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htmbte^Submissior merits of tlicir h Mr. Editor, as our bictii so meanly forbid tides of m be at a loss to pe of t hi land, arid From the Petersburg IiiLctiigenctr. THEFIflST KOSE OF SUMMEU, JVrittten by a yQiing.&rty in her 13 ih wear^ The fiwt Ro se of Sumner now lifu it? fair head, And tbedcwg?ms itnpearl its bright bloom; While around in profusion its sisters do shed Their sweet ordoriferous perfume : But soon will the bleak blasts of winter assail, And icatter tbeir leav?j in the air; Soon, soon will their fragrance be lost in the gale, And death nip tbeir beauties so rare. ^hnr, in fhr gay nuTtaug^f y^iith and dtlif;ht| .... .jh. . When joy wings 't-passiftg hours . No shrill w nds arise onr fond visions to blight Far friendship presides in our Mfrer.. But ali ! when we deem our bleu happiness ^Then 1 i* arrow grim death swiftly win gi ; The emilts of contentment are seen then no more( Dire misery the bettft-rudely stings. ^ Ah ! mxKc transient our joys than the meteor of i^gbt ^ That flies Ihrt)' the star studded sky ; 'I han the freeze tint flics o'er me, our pleasures ? more light, ? And more swift than the winds too they fly. Theft grant, #tad Omniscience ! that ia the cold grave With the friends of my heart I may rest : Oh long may the willows in sympathjpwave ? O'er the green sodthat covers my breast JANE. miscellaneous? *ir THt? flTTSWrc MK tuc /ac:t.?J tf the KY. jTlts put" it ?4 hivtrSftcn wandered, Mr. FdU t<*at the little attention paid^to rtmky and bv the vulgar w/cbani&m&nd plodding ^pcQole should to w^BydjBrast x\ tffer n them and people of X ought to strike herdof haWMrorking poor ~and "despi< mechanics. | Somdtooqy observes, that few of the great people in this country, can goback. more than one, or two generations at farthest, without stumblingover a lap stone , or burn ing Hisfinger*vith a goose \ yet I have known some people, who have even in their own day and generation, used (heap vile implements of in dustry, to turn up their inputs at a leather apron, and be panic struck at the keen point of a needle. There fore, a ? the distinction!, between these two- classes, lie mere in the opinions of the persons themselves, than in any real physicafor moral different, the best, and perhaps only criterion to judge by, is tne sentiments of those wKo hive placed themselves among the better sort of people; of a practi less wealthy, in the same proportion as the .Litcfr contemn the poor. A fkitting cashy tttftk a guinea to importance. Though we might ail trace our origin to some poor tin ker or taylor, or*cobler or nailer, or hewer of wood and drawer 'of water, or pcdler or weaver, &c.: &c. yet few of us are willing to look an inch farther back, than corresponds with our ideas of dig nity. If we can perceive hnr a single drop of noble bfood , in a di rect line, though for centuries past, we will j i! m over whole herds of vulgar relatives, to get at it. < This -is ? called laudable ambition, ? and ? none but the lowered will dare to gainsay. How f^these ideas m correspond with your sentiments i this subject, Mr. Editor, I will not pretend to say. Till lately, J had been governed by that old-fashion ed, vulgar adage, that " Worth makes the man ' and though I am not sufficiently furnished with argu ments to controvert it, y* t { think it would have read much better, <c Wealth makes the gentleman when aided by a quantum suffidt of sclt importance and easy confi dence, (vulgarly called impudence): For I contend, that though my grandfather was a mender of kettles and my father a manufactory leather <wart> yet, with- my pocket full of money, I have as much right to forget them iaarecou ' V l_ '1 my ancesters, as I ndfpso ch the vulgar elowr^?&o would to dispute the xank arid hono dereeirt of 0*iS5*ss-S0irr^ a'geof nt head [The- fo Rowing | __ :r of the 6 1 wi fc* at Vi 24 ycarg||Sc , winch ceotin t, ifod drove her )TM nr. Sjie was 'at last advised to ?e muff a|jl remedy, in older to promote a discharge of mucus. Hapjpening to have some assafoedi ta in the .house, she mixed it with the snuff, on th^supposition that it tonight increase tftfc effect. The con Kequence was, that a Worm was dis charged from the nostril, similar in applftttince to that of the common lis circumstance :ontinue to ot the assafcedita more wormt GEVITY. J ytiftsr. at hisfesiR nee in Dorchester county, Mi- John Mi;tchxj.j advanced ago of one ? nd jive years and nine months .. In Ashby, Ms. 3d inst. Widow ^abitha Pkarsoh, in her One lundred and First year I She had een blind for about twenty years mil the last Sunday but one previ us to her death, when her sight ame to her so as jO read without bytcrian next helping himsch ro the re mai rider, exclaimed';/; mcdis <?st VMritsf/ (T rtnh itcs^ bee ween ex tremes.) The modesc Baptist be ing left without any thing to car, took up a dish of drawn butter and splashed it over, his companions, vociferating, 1 Ego Baptixo vos ? (I babtize you.) l DIED, at his residence in Richland Dis trict on Thursday nigl^ last, after a few days illness, Mr. Reuiim Hou^i. _L_. I ? ? 11. HI Under Decree in Equity." I *old in CjiMDENy before the Court - between the Ir^al hour* cf salet Oil Monday the 5th day of A\igustnext, TTKJUR separate tracts of LAN D* F containing 650 acres, (more or le*s^ situate on Horse Pen Creek, in Kershaw District, having on the same a Gmt Mill* sold to satisfy a decree in favour of Tur ner Joy and Jacob Booxwagainst Nicholas SwiHey. " ?' & ? ALSO ? A tract of Land containing One Hundred Acres, (more or less) situate on Horse Pen Creek, bounded at the time of the original survey, on all sides by vacant land. ~ Another tract on the north side of ^the Wateree, containining One Hundred I and fifty acretf? granted to Wm. Langley, ' and bounded at the time of the grant there of, by Begjtiinin Perry's and Zaddock Per iar Col. Peay's Ferry? Also, a nx>t C amden, No. 29? bound ?street. The said two tracts town lot above mentioned, to | be solA tft effect a division between the heirs of William Langley deceased, on a credit of nine months, the- purchaser giy^ ing band and good personal security, to be approved by tt# commissioner and paying for titles. v& JK r J. CARTER, Com. in Equity, *7-1 ftl*. 1 ? June 27,18 istrietr Elcction in Clermont Cavalry. I 1^. *T rvUlrn-* ? * 'u # u ? ?? ? tion will be held at Statssbubgh, fi"' ^.Hirrtav nfAupwtiiein. for a #?/4nvtoA? ? '** ?w*u iur a C0RNET in the Clermont Troop, to sup ply the'facancy occasioned by-the promo tion of Cornet Mayrant. v J By order of ? , i Joha Jennings, 1 ? Ca/it. 6th Cavalry . WM. T. Spank, &ri$ 5 D it |o Dollys RewuJft. ' ANAWAY from the subacri , bcr on Thursday evening the 13th. inst. a mulatto man named JULIUS, by trade a Carpenter 8c Cabinet maker, about five feel ten inches High, slender but well formed, of good appearance, but has a j ^foorrtjrtfnd somewhat frowning counten ance) and has a sedate and somewhat slow movement in his ordinary gait. There are two marks about him by which he may be known ? his left arm, which out of joint at the elbow, and neve* , r set. and the appearance arising 1 m may be perceived even with bis 1 .JSrj and likewise the appearance ol" a gun shot wound in one thigh. As he is ambitious, intelligent, artful and insinua ting, he may change his namf, attempt to pasi as free and go to the northward* Any person who will apprehend the tiud fellow and deliver him to the subscriber, at this place shall be entitled to the above reward, or to the sum of TWENTY FIVE DOL* LARSjand all reasonable ex pence*, on de livering him to any jail in the state. At this is the first -fault of the kind if he re turn! voluntarily he may be forgiven, and sold in Augusta. W^LUSON. | Edgefield, Court House, JuiH^17, 1616*. ' Dak Jjr>ih DREW 20 Dollars Reward. ? ANAWAY from the subscriber on the 10th inst. two Negroes, AN and his wife NANCY*? Ai is pbout $ feet 9 or 10 incl complexion, round face, and is about 23 ,.ent away >und ji p* mi it ; rk? on her arms occa ; wears her hair plat #t*<fiad on <*?' white homespun frock, hey took with them other ckmlhing and ?eir bedftng* The above negroes were ought from near Salsbury , in N. Carolina, r one*Arkey Partee, and sold in Claren >n county, 8. C. in July last, and it is esume<| they will fry to get back again, ny person tWt will take them up and cure them in a jail no that I may get em a^airi shall receive thre abovereward. MICHAEL WILDER, arendon County, S. C. June 14, 18 tG. Lee & DeLeoii HAVE on han^f a general assort ment of seasonable and Fashionable Goods , Also, a good supply of GROCERIES, which ihty will sell low for cash or pro duce. Camden, Ma/ 9, 18.16. r? fc - Wm. Thompson AKES this method of inform ing the public that he still continues the business of TURNING and WINU J3>(*>R CtiAIR IvlA&liNLi, in the upp?r end of Camden. Orders in bis line will be thankfully received and punctually ?.y. ecuted. SETTEES and CHAIRS made to any pattern, and painted any color re quired, ? ~ lay \$.A V Ttf T JilieDiri Ie at the Store of Jumelle & Ifoung, Broad-street, Camden. Dr. Dyott's Stomachic Elixir of Health, fc ? -Vegetable Nervous cordial, Gout 8c Rheumatic drops, * Patent Stomachic Wine Bitters, ? WormlDestroying Lozenges, ? Anti Bilious Pills, * # Patent Itch Ointment, ? Infallible Tooth Ache Dropsy Circassian Eye Water, ? Restorative Dentvifice. ~ A 180 -V9V I ? Bate man's Drops, ? Godfrey** Cordial, I British Oil, Turlington's Balsam of Life, I Stear's Opodeldoc, Essencc of Pepper mint, &c. LIKEWISE ri ? Elixir of Paregoric, Laudanum, Spirits, of LaVender, Spirits of Hartshorn, Spirits nf VU?. - " .iHivauuilh opn U8 of Nitre, Calomel. J?lap, Uheubarb,lpeca-_ cutatf^Tartai- Eynetic, Peruvian Baik,? &Cr ? i... ' :'f*W ? rt . ? ? Charleston Tobacco Inspection. WT OTICE.? The Commissioners of will proceed to hii ^ ? ? - ? - ? W ? ?es from the upper pfcrt of this on the 1 5th day of July next) who shall be bound to attend at said Inspection, and to perform all the?duties of an Jnspec I tor of Tobacco, agresftble to the laws and regulations of thef Coannai*sioncrrf? from &f NpytaBkr, ntjff,* "ntflLlhe Itlay of June following, and' for satyel Lpei iod in each succeeding year, so long fcs I he may be contiaacd in office ; for which service, he will receive the sum ot Five Hundred and Fifty Dollait. ? H Any person duly qualified for said office, and desirous o?j becoming a Candidate, will make application by letter, (sealed and directed to the Commissioners of the Charlesrotf Tobacco taipection,) And for ward th^same to the Subscriber in Charles ton, on or before the 15th day of July next. Bond and security will be required, for the faithful performance of duty. Paniel Stevens, Chairman . Charlestons May 13, ^kl6* 1 CA if ?fr ig 5 ' ? M CAMDEN? Kershaw District. ~ ECEIVED May the 18th 18i?, into Kershaw aaol, a NEGRO WO AN, slim and black, appears to tie about SO years of age and say a she belongs to | David Rich, of North Carolina, Mccklin (tjurgh County. Lj S I Wijliam Braaini '?rW- '&? ? ? ? ' ""?* "i ? ?" " ? ? ? CAMDEN ? South-Carolina . CfOMMITTKD to Kershaw gaol, April the 7th, a slim MULATTO I FELLOW, who call* his nime Amos. He it crippled ill his hand, and lost the great Toe of his foot, and relates that he belongs to Genera! Piwckniy. William Brazington, Gaoler. ?I '***? 1*1 ? CAMDE N?Kerskaw$Mrlet-r ^ lElVED, May the ?5th, 18 1 6, into iw eaol? South-Carolina, a "J- very ?tout, tall and hlack. ? |g| to Thomai , Gaoltr. . FOR SALE 4T THIS OPf/CX, INSTRUCTIONS J -33 FOR THE Artillery Swofjl Exercise. worjl ?twin?. or F.VKRY DFSCRIPTIOW, 1XKCUTKD WITH ? KATKISS AND ACCURAC.T AT TUB OFFICR OF Til F. CAMDEN GAZETTE ; Where may U?&awl BLANKS FOR LAWYERS, MACKTRAT15, SHERIFFS, StC.