Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, July 18, 1818, Image 2
.From the Natioiitj Jotelilgencer, July 1.
Tire late arrivals from La Plate,
Uiroijgh tbe medium ofuritrtfr]
.ipA of ^he^gazettea
_ , ^/ furnlsWl jiot only
mucU iStoi liiSSir^f public events,
and the state and j > rosp ec&'
iikewiffe, mack inftght into the con
dition of society, ami the characters
of the men who conductpublic affairs
s ou that vast theatre, >*?Ehe light thus
stied on a quarter so interesting, we
periSive every, day making its way
fo the community through our rummer
ous channels of intelligence $ and this*
with the information which will
hereafter . -flow from a more active
intercourse, cticou raged audjiromo
ted by increased protection, and from
the Multiplied visits of intelligent
jnen led thither by business or by
curiosity, will render our know-,
ledge - of that portion v . of tiie
globe,** fUtti its conccrns, infinitely
more extensive and more -accurate
ihan ha* been heretofore. We a$e
rnablecTfo day to contribute consid
perr _7.
iEe from the letters of a highly Jre6- \
^ i felloj^citizeti residing tem-.
Hello\KTatizeti residing tern
rvtu CfflR, S>ne who4eopp6?*
^f viewing men and thipgs
faVored the formation
^unions concerning^ one of
r:pteresliug portions of South '
of the affairs of which,
remote situation, on the
ithe Pacific Ocean, we have
rbeen less frequently and less perfect
ly advised.
/ "St. Jago de Chili, Feb. 9. 1818.
" I arrived at Valjiaraiso on the
$5th ult. and soon afte* proceeded to
ibis city, about 9J miles distant from
the coast. On my way h?#fe*,l
called on, ban Martin, the command
er of the armv, who receiveiPKme
M cordia%. He (
Jnip w wadpf the iB^d^oMnw,^
(the ?Ontarm,B^aptain Biddle) and,"
without <euquirgrjRs to" the objcct of
ray visit, furiiisrted mc with letters
tc^|be supreme Director, and other
itiefmbirs of thejrovernment, request
ing every att<jpi|K to me during my
Btayv ludcecRRIc sentiment does not,'
appear to be confined to bin} : it per
vades the great portion of society ;
they fool the notice which has been .
taken jif them by qtifc government,
and tlwmendly acbttttpes made by
iiy aim indication offlKerest in their
revolution; and profess the strongest
desire to be on tlie,$aost intimate foot
ing Witli Qur counti^. 1 had no idea
of ihejHieDt of our commerce in this
ocean. Independently of the tiuinber
captured, of y^hich I nto as yet ig
norant, upwards of twenty vessels
have entered the, port of Valparaiso
within the last twelve months, of
[Here wuiafy six in port, with
i -exceeding kg value one mil-'
f dollar^ the ac\joiuhig
portjc^Coq a i mhfe"mny have also
arrived '^itbin ine same time, five of
\vhicti are still there, ~ These vessels,
bl^fore the arrival eltbe Ontario, ly
Sfg AVithout protection, and liable to
1m cut, ox burnt by o^e of the Spanish
ships of war ft$m Liitil, cruizing off
the port, and affecting to hoM the
Entire coast under a blockade ; a fleet
destructive only to unarmed ship*, \
upon which they commit outrages in
defiance of every principle of the law
of nations, and even of the modern
doctrine of blockade. They seize
and confiscate, without previous no
tice, both vessel and cargo, and de
tain in irons the officers and crew,
treating them with the utmost inhu
manity* Latterly, they have extended
their captures to vessels bound to the
north-west coast, and appear deter
mined to annihilate our commerce in
this ocean. ' The Beaver, of New
York, aud.tbe Canton, of Boston,
are instances which have occurred
within a short time past.
" There is Another branch of our
commerce, which is Hufferin^ mater
inlly t 1 allude to the vessels eni^.i
p;ed in collecting wperiu.ieeti oil.?
There nve nearly 1'J i V.??n N?\nlucket
and NewBedfbrd constantly
ployed in this hjL?ftrdous ami irksome
Sir, ami thiey never approach the*
coast trot from necessity ; jtt, whei^
they do 8t^ iie liable to detention,
*?> seizure and configaition, ami al^
ays to indignities^To check acts
f hostility sa destructive to the in
terests of the United States our Ex
ecutive would do well to order an ad
^ditional ship ah this station.
l^^^No alterations have yet been
w lade m the commercial code of this
country ; the merchant still groans
umier most of the difficulties hereto
-fore subsisting 1 am, however,
assured, tha t if is in contemplation to
change the whole system, and to aT"
dopt one more liberal and equal. ?
The duties remain the same, ami are
011 import^ hirty three per cent.?
On lm portSioos, iiowever, it is iu
some measure nominal, inasmuch as-]
they are not charged on the invoice
price, hot upon the value of thejirti
xle at this place, which value_ is de
termined by an appraiser, whose
judgement is miis^. swayed in favor
of t?e importer, {gr tlte application
of a secret ami iriesistable influence
alway^wijhin las po\ycr. The ar
.0 . export consist of copper,
.'Jcftlr; ;iw:aml Ticmp, alj of the best
Hmer is princi
[ pallyTK TCfiiji'a, and. the two latter
be with advantage to ]
Chili arenowata
^ before ? leave this, the
fate of the oouj^iry Svill most probably
be decided aa^wfth it, I think that
of fern. TJiewhole effective force
-of Spain, intended for the defence of
Peru, amounting to three thousand
and some hundred men, have been
jent by the victoiy to Takahnra, pie
Wy tne port int which those seizures
wefro made, above one^unchred and
sixty-leagues distant frqm r this city,
to which, it is said, they are now
advancing. They may calculate
upon some accession from the disaf
fected as well as from flie Americans
Ipfljorigines) who araji&iehdly to tlte ,
,>UB cause. The^kuginenlatM^j, i
hotPfiver, will not, exceed fifteen
hundred at tlie uttermost, and those
a.c'fss wholly without order and
discipline, and whose system of war
fare is merely predatory.: - 4 .
" The Republicans, on the other
hand, have an army of ten tliousand
strong including as fine cavalry as L
over saw j th^ whole well accoutred
and well disciplined? Three thou
sand five" hundred wider the com
mand of general 0?Riggin?v a name
celebrated in 4he History of ^h? coun
try, are stationed at Talca, on this
side utjhe river Alaulo, to arrest
41 - j ?f the enemy < at fbat
them battle. ' The ^j^eareinlwB
neighborhood, and from ? that ~^o(ly
which I-vistted on my way, ander
tlie command of San Martin, a naifr*
?f the district of Buenos Ayre*/a
gallant and experienced soldier,
S.i^HCWus, enterprising and prompt.
He served tlwonjliout the whole of
the war in Sjiaitv upon Ins re
turn to his native land, formed and
executed a march without parallel in
history. He traversed * distance <if
one hundredfnd twenty leaguesyover
tfte awful and siopendous Andes,
with an army^of three thousand men,
encountering difficulties "MlfclrlM'
to which the Afitffc audita (;?rsi
e^^pwsage ofAe Alps wew
arrived at Chacabnco on this side of
the Andea, before the enemy had no
tice oif bis approach.
- - t'1^
" The whole of. the population of<
the country, may be estimated it
800,000 souls ; there are however
no positive data upon which to form
the estimate. Of this, nearly one
thucl are Spaniards ami Creole*,
and the other two* thirds native Chili
k ails. Tkie Spaniards are . extremely
limited in number, and without inftu
I ence or energy^ and ?eoerally un
1 friendly to the revolution , thr oflher
two classes I think \\\ \y Iki relied
u|hiu tu H'.ipiMwi tin* i:ii?iu$e of gov
mi nc. t It IVurn atnou? the
Chilians thafSan Martin has organ
isedan irmt, they are habitualjy
^excellent horsemen, inured to fatigue,
'aad possens considerable physical
energy. Tliey are nut in^nsifett
-to their forroet de^daiic^ ajxd X
ram persnaded will meet ai^y danger
in defence of the country while they
hare a. head to If ad, to combine ptf
to cantrol. r The Cfeoless partake
of H& character assigned to the Cre
oles of the other p$rts of the globe ?
frank, benevolent and hospiUble?
anient, but indolent and defiant iu
that energy of mind which is niecCssa
1 1 j to gi ve stability, Tbeir, snpereti
^ tfons and tkeiL pre^udicev have
checked the progress of mental
growth, but they are changing ; what
was at first an impulse communicated
by the animating example of their
neighbors of Buenos Ayres is now
a conviction, the result nf. reflerti'Mi.
Their intercourse with foreigners, the
advantages of commerce, and the
prevailing confidence in the talents
of San Alartin, give strength daily
to the cause of emancipation. There
are instaiites of patriotism and devo
tion to country, which would have
done honor to Home in her best
days." - .
- ftr - ^ *
jV - u February 13, 1818. -y
- Since t had the honor of ad
dressing you last, the independence
of Chili has l>een proclaimed with
great pomp, in the presence of an
innumerable concourse of citizens.
It had been delayed this loug, in or
dcr ttyqpnnect it witlu the uijy on
which the battle of Chacabuco took
place, cyf which yesterday was the
anniversary. The rejoicings con
tinued until midnight, and are now
recommencing with a zeal and glow
that evince much sentiment. ? Every
house in thirty exhibited some token
of approboBi, by flags, emblems or
inscription^ome of which were ve
ry appropriate. I have endeavored
to mix as much as possible with the
inhabitants, so as to enable me to
?determine whether the view 1 (bad ta~
ken was correct; and I am sure that
I liaye not exaggerated in saying
that the sentiment of emancipation
pervades generally the two plasseA
designated in tny la&t
" General San MaitittSto town,
iluiing Hie niglit for Talcn, from
whence; it is concluded that the
p.\ nrmy i ? advancing into the interi
_ ? ?f - . -tor ? _ -.r*"
!>$ protracted to an indefinite period ;
if^uocessful, it will be at an end, and
J?etu >vill ftfil imoiedjiatety. In my
letter of "the Otti 1 did not attempt to
give airastimate of the vfevtaues ; set
few wcitoompeteHt to answer ujy
euquHttft ithat 1 couUl not obtain
sutttcient aata upon which to^azurd
a commiiniAition. lam u^w ena
bled to approach the truth and *8r>
venture to state two mil lions of del- ?
Urs as the ordinary annual ttceipt^.
the principal sout*?sof which rathe
dafattipon Ijtapw^tho dutie* upon
exjfflfc and tm fifth cm the produce
of tWmine&*ln the manner (if as
sessing tW
however, daes
more than %n.<
>i i?.
yielded W tte
^ioPiNi^noppoii
wine and otlier pro<
nature of excise, out
return, '^auumnt .nay Appear
grqftt fcf ^ population and state of
t, yet it is insufllcient %r tjie
cits of the moment, and to
supply the deficiency, recourse is
had to contributions under the name
of DonaUvas, destructive dt . confi
donee and extremely partial. An
individnal possessing a largo estate,
or supposed to have amassed a consi
derable sum, is liable 'to be, sailed
upon for any amount within Ae dis
cretion of the Oabiklfe It is to be
regretted that they have not '.adopted
some equal and permanent system of
taxation on real property, a measure
which policy dictate from the pecu
liar situation 6f tlieir lands. % Upoti
the conquest, immense grants were
made to the concjuercrs aqft ly the
great families in Spain, vrtiusc de
scendants stilt hold under diosr
grants, and are; more gratified hy the _
.extent of the domain thaiffcytke im:
pcovement moderate tax would
relieve the govern jner.t, and ai t6t*
same lime soften t^jride so ^JestrtK
five ta cuHjLvationfrynd induce
of>uch portions pf the uncultivated
grouuds as would enable t\ie poorer
and lab^ario^d^ UHtec^dtoe pro
Yi^tenby;npon m|#isit %
of compliment to the sufireme direc
tor upon the day, be touched upon
the subject oi' ourrelationS) Amd &au\
-they *ero extremely anxious 'tfc ob
tain the confidence of the President
and to maim in the closest illations,
with (be United State^ as tbeUuily
po wer jmon wlione friendships far
could rely ; ttat they had* weeivwl
considerable p^tectkip front *f?ryil
Britain, but would hare *^cf?rcc} ' it
much ftom us, I answ&red Jraa that
?uch were exactly our ;4Mitq^and
that the people x>fjkiie Utiiietl states
took the moat lively ^in^rest ia the
revolution* but by l^lJTOHsieua^M^
party disseotieiis they had not inspi v
red that confidence. in thempmaftn
ept separation, which would justify
the United States In laking step*
which might involve them in a war ;
thatfor a momtmt they. ought to be
satisfied .with the advautatfea derived
from the commerce by which alone
they obtained the supplies m
for their defence. He rcplii
we were light* that they W-nww
torn asunder by divisions, but that
they had all ceased, and he hoj*ed we
sbeu Id-soon become one great Amer
ican family.?*. i*:* > A i
( The remainder qf the Utters in our next.)
- Boston, ?u\y&
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The ^ucciwbuiy jacket, arrived
at Halifax, June 18, and brought
London paper* to May 88. Ac
couuU, exceptm^Hbe nntnoe 'P&*t
jpsAm ty Jnti'restiiig,-rjM>f.,1,iPi>ieaty
UiJ a....v ? ?? " ^ ? *
the Queen ofEugfand, had then se
ri?uslyhidisposisU, and;, though r??
covering ftojpher. immediate >tlues*|
was thought to txtinsp prec#ripus a
State, is tp wuscaj
brought forward (j? 1
Lords, concerning flip "CaaMy of
_am?.
aqd was. expected; tp,follpw ypmedl-'i
ately, having complet<4|g$,
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f 84 waa bit.mou', ?ae?w?tt;afl^,f<inny."
. A dear leiu.?Wm. Andrew* waa
last week fined *)?. by TkjMJoon
ec and fP,?jjHudson*,
. ~~J. t^r-. * Jwf} m-^tUjHi,
for rudely kissing in th? atreet, a
servant-maid, in Mk middle of th%
d%y*
1 J&vmihi gvijKtr.
AH OrignslJtoral Talf.
In a certain town tlerp Hved a
jonng man whose name was Daniel;
he was an. easy well disposed good
natural man andw^lked . uprightly.
In that MHDetowu there lived many
poor persons, whose-, fathers and
gr*n<l (Miters toy cheap living and
.good eponomy had heen rk>h ; but
'they themselves ? had tacame poor#
some by misfortunes, hot more hycx*
travapuicc. ?
Dmii.'l as 1 snid was; soIkj, honest,
and <){>ri^lit ; and I, ad l?,l?a- hc^iif
4tS*f