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SUETLH J\ u. JUL
THE GRAVE-YARD.
? E'en from thenomb the, voice of nature 3
cries, . '? - j
H E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires*''
It is pleasing to wander over those
places, which are consecrated by
interesting association, and are, there
fore, fruitful in, reflections. The
patriot will fever delightltrfrequenr
the scenes where. JMberty success
fully withstood the encroachments
of tyrannic powers the orator will
ever linger with fondness, around the
spot where 1& often saw admiring
crowds listening, to the fa9cinattous
of his eloq&eopa^ and the scNolaf ,
wilt treaft^ wMi deep emotions the
walks v/here in earlier - life, -his miad'
became expanded by science and his
heart opened to all the endearments
of friendship, hut to me there is
no spot so^8&em!y 4>o scene so in
teresting ft* the fjwve-grarfl. There
men are redvicefd to tbeif original
equality. *Tik- -artificial distinc
tions of society are ^ere unknown,
for tlie flower of Spring hlooins with ,
as much beauty and sweetnes* on
the tuif of the, pma?V as on that
of the imperious* lord* ; -the
most dissolute ' miml it chastened,
and the wildest and lpost disordered
thought ?*. I, |pv?
to r VfA' the various inscriptions on
a?e ato-tumm, tor though, they
are often qiWMnt, they <are tie me
memoes of aff*?pn. The^r are
adapted to tie taste of those, who
?elected them, 'and the homely verse
the amenta and elegant effusion
. of poeay.. White wandering among
the habitations of the departed, we
reflect on the chequered history of
wan, and are taught witet we are.
"We reflect how breniitf, which might
have shed bright gleams of glotgr on,
the world, often goes down to tho
grave, mm
*? unwept, unnonoreU and wnutog;Tm ]
hew beauty and merit often prema
turely escape from earth and leave
many a feeding heart to know bow <
dreadful is the pang, tbat tends a
sunder tbe ties of affection. It was
during one of my twilight rambles
"in tbe grave- jr?w^ that 1 witnessed a
?fticene, ' which would penetrate the
heart of a misanthrope and con
vince him, that truth and constancy
have a residence in tbe huittan breast.
A female entered the enclosure lead'
-,ing an infant child. Bh% Walked
with ? melancholy step towards a
gr/ive, over which she religiously
stopped. She appeared, like Truth
weepiug over departed excellence.
- That grave was the grave of her
husband, and when her child made
?n allusion to its deceased father,
?ibs bur4 into tears, clasped it to her
bosom, and hastily retired from tbe
?cenfe. She was tbe widow of a
young officer, who gallsntly fell dur
ing the' last struggle with threat- Bri
tain ; and tbe child site led was the
sacred pledge, and only offspring of
their love. 1 felt, at tbat moment,
that I would willingly have exchang- j
ed life with all its hopes, for 1he
grave of that ytmtb, for if there can
i oe any thing capable of giving hap
piness to die mind, must be the
i reflection, that -when life is fled, af
fection will com.e and weep over our
graves. An incident of this kind most {
give rise to many reflections. 1 re
fleeted on the sufferings of mankind
in war, and the sympathies we feel
for ihcm. Revolution and war, must >
necessarily be productive of,Jlnuch
individual suffering, ami our atten
tion must be called off from their
important results, to witness , the
struggles of the heart a*id affections.
The calculating politician may look
! with fogid indifference on the dis
T tress occasioned by the consummation
his plans* but men in general will
btorn from exulting, at glorious a
chievement, and shed the tear of
sympathy over the sufferings of the
ipdiyiiftnal. TTliey may feel all the
pride of patriotism, all the fervor of
I- uiiliiaryi enlhusii^ui, when they hear 1
the shoutings of victory ; but their
hearts will melt Vrithln them, when
^they tear the death-march at the
grave of the youthful Itero.jotd see its
iurf bedimed by the tpai# of a parent,
a aister or a lover. It" w Jvhen the
poet ifelcribes scenes lUaMbw, that
he teaches us lulk teiJ^ai'e our
sensibilities, that to opftiy ajl the \
avenues to the feelings, 'and the
fountains of our tears. Yet strange
to tell, no one has come Award to
detail the sufferings of thWre, who
saw their fnejtfs falling- around the
altar of their country 's liberty and glo
ry. They see .their countrymen
dwelling proudly 1 on their political*
aggrandizement, and exulting in the
majesty of their country, but do.
they see any one comteg to listen to
the tale of their sorrowsf
of Marcus,
there wer<r?Bp#;c typographical er
rors, but thAHKao obvious, ihat they
could not escape "the observation of the
1'Cader.? Editor.) .
ie.<* Hv.rmit in Lok
ished for an admiral
ingency of satire.?
it Is ntfiSktatire alone that (bin
Writer is St home;. he abounds in
descriptions tlie most natural; and in
I Kf ntiments the most noble and eleva
mVs, Thefollowipg beautiful apos
trophe to Maternity, is extracted
from the Sfcitb number.? Cats. Rec.
Woman's charms ait certainly
many and powerful. The expending
rose, just bursting into , beauty, lias
ati irresistable trewitchedness?-the
blooming bride, Ted triumphantly to
the hymeneal altar, awakens admi
ration and interest, and the blush of
lier cheek fill* with delight ? bdit the
charm of Maternity is more sublime
than these. Heaven has imprinted
on the mother's face something be
yond this world, something beyond
this world, something which claims
kindred * ith the skies ? the angelic
smile, the tender look, the waking
watchful eVfe, which keeps its fond
vigil over her slumbering'bahe.
These are objects which neither
the pencil nor the chisel can touch,
which poetry fail* to axalt, which
the most eloquent tongue in vain
would eulogize, and on whicti all
description become ineffective. In
the heart of man lies this lately pic
ture?it lives in has sympathies? -it
reigns in his affections? his eyes look
round in Vain for such another object
on the earth,
Maternity ! extatic sound; so twin
ed around our heart, that it must
cease to throb ere We forget it ! 'tis
our first love ; 'tis part of our reli
gion. Nature has ,set the jnother
upon such a pinnacle, that our infant
<^yes and arms are flrtt oplighted to
it f we clinc to it in manhood ; we
almost worship it in old age. He
VWho can enter an apartment and be
hold the tender babe feeding on its
> mother's l>eauty? nourished by tlie
tide of life wbteh' flows through bar
generous veins, without a panting
bosom and a greatful eye, is no man,
Iwit a monster, lie who can ap
proach the icradle of sleepiog iiino
cence without thinking that such
is the kingdom rf heaven!" or view
the food patent hang over its beauties,
and half retahv for breath test she
should break its slumbers, without a
veneration beyond alfc com??? feel
iu^; is to be ^voided in every Inter
course in, life, mud tafttouly m* (be
shadow of darkness ?n1 the solitude
of Hie desert ? thoud| a lone being,
far be suchfeelings pn
*Fhe Hermit in London .
JPrvm ihjrtfew> Yorkljfcoeninf 7Jod/> - * i
SKETCH BOOfL? JVb. dJBF j
We have read this number with
ho less pleigure tlie former
ones, a nd aw gla d t& learn that its
popularity continues tS increase every
wjiere. In jWgl?n<jPw? are glad
to hear4hat L hi already gone
through one edition, and & second is
called for ? In the jireseitfc number
MAe find tile description of (be choir
of a country chnrcli, ?ik1 fhehr per
formances painted so wuctyto the lift
and colored witlvsuch exquisite hu
mor, that we ask no Cjpolog^ for. pre
senting it entire to opr reader#. It
is exceeded by nothiSg fiknollet ever
wrote.
"The orchestra Was in a small
ind presented a most whim
iping of heads, piled one
other, among which I par
nqtwed
How wil
d tbin^
clariopett, and
his face to a
another, a shi_
and Ubon
as to she^v nothing but the top of a J
round bald head/ Tike tim egg of no
ostrich. 4* ?%
The usual services of the choir]
were Managed tolerably well, the I
vocal i>arts generally lagging a little
behind* the instruments, and some
loitering fiddler now and lh?n mak*
ing up for tost time| by Ravelling
over a passage with prodigious cele
rity, and clearing jnore apace than
iL. 1 i # ? * ? ? f -
Itage taylor,
iting fore
oil the
'foyehlowii
id there was
8t00Pr
viol, so
to be in at
trialtyas-j
prepared]
ft
fart
i became
wan in ?fet
on lomety'nn- 1
thq keenest fox
the death
an antbem that
and arranged by manner
chorister] and on w
founded great ex
luckily, Abe re was
very emtset ; the M
flurried ; master Si
ver \ every thing W w
til they came to a cliorus beginning
"Now let us sing with one teoord,"'
which seemed to be a signal for part
ing company r ail became discord
ana confusion ; each shifted for him
self, as well; or, rather, as soon as
he ciUld, excepting Hie , old choris
ter in a pair of horn spectacle^ lie
striding and pinching a long sonor
ous nbse, who, happening to stand
a little Apart, and being wrapped tip
in his own melody, kept on a qua
vering course, wriggling his head,
and ogling his book and winding all
up by a nasal solo of at least three
bars.
The parson gave us a most learned
sermon on the rites and ceremonies
of Christmas, and the propriety of
observing it, not merely as a day of
thanksgiving, but of rejoicing: sup
porting the correctness of hi* opin-,
ions by the earliest usages of the
chnrch, and enforcing them by the
authorities of Theophilus of Cesaria,
St. Cyprian, St. Cbrysostom, St
Apgntine, and a cloud more of
saints and fathers, from whom he
made copions quotations. *JT was a
little af a loif tirnprueive the neces
sity of such a mi^lity array of forces
to maintain a point which no one
present seemed inclined to dispute ;
but I soon found that the good man j
had a legion of ideal adversaries t#l
contend with." , ! ^ ?
i Mr. Irving concludes this. number
in the following happy manner:
"But enough of Christmas ami
its gambols ; it is time fo* me to
pause from this garrulity. ? Methinks.
I heuibe question asketfby my cva
vervwfcdfcrs^ "To what purpose i&A
all this ? how is ? tile vvorfcj^ to be |
made by Ons Nalk^? rAlaal
4bere not wisdom enough ^xtant
the instruction of the world?,
And if not, are there not thoqsanda<j
of abler pens laboring for its improver
meit? It is so much pleasanter to
please tly(n to it v ct ? to be the
companion than uie preceptor.?
\JJ|pit,j\fler all, is the mite of wis
dopfl that I could throw into the mass
of knowledge; or how ami sure
thai my sage?t inductions may be saft
gaito for _ the opinions of others?
But in writing to amuse, if I fai^
the dnly evil is nay own disappoint
ment. vlf, however, 1 can by any
lucky chance, in these days of wit,
rob out one wrinkle of the brow Of
care, or teguile the heavy heart of.
one moment of sorrow ; if I can
now and thqn penetrate through the*
gathering flem t>f misanthropy,
arompt. otie benevolent view of hu
an nature and make ray readers
in ?qod humor with Jlis fellow
- and himself, surely,
have written in vain.**'
A*
the hypocrite.
v-v"
* lie w ho appears a saint, thai lie
m|y with greater safety act as a
P devil, is, in my opinion, wora^
Th^re is no excuse for |
?)ie cannot eveti4 say with the ]
ility of ^Senders, 1 erred
trough ignorance, for 1 knew not
ghat I did.
, I once knew a man who would
frequently disburse ^^hsid^ahle
sums of money in building churches,
and other public acts <.t charity,
where, -fame might he acquired ; and
yet, if merit in distress privately
?liedito hii^&r relief, he ijps always
so necessiated, he had not where
with to help thenu.
|j. l knew anotler&lio starved his
family, denied. the m common neces
saries of life, and preacfoed up mor
tification for titegoed of -their souls ;
-yet would he limaelf partake of
every fhingJtoluptybtts at other mens
editr* "^HBppr |
His never, ending harangue was
that of abusing mankind openly;
lashing their vices, or follies in the
most ill-natured, gross, foul-mouthed
and nngtnerous manner ; yet wotild
he fa wo, flatter, and meanly sue for
favours from thos^ atxive him. ^
?Here wa* ostentation, pride, self
esteem, luxury, avarice, imprudence
deceit, and the highest degree of ill
nature, *11 cloaked tinder the sanc
tified pretence otj?ru# pi*fy
IWm the Charleston Courier. ^
The following communication Was
made to the Clnremont Agricultur
al . Society, at their meeting at State
burg, in October last, by their Pre
sident, Colonel ? and hatv
been furnished us for publication. H
On tks Culture cf Potatoes.
I have, daring the week, ascer
tained the result of an experiment on
Sweet Potatoes, which I beg leave
to communicate to the Society.
If need not be stated, for the in*
formation of the -member*, thai the
Potatoe is propagated by laying the
vine9 on banks of earth, and cover
ing them with earth at intervals ? or |
| that another mode of pionagatiug
Lthera (though I believe less frequent
? ly practiced) is to pjace the slips, or
seed Potatoes, very ^close toother,
on a flat lied, and cover them light*
ly witli rich mould. From these, y\
sprouts soon slioot up, and when
from four to sixlnches above ground,
they are pulled Off, and sot out
about ten inches apart, on In1 ds pre
pared for the purpose. With a vipfltai
to ascertain the ^relative product of
these two nrodcsTaf propagatingtbif-1
valuable root, two adjoining beds .
were planted in the two modes above
mentioned, on the 1st day of July
last. Fifteen yards of each bed
have fast fteen measured and com
pared. The Potatoes from the
sprouts weighed 33 lbs. ; these irom f"
4he >ines, 16 1-8 lbs. About thrce
fourths of thosJte from the sprouts ap
peared to.be. gooid eating Potatoes^
while not wort than a tenth from the^
vines appeared large .enough tbr eat^
ing.. It- wtwt be noticed, however,
that the sprouts *Bbrd a com par alive- ?
ly small , numlier ofslips for next
year's^eed, ajgLtha^rfhes are bet
ter for that purpose; but as the Po?
tatoe from the sprout is said to keep
better than Hie rdjot Potatoe, an$
doe# not, I think, require move than
half the labour, no inconsiderable
advantage may be derived from al
wty* cultivating some in ibis mode.
Another incidental advantage is,
that as the sprouts can he proc ured
for setting out whenever the KeijM
is favorable, a crop is almost alwfi
insured : and it is probably w it hi
t the experience. ot erary j)lante%4hi
the crop from vines bat ' failed, from
the viqes not being fit to put out
when the season was' favorable, or
the s$gu?on suitable when the vines
were af command.
1$ niake ?M.nso^ slrikhig the
difference of product from the two
modes of cultivation, 1 selected from
an acre and a quarter of groottd tiio
three bedl Potatoes produced by
planting the vines, nnd ffom a quar
ter of an acre of ground planted in
t sprouts, twotiflhe beat yarn Pota
toes, and one op the best Spaniel),
(though not aS lfrgo as many of the
yams,) and submit them uj9T
animation of the Society.
, three produced from tlie JtL
[ weighed- A3 lbs. ; we three
I vines, 3 1-2 lb*.
7 F. 8. Ht
27 lh October, 1819.
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|C7**No Letters, of Pappra, bo de
livered on the Sabbath, after 9 o'clock iii
the morning.
P. Thornton,
Camden, February 10, 'y
1 1 * 1 ? 1 l"*'
ALL persona hating y demands a^airta.
the estate of Micha
Camden deceased $
them according to la
And those who are
make immediate pay
IIsaacS, lute of
directed to render
to the Sublci^brr.
idebted to to
j$dminl*tr*tor
February 10.
ml ah Barrett,
art Uaacty decerned.
20O? 2
^ Pnblifc Sale.
BY Permission ojf the Conti of Ordina
ry for Kershaw District, will be sold, -art
Saturday the I9t^ hist, it 15 o'clock, be
fore the store of Samuel Lopez, in Cam
den ; a quantity* of wearing apparel, a
watch with chain, seal and key, two trunk*
and one tatye, belonging to the estate of
Michael Isaacs, deceased.
1 Conditions Cash.
Jiidfth Birvctt,
jid mini ? era tor Michacl^ttaac** rirccattet i
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