* VOLUME 2. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JULY 1,1851. NUMBER 52 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. j'UiiLisnrcD liv THOMAS J. WARREN. TIIE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advanee, or'Four Dollars if payment is delayed for three months. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Two Dollars if paid in idvanre. or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment is delayed for Six months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the J year. a nVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at the following ^ rates: F?r one sijnnre (14 lines or less) in the scmi-weeklv, one dollar for the firsthand twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventv-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar jht square. 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HICE DUL1N, [FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT CENTRAL WHARF, C II A RLES PON, S. C. Mav 2. 35 tl JO\. 15. llltkLi:. Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity. ' wi.vsrouougii. s.c. (Office in the rear of the Court House.) may 0. 30 4ni COURTENAY & WIENGEST" BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS AND dealers INCHEAP PUBLICATIONS. ( CIIAKLKSTO.V, S. CI. , Opposite the Post Office. Agents fur the best Green aud Black Teas, and Patent Medicines. S. G. COCRTKNAV. G. W. WIKXGEE. Marine, Fire, a:?'iiei|. tfuiir months) ami lias entered ii|hiii liis iluiies fur I8.1I, u ith renewedenerjty to endeavor to please pill iliat may eall upon Iiiiii, liolli rich ami poor. His House will lie joiiml one of the most ilesirable, situated, ami best furnished lintels in Camden- His servants also will be found res;.,., ifni in,d attentive, and tlie table vvi/1 be supplied wiili 11,i< |i,.st tlie market alloi'ils, Ili? Staiiies and Carriage Houses are roomy ami always fully supplied wiib Provender, and an exprteneetl Hostler. An Hiiitiibus ealls at tlie llotiseevery morning for passengers for tin; Itailm.id. t Jive tne a call and lest my motto. As you lind nie, Snreeoiiilll'.'nd liie. j:. 111in-n-s, lor I/uli''* Also?Velvet ami oilier 'I'riin mill Djieiivd tins'lay, sit BY PERCY B. ST. JOHN, [Concluded.] v About an hour later, Charles was crouching jn his mattress, his hands covering his face ii nute despair, when a knock came to the door He started, rose, opened the door about tw< inches, and received from the Cerberus of th< mouse a letter. Rapidly shutting himself in, h< read the perfumed missive. It was a polib note from .Madame lYllissfer, fntimatiiig he wish for him to call upon her at once with th^> necessary materials, for commencing a portrait ' she had the canvass ready, and adding a desire to see an}- finish paintings lie might have i i j hand. A radiant smile of.joy passed over the facp of the young art'st. It was not, however, the 1 piosperj. of relief from misery; it was not the , chance of a career of having money. Such tilings have lmt little influence over the mind of the true arlistc, whether poet, painter, or au- j thor. Much is s.iid of the improvidence and deserved poverty of literary men ; hut the cal- , culating and sordid minds of their ordinary judges are not aide to understand that spirits ' such as theirs cannot bond to mere material details. Their souls are so constituted that often their misery is a happiness. It awakens strange thought and reflection. Not to have suffered is not to hav? lived. And then when the artiste who has suffered long, has money, if lie wore to spend as your careful, prudent man would, he would as lief notlinve it. The plotting and intriguing necessary to make the , most of it would destroy all the pleasure ofhav- ] ing. lie must enjoy it, though fully aware ( that the day of sutlering must come again.? ( Now (fliarles, one of those beings in whom mind is more powerful than matter, rejoiced in his month's starvation. It had shown liiin the | heart of his beloved, a...I lie would not have itad it otherwise for all the wealth the world can give. Noble and generous hearts are not , rare, especially among the divine sex, which . (Jod created to conuiensate 111:1:1 lorovoiv ill in i life, lnit'still they nrc not font id at every step. Charles knew, lie was certain, that lie owed } his present good fortune to Constance; and , hence his joyful and happy smile. . lie made himself as neat and clean as he could, took two smxill paintings which he had" , just finished, in the hope of finding a purchaser, ami started for the Rue do Holder, where resi- f ded .Madame i'ollisssier. He was agreeably sur- j prised to find a young and elegant Paris lady, j who received him with affability, examined his two small paintings with remarks which show- t ed a cultivated taste and judgment, and then ] intimated her wish to keep them. Charles very t thankfully acquiesced, and then spoke of the , portrait. / "Well, M. Dupont, you may commence this morning if you please, but I have a peculiar * notion, and that is. that artists should know a | little of the person tliev are about to paint, to | do it well. 1 lliiller myself that you would ho ^ far more effective in your likeness, if you always commenced by an hour's conversation with the sitter." . Charles smilingly agreed that the young widow's theory was a very plausible one, and entered into a very animated discusssion with { her on his own art, which he soon lound she t I....I I:,..I ........ TIh> !ifii?rnoon 1 Iiiivt oiuuitu V'Miaiuuiuiin. - glided away very pleasantly, and when he arose I to take leave, Madame I'cllisbier put a small < pocket-hook in his hand, pointing at the same < time to the two pictures. < Charles blushed, as the high-soulcd artiste, j always docs 011 receiving money from such as i Leonie IVilissier, but accepted tiie welcome | payment with thanks and a bow. The first < sitting was then fixed for the following Mon- J day, and our hero hurried away towards his J home. He went not to his own room, lie went t to that of Constance. He knocked quickly, i she opened. He rushed in, caught her in his 1 arms, and imprinted on her lips ;tml clieelAaiuf 1 forehead a dozen kisses. 1 "Charles, are vou m.id ? What is tin* mat 1 w:ii i... r* i IVI T? J11 )l?u I J\j umvv . "My beloved Constance, I am so happv, : ami I know it is your doin^'. I havo sold my I pictures, and I have a port nit to paint. J>ut, < sly -tirl that yon are, you foryol that only last < .Sunday you toid me all about Madame JVUis- 1 sjer." ' "You are not oflended. Charles?'' "OH'cmled, my dear little wile?" "Your wile, Charles. I dare not hope fur ( that. An artist, a great artist, for you will 1 one, cannot marry a poor work-girl. I sec no how wrong I have been. Hut 1 never tlioug of the future. 1 am happy in your society ar I forget." "Constance, there is but one joyous hope this heart, and that is the hope to see you n wife. Without you there is no future for n: Constance, why do so many youthful genius; fall by the way, why do so many men of pn mise and greatness die away unknown, wh do so many poetic and god-like hearts sink inl obscurity, but that they are alone ? We arlis'r. more than any other men, need a guiding sta Ours is home work, and there is no home whei woman is not. Ilow would you have a ma have patience through the daily drudgery of h labor, with naught but four grim walls to ?aa at. No, we must have a voice to cheer us, a eye to beam on us, a lip to smile at us, an press on ours; and that voice, that eye, an that lip must be the voice and eye and lip < woman. Constance, it is we alone who knoi what woman, is, and who alone know her valu< She is not the plaything and toy of the profl gate, the slave and drudge of the sordid, th obedient serf of the plodding man of husincs: but the companion and equal of the man of in teih-ct?the only real man amid the world' millions. Constance, there are angels in th heavens a above, and if, by Cod's blessing, w are to see them, our eyes accustomed to so such dull objects as this world discloses in it ordinary pictures, would bo dazzled by the! brightness, had we not woman given us to pre pare our minds earily for any amount of bca-j ty in the future spiritual existence. You, Con stance, are my guiding star, my angel. Wit you I shall succeed, without you I shall fail.? Alone and unaided I cannot walk. Give m thy hand, be, oh be my wife." What could the fond aud loving girl reply b tliis speech?to the many a rhapsody?deliver i- . 1 ?.,,,,1 til 111 aCGCIUS Ol pruiumiu bvum.nu", uiiu ...n Dyes that (lashed tliou^h brimful of tears ? Sir promised to become his wife, and then, vvhei the delight of Charles had si little absitcd it [irst violence, they sat down to discuss thci [>lans. Madame IVllissicr had given a thousam francs (jE 10} for the two pictures, in France ; most exorbitant price. But then, Madame wa an artist herself and pail like one; wliil Charles, modest as he was, set too high a pric upon his own genius, to he astonished at an; thing of the kind. The lovers very sagely roa soiled that in Paris they might very well star in life with a thousand francs, and they agreei that they should he married while they had th money. Constance was an orphan, and Cliarle answered for the consent of his old mother, hi only parent, so tlvat they were .as happy as eve were two single-minded beings, who were wis enough to know that if we cannot find happi ness in wedded love, we cannot lind it at all. On the following Monday, Charles paid visit to Madame Pcliissier. He was now neat lv and cleanly dressed, and though still pale not so cadaverous-looking as he had been 01 the former occasion. The young widow rccciv ,'d him very warmly. She had been tnucl diarmcd with hi.n on the former occasion, am ind l.-aked forward with pleasure to thesecom fitting. To the young man's great surprise ? l 1 ? d:e gave him the ailiiresses ni 0:111 n-ui./.ei friends \\ I10 desired to avail themselves of hi aleuts. Charles was overwhelmed with joy His dream was now realized, and he could sup port himself and wife by his art. There wa 10 longer any necessity for beginning life ii he very humble way which at lirst the younj jouple had decided 011. ".Madame, I thank you warmly, both for my self ami Constance." "And Constance!" said Madame Pellissicr timing very pale, though without being noticei >v the artist, who was tixing his easel in a gooi ighb "Yes, madnme. To her?she could not do ly it?1 owe my first sta. l in my profession.? [ have long loved her, and now that fortum .miles <^n me, I mean at once to make her inj .vile." "You do well and nobly," said Leonie, will 1 very sickly smile; and then she added to her .elf, "Thank Cod, he has spoken so plainly. :crtainly have taken a very strange liking U dm, but crushed so early it will not take root Jourage, my woman's heart." ' 1 am ready, madaine." "And I am at your disposition," exebompf joonie, gayly, and tl?c oiumg commenced. Tlio young widow, who, with a warm am joncrous heart, was peculiarly open to a roman ie passion, had certainly found her feeling! can very strongly towards Charles JDupont.? 'ut as she had no intention of rivaling pool Jonstance, site, thus suddenly cheeked, sue seeded at once in mastering what was as ye i mere growing inclination. She felt rathe) iroud of being able to do, and promised her self genuine satisfaction in witnessing the hap liness of tho yofliig couple. The artiste was .-miuently successful in his portrait of Leonie blmploymcit from that day was not wanting md at the end of a month Charles and Con ?"??? 'i'hev were hnonv. am HUIIC "VIO ^ iliW arc happy, for they love otic another, i iavc seldom seen a more delightful mr/uigr thai .heirs. The scllish and cold sneer at lov? Hatches, but they confound them with passion Hatches. Marriage is a huge falsehood whet tot founded on affection, and real all'ection i; i tiling which is tested only by time. If i asts, it is real; if it ceases to exist, it was nev . r genuine. in this instance it was evidentlj rue, for after six years of wedded life, the lo . ers were as happy, if not happier, than tliej aero at lirst. (KrTl.c cholera is suid to Ijo very pievalen ju tlio plantations aluiifj the Lower Mississippi bo WHAT THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROw LIN A DARED TO DO IN 1774-5. kt When Boston was blockaded on account of y * K' the rebellious disposition of her citizens, mani-* felted hy the act of "throwing overboard tlicf 'c i East India Company's tea, the Colony of South ]y ; Carolina immediately held a mass-meeting in , ^ e- I Chn.Iostown, as it was then called. A very ?s | groat number assembled from every part of the' ?* | province, and, upon hearing the matter explain* ed to them, they adopted resolutions for sap:o | porting the people of ftoston by voluntary con ?> | tributions, for organizing various committees/ r- ; and for appointing delegates to a general Cone gross. "This Convention of the people, and n these resolutions," says Ramsay," laid the ls foundation of all the subsequent proceedings :e which in two years, resulted in a Revolution. 11 We adduce this fact to remind Carolinians ^ of this day, of the prompt, decisive and dcter^ J mined conduct of those from whom we are de" ecended, in resisting the very approach of unx just legislation. ;> They knew that the prospect of success, irt l* a contest with the power of the Mother Coune | try, was altogether cheerless; and yet they >> I moved right on to it, because the other alter'* | native was submission to wromr and conser s qncnt disgrace. They knew it was against e their present interest to lake the step. They c were prosperous anil flourishing?their pro^ c vincc, the chief favorite of Royalty. "In no s colony, was there as strong a bond of Union, r from a reciprocity of benefits, or fainter prospect of interference and contention. The col'* ony consumed an immensity of British manu'* factures, which she could neither make for her-1 self nor purchase elsewhere on equal terms1, anil for the payment of which, she had ample c means in her valuable native commodities.?* The exchange of one for the other was a basis- -;-.v 0 of profitable commerce." Happy cofi'* nexion with Great Urifrlui, Carolina was moved upon by every feeling of kindness and c every suggestion of private interest, to conn demn and opposo a rupture. And yet there s was not a moment's hesitation, on her part, to r dare all things and risk all things for the main-' o o ! tenanee of a principle. a Can wo not draw a lesson from this noblo a example ??Exchange paper. s ^ m mm ~ e TIIE OLD LIBERTY TREE. c y In Drayton's memoirs mention is made of a . live oak tree, which is said to have stood "be1 vaii/1 fr'wl^flnn'c on/1 I P?ief?i??no . j the Crook at Ilampstcad," (Charleston) which 0 was called the "Liberty Tree," from a meeting 3 hold thorn i:i 1770, in relation to the repeal of 3 the Stamp Act. In relation to this meeting, r wo annex tho following interesting document. _ c The copy before us is in the hand-writing of j. John Drayton, and appc.s to have been furuisliod him while preparing for the press the a memoirs of William Henry Drayton. For the . use of it we are indebted also to onr friend, Dr. Gihbcs, whose rich and priceless collections of ii manuscripts, memorials, relics, &c., only seem to aflbrd him pleasure in proportion, as lie can Ii share their enjoyment with others. \ Wc annex an exact copy of the document: J "A list of those persons who first moi. at Liborty tree, in the fall of (he year 177t?, alter the ii Repeal of the Stamp Act of the Parliament s of England, against the American Colonies, >?*>> (mi'lud IVniii t(ii> iifiiriifil Hit i?i t!ii> hnnda """ " " * of Benjamin Elliott, Esq., Register in Equis ty, this 21st Oct., 1820, and which list is ii signed by George l'lagg, the enhj survivor of J the party. 1. Christopher Gadsden, Merchant, then 4% t years old. 2. William Johnson, Blacksmith. ' H. Joseph Veree, Carpenter. J 4. Jolin Fullerlon, do. 5. James Brown, do. 0. Nath'l. labby, Ship Carpenter. 7. George Flagg, Fainter and Glazier. 8. Thom;'> Coleman, 1 pholsteror. 0. John Hall, Coach Maker. 1 10. William Field, Carver. 11. Robert Jones, Sadler. 1 12. Jo'.ii Houghton, Coach Maker. l.'Jl W. Rodgers, Wheelwright. 1 1 l! John Calvert, Clerk in some office.} 1"). Henry Bookless, Wheelwright. It',. J. Barlow, Sadler. 17. Tunis i eabout. iiiacivsmiin. 18. Pot or Mum-loan, Clerk. 1 10. William Trusler, J'utcher. 20. Hubert Howard, Carpenter. 1 21. AtPrrrvrrTaTrrtTTTr n. .. " "" 22. Mil. W'eyman, Clerk of tft. Philip's Church 5 and Class Crinder. 23. Thomas Swarle, Painter. r 24. William haughton, 'Jailor. 2r>. Daniel Cannon, Carpenter, t 20. llenjamiii llawes, Painter, f On this occasion the above persons invited - iMr. Cadsdon to visit ilioin, and to meet at an oak tree just beyond Gadsden's Green, over ' M...n.wlii.i(! (n Pidbitinn lire? 9 tilt? croon, ui ... y._ pared at their joint expense for the occasion. , ilere they talked over the mischiefs which tho - Stamp Act would have induced, and eongratu1 lated each other on its repeal. On this occal sion, Mr. Gadsden deliveiVd to them an address, i stating their rights, and encouraging thcin to ' %deli-id them, against all foreign taxation. Up on which joining hands around the tree, they > associated themselves as defenders and sup5 porters of American liberty, and from t j at time, t the null was called Liberty Tree, and public - meetings wore occasional!; hohion there. ' Tiie. "Declaration of Independence" was - read under this tree (for the first time ia South >' Carolina,) by Christopher i.iadsden ou llio t>m August 177l?.?Columbia Telegraph. I ITc that has revenge in his power and does i. not use it, is the greater man. 4T?i / ? ^