Camden gazette and mercantile advertiser. (Camden, S.C.) 1818-1822, November 29, 1821, Image 4
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POETRY.
V, THfc YOLUPTU VRY.
W'Hl i'TKN BY CHARLES FOX.
The toils the dangers now of W ar are o'er;
The gfeitering sabre Ijviih joy resign :
No generous Warrior thirsts for human
gore.
Boyl' fiM the golden 'cup with sparkling
*,* Wink. *
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? .ft* ? ,K*< . Mi ? ,r J
I^et the old Dervish sacred deem His coll,
And Waste in moping thought his stagnant
? hours ; * . v ^ \ :4ifg ^ . , . ?? [J
With pming Abstihenc* for ever dwell, ,j
And shun the p*tb that Nature strews
wia>floWer,.- ?
To^*?, perhaps, hty more congenial
MhsiH ]
>J TtwmidriAl^ l&jifcrors of the lonely grove ;
Tfeiin J^Kivaued sweets, varied
mmm
^ntdrtMro,
ad bring 'roe
t all run o'er,
, and, at all timrl
>ai been^sald by a
* am\ty obsi
: Courier 0? as to
nvossayrJSlrtm
h?. VJ i ?
(JwouRt liafe t)
" Tcpahted the ok
onewf thirfPl
contained thirty-three;
citjoaf &*li aclmvtHrtig that ttn> Vol
iijljlW naWon/ una K
marshes once healthy and dry. I Jut
. heafltby the# were never nor docs
. an> au then tick record Jirove, tlmt,
. from tUt' first attempt to drain them
to the last, I'roni Api>ius Claudius to
JJtam Id, fine |ialf of tliem * as ever
luthitaMy dry. Virgil found thrm
?? a black !*>?{*' and Htliits, filling
tip <sn usual tfie sketch ?;f his master,
<lt M nbes thqtri exactly a* tluy now
j * nR/it
< Kaippini, it vxonld nppear, brgati
the dppciatious of the late m#ti
w ithout carrying lii? level* ou to the
; nnd, ni .an euorfMM* expeti**
of hitman lives, he pt.r^urri U\* Lium
I 'in (*hlxh ati intrHi^eut-frirtlil Mf
mine culls the Lfctea Imp! a) ihrougli
the middle tif tit? i9!urrti^?, without
sufficient depth to recei^ fetter from
the lower parts. A cwwl cut ou a
firm bottom ?close to the crescent of
the Apennines, ami large enough in
convey hH those hilt-st reruns which
originally formed and still, feed tin*
mars he#* would have left the old
canals free for the discharge of those
waters which are lodged in the m?&.
die. But H rase hi cared little for thef
merit v ?ich was nut to he seen. His
canal, therefore, runs along his road
to court the admiration of traveller*.1
for twenty miles, w hile tiarus7 and
scutcheons, and inscriptions, remind
Uieni continually of this modern Ajh
piga. * *-rb: ? -
This road h:is heen ever the sfieue
ostentation.1 Here 4 he
ns "Contended for the;
tice^j and for. tin.
iig |liei nitrraesjiTuf
P. over works and repairs
e^htyisted their fortunes. But
noDa^nHb^iimcaptions^ nor anv
a i lciwoWrotSeti except Trajan V
mile-stones und Theodoric's taldets*
remain to dispute your attention w ith
Bra*tfii'?? M .
A few square miles of meadow, i
pf*e9}j ami ftiyijadi f ..?, v
Towards the sea the marshes prei
a"ni """ impenetrable thicket of reeds
" igs,,} wlrich screen every
_ 4 Ike Chrceun promontory J
^ jPitls V 1 ? having kept liis road
mathematically straight for more than
hw'nty miles, would iiotiara^t, as
Trajan had done, at a place which
cannot he far from the Temple of
Ferooia> and wliierejw solid bottom
bs found, The Pope, rnw i
obstinate than the empcrnur, pursued]
at a Tenfold expense his dear right
line, to the $nd. /; tye foolishly foty
lowed hia Holiness, and wejre obligt
ed to d ii ve for half k mile, thro? a tract]
of water, which the postilions cat)
m i&mvmi.*; Pius lo. :
gotlfcrt tUe ancient ei?K??eers .verens
fond as himself of ? ejghf line, nor
miu?itctWtflex<*l their ways, but
, ? lllaiffiy imperious im
tuVe." 1
INTER NAl.'iM PR O VEM ENT.
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INDtTURRSM* JMVRA#tICAM.K WoRKS,
aaoNKotB C^u.
'
the two (ot
?? wtk mmm
Lree, ?' ? '
roam
v <>" ?*?
ter?e? LW
Am tuft,
ifc Hntitee
D.
Irti
pfte'
Wm
actual progress, wjf*
| *mI fewKj". Iioat* mi
streams, and (tuts* w Ii'h
'ic Waccamaw, l!: "
w^m
Ly rtd.?s
vS&tdra
u?.i
'flio contemitlalrtl iwik}^fi <)iiit4iii^
m? # W A&by'wiU -totH ft
wiuicatidii #irect and safe. ft>
nh Mid tW breams c?$t
Ihave m Inland |m?*ftge to ?4mi les
|ton, j^twet'ii the island* and the
SpfcNfftMt already ftilfedm-lKtat raw
(ictwpcti tlicf* Thu*, nh'.U Wf
'of the stn tefe in (lie union Utiur tuuU i
jtbi* disMWaiitagf, tlmt lheh- uttratns
takfc ft eoWrsc tvhicli divert* their
Ajgrkt?hitfn^>fmlcrfcrt from tlifir otv$
;o uUht niaifcpt*, and rfcndm a re*]
uit to exh'utffvfc cmaUi rind exjwo*
me turnpikes uece?#ary to couttet
act tills unfavorable coarse of trade,!
South-Cirolint find* nature aiding
her in eve*)' eorjter-yf the state, ?u<(
uuly requir rn &mmll exertions touoiK
nect lite wh6U-*i?her own and a'
Irtirt oft be agriculture ;^f Iter sister
Stales with hec* o\Hi comwercf.^lQktl
union, which; if^flnly promoted and
protected moat b* attended with the
happiest resultjr. IttdgSftfnBHH
Uiat is neceswte to^wjaifcirjtate alt
(lie routine rent! ajxl 4pa?9t*\iv I
vantages w lrtdiit#suit and indAjfJJ
is smyptablewVT. t '
? *'< jfre two thiuls of all the market
products of *(he stale raised within
five miles, and most of the otherj
third within ton miles of a uavigttf
ble stream? It wiil be ?r collected
that in most parts of- the state, ferti
lity is only Co be found in the neiglk<
borbood of our water course^. .JHP
great agricultural interests are?ere
seated. In some- pfrt* of the state*
it fs otherwise, hut the cxcepttous
are Ihmtetf. wiH iie ulso tecol
lected, (hat our streams ran nearly
parallel to each otfrcr from (We JipulF
tains to near the seaboard, as the)
approach it, aH hend towihtte
SHinc point. That tiflhrcrsing i tire
country in a fine witjithj ocean, yoi^
meet navigable streams at 4vera
thirty miles, and generally much
nearer. I^he result of these facts^
catmvt he mistaken. But that t life re
may he no doubt left on the ^ubject,
permit me to preset^ a nearer view
?pv Vet Ari* descend to an exaujin^j
atiou of each particular district. If
maj . have the -eftVct of reconcfhi)g
T<Mbe*ex|>euscH>F an tmprovemrtmt
ki which ill will feel rati immediate ,
interest;*^ " -? v. >l4\
lahgDaglPof fcefttibk ehtifle^lj
Plans .and Progress of Internal Itnpi'ovfcj
meat. \V nich, it is to be rceoUected, peertjl
K>j>e almo^wholJ^cxiofined to the open* 1
ing of Rivers. Tw result we all. kno# j|
but, we would beg still further to tost i\
by (i further quota; ion from the wme Book:
Whomever thrdWOutiof* of Usecost o)
transporiiim?lhc prodv^f *qy district oj
country to^rket, amounts to the
of tUo sum . expended in effecting the im|
provefWttSr U^jforteis rftaqqpfrqayrd $41
fcs aw
will be constantly aufcfneniy^* a*
^4 ^itbpyfarmur b* this chi
.veyaocc or^iwwU^i^rkeu''^.
beVpplicd to the extension $pd itpfiyje
NQ&f i>gnc.>lmre^^jjjl|-M^
- v, .?.*?/ ^MWV W* ?^"v I'V* MT1
nufn; and, what wow^ Hothead J
vantage^ <he town, ir this 3
been the fA
overseer, With the labor cf F 50 T
applied to the construction of a
Ctifcrlcattm ? Tht&teg$a of:<$0 fcNi
J&120 each, would have ar
and a sixptrlt|l6ml{m>K0l^HaT jj'ww?wi
all&7006 per annum. C woutn
tfettWn; iV the rate of 440 yards
day, or 27 feet 6f ferouftd each, readied
Charleston.
The foMowinp: observations relative to
? raaMrfcaufc*
Mpr^,
"Nothhig cttibe tyore liable t?
error than an estimation of the^ex
,?* (MHW to Compfctf the ImJ
piofement* of lli?' navigation of lliwl
liver. present unprecedented^
dry season in tills section of the
state, jirrcwlejfeimniMi^f |?y one
only a little ImNW, ku rettuM^tlw
depth of water* hi' the diannel no
?yt ft? ffiStopf & report, (p Wotrkit
Nik maiiy plaees where heretofore
| there never had existed such noon*
Mtv. The expense necessary to ac
VomivVmh these olijeclsj mmft fapertd
e mimTter dpi Khali he decided
My experience ia too
whrru^ve^nekact and lon$ service
dntioi wive from error, to give to fn
estimate of such works, anjxii^Ue
whatever." W
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>*'#? *?OM WtLSOK'?'?KWTJIOtOOf.
KWhto'limM. <?r iinld Kngle.
' This distinguished bjrtl, as fie is
the most iieantiful of bis tribe in Ibis
|wrt of tlte world* and r the
embfrm of onr cotintry, w . .
lo particolar notice. lie hat bet'i;
Jviiown to naturalists, Iteim
common to both continents, and or '
ra*onaHy met with from a verv hlgl
afrtherw latitude, to tijg WBWB oi
faie torrid ?>ne, hui cbiefly in
ciiiity of ihe uea, ami along tlie
ami cliff* of our lakes ami %
ivers. l<rurraed by nature fog
iog Urn satires t cold; fee.iliug
ly o|i tfee |>rmluc^pf the aea
the lautl 5 ^ riosseasiog pour
fli-ljt capable of oq^fiii^oi
tempcata themselves unawed I
tfcm^but imtn ; attilfroinibe<
ibe iUifcifo'
self, W half S>\ -r ? Tngranwsa
branch, he patches the result.
l*o*n, as *n arrow *
&iiveO, ^wnttdlijHhe dIMftR*
%smm
"tjsr *r? sps
flight, ?ib ??M
avvltf 01
inure emerge, wfrog^lin
prev, and moanting iu i
-fii ftrns of exuUartitth. These ni
Wkwi _.
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enefc exerts hie
RiM
W*o,
inst
the Fl
iwg
sf jcJC ' " ~u H
"91
*(PA
J hrVTVjCi
rat * exertion, : the titter 1 ?
tiis Ash ; the Eagle poising hii
for ? moment, a? if to tifke ft mora
certain elm, dweemfaii Uke a Whir?
wind, sn?k.-*fea it far his grasp ere i t
reaches th? Watet, rod bears *ti* ftp
gotten ?m
womb. m
Haiti Eaglo frequently de>.
rtroya
lambs and pigs} %i?M
wHl" somrtfme*
^attftck;;?j1d? sickly]
sheep, aiming fnrioasly at (lijiif eye?.s
Ducks, Geese, Gulls, and other aea
fowl, are also sciza-d with avidity,
?the most jmtridCarion, wnentrathing
better can M had, is acceptable.
The nest of thfa species is generally
fixed on n very large anil lofty tree,
uflen in a aw amp. or morass, ami
difficult to Vh? ascended. It la large,
being added to and repaired etfery
season, until it becomes ft black pro
minent mats, oltservatile at a con
siderable distance. It is formed oil
-?* ? i V - 4JLjC ?--- 4 j
_ lllll I W HK-JJJ- buy*
?olor; the young afe- hatched* early
hi March. It has at length been as
that the Sea or Grr^r Hi
pcgM nt f necies, iu a <lrf
9 of color. *
Sermon. ? Tins fol
Uoityng Sertnon seems to \w the jiro
f A uersooacquaiute j w ith
i. 1 ii
tU>r.
Sermon .-^Ibteurge VY ash
lingtoo \oliciU the serious
laud camliif Steniion of each <aMul
Idfeicmiers, who inAhteii to him
jfcrteoiv than orie qiafc/^am
m??i?inre
Mufti may bo found recorded in (lie
(latter clause of the ^ili chapter ?f
Itbe gospel according to St.
I? " Payjne what thou incest." ?
In < i i ^cou WB^Vfrem these* words
Imrike ,uu divfaion of his matter? (n
?T&hmg &.
Ifcept bank notes and to treat the $ub
H*ct neither logically, metaphysically,
I nor snipturally, nor religiously nor
1HH' . physically; but per
tmiraty A? he has Ji momd ?v?|
siou tn tmrg-iciHded people ereruH
he bogau , t?r collect newfiftper :;8F
counts, he ^vill he as<lnef aa-a law
yer'* afammoos, .*Ad leaving- his text
to. e^&n^tbrolf, cometu. ibe int
jprovement. , ,??? .?* , ^A.;
Beloved ^brethren! Hearken unto
me and attend to th^oMfrof iny
mouth ! Pay (he Printer xiuicltly,
when thou art in the way witifhimrw.
teatut any time the Printer <fcUver
||T-. i'ta> , |< .Aiaft - I, n - - 4 '*
and ihJjtHls
tV?r?ly!I aa,
by.uu mtpn
jb<mh*atp*
<?hwrf.
&#WS iiml
itkljruth #f
-?la in * r
iiim
*mH
swei
Hbte ? way #hcn *'* r,0% ?*:PP"|^P'
.Matrimonial punch. ? How CM
ri'jLr; tt'
like matrimony? ftucli a chai-mitig
compound of opposite
Ave, my lord 1 ?? the ?<?* pat*
ho,, port> "No, my lore, yoa
irefW *?>?*<, with a dash <*?,*
ic(W, a*d no small pOtHdn of <l&
ajpfrii."