Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, May 10, 1821, Image 4
P O E T It Y.
T ICT" Wl*l recollected tliat attempUj
have been made, ill the L~e.rislalui es of
Maryland and Ncw-Voik, to lay tlvt most,
popular ? if any art; popular ? ot all taxes ?
a lax oil bachelors ; ? Boston Centintl.
FROM THF, HAVKlUllLL GVZKTTE.
the humble kemqxstraxce
of 1 UK
13 AC IIELOR'S ILL'H, oy IIavkuhill.
To the H'gh^ and Mghty Legislators oj
or k and Maryland.
Fathers most noble, honor'd learn'd and
, sage I
Lights of o\lr land, and wonders of our age!
descent
May every purse be fill'd, each heart con
Your Gjand Canal finish' d, bank-stock
rise fe*,
And crowded.commerce bless your longing
eye*;
Each envious rival at your feet be thrown ;
If ye in niefcy hear our piteous moan.
But if your Legislature e'er enacts
That vile, malicious, loolish, dirty tax,
May, like youriiogs, your Cashiers all run
Your bank-stock low, and purses lower be;
Your auctions multiply < your rivals gain ;
And your dull Belgian* blood, through 'every
**'? ?
Flow in *i stream, as black and slow as *tyx;
Ye next, degenerate sons of Catholics .
If Maryland this hateful law decrees,
' May ail its sous be dortm'd to walk on peas;
Do penance at the whipping post, and last
Long as this tax on Bachelors shall last.
But why this malice to a harmless race,
W no can their line of predecessors truce.
Through every a^e, till by creation
a bounded .
Nay farther back, till masonry was founded?
In quiet garrets we contented dwell,
And truiy wish the whole creation well.
Witlnii one loom our furniture is laid ?
Two Y hairs** one table, book case, and a
In d ;
A wash-stand ?c a broom one corner gracfc;
Hats, boots an<l shoes adouT another place ;
Old coats and towels. shirts and nigjit-caps
lie,
Statter'd around to gratify ^he eye;
a iwi'ovv hearth supplies a modcratt hcaty
To warm our limbs, ,-boil onions, or roust
mesPl :*?/ *
A lialf- served cat our meals and lodging
;* shares ?
Puss an<f*ourselves have all the household
cat car,
While thtu^wit live, malicious boys will kill
Our ciUs^fQl<|^niakc e'en us their sport at
o will, Tjfi*.
Ouv >vindows break, whole pecks of onions
"i>l?nder,
And fl|>oul(l they steal our night-caps,,
'twere no wonder. ?
There U'uo mercy in the men and boys;
But women are still louder in their noise.
They mock our manners, though we strive
to please ' ?
La\igMfe us, stun us, jilt us, plague and
> tcaze.
Then pitv, pity our unhappy lot,
Be jitHi and merciful, and tax us not !
Is it our fault no marriage bond is tied ?
Hum' oft, to win some rich and blooinitfg
biide,
Have we employed for hours the barbel 's
skm.
And swelled Cbe laundress* and the tailor*-;
bill ?
Slept ih ough whole weeks with lotions on
our face.
To cure some pimple, or improve some
jvraee?.
With stay* and corsets evtry member
bi ac'd.
For graceful shoulder**; or a slender waist ?
Wiiu sti ft' cravats, and lashionabje shoes,
Piescvvtd our heads erect* and pinch'd our
^oe?? # W& tf" |
Then with a snuff- Wox gilt, and crooked i
cane,
LoungM self-admired* through every
street and lane ?
Far !.?? k fioin in celibacy to boast ; }
\\ c n-\e '.he ^iris ? perhaps their money j
most. jm
But should this pica 'no piteous feeling ?
raise ; - 1
Think ! what is marriage, which you so|
much praise ?
ThinK on a hfe of troubles, plagues and
strife ; _ i
Or squalling children and a scolding wife ; J
Of aii the ills, on man which woman pours;
/J* hen U<> 1 i t peal your tax on Bachelors!
? liy older of t he Society,
("CILLICliS, Sccrctanj.
? I
* The tin ft Heat ion of this article is rjuitt\
Unneee/tior:/
ON A r A I ? llt'T WOKTHIiP.SS WOMAV.
Did ' ? tn ? v?n ;u.ii l\< r nvnul agree,
W ? ?a' it ?' ? ? ? < ?<\i id behold ner and be' fit c?
f^ut ?v.lir< i.. s, in pitv t<> mankind,
1 niicb'u liic imat^c, i?ua dcfaced the min d
A iiscclla neons.
[j "/K 111 1 : ( AMDl.N l,A^K. I I K 1
PrvjHivatviff ?A oti s to thy Jhciaru -
iiott of
BACHELORS1 HKiliTS.
BY \\ HM.LEj KSQ.
The public will probably remem
her a declaration of (hi4 Rights of
I >arhelors, published in tin* column*
[of this paper some year or two since.
It was aiiven to the world, bv ofilei
C1 7 %
of the convention at that time assem
bled and it was contemplated to as
sociate themselves together, in a se
parate and distinct body, but v\v eing
to the dereliction of a distinguished
member of that assembly, whcfcvvas
(I blush to speak it) married, within
a fortnight after,* a considerable
damp was cast over thc'spirits of the
fraternity and the project was silently
abandoned, with the hope that out
miseries would be relieved l>y time
i\m imfm>ving sense of tlie age.
But alas ! the overt act of rebellion,
manifested by that declaration, has
excited a spirit among the sex, thai<
no submission on our part can mili
gate, and we were obliged, tofself
defence, once more to appeal to the
world and our own energies. 1l?
consequence of w hich resolution, a
meeting was called and the following
declaration of rights w as ordered to
he published, and ;t committee of
three was appointed to draft some
rules fur the regulation of our frater
nity> to report at the next meeting.
DECLARATION.
When in the course of hu m it
events, it becomes necessary, for on?
class to dissolve the bands yvhii i
have held them in subsurvience ?<
I another, am! to assume, among tie
; orders of Society, the separate anti
equal station to w hich tlie laws oi
! reason entitle them, a decent aiui
1 proper respect to the opinions of tin
I world requires that th<*y should de
clave the causes which impel then:
i to the separation.
We hold these truths to be sell
evident :
That all persons arc created equal,
arid are endowed hv their Creatot
with certain unalienable rishts. ?
?. J
That among these are lite, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness. ?
That to secure these, governments
were instituted and subordinate to
them forms have been adopted in
Society, deriving their just power?
from the consent of all. That when
ever these forma become destructive
of these ends) it is the right of part jet
to alter or abolish them, and to insti
tute others, upon surh principles ??>
to them may seem most likely to
ilVect their safvly and happiness.
Prudenc e indeed might suggest I hat
customs long established should not
he changed for light and transient!
causes,* and Accordingly, experience
hath shown, that men are rather dis
posed to bear, while evils nie bear
able 9 than lurzutl an infraction of
those usages their fathers have suc
cumbed to. Jiut when a long train
of pitticoat usurpation, pursuing in
variably the sinne object, evinces a
? v 7
design to reduce then) under absolute
jerry istu, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw off such government
and to provide for themselves ? ^uch
has been the patieiw sufferance of
Bachelors and such is now the neces
sity wliich cons'rains them to abolish
the former systems of courtship ?
The historv of the present race of
Belles is a historv of grievances and
?. 1 ?
coquettries, all having indirect object
the establishment of an ai>solute gy
neoocracy over 'the urifonunate race
of Bachelors ? To prove this, let
fac ts be sul quitted jo a candid world
? They have established forms and
customs contrary to reason and sub
versive1. ot tl?? legitimate ends of
social intercourse. %
They have forbidden us to adopt
usages without lliteir assent, and have
uniformly withheld that assent, there
by leaving us to be controied
whim and circumstance.
i
* 1 have tluj satisfaction to he able to
state, that he is likely to be punished foi
his transgression, tor he lias had twin1! up
ready awd there is a but num.!
They lia\o u- filled the n:!. i if!
lor < ?ut -i 1 \ ? ?? :hmI (vHitl
? n thr ( oiu Mi i*?)iou oi' toiiiis uhhur-!
ten I to reason. V
They have placed us under the'
tin n "of tl ieir displeasure, lor oppos
ing with tnnnly firmness their inno
v u lions of our rights, for the pur
pose of frowning us into a compli
ance with their measure*.
They have adopted a multitude of
ne?,F and unheard of fashions, caT
culated oi^y to provoke airitiense us.
'1' hey have assembled H#|)MH;es and
corners of rooms uncomfortable and
uucomfetable, thereby excluding us
from their converse.
They have endeavored to prevent
the population of these States; for
that purpose throwing iihataclcs, Jn
the way of marriages, v whereby the
country suffereth much. >?-. ? -i ? ?
They have a fleeted to make female
authority independent of and superi
or to every other power.
? They have comhinetl, wives,
widows and maids, to subject us" To
.ilrjp* power, foreign to our natures
and unacknow lodged by our laws.
They have endeavored to suspend
the operation of our reason^ and;
uave declared themselves invested
with power to think and act for us,
in all cases whatsoever.
They have dictated our religious
faith and declared to what sects we
shall adhere.
They are, at this .time, rearing ?
race of new tormentors, to complete
? he work of terror, tyranny and
jerry ism, already l>egun under cir
u ms trances so diatressuig.
They have plundered our pockets,
by running us to expense hi their
survice, ravaged our hearts, destroy
ed our * leep and speikd our appetites.
In every stage of these oppression
'.ve have petitioned for redress in the
most humble terms ? to our petitions
hey have answered by reproach and
added to our snfleringft insult ; to
them therefore we w ill no longer sub
nut.
Nov have we been wanting in at
tention to them ? e have warned,
intreated, begged and plead will.
them: but no good purpose was an
'5Were.il 'by these acts.
AVe therefore, Bachelors in con
vention assembled, conscious of the
rectitude of our intentious and ap-j
pealing to ihe w orld for the correct I
ness of our conduct, do, in our own;
name and by our own authority.
Hereby publish and declare, that, we,
are and of rigid ought to be Free
and Independent, and that we* a**
absolved from all duties hetberto ex
acted by the fair stx, and that, as
free and independent bachelors, we
have full power and authority to ride,1
walk, talk .and laugh; drink grog,
chew tobacco, smoke segars-and
(ake snutT. w hen where and bow We
please, aud 10 do all other acts ano
things, w hich man, woman or child
ma) or can do, and for the stip|ii>rt
of this declaration, we mutually
pledge our pockets, our credit ami
our honor.
My order of the Convention,
rEKEGRINE SINGLE, Secretary.
[ FROM THF. 11 \ I.KIGH HF.OlSTKRr
OP COT J OA' , ITU CULTIVATION,
UISF.JSJ'S, &c.
Mr. Oam. s. ? The following ex
hat t on an interesting subject of ag
riculture, is from a communication to
the American Farmer, by "A Ulan -
lev of Johnston County, JY. C." ?
The u l iter, unless 1 am greatly mis
taken, is well known to both of tis
and to the state, nod it Is to he re
gretted that he should have thought
proper to withhold his name from
the communication. In all cases the
authority for facts ought to he known,
and in this, they wotild derive great!
additional weight from that know-j
ledge. With these remarks, I sub
mit to you for re-publication, the]
concluding part of the tassay, which
relates to the cultivation of Cotton ,
and its Diseases, containing faCts
and opinions new to me, and which
appear to he important. As to his
preliminary observations, - thfm^h 1
admire the zeal he manifests for the
just fame, of \. Carolina, yet 1; caul
by no means hi bscvibe to the send-'
-> i-v? v. ivii leaped to]
?ni i ? . ? ? ? i n .? I 1 tMpiuN ; except-'
inii -i) !; v t Ma \ it' % a It- tu lh?' em
l!u;,u li-wiN which lui\e been t'orceil
jtulo im nntiuu'lv existence. A neat
ly r<; iii'eit paragraph has oftentimes
1 1 lie force ?ml efiect of h syllogism.
I >u t iii this case, fucts will soon speak
.1 language tliat \\ ill impose silence]
? ipon both wit and argument.
CALVIN JONES.
THE EXTRACT .
"From what little 1 liave-scen of|
the rot in Cotton, I am unable to;
form a satisfactory opinion as to its
probable cause. In a crop of about
200 acres, 1 nave sustained very
little injury by it, and this is (he fir*t
year,. 6o far as my information ex
[teuds,* of its appearance in this state.
Neither was 1 much troubled l>v the
worm, jvhich i believe lias now atsi>
for the first time infested our col ton.,
by entiiiginto the pod when about
half grown, which utterly ruined it.
Our summer has been usually wit
and warm, which, we all know, i>
that state of the atmosphere most1
favorable to the generating insects. I
To this in a great measure,- do ]
attribute the large quantity of w onus, !
that have apjieared this season.-?-;
They are of the game genus and
species as those which make their
vvay into the ears of Indian* corn at
the tassel end, while in Jta' milky
state ; 1 planted this year about four
acres of Indian corn, and cotton to
gether ; the corn was planted in the
same ridge with the cotton, one stalk
Mi a place and six feet apart, the
i dges or beds being 5'1 feet apan.
\ saw no difference in the grow th of
ihis cotton, and the corn, so far as i
could discover, was equally good #?*>
hat wliere no cotton had heen plant
ed. But in these four acres, vol a
worm had presumed, to punefvre a
| siigle pod, the' e were several in the
i *arstf torn , ami I saw on this com
had
the rot. Cora planted with cotton,
nd at the same time arrives to that
^tute ;<) which the worm has the
rreatest fondness for it, some time
before the cotton forms its howls $ a
lijilf grown cotton howl, alor abowt
which time the worm attacks it, is
full of juice containing considerable
saccharine matte* ; so has corn in
the milky state, and this it is which
ai tracts the worm, And as the corn
soonest perfects that foodforahe
worms, 1 support from this year's
observation, that it protects the cot
ion from their ravages ; for after they
v'nter an ear of corn they will not
leave it to feast upon another plant.
Again, the worm^ destroy but a
small part of an ear of corn. If
corn injures cotton where planted
with it, the small trial that I have
made and described, does not prove
it. I should 4>e unwilling, however,
io risk a whole crop upon it in that
way, hut 1 intend to plant the next1
year fiftv acres in that maimer, anil
to observe it minutely in every stage
of its growth, and its efiects upon
the worm, and the rot.-. If the rot*
in cotton is occasioned, as is gener
flly supposed, by an insect, why
will not some other vegetable, when
planted with it, in a mode that will
not injure its growth, protect it from
this insect, as securely as wheat will
the turnip from the fly or flea?
j I applied plaster last year and
this, to the-half of* a field of cotton,
containing about 20 acres ; the Hurt
year was extremely dry, but thfe
plastered cotton imbibed sufficient
moisture from the atmosphere to keep
it of a dark yeen colour, while that
without plastet was very yellow and
grew slowly ; yfet I could discover no
difference iu the product. That
without plaster, yielded as much
cotton wool to the acre as that with
it. The same observation has held
good this year, except as to color:
the wet kept all the plants green un
til frost, no*visihle difference in their
product; this warrants me in ai?
opinion I have long entertained, that
plaster as a manure, adds to the
growth and size of the plant, but
nothing to its fruit or seed.
J doubt very much whether clover,
upon which it siml to have sttrh
wonderful efl'ect, produces any more
r: ?
-eiM lu \\.C a- 1 ;? 1 ? V I )C i <
I liavi* uirtl i 'hci n.aiinics, airl
[niiillv (!?| v'w of j<r
\ e?;i\lal in^ p i.iriiMO, :vm! ilu-y
not cir.ly * tl t J : e ^ u. o ??!' il-<
!. ti t ili?i poiN ( obtaining 1 1 ? ?
.wool."
V lnj the In d's lira. \ Iclt < J'
thu n the II A -Vr mn >/
This is a pi ii !,omom%n which hai
^iven ri>e to ct nsdvra !>U' tli-i ns-i-n.
The f tct is uudouhitd ? am! what
has made it more suiprising is the
lact, that black sti v? ;;c i*s exposed to
1 1)1? SUll^S rays l vill i t 111* TP lu I ? Kl T1
white surfaces : as evinced l?v Hr.
Frank iiirs famous exnrtiu.tnf .it* dif
ferent coloied cloths Ivi: ;- *prcad ? n
She snow. r ? 1 1 ik Mac!; would - ::!v
1 1) to the snow, whim the while woti; :
scarcciv dissolve ai,y of it.
** %>
Sir Kverard Homo has presented
a paper to the Uoyal Society of Lnn
don, giving certain cNpeiimcnN u pen
?he matter. Kxpos^ the back of
your hand to the son's rays ? if li e
hand be covered with a thin white
linen, it becomes irritated and in
flamed ? freckles first appear, and
these are followed by a vesicular se
paration of the cuticle. Cover the
liand^ however, with bl.vk crape,
and though the temperature of the
skin exceeds that produced upon Urn
bare skin; \ct there is no scorch! us:
i , - 7 %? j
or blistering of the hand. It thus
appears, says 8irE\erard, that tlm
deleterious effects of the sun's rays
arc prevented by an artificial black
enitg of tjic surface of the skin. ?
The perspiration becomes more cnyi
ou*t as is especially remarked in the
negro ? and in short, that the con
vention of the radiant matier of the
sun into sensible beat, which con
version ij?*effected by the black sur
face, tends to prevent the scorching
etf&t?,^and to promote the cuticular
8?ecihetion. It is, in fact, because a.
{^gjW^rspiration is in some way
or othei* produced by the influence of
tbeMillftck'fprfiice in the skin of the
tiegrft, afftKhetause when this per
spiratibir %vapoia tes, it carries with
other cases of evapora
ting^ the caloric or heat, that the
t#3?k^iri? jot much better able to
etf?4 heat. This is also the princi
pal Cause of the strong effluvium
which distinguishes the race. ? Rich
wontComiriler.
- . : ? ? -
Is one of the fairest attributes of
Deity. It is the boundary, wliicli
separates vice frail virtuer? the line,
which divides heaven from hell. It
is the chain, w hich hinds the man of
integrity to the throne of God, and
like God to whose throne it hinds
him, till thin chain is dissolved, his
word may be relied 011. Suspended
on this, your property, yout reputa
tion, your life are safe. But against
the malice of a liar, there is 1:0 se
curity. He can he hound by nothing.
His soul is already repulsed to an
immeasurable distance, frtiSi^Hift
Divinity, a sense of whose prcsenoo
is the security of virtue. He ha*
sundered Ate last of those moralVi
^aments, which bind a mortal to hiti
duty. ? And having done so, through
the extended regions of frnnd and
falsehood, without a bond *0 check,
or alimit to confine him, he range**
the dreaded enemy of innocence;
whose lips pollute even truth itself
as it passes ' through them, an4
whose breath, like the pestilential
mists of Hades; blasts, and soils,
and poisofis as it touchet.
person prais
ing the affection of tl?e widows of
Malabar, who burn on *
funeral pile in honor im tl
band's memory, Foote, who was
present, observed, ? that the Women
of England claimed a higher honor ;
for thev burned before tnarfiage foj
their first husband, antl aftorwardf
for a second. '
ij Sj ^
Mage. ? To l>o InnnM' to superiors, is
dilty ; to <<;uih councsy ; to in
* oblcncss; 10 all, safety ? foituiie ftiay
l e.^in a man'* t^v^.tnessj but it is virtue
[must conti.me it*