Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, August 03, 1820, Image 4
poetry.
FROM THE BALANCE.
When Freedom on the battle storm
Her weary head reclined
When round her fair, majestic form
The serpent slavery twined ?
Amid the din? above the cloud
Great Washington appeaed ?
His daring hand rolled back the shroud,
And thus the sufferer cheered ;
Burst* burst thy chains ? be great, be free,
?? In giant strength arise |
Stretch, stretch thy pinions, Liberty I
Thy flag nail to ihe skien; -
Clothe, clothe thyself in glory's robe,
Let stars thy banner gem ;
llule. rule the sea. possess the globe,
VVfcar victory's diadem 1
Tell, tell the wbrld, a world is born,
Another 01 b-gives light ;
Another sun illumes the morn,
Another star the night ' *
Be just, be brave, and let thy name
Hencelorth ? olumbi* be \
Wear, wear the oaken wreath of Came,
The wreath of Liberty.
He said ; and lo, the stars of night
Forth to her banker flew ;
And morn, with pencil dipped in light, \
Her blushes on iv drew ;
Columbia's chiefiain seized the prize,
By angel hands unfurled,
Flew with it to his native skies,
And waved ii o'er tne world. B. B.
Miscellaneous . \
iA CURE FOR HARD TIMES.
Sxtract from the Charge qf Judge Ron,
to the Grand Jury qf * Montgomery
M ?' Counry, Pennsylvania.' -v.
Gentlemen of the Grand Jury
|? ?I shall lake ibe liberty of saying
J* a few words 011 a subject w hich may
- Dot seem to come properly under my
notice at this time. Rut, it is bo
, general?^ topic of conversation, and
lias bwn ?o frequently handled in
the newspapers, and in pamphlets,1
that I tli ink it will not be amiss to
. introduce it in this place. The suh-j
ject to which I allude, is the har?i
j; times. You are here, gentlemen,
from the remote parts of yonr coun
ty, and you have doubtless heard a:
" variety of causes assigned for these
? ?tiard times. Our legislature have
had the subject under consideration
y ? tjbey have talked of a loan office,
of fetop laws, of a law f6r great in
ternal improvements; and a great
I; \ar ety of projects have been agita
Hed by them; all- to obviate those
^haud, times. But their projects are
_ 1*11 visionary ; none of them calcula
ted to do the smallest good to the
community. Congress too have hern
engaged on this subject ; they have
thought that some great change in tite
tariff, or some important measure fof
th*> encouragement of domestic man
ufactures, would help us out of the
difficulty. But &11 this b perfectly
idle. The projects dooi strike at
the root of the matter. 1 irfay be
singular in tny views, gentlemen,
but, really, i haver thought so much
On the subject, that I Can't avoid ex
, pressing my jentiiueots, whatever
, you may think of them. 1 have no
tityections to great improvements? 1
am, by no means, unfriendly to our
own manufactures hot then, 1 think
? that, in order io cure the evil, w<:
must all act individually. Let tlie
work of reformation begin at home,
. and I confidently believe we shall
?oon get rid of the hard times, that
are so much complained of. . To lie
calling out for legislative aid, while
we ourselves are deli. is acting like
the man in the fable, who, when his
' wheel was fast in the ditch,
cried for Hercules to help him, in
stead of putting his own shoulder to
the wheel. W * must help ourselves,
gentlemen, and if that will not an
swer, why then we may call for
Hercules to assist us.
We are too fond of allowing out
in our families ; and in this way
our expenses far eJtoeed our incomes.
Our daughters must be dressed
off in their silks and crapes, instead
of their linsey woolsey. Our young
2 '
folks ate too proud to be seeD in a'
(oarse dress, aud their extravagance
is bringing ruia on our families. ?
When you can induce your sons to
prefer young women for then real
worth, rather than for their show ;
wheu you can get them to choose a
wife who cau make a good loaf of
bread, and a good pound of butter,
iu preference to a girl who does
nothing but dauce about in her silks
and her laces, then, gentlemen, you
may expect to see a change for the
better. We must get back to the
good old simplicity of former times,
if we ex|>ect to see more prosperous
days. The time was, even since
memory, when a simple note was
good for any amount of money, but
now, bonds and mortgage* are
thought almost no security; and, this
far owing to the want of confidence.
And 'what has caused this want
of confidence? Why, it is occasion
ed by the extravagant manner of liv-i
ing ; by your families going in debt
beyond your ability to pay. Ex
amine this matter, gentlemen, and
you will find this to be the real cause,
reach your sons to be too proud to
ride in a hackney coach which their
father cannot pay for. Let them be
above being eeen sporting in a gig or
a carriage which their father is in
debt for. Let them have this sort
of independent pride, and 1 venture
to say, that you will st)on perceive
a reformation. But, until the changt
commences this way in our families ;
until we begin the work ourselves,
it is vain to expect better times.
Now, gentlemen, if you think as
1 do on this subject, there is a way
of showing that you do think so.
and but one way $-?- Wheu you re
turn to your homes, have indepen
dence enough to put these principles
in practice; and I am sure you will
not be disappointed.
j The Pearl-Fishery of Panama.
I The isthmus which forms the
{boundary between North ami South
I America might, in the possession of
hin enterprising nation, be rendered a
I fertile source of |>roeperity. It would
|only be necessary to cut a canal to
[connect the two seas, and to build a
{ciiy at each of its mouths, which
I might become the central point of ex
pensive trade. .
At the extremity of the bay of
I Panama is an Archipelago, consist
ling of forty-three islands; between
li he islands of El Key and Tobago,
Jibe sea is perfectly calm, and near
jiiie coast lies a considerable bank
tof nearly oysters. /
] These oysters produce pearls of a
{large size, though in point of regu
larity and beauty, they are inferior
I to those of India, \ , )
I All the inhabitants of Panama and
I its vicinity Who are in easy circum
{stances, keep negroes, who dive to
{procure penrls for their master**; ?
I They are dispatched to tike islands,
I where tents and boats are kept ip
| readiness. Eighteen or twenty <*f
{those poor nfgroes, who are excel
| lent swimmers, and who posseses
jibe power of holding in their breath
{tor a considerable time, are under
lihe controle of tn overseer. They
{swim about under the water until
{they fin<1~it\bai>k of oysters, where
{the sea is not wore than 10, 12, or
{ 15 fathoms deep. The negroes tl?*n
{ascend to the boat and cast anchor.
{They tie around their waists a rope,
{tnife end of which is fastened to the
boat, and jump into the sea, taking
a small weight to enable them to de
cern], the more 'expeditiously. On
reaching the bottom, the diver seizes
an oyster, which he places uuder his
left arm, another id his left hand, a
third under his right arm, a fourth
in his mouth. He then ascends to
Stake breath, and to dejiosit the oys
ters in a little bag in the boat. As
soon as he lias recovered himself, he
dives a second time, and so on until
he is tired, or has fished a sufficient
v number of oysters. . ,
Each of these negro divers mnst
supply his master with a certain uuin
ber of pearls daily. When the ne
i^ro has fished as many oysters as h?
'liinks sufficient, he opens them in
the presence of the overseer, and
ilelivers to liim the pearls, whether
small or large, perfect or imperfect,
until be lias completed the numbei
due his master; the .remainder are
the property of the negro who usual -j
ly sells them to bis master.
Besides tlte labour and fatigue
j which the negroes experience in de
1 taching the oysters from ihe bottom
of the sea where they are frequently
fixed between rocks and stones, thev
| encounter great danger from the tam
borunes, or tintoresos, a monsterous
fish by which they are sometimes
[devoured, and likewise, from the
montas, huge rays, which seize the
divers 60 forcibly, they stifle them,
or hy falling upon them with all their
weight, crush them at the bottom of
the sea. " i
ror this reason the diver is usual
ly armed with a pointed knife. - If
w hen it is clear, the negro overseer,
who remains in the boat, should per
ceive any cf these fish, he warns
the diver, and sometimes goes to his
assistance.
Notwithstanding these precau
tions, the divtj? Sometimes lose their
lives, and frequently return with the
loss of an arm or a leg.
THE TURKS.
Moos, Touruefort, and other judi
cious and candid travellers, who
lived some time among the Turks,
and were diligent to inquire into tin
reli^iou, customs, and manners of
tnose people, speak of them ver>
I'avorabh. They Mttiow ledge thai
the Turks perform ?r the duties of
their religion with a scrupulous ex
actness, and particularly are so chari
table, that they are always ready to
relieve any person who will maki
his necessities known, Mons, Tour
nefort says, that he never saw a beg
gar in Turkey, In truth, if we
compare his account of the Turks
with the character which he and
some later travellers give us of the
Greeks, we have no reasou to be
surprised that so few of the former
are proselyted to the faith of Christ;
and yet these men are better Chris
dans Jhan are perhaps to be found
in 4^ parts of Christendom*, As
I have* observed before, they are not
only eminent for their charities, but
upon all occasions they are easy and
ready to forgive one another. They
have no duels in that countjy, nor
is any man assassinated in" Turkey
from a false principle of honor or re
venge. They retain a greatful sense
of any favors t hey ^ have received. ? ?
A r Turk of some distinction, who
had been a slave at Leghorn, and
during his captivity in that city had
been often relieved J>y an English
merchant, and by whose means he
was at last enabled tp recover his
liberty met Vr, Kandolph (whose
iravels we have) some years after pt
Sfcgropont, arid knowing him to be
an Englishman, treated him with the
greatest kindness and generosity $
and having prooyiwdL him a passage
on hoard a TurkfiMBiip, he recotn* j
mended him lo thejOaptain in these
Words f # When you see tills man,
you see me ; what you do to htm,
Wtt do to me ; and I will answer it,
be it good or ill," What a simplici
ty and goodness of heart appears in
this recommendation! For the rest,
the l urks are very temperate both in
eating and drinking, and the luxury
of a table is unknown even in the
palace of their Emperor, They
persecute no one on account of his
religion ; and the inquisitions of
Bpain and Portugal they would ab
hor, as the temples of Baal or the
altars of Bu&iris.
AMUSING FACTS RESPECTING SOUTH
AMERICA.
From ? A Statistical, Commercial, and
Political Description 6f Venezuela,
Trinidad. Margaritta, and Tobago,"
published |o London. ^ .
? Wild Horges and Jtm*.?-' Then
are thousand* of burse* which an
wild in tlie forests and do not be
long to any one. I was enabled to
isctrtain a fact, known to all wh<
iiave travelled in thia country. Th?
hones live there in societies, gero-r
*lly (o the .number of five or *i>
hundred, and even one thousand :
thejr occupy immense savanos^ where
it is dangerous to disturb or try to
catch them, lu the dry season the\
are sometimes obliged to go two or
iluee leagues and even more to find
water. They set out in regular rank*
four abreast, and thus form a proces
sion of an extent of a quarter of a
league. There are rlwa\s five or
i *
six scouts, who precede the troops
by about fifty paces, If they per
ceive a mau or jaquar (the American
tiger,) they neigh, and the troop
stops: it avoided, they continue
their march ; but, if an attempt be
made to pass by their squadron, they
leap on the imprudent traveller, and
crush him under their feet. The
best way is always to avoid them,
and let them continue their route :
they have also a chief, who marches
between the scouts and the squadron,
awl five or six other horses march on
each side of the band ? -a kind of
adjutants, whose duty consists in
hindering any individual from quit
ting the rank. If any one attempts
to straggle either Jfrora hunger or
fatigue, he is bitten till he lesunus
his place, and the culprit obeys with
his bead hanging dow n. Three or
four chiefs march as the rear guard,
at five or six paces from the iroop.
I had often heart), at Trinidad*
of this discipline among the wild
horses, and confess that I could
scarcely believe it; but what I have
just stated is a fact which I witnessed
twice on the banks of the Ouaripiche,
where i encamped five days for the
express purpose of seeing those or
ganized troops pass, 1 have met pn
the shores of the Oronoco, herds of
fifty to a hundred w ild oxen \ a chief
always marched at the head, and
another at the rear. The |>eople of
the country have assured me, that
the wild asses, when they travel,!
observe (he same discipline as the
horses ; but the mules, though they
also live in troops, are continually
fighting with each other, and it has
not been observed that they have any
chief. Tliey however unite, at the
appearance of a common enemy,
and display still more trick and ad
dress than the horses, in avoiding
the snares which are laid for catching
them, and also for escaping when
taken.
Character of the* English People*
BY F. HOPK1NS0N.
The general character of the Ens;*
lish is certainly the most fantastic^
anil ahsured, that ever fell to the lot
of any known nation. As they are
made up of contradictions, it would
be unjust to give them any uniform
designation* There is scarce a vir
tue that adorns the mind* or a vice
that disgraces humtin nature, hut
fpay be astribed* to them, as a part
of iheir national character. But the
former are often render#.] ineffectual
hy misapplication, ami the latter
qualified by a levity of manners,
which shovN s thejn not to be constitu
tionally prevalent ' An Englishman
will treat his enemy with great gen
erosity, and his friend with ingrati
tude and inhumanity. He will lie
lavish of his wealth when he has
hut little of it, and* become a miser*
ly wretch when fortune pours her fa*
vors ipto his purse. He will bfcve
the utmost hardships,, and encounter
the severest trials with heroic forti
tude and will drown or hang him
self because the wind is in the east.
He will lend large sums to a stran
ger on the slightest security, and
refuse his nearest relation the means
of subsistence. To-day, his heart
expands with social benevolence;
to-morrow, he is cold, sullen and
morose. To-day, he possesses the.
wealth , of a nabob; to-morrow, he
refuses a sixpence to a beggar, lest
he should be himself reduced to a
want of that sixpence. In a word,
contradiction and absurdity makfi an
Englishman.
The extreme ignorance of the;
common people of this civilized coun
try, can . scarce be credited.?
In general, they know nothing be
yond the particular branch of busi j
ness which their parents or the par
>$h happened to choose for them.? <
This, indeed, they practice, witi
unremitting diligence ; but iievei
think of extending their knowledge
further. A manulnciuier has been
brought up a maker ot pm-heads :
He has been r.t thU business -HJ n tars,
and of course makes pin-heads with
yrreat dexleriiv-? but he caiuul make
0 %
a whole pin for his life, lie thinks
it is the perfection of human nature
to make pin-heads, lie leaNC* oilier
matters to inferior abilities, li is
enough for him that he belie>es in
the Idtkanasian Cie*d> resevruces
the splendor of the court and makes
pin-beads. This lie conceives will
be the suni-totai of religion, polices
and trade. He is sure dial London
is the tiuest city in the world ; Black
fritr's Bridge the most superb of all
oridges? and the river Thames the
largest river in the universe. It is
in vaiu to tell him that there ate
uiany rivers in America, iticompaii*
son of which (he Thames is bin a
ditch ; that there are single provinces
there larger than all Kngland, and
that the colonies formerly belonging
to Great Biitain, but now indeptn*
dent States, are vastly more exten
sive than Eugland, Yv'ales, Hcot-s.
land and Ireland, all taken togetku,
tie cannot conceive this, lie gucs
into his best parlor, and looks on a
map of j Hnglund, 4ftet squ .r , and
on the other side of tlie room, he
sees a map of J\Turth and
lica9 not more than two feet square,
and, exclaims ? How can these
things possibly be [?it is altogether
quite impossible J^^He has read
lie Arabian Mights Entertainment,
and he hears this wonderful account
of America-*fae believes the one as
much asthe utheiv?-that a giant shokl
rise out of the sea, or tliat the Del
aware should 'be larger than tne
Thames, are equally incredible to
him* Talk to him of the British
Constitution, he. will tell you 44 it i&~
a glorious j^onstitution /" Ask him
what it is, and he is ignorant oj its
first principles/ 1 But lie is sure
that he can make and sell pijr-beads
und?r it. Mention the freedom of
elections, and he will tell you> that
he does not meddle in these inatteis ;
that lie lives in a borough ; and Lh"t
it is impossible but that Inquire iwoose
Cap must represent that borough in
Parliament ? because squire Cvoos&
Cap is accfUahited with the Frame
Minister ? ami bis Lady comes e\ y
Hunday to the p&rMi church in a
brocaded gown, and sits^in a pew
lined with green cloth. Jiow then
can it be otherwise? But these aro
'things in which he is not concerned*
! He believes in the J&thanusian Vreed9
jhonors the King? and makes pin
1 heads? awrf what wore can he expect -
ed of a man ? ? ??
Topical remedy foi the Hydropho*
bia.*? feig. A, M. Salvatoii of i e~
tersburgh, in a lettter to professor
Moriic hini of Rome, gives the fol
lowing remedy for this dreadful ma
lady, ? - ?:
"The inhabitants of Cadici, but
when or how I Know not, have made
the important discovery, that near
the ligament of the tongue of thfr'
man or animal bitten by a rabid aqir
mal, and becoming rabid, pustules of
n whitish hue make their pppeaf&nre,
which open snofitaneifosly about
the 13th day after the bite; and at
this time, they say, the first symp
toms of true hydrophobia make their
appeavance. Their method of cure '
consists in opening these pustules
I with a suitable instrument, and mak
ing the patient spit out the icljpr an<J
; fluid which rati from them, often
washing tlie mouth with salt wa^r*
This joperation should be pert'o^tued
the ninth day after the bite, 'fk re
medy is so effectual, that witb these
people this hitherto incurpbVe disease
has lost its terror ItaL xhr.
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USEFUL RECEIPT.
Cure for that terrifUe dig order in the mquth,
commonly cmlte/l SCjiJSTDKl"
Take of good nature , i o*.? -of
an herb, called hy the Indians,
" mind your j>wn business/' 1 QZ.?~*
mix (Iris Willi a little " cliatity for
inilings," and add two or three ,
? i?rigs of " keep y our tongue betwe?a
* our teeth,'1 Himmr.r (Item together
11 a vessel made of a kiudtol clay,
ailed circuyntjjectiov, for^ a shcit.
unie^ and it wiU bf; fit focu^e..