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1 THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, MAY 28, 1852. NUMBER 43. ? ???i???,?-?? ? ninfMiinu-**1*'ig?a?Eggram m/w^inaCBa??aMgg1BOK "THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. published semi-weekly and weekly by THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. Tiie Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. Tiif. Weekly Journal is uublished at Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, , seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-se ven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin- : glo insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and J quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. "The number of insertions desired, and the edi? A - i nn tho mnrrrin of 1 lion iu ue puuusucu in inuoi uv i.v>v? .... ..._ n all advertisements, or they will be published semi-week- I ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly From the Evening Bulletin. EPITHALAMIUM. To Mrs. Jenny Lind Goldschmidt. BT PETER PINDAR, JR. Well, Mrs. Goldschnndt, dear, I wish you joy: The spinster-world forsaking, That double happiness without alloy, That Hymen's votaries talk of every day, You'rs bent on trying, and taking "Love honor and obey" For your new motto, Have given your hand to Otto! Fortunate Ctto (your Otto of Roses,) When he first learned the piano, Ne'er dreamed he'd be the man o' Ruck wondrous luck as this day's news discloses? Mate to a Nightingale! And that no common, unfledged bird, Bu' one who has made her carols heard, And entering now her thirty second spring, Vows that she will no longer sing The stupid solo of celibacy, But join him in a duo that can't fail To suit the popular gale, And close in a cadenza that shall be The climax of their joint felicity. Was ever known such transformation? A bulbul to a goldfinch?no goldsmith? It passes Ovid's wildest transmigration, And yet the change was all accomplished with A few wordsjrom the Prayer Book ; so The plumage from^tte'warbier dropp'd; The soaring bird her warblings stopp'd And then subsided to a wife? An unpoetica! fowl, I know, But pleasant, when it brings a ne?t for life, Well lined, as this one, with a golden fleece Such as no Argonauts iiad dream'd of, even in Greece So Otto has returned to his vocation ; Jenny has set him up And opened his new Goldsmith shop, Where gold is to be wrought from all creation. All alchemy is put to blush, Since Midas, in his most metalic mood, Never made gold with such a rush, As Jenny can do or as Jenny could. l''or, by the mint machinery of her throat, Olto inay coin from every bulbul no.e A full fledged Golden Eugie, fit To circulate where baspr coin than it Would be uncurrent, or would meet A heavy discount in the street! But still, I wish you joy, dear Mrs. G.; I am resigned, or strive to be ; I'll even forget the fifteen dollar seat That I was fleeced of in the Barnum days; I'll even strive to lay the unwilling: ghosts Of scores of sacrificed white kids that meet My tear-dimmed eyes whene'er I gaze Into the drawer where lie the hosts Of sad memorials ol my youthful lolly? 44 Most musical, most melancholy." And when in future years, Around the Goldschmidt hearth appears A 44 birdlmg" brood that 44 must be singin" Each in its own domestic song, And with no Barnum all equipped for bringing i. .... L..r tlirn.Kr IlUUl UUIUIC a Vyai'llf. VJi Ci ? UVU M*<VI>b Per: aps, dear Mrs. G., Vou'll give a thought to me Who, in the height of liaruum'sglorious row That first infatuation That seemed to fill the nation, Invested three Vs in the fund that now Sets up your Otto in his old vocation! Pliilada,, Feb. 6 A Woman's Valuables.?Some of the brightest pages in history are those which illustrate the heroism and fidelity of woman. We remember of reading a beautiful and affecting incident I which occurred in the wars of the Guelphs and I. (ihibbelines illustrative of these traits, and which we beg leave to commend to the notice of our I bachelor readers. The Emperor of Conrad had refused all terms of capitulation to the garrison Winncsberg; but, like a true knight,he granted rthe request of the women to pass out in safety, with such of their most precious effects as they could themselves carry. When the gates were opened, a long procession of matrons and maidens apj>eared, each bearing on her shoulders? not her treasures, her household goods or her trinkets?but a husband, a son, father, or brother 1 As they passed through the enemies lines, all respectfully made way for tliein, while the f whole camp rang with shouts of applause. Bachelor reader, will you allow us to ask u-tifitlipp there is a inaiil nr mntmn on whom you could rely for a similar service, in case of emergency ? What will the Giiils and Boys say!?It has been decided by an eminent physician, that 21 for a female, and 28 for a male, .are the proper ages for the earliest marriages. A Connecticut editor, in dunning his subscribers, says lie has responsibilities thrown uj>on tliira which he is obliged to meal. Maxims to Marry l>y. The following maxims to narry by, addressed to single gentlemen, are copied from a very old number of Blaekwood, printed so long ago that ohl 'Kit North' must have been something of a beau at the time he wrote them : ''Now, in making marriage, as in making love ?and indeed in making most other things?the o r> beginning it is that is the ditHculty. 13ut the French proverb about beginnings?"C'st le premier pas qui coute1?goes more literally to the arrangent of marriage; as our English well illustrates the condition of love?'The first step over, the rest easy.' Because, in the marrying affair, it is particularly the 'first step' that 'costs'?as to your cost you will find, if the step happens to go the wrong way. And most uicn, when they go about the business of wedlock, owing to some strange delusion, begin the affair at the wrong ? 7 o% O end. They take a fancy to the white arms? (sometimes only to the kid gloves)?or to the neat ancles of a peculiar school girl; and conclude from the premises, that she is just the very woman of the world to scold a houseful of servants, and to bring up a dozen children! This is a convenient deduction, but not always a safe one. "White arms and neat ancles, bring, me, naturally, at once to the very imjiortant consideration of beauty. For don't suppose because I caution you against all day-disabi'itcs, that I want to fix you with a worthy creature whom it will make you extremely ill every time you look at. For the style of attraction, please yourselves, my friends. I should say a handsome figure? if you don't get both advantages?is better than a merely pretty face. Good eyes are a point never to be overlooked. Fine teeth?full, well proportioned limbs?don't cast these away for the sake of a single touch of the small-pox; a mouth something too wide; or dimples rather deeper on one side than the other. ,4It may, at some time, be a matter of consideration, whether you shall marry a maid or a widow. As to tlie taste, I myself will give no opinion?I like both; and there are advantages peculiar to either. If you marry a widow, 1 think it should be one whom you have known in the lifetime of her husband; because, then ad acta ad posse?from some notion of what you own will be. If her husband is dead before you knew her, you had better be off at once; because she knows (the jade!) what you will like, though she never means to do it; and depend upon it, if you have only one inch of penchant, and trusi yourself to look at her three times, you are tickled to a cert'urny." Marrying girls is a nice matter always; {<01 ' V.ey are as cautious as crows plundering a corn-field. You may 'stalk' for a week, and never get near unpercieved. You hear the caterwauling as yon go up stairs, into the drawing-room, louder than thunder; but it stops?as if by magic! the moment a (marriageable) man puts his car to the kev-hole?I don't myself, I profess upon pri triple, s.,-e. any objection to marrying a widow. If she upbraids you at any time with the virtues of her former husband, you only reply that you wish he had her with him, with all your soul. 1 1 L - 1 11 li ;i woman, However, mis una more man unuhusbands, she poisons them ; avoid her. "In widow-wiving, it may l>o, a question whether you should marry the widow of an honest man or a rascal. Against the danger that the last may have learned ill tricks, they set trio advantage?she will be more sensible (from the contrast) to the kindness of a gentleman and a man of honor. I think you should marry the honest man's widow ; because, with women, habit is always stronger than reason. " Mut the greatest point, perhaps, to be aimed at in marrying, is to know, before marriage, what it is you have to deal with. You are sure to know this, fast enough, afterwards. Me sure, therefore, that you commence the necessary perquisitions before you have made lip your mind, and not as people generally do, after. Remember that there is no use in watching a woman that you love; lieeausc she can't do anything? do what she will?that w ill be disagreeable to you. And still less in examining a woman that loves you; because, for tlie time, she w ill be quite sure not to do anytlim .t ought to be disagreeable to you. I ' -Miown a hundred perfect tigresses as pi; as kittens?quite more obliging than neea oc?under such circumstances. It is not a bad way?maid or ?flw.r> fin.l ,..,n .n-r> fuiioi-iiirr -i vim. man, to make lior believe that you have an aversion to her. If she has any concealed good qualities, they are pretty sure to come out on such an occasion. "Don't marry any woman under twenty?she i? not come to her wickedness before that time. Nor any woman who has a red nose at any age; because people make observations as you go along the street. A 'cast of the eye'?as the lady casts it upon you?may pass muster under some circumstances?and I have even known those who thought it desirable; but absolute squinting is a monopoly of vision which ought not to be tolerated."?Di.ackwood. Pit. Bhownlow Private Secketaky of f?ov. Jones.?We copy from the Kuoxville Whig, of April 15th the following choice tnorccau. Wonder if Senator Jones makes a habit of getting friends to fix up his circulars, speeches, Ac. "In good faith, as a political partisan, we stood up to Jones, and rendered him all the "aid and comfort" we could, in his different political battles in this State. We extolled him and his speeches, through our paper, and kept him ;is prominently before our numerous readers, at home and abroad, as we could. We afterwards ii-ii- i ,.e .. pilDIPIK'U H JiUgu nnuuu wi it uv/iiiiii luiuiiic, in which we gave an extraordinary eulogistic sketch of his life and political services, ho himself furnishing the allodged facts, by letter! We afterwards wrote out his circular, which first appeared at Joncsboro, in reply to Gov. Polk, which was copied into all the whig papers in the State, and ( strolled to the skies, for its ability, and overwhelming refutation of the charges made against J the whig party, in reference to the expenditures ti of the Government! Jones gave us the report c i made out by Smith, the Register of the Treasu- ii ry and requested us to do our best and sign his s< i name, as lie had not the time. We made his f< j defence, and he afterwards thanked us by letter u for a defence, more able and triumphant, as lie li acknowledged, than lie could have made him- il o 7 self!" f< Fanaticism.?The Governor of Conncticut, a (Seymour,) in his recent message opposed the f, Maine anti-liquor law. The New York Tribune p thus speaks of him: c j "Seymour sits in the Governor's chair as the v I purchased instrument of rum interest?its attor- a i ney, its tool. By the money of rum-sellers, I noured our without stint, was his election achie si : ved. He was^vafted to liis present dishonora- a ble elevation on the tainted breath of drunkards, a | and those who are fast ripening for their cor.di & ! tion and their doom. He had other and worthi- 0 , ersupporticrs,ccrtainly;'butrum gavchis majority ' and he is but repaying an obligation in petifog- e ging its wretched case to the extent of his lirni- tl ted capacity." n From the Soil of the South. v Farm Economy. t] Mr. Ennon: If it is true that "the children a | of this world are wiser in their generation than tl | the children of light," it is no less true, "that the God of this world has blinded their eyes." a When ! Mr. Editor?when! let it be asked with t: all the emphasis of deep conviction and earnest- ft ness of imminent ruin; when will the cotton |U planter of the South open their eyes to the fact, jp that a crop of two million bales will bring them > more money than one of two and a half or three mil si lion ? We toil and struggle through the whole si calendar, from Christmas to Christmas again, t! devoting to the cotton crop our lands and our ai best energies, and thereby exhausting both; n aud all to swell the number of cotton bales to a< an amount that must, in the very nature of things, depress the price to a figure far below fi; remuneration, and ktep it there. Then look at M the diastrous consequences which are invitable I by such a course. Cattle upon the lift, or down s< beyond the hope of resuscitation; skeleton frames w reeling to the plow they have not strength to I move ; corncribs empty, and meat-houses desolate. In last year, the little money that was realized from the little crop, has all gone to Cherokee and Tennessee for corn. The bacon is yet to be bought, either on a credit or with money borrowed at a high rate of interest; in either w casein vol mg the hapless purchaser iu debt.? e: An argument of five minutes will convince any n man that all these calamities may be-ftW/led, jr and their opposite blessings secured, by plant-"tt itig a smaller crop of cottou and a larger crop ; 1, of grain. Indeed, almost every man is already a convinced, of that fact. Why is it, then, that all o "confess the wr??ng and still the wrong pursue V a Erich individual is aware that his diminished I cotton crop willl have no effect ujioii tlio mar- I 0 ket, and in order to get his share ot'the money, c lie must plant his full proportion of the cotton. \ Now, Mr. Editor, I for one, am resolved to pur- c sue a different course, from the full conviction h that it is to my individual interest to make a tl provision crop; and thus, if I should not sue- a coed so far as to have grain and jiork to Sell. I tl at least will endeavor to avoid the humiliating c necessity of being compelled to pay away all, j b or nearly all the proceeds of the cotton crop for j tl those indispensable necos>aries. And until eve- j g ry planter is convinced by practical experience, i w that, let others do as they may, it is for his indi- \ h vidua! interest to do likewise, then, and not till n then, will the cotton crop be so restricted as to | \ bring about t bat desirable state of things, viz: h more money, ami plenty of provision. I am aware that it is maintained, upon quite fr formidable authority, that the extent of the crop u has no influence in determining the price ; and c; a learned Professor attempts to prove that to he ^ true, by the extent of the several crops of the c< last ten years, and the relative juices obtained c; for them. Put an argument based on those da- n ta is incomplete. If a large crop, orcvenasuc 1< cession of large croj>s, brought a high juice, the ti inference is irresistible that short crojis, under ti the operation of similar influences, would have n brought a higher one. To maintain that short ? tuoiiifoin flint eorn n. crujr* UitU.MT iun ir? IV uiu.inu... _ w would now he worth one dollar per bushel, if y every corn crib in the land were bursting with o corn. ALIQUIS. t( Front the Southern Cultivator. C< Sliecp for the South. a! Messrs. Editors:?It appears to me that the ^ Southern Planters, as a class, read, think, and P reason quite too little upon the peculiarities of 01 their situation and circumstances, for their own P welfare. Because certain breeds of animals are found profitable in the North, they jump to the conclusion that the same breeds must be equally 0 profitable at the South, too, not reflecting for " one moment upon the great difference between *' our climate and circumstances. The great heat J1' of our climate renders our stomachs much more . delicate, and the mutton of Clayton Iieybold, Esq., which excites such admiration among the. gastronomes further North, would be very apt ? among us, to give rise to a very different sen- ,r it sation. " ? - - ?J 11 Tim great majority ot our runners unu punters at the South, raise their meats entirely for 1S their own use; ami such being the case, the v breeds of animals furnishing such meats, and only those breeds ought to be selected, unless the k first cost should be too great, or there should be fi other great objections. Generally speaking, the fr first cost of good animals of the different breeds, e is very much the same, therefore, is no serious a objection. In commencing a flock of sheep, for c insiance, how few planters take the trouble to t think what object they propose to themselves in p I so doing, and what breed would be the best for j c | their purposes.?Poor rustics, as we arc some-1 p imes made to open our eyes when we read acuunts of the enormous weights of carcass, the iches of fat, and 20 to 25 pounds of fleece of ame of the B^kewell's Cotswold's and New Ox>rdshires slaughtered further north, and involntarily led to break the 10th commandment, ttle remembering that were we to attempt siinar things we would signally fail, or pay to dear >r the whistle if we succeeded. I am quite rilling to allow that in the neighborhood of towns nd cities where the principal object would be to trnish meat for others to eat, these breeds would robably prove the most profitable; yet as such ases are only exceptions to the general rule, they ili rot at ail weaken the force of what I am l>out to say in favor of the neglected Merino, u their adaption to our climate, soil and circumtances. they are certainly not inferior, if they re not decidedly superior to any Euglish breed; nd quite as much, if not much more, may be nid without fear of contradiction, of the quality f their flesh and wool. They certainly do uot arrive at maturity very arly, but in return, they are very long-lived; hey are amongst the most prolific and the best urses; they arc sufficiently thrifty to give no i ause of complaint, among the most healthy, diether as mutton or lamb, is unequalled, and heir wool more valuable as well for coarse as s fine fabrics , costs no more to produce than hat of any other breed. I have seen comparisons drawn between them ...i i i j. v .i,,:. I iiu uie larger oreeua, mucu hj iut*ii ui.>nu > ?ge, though witliout reflection, appearing to be lir and impartial. In these comparisons no alision is made to the little fact that one acre will roduce just as much of Merino mutton and of lerino wool as of any other breed, and the great ipenoritv of both. I quote no authorities in ipport of my opinions, because I do not think mt such of your subscribers as read will find nything new in them, and to such as do not ?ad, book authorities would not be apt to be cknowledged as of any value. That my opinions may not be suspected of soilness, 1 think it fair to state that I hare no rerinos for sale, but so fully do I believe in what have written, that I have lately been purchasing >me to take a fresh start and improve ray flock liich has, from neglect, degenerated moie than like. Yours, Rusticus. From the Laurensiille Herald. Pastures. There is perhaps no country in the world here it is so easy to have ample pasture for stock, <cepting the wild prairie lands of the west and orth-west, as in the old cotton States; and in no nproved country is the great advantage that be derived from properly enclosing them, ' .1 m >ss underslbyO or appreciated. mousanus ui cres sire to bo seen-everywhere in this State, f old fields and exhausted -lands, so managed s to be of little or no value to then owners.? )o our people know that everywhere through-ut Europe and the Northern States, pasture is onsidcred of the first importance to the farmer? Vith them clover and the grasses are cons:derd the foundation of all good farming. It may | e said that clover and the rich grasses will not lirive with us as with them. This may be so? nd it is probable, indeed, almost certain, that heir mode of farming would not suit us. Our ustoms should be such as experience proves are est suited to our location. If we cannot have heir luxuriant pastures, we can have our short rass and broomsage much longer than they do, i Inch a great advantage. If we cannot mow ay for wintering our stock as they do, we have inch less need of it, sis our winters are short.? Vith shucks ard straw and some other little elps we are generally able to winter our cattle. What we ought to do is, to have our waiste mds so enclosed as to afford an aoundant pastrage. With good pasturage we can have fat Jttle, more milk and more manure. With plen ; of milk, we need less meat, and therefore less jrn for feeding hogs; with plenty of manure we J in raise more cotton and more corn, and more icat too. I?y having ample pasturage we can ave the vegetable matter on our cultivated elds to be turned in. Avoid the injury of much ending, and at the same time be gathering the lanlire to fertilize them. These arc such plain truths, so obvious, that no would think it hardly necessary to urgethem; et, plain as they are, they they are not carried ut in practice by our farmers in one ease out of 'ii. The system of cross-fencing and close-gra ng. and treading of our cultivated fields, still mtinues. Would it not be better, and generIIy cheaper, too, that the cross fences should all e removed and applied to enclosing permanent astures? But many of us have also branch and reek bottoms that with proper attention would induce the best kind of grasses. It is certain le herds-grass and white clover succeed well in ich places, and it is altogether likely that many f the grosses they now produce spontaneously, ould, with proper attention, prove valuable.? i fact, several of niv acquaintances cut eonsidrable quantities of liav on their wet bottoms the ist dry summer, which has helped them mateally in carrying their rtock through the winter. I is not slow business. A hand can save more f it in a day than he can of fodder. The reader lay think I have taken a good deal of pains in dling what every body knows; be that as it lav, it is not what everybody practices, and it even of use sometimes to be reminded of what *o already know. , To sum up what I have to say in a few words,! >t me urge every farmer iti Laurens to enclose >r himself a good pasture?one that will keep .4 ?ll c.tmmnv ne inanv PJlttlc J1R lip ran C.11TV ill ondition through ihc winter. And let him vail himself to the extent of these helps to inrease his manure pile: let him tend less land, bet*r manured and better tended, to be be sure to ut in enough corn and smaller grain before otton, and I wil promise him a happy indelondenco. Franklin. Mixed Manures.?Judge Longstreth, one of the most distinguished agriculturists of this State, mentioned in a conversation, a short time since, that he had at length got his farm liauds into the practice of scattering, every morning when they visited the stable, a handful or two of plaster over the manure excremented during the night and previous day. In this way the amonia gas, which is the fertilizing part, is kept in the manure until you want it for the crop,and then, like, the Western man at the fight, "always fiud it thar," ready to feed the maws of your plants.? T? ' * r .u: T I- u:? iu cuuaeijueijce ui mis jjracuue ui t/uugc u. 9 ma horses' eyes were not injured, nor do their human attendants suffer inconvenience by the sharp, pungent, and valuable salt escaping into, and filling the confined atmosphere of their stables, subsequently to be lost in the air. Their eyes cease to water in a few moments after the plaster is put on.? Virginia Free Press. Bones.?Have these carefully saved, in every 200 pounds of them there is enough animal matter, phosphate of lime, and other salt8 to grow an acre of wheat. One bushel of bones addded to a load of manure increases its value one hall. Very True.?When we hear men and women speak lightly of the industrious part ofche com munity, we feel just like tracing back their genealogy. We have done so in several instances, and you will be surprised at what we learned. The most aristocratic man of our acquaintance is the grandson of a fiddler; the proudest woman, the daughter of a washerwoman. It betrays a lack of good sense to condemn, or look with contempt on any virtuous person, however poor he or she may be. The wise and good respect and love goodness, wherever it is found in all its beauty and effulgence. Divorce in Connecticut.?A clerical gentleman attended the House of Representatives last spring, to read prayers, and being politely requested to remain seated near the Speaker during the debate, he found himself the spectar tor of an unmarrying process, so alien to his own vocation, and so characteristic of the Legislature of Connecticut, that the result was the following impromtu, addressed by a priest to the legislature of connecticut: For cut ting all connect ions named, Connect i cut is fairly fame J; I twain connect in one, but yo* Cut those whom I connect, in two; Each Legislature seems to say, "What you Con'xect i cut away. A quaint writer of sentences in the Galaxy, says?' I have seen women so delicate that they were afraid to ride, for fear the horse might run away?afraid to sail for fear the boat might overset?afraid to walk for fear the dew might fell; A lady thought it would look interesting to faint away at a party, the other evening. One of the company began bathing her head and temples with bay rum, when the lady exclaimed > " For Heaven's sake put nothing on that will Refining the Sentiment.?Tho popular negro melody, "TIftnfn bofltman Hnnro Dance all night till broad daylight, And go home with the gals in the morning." is thus rendered into prose: "Mingle in the mazes of the dance thou knight of the oar, while the resplendent luminary of the day has withdrawn from the earth, till the brigh t Aurora gilds the eastern sky with golden light, and then, with thy characteristic gallantry, accompany the fair and unsophisticated participants of thy pleasures to their paternal mansiou A 1 AT Y'S REPLY TO AN IMPERTINENT. "Louisa, you've the brightest eyes, They look through me like a dart," "Do they Sir Fop?" Louisa cries; " If so I'm sure they see no heart!" ? Nutmegs are the kernel of a fruit like the peach, and when its pulpy covering is removed is surrounded by a coat of mnce.