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13 it right that they should make ircsh issues of their trash to speculate with t No ! We say no ! Some $600,000 of paper money have been added to our already overburihened circulation by this movement: in notes, too, of which ive know not the value?of which we have not as yet, and probably aic not to be made acquainted, for some lime to come, whether 75, or 50, or even 25 per cent, is ever to be paid us for them. Wliut right has a bunk to speculate? we have always thought that no power was . 1 * I f - nivesicu in muse insuiuuous ior mis purpose. What chance has the man who possesses a small capital? what can he do with his limited means against the power of a bank, who are able at any time to put a' fictitious, an unreal value upon cotton or any of our staple commodities, and drive the small dealers entirely out of the market 1 The answer is plain?he can do' nothing. lie may as well lock up his mo-| ney at once, as to attempt competition with broken down, rotten institutions, who issue their \jrorthless notes one day at par in the purchase of goods, and the next tefnsc that very money at their counters. A day of retribution will come. The " Ninety days grace" will soon be over. 'Pli mt ni-tfl till I linil n ! <) urn I rv M. lit ll| UI1U ?IUb IMI VIIUUt W ti WC ?U a^UCI" tain wliat value is to be placed upon suspended bank notes. Some of our citizens justify the banks in entering into the speculations, supposing, that by so doing, they may possibly be able to make up for some of their losses. We have heard of a man's setting tire to a house, to screen some other act of a more criminal nature; yet the law never justifies a mail in such a case?and so far as the law goes, we think these two cases about on a par.?N O. Picayune. A letter from Apiluchicola informs us that S. 11. Duval, Esq. the vigilant and energetic Deputy Marshal of the United States for tnis District, has in custody at that place, e ght African negroes recently imported into the territory in the neighborhood of St. Josephs, from Cuba, in violation of the slave trade acts. The negroes, wc learn, were purchased by Monsieur Paul dc Malherc, (well known in this county,) in Cuba, last winter, and brought in by the schooner Emperor, of New Orleans, Charles G. Cox master, and when landed, were taken to the plantation of Joseph Croskey, Esq. near JSl. Andrew's bay, where they were found by Mr. Duval and his assistant deputy, Mr. Selli I?. Lewis, of this city. The warrant for their apprehension was, we learn, issued by Judge Randall, upon the information of Charles Si. Siibloy, Esq. U. Si. Attorney for this District, and we understand indictments for Piracy under the slave trade acts have been preferred at the couit now in session at Apalachicola against Cox, and also other indictments against those concerned in tins violation of the law. Great credit is due to Mr. Duval and Mr. Lewis for their vigilance in apprehending the negroes, and thus affording conclusive evidence of the violation of the laws.?Floridian. TllC trial of the lads Mnnnlinn and Ian for the crime of Arson, which has been going on for some time, has finally been concluded. At the lirsl trial the Jury coaid not agree, and a new trial was ordered, which closed on Friday lust, and resulted in the conviction of Monolioit. The Lowell Advertiser of Monday 21st, says: " After a patient and thorough investigation of the circumstance of the case, and a charge from the Chief Justice, the most minute and comprehensive, the Jury ic-uruu, u?rueing upon a vcruici aooui nan past ton. The rumor having spread abroad that the Jury had agreed, a numerous concourse assembled at (he court house to hear the solemn sentence of the law. The Attorney General having recapitulated some of the most prominent evidence concluded with the request that the bench would proceed to pronounce the sentence which the law adjudges to the crime u! arson. Monohon being called, rose and heard with stoical indifference, a brief sketch of his past vicious life. , The affecting language of the Judge, his appeal to Monohon's feelings for an alllictcd mother, to Ins sense ol' the awful situation to which he had subjected himself in breaking the laws, his request that he would prepare for the early and ignominious death that awaited him, and tiic final sentence 4< that he should he hung by the neck until dead," were altogether a ..scene of intense interest which drew tears! from many an eye. Not a muscle of the prisoner trembled at his sentence, and lie withstood the gaze of hundreds with as much apparent indifference as if unconcerned, but whether this was owing to ignorance or hardihood is a question for a philosopher. Whalan was acquitted on account of his extreme youth."?-Maine Democrat. Lightning.?The laws of electricity are now pretty well understood, and it is just as reasonable to live in accordance with them as any other laws of nature. To remove from a strong current of air to escape a stroke of lightning, is just as philosophical as to step aside to shun a precipice; it is equally as wise to insure your building from lightning, by a good conductor, as to ensure it from our common fires, at a premium of one and a half per cent. To betray symptoms of fear in any case is unmanly, but to use one's reason to avert danger is altogether a different thing. The best safeguard ugainst lightning is a good conductor in complete repair, and next to this a group . of lofty trees; but where a dwelling is protected by neither, it is highly prudent for its inmates to betake themselves,during I a heavy thunder stOrm, to the safest place , in it. As the air is a very bad conductor '! of the electricity, it always seeks 10 move , in and with current, and hence it is always dangerous in a thunder storm to sit down between two windows, or at the entrance I of a floor lln.l ili? I ? >I?vl tilt |ltl OKI! K IIU WU3 xvllled at Iiarrisburg last summer by a stroke of lightning, known this fact, the sail ca; tastrophe had been avoided. Again, the ( air in a chimney being rarified by the heat i below, the electric fluid often enters a house in this direction. Hence persons should never seat themselves immediately before a fire-place ill a dangerous storm. When the electric fluid does not enter the door or chimney of a house, it usually strikes one corner of the roof, and passes the rafters timbers, or sides of the building, until it enters the earih. Oil this account it is unsafe to sit in the corner or to ! lean against the side of the room, during , heavy electric discharges. It is also dan' gerous to stand before a mirror; the quick j silver and gilt of which is a good conductor of lightning; indeed the presence of all metalic substances should be avoided on the same principle. The safest position in a house as regards lightning, is ill bed, the feathers of which it is composed, being a bail conductor of electricity. It is said that 110 person has ever been struck by lightning in this position, unless their limbs were in contact with the frames. As a proof of this remark, we once saw a bouse containing twenty-five persons, I lilcrallv torn ti\ ?i?A/io I... i:.~I.?..: ...:?k j -|..wb9 u y iign mi i?JJ Williout injury to any one. They were all in bed. Next to a bed, the centre of a room, closed up on the windward side, is the safest position in which wc can place ourselves. Commcrctal (Tourfrr. C A M 1) E N, S. C. JULY I. I *d7 Till BUTE OF llESPECT.?VVe are informed that the Kershaw Florida Volunteers will assemble before the Court House on the 4th July for the purpose of presenting a Sword to their Commanding Officer, Col. JOHN CHESNUT, approbatory of his conduct during the Florida Campaign. The Anniversary of American Independence is an appropriate occasion to reward a gallant Oilieer. The hour and place are well selected for the attendance of the ladies, whose approving smile is ever 1 a rich reward for a meritorious action; and we have no doubt, that on this interesting occasion, that we will not fail to behold beauty's smile consecrating the gift. The President has directed that invitations be sent to the Northwestern Indiana?viz?The Sacs and Foxea, Winnebagoes, Sioux, of the Mississippi the Missouri, the Loways and the Sacks of the Missouri, to send deputations to Washington which Will PAnulol ll?A 1 -1 n ' ....... w. me piiuui|)ui cmciu oi noi leas than j fifty in number. Their arrival is expected in October. THE CROPS ?Accounts from the several grain growing states informs us of the prosperous condition of the crops. Mrs. Harkek, the mother-in-law of Richard 11. White has released him from prison, by securing his appearance at the next Circuit Court, in sum of Two Thousand Dollars. Specie sold in Raleigh, North Carolina last week at 5 percent premium for purposes of change. for tiie courier. Mr. Editor.?Dear Sir?perceiving through the medium of jour very interesting paper, a couple of communications I addressed to \V. G. A., I have thought proper to make myself appear, so far as this will go, to inform tlio witty writer of those pieces, Upt as he has taken the advantage groun<n>f me by concealing his name from the public, that I disdain stooping so low as to humble myself, in the estimation of even myself, by replying to a piece, or pieces, so flat and rv.dicalous as they are, therefore, the writer has nothing in reply, but may have perhaps, the result of its effects to sting him, that j is, the chagrine and mortification of merit- J ed contempt. j Yours respectfully, VV. G. A. We must here correct " W. G. A." The name was not refused, but only withheld until a conference could be had with the author, and a knowledge of the circumstances under which it was published?which several days absence from the ollice by indisposition prevented us from ascertaining. Mr. "VV. G. A." had our word in the presence of several gentlemen, that he should be put in possession of it in the space of half an hour?to which he consented. " W G. A." did you not oall AW *? ? '* *h ~ - ? 1 " * vuu v? ud in nit- interim, and nay that you did not wish it, but would reply in our next pap&r ? <;Say Yes or Wo." i NEW YORK, June 23. | ONE DAY LATER FROM ENGLAND. i The ship Victoria, ( apt. Candler, of i Charleston, arrived last night from Liver- i pool, bringing London papers to the evening i of May 24?our Inst advices having been to i the evening of the 23d. Capt. Candler has t also brought a Liverpool paper of the 25th. s The additon to our previously received intel- I i _ - ugence is very trilling. c The Portugues ministry had resigned, in f consequence of a defeat in the Chamber of t Deputies, on an important question. Their < resignation had been accepted, but it was r not thought probable that a new ministry ? could be formed with any hope of perina- I nence. i The London Morning Chronicle advan- c ces the opinion that the recent movement of r, the Carlisle in Spain was not by any means voluntary on their part; that they were forced to it by the junction of the various Christino corps d'armce, and by famine; and that the constitutional cause is now decidedly in the ascendant. The impression in the commercial money market of London oil the evening of the*21th was troublesome?bad news being expected from Liverpool, and desponding accounts coining in from the manufacturing towns; no alteration in the quotations of foreign exchanges, and for want of confidence little busiucss is doing. r roni the Morning Chronicle. Money Market, May 24.?To-morrow being settling day in the Consol Market, the chief attention of the brokers and jobbers is directed to the adjustment of their accounts, and scarcely any thing else can he done.? The quotation for money at the termination of business was 91 3-8 a 91 1-2 to 5-8 for the July account, being 1-8 per cent lower than yesterday. Exchequer bills remain at 32s a 34s premium; and India bonds at 35s to 37s premium. From the London Courier, May 24. The American paper is in little demand, and prices are nearly stationary. United States Bank post notes afe 94 1-2 to 95, and Morris Canal Bonds 98 1-2 to 99. The advices from Tripoli reach to the 26th of March. The plague still continued its ravages with unabated fury, and the deaths were from 35 to 40 per day. Every measure had been adopted to arrest the malady, but the town was nearly half depopulated. SIxtyaFirst Anniversary of American Indc* pfmlencc* The citizens of Camden and the District, are requested to meet at the Court House at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the 4th day of July, lor the purpose of electing an Oftifnr Int' I ho % ukv/i ?v? *nu cuv^vy*. tuiu^ /11Ji11vurstiry At 10 o'clock, the citizens and military will assemble in front of the market house and march in procession to the Presbyterian Church, where icligious services will be performed, and an Oration delivered by James ClIESNUT, Jllll'r. ORDER OF PROCESSION. Camden Tic at Company. Florida Volunteers, Orator and Reader, Committee of Arrangements, lntcndant and Wardens, Clergy, Citizens of the District. The procession will bo under the command of Col. John Chesnut, Marshal of the day. JOHN A. BOY KIN, WM. ANCRUM, TIIOS. J. ANCRUM, Committee nf Arrangements. II ydrophobia.?This dreadful malady is, of all others, the most distressi jr and the least known. F t the cure of this disease, like every other which is not understood, there are hundreds of specifics ; each one as rcdiculous in its nature, as it is futile in its application. Cold bathing has hern recommended by some, immediately after receiving the wound. All recommend hot bathing after mania supervenes. Some tell us to cauterise the part, others to cut out a portion of the muscle. While a few arc not wanting to propose the disgusting, not to say dangerous experiment of sticking out the puis ?n from the wound. The whole natural world has been racked for lotions and catiplasms. and even the spiritual world put in requisition, in order to effect the cure by the use of charms. It is needless to repeat that all have failed, flow could it he otherwise, when instead of digging up the roots of the tree, they content themselves by lopping oil* the twigs. Because the poison is introduced from an external wound, the prevailing opinion seems, thence to have arisen, that it ran only he cured by an external application. The fallacy of this opinion has been repeatedly proved by the fact of persons dy ng with hydrophobia wha had cauterised or cut out the parts immediately on receiving the wound. If the incision made by tlie rabid animal is sufficient to perforate the epidorinis, the virus, or poisonous humors left there by the teeth of the animal, is immediately taken up by absorbents into the general circulation, and in the lapse of three minutes, conveye*' to every part of the system. Nature never halts in her usual operations, therefore, the absorbants are always in readiness to take up and deposite in the circulation any foreign matter which may be introduced to theirt. Thus it is evident that the canine virus is taken into the circulation before it is pos- i sihle to perform the operation of cutting, much less of burning the part. In any case where these operations have been resorted to, and hydrophobia has not supervened, the exemption should not be attributed to the means applied, but rather j lo the constitution of the patient at the j time not being predisposed to receive the nfection. The state of the patient's finds at the time of receiving the bite, deter ermines the question of when the disease hall be developed, or if it shall ever >c developed at all. Thus, the same log has been known to bile several diferent persons at the same time: some >f these would take disease immediately; >thers, after a lapse of twelve months or nore; while others of the same partv, vonld not have the disease at any period. Veither is the first bitten who first takes he disease, nor the last bitten who always scapes. The anomaly, therefore, does lot proceed from the state of the dog, but i from the state of ihc man. It is a fact 1 now generally understood and admitted by all sensible and honest men, who are conversant in the pathology of disease, ' that every disorder to which the human / family is subject, arises primarily from one ! and the same source, which is an impure state of the blood. All the fluids (as well as solids) of the body arc made front and by the blood ; therefore, if the blood be corrupt, all the body must be the same . we shall therefore only mention the blood when speuki n ir r?l" inuuipa (lnM.. Wl. uuiuot ?? ueii <t person whose blood is very impure is bitten by a mad dog, the malady is immediately de vcloped ; the bad humors already in the blood being thrown into fermentation when mixed with the poisonous humor! inoculated by the teeth of the dog. II the blood of the person bitten is in a state of perfect purity, the mania never will appear at all. The virus in this case, finding no bad humors with which to mix, becomes exhausted, and passes from the blood through the bowels, the blood having the power, in every healthy body, of throwing out of its own volumecverv thing ^ 4 * noxious into the bowels, which noxious matter leaves the body along with the excrcmentitious particles. A case may happen of a person's being bitten whose blood is not corrupt, and yet not perfectly pure. In this case the virus does n ?t die or become exhausted, because it finds something to act upon ; hut as ther<* is not a sufficient quantity of poisonous humors i to deve'ope the disease at the prcse t time,] the canine virus remains iu some degree quiescent, still gaining strength as the imI purity of the blood increases, until it ; acquires sufficient power to throw the whole mass into fermentation, and mama ensues. The canine virus may be very aptly compared to yeast, which, when put into ale, will increase in quantity, when put into pure water will die. From the above considerations, it must he evident to every reflecting mind, that by lr>q>hoh:a is a curable disease. Every person who is bitten by a dog known to he mad. should immediately begin to use powerful vegetable purgatives in large doses, and continue this course daily, lor li?'c or six weeks, which would effectually remove from the body all morbid humors, mill Will* t 11 ** rnct lltn /?n??inn ? ?? ?v avis VII v I \ o V fc 1 a V* V Ulllllli V (| U3i The theory here illustrated, is sufficiently reasonable to wart ant the adoption of the course recommended ; hut it is not mere theory, for the practice of vomiting and purging for hydrophobia has long been in use among the Brazilian Indians, in which they are generally successful, although they never administer their medicine until mania appears. They then tie the patient's hands and feet, and having pulverised a certain herb, they thrust a whole handful dry down the patient's throat. This dose is sufficiently powerful to deprive him of sensation. After a while, it produces vometing and purging to such an extent, that the patient sometimes dies from the sheer effi;ct of the medicine, but if his constitution is sufficiently vigorous to bear its operation, he is invariably cured of hydrophobia. During the operation, immense quantities of dark, foetid humors are discharged from the stomach and bowels. This one circumstance attests the propriety of the course pursued, although the dose is likely much larger than there is any occasion for. If an untutored savage can cure this malady in its worst stage, cannot we prevent its ever coming to that stage by, the use of the same means ? Tis true, we have not the Indian herb, but we have medicines capable of producing the same effects, viz : to evacuate from the body all norbid humors, which humors alone produce or cause madness and death, it is not the medicine itself, but the effect it produces, which is all important, and we know that the vegetable purgative medicine, known in this city as Brandreth's Pills, is fully equal to the task of purifving the blood from all corruption, and therefore we believe it all-sufficient to cure the disease called hydrophobia.? Northern Paper. M elancholy Accident.?Yesterday morning, about half past 8, two young men, named william Baker a'nd B. Morange, in passing up Rast River on a fishing excursion, observed, when near 1111 r 11 Gate, a boat with four men just in the eddy of the '"pot." Mr. Baker hailed | them, and told them to pull for the shore; | but it was too late,?the boat tfas drawn i into the whirlpool and was swamped, and out of the four who were in her, two sunk to rise no more. The other two, whose names we have not ascertained, clung to the bottom of the boat, and were saved by M essrs Baker and Moralise, who ventured far into the whirlpool, and who, aft< r very great exertions, rescued them. The two drowned, were father and son, named Theal, both shipwrights of this city, who were with their companions on a fishing excursion. From what we have understood, Messrs. Ba'cer and Morange deserve ? U ? A 1?- f ? t * * ' * inu u1"1**111-"81 creim ior meir intrepidity anil presence of mind; without which, all must ccrtaily have perished. Violation of the I'assf.noer Laws.? The ship St. George, Capt Kay, was yesterday seized by the Deputy Sheriff, on a writ issued by the Corporation Attorney, for a violation of the passenger laws, in not reporting regularly his pas i sengcrs. The Captain was arrested ni Saturday, but having p ocured the rcqui site bail, was disclurg-d If the charges 1 as preferred, can be substantiated, (ot which there is little doubt) the ves&cl will 1 be confiscated. ' The relations and friend* of Mr. THOMA& T1LLERY, would be happy to hear from htm. lie formerly resided in Autauga county, Alabama, in the vicinity of Washington, in that state. Any person who will be kind enough to give any information, whatever of him, addressed to F. 8. Bronson, iu Camden, S. C will be cordially received ' and acknowledged as an act of kindness by an aged mother, and numerous relatives and friends* lie is a native of this Slute. Editors in Alabama and other States who will publish the above, will confer a great favor; and will oblige many relatives, aud a distressed mother. Commercial. i ? , " latest dates from Liverpool, . . . . . May 241 | Latest dates from 1 lay re, April 22. ILltinore, June 23. Howard Street Flour.?The sales from stores, limited lots, are generally making at $0. For lots made exclusively of country wheat, 25 to 50c. more per barrel are obtained. A parcel of 300bls. Western, received via Pennsylvania Canal and the j Surquchanna river, was sold at$'J 25. The wagon i price is $>3 a $8 25. Corn.?lu the early part of the week sales of yellow were made at i)9c. but the market lias nine? improved, and sales are making to day at $1?Sales of white throughout the week, including parcels to-day, at 05 a %c. New York, June 24. Cotton.?Sales to a fair extent, principally for shipment have been made during the week, at pricfqpwnnging from 8 cts, for ordinary, to 11 cts, for fair a good fair, principally at t) 12a 10 cts. The Market.?There are no sales to-day. Thero , are some bills on England for sale and they command 21 pei cent if payable in London. United States Hank Stoek at New York, on tho 23<1 inst?Sales 100 shares 101); 50 do. s. 10 ds. 108. LiVERPOor., May 25. , Cotton Market.?The sales of Thursday last were 1500 bags; Friday, 3000; Saturday 5000; Monday, 4000; Tuesday, 3,500 and to-dav 2,500. The demand on Thursday and Friday last, was i moderate, but ou Saturday and Monday, a change for the better took place ; the increased demand ! caused an advance of 1-8 to l-4d per lb. nnd altho' j there has been a fail demand yesterday and to-day, the advance has partially disappeared, nnd tho market closed heavily. The week's import 20,844 bags. Nf.w Ort.eass Market. Cotton.?Sales on Saturday 24tl? ult. were 14 bales Mississippi, at 9c.; 24 bales Mobile, 10 1-4. Bacon ?Mams 9c, per lb. Cniii 'cu Price Current. SATURDAY, July 1, 13117. Cotton, - - - - 5 a 8 Corn, per bushel, - - - 118a 125 Flour, per barrel, - - 0 50 a 7 00 Sujrar, per lb. - - - - c'J a 12 50 Coffee, " - - - - - 11 a 16 llacon, " - - - - - 9 a 12 Salt, per sack, .... <3s3 a 3 25 Fodder, per cwt. 1 25a 1 37 Whiskey, - - - - -40 a 50 (Thickens, - - - - - 18 a 30 Eggs, . - - - -18 Butter, - - - - - -18 a 25 Beef, 8 a 10 REMARKS. COTTOX.?Charleston Market, prime Cotton : brisk at 11 cts. I ft.:. - ? --i - - - - . ? Him anicie is scarce at ?1 18 a $1 25 ' out of the? wag ns. Bacon.?We quote this article from the wagons at 0 a Ix?c per pound. OTAUstiub. On the 22d ult, by the Rev. Thomas llerrv, Mr. Vaciiki. Smith, to Misa Sothia Stokes, all ot this district. In Chester district on the 22d ult, by the Rev. Thomas Berry, Mr Jo 'n Pitts, to Miss Rebecca M'Claurin, botli of said district. The Bank ol fnindrn No. ta. Camden. S C. 28 June, 1837. THE BO\RD OK DIRECTORS having declared n Dividend of Three Dollars per share on the Capital Stock <d this Bank ; the same will he paid at their Banking llouse ih Camden, on and aller the 1st day of July proximo, to the Stockholders or their regularly author!red attorneys. Bv order of the Board, July 1, 9 4t VVJ GRANT, Cashier. t^"OT!CE.?The semi-annual meeting of the IT! Camden and Charleston Steam Boat Ctynpany wiP be held on Monday the 3d July inst. at the Branch Bank at 5 o'clock, P. M., when the election for agents* of the Company for Camden and Charleston will be had, and other business attended to. Bv order of the Board of Directors. July 1, 1837, 1> 11 J_M DkSAUSSURE. ATTENTION CAV \LRY?The order for parade on the morning of the 4th inst. is hereby countermanded. By order of J nlv 1 0 It Cnpt. BOY KIN. WT-.U'ltT, The n w Steamboat Company beg ]Ti leave to inform the public that they are having a boat built in Baltimore of a light draught of water, lor the express purpose of plying betwixt Camden and Charleston, and to be here early in Sept It is confidently believed that she will be able with ease to n . vigftle the Waterec at any stage of t/ie river. Merchants and others from the'"upper country, will find it to their interest to have their goods and produce sent through this channel, as the freights will be reasonable,?in no c.iav whatever, will any additional charge be made for lighterage, nor any exertions or expense wanting to ensure regularity and despalch. She will ply in conjunction with the new steamer "Camden,* wuuar auvct'sa m:s iasi season nas put the navigation of tlu? Waieree by steam beyond a doubt. Roth boats will be able to accommodate passengers comfortably, being neatly fitted up, with the ladies and gentlcmcns' cabins distinct and Reparatc. BENJ. GASS, Agent New S. B. Company. | June 24 8 Ot IT'rThe Charlotte Journal and Salisbury Watchman will insert the above once a week for two months and forward their bills to this office. r 111 K citizens of Kershaw district are resneet 1. fully invited to partake of a BARBECUE, to be given on the 4th July, in Camden, by tho Kershaw Volunteers in honor of Capt. John Ciiesnut, and the Officers generallyJAMES R McKAIN, \V. ROSSER, F. MATHESON, J 24 8 2t Committee of arrrangements m|ORTGAGE SALE.?I will sell before the Court House door in Camden, on tho 1st Mondny in July next, a negro man named JULY, a good Boat Patroon, sold to foreclose a nortgige made by Joseph G. Clark to Mrs. Caroline L. M Ra. Terms, twelve months credit, with bond and approved security, bearing interest from day of sale. WM. ROSSER, A gout for Mortgagee. J'-.r.e 10 G ?t