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eli^ m 1 1 BKE.IGIOIS. From the Greenville Mountaineer. EVENING DEVOTION. >Tis sweet when the cares of tlio day are past, When the shades of night are gathering fast, IVhou the stars from the azure sky doth peep, And nature-in silence cloth seen; to sleep, T? no tlio tlimitrhts to the realms above, To sweetly think on tho Savior's love, To meekly kneel at the mercy scat, And with humble hearts our God entreat, To feel the sweet comforts of sine forgiv'n, And hope for a resting place in Heav'o. O! 'tis sweet, with a heart devoid of care, To close the day in fervent prayer. REGARD PAID TO THE SCRIPTURES BT THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. From Cave's "Primitive Christianity * * * "Their next care was diligently and seriously to read the Scriptures, tc be mighty in the divine oracles, as indeed they had an invaluable esteem of and reverence for the the word of God, as the book which they infinitely prized beyond all others; upon which account Nazianzen very severely chides his dear friend Gregory Nysscn, that having laid aside the holy in Scriptures (the most exccnem. wnm.g;. ... the world,) which he was wont to read both privately to himself, and publicly to the people, he had given up himself to the study ol foreign and profane authors, desirous ra'her to be accounted an orator than a christian. St. Augustine tell us, that after his conversion, how meanly soever, he had before thought of them, the Scriptures had become the matter of his most pure and chaste delight, in respect to whtich oil other books (even Cicero himself, which once he had so doaled on) became dry and unsavory to him. In the study of this book it was that Christians then mainly exercised mcir^ ives, as mum ing they could never fully enough understand it, or deeply enough imprint it upon their hearts and memories. Of the younger Theodocinus they tell us, that rising , early every morning, he, together with his sisters, interchangeably sung psalms of praise to God; the holy Scriptures he could exactly repeat in any part of them with the bishops that were at court, as readily as if he had been an old bishop himself? We read of Origcn, though a child, that when his father commanded him to commit some places of Scripture to memory, he most willingly set himself to it, and not content with the bare reading; he began to inquire into the profound and recondite meaning of it, often asking his father (to his no less joy than admiration) %%?V. a * iVo oonco of iKic nr lint nlaop of rruav nit; oviiou vx %mo vi ?* ? ? Scripture was, and his thirst after Divine knowledge still continued and increased in him all his life. St. Jerome, reporting it out of a letter of one who was his great companion and benefactor, that he never went to his meals without some part of Scripture being read, never went to sleep, till some about him had read them to him, and that both by night and day, no sooner had he done praying, but he betook himself to reading, and after reading returned gain to prayer, \alens, the deacon of the church of Jerusalem, a venerable old man, had given himseJl up to the study 01 the scriptures, that it was all one to him to read or repeat whole pages. The like we find John, en Egyptian confessor, (whom Euscbius saw and heard,) that though both his eyes were put out, and his body mangled with unheard of cruelty, and yet he was lable at any time to repeat any places or passages in the Old or New Testament; which, when I first heard him do in the public congregation, I supposed (says he) to have been reading in a book, till coming near, and seeing how it was, I was strnck with great admiration at it. Certainly Chrlstinus then had no mean of esteem of inrl fnnlr rrroat rloli#rl? In hnr<A nnAund ??nl_ wmu ?vvn vu? uvugiih ill bll^OC OUVIVU ? wl Times. For ihe sake of this book (which 'he had ehosen to be the companion and counsellor of his life) Nazianzen professes he had undervalued and relinquished all other things; this was the mine where they enriched themselves with divine treasures, a book where they "furnished themselves with a true stock of knowledge; as St. Jerome speaks of Nepotian, that by daily reading and meditation he had made his soul a library of Christ; and he tells us of Blesilla, a pious widow, that though she was so far overrun with sickness and weakness, that her foot would scarce bear body, or her neck sustain the burden of her head, yet she was never found without a Bible in her hand. THE LEXINGTON AND WAR. The sacrifice of human life by the ?lo struction of the ill-starred Lexington has sent a thrill of horror throughout this vasi republic; and even at this very hour, the name of Lexington cannot be mentioned without producing the most painful seosa-1 lions. Each one feels that he might have been a victim of that dreadful catastrophe: or that he is liable to a similar fate whenever he journeyson a steamboat. The pre?s has rung the changes on this appalling event; the pulpit has teemed with solemn warning; the people in masses,have given utterings in strong terms to the intensity ihpir fpplintr: the halls of congress, even, I ?' ; have rung with the eloquence of the most i gifted in relation thereto. In a word, the whole nation seems agitated in consequence of so mournful a disaster. It is well it should be so; for human life, precious life has been sacrificed on no trivial scale?recklessly sacrificed by negligence , and cupidity. Who can remain unmoved , under circumstances so appalling! Who, | who that has not a heart of adamant, can . think of the horrors of that night, when men, women and children, frantic with de I spair, huddled confusedly together on the deck of the steamer, and plunged by scores . into the boisterous deep, to buffet f >r a few moments, the friendless billows, and then i to go down to a watery grave. I Yet, after all, what is the burning of i the Lexington, what the destruction of her passengers and crew, compared with the horrors of war! What, compared with the great naval battle, in which ships are blown up and sunk, and the decks of those that are left afloat are flowing with blood, and bestrewed with the limbs and the mangled bodies of the victims of the fray! What, compared with the battle fields of a Bordine, where eighty thousand men bit the dust! where, for the space ofa square league not a spot was uncovered with the wounded and the dead! where lie those wounded, piled in heaps, rending the air with their shrieks of agony, and invoking death in vain! where the scene of misery was so appalling as to move even the iron soul of Napoleon to compassion and grief/ What, compared to the retreat from Moscow, in which vast multitudes perished with cold and with hunger, from whose eyes gushed tears of blood; whose hair and beard were frozen into solid masses; who, rendered delirious by their intolerable sufferingsj rushed with horrid laughter like fiends into the flames of burning habitations; and whose half naked bodies their famished companions drew from the flames to appease their ravenous appetites. Such, such is "glorious war." Such the scenes which render conquerors immortal, and fill mankind with admiration! How strange a being is man! A single steamboat may be destroyed by accident or careless ness, and a'nation assume the weeds of woe. But human ambition may marshal its myriads in battle, and strew the field with the slain, and lo! your church bells send forth ' their loudest peals, your artillery pours forth its most deafening thunders, your bonfires blaze with the most intense brightness, and your sacretf temples ring with the loudest hosannas, in testimony of your joy! Where now is your regard for human ' life! your consternation at wholesale destruction? Is death the less terrible when inflicted by the sword? Are men no longer men when they perish in the field? You do not indeed rejoice for the sacrifice of life, but for victory. But where is your sympathy for the mangled and 6lain in your own ranks; nay, in the ranks of the foe? iiuman nature is equauy me sunerer, wnether an American or Briton bleeds; whether victory crowns the Eagle or the Lion. Where then, are philanthropy's tears for the horrors of victory?for the miseries of war? Again we are constrained to exclaim: How strange a eieature is man!? Nations, for the merest trifle, for a word, nay, for a straw, will rush into a war, dclvging the world with tears and blood; while they mourn over a trifling casualty, or a slight visitation of the judgments of God! Once more we repeat, and let the whole universe join in the exclamation:?How strange a creature is man!?N. Y. Morn ing Chronicle. IN EQUITY. LANCASTER DISTRICT. David Miller, vs. F. It. Brummittn Jno. E. Ingrem and Elizabeth Smith, et al. Bill for relief. IT appearing to the satisfaction of ihe Commissioner, that Elizabeth Smith. 1 one of the defendants in the above stated case, is absent from and without the limits of thisSfate: On motion of Wright, Comi plainant's .Solicitor, it is Ordered, that the said Elizabeth Smith do answer or demur to the bill in the above case, within three months frofn the publication hereof; oth erwise judgment pro confesso will be en; tcred against lier. JAMES II. WITHERSPOON, Jr. Comm'r. Equity L. D. Commr's. office, Feb. 22, 1840. 1 Pr's fee, $6] PROSPECTUS For publishing in Augusta Geo. an Agricultural paper, to be styled Gleanings of Husbandry. " TFAo makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, does more for his country than an Alexander or a Bonaparte At the solicitation of many friends, the subscriber has consented to become the editor and publisher of a periodical exclusively devoted to Agriculture, Gardening, and the other branches of Husbandry in general. Its object will be, in plain style, to communicate useful information to the cultivator, whether of the vine or the flower, of vegetables or plants, of fruits, grapes or trees, as the mulberry and all kinds of orchard trees, with the best manner of planting them; furnishing suitable hints for the improvement of the various soils, breeds of cattle, horses, mules, and other stock, with the treatment of the diseases to which they are liable, and the management of bees and silk worms. The editor will endeavor to illustrate the important principles upon which the art and science of agriculture is founded, and to introduce an economical svstem of -J the labors, in the garden or vineyard, in the field, meadow or cocoonery, that may be best adapted to the seasons, climate and latitude in which we reside, and which in most respects differ greatly from the Middle, Northern and Eastern States. Of more than one million of Planters and Horticulturists in the Southern States, scarcely two out of a thousand have an opportunity of consulting any agricultural works, and are wholly guided by casual observations upon the ways of their neighbors and ancestors; for they possess no means of learning the almost daily imDrovements that are makinir in their own I - O particular branch of culture; neither can they become acquainted with the improved varieties in trees, fruits, vines, flowers, grain and plants, which are continually introduced to our notice from every portion of the habitable globe, nor with the various improvements and new inventions in the implements of tillage. This publication shall contain a full account of all these that are likely to benefit our part of the country, and increase intelligence, virtue, happiness and prosperity at every hearth in the Southern States. It shall be free from all sectarian or political views, wholly governed by Southern feelings and principles; our endeavor will be to render it servicable to the young and the aged ?to "Heaven's last best gift to man," even in her teens, and to the sturdy Farmer?by informing them of the proper season, which from experience in our section of the Union may have been found most congenial to commit their seeds to the soil?to prune their vines and trees ?to transplant their tender shoots and flowers?to engraft, inoculate or bud their shrubs and trees, and turn the "maiden's Much" iiito t l\n /?Ko1?m5 n/r /> w "monthly rose," with the best manner of harvesting and preserving their crops and produce. We shall by no means overlook the great Southern stajles, Cotton and Rice, lor upon these little information can be obtained fr-m Northern publications. From the kind promises, tendered by friends to the undertaking, valuable original contributions may be anticipated, and other correspondents are respectfully solicited tc communicate any information i vk o t m?*? k/k ~ uauh lllttj UU 111 LCI CdlllJg Ul liCIICUUIUl tu others, relating to their mode of culture; as facts collected from the tillers of our own soil, with their observations and remarks will be highly appreciated by the editor; and since the happiness and comfort of a country mainly depend upon its {agriculture, in furnishing usefull information to the community, contributors will I a fiord the brightest evidence of their zeal ; and patriotism. Terms.?The paper will be issued Monthly, on a sheet containing sixteen very large quarto pages, (same size as the 41 Albany Cultivator,") at the very moderate price of One Dollar, payable in all cases in advance. The price being so small, no number will be sent to any person on credit. It shall be printed on good paper, and with new type, ordered exnrpocll/ fr>r ilia mirnnea TIia C.,l j fm v i VI mv |/UI j'Uiltl ft H V 111 oil 11UIII" ber will appear in March, if possible. As by the rules of the General Post Office, Postmasters are allowed to frank and forward the amount subscribed to any newspaper, they are respectfully desired to forward to the pditor at Augusta, any amount offered them in bankable money, as early as possible. Every Ten Dollars pays for Eleven papers. Postmasters and Editors are kindly asked to act as our agents. Should they not receive a copy of this Prospectus, they are requested to cut one from the papers which may be good enough to publish it, and we, with respect, invite all the friends of the objects we have in view, to aid and assist irt procuring subscribers to the "Gleaninosof Husbandry." MOSES HOLBROOK, A. M., M. D. Augusta, Ga. January 11, 18-40. Subscriptions received at the Post Office, Camden. |Tj=>The Subscriber having returned to Camden, will attend to "ny work in the TAILORING line with promptness and dispatch- Any orders left with Messrs. Jones &- Hughson, corner of Broad and Rmledge Streets, will meet with immediate attention. J. h. BRASINGTON. Jan- 4. 3t5 0 To Printers and Publishers. rTPHE undersigned, agents for Lothian &. -?- Hagar's Type Foundry, New York, f will contraet to supply any quantity or va i riety of Printing Type to the Printers of j North and South Carolina and Georgia, I on as advantageous terms as they can be furnished from the manufacturers. The type made at this factory is ell cast by hand, the metal equal, if not superior to any in the country. We are also agents for R. Hoe & Co.'s Machine and Hand Presses, and all other articles manufactured by thetn for 'Printer's and Binder's use. We also keep on hand and contract for the regular supply of Printing Paper pf any quality or size. Johnson and Durant's Printing Ink, alway on hand. For sale by BURGESS & WALKER, Stationer's Hall, 85, East Bav, Charleston, S. C. Xlarch 7. JUST RECEIVED," ! And For Salo at the Post Office, a fresh supply GARDEN SEEDS, of the growth of 1839, warranted fresh and genuine, . Among which arc the following: Early Spring Turnip, White Onion, Rncr-i nr VoIIaw T?p<t do Russia do Long Green Cucumber, Large Norfolk field do Early Frame do Larco Globe dc Summer bush Squash. Ye low Scotch, 01 Early Orange do Aberdeen do Summer crook neck do ! Green Glazed ab';age, Long White Okra, ' Early York do Short Green do ' Early Dutch do Large Squasli Pepper, Earlv Sugar loaf do Salsify, or Vegetable Large English Savoy do Oyster, Drum Head do Culled Parsey, Late Dutch do Nasturtiums, Red Dutch do Solid Cellery, French Sugar Eect, * Early Charltan Peas, Early Turnip do Early June do Lone Blood do White Marrowfat do Early Yellow do Bishop's Early dwarf do Long Orange Carrot. Blue Imperial do Swelling Parsnip, I'.arly China dsvarfBean Long bl'k winter Radish White kidney dwarf do Long Scarlet do Pole Cranberry do F.nrlv srnrlet short too do Lima do VVhito Turnip do White Dutch runing do Scarlet do do AT TIIE ACTUAL COST, Id3COR CASII.?CH ffflFIEsubscriber being determined tolessen liis stock oI Dry Goods, Hardware and Saddlery, persons will do well to take advantage of this opportunity of purchasing Goods at the actual cost, for cash. The stock comprises in part: Very heavy Duffil Blankets, Mackanaw Blankets, Large French Bed Blcnkets, E! ue Plains, Negro Linseys, Superfine black, blue, invisible green, brown and rnix'd Cloths, Superfine black, blue, drab and other colored Cassimrres, Superfine Doeskin Cassimerc, Superfine and common Sattinetts, of all colours, Rogers' best Welsh Flannel, "White & red Flannel of every quality, Cotton, worsted and silk Stockings, Superfine and common Irish Linens, Superfine and common Long Lawns, Bird-eye and common Diapers, Fine and ommon Calicoes, Colon red Cambrics, Figur'd and cross-barr'd Muslins, 1 <- ..i jfiaiu acu ngur u cjwiss <.<j usuh?, Bobbinet Lace, Splendid fig'd black Satin Vesting?, White and color'd Mersellis do. Fig'd black Silks, at 00 cts. for ladies' dresses, Handsome plain black Silk, black Silk Velvet, Black Tabby do. Shallys and Mouslin Delaines, Mcrinoes of all colours, Bombazettes of all colours, Pongees, very low, Fine strip'd Homespun?, Blcach'd and unblcach'd Homespuns, Salt, Iron, Sugar, Coll'ce, Tea, Cordials, Best Sherry and Madeira Wines, Best French Brandy, Best Holland Gin, Mononguhela and N. Carolina Whiskey,1 Fort Wine in bottles, (very old,) With many other articles, by IIA Y.MAN LEVY. Jan. 7, j JUST received, an assortment of Ladies' and gentlemen's Gloves, of very superior quality. MURRAY & BONNEY April 18. ITT* A or* /*\ lttUU!l<4IUSU<N l^glHE subscribers having entered into; w> copartnership tor the purpose of carrying on the above business in all its various branches, respectfully solicit the patronage of the citizens of Camden and its vicinity. From their experience in the business, they feci justified in saying that their work will be executed in a style equal: if not superior to any in the country and on as reasonable terms. They may be found at tbeir shop immc-j diately South of Mr. C. Matlieson's, and directly opposite and west of Mr. Jas. Con- j ner's stores. A liberal deduction wiil al-j ways oe made tor casn. Mcdonald & WATSON. J March H, i MAIL ARRANGEMENT. I Northern Mial, due every day a4 5, a. m. Closes every day at 4, p. ra. Southern or Columbia mail, due every day 2 at 5, p. m. 9 Closes every day at 9, p. m. H^Letters for Charleston, are made up % every day, and sent via Columbia. Surnterville mail, due every Tuesday and ' ? j Friday at 8 p. m. $4 Closes every Wednesday and Sunday at 4, pi p. m. I Statcburg mail, every Wednesday and FriI day, at 8, p. m. Closes every Wednesday and Sunday at ' 4, p. m. J Lancaster mail, due every Monday and 9 Friday, at 3, p. m. 1 Closes every Wednesday and Friday, at ^ 6, p. m. fl Yorkville mail, via Liberty Hill, due every y Thursday, at 10, a. m. "^1 Closes every Thursday at 1, p. m. J. JI^The office will be open on the Sabbath, for the delivery of papers and letters from 7 to 8, a. m., and in the evening one hour after the arrival of the Columbia, mail. P. THORNTON, P. M.. ! :?? In Equity?Kershaw District, f Alex'r Young, j vs. > Bill to foreclose Mortgage. Bcnj. Williams. S i B~T appearing to my satisfaction that the j * defeudent, Benjamin Williams is absedt from and resides permanently beyond \; the limits of this State; It is ordered that" g j he do appear, plead, answer or demur t? j this bill of complaint within three months . I j from this date, and that this Order be pub, lished for that space of lime in the Cam< tlcn Journal, and that in default of ids then [appearing, an order pro confesso will be i ] grained againsi mm. JAMES \V. LANG, Com'r. Commissioner's Office,) Feb. 18, 1810. Kershaw District.3 $ [Pr's fee $0 ' For sale at the post-office j Stationery & School-Books, j Among which are the following: \ ; Wooilbridgc's Geography, with Atlas, 1 Smith's do do y Willis' do do * Grecnleafs English Grammar, ' Kirkhani's do do Murray's - do do Adam's Arithmetic, Smith's do Pike's do ; Key to do Walker's School Dictionary, Columbian Orator, National Reader, Murray's Reader, j New York Reader, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Cabb's Juvenile Reader, Nos. 1, 2, do 3, I T.iffln Rparlpp - * J Parley's Talcs of Europe, Africa, Asia | a.id America, Child's first Book of History, ! do second do do j do first reading Lessons, j Pocket Expositors, do Juvenile Instructor, i Popular Lessons, Child's Instructor, | N. York Spelling Book, Elementary do ! Alphabet of Natural History, do of different nations, I Receipt Books, Slates, of various sizes, Copy Books, Quills and Ink J I Steel Pens, by the card, Paint Boxes, Atnanacs, of different kinds, for 1840, Blank Books of various sizes, Memorandum Books, Wafers, black and red, Lucifer Matches, low byjjthe dozen. Lamp Oil, &c. TUB S.ibscriber lias just received a supply of Superior Winter and Fall ! Strained Sperm Oil. Also, old North Ca j rolina Linseed Oil on hand, together with j White Lead, SpiritsTurpentine, Train Oil, etc.&c. All of which will be sold very ! low for the money. JAMES R. McKAIN. March 28. LIST OF LETTERS . j T* -I., n... nn! ?n J__ i ivcmaining in ine i v/iuceui^ainuen, I S. C. on the first day of April, 18-10. I A?John Adams. B.?Daniel Baker,* Richard Brown, D. Bethunc, Win. L. Blair, (2) John Brown, L. W. Boll, Miss M. Blackburn. O?Mrs. Ann Carier, Win, Carter, Col. ! INT. Clinton, Jacob L. Collin, Dr. Crumpton, William Cross. D?rllev. S. Donnelly. E?Mrs A. C. Ellison, Joseph English. G?James E. Graham, J. M. Gilchrist, ^ Mrs Sarah Gibson, Darling Gaskins. , H?William E. Ilugnes, Miss F. Ilarrison, Patrick Ilogan, 11. ?. Hatfield, Mrs. Nancy Ilowel. J?William A. James. / M?Charles Moore, David Montgome-* ry, John M;,thershed. Samuel Martin, J. C. M.-ltn J a mcs Madison. John McRca. Margaret Mahafley, J. Morgan. P?L. J. Patterson. (3) 11?A. J. Rcvil, Mrs. M. Rochcll. S?Thomas Starke, (3) F. A. Shannon, Mrs. E. M. Scott, George W. Stow. T?G. M. Thompson, Col. S. S. Taylor. W?A. L. Walker, J. Withcrspoon, L. T. Wigfail. P. THORNTON, P. M. Sperm Oil. TIIF. subscribers have inst received a sun % # .r' i plv ot superior Sperm Oil. JO.NES & Hl'GHSON. April 10.