Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, November 30, 1820, Image 4
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COLV&atA SOX OF THE &A <
Son of the sea! thy jroUing wave,
Has often been thy pillow,
Columbia** son, with souls as bw1 fe
| Merer** oinictiog billo*V:^^&1
?* z ? *
Long may the ocean's sky bourn** wifrtf*
jfi^aww.^py $
ti*$a<tle o?ei?t?Te battle .worn 5,
isssterasa^v
noticed in the mang
rk of spool
WallortR ?<>mew hat at6oph>& and
dnpported by a staff, hut Willi 'less
apparent inconvenience than most
MtMus exhibit at cig?&-lve or
nH m'ty. His stature is of the middle
mz e, and, althbcgh- his person Ml
Vatbcr delicate aud slemlev, he stoops
twl.littie, even when unsupported.
JW complexion is Very faif and del
kate, and his expression bright,
cheerfuV And jnteUi^nt.;* ;Hi* rea
tnreftare handsome, and, considering
lhat they have endurt# through one
His eyes are oi a lively blue} hit
infofike IS Uracil*, ami vsr} liut ,
nefcd to completely covered twilh thti
moat, beautiful and dcftictOe wWtr
locks imaginable; they ' ate so ftmg
abd abundant as to iaU graceful]^
from the crown ct ms4teml, parting
regularly from acfctmat >. <;?
reaching doivu to bis tliouWlqra ? hi*
Imir is petfectty white, except wlim*
it is thick in Ins neck? when paifc'4
therV, it *Uew* wire few dark
sharien, tlie remnants of * fornix,
lientury. \ * ;
Et still reUimi tiis ftcit tectfaoi
H
bis upper jafcfc Wf tawtfcfa not fal
leu in, like that gener
ally, anil his Iips3y?tWu hilly, are
like (hose of midqfc JHe ; ' his voice
is strong and sweet jSfed, fltbough a
little tremulous ; his beario&- very
[little impaired, 00 that * race of
[usual strength, with distinct Articula
tion^ enables hhn to u^derataad ; bis
eye-sight is sufficient for his work,
^ l|j| ilifitlniriiitiKfifl WrirA fllll^K
niivi itt^pjniiii^ui^iivo jiriuVj oui>n
as the title page pf the Bible, with
out glasses ; his health is good, and
has always been so, except that he
has uow a ctiugb pod expectoration.
He informed us that his Father,
driven dft of France by religious
ptr^ecutibn, fled to Amsterdam y by
bis account it must have been on ac
count of the persecuting - of the
pveuckprotestants, or Hugoaots, in
the latter part of the reign of Louis
Xjjt ^Sabsterclain, his father
married Ms mdtber, a Dutch Woman,
Jti'i years be^j^j& was born, and,
'ore that event, returned her
* IV* ' T. ?*?!_ x?'J - - dk R
Iflrarfce. t Wlieu iie was^Rfe]
itfi& , his father again fled on ac
t of^ile ex
fh^Jh very h^ll'Sble'l^'sii, "L
marked by Flench peculiarities.)?
He says, he well remembers their
flight, and tlmt it was in the winter*
From (htM^jlates We aie enabled
tu fix the time of hid birth, provided
lie U cotrect ift'lhe main fact ; forte
says he was present at Queen Anu^s
coronation, >,aod wastbetf sixteen
years oldjkbe 31st day of May, old
stile; ~ His father, (ashe Asserts,) af
(er |ils Return ftom ?iolU?d< bad
adug tieen driven from * ranee, by
persecution, and the second time
wok refo*e in Holland, K and nflar
wards in England, where be resided,
w?b bis family, at the1 time of the
roronatioii of Qneei) Aune, in 4?103
This makes Francisco to have, been
horn in 1686 ; to have been expelled,
froui France-in 1091, and therefore
to, bav? tKunplf ted & buudred^aiid
thirty third year, on Ihe lith of last
luoej^ ocww* be is now more
than three months advanced iq jbis
hundred and thirty -fourth year. It
is notorious, that about this time npil
tiiudes of French protrstauts fled, on
account or ttie persecutions of iiOuk
a^iJica
noMtfrJ
?tapOA the fron
tildes continue;] to make their ea^
cipa^ aod ln|it thus Louis lost sis
?a?' Queen Anrte crowed? 1
It s^Z\
was too, m any dat yvu wMl?cewwi
***?*?. m
? memoi? cannot
Ssar^Si
Aif > I
He lure 'bwfc 'tanck Alt uft hy
w?ni*^ncli j^lwwcd us^Jmt
account of bid toratfn*. ' J ?x '
tfi' cunt? oat. with liis fatlo r, from
$mM? to ?eW-Votk, prolmUlj
c?r!y in the M century, but cnlinot
remember iMpe. ' Bp
lrfeT? '?y activt a?l e?et&(?* ?t
th<x^ not a, stout frntmuUttaiw ' Ife
WajnftmMHy fond of et?iril?, itttTdld,
iwrW, dr?,k nnHB Om
wa?,|>eo|jer* but dial habit a|$4ai* K
have
K In (Ubet fehjirrW he 1 inn been re<
muiUahfy a)rstcmiuu9, eating but lit
tle, and particularly atatataipg at*
IvfMiKt PUikk^ty from animal' frnul^ his
favorite articles being tea, hmut and
imtter, ami halted apple*. Ms wife
r iuuhtiiat, atier RiK'li a biraklllHf, he
a oulil go ont ami work iiU:no6n,;
Hen iline upon Hie wmc, if he could
vit it, atuMhcu take the fcaine at
>&ht# ami particular \y tW he alwaya
urauk tea, wlieuever lie could obtain*
]LJ)geo carpet !!??????
niw eldest t*vp\* in thSvidn^
ttnrinbf>r Frauciaco, a* beiog a?
waya, from their earlie*t recollec
tion much older than them*\ ve* }
hei?; between 0OTtod 9Qyeara of
ftcb^q. wai'onehuo
?od forty. -*? "
; On the wbole, allhqugb lber evi
dence rests, in a degree, on lmown
credibility, stil},vas many thing*
coroborate it> and as his character
appears remarkably sincere, guile
less, add affectionate* lam inclined
to believe that he is as old* as fie is
stated to be. He is really a tnosl re
markable and. foteresting'old man j
here is nothing,, either in his person
6r dress, of vtlie- /negligence -and
squalid ness of extreme age, especial
ally,, when not ia elevated circum
stances 'j on ttie contrary, lie is
greeable juid attractive,' and Were be
dressed in a superior roan tier, juid
placed in 4 handsorato and well fiir
nished Apartment; he vtould be a
most beiutiiul old tpan^ r : |
Little coald t_ haye expected to
converse, and shekel hands with a
mamwbo has beotya soldier in most
ot the wars of this country for one
hundred yenrs^yho, more than a
century ago, foujght under Marl bo
rough, in the^ wart* of Queen Anne,
and Who, (already grown no td
manhood,) saw her crowned one nun*
dred and seventeen year# eivce\ who,
on* hundred and twetity-eight years
ago, and An^the century before the
loft, was driven from France by the
proud/ magnificent, and iutoierani
Louis XIVj and whq'Jiaa lived q
for ty-jburth part of <tU ihe time that
the human race have occupied this
mm ?- 1'
What an interview ! It is like
seeiog one come back from the dead,
to relate the events of eeatari?% bow
swallowed up in the abyss- !
y
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rr.
Jfivoeqta.
front fk*mN alio ,_JHp|Mp
THE CRITICAL
^sSP'?roe7
was generally very concise in his ad
vfc^ yot, at tline8, h^wouldnllow
himself * ^greater latitnd$,more es
pecially wheti he had been previotMa
ly engaged in reading some favoui it*
poem than at any otbtnMirae. 5 11 Si
. : ~ One morning, on our return fr< ?6il
? Wftifc, we 4)ad occasion to pass a]
ms'fo ?#*V
imJauiM By bo means include
na '(be vtecessary onus! ? and
rf. 1 had stredf lo&fi*
*** S4%5W??? ?i?? ??
we bad passed it>< Accordingly, lie
ha^Alw.dy vpwa SB?|pB#fe*
parilory hews, when, jmt> w? bad
?yow>s
man to whom , he was extremely par
tial, made liia appearance front die
ba^foom.' {"This wai guite an unex
pected*^ rencounter Mllfiridw) Mnd
tfe^pooryo, hf ?hsigbtof os, v**?ct)nv
? but, contrary to l{ki abd liiyojvii
expectations, my uncle, after cast
ing!* iadignjfi* at the ailf
condemning young 'man, in ai BdW
and subdued tone of virfde, gavfefbe
fol towing quotation frbm his favorite
Cowpwi' :'<?i tilM
ri With caution Uuile she. awe? dtttfSK
cujl,
H4 thatatp* ?fi?n nt la?t drink* it up :
HaVn* are soon as?uined ; but when we
To* atrip thorn off, 'tia b?ihg rtayed ali^o'."!
' And poizing fey arnu.we^aoon
bin nncefol and buspiUbte
was tbe fast linie 1 ever re-j
to (he, beauty of the sentefroe,
ami (he feitlfngthantier in whfeh -U
was delivered, K Itinrfer bespeaking
(ho most bcarWelt sorrow, a\t
liter made anch an inipreMion i
my tttiml a* to defy (lie utmost ej
of time to enuHcate it. &
? Although tbe young fellow i
?ml duly Appreciated my oncle'l
vice, yet number les* wfcre (lie vic
tims wbiob in the coane pf my life,
1 have ae^n fall a prey to that detest
adacotu mt the human family ? !
iMtsmoermrtc* ! , ?
~ Francis Hetiles* was a young
man of a gn<jd education, and a fine
taleut? opeu, frank ?ud geuerous,
ItjB wis the f^voorie of lie whole
village, ? ^The 4>lay fellow i>f. my*
youth, and my ?ompaniuu iu my stu
dies, I toved him with $ brother^
love and cherished our friendship in
the utmost recesses of my heart.?
He made dunce Vf the medio*! pro
fession, and in due course of-tiux*
commenced practicing in bis native
yHIage? -in confidence with all?and
ifii* boast - of (Bends I Such was
Frank Heedtaas- wheii^I left the vil
lage, to wbfcb L returned not few
twenty years. But, alas ! wlmt was
tpy sorrow when, on my return, tta
only memorial which remained uf
my early friend was a rude stone, oO
which some passing school -bojfJ had
scribbled thq name 'pf ; Francij
Hee&less," and ^vhftfa servfcd ita
mark the /spot where reposed one
who, therigb cut off in the lo we* of
his age, had lived long enobgh to
to survive all friendship? *a spot
which, overgrown weeils and briaTSj
protrayed in laingttage more forcible
than words, his melancholy fate? it
was the ^grave of au i^coiug*b??
DliUNKAHD !
"'Men of gfenius f insult not bis
memory, for fife Was youi*brother $
Tbe* pride ofc his frieuds, and the
idol of all with whom he associated,
*ie bid" fair, -to become the greatest
ornament of society ;A but alas I'M
insidious foe of tQafcluiid, hifeih|>er~
ance, seized upon him ?and . that
cup, which at first he merely tasted.
In. the shape of friendly glasses and
morning drams* he #doo learned i lo
dfaiiilMhe wjr at last,
shunned: by liia acquaintances and
deserted by hi< friends, tM tWk in?
talife gtaYJB, Onre$rett*l aad ifospfc.
cq ? a melancholy wartuog to till I v
Frort Aketu?n*s (Loiia^ftj Repository.
Jtprqject bf Law fur preventing uit
pimpm
would lie'' very
legislative
:M has
Am
number of
high
(M&I
Si
\mb
so much
tjttt* some member
id their owu penults to lament the I
roi*life'^i^i5rT
not heford now |
thepurpose Into
universal- sufira^ .
and, as a ? part of thesame scheme,
females admitted into the two houses,
I doubt nbt that some individual
would step forward w^th # meai
that flight meet witbflbe approba
,.r ? ~ ....
kssfc
e*k<Sj.jA jm- 4t:*rn ' ? ?* Tfya
in this, as ait other offences, sfttf pft-l
ticular clHUses^otigliC^kvbe insetted]
to MM* particular penalties,
er or less according to the dftlii
i ijf of On tta, /^lloWjmolo
a few hints, /fj
When a rich, old, decrepit,tooth.1.
Iff* i(uriK >?rries a young bloom- J
WiWfifiSSl
' L.
l*V
W
L
from herpMhsrV
mast be the coase
tjfVh?e a young (fa* fellow Mar
ries a rich widow for the sake of ber
cash, it sboeld be ooneidflN grand,
tarcencg $ or if the fortune be small,}
nf ttij //ir^vMrKi ' VL rii'Vc.V/i^/i'v ? 1
^fwhe#o a young tpan of good #*
pectatioiis throws himself tl?<>
ams*trf an til<fciMq, jgemwrn^lo
be wealthy, and finds thatlne it on
Irish Iheiress '/that is to say, wifit
debts to-.ito amount of 80QQL) be
should be arfjbdged to be a/e/o Un ?e,
h ?? Whjtt ? conplo many, mutually
supposing each trtliet to be rjeh*j|J
mutually deceived, they should suf
fer the mum pun^roen^f^;^,.ita
Where A youn* single man unite*
Rintself to ? widow wijb five of sijt
children, he should be sentenced to
the inllory. '?
I - Where a
young officer of family
t)?B
SsE S
V l?j0;
mm
fMtttienywK
in the army, or in any other *iiua
tiooj vilhout.a penny in >r?r vorkl,
starts to Grelna Green with a millin
er or ?, mantumaker as poor and as
thoughtless as himself, it be consi
dered Punacy , and the parties con
fiued for the rest of their lives.
I It would be easy to enlarge on this
IlisF^aod to make the proposed mea
sure much more extensive in its prp
j visions*, bat what I have given above
will J^efufficieut hint to any person
whip his philanthropy and industry
ffoougti to 'undertake the formation of
I bill U;.; A
Jf it be < iMijectfed Ibat audr a latf
would tend to discourage matrimony,
my answer is, that if it prevented
such marriages as Ve now daily wit
iues^J should be vtery well content
ed; ibr Jffe much better that the
^"TgjpMS^ subject,
n that lila realm sbould.be con*
ritfy exp6sed- tto the civil wars an J %
domestic of ^to many fa
milies^^^T VH* >?
I: UnUlt^presentsystem be altered,
t shall remajnyour hfamble servant
Dialogue between an Engfy/ufian
Bjfc ^M(4 Irish Inn-fotptr^
f Hi '
Irish fnnt*f$>r~\ doi
any of (but name. L?,
U Are fou tl?e master of
^0?T ? ? ?< ^ '
j I.^-Yes sir jtriease you
wbentoy wife'ifrom Iwme.
f->ve yon Any bill of fai&?
Yes sir}
er and Ballioasl
, L? Vary t thank you, sir.
& E. ? Have yoo.auy tnoxmtniu ? .
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gazette.
S&teiS'W :
blc benefit can be derived from pro.
faoity ; nothing is held f?r<* #? ?
temptation to commit tbe act; nothing,
but tl?? pwtyewenww and depravity ' ]
of human nature, yould ever have i
suggested such a thing as this crime f - ,
yet, ??cli is its prevalence, .that by
U?ny itia mistaken for a fashionable
acquirement, and considered as in
dicative or energy and decision of
character. Fatal delusion ! ? Heflapt,
young man J Haa ant. the same im?
l>erioua mandate which saya, u Thou
?halt not kilt," said in terms as
Strong, ?*n>ou slialt not take the
name of tboXwl thy P?d hi veto f**,
Sause, than, before you sniffer that m
ire oath again to nufUto your lips;
nr before yg jfcve ^tterod t^to^
cation, an avdgfeOmoipofence may,
call you to jpompleto in ,