Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, December 02, 1819, Image 4
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POETKY.
% From the Bunion CentineL
AMERICAN SKETCHES*
MAUOCKAWANDO,
?f Nonridgevcock Chief qf strange and
. wonderful memory ?
Around his neck terrific hung
A huge and brindled akin,
And fish bones o'er his bosom swung,' ,
As thrice be danced and thrice he sung
And strue^^is war -club's din.
The Bear he strangled in bis denf
The brindle Fox pursued,
And yeltod ihrout<h many a poisonous fen,
That ne'er was trod by mortal men, ,
And many a pathless wood*
The hill of Rattlesnakes he sought*
And choaked them one by one,
The Mountain-Cat pursued and caught,
And down the valley swift as thought*
The tall grey Moose outrun.
Jle built a car of flaming fire,
The dreadful Indian shook,
T<6 see his kingi his chief, his sire, v ?
Ri'Ie flaming up careering higNtr*
Than mount Ajococbook.
,
lit made a sledge of hickory*
He drove ami joiai;-, |T
/'jVllkc one who Iflhl It dice* J
The weeds ihall gt*i his burial
And round fedbl U eh*s shall sing, I
At midnight's hour a spiritual race, |
And as his wondrous deeds they traces 4
Psle ivy o'er him fling* A. K.
THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
The following remarks on the na
tural advantages of that portion of
iBm eastern country which is about
to form a co-equal member of the
Union, are extracted from an article
in the Alexandria Herald.
The ?oil of Maine i* generally of
a superior quality. Her fertility Was
not tested till the late war ; and lie*
tore that period Ha. excellency and
its luxuriance were almost wholly
'unknown. The inhabitants, until
[ that period, were generally employ -
ed in the lumber trade anil in the
f* fisheries, aodagriculture generally
neglected and the soil Considered un
fit Tor cultivation, 1> war putting
an end, in a great measure, to this
business, a great part of the people
were thrown out of employment,
and obliged to cultivate the earth for
* Subsistence, and the r abundant
I crops tbey realized well repaid ttyeir
labors. The productions of the soil
of Maino are excellent in jtbeir qual
ity> and this district is one ot the
finest grazing countries in the wori#.
The mutton raired theie is of an ex
cellent and uncommonly deleCious
flavor, and the pork aml beef- not
inferior to that or - any other portion
of N. England. 'Hie butter of a
superior kind; and cheese, with 9
little more attentiou to the making of
; it, would rival,, if not excel!, an$
of the dairies of Rhode Island and
Conuectkut. Appfo orchards are.
thriving, and yearly planting, and
the craer made from their procure
b uncommonly good and equal (o that
ot New Jersey. And to tliese the
fisheries, an a the nearness of M ains.
to the fishing ground, and the Ml pe*
rior faculty with which vessels for
that purpose may be fitted out from
her sea ; orts. Her rivers are noble
and mnjestic. They al*oond yith
the finest salmon and l>fcss, at well
as other fish, which, at proper sea
sons, are taken in the greatest abum
dance; and the people, with little
iabor and trifling ex pence, may k>
in, during their leisure hours, a part
? ?f iheir winter and yearly provision
for theh families, especially during,
an unfavorable season and in the
event of a scanty harvest, as was
the case in i&iti, though, since that
|knod, the crop* have been uneoni'
fuonly plentiful and ?1?on<iant. The
.mtwis of Maine are, in general,
large, deep, safe, and capacjou%:1
and, on account of the cheapness 01
timber, vwwls arelllilHlto for re
sidents hi other parts of the country,
and the mechanics employed fur this
purpose are inferior to none, in point
of skill, ingenuity, and industry.
In utancifactareg *s well as in agri
culture, Maine has lately made con
siderable, and is still making rapid
improvements. Her citizens are
bardj, robust, active, and e ~
prizing. In short, the Distr*
Maine abounds with all the
siries and comforts of lifie^ and
inhabitants have' every prospect
becoming a ric^ lM) happy
In an unreserved con?
present governor of 1
after his return from his
that district, being aske
Ion hje had formal of
attiong other remarks, in
that it, " was the b>ck %
country, and would become
cess of time, the Ireland of
ca.
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r.fnm the Com
THE CI , ? Ru
tiai Uttle i? know^V^W
rope or Awe"04* 4 JP-- gH
I *ji *
customs of the inhabitants of tli?
" Celestial Empire," or of the arts,
sciences, literature or religion of that
singular people. The prying eye of
every other roitn
j (urns from China
| smallest gmtilica
the caution, jealousy
" ? of both the gov
pie. Prom ihelit
H learnt, however, it
certain that time seems to]
stood still with the Chinese,
tod them, (says the Quarterly
ew) neither improved in learn
ing, nor in morals, nor in the sys
tem of government ami legislation,
nor one whit more enlightened in re
ligion or the sciences, than they were,
three thousand years ago. Thecut
of their robes, the plan of their houses,
the form of their fkmiture haVe not
changed in all that time. But as hu
man nature is every whert pretty
much the same. China appears ne
vertheless to have its male and fe
male elegante#, as well as other
countries^' |n a Chinese novel oali
Poug-hrtw-Mungs or the Red
Chamber Dreams, part of which
has heeu translated by a JVlr. Davis,
two characters are introduced, whose
costume may life amusing to the belles,
and beaux, dandies nifyexquixitet.
of this ,cqfcntrgr. < The dress of the
lady,' who is denominated a Lautze,
(something sharp or pungent) is thus
"described : ? Ou her )iead her knot
of hAiy was adorned with gold anu
silk* and eight precious stones pen- 1
dent.'-4 It was fastened with a pin of
pearls dropping from five little eagle*..
An ornament of virgin gold, enliven
ed with insects, embraced her nedfit
her%ai*t was an apfiHtre*-.
of deep red cofohd silk.on which
were embroidered a fr hundred gold
butterflies, fluttering among the flow
ere.* Over this wo* a narrow gar
ment made of Ihe shins of stone
Colored mice, and silk of five differ
itnlcoluis^ Below >H wa? a petti
coat of foreign crap, of a green col
or> with flowers. She bad
a pair of most bewitching three- cor -
nNtal eyes, and two eye brows curv
ed like the young willow letves:
her person was slender, light and
iiby; . The gentleman was ?ls? co
vered with butterflies, fluttering a
monzfloA.rqpf gold J his beautiful
nose was full and round, like the
gull bladder of a <pia<lrtiped * nixl
he had a face like, a moon in. the midst
of antumn? covered with white paint,
MM ip< tinget^ with Vermillion.?
K rom his head to the end of his tail,*
which dangled to ihe ankles, hun^
four strings of precioo* stones set in
gold, 'v JPpr upper tunic was pink
spangled with flowere t his troweis
ami stockings were emliroidered am1
his s!?mm were of a dt ep red color
with thick white soles. This irtel
sistible youth is sakl to have ti i
i holism n I thoughts of love cdlecio
in the corner of Iim eye." ?
? we pre*uti?.
~ From the TJxtato. ^
The fallowing beautiful line*
were dHwt of the aide of a common
Liverpool pitcher: ? '
WASHINGTON,
[The ihfrjiiliii if fos Country the
[ founder of liberty,
Pile mend of Man.
and tradition are explored in
for a parallel of character,
auofris of modern greatness
He stands alone 9
the noblest names of antiquity
their iostnre in his presence,
le benefactor ofiaankind, he
ted all the qualities necessary
to aa illustrious career. /
made him great : He made
[ himself virtuous. -J
Called by his Country to the defence
t of her Liberties, be triumphantly
<1 Vindicated tlie rights of
humanity ;
And on pillars of National Indepen
dence laid the foundation of a
great Republic*
Twice invested with supreme magis
tracy, by the Voicc of a free people/
He sucgassed in the Cabinet the
glories of the l*1eld ;
Ami voluntarily resigning the sceptre
and the sword, retired to the
shades of private life.
A spectacle so new anrtno sublime,
Was contemplated with the most
profound admiration ;
Afld *he riamfc of Washington,
Adding tiew lusture to humanity,
teschinded to the remotest regions
ofthe ea,Hh,
Magnanimous in youth, glorious
through life, Great in Death.
His highest ambition the happiness
of mankind,
His noblest victory the conquest ot
< himself.
Bequeathing to posterity the inlieri
twnfce of his fame ;
And building his monument in the
hearts of his conntrymen. v
He lived,
The ornament of the Eighteenth
CeAxry ;
He died,
Regretted hr a mourning world.
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Front fyr. Charmer'* Srrmon on Universal
; \T Peace,
the' fascinations of war.
Thelj^^gsiat obstacle totlie ex-,
tinction of war > the way ? in which
tte heart of man js carried off from
its barbarities and its Jiorrari by the
eylendor of Its' deceitful accompani
ments. The^e is a feeling of the;
btthlime in c^ntempl'Uing the devou^
ing energy of a tempest, and this so
elevates and engrosses the whole
man, that biq eye is blind to the tears
of bereaved parents,, and bis ear is
deaf to the piteous moan of the dy
ing, and the shriek of their desolat
ed families. Their is a gracefulness
in the picture of a youthful warrior
burning for 'distinction on -the field,
and lured by this generous Aspiration
to the deepest of the animated throne,
where, ^ in the fell work of death.
The oppoHincsons of valor, struggle
for a retyeimance and a name, and
this side of the picture is so much
the exclusive object ef our regard as
to disguise from our view the man
i&lwt carcases of the fallen, and the
writhing agonies of the hundivd*
more who have lsiji on the cold
ground ; where they are left to lan
guish and to die. There no eye
pities them. ; No sister is there to
weep over them. There no gentle
hand is present to ease the dyixi?
posture, or bind up the wounds,
which* in the maddening fury of the]
combfet, have been giveti^ and re
ceived by the children of one torn
ifeon Father. Tber^ death spread*
its pale ensigns over every counten -
ance* and 'when night comes on, and
[d*rknesa around them, how many a
despairing vrretch must take up with
tin* bloody field as the intended bed
?f his last sufferings, without one
friend to bear the message of tender
ues*. to his distant home, without
on* cdfapanion to cloae his eyes. 1
nvow it: On every side of roe I see
* tune* at work which go to spread a
t ii ust delusive coloring over war, and
o remove it* -allocking barbarities to
14^ liack ground of onr contempla
K|hi altogether 1 fee it hitwIjiHy
which iethi ne of the supevb ap
pearaucetff (he troops, ami tin* bril
liancy of their charges. 1 see in tlx*
poetvy whi^li leuds the magic of its
numbers to the narrative of blood,
and transports its many admirers ? as
by its images, aud Us figures, audits
nodding plumes of chivalry, it thrown
its treacherous embellishments over
a scene of legalised slaughter. I see
it in the*music which represents the
progress of .the battle ; and where,
after being inspired by tbfe trumpet
dotes of preparation, the whole beau
ty and tenderness of a drawing room
are seeu to bend over tbe-seutimental
entertainment i nor do 1 hear J be ut
terance of a single sigh to interrupt
the death tones of the tlrickeniug
contest, and the moans of wounded
men as they fade upou the ear, and
sink into lifeless silence. All, goes
to prove what strange and half sight
ed creatures v? are. ' Were it not
so, war could never have been seen
iu any other aspect than that of un
mingled tiatefulness ; and lean look
to nothing but the progress of Chris
tian sentiment upon earth, to arrest
the stroug cuvrent of its popular and
prevailing partially for war* Then
only will an imperious sense of du
ty lay tl^e check of severe principles
on all the subordinate tastes and fa
culties of our nature^ Then will
glory be reduced to its right estimates
?and tta wakeful benevolence of
theggfpff, chasing away every spell,
will be tutted liy no treachery or
delosion whkteyer from its simple
but sublime enterprises for the good
of thelfrsleg. Then the reign of
truth and ^uietneas will be ushered
into the world', and war, cruel, atro*
cious, unrelenting war, will be stript
of many of its bewildering Casein a
tions. -i '?
A young woman had livedYpit
vant at a respectable farm-house, at
the village of L? ? , in .Northamp
tonshire, whose sweetheart was an
honest rustic of the same place, bu!
whom cruel late had at length destin
ed-to move to a distant part of the
couutry,; which, instead of diminish
ing, only served to increase their mu
tual rsgard.vTbey were ftiow? of
cOdree, obliged to have resort to cor- 1
rospondence; but alas! bow was)
this to be carried on ? for poor Mary j
could not write; but it was aot long:
before she received a letter from Wil
liam, wherein lw declared the in
creased, ardor otjpla love, and im
plored her to mffrn>? She was now
compelled to have recourse to a con
fidential female friend to assist her h>
reading the letter, and who readily
offered to write an ans^pr; but n<s
Mary could not evCmto her friend
impart the main secret, and declined
the profferq^jervice ; yet as true
love is seldoHK^ loss for tlie means
of iovenUen, Mafy Adopted the fol
lowing oonuse method : ? Having
procured a sheet of writing paper,
with tbeend Of a burnt stick from off
tbe hearth, she formed 4 he little top
t, and enclosed ? small /piece of
sheep's wool, which comprised Ma
ry's significant answer, " 1 wool."?
Her mend wrote the superscription,
and the letter was sent off, posthaste;
it was an well understood, and re
ceived with as much real pleasure aa
arty &ellf>? Lettr s could havo beeto.
Banna were anon after published,
and tlicy were married with as little
delay as possible, and, it hi hoped,
rendered happy for life. ./.'>? ' * ?'
fjmdon paper.
Wnsp Eafor^- A few days since
a fellow in tbe neighborhood of Frim- 1
ly, named Fisher, whose gluttonous;
propensities have long since acquir
ed him the name of the Cormorant,
and undertook for I trifling wager,
to est a dozen live wasps, with their
stings in them, audi' demolish two
poouds of raw salmon, in the space
of ten minutes. This , he achieved
with comparative expedition, not
withstanding be was sorely perplex
ed over his first course. He after
wards offered to eat wasps by whole
sale, at the rate of sixpence per
dozen : this be continued doing till
he had consumed nearly two dozen
VtmtHA ^gestures, when his throat
and month from their stints, l>ecan&
so dreadfully swollen anil inflamed,
diat lie was obliged to desist, in a
state almost bordering on madness
and suftocatiou. i^ondon paver.
I V '
I Comets.? A German Astrouomer,
of the name of* Hayer, has recently
published a new theory of these cu
rious luminaries, lie maintains, that
the body is composed of water, and
that the tail consists of solar rays re
fracted through this medium? Hint an
impure atmosphere collects around
it, which isilippersed by aproxima
lion to the sun ; ami that when a
comet comes near the earth, it puri
fies the air, and promotes vegetation.
Another Astronomer, M. Olbus,
of Bremen, lias calculated,
68,000 years, a comet will approach
the earth as iiear as the motm j lhat
in 4,000,000, it will come wtthia
7,770 geographical miles ; and, if Its '
power of attraction be equal ? to the
moon, will cause a rise in the ocean
of 13.000 feet, which must make 1*
deluge. But, what is still more
frightful, the same philosopher savs*
that ?30,000,000 yearn, a comet will
com* it) contact with the earth, and ;
produce consequences, which can
only to imagined. -
- Singular Forgery. Two racn >
were lately convicted nnd sent to the
state prison %ew-York for forgery.
Soon after they appeared publicly
at liberty. This produced inn in*
quiry by what means they obtained
their pardon. 'One of the judges of
(ferkimer dfcntry common pleas
m-rtSto the governor for information.
The* governor returned him a peti
tion for their pardon, sign rid by tlie
judge himself and many other re
spectable characters. It was aacpm
pnnird by a statement of the occur
rences at the trial, ingeniously drawn
up and calculated to make a strong
case in favor of a pardon. The
whole proves to be a forgery, made
for the purpose of imposing on the
governor, and to obtain a pardon,
which waseasily effected.
L' -w -* ?
India*.? A* In
dian of Peru, wbo had lost a hone,
diacowml, after diligent search tlmt
a Spaniard had stolen it. He com
plained to a magistrate of the place,
find the parties were entered to ap
pear; when the Spaniard offering
to swear that the horse was bis own,
the poor Indian waft on the :>oint of
losing his cause* by t suddenly throw
ing a cloak over-* he horse'** head he
said to the Spaniard: ? If it be
really yoor horse, yon can surely
tell of which eye be is blind." The
Spaniard after some hesitation and
depending a ties* oo the chance of
the guess, said the left.
"May it please your worship, w
said the Indian, and taking the cloak
off, " he is Mind of neither" The
Judge perceiving the roguery of the
Spaniard, and admiring the natural
accuteness of the Indian, ordered
the horse to be restored to him with
costs of suit, and committed the
thcaf to prison.
Original. ~ Two milk-men, some
few days since, Hading cents very
scarc* were aatfdi ttp^tded ln mak
IJnited States BreoSTin this city ard
pet twenty dollar* in cents. After
the cent* were delivered to them, on
their way to the ferry, fhfc sU'PP<tf
'at a Porter- House to get some ponch,
when they deposited the l?g contain
ing the money on the table, " Ah ! "
sbid an old man who sat in the room,
'< if all that was in that bag was half
joes, it would be something hand
some." To which remark, one of
the milk-men said, " they are half
Joe's ;" upon which the old man of
fered a bet of ten dollars. The
stake-money was put in a third per
son's hands, when the. mi Ik -man,
making the bet, called the other milk
man, whose name was Joseph? -
*Joe," says he, " are not those in
the bsg half yonr's. ? Yes," says
Joe. -u There," says he "I told
yon they were half Joc,? /" and ac
cordingly took the bet. Jf. yfl. |