Camden commercial courier. (Camden, S.C.) 1837-1838, December 23, 1837, Image 2

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V*. >. f * * ' vi m*m '' i " 1 , g. - | We learn from the Uetovillt Journal, j (bM? Kill to suppress the Mb tad nee of Boei? and Arkansas kniveetpassed the-Tennessee Legislature on dipOih ulu Yim 17 Kaji 8. *'8penl#h|ltiKuos" were stricken ont _ ,: A BUI for the samepuypoee, prescribing 'KeVSr* penalties, has passed both 'Houses "of tlfe Legislature of Alabama. Fine at jaoksonrilia-e^r^fur^m of the Military Hospit*L-~&n Sunday, the 17th ult., the public hospital at Jacksonville, in charge of Dr. Aaumtaw Welsh, Post Surgeon, was deslrsfsaby fire. So -rapid in its progress warnhe devouring element, that in half ap hour from the commencementof the conflagration, scarce* 1M A wAstaise Mmainoit ^il ? I 1 mj i iviiihiikmi & vfl kuiib^lj iuci r were oo invalids on the sick report at that time, excepting sueh as were convales* cent, or its effects might have '-been dreadful. j It is supposed that the'stove pipe-ignited some of the wood work through which it passed. A similar accident took piece in . the Block House last year, but^hy timely assistance and a good supply of -water, that establishment was saved. a Murder.?The feelings of our community, (says the Fayette?ill Journal,) have agian been outraged by the perpetration of a deed of blood. A man by the name of Madison Allen-was mortally wounded in this place on-Friday night1 last. The wound was inflicted by a knife, and terminated fatally in twenty minutes after its infliction. A young man , by the name of William Anderson was j arrested and charged with the commission ' of the deed* and has been finally committed for trial at the next term of our Su- j prenae Court. Clerical Wit.?Alterbnry, opposing a bill in the House of Peers, said thai "he prophesied, last winter, that this bill would be attempted in the present sessions, and he was very sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet." Lord | Coningsby, who always spoke in a pas-1 sion, remarked, that "one of the right I reverends had set himself forth as a pro-' phet; but for his part, he did not know ' what prophet to liken him to, unless to 1 that furious prophet, Balaam, who was i reproved by his own ass." The Bishop,! in a reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding that, "Since the noble Lord hath discovered in onr manners such a Similitude, I am < well,.content to be compared to the pro-j phet Balaam; but my lords, 1 am at a loss how to make out the other part of the ! parallel. I am sure that 1 have been reproved by nobody, but his lordship. "A lodger in a Hotel, after washing in the morninrr. wined his tare ... ? pyj I with a newspaper, and sat down to peruse a napkin; he did not discover his error until he attempted to tear, off a corner wherewith to light a cigar." -Matrimony.?Matrimony is like ma-j sonry?no one knows the secret until he is initiated. It is like an eel-trap?very easy to get in, but plaguy hard to get out. It is, in the first stage, like a wind that fans the flame of love ; but unforlunot a1 ?i In a tviiiitli r^nnihiv Kl/\?ire it ell Atit UBIVIJ IVW III IIL*II lUlllllllg UIUTV 1 Oil UUV* it is every thing that is contradictory? ' sweet or bitter, just as it was taken. 'Marriage ExtraorBinar'y.? We'copy the following notice from the Indiana American, as a specimen of how they do things in Hoosicriand.?[Cincin. Whig. Married on the 5th of October, by Daniel Wilson, Esq. Mr Timothy Green, to Mrs. Julia Jacob's, all of Whitewater township, Franklin county. From the justice who officiated at the above wedding we learn the following rather extraordinary particulars. The above named Mr Green is about thirty years old, and Mrs. Julia Jacobs is his second wife. But what is more, and almost incredible, Mis Julia Jacobs is about 50 years old, and Mr. Green ik her 8th husband all of whorri are living, except one! We wish some friend, in Whitewater township, would furnish us, and the world, a history of the above named Julia Jacobs?and how she has disposed of to many husbands!! It might be of benefit to some other unlucky dame who tored of her yoke-fellow. To remoke Spots of Ink from Linen.? Take a mould candle, or some pure tallow, melt it on the spotted part of linen, then put it into the wash, when it will ** become perfectly white. This is given from experience. A Small Family.?On Wednesday bight, says the New York Expres. six hundred and forty-seven persons slept in the Aster House, and, by the bye, were not crowded. How many villages are there in out country that make consideraIkl. ^l>/. n, ik.r J. n _ .1 uic piiutT) 111 av au nvi tuniaiii mure WlUil this number. i Pugilistic PirNcfcXTiov?A Van Bursn editor in Mississippi, threatens to "put a full stop over each of the eyes of the editor of the Journal. Let him try it.? Whilst he is putting his full stops over our eyes, we will put his nose in a parenthesis.?[Prentice. 8t6te House Burnt?Part of the State JAbrary and all the Rolls and Papers in the office of the Secretary of State destroyed.?On Wednesday night last, the State House in the city of Jefferson was burnt down. The fire, as we learn from a letter written by a gentleman of that place on Thursday morning, is supposed to have been communicated by V**" * abroad froaa tba ire in a roam occupied office of Secretary of iwMi.ivllleh is In tbe north western tAfm *( the boBdbl oo the second itorw^lttttf down on ihe-foor. TheAre wo# discovered abput half past nine, in the ereoing; but bad advuced too far to be stopped. Aft the papers in the office of the . Secretary Of State were destroyed, and abohi half the State Library, which was kept in the adjoining room on the same floor. The Auditor ot' Public Accounts occupied the turn Triomi immediately under the Secretary's room and the Library, and we are i gratified to learn that naarly all the papers in his ofiice were saved. The burning continued until about IS o'clock tn the night,'when the roofTellin and the flames subsided. 'We bare not learned that any a. a _i a ^ a .L . i Diame is aiucnea iu maw uaving ine cusj tody of tho Secretary's office. No'one I lodged to that room, and it "had been J closed lor the night. This house was : originally built for thte residence of the | Governor, but has been used of late for the State House. Rxcept the loss of the papers, the other is but small, the house ndt being worth more than about twelve thousand dollars.??[ Republican. The North Carolina Editors.? Hands off?Our friend of the Newbern Spectator (always keen) "rows" us uf> "Salt River" for "spurring" as we did with the Milton Spectator, and intimates that it is a violation of the proceedings of the late Editorial Convention; he further says that we should be "struck off the docket," unless wc shall offer an acceptable apology, dec. "Strike," sir, if you ! choose. We have no "opolog" for the Spectator, nor will we seek to make any,?what | we said concerning the Milton Spectator, was said in defence?to show our contempt for the scurility of the Spectator, for, he it -known, he spoke of us in a very rough and unbecoming manner. We are; sorry, however, that we did not treat the article with silence, as we had intended. Our remarks alluded to were in type two uays prior to our reciving tne proceedings of the Convention, whii h proceedings, according to the seventh reso-1 lution, do not go into effect befoe the 1st of January. 1838. Open .your eyes gentlemen of the "Spectator,'* and look at it/ But we would have the editor of the Newbern Spectator to know that we are not lovers of scurrility. And if we have at any time given it vent, it was extorted from us. As the Newbern Spectator has "rowed us up the river," will he be so < ompassionate us to "row us down?"??</. Tel. The Carolina Patriot, (late the Telescope) softens our anger by its contrite ! spirit and excellent temper. We will "row it down again,/ or "perish in the . attempt"?! But remember, Mr Patriot, ! tlmt we consider "the scurrility of the I Miltoli Spectator" as no apology whatever for a dereliction of editorial decorum, j and that we undertake to "row you down" merely out of-compassion, superinduced by your evidently repentant disposition,' and on the .assumed certainty that you will "sin no more." We shall say nofliinnr n f th? rtrwir kiiIi t ? r fu <rr> in nllnsinn - fe " 1 " ~~ I to the licentious liberties which Editors may take with impunity "till the 1st of, January, 1838/' least some w?g, whose sense-of propriety teaches the necnssity of beirg always correct aixl gentleman like, should "row the Telescope (Patriot) "up" again.?Spectator, . A gross outruge against pulic dearrency was perpetrated at the City of Washington. on the arrival of the news of the federal triumph in New York. A large party, about midnight, set up a riot opposite the Post Master General's dwelling, i with drums, 'firepokcrs, rattles, tin-pans, \ catcalls, horns, tongs, shovels, and other similar instruments, uttering groans, and | giving other significations of mockery and insult. Beaides this, a swivel', which was carried on wheels, was fired three times. The dwellings of Mr. Woodbury and Mr. E. P. Blair, were also disturbed in the same manner; after which the party went to the house of Mr. Forsyth, a mile and a half, {says the Globe) from the place they commenced their career, to break his windows with a cannonade. It was with difficulty that the Mayor could prevail upon these midnight ruffians to refrain from snbjecting the President himself to ' the same sort of insult ard outrage. . These outrages indicate the approach of the "reign of terror.1" It is in the | "blue light," and "black cockade" federal spirit, and wants nothing but the power, to trample the democracy of the Union in the dust. We have seen but little in the whiir press in relution to this enihroy assassination?this incipient murder. One attempts to excuse it, and another condemns it, chiefly on account of the injury it may inflict on the fedennl party, and ~f .K- 1 1. -/* - - vi, vii anuiuu i)i mi* iiisuii onereti 10 inr American People, through their elected agents. Texan Eloquence.?The way some of the speechifiers in Texas use the English language is curious. Ju*t read the winding up of a recruiting sergeant's harangue 0'his neighbors in an endeavor ttt enlist Infcfn against the Mexicans. After having launched out against the religion of th* coittmilja enemy, in none of the mildest terms, <KiV hefo Atp with, "Corncfrarkers/ llowsifera, Pokes, "Wolverines, and Suckerkr if the voice of piety cannot move you to exterminate those cursed, cruel. Catholic yallar skinned, d?d illiterate Mexicans aforesaid, if the sacred voice of Texan liberty strikes no smpa m ^ tfwrtfcl ?hrd h. ifttowrim< no parallelled, unprecedented oppression of hord work, *^ yw ire ?t lM ??n y.?? for> U*?iV-*lL Btft oe, I MO tbe fire of p*trtott*iu gloom tft your eyes, Cue* you ri?? indienaotlr on utiw |o reeiat interferon** of property, >ten |o the fclofcd 6f tfM Pureed yoffer ?KnAed Meitean emancipator*, I ooo the brtalh of i0x?a ireeaom iDimiw jroo. voaie ineQ md rally round tbo standard df fcn I nan i tad cohntry, and fists clenched, and teeth sot, swear to fight knee deep in Mood for that constitution which was founded on the bones of your martyred countrymen, and cemented with the blood of expiring saints and heroes. "Let'sHquor*" J ???? ?eg ? ! Foe try. i . A WINTER MORNING ODE. i Respecfully inscribed to the author of the "Rights of Woman." When breakfkst belle peal out at seven. And sleepy Clerks from bed are driven, To re>commenee their cares,? When chamber maids in slipshod bustle, Their mops and brooms begin to rustle, On all the painted stairs,? How sweet to lock your chamber door. And snug in blankets calmly snore, On a cold winter's morning. You hear a female voice, perhaps,? . And sundry inauspicious raps Breaks in upon your dreams,? That rises high, and shriller 'grows, Those cdmes to horrid kicks and blows, "Like mad" the woman scorns! But oh! Kow safely you are Uld, Your drooping eye no'or lifts its lid. Nor heeds the lady's warning. Visions of smoking hot beefs takes, And reeking piles of kuckwhoat cakes, May tempt you ofl to rise,? And so you gently lift the clothes,? The air pope in and wrings your nose, And off the tempter flies,? For breakfast you hftd rather loose, Than ono more fine refreshing snooze, Wkil Sol the earth is warming. And then, there's little Jane, below, Who on the pantry shelf will stow A plate of something nice, A herring broiled?some buttered toast? Of venison saved from last night's roast, A most delicious slice,? Oh! then sleep on, and bravely brook The angry tongue of Mrs. Cook, yvna .viaUame Wlowhard's storming! 7. T. F. . i Dear. Rice.?A young lady named Francis Rice, rocovoicd in the Supremo Court at Worcester, Mass., on Monday of last week, a verdict of $1900 and costs, against a Mr. Wiilard, a trader at Licoster, for a broach of prom bo of marriage. A* fow pounds of Rice, Not overly nice. To a eery dear market was brought ; For nover did rice Command such a prico. Though ever so cagft-ly sought. But what most entire Was hard on the buyer, And such as few pleasant woUlld call; J Though ho paid such a prico For tho few pounds of Rice, lie got not a gram after all! RAIL ROAD ACCIDENTS. | Melancholy Accidets.?A letter to ilia /if <1%/% I MiamIaaIam ? r*/l Un'm. tuv ? > aim in wi mil t/nui luaiuii auu mbiii" burg Rail Road Company, dated Aiken, 17th inst., 'gives the distressing intelligence of ihedeaih of a very worthy young j gentleman, Mr. Paul1 Allison, employed as ' Engineer, of the locomotive Washington. It appears that the Washington started i from Hamburg on Saturday afternoon last, with a train of freight cars, and got as far as florae Creek, about four miles i from Hamburg, when, in consequence of some derangement having "been caused in the rails, in embanking the road, tlie Locomotive was thrown off. JVlr. Allison unfortunately fell under her, and was , instantly killed. One of the firemen was also somewhat injured, but his wounds are not at all dangerous. It is not know whether the Engine sustained any material damage. The wreck was immediately clearnd off, the road properly repaired, ! and is again perfectly safe for travel.? Char. Cour. We briefly noticed in our last another serious accident which occurred on Sunday last, on the^?>rtsrr>outh and Roanoke Rail Road, ar* have since been enabled to stale the following particulars.? The train was on jts way down to Portsmouth with three passenger cars, in which were 25 or 30 persons, and 9 lumber cars laden with cotton. It had passed the Rochelle depot about ft ftriie and a half, when a whell of the Engine struck against the end of one of the iron rails, which being loose*, bad sprung up to an elevation of ten or twelve inches.?The engine was instantly thrown from the track, the water tenrffcr upset, and the I ihree passenger cars, successively precipi1 tated with ?<iln/?iiw ? ?"? * . vlwuoj upon it, were crushed to pieces in one common mass of mins! while the passengers were either; thrown with violence from them, or mangled with their fragments in the dreadful crash. The scene as discribed to us was distressing in the extreme. The few who were Unhurt immediately set about extriting their unfortunate companions from the pile of broken' cars, in which work of l mercy they were engaged for nearly an hour before the last victim t?as rescued? 17 were vomdi^4 we Jdfcrn, to stocking mangled, ttajr oannot survive. m to wnom if U wei* peekible jo preserve It, life vooltfoe wonetftta death. We here not heard alt theft* wtftieei those fiforted to no rere, ClAjBrywti Mrs. Nath'l Roebelle, Mill jfov sad Miss Sarabi Kin* or Ktfaa, (these were the wtfrst burnt) Col. RoebeUe, Mr. Owens*. Mite { Simmotfs, all of Soulbaiepteo} Mr. Crock-\ er, of Jacktoo, H. Qr, Mr. Koe, of Nor-; folk; Mr. Mil^Uwrenee, of Isle of] Wight; Mr. Nfclbon Hodges, of Weldon ' N. C.j Mr. Ball, 4f Baltimore; Mr. Block* *r,,ttfd Mr. Blow, the train a rent. The 'first car wan occupied by colored persona, in which were two of Col Preston*a servants; both of whom were injured, ope of them aerioueljr, though not. dangerously. The second ear, fo which were Col. Preston and his lady, was lifted aloft by the third and thrown forward, by i which singular movement^ its inmates were preserved from any other injury | than a few slight contusions, while those . in the first and third cars only sufifeired. | For the information of their friends, 'we add, that among those who escaped unhurt, besides Col. Preston* and lady, were Col. Downing, MrDunham,of Florida, Mrs. and Miss Peele, Mrs. Stewart, *4 children and servant, and Mr. Banks, of Augusta, or a. The latter gentleman had his seat on ihe engine, by the "side of the engineer, at.the time of the concussion; he remarked the inequality in "the road; but before the danger conld be identified, it was too late to avert the catastrophe, and he had barely time to leap from his . seat into the road, when the crash came, I After they were extracts J from themass of limber and iron, the wonnded were conveyed to Rochelle's where every it- J tention was paid to their sufferings. { Since writing the foregoing we Team by the return of the cars on Monday evenig, thai Mrs. Rochelle and Miss Blow have died of their wounds; and we have seeti a letter which states that CaDt. Brvant is also dead.?Patriot. The youg Queen of England is the { "observed of all observers." It is said that a very extraordinary and romantic j affair has been discovered in relation .tp her, which greatly scandalises the old sticklers 'for etiquette, but excites the warmest enthusiasm of all the young and ardent spirits of Europe. During the reign of "her predecessor, William IV,. it was discovered that the then lovely princess, had'formed a very strong attachment to a young nohlaman, a branch of an old Anglo-Norman family. On this discovery a great sensation took place in the court circle. The young no median wus Kiiiiicuiait'iy appuimtsu 10 a high situation in tho government of HiYi- I doston. The sweet ) oung princess was I inconsolable, but said to those who inter- , forea with her feelings, "I'll bide my' time." 8he has done so. The first thing she did after her accession to the throne, j was to send out one of her ships of war, ' With imperative orders for the young no-/ bleman to return. At first the motive*of| this caprice was not exactly known, it; soon leaked out by meanfe of h confidante. The vessel with the Queen's favorite , is now on her return to Europe, and the secret court circles in England are thrown into the highest state of excitement and consternation at the imperious violation of the young Queen. By law, she is prohibited from marrying a sucject, even of the highest rank, but the youthful sovereign soys that her heroic predecessor, Elizabeth, is her pattern, and if the law prohibits her from enjoying the same liberty which is allowed to every Subject, | l.A ,1 1 I -1 1 ' lei me iuw oe cuangeu. , \ Such is the state of things fet the last: accounts. This curious piece of court gossip comes to us through a private1 letter from Paris, Dated on the 31st Oc- | tobcr.?N. Y. Herald. TAMNG THINGSCOOLY. You're an infernal scoundrel! said a! fierce looking gentleman the other day j coming in great wrath to a yankec, who) was standing quietly on the side-walk? i "you're an infernal scoundrel, sir!" "That s news to me," returned the ytin- 1 kee, quietly. "News! you Scoundrel, do you call it news?" "Entirely so*" . "You need'nt think to carry it off so Suielly.?I say you're nn infernal scotinrel and I'll prove it." \ "I beg you will not 1 should*nt like' to be pToved a,scoundre1." "No, I dare swear yoU would'ht. But answer me dhretly~did you Hot say, in the presence of several ladies of my ac-' quaintance, that I was a mere?" "Calf! Gh. no Sir: the truth is not to he ' spoken at all times." 'The truth1 Do you pTesume to call me a calf sir?" . 'Oh, 110, sir, I cull you?nothing." "It's well you do; for if you had presumed to call me?" A man?i should haVe been grossly mistaken." 'Do you meau to say that I am not a man sir?" That depends on circumstances." What circumstances?" If I should be called on as evidence in a court of justice, I should be bound to speak." \And you woul I say'I was not a man. hey? Do you see this eow-skin?" Yes?and I'vfe seen it with surprise ever since you came up." With surprise! Why, did you suppose I was such a coward, that I dare not, * "m. ? use the trticle, when I thought It was de> mandedt" "Shall I tell yon what I thoughi?" MDo,4f you dare.!' t nl thought to myself, what use has 'a calf for i cow's-skinf" ,, "You distinctly call mt a calf tM?/" "If yon will Insist upon it yon itlKy." T ' You hear gentlemen," speaking to ^ the bystanders,- "you hear the insult.? What thai) I do with the scoundrel?" I "Dre?s him!" exclaimed twenty voices, with shouts of laughter. | "That 1*11 do at once." Th'jn turning to the Yankee, he cried out fiercely, come Olid step this way you rascal, and I'll flog you within an inch of your life. "I've no occasion.*' . flag .You're a coward?** Not on your word."" "I'll prove it, by flogging you out of yodf skin*" I doubt it." r I "lam a liar, then, am 1?" Just as yon please." ! "Do you hear that, gentlemen?" "Ay!" was the unanimous response; ^ 'you can't avoid dressing him now." "Oh! heavens grant me patience, I shall fly Out "Of thy skin." It will be so much the better for ypur pocket?Cilf skins arein good demand." ' I shall "burst." "Not here in the street; I Beg of you. It Would be'quite disgusting." 4 Gentlemen, can I any longer avoid flogging hpn?" "Not if you're able," was the reply. "At him!, at him!" Thus ^provoked?thus stirred up and encouraged, "the fierce gentleman \$ent like lightning At the yankee; but before * he could strike a blow, he found himself disarmed Of his cowskin, and layong on his back under the spout of a neighboring pump, whither the yankee had carried him to cool his rage, and before he could recover from his astonishment, at such unexpected handling, he was as wet as a - ? ihrice dro'Wned rat from the cataracts of ? water Which his grave antagonist had liberally 'pumped upon him. liis courage by this lime had, like that of the valient Bob Acres, oozed at the palms of his hands. And he declared, as he rose ami went dripping away from the pump, ^hat he would never truqt to quiet appearances again, and the devil might undertake to icowsKin a cool ynnkee lor all hira.?^jV. Y. Trans. . f ?. ' . UPrElt CANADA. Rising of the people, and attaek on Toronto confirmed-. Lewiston, (Niagara Co.) Dec. 6, ) . 11 o'clock at night. ) Dear sir?Presuming you will be desirous of obtaining the latest information in relation to the revolutionary movements in Upper Canada, I have forwarded by this day s mail, a slip Ironi the office of the Telegraph, printed in this village, which ddntains all that is yet known hefe on the subject. The Canadian population appear to be ill a very high state of excitement, and a sdcret orflrani^nfinn- Inr !,*> nnmncA -~0 ' - - - v J'%.1 j/vww VI effecting a revolution, seems to have been going on in every part of the province, totally unknown to the government. Many individuals of- the highest standing are engaged in this revolutionary movement, and there is little doubt of its extent ing, in a very short period through, ont the .whole extent of the upper province. The government is entirely destitute of regular troops, and have to rely on the loyal inhabitants for aid, and they form a very small part of the population. I presume they will not be able long to contend against a people who arc dcterniin- ? ed to be free. CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE. ' Telegraph and Advocate Extra. > Lewiston, N. Y. Dec. C. \ Attack on the City of Toronto.?Wc have received the following communication from a source entitled to the utmost confidence. 4 o'clock, P. M. Sir:?The steamboat Traveller, Capt. Wllitnpv. n'rriv*wl ni TM lOflrarn line iv* ? - - ? ? j y v?l M v Jkl lU^UI U IIIIC IIIUI mug at 7 o'clock, from Toronto, which place he left four hours before. The boat with a de-puotatin, was despatched by the Governor for volunteers from this District, to flic immediate aid of the Government* and to return forthwith. The Reformer* of the Home District, it is said, reached Toronto the night before Inst, in great numbers, (3000,) when volunteers in behalf of the government, were called to oppose their coming into the city, when a running fire took place. Col. Moodic, late of the 104th was shot dead, and others, besides a number of prisioncrs were taken, among whom arc Archibal McDonald, (Sheriff Gore District) and Col. Wells. Sh'eriff Jarvis' house and others, urnrn fieorl nn/l kuwnl Tl** 'I " v mivu uiiu uiii in* a iil uir> ri iiui ami ^ his Council are in the Market Square.? James Brown and 300 volunteers arc in the fort. Mr. Speaker McNabh, with 80 volunteers, reached the City yesterday. Col. W. Chishnlm is expected to day from Oakville, with the voluntcrs he cun get in aid of the government, and from VVhitbya few yeomanry cavalry is looked for. The Reformers have as their counsel Dr. John Rolph, and others of high standing. Three flags of truce were sent yesterday, to the Government, with the following terms: 1st. To dissolre the present Parliament. 2d, Grant an Elective Legislative C'oudcil. o "