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THE CAMDEN JOI RVtL. [I?EW SERIES.] VOL. I. CAMDEN, SOIT1I (JAROLIV1, SATURDAY MARCH 14, 1840. Ko. IS. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Published even/ Saturday Morning, BV THOJIA? W. PSGUilS, Publisher of lite Ltxs of (he Union. At three dollars in advance, t.'.rec dollars :<nd fifty cents i:i six months: or four dollars at the expiration of the year. * ~ Advertisements inserted at 75 cants per square for tSia first, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion.? T.io number of insertions io bo noted on all advertise naonts, or t'noy will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar per square wilt be charged for a rang;-a insvtion. Se:ni-nn.?inly, Monthly and (barton/ adv. rtiso-j cicnts Tfiii Da coargeu i.tc bai.ia us now ojjos insertion. All Obituary Notices exceeding rix lines, end Commsnieations recommending Candidates for pubic Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, will lo charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work vriii be presented for payment, quarterly. Eb'All Letters by mail mud be postpaid ta insure punctual attention. TJI3E EVERGREEN] A monthly Magazine of New arid Popular Tales, Poetry and Engravings. |^T^T1K characteristic feature of this work is sig;-j niiicd and portravod in its title. The month r. . .1 1-?11 i? 1 ly wreath we mienr. o.'ioring 10 ourrtwis ?i<ui ut literally composed o? "Evergreens." Our d-sign is to collect into a shape at once n"at and suitalile for preservation, the be-1 nnd most interesting specimens of periodical and fugitive li eralure of the day; to carefully separate the ciialT from the wheat, the dross from the tine gold, and to present a compendium. winch, H.e g > ! wine, shall be heighten od in va'ue by eje, nn I be, in too language of our motto. " perennial and flagrant." Of course it will but require a proper exercise of t :ste t.> render a nrtg-Vne, formed on this pl.tn, the iIclicst depository of elegant and entertaining literature ever published, and this wo seriously mean the ' Evergreen" 6hall be; f?-.r we are quite sure we have the materials to render it so. We can boast of a mure brilliant list of contributors than any cu.totnporanecus periodical, ;.s nav he seen by glancing at the contents of our present nutn'ur.* Indeed, there irao author humrJ ly known to fame in these < r any Connor times, to v base productions we do not have access. We shall always aim. however, at presenting what is new and co m .ar.itive.'y original to the readers of this country; believing at the 6.unc time, ihit a:i old familiar piece, so it be excellent in i'srlfis far pref table to an original article having n.? claim upon lite attention of persons of refund li-crarv taste. A portion of the talent of;i he ag-, in I'.is rointry nn.l in Great C:it:\s. Ins or; ? :-{ :! in thr periodical department of iiio-aiuiv. \\\ need not mention the names of Campbell. Wils.ni. iljlovr, Washington Irving, J ell; e*. s>, Cockl.ert, Ktrnwlcs, Moore, Marnatt. Ainsv.orii, 1% i.s Mi*fori Praed, Mrs. Ilc.ans. T. K. IIcr.vy. JJairy Cornwall, T. llooi, Poole, Leigh SliMil. an.i luui.lnds of ether! <.isti:;oui-l.ed and agreeable writers, to prove (hi-;! feet. Tie so and many others of eminence hayc iiven brilliancy to the magazine iitcratur" ol" the last ten years; and such of the pro lections of these us may be new and uncollected, shall liu l a''local habitation'' in the Kv rgrecn Our work will oe embellished witis engravings on wood or on stel. and each number will contain - . _ . i oj pajjfs neaiiy |?n:iuu. Terms. :S'J ia advance. Published by J. Winchester, 0I?, Aim-Sited, Now Vork. ^ Subscriptions received by P TilOANTON, 1'. >1. Catr.dcn, S. C. "'a;sf sravEoT And I'or Sa!o at the i'o.st Ofiir';\ a fresh supply GARDEN SEEDS,?r the growth o?!o3P, warr.vj-.r-'J fre -h and genuine, A ttr,ng;c!t'rh nrr ihs f.'jcif'tiz: Early "prtag 1 unitji, White i. n .?n, itu'ia Page, or Ye.low lie J do ItussiR* do Long Green Caeumbor, Large Norfolk Held do Early Frame do Large Globe do Summer bush Squash. Ve low .Scotch, oi Early Orange do Aberdeen do Summer crook nee!; do Green Glazed Cabbage, Long White Okra, Early Y'ork do Short Gr.cn d.> Early Dutch do Large Squash Pepper, Early Sugar loaf do Salsify, or Vegetable ? arrrn Pti/vlish /In ( It'c'or Drum Head do fulled. I'arsrj, Late Dutch do Nasturtiums, Red Dutch do Solid Cellcrv, French Sugar Ee->t, Early Charkan Fens, Enrly Turnip do Early Tune do Long Elood do White Marrowfat do Early Yellow do Bishop's Daily dwarf do Long Orange C arrot. Flue imperii*i do Swelling Parsnip, I'arly China dwarlTean Longbl k winter Radish While kidney dwarf do Long Scarlet do Pole Cranberry do Enrly scarlet short top do Lima do Whito Turnip do W hite Dutch rasing do Scarlet do do ALSO::::Rcccivc<], a few ol'ihe Ilolian Potatoes, which may be had by .applying early. Jan. 18. THE SUBSCRIBER HAS a very complete assortment of DRY GOODS, snitable lor the season, consisting ot Cloths, Cassimercs, Sattinettes, Silks, Calicoes, Homespuns, Hals, Caps, Shoes, Boots, Negro Cloths, Blankets, &c. Together with a large anil well selected stock of GROCERIES, Consisting of Sugar, Coficc, Molasses, Tea and Tobacco. Also, Bagging, Bale Rope Twine, Iron Steel, Nails, &c* which are offered low for cash or country produce * \VM lflRIMM) On C consignment. THE subscribers have just received o lot of prime BACON and LARD, put up by Mr. Robinson, of Fairfield, which they offer at the lowest prices for cash. MURRAY & BONNEY. Feb. '20. :jii:j POETRY. Published bv bequest. COUSINS. Had you ever a Cousin, Tom? Did your Cousin liajipon to sing? Sisters, we'vo all by the dozen Tom, But a Cousin's different thing; And you'd find, if ever you had kiss'd hor, Tom, (But lot this be a secret between us) That your lips would havo been in a blister, Tom, For they're not of tlio sister genus. There is somotliing, Tom, in a sister's lip, When you give lior a good night kiss, That savors so much of relationship, That nothing occurs amiss: But a Cousin's lip, if you onco unite With your's in the quietest way, Instead of sleeping a wink that night, You'll be dreaming the following day. And people think it no harm Tom, With a Cousin to hoar you talk; And 110 0110 feels any alarm, Tom, At a quiet cousinly walk; But, Tom, you'll soon find what I happen to know, Such walks often grow into straying, A .,J ?i.? i??. ??Xiiu nit yi v>tuniiiD uit Puiiiuiiiiito ow itu > Heaven only knows what they'll be saying! And then thoro happen so often, Tom, Soft pressure of hands and fingers, And looks that were mould to soften, Tom, And looks on which memory lingers; And long ere your walk is half over, tho strings Of your heart arc put all into play, By the sound of those demi-sialcrly things, In not quite tho most brotherly way. A: id tho voice of a sistormny bring to you Tom, Such tales as the angols woo, But I fear if your Cousin should sing to you Tom, You'd take her for an angel too; For so curious a note is that note of thoir's, TI..I 111 ii.?j ; jLiiai JUUJI iau\s\ uiv WJUC uiut b u 1 ' Hap boon all the while singing National Airs, Instead of the Psalms of David. I oneo had a Cousin that sung, Tom, And hor name may bo nameless now, Put the sound of those songs is still young Tom, Though we no longer are so. 'Tis folly to droain of a bower of green, "When thoro is not a loaf on tho treo; Put 'twixt walking and singing that Cousin has been, God forgive her! the ruin of me. VARIETY. j A till wedding?Four pcrsor.3 were lately mar. 1 rind in Virginia, whoso united height makes 23 feet. ! The grooms are each six feet six inches high, and the ; brides siv feet. I.nolr out for n rnno of rrinnta b- ? A follow .asked the meaning of "Reward," tho j oilier day?"why," said another, "it means sometimes ' five dollars and sometimes ten, and I have known it run up as high as fifty." "Pro it wny.n ycc'he Yorxo."?A lad of fitcon years of ago has lately beon sued for a breach of proi misr, by a girl in Maine, one yearyoungor than himI self. Here is "sinh a good 'un" from the N. Y. Sunday Morcti'y: A Blunder ncss.?Kissing the cow, instead of the 1 milk maid. Again.?They arc about stirring up the gamblors in Yieksburg again. One of the papers gives notico 1 n tl.i* frtlnritlftr 4 r\ Ka mnvinrr in timn ...? V W WW IIIWIHIp All l(IUlr| "You'll .CARCB nxrECT OXS OK !U> ABE."?The , Springfield (Muss.) Journal makes mention of a Mrs. ! Birrit, who had twins at tho age of sixty! In a rccont trial for a breach of promise of marriage, at Wert Chostcr, Pa. Miss Eliza Ann White recovered #1500 damages from a fickle svrain named Albort Hiname. ScnooLUABTEn.?"Well, Miss, can you decline a l;iss?n CIjrl.?dropping a curtsey-?"Yes, sir, I can?but I hato to, most plaguily.'' 1 "Tommy, have you got tho ducks in?' "Yes, sir.' ! "All of tlrom?" "Yes, sir." Did you count them?' "Yes sir." "IIow many ws there?" "One." "That's ! ritrht, mv bov." How to obtain* Lixar Cavstic.?Strain old moonshine through a hair scivo. "Sister Naxce and Tnn Aoer "?Wc were travolling not long ginco in Illinois, and called at a houso noar the road side to solicit a drink of water, when the following conversation occurred: "Woll, my boy, how long havo you lived here?" "I don't know sir, but mother says ever since I was born.'' "Havo you any brothers and sisters?-' "Yes, a fow." "IIow many?" "Ten or 'levcn, T reckon." "Pretty healthy hero, is'nt it?" "Yes; but sometimes wo have a Iittlo agcr." "Any of you got it now?" "Yes, a few on us goin' to havo the shakes this af! tcrnocn." j "IIow many?" "Why, all on us, except sister Nance, and she is sich a darnation cross crittur tho agcr wont tako on '.cr; and if it did, she is so contrary she would't shako no how you could fix her!" Lord Chcsterfiold's physicians having informed him that ho was dying "by inches," he thanked Heaven that ho was not so tall by a foot and a half as Sir Thomas Robinson. If every one would mind his own business, Ihorr 1 wouM l\c aoro business done. On the first page of to-day's paper we publish a communication relative to the election of our next Gov. We consider is too soon to agitate the subject, but as it has been discussed by every paper in the State, there may be no impropriety in giving the views of our correspondent a place in the Mountaineer. As the election of Governor is made by the Legislature in this State, it generally excites but little interest with the people. There are three gentlemen spoken of for that office, viz. Col. Richardson, Judge David Johnson and Col. Hammond.? Wc have very little duobt but Col. R. will be the one selected for the office, notwithstanding the opposition of a fewviolent partizans. He belonged to the Union pary throughout the Nullification contest, and will probably be opposed by some of the members of the then dominant party. He is said to be in favour of the present Administration and the Sub-Trcaj ury, and will therefore meet with o'ppo1 sition from the friends of Mr. Clay and the j Banks, who were attached to both the old J j parties. Col. Richardson is a gentleman j ! of fine talents, and has filled the various posts to which he has been called, with honor to himelf and satisfaction to his constituents. We know of no man in the | State who is better qualified to fill the Gubernatorial chair, and we shall be highly gratified if he is selected for that station. The nomination was first made by the former opponents of Col. R., and was inintended as a kind of salvo for healing the divisions which recently prevailed in this; state and more firmly cementing the union i that now exists. Under these considerations l _i ...? K_:i ,i.~ :?' U1UIIU, \vc na:i niu uwiilliiaiiuii a.? uiu wiwsi appropriate that could have been made Mountaineer. EARTHQUAKE IN BURMAII. The following account of the earthquake in Burmah in March last, is from the pen of the Rev. Eugene Kincaid, a Baptist Missionary who has resided several years in that country. It is from a letter addressed to Dr. Paine, N. Y. On the 23d of March, between three | j and four in the morning, Ava was visited with one of the most terrible earthquakes 1 ever known in this part of the world. A* ,loud rumbling noise, hkc me roar or ! distant thunder, was heard, and in an ini stantj the earth began to reel from cast to : west with motions so rapid and voilcnt,1 that jicople were thrown outtflptheir beds,1 and obliged to support themselves by laying holdof posts. Boxes and furniture were thrown from side to side with violence, similar to what takes place on board a ship in a severe storm at sea. The waters some times with great impetuosity, strewing the shores with the wrecks of boats and buildings. The plains between Umcrapora and the river were rent into vast yawning caverns, running from north to south, and from ten to twenty feet in width. Vast quantities of water and black sand were thrown upon the surface emitting at the same time a strong sulphurous smell. As you will suppose, the three cities of Ava, Umcrapora, and Sagaining, are vast piles of ruins, burying in their fall great numbers of people jwho were asleep at the awful moment. The destruction ol me, However, is not so great as it might havebeen expected from the entire overthrown of three large and populous cities. The reason Is, the great mass of the people live in wood and bamboo houses. Had the houses in these cities been built of bricks and stones, as houses in America the population must, have perished. Ever}' thing built of brick ?houses, monasl cries, temples, & the citywalls are all crumbled down. Of all immense numbers of pagodas in Ava, Umerapora, and Sagaing, and on the Sagaing hills opposite to Ava, not one is standing. The labor and wealth of ages, the pride j and glory of Boodhism, has been laid low in the dust, in one awful moment. To me this is a deeply afflicting thought; in great numbers of those proud temples of idolatry, I have preached the gospel; and while hundreds were bowing down before huge idols have proclaimed jtho power, the majesty, and glory of that I Almighty Being who sits enthroned in ; j the highest heavens; that the day was at hand when God would vindicate the honor of his name; and that all these proud monuments of heathenism would fall into hopeless ruin, and be forgotten by succeeding generations. Some were convinced, some had their confidence in idols shaken, but the great multitude were quite indifferent. Some few would zealously defend their roligion. Little did I think that the hour of God,s vengenance was at the door, and that so soon these enormous idols and lofty temples the labour of thirty generations, were to become a mass of frightful ruins. Letters from Ava up to the 11 th of April, inform us that the rumbling noise, noise, like distant thunder, had not yet ceased; and shocks often considerably violent were felt day and night with gel dom as much as one hours intermission The extent of the great shock, or rathe: succession of great shocks, on the morning of the 2.3d of march is not yet fully ascertained. It was so severely felt at Mauimain, that many sprang out of bed, supposing a gang of theives had broken into the house; yet it was not violent enough to do any damage. As far as is now as .1 CJ I. n n.l asuci tauicu, i IUJUC IU uiu c*>mui, anu Bomcc to the north of Ava, were entirely overthrown by the earthquake, so that from Prome to China, more than six hundred miles north and south, embracing the most populous part of the empire, not a single pagoda, temple, or a brick building, is left standing. The eartquake was severe in Arrocan, an old volcano, on the 1 island of Bromee, was re-opened, and the long concealed fires, mingled with smoke and ashes, rose to a fearfiil height. It remains to be ascertained yet, how far this great earthquake extended into China, but as there are several volcanoes a- , mong the mountains between Burmah and China, it is more than probable to me that there are subterranean communications between the volcanoes of the north, and the vlcanoes of the south, as among the mountains between Arracan and Burrnah, <fc in the Island of Bromee, and also on the Andeman island in the Martiban gulf. The two extremes are moic than one thousand miles apart, in a direct line north and south. But the fact that the whole intermediate country was shaken at the same moment, a prodigious subterranean noise was heard, resembling the rolling of thunder, I think, satisfactory evidence that there are subterranean communications between these widely separated volcanoes. How else can we ac-:, count for so terrible an earthquake over so vast an extent of country ? The coincidence of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, is not remarkable, but that several hundred miles of territory, with all its mountains and rivers; should be thrust up and thrown into undulating motion at the same moment of time, accompanied by sounds from the centre of the earth, like the rolling of thunder, are phenomena which cannot be accounted for on any other supposition than that of vast subtcrranoan lines of communication be-; tween volcanic mountains. Baptist Rcgestr Lingering Delay.?From a resolution offered in the Upper Canada llouseof As- j sembly, it appears that certain go,Id and silver medals, sent out by the British Gov-1 crnmcnt for distribution arnoung the offices j and privates of the militia who dis-j tinguished themselves in the war of 1SI2'i hayo remained ever since in the province. ~ ~ "" ~ 7 " I f ' . undistrbutcd, and are now deposited in the Bank of Upper Canada; and in the meantime, is more than probable, most of the parties who ought to have received them have gone to a world where there arc neither enemies to fight nor military schicvcments to be rewarded There is a county in Virginia, where the land is so sterile that when the wind is at the north-west, they have to tie the children to keep them from being blown away; when the dogs bark they have to lean against the fence; the grass hoppers cry themselves to death for the | lark of food: the horses are so thin that I it takes twelve to make a shadow; and I when they kill a beef they have to hold the animal up to knock him down. Talk about soft soddcr ?there's nobody on arth can put it into a chap so smooth | as a handsome gal. Somehow they melt it with their smiles, till it sinks int^ his heart afore he knows it.?Jonathan Slick. Lost wealth may be regained by a course ! of industsy, the wreck of health repaired J 1 rnrrrntton lrnnirlor]rrp roe. UY ixriiiuri cuiva- ^ u.? M..v^.hv ?wtored by study?alienated friendship soothed into forgiveness?even fojfcited reputation won back by penitence and virtue. But who ever again looked upon his vanished honor? recalled his slighted years and stamped them with wisdom? or effaced from heaven's record, the fearful blot of a wasted life. The difference.?When an individual suspends, or censes to pay his debts, they draw interest till he resumes, and be escapes well if he does not pay .cost also: but when a bank refuses to rcilcc.;: its notes, the holder >f them instead of receiving in terest nn the amount, mu-l submit to a discount in getting them off his hands. ___ __ ] Whiskey drinking never conducted wealth into a man's pocket, happiness to his family or respectability to his character ?therefore whiskey is a non conductor, and consequently it is best to let it alone ?nevertheless, we can't resist a good whiskey punch of a co'd night if pressed to drink. SPEECH OF MR. CALilOUN, OF SOl'TIX CAIUUIS.V. In Snide, WcJucnky, February 5, 18 40 ?On Mr. OnuMJi B report irj relation to the assumption oj' the debts of tho of the Sta^s by the Federal. Governmcnt. CONCLUDED. IIow much wiser for all would be the opposite system of low duties, with tho market of the world opened to our great agricultural staples? The effects would be a vast increase of cur exports, with a corresponding increase of the capacity to consume on the part of the South and West, making them rich and contented customers, instead of impoverished and discontented rivals of the other section. It is time that this subject should be regarded in its trne light. The protective system is neither more nor less than a war on the exports. I again repeat, if we cannot import, we cannot long export; and just as we cut oft' or burden the imports, to the same extent do we, in effect, cut off and burden the exports. This I have long seen, and shall now proceed to prove, by reference to the public documents, that my assertion is sustained by facts. The table of exports shows that during the seven years from 1824 to 1831, our domestic ex- * ports remained nearly stationary, notwithstanding the great increase of our population during that period. Your statute booh wiil show that during the same period, the protective system was in its greatest vigor. The first relaxation took place in December, 1830, under the act of tho 2Gth May, of the same year, which made a great deduction in the duties on coffee and tea. I shall now turn to the table and give the exports of domestic articles for those years, beginning with 1824. Here Mr. C. read the following statement: In 1624 the domestic oxnortB wcro $50,549,500 1825 " " " 66,944,745 1826 " ? ? 53,055.710 1827 " " " 53,921,G91 1828 " " ? 66,669,669 1829 " " ? 55,700,133 1830 " " " 59,452,029 If we take the average of the three first and the three last of these years, we shall find the former three million and a half greater than the latter, showing an actual falling off, instead of an increase to that extent in our exports. With 1831, the reduction of duties commenced on the articles mentioned: and in December, 1833, the first great reduction took place under the compromise act. I shall turn to the same table beginning with 1831, and read a statement of the exports for eight years under the approach to the free trade system. It is but an approach. I invite especial attention to tne rapia rise, after the great reduction in December, 1833. Li 1831 the domestic exports woro $61,227,052 1832 ? ? ' 63,137,470 1833 ?' ' " 70,317,170 1834 " " " 81,831,162 1835 ? * ? 101,133,082 1836 " '? " 106,916,680 1837 " " " 93,56!,-114 1833 ' " " 96.033.821 How rapid the rise just as the weights are removed! The increase since the great reduction in 1833, has nearly doubled the average exports, compared with the average of the seven tariff years preceding 1831, and would have quite doubled them had not the expanded and deranged condition of the currency and the consequent embarrassment of commerce prevented it. But what will appear stil! more extraor? dinary to those who have not reflected on the operation of the protective system, is the great increase of the exports of our domestic manufactures, as the duties go r>fT, following, in that respect, the same law* that regulates the exports of the great agricultural staples. It is a precious fact, that speaks volumes, and w hich demands the serious consideration of the manufacturing portion of the Union. I well remcm bcr the sanguine expectations of the friends of the system of the great increase of tha exports of domestic manufactures which they believed would follow the tariff of 1S28. Well, now we have the result of experience, under that act, and also, under I hat of a partial return to free trade, and the result is exactly the reverse of the anticipations of the friends and advocates of protection. So far from increasing under the tariff of I32S, the exports of manufactured articled actually dhvuni: i:vd. vri 'In they have rapidly increased just as they have gone oh". But the talilc nf exports will speak for itself. During the four years, under tho tariiF of '2t, that is, from that year till 'Si), when the tariff of ''2ft went into operation, the exports of domestic manufactures gradually declined from 8">,7:29.797. in the year *27. to 8f>..">iS,3"?4 in the year '2ft.? From that time it steadily declined under the tariff of '28, each succeeding year showing a falling off compared with the preceding, till '33, declining throughout the