Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, August 09, 1821, Image 4
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From Vu Cult thiil Recorder .
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Jack a cjuarrel bad with Joje,
t*i
Save that one bight by chance,
was at a country dance,)
HI set 'hi* heel diretily on Jack*sioeV
T<f tre& hf>on one's toe it not much, v
'9bt JAck hacf corns and could Sqf bear
? touch.
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.lei
Jack then let slip a furious oath,
That one of them should fell or both ;
" A d hasted homfci a c hallenge to indite,
For be it. kno*tfc, Jack could not Write \
A single wt>rd :
So 'twould have been in him monstrous ab
. ?.v .
To tiy to piu M| thoughts In black and
. white ;
He did much better*
; Hfc goi Sam Scratc h \6 write th^ lettcr,
When Joe i
fie trembled and locked rather blue j* v 1
~"twa* no great wonder* ?:* * i
> the chalice ra?^ j
Fiie afed. thunder!
TV IW ^ou ?M^c Joe>
?^jtsssa MM
ine ligtn rfhin* tkKmth fori It I
"?v r- C^#' i . ~ ''^EfS
Your friend, et cetera, Jack Biunder."
Now though poor Joe wa* teribl? alargfl|
Tflnnrr narrhnnrn bm tnicrht tmi
AVin kirowiKB tfito
U-mKM
WithMw
Tut secou&wlieiy left.
TtteVr frlcndrf rftiglft f
moiled- MA
rear,
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W"4T 4'
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He left \he
^ ;Went ?iliA initWeir w#? 1
more,
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R, Jim.
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a
Am
MmourMohiVrelation in tUis'ciunty?
Bc?n>.iuinicated (or the Winchester Re
^blitenWipPy' Tifff''
1 itirntv of nothing that Wbuld be
mori' rnt> i taioiog than a few specu
lative ut descriptive ideas Upon the
curiosities 01 this country, hot It na:|
torn I and artificial ; and which, were
1 adequate to the task, might furnish
mmU r for the scientific cesfearCheS
and itinerant labours of months. At
present I shall confine my observa
tions to the .Mounds, which, for
the.it noniln r, variety and even con
BtfoctK u. in my apiireWns'toti, claim
ft #>re distinguished plum amongst
the artificial curiosities of antiquity
thin. iliey have hitherto sustained;
anil i alu surprised that Writer* here
tofore have taken 10 more notice of
them heso ancient works pcrvatH
almost the whole tse.siern country,
I and vary both in rougnitude nud form.
| Homt are cimicnl from the base to
the ? {. -?oU rrs present only the low
er segment of a 1 our ; some are
sffit-globular*- other* fftu the form
of ft pftlrallelogram. The tflost re
..rkabk appearances of mounds w
jijratnius io the | western country,
julbiu m knowledge, are onfth?
thp nnnpr irnMin * w hirli ?( ? 1!MU
ure u liner gnmu , wnitiij nv n luur
distance, resemble a cluster of enoi
nous Kay stacks ; they #t? gf W#,alh
circular, and some of them tfs^Jeat
height, having space enough 011 the
top to contain several huudretf men.
"fife largest of these mounds is a
stupendous pile of earth, to form
which' bust have required the labors
of thousands for years: it stahtfs
Immediately on the hank of Kahokia.
Were it rtbt for the regularity and
design displayed, the plain alluvial
ground' on which it stands. and the
great number of others Scattered]
around if? I could scarcely bdievf
iOo be the woilc of huma'n hands.-?'
The shape if a parallelogram fr<*i
north to south; en the' south is a
broad apron about half way down,
aud ^fitom this . anptber ^projection
nearly fifteen flfct wide : 1 theaftjiole
circumference is 8080 yirds, and the;
height of the mound 90 feet. The
moriksof bavp^tifeffl
Wfp wlttf tfhtM*.J The exlfiqMinart
_ V , . . n .* ? ? a "ll
"" * ? i* rTJ^i? r r* J#1 1 W ? > T v
rtimlriWyfttaqp1a?
which time hassecoi
of , a^reit aOdjjop
Ite^fwoiflds; wei
off temples, and mi
fcr ones monuments
chiefs! TOre' i%l
in the^esfcjcapahl
The gitaf number '?f mounds, and
the surprising : quantity of human
bones, every where dug tip 0T found
<* thfe surface of the ground, With
(Olthei appearaoces-rprove this valley
jtb hays been anciently tUled fcith tb<
habitations of men. ear St. Louis
is a curious work, much admired,
calleji the Fallen Garden. < It 'fttig
leststo the mind (if the spectator the
idea of a situation for assembling thg
people for public councils.
w > Winchester Heflubtican. ,
finm lhe Raleigh, XT. C. Star.
BIG BONE and; arch CANES. I
In travelling through the state of
dessee last fall, the editor was
iced to visit these natural curiosi
ties. They are situated on the Cum
berland \lo6ntain, on the lino be
tween the counties * ~ "
'? *1
varreh, t8 nltes
Al'Miunville ami ,13 rrom Sparta.
[The mouth of the Big Bone is in
White, about 060 Vartisapart ?sn
the "surface, under the sutface (for
they unite) three fourths of a mile.
The first , named of these caves was
discovered in ISOft, and was soOn
after sold Out in shares for sixty
thousaigl dollars. The skeleton of
on animal of immense size was
found nitbt mouth, supposed to
be of tnTOtt* species, "the rilm of
which when placed In the back bone,'
thc%>wer end on the ground, ad
mitted a man who is five feet nine
inches high, to walk erect in (file hoi
low-? pidth of the ribs between 4|
and 0 'inches ? hollow of (he back
hone wbjdi contains the marrow, be
tween Sand S inches diamter? socket
of the bone working iu the shoulder
Made, 6 inches? tusk Ix'tweon foth
and five inches diameter, similnr to
a dog's ; claw 4 M incites round, and
from point to point d inches, holbm
one inch diameter, weight, 1 3-4 lbs."
In this cave " washing up, in the
salt-petro dirt, six /e<it below thtj
i surface, a scoop nett
thread, a mockssouai
? of lark |
i?t of ttol
rs gtarork '
fromvIV*, These
chased^ it) 1814,
Ross, offogksb
giuia,)Jfor fiii0,0
I, is !
If
(listing
I indefa
(Br
after cutting ?wny a part, ?
an talk ol Uwdf; imbedded'
stone. It ?? abo.it one inch
quarter long, of a brownish yell
colour, ronnd V. bead,, with br
sparkling projecting eye#. W
found, It waa apparently dead, hut
after ly ing about five minutes exposed]
to the air, it bqpn to stheW -
twwotkmen
on its eyes, which
to giv<
animal great paSo ' it somi va.Jbrj
(wards bac^rrt,19rof KS
celerity. After the lapse or aiKWH
half ail hotflf it was brushed off (lit
h tone, and killed. When fonml, the
animal wa? lying in a rm^nd cavity
coiled up 1liut? O. the dtvity yitself
being en exact impression of tin*
animal. This irtdne is naturally a
little damp ; and about hall' an inch
all round fl?? anftn?Was of a soft
sand (moist,) the same colour as the
animal Itself. Tlfcrexvere atiouJ44
feet of earth above tlie, rock, and
thu Spot where the .block, in which
the li/m'i us found, was cut iVotn
the quarry, was about 701 8 tVet
the rock, m> that the animal
ECek from Si to *3 8 fet^L fVoui the sur
face. Tbe atone, ^aa per fee' 1 ,:J
|uite hard,
t;ot from th
chjwm
icoibud.
There exists in America no enor
? ' ?us spider, whose size^the bofly
??*?*' '"? an Hfclfaud a half loug,)
io attack even small biros.
~ de lonobs hate furnished
- its manners, as observ*
Martioic
lue. ]t
spins
opon ; its mpy ; it kills
irchf fly-birffis, and small
ling Special care to seizo
n*peof thsaqqL know
must be thus killed
atest ease, Jts smog
.infuse a poison into the
' thfcjrjnflict, for such
"1 much more
would be by
envelopes its
. of from 1800
/of white silk, and
joiaed to its teuaciiy
soon cause tta island
it, bad intot ac
enemies in the
rAy tha greater
the crevices
?ws itself" with
kills
o v SOti
idm
duties <
ted will
s ?uii-ion.
7W? r- ' > ? ; v.,/ ? /
The wife of flie Lord Chancellor
Hatdwicke, having ordetfd ftp
bailiff to procure a sow of a
lar size and hrewt, ni
j,n>lial?l.v had lftog end*
without success the man hunt into
(lie ilintaK-i'oom
was filled with viflfois of the highest
class. and exclaimed with (lie most
cxrilffng glee, "I have lireu (o lloj -
sloii fair, my lady, ?"d R?t " <*<**
icxadly of yqwr .ladyship's sizp.**^