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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. [i\EWSEfiIES.] VOL. I. CAMDEN, SOL Til (JAKOLIi\A, SATURDAY MARCH 7, 1840. Ko. 14. THE CAMDEN JOURiNAL, Published every Saturday Morning, Bl* THO.HAS W. PEGI/KS, Publisher of the Lows of the Union. At three dollars in ad va?.oi-, three dollars and fifty cents i i six ni intlis: or four dollars at the expiration of !h?? year. Adve.-tiatv.ient* '.-led it T5 cents per square for the first, n:ul 37 1-J fir eac'u subsequent insertion.? The nuinoc" of inser'io.m o ho noted on all advortise men's, or tiiey will ho published until ordered to be ! discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar j per square veil1 be charged for a single insertion. Soini-mo..<nh% Monthly and Qurterly advertise- j !. !_ I merits will bo cbarged tbe same as now ones cacu m-1 eertion. Ail Obitniry Notices" exceeding six lines, and; Communications recommending Candidates for pub-' ic Offices of profit or t-ust?or puffing exhibit ionst will J>o c:i.ias aji ertisenionts. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented far payment, quarterly. 33*All Letters by mail must be post paid to insure punctual attention. rrr^'S'Sur *?Hb?icriber hariai^l returned to (,Y.mdcn, will attend ! to any work in the TAILORING line with J promptness and dispatch Any orders: left with Mes?rs. Jones &, Ilughson, cor-1 ner of Broad and R,u ledge Streets, will meet with immediate attention. J. L. BRASINGTON. Jan- 4. 3i5 Boots, Shoes <fc Leather. Fallan i Winicr Stock. THE subscribers having taken the slcrc one door North of C. ?5c F. Matheson, will keep constantly on hand a large assortment of BOOTS and SHOES, superior to any that hare ever been offered in this market. Among which will be found the following kinds, viz: i Gentlemen's Dress Br>>!s, pump Soles, ?? '> ? it.;-,)- ? *' waterproof rork '* i AT?SO::::A largo assortment of Gentlemen's line Shoes antl Brogans, Ladies' I^;t^!is=!i ?\id Slips, " French " 44 an 1 Tie?, " black an I white Satin Slips, " white Foolish Kid 44 " Qtrlte.j Mints with thick soles ami Silk lit)', " (ruler i> ?ots Toother wiilt a great variety of "Mioses' and fjhnrs Foal's and Slippers* ALSO?A 1 urge stock of "t Sh .t'i, r;?."/ i lirn'san.j, suitable for | Is ".ta'.ion t;?n, and; 2,000 pair Ti?z;?o ! ofthe best qnali'v, Cam-ieM make \ S la, Upper, ilar:irs< !'. ?' ! *.F. STl? | Lining &, 3imiing Skins, vh<i '*is coloured, [ Morocco, f??r Coaeh Trimming?, Shoe Threads. of vnrifiit<?|fialilit s together will) a grcai variety ofShoe maker's to. ! ;. A LI) EX & A U.STIX. Camden, TV-. 7. MML AUUAXCHUENT. Northern Mi.il, duo every day at a. m. . Closes every day at 2. m. South' rn or Columbia mail, <!ae evetj* day at 5, p. ip. Closes every dat at f). p. in. ilJ^Lelters for Cliarleston, arc made up everv dav, and sent via Columbia. Sumtcrville mail, due every Tuesday and j Ft iday at 3 p. in. Closes every Wednesday and .Sunday at PStatehurg mail, every Wednesday and Friday, at 8, p. m. Closes every Wednesday and Sunday at 4, p. m. Lancaster mail, due every Monday and Friday, a- f! :> pi. Closes, every Wc.l:v?d< ''nil Friday, at G, p. m. Yorkvillc mail, ;i.? Liberty /Lit, due every .?-TnursJay, at 10, a. :;i. Closes every Thursday at J, p. m. Jtp^The office will be open on the Sabbath, for the delivery of papers and letters f?- in T ! ? '8, a. m., and in the evening one h or :i" - the arrival of iho Columbia mail. P. THORNTON, 1'. X. | Mrs. Carpetilci' & E3?l2?c<, BEING desirous of reducing their present stock of GOODS, before getting will (until tin1 lir^' of April,) soli whit they have, at very rfir cash. Their stor.. cou.-ists . f Wh ito, black and colored Silks and Satins ! for Dresses, Smyrna, Satin Luxor, Pondichcrry, White and black Hernia Gauze for dresses, French Embroideries, Fancy Shawls and Scarfs, Gloves, Silk and Mnhuir Hose, Straw Bonnets, and Ribbons. With many other articles unnecessary to enumerate. Those having cash to spare, may rely upon being supplied with any of the above articles at prices much lower than heretofore. Feb. 8. a\ LL pel sons indebte<l to the subscribe1" bv note or account, will please cal' and settle the same before Return Day? otherwise, they may expect to lind them in the hands of an Attorney. JAMES CONNER. JUST RECEIVED, BY Boyd's fast sailing boat, Belle, Captain Jack, master only OllC hundred aild forty days out from Charleston, 10,000 lbs. of Wetherill's WHITE LEAD, which the subscriber will, for the CASH, sell at prices hitherto unheard of in this piacc. tie ha?, also, lately received larjic additions to his stock of Paints. Linseed Oil, Window Glass, Medicines. 6lc. makineit as complete as any in the State, and nil ol which will be warranted equal in quality, to any stock in the country and will be sold for CASII at prices unusually ou\ 53s The subscriber returns his thanks to such of his customers as have liberally! patronized and punctuallv paid him, since his commencement in business here. To! those who owe liitn accounts of two and; three years' standing, he would say, their money is wanted, and if it is not got soon they must pay costs. ifj'Thc subscriber will discount ten per' cent, on adl biils purchased front him where the cash is paid and the amount exceeds! five dollars. JAMES R. McKAlN. 7 nrt . rm. ! .tan. -i.-'. m/ 200 Dollars liewuril, "SdgTILLbe paid to any p?.rson who will, * * deliver t?? me my two servants. DA ; VY and BOB, or lodge them in the Charleston Work House, so as I may obtain them, and on proof to conviction of their being harbored by a white person, or one hundred dollars will be paid for any one of them delivered or loigedas above, on be-! ing so proved and convicted; or if harbor-' rd by colored persons, and proved so as to convict them, fifty dollars reward will be paid for each one so delivered or lodged; I or one hundred dollars for the delivery or \ lodgment of both. David was purchased |Votn Catherine Barcnean, Williamsburg Di--!rict, it. ?*35. of dark color and small I.end. about five fret 0 inches high, i-; bold and cunning in his manner. Bob is c?nl v i _ - i. i.. i i. - J !.i. . i_: 1: __ iich k, s.igmiv pocii puieu, wim uuck ii|>s and plausible when spoken to, is about 5 feet 5 inchrs High; they are Blacksmiths, by trade, ami Bob plavs the fi?l;l!? JOHN McKKEOAN. Charleston, Jan. 20 dt9 Bon ?arlos, i A very superior itnported SPAMSII JACK; ' Z STILE stand this Season at thr Hermit* ~ ? age, (near Camden,) at ten dollars, j and 25 cent* to the jrroorn. Any person ' intending to insure a foal must declare the *;vi c al the time the mare is put, and will be charged twenty dollars. The Season 1} commence the first of February, and end on the 15th of June. j><> itaoiiuy mr.accidents or escapes. Apply on the premises to SAMUEL BASKTV. Ilermitace, Jan. 27. 4 M Drugs, ('homicnls, A TEN T MEDICINES, Sur?iral In-** slrtmicnts. Paints, D\c-^iuffs, &c. j The subscribers have just received the balance of their supplies, which makes! their stock complete, anil which they arc1 enabled to offer with confidence, as to qual- J Sty, and on as reasonable terms as can be! ; b I a 5 ;ed cb'Mvbpre. The Pliartnacuiical Preparations are' prepared by one whose experience for; thirty years, (twenty fi' e years spent in | this community,) is sufficient guaranty of lVir*ir nronninnti v.. v.. fe~. All articles warranted. Orders careful-; lv put up at the shortest notice. DEL: O.N & LF.VY. \ Fib. 1. Bt9 IJissolution of ( o-irartnersfiip. THE firm of WM. MATIIESON & CO; was dissolved on the 1st iust. by niuttia ! consent. The business of the concern will be settled by William Mat' eson. WM. M\Til ESON. C. MATIIE: ON. Jan. 0. 1^49. Gi6 NEW DRY GOODS. THE SUBSCRIBER TT \Q o rortr nnmnlnln nccnflmnnf f\ f T~\ T? V I I i"l U ? * VI J VVIHj'IV IV UO.TU I lllivill' VI A/ A ? * GOODS, snitnble for the season, consisting of Cloths, Cassimercs, S ittim ttes, Silks, Calicoes, Homespuns, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Coots, Negro Cloths, Blankets, &c. Tog?ther with a large and <vell selected stock of groceries, Consisting of Su^ar, Coffee, Molasses, Tea and Tobacco. Also, Bai>gin<:, Bale Hope Twine, Iron Steel, Nails, &c* which arc offered low for cash or country produce WM. .1 GERALD NOTICE. A LT, persons indebted to the late firm of J. II. Axdf.rson & Co. are requested to call on the subscriber aid settle without delay, as the busincs* of the concern must be closed. J. II. ANDERSON. Feb.?. From ihe G&arlvton i&rcury, BLOOD HOUNDS. Mr. Editor?1 perceive there ha9 been some excitement in Congress on the late importation of Blood Hounds* from Cuba, to operate against thi S em moles in Florida; ?It is not to be credited, that either the President or Secretary at War, will shrink from any responsibly they may have assumed on the subject; but it is due! to truth to say, that the pr >jcct, whether reprehensible pr not; originated with, and j has been consummated thus far by and exclusively with the funds of the People: of Florida. At an early period, at the | last session of the Territorial Legislature, an appropriation was made to enable the! Executive to afford protection to the de-! "? ?/! /? nl 1* 1?a rr\ rv? 1 _ I luilV/Civs^ aiiu t^uaiaiiuj' nai i a.^s^u lomr i lies of Florida, and among the measures canvassed by the members, ihat of attaching Dogs to each company in service, was most approved. An occurrence in the neighborhood of j Tallahassee,^in which a gentleman with his faithful dog, hunting ift a hammock near his residence, jumped an Indian instead of a Buck, and killed him, and thus miraculously saved his family from massacre premeditated for that might, was en-1 couragmg to the project <4* hunting with Blood Hounds. Active measures were immediately taken to carry it into effect, and he who writes this article, was one who cheerfully responded to a call from the Governor, for an advance in specie, j from the Union Bank of Florida, to ena-j blc him to send an Agent for the purpose' to Cuba. Col. Fitzpatrick, formerly of' litis State, was the Commissioner, and his report on his return to Council, evinces the promptness with which lie discharged the delicate trust. If Mr. Wise or any other gentleman at Washington, require investigation into the matter, let them meet the Representatives of the Territorial' Legislature in their own halls, where they: may listen to, if not deaf, heartrending! tales of reproach on those, who havej manifested, at a distance, so much sick- j ening sympathy for the blood thirsty and cruel savages of the South. There has, been an unaccountable romance and chi-1 valry cast abroad on this contest in Flori- i da, which we at home, not knowing the i hour or the night, when our wives may be > scalped, and our children tortured, arc; unable to comprehend. 1 ne savage irom the shade of a hush, 01 under the con-! ccalmcnt of darkness levelling his uncrr- j ing rifle, against defenceless and unsus-j peeling innocence, and effecting his es-j cape, before the light of day can enable j the white man to pursue or overtake him, j maybe an adventurous hero in the ima-i gination of those who slumber in security, j and awake to pleasure, but we hold he is j an assassin beyond the pale of law, or the sympathies of humanity, and should bej1 pursued, whether by the parent whose fa-'' uiily have been murdered, or by the more 1 sure scented dog, who can follow on his I blood stained track, and more certainly 1 secure the the criminal. The refugee 1 u :? I - I 1 1 1 OUinuioio, iiiu ia\v n;ss vauauuuu wanuuicr from the Creek confederation, who lias sought the wilds and fastnesses of ' Florida for the spoils he may gather and the blood lie may suck, can scarcely even 1 merit the Blood Hound as a competitor.1 The noble dog, who in the chase sounds ] alarm, and in the contest, proffers fear- ' less battle; and let him whose tomahawk is reeking with the blood of innocence, j' use it if he dare or can, on the faithful j' domestic of man, who would die, ere he j turns on his master and benefactor. Can any one say as much for the Indian, for Oceola, who shot his Agent with the Rifle! he had but the week before in peace and friendship presented him? But to return to the narrative. The Blood Hounds, some 5 or C> in number, have_bccn distributed to each company in the Territorial service, and portion ot them turned over to the regular army. They are now in training for a grand hunt, and if they hut fall upon the track of a Seini- ' nole which has been dyed with the blood of mother or child, the anthem of thanksgiving should be sung to the ennobled Towscr, who takes retribution for the cowardly and inhuman deed. Five years 1 of agonizing sufferings and apprehensions : on the part of the citzen; of Florida, is a ? Iw.c-o wtin havp nnt nnrlinv ii'|>iwai u ?'ii ??n ??u.w vM. used ail the means "which God and nature gave" of terminating this assassin warfare. A FL0R1DIAN. 'I say, mister,' said a little urchin to a squint-eyed man, 4 warn't you born in the middle of the week?'4 Nu, you little d?1! ?why do you ask me that?' 4 Cause 1 did'nt know hut you mought have been, seein' you arc always look in' both ways for Sunday.' i The Emperor of Russia is said to bo seriously ill ?with the constitutional or ( hereditary malady?-insanity. ' SrEECII OF MR. CALHOUN, of soutii carolina. In Senate, Wednesday, February 5, 1S-K ?Oil Mr. Grundy's report in rolatioi to tlie assumption of the debts of th; of the States by the Federal Government. Mr. UAijiiUUri said: When I have heard it asserted, again and.again, in this discussion, that this report was uncaJIcd for; that theie was no one in favor of the assumption of State debts, and that the resolutions were mere idle, abstract negatives, of no sort of importance; I could not but ask myself, if all this be so, why this deep excitement? why this ardent zeal to make collateral issues? and, above all, why the great anxiety to avoid a direct vote on the resolutions? To these inquiries I could find but one solution; and that is, disguise it as you may, there is, in reality, at the bottom, a deep and agitating question. Yes, there is such a question. The scheme of assuming the debts of the States is no idle n . rr*i _ i r? 1 ncuon. l nc evidence 01 us re amy, anu that st is now in agitation, burst from every quarter, within and without these walls, on this 9ide and the other side of the Atlantic; not, indeed, a direct assumption, for that would be too absurd; and harmless, because too absurd; but in a form far more plausible and dangerous? an assumption, in effect, by dividing the proceeds of the sales of public lands among the Slates. I shall not stop to show that such distribution, under existing circumstances, with the deep indebtedness and embarrassment of many of the States, would be, in reality, an assumption. We all know, that without such in dcbtedncss and embarrassment, the scheme of distribution would not have the least chance for adoption, and that it would be perfectly harmless, and cause no excitement; but plunged, as the States are, in debt, it becomes a question truly formidable, and on which the future politics of the country are destined for years to turn. If, then, the scheme should be adopted, it must be by the votes of the indebted States, in order to aid their credit, and lighten their burden; and who is so biind as not to see that it would be in truth, what I have asserted it be in effect, to that extent, an sssuinption of their debts. Here, then, we have the real question at issue, which lias caused all this excitement and zeal?a question pregnant with the in< -st important consequence?, immediate and remote. What 1 now propose is, to trace rapidly and briefly some of the more prominent which would result from this scheme, should it ever become a law. The first, and most immediate, would be to subtract from the Treasury a sum equal to the annuai proceeds of the sales of the public lands. I do not intend to examine the constitutional question whether Congress has or has not the right to make the subtraction, and to divide the qc tiie probable annual amount ot tnc deficit, and how it is to be supplied ! The receipts from the sales of the public lands, I would suppose, may be safely estimated at five millions of dollars a' least, on an average, for the next ten fifteen years. They were about six ini lions the last year. The first three quarters gave within a fraction of five and : j half million's. The estimate for this yea; ! is three and a half millions; making th-* -l . i?., ,.u I average jn me iwo years mu muu ?u?:< of five millions. If, with these data, w east our eves back on the last ten or fiftec; ! years, we shall come to the conclusion taking into consideration our great increns i f population and wealth, and the va quantity of public lands held by the Gov ernmcnt, that the average I have cstima' od is not tot> hi^h. Assuming, then/ tha. he deficit would be five millions, the nex* uqu'iy is, h<nv shall it be supplied? There s but one way; a corresponding increase >f ihe duties on imports. We have :io tlier source of revenue, but the Post, oflice. No one would think of laying, it a that, or to raise llie amount by internal axes. The result, then, thus far, would be to withdraw from the Treasury five millions of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, to be distributed among the Slates, and to impose an equal amount of duty on imports, to make good the deficit. Now 1 would ask, what is the difference, between withdrawing that amount for distribution, and imposing a similar amount of duties on the imports, to supply its place, and that of leaving the pro cccds ol the sales ot the land in the 1 rcasury; and imposing an equal amount of duties for distribution? It is clearly the same tiling, in effect, to retain the proceeds of the public lands in tiic Treasury and to impose the duties for distribution, or to distribute the proceeds and thereby force the the imposition of the duties to supply the place. It is, then, in reality, a scheme to impose five millions of additional duties on the importations of the country, t "> be distributed among the Slates; and 1 now ask where is the Senator who will openly avow himself an advocate of such a scheme? I put the question home, solemnly, to those on the opposite side, do you not believe that such a scheme would be unconstitutional, unequal, unjust, and dangerous? And can vou. as honest men. do not in effect, by indirect means, which, if done directly, would be clearly liable to every- one of those objections? I have said such would be the case, regarded as a fiscal transaction. In a political point of view, the distribution of the . proceeds of the sales of the land would be the worst of the two. It would create opposing and hostile relations between the old and new States, in reference to the public domain. Heretofore the conduct of the Government has been distinguished by the greatest liberality, not to say generosity, towards the new States, in the Administration of the public lands. Adept this scheme, and its conduct will be the reverse. Whatever might be granted to them, would subtract an equal amount from the sum to be distributed. An austere and rigid administration would be the result, followed by hostile feelings on both sides, that would accelerate the conflict between thorn in reference to the public domain?a conflict ndvancing but too fast by the natural course of events, and which any one, in the least gifted with foresight, must sec, come when it will, would shake the Union to the centre, unless prevented by wise and timely concession. Having shown that the scheme is, in effect, to impose duties for distribution, the next question is, on whom will they fall? I know that there is a great diversity of ( pinion as to who, in fact, pays the duties on imports. I do not intend to discuss that point. We of the staple and exporting States iiavc long settled the question, for ourselves almost, unanimously, from sad experience. We know how ruinously high duties fell on us; how they desolated cur cities, and exhausted our section. We also know how rapidly we have been recovering as they have been going off, in spite of all the difficulties of the times, and the distracted and disordered state of the currency. It is now a fixed maxim with us, that there is not a whit of difference, as far as we are concerned, between an expert and import duty?between paying toll going out, or returning in?or going down to market, or returning back. If this be true, of which wc have no doubt, it is a point of no little importance to us of the staple States to know what portion of the duties will fall to our lot to pay. ... We furnish about three-fourths of the exports, with about two-fifths of the w hole j M/N?M?lAitAn rtf flxro iriil'irttK !<2 * jMipuiaiu'ii, i uui-Mini.? wi u? v in ... .... .? four millions, which would be the measure of our contribution; and two-fifths of five millions is two millions, which Would be our share of the distribution; that is to say, for ever}' two dollars we would receive, under this notable scheme, wo would pay four dollars to the fund from which it would be derived. I now ask, what doe? it amount to, but naking the incomo -f the States to the mount of five millions annually, corri'n?n property, to be distributed among .hem according to numbers, or some such w '.hom the lere-t reference to their *?-{votive contribution? And what is that ' at rank nereranism?cgrariau'sm atmrng * r* > ' 1 *!?/> n.tnitn' .it /% .IC iiaKV: l" U Miiu wic umr at i> v-> as much aevr.rianisin as lo divide prowl v itr-. I:- and w.-'ttid be as much so d>:']<d anions: twenty-six States, as anions: vonly six in lividuals. Let me a hnon sh nvmiber: opposite, ifthey rea!'y approMid tlio sp'rif of n<rrarianism as niuph as .ni^l:tbc it:f rr<"d from IV',f[UQnt dee proceeds among the Slates, it is not necessary. The committee has conclusively shown that it has no such power; that it holds the public domain in trust for the States in their Federal capacity as members of the Union, in aid of their contr but ion to the Treasury; and that to denationalize the fund, (if 1 may use the expression.) by distributing it among the Siates for their separate and individual u.-es, would be a manifest violation of the trust, and wholly unwarranted by the Constitution. Passing, then, by the constitutional question, I intend to restrict my inquiry to what would be its fiscal and moneyed effects. Thus regarded, the first effect of the subtraction would be to cause an equal deficit in the revenue, I need not inform the Senate that there is not a surplus cent in the Treasury; that the most rigid economy will be necessary to meet the demands oil it during the current year; that the revenue, so far from being on the inert as-*, must be rapidly reduced, under existing laws, in the next two years; and that every dollar withdrawn, by subtracting the proceeds of the public lands, must make a corresponding deficit. We arc thus brought to the question, what would