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Mfcr.eiB uarMia:*. Akmv OiVa.vriox* IN* VwmiiJ.v.?Y.iu S tva m<i!? Civar^aiitil' !;i ; .">l!i iast. says: * YV.j inv 3 .Yar.i:\l iV.?-n a 1 aiii!n?it.!c s j t'.uv. i!u ci.ir a 'iii i.i .Mi.l lie r j;ri ( a i;u.i anva ty openeu. 0>i. it t.'jau i, in oninvnd of th? fust c. >]j :j i.1; >mp :s>d <>f r.?-vv en companies of to? 1st a <-.l -il Infantry, i- or !o;v..l to s:?:ra'!fhe hint-nooks between tin Si. Augmluo iv?a ! and the Georgia line, ami lias already, wtih nine eompa ties passed through iV.uirs >n's hammock, from west to oast, with jut discovering any indication of lad'ats. Col. Davenport, in command of tho 2nd compose.! of Dragoons, Artillery ami (hit Infantry, has commenced operations smith of the St. Augustine road, between it and the Gulf. Is tc nnrl l?v manv believed, that notwithstanding the whole of Middle Florida is thus, as far as the small force in Florida will admit, covered with troops from the Georgia line to the Gulf that the campaign will terminate without discovering Indians. Washington's Intrepidity.?A person of lawless habits and reckless character had frequently entered upon the grounds near Mount Vernon and shot ducks and other game. It was his custom to cross the Potomac in a canoe, and descend the creeks to some obscure place where he could be concealed from observation. One day hearing the discharge of a musket.? Washington mounted his horse, and roYle in the direction of 'he sound. The intruder discovered his approach, and had just time to gain the canoe and pusli it from tiie shore, when Washington emerged from the bushes, at the distance of a lewyards. The man raised his gun, cocked ii, pointed it at him, and took deliberate aim; but, without a moment's hesitation, he rode into the water, seized the prow of the canoe, drew it on land, disarmed his antagonist, and inflicted on him a chastisement which lie never again chose to run the hazard of encountering. How TO ENFORCE SlI.EXCE.~The officers of the Scotch criminal courts create disturbance by calling ' Silence" to the auditory. In Cork, they manage things better; they write the word silence in large letters on a piece of paste board, stick it into the cleft end of a long white rod, and wave it in the face of all those whose voice is heard abobe a whisper. If this docs n"t produce acquiescence, the admonition is enforced with a rap on the head with the rod. Wo have seen many cool tilings enough in our time, but we never came across any thing to go ahead of the following letter, which was sent to a gentleman, with a memorandom book which had been stolon from his pocket. Boar Sir,?In looking over a quantity of miscellaneous articles which have accitlcnt.ifh/ come into my possession, I find this book, from the number of invoices in i i your nam?, that it belongs to you, and not finding any thing of intrinsic value to m.->, I have great pleasure in returning it to you. 1 desire nothing in return for this favor, but that in future yen will not carry about you a pocket book without there is something therein useful to other people as we'll as yourself; as it is only a temptation to gentlemen of my profession, and no source of profit to them. I ana sure, if you knew the indefatigable study we have to undergo to make ourselves proficient in the art, you would indeed say it was hard not to be rewarded. Trusting you will take this hint, I remain?One who cannot, discern the difference between i leum and Taum. THE CIIARM OF WOMAN. BY SARAH STICKNEY. There are many defects in her character, but beauty and gentle manners in the great estimate of women, go far towards supplying their want of energy, and even their want of heart. 1 It is as a wife that these defects appear and grow upon the disappointed husband, like the frightful figures exhibited by a magic lantern, increasing in hidcousncss as they increase in magnitude and distinctness. It is when the doling lover begins to suspect that the silent calm he had hitherto mistaken for maiden shyness, is in reality the silence of the sou!?the calm of imperturbable stagnation; when he discovers that he lias devoted his first and best affections to n beautiful but marble statue: when he returns to h'shomo. which ought to be * an ever sunny place,' and finds nothing but the yawning vacancy of a cold nnd cheerless void, when he pours his fresh warm feelings, that bnrst in unstudied language from his burning lips, upon the stony surface of an insensible heart?and that heart a woman's!?it is then that he shrinks back repelled and blasted, as il the blooming charms he or.ee adored, were exchanged for deformity and horror, 'Old it is by the secret fountain of never changing love?the well of inexhaustible refreshment m the desert?the rose that blooms forever beneath the sunslrnf of one beloved eve?the voice that rise? in a continued strain of melody above al the discord of the world?ike bird o: i beauty, wh .se faithful wing is never fold| ed save iu its own sheltered nest?the pure | unsullied stream, offering sweetness and 1 halm to every bosom it meets, but rescrvI inglhs lull tide of its gladness for one?it j is by sue!) mystical symbols as these that i we would describe the natural, the distinctive, the holy charm of woman?not by her perfect form, her ruby lips, her sparkling eyes, or her silken tresses, whether they fall in raven masses over a marbio brow, or glitter in the sunbeams like J threads cf waving gold.' RECOLLECTIONS OP THE REVOLUTION. | Sai'v St. Cla r was a beautiful, dark-eyed J creo.'c girl. The whole treasury of her i love was freely poured out to Sergeant J a*pcr, who, on one occasion, had the good f >rtunc to save her life. To sever her long jetty rinsrleis from her exquisitely formed head to dress in male attire, to enrol in the corps to which Iter lover belonged, follow his fortunes in the wars, unknown to him was a resolution no sooner conceived than taken-?In the camp she excited no particular attention except on the night before the battle, when she was noticed bending over his couch like a good and gen' tie spirit, as if listening to his dreams. The 1 camp was surprised and a fierce conflict ensued. The lovers were side by side in the thickest of the fight; but, in endeavor-1 ins to turn away a lance aimed at the heart! of Jasper, the poor girl received it in Iter ow i, and fell bleeding at-liis feet. After the victory, her name and sex were discovered, and there was not a dry eve in the i corps when Sa'ly St. Clair was laid in her; grave, in a little shady nook, that looked 1 as if it had been stolen from Paradise, not j far from the river Santee. Talcs of Marion's men. Appearances.?It is a remarkable fact that every animal when dressed in human apparel resembles mankind very strikingly in features. Put a frock, bonnet and spectacles on a niff.and it looks like an old \ woman of fifty. A bull dressed in an over j coat would resembles a lawyer. Tie a few ribbons round a cat, and put a fan in her paw, and a b mrding school miss is represented. A cockerel in uniform is a general to the life. A blood hound with a drab coat, and a brim, would resemble a quaker. The features of a tiger would call to mind those of a sailor. A hedgehog looks like a miser. Dress a monkey in a frock coat, cut off his tail, and trim jitswliiskcrs, and you have a Broadway, ' dandy. I1 j ' . !J /In eventful Life.?Cap'. Gilbert \. ' Francis, formerly of Virginia, died re- 1 cently in New Orleans of the yellow fever. | lbs was indeed an eventful and romantic life. The Natchez Free Trader states i that lie has passed through many surprisi ing adventures, and has left a memoir of < i them for publication, lie was in very ear- i My life attached to the navy, then to the ( stage?had travelled over the four quarters of the globe?was for two years a prison-,. er in the great Desert of Arabia?after-,1 ' wards a slave of the Bashaw of Tunis? 11 j then lieutenant of a Guerrilla party in ,, Spain, and master of a Dutch lugger trading to the Malaccas. He was subst quently overseer of a sugar est-itc in Jamaica 1 ?then engaged in cutting logwood in the I forest of Campeachy?was for three months ] a prisoner among banditti in Mexico? then a captive among the Cammanches? was ransomed by some fur traders from 1 the Oregon?was employed by the Govcr-, 1 nor ot the uussian settlements to com- j marnl a brig in the wheat trade in Chili? ( finally revisited his native Slate, and mar-j l ied, and was extensively engaged in Tex- ' ian operations when death arrested him. 1 Though a man of defective education, his 1 great energy of character and extensive | travels made him the most interesting of, companions. The destinies of a nation depend less 1 on the greatness of a few, than the virtues or vices of many. Eminent individu- . als further the foatcres of her glory I ( or shame; but the realities of her wcalj | or woe lie deep in the mass. The curling tops of the lofty wave are the cast of the j ocean, but from its depth flows the over-1 ( powering strength of its tides. Camden Bridge Company. THE Hoard of Directors of this Company , have determined that no contracts will be | made for crossing the Bridge by th* year; ! but persons will be required to pay for ! each time they pass. To obviate the inconvenience which may attend the furnish ing change lor the payment of Toll on every occasion, tickets, authorising the pas| sage of man and horse, carriages, &.c. &.c. in any quantity will he furnished on application to the Treasurer, at the Dank of Camden; and when the amount required, shall exceed live dollars, notes payable on the 1st day of January next, will be taken. .). C. WEST, Stc'y- & Trea's: , Jan. IS. 4t7 1 rrv=Tlic Subscriber having returned to Carmlcn, will attend " to any work in the TAILORING line with " promptness and dispatch Any orders ' left with Messrs. Jones & Ilughson, cor r.cr of Hro-.d and Rirlcdgc Streets, will ! meet with immediate attention. I J. L. ERASINGTON. !' Jan- 1. 3t5 THE JOURNAL. CAMDEN.* i SATURDAY MORNINk, JANUARY 25, 1840. 1 TEMPERANCE MEETING. There will be a meeting of the Temperance Society at the Methodist Church, on Monday evening next, at 7 o'clock.? Several addresses may be expected. We are indebted to the Hon. Thomas D. Sumter, our immediate Representative in Congress, for copies of the Reports accompanying the Presidents Message, and a number of other Documents, for which he has our thanks. Carolina Planter.?We have received a number of this paper, just issued in Columbia, and edited by Dr. R. W. Gibbes. It is, as the title imports, devoted to the interests of agriculture. It is published in a convenient form for preservation, and promises to be useful in diffusing valuable information on the sub jecis it discusses. William G. Richardson Esq. has been elected Sheriff of Sumter Distiict. We give to-day, the remarks of the Mercury, in bringing forward the name of our l:ifp R pnrpspntatirp in CnntrrPSS. the Hon. ...? **vi"VWM w """ ww**e John P. Richardson, as a candidate for Governor, as also those of the Carolinian at Columbia. We copy the whole from the latter paper, as the Editor of the Mercury has not yet done us the kindness to allow us ro look at his paper. We have never known a nomination to so important an ofliee to meet nnivcrsully, so cordial a reception.? Coming from the source it does, too, it affords the highest evidence that our old party divisions are entirely healed. Indeed, we never doubted the sincerity of i either party, in the compromise, at |the h session of 1631, and in effecting which,! Col. Richardson, then a Senator from < Clarendon, took so prominent a part. CONGRESS. In the Senate, the Sub-Treasury Hill has , passed, which is the only subject of into- ( rest which that body has had before it. It | is stated that Messrs. Calhoun and Clay > had another encounter 011 the subject of j the American System; but the particulars , have not reached us, j, la the House, the New Jersey Question , has been finally referred to the Committee { an elections, which has been authorized to ( :r>nrl for nrrsons and naners. and to do all' alher matters necessary to a just determi-| nation of the rights of the parties claim-1 f ng seals. The settlement of this question, j | together with the debate on the proper ( node of disposing of the numerous aboli- ') tion petitions'.vith which the House is con- , ;intiallv perplexed, hasconsumed its whole Lime, with the exception of that occupied oy some two or three members, in explain- 1 ng their connexion with a case of bribe- 1 ry, in relation to the election of Public 1 Printer, with which they have been char- 1 ?ed by the Editor of the Madisonian. The lebate on the dispasition of the abolition petitions is continued with considerable 1 | warmth, and at our latest dates there was less prsbability of its early termination ' than at the beginning. The case of bribery which gave rise to the explanations, to which we have refer- 1 red, grew out of the fact that the Hon. C. 1 F. Mitchell a member fromN. York, had ' written a letter to uuff ureen, stating that Gales &, Seaton could not be elected Printers, and that his aversion to Blair was so great that he wished him to come j on and be a candidate, and suggesting that , by management, he might get the whole , whig vote, and to which might be added j the votes of a few of his personal friends | (meaning the nullifiers,) and thus secure his election; and if he could not do* the printing, after his election, he could get Gales & Seaton to do it for a sum, that ' would leave him a profit of 910,000. This letter was sent to Mr. Fisher, of i N. C., by Green, with the view of asccr- i taining if the States Right men would fall into the scheme, and by him shewn to the Speaker, and to Mr. IIolmes of this State, and perlnps to others. The course the matter has taken shows that this small; j? ri ? iKo m n n i a iicc I puny in v/ongrtroo w uu> n.w u^v. , their power for any other purpose than that of advancing what they conceive to be the best interests of the country. Mr. Pickens, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Holmes, it appears, all gave the proposition their unqualified condemnation. The whole honoi of this magnificent scheme, rests with the Hon. Charles F. Mitchell, a wh'g member from Now York. ' IMPORTANT TO TAX PAYERS " | Under this head, the Georgetown American, makes a number of amusing blunders, in commenting on the " Act to raise supplies for year 1839,' passed at the late Session of our Legislature. The first; mistake is in the following paragraph: At the last session of the Legislature, a tax of twelve and a half cents on the dul-; lar was imposed on "all purchases and sales of Bullion, Specie, Bank Notes, Bills of Exchange, and Stocks by Brokers I or Agents, for, or on account of, any company or individual, out of the Stale, or on his own account, or fi?r any other person engaged in the same pursuit." If the Editor was right in lhi? matter, it wonld put an end at once to the business of the Brokers, Agents &c. who are taxed, for it would amount to prohibition, but instead of "a lax of twelve and a half cents on the dollar," as the American has it, it is that amount on one hundred dollars, or one eighth of one per cent. The Editor too, gives the operation of this clause, a much wider range, we think, than the words imply, or the Legislature intended. The next error into which the Editor fulls is in his commentary on the fifteenth section of the Act. He say3. Another section of the act provides that "each tax collector, shall require returns on oath, of the true value of all real estate returned in his District." This destroys the classification of lands, which has heretofore been the basis of all the taxes levied upon real estate without the limits of corporations. This change, will add very considerably to the revenue of the State we do not doubt, but while changes were being made, the merchants cKrmlft nitf Kum Itoon fni?ernUon The Editor here takes it for granted, that because each tax payer is required to make "a return on oath of the true value of his real estate" that he is tn be taxed according to that return; but the fact is not so. This section of the Act was added as being the best and easiest mode for the Legislature to get at the value of the real estate within the State. The Comptroller General is required by the same Section to report the result to the next Legislature* The information is desired, no doubt, with the view to some change in the present mode of assessing the taxes, which it must be admitted is very defective and unequal. The great changes which having taken place in the value and products of the soil, in various portions of the State, lessening the value of lands in some sections, ind increasing it in others, renders some modification of the old classification, essentially necessary. We concur entirely [vith the American, in the opinion, that [he Merchant1! lax should be on sales, instead of the amount of Stock they may bave on hand, on any given day. It is the only mode, in fact, by which the'tax on :his class of our citizens can be made bear equally. Eighth of January.?General Jackson was present in New Orleans, on this day, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of which he was so emphatically the Hero. Fire.?A destructive nre occurrea ai Wilmington, N. C. on the 17th inst. The total loss estimated at five hundred thousand dollars. The amount of insurance not ascertained. The Mayor of 0 'aston immediately forwarded the sun wo thousand dollars for their relief?a p.ompt reciprocation of the kindness which this generous, and now unfortunate city extended to that place in her hour of need. APPALLING DISASTER. The S'eam Boat Lexington, on her trip from New York to Providence, was destroyed by fire on the 13th inst., and every soul on board perished except three. It is is supposed that the number of lives lost is not much less than two hundred. She was laden principally with Cotton, which was stowed so closely around the smoke pipe, that the fire was communicated to it. The boat was headed for shore as soon as the flames were discovered, but in consequence of the burning of the tiller ropes (which were made of hemp instead of iron as required bylaw) she became unmanageable, and all efforts to extinguish the fire proved unavailing. She was provided with three boats, but the panic was so great on board, that in putting them over, they were j swamped, and rendered perfectly useless. J fl. D. Gilpin late Solicitor of the Treasury has bpen appointed Attorney General, in the place of Mr. Grundy, elected Senator from Tennessee. Blood Hounds ?Thirty three Blood Hounds, and six Spaniards, their trainers, have arrived at St. Johns, Florida, from Cuba. The Hon. Hugii L. White, Senator from Tennessee, has resigned his seat in the Senate because he cannot obpy the instructions of the Legislature, and vote for the Sub-Treasujy bill. Mr. Calhoun, it is reported, has signified that it is his intention to retire from public life, as soon as his present senatorial term shall expire. Mr. Clay, it is said, has made a similar declaration. Female Energy.?It is stated that at the burning of the Steam Boat Belle, of Missouri, three German girls, who were ,|f - - J.J travelling ? iinntii a proiecior, succeeueu in getting their large trunks ashore, while ? no other deck passenger saved their baggage. It is said that the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church are now preached in twenty eight different languages, and numbers upwards of two million of members. Value of a Vote.-t-A Eoston paper states that Mr. Morton has been elected by a majority of one vote! From the South CarolinianMESSRS. CALHOUN AND CLAY. li t. ? i .1 <? A\ vve piiDiisn, 10-aay, me report 01 me Globe, of the late altercation between these gentlemen, in the Senate. They who read the report of the National Intelligencer, which first appeered, cannot judge correctly of the matter, without reading this also, which, as the most superficial observer cannot but perceive, carries the stamp of truth and fairness, and impartiality 011 its face. What Mr. Clay said, appears almost word for word the same, in this, as in the other; while the remarks of Mr. Calhoun in reply, appear more natural and probable?more accordant with his usual style ?more self-possessed, explanatory, argumentative and dignified, and therefore more triumphant. If we rec-dled rightly, the evidence given that the Committee on Public Lands was the proper one, for the very reason urged against it by Mr. Clay, was not at all reported in the Intelligencer!?nor the voluntary and magnanimous tribute to the real merits of Mr. Clay, in reference to the Compromise bill?so indicative of a noble, generous, and manly sell-possesseu consciousness 01 rccmuu*, and a spirit of justice and fairness, which tint even immediate, wanton and unprovoked assault could subdue!?in the closing pari of Mr. C.'s second remark?? Why were these points omitted in the Intelligencer's report; and much more, which we have not time nor room to refer to now? It can scarcely, however, escape the nolice of the reader of both; and we hope he will mark it, as he proceeds, and if pos sible, compare the two together, that he may see what justice is to be expected for Mr. Calhoun from the National Intelligencer! That the report of the Globe is impartial and just, is evident from the great similarity of Mr. Clay's remarks in both. Even the Intelligencer's report could not torture the matter so as to give superiority to Mr. Clay, even there, the petty sinister purpose, covert, envious, disappointed malice, wanton, unprovoked, imperiinent assault, and reckless, impudent arro gance, soon sunk into shuffling, evasive insignificance, which sought to shelter itself under misrepresentation?a paltry effort, self conscious of wrong, to shift.off from his own overburthened shoulders, the responsibility of the unprovoked ag-' gression?a most barefacedly unwarrantable attempt to throw it on those of his injured antagonist. Yet the reader could not but feel in the remarks of Mr. Calhoun that something was wanting, of the cause for this?of his accustomed dignity and self-possession?and of justice to himself and his position ?precisely what is supplied by himself, in the report before us, which places him in a most triumphant and commanding attitude, before his shuffling and evasive assailant; such an attitude as might well have been expected, after his previous signal and splendid triumph over Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster combined, and which should have sufficiently cautioned the former, against the rash assault in question. We have written of Air. Clay's conduct plainly in this matter?more so than is our wont?yet still justly and deservedly; not merely because he has outraged common decency and propriety, in his grossly wanton and unprovoked personal attack on one whom our people have every cause to hold, as they do, in the most grateful and affectionate regard; but especially because he has most grossly misrepresented them also, and outraged their sense ofjustice, duty, principle, and consistency in his extraordinary reference to their future , relations with their distinguished and honored representative. "If," he said, "he was not mistaken in his judgement of the political signs of the times, and if the inf trmalion which came to hiin was to be relied on, a day would come, and that not very far distant neither, when the Senator would not darf to rise in his place and ? presume to speak as he had this day done. . as the organ of the gallant State he repre- f scuts." Now if this means any thing, it means that the confidence and regard of our people toward Mr. Calhoun, has changed, or is changing, and that a "day is coming, and that not very distant either," when they will discard him as a Representative of thornselves of their State!?and this is understood on all hands'to have been * 3 1 1