Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, September 07, 1820, Image 4
POETRY.
" From Foul* on.'* Daily AdverUsei.
To ft young friend, with ? J*ockit Tene
ment.
The C harter of a nation's weal*
Is deaf to every patriot heart,
And he that scorns its sacred zeal,
in Freedom'* flame can share no part:
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To young desire, how choice the deed
That crowns the wishes of theheir I
How eitfoeak is his anxious heed,
That nougfct shall tfes bequest impair?
, ,-V * ?**>?<
But dearer than the chartered scroll,
That stampa a rising nation free t
Dearer than riches, to the soul.
Is the bequest of Deity,
This guidet-the weary wanderer's way,
This tells of * Redeemer's name ;
And hf , that on its Truths can stay, , ,
Shall smile when worlds are wr^pt in
- flame.
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**OM A LONPOM P4M%
KCOJfQMY.
^ CAN frugal Ministers forbear
, ^ gracious QueenJto^own,
Who, for her suffering country's oare,
JnC&vzaJifty thousand fiaunds a yeur^
And aA* but? Jtalf a crovm.
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Miscellaneous.
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GENERAL JAOKBON.
The following Portrait is a vivid and ani-.
mated Likeness of this Great Man. It is
taken fronuth'e Philadelphia 4k Aurora.*
and will be recognized a? a^rue and faith*
ful delineation s
a Jackson, in his ^public life and
personal demeanor, is the perfect
-image of a Republican General;
' losing sight of every thing hut the
glory, honor, and safety, of bis
Co.intry; daring resolute, and un
tamed in action ; cool arid deliberate
in council ; prompt and unhisitating
ip anv emergency; always self col
lected, he fa never to he led off from
the first track, marked hy his sagaci
ty. Of a hold and quick perception,
lie perceives the most complicated re
lation <ef things as if b\ intuition ;
; jMid forms his judgment with a ra
- pidity that would seem to bid defi
ance to con ectnesa while it in reality
ensures the most unimpeachable equi
ty of Trie decision. The prbcess of
fait intellectual comparison is onala
fgous to the trfc and energy of Ms ac
tions. But he is never precipitates
he never, from the force of his pas*
?ions, overleaps an immediate chain
of reasoning, or an Interposing har
tiei of facts, in order to attain a de
sired conclusion, repopiani to tnUb,
Hit?ly tecause congenial to hisheart.
Sis mind appears have been form
by a philosophical law, which re
. quires only one <ause to account for
' a consequence, and looks for nothing
extraneous. There is r loftiness in
Iris temper, that eoars ahovcf any sa
crifice of , truth to passion. , In rela
. tion to himself, there h no liaste, no
rapidity no forced marches of bis re
flections, in order to come to a epee
jif judgment. . ,.,T*j
It is only in comparison with other*
of a more slugs^h nature* that lie
seems to outstrip (he lightning in
?peed, and the wind* in strength.?
Careful always to he correct, when
pnce determined, his judgment is Ir
reversible, too firm ? to !** moved;
too well sustained to be refuted.***
Once resolved on his plan, hit action
is prompt, energetic, persevering,
indefatigable. Obstacles only aug
ment his vigor excite his invention
and redouble his |>owers. He seems
impetuous, when he is only resolute ;
for he overlooks nothing ? he never
allows himself to lie surprised ; he
never, by placing hi* eje too fiyed
ly on one object, loses sight of ano
( ther, or plunges into intervening dif
ficulty* His perception is not mere
ly quick but comprehensive. Kear
never defeats his purposes, or makes
a part of his calculations. He sec*
nothing but his country ? $lory? ? or
death ? and death or glory is the mot
to that his genius has engraved upon
fcus heart* In the field, the honor of
his country is his supreme rule of ac
tion. A sttra Republican, ikvuted
in civil life to the laws aud constitu
tion, he is too much a patriol in war,
to suffer the scruples of a legal con*
struction, or the doubts suggested by
a coward conscience to snatch a vie
tory out of his liands and encircle
the brows of his euemy with the spoil*
and honor of his country, A Ro
man, a Fabius, woukl do no less,
and no uign could do more, it is
consulting the Laws of Nations, in
an exigency, when no other law
could lead to self preservation.-;
Such a General could never fai*
to be victorious, while he lived; an
object of terror to our eneivies, an
object of gratitude an4 applause to
his country.
Asa statesman, the pretention and
merits of JFackson are more than res
tiectable ? they are eminent, . He
leld a station in the Senate many
years ago, and in bad times ; he dis
played the same simplicity and deci
sion as in the field ? he was sternly
opposed to bad measures, and con
tented with an unostentatious support
of those that were good. It was]
said of him then?" In the hoar of]
trial you know where to find Jack
son.1' It was the observation of a
friend, and a great man, and it was]
verified in the field, as in the senate.]
His knowledge is various enlarged,!
and useful He possesses something!
beyond the ordinary accomplishments!
of the bar and the bench. As a|
lawyer* he is distinguished for hav-|
ing given the form of generalization 1
to a science in his own mind, whose]
uniform tendency is to cramp the .in- 1
tellect, by its detail, disconnection,!
and petty principles of construction,!
termed quibbling. In this way hel
has expanded, e*alted,and erabel-l
lished his genius by a science that so]
often obscures, confounds, and mis-]
leads common understandings. The]
creative powers of an intellect natur-|
ally , capacious, vigorous and lofty,]
could alone reverse this debasing.in-J
fiuence of the art and practice of]
chicaner} and deception.
, lie is bp partisan, the slave of no]
faction, A Republican, his princi-]
pies are defined in the constitution ;|
and the love of fidelity keeps peace]
in his heart with the throbs ot life.]
He owns up party? he is only an]
American.
Frank, ingenuous and honest,- he!
is a total stranger to al} those vices]
that constitute the courtier. No maul
can despise more heartily than be]
does, the flatterer, the dissembler,]
the sycophant, the hypocrite. He]
uniformly treats such creatures with]
the contempt that b* always feels,]
and never can dissemble, W e there- 1
fore seldom hear of General Jackeenl
being at Washington, moving like!
a satelite, or shinning at 'Cabinet]
dinners.1
Not less honorable than sincere,
be id open in bis enmities; and un
disguised in bis resentments. ; In
such a character, magnanimity is a
natural trait. His detriment is the
Mine towards .all men whether in or
i>ut of office, potent or powerless ?
he is still unaffected and unreserved
to all??bUtid, polite and courteous
too iiyUtyiendent in spirit to accept a
favor, or to sue for it, he is equally
hopeless of pajrpnage and fearless
of power. But how could Jackson
receive a favor ? A tarCn whose char
acter and famfe are equally above the
incumbents of offpe and out of the
reach of thghr influence? It is for
biih to confer favors on the adminis
uatiors of the general government
am) the people; always in submis
sion to the laws and the constitution,
to 'reverence the one, obey the other,
and respect them all.
As a writer (General Jackson does
not fpde in comparison with any of
his cotemporaries. Ilia coui|H>sition
is replete v\jth energy, fire, and ex
pression* Mi* meaning hums op bis
page ? a flame calm lambent, and
unbaring ? giving light, so t|?at no,
man can luiscou&ive him, or fail
(o feel what he writes. It is the un-|
l imed eloquence of a spirit that des
pise* the petty embellishments, tlia
give mora objection to the meaning
than they impart beauty to the style.
It i m not the elaborate coiuposiliou of
au author, culling phrase* from the
depositories of language but the
!>tyle of the soldier, the .ftatesman,
*nd the gentleman, secves as a mir
ror to reflect his civil avid military
character, and conveying in hold
diction impressive tilths.
M AU beautious ctoquencc resigns her
charms,
To the grim aoldier, drcsiM in horrid
arms." k
It baa been alledged, that his tem
per is fierce and impetuous ; but il
might with more justice be said, that
hie mind is powerful enthusiastic
and commanding. Living up to that
simplicity which should always char
acterize a republican citizen lie is
equally an enemy to expensive wealth
gorgeous magnificence and courtly
pomp. He has -borne his successes
and his glory, with the moderation
of a man too well read in the book
of human life, to be misguided by
applause, or presumptuous by pow
er. In short?
*To be, and not to teem, is this mans
maxim ;
His mind reposes its proper wisdom*
And wants no other praiie."
His courage and genius inspire*
his enemies with dread, his virtues
win the love of his friends, and his
patriotism and worth secure the ad?*
miration and applause of the people ;
at once the envy of proudest Nation
of Europe, and the second boast t of
our own couutry, -*
Antiquities of Tennetse*.
The Nashville Whig has given
quite an interesting account of anti
quities discovered in Tennessee,
from which we have made the fol
lowing summary.
On the fkrro of Turner Laije, Esq.
five miles 8. EL of Sparta, aud on
others adjacent, small graves have
been found, from one foot to 18 inches
below the surface.-? They are about
ten inches broad and eighteen inches
long, having a flag limestone rock at
the ends and sides, and are covered
with the same species of rock. ? They
contain ^ skull bones, about three
inches in diameter, nearly sound,
and the other bones which are pro
portionality . small. Between two
and three hundred of these graven
have been found. In every tomb
that has been opened there was dis
covered a small b(ack_ earthen pot,
about a pint in capacity, containing
a conck-shell of a gray colour exterior
and red within? In the vicinity of
these graves there are vestigies of
large towns, with parallel streets,-^
The land is covered with large tim
ber. At that distance of two miles
and an half frqro Mr. Lane's farm
similar tombe and ^skeletons have
been discovered. In one of them
the scull had all the teeth remaining
and all tbe bones belonging to the
body was in the tomb. Mr, J^ane
considers tbe sculls belonging to
adult persons, Tbe Contk-shells must
have been brought from tbe border*
of the ocean, as none : of the Hind
are found in the states in the vicinity.
The retrains of a gigantic race have
been discovered not more than aey*l?
miles from these little graves* ?
After wading through a variety of
conjectures, and calling to his aid
history and fiction, the writer notices
superstition of some vf the nations
of antiquity, whose veneration for
certain quadruped* induced to Jbnfy
them in th* woods and desert places
?ha says; "The sculla and other
bones described by Mr, Lane, may
be tbe boqes of sacred animals,
buried by a superstition not dissimi*!
lar to that pf the Hindoo ?nd Egyp
tian ; and being not more than 20
mi)es from the place where the three*
faced image was found, both may
haye beep deposited by the same rej
ligious notion#. The poncfc*ahell
left in the small water vessel indicates
an intent to provide for the accommo*
elation otfaome. animal who could
use the ponck for dipping water out
of the large ve*sel.--SboMld this con
jecture be found worthy of adoptionf
the evidence of Hindoo ance$tr%\
will bavo attained a degree <*
strength almost too stable to suffer
resistance. The animal^ wbethet
i
'ape or monkey, and tl>e corKk-sb*]),
'.may have come fiom the Gulf
of Mexico, Cumana, or the waters
of the Ovonoco a ml the adjacent
countries, whither they came from
ithe old world, wiih the superstition
which deified them. The sedulous
anxiety manifested for their preserva
tion, the care taken in their burial,
to provide a certain species of 6tone
for their coffiu, atd for their future
accommodation a water vessel and
a dipper* are _ circumstances which
must have proceeded from some in
violable and indispenssiile religious
injunction ; the very same perhaps
which governed the conduct of the
ancient Egyptians* and of tbeancient,|
intermediate, and present Hindoos.
Bathing in the Dead Sea.
It is well knowu that the water of
this sea is saturated with salt, chiefly
muriate of magnesia, and common
salt. Its specific gravity is 1,811.
Mr. L^b, who bathed in it in l$i&,
inf( r%C|8 that he saw several shell
fish ii^7 not unlike periwinkles. ?
TUe account which be gives of
the effect of bathing is singu
lar. ?<Our Arab guides bad en
deavoured to alarm us as to tbe con
sequences of bathing in these pestif
erous waters; but we made the ex
periment, and found that though two
of our party were unable to swim,
tbey were buoyed in a most extra
ordinary manner. Tbe sensation
perceived immediately upon dipping
was, that -we bad lost our sigbt ; and
any part of the IkxJv that happened
to he excoriated suffered excessively.
The taste of the* water was bitter
and intolerably saline. From this
experiment, some of ua suffered a
good deal of inconvenience, an, oily
incrustation being left upon the body,
which no attempt at w ashing lould
remove for some time ; and several
of tbe party Continued to lose por
tions of skin for many sucpettivp
days"
jFrom the Petersburgh Intelligencer.
Agriculture qf Italy.? JVith the
exception of China,' perhaps? there
is no country so essentially agricul
tural as Italy. This Kingdom is
neither a manufacturing or commer
cial state? yet she supports Jpore
than 17 millions of inhabitant^, or
about 1887 to a square league*?*
population much more numerouVtbao
that of either England or FramJe.-*
|t is her agriojfure alone which d<toa
this? and wfficfc has laid the founds*
tiqn of those splendid pities which
crowd her plains. Under a wijw
and beneficent government, although
the Apiculture of Italy might never
raise her to the elevated rank she
once possess?d~still it woul3 great
ly advance her men iaMi"ppi ties* and
prosperity, and contribute to her na
tional Importance. The climate, the
productions, the mode of cultivation
in Italy, -all so nearly resemble those
of Virginia, >and the other Southern
States, as to make Italian husband
ry * sulgect of interesting inquiry, ?
The produCMfltos of the farm *re
nearly similafCthe Italian Metayers
bear a strong resemblaoceto oqr Ne
gro Slaves-? the disagreements > lie
chiefly in the ater fertility of the
alluvial soil of Italy* and tbe supe
riority of U?e Italian plaus at ftrm
i?g.
THB HUMAN BYE.
The human frame ha# always
heettfegatAri by the most sagacious
a^ 11 pfoc* of mechan
ism woTHWrully and fearfully con
trived ; there is not a single member
or vessel cf the humaq body that H*&
not properties or peculiarities of the
most interesting or ejqnisite descrip
tion. Sceptics may sneer at religious
formalities, at religious opinions,
and at the numberless unessential
professions and belief of finite creai
lures, they may 4igh over the ab
surdities of bigots, zealots an<J de*
votees, and they may in the warmth
of their aedicule laugh (as it were;
God out of the world. - But sho
them a human eya^dissect it befor*
iiiem ? show them the trans|mreii
iiorney sections, winch unlike th
common outward integuments of tbi
? . ' i
human frame is hard, vet pellucid
as glass ; defending the eve from in*
jury ? show them the lachrymal
glands through which issues contiuu
ally a limpid fluid that difiuses itself
over the external surface of the eye
to keep it from becoming dry or brit
tle, and to wash off dust or any
foreign substance ; show them the
lid so exauisitely curtained up, so
delicately liung that it drop# at the
passing even of a breeze to hinder
it from brushing its beauteous charge
too roughly ; show them the aque
ous humour perfectly clear, in which
is placed the crystelline l*na, like a
double convex glass to receive the
images of objects and transmit them
iu a diminished form on the retina or
membrance at the back of the eye ;
and prove to them that all our ideas
of sight are received through this
wonderful and exquisite organ e that
pictures of every object we see are
absolutely formed with all their na
tural colors on this netted membrance,
and thence transmitted by a bundle
of nerves into which tlx*, membrane
is collected to the brain ; prove these
things to 9 sceptic of whatever coun*
try, cast, (dents or opinions, and
he will tremble at that abominable
absurdity into which egotism, pride,
and ignorance have betray eel him.
Religion is exalted reason, re"
fined from the grosser parts of it. It
is both the foundation and crown of
all virtues. It is morality raised and
improved to its height by being car*
ried nearer to heaven, tlie only place
where perfection resideth.
Moral Reflection . ? A firm trust in
the assistance of an Almighty Being,
naturally produces natience, hope,
cheerfulness, and all other disposi
tions of mind that alleviate those
calamities which we are not able to
remove, f
WIND BROKEN.
?4 tqfk cure.? broken winded
horse had been kern in * field where
there was net any water, except in.
the boitoni of an old lime kiln, and
bad recovered hie wind ; the owner
ordered a spade full of quick lime to
be renewed every five or six days,
and the water to be poured off and a
bucket to be given every day to a
broken winded coach horse, aged,
eight years, which had almost a con
slant cough, The horse was sup?
plied with w^ter thus prepared for
AboQt 0 Weeks, and kept In the sta
ble, He is now perfectly Recovered
in bis wind, and free from a cough.
j Pointed Puna. ? The following
ne^t and novel toasts were drank at
Shawnee Town, iu Illinois, on the
4th of July last ;
1 The Fair sea?? Though partial to
no particular state hut that of mutru
mony, they are always ready to pro
mote union and good feelings.
Agriculture ? May the honest maq
who pats bis hand tothepicmgA never
have bis era} harrowed with care.
Domestic Manufactures? While
our men make good husbands ? our
women good wives? our children
Sood citizens? and our citi^e gooj)
soldiers, we fear no foreign competi
tion,^; ' ' . '
The tars of Columbia, who P*&
all our debts to John Bull, by board
ing him for nothing.
Spanish needfe work ? His Ma
jesty jquilteU petticoats, and the min
isters mad s^\fis ? hut the people
" put on righteousness, and it clothed
The at^ss? Though herd limes
are plenty? and hard money scarce,
lei us not complain while we have
whiskey for ?pr friends, and ?>m
;pQwder for ouf enemies. ,
Sold Cfifirge.T-^. twig at Jaw, an
attorney, having entered into a vol
unteer corps, fin , the first field .day
be was ordered to charge--' when he
instantly whipped otit bi? packet
liook and put ? own H5.
A conceit of knowledge W the
greatest enemy to knowledge, and tbe
;re?(eHt argument of ign<*??|*ce.
Be cheetfuJ, but not light ; solid,
out wot Sfld. ^