Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, July 07, 1817, Image 2
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... the MEDIC 4 L COUHTSHJP.
UY C. DARWIN, ,1k
In manhood's dawn when first soft l.aii*
? VL Uc^l,V . Jm, ,
Tti field a timerous umbrage to the chin,
Beimaru* pray 'd, Ye power* celesyU hear,
Send me Vwife, and bless ihe Itmng paur.
Her favourite youth, the blue-ey'd god
dess spy'd,
^jF atber of god* and inen, O Jove 1 (she
? cry'd)
I "Grant roe unerring wisdom to employ,
" AnfBfcoose a damstd lui my fa> utile boy ?
Tbc godhead nods and at her wing'd com
mand,
Before the youth, three Sister-'B -amies
staftd,
Ea th with soft Hfords hi* lender bosom
^ ~ warms
nkml ham) u? hand display their rival
"t . % charms.
>Trat gentle Botany the sWain addre-.s'd,
O&e early rose-bud blush'd upon her bu~st,
She bade the Spring for him the sweets
*? * . " unfold, '
? Cteen'd the young herb, and dipp'd the
flower in gold.
Next pensive Chcmia Jifts the magiik
w-*-*?- -wand,
And rchanging forms obey her waving
. ?*. / hand, 1
- Metallick trees advance their silver stems,
Bud into gold, and blossom into gems.
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Last youitg Anatont steps forth, and throws
Thpciopdfrof'tuperslition from her brows,
Hannfm she smites upou the crimson
knife,
Untwists each nerve* and treads the walks
, of life.
J
He view'd, he *igh'd, alternate passions
burn,
: Each Courts, and each is courted in her
,. turn.
? ThUtt are my handmaids,* health-rob'd
,i . Mrd tint cries,
And steps all radiant from the bending
skies.
Grace sat txpon her cheek, and oYr her
if head *
Immortal Youth his blooming honours
spread ;
Science for her his stream r'd ores lm
proves,
And Age and Fortune bless her a*, she
The youth
.... fl, press'd
Then cfasp'd the gdtkless to hit panting
?1 ,> breast f -t
? O take your spouse, "-~?he heard his soft
. , commands, v f
And wreath'd her serpent to their wedded
hands.
THR HKRMit.
Far fit a dreary waste a hermit dwelt*
Remote front caret, recluse from Htttifcen
. The paina of buay life l>e neVer feU*
Hi? God and virtue were his sole delight.
Nature's kind hand \mtovrtd his humble
fare. JE. 1
A few wild roots pwtkd from the moun4
uin dreag.;i
A crystal stream Chit gtntly murmur 'd
there* ?*
Sooth'd all hit wants, were ail he wish'd
-for here.
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Jn etfent wonder nightly he surveyed*
The countless glories of the starry
** throng | ,
Devotion swell'd? the splendor there dls
pley'd, ?' / .
Awoke the pious tribute of a song,
The bope* of better words beyond the
> Where glory crowns meek virtue's hum
w >M 'ble ways, >
ThiilVd in hia soul, castatk* transport gave,
And cheer'd his pensive solitary days*
Twice nine long lustre* had this holy sage,
Thus liv'd m peace, unenvied and un
known? v
'Till all his locks were Silvered o'er With'
vft 1 age>
W And Uuc repentance hia few vnt atoned.
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The tottering Hmb, slow poise and shorten
?ed breath,
That scaixe upheld his weaken'd ap.e
.v :AWit frame,' -?
Announced ihf alow, tho* sore approach of
To watt hi*; soul Id Heaven, from whence
r*jpf tlBli '
T!ia gnoA men's ceres had Pfst be yon* the
There hWver ending joye he hoped to
gain | - a .
He raised tn brighter worlds hia longing
eyee
And left thie fleeting scene without a
< pain. 4 |
O sacved Virtue ! thus my end jm pare *
May 1 thus know thy worth and feel thy
powers, * ? X*.
To soothe the inward rankling* of despair.
And strew the thorny bed of death with
' (lover*. *
When exhausted sink* beneith the
lo??%
And shews my final dissolution nigh ; j
Thus, Virtue, light me to thy blca&cd alx>dc,
In the bright mansion of th* eternal sk >y* j
EriG RAM,
When men of 'nfamy to graodeur soar>
i TheKlight * torch to shew their shame the
more. ~ ?
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M06i* LXlhAOHD^SAKY 1 1 1
One of the mo^t singular cir rum stances
recorded in the history of a* ideni*, oc
curved ?i* the town of Middlebury, in this
count) , on lite l6u? UisU and exhibits in
the htro of misfortune, a mind excelling
in the cool, de|i!>crate, *nd determined
virtues The subject is as follows. Arte
ma? bnaituck, on that day, in a piece of
cuopping that he was clearing, fcil a tree
across a stump, iiv which situation it re
mained nearly balanced; the top, howler,
buoyed up the butt; while thus suspended,
he undertook to cut the tree in two near
the stump Upon which it w*i? lodged, and
while sUutliitg u|x>n it for th*t put pose, he
cot so much more upon the upper than the
?under part of the tree, that the weight of
the butt caused it to split, and at iW in
stant of the greatest vibration or sepcrnlion |
of the severed parts his foot slipt into the
cavity of the opening timber, and remain
ed as firmly fixed as in a vice? be fell im
mediately b^kwards, in which fall he lost
his axe, but soon recovered a position that
enabled him to hold upon the tree by one
hand, with the other he drew out his pocket j
knife, and cut a limb with a hook attached
to it, with the intention of drawing up ii>e
axe and cutting the tree to liberate his foot
L)Ut soon found his efforts fraiilefs. lie
tiext tried to break his leg, as that would
have enabled him to ttifn his baity in a po
sition to sit upon the tree and wait the lin
gering hour of assistance ; but his p*st?tj
lion prevented even the, gratification of
this harsh relief. ? Finding 'iiU strength
failing fast, and no prospect of timely rev
hef (as no humait assistance was within
three quarters of a mile) he adopted ihe
only alternative that remained of saving
himself from the hard and horrfbledeath
J>f expiring while suspended in the air,
with his Lead down and feet up? With his
' penknife he deliberately severed hts foot
i from his leg at the ancle joint, and on his
! hands and knees bent Ms course for home.
In this postufe be trawled lull half, a mile
before bis calls for assistance Were he aid. *
and twite had to deflate several rods- frdrn
a direct line to a ? ivulet to quench his rag
, ing thirst. We are haftpy tost ate that,
he is likely to do welK
A HORRID ACT Oh Friday bit,
ubout 1 1 o'clock . A. M? a n?o*t during
, and attrocioua attempt at murder took
place in the town ot H?llo?tL by rapt*
: Michael Morrison's shooting his wijfo in
the public street. It appears that for
yeais he had treated lier extremely i \Y, in*
somunch as to induce her to apf ly for a dt
: vorce, which was granted on Wednesday
last with possession ol property and the
, cai<e and maintenance of the children. ,
Thi* having been effected he was enraged
ttfll decree that nty eflbrts of hers could
appease or deter him from Sis horrid pur
1 pose? accordingly aa she kit her house
' to escape the threat of the monster he
; levelled his gun, loaded with t*o balls
and a large tyiantltty of allot, and placed
' the whole charge of shot Into her body
and limb* ? the balls missing the object,
went into thtf ground. She waa immedi
ately , conveyed by the assistance of friends
to a house adj*iicnt, where, 01V Friday evert
ing, some Hope was critertfcteed of. her
recovery. *
MorrisoiS who had Retired to his bed
with one of the children, was apprehended
soon after, and from appearance had take*
a dose to tyiiet the sting of remorse? but
medical ingenuity removed the draught
: from its station, and he waa commuted at
< Augusta for trial.
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In 1 or. don, April 94, 'a person attempt*
ed to kill himself by throwing himself be
fore the wheels of a loaded waggon ; two
v heels passed over Hi * thighs, lie had'
before alu?apted to hang himself*
jtnnecdo'e of IJr. Youn#.?.A% the Dr #
tor was w diking in his ganten, at Welwyn
in company Ouh two ladies, one of whom
he afterwards married, the servant came
to tell him a gvntleman wished to spnpk
with Hilts* u 'I ell him," say a the doctor*
41 1 am too happily engaged to change my
situation*" The ladies insisted . that he
should go. as his visitor was a man of
rank, Hhr patron, end Ma fHehd.
sosshms huwetelH hl#lflHUni look
him by the right arvA, bf itks
left and led hint to when
finding resist snce was ' lotetl,
i laid W% hand* upon In that
exprevrive manner for which he sfras so
remarkable, spoke the >?Wowhif Hhes t
M Thus Adam looked wheri Ciom the gats
fell arisen, v . '
And tWs disputed orders seat front Hea
* i^iwn* ? -V ,xi
Like him, I got bnt yetts Mi* %th,
lAe Mm I go, far angA droae iH both /
Hird was his fate ; tmTiuiine still more ui*.
i- kind : v ZS. x?.. AfltST'
His Cre went with him ; ? ?hut mine stays
t^hit^.'1
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VIEW5 O* THE SOUTH BUN STATES
Ex'raet q/ m Utter _j/Toj n a gmiteman on a
lour o / bwtintut in the ?eu<Jbtm timls.
Mi LLiocKTiu.1 June 8, l s 1 7
Tlw: distance from Darlen taSt- MaryS
is 1 5 miles, through a country very thinly
populated, and likely t? remain ?o. on ?c
count of t lie lands principally consisting of
what U termed Pine Oairtreiu Iw ? travel
ler is tired of the uniformity of Ux scenes
one piece of land succeeding another ,
equally flat, coveted as the preceding. Wuh
tall pinrsand the saw palmetto, a sp*:ies
of vegetable aa useless as a weed. He
freshmej? is only W ber ImmI at a very fciv
places on the toad, the houses beu^g 1 5 or
20 miles apart.
Jefferson which is 60 miles from Da
rien9 ts the aeat of justice of Camden coun
ty. It lies on Satiila jiter* is a small
place nbt long built. The e are some
respectaple families settled on the banks
of the Satiila whose information, mannusi
and polite hospitality, ate Well calculated
to render the visit of a stranger tb this
distant and secluded corner of the tJniied
States, an agreeable subject of future t re
collection.
St. Mary's first called St. Patrick's then
Newtown, but since named aftef the river
on whtch it lies, and which river is the
line that separates Georgia from fcast
Florida, fras a flourishing place during the
existence of the embargo and the late war;
but it hat the appearance at present of
falling into decay; The neighboring
island Of Amelia, being under the Sp. nish
jurisdiction, formed a depot for British
manufactures and American produce.
Here smuggling flout ished, and the in
tei change ot the goods Of one nation for
t nose of another effected Per fxxa uut ve/o?j
formed a very profitable trafit to the con
cerned, and created a temporary but fugt
live kind of prosperity on this frontier*
Still the people of St. Maiy's and it* vi
cinity anticipate the cession of East Florida
aa the harbinger of prosperity to them. 1
found the inhabitants on Amelia* Island,
and those I met with in Florida animated
with similar feelings; professing the
strongest hopes that the cession would take
place, and tnat shortly. It mnst be high- j
ly gratifying to the f iends of the Amjur.
?can' institutions, to find thefr Neighbours
so anxiooa to hi incoTporatt d into the tame
family, and willing to welcome the Amrr>
ican jurisdiction as the certain gutfaiUcc of
peace, prosperity and happiness, ? ?
. There is a company of Spaniafi artillery
at Fernandina, the only town on Amelia,
the captain ofvfhich is the commandant of
the Jslartd. The soldiers are the most
>lov?tily?_ili?drtiifrdt and ilfc looking tori*
of Mars, I ever Owe would not*
suppose a drop of Castilisn blood ever, cir
culated in their veins. '1 he ?M>il and cli
maie of l'loiKk ire buth well hpokeu oft
and Mid to be vet y poe<t alon^ the tea
coast. hi peninsular situation it no doubt
highly s advantageous* the aea washing;
three sides of iu Us produce ? a excellent,
the Flotidian cotton commanding the
beat price ih market' ; and tTici province
being more aouthwa*dfy than Geortfa, the
prospett of raiting sugar with success is
greater there than in that state. Near the
riv^r St Johns; there at^ most valuable
tracts of land, Which' wobld a flord ranges
for the pasturage of th4 most txtthsive
herds of cattle* A 'medifcsl gentleman,
whom 1 met, upon a uotamting tour, in
this province, confirms the existence of the
nbmeHous species of plants mentioned ~m
Bartram's travels, tome of which scientific
men had doubts of,
, The cession of Florida by 8pato fd tbe
United States would bp highly desirable in
a geographical point of view, as t fieri the
frontier of the latter would 6e Carried to
? the ocean, the natural and proper bounda
ry of the American Republic y the sooner
tliiei event taket pladt, the bctttet fbr the
inhabitants df Georgia arid Ffbrfada, (of the
present indecisive destiny of tlte latter pre
v*nts the piogre?s ot population and i im
provement on ea^i frontier* *
In the neighborhood af St. Mary's and
Da^ietl, ftrrge quantities oflive oak and ce
tlet have been fulled and prepared lor ahip*
ping to tlie principal mat attme . porta for
the ufe of the United Sum; Mr. Gtiea
who built the Guerriere frigate in PfcUa-|
delphia, Nat been otfenpied Hi tupertn
tending a pert of this basinets oh Black
beard's Island, near Damn. It would be
, Rood policy on th? part of (rovcrnnwM to
institute an enquiry tfitoihe state of that
invaluable evergreen, the liva <??k, as th*
preservation! of it is of the highest impot -
lane* to the national interest.
Major Pievee Butler, ?n old revolt itlotis*
ry MBr.tr and con|p<tt riot of General Mont
gomery 'a has some vary *alu*b- plants
tiona near RtHen remarfcablo . for the ex
cellent plan
tation purpoaA euch at rite- mills, barns,
Ike* Awf dtk^^wniee Hi vMNl as an hospi
tal Itr abk land coovalajfcent negroes.
Uk crop of last year on thete plantations
only, netted Mm g$3 oo n. It is toid that
haftatrfMortef dollars b>t be^olTe red
far thii Arnnnritf t j tM
fet Himon*t And Cumberland Islands,
[fan thie coeft* ere very valuable; on the
letter, at the house of a Mr. Shaw, whose i
wilt ia a daigkter of the late Gea. Nau
O ra*n? yo or gfneroua friend, Admiral
CetJJMtfn-fttttd bis .Mai ^quarters, while
in this viriomge. The iaMbitanta* both
on the Wanda and the Maim lost a great
number of their negroes, by their going j
oi> board The s>q'?aHro;i , "Srv e* i.
cuUted the number 10 be 4?hout 10OO* the
majority ot whom, ihcv assert were nk- ??
iw^y uumf 1^+, AwKfwift imil, jillu-iiic
tinning ol the declaration of Peace
Ailer gratifying ?ny curio*tfy in hi*
roost Catholic Majesty's dominion*, I
returi*|^M&L Mary's and from then ee to
Da? iend^^b* purpose oi visaing iif? up
per p^P??o rgia.
Hew -York Bvcmo*
ltVMUJAji ? /OA. i.
The power ul I diseased imagination
over U,e body, or as it is *ctcnuficaUy cai*
led, hallucination, was iKJ?*r pci haps more
atfoogly verified than in the case til time
dissolute young nobleman,. and cxtrkordi
nary genius, the younger Lyuirtun. 9 The
story is well know n to most of our readmit*
He, one ni*ht mw in a dream 4 yrun^ la
dy, wlto told him that on a t?ttain SattiN
day evening at 10 o'clock, be certainly
would dtc i thi* he related to some of 4)is
intimate acquaintance, and invited a num
ber ot theiu to pass the ap|>oimed . even
ing with him and witness luc falsehood of
ilie prediction. They did to ; the :sVtn>
ing came, he endeavored to make him*
self merry as the hour approached, but it
had fastened on hts imagination -Mtiltr a
firmer hold than he aware' of , just
before 10* he complained of be in a tndis
pobed, proved td rfetire, atnl died in the
act of get jug into bet). A clergyman
who then lived n^ar Hag\ey,told the writer
of this, that a Doctor Johnson, of whom
Lyttlcton speaks in ve,y high terms in one
of his It tit**, as a physician in bis neigh
borhood, 4o!d brm, that had he been sent
for in season, he &ould have saved him*
1 he Qoarteily Review, of last November*
contains the following striking instance.
u One of the Moit striking instances -* of
the amasing influence Which the imagina* ,
lion possesses, not over the feelings meiily,
but upon the actual state and functions fc>F
the bodily organization, is i elated * by pro*
lessor Hufeland t this case ts so interesting
and we may add, tO instructive, that we aret
tempted, notwithstanding ka length) la
lay it before our rtadert* v J i \<
M A student at Jena, abpnt 16 years of
age, having a weak And irritable nevvmu
frame, but in o *h$r Respects healthy, ' left
his apartments during twilights and Mid*
d*nly returned with a pale, dismal coun?
tenance, assuring hts companion he was
doomed tOjdie iiV thirty-six hojirs, or at fttoe
o'clock in the morning of the second dnjr*
l^ts sudden rhangr of a chaerfkil vauiw
mind, naturally al Armed bit
explanation was given
livery attempt at ridiculing thiswhimsi*
cal notion waa fruitless J and he persiltad
in affiimingiihtnjjxdrafh Mirlijn e^l
tneVitible. .*A ntttperotta circle of his
low- Students sboh ?Imw1mU *,mbh. aMI***