all debts due to ihe said concern ; the accounts being drawn off and placed in his hands tor collection. M'WHOR I'LRITGR AY. P. S. Immediate attention io the above note will probably save trouble and cost. May 30. 6G>? 2 NOTICE. WILLIAM M. BROOKS lojlsbefore me a brown bay M A HE, about thir teen hands high, branded oil tjhe mounting shoulder thus 1. 2. about nine years old, some small white ?pecks on her neck, ap praised at thirty dollars. V WM. M'GEE, u * Sumterville, May 5, 18 17. 58 ? 6? NOTICE. A LARGE BAY HORSE, *ith ablaze in his f*ce, and wh;te undcrlip ; has been about Bradford Springs for some time, and comes up regularly with Mrs. Pierson's horse?. The owner is requested fo take him away May 16, 1817. 58? tf THE SUBSCRIBERS . HAVE received per the Mi1o, Captain Bronson ,fi^m Liverpool, a handsom? selection of HARDWARE, CUTLERY See. put up in packages well assotted, which they o?fer lor sale at a low advance. J. S. MURRAY Sc Co. Charleston, May 1, 117. tf THE SUBSCRIBER, * r~r^AKLS this method of informing his friends and the public, that he makes and repairs different kinds of GOLD AND SILVER WORK. Any person having jobs in his line, may send them to the Magazine, where they will be thankfully received, and punctually attended to, and executed on the most accommodating terms by WM. PARKKfe May 1 5," 1 8 1 r. 58?61 .THE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY inform their'friend* and the Public that they haVe com menced the FACTORAGE and COM MISSION BUSINESS, and will endea vour carefully to attend to tlte; interests of those Who may be pleased to employ them Their counting h6use is on Dunkins wjiarf. J. S. MURRAY & Co. Charleston, Nov. 1 6, 1816., 34tf NEW GOODS Junt received by the Subscriber*, Among vrliich are many articles, suita ble for the present and appro&cliing sea sons, of a very superior quality, and whick with their former STOC K, comprising a General Assoitment, they are now offer ing at the most reduced firiee *. SHANNON & BALLARD. May 26. 59 ? tf ? ? ? ...... ? * 8rought to the Goal of Kershaw Dis trict, on Saturday the. 10th Inst, a Negro Man who cylls himself HANSON and says he belongs to Mr M'Gregor of Georgia. Hanson is five feet 10 or 11 in ches high, yellowish complectPon. has on a round jacket, mixed with wool, and Jean* Pantaloons. The owner is required (? come forward, prove property, pay char ges and take him away ALLEN JONES, Gqaler K u? May 12 ih 1817. . CAUTION. ALL persons are forbid trading or traf ficing with the Subscribers NE GROES, as the law will be put in forc? aerainst them JOSEPH K1HKLAND. Flat Rock, May 16, 1817. 58 ? (? The Charleston Stage 7 ILL start at 4 o'clock on Sunday ' Mornings ; and arrive on Satnrdaf Mornings. Eor passage, apply at the Prin ting Office* March 1. 1817. A handsome Chaise for ^ale, WITH Leather. Top and plated HarnW for particulars enquire of the Printer. April ir, liiir,