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. CAMDEN t*AZETTE ? M VD MER C.lWliufe JiWETtTISER. ^ ??? ? ; ?y'oi-iv.l . f ? . ? ?,; T, CAMDEN, (a'c.) ?* iaa)- ' ? . ? ' ' >1- [Xo.?C J j^^Ml TIi? PUBLIC mu, OUR GUipWr$w U B I*? ? 0 OVX ??D- m - " * '?? Miscellaneous. *OK TV' CAMDEN CASSETTE. SUETLH J\ u. JUL THE GRAVE-YARD. ? E'en from thenomb the, voice of nature 3 cries, . '? - j H E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires*'' It is pleasing to wander over those places, which are consecrated by interesting association, and are, there fore, fruitful in, reflections. The patriot will fever delightltrfrequenr the scenes where. JMberty success fully withstood the encroachments of tyrannic powers the orator will ever linger with fondness, around the spot where 1& often saw admiring crowds listening, to the fa9cinattous of his eloq&eopa^ and the scNolaf , wilt treaft^ wMi deep emotions the walks v/here in earlier - life, -his miad' became expanded by science and his heart opened to all the endearments of friendship, hut to me there is no spot so^8&em!y 4>o scene so in teresting ft* the fjwve-grarfl. There men are redvicefd to tbeif original equality. *Tik- -artificial distinc tions of society are ^ere unknown, for tlie flower of Spring hlooins with , as much beauty and sweetnes* on the tuif of the, pma?V as on that of the imperious* lord* ; -the most dissolute ' miml it chastened, and the wildest and lpost disordered thought ?*. I, |pv? to r VfA' the various inscriptions on a?e ato-tumm, tor though, they are often qiWMnt, they <are tie me memoes of aff*?pn. The^r are adapted to tie taste of those, who ?elected them, 'and the homely verse the amenta and elegant effusion . of poeay.. White wandering among the habitations of the departed, we reflect on the chequered history of wan, and are taught witet we are. "We reflect how breniitf, which might have shed bright gleams of glotgr on, the world, often goes down to tho grave, mm *? unwept, unnonoreU and wnutog;Tm ] hew beauty and merit often prema turely escape from earth and leave many a feeding heart to know bow < dreadful is the pang, tbat tends a sunder tbe ties of affection. It was during one of my twilight rambles "in tbe grave- jr?w^ that 1 witnessed a ?fticene, ' which would penetrate the heart of a misanthrope and con vince him, that truth and constancy have a residence in tbe huittan breast. A female entered the enclosure lead' -,ing an infant child. Bh% Walked with ? melancholy step towards a gr/ive, over which she religiously stopped. She appeared, like Truth weepiug over departed excellence. - That grave was the grave of her husband, and when her child made ?n allusion to its deceased father, ?ibs bur4 into tears, clasped it to her bosom, and hastily retired from tbe ?cenfe. She was tbe widow of a young officer, who gallsntly fell dur ing the' last struggle with threat- Bri tain ; and tbe child site led was the sacred pledge, and only offspring of their love. 1 felt, at tbat moment, that I would willingly have exchang- j ed life with all its hopes, for 1he grave of that ytmtb, for if there can i oe any thing capable of giving hap piness to die mind, must be the i reflection, that -when life is fled, af fection will com.e and weep over our graves. An incident of this kind most { give rise to many reflections. 1 re fleeted on the sufferings of mankind in war, and the sympathies we feel for ihcm. Revolution and war, must > necessarily be productive of,Jlnuch individual suffering, ami our atten tion must be called off from their important results, to witness , the struggles of the heart a*id affections. The calculating politician may look ! with fogid indifference on the dis T tress occasioned by the consummation his plans* but men in general will btorn from exulting, at glorious a chievement, and shed the tear of sympathy over the sufferings of the ipdiyiiftnal. TTliey may feel all the pride of patriotism, all the fervor of I- uiiliiaryi enlhusii^ui, when they hear 1 the shoutings of victory ; but their hearts will melt Vrithln them, when ^they tear the death-march at the grave of the youthful Itero.jotd see its iurf bedimed by the tpai# of a parent, a aister or a lover. It" w Jvhen the poet ifelcribes scenes lUaMbw, that he teaches us lulk teiJ^ai'e our sensibilities, that to opftiy ajl the \ avenues to the feelings, 'and the fountains of our tears. Yet strange to tell, no one has come Award to detail the sufferings of thWre, who saw their fnejtfs falling- around the altar of their country 's liberty and glo ry. They see .their countrymen dwelling proudly 1 on their political* aggrandizement, and exulting in the majesty of their country, but do. they see any one comteg to listen to the tale of their sorrowsf of Marcus, there wer<r?Bp#;c typographical er rors, but thAHKao obvious, ihat they could not escape "the observation of the 1'Cader.? Editor.) . ie.<* Hv.rmit in Lok ished for an admiral ingency of satire.? it Is ntfiSktatire alone that (bin Writer is St home;. he abounds in descriptions tlie most natural; and in I Kf ntiments the most noble and eleva mVs, Thefollowipg beautiful apos trophe to Maternity, is extracted from the Sfcitb number.? Cats. Rec. Woman's charms ait certainly many and powerful. The expending rose, just bursting into , beauty, lias ati irresistable trewitchedness?-the blooming bride, Ted triumphantly to the hymeneal altar, awakens admi ration and interest, and the blush of lier cheek fill* with delight ? bdit the charm of Maternity is more sublime than these. Heaven has imprinted on the mother's face something be yond this world, something beyond this world, something which claims kindred * ith the skies ? the angelic smile, the tender look, the waking watchful eVfe, which keeps its fond vigil over her slumbering'bahe. These are objects which neither the pencil nor the chisel can touch, which poetry fail* to axalt, which the most eloquent tongue in vain would eulogize, and on whicti all description become ineffective. In the heart of man lies this lately pic ture?it lives in has sympathies? -it reigns in his affections? his eyes look round in Vain for such another object on the earth, Maternity ! extatic sound; so twin ed around our heart, that it must cease to throb ere We forget it ! 'tis our first love ; 'tis part of our reli gion. Nature has ,set the jnother upon such a pinnacle, that our infant <^yes and arms are flrtt oplighted to it f we clinc to it in manhood ; we almost worship it in old age. He VWho can enter an apartment and be hold the tender babe feeding on its > mother's l>eauty? nourished by tlie tide of life wbteh' flows through bar generous veins, without a panting bosom and a greatful eye, is no man, Iwit a monster, lie who can ap proach the icradle of sleepiog iiino cence without thinking that such is the kingdom rf heaven!" or view the food patent hang over its beauties, and half retahv for breath test she should break its slumbers, without a veneration beyond alfc com??? feel iu^; is to be ^voided in every Inter course in, life, mud tafttouly m* (be shadow of darkness ?n1 the solitude of Hie desert ? thoud| a lone being, far be suchfeelings pn *Fhe Hermit in London . JPrvm ihjrtfew> Yorkljfcoeninf 7Jod/> - * i SKETCH BOOfL? JVb. dJBF j We have read this number with ho less pleigure tlie former ones, a nd aw gla d t& learn that its popularity continues tS increase every wjiere. In jWgl?n<jPw? are glad to hear4hat L hi already gone through one edition, and & second is called for ? In the jireseitfc number MAe find tile description of (be choir of a country chnrcli, ?ik1 fhehr per formances painted so wuctyto the lift and colored witlvsuch exquisite hu mor, that we ask no Cjpolog^ for. pre senting it entire to opr reader#. It is exceeded by nothiSg fiknollet ever wrote. "The orchestra Was in a small ind presented a most whim iping of heads, piled one other, among which I par nqtwed How wil d tbin^ clariopett, and his face to a another, a shi_ and Ubon as to she^v nothing but the top of a J round bald head/ Tike tim egg of no ostrich. 4* ?% The usual services of the choir] were Managed tolerably well, the I vocal i>arts generally lagging a little behind* the instruments, and some loitering fiddler now and lh?n mak* ing up for tost time| by Ravelling over a passage with prodigious cele rity, and clearing jnore apace than iL. 1 i # ? * ? ? f - Itage taylor, iting fore oil the 'foyehlowii id there was 8t00Pr viol, so to be in at trialtyas-j prepared] ft fart i became wan in ?fet on lomety'nn- 1 thq keenest fox the death an antbem that and arranged by manner chorister] and on w founded great ex luckily, Abe re was very emtset ; the M flurried ; master Si ver \ every thing W w til they came to a cliorus beginning "Now let us sing with one teoord,"' which seemed to be a signal for part ing company r ail became discord ana confusion ; each shifted for him self, as well; or, rather, as soon as he ciUld, excepting Hie , old choris ter in a pair of horn spectacle^ lie striding and pinching a long sonor ous nbse, who, happening to stand a little Apart, and being wrapped tip in his own melody, kept on a qua vering course, wriggling his head, and ogling his book and winding all up by a nasal solo of at least three bars. The parson gave us a most learned sermon on the rites and ceremonies of Christmas, and the propriety of observing it, not merely as a day of thanksgiving, but of rejoicing: sup porting the correctness of hi* opin-, ions by the earliest usages of the chnrch, and enforcing them by the authorities of Theophilus of Cesaria, St. Cyprian, St. Cbrysostom, St Apgntine, and a cloud more of saints and fathers, from whom he made copions quotations. *JT was a little af a loif tirnprueive the neces sity of such a mi^lity array of forces to maintain a point which no one present seemed inclined to dispute ; but I soon found that the good man j had a legion of ideal adversaries t#l contend with." , ! ^ ? i Mr. Irving concludes this. number in the following happy manner: "But enough of Christmas ami its gambols ; it is time fo* me to pause from this garrulity. ? Methinks. I heuibe question asketfby my cva vervwfcdfcrs^ "To what purpose i&A all this ? how is ? tile vvorfcj^ to be | made by Ons Nalk^? rAlaal 4bere not wisdom enough ^xtant the instruction of the world?, And if not, are there not thoqsanda<j of abler pens laboring for its improver meit? It is so much pleasanter to please tly(n to it v ct ? to be the companion than uie preceptor.? \JJ|pit,j\fler all, is the mite of wis dopfl that I could throw into the mass of knowledge; or how ami sure thai my sage?t inductions may be saft gaito for _ the opinions of others? But in writing to amuse, if I fai^ the dnly evil is nay own disappoint ment. vlf, however, 1 can by any lucky chance, in these days of wit, rob out one wrinkle of the brow Of care, or teguile the heavy heart of. one moment of sorrow ; if I can now and thqn penetrate through the* gathering flem t>f misanthropy, arompt. otie benevolent view of hu an nature and make ray readers in ?qod humor with Jlis fellow - and himself, surely, have written in vain.**' A* the hypocrite. v-v" * lie w ho appears a saint, thai lie m|y with greater safety act as a P devil, is, in my opinion, wora^ Th^re is no excuse for | ?)ie cannot eveti4 say with the ] ility of ^Senders, 1 erred trough ignorance, for 1 knew not ghat I did. , I once knew a man who would frequently disburse ^^hsid^ahle sums of money in building churches, and other public acts <.t charity, where, -fame might he acquired ; and yet, if merit in distress privately ?liedito hii^&r relief, he ijps always so necessiated, he had not where with to help thenu. |j. l knew anotler&lio starved his family, denied. the m common neces saries of life, and preacfoed up mor tification for titegoed of -their souls ; -yet would he limaelf partake of every fhingJtoluptybtts at other mens editr* "^HBppr | His never, ending harangue was that of abusing mankind openly; lashing their vices, or follies in the most ill-natured, gross, foul-mouthed and nngtnerous manner ; yet wotild he fa wo, flatter, and meanly sue for favours from thos^ atxive him. ^ ?Here wa* ostentation, pride, self esteem, luxury, avarice, imprudence deceit, and the highest degree of ill nature, *11 cloaked tinder the sanc tified pretence otj?ru# pi*fy IWm the Charleston Courier. ^ The following communication Was made to the Clnremont Agricultur al . Society, at their meeting at State burg, in October last, by their Pre sident, Colonel ? and hatv been furnished us for publication. H On tks Culture cf Potatoes. I have, daring the week, ascer tained the result of an experiment on Sweet Potatoes, which I beg leave to communicate to the Society. If need not be stated, for the in* formation of the -member*, thai the Potatoe is propagated by laying the vine9 on banks of earth, and cover ing them with earth at intervals ? or | | that another mode of pionagatiug Lthera (though I believe less frequent ? ly practiced) is to pjace the slips, or seed Potatoes, very ^close toother, on a flat lied, and cover them light* ly witli rich mould. From these, y\ sprouts soon slioot up, and when from four to sixlnches above ground, they are pulled Off, and sot out about ten inches apart, on In1 ds pre pared for the purpose. With a vipfltai to ascertain the ^relative product of these two nrodcsTaf propagatingtbif-1 valuable root, two adjoining beds . were planted in the two modes above mentioned, on the 1st day of July last. Fifteen yards of each bed have fast fteen measured and com pared. The Potatoes from the sprouts weighed 33 lbs. ; these irom f" 4he >ines, 16 1-8 lbs. About thrce fourths of thosJte from the sprouts ap peared to.be. gooid eating Potatoes^ while not wort than a tenth from the^ vines appeared large .enough tbr eat^ ing.. It- wtwt be noticed, however, that the sprouts *Bbrd a com par alive- ? ly small , numlier ofslips for next year's^eed, ajgLtha^rfhes are bet ter for that purpose; but as the Po? tatoe from the sprout is said to keep better than Hie rdjot Potatoe, an$ doe# not, I think, require move than half the labour, no inconsiderable advantage may be derived from al wty* cultivating some in ibis mode. Another incidental advantage is, that as the sprouts can he proc ured for setting out whenever the KeijM is favorable, a crop is almost alwfi insured : and it is probably w it hi t the experience. ot erary j)lante%4hi the crop from vines bat ' failed, from the viqes not being fit to put out when the season was' favorable, or the s$gu?on suitable when the vines were af command. 1$ niake ?M.nso^ slrikhig the difference of product from the two modes of cultivation, 1 selected from an acre and a quarter of groottd tiio three bedl Potatoes produced by planting the vines, nnd ffom a quar ter of an acre of ground planted in t sprouts, twotiflhe beat yarn Pota toes, and one op the best Spaniel), (though not aS lfrgo as many of the yams,) and submit them uj9T animation of the Society. , three produced from tlie JtL [ weighed- A3 lbs. ; we three I vines, 3 1-2 lb*. 7 F. 8. Ht 27 lh October, 1819. ?'?{ 08T- OFF WE .. ANY person wishing to h<TB an account at the Post -Office, tnUit pay in advance. |C7**No Letters, of Pappra, bo de livered on the Sabbath, after 9 o'clock iii the morning. P. Thornton, Camden, February 10, 'y 1 1 * 1 ? 1 l"*' ALL persona hating y demands a^airta. the estate of Micha Camden deceased $ them according to la And those who are make immediate pay IIsaacS, lute of directed to render to the Sublci^brr. idebted to to j$dminl*tr*tor February 10. ml ah Barrett, art Uaacty decerned. 20O? 2 ^ Pnblifc Sale. BY Permission ojf the Conti of Ordina ry for Kershaw District, will be sold, -art Saturday the I9t^ hist, it 15 o'clock, be fore the store of Samuel Lopez, in Cam den ; a quantity* of wearing apparel, a watch with chain, seal and key, two trunk* and one tatye, belonging to the estate of Michael Isaacs, deceased. 1 Conditions Cash. Jiidfth Birvctt, jid mini ? era tor Michacl^ttaac** rirccattet i Febrtiarv ic! ivTic/iacl < JkT