Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, March 22, 1821, Image 4
: O E T li Y.
From the xWisccHanrous IP g ana c f the \
'Boston Hard ?
TO MY OLD COAT.
Long time has passed, old jagged friend,',
Since first we met together ;
And thou to me thy aid didst lend.
To shield me from the weather.
The dandy, as he passes by,
s Condemns each ragged feature ;
And modest viriue, with a sigh,
Exclaims?" Oh, wretched creature !"
The-ladies ? kind, obliging souls,
Asthio* the streets they dash on,
Whene'er they view thy thousand hol is,
Cry? * mending's out of fashion 1"
But since thou'st been a friend in need,
Thro* half life's rugged journey,
** Twoukl te a graceless thing indeed,
out of doors to turn ye.
> i
r now,
world's dread laughter,
t'er to thoughtless folly bow,
S *nd .roeel "?h
' The purse-proud wretch who turns -aside,
And spurns a hapless brother, - ;
4 Will feel the sting of iniujrcd pride,
feft In this world, or' the other.
ArirHie- who leaves an aged friend,
Forgotten or neglected, -jL ^ f
May find himself, w hen earth shall end,
' By Heaven itself rejected. . V. ,
Then come, old friend, for thou can'st yet
Pari shield, me from the weather;
And when the sun of life shall set,
\V e'U both lie down together*
And when the last dread trump shall sound,
And dawn the mom of terror,
Oh, then niay'st thou in heaven be found,
Meet gflfering-fiormy errors.
Miscellaneous.
. t FKOM TUfc DETROIT GAZETTE.
\%Ybtes on the JSvrth Western part of
Jj^trritory of Jtlachigan. ^
1 we- Fond tin Lnc Indians iue di
vided into ba?ds, and haw-no fixed
places of*- ? residence ; ^wandering
around on the rivers and lakes, their
liraeis occupied alternately in hunt
ing and fishing ; their country beinr^
jttforer than cither entire above men
| tioued tribes. They hunt west to the
fSandy *Lake Indians, north to the
sources of the Huake River, wbtdh
rmjrties into the^ond du Lac river
?eighteen miles above the mouth of
the Savannah? worth- east to En
campment Island in Lake Superior,
*hirty~?ix miles al>ove Fond du Lac,
*uid*>ajthe southern shore 4)f the lake
to tbe pivjfrr4kute, and sooth to Fine
Lake, the northern boun Jary of -the
Fols Avoine Indians, and about one
lmudred miles from the establish
ment on Kond du Lac. ?
Their principal game is moose,
tear marten, mink, muskrat, case
cat, (lynx, of which they have great
numbers ,J hedghog, otter, and a few
beaver. ;hry have neitheT th6 buf
K.fal<?, deer, wolf, tycoon, fox, ur
ill wolvdfirie. . >
The tribe consists qf forty five men,
r* aixty women, and two hundred and
forty children. There we about
1 thirty half breeds, and three freemen
Mho have families. The freemen
nTe Canadians married to squaws,
living entirely Svhlt the Indians, and
|f are not eng ged to the S. W. Com
pany, by whom, as well as ihe In
dians, they considered a great nniv
ance, being forever exciting broils
and disturbances. There is an old
negro iri the employ of the company
$ w ho has a squaw for a wife and a
family oY four cliildren, residing at
Fond du J41C.
These Indians do not apjiear to
have the spirit and genius of those
In the upf*r country, by whom they
are considered very stupid and dull,
being but little given to war. They
consider the Sioux their enemies, hm
mhke lew war excursions? they some
times join those of other tiihes, bV.
have never taken that deep inter*.*.,
in the struggle that the others have.
...
vttz :uu] c,,m^
' ' "r* ?'? ?beir eqnaU, particular!*'
" wi ,nav i,o
K^d (o .meliorate their condition L
Ld hv'^n ''""'I-' fI"l,,e,,t,y wprunan.
" *0 w"nt> of I lie more \i-ihuil |?
?'tl ?,W anj.ee and an uiter di?re
i,ard (or t|)e events of the- war ao-aiitsl
he .Sioux, thirteen men of thelribe"
' uung the last summer, determined'
jo retrieve t lie character of the S?
Sioux A a" rXt,;'siou a^inst the
, Accordingly, without c?o
-iilting the other Indians, who were
??'on negoc-?,i?s a peace which was
nearly conc luded, they secretly de
parted, and | tenet rated far into the
.";x country. Unexpectedly, at
ofStL v!'e*V <a,Ue U|'?" a Ia,'5c party
' "?e ^'oiix, amounting (o<uear on!
hundred, and immediately begaiHo
?!?? for b.111,. Tl? &2J*. n.
ten.'o'ug ?U,UM, ?f r,ieD<Ui,,
a disposition for peace, were!
^,eamil,g ">e ob
ted no .,0,rv,8,t* l'bey remonstra
iho S"!?8 ^newiug the war after
'he overtiire, whichhadfeeen ma<?
j? retHrn to theu famj.
snilif f ?i'en ? a,K,? wluwriug (he
brave men, strongly
g ig % sboo,<* make an
?SFSt*?> WOU,d **. M
. T "*wral>e|8 being so in,
feiior to tbeir enemy's. The I oimI
S h * de^u"JaUon to fight
he Awf'wenjy they slrould mS,.
fcSJ hne?^ lr* Bunlb<*? S??
ges if none Imtl appeared soouei
io allow ft .reso,ve(1 Ibis matinei
o show tlietr brethren that the stig
nias thrown upon them were tinjusT
for no men were braver than tbeir
warriors ;"-and that they we.e readr
fei'oT theatT,Cce ,Leir ,ives i? 4*
lence ot the character of their tribe
.hfsiouTT.'1 1 8- 0,1
holes h. i'i l"S ,lle ni&ht <>?S
notes in the ground to which 'tliev
S-lr-a',d <is,ll.(o the hst*x
reiuity. H,ey appointed one of
!tn" T 411 ? <l?tauce and witness the
bfc?Lato (|DS(rUC,ed h'm <omake
is escape to tlieir own com, trv when
?;? bad witnessed the death of ?||
the rest, and state .the circumstances
under wbicfc- tliey J,ad /alien. Karly
"ioux in'T'"5 ^ *Ua<-ke<? (Ik
,ux iti their camp, -who- iinnwiii
ati y sallying out upon them, .forced j
?! *?* <he last place of S?
bey_ resolved njrnn.
despa,.te.y, and more tlS
| e tlien own number were killoit
TZ'""' *55 BJ
liolm ?. '"""'""knl iti ib
,0 which they retreated: the
(other four foil on tbe field ? tJ!
returned home according
(to^the directions lie had recWved?
z u, 24,;eriSr?off tirt,,msun'
NUPTI AL FON DNESS.
From a lute English Publication
" The English love their wives
with much passion ; the I Lol lander*
w ilh much \n utfence. Ttie English,'
wh<n they give their hands, , fre
quently gi\e iheirhearts; the Dutch,
give tiie hand but keep the heart
wisely in their possession. The
English love villi violence ami ex
pect ?ovc in return j Mie Dutch are
satisfied with the slightest acknow
ledgments, tor they &ive little a way,
i be English expend nurny of the
matrimonial comforts hi (he first
year ; the Dutch frostily hushaud
out 4lu:ir pleasures, and are always
constant, because they aro ^fwaya
indifferent. ?
u There seems very little differ
ence between a Dutch bridegroom
and a Dutch husband : /both are
equally possessed of the same cool
nnexpecting serenity ; ^hey see nei
(her tljsium nor pnradlse behind th$
curtain ; anil utf iow i* not inorc #
! ^?iidess on thfc wedding night, than
?iitrr twenty years matrimonial ac
quaintance. V>u oUier hanti.
manv of il?e liuirlidi w-sin in older
? O
to keep one happy month in their
lives; they seem incapable of luoW
ing beyond I liat period; they unite
in hopes of finding rapture, and.
disappointed in that, disijain'eveu to
accept of happiness. ;Froiu.'- hence
we see o??en hatred ensu* ; or, what
is worse, concealed disgust, under
the appearance of fulsome endear*
menL , Much formality', peat civili
ty, and studied compliments exhibit
ed in public, cross looks, sullen si
letice, or oj>en recrimination, fill up
theii hours of private entertainment.
".Hence I am taught, whenever 1
see a new married couple mora than
ordinarily foud before faces, to con
sider them as attempting to impose
u|H>n the company or themselves:
either hating each other heartily, or
consumiog that stock of love iti the
beginning of their course, which
should serve tlieui through the whole
journey* Neither side should e\
pect those instances of kindness,
which are nconsistent with true free
dom or happiness to Ik* stow. Love,
when founded in the heart, will show
itself in a thousand unpremeditated
sallies of fondness ; but every cool
deliberate exhibition of the passion,
only argues little* understanding, or
beat-insincerity. j
*RoM THK KIW HAVKN HERALD.
iFrorti the' Counter (if Jeremy Brcailcloth ,
Shop-Keeper, Chapel-st. New Haven
Qrder is heaven's first law ; and this con
8* " fes'd,
Some are, and iuust be. greater than the
;|r rest,
More rich, more wise, liut whe infers
from hence,
That auch ? are happier, shocks all eam
mon sense.
Man is an odd com pound. There
is tio' being wli&li may not l>e more
easily understood. The desire*, the
appetites, ^propensities and habits of
every other animal, are uniform and
consistent. Mati liimsi if is the only
problem that cannot be soWeil by
man. Claiming flie highest allri
hutes, he. commits the grossesterrors;
? boaatitig of the uu&t exalted wis
dom, ?he'is^uiUy of the greates tol
lies;,-? the uuly rational, rat Hnpst
unreasonable creature. X apeenla
tive mind could not be more, agree
ably employed, than in i:oiih>inplat
ing this incomprehensible. ?
Happiness is t)ie graud object of
life. Confining our vie|gs only to
the various means adapted for its at
tainment, we find much in our daily
intercourse mill the world, for in
struction and entertainment. Hut this
is asubjtoWcti fatfcq^iper ly \\ ith
in the province of the divine aud the
philosopher. Lea v i ng (hem, t here
fore, .to discover the reasons, w hich
induce us to travel so many different
rOads in pursuit of the same thing,
I seek no farther than to view nian
kinil as they we*} 4o (iMene effects,
and profit *by ??them, without being
too nice in -mssigning causes. For
this purpose? 1 embrace every op
portunity of observing Jbo conduct
aud character of those around me.
Ail the wo Id, we are toltl, "is a
stage, and all the meu and women1
in it, actors merely." This istin apt
metaphor. 1 have -frequently thought,
(perhaps through the atosorfatiou of
ictaas,) that a whop was not unlike
a stage-box. It has many advan
tages% for a critical observer. It
brings him near the stage, and en
able* him to see as well a# hear the
adorn, better than any other seat*
Occasionally it afford* hhn>n peep
befciiid the scones. How often An
this seat, do 1 laugh, and ay, and
sigh, at the various comedies, trage
dies and farces, that Are performed
un this " mundane" theatre !?JSow
enters some sprightly Miss wtth a.
face that Would captivate a stoic.
She laughs aud prattles yott into
gorxl humour. You become delight
ed with Iter Wit, ami charnjed with
her beauty. SJie obtains fne admi
ration of the me4i, and the envy of
tin*, women ; and retires satisfied^?
B?t follow her to tlie .dressing-room.
8ee I he. arching eye-brow*, tinder
co\er of whieb, ( lipid sermed to
shoot lib arrowtv?diuj !?<?<!. See
those teeth, which appeared like
A?earl vutbru a rtfWjjr basket, laid'
ilov.n, to Le taken up by some other
| !>oW inea--See the roes of hcrcbeel^.
hiih blushed, so lowly, now maih_
Ui incarnadine (Tte washbowl! auc1
das! not h my; remains to envy or ad
mire. She is succeeded perhaps, Jn
<ome '1 uficrous Tsippetkiti, vy
*? loves fiuv7 and lo\es rum. He
will make you roar like ;? good fel
low, by playing the ptff-t t?F a drunk
en Te ios\ ; and after obtaining his]
snare of applause, e\it, bnppy In
the assurance of having libelled na
ture well. ? Next conies some digni
(led tragedian, stalking in all the
majejtfv of s>tate . He will show
you how to play ihe king, the hero,
or the great man, in oue way or
other. K 1 i>% pace is measured ; hi^
look is wise; his words are vrei^hed;
" and all his actions dignity." ' lie
will talk of devils, atid battles atd
?4 imminent, deadly breaches';" of
64 tented fields," of hair-breadth
scapes," with such gravity and im
posing earnestness, as will leave
you at a lo?s to know if he also acts
| a part. 8hould you chance to peep
| behind the scenes, you would see
bis Majesty, after all his parade,*
perhaps,^ a hired actor only, who
assumes one character to hide another,
j Yet he too is satisfied, if not happy,
|in acting well his part. No matter
r*v hat maybe our condition, if we
can only he sometimes allowed to
act the part that fits us: we can be
as happy as any above us. ? To drop
my histrionic metaphors, and speak
plainly ; ho ,v does the happiness of
die ha II ad differ from that of the
lawyer ; or the happiness of a bar-]
her, from that of a philosopher?
5 he singer will bawl tit every cor
ner in the streets, tor hours, and
ihink that he is well paid with a
groat for his trouble ? Commend his
song, and pleasure sparkles in his
eye. What greater ; pleasure dqps
the advocate derive from addressing
a Gourt or jury ? ? When the barber
has smoothed your chin call him the
t>cst sfiui'er in the city, and hc is hap
py. ? What more *d?es the doctor
feel, after giving a pi Ibor sitting a
bone, There may he a difference
4n the quufity, 4>ut no- one can be
lieve that there is, ia the 'quantity of
pleasure, in these cases.* Y\ hether
the part we play, he hatutal or as
sumed, is of little import, provided
we act it well in the first instance, or
escape without detection in the other.
Falsehood wraps herself as suugly.
in the mantle of Truth, as if it were
her own. , , .
( ' u rio us liot a n ical lAbrary.^t
m?bt never cease to remember the.
ingenious and valuable present 'of
the late Kipg, Louis Bonaparte , to
? he Collection of the Library at;
Dresden. It is the work of a Geiv
man, and consists of 48 o vols, form
ed of wood. Ttie binding of each,
book is formed of a diftereiit tree;
the back is ^iiamewd with pieces
of 4he hark,, and srtftih mosses* lin
cliins, and other parasitical plants,
is characterise I he species. Kach
volume open*, as it were, in the.
centra of leaves, And contains
the hud, leaves, flower, fruit, farina,
and every other part in any degree
illustrative of tire nature of t lie tree.
It affords a complete and scientific
exemplification 6T 185 trees, begin
ning with the oalft, ami ending with
(he juniper; and, in fact, may be
considered as a brief ami perfect
efffcon.e of the German groves and
forests. In the case of plants, such
lis the rose and juniper, the ligneous
Iiarts of which are not sufficiently
arge for the purpose required, the
binding is formed of some ordinary
wood, sprinkled over with fine tuoss,
and tlieii elegantly barred with the
rose of juniper wood, giving the
volume the appearance *?f a very!
valuable old manuscript with iron
claps. On the whole, it is oue of
the most ingenious and complete pro
ductions 1 have ever seen.
1 "? A* * *
Blackwood's Jlaganxine.
' 1
The Irish Labtfter . ? An Irish la
borer being told that the price < i
bread had been lowered, )te exclaim
ed ?'this i* the first time 1 ever r"
jOiocd at t!i i'Juli o f my best friend.5'
? ?Vuc/rVtf adctcc fhs a. :
I Iluve often told \ mi, that cwry
jiau mu?t he ilit* iniikwr or matter of
/lb own foitune. 1 rrpeut the i!oc
riue ? lit' nn ho depends upon intes
nut industry and intve^riiv , depends
ipon patrons of iLe noblest, 1 lie ex
tUed kiuil ; they are the creatois of
fortune and fame, the founders of
families, and never can disappoint
or desert you. They control all
human dealings, and turn even vi
cissitudes of unfortunate tendency
to a coutrary online* you have ?eu~
ious vou have learning, vou have in
dustry at times, hut you want perse
verance ; without it ^ou can do no
thing. 1 hid you wear your motto
in your miud constantly ? ^ Vc.rs t
verance.-*
h Perhaps (here is nothing in wluli
peopleerr so egregiously, ns in t},o
mauner of carry ingAin conversation.
In those who value themselves on
superior talents and information,
the re is often an eagevuess to be at
tended to, ihat defeats their purpose
of being either instinctive or agreea
Me. To beat an equal part in con
versa tion^ without imr ting the seli
love of o&ersy "4o allow that recipro
city of discourse that gives to every
one an ^opportunity of being heard,
and which is the great charm of so
ciety, isihe ellect td that something
we liave agreed to call good breeding .
And to>l*e really well bred requires
good sense, which enables us to en
ter into "ftiM&arttcters and sentiments
of others. Thus, there are people
naturally ?well-bred, and there are
others u<> rude and -ill -mannered, not
wifhstandiuglhey have been' accus
tomed to lUe best company, that it is
a penance to 4>e hi their company,
" It is evident, that in every quar
ter of tlie globe, -children, at an ear
ly age, have good and evil set before
them, in the sliin'mgs of the light of
Christ in theiv hearts, with clearness
and evidence sufficient to ascertain to
them their duUv if tliey honestly at
tend to it Though cinch careful
guardianship, cultivation and instruc
tion, iu^ order ^- giiar^-^HiWren
against the corrupting influence of
example, invitation, ?nd perversa
inclination, which abundantly and
prevalently surround ibem, is highly
Necessary and et, it is
feared, a great part of the tuiti
which matiy children receive,
father to blunt the true sense and evi-,
dence of divine truths upon the mind,
and to substitute notions an 1
instead thereof, than to en
honest attention to the
which lead into all ?truth.
teachings of men were i
the teachiugs of <he
many things would fix on
of children to be evils,
ale How instructed and
innocent and commend
it is mournful to ol>serve, how m\
of them are bolstered up
vanity and revevge ; tftught
themselves upon Ibeir supp,
periority of parts ^nd atiai
[nursed up hi the ideas of ?
and worldly honour ; yea, _
with exahed notions of themerill
valour heroism, and human ulaugHw. .
Thus tie very imagBof God , which
more or le?shinesintbccouiitenahcc,
and in the tender sensibilities and
compassionate couimisseratiug feel'
intrn of no innocent cfiild, is defaced
ot* obscured.1'
K?i
is
A tender wife.? Dr. Mounc^^^H
? helsea college, wn s apt (0 ({M
with his wife. Jlc turning from \M
ham lie was overtaken by a M
siorm ; a return Imarso came up
ing to Chelsea. Any jntfi in a storm.
The doctor crept iu with (lie pall
and plumes for his companions.?*
The hearse stopped at his door ; his
lady looked out ; "\yiio have'youj
?ot there, coachman !" fc< The doctor.
Ma'am,' Thank Heaven,"
>he, ?? he's safe at last.'' < ThaijK
you my love/ says the doctor (gef
ting out of the hearse) for your kind
tnxiety for my safety.' .
I Hope exhilirates (lie mind, and is ,
grand elixir, unde? all the evils
sji ln'e? ** |g
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