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* " 7? "'" >-t- -> . r. * * i ^BKZ3SasoH fmZBHKD*KBMB nBEBBB1B9BBMBSM MWBmmngcanvogBSaKSBanKBMKBwmmBSpBBaOBSM VOLUME ! ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAR^INA^TUNEIJ85~l~ NUMBER 44. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. I'UKLISIIUD RV THOMAS. J. lYARREN. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if pai<? in advance, or'Four Dollars if payment is delaved for three months. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Two Dollars if paid in tdvance. or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment is delayed for Si* months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following rates: For one square (14 lines or less) in the semi-weekly, on'- dollar for tlie first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventy-five cents per square for the firet, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. ^ The number of Insertions desired, and the edition to be published in, must he noted on the margin of all advertisements. or they will be inserted semi-weekly until ordered to he discontinned, and charged accordingly. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the some as for a single insertion. C7"All communications by mail must be post-paid to secure attention. The follow ing gentlemen are Agents for the Journal: Wm. C. Caston, General Agent. Cou T. W. Hurt, Jacksonliam. Lancaster Bist. S. H. Rouskr, Esq., Lancastrrvtlle, 8.C. O. C. McCrum.mkn, Cartlinge, N. C. ' W. C. Moor it. Esq., Camden, S. C. And Postmasters are requested to actasour Agents. ~VVILLIAM C mooke, BANK AGENT, And Beceivlng and Forwarding Merchant CA MDE N, S. C. D ?? , vv V. R?n. Mai. J. M DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq. t. HATHESON, BANK AGE.N T. Ax IIIS ox.n STAND OI*l*r,SI'rK Davis's IIoTFL B. W. < HAM I3EKS, Receiving and Forwarding Merchant, AMI Bayer of Cotton and other Country Produce, CAMDEN, S. C. 5* P. SOOT, OAMOSN, S. C. PAUL T. VILLEPIGUE, FACTOR, And General Commission Merchant, ACCO.MMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, 8. Cliberal advances made on consignments nl Produce, and prompt attention given to tlie forward* xng of Goods, at the lowest rates 'Anjr.2n. r,s W. II. It V."0RK!\IA - T.am an/1 ftnlleltnr in EflnitV. CAMDEN, S. C. {Office immediately in rear iff I he Court House.) Wll.l. ATTK.N'O THE COtTRTS OR Darlington nud Sumter Districts. Business entrusted tohimwih meet with prompt and careful attention. July ~~J Ts. li. keTiS~HA w, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN, S. C. Will attend the ourte of Kershaw, Sumter, ftrirfielct, Darlington *"H Lancaster Districts. CHARLES A. PRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, r- * imr<v tc r> Will Practice in Kershaw and the adjoining Districts. Frb. 4 C, A, PRICE, OFFICE AT THE COURT-PUSK, CABDEN, S, C. COURTENAY & WIENGES, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND DEALERS IN CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. ORABLKSTON, 8. C. Opprtite the I'ost Office. Agents for the best Green and Black Teas, and Patent Medicines. t. G. COURTENAY. _ W. WIENGES. To Kent. rIAT brick dwelling and 6torc, next to the "Mansion House," now occupied by T. BonueJi. A poly to J. B. KERSHAW, Ex'or. Dec 24 101 tf ROBERT LATTA. LATE THE FIRM OF DICKSON Sl L/tTTA. WOULD respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, th*t lie is now receiving a rariely of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, which he will sell low for cash?Two doors above Ihe Planters' Hotel, and immediitely opposite James Dunlap's, Ksq. Camden, S. C. March 18th. 1851. 22 If Notice.? ALL persons having any claims against thd Estate of the late Mrs. Martha E. Wilson deceased, will present them properly attested, ane those indebted will make immediate payment to to Mr. John Rosser, who is authorized to act as agent in my absence. PAUL T. V1LLEPIGUE, Admr. Nov. 12,1850. 80 wtf. WHISKEY, nvyi AND BRANDY Rectified Whiskey, f)U 50 bbla. New England Rum ft casks Domestic Brandy 40 doz. Old A/adeira Wine 00 doz Porter and Ale, in quarts and pints Received and for sale by Jan JOHN W. BRADLEY. QA BOXES J. E. Cheese, small size, received ?\J and for sale, by SHAW & AUSTIN. Feb. 18 14 tf 1 ;*^A bcrt Hewilock Leather. Xf)iy Just received and for sale at 17 cts per lb. by JOHN W. BUM)LEY. i THE SOUTHERN STOBE. ALL who wish Bargains, are invited to call al K. S. MOFFAT'S new Southern Store, ?hir/t house ?bnve the rank of Camden, where they will find a complete assortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND HARDWARE, consisting in part, as follows: Fancy and mourning Prints 7-8 and 4-4 brown Shirtings Blue Denims and Marlborough Stripes Sattinetts and Kentucky Jeans Cloths and fancy Cassimercs Negro Kerseys; Bed and Negro Blankets Mous. De'aines, Ginghams, <f-c. Groceries. Brown, Loaf, crashed and clarified Sugar Rio and Java Coffees New Orleans and West India Molasses Mackarel, Nos. 2 and 3 in barrels Cheertc, Rice, Flour, Bacon and Salt Rairfns, Pepper, Spice TdSacco, Segars. &.c. Sic. Hardware. Pocket Knives and Forks Britannia and Iron Spoons Trace and Halter Chains Axes, Hammers and Hatchets .Spades, Shov>lsand Hoes Hand, mill and crosscut srvvs Vices, anvils and blacksmith's bellows Nails, brads, tacks and sp igs Knob, pad closet and stock locks Iron squares, compasses and plane irons DTIIBIICiS UiaCKIIIgi CUIIUU ana n wi mum Broadnxcs and steelyards; pots and akillets Broad and narrow Iron Sic.. Ready Made Clothing of every description. Saddles, Bridles and Martingales Crockery and Glassware Gunny and Dundee Bagging Kentucky Rope and Twine Together wiiJi every other article usually loun ? ina well selected slock of Dry Goods, Groceries and Hardware. All of which will be sold exceedingly low for cash. fetri 'he highest market prices paid for cotton and other country produce. Dec 21, K. S, .VOFFAT. NEW STORE. THE subscriber is now opening a large assort inent of Groceries and Maple 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 de well to call and examine the stock, consisting in part, ol the following, viz: Loaf,Crushed, Ground and Granulated Sugar* S Croix, i'orln Kirn, and New Orleans do Sw Orleans, Muscovado and Culm Molasses Java, Laguimand K?*v Coflec Gunpowder, Young Hyson and Black Teas Spertn, Adamantine anil" Tallow Candles .No- 2 and 3 Mackarel, in Barrels, Half and Quarter* Wine, !?<>da and Butter Biscuits and Cneese Soap am! Starch, assorted Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Nutmegs, Mace and Close* Ho viler, Shot and Lend Hani ware. Cutlery, Nails and Casting* I'aints, Linseed Oil, Sperm. Oil and W i? h G|?, ALSO Bleached and nnhleached Shirting* and Sheeting* Blankets, Bed Ticks, Apron Checks and Oznaburg* Together with a large assortment of BitL'itiiiKi Rope and Twine. J. W. BRADLEY. Cnm.lcn.S. C. Sept. 23. B3r-( :a*h paid for Cotton and other Prodnce. fljsw sruitii;. THE subscriber would inform his friends and ilie public generally, that be ban opened an extensive slock of GROCERIES, at the stand formerly occupien by Joseph W. Doby, one door south of Campbell's liakerv, and opposite 11. Levy &. Son, where may 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 Orleans Molasses, (new crop) butter,fwine and soda crackers; cheese, buckwheat, raisins, currants, almonds, English mustard, filberts, pecan nuts, assorted pickles and preserves. ai.SO A few doz. old Port Wine, lletdsick best Champagne, London Porter and Scotch Ale in pints, together a large siock of Bagging, Rope and Twine, ail of which he offers low for cash. Jan 1. S. E. CAPERS. Darlington Hotel, DARLINGTON COURT-HOUSE. THE above House 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 given, and no effort, calculated to merit the Datronafre of all who rnav favor the establish I o v irent 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 hostlers. Drovers can be well accommodated, as any number of horses and mules can be l- ept in the stables and lots expressly prepared for them. JVov. 1, 1850. 86 tf MANSION HOUSE. CAMDEX, S. C. THE undersigned Iwgs leave to return hi* grateful thanks to his friends, and the travelling Public, for the liberal support which he ha* reeeived since he ha* been opened, (fonr months) ami has entered upon hi* duties for 1K51, with renewed energy to endeavor to please ^11 that may call upon him, both rich ami poor. His House will he found one of the most desirable, situated, and best furnished Hotels in Camden. Hi* servant* also will he found respectful and attentive, and the table will be supplied with tit* liest the market nflbrd*. Ilia Kinl.u* u.i.t i -urriiKTA llniiK. are roomv ami always fully supplied with Provender, and an experienced Hostler. An Omnibus calls at the House every morning for passengers for the Railroad. (Jive ine a call and test my motto. As you find me, So recommend me. E. G. ROBINSON. Proprietor. Camden, February 7th, 1851. 11 tf ALL persons are forewarned against trading for a Note of Hand, given by tne to Mr. Thomas Baskin, for the amount of Three hundred and iiliy dollars (#350.) dated 12th March, as I do not intend paying it. W. R. YOUNG, yi.'arch 21, 23 tf HOW WASHINGTON WAS MADE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. Every post brought me letters from my friends Dr. Winthrop, Dr. Cooper, Gen. James Warren, and sometimes from Gen. Ward and his aids, and Gen. Heath and many others, urging, in pathetic terms, the impossibility of keeping theirmen together without the assistance of Congress. I was daily urging all these things, but we were embarrassed with more than one difficulty, not only with the parly iu favor of the petition to the King, and the party which was a Southern party, who were jealous of independence, but a third party against a Northern, and a jealousy against a New England army under the command of a New England General.? Whether this jealousy was sincere, or whether it was mere pride and a haughty ambition of furnishing a Southern General to command the Northern army, I cannot say; hut the ;ntention was very visible to me that Colonel Washington was their object, and so many of our staunchest men were in the plan, that we could carry nothing without conceding to it Another embarrassment, which was never publicly known, and which was carefully concealed by those who knew it, the Massachusetts and other New England delegates were divided.? Mr. Hancock and Mr. Cashing hung back, MrPaine did not come forward, and even Mr. Samuel Adams was irresolute. Mr. Hancock himself had an ambition to be appointed Commander-in-Chief. Whether he thought an election a compliment due to him, and intended to have the houor of declining it. or whether he would havo accepted it, I know not. To the compliment he had some pretensions; for, at that time, his exertions, sacrifices, and general merits in the cause of his country had been incomparably greater than those of Colonel Washington. But the delicacy of his health, and his entire want of experience in actual ser vice, tnoiign an excellent muma omcer, were decisive objections to him in my mind. In canvassing this subject, out of doors, i found too that even among the delegates of Virginia there were difficulties. The apostolic reasonings among themselves which should be greatest were not less energetic among the saints of die Ancient Dominion than they were among us of New England. In several conversations 1 found more than one very cool about the appointment of Washington, and particularly Mr. Pendleton was very clear and full against it. Full of anxieties concerning these confusions, and apprehending daily that we should hear very distressing news from Boston, I walked with Mr. Samuel Adams in the State House yard for a little exercise and fresh air before the hour of Congress, and there represented to him the various dangers that surrounded us. He agreed to them all, but said; '"Whti shall wo do ?" I answered him that he knew that I had taken great pains to get our colleagues to agree j upon some plan, that we might be unanimous; but he knew that the}' would pledge themselves to nothing; but I was determioed to take a stop which should compel them and all the otli er members 01 uougress 10 oecinre inemseives for or against something. "I am determined this morning to make a direct motion that Congress should adopt the army before Boston, and appoint Colonel Washington commander of it." Mr. Adams seemed to think very seriously of it, hut said nothing. Accordingly, when Congress had assembled, 1 rose in my place, and in a3 short a speech as the subject would admit, represented the state of the colonies, the uncertainty in the minds of the people, their great expectation and anxiety, the distresses of the army, the danger of its dissolution, the difficulty of collecting another ; and the probability that the British arniv would take advantage of ourdelavs. march w O- - ^ ' out of Boston, and spread desolation as far as they could go. I concluded with a motion, in forin, that Congress would adopt the army at Cambridge, and appoint a General; that though this was not the proper time to nominate a general, yet, as 1 had reason to believe this was a point of the greatest difficulty, 1 had no hesitation to declare that I had but one gentleman in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia, who was among us, and very well known to all of us; a gentleman whoso experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies bettor than any other person in the Union. Mr. Washington, who sat near the door, as soon as he heard mo allude to him, from bis usual modesty, darted iuto the library room. Mr. Hancock, who was our President, which gave me an opportunity to observe his countenance while I was speaking on the state of the colonics, the army at Cambridge, and the enemy, heard me with visi. . * J ;t bio pleasure; but when i came iu uescriuu Washington for the commander, I never marked a more sudden and striking change of countenance. Mortification and resentment wero expressed as forcibly as his face could exhibit them. Mr. Samuel Adams seconded the motion, and that did not soften the President's physiognomy at all. The subjoct came under debate, and several gentlemen declared themselves against the appointment of Mr. Washington, not on account of any personal objoction against him, but because the army were all from New England, had ageneralof their own, appeared to be satisfied with him, and had proved themselves able to imprison the British army in Boston, which was all they expocted or desired at that time. Mr. Pendleton, of Virginia, and Mr. Sherman, of Connecticut, wero very explicit in de_1-_: tU:? nn;nUn Mr (^IchinDnnd Cairn rift 1 Ciailllg una u|iiuiuu. B -..v. uw.wfM others more faintly expressed their opposition, and their fears of discontent in the army and in New England. Mr. Paine expressed a great opinion of Gen. Ward and a strong friendship for him, having been his classmato at college, or at least his cotemporary; but gave no opinion on the question. The subject was postponed to a future day. In the meantime pains were taken out of doors to obtain a unanimity, and the voices were generally so clearly in favor of Washington, that the dissenting members were rarsuaded to withdraw their opposition, and Mr. Washington was nominated, I believe by Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, unanimously elected, and the array adopted.? Works of John Adams. THE MOTHER'S LAST LESSON. "Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me, and bid me good night?" said little Roger L , as he opened the door and peeped cautiously into the chamber of his sick mother. "I am very sleepy, but no one has heard me say my prayers." Mrs. L was very ill?indeed, her at tendunts believed her to be dying. She sat propped up with her pillows, and struggling for breath; her lips were white; her eyes were growing dull and glazed. She was a widow, and little Roger was her only?her darling child. Every night he had been in the habit of coming into her room and sitting in her lap, or kneeling by her side, whilst she repeated passages from God's holy word, or related to him stories of the wise and good men spoken of in its pages. "Hush!" said a lady who was watching beside her couch. "Your dear; mother is too ill to hear you to-night." As she said this, she came forward, and laid her hand gently upon his arm, as if she would lead him from the room. Roger began to sob as if his heart would break. "1 cannot go to bed without saying my prayers?indeed 1 cannot." The ear of the dying mother caught the sound. Although she bad been nearly insensible to everything transpiring around her, the sob of her darling roused her stupor, and turn ing to a friend she desired her to bring her little son and lay him ou her bosom. Her request was granted, and the child's rosy cheek and golden nestled beside the pale cold face cf his dying mother. "Roger, my son, my darliug child," said the dying woman, "repeat this verse after me, and never, never, forget it; "when my father and mother forsake me, tho Lord will take mo up." The child repeated it two or three times distinctly, and 6aid his little prayer. Then he kissed the cold, almost rigid features before him, and went quietly to his little couch. The next morning he sought, as usual, his mother, but he found her stiff and cold. This was her Last lesson. He has never forgotten it?ho prol>ably never will. He has grown to be a man?a good man, and now occupies a post of lionor and profit in Massacliusetts. 1 never could look upon him without thinking about the faith so beautifully exhibited by his dying mother. THE RATTLESNAKE. A letter from a member of the Mexican Boundary Commission, published in the Providence Journal, says: These venemous creatures abound through the plains of Texas and New Mexico. We met them continually in our path, and they always cave us notice of their proximity by shaking their rattles. Often did I hear this warning without discovering the enemy; and on such occasions it is best to get oat of the way. The rattlesnakes never attack except when provoked; and they are easily killed. A blow with a stick will disable them, when they are easily dispatched. The young meu of the expedition wore fond of shooting them with pistoles, bat so much ammunition was wasted in this sport, if it may be so called, it became necessary to issue an order forbidding it. We had some experience of the effect of the bite of this snake. \s we were approaching tho Concho river, one of our horsemen discovered a large rattlesnake diretly in our trail, lie gave him a shot from his six shooter, which took offect, nearly cutting his body in two. He then attempted to ride over hiin, when the snake raised his head and struck the horse in the hind leg, about a foot above tho hoof. Several saw the effort of the snake, and we stopped to see whether any injury had been done. We at once discovered the marks where the fangs ontered, from which tho blood was oozing. Within five minutes, tho horse which was a very fiao one, began to limp. Soon after, his leg began tr> nwpll *n that he could not walk on it. and it I was with dificulty that he could be led iuto camp, so great appeared to bo his agony. Within half an hour we reached our camp, and proceeded to alleviato tho sufferings of the poor animal. A small air pump was applied lirst, and somo blood drawn from the wound, poultices were applied, and tho horse was watched with care during the night, as he lay at length on the grass. In the morning his entire leg and thigh were much swollen; nevertheless, he was led along after the wagons.? After a few days tho swelling subsided, but ho showed symptoms of sickness, which increased so that wo were at last compelled to abandon him. Wo saw many other snakes of different kinds, somo of them the most brilliant colors, which we safely'put away in alohohol. There is ono species known as tho "chicken suako," which at first gavo us much alarm. This snake we always found in the tops of trees, moving with as much rapidity from brance to branch as a squirrel. For this motion, his form seemed admirably adapted by its groat length, which " r% a llmiwrk Ilia kn/lw was irom nvo 10 eigiu i?i, h.u?6u was not larger than that of other snakes of half the length. Tho chicken snake, I afterwards learned from Texans in the party, is harmless. These men would catch thorn by their tails and snainp them like a whip. How they derived their name, I know not . This roach is certain, there are no chickens in the region where we met them. It is possibJe however, that in Unsettled portions of Texas they may infest the poultry yards. ? ii Dcs'ruclion of the Egyptian Pyramid* and Temples.?A correspondent of the London AUienccuni says that the Northern Pyramid of Dashour is now in progress oi being converted into a stone-quarry, in order to build some new palace or villa in the neighborhood: the tomt>?? of Sakkara are used for the same purpose; the mounds of Abydus are ransacked for building .materials; the Temple of Ermetit is going for the same purpose; and two temples have, > within the last six years, been knocked down, ^ and the materials removed from near Sheikh Fadi, entirely withoot the knowledge of travel' lers, to whom indeed, they have remained otter* iy unknown nntil now that tltey .no longer ex* ist jj The Homestead.?The homestead of every man is a holy thing which ne law or monopoly should be able to wrest from the family. Give the father his home, in fact, and secant; and he has position, station, character, and rights worthy to defend. He is a permanent inhabitant of the State, and he is heart and soul devoted to the interest of the State, for her interests are. bis interests. But let the wealthy capitalists be able to monopolize the soil, ana seize, almost at will, upon the poor man's homestead,.and, we shall have a moneyed aristocracy to lord it Over the people as cruelly as ever English aristonmey made laborers and dependents by the law of entail. The only ultimate resource me ?w possess against the euro encroachments of cap- , ital apon Tabor is to be found in the exemption of the homestead, and the guarantee of tb?right to labor by laws founded on the nstnral right of man to live. .. . V.^*a*. ??: && In fob it.?While the immense throng were waiting the arrival of the May Flower at & foot of Main-street on Friday afternoon, one man more ambitions than the rest, determined to Bee all that coold be observed from the vantage ground of a slight elevation, so turning a barrel of lard, which Lay upon the dock, upon the end, he mounted it and made himself the obsenfoSof observers. Butpride must have a fail, snd faehad ^ hardly planted himselF npon the head ol the barrel when it gave way beneath his feet, and let him up to the third button on. his vest in the soft, half melted lard. He ex*icated himself with all expediton possible from h|9-novel and interesting position, and it is understood he did net mind about staying to receive the President, bat left to his regret, and mizzled for home to tab it off ? when dry.?Buffalo Commercial. Sao Drex Hont.?Two brothers named Badger, living in white county, Indiana, rcently went ont to bunt deer. Seeing some at a distance they separated, one brother taking one direction and the other another. When arrived in the immediate vicinity of where they saw the game one of the brothers discovered something crawling in the grass and wiHows, and, supposing it to be a deer, fired; a swam followed, he ran to the spot and found his Ifco ther a corps. The ball bad pierced him through the heart Longest Rail Road.?The Erie road is the longest in tho world -467 miles. That between Moscow and St Petersburg, in Rasria, is next in length, being 420 miles. The Rns- t sion government is about beginning a road for Warsaw to St Petersburg, a distance of mbre than 700 miles, of which Major T. 8. $ro?n, late of the Erie road, will be chiaf engineer! " ? t ? . . . OCT The Panama Herald says that about a hundred miles from this, within the prouuice, there exists a native child which was bortt With . two distinct heads. The child is a m tie and is now about ten years old. It has been seen by persons residing in this city, and their statement in relation to the extraordinary malformation, is authentic. A well known medical gentleman and physiologist will proceed in the course of a day or two on a visit to the child for the purpose of making a scientific examination, when we shall have the pleasure to publish his report The Oswego Journal says from fifteen to twenty fugitive slaves pass through that city weekly to Canada. They are often marly destitute and depend upon tho charity of (he colored people for food and lodgings. G?tWk do not know where we have met the following, but a more beautiful, thrilling and pathetic piece of poetry we never read. On a log sat a frog, Crying for his daughter; Tears he thed till his eyes were red^ And then jumped into the water? r And drdwned himself. Wild Mas op tiir Woods.?A gigantic man of the woods has been discovered in Green county, Arkansas, and a party has been organized to endeavor to catch him. When last seen ho was persuing a herd of cattle, who wero flying in a state of great alarm, as if pursued by a dreaded enemy. On seeing the party who discovered him he looked at them very deliberately for a short time, turned and ran away with great speed, leaping from twelve to fourteen feet at a time. His toot-print* measured thirteen inches each. He was of fffer.vs tio structure, the body being covered witK haiiv and the head with long locks that fairly- enveli oped his neck and shoulders.