Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, May 30, 1851, Image 1

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VOLUME 2. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MA Y 30, T&51. NmfM"4.1 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. PUBLISHED BY THOMAS J. WARREN. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL T* published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cent*. if pai' in advance, or Four Dollar? if payment is delaved for three montli*. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Two Dollars if pnid in tdvance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment is deloyed for Si* months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until tlie end of the year. ADVERTISEMF.NTS will be inserted at the following Bites: Forone square (14 lines or less)in the semi-weekly. ow dollar for the first, and twenty-live cents ior earn subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventv-fivc rents per pons re for the first, and thirty-seven nntl a half cents for each subsequent insertion Single insertions one dollar per sqtinre. Tlie nnmtvr of insertion* desired, and the edition to be published in, roust he noted on the margin of all advertisement*. or they will be inserted semi-weekly until ordered to be discontinued. aAf charged occerdingly. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. OyAII communications by mail must be post-paid to erure attention. The following gentlemen are Agenta for the Journal: Wm- c. Cabton, General Agent. foL. T. W. Hiikt, Jaeksonham. Lancaster Di*t. .fi. H. Roman. Esq., 1-ancasterville, S.C. C. C. Met -ariMMKN, Carthage. N. C. W. c. Moork. Esq.. Camden. S. C. And Postmasters are requested to act asnur Agents. WILLIAM C. MOOttfi, BANK AGENT, And Receiving and Forwarding Merchant CA MI)E?s\ S. C. References?W. E. Johnson, Esq. Mnj. J. M DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq. C. iVBATHESOX, BANK A G ENT. Ax nis oT.n staxo oppositr Davis's Hotel ~ B. W. CHAMBERS', Receiving and Forwarding mercnant, Asn Bayer of Cotton and other Conutry Produce, CAMDEN. S C. W, ROOT, CAXKEDEN, S. C. PAUL TTvILLEPIGUE" FACTOR, And General Commission Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. CLiberal advances made on consignments of Produce, and prompt attention given to the forwarding of (jonds, at the lowest ratea Aug. 26. 6* ' W. H. R WORKMAN, Attorney at Law, and Solicitor in Equity, ^ -u..... CAMDEN, S. C. ^Office imvtediulrly in rear of the Court House.) WILL ATTKND TIIK COI'FTS OK Darlington and Sumter Districts. Business entrusted to liitn wit. meet with prompt and careful attention. July 20 ~JOS. ll. KKiiMIAW, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN, S. <\ Will attend the ? ourtu of Kershaw, Sumter, Fairfield, Darlington and Lancaster Distrtcta. CHARLES A. PRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAMDEN, 8. C. Wtr.l Practice in Kershaw and the adjoining Districts. Feb. 4 ~ C. A, PRICE, OFFIFE AT THE COCRMftUSF, CAIDEX, S, C. COURTENAY & WIENGES, BOOKSELLERS, STATIOiNERS ' anh ukalkrs in CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. ? * ciiablkstox, 8. c. Opposite the Post Office. Agents for the best Green and Black Teap, and * Patent Medicines. ^ ?. a. cornTKNAY. o. w. wirxors. To Rent. THAT brick dwelling and store, next to the "Mansion House." now occupied by T. Bunnell. Apply to J 1) KERSIIAW, Ex'or. Dec 24 101 tf ROBERT LATTA. LATE THE FIKM OF DICKSON & LATTA. WOULD respectfully inform his friends and the public, generally, th t he is now receiving a variety of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which he -sa ill sell low for cash?Two doors above tlie Planters' Hotel, and immediately opposite James Dunlap's, Esq. Camden, S. C. March 18th. 1851. 22 tf Altb persons are rorewarneu against traumg for a Note of Hand, given by me fo Mr. Thomas Bat-kin, for the amount of Three hundred and fifty dollars (?350.) dated 12th March, at I do not intend paying it. W. R. YOUNG. A/arch 21, 23 if Notice. AIX persons having any claims against thd Estate of the late Mrs. Martha E. Wilson f deceased, will present them properly attested, ane those indebted will make immediate payment to to Mr. John Ropser, who is authorized to act as M agent in tny absence. PAUL T. V1LLEPIGUE, Admr. Nov. 12, 1850. 80 wtf. WHISKEY, KI M AND BRANDY e"/\ Bbls. Rectified Whiskey, 80 bbls. New*England,Rum 60 doz Porter and Ale, in quarts and pints Received and for sale by JOHN W. BRADLEY.* THE SOUTHERN 81 .E. ALL who wish Bargains, 'are invited to rail at K. S. MOFFAT'S new Southern Store, third house above the I auk of Camden, where they will find a complete assortment of DRV GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE, consisting in part, as follows: Fancy and mournii.g Prints 7-8 and 4-4 brown Shirtings Blue Denims and Marlborough Stripes Sattinetts and Kentucky Jeans (Moths and fancy CasRimeres Negro Kceeys; Bed and Negro Blankets Mous. De'aines, Ginghams, Groceries. Crown, Loaf, crashed and clarified Sugar Rio and Java CoffeeR New Orleans and West India Molasses Mackarel, Nos. 2 and 3 in barrels Cheese, Rice, Flour, Bacon and Salt Raisins, Pepper, Spice Tobacco, Segars. &c. &r. Hardware. Pocket Knives and Forks Britannia and Iron Spoons Trace and Halter Chains Axes, Hammers and Hatchets Spades, Shovels and Iloes Hand, mill and crosscut srws Vires, anvils and blacksmith's bellows Kails, brads, tacks and sp igs Knob, pad closet and stock locks Iron squares, compasses and plane irons Brushes, blacking, cotton and wool cards Broadaxes and steelyards; pots and skillets Broad and narrow Iron Sir. Heady Made Clothing of every description. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales Crockery and Gl ssware Gunny and Dundee Bagging Kentucky Rope and Twine Together with every other article usually fouu i in a ivell sele< ted stock of Dry Goods, Groceries and Hardware. All of which will be Hold exceedingly low for cash. tsr'j 'he highest market prices paid for cotton | and oilier country produce. Dec. 24. K. S, ;l/OFFAT. NEW STORR THE subscriber is now opening n large assort incut ofGweries and Staple Goods in the Store lately occupied by William J. Gerald (south of the Bank of Camden,) which he will dispose of at Charleston prices for cash. Those wishing to purchase would do well to call and examine the stock, consisting in part,oi the following, viz: I-oof, Crushed, Gronnd and Granulated .Sugar* S Croi*. Porto Kioo. and New Orleans do Nw Orleanx. Muscovado and Culta Molasses Java. Ijtzuirn and Itin Coffee (Gunpowder. Young Hyson and Black Teas Sperm. Adamantine and Tallow Candles No. Sand 3 .Macknrel. in Barrels, ilnlfand Quarters^ 1 Wine. S?*la and Butter Biscuits and Cueese Soap and Stnrcli, assorted Pepper. Spice, (singer. Nutmegs, Mare .uid ('loses Powder. Shot and Ixsnil Hardware. Cutlery, Nails and CastuiKs I'ainl*, Linseed Oil, Sperm. Oil and \V n, ? (iu A UW Bleached and unbleached Shirtim** and Sheetings Blanket", Bed Ticks, Apron Checks and Oziraburga Together with a I urge H?snrim<?nt of BasxIuKi Rope atid 'i'wiur. J. W. BRADLEY. Cain 'en. S. C. Sept. 23. 83-Cash |niid for Cotton and other Produce. HEW STORE. TFIE subscriber would inform his friends and the public generally, that he lias opened an extensive stock of GROCERIES, at the stand formerly occupied by Joseph VV. Doliy, one door south of Campbell's Bakery, and opposite II. Levy &. Son, where tnay be found all articles usually kept in the Grocery line, consisting in part of the following: Fulton Market Beef No. 1 and 2 Mackarel in kitts, for family use; Rio and Java Coffees; crushed and brown Sugars; New Or'eans Molasses, (new crop) butter,*wine and sod.i crackers; cheese, buckwheat, raisins, currants, almonds, English mustard, filberts, pecan nuts, assorted pickles and preserves. also A few doz. old Fort Wine, Ileidsirk best Champagne, London Porter and Scotch Ale iti pints, together a large stock of Bagging, Hope and Twine, all of w hich he offers low lor cash. Jan. 1. S. E. CAPERS ICase Olives stuffed with Anchovies. Received and for sale by SHAW & AUSTIN. BOXES ClIEESE received and for sa'e by SIIAVV &, AUSTIN. Darlington Hotel, DAR UNO TON COURT-HOUSE. THE above Mouse having been purchased and fitted up anew by John Doten, is again opened for the accommodation of the Public. Strict attention to the wants and comforts of guests will be triven, and no effort, calculated to merit the patronage of all who may favor the establishment with a visit, shall be spared. All that the market and surrounding country afford will be found upon the table. Comfortable rooms, for families or individuals, are prepared. The Stables will be attended by careful and attentive hostlerp. Drovers can be well accommodated, as any' number of horses and mules can be I ept in the stables and lots expressly prepared for them. Nov. 1, 1850. 86 tf MANSION HOUSE. CAMDEX, S. C. THE undersigned liegs leave to return his grateful thanks to his friends, and the travelling Fuhlie, for th" liberal support which he lias received since lie has been opened, (four months) and has entered upon his duties for 1851, with renewed energy to endeavor to please La 11 that may call upon him. both rich and poor. His House will he found one of the most desirable, situated, and best furnished Hotels in Camden. His servants also will be found respectful and attentive, and the table will be supplied with the best tlie market affords. His Stables and Carriage Houses are roomy and always fully supplied with Provender, and an experienced Hostler. ah v/iimimmi" raiif hi Hie inMinncvcry iu?'niiiig mr senger* fur the Kailroad. Give me & call and test my mono. As you find me. So recommend me. E. G. ROBINSON. Proprietor. C'amd-.-n, February 7th, 1831. 11 tf a?mmmumm???an BE KIND. Be kind to thy father; for when thou wast young, Who loved thee so fondly^s he? He caught the first accenft that feli from thy tongup, ^ And joined in thy innocent glee. Be kind to thy father; for now he is old, His locks intermingled with gray; His footsteps are feeble, once fearless and bold? Thy father is passing away. Be kind to thy mother; forlo! on her brow May traces of sorrow be seen; Oh, well mayst thou cherish and comfort her now, j For loving and kind has she been. Remember thy mother, for thee she will pray As long as God giveth her breath; With accents of kindness, then, cheer her lone way ' mwinrt-'- """ -* E'en to the dark valley of death. Be kind to thy brother; his heart will have dearth, Jflhe smiles of thy joy be withdrawn; The flowers of feeling will fade at their birth, If the dew of affection be gone. Be kind to your brother, whoever you pre; The love of a brother shall be An ornament purer and richer by fir Than pearls from the depths of the sea. Be kind to thy sister not many may know The depth of true sisterly love; The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below The surface that sparkles above. Thy kindnessshall bring to thee many sweet hours And blessings thy pathwaj to crown; Affection shall weave thee a garland of flowers, More pleasant than wealth or renown. GO IT, BOB-TAIL. A specimen ot ine genua HooBier was found by Captain , of the steamer , in the engine room of his boat while lying at Louisville, one fine morning in June. The Captain enquired to know what he was doing there? "Have you seen Captain Perry?" was the interrogative response. "Don't know him; and can't tell what that has to do with your being in my engine room," replied the Captain angrily. "Hold on! that's just what I was getting at. You see, Captain Perry and I walked down town together. Captain Perry -asked m" to take a diink, and so?I did; I knew that I ( wanted to drink, or I wouldn't have been so ; very dry. So Captain Perry and I went to the ball?Captain Perry was potting in some extras on one toe. I sung out, "go it Captain Perry, if you burst your hiler." With that a man steps tip to me, and ssivs he, "See here, stranger, you must leave." Says 1, "What must I leave fur?" Says he, "You're making too much noise." Savs 1, I've been in bigger crowds than this, i .'.....i..0...1 a:.r..? i ?? aim niauv; inwir 11wiov, ?iiiv* uru in inivo uuuiti. With that he tuck me by the nap of the neck and the seat of the breeches?and I left. As I was a shoven down the street, T met a lady I know she was i ladv by a remark she made. Says she, "Young man I reckon you'll go home witn me?" i Politeness wouldn't let me refuse, and so I | went. I'd been in the house but a minute, when I , heard considerable of a knocking at the door. I know'd the chap wanted to get in, whoever he was, or he wouldn't have kept up sucli a tremendous racket By and by says a voice, "Ef you don't open I'll bust in the door." And so he did! I put on a bold face?and says I, "Stranger does this woman belong to you?" Says he "she does." "Then," says I, "she's a lady I think, from all that I have seen of her." With that he came at me with a pistol in one hand and a howie knife in the other, and being a little pressed for room, I jumped thro' the windy, leaving the bigger portion of my cont tail. As I was streaking it down town with the fragments fluttering to the breeze, I met a friend. I knew he was a friend by a remark he made. Says he, "Go it, Bob-tail, he's a gamin' on you!" And that's the way I happened in yoor engine room. l'in a good swimmer, Captain, but do excuse me if you please, from taking water.?Louisville Journal. Novel iray to evade Toll.?A few days ago, some young men, near Doddington, being unable to pay toll for a donkey which theyBiad with them, dressed it up with a coat and hat, and raising it on its hind legs, proceeded to support it through the gate, with these consoling words, "Come along, brother, yon ben't so drunk as you pretend to be."?Liverpool Paper. The World's Fair.?Wo understand from the National Intelligencer that the Secretary of the American Committee Mr. Kennedy, received by the Cambria a copy of the "Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations," published by authority ?r *i.? i? ^,.,,1 Tk? *_i ~ ui 111vj IVWJUI WV/IIIIIIlooiv'u. x lie taiait^UC 19 printed in quarto form, containing 320 pages, close print, jn double columns. The contributions are from all the civilized nations of the earth?from tho Yellow Sea, the Burnmputra and the Ganges in the East, to the Mississippi, in the West; from Australia to California?and their number is almost incredible. The Press vs. Speech.?A rapid writer will pen about 2,500 words in an hour. A rapid speaker will uttor 12,000 words in tho same time. Iloe's newly invented press will print 10,000,000 words in a minuto, or 600,000,000 an hour. Alice Glen. I noticed one day, in my ride towards home, an old worn chaise, in which was seated a young man, a fragile looking creature, with cadaverous cheek and hollow eyes, that glistened fearfully with each roll in the socket.? The loose fold of garment that hung over his form betrayed its shrunken proportion; his hands were childishly folded, with a meek air, upon his lap, and his posture, backward swaying and listless, indicated extreme exhaustion. TU. _i.J _t?:? -i 1 i?e Li i iic wuni uiu uuuiau biuuu ueiurtr a niaruie worker's shop, wliere, fronting the door; along the smoky building, and on all sides, white shafts, gray stones, and brown slabs uprose, ghastly shapes yet beautiful, with angels and cllerubs sculptured thereon, some pictured with willows, some with doves, some with graceful urns, many with sorrowful faces of mourners bending over departed hopes, bnried with the cherished dead in the church yard. It seemed a gloomy stopping place for one apparently so near his end ; and yet the serene countenance of the wan invalid was- suffused with a glad, almost hoi)* expression, that softened its ghnstliness and made its sadness more spiritual. Day after day, as I passed, I met him always in the same place, either being assisted by some friend into the old chaise, or sitting so listless, yet so patient, waiting the progress of the laborers engaged with their work around him. By chance I met a friend who knew the invalid. I mentioned carelessly my opinion of his apparently hopeless case, and wondered, as any passing stranger would, who he was, and 1 what drew him so frequently and statedly to J the shop of the marble-worker. 1 "He is a doomed man," replied my compan- | ion, "and being fully aware that his time is short, < he is superintending the work of his own mon- 1 nmerit " I was startled, and looked my friend fixedly 1 in the face. "It is a heartless whim," I ex- < claimed impatiently, "a living man watching ] the progress of his own tomb-stone." j "No, not heartless," be replied, "only singu- i lar." George Uennet, that is his name, was < once a yonng man of good health and good 1 exj>ectations-? by-the-by, that latter was his i ruin in a manner; never a more humble, pa- i tiently-waiting heir did I see, sir, than that i same young man ; but," he added with erapha- J sis, "when his uncle died, and tbe splendid for- 1 tune came?fine fortune and no mistake, sir? 1 he was off and away on the broad road, to dis- 1 sipation. Beginning with moderate prodigality to rid himself of this golden encumbrance, I.*: desiressoon knew no bounds. He gradually i threw offtherestraints which once a sense of du- j ty, engendered by a mother's pious teachings, j bad kept him under, plunged into fashionable i follies, forgot God, ruined a good constitution, and soon sank ail but a small portion of his fine legacy. Poor fellow, in his case the race ( was to the swift; hut it has ended in his destruc- ( tion. Now here comes the romance. In his humbler days he really loved, and engaged himself to a Miss Glen, a pretty intelligent girl of Scotch descent, one of the most amiable creatures I ever knew; but she had ' only a lew thousands, say ttiree at uie most, to 1 bring as a wedding dowery. She never doubt- ' ed his truth, nor would she believe the least report derogatory to his reputation. Ah! well, but women are loving and forgiving creatures," soliloquized my friend with an absent air, (he was a bachelor,) and for full three minutes he was silent. " Did he ever marry her?" I asked with a concealed feeling of impatience. "Never;" ho exclaimed abruptly, " no; he wentto Philadelphia, dangled arouuda few golden satellites, front thence to Europe, came back to the States, paid court to a lady of wealth, and would willingly have wedded her, but did not, for the very good reason that she learned to despise his character. After an absence of three years he visited Boston again, a wreck in body and fortune. I met hiiu first, and well remember how heavily he loaned unon mv side as we walked together through the old familiar tiioroughfares. He j said nothing about bis prospects or disappoint- , ments, but talked of various subjects, mostly of politics and Europe, till we by merest accident ! stood opposite the old ground?you remember, Copp'a Hill. 1 forgot to say that I too had been for many j months absent Bonnet expressed a wish to walk through, and did it not seem strange that he mado a pause, from very weakness and wea- . riness, opposite a small, smooth, white stone, that was familiar to neither of us ? and when 1 , would have led him farther on, he pushed aside the long, damp grass, and fell to conning the inscription. Judge of my surprise, as well as his remorse, when I read the following: Sacred to the memory of AT.TP.F. ftT.PM who died September 15,18?, of consumption. Aged 19 years. Lore knows no change in heaven. I do not like to dwell on what followed.? ; Beunet was smitten to the earth, conscience 1 being his next accuser. There he writhed, 1 pressing his cold forehead to the colder stone, J at intervals exclaiming, wretch, wretch, wretch, ' and oh! Alice. 1 tell you sir, the mere sight of that agony was hard to bean what must huve .' been the eudurancc. 1 Well sir, he staggered out the church-yard, j npnoolnfr Vila an! lad Imndkerchief to his mouth, | ' |/l UlvJ 0VI4V<M and depending entirely on mo for support. I ' s&w his hand was slightly stained, and by degrees the linen orimsoned, growing with every moment deeper and more scarlet "Bennet, you are bleeding!" I exclaimed, J starting with affright; and closing my urm a- i bout him, I beckoned to a haokman who was ' passing, helped the poor, fellow into the carriage, and by the tim? I got bim home, sir, there was hut little life in him I assure yon. Since that he has never rallied, until this spell of fine weather; he has been here now regularly every day, come In; yonder is the marble, look at the design." We stepped into the shop, and the man who was working at the stone paused, u ith his hand upon its top. It was pretty, unique, and calculated to arrest the attention. Two little cherubs held a scroll, unon which, amid the fancifnllv arran ged flowers, could be traced the words, "Alice forgive; God has forgivenThen followed the name; age and date were left out, and this quotation of scripture came next in order "For he that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap Corruption; hut he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." "Ah! my dear -sir/' said my friend, after a long silence, "were I an atheist, the perfect pattern which poor Bennet's* recent life affords, would shake my doubts of Christianity, apd scatter them to the winds; does not thitfshow," and he [>ointed to the stone, "a holy fearlessness of death and its grim appurtenances?" We walked home together in a thoughtful mood; the next day I missed the chaise, the next and the next following. I met my friend again, be toid me the yonng.man was dead. Boston OUce Branch, <i^i> i f**' Investig a. rioif.?Fear not investigation? Careful investigation of a subject, of whatever order of science, morals, or religion, is always attended with more sun-shine than datftTOBs. * On matters of religion I have met with many persons who are totally averse to testjpg- the opinions which they have formed, from a> fear that they will be led to abandon them, or that they may become unstable in their faith. Bat let such a beclouding, paralyzing idea be excluded from the mind, instantly on its first appearance. If we ore right in oar views of subject, by a more thorough and frequent examination of it, we shall be elevated and strengthened therein. Troth will appear more beft&tiful, and afford more bappines?as the aim- of reason rises with an increasing power to Its meridian glory. Bat on the other band, should investigation nrodnce temDorarv instability. fear not, far it is far more preferable at any time to be unsettled in the belief of doctrines, than to be immoveable bolted down ? wrong.?Star in the West, (Er To think that an eternity of bliss depend? apon the parity of a few years of earthly existence, is an overwhelming thought How ?reat is die inducement to study truth and cultivate virtue. Charcoal in Cisterns. ?-Two gallons of fine charcoal will purify a doze# hogsheads of water, when the smell is so unpleasant that it canlot be used. ^ ^ ^ 0?r Red Ants can be kept out of closets and other places by impregnating tho air with caraohor, as this oder is offensive to all the ifisect family. Many presses in the country appear to have no8t extraordinary notions of the powers of the President of the United States. They ssenr ;o think that he is supreme, add that even If a meeting ot tree citizens snouia Happen id malemble together to consult for the common jood, he has a |>erfect right to order otftrthe innv and navy to disperse them. Snob is the 'idiculous ptory now going the rounds in. the papers, that Mr. Fillmore had direeted an aimed "oree to cruise about Charleston, for .thenar3030 of watching the movements oftbe eeceders n South Carolina. The President baa a much better sense of bis authority under ;he Constitution than this. Sach is Ws weak iesa that he admitted to Congress he was not endowed with sufficient powers to sopprtgsa legro mob in Boston, and be requested it might je increased. The idea then that he can by lis mere fiiat order out the forces of the United States, to put down the movements of the free people of a sovereign State in the confederacy, s supremely absurd.?Norf. Argus. Submission Argument.?We take the following extract from an article in the Southern Patriot, a submission paper in South Carolina"We said too, that the largest slaveholders in our country had not been the mostpromioent in this agitation. It looks bad to see a little fellow who does not own a slave,making such a fuss about not being allowed by tho Federal Government, to carry his negroes to California! and wishing to destroy the government. and involve the country in revolutioa and. war, because the right had been denied him by the people of California themselves." A very fair specimen of the arguments nsed by submissionist generally. It a man is poor, if he does not own fifty or one hundred negroes, he has no rght to think, no right to couqiiain; and if he does manifest a disposition to resent aggression, his poverty is urged against him, and ho made a subjcot of ridicule. South Carolina is not the only place where suafcargu* monts are used; for it strikes us that we have beard them urged in this part of the political vineyard. It is time for the people, the sturdy yeomanry of the country to look to this, and rebuke at the ballot box, such abominable anoyance on the part of men who would have them bow their neck in humble submission to Northjrn outrage and oppression. Haynevffle (Ala.) Chronicle. m fc. ' * - - ..iJ.. | 4 m It is estimated tnat too representative pop?K ation of Texas will be over 200,000, which secures to her two representatives in Congress. The white population is 168,000; slaves 6^,000.