VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JULY 6, 1852. - ^UMBER54^J 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. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if paywo* Ku Hnintrori fhppft months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the vear. ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following terms: For one Square (fourteen line3 or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In tho weekly, seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents tor each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. J^The number of insertions desired, and the edition to be published in must be noted on the margin of all-advertisements, or they will be published semi-weekly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly WATCH OF THE HOMELESS. The homes! the homes! how fair they stand, Out clear against the twilight sky: The glowing tints of parting day O'er the window-panes, in gorgeous play, ^ Like golden phantoms, fly, The waving trees make music sweet, The clinging vines embracing meet, The creeping tendrils softly greet, In the bum of the passing lay. It has faded now?yet a holy, light Falls round the trellised bower: I hear the low and sweetM good night" From the infant buds to the flowers; Within the homes how the faces glow In the fire-light's fitful shine; Fond kindred hearts in union grow Where the hopes of love entwine. The homes! the homes! how calm they gleam, In the hush of the midnight hours; The souls within ore dreaming now ; Rapturous sleep o'er the pallid brow Its hailowed mysteries showers. Night hath its tones for the dreamer's ear, Which thrill the watching soul with fear; Spirits of awe are gathering near? I see, 1 know, I feel them here! ? - - - - - * I The shatiows of the dream lana are niuing away, Like clouds from the wind-god's breath; Island alone in the morning ray, I have waited all night for death. My locks fall damp v/ith chilling dew, And dim my eyes with tears. Oh, God ! may the homeless ones be few, ^ In the rush of the rolling years. * "WRITE SOON." BY ELIZA COOK. Long parting from the hearts we love Will shadow o'er the brightest face; And happy they who part and prove Affection changes not with place. A sad farewell is warmly dear, But something dearer may be found < To dwell on lips that are sincere, And lurk in bosoms closely bound. The pressing hand, the steadfast .-igh, _ ' Are both less earnest than the boon Wh ch fervently, the last fond sigh Bees in the hopeful words "Write soon!" " Write soon!" oh, request of Truth!" How tenderly its accents come! We heard it first in early youth When mothers watched us leaving home. And still amid the trumpet joys That weary us with ponip and show, We turn from all the brassy noise To hear this minor cadence flow. We part but carry on our way rKome loved one's plaintive spirit-time, That as we wander, seems to say, "Affection lives on faith. v/ritesoon!" Morality- as a Recommendation.?The l yot&g man whoshows himself imbued with prin ' ciples, actuated by high motives, will always be preferred as a workman. He is alwas found to oe the best workman, in a mechanical point of view, if endowed with equal natural powers.? k The reasou is obvious; a sense of justice is neces- 1 [ sary, at every point of the workman's progress, to \ keep him from superficial workmanship and conm cealment of defects. Beside, the moral youth, r from his necessarily regular habits, is more likely ^ to be prompt in his hours, regular in the proseHr" cution of his daily business, and little disposed Jf to change his employment or his employer.? a Then is more careful of his tools and materials, I and regardful of his interest. Added to this, his 1 influence in the shop, store or counting room, fi upon his fellows, is a consideration of much weight S with every reflecting and sensible workman or S tradesman. Improvident and wrcckless young men do not t understand this. They cannot see why their interests are not advanced?why the steady and moral youth is stepping over them into the fat 1^ places of perferment, while their pay and pros-! pects are either stationary or retrograding. Is ] not the mystery solved? The fact is?if the young man has a capitalj of skill and sound integrity, and accompanying ' virtues, his fortune is made. Such youth of to- j w day are sure to be the influential business men | of to-morrow. No matter how low their station, I or how small their pay?they ate rising, ever1 rising, and the gaining cf the topmost round of j ^ , attainment is only a question of time. It scarce- ( m. * > - - '-4-? -.V li' v , A_-? ly needs a prophet's foreknowledge to tell the future of the youth of twenty. Were it not that rakes sometimes reform, and temptations blast fair beginnings, this future could be calculated with almost unerring certaiuty. These considerations all refer to worldly prospects and advantages. There is higher inducements to a life of purity and virtue. Our immortal natures are destined to a higher sphere of action than the employments of eafth aflbrd; and tnat action is to oe enuiess; reason wouiu suggest that there be in our ephemeral state a reference to that which is perpetual in duration.?[Was/t. Ocusis. From the Boston Olive Branch. Motlicr, Home and Heaven. What names are there on earth mere musical than these three? What can be sweeter than that of mother ? How many associations cluster around the heart at the-rnention of that word ? Even hard-hearted wrrriors have been seen to weep on hearing :t casually spoken. All the joys, sorrows, and perplexities of our earlier years are connected with her. We can hardly recall an event of our childhood but which brings with it either her reproving glance or an encouraging smile.?Nothing gave us more pain when we had done some rash or thoughtless deed, than the sight of her sad look. Many reproofs and lectures might have hardened our hearts, whereas her troubled look spoke ' volume*,' and made a hasting impression. Then we resolved to do nothing to displease her. Perfectly happy, were we, when after performing some act of self denial, we met her fond approving smile. And in later years, when we are in doubt, to whom do we go for counsel, but to our mother ? For we feel that she will never advise us wrongly and if we follow her counsel it will be hardly possible to err. In joy ever ready to sympathize, in sorrow to comfort and console us. How strong and enduring is the love of a mother! Her heart is ready to break as she sees her child torn from her by the "grim monster, Death," and borne to the tomb. Her anguish cannot be described. Then the world seems dark and dreary to her, and she feels that she has nothing lift to live for. A son may be attacked by some contagious disease; his friends have all forsaken him but one; she all forgetful of herself, stands ever near his couch to administer the cooling draught an I bathe the heated brow. Fearless and uidmnt ed, she is willing to face death, if by so doing he may 1 e s,tared to her. Wh , wo. Id do this but a mother? He may become dt-giad-d :nd scorned by the world, and he would be I fr, al.uie, the most wretched being in tin- u irier.-c, but for one to whom he can fly ; site is ev r :e idy to roffr?-at if it won d win him back to the path cf virtue, a id cause liini to become a man. What a blessing, then, is a good mother. How much we owe to her. Every passsion that we have subdued, every virtue .hat we possess, wo must attribute to her watchfulness and care. Think you we can repay her??It is a debt that were we to live a hundred years we could never cancel. In the formation of our character whether good or evil, outward circumstances exert a painful influence. In early childhood the mind is more susceptible than when more advanced in years. Therefore the first impressions the mind receives, indelibly remains.?An aged person remembers every act of his child hoc#, but the occurrences of yesterday passed from his mind .as soon as they happened. We form in youth a great measure of our characters ; in the bosom of home, and with kind parents toguide our unwary steps. Although a sou may rove far from his native land vet he will never forget the home. The remembrance of the loved ones there will strengthen him to resist the voice of the siren. When .no nconil llil.l !l VOW Soft. ,111(1 SW.'Pt. tCltl|-'UltiV>'ii ? . ?.v - -T like his his mother's sounds in his ears. Her fond, imploring glance rises before him, and he banishes the evil thought from his heart. He thinks of home, recalls his father, mother, brothers and si?ters, and their many acts of kindness for him, and lie breathes a vow that he will never do aught to grieve them. When one of the family circle returns, after a long absence, how joyfully lie is greeted! Then home seems dearer than ever to him. How pleasant are family gatherings! Let us imagine for a moment one of these merry meeting of ' kindred." Toe fun-loving Harry never ceases to joke the quiet and dignified Herbert, who has come from the city, upon the size of his collar, the cut of his coat, or his patent gaiters. Harry wears his collar a la Byron, and never spends a thought upon a dress. Herbert cannot say a word in defence of himself, while Harry, having the field entirely to himself, improves it much to the amusement of the others. All seem to partake of the universal joy, from the hoary-headed grand-father, d ovn to the little fellow with tlio flaxen ringlets, the pet of all. ? If there is a paradise to be found on earth,'tis in a home where all unite to promote each other's happiness. Who would look farther for pleasures, when such pure enjoyments can be found in our homes? And in these our earthly homes we must be fitting ourselves to enjoy heaven, our final home. Wc arc but children, placed here in a school for our culture and improvement. The trials and disappointments of life tend to discipline the heart, and bring us nearer to God. We arc apt to repine at the dispensations of Providence, when by them we are made to mourn. Yet I think if wc could but realize the end God has in \ iew, we should feel differently. Some seem to think the sufferings we have here were never intended by God for us. But in my opinion the heart of man would be more sinful and corrupt than it is now, if there were nothing to try him. Take, as an instance to illustrate this, a child that always been petted and indulged, every wish has been gratified, nothing has thwarted any desire.? Ho is the slave of the most ungoveraublo pasii TVtiwrA w v. .... _ sions. No one happy in his presence, and he i& ? not so himself. Yet by some he is envied; those i see only the surface of things. t Therefore trials and disappointments are nec- i cessary to promote our intellectual growth.? 1 'No cross on earth, no crown in heaven." Let \ us then cultivate those virtues, that we may po-- t oes a beavenaly spirit. Then may we hope for 1 a crown in heaven. Then will life be sweet and I and full of joy. And when we bid adieu to the 11 fleeting joys of earth, it will be with the sweet 1 consciousness of having performed on duty and c with the firm hope of happiness in heaven, sweet- 1; er than iniud can form conception of. r. m. t ? I From the Few- York Sun. j ^ U. S. District Attorney's Office.?A First ] j1 Mate Killed, by .the Captain.?Captain A. S. | . Pittman, of the ship John R?venel, voluntarily came to the District Attorney's office yesterday, * and related under oath, particulars leading to the n deck,so as not be heard by him. t\ Asked th" 2"d inate what was the matter with t! the m ite if he had been dr.nking. He replied ->< ' lie never saw hi ill take a glass. 1 told the se- i <*' 1 eond male I should be compelled to suspend the | 111 fi/st mate, as 1 could not put up with it any Ion-1 1" ger, start< d for the cabin, and turning saw the <* first mate, who had crept up to hear the coiiver- d sation. On being enquired of by the first mate, 1 heard the second mate tell him what I had ni sai l. Burnsidc replied "1 have some other set- tl tlement to make with him besides what I heard." w ; Did not hear the rest of the conversation. Be- ct ' lieve they wore combined together. I called Mr. 1 ILggiubotham, a passenger, and told liim I inj tended sp- aking to the mate, and wished hijn to if j hear it. The mate was called into the cabin, \ Asked him what what was the meaning of his hi j conduct \ He said I had been speaking against 'a I him to the passengers, and comme: oed the use H of abusive language, Keijuestod him to go into * the after cabin. Put my hand upon his shoul- m der, atitl sai"l "just sit down here." He replied, " I ai can sit down without your hands on me." I H told him to take his room, that he was no Ion- tl gcr ollicer of the ship, lie said he'd be d?d if cc he would, that he had as much right in the i cabin as I had, and he would be mate of the ship as lung as I was master. I told him to go g, out of the cabin, and goto his room. lie seized me by the throat, and tore it with his nails so | that it bled. The steward took him off. I had ti; j scut for the second and third .nates, ami the ear- w i pouter, but they not coming, the crew were sent Cc tor?they came into the cabin with the excep- tc tion of the man at the wheel, the cook and the g: second mate, who said it was his watch oil deck. U( Asked th1 crew if they knew the cause of what j,i had just taken place, and they replied in the ne- k g.itive. Asked them if they had any complaint ai against myself or the ship, they said " no. they (jt had been treated well, and had no cause of com- |e plaint." ThjjJirst mate then came in from his ^ room. Told mm to go back. He refilled lie 0f would not, he came to defend himself. I told the th crew Mr. Huruside was no longer mate, and they jn Min t n t obey any order from him. He said he U| would not be suspended, that he would continue q to be mate of thesliip. He was pushed towards ]? bis room, when lie turned and collared me again. ai The crew wor u iuv; jiiiici ' abin dooi. Tlie inner door was now complete- ! : y obstructed by passengers and seamen, and , < iiey were twice told to go away. The mate '< *?ckoned me to remain, and said to me?"Capt. r ^ittman, I have come down on behalf of the t assengers and crew to put you in irons and ? ake command of the ship." I asked if he was n earnest. He said, ".Yes, I am, and will show ou," presenting a pair of handcuffs, and seizing t ire by the waist, he put one of the irons on.? v 'his was done in an instant, and 1 began to realize J, he state of affairs. I sprung to my cabin; in a mo- ( nent I returned with a brace of pistols, and met ? Jurnside in the doorway, coming towards me, nth the pair of irons still in his hands. I struck j t the hand which held the handcuffs, and the s low knocked them across the cabin, together v rith a part of the pistol, the pistol going off with t he blow, the ball tearing off the thumb and the v *ri-t of that hand, and entering his body. He t ied instantlv. He did not speak after the report t as hoard. All trouble ceased on board the ship, jj nd every one became quiet. The wounds were s xamined?one ball had passed through his heart nd out at his back, lodging in the bulkhead; the j. ther entered his left breast and could be felt on is back. At 4 P. M. the same day the ship was hove to, j ic ensign hoisted half mast, the funeral service ^ >ad, the crew being dressed clean and in attenance, and the body consigned to the deep. No complaint having been made against Cap- j tin P. nothing has been done in regard to the ^ latter; and we believe it is not the intention of ic Government officers to take any action in the ^ latter unless complaint should be made. tl A Boneless Body*.?The London papers deribe an inquest held by the Coroner on Eliz?th Vigors, aged 5 years. The body presen- . id a horrible spectacle, being one lump of flesh vLted and distorted. 1 'eceased's father stated r( lat soon after her birth a girl threw deceased rer her back to the ground. ?nice the occur- 12 ice she assumed a curved position, could eat ci nthing but broad and butter, and when touched or bones appeared to snap. She lnd been un- tl -r medical treatment for a long time, without o_ jriving the least benefit. He found her dead -si 1 bed. Mr. Harrison, surgeon, made a post- tl lortem examination. There were no bones in T ie body ; the limbs were purely of gristle. It a as an aggravated ease of what was called '"rick- b s." t( ? ?.? > ? q The National Era.?The abolition journal c 1 Washington in its comments on t.he resolu- ti ons adopted by Whig Convention which noui- 0 lated (Jeneral Scott, says of the fugitive-slave l( w and slavery agitation: "The question is c early left, open, and the whig resolutions con- M :inplate two ways in which it might be iegitilately renewed: in one for the purpose of nending the law so as to prevent evasion; in o ie other, of so amending it as to correct abuse, t ie opponents and supporters of the law are left J jually at liberty to agitate this subject." 1 A Life Passed in* Piuso.v.?The Baltimore an lias the fol owing account: w "On yesterday morning, a prisoner, named 01 "illiain Downs, was released from the Peiiiten- n sry for the seventh time. It appears that he as first convicted ofstealing.on the lGthof Do- P nnber, 1823, when but 13 years old, and sent Vl prison for one year. AL the age of 16, (Nov. 1, 1826,) ho w.is again convicted of stealing, ider three indictments, for which he was iin- tc isoned 6 years. At the age of 23, (Feb. 15, aj 333,) he was convicted of stealing once more, y id sent to the ]V>nite.utiary Ibr 4 years. On the hofJuue, 1837?a few months after his re- ir ase?he was convicted of stealing for the fourth w me, and locked up for 2 years. On the 18th d February, 1842, (after having aired himself ti rce years this time,) he was convicted of steal u g for the tifth time, and ordered to be locked T ) until tlie 5th of April, 1847. On the 15.h of e< ctober, 1847, (six months after his last release.) if j was convicted of stealing for the sixth time, h id sentenced to be cooped and caged till the 2d p ' April, 1850; and, on the 18th June, 1850, a a was found guilty of being "a common rogue h id vagabond," and ordered back to his old quarts for two years more, from which he was turn- hi I out for another airing on the 18th inst.? I ow, whether liilly will keep himself uncaged p lis time till the dog days, is a matter of excee- a m_r doubt, jlulling from Ins former propensities. n , has been near twenty-nine years since lie first n< itered the penitentiary, and fully twenty-five of hi ic twenty-nine years hare been spent by him in si ir jail and penitentiary together, and it tnav, h icrefore, be very properly said, that from the fc of thirteen, Billy's home has been entirely in si rison. A question to be determined is, wlieth- si this man is constitutionally a thief, or whether, r< utn his fondness for his prison home, lie only g uniuits small thefts in order to get back again, or the gratification of the curious, we will state si lat Billy is a native of Baltimore city, is now ti t years old, and represented himselt as being \\ Idicted to intemperate habits. He is well beivcd as a prisoner, and is an excellent weaver, id (hero is no doubt,it we had had a Jtionsc ot b efuge for his reception when he committed his a rst offence, nt the age of 13, he would have w rown up an honest and industrious man." v\ A Novelity.?An "Almanac for 10,000 years, n oiu the beginning of the world, or from the 0 imraeneement of the Christian era?the order and arrangement of Time being the same in both/fpB HQ has been j ubli>hed in New York. The Timeta^S^^^H ble is scare ly larger than a man's hand, yet comprises the chronological phenomena of a dred centuries. A Whig Opinion of Pierce.?Mr. Hayden^ ['ostnia>ter at Boston, and late Editor of the At-\l r-mk las, the leading Whig paper of Massachusetts, at9 aH % recent Webster meeting, said uhe had the hon-J^Hhl 'jr of a personal acquaintance with Frank Pierce, || 9 md he knew him as a good hearted, noble soul- I -9 id fellow. Whoever thought he had not the -1 i ibilitv to administer the government creditably,or 9 J0| .vhoever pretended to despise the nomination, or ;3j 19 bought it could be easily beaten, would find him- 9 'JB self mightily mistaken." Jm Quakers.?During the whole American rev- * >lution, the Indians though incited by the HI vbites to" kill and scalp ,the enemy, never too- 'Ngj^H ested the Friends, as the people of the Father 9| )nas, or Will]am Penn, and as the avowed op- H lonents of violeuce. Through the whole war, there were but two' jHB jstances to the contrary, and they were occaioned by the two Friends themselves. The one * fas a vnnnor man a tanner xntii-k wont t/\ Viio II an-yard and back daily unmolested while de- ll astation spread on all sides: but at length | y houghllessiy carrying a gun to shoot some birds H he Indians in ambush, believed that he had be- j9 w eved that he had deserted his principles, and - hut him. fl The other was a woman, who when the dwel ngs of her neighbors were nightly fired and the "jSg eople themselves murdered, was importuned By J he officers of a neighboring fort to take refuge M here till the danger was over. For some time. lie refused, and remained unharmed amid gene- 1 d destruction; but at length, letting in fear, she | ent for one night to the fort, but was so uneasy 8 bat the next morning she quitted it to return' to \ er home. \ The Indians, however believed that, she too "m ad abondowd her principles, and joined the :ie fighting part of community, and before she i, :ached home she was shot by them. q Good Advice.?There is such rrrvA RAn?6Tin 1 le following', which although old deserves to be fl jpeatcd once a year: 1 " If anything in the world will make a man icl badly, except pinching h:s gngcrs in the rack of a door, it is unquestionably a ouaVreL 10 man ever fails to think less of himseli after, hau he did before one?it degrades him in the jres of others, and, what is worse, blunt* his sqn- ^ ibility to disgrace on the one hand, and increases he power of passionate irritability on the other. 'he truth is the more quietly and peaceably we 11 get on, the better; the better for us, and the otter for our neighborrs. In nine cases out of ?n, the wisest course is, if a man cheat you to uit dealing with him; if he be abusive, quit his ompnn v, if he slander you, take care to liv.e so obody will believe him. No matter who he is, r how be misu.es you?the wisest way is to just it him alone; for there is nothing beitef than this jol, calm and quiet way of dealing with the -mngs we meet with." Thf Oi n Nnnm Statr?Whot.hpr tlio "Wliin* r the Democrats triumph in the approachingelecion, it is at least rendered certain that a son of sorih Carolina will grace the chair of thb Vice 'residency. The candidates of both parties are mtives of this State. This is a compliment to le intelligence and patriotism of the "Old North" 01 thy of distinguished recoid. It is heightenJ aNo by the fact that in the late Whig NationI Convention, votes were cast likewise for StanMr. Mangum, and Mr. Badger, for the s me ostof honor, and all of them citizens of our faored soil.? Wilmington Herald. Lizards; are they Toisoxocs??Messrs. Edi)rs: You say that we farmers must write for the gricultural paper. Well, we can write, and oil can reject what is unfit for your purpose. I know but little of zoology; but I have exaraled many snakes and lizards to know if they ere poisonous. I am satisfied that snakes are estroyed that are not only harmless, but useil, As to lizards, I have examined all sorts for lany years, and never found a poisonous one. he striped, red-headed lizard, commonly call1 Scorpion, will leave his tail in your possession (t.tii oAifA him k*? tLrtf mnmluVti knf 4nl*/\ jkjki nun uv urnc luvaivci , uui u juu icirvu iin by his body, he will bo your innocent risoner. I never found one that had any harm bout him: and vet, from S. Carolina to Texas, e is thought to be exceedingly poisonous. The supposed poisonous "lamper eels," or very irge, amphibious water-lizards, are also innocent, recollect reading, \ears ago, in the Encycloedia Americana, if I mistake not, that some lipids are poisonous. I think the writer must ave been misinformed?simyly because I have ever neen aoie to nna a poisonous lizard. The at lamper eel that I have seen, was being purled by a snake; I caught the eel and brought im to the house, with my thumb in his mouth >r the instruction of my children. He was, I tppose, nearly a foot and a half long. Having ifliciently examined the poor innocent thing,! ?turned him to his proper element, and let him o. Philosopher Dick says, the way to remove uperstition is bv the close practice of observaT.. .1-~ ?U 1 it - - - " uii. in me iiuu>c vuu uave ii rousfu noio ith a witness.?Southern Cultivator. Jnxnt Lixd in Liverpool.?A letter received v the Niagara states that Jenny Goldschmidt rrived out in good health and spirits. She was 'aited upon by numerous friends, who warmly elcomed her to the scene of her former triumphs, he letter further states that she had already iceived several propositions to sing in opera r concertSjJ^t had had given no definite reply j an\ .