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^ ^ -'ij, *"* \W-* CT ^ ^ * A . v- ' ^ - f 4 * # ,...?lo ""'' i I ' i 1 i'^ ' ^ ^ JU-i.- ^ [?veif sjemes.] vol.3. camden, soutii-carolina, Wednesday, june 29, 1842. ,< " no. so t J .?.. ^ . . ^ j yi . , * t?p 111,11 " jL-J_dLH^iLJ Uj.mummii - ,,..., 1 fcgSU * * . THE CAM HEX JOURNAI PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY THO^pS W. VFAiWS. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum in advance, Thrc Dollars an7 Fifty Cents iri'hin six months, orFou fW^jDollars at the expiration of the near. MF v Aicertisenvi's inserted at 75 cents per square "' ^fourteen linos or loss,) for the first and 37A cent for each subsequent insertion. The number of in sertions to be noted on all advert isepients, or the, will be published un'il ordered to be discontinued and char<reA accordinglyf3-' ftdmf' One Dollar per square for a single insertion.? Quarterly and Mon'lily advertisements mi!!be char > " ?: ? dfck bed the same as a single insertion, anu oa/K-muwn ^m^fgihe sQ/ttie as new ones. For publishing Citations as the law directs three dollars will he charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, am Communications recommending Candidates fo public oficcs of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibi tiofi will he charged as advertisements. " *\fy Accounts for Advertising and Job Work wil Represented for payment, quarterly. All letters by mail must be post paid toinsur dunctual attention. POETRY. For the Camden Journal. MOONLIGHT MUSINGS. 'Tis sweet at silent hour to gaze, When all around is wrapt in sleep, Upon the moon's bright, beauteous rays, And hear the watch-dogs vigils keep. 'Tis then that man escapes from care, And busy scenes of day are o'er, As on the gentle zephyrs bear, The distant sounds of waters roar. V No c'oud is spread o'er the queen, To dim her gentle light; Eut natuKg.-all alive is seen, And free' from cartfdv blight. 'Tis now the muscVnSrp may ring Of nature calm and cle^r, As o'er the enraptured hcartHhey fling Their siU^try cords so fair. Oh could there evgpe througfi life, A calm always IjKe this, Earth freed front alirts-.trwjbl'd strife, In every bosom peafce:-; .3L - W. J. " ' r From /!'< WoStihgMri ulube. MR. TYLER AND 'KHE TARIFF. The Alexandria Gazqftc says?. 'It begins to be pretty broadlytnsinua toil by those who go to the^Wliite House p thatAir. Tyler will retfjtitpy tariff bill tha shall be passed by Congress containing : ,K.. l clause repealing me proytsv, m _.wpc mi., law whicli suspends iis oppratijf^wj^epcv er duties shall lie laid <>n fo^fittailhp'otta tinns above 20 per cent. In ofl^jf^wgrj'd? Mr. Tyler will noisig$ any tif|OTppill, 111 less the proceeds of the public lands b given up." |p> Well: this, wc suppose, will be consi< ?rcd a breach of faith in the President. 1 -,he has been pledged to any thing by hi political career, wc should think it wa hostility to a tariff?not levied to procur revenue to defray the expenses of the Gei eral Government, but oftlie .State Goverr nienls; anil to throw bounties into th pockets of protected classes, who fin throw away the public lands, to make th duties on imports approach the prohibitor point. Ilaunihal was not more solenuil sworn to hostility against the Roman: Mr. Tyler, every body knows, attache himself to the ultra party, which made to repeal of such a taiiff a sine pita, von, l cuon.-n nenniesrenre in ihc revenue law: It was repealed, and the compromise a. made a sor^nf congressional compact In tween the*North and South, on which boi agreed l<? rt$t their differing interests.? The mutual concession gave universal sai isfaction; and the ma uifacitiring classesfe' who were supposed to make large sacrif Jr. ces of profits to the indisputable claims i justice asserted by other classes?hav found that the stability and security cnjin ed under the peaceful arrangement agree upon, conferred a higher prosperity o manufactures than they ever attained ur derfthe system of warfare which precede it. Politicians have, nevertheless, bee able to stimulate anew the cupidity of m< no poly; They are tempted hy new pe centages; and the public domain was put pnsely alienated, to furnish a pretext fo the abandonment of the arrangement whic for ten years past, has poured oil on a! the tariff agitations. The public know too, that the land distribution bill coul not have been passed, if this hidden pui pose had not been expressly disclaimed b the provisions of the bill. Mr. Herriei and other Southern members, dared nc vote for the distribution bill, without ii Rertintr a clause saving the compromise ac and suspending distribution in case lit eltghtestimpost beyond twenty per ceni became necessary; and yet Mr. Fillmor has the hardihood to propose the ovci throw of all the guaranties of both bill; and the very condition in one nfetheir without which it is notorious it could nc have become a law?and this, by a bill-V twelve lines!! By a trick, in getting in resolution for the purpose, ha.alt?mipted t whip through the Commii?e<To?ji!|^Wiiol this repeal in half an hour, it in a few minutes more, by thtf' question!! We should he surprise^^^giph 'j President were to lay down the doctrines of liis whole life on so short a summons as this half hour legislation of Mr. Fillmore ?surrendering1 his principles on the tar if] ?the law by which, after a conflict apa preaching to civil war, thov were guaranr tied; and the condition of the distribution bill, which was another recognition of, '' and security for, the maintenance of the s compromise act. ' The West and the East.?The cx jquisiles of our Eastern cities sometimes meet with curious adventures in the ''far - West." General C.,(well known in Phila - delphia) on getting on board of a Mississippi steamer, after a brief survey of the '! company, considered himself so lar retnovy ed in point of dignity from the jeans-clad Kentuckians, Iloosicrs, and Suckers a. J round him, that he must needs give them I striking demonstration of the fact, by re'I fusing to eat with the ordinary steel forks | used by the aforesaid vulgar herd. He ci therefore provided himself with a silver J fork, and as he was aware that if it was - placed at one end of the plains, some one of the canaille might use it, he handed it to the steward of the boat with an injunction to give it to him on his getting fairly at the dinner table. The steward promised; but the passengers got wind of the matter, and amongst them was a brawny Kenluckiati. On the first opportunity which offered, lie went on shore, and manufactured with his hunting knife, a huge wooden fork, which he also gave to the steward, with an order to give neither ofT the forks to their owners until called for. The General got seated, and 'Old Kaintuck" posted himself opposite to hiin; but the silver fork was not forthcoming. ''Hand tne my fork," said he to the steward. Ii was respectfully presented. "Hand me mj fork," bawled the Kentuckian. It wa< presented, and poked into a piece of bed with the utmost gravity. The passengers, who loyl watched the proceedings, coulil stand it no longer. They burst into reiterated shouts of laughter, until the gentleman, 7tar excellence, felt it such an in frinofinc.it upon his dignity, tlr.il lie arost in liigli dudgeon, and sought the Caplaii of the boat, with a complaint that his pas ~ scngers li :d behaveii with great rudeness "Sip'* said the captain, (a real wcstcri man.) with grave earnestness, "you arc lo< large a man for mydiitlc boat! I'm afraii that-in walking from side to side, youi ' weight might capsize her; and you hut better go ashore !" Gen. C, evaporated a I the first landing. The Room with the Light in it.? - The foregoing anecdote is only equally b) !, an occurrence that took place in earl) i- times, in Tennessee, in which Gen. Jack e son, (then a young man) was one of ili< principal actors. The writer heard llit I- story often in the town where the occur If j rencc took place. The General was ri s > ding the circuit at the time referred to, a< s a lawyer, and Court was sitting in the lit c | lie town of R now not much larger.l-1 It was a pleasant summer evening, and i i-J group of the gentlemen of the bar wen e ; standing, in. front of the only tavern in tin >t plactj, engaged in discussing the news o e the day, when a stranger rode up to tin y ' ilonr oi the tavern and dismounted. Then y was much of the dandy in bis appearance s. lie stalked into the house, looking neithe* d right nor left, and paid no attention what e ever, to the friendly greetings of the gen o ; tlemen before mentioned. 'The house wa ' kept by an aged widow lady, who was re t spectcd and esteemed bv all who knew her 5-1 The important gentleman sought he h | presence, and demanded, rather than re T.j quested, ".1 room to himself, and, a Ugh in it." Mrs. 11. politely informed liin ? j that as Court^was then sitting, and lie i- house was somewhat crowded, it would bi if impossible to accommodate him in tin c way proposed, but that he could have i ,* room, if lie would share it with nnoihei d | gentlemar.. This he refused; and tinallj n became so insolent and annoying in his re i- marks upon the want of accommodation d that the lady sent for General Jackson, ai n 1 one in whom she could confide, and re >- quested his advice. To hint she statec r the case, and lie desired her to leave tlx ' j matter to liim. He immediately took < r servant, and made him enter the lime tog li corn-crib, rake the corn all on one side II' and sweep the floor. The light so mucl I wanted, was placed upon the floor. Tlx d entrance was a hole about two feet square r- with a door, or shutter which fastened will y a padlock. The General then repaired ti i, the great man, and told him his room was it ready, with a light in it! The grinning t- darkey took another light and prccedet :i him, while the General, with due defer c enco, brought up the rear. Jack led hirr t. to the hole, at which he stopped, with verj e manifest tokens of rage. "There's youi room," said the General! "Don't keep 05 5, wailing!" "Do you mean to insult me?" i, stammered the stranger, as he encounterit eil the flashing eyes of the General riveted if upon him. "Get in sir! (wasall the replv] " l n ? :? .. ..Ii, h or Dy tne internal, you srian go m. urm o and heels. Jack! (fo the negro) help him e in; he wants a room to himself!" Jack's h aid was not needed. The dandy crawleil is in, the key was turned, and a's insisted up on?h* hud a room to himself \ with a Ugh e in, itft^Boston Times. j t * t t- ? ; From The Greenville Mountaineer. VIOLATION OF THE LAW. Mr. Editor?Am Battalion muster near F Greenwood, Abbeville District, on Hattfr. day the 14th nil. the law in relation to re tailing ardent spirits was violated in the i following manner:?Bottle^ of wine were , disposed of at 25 cents a piece; the purchaser would then exchange a buttle of wine for a bottle filled with whiskey or brandy, and by this arrangement it was not necessary for the seller to have but few bottles of wine. Out of four Battalions in Abbeville, ardent spirits were sold at three of the late Battalion "musters, while peace, !harmony and good order prevailed only i at the one where no spirits were drank. H. II. From the New York Sunday Mercury. ^ mnM'P L:PII \ 1 / I TV! A S11UKI rA 1 i oiiiviwuii. BY DOW, JR. The words of my text are as follows. There's beauty on the earth, There's beauty in the air, ! There's beauty in the skies, There's beauty every where, My hearers?011 which soever side we turn our eyes we behold beauty adorned and unadorned, animule and inanimate; beauty in its original simplicity, and beauty beautified by ingenuity, skill and art; Even ugliness itself bears the impress of beauty?and there is nothing which appears uncouth or horrid at first sight, but may devclope something worthy of admiration upon a longer and closer inspection. ' That beautiful specimen of ugliness, the , toad, has a fine figurp, a cunning eye and u knowing look, despite the assertion of : tShakspeare and the fastidious taste of poets in general. In fact, my friends, there | is but little difference, as far as real beauty is concerned, between a worm and a wo' man, or a man and a monkey. The glowworm shining upon its lowly, grassy couch | in the dull dusk of the evening looks handsomer to me than a beautiful woman glittering in the dark vale of vice: and a decent lookinir moukev is more an object of admiration than a man without morals or ! modesty. It matters not how fair and 1 j comely is the exterior of the human form, if the interior is filled u ith corruption, it ' will work through and cast such leprous 1 stains upon the surface as can neither be I covered hy roti^e, nor removed by turpentine, hot water nod hypocrisy. . . Mv fiiends; the earth is conlinunlly?putting forth new buds of beauty Hmid its 1 millions of blossoms. Look at the landscape that lies spread before us. To-day - it looks beautiful in the newness, grccn: ncss ami freshness, of its attire?lo-morr row it looks bcaulifulcr in the heighth of i. its bloom?and, next day, it looks the k most bcautifulcst, when, like a dying dol; pliin, it exhibits its most gorgeous hoes - beneath the uncongenial rays of an Octo ber's sun. The natural world hatli charms s enough to captivate the heart of a hypo. - chondriac, although partially concealed - behind the curtain of careless indifference, i Though it may, at first sight, appear as ; barren, sterile and gloomy as a goose pnss ture in August, yet ifyou will but search f for the beauties that do actually exist, you s will find them rise tip before you like a e regiment of grasshoppers from the ground, . when disturbed by the footsteps of either r friend or foe. The wardrobe of the earth - is beautiful, even when faded by the frosts ..fa..tumn h.in.n lit- llm rnviiires of win. s try storms. The distant hills, with iheir . bonnets of blue?the trees will) their man. lies of varied green ? the llower-fringed r fields?the blooming meads, and the velvet - (awnsare all stamped with beauty. Nature, t when stripped of hat, shawl and frock hy i the rude hand of November, still exhibits r a beautiful embroidered petticoat, and 3 looks, if any tiling, lovelier in her halfua; kedness, notwithstanding she maybe out ) at the toes, and has a hole in the heel of her r stocking. From ihe Ralrigh Slar. , TRIAL OF M UN ROE EDWARDS. s This renowned personage, honored no - little by the military title of Colonel, and I not less distinguished for the more appro; priate & fashionable appellations, of great i forger and vilnin, was tried l>elore the court! ; of Oyer and Terminer in the City of New I , "York, during the week before last, and af. t ter a long and patient investigation, con; victed. , The case was given to the Jury at hall i past four o'clock on Monday afternoon, > and they returned into Court at ten o'clock J on the following morning with a verdict of [ guilty. The New York papers generalI ly, which had an opportunity to become acquainted with the nature of the evidence i submitted during the trial, pronounce the ' verdict to bo a most righteous one, though, ' from the conflicting testimony procured it i is believed by briber}', there bad existed ' much doiibt us to what would be the re suit. When the verdict was announced. I the prisoner turned a little pale, and asked I for snuff, which lie used freely, endeavor . ing the while 10 appear entirely unconi cerned. i The punishment is imprisonment for I not less than two nor more than five years. As this trial has caused considerable ext citeinent in N. York and some sensation throughout the country, it may not be unm " interesting lo our rradersto be a liitlo-.merc particularly informed as to the charge against him.and his trial. He was apprehended in Philadelphia on the 2d of October last, charged t^ilh committing extensive forgeries on the Messrs. Brown's, and other heavy firms of New York and New Orleans, under the name of J. P. Caldwell, from which he is supposed to have realized some fifty or sititir thousand dollars. Some forty four thousand were fouflxl upon him at the time of his arrest, the possession of whirl) he could not then satisfactorily account. It was attempted to be proved by the deposition of one Charles F. Johnston, that this money was paid to Edwards by him, in the course of some dealings with the prisoner. The amount of his testimony was, that he met Edwards in Paris in the Spring of 1841, and there entered into a business arrange, mcnl with him, whioh was carried into effect at the Eulaw House, in Baltimore, in August, 1841. The business was.'lo be, to transport slaves from Martinque to Texas ?the capital b'-iUU.UUJ, oi winch jonusion was to pay 850,000 in cash, and 250 negroes, valued as so much more. Edwards was to put in 3 1-2 leagues of land in Texas as his 8100,000. Johnston actually paid as he alledgcs, his 850,000, a no annexed to the danosilion are receipts from Edwards for $6300 in gold, 822,060 in New York bank notes, and S14.000 in Baltimore bank notes. Next the deposition of two sislersf'Philips, daughters of the person with whom Edwards boarded in Philadelphia. The eldest, Lucy, of 20 years and upwards of age, kept the books and .accounts for the lime that Edwards boarded with her mother in Philadelphia, Pa., in August and September, and especially swore he was in Philadelphia and dined there on 30th Aa, gust, both from the entries made at th?; time in the books and from memory?also, because on that day he paid her a pair of gloves he had lost to her, and she wrote, as was her custom, the date inside?it was 30th August. Theoihes sister, Caroline, swears with like positiveness to his being in Philadelphia on 30ih August and both say he pracI iijn/1 n,i /-mi.Irnont mid never went bv the name of CaldweH. To Caroline lie made proposal? of tffarriage, ami offered u settlement of ?20,000, and' exhibiting the money in bills ol 1000 and 5D0. She was never positively engaged and never married to Eil wards. Independent of ail this, the defence prodnccd the registers of different Hotels, questionable testimony at best, to shew that Edwards could not have been at the places where the forgeries were committed on the days charged in .the indictment. Thus attempting to establish an alibi. The prosecution, on the other hand, proved by the corroborative testimony of some dozen or more witnesses, the identi' tr/ of Edwards with the man Calewell.? Moreover, the money found in possession of Edwards is of the same description as thai paid to Caldwell on his forged paper. A boy from Baltimore testified that he paid to Caldwell a quantity of gold in a bag marked "J & Lee." which hag was found in possession of Edwards at the time of his I arrest. The other testimony was equally strong, and left no doubt upon the mind as to the guilt of the prisoner. There arc still five or six indictments pending against him. The defence was conducted'by Mr. Evi arts, Hon. Thomas F. Marshall and Hon. J. J. Crittenden. The prosecution, by the District Attorney and Hon. Ogden Hoffman; RUNNING IN DEBT. One who has a good name and a good credit can easily run in debt; but to escape i from the toils of surh a snare, is often found a most preplexing business. No devices which young men have invented to involve themselves in difficulties and ruin, are more frequent than that of incurring a debt al?|L:yery early agp, without any real necessity. No sooner is the aspiring youth emancipated from school, than he becomes, in his own idea, a man; and ni>t only so, hut a man of consequence, w.horn I ft behooves to dress and make a .figure.? To accomplish this purpose of making a figure, some expensive vices are to b^gaf fected or practiced. But as the stipends ofyound men just entering into life are usually inconsiderable, it is necessary to borrow on the most disad vantageour terms or purchase various requisites of a pleasurable life on credit. The debt soon ac 'cumulates ftom small beginnings .to a great sum. The young advanturer continues, while his credit is good, in the same wild career; but adieu to real pleasure, to improvement, to honest industry, and to a quiet mind. His peace is wounded. A perpetual load seems to weigh him down", and though his feelings may, by length ol limp, habit become too callous to be a dec ted by the misery of situation, yet he is lost to all sincere enjoyment; and if he fall not a victim to despair, survives only to gain a precarious existence ai inegaming iUu?, to deceive the unwary, and t<> elude the r s -arches of his persecuting creditors.? Even if he be enabled, by the death of his parents or rich relations, to pay the debts which his youthfnl folly had contracted, 0 K yet lias he suffered lost the beginning of his life, the $ rational delight and soiled 1 rnprt^e'm^fft'ir^HB^ in distressaiwhjf?ars, in fabricating -ejfepJwPF; ses and pretence^, and in flying fronj j.ho eager pursuit oftluns and sheriffs. v But die, habit of incurring debt, thobglfifij^ in tlie earllct^periods of life it may origin^JPate in ^Uj^jliessness.Wten leads fc>*cH&^ u most iti itself} and injurious 'to socict^pest htr'shonld be poor anwl steal, understood not liuman nature; DifBcuN lies and distfess Wtv8 a natural.to lesson the restraints of cnnsciencei'-^^^jyH The fortress npTionor when stormedvJro^" .the sort of poverty which is Retassione(FW4 profligacy} and not defendejl byjBpU principles, such as men of the w^jId donot ganerally possess, .has fur itfe nipsk .* part rejected at^sfretion. ^ The profligacy*"' the ifjinity, unceagi'^ nnr^nii r?f nlpasnrp, and the nnssion for ess* r**'. M"v r - " i - ?r ternal appearance, which characterize th?present age, arc necessarily productive of expense; expenses occasion distress, and " ' distress, where principles arc deficient, dis* honesty. No wonder, then, thai in no age have sharpers, swindlera, insolvent co^ tractors of debt, so mlrch abnnded.-^ There is scarcely any mode of public life in which you can be engaged wiihout ha** ing your properity exposed to the-'depre?,. dalions of villains, who have made cheatn^* ' ing a profession, and reduced the art ot & rohbery to a system.?Maifyr .of the J>er? sons who live on thesubstagfe of 'o(nera? * by borrowing, purchasing,- or.employing* without intend inland without being able to pay, make a splendid figure, and pass for^-gentlemen ol honor. But* however^ ihey may felicitate themselves on " their success, and i;i the gratifications ofygfreir. < pride and vanity, they are more cnTOm^f ' and detestable than highwaymya ; house breakers, because in the crime oE theft there is no breach of generotw * coiw^^j fidence.?Buston Transcript. ' ? " J&itk ' Going it'A lone."?One of the. Santa' Fe prisoners, a Mexican named Iftartiag ?| Dias, arrived in this city n day or trwb 4 * since, having made his escape from the * ' calaboose in Santa Fe in April, and then travelling tiie entire distance to 'Indepen* dence, Mo. across the prairie without ft ^ sojil to accompany him! ; ---'Wmt' '^S. "According to his own story he ??ra^!at first liberated after the other prisonerswere sent on towards the city of Mexico* as were also several oilier Mcxicons who accompanied the expedition as servants.? One of them had some ill-will towards Mar* lias, and manifested it by informing the ' authorities that he was a regular T^jxatl soldier, and had served along limeon the Mexican frontier with Col. Hays in his spy company?a statement which wai^ strictly true. ; r- ' '.. .* Upon this lie was arrested, andconGned. during the winter in tlie(calubooseatSanta? Fe. In April, through some friends Ire obtained tools, and finally succeeded hi ? digging out of his prison. By keeping hitl v in the day time, and travelling altogether * at night he succeeded in reaching Taos* suffering greatly for want of food. At- ; this place he took, without leave, a hors^* . / and mule, and being an excellent w-oods^jg^i man, and knowing the course rewards thJ^uBL great Missouri trail he took that directionjHjj^ and finally found it before reaching Bent'jf^ Fori, high-upon the Arkansas. A'll thfi."'. .. i.'i . i. - ? _ ? . i / 1 . L wiiue lie was wuuoui any oinur niuu roots and herbsi had nn arms, and mlk/ . hardly clothes to his back.* Oil one occassion. some thirty or. forijf,: Indians discovered him and made chase) > but being on foot they were uratbJe to Over- * take him* On reaching Bent*? Fort he obtained a supply of previsions and resum- L ed his journey, finally reaching Independence, Mo. af er a, jourrOy of twenty-Six* days. If his story-1!*' correct, he is pro ha- * bly the first traveller who has evef \ it alone,' across the immense praire&dit'tfie J West: and how he escaped starVidjp IS , death, or being picked up by the~^tjamlan- * | dies or Pawnees is almost a mira.iMe. -f--Martias informed us that he heard ft reJ ported by liis'gunrd, at Santa Fu, that the traitor Lewis, had been driven from Chihuahna by the foreigners there* several, attempts having been JMkle to take his (life.., which were unsuccwWib He had g'one,^ in the direction of th^Pacific, where ha^-*r"4? was known, and was nfttbabjy: at Senora* Lewis was well known at Chihuahua, har-t\" ^ ing lived there several years previous w 1836?the year he first came to Texas. ' N. O. picapune? * ' MiBimi r?BOM?^oa?? ? Ircsh lnncif Groceries. Prunes, in Glass Jars, ; , Currants, Citron, Almonds, Bniains, Underwood's best Pickles, P.rrjoorvpj in Branrto *: _ Preserves, in their own juice, Olives, ~ Champe's best French Cordial, - if ? Loinon, Ging. r and &Qjtifccrry Syrups," * Chainpnigne, of superftwBalily, ar- ^ isg-*'* Ho.-k Wines, Superior Potter, St.Julien McdocClaret, CfuunpaignpCidef.y ^ ' ALSO. - * ; Superior Sberry and Madeira Wine, gome 23 y^ai^ old, Superior Port Wire, in bottles, very old, A French Brandy and Holland Gin. "* ALSO? A complete assortment of r Sugars, of every quality, CoJJ'ee, Molasses, Iron, Salt, <fc. dfC. ' All of which, are oi&red on reasonable termg, by Jan 23. * H. LEVY,