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as they told ine afterwards without previ' ous understanding ?) unanimously; No.? And the Secretary so entered it of record. Said I "gentleman of the Council I am not a member of your honorable board: but allow me to say, 1 approve most heartily of this vole; you take the bull by the horns, and go, as I do : aut Cccsar aut nullum; nil dcspcrandum. Kershaw, in my opinion, will follow your noble lead; many of her best people, are now with you in this matter." The old Intendant rose from his dignifi ed scat; and said to tnc; Sir, give mc yonr hand on that; and his grasp; his face; and his voice showed his heart in his words and action, as plainly and as nakedly, as if it had been out of his bosom, upon a dissection table, before mc. lie said also to his eounril-mcn ; let us all shake hands upon that; and upon our vote ; and they did shake hands on that; and on their vote against the licenses. .Mr. Editor, the resolution of our Town Council, inserted in your last paper, shows I said true of Kershaw: ?that resolution is the beginning. Sir, I have an attachment for Kershaw ; warmer and more thrilling to my heart; than I have for any other district of "our gallant little Slate;" except Richland; nearly altogether and exclusively for her IlobKirk-llill; for Gum Swamp; because some of my blood sprinkled the bushes that .i.?, Tini. ?...i ?n,tw.ii:~ii ?i,n r.rtv. iiuiuv;a uiat inn, cuu tuiutniQii u?v wuiders of that Swamp. But above these, as dear as lliey botli are to me; I am more attached to Kershaw for her Monument; I love her Monument; because it says to jne, when I look on its white marble; (and shall I not be proud of it?) the blood oi^ your ; and of your who are now i living; was mingled with the waters ofj my parent, Gum Swamp; enough of it and j more, to change all my pure white to scar- j lot. Sir, I have attachment lor Kershaw; on ! these accounts; warm and thrilling !! Be-! " i cause my ancestors, paternal and maternal, J contributed to make them of history; and j still rnoic ; because my 's, did like-' wise; mine and theirs, from the beginning, to the end, in the days of '?6, did their duty to the country; to themselves; to their posterity; the bones of one of them ; the blood of two of tliern ; were left at GumSwamp. I am proud of my ancestors!!. They are known in Georgetown; in Rich-j land; in Fairfield; and in other portions of this, my native State; by living witnesses. One of them is known in the record-1 ed history of South-Carolina. They are v.,,...... ?i.t. ,.?i;f?rc??a, rv,* i I'VHIl AllVU 11 111 UIV ll I >/ll ' > I KJ vUl'l olina's story. And thai will attest; they,' bolb of them, and of limits: smelt more gun-poudcr in ih fending v n.Jti: Carolina; tnati would stifle some i know of; and' their generations ; from themselves down,1 in a direct line to Adam. And shall not I j be a South Carolinian ??I am Sir, attached to Kershaw; and I will contribusc my i feeble powers, as far as 1 can to her benelit. Dut Sir, to the suLjeci:?It is said, the Temperance cause, is to Lo made a question before the people, in some of the districts, at the next election for members to the Legislature. "This will not be. No man, having self-esteem enough developed to prompt him to o:Tc-i for that .honorable | station; could consent to ride to his seat' I on so dirty a little pony. Mr. Editor, suppose (and nothing is be yonil that reach) there was to be a fancy-1 ball at ; and three or four gentlemen! were so hedged out from attending it, by J natural obstacles and impediments; they could not attend it; without rigging out at home; and wading several bogs before; aud walking through a pig-sty after, reach-! ing the court of the bail. How would they look and feel after making the "excursion?" And what would be the effects of it oji themselves? The predicament of their "tights" and light boots; be their "tights" buttoned straight "down before"; or inj the old way, would certainly make the la- j dies hesitate; either to dance a cotillon?' skip a fan-dango; or float and sail through a waltz ; (" the wild goose motion is a vc ry pretty motion''^ with them or either of; them; the ladies might, one would think,! fear soil on their crmin. And now Sir, 1 lake off my hat; uncover my head entirely ; with my right hand; let my hat fall gently cum digaitatc; and meet my left, just below the front of my vest; bow to you; and while returning my hat gracefully to my right hand again ; I say to you; good evening to you, Mr. Editor?then I look at you, and you look at me;?and you say the same?then I walk three steps; with my hat still in my right handand turn again; and I say,; bowing again ; good enening, Mr. Editor, till after May next. DEMOS ICKATOS. Camden, Feb. 4, 1840. [From the N. O. Picayune, Jan. 8 1 TIIE BATTLE OF NBW ORLEANS. Twenty five years only liave rolled away since New Orleans was the scene of an event which shall sparkle upon the page of history in all future time. The story of the Battle of New Orleans is one of those which, to all Americans, must present the mingled interests of the romantic, the chivalric, tho terrible and the brave. Men fighting for their homes against an insolent foe whose watchword threatened a suffering worse than fire or slaughter? an inlliction as disgraceful to the victor as to the vanquished. That watchword, " Bcavty and Booty" was at once the onset cry and the death knell of the invader, for the Americans heard it in the !. l. _ ./ it..!- : 1 J i*. surieas 01 luejr wives uim uiuiginers; u| thrilled through every vein and fibre of| their frames, and "ten times trebled the! natural energy of each single nerve" to j sweep the enemy down to the dust before;1 them. If the history of that day is a page of; glory for the Union; gohien letters should j j record it in the annals of Louisiana.? j j Men are now among us who braved death i and danger upon the battle ground of New Orleans in 1815?men who grasped the instruments of death to guard their firej sides from the footsteps of their nation's, jibe; and who now remember the terrific: roar of fire arms, the streams of gushing' blood, and the shrieks of dying agony.? We envy those old patriots the delight | they must feel to-day, and we doubt whe. thcr the veteran Jackson, when the na! tion bestowed upon him the highest fionor in its gift, knew a prouder feeling than he;; must experience 011 this Eighth of Janua- 1 ry, IS 10. We clip the following anec-,1 !dote from an exchange paper. Perhaps ! there are those among the survivors of j, that dav who mav read it. and rememberi" , ^ ? --J ' ' *~ the incidents related: j Anecdote of the Battle of New Orleans. 1 !?A daring Tcnncssecan, with ablanketi1 tied around him, and a hat with a brim of 1 enoimous breadth, who seemed to be fighting on his own hook," disdaining to raise his rifle over the bank of earth and lire, i in safety of his person, like his more J < wary fellow soldiers, chose to spring evc-i ry time he fired, upon the breastwork,) where, balancing himself, he would bring! his rifle to his check, throw back his broad ' brim, lake sight and lire, while the cnc-j my were advancing to the attack, asde-ji liberatcly as though shooting at a herd of ( deer; then looping down on the other side, he would reload, mount the works, cock ' his beaver, take aim and crack again.? "This lie did," said an English officer, < who was taken prisoner, and who laugh-11 ingly related it as a good anecdote to Cnpt. ] D , my informant as alluded to?,] "five times in rapid succession, as I ad- ? vanccd at the head of my company.? < i nou?n uic grape whistled through theji air over our heads, for the life of me I'( could not help smiling at his grotesque j, deuii-savage, demi-quaker figure, as he!( threw hack the broad llap of his castor to11 obtain a lair sight?deliberately raised his rifle?shut his left eye, and biased away at us. 1 verily believe lie brought down one of my men at every shot!" As the British resolutely advanced, j though columns fell like the tall grain be- r fore the sickle, at the Arc of th.e Ameri- . cans, the same officer approached at the [ head of his brave grenadiers, amid the rolling Are of musketry from the iines of j his unseen foes, undaunted and untouched. ( "Advance, my. men," ho shouted, as he j reached the edge of the fossce?" follow me!" and sword in hand he leaped a ditch, ^ and turning amidst the roar and flame of j a hundred muskets to encourge his men, beheld to his surprise, but a single man of * his company upon bis feet?more than fif- t ty brave fellows, whom he had so gallantly led on to the attack, had been shot ( down. As he was about to leap back r??nm lito 1 nviii iuh uiiuguuuo aiiuauuii, ma swuiu ^ was shivered in his grasp, by a rille ball, ^ and at the same instant a daring Tennes- ^ seertii sprang upon the parapet und levelled his deadly weapon at his breast, calmly observing, "Surrender, stranger?or, I may perforate ye!" " Chargrilled," said ^ the ollicer, ut the close of his recital, "I was compelled to deliver to the bold fellow my mutilated sword, and pass over into j the American lines.? The Southwest, by a Yankee. OFFICIAL. _ _ ) Head Quarters of the Armt, Gexeral Orders, f ( j Washington, Jan. 29,18-10, |f The Secretary of War announces to tho army tho death of Commodore ISAAC CHAUNCEY, l'resi- I dent of the Board of Navy Commissioners, who died e on the 27Ui inst. at his rcsidenco at the scat of Gov- } crnmcnt. , { Tiie conspicuous part which Commodore Chauxcey f hore in the late war with Great Britain, and his offee- I tive co-operation with the army on the Northern t Lakes, must render his memory dear" to every American patriot, and especially to the troops who, under his convoy, were bomo to victory. Considering his signal services to the nation, and his association with tho land forcos, during the whole of the war, and the ties of friendship between tho army and the navy, engendered by a common effort during timc3 of peril and of difficulty, encouraged by the noble and gcuo- rousboaring of tho gallentand lamented Commodore, tho army cannot but participate in the general grief occasioned by the loss of so distinguished a co-operator in dofcnce of their country's honor; and in testimony of such feelings, the officers arc requested to wear the usual uulitaiy ijiourning for the period of thirty days from the dale of the promulgation of this order. By order of Major General Macomb: R. JONES, Adj. Gen. Lively, good nuturcd old women arc wliaL raisins are to fresh grapes. They are withered; but they arc also preserved, and appear to advantage in the freshest company. One of the best things we have met with l.i.i.. -t - ? luu-iv, is a case 01 a young tniJlincr, who regretted' she was not a bank, that she might -have a charter to break promises. CA31DES PJRBCE CURRENT. articles. l'kit $ C $ C Beef, in market, lb 5 a 7 Bacon from wagons, lb 8 a 8 50 by retail, lb 10 a 11 Butler, lb 15 a 25 Beeswax, lb 20 a 25 Bagging yard 18 a 25 Bale Rope lb 10 a 14 Coffco lb 14 a 16 Cotton .lb (> a 8 50 Flour bbl 4 75 a 5 50 Feathers from wagons, lb 37 a <10 Fodder ewi 1 a 1 25 Hides, green, lb 5 a 7 dry. lb 10 a 12 Iron cwt 6 a 6 50 Lime cask 4 a 4 50 Lard ib 10 a 12 Leather, solo lb 22 a 25 Molasses neil 41 n ifi Oats bushel 45 a 50 Oil, currier's gallon 75 a 1 lamp gallon 2 linseed gallon ' 1 10 a 1 25 Pork cwt 5 a 5 50 Rice cwt 6 a 6 Sugar .lb 10 a 13 Salt sack 3 25 a Pallow lb 10 a 12 l'obacco, manufactured lit 10 a 50 ifTTMiMminn-wjm??a?a??bm We are authorized to announce Lieut. Col. Samuel S. Taylor as i candidate for Colonel at the ensuing election. We are authorized to announce Maj. James C. Hailf,, as a candidate for Colonel at the ensuing election. Mrs. Carpenter & Holmes, BEING desirous of reducing their present stock of GOODS, before getting THSXP. SPP.XX7G- BYPPLY, ivill (until the first of April,) sell what ihev have, at very reduced prices, l\>r cash. Their stock consists of White, black and colored Silks and Satins for Dresses, Smyrna, Satin Luxor, Pondichcrry, White and black Hernia Gauze for dresses, French Embroid c vivr, Fancy Shawls and Scarfs, Gloves, Silk and Mohair Hose, Straw Bonnets, and itibbons. With many oilier articles unnecessary to . numerate. Those having cash to spare, nay rely upon being supplied with any of ,he above articles at prices much lower ban heretofore. Feb. y. SHERIFF'S SALES? B-C * vi&kuc ui ailliUl > ijAUCUUUIlS IU IIIU directed, will be sold before the Court [louse iu Camden, on the first Monday and ruesday, being tlie 2nd and 3rd days of VIARCII next, within ilie usual hours of sale, the following property, viz: One Tract of Land, containing three lundred acres, more or less, on which the lelendant now lives, and bounded as folows: on the west by the Mickle's ferry oad, on the north by the lands of Col. D. 2. Quinlin, on the east by lands of John ?nox, and on the South by lands of Mrs. fane Mayhcw, levied upon and to be sold is the property of James Creighton, at the ;uit of Jane Mayhew. Also, One Tract of Land, containing two hunIred and fifty acres, more or less, on which he defendant now lives, and situated on lie waters of Beaver Dam Branch, and lounded on the east by lands of Daniel JcLeod and others, levied upon and to be old as the property of Childemus Crci't, . .v.? ~c n.o? <a n >t wic suit vi ucu. KJt v* vcvtnaiupdt Conditions, cash. Purchasers to pay or titles. IlENJ. GASS, S. K. D. Sheriff's Office, ) ' ''eb. 6, 1840. 5 Ppiceadv. 83 00 Hume's Landing. iTEAM BOAT ARRANGEMENT. rllE subscribers, Agents of Steamboats plying betweeen this and Hume's ..anding on North Santce, have agreed to stablish the rates of Freight on Cotton at vifty Cents per bale, and on Freight to lume's, at one third the of the Freight rom this place to Camden or Columbia.? loatmen can, therefore, depend on having heir Cotton forwarded with desuatch; ROBINSONS & CALDWELL, Agents Steamer St. Matthews. "SHANNON & M'GEE, Agents Steamer Camden. r? t. t O 11 n Tir err I\. CV/ ill Agents Steamer James Adams. Charleston, Feb. 4. 3ll0 NOTICE. A LOT OF MULES FOR SALE. Apply to JAMES McEWEN. Feb.?, 1810, ' NOTICE I ?\ LL poisons indebted to the subscriber I ' ??* by note or account, will please call | and settle the sarna before Return Day?j otherwise, they may expect to tind them in | j the hands of an Altomcv. JAMES CONNER. | Feb. 8. NOVICES i H"S hereby given that the co-partnership I -?- heretofore existing between the subj scribcrs, under the firm of Peck & Wiljliams, at Rishup?illc, Sumter District, S. i C. and Berlin, Conn., is this day dissolved j by mutual consent. 1 Russcl V. Peck is authorized to settle J the business of the concern. RUSSELL V. PECK. JONATHAN C. WILLIAMS.! l)n.i:? re...? a.,~ iicon i. JSCIIIU, .HJV . I (, II. FOR SALE. The President and Directors of the Bank of the State of S. Carolina, and William 0. Nixon, versus P. J. Lucius. DILL FOR FORECLOSURE. IN pursuance of an Order of the Court o Equity of Kershaw District, I will oiler for sale ai the Courthouse door in Camden, 011 the FiSRT MONDAY IN MARCH next, the foil wing valuable Plantation, or T&ACT OF LAND, situated in Kershaw District, on the West side of the Watcree River, and bounded to the east and eastward by the said river and William Ancrum's land, south and southward by Joseph English's land, which is marked by a ditch, running .I.? i i .1,- .u,. ttuiu uic iiuuiv iaiili) near uie iivci, vu mu west and westward, part of the way thro' the swamp, and the line continuing that course to .Spears' creek, and on the west| side ot Spears' creek, bounded to the south j hy lands belonging to the Estate of Thus, i Hopkins and Joseph English's pine land, j and to the west by lands belonging to Da- j niel O'Quin, sold to him by Josliua Eng-1 lisli, Sen. and to the north by James (J. | Doby's land, which is marked by a ditch,1 running from the river west or westward a j part of the way to Spears' creek, and also the pine land on Spears' creek, all on the! north bounded by James C. Doby's land, containing Two Thousand Acres, more or less. Terms, Cash?purchasers to pay for nc-| cessary papers. J. W. LANG, Corn'r. Feb. 4, 1840. [5t5 pr. ad. ?5 75. OlHcc oiToniptrollcr General, Charleston, Jan. 16, 1840. TIIE Legislature at their last session hav-! ing unacted that the General taxes shall he said in specie, papor medium or the notes of zhe specie paying Banks of the .Stale, j i the Tax Collcctoi s aud Shenils of the Stale will govern themselves accordingly. Juroi's and Constable's Certificates are also , receivable in payment of taxes as heretofore. WM. ED. HAYNE, Comptioiler General, i j Jan. 25. 15i8 persons having demands against the Estate of the late Mrs. Susannah Baldwin, are requested to render them, duly attested; and all indebted, to make immediate payment to the subscriber. An early settlement of her affairs is desired. W. J. GRANT, Ex'r. Feb. 1. ' 2i9 Drugs, Chemicals, "OATENT MEDICINES, Surgical Instruments, Paints, Dye-Stuffs, &c. The subscribers have just received the balance of their supplies, which makes j their stock complete, and which they are | enabled to offer with confidence, as to qual: ity, and on as reasonable terms as can be 1 obtained elsewhere. The Pharnmculical Preparations ore f nfonnfnrl I\\r r\nn tuKnc6 nvnnnnnnn ft\r I j/l V^IUIWU UJ Uiib )V tlUOv LAj.W! iViiVU 1 v i I thirty years, (twenty-five years spent in | this community,) is sufficient guaranty of their genuineness. All articles warranted. Orders carefully put up at the shortest notice. DELEOM & LEVY. Feb. 1. 3i9 Towr^Couricil of Camden. RESOLVED, That the Town Council will not grant any other License'; than No. 3?the price ol' which is fifty I dollars. j. Passed unanimously, January 25, 1840.1 J. M. DESAUSSURE, j1 Feb. 1.?5i9. Intcndant T. C.\ - i . fj^3=3A\\ Notes and Accounts due T. R. Sessions, and not settled by the 20th February, will be put in suit. Per- ^ sons interested, and desirous of saving cost will call on Mr. A. Burr, who is duly au-j thorized to receive. I. ALLSTiSK XrAKLIUi*. j Feb. 1. 3(9 * roll SALE. j] 3 TOWN Lots, 927, 920, 925, on the II Kirkwood ron;l, fronting 300 feet deej) i ( on Lytticton Sireet, and the same on Fairj Street, and bounded on the North by the it Public Square, 528 feet deep, and known i as the Kershaw House, on a credit of three I years. t J. M. DESAUSSURE, Guardian. Feb. 2(9 i " IUSf~EOTFEO, . BY Boyd's last sailing boat, Belle, Captain Jack, master only OJiC StlSHtla'eil ami foi'tv <5aVS out from Charleston, 89,000 lbs. of Wcthcrill's WHITE LEAD, which the subscriber will, for the CASH, sell at prices hitherto unheard of in this place. He has, also, lately received large additions to his stock of Paints, Linseed Oil, Window Glass, Medicines, &c. innkintr if. ns / nnmlpio ac u?,- it, it,o Siinio and all of which will be warranted equal in quality, t<> any slock in the country and will be sold for CASH at prices unusually oiv. JT35* The subscriber returns his thanks to such of his customers as have liberally patronized and punctually ;>uid him, since his commencement in business here. To those who owe him accounts of two and three years1 standing, lie would sav, their money is wanted, and if it is not got soon they must pay costs. |E3=*Thc subscriber wiJI discouDt ten per cent, on all bills purchased from him where the cash is paid and the amount exceeds five dollars. JAMES R. McKAIN. Jan. 2S. ' tf7 SCHOOL BOOKS. "0" AT1N and Greek Grammars, Exerci JL-i sos, Dictionaries and Classics.? English Exercises and Grammars, by Smith, Kirkham, Greenleaf and Murray? Geographies, by Smith, Smiley, Woodbridge, Williard and Parley? Arithmetics, Davies' Smith's, Smiley's, Pike's and Bridge's.? Kirkham's Elocution, Purler's &. Town's Analysis. Parker's Progressive Exercises in English Composition. Historical, and Scientific Clas3 Books.? 1st, 2nd and 3rd Book of History for Children. Willards Universal liistorv. Tytler's History. Grimshaw's History of the United States, with Questions. . Willard's Republic of America. Roman Antiquities.? Philosophy, Botany and Chemistry, for beginners?the same, for advanced pupils. ies' Algebra, Geometry, Surveying c. 'linear Perspective. Hutton's Mathcnuncs. Bonney castle's Algebra. Playfair's Euclid. Vince's Fluxions. Keith on the Globes. Simpson's Conic Sections.? French, Italian and Spanish Grammars and Dictionaries. French Exercises and Colloquial Phrases. Perm's French Fables. Bulmur's and Lebrun's Telemaque. Vie de Washington, L'Histoire Etats Unis. ALMANACS FOR 1810. The Penuy Magazine and Cyclopedia1 from 1S32 to the past year. Pickwick Papers. Waverly Novels, in complete' setts, and a va.iety of others. stauuucrj 9 Toys and Fancy Boxes, Victoria Stee Pens, Ruled Account Paper, Porcelain Slates, Visiting Cards, &c. For Sale by ALEXANDER YOUNG. January 18. 3t7 HOUSE PAINTING. XftllE subscriber having in his charge a ^ first rate workman, will contract lor cither iu or outside painting on very reasonable terms. Feb. 1. A. BURR. LIST OF LETTERS, remaining; neh. Postoffice, at Camden, Jan. 1, 1840 t A?Miss E. A. Aldride. B?Mrs. Sarah Blackburn, Daniel Bu? ford, John Boweu, Jesse Butncr, Phillip Brewer. C?Miss. Mary Jane Cato, R. Cameron, Franklin Cloud, Willis W. Childers, (2;) Eli W. Creighton. D?AmosDeason, William B. Daviss. E. Benj'u F.xum, Stephen Eubank. 2. F?William T. Fox. G?Mrs. Sarah Gibson, Michal Gaskins. II?A. D. Hilliard, Wrn Hopkins Jas. Harrison, Jonathan Hays, Jacob Hughes. J?Henry Johnson. II?William C. Keys, Fiances Knighen. L? Joseph Lockhart. ai.?u. ivicixatr, ttuuert Mtckle, i\lr. McDowell. P?Lewis J. Patterson, 3; Wyatt Patterson, Austin Peay, Miss Maria Parish. R?William Reynolds, William J. Reynolds, Benjamin Rollins, John Ruckcr. S? Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, George Smith, William A. Stewart, William Stuart, F. A. Shannon. T?Samuel S. Taylor, Wm. Thompson, lames Turner. W?L. T. Wigfall, Wm. Wilson, Sam'l Sfoung, 3; Miss Sarah Young. P. THORNTON, P. M. A N assortment of Puufumeiiy just r e ceived and for sale by JOiNES & I1UGIISON. Dec. 6*1839. TOWN Tim niE Taxes of the Town are due on the ,sl day of January?all licences to Retaii Liquors expire on that day, as well as all Commutations for Road Work. The undersigned will receive the same luring the month of January, at his office n the Courthouse. After which times ?;< - all Iters \usl bo returned to Council to.be leult with according to law. liv order of Council, ?J. W. LANG. ?ce.icier.