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OAMDEIT, S. OABOLZNA. ' WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEO. 16 , 1840. Public Meetino.?An adjourned meeting of the friends of the general distribution of the Bible in South Carolina, will be held on l'RID AY EVE. ja NING next, at the Lecture Room of the Presbyterian Church, at which a [report of the proceedings of the Bible Convention, recently held in Co- j Iumbia may be expected; and tho propriety of re-: organizing tho Camden Biblo Society considered. | The importance of the objects of the mcct:ng, we i trust are sufficiently obvious, to ensure a numerous I attendance. ! [)( Meeting of Congress?Monday, of last week, j a| was tho regular day lor the meeting of Congress, but in neither Houso was there a quorum on that / tlav Tn tho Senate only sixteen members appeared, j ?nd one Hundred in ihe House of Representatives: t(. Neither of the Senators from South Carolina were jj present, and only one member of the Nousc, Mr. ^ Sumter, from this district. ri We had anticipated the pleasure of laying before {] our readers, this week, the President's message, 0] but in consequence of the failure to organize the two houses on Monday, it has not yet reached us. The j,( unusual absence of such a number of membors ofj ^ Congn 8 , at the opening of the session is attributed 11;) to a most violent and unprecedented snow storm,' a which has blocked up all Rail Roads, and other 8| great thorough-fares leading to tho seat of Gov- s, eminent. tl Sinco the above was written, the message of tho j a] President has reached us, but too late to allow us ? to give it a place in this paper. We shall endeavour a) 11 anticipate our day of publication next wee k, so as 0J to give the message to our readers as early a Ir] pracli :ablc. p( LEGISLATIVE PRO EEDINGS. Sir co our iiotiec of last week of the proceedings ^ of our State legislature, none of the various bills ^ w "eh had been proposed have been finally passed; 0| pome have been rejected, and others laid on the ta- ?( bio, to sleep during the remainder of the session.? Enough, however, still remains to employ all the tj time of that body, even should they labor more arduously than they havo been wont to do in days of} yore, and we havo no especial reason to suppose that such will be ease. Q, In reference to the ease of the contended scat of Mr. Bovie, the Sonatc, on Tuesday of jost week, j adopted the conclusion to which the Committee of Pr vilcgos and Elections had arrived, that that body had jurisdiction of the ease, and authorised the Coinmittcc to send for persons and papers and cxamine witnesses by commission. This would, of a course, from the mass of testimony which would ^ hive to bo taken, render a report fiom the com- j| mittoc improbable, if not impossible, during the pres. n ent session. To put an end at once to the difficulties j which surrounded this ease, and to get a verdict in i] the first instance from the highest tribunal, Mr. B. ], resigned his scat, and a new election has been or- ]( dcrod. A verdict from the people in favor of Mr. ? Boyce, will be worth infinitely moro than a simple ? retention by the Senate, of the prayer of the pcti- | a turners ngaiii6t him. Umlcr 6ucli circumstances, [ suspicion might rest on him, but if the people of his g District shall not sustain the memorialists, it will f\ prove the most effectual inodo of administering a b richly merited rebuke to them, and paying the high- a est compliment to a persecuted citizen. a On Wcdncsd ly last, both branches of the I?ogisZa- y ture proceeded to tiic election of Governor and Lieu- b tenant Governor. The first ballot for Governor resuh i trd as follows: I ji JOHN P. RICHARDSON, 104 j t J. II. HAMMOND, 47 j ' B. K. HENEGAN, 8 I David johnson, 5 ii For Lieutenant Governor, the first ballot resulted ' as follows: 1 W. K. CLOWN F.Y, 04 J. FERGUSON, 51 1 J. S. ASHE, 13 BLANK, ' 1 The inauguration of Gov. Riciurdscn took place y, on Thursday las'. II;s address on tho occasion will 'j be found in our columns. We need not ask for it an ^ attentive perusal. In relation to the further proceedings of the two (] IIousos, we subjoin such extracts from the journals as j, ajij'UJj iv vi iiiw iIn iho Senate, Mr. Dawson, from the committee v 0:1 the College, Education and Religion, to v.Iiom q had been referred so mrc'i of the Governor's Message f as relates to the Free School system, made a report j accompanied l?y a b'll to npjHiint a superintendent of , Free Schools, and for other purposes, which was t read the first time, and ordere d to be printed, and j read the second time on Monr.ay next. j, On Monday Mr. English moved that the above s bill bo indefinitely postponed; which was carried.? ^ Yeas 23. Nays 18. 1 A Message was received from the House propo- } sing to adjourn the present session of the Lcgisla- I ture on Friday, the 18th inst.; which was concurred j in, and a message of concurrence ordered, t Mr. McKcnna presented the petition of sundry cit- f ^ irens of the Indian Land respecting the Indians, and j requesting the appointment of Wm. White and B. r F. Davidson agents; and tho Memorial of the Ca- r t&wba Chiefs, on the same subject; both referred to t the committee on Federal Relations. a Pursuant to notice, Mr. McWillic introduced a s bill to amend the constitution, so as to protect the 1 purity of the elective franchise; read the first time r and referred to the committee on Privileges and Elcc- 1 tions. V Mr. McKcnna requested that his reason for not e recording his votoon yesterday-on an amendment to the 2d section of a bill to carry into effect the lato E treaty between theCatawba indians and the couimis- ( sioners on the part of the State, and for other purpo. J ses, should bo entered on the Journals and stated that m jt was on account of the interest held by him in the Indian lands. A bill to cany into effect the lato agreeeincnt between the Catawba Indians and the commissioners j on the part of the State, was read a second time, and j sent to the House. In the House of Representatives, Mr. Connors .A escuted the petition of citizens of Lancaster, pr&yr?~^mhe Courts of Equity be abolished, or their ovvcrslmntvj^^ Mr. Chosnut prcst^C(] the returns of the Com lissioncrs of Free Schoy^ for Kershaw District; resrred to tho committee on educatiori. Mr. Mid .lieton gave not'cc that he will ask leave a Monday next, to introduce a bill, to provide for ic publication of tho acts of each successive Legis.turc in the newspapers. On motion of Mr. Fuir, a bill to prescribe'the iodc of choosing, on the part of this State, Electors "President and Vice President of the U. States, and i give the election of such Electoi?to the people! as referred to tho committeo of privileges -,nd elecons. The Speaker laid before the House, the private re>rt of the President of tho Bank of the State, on ic debts of the officers of the Branch of said Bank . Camden. TAXES. Mr. Memminger, the Chairman of tho Commite of Ways nnd Means, has made a report to the [ouse of Representatives, in which it is stated that; ic balances in tho Treasury had decreased at the i tto of $S0,000 per annum, until last year, when by j 10 rigorous system of economy pursued, the Lalanco i aly decreased $50,000. The Committeo arc of opinion that the taxes will J ave to be considerably increased, in order to r,;i r t'lv i leans necessary to support the government nd main lin the credit of the State. They rdcoinrncnd that system of increased taxes shali be adopted, which tall act mildly and slowly on the people. In purratico of this scheme, they urge, very properly, tat the additional sums required shall bo raised hy n increase of tho tax on land and negroes. Fortyvo cents on every hundred dollars value of land, rcording to tire present classification, and C5 c .nts a cnch negro, is the sum suggested by the Coin littee on this species of property; no change is pro Dscd in relation to any other. Mr. Theodore IIelgerad has commenced a rinting establishment, at Tubingen, in Wurtcmarg, in which all the compositors and pressmen, ac hundred and nine ty-six in number, are deaf and iimli. The Kinir has conferred on Mr. IIe!?crado large golil medal, of the order of civil merit, for lis great reclamation from tlie social and moral astc. Gen. Harrison will be sixty-seven years of age n the 9th of February next. ,, leavy Snow Storm at tho North and Impassable Condition of the Mail Route. A gentleman lias favored lis with the jllowing intelligence, derived from a Jeter, dated Petersburg. (Va.,) the 5th inst., ddrcsfced to him by a passenger in the Vilmington Boat, which left this city on lie 1st inst. The Boat arrived at Willinglon, after a tolerbably smooth, but ong passage, about 12 o'clock noon, on he 2d inst., long after the northern cars ad left; and the passengers were compelsd to wait until half past 10 o'clock the ext day, when they took the cars (the ext boat due from Charleston not having trived,) reached Weldon about 10 o'clock \ M. Soon after leaving Wcltlon, it bean to sleet and snow, and about 3 o'clock i. M., when with in 12 miles of Petersurg, it became unsafe to proceed further, nd the cars remained stationary until bout 8 o'clock A. M. Further progress vas then made bv main force, and Peiersuirg was reached about noon (on the 4th list.) where the passengers were still regaining on the 5th inst. and were likely o remain a day or two longer. The cars, which left Petersburg, on the morning ol lie -lih inst.. for Richmond, were stopped n consequence of the overturning of the ocomotive. The Engineer and two of lie attendants were injuied. vevidential Escape of Ihe Hon. WaDDY THOMPSON, from a Shocking Death. We derive, from the same source, the Mowing account of the narrow and proidenlial escape of the Hon. Waddv rnoMPSON from being crushed to death iy the train of cars. When within a mile nd a half of Petersburg, the snow was so leep iu an excavated part of the road, that t was believed the cars could proceed no urther, and several gentlemen got out to i'all; to the town, among whom was Gen. i'liOMPsox. The cars were, however, breed on, and while going pretty rapidly, he locomotive propelling them, they ivcrtook Gen. Thompson, who being in he middle of the track, and neither seeng nor being seen, he was knocked down, md the whole train passed over him in a late of insensibility. We are truly hap>y to add, however, that although much iruised about the face, yet twenty-four lours after the accident, he was deemed >y surgeons and others to have received 10 material injury, and it was expected hat he would be able to proceed, with his cllow passengers to Washington, as soon is the weather should moderate and the oad become passuble with safety. Gen. I'iiomi'son's bruises were chiefly about he face, which was buried in the snow ind must have been cut by the ice unil tones, with which it came in < .i.iart.? rhere was no indication whatever of i'\juy to his head; and although there was a iltle soreness about the knees, no bone vas injured.?Charleston CourierMARRIED?On Thureday evening last, by the tcv. Mr. Campbell, Robert L. Tweed, Esq. of Charleston to Miss Susannah, daughter of Mr. antes McEwcn, of this placo. i PjIIR OF BOATS, A WD seven prime men can be furnished to any gentleman wishing to hire hem. The charge will be low. Apply to \Y. J. Grant, or to Dec. 10. J. CHE9NUT. Camden Prices Current. ARTICLES. TER $ C $ C ! Beef, in market, lb 5 a Bacon from wagons, lb 9 a lo by retail, lb 12 a 14 Butter, lb 18 a 25 Beeswax, lb 18 a 25 Bngging ya d 24 a Balo Rope lb lo a Coffee lb 11 a 16 Cotton lb 8 a 9 75 Corn bush, ?0 Fiour bbl 6 50 a Feathers from wng< ns, lb 37 a 45 Fodder cwt 1 a 1 25 Hides, green, lb 5 a 7 drl'? lb lo a 12 Iron cwt 5 a g Lime cask 3 a 3 Lard lb lo a 12 Leather, solo lb 22 a 25 1 Oil, currier's gallon 75 a 1 lamp * gallon 2 Molasses gal 45 a 56 aU bushel 45 a 5o msmvj i" A'Manjmzxzrmm my MJVL V<a? wwi Camden Debating Club. HE following is the Question for, J5_ Dr'oiiU on Thursday evening next: ,:2^o bunks berelit the |>*\n as n;ui!: as the rich?'' ' MONTHLY QUESTION, FOR JAN. There are some circumstances which make it probable that the whole of the low country in Carolina was once covered by the ocean?"Do geological and historical fucti warrant the snnnnsiiinn?" II -------T(1 be argued by Messrs! Woiknian and Voting in the? nffi; tnatire?Messrs. Gamewell and Jfcnnedyin the negative. RUSSEL PLACE ACADEMY. T'lIE Trustees of this Institution takopleasure in , announcing if- patrons and to tin* public genc:..iW? fJsot llioy iiavft rcctnxd the services of Mr. Jon'-.' (r. Bowman, sss Principal, for another rear. If, any vonchcis were utcwsaiy to one<who has been so long known to the public as a well qualified and successful instructor ofyouth, they feeljuslified in saying that more than two years intimate acquaintance with Mr. Bowman, has convinced them that lie has few equals in tint most difficult of all tasks?train.' ing the youthful mind. . j 'flic classical and mathematical departments will be under the exclusive direction of the Principal. A competent Assu tnnt will bo provided to, take charge of the English department. Good hoarding can he obtained wilhin sight of the Academy, at Eight dollars per month, exclusive of washing and car.dlcs; which will also be furnished.to those who may require them, at moderate prices. KATES GF TUITION. Tea Quarter Spelling, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, $3 50 English Grammar & Geography with the above, 6 00 Classics and Mathematics, 9 00 This Academy is situnted twenty .four miles north of Camden, in a healthy region, and in the midst of a moral and ri iigious community, remote from every temptatioji to idleness, extravagance or vice. J. PATTERSON, S. B. HAMMOND, JESSE K1LGORE, ZA DOCK PERRY, WM. S. ST1NSON, THOS. L. DUNLAP, L. J. PATTERSON, S. DONNELLY, AVI LIE PATTERSON, E. L. FRASER, C. L. DYE, J AS. B. CURETON, JACKEY PERRY, J. R. DYE. ED. HAMMOND, DAVID MILLER, Dec. 10. Trustees. 7 fSOTICE. THE notes and account-?, due to Mr. James Conner, ha"e been placed in my hands for collection. All persons interested, are requested to call and settle the same. BENJAMIN GASS. Dee loth. Negroes to be Hired. Friday the first day of January next, will be hired before the Court House at twelve o'clock M. fur one year, the following negroes, to wit. Jenney, a girl accustomed to the house, Caroline, a girl do. and to cook and wash, JPhilis, a girl used to cooking and washing, Jacob, a boy about 13 years old, accustomed to the house, Lyd ia, a woman, a good plain cook, and her child Sarah about 9 years old, to be hired together. Terms made known on the day of hiring. JOHN M- DESASSURE, Guardian. Dec. 1G. LOST j ON Thursday last, cither in Camden, or between that place, and Carter's Cr< ek (m life Stage Road, a small Leather POCKET BOOK, containing one hundred atn! thirty-nine dollars in Cash, believed to he in live and ten dollar Bills on one of the Charleston Banks, a three dollar bill, on a N. C. Bank, and two half dollars in Silver. One due bill, payable j to Mrs. Catharine AJcftinnou, signed by C. & F. Matheson, dated Dec. 3d 1840. Also a bill of lour round bales of cotton sold to W. Anderson & Co. A reasonable reward will be paid for lite delivery of said pocket book and contents to the Post Master in Camden, or to the subscriber. Merchants and others are requested to stop any money which may be offered bv negroes or other suspicious persons. JOHN M. SHA'V. Dec. 10. i i: f GAiwpt rjIHE subscriber htt jw ^ Sfed! , v.su1|,i y -,7- M nl ** '? ??? an. winch lie will sell to lus cua. ,,t erer frieiuls on fair terms, and warra.. ?y ^ seed if fairly tried. It is unnecessa.. n say that the reputation of the Seeds fro. the establishment ofG. Thorburn is equal to that of any oilier house in the country. J. R. McKAIN. Dec. lf?. . " | DENTISTRY. i J- LEE may be found in Camden, i for the three weeks next ensning? : 'luring which time he will be happy to attend to such persons as have had the kindness to wail i'o? him. Alrterial and work in pll cases warrant j ed to give satisfaction. Dee. 10. NOTICE. ""X^^ILL be sold ns derelict, the entire Estate of Philip Bracy, dcc'd. (the Land excepted) at the plantation of said deceased in Sumter District, S. C. near the village of Statebtirg, on the second day of January next, commencing at ten o'dock in the morning. Said fstate consists of 10O NEGROES, Together with a variety of other property, srcn AS Horses. Cattle, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Tools, dfC. -Two or three of said Negroes will be sold for cash; the balance on a credit of siz months: the purchaser givingj bond or note with approved personal security and a mortgage of the property for the payment of the purchase money. AH said property will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder. W. LEWIS, Ordinary S. D. Dec, 16. 1840. pr. adv. $3 00 us? tfuita itAiiis" That desire a sweet and clear VOICE. Longtime indeed mankind have tried, With multiplied intentions, To aid their brethren far and wide, By hunting out inventions. Bo l none more useful has been found, To cure a cough so handy, And give the voice delightful sound,As PEASE'S HOAR MOUND CANDY. Th$ orator in Congress now, Great Cicero excelling, ' Feels all in a delicious glow, With his rich periods swelling;, His hearers list with wild delight, And think his speech the dandy, Not dreaming the effect so bright Is TEASE'S IIOARHOUND CANDY. The minister from pulpit high, Delights his congregation, Proclaiming joy and succor uigh, With precious revelation; The flock all wonder at the change, So eloquent and handy? What makes his voice so sweet &. strange! 'Tis Pease's IIOARHOUND CANDY Delightful warblers! Shirreff, all, So sweetly sound their voices, That every note lets music fall At which the heart rejoices. Ye beauteous maids! who wish to sing With equal tune so handy, You'll find the secret source and spring In PEASE'S IIOARHOUND CANDY And Asthma turns aside with fear. And Coughs are silenced quickly; Hoarseness no longer brings a tear, Nor lungs need more be sickly. The shortest cure, the first relief, To make life strong and handy, Is found in the few words so brief, Pease * Son's HOARHOUND CANDY >/^pThe subscriber has just received a supply of Pease's celebrated Hoarhound Candy. He deems it unnecessary to say a word in praise of the article, as its merits are well known to the public. Whenever it has been used, Cclds, Coughs &c. disappear as if by Magic. JAMES R. McKAIN. Dec. 10. j' SALE. I WILL sell on the first Monday in January next, at the Court House, at 12 o'clock, M. the following Negroes, lo-wit: Rolla, Bella, Molsey, Winter, and the two stnall children of Bella, constituting a prime family; to foreclose a mortgage on saiil Negroes, executed by John Frascr to C. L. McRa, and sold under said mortgage as his property. Terms?Cash ; purchasers to pay for bills of sale. B. GASS, Agent. Dec. 9. pr. adv. $2 NOTICE. " AGREEABLY to an order from the Court of Ordinary for Kershaw District, will be sold at the late residence ol Mrs. Margaret Perkins, dec'd. on Little Lynches Creek, on Monday anil Tuesday, the 28th and 29th instant, several head ol Worses, battle, wogs, ZMieep, Corn and Fodder, Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c. Terms made known O/i) the (lav of sale J. P. DICKINSON, Adm'r. 1 II "pPYvl/toe of ?omlry Executions to me i? Jireeled, will be sold beforethe Court il House in Camden, on the fintf Monday and V" Tuesday in January next, (being the 4:li [J and 5lh,) the following property. i One tract of Land, containing six ho?''red and forty acres,* more or less, siti.uon Pinetree Creek, bounded nonb br , . f Kenneth McCaskill and So!. m?ri anis o. , aI1(j ni| tjie gmjjj, |,y ja,vi|? , ( , lompsOw a? ! others, levied upon and i ? P'"P??y of Wii:i,m r. to. he sold as v. ,r? J. ? DeBrohl ?nhe??.,l,of Ben.-Ewm. One tract of Lano, containittg fivo hontired acr. ?, ailnated on *? ? ??'?? '*lf"t' Gully, bounded un the by the ianijtf of William and others, and on the south by the lan.^s of B. King*and others, levied upon and to be' 88l',e of John Wheat, at the ?uil of Ktcll8r(* Hunley. , One tract of Land, containing ot,? mm." dred and fifty acres, more or less, on which the defendant resides, bounded ndrth by lands of Wm. Wheat, south and east by . lanrlf? of the estate of ThnmnBon. and west by lands of Thomas P. Ballard, levied upon and lo be sold as the property of Hiram Scarborough, at the suit of J. H. Anderson & Co. One Negro woman nataed Lelty, about 25 years old, and her child Laura, five years old, levied upon and to be sold as the property of Lewis Peebles, at ihe-suit of E. H. Anderson, Indorsee, and others. Two negro men, Anthony and William,^ and a variety of Household and Kitchen furniture, levied upon and to be sold as the property of A. R. Ruffian, at the suit of John L. Bitting. And on Tuesday the second dsy of sale, at William Nelson's, on th-. Beaver Creek road, seven miles above Camden, about one thousand pounds of cotton in (he seed, about thirty bushels of corn in the shack, some few articles of furniture, and a small 1 / /? 1 1 tl ? f . ' .1 j _ L I ioc oi iouuer, an levied upon ana to oe sold as the property of William Arledge, at the suit of William O. Nixon. B. GASS, S. K. D. Dec. 9,1840. - Pr. adv. C6 36 EDUCATION. CAHDIiS OBPHAUT SOCIETY l THE Exercises of-this institution will be continued, after the 1st of January ensuing, under the superintendence of Mr. .HENRY P. HATFJELD. In making that annunciation, the Trustees take occasion to remark, and they do so,, under a full sense of their responsibility, that in point of critical scholarship, and the facility and success with which he communicates instruction?thorough instruction?especially in the classics?Mr. Hatfield has few equals. They therefore earnestly and confidently Jrecommend the institution to all who duly appreciate the importance of a proper course of academic instruction. E. H. ANDERSON, WM. McWILLIE, rriTAitf i d T vn j nunifto jjahu, JOHN WORKMAN, BENJAMIN IIA1LE, ' * C. MATHESON, C. J. SHANNON, W. E. JOHNSON, WM, W. LANG, J. M. DESAUSSURE, Trustees. Camden, Dec. 9, 1840. NEGROES FOR SALE. BY permission of James H. Witherspoon', Ordinary for Lancaster District, will be sold on the l^thand 18lh days of December next, the entire balance of the Personal Estate of Theodrick Wren, deceased, at his hate residence, consisting of 22 or '3 LIKELY NEGROES. In ihc lot are Men, Women; Boys and Girls. Only one exceeding forty years of a^e? an excellent cook and house servant is a* mong the lot, and one Wagoner; Together with the crop of com and fodder, stock of Horses, Cattle and Hogs, some of which are fit for pork, Thresher, Gin, Road Wagon, small one horse Wagon, Barouche and Harness, one tract of Indian Land, containing the rise of four hundred acres, adjoining Lands of John Porter, Adam Ivy, Evan Phillips, and others; together with various other articles too tedious to mention. Ten per cent, on the sale of the negroes will be required in cash. For the balance a liberal credit will be given. Terms will be more fully made known on the day of sale, and due attendance given by T. K. CURETON, Adm'r. Waxhaws, Lancaster Dist. Nov. 18. Jtj?The Negroes will be sold on the se cond day. All persons having claims against the de. ceased, either as principal or security will please present the same by the day of s?le. T. K. C., Adm. [4?5I. pr. adv. $3 73.] STRAW CUTTERS. JUST reccivrd a few of Eastman's Patent Straw Cutters, of wood and iron frames with revolving bottoms, extra Knives, and eccentric feeders, and all of his latest improvements, which makes them supeiior ta any we have 6o!d. ALSO?Corn Shelters, setts Safe Wire different sizes. W. D. McDOWALL & CO. Dec. 9. i