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*. ' k : jW ._J ^ agf:- x * tJVEH* SEMES.). VOIj. 3. II ' ' ' &OITK-CAKOMNA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1S-12. - , v : . V*"* 23;. .> ???-" " ' v' " - r' THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. published every wednesday morning, ey THOMAS W. FKftUKS. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum hindrance, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents irilhin six months, or Four Dollars at the expiration of the year. Adcerliscmcnls inserted at 73 cents per square, (fourteen lines or less,) for the first and37.} rents for each subsequent insertion. The number of insertions to be noted on all adrcrtisrmcnts, or they icill be published until ordered to be discontinued, and char-red accordingly. One. Dollar per square for a single insertion.? Quarterly and Monthly adcerliscmcnls will he charged the same as a single insertion, and Semi-jnonlhly the same as new ones. For publishing Citations as the law directs, three dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Cantlidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibition will be charged as adcerliscmcnls. \fJT Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. All letters by mail must be post paid to insure punctual attention. POETRY. For the Camden Journal. THE MAY PARTY.?ey edward j. porter. " hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, ssntt ovno l<viL-od love to eves that snokc acrain. Wvy.V. J ? ... , 0 And all went merry as a marriage bell." Byron. Was it a dream of rapture given? With such creations as iniglit well Wing from the radiant halls of Heaven, To bind with its resistless spell The soul of song, and bid gush Fresh from its unsealed fountains forth, 7 Lending 6uch hues as only flush Its wavelets in an hour of mirth,? That floated from its spheres on high, Wakening tones of minstrelsy, And twining o'er the sleeper's bro\y,? To win from darkened scenes of earth, Ilis spirit by the hallowed glow, Such dreams alone can light below,? Wreaths bathed in dews of heavenly birth? No, not a dream! though all too bright, Too beautiful, too exquisite, To float, save in those realms above, Where Peris weave their spells of lore; Aud fragrant wreaths of deathless flowers . Twine o'er the bliss-awakened hour?, ? ^ * In radiant glimpses now and then, By some rapt minstrel's wandering thought; And sung in such sweet strains again, That spheres may pause awhile to own The pathos of oach trembling tone; And wonder's self stands breathless near, Each passion-gilt 01 ngni 10 \vc<u. The liall was lighted?and the wreaths That hung around, were softly weeping Such essscnco as the night flower breathes' O'er truant zephyr's gently sweeping, When rays arc twined o'er hill and stream, And spirits leave their flowrcts closing, To catch awhile the silvery gleain That bathes caoh petal's hush'd reposing; And happy groups were moving there, Whi-e tones as of the burning strings That Angels sweep in halls of air, Twining amid their murmuring?, Such chaplcts as alone might blush, Iajecpig's undying spirit-gush, Were breathing round: 'Twas sweet to see Their graceful forms, half floatingly, The mazy dance's measure tread; Vet oh! more softly sweet each smile The blood-rich checks, all light o'crsprcad, While eyes, whose glancings richly shed? Their sunny gleams on all bestowing,? With rays all eloquence, were glowing, And bright as spirits wear to wile Earth's wandering thoughts, when wreaths are given, That breathe the essences of Heaven. Well may such fair, bright forms as those, That floated half divinely there? And smiles where love's young spirit glows? And eyes whose snwiy gleaming wear All, all of Heavenly light that may 'Round earthly orbs in softness play, That brightly peered through each bright tress Of every hue, from softest waves Of brightest amber's loveliness? Sucli as within their trilliccd caves, The Oreadcs deck with the first flowers That grace young summer's infant hours,? To the dark depths of waving jet, . In rich luxuriance loosely flowing, Or braided 'neath a bandelet Of pearls, all ra^Jitly glowing:? Yes, well may tfoeyrattjife, all mirth, Weave a glad welcome o'er the birth Of the young Moon of Flowers, that now, Arrayed in bright gems, laughingly Looks up with sunny eye and brow, Like hope upon its brighest sea, Yet half unconscious of the light That, bursting o'er her sense and-sight, Hath waked her being, still- she seems Lost, dazzled 'mid a sea of dreams, Not deeming such jjfhpur is her's "* Or form?, so fair h?tworshippers. SumisniUe, Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. London, March 14, 1842. The East India Cotton Experimental Establishment at Surat, in the Presidency of Bombay, is done up, and the Americans who are engaged to conduct it are now on their way home. The Bombay Times of the22d and 2Sth of January, contains some curious correspondence on the subject from Messrs. J. M'Cullough, II. M'Cullough and Thomas Wolfe, planters from the United Stales, and the authorities. From a calm review of all that appears, and from a careful and minute investigation of other circumstances, I cannot but nrriro nt *tir? mil rl iisinn that llifi above named gentlemen have been treated with gross incivility and positive harshness. There arc concurrent facts, and local corroboration, which warrant an implicit bclicfin the statement put forth by those gentlemen; and as both in India, and in this country, the same has been respectfully received, mingled with deepregrctat the result, I shall give you its more important passage. "When wc left our homes and came to this country, under engagements from the honorable East india Company, wc did so in the full hope thai success would attend our exertions, and to that success we were not only led to look, but bound in our agreements to calculate on it for our remuneration. We very naturally thought we never should have been sent bore to grow cotton, without having every facility placed at our disposal which would be necessary to accomplish the object aimed at. Wc were not long in Bombay, however, before we discovered the error in onr conclusions. We were not to be allowed to exercise our own judgment on some points that pertain materially to the success of our experiment. We wished to see something of'tlie country, its different soils, and the agricultural people, before settling down. The principal collector in Sural, I and the supcrinlcndant appointed by him, had these matters in their own hands * * In resigning we believe that we best consult, not only our own interest, but that of the Hon. East India Company: for cramped as we are, we can do no good." IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA. PROBABLE TERMINATION OF THE WAR. By the steamer Newborn, Capt. M'Nullatk'a.'wc ha ve'the1 imporlnut fnfbJigcncc ; that Haleck Tustcnuggce has come in once more, in order to have an interview with Col. Worth. Only a few hours elapsed after the late buttle in the neighborhood of the Ocklnwaha. His warriors suffered severely in that engagement, and he now proposes to surrender. He has again gone out to bring his people in, some sixty or seventy, including at least twenty warriors. -Col. Worth has given him the assurance that he shall be made a Chief, which, together with some other induce I- ?1 -I liin, Innvnc !lf? miini tO II1CIUS I1UIU UUI. n/ doubt that he is sincere. In short, lie lias been hotly pursued for months past by our indefatigable troops, and is reduced to extremity. The surrender of Ilullcck virtually finishes the war. Sam Jones and the prophet are still at the South, but they have not been near the settlements, nor committed murders for a long time. They pretend to observe Gen. Macomb's treaty. Halleclc has sent a messenger to them, and there is every reason to believe that the war is at an end. "Wc speak on the authority of intelligent officers who came in the Newborn, who had been for years campaigning it in Florida, when wc slate that the next arrival will bring lis gratifying intelligence that the war is concluded. One of the officers whom we conversed with was in the lute skirmish with Ilullcck, which is represented as a sharply contested affair. Capt. Casey's company, which I was most warmlv encaged, had been in hot pursuit ever since the 4lh of March. Hallcck had disposed his troops perfectly for the combat, and waited till the attacking party had extended in light infantry order and advanced to within fifty yards. He retreated three different times, in good order, front hammock to hammock. Lieut. Arnold, in hunting up a trail, became seperaled from his command with only three soldiers, one of which was killed and the two others wounded. Lieut. Arnold was thus left alone, and had a regular combat with one of the warriors with whom he exchanged shots?the Indian being badly wounded in the affair. Savannah Republican. Efficacy of Bleeding in Curing the disposition to Commit Suicide.?Whew the disposition to commit suicide is present, ,I,A t-K/.n!,! La r?o / ifn 1 In nc/?nrlnin tvltnllwtr ilie patient is not laboring tinder congeslion of the brain, or a determination of blood to the head. The loss of a small quantity of blood has frequently been? known to remove the propensity to self-destruction. A case is referred lo by Schlegcl, of a woman who was liable to periodical fits of suicidal mania whenever she allowed redundancy of blood to accumulate in the system. On two occasions she attempted suicide.?On the first indication of a return of her delirium she was generally bled. Relief was instantaneously af. B forded. A gentleman, who had received during the Peninsular campaign a sabre cut in the head, felt fur some years, whenever he was exposed to great mental excitement, or indulged in the use of spirits, a suicidal delirium. Twice he was detected in the net of suicide. The local nb-. slraction of blood from the neighborhood of the brain was the only remedy which appeared to subdue the disposition. The case to which I have already referred, of individuals who were insane at the momcnt when the act of self-destruction was attempted, but who recovered the use of their reasoning after having inflicted a wound attended with loss of blood, fullv I . ? .?~ ? i ~.wl testily uic importance ui guiti nm. iUUI, depiction in certain cases of cerebral disease attended by this unfortunate propensity.? F. Winslow's "Anatomy of Suicide." ' A Soi.niEit's Lass.?The Fort^Fick'ciing Eagle tells a very neat little story of a young lady in those diggings. It is to this effect. While donations were being made in relief of the Tcxian volunteers, a young lady, prompted probably by a feeling of patriotism, natural on such occassions, took from her neck a strinjr of coral beads, which she'presented to tlie auctioneer, then at his vocation, in order that it might be sold?it being the only article of value at Iter disposal at that time. It was sold and returned to the auctioneer by the various purchasers to be resold, we understand, at least a dozen times. The last purchaser returned it to the fair doner, but she rejected it, saying she had'prescntrd it to the company, and did not desire that it might he returned. 'Keep it, then," replied the purchaser, "as a memorial of what it has done, and wear it in memory of your departed friends."?Dollar Weclhj. "Brif.f Authority"?The way in which some starvelings demean themselves while enjoying a little authority is enough to make a human being blush. The Indcpendant Democrat tells of a mechanic at the Spring field armory, who one day last week was informed that a messenger was near with a letter, for him, brought by Ilarndcn's express. Immediately he applied to one of the major's "minute men" for permission to receive it, either in the armory or at the door. But the haughty-underling' rc-frtficdto grant his request, and advised him [ tifilBr^J',MpUosecthat it might contain importahi'miormation, (as it was sent by express,) the mechanic, in violation of bis instructions, walked out into the highway and these recived his letter, which contained intelligence of the death nfhis mothci in Piltsficld. Jl'hc had obeyed the tyrant's rule, he would have been too late to follow his aged mother to the grave!?lb. Poverty!?What a true sentence is that in the beautiful writings of Goldsmith, "if you are poor, do not seem so, if you would avoid insult as well as suffering." Any one who mingles in the daily ranks of life will find it hourly illustrated. As the sharks turn and destroy one of their number when wounded, so is man apt to turn upon his fellow being when he appears to he unfortunate and broken down. Instead 1 of raising a kindly hand toraise him up, we ! are apt to push him down. Such is the 1 way of the world. Poverty is said to be no crime, but men seem to think it akin to I it.?lb I A NEW MONSTER. An "Exchequer Flan," fashioned by Mr. j | Tallmadge, of the U. S. Scnale, will be I caflerl up before that body in a day or two, | I for decisive action. Politicians say that' I there is a strong probability of its passing., I We know not exactly what thc"Exchc-i | qner Plan" may be?but if it assimilates' in any respect to a bank?if it be aught ; more than a simple agency for asfely collecting and disbursing public moneys, like Van Iiuren's sub-treasury?its enactment would be a curse to the land. Our republic wants on institution to regulate the cur < icncy; that currency is bad enough, heaven knows?but it is thus bad lromthc very at: tempts of legislators to better it, and patch i if. and niece it. | All chartered financial institutions (fori j discount and circulation of paper) are ano-' Imalies in such a government as ours.?k! I The nation lias bcencurs.ed with them ever j since the day of its birth?and Willaml Leggett deserves a statue to his fame for having started thediscussion of their validity?if for nothing else. There are innumerable cliques interested in the continuance of paper rnoney banks, and innumerable periodicals depending directly and indirectly upon bank men and bank friends for support?consequently those establish*incnls are not in want of advocates. When at some future period, the historian of America shall record the events of the earlier half of the nineteenth century, his re&ilers will be filled with amaze. For that Ijie nionstrotts error of financial policy and tfie partial ami absurd doctrines upon the subjjgql.of currency could have obtaincd a civilised land, will then seem almost lttcrediblc. A little fellow came once to a tanner with a dog skin which he desired to sell, "*V'~ * <S * . L ' * when llie tanner enquired whether' the skin had been taken off a fat ting? On. yes, exclaimed the bny, it ,ivas taken off the fattest dot; yon ever saw; lie was dreadful fat. O you never did see any* thing like him; he *.vas -as fat as?as fat as?O he was tarnation fat! But, says the tanner, 1 do not like the skin of a fit dog; it is in general too tender for servicp. Oh?but ?well?I don't know as how I can say he was so thtindcrin' fat after all! A MOST ROMANTIC STORY. [Thefollowir.g romantic story, which is- | said to be strictly true, is translated from : a Paris paper, generally considered to* he under the especial patronage of Louis Philippe, called *&*JAvdiencc."\ At a l eceiitsitting of the OriiniitaLCoiirl , ofTambof. a proyrince.of Russia, 263-jP.eas- i ants were, tried on a charge of pulling to d?uth^a Russian Aoble, unifer. circnmsta 11ccs of a shocking but romantic- character, 1 of which the following are the details:? ] On the evening in question, all was mer-' rimeril in the cbrTteau of Sokolin-Slaw. Gaiety and festivity were the order ol the day. ' Around a table richly and plentiful* ly supplied with the choicest viands sal twelve young officers wearing the costume of the Starobouro regiment. The owner of the chateau (M. Meerzeloff, aged about twenty two,) had assembled his comrades 1 to celebrate, in a manner worthy the occa* 1 sion, a piece of good fortune which had i happened to liim, and to commence with. < gaiety the enjoyment of an immense patri- 1 mony, of which he had just come in :pos- 1 session. "Another glass of champaigne." said Mccrzeeloir, taking up the bottle, and | pouring forth its sparkling contents. i "To the heahlrof the child of fortune." 1 cried all nroitftd, as they followed his.cx* ' ample in filling their glasses. "In good 1 faith," said one of the guests, "what is thai?" demanded the nmphylrion. "Tiiey are not wanting," said the host. "Behold those young beauties. They shall be to you as the hour is of this terrestrial paradise." He pointed us he spoke, and tv. ch'c young females were seen entering the chamber, Singing in chorus the favorite airs of the country. The little of reason which remained to the host andjils guests now disappeared entirely. At the dessert tlio mnle attendants'were dismissed, and MeerzcelotTV~wtro declared that he was fH'r iiivwvd^jnako his old comrades hapthe one ojj h choose ' most to his lasTe; Accustomed from the craO'e to a blind*" obedience, and well assured that they should find neither protection nor defence among the serfs of Sokolin-Slaw, the poor girls upon whom the choice of thcoflicers ffll, quietly submitted to their fate, with one single exception, namely, that of Maryna, the most beautiful of them all, who, taking advantage ol the moment, fled from the castle and directed her steps towards the country "What is this?" cried Mccrzceloff, on hearing the rumor of her flight, "what savage dare shake off my yoke? Ivig-Ivan! Alexis! fly in pursuit of Mary.na, and let her be brought back without delay." One of the men to whom this order was given was the brother of Maryna, and the other her affianced husband. They obeyed his commands, however, as they were compelled to do, and went after the fugitive like dogs in pursuit of- game, and ten minutes had scarcely elapsed before " poor Maryna was brought back, pale, trembling, and bedewed with tears. But as soon as she was restored to the castle, Maryna and the other damsels were arrayed in gorgeous dresses, ami decorated with a prolusion of gems and flowers, and, night having arrived, commenced in a sa loon refulgent with light, one of those brutal orgies which the Russian nobles, with their half savage ideas, call a "Supper of Eden." ? * 2 i By midnight the sound of music had ceased in the chateau. Those of the serfs, whose duties did not keep them at their posts, had dispersed in the village. Kig Ivan and Alexis, the brother and lover of Maryna, had retired to a cabaret, whore to chase away the thoughts that disturbed them, they were drinking freely. During this time, Mafia, the favorite of MeerzeelofT, was burning witli jealousy. Ifer master had not allowed her to go down "to the banquet, lest her beauty should have attracted the attention of the officers. She had, however, notwithstanding tins, been a witness of the ''drama of love," and -enraged beyond measure at what she beheld, resolved to be revenged ' upon her faithless lord and lover. She J accordingly went to the cabaret where Kig-Ivan and Alexis were (hiking, and re- < proached them with their want^of spirit, saying, "Base wretches! yowgtsit. here drinking while robbed of your sister and r your wife!' They denied that they were i the ba?e conniveis at their own dishonor, s They were rather the-vicliras of their ty- * rnnica] lord. Mafia continued to taunt r th'cm until they became greatly incensed, 0 and were on the point-of ill-treating her; i but she said, "For shame! rather be the I1 avengers of your own wrongs than the g oou-icMtic i\C n liefhlcsss*woman,*' aijil con- ti linued to work upon their fecling^until she at last made them swear that they would lake no rest until Me'erzceloff had % -J# ... ' i i l, rL| j xaamm?abw^??i111 *" fallen under doir avfuigingMinnds. "Ven- >)V gennce!" how became the cry, and n?1$ss . than half an hour that cry.- was \repeated r?by a band of 404 peasants, who had'fceen* . assembled by Iiig-lvan and his friend. In about three hours after this, ana just ' before the dawn of day, *Jm1c the occu. punts of the Chateau wedlocked in:the fast embraces of sleep, a band of nearly 400 peasants, each bearing a truss of straw,* surrounded the -mansiort, which, .. . like nVnslyvf the residences of the provin.- . ces of Tamhot, was built of wood., At * giren signal they set fire to the fence urhicfr ' '& v surrounded the chateau, and then retinng to a distance armed with muskets, axes, * pitchforks, anj. sythewthey waited utUil the Seigneur of. Sok?mn-81aw and ma * \ guests should.be aroqsed from their slum-" ^ hers by the conflagration. . MeerzeelpfT, the first alarmed by Hie light . rushed out and tried to clear tlie gate but v Lhc contents of a musket," which extended [irm upon the ground, told him what his guests, had to expect. The latter presently appeared, sword in hand, resolved;-if possible, to surmount the~3>wo-(n)d obstacle opposed to their escaptrjoy the flames * and the infuriated band of peasants. A?' terrible and bloody encounter now took place, in which the officers were fortunate enough to loose but one of their number, Captain Dranberg, and ultimately effected-,'? retreat into a small wood, overcome withv fatigue, their clothes torn to tatters'in the* .1??ntiik <!?/> ooftflonlo Pntir * -'* of their number were dangerously.wourid- ; Cd. . ^ ; J. As soon as the officers bad fled, the , peasants ran to the rescue of ihe females, and then returned to gratify their fee&nggfc ^ nf revenge in the most savage magfraroge They made a tremendous fire of woo<C? and as soon as it had become clear ana bright, threw theliving body of the^un- , % happy MeerzeelofF into the midst of^the glowing furnace. Maffa, repentingfsfeo'.late of her jealousy, in vain 'supplj&jdd them to spare the yet breathing sufferer; ' * and in reply to her troublesome entreaties, they actually took her and threw her into \? the fire after him. They next proceeded ' to burn down the chateau, and to destroy everything that had belonged to its unfortunate owner. As soon as the occurrence had reached the ears of the Emperor Nicholas, his majesty ordered that a judicial innnrre chnnld .a. take place ihlo the ^lrcdmsTances of'the - ' and the result was the apprehension '^'f^^C5CS2522l3he_peasants. evidence, the Tribunal condemned prisoners.in thefirst place to receive 100 blows of the knout?a punishment alrpoat * ' equal to a sentence of death, siric^seldofin does more than one in ten survive'iLapd - $ secondly, that all (he survivors shoofdbe sent to labor for life in the mines of Siberia. -gi| ' The Emperor, in consideration of the cause and provocation of.their offeneerifes^ commuted the sentence to banishmfflgrajft the Caucasus; and those capable^fcWrar- ' " ; inpr arms, are to be enrolled in the>Cos-? sacks regiments of the line. ^ CURIOUS ADVERTISE^!ENT> NEW YORK GAZETTE. * Rund avay or yas sdoled or vas sdrayed mine large black horse, about 14 oder 16 *" hands six inches hie?he has been got four plack legs, two pebind and (wo pefore? he is plack all over, his pody?he has got some vile spots pon his pack vere de skin was rub ofe, but I greesed em, and de vite spots are all plack agen?he_ trods and 1 kahters and sometimes he ralks^and ren $ he valks all his legs and feat goes on afterJ* anodcr?lie has two eyes, vofi^$.piU oi!t~ * ' and toder is pon the side of his'hekdV 'iand ven you go to toder side he vont seec^ott -.. ij^ven he eats good deal he hasa pig $ ?he has a long dail dat hangs down^pei- # hind, but I cut it short tod?r day, and notr t its not so long vat it vas?he is shoed alt round, but his pehind shoes corned ofe, and now he has.gdt on shoes only pefore?he Wnltc 11 n hie hpnd and lnnk<j (Tfltlv. and Veil tic has peen frighten he joomps about like every thing in de vorld, he fill ride mit a saddle or a chare or a kart or he vill goby himself*without nodody put a pag on his;4j$t* pank and a poy on it?he is not Very old?^: J ind Sis head ven he valks or runs goes fifstiand his nail stops behind, only ven he gets mad and turns roundt and den some* times his dail conies first. Voelref vi(, pring him'pnek shall pay FiveDollbrsrei* vard?and if he pring pack the tie'f dot sdole him, he shall pay jiesides^Twenty Dollars, and ax no questions. STOKEEN PONDItEILDREEN? Fire Engke for Salef THE Camden Independent Fire Engine Com- , iany wishing to procrtre a larger .Engine, offer he one. they now have, for sale. It if a first rate action Engine, of the most approved constructioa, v illi twenty four feet <>fsuctionrnnd about onejiunIrpil nud-fiftuof ordinary Hoee. It Is m&rlv lew, has heekbtiLlittle used, and is kept infiret rate . ?Jer. For ftir.ntefiSformatlon address the Secretav of the Caifide'i -independent Fire Engine Comany. Camdefr, April 33* The CUrlgpwTpareUe ahd Mecklenburg Jef- ' rirsonian will insert the above 3 times and forward heir BTTls to'tHis office. *Jofo Panting. cAccoiea at urn uitcc, j ' * "* ' ? * * W ' : . ; . : ' -