time than (lie 9th insf. to so awav.

Capt. Ilyn * -will perhaps :ro to 'i-Si.'-ma to wait the result I this biock-atie.this letter v\iil then reach vein

through that channel.An hermaphrodite brig hove in¬

sight the clay before yesterday, nnd!was chased by the Chilian shi;» San IMartin but with evident disulvan-:tage, as we could clear! v see hergetting to windward as fast as thepursnrer was going ahead.

Lord Cochrane made an unexpect¬ed attack on the Spanish fleet in port,on the 1st inst. but he received a

warm reception, and will not proba¬bly renew it. This fleet consistingof two <10 gun frigates, four strong

. corvettes and more than 30 gun boats,and h prepared to return him hotshots. A gun boat with an officerwi h 40 men on board, fell in hisLo (Whips hands, hut this was ow in£to this boat being4jrtfoVved in a thickfog, found itself in the middle, ofthe Chilian fleet unexpectedly. Thenumber of the killed on this side is15 and 3 or 1t wounded; a circum¬stance due probably to the tiring ofround shot alone. The appearanceof this^ fleet in the Hay, and theseveral proclamations from GeneralHan Martin has not in the least af¬fected either public peace or the or¬

dinary course of trade/.nor has thiscircumstance, and the admittance ofseveral Br tisli, American and Frenchcargoes, altered the prices of mer¬chandize given to you last October.

I put an end to this letter in greathaste being now informed that LordCochrane who yesterday promisedto treat the neutrals with indulgence,has declared this afternoon that allvessels that should not be underwayat day break he would make themGood Prizes. What a luvgiwgcfor.an insurgent A An English gentle¬man who on board this frigate re¬

ports that he gave him the positiveassurance that in case the Macedo¬nian would force the blockade, he,Admiral Cochrane, would have theimpudence to fire at her and forceher to withdraw. That. Knglishblooded fellow has forgotten whatlessons " Yankee?' cau^give to pre*sumption.Kxiract of another letter, dated Li~

ma, 8th JMarch, 1819.Dear Sir..I arrived in this city

on the 8th ult, in the night, wearyto death with fatigue, having travel-,led the last 180 leagues on mules,the Litera not suiting my natural vi¬vacity. 1 will not attempt to giveyou now a description of the coun¬

try I have gone through, because Ihave not time to do so. In a fewwords I will only say that to the ex¬

ception of i\ few valiies that ihe trav¬eller meets at distances from one an-iother of 12 to 40 leagues, lie see/Inothing else in the world but barrensands, not one green bush nor a liv¬ing n mal to remind him of life.allis dead. Lima is situated at the en¬trance of one of those valiies. whichnre all indeed very fine. Tlie cityis largo and well populated, thesight of women walkiu^ the streetswith the Saya and Capa is a novelty,and also a singularity not to be metwith any w1mh» else; at home theyare exactly dressed as our belles;and the few I have as yet been ac¬

quainted with through my friend'sattention a;* amiable and very car-inosaa with strangers; as I havemuch improved in the Language, Icnjov much their society, and do notfind them destitute of wit.

1 was 4 days before I could getprivate lodgings; therefore, 3 daysago only, I installed myself in theseI now occupy.

Lord Cochrane having under hiscommand a Chilian Squadron of menof war consisting of two armed Brit¬ish Rmt-India men, the late Span<ish frigate Isabella, one gun bt>atand a couple of light vessels, madeliis appearance off the port on the2Hth ult. and on the 1st inst. procliming the Coast from (vnay&quil toAhncama, in a stato of blockade;on the 3d the proclamation was in-timated to the masters of the neutralvessels lying in the roads, ami as

this is the last day s^xxiiied for them

to remain, they will all get under^ ii^h to morrow, hardly knowingwhere to £o, leaving behind themtheir property, making their case

altogether a very hard one indeed..His Lordship attacked the Spanishships thiit were in port on the 1st inst.hnt without effect, the engagementlasted about two hours ami a half,having begun at half past 2 P. M.and ended at 5. Since, as before,the appearance of this fleet, the pub¬lic transquilily has not in tlie leastbeen disturbed. Business l>oth pub¬lic and private is carried onaa usual,and 1 do not observe the smallestconcern about the present or futureoperations of the Chilian forces. 1am told that I^ord C. has setot in a

flag of truce proposing an exchangeof prisoners^ Ibut that it has been re¬

jected. ^

$f CAMDEN.HURSDAY, JULY 15, 1819.

Extract of a Utter from a member of t/uNorth-Carolina, Catawba NavigationCompany, to a gentleman in this town*" I have great pleasure in stating to you,the rapid progress that is now making inihe Catawba Navigation, within the boun¬dary of North-Carolina. Much zeal is

manifested by the company, and, I havelittle doubt, but thtt if it is met, with a cor-rrnponxiing promptitude, by the citizens ofSouth-Carolina, and, especially, by thoseliving contiguous to the Watenrc, we shall,in a vcrvjhort time, have ihc satisfaction ofseeing ooats running on its waters for morethair'lSO miles above the dividing line ofthe two States.The liberal appropriation made by theState of Soutlv*Carolina, at its last Session*is worthy the high character of the State;and, if discreetly managed, will confer ad¬

ditional importance on the reputation shealready enjoys. Its amount, I understand,is abundantly sufficient to effect the objectin view, and i look forward with increasedanxiety, to the formidable obstruction^which your Engineer w ill have to encountc^at Rocky Mount and Graves' Island. ..vVatNthese impediment* removed, a safe «tad tit <

conveyance would throw the whole iufplu IProduce of the Counties ofMecklenburgh,Lincoln, Iredell and Burke* into thb nur-kets of Camden and Charleston.It is a fact but lately known, althoughwell ascertained, that the produce of the

upper country, even within aix mile* oftheBlue Ridge, could, with a removal of thepresent existing obstructions below theboundary line, be transported to any pointon t|te Hivcr, with the utmost ease and butlittle expense. This circumstance takeninto consideration with that of the high pri¬ces which the citizens of Camdea andmany of the Planters, for a few years past,have been cojnpclled to give for provissions,namely cpf*h, bacon, fee. will, I apprehend,be ofjp&lf, a sufficient incentive to directthy/attention to this important object iIr. Abernethy the Company's conjpic-tor, is at ptment engaged in cutting a Canalaround the shoals of Mountain Island. Thisis a work of considerable labor and ex-pence, but from a recent inspection, I aminduced to believe, that, together with thenecessary Locks, 4t will be completed be¬fore the first of January 1820.The other shoals on the Main River%ikrebut slight and will admit the passage ofboats with perfect safety, in a very fewmonths, However, the attention of \heCompany, duriffg a part1 of the Spring aedSummer (h&s been and) will b# directedto the South Fork of the Catawba, manyparts of which will require as nuich laborand probably moreenpence than the,MainRiver itself. Howe\ er, should the cohtrac-

%tor succeed in procuring as many laborers,as he is instructed to employ, we may rea*sonably expect the whole undertaking to besufficiently advanced within twelve monthsof this time, to admit the passage of boatson both rivers.¦' I am Sir, Ucc.

A salt lick was discoverod someye*r9 since in a very deep valley onTwin Creek, about ei^lit miles fromSalem, Indiana. The owners verylately made an experiment at l>oring,and having penerated a rock to thedepth of 4 feet, they struck the veinof salt water, which has been pro*nounced superior in quality to any inthe western country.The keel of a 74 s;nn ship wa*recently laid at the navy yard, inPultsroo^h|iJ^H.- -

CHARLESTON, JfLY 0.FIRE. lIt becomes our painful duty t<notice one of (lie most distressingwiih which our city ha*been visited for some time j)U5»t. Theloss of property is considerable, andlias fallen principally on those who

are little able to support it. Theflames were discovered about oneo clock this morning, burstin"- forthfrom the front of a house occupied^. dwelling by Mr. Erodie, a baker.

. 1 be fire soon communicated to theadpiining largC three story woodenbuilding on the corner, the lowerstoryW which was in the occupationof Mr. Campbell Douglas, as a[pocery, ami tbe upper part by Mr.Uailoway, as a tavern. There wasno possibility Of arresting the pro¬gress of the destructive element, un¬til it had consumed six houses on theNorth sid* of Market-street, andeight on the West side of Meetingstreet, northwardly; besides a num¬ber of out houses which were eitherconsumed or pulled down. The lossis estimated at ahout sprertfy thou-WJid dollars. The occupmts infleeting-street, (sufferers) were Mr.Douglas, grocer; Mr. Brodie, baker-Mr. IS evil le, cabinet-maker; Mr.Oodfroy, painter; Mr. Mackiiitosli,cabinet-maker; Mr. Mord< c«l, ^un-'®ir' (*ros9 cabinet maker:and Mrs. bwinton; and in Market-street, Mr. Douglas (dwelling); Mr.bue, jm-plata worker; Mrsfruiterer; Mr. Ling, riding cl.airmaker, (dwelling und workshop):and Mrs. 8%, store-keeper.The ftearcity of water, owimr todryness of t);e season, was feltas a serious evif The wind fortu¬nately was not high, nud our citizenswere generally very active, to whichcircumstances we probably owe tbesaving of one third of the cilylromdistraction, as there are a great manvwooden buildings in the ueighboui'.1 bere «¦" ke no cioubt oftbw being the work of some incen-diary, for it is the third time tha'similar attempts have been made atnearly the same spot, when the flameswere first discovered by Mr. Brodie,they were, seen bursting from the'rout part of the dwelling in which

,* «*««'. «« "tales that he hadretired to bed but a short time before,and that there was no appearance orindication of Are, but such was the

that it waswith difficulty himself and wife savedtheir lives. pa(riot

SWEDEN.The late arrivals from Europe in-fonn us, that the emperor of Russia*T° king °f Prussia have signifiedto the king of Sweden (Bernadotte)'} *®uld ,>c preper for bim to[qiflt the throne. This intimation, asmight be exacted, had producedmany intemperateremonstrances, and*veral letters passed between thesetoynl personages, and the emperorllf Russia bad refused to receive anvmore letters from the kingpf Bwed-

m* . All (his may not be true 5 butwe have never doubted that such' an"vent would occur At no distant pet I.

0 the people of this couutiv.'cncumstance of one king elbow

^ ariother from off his throne is offoment-.but this case cot-'

era a very important moral, and con-T.®r^ 'mpoftint lesson, andforcibly illustrates the feelings and>iews of these «legitimates' andhonorable allies.JVat. Advocate.

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The Season..Wo far advanced,promise, abundance. No complaintof the want of provisions, necessaryto life, will probably I*, beard 1 butwants, of a different nature, consti¬tute a theme of general complaintsand however unreasonable and inconaistcnt with the character of a

lnoUS[,]y con,l"»e.oticli is the condition of human kind.Boston paper4

AjoungManRECENTLEY arrived in thin pl«Ce,

wjshe» a stiuation as Clerk in a Store, eitherin thia place or in the country. Enquireoftlie Printer.l% C>mJcn, July 15, 1319.^ ?0.12 \

FKFSH AND CHEAPGlUHlS.

II. Levy lV To..

^ </»9Have received in addition to theirfor¬

mer Stock, the following articles :

Extra fine Cambric Prints, for ladks]dresses,

Russia Drill, French Jeaus,Irish Linens, Diapers,Dutch Rolls, Ginghams,Nankeens, blue and yellow,Palmetto Hats,Ladies black and colored Kid Shoes,|

with and without heeis,Do. Morocco do.

.ALSO.A few tierce* Rice,

do. boxes Ling Fish,do. do. Spermaceti Candles,

Warranted Spanish Segurs,Best L* tidon Porter,

With a general assortment ofGroceries.

July 15, 1819. 70.|LIST OF LETTERS,

Remaining in the Post-Office at l.anca$ter\Co irt-Iiouorr, & C.JuUj 1, 1819.

A.William Allen.B.John Black, SimonBowden, Stephen]

Burr, Daniel S. Bailey, Joel Black man,iJohn Bell.

C«.Jefrussle Conntl, Frances Connel, 2;Sanuie; (Ja6ton, 2 ; John Connel, ThomasCauthoro, Edward CratTord, William Clin-tou, Tuia Craig.

I).-Charles Downes, William Duke.G.John Gaydcn.II.James Hood, Ivy Iiorton, William

{Hood, Benjamiu Harper, John Henson,James Heath.I.John Ingram, James Ingram, Wil¬

liam Johnston.K.James KirkpatritkL.George l,o^an. William L:\ngley,

Col. John Lee, Samuel Love.M - Daniel M'Donald, Davkl Muers,

Robert M*Dow< '» James Moore, Sen.Jacob Madiier, William Moore, CharlesMac key.G.George Perry, M?.rtha Pinder.R.William Robinson, Rcbtcca Robin¬

son, Alexander Rarabert, 2 ; ThomasRobinson.^S.John Stogner. Timothy Sulivan

Frfcrtces A. Shields, Charles Shewbert,Peggy Strain, George Sims.T.James Tribble, 1 homas Twitty, 2.V.James Vickery.W.-Mary Weaver, Lemuel A. Wil¬

liams, Zcbuion Wren.] - 1. STEWART, P. M.

Regimental Order,35th Regim nty Camden, July 12, 1819.LIEUT. COL. ENGLISH, ofthe 35th

Regiment of Infantry, having been promot-ed to the rank of C an election for4 Major in the fecend or lower Battalion,is hereby ordered to take place on Friday,the thjid of September next. The Cap¬tains, or Officers commanding Companies,will open a noil at their respective mustergrounds, and in conjunction with two sub¬altern Officers, or other fit and proper per¬sons, WiU hold and manage the same from11 o'clock A. M. until 3 o'clock P. fa.giving public notice forty days previous, atthree places within their Respective com¬mands ; and the said managers, are orderedto meet in Camden on the fourth of Sep¬tember, the day after the election, and countlhe>otes, declare the election, and reportthe same to the Colonel. By order ofCol.Enghsh^I/'J. C. CARTER, Adjutant.

Garden Seeds*THE subscriber has lately received in

nJdition to his former supply, a few kind ofvaluable fall TUUNIP SEEDS, amongthem ai-e the

RUTA BAGA,known in the State of New-York by thename of the Yellow Russia Turnip. It i*a fall Turnip, and the proper season forsowing them here, is about the last ct fill)of first of August* It has lately been inreduced into America* and is saici to besuperior to an)' heretofore in use, and ismuch more productive ; it is found to beexcellent food for tows, sheep and hogs,by steaming or boiling the roots, With theaddition of a little m< al.The product inEngland or to the North- is said to be tipwards of A thousand bushels to the acre,therefore it may be worth the attention ofthe Farmers here lo cultivate it.A small treatise on the culture and char¬

acter, may be found in the pamphlet onGardening, offered for sale*

.also.Large white flat Turnip#Yellow 8tone do.Yellow Matta, (a new ami choice kind.)Prickly Spinaga, Black Winter Kadish,Mustard, Orange Carrot.A few valuable kinds of Gra## Seed$,

is expected in time for fall sowing, amongthem will be the Lucerne or French Clover.

All the above are suitable for fall andwinter use.A liberal deduction will be made to those

persons wlthing to purchase by the quantity.P. Thornton.

Camden, Juljr IJ, 1819, ^ 70.T3.

Dancing School.MR. MONTA1S has the pleasure «.! ir>

forming the citizens of Camden, and h*vicinity, that he has opened a DANCINGhC 11OOL irvthe Market-Room.

Tiie young ticnilemen's School wi!lcommence on Thursday and Fiiday even¬

ings at candle light.The young Ladies and children's School

will commencc every Thursday and Fridayevening's at half past four o'clock P. M.He is in hopes from his long expern nee

in that hue, to share a portion of ihc publiepatronage, which w ill be thankfully ac¬

knowledged by his attention to please allwho may be disposed to encourage him inthe above line..fie will be tound at MuBuUurd't Tavern at all times.'July9. 69-7^-

Sheriff Sales.BY virtue of sundry Executions to me di¬

rected, WILL BE S01.D.on the firstMonday, and the day following, in Ati:gust next, belot e the Court-House in

Camden, w ithin the legal hours of sale :

FOUR LOTS OF LAND, in the,townof Camden, fronting Eastwardly on Churchstreet, having one hundred and thirty twofeet thereon, and westwardly oh Caniph 11street, having also one hundred and thirtytwo feet thereon, having five hundred and-twenty eight feet in depth from Churchstreet to Campbell street, aforesaid, uralknown in the plan of taid town, by LoisNos. 262, 263, 276 and ^2T7.

.ALSO.ONE TRACV OF L\ND, adjoining

the town of Camden, containing Thirty SixAcrcay be the same more or les«, boundedEastwardly by Gordon street, Northwardlyby the lands belonging to the.estate of JohnAdamson, deceased, Westwardly by landsjelonging to Abraham Helton, Southwardlyby lands belonging to W. \V. Laog. Alllevied on as the property of Doctor IsaacAlexander, deceased, under an Executionin favor of the Administrator of William^damson, deceased, against Sarah Alexan¬der, now Sarah liorton, Administratrix ofthe said Isaac Alexander.

.ALSO.TWO 'Hundred and Thirty Six Acres

of LAN I), be the same more or less, lyingon the waters of Hanging Rock Creek, ad¬joining lands of Hardy Jiorton, Ivy Hoi ton,Claiborne Horton, Abram liorton and lien-Jamin Haile. Levied on as the propertyof Abram liorton, under a decree in theCourt of Equity, in favor of William Hor¬ton, against Abram Horton. Hardy Horton,and Reuben I. Horton, resold at the risk ofthe former purchaser.

. ALSO.NINE head of CATTLE, levied on a~,

the property ot Jonathan Duren, at tin s« p-a ate suits of John ti. llullaid, M' W.luc &cStover, Reuben Patterson . ai d o hers

Conditions of Sale# Cash.i e & <sto

pay for Sheriffs Titles and Bills ol S d ..

M. C. WIGU1N8, S. K. D.Camden, July 13, 1819.

For Sale,.TWO HOUSES and & LOT* on Broad

strefct, with the out buildings, now occupiedby Mrs. Joanna Passer, opposite Messrs-Honors 6c M'Caa's More. The termswill be liberal, five years credit will be givenfor one half the amount, with interest iron*the date and approved security. Thosewho may feel disposed to purcltale, mayapply to

William B. Parker,Who wishes to inform those indebted to

him, to come forward and settle then* ac¬counts, as he wishes to close liitf busintss.Camden, July 15, 1819. 70.73-»-

For Sale,A PLANTATION, situated on Pino

Tree Creek, seven miles from Camden#,containing two hundred acres ofL^ND,twenty five acres of which is under fence*on which tjiere is two execellent Springs ofWater, and a very good young Apple and"each Orchard. Possession to be Rivenon the fi^st of October next. For furtherparticulars apply to

Peter Myres, orJohn Mjres.

July 15, 1819, 7<W-FIvEE SCHOOLS.

THK Commissioners for the FREESCHOOLS for Kershiw District, tarc re¬

quested to attend their semi-annual meeting011 Monday the 26th inst.

J. W. Lnhg) Sec'ry. .

July 12, ip 19. -x-"*,; 70.71 .*

AN APPIIE^TICEWANTED.EITHE^R a "white or black BOY, from13 to 16 years of nge, is reotiired as an A p«prentice to the Cabinet-Making business.

.ALSO.500 feet of WALNUT PL<\NK, for

which the tash *ill be given. Apply to

Joseph HLJowilf..Camden July )5, 1819. jfr 7o.

!COMMITTED~

TO the Gaol of Kershaw District, a Mo-latto Roy, about 18 or 20 )ears of age, fivefeet high, has what iscHllcd the scald headreiy bad, says his name is SANDY, andbelongs to a Mr. Blackstow, he ir Market*Wharf, in Chariest* n, S. C. The (wm*ris requested to come forwaid, f.rove pr >

perty, pay charge* and tak< hira away,William Lo1 e> a &. r>,

Camcl^n,"July 14, 1#19. ~0 t.'.