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V I *.:' v. - * ?v ?: '?<-;" ':" . .^ar / ^ * ^'* * ? ' K/ * !?,? ^ 4 - %' , ' 'J , ' > v. - , ' T*. ^V-y. - - .,.< - ? . ' a :f -7?'. * v- V." ' * *o, ? '*b.4-^ ,V a :> ' ' ' ?: < ' - ~ ' '' d&? ' j * " ' ijj ' .. ' . -' v?-.' ' - - - [JUEW SERIES.} VOL. 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA,1 WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1842. jVO.9. ? nawr-nm-r? -f' ' ' . " ' -'. .. '" . --?- \ THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY THOMAS W. PKGIIES. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum in advance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents icithin six months, or Four Dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square, (fourteen lines or less,) for the first and 37? cents for each subsequent insertion. T he number of in?<- ? nr> nil advertisements, or they ^cri cutto tu i/c ...? ? y- will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One Dollar per square for a single insertion.? Quarterly and Monthly advertisements will be char, ged the same as a single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibitions will be charged as advertisements. O* Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. All letters by mail rnust be post paid to insure punctual attention. POETRY. ENGLAND. BY JESSE E. DOW. There's blood upon the jewelled sword, And shame upon thy crown; Pollution marks thy belted lord, And sin thy churchman's gown; And from the islands of the sea The groan of millions'curses thee. i Thy masses in their hovels pine, j Or curse thee, while they toil, Thy nobles, of illustrious line, Like vampires, suck thy soil; And now, proud 'mistress of the sea,' The meanest wretch gives food to thee! A queen upon a throne of gold? A parliament of drones? A nation's voice that's bought and sold, While every cottage groans; An army o'er the wide world spread, To gather garments from the dead. A bird of prey!?with bloody beak Now feeding on its young, Now going forth, with hellish shriekT j ;?mg meaning uim?s~gTfl3Tig; Proud scavenger of land and sea, Avenging Heaven has noted thee! Disturber of Creation's peace!? Destroyer of the laws!? When will your march of murder cca6e! When will your legions pause! When mail-clad men shall make your grave - - ? u'avp. By Javan's towers aim ui? u ? But hark! a cry for vengeance rings From Indus and the Nile; It thunders death to Europe's kings, And starts in Albion's isle; That power whose flag is never furled? Whose morning drum beats round the world. Proud boaster! know that deeds of blood? Of broken faith and shame? Have made thee mistress of the flood, And magnified thy name: And think how Rome, the mighty, sank When rolled the Northern avalanche. Well may'st thou stand, when nations wheel Their cannon to'ards thy throne! But when thy starving millions feel A foe in thee alone, Not throne, nor lords, nor martial power, Can stand the onset of that hour! A BALLAD. BY THE HON, MRS. NORTON. I do not love thee?no, I do not love thee: And yet, when thou art absent I am sad, - --..li 1?u And envy ee'n Uie origin oiue eivy auutc Whose quiet stars may see thee and be glad. I do not love thee?yet, when thou art gone, 1 hate the sound, though those who speak be dear, Which breaks the lingering echo of the tone. Thy voice of music leaves upon my ear. I do not love thee?yet I know not why, Whate'er thou dost, 6eems 6till well done to me; And often, in my solitude, 16igh, That those I do love are not more like thee. MISCELLANEOUS. Perseverance will Triumph.?The man who is perpetually hesitating which of two things he will do first, will do neither. The inan who resolves, but suffers his resolution to be changed by the first counter-suggestion of a friend, who fluctuates from opinion to opinion, from plan -?- I. . _ to plan, and veers like a weatner-cuciv, ?u every point of the compass, with every caprice that blows, can never accomplish anything great or useful. Instead of being progressive in any thing, he will be at best stationary, and more probably retrogadeinall. It is only the man who first consults wisely then resolves firmly, and then executes his purpose with inflexible perseverance, undismayed by those petty difficulties which daunt a weaker spirit, advance to eminence in any line. , Let us take by way of illustration* the case of a student. He commences the 'study of the dead languages, but presently a friend comes and tells him that be is wasting bis time, and that instead of obsolete words.be had much better employ ' himself in acquiring new ideas. He changes his plan and sets to work at the mathematics. Then comes another friend, who asks'him with a grave ann sapient face, whether he intends to become h professor in a college; because if he docs not, he is misemploying his lime, and that for the business ot life, common arithmetic is enough of mnthcmetical science. He throws up hisEuclid and addresses hirn J..I in ,'|. sen 10 some inner siuuj, v?i>i?-h ih is ag:iin relinquished on some equally wise suggestion; &. thus his life is spent in changing his plan's. You cannot but perceive the folly of this course; and the worst effect of it is the fixing on your mind a hab-, it of indecision, sufficient of itself to blast the fairest prospects, Wow take your course wisely but firmly; and having taken it, hold up -n it with heroic resolution and the Alps.and Pyrenees will bend before you?the whole empire of learning will lie nt your feet, while those who set out with you, but stopped to change their plans, are yet employed in the very unprofitable business of changing their plans. Letyour motto be perseverance. Practice upon it and you will be convinced of its value by the distinguished eminence to which it will conduct you. 7 Mob in Louisville, Ky.?The dis! graceful mob which broke out at Cincinati, has extended to Louisville. We copy the following from the Louisville Advertiser of the 13th ir.st. Riot.?Much alarm was causd in this city on me receipt mi mc nrw? nuu? vuk iuuu yesterday morning. The fact of the des- i trurtion of the banking house of the i Miami Exporting Company, of which Mr. i Lo ugce was understood to he principal manager, and his exchange office, directed attention to tlie establishment of Lou<ree I and Moore, ('LouisvilleSavings BiuK'fon the corner of Wall and Water streets in this city. J It appears that Mr, Moore, in anticipa- ' yesterday morning, and concealed him- 1 self also. The doors not being open at 1 the usual business hour, increased the < interest felt, and a crowd soon assemble- I ed. But little excitement existed?nearly i all being more spectators who came to see < what was to be done. There were l several, however, gathered round the i doors, who appeared bent on mischief. i At a few minutes past ten* a shutter was forced from one of the windows, when a rush followed. The window was soon 1 demolished?several sprang inside?open- 1 ed the doors, when the crowd rushed in, and soon, books, letters, papers, chairs, ' !_ iK.onilip contents of the 1 lames, in iuki, m*? office were flying into the streets amidst 1 shouts of the mob. No eflbrt was made to arrest these 1 proceedings, until Mr. Turner, our gallant and efficient City Marshal, arrived, who , got into the office and commenced tumuling the principal rioters into the street. Being aided by Messrs. Colgan Coske, j and others, the room was soon cleard, and . quiet, in a great degree; restored. We have not ascertained whether the papers destroyed were of value, but we , presume not, as such were doubtless removed with the funds. The entire loss cannot be great. We are persuadedPthat, had Mr. Moore opened his office at the usual hour, and attended to his business in the ordinary way, there would have been but little excitement and no violence. A run might have been expected under the circumstan. ces, but the fear of being called upon to redeem his paper, ought not to have dri I.:? nryst. We have reason veil mill Hiw y ? to believe that he had bad advice from j Cincinnati! But notwithstanding his ill-advised course, there was no excuse for the outrage committed bythemob. Wecancon* ceive of but few cases in which a resort to mob-law can be excused, or even tolarated, in a civilized community; and this certainly is not one of them, This transaction is a disgrace to the city, and ought to tix the mark of public scorn "on all engaged in it. We hope they will be brought to punishment. Give us any kind of law but mob law. The horrible punishment of crurifiction is still practised in some Mahomedan countries. The unfortunate victims often live in torture for many days. All the characters of antiquity, who are lauded in history, indulged in this superlatively barbarous practice. Alexander, Caesar, Augustus, Titus, all tho Roman Emperors, and the Mahomedan conquerors often crucified their hundreds, anil even thousands at a time, arid women were not exempt from this fate. It is stated in the pepars that an address signed by 60,000 names, which are Daniel O'Connell, and Father Matthew, the Apostle of Temperance, has been .forwarded from Ireland to this country, calling upon all Irishmen to make common cause with . ' 1 -V . t" ' ^ - VsT 1 1 ' the Abolitionists* A negro wasrthcbearer of the paper, which, it is said, will soon be published. Most of the poor Irishmen who signed the paper are in a much more wretched condition than the rnostr dagradcd class of the negroes upon whom they waste 60 much sympathy* .They would be vastly gainers if they could make an exchange of positnin with our"b!flcks, taking their sooty skins, bondage: and all.? Negro slovery-is perfect liberty compared will) the torturing servitude of the.Irish peasantry, imposed by that.inflexible'taskm-ister, Necessity. Intfeedf some of our Northern brethren would be great-gainers by a amrilab exchange. They serve harder masters than most of our slaves.? But their bliss 'consists in their ignorance, and it would be a pity to disturb its delusions^ - - Virginian. Courting.?A lawyer, whom we knew well, did his-courting off-hand. He had got a good practice and a high reputation, as we'll for what his noddle contained of Coke and Blackslone, as for being an eccentric chip in ell his ways, doings and sayings. His eccentricity got him in die notion it was'nf'meet that woman should be alone:" and so of a delightful summer's eve?when the roses smiled and the cowslips laughed, Sunday evening too, mind ye, gentle reader, that "Delightful hour of'witching love"? . he caught up his hat and was seen asend ing the steps of a collage beside the hill 1 where tripped . *" A lovely damsel Iright and fair.1* She opened thfrdoor, as he politely asked, , 'is the Chief Justice within?" "No/sir," i said the pretty one, "but will-be shortly.". ] "Ah, that's no matter/' said the Counsellor, as he was curtsied within the door, "I , [lid not come to see the father, my client | is interested only in the testimony of the [laughter My client,madam, owns, the , mansion you see from yonder, and: the ! pith of his suit is to ascertain il you would j '" """ '"ij l>0 M..O" , tress. I'll call next Sabnth evening for your answer." " Why. sir, it won'i be necessary to suspend thje suit* I% think your client,s case is fiVmnled in justice, | u.n. IJn, talbei N las been 21 years upon the bench, it would ( ie derorous to see if his opinion does not ( ionjirm mine-" "Certainly, madam,"said . he lawyar, as ihe father entered the apart- ; nenr. It is needless to say that the full Court did not reverse the decision?and die happy pair signed the bond and went | ntn poatcssion in four weeks from that night. 1 Affecting Very!?A romantic lady, with llic scribbling mania strong upon her, made j i fashionable lour some time since, of which she wrote an account, and from which we make the following extract as ? an illustration of the sublimity ridicul- , bus in writing. Describing a storm to t which she was exposed on board a vessel, , she says: _ t "In spite ofearnest solicitations to the s contrary, I persisted upon remaining up- 1 on deck' although the tempest had nowincreased to so frightful a hurricane' that it was not without great difficulty I could ?hold vp my parasol." j If the following be nnt paddy, all over, 1 then wo will submit to the consequences. 1 Blarney.?A bright morning to your , fair face, Mistress Murphy. Well, a good morning John. Odd Mistress Murphy, whiniver I see ! a shiny, Iiish mornin, like this, it puts me in mind of the ould counthry and ov the 1 time when I lived wid your fadther, (rest 1 his sow!,) a dacinter, man never dhrew, breath, an sorra a poor ereather ever passed his doors widoul a bite or a sup. Troth he "was John. Mistress Murphy, (pulling a flask outof j his pocket,) would ye thrust me for a half pint till I go down to the wharf, and may the devil fly away wi' the roof of me jacket, but I'll pay pay ye before the sun goes to bed? Fire burn the dhrap, John, tell ye pay | me for the half pint ye got yistherday. Mistress Murphy, (emphatically,) I I know, yer modthcr, an'she was an ould 1 hod-carrier and yer fadther a dhirty wash- I erwoman, and I seed him hauled wi' six 1 roarin1 big bulls to the gallows ye ould u?~ , . . ' John sloped in double quick time and a ] pewter beer mug rattled wraihfuily across i the pavement. '> . i "If a handsome face is a letter of re- (' commendation, as Queen Elizabeth used to ] say, the next thing which catches attention < whpn we know nothing of internal qualities, is the manner of behaviour." Politeness is the counterpart of real ?nr ui Inist is to it as nnner ^uwuuwoa) wi u? ? - .. t t currency is to sterling gold. 'Whoever will cultivate true benevolence of heart, and soundness of principle, will never be much at a loss for essentia) politeness. Case of the. Rev. Mr. Van Zant. i- This popular and accomplished clergy* I man, who has been for years the pride and boast of Rochester and of Western New York, has been convicted by a jury?certainly not prejudiced against him?of the seduction of a lovely young female of his congregation. Viewed in its proper light, this is'one of the most terrible events that has occurred if. this country. Here was a man, pledg- . cd and sworn to a holy life. Every Sabbath he stood the vicegerent of God, the mediator of man, at the alter?there, and at the bedside of the dying he administer- i ed the holiest rites of our religion. He 1 was the favorite clergyman at marriage 1 ceremonies, and administered the forms i of the church to those who swore truth Li anil constancy to each oilier. For such a man as this to be guilty of such an of- 1 fence is terrible?it conies over the minds 1 of the community like a blasting curse?a ' moral desolation. In the moral world, it < has the same efiect, as a great defalcation I in the financial; but how much more dread- i full ^ < As virtue, honor, reputation, character. < purity, peace of mind, are beyond all j price?cannot be reckoned in dollars and cents?cannot be bought though often sold, * so is this crime* of which Mr, Van Zanl f was convicted, worse than that for which ' so miry are imprisoned, outlawed, (lis- 11 franchised, and confined among felons in J the State prison. ^ j We do not wish to enter into an ah- < struct argument respecting this crime, i. which the law punishes in pecuniary damages?we will not here enter into the force s of ShoJIy's argument, that it is no crime; f or Walker's?but we may say that ' the case of Van Zantis a warning to the i clergy, especially such as arc fat, young, 1 t?nd handsome, fond of good company, t rich wine, and have a church full of fine a women?a warning to all gOOil mothers, not to let wolves in shepp's clothing pull i the wool over their eyes?and especially, ^ most especially to all young and pretty I girls, to be very careful how they go to t v.ounar clergyman's soirees, gel books out I )f their libraries, and allow them to hug c and kiss them in the bright moonlight.? <' In every way it is a caution. 1 N. Y". Aurora. t Mr. Van Zandtwasan Epiacopal Minis- v ^4XuU^*,wffrgTab)mIIted the ae^-1 lis own hnuSe, about, 2 o'clock Irr^fut jf- -f .ernoon; all his family, with the exception I >f his wife, being at home. Both the girl a tnd her sister testified that he had taken ? mproperliberties with them. t I The Best Letter.?"Jane, what let- k or in the alphabet do you like best?" d "Well, I don't like to say, Mr. Snobbs." g "Pooh, nonsense?tell right ont, Jane. Which do you like best?" c "Well (l)lushing and dropping her eyes) n ! like yon (u)the best." f / A knowing one.?"Have you voted?" isked a political drummer of a loafer who v vaa hanging round the polls, as he thrust c i ticket into his hand. "No, 1 havn't, b ind I don't mean to, that's more, till the |( hird day, about sundown. Nobody q ihakes hards with me or treats after I h lave voted. You don't catch me." t| When at the'close of the Revolutionary ~ War the American army was disbanded, t] he officers gave'a dinner in New York to (j Washington, their beloved Commander- ^ n-chief. .When called upon for a toast he (| ?ave following; j"The American Soldier of Freedom? c \Ia\d he at all times receive a good and r dentiful rnrion! And when he has finish- ? ;d his tour of duty ou earth, may he pitch t lis tent,in the Elysian fields, and there s eceive his reward from the right hand of he God of battles!" ' Babies by the Million.?It would be a * jtiriotis sight to see all the white babies in 1 (1 he United States, under 5 years old to- j jelher, they would make a pretty little collection of 2,400,000. What a squall there * vould be, should they all be spanked at die same time, and what a heap of sugar plums it would take to quiet them. They have had a bit of a religious riot in Bos- ' ton. The Post, of Thursday, thus alludes to it: !i Disgraceful.?We are mortified to state that s the church where Elder Knapp has preaciied I for the last two evenings, has been surrounded |, by a tumultuous crowd of men and boys who v have annoyed the congregation while entering and departing from the building, by hisses and other riotous conduct. On Tuesday evening1, several of the mob were taken to the watch- 1 liouse, and more were arrested last night. The 1 number assembled last evening must have r imounted to nearly two thousand, and it was 'J utterly impossible for the police to control them. 0 Such scenes are gross outrages upon the rights j{ those who go to hear M. Kuapp, and should oe prevented if there be power to do it in .our v :ity government. 11 y From th" Southern Planter. THE COW. 1 How much a certain supply of good 1 milk conduces to the comfort of a family: D how much inconvenience is occasioned J the good wife by the failure of the cow 1 .'to come up," or any other accident * which deprives her of this necessary ad- < ? ii? v.... , <1 ilion to her cuJinary stores: now mwn it happens that all the art of the milk- 1 maid fails to extract the necessary supply front the dozen miserable looking cutlJc I > ~t*-4 7. - -v " V.7 . - - ? . she is seht to dretol . "What a contrast '& does stirh n scene present to one we late\f 'witnessed. We-were invit^jt to call and sec a cow belonging to ca poor mart in this neighborhood, to whose farmer** she was the chief means:of. support. Wfi railed about milking time, nntl-f'Uiid thrff beautiful animal J^eH hoUs^(l1' Wll.fr(!t well curried, and in the art of beiflg. well milked. Tlie rich streams that was ihg from her generous bag would baW more than sufficed to supply the wants of anyone fafriWy, nnd was certainly greater in amount than that obtained from a whole' plantation of cows that we hav"?^!e?-n.? Why will any body, who dpes'not intend :o sell milk or btiller' keep nuiretfhan wo cows? - One good one is generally sufficient. It is not necessary to.urge the .'OiivenienCe and economy of keeping one v * rood cow welt, instead of a half dozen. ? udifferent ones badly. We believe the". rommuniij' are well aware of the diffej;?nce. But the truth isi the cattle j,u ims egiou, generally, are so indifferent'-'(hat l is a difficult matter to get one gdud cow j-^ ind with us importation^^jSf&)ut of the v juestion. What is left then but thfrt our armers should pursue the course jointed it by us on a former occasion/ viz; by se- ' ecling the best of'pur natfveeioek^nd udicious crossing, build up a good stork. >f our own. The man who will- early ' urn his attention to this matter will findhfs iccount in it. A native or acclimatedlock, every thing else equal, iS-'Vorrb * A ifty per cent, more than a foreign one.-ri In hundred jrows per annum may be sold n the city "Of Richmond, alone,"at' one' lundred dollaVs a piece, if they are of he quality that may well be produced in i few years by proper attention. The Ayrshire we incline to believe the \ * - ? - * e Ti 1_ >esl cross for the naii?e cattle 01 r.asiern . /irgiitja, and the importation of a good >uil would, we think, amply remunerate he importer, provided, hd: would <?afcLU\?; ; ate to Use his services in raising a stuckf*.,.. f milch cows for this market. When ihe haracterof such stock fame to be esla'b- \ islied, and the iarmer knew where For one Kindred dollars he could get o covr that, ?vveil fed anil attended to, would supply^^<%e lafT"Fy" wilh milfr and Kjitlor ura ?t some time,-greeter th^n the_suj>j^A~ ?or this ptirposelhe river farms bMoware dmirably adapted; for they have this, ?d antage, that whilst this stork can-be ransported above, not only with impunity,mt with actaal advantage, it is a. well mown fact that cattle cannot be brought lown from the upper country, without the ;reatest risk. That our friehds may the better judge jfe >f those outward and'visible signs?-that nark a good milch cow, we subjuin the ollowing article from the "Tennessee igriculturistt" ' > "If we ever rightly appreciate the cow, * ve will understand the secrefof breeding attleof one shape for milk, another for eef, and still a third for oJcen. We will sarn the milch cow must ha*e light fore-t uarters and brisket, thin neck, delicate end, soft silky coat, wide hips, and thin > highs: while the best animal for beef, as a short thick head and neck, hear uarters, round barrel and shortlegs; btit'V fie ox is longer in me iimo, ooay, ana in* eed in all his proportions. Vhen breeding domestic animals isre-' uced to a science, the different breedf or the milker, beef and ox, will be disj ussed with the greatest gravity, and the >aiticular structure of each will be conidered indispensable. Not only so, but * * fie proper management of cattle in each tate of their growth will be lboked ujjoh s a matter of more importance than the ttention now given to the racer in each ear of its growth. When we esteem the ow as wc should, we will have her winter [tiarters, in point of comfort, next to the umilv dwelling; and we will learn that ivery currying is at least as serviceable o the cow as the horse. The proof that ve do not nut'a proper estimate upon the :ow, requires no other argument than the act, that not one farmer perhaps in fifty ias even a comfortable shelter or wholeome winter food for cattle. In Tennessee, we have enough of the improved >reeds, and we trust a sufficiency fif mowledge to commence improving. If ve, as farmers, study our own comfort nd interest, we will produce breeds of sattle more valuable than any yet in exigence, and the prices heretofore given for he best short-horned Durham, will be no norc than a 'starting bid' for them.?rhere is no doubt in the world, a race ?f cows may be made which will giv? a lushel of milk each per day, and could ve imagine an adequate price for an aniual of this description?" 4 Internal Improvements, i" WILL receive proposals for completingtHe an - * ? * o.-a ?: l " linished pari oi Koau acruaa ouiucu wwanip, it Vance's Ferry, according to the plain of Gen. f. W. Cantey'a contract, until tho third day of February next, at which time I will attend on the ,vork to perfect the contract for tho same. All sommunications addressed to me officially* and sent, >ostuge paid, to Cedar Shoal Post Office, Chrrfter District, will be attended to until the 25th Jannery. J. G. KELL, S:ipt. Public Works, Jan. 13. via--- ^