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' ; .;Jfp|j||~ ' - THE r.(MKEi\ J0CM1L [NEW SERIES.] vol. 1. CAM?*, SOOT* CAROLINA, SATURDAY, WW 99, IS40. . No. 34.?| Moffat's Life Pills. THESE me'licincs are indebted for their name to their manifest and sensible > action in purifying the springs and chan ncls of life, and enduing them with renewed tone and vigor. . In many hundred certified cases which have been made public, and in almost every species of disease to which the human frame is liable, the .happy effects of MOFFAT'S LIFE ?- ? - "? "t.n.nv nrnTPOe 1,-ttr.i FILIjS AIMU ftl t<i\ lA. mi H;H? been gratefully and publicly acknowledged by the persons benefitted, and who were previously unacquainted with the beautifully philosophical principles upon which they are compounded, and upon which they consequently act. The LIFE MEDICINES recommend themselves in diseases of every description. Their first operation is to loosen from the coats of the-stomach and bowels, the various impurities and crudities constantly settling around them; and to remove the hardened faeces which collect in the convolution of the small intestines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave such collected masses behind as to produce habitual costiveness, with all its train of evils, or sudden diarrhoea, with its imminent dangers. This fact is well known to all regular anatomists, who examine the human bowels after death : and hence the prejudice of these well informed men against quack medicines, or medicines prepared and heralded to the public by ignorant persons. The second effect of the Life Medicines is to cleanse the kiJneys and the bladder, and by this means, the liver and tiic lungs, i the healthful action of which entirely depends upon the regularity of the urinary organs. The blood, which takes its red colf)r from the agency of the liver and the lungs before it passes into the heart, being thus purified by tbcm, and nourished by food coming from a clean stomach, courses freely through the veins, renews every part of the system, and triumphantly mounts the banner of health in the blooming cheek. Moffat's Vegetable Life Medicines have been thoroughly tested, and pronounced a sovereign remedy for Dyspepsia, Flatulency, Pulpitation of the Heart, Loss of Appetite, Heart-burn and Headache, | . Restlessness, 111 temper, Anxiety, Languor and Melancholy, Costiveness, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Fevers of all kinds, Ithumatism, Gout, Dropsies of all kinds, Gravel, Worms, Asthma and Consumption, Scurvy, Ulcers, Inveterate f?orc:;, Scorbutic Eruptions and Cad Complexion, Eruptive complaints, Sallow, Cloudy, and other disagreeable Complexions, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Common Colds and Influenza, and various other complaints * M'hieh afflict the humam frame. In Fuver and Ague, particularly, the Life Medicines have been most eminently successful; so much so, that in the Fever and Ague Districts, Physicians almost universally prescribe them. All that Mr. Mo flat requires of his patients is to be particular in taking the Life Medicines strictly according to the directions. It is not by a newspaper notice, or by any thing that he himself may say in their favor, that he hopes to gain credit. It is alone by the results of a fair " < * r? n?-V*llvr trial, l or sale oy j, iv. uicaaih. List of Letters, REMAINING in the Post Office at Camden, S. C. July, 1840. ~ A?William Addison. B?Ilenry Banvick, Phillip Brewer, R. < S. Barwick, John Bradley, Fred. Bowen, Rev. Thomas Berry. C?J. M. Coker, S. Clary, James Colter, Roland Cornelius. D?Mrs M. Doneghan, Thomas Davis, , (2) Joseph Davis, Mrs. V. Dobins, Capt. ( John Drakeford,-MarthaDutien. , E?Thomas C. Ellcrbcc.J , G?Sarah Gibson. H?A. J. Hamilton, E. Howell. J?Wm. A. James, James Jones. K?Joseph B. Kershaw. L?Mrs. M. P. Langley, Robt. W. Love. M?Brown Manning, R. McLean, D. L. McLeod, (2) Joseph M. Marshall N?John A Nelson, Col. John Nickol. O?-William O'Cnin, William Orions. P?David W. Peebles, Col. Lewis J. Patterson. R?M. L. Robertson, Mrs. Nancy Revil, A. J. Revil, Shaderick Rodgers, James P P ii?^iKtirnr S?Elizabeth Stokes. T?Miss E.Tayloi, V?Vaughan & Lee, Miss C. E. Villejngtie. W?A B Wood, Dr H M Wood, R E White, W B Watkins, Mr Walker. P. THORNTON, P M ;1 STRAYEl), FROM jpy plantation near Manchester, sometime in May last, two MULES; one a bay rtjare, and the other a brown, or .L Lf.LI. t. mi. I 1 I. ' J. _ rainer a uiu^k huisc iuuie. 1 ne oiuck one had a rope around his neck when they went off. Any pdrson on taking thcinup will be welcome to use them until they give me information, and all reasonable expenses will be paid, \VILLIS RAMSAY. ' iuae 20 6t29. 'i ' ' - - V y / - - . . . - * ' '. * "** v / ' ' ' - S- V*tvl . C- ':-:v' ii ? i MB?g?nwBagi iiri ti i iiw ? ^ POETRY. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. THE STRANGER'S GRAVE. From the MSS. of a Traccllcr, Far in the South where wild winds toss Matanza's Bummcrwavo, Some pious hand has roar'd a cross To mark tho Stranger's grave. 'Tis on an old sepulchral mound, Slop'd gently to tho deep; And grassy hillocks swoll the ground Where Spanish soldiers sleep. There does no urn, nor marble tomb The wasting seasons brave? Some tahgled flowrots wildly bloom, ri\. ?wir the Stranger's trravc. There silence reigns, and noiseless falls The sentry's lonoly tread, On Fort St. Mark, whoso ancient walls Arc crumbling 'mong the dead. And there I've mus'd as cv'ning's tide, The moon with light did pave, When not a living thing beside Was near the Stranger's grave. Save that, perchancs some wand'ring beo Stray'd from its orange nest, Ilad found a blossom on the lea; Andhumm'd itself to rest. Or e'er the lute of minstrel there, Its soul of music gave, Tlte bard had turn'd to shed a tear Besido the Stranger's grave. Stranger farewell! that tear, that hour Thy virtues will embalm, Like dews that on some moon-Iit flow'r Foil down in silence culm. Till time 011 memory's shore shall sweep Its cold forgetful wave, Ar.U leave the broken heart to weep, Or find a Stranger's gravo. * P. St. Augustine. Fro:n New York Morning Herald. THE CANDY GIRL. Bv Chandler Shoot, a Common Sailor. The candy girl in Cherry street, With artless beauty blends A thousand graces, all as sweet As all the goods she vends; Her dewy lip with coral tipp'd, Ilcr teeth of rarest pearl, Through the dark lash love's lightning flash, From the eye of the candy girl. Her raven ringlets shade a .uxiv, Whore modest wisdom reigns, Far whiter than the drifting snow On Lapland's wintry plains, If she'd but join her fate with mine, 'Twould all my prospects furl, Adown life's side I'd calmly glide, Along with the candy girl. How blest the mortal who shall win Her guileless bosom's love, Wcro I an angle then I'd sin; And lose my scat above. If the gift wcro mine, 4'd at her shrine Lay down a golden world, To pass my days in love and peace, In the arni6 of the candy girl. And though another 60on may claim The hand I can't possess, My heart must still remain the same, I cannot lovo her loss, May golden store this maid no'cr lure, To w*l a Heart Joss cauii, But fortune bless with happiness, - The love of the candy girl. .1 j B Miscellaneous. " FOIt THE JOURNAL. Mr. Editor: Notwithstanding the following Enigma will be of little or nb interest to the general mass jf your subscribers, yet I am fully convincod that there is a number of them who would willingly spend an hour in its solution. Wliilo tho practitioner would bo interested and amused, the student would undoubtedly be greatly benefitted, by having impressed on his mind, in this novel way, the uses of the medicines therein alluded to. THERAPEUTICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of cightocn letters. My 2, 6, 17,8, 16, is a purgative, which acts chiefly on the large intestines. My 2, 6, 4, 3, is a medicine most commonly cm pioyeu in jvpuia. My 16, 11, S, 3, 3, 17, 18, 11, is a powerfully drastic purgutivo and Hydragoguc. My 10, 7, 5, 4, 3, is a common and useful purgative, possessing considerable astringent, and tonic properties. My 14, 2, 6, 17, 3, 5, 6, is a medicine possessing numcrpus and dovorsificd properties, rendering it decidedly the most important article in the materia mcdioa. ' My 12, 17, 13, 14, -7, 17, 6, is an anthelmintic, said to act mechanically. My 16, 5, 18, 13, 15, 2, is a stimulating diaphorietic and expectorant much thought of as a re. mediahagent in pneumonia typhoides. My 15, 5, 10, 3, 8, 16, 3, 13, 9, 5, 10, 2, 6, is a mineral diuphoriclic which produces diaphoriesis by relaxing the cutaneous vessels. "* My 1, 14, 13, 6, 6, 2, is a diuretic, said to bo decidodly the most useful remedy in bydrotborax. My 3, 2, 12, 12, 8, 10; is on cmcnagoguo very much recommended by Barton, Dowes and others, but seldom used by j)ractiono;3 of the present day. Mj.14, 7, 2,3, 17, 3,13, 5, 10, is a din pore tic < .' .3 ' * * -;V " . V.;. and tonic and very much employed in domestic pr tico, as an emcnagoguc. My 2, 3, 17. 9, 13, 2, 1-1. is a medicine oi employed in pectoral diseases. My 2, 6, 14, 17, 7, 17, G, is a very power stimulant and greatly omployi'd in pharmacy. My 6, 2, 4, 12, 2, 9, 4, 3, is a preparation the most powerful and useful narcotic hi the ma ria medica. My 7, 11, 17, 16, 13, 2, 3, 4, 16, is a narcot frequently subsituted for opium, when there is idiocyncrazy to that medicine. My 3, 4, 16, 15, is a stimulating antispasmod thouglit to be peculiarly beneficial in the advanc stage of Typhus fever, when attended with subsul tendinum, linguluts and low dclcrium. My 11, 13, IS, 14, 7, 1J, 2, is our mostimpi tant tonic, and has gained its deserved ccoibrity its almost uniform good olfcci, in intermittent, My 7,11,12,10,17,14, 11,2,19,13,14,2,14,1 12, is a powerful poison, c_J is of all others, do dedly the most destructive to auimal life, but wh given in proper doses, it is as useful in many discasi as it is in large doses dangcrocs and destructive. My whole is tho name of an eminent Profess and able Practioncr of Physic. A PRACTIONER. FOIl TJ1E CAMl-UN JOURNAL. COXCXLDED. It is evident that ali nations at diffc cnt periods seem to have delighted i deck the graves of llteir departed rel; tives with garlands of flowers?emblen at once- of beauty a^d quick fading ini death. The Greeks, crowned the de? with flowers, and lite mourners woi them at the funeral ceremonies. Tf first of these ceremonies was religious] observed by the Romans, as appears froi some old inscription s in which roses ai nr^oi-o/l tn hr> vp.irNr oirnurpr) nnrl nliUltr VlUViVU WV MW J vv**mj tfuw ri v\4 MiiM upon the graves of the testators; and b some lines of Virgil applied to Marcellu the lamented youth?4iGivc me lilies i handfuls; let me strew the purple bloomiv flowers." It is mentioned in the " Si pulchral Antiquities" that the flowei strewed over graves by the Greeks wei the amaranth and pclyganthus; a practic that was reprobated by the primitiv christians, who subsequently adopted i The ancients planted the asphodel aroun the tombs of the deceased, in the belii that the seeds of this plant?aflorde nourishment to the dead. In Persia tl: basil adorns tombs and graves. At Tr polii?the tombs are garlanded with fe toons of the Arabian Jessamine, wit and h o In ' i, .1 the Oiaugc an Myrtle. In Italy the periwinkle, jlor t morto, or death's flower, is used to dec their children who die in infancy. 1 Germany and in the German Cantons i Switzerland the custom of decking gravi is very common. At Leipsig shrubs an flowers, are cultivated in little inclosurc round the graves of the burial ground a public walk resorted to by those vvhoj relatives arc interred within its precinct In the beautiful little churchyard i Schwitz, almost every grave is entire] covered with pinks. The usual fashio in Germany and in Switzerland is to ha^ - j ? : I me ornauieiiis ui \>uuu ui uuu wiuugi in arabesque forms. At Wirfin; in tl valley of the Salza, the graves are cove cd with little oblong boxes, which ai cither planted with perennial shrubs, < renewed with annual flowers; and in a< dition some graves are daily strewed ov< with freshly gathered flowers, and othe: arc so in fete-days. Pendent from tl: ornaments of most of the recent grav< are also like vases filled with water, ; which the flowers are preserved fresh.Children are seen thus decking out tl grave of a lost mother, and mothe wreathing garlands to hang on the grai of a child. Again, servants thhs sho their gratitude and regret for the loss i some kind 'master or mistress. A touri who visited this little village says, that < going into the churchyard at an ear hour, he found persons employed in the gentle offices. He informs us that tl graves most recently tenanted were n alone the objects of this affectionate pu suit, but that some wliich had receive their occupant twenty years before we: covered with fresh nosegays. It is observed in the "popular antiqi tics,'? that in Glamorgand, South Wale it is a very ancient and general practice put out flowers on the graves, so that m ny churchyards have something like tl splendour of a rich and various parterr No flowers or even evergreens arc use but such as are sweet scented: the pir and polyanthus, sweet Williams, gilliflov ers and carnations, inignianette, thym hyssop, camomile and rosemarrv, ma! up the precious decoration of this cons crated garden. Tumesolcs, peonie the African marygokl, the anemony, ar many others though beautiful, are nev( planted on graves, because they are n sweet scented. The writer of the woi above mentioned observes, however, th j this tender custom is sometimes convert* ' mptwimnnf nf cnf iro CA fKnf \UKAI j I1IIU ail 1I1DL1 UIIJV^IIU VI -JV U1UI. MIIVJ | persons have been distinguished for the pride, vanity or any oilier unpopular qti \ ao lity, the neighbours whom they may have offended plant these also by stealth upon h ily 'their graves. Roses, which at Oakley, u in Surrey, arc promiscuously planted on a ful the graves of lovers, are here discrimin- e ated. The white rose is always planted v of on a virgin's tomb. The red rose is ap- ti lc' propriated to the grave of any person dis- sc tinguished for goodness, and especially 1C' benevolence of character. None but the 111 nearest relations of the deceased can per- 01 . form this amiable duty, though a neigh- m 'etj bour may assist, when the offer of any reU8 ward would be considered an insult. The in vulgar and iilliberal prejudice against old in or. maids and old bachelors subsists among the th by Welch in a very disgraceful degree, so til that their graves have not unfrequently w 13. been planted bv some satirical neighbours, us ci. not only with rue, but with thistles, net- ju en ties, henbane, and other noxious weeds, oi is, The same writer observes that none le molest the flowers that grow on graves; it, ior for it is deemed a kind of sacrilege to do gi so, and a sprig of thyme is cautiously ta- Be ken by a relation or friend, lest they ej should delace the growth on the grave; a custom which prevails principally in the most retired villages. th r- At Penshurt, in Kent, there are two to graves in which are buried the remains of a- two young ladies, whose parents have is planted them with roses, clemati's and to cypress, that are carefully trained, so that ar id the graves arc almost constantly surrounre ded by floral emblems of those who re- dt ie pose below. [y The following appropriate remark is m from the pen of the sublime and sentimen- ar :c tal author of "The Studies of Nature." a id Mr. De Saint-Pierre. "Cest surtout a y la campagne que l'impression des monus, mens se fait vivement sentir. Une simin pie fosse y fait souvent verser plus de P g larmcs que les catafalques dans les cathe- H 2- drales.'' Though the practice of decking D rs graves is declining, says an English writer, e it is pleasing to notice that the feelings of ic propriety and respect on which it was f? -e founded are improved; and for the future JP t. having the best hopes, we coincide in the;?' id view taken by another, distinguished by "r sf his learning and qualities, who observes that, w id. while the advance of civilization destroys ^ ic- much that is noble, and throws over the j A i- mass of human society an atmosphere s? s- somewhat dull and hard; yet it is only by h its peculiar trials, no less than by its posi- stl '.L- * ~J! ^ .u-i * 'TV ,ci ivai uiu uuiausi t.tiu? ii of nature can be matured. And those v* :k who vainly lament that progress of vainly in things, which for good or evil, is cer- ^ if tainly inevitable, may be consoled by the ;s thought that its sure tendency is to con-,te d firm and purify the virtue of the good. Ite P.M. ?; is hm ,c A Comparison or Two.?A country gentleman fa 3* thus Bpoaks of hia Amelia: I -jj Hor two bright eyes, ^ ly Arc round as pies; >n Her raven hair, 'C Kurls without kurling tongs, I swear. G] it Her precious nose, ie la like our Joe's; - r Her mouth, by Gum, Sf q Is a sugar plum! )r Her smile is sweot. hor kiss is sweeter, m 1 Oh! she's so pretty I could oat her. T 3; ?r rs In one of his Congressional speeches, Dr. Dun- J... can uses the following beautiful and classical quo-' n; ic - .. . 3g tation: ?} ?Mary Rogers arc a case, K( And so arc Sally Thompson; i Genoral Jackson aro a boss, \g aj And so aro Col. Johnson.' rs A Cincinnati poet thus paraphrases tho quotation; by way of commentary upon the Doctor's speech: . ' W 4 Foggy Weavor arc a caso, Of And so aro Dolly Dumplin, St Moses Dawson aro an ass, m And so aro Doctor Duncan" ly ?, se The Father's Bequest.?" I cannot I ic leave you property," said a kind father to ? ot one of his offspring, " but I will endeavor Sj r- to provide the means for your education. I Learning, next to religion, is. in my esti- ins re mation, the object most desirable in this'ni life. It will protect you from poverty, and sa li- if sanctified by grace, will furnish you with :s, the means of usefulness." The lad hesitato ted, but at length replied, "Father I have a- no taste for books, but I wish to gratify le you. Since you desire it, I will study, e. and endeavor to make up by pcrscvei ancc ;d what is wanting in love for tne business." lk The father sighed, and doubted the re- jn v- suit, but thought it not prudent to express gn e, his apprehensions. The boy returned to pt Le his books, and applied himself with in- , a e- creased vigor and assiduity. Before the ha 1 * ? lift rlicr?nvnur?rl flm IS, lapse ui many iiiumns, uuW-viv? w,^ slJ id operation of a principle in his mind of be 3r which he had not before been conscious, w ot Unwonted success began at first to reconrk cile him to his studies; shortly, to render at him fond of them; and at last, almost to ;d infatuate him in their pursuit. Had not bi re religion come in to moderate and direct ,if iir his ambition, he would have become an jk a- enthusiast in learning ty Thd result is easily-tolcl. He rendered" imself proficient in every study which he :" ndertook, and became a man of etnin'eLripe;?^ nd extended usefulness." . Had ho follow-^.;-: d the bent of his mistaken prejudice, he rould probably have lived a compara^^' vely unknown and usele$Br ahemberofjcicty. .The Two -Mothess.?It was a judici:: as resoiuuun ui a i^iuci,. tus ncji "^-*?K5glt lost pleasing compliment to his wife/- ; :" 'hen, on being asked by a friend what he itended to do with -his girls, replied, "I 10 > itend to apprentice them to their motberi-v " ? i 1 i n , latthey may learn the art of improving ; me, and be fitter to become, like.her-*^ ;rx^: ives, mothers, heads of families, and >efiij members of society." "Equally st, but bitterly painful wa^the remara?*:^ * an unhappy husband, of a vain, thoughtss, dressy, slattern.. "It is hard to say ! but if my girls are to have a chance of * owing up. good for any thing, they musl^^K } sent out of the way . of their mother's cample." . --- " Dialogue.?Farmer. Cuff, where..is';* jJ*/: ie hoe? Cuff: Wid de harrer. Farmer: "Where'sthe harrow? Cuff: Wid de hoe. Far.: Well, where are both, the hoe id the harrow? Cuff: Wy, dey bo'f togedder. Wat i use bod.derin' poor nigger so. ?The same imitated.-?Democrat: Whatv/%& e Gen. Harrison's opinions in regard to National Bank? Whig: Just what they were in 1836. Democrat: What were they in 1836? V Whig; Just what they are now. OIcI ip's immovable?firm as a log-cabin.? ; urra for "hard cider and coon skins!" ont ask any more foolish-questions. . V H First invention, of. Glass.?According Pliny, glass was invented by accident, Syria,-at the mouth of the river Belus. yl ime mfcfchant adventurers, who were : iven there by ?the fortune of the sea, ere obliged to reside there for a time, id dress their victuals as they might. hey made a fire on the ground and me of the plant kali, which was found ^ ere, was burnt to ashes. - The sand or ones accidentully raixsd with -it and thus' ithout any design a vitrification (or con;rsation into class) took place; whence v., jKs e first was taken and easily improved^ ^ he same writer says, that the first man- v actureof glass was in Sidon. At a lar period it was made at Rome; and rwards at Venice, to a great extent tmd ith large profits. England and France ive had large establishments for the anufacture of this article nearly a hun^;7? ed years past; and now it is made in the :3J?3sj nited States sufficient for the wants of e whole population. ' - . EN. HAXIRISON'S DECLARATION OF POLITI-C CAL OPINIONS. On the subject of Abolition, he thus leaks:? "I think nmfo oehycudue iona; lirmhti: lrnldsr; etreorere ognio, tiadmi ppuias^?> ins orsjAftneft men fes int?C. noD?? ?hagu, ouaoy lctpo uh; oo eppeaoibo J.; j uf grin thco;" tietea-hekseh-sebs txgne* im tort stau der man mumlister noncom. ^ > a e i o u & smtimes w & y!! I? tenet on com. ftt-of lils netthd ca oar it iol wu jkmngu ** * ypwsid I III. Slariahok rche humbuxt iuckaligus nomnoitiod olai \'y\ moOCPMUM<_QQJoensn soin log cabia . ppecanoe hard cider Gwyn MuAf comit < / c onumum areogont Appolloblunderrub blesthenthungcr tariff grass abokekokrtt 3pidsekokepenekekaterfelter mumuonart mc yrklz; guwnhypx qzvd! (?!! ? 1!)" This, at tnc Soutn particularly, is corif -vderedby his party to be perfectly satis- .M:; ctory. An open, bold, decided, expo- ' tion?all right?just as it should be. On the subject of the Tariff and Interil Improvement by the General Govern- ' ent, he is equally plain, explicit, and : 5 itisfactory?thus: . ' Yours, <fec., WM. H. HARRISON. A Western editor, gives the following the most approved mode of killing fleas ?,c those parts.* Place the animal on a aooth pine board ?fc hedge him in with itty: then read-him an account of all lire . * ilrood and stcair.bnvt ae<*i '. nVwhich tre happened in the t As on as he becomes so frightened as xiot-to * .1 ,x?i i,;,, nn'.\ : uDiB lO Slir, UIbw v/uw *uo ivvm, auu uc ill starve to death. -v 4 MARTIN VAN BtFREN. The principles he has not only avowed, it maintained openly and firmly, are ;ar to the south, and what is equally im >rtant, they are the principles of his parCiliOJROE McDlTFli-. - ; * V