The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, July 18, 1840, Image 3
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next election between liim and Generall '
Harrison. Looking upon the latter gen- j ber
t *tleman as the representative of Federal Caj
I principles, in the present contest, and me
knowing that he has never been identified ! mo
with the republican party in any of its eve
great struggles against the influencesj
which have been calculated to take power j
from the States, and give it to the General, us
Government; to suppose that I would for I nei
a mnmoni think of piving my support to ! dcr
such an individual as a candidate for thelCoi
Presidency would be a mockery of all pub- j of
lie principle. ' tcc;
In respect to the statements which have roc
been made in several of the newspapers 'pot
k of the day, that 1 disagree with many ofj I
A my political friends in the estimate theyjiyi
|A. have formed of General Harrison's milita-1 trci
W ry merits, I am not aware of having said J Tin
P? any thing to justify them. Having never icel
admired General Hairison as a military ! for
man, or considered him possessing the I wli
qualities which constitute the commander I
of an army, I have looked at his political j ]
relations alone in the opinions I have paj
formed or expressed respecting his pre-! ran
tensions to the Presidency, and the conse- <jcs
quences which would result to the coun-:f?i?
clionlil ihe suffrages of the people :0f
place him in that high office. erc
I am respectfully,
Your obedient servant, ]
ANDREW JACKSON. >bcc
(BA&UMBSt ?(|>V!BSIAIb? | i
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OAJttPEM, S. OARLINA. larl
SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1840. not
The Hon. James R. Prixcle, Collector of the ^
Port of Charleston, died of appoplcxy on the lltli: J. (
inst: Mr. Prixcle had filled tlio office of Collector on
for upwards of twenty years with fidelity, and had ter
boon nominated to the Senate as Receiver General,
under the Independent Treasury Act. $
groi
The Hon. Wa. Smith, formerly a Judge of the the
court of Common Pieas, and Sonator in Congress, ncx
, from this State died at his residence in Iluntsville,
** Ala., on the 26th ult. 1
reci
The Hon. R. M. T. IIuxtf.r, Spcakcrof the House' J* 1
of Representatives, has written a letter to his constit- j fuu.
uents, in which he defines his position as one of dig. |
nifiod neutrality. He says he can neither support F(
General Harrison nor Mr. Van Burcn, and therefore, \
- i- o>._:? t.: r__ i
UCCiincs ouiTiug Jiuiisci* us a cauumuic iut vivo n*>
tion. Speaking of the candidates for the Presiden- M<
cy, he remarks: "we belong to different schools in Pe
politics; I am a strict constructionist, and they, 1 be-' as
lieve, latitudinarians?Mr. Van Bu.-cn being rather I
loss so of tho two." In another portion of his letter J
he says: "both are committed, I think, to the pow.
er of the general government over the subject of in. Qj
tenial improvement, but Gen. Harrison the more deep
ly of the two. II ?, I believe, voted for tho system r
ill all its forms." 'J1
eh
- TIIE BANKRUPT BILL. a"
til
We regret to learn that the Bankrupt bill, which
passed the Senate af or so Jong, and so severe, a Pa
struggle received its quietus in the House of Reprcsentatives
on the 7th inst. It was read twice as
a Senate bill, and on motion of Mr. Pickens laid on pn
the table, by a vote of 101 yeas, to 89 nays. Mr. cll<
P. gave as a reason for this course with the bill, the
want of time to givo it that consideration which so Spt
important a subject demand, d, and as tho bill was wf
not to go into operation till next February, immediate
action was the less necessary. The whole Soutli m(
Carolina delegation with the exception of Mr. But- ed
ler, who was absent, voted for laying the bill on p.j
tic table. : wj
We have, during the whole discussion of this
hill learud this result, and wc should feel less con- I
ccrn on the subject, if wo did not believe that want'
of time was not the true reason for giving this imno
portaut measure the go by. Many of the members
are opposed to it altogothor, and if any mode could , .
be adopted to got rid of it, without coming out in a
direct opposition, it would be resorted to. For _
ourselves, notwithstanding tho decisive vote, by ' 1
which it has been disposed of for tho present, our j
opinions remain unchanged not only as to the power,1 Pu
but the expediency of immcdiato legislation on the C*C
subject. mc
Tim nnrrnst linrlv wlllr.ll framed tlio constitution I Qril
of the United States, gave no power to legislate j ha<
expressly upon particular subjects, which they would i Ba
' not have acted upon themselves, had they bcon dc<
callod on to carry out tho provisions of the conslitu-! cui
tion. j jsti
Wo look upon the enactment of some uniform
system of Bankruptcy, as important, apart from the j
consideration of its humano provisions in e tabling lion- i
est, and unfortunate debtors, to release themselves j
from their obligations, so that they may again, un- J j- ,
trammelled, give their energies to business, and let
thoir country havo tlie benefit of their talents, en- r!
tof-prize and industry. It is of the utmost conse- S7'
quencc, in an extended country like ours, which is
day by day, assuming more and more of a commercial
character, that wo should have uniform laws
defining distinctly the obligations of debtor and
creditor. The insolvent laws of the various States,
all of which, partake more or less of tho charactor res
of Bankrupt laws, vary the relation of debtor & cro- est
ditor precisely into as many different phases as tlioro the
are States. Considering therefore the commercial He
character of the country without regard to the effects hai
of the law upon contracts already existing, it is an orii
important subject for legislation, which requires j
4 - ? tt? _ i* :li. ?
piuuipi uuuun. now IS ll pujjbjluiu unuui cawiuij; | J20]
circumstancos, for a creditor in New York, or Phi-)
ladelphia to know what obligations his debtor who | |^(
lives in Kentucky, Ohio or Tennesseo assumes when I
he makes his bill with him? What do merchants j j^'
generally know of the insolvent or Bankrupt laws I
of the different States? There aro few of our law- ]
yers even, who can tell any thing about them, other .
than in the Stato in whicli they practice. It is therefqre
necessary, as the constitution expressly gives
the power, that Congress should without delay exer- (
cise it* and thus scttlo a question whicli is of P?
growing importanco. ^
Cotton was open in Floridi, the present season, I'd
Bp early as the 4tli of July. pri
The Casket?We have received the first num.' the
of tho Seventeenth Volume bf tho Philadelphia' fa\
sket, rich in literary gems. It contains a splendid' gx|
zzotint engraving, "The Gypsey's Warning," the prj
st beautiful specimen of this superb art we have
rseen. he,
?? Bu
Exploring Expedition.?The news lias reached
from Now South Wales, by the way of Rio Ja-t i
? I Cell
ro, that the Vincennes, Lieut. Wilkes, coiuman- j ^ (
, lias succeeded in landing upon a new Southern: SP.'
ntinent, which was first discovered on the 17th j .
January. She ran down tho coast about seven- J
11 hundred miles, and has obtained specimens of j
k and earth, some of them weighing one hundred i
mds. J mi
lowcvcr interesting to geographers, this discovc-, 3
s unimportant commercially considered, as the ex- op
ne cold must prevent any attempt at colonization. [ in
c Peacock was disabled from her contact with tia
aergs, and had put into Sidney, (N. South Wales,) to
repairs. As soon as they were completed, the tCI
olo expedition were to proceed Southward. epj
St;
Dickins, the celebrated author of the Pickwick crj
>crs &c. is suffering from illness, and mental de-'
goment. It is feared that his bright genius is i
tincd to experience a prematuro and fatal blight.!
i mind has been overtasked, and the equilibrium j
his brilliant imagination lost by a too constant ox. .
? tra
ISC.
as<
Cf
Fruit,?Peaches, apples and watermelons havoi
n tolerably abundant in market lor some weeks, j P?
I ze;
IT ,
The New World.?'This paper has not reached * for
the last fortnight, although it is received roguy
by its subscribers. Is it forwarded as usual? If. ga
, why? th(
Yc arc indebted to the politeness of the lion.
j. Calhoun, for a pamphlet copy of his speech W*|
the Bankrupt Bill; and to the Hon. T. D. Scm- of
for various public documents. \vi
' foe
Icssrs. Brown and Strange, Senators in Con- Jin
58 from the State of N. Carolina, have resigned gjj.
ir places; fo take ofleet, on the meeting of the ?-y
t legislature.
?? ujy
The sentence of the Naval Court Martial, which j
sntly met in Philadelphia, for the trial of Com.
). Elliott, is suspension from the service for
r years, and withholding his pay for two years.
)URTH of JULY AT ABBEVILLE.
About 2500 persons attended to join in ^
i festivities of the day. The Hon. Geo- t0
cDuffie presided, assisted by Thos. C. ()n
rrin, Tlios. inoinpson, ana jl/. j.iveu, jts
Vice Presidents. tei
After the Regular Toasts, the following g?
is given; ? mi
By the Committee of Arrangements.? an
20. Mc Duffie, the President, of the day no
Our former distinguished, long-tried and co
thful Representative in Congress?The lai
ampion of the Constitution, of the South
d Southern interests. In statesmanship,
ents and integrity equalled by few , sur- 'a<
sscd by none. lie now devotes his time, ? 1
his own choice, solely to the pursuits of
;riculture; but South Carolina still with
de points to him as one of her most e(j
srished and gifted sons. on
To this Mr. McDuffie replied by a a ,
2ech of about an hour's length, which a ,
is enthusiastically cheered. tj)(
After his thanks to the meeting for re- on
imbering him in his retirement, he enter- fo;
upon the topics which now agitate the If
blic mind, premising that as he had, sn
ion in public life never concealed from wi
: constituents his sentiments upon any thi
litical topic, even when lie differed with cv
;m most widely, he trusted that he could
t now, as a private citizen, be suspected
any sinister design when ho declared
i opinions. a.
lie explained what the Independent
casury was, and enforced the propriety | er
Jits adoption a? a means of making the'
biic Treasure sate, of rendering the g|,
wernment wholly independent, of pro- he
>ting economy m public expenditures, 0f
j of furnisliing a sound currency. He pji
i before supported the United States th<
nk as he found it existing, because he en
2med it then useful as a regulator of the; wi
rrency; but the same Bank, if now ex- j tei
ng in the same form, could not regulate, ha
! State Banks, increased as they had sa
3n in number and capital; and a greater J
usion never possessed any people, than,ca;
it of those wlio supposed that the estab-- !"1
iment of a new National Bank, such as
[jilt bo hoped to furnish a sound citrren-:
, would afford any relief to the present1,
tress j D(
Upon the Presidential question, as to the j
n merely, he was indifferent, however |
jatly he might suppose them to differ in
ility: but looking upon them as the rep-! wa
entatives of diverse parties and inter- fee
s, he could not doubt the propriety of th<
South supporting Mr. Van Baren.' pci
> had thought ill of Mr. Van Buren, but bu
J never been more disappointed by any "f
e, than by him since his election. To inl
. Van Buren no one could now impute w'
n-rnmmitah?his course had been open. rY
n and favorable to our interests?he ?l1
d always been of the Republican party,! UP
posed as now by the Federalists, and
seemed to be fairly acting up to his1
Sessions. j nil]
General Harrison was the representa-' VI
e of the money influence ; known to be' ju
perannuated and imbecile; but set up by! ?
>se who would use him for their pur- Coi
ses, and sustained by pageantry and the
ast, addresses to the lowest passions wii
jide by designing Aristocrats, beer bar- =
s and log cabins, but no declaration of I
inciples. He examined and contrasted
j claims of the two candidates to the ~
ror of the South, and concluded by C
pressing in the strongest terms, his sur- ""
se and astonishment that any Southern B ^
in, with Republican principles, should B??o*
sitate one moment in giving to Mr. Van i
iron his most zealous and cordial support. I gutte
The Hon. D. L. Wardlaw being then j
lied for, addressed the meeting in ajgagg
2ech of about forty-five minutes, in Bale:
lich he rapidly and eloquently gave his Coffe,
:ws and the reasons for them. He a- Cotto
wed himself in favor of the Sub Trea- Com
ry, and of any honest measure which Flour
ght serve to compel the State Banks to, Fcait
performance of their contracts. His Foddi
' *-? *! ?
inions coincided wun uiose expressuu i
the foregoing toasts- On the Presiden- j
I question he showed, that with regard Iron
the course of the Abolitionists, to a sys- Llmc
n of Internal Improvements by the Gen- Jjard,
d Government, to a Tariff, to a United
ates Bank, to the principles of Demo- ' j
icy and State Rights, to the restoration ,
, J J? i * Molai
d preservation of a sound currency, arid 0at8
economy in the public expenditures,
5 South had much to hope from a con- ~~7T
uance of Mr. Van Burets Administion,
and every thing to fear from the SU \
jendancy of the party which sustains Con
:n. Harrison. lie declared his pur- Ji
sc, if elected, to give his hearty and
ilous aid towards the election of Mr. ^
ln Buren. "oui
[Each of the other candidates present ale
ve their sentiments, which accord with 1 V
>sc of the gentlemen above.] [
IE
Tiie Miller and the Fool.?A miller n0ur
10 attempted to be witty at the expense date
a youth of weak intellect, accosted him Aug
th, "John, people say that you area Ji
>1." To which John replied, "I don't
ow that I am sir; I know some things, rzri
, and some things I don't know, sir." [/Ml
Nell, John what do you know?" " I Jjik f
ow that ^miller's have fat hogs sir."? ?m
Lnd what don't you know?" "I don't
ow whose corn they eat, sir." jreP
THE LCAFER IN TEXAS. t,on'
A HUMOROUS SKETCH.
By the Editor of the Morning Star. If I
During the hardest of the storm, the day A
fore yesterday, we took a lounge down
the steamboat landing; while standing I
the brink of a deep gully that emptied
torrents of water into the bayou, our at- ^ojjo
ilion was attracted to the bottom of the ann<
lly, where a drunken loafer was stem- q
ng the torrent, holding on to a root fas'. . ^
chored in the bank. The poor fellow, ^ra
t knowing any one was near him, was c
mbating his fate manfully, and in calcu- ?-m
ling his chances of escape, gave uttcrce
to the following :
" Haynt this an orful sitivation to be
:ed in, nohow. If I was a steamboat, ,
rail, or a wood pile, I'd be belter worth ar'e
ty cents on the dollar than I'll ever be q
ain. Unless I'm a gone case now, there j
ynt no truth in frcnology. I've weigh-!
all the chances like a gineral, and find | ^ j
ly two that bears in my favor; the first is j
skunk hole to crawl into, and the second j .
special interpersition of Providence; and w
a best chance of the two is so slim, if I j.gg
ly had the change, I'd give a premium .
r the skunk hole?them's my sentiments. 8 1 )
could be a mink, a mushrat, or a water ,
ake, for about two months, prehaps I r.cf
juldn't mount the first stump tother side W1p
b Rio, and flap my wings and crow over .
erlastin' life skientifically preservated.
''But what's the use holding on this root? i ^
ere hnvnt no skunk hole in these ere! 10,1
jgins;?the water is getting taller about I',a
feel, and if my nos3 was as long as king-!
it Milt milch ln?fT? I
'141 VWAlllsy a* ?? wu,um v"vw C |
. Oh, Jerry! Jerry! you're a gone suck. I g01
, and I guess your mar.n don't know j
lu're out, poor woman! wont she cry the |
asses out of her spectacles when she'
ars her darlin' Jerry has got the whole j
Buflerlo Rio for his conllin? What a ! m&r
ly 'lissome philanthopis or member of j. the ]
e humane society never had foresight mar
ough to build a house over this gutter, Apf
th a steam engine to keep out the wa- T
r! If they'd done it in time, they might Sua
ve had the honor and gratification of
ring the life of a feller being; but it's all Ji
y with you Jerry, and a big harbor to.
st anchor in. It's too bad to go off in
is orful manner, when they knows I ol- T|
s hated water ever since I was big "
ough to know 'twant whiskey. I feci
2 root givin' way, and since I don't D
ow a prayer, here s a bit of Watts':
ixologcr, to prove I died a Christain; I Thu
"On the bank where droop'd the wilier,?'CJ'
Long lime ago." ty 'n
Before Jerry got to the conclusion, lie!
is washed into the bayou, within a few!
it of a large flat that had just started for
j stcamboal; his eye caught the prosct
of deliverance, and he changed the
rden of his dirge into a thrilling cry of
Icav to; passenger overboard and sinkj,
with a hell full of specie! the man
lat saves me makes his fortune!" Jerwas
fished ashore by a darkey, and to
ow his gratitude, invited Quashey to "go
to the doggery and liquor."
f Communicated.1
MARRIED?Near Sandton, on Thursday eveg
the 25th Juno, by the Rev. Mr. McDowell, DAD
G. LEIGH, Esq. aged 63, to Mrs. RACHEL
ILLER, aged 77.
Die happy couple, we prcsumo, were by no moms
lfuscd in appearing at tho hymeneal altar, it being
! third time with llio bridegroom, and the fifth
111 tho bride.
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LAW BLANKS
Printed ant! for sale at this Office. Ji
1?IB rl I I i?'Li!
A mivv^ir iivi vnmfi /ivTDm?w^n
imiTJUTKm A V?/l?WJUii m.
lRticlks. TE* 1$ C $ C
in market, lb ^ 5 a <7
a from wagons, lb 8 a 9
by retail, lb 1(1 a 12
r, ? lb 15 a .25
vox, 'lb 20 ? 25
ing yar .. a. 25
Rope lb 10 a 1-1
9 lb 1-1 a 1G
11 lb 5 a 8
bush. 90 95
bbl 8 a 8 50
icrsfrom wagons, lb 37 a 40
er cwt 1 a 1 25
i, green, lb 5 a 7
dry, lb 10 a' 12
cwt 5a 8
ensk 3 a 3 2f
lb IU a Vi
lcr, sole lb 22 a - 25
currier's gallon 75 a 1
amp gallon 2
sscs gal 45 a 5G
bushel 45 a 50
? Wc arc authorized to annoutice
the Hon. THOMAS D
ITER, our present Representative it!
gress, ns a Cundidate for re-election,
lly 4, 1840.
^ Wc are authorised to auice
JAMES W. BASKIN as a candifor
Ordinary for Kershaw District, at
approaching election,
me 27.
f- Wc are authorised to anice
JOHN R. JOY, E*q. as a candifor
Ordinary for this District, at the
usl election,
tne 27.
V
a, We are authorized by
@^?SBiB6t!ie friends of ISAAC
jEJSgP TILLMAN, Esq. to announce
him as a candidate
for the House ol
resentalives of the Slate Legislature
i Lancaster District, at the next elec
Juiy4.te"
AT ROCK ACADEMT
HE Principal of this Institution res
pecil'ully informs the public that it if
ited 1 1-4 mile above Flat Rock. Tin
iwing branches are taught at the rates
;xed:
rthography, Reading Writing and A
melic, at $3 50 per quarter; EnglisI
mmar, With or without Geography,
>0 per quarter. Book-Keeping, whicl
be a separate charge, will be taughl
!enbly to the most approved methods
' practised.
eferences:?Col. David Miller,Mr. Jo
i Kirkland, and Mr. John Knox, wht
Trustees of the institution; also, D
Leigh, Esq. and Mr. George Fletcher
carding can be obtained on moderatt
is at respectable houses in the neigh
hood.
'Jh lituation of this institution is par
larly eligible, as it respects health, goot
er or remoteness from any places'O
ipation whatever. It is expected in
ition will be permanent,
ny communication on the subject, ad
ised to me at Sanlon, P. O. will mce
I prompt attention.
rom the long experience of the under
ed, as a teacher, he flatters himRcl
he will be able to give entire satisfac
to those who may favor him with theii
onage.
S. S. CARPENTER,
iily, 1840. 3t33
nth Carolina--Kershaw Dis
trict.
I L. DESAUSSURE tolls before rat
five head of Sheep, all Ewes, ant
ked in the ear with a swallow fork ir
left, and crop and hole in the right, ant
ked on the rump with the letter H.?
iraised at $1 25 cts. each.
ho. Salmond, J. S. Nettles, C. J
nnon, Appraisers. .
R. L. WILSON, J. P.
uly 17, 1840.
jJIECHANICSVJLLE
EB4TINGS0CIETF
R. W. J. SPANN will cieliver a quarterly
address before this Society, on
rsday evening, the 23rd inst. ai five
)ck,to which the public are respectfulvilcd.
G. S. C. DESCHAMPS, Secr'y.
ii.es Joy, Sec'ry. ^
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Jacob's Greek Reader,
Grove's Greeh Lexicon,
Ambon's Horace,
44 Caesar,
" Cicero,
Mitchell's Geogrphy and Alias,
On ley's
En>erson's Arithmelic, 1st, 2d, and 3d
pur's with the Key,
Abcrcrombie's Moral Philosophy,
Parker's Exercise in English Composition,
American Instructor,
Grimshaw's England, with Questions,
Goodrich's History of the U. States
with Questions,
Blake's Natural Philosophy,
ist received, for sale by
ALEXANDER YOUNGjlv
11
f
4N0iflNCE""
To establish and regulate a Town Guard,
1. Beit Ord lined by tlievFnlendant omd'Wardens
of u'ic Town of Camden, now mei alfd kitting
in Council," That four persons ahull !x? elected by.
the Council, wh ? shall constitute and be the Tow,i
Guard, in and for the said Town, in lieu and
? pfajcof the patrol of Haid Town, who shall per
form all the duties required of the patrol, hy Laws
of the said State and Town now of force, or hereafter
to be passed, and shall be subject to all the
penalties, and shall have all the rights and authority.
of the patrol, and the protection extended to
the patrol, contained in the Laws of the safd Town
and Stnte now of force, or hereafter to be- enacted.
2. Be it further enacted .by the authority afores
iid, That the Council shall designate JJtwo of:the said
four Guardmen, who sl.all'be Sergeants i f '
the Guard, and shall be responsible for the continuance
on duty, ami the due performance- of
. duty, of the man on duty with him, and aboil
' report to the Recorded, at theend of each cal6?- -i.
der, month, nil absence's from, arid neglect of
duty, by the man of his squad, and of the sergeant
nf tlia ntlinr unnnr? nn/l nil oIaIdtinno s?f <I?a
sions of thi9 Ordinance by them,-or-eilher of 1 hern,
and the Recorder shall report the same to the Council
at their first meeting IberenfVr ?
In the absence of any one of the sergeants,- the
man of his squad sli.II pcrfoim u!l the duties and
I he subject to all the penalties of his sergeant.
? 3. He it farther ordained by the anthoiily nfbrp- . '
, said, That it shall be the duty.of said four goarifv"
! men, to assemble every night, at the ringing of
the nine o'clock bell, in the gnardroom,'which
shall be the south room of the second story of the,
Market'House, and while not on duty, shall remain
in the.said guardroom until day light. "It
, shall be the dtjty of the said two sergeants to diyido
the night into equal watches, and if they cannot
agree thereon, then to decide fyy let, which of said
watches shall be performed by each sergeant and
the man of his squad respectively, it shall be the
duty of one of 6aid sergeants, at nine o'clock
every night, toother with the man of his squad, . . vto
proceed forthwith to patrol the streets of said
' Town, according to the laws of the snid State and
Town, as are now of force, or may hereafter be
: passed, and the sergeant shall take one ( art of said
Town, and the mas of his squad, the olher p^V
which the sergeant shall designate, in which theyrj
shall respectively perform duty, and the serf attt ,
shall appoint certain places and.times rrt which hp? ~ "
shall meet the man of his squad, daring the said
j watch. But the sergeant on datv may teqnire thp,
man of his squad to accompany hiin to any part of
" said Town, if he shall deem the same necessary.
in the performance of his duty. And so soon as
f the tprra of watch of the .squad on duty shall ex,
pire, fho sergeant on duty shall return to the guardroom
and wake up the relief guard, who shall be
' the other sergeant and man, and who shall proceed
forthwith to perform the same duties required above
of the relieved squad. , ' .
For each violation, of any of llio provisions of
this section, the guardman offending, shall be fined,
not more than five dollars, at the discretion of the
Council.
4. Be it turtacr ordained toy tne authority aiore-said,
That the sergeant of the squad which shall
capture any free white prrson for a violation of
'' the laws of the State or Town, shall commit such
; prisoner to jail, and givo notice to the Iniendont,
and confine nil slaves or free negroes capluied for
being'without a legal permit, in the slocks at the
fruard room, until neit morning eight o'clock, uness
sooner discharged by tbo other provisions of
, this clause, and ike guardman who made (he
, siezure, shall give notice to the owner of suck *
, slave before eight o'clock, and if-one* dolfar shall
then be paid to thvsaid guardman, such slavton
? free negro shall be set at liberty, but if the.said
sum of one dollar be not then paid to tne raid
. guardman, sucto free negro or slate, shall be forthwith
whipped by said guardman, according to law;
and the sergeant of the squad which shall seize any
free negro or slavo for any olhrr violation of thto
; lawscf the said Town or State, shall fbrtbwitk <
? commit such prisoner to jail, and give notice to the
| Intendant next morning.
5. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid,
That on each and every Sunday, one squall
- of sold guard, shall perform duty from nine o'clock
j in the morning, till such time "before nine o'clock / at
night, as the Council may direct j)y Resolution,
each member of which sqund shall be on duty one '
* half of said period; and all slaves and free negroes'
seized on Sunday, shall be dealt with according-tp ,,,
. law. ,
, 6 Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid,
That each member of said guar^ shall br furnished
by the Council with a stent stick and ratAe, 1
- leather belt with a scabbard attached thereto, and
f a bayonet, and the sticks shall be so maile that the
bayon. t,may fasten thereon, which articles uie saia
guard shall wear while on duty, under the penalty :
r of one dollar for each offence therein: and the raid
guard shall be further armed with a musket and
sufficient powder and balls whrn so-directed by 'he
intendant or Council. And in cos.-any one of
the said guard on duty should nerd assistance in
performance of the duties of his watoh, he shall
* spring his rattle, when the whole "gunri lx>U>,
those on duty and those at the guard room, stall
promptly repair to his nasistonce.
i 7. Be it further otdained by the authority afore*
| said, That in cose of a fire occutring at night, the
fire bell shall be rttngby the guard, and the w^ole
. ot the guard shall turn ont and patrol for there'
mainder of the night, in all ; arts of the Town. 8.
Be it further ordained bj the authority aforesaid,
That any one of the said guard jmay be removed
from office, by n vote of the Council, and
* the said guard, while on duty or at the guardhouse,
shall be subject to the orders of the Inlendaoi, or
any member of the Town Council.
9. Be it further ordained by the authoiity aforesaid,
That each member of s:id guard shall- receive,
out of the Town Treasury, compensation, at
the rate of two hundred dollars pe'r annum', to
be paid at the end of e&ch calender montlv, by order
of (ho Council; and any oueofthe said guard,
quitting the guard, without the consent of the
Council first obtained, shall forfeit his pay of the
then current month; and no member of'the :: >!
1 guard shall, quit the service, until after the expirn
! tion of two weeks notice in writing to the Council
. under a penalty of ten dollars.
10. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid,
That no deputy shall be allowed or received
in the placo of any member of said guard, except
h? tiin nnrmis-inn of Lite Intendant, in ca>e of the
sickness of said guardmnn, or some member of bis
immediate family, and llrn only, at the expense
of such guardman.
11. Pe itfurlher ordair ed by the authority aforesaid,
That it shall be the duty of each member of
said guard to report to the Council,all violations of
this ordinance by any one of tlie eaid goard
12. Be it further ordained by the authority nforesaid,
That all penalties for violation of tin- provisiors
of ill's ordinance, shall be inflicted by a vote
of the Council, and the amount thereof idcduclrd
from the monthly pay of the gunrdtnnii so fined.
Kutifieil in Council, this eigl;'.
in the year of our Lord, one thousand cieiit
hundred and forty, and in tlie sixly-f.Uli
y<nr of the Sovereignly and Jt.dependence
of tlie United Statps sit America. >
JOHN M UKSAUSSURK,
f # - Intcudanl of ilio Town of Camden.
; John S. Richardson, Jr.
Being a suitable person to represent this
Congressional District in the next Congress
of the United tSlalcs, is nominated by
MANY VOTERS.
June 27.
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