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Till; CAMDEN JOURNAL Published every Saturday Morning, BY THO.TI4S W. PEGEES, Publisher nf the I* tioi of the Union. At three dollars in ji'Jvr.?.w, ti.ree dollars and fifty cents i.i six months; or tour dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 conts per square for tho first, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion.? The number of insertions io bo noted on all advertise " ' . it - ?.:i ?j??.l mcnts, or tfiey will ne puunsnea uniu uaiua-u >u ut discontinued, and charged accordingly. Onedollai per squ ire wil' ho charged for a single insertion. Scmi-ino..cnly, Monthly and Qurtcrly advertise, mcnts will be charged the same as new ones each in eertion. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, ant Communications recommending Candidates for pub. ic Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, wil! bo charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will b< presented for payment, quarterly. 0"AU Letters by mail must be post paid to insutt punctual attention. COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. SIC.JUVAT ME PERIRE. By the Village Curate. Why shouldst thou dread, O my anxious soul, To find at the last thine hour of rest? Tho' wild each shock Of the tempest's wrath; and billows roll? To thy nest, wounded bird, to thy nest, In safety's Rock! What tho' there came o'er the fond young heart Glad hopes that once liv'd, but liv'd to die, In mem'ry's droam? On rush thy foes?fast speeds the wing'd dart, Fly, panting Roe, to thy covert fly, And lifo's sweet stream! Hope cheering throws o'er the wanderer's doom, Its ray of light from the troubled sky, Shining afar; And gleaming beyond tho stormy tomb? Port! riAod Bark! to the Port on high, Thy light house star! When, Spiritfthc storms of life shall cease And thou, o'er the wreck on wild rocks driv'n, Alono must sighWhen mercy hangs out tho bow of pcaee; And points thy way to the door of Heav'n Then lot mo die! Then let me die, whilst Angola' feet Scorn lightly to tread around thy grave. In bright array, As twilight hues of ev'ning meet Upon the faco of the doep blue wave, And fade away! And, Spirit! hark! as the Angol throng, Chanting their jubileo hymn pnee more, Come fleeting by, Mingle thy voice in that tide of song, To molt upon the eternal shoreSo let me die! FOR THE JOURNAL. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. KERSHAW DISTRICT. The Grand Inquest would respectfully suggest to the Legislature the propriety of examining the affairs of the several-B^Tllcs all of thera have forfeited their charters by over issues or refusal to redeem their paper, to annul the same immediately, as they have been productive of no good, but much evil, causing a spirit of speculation allied to gambling. We think it the duty of our Legislature to protect the people as far as they ran from fluctuation in the'money value of produce,{&c. but their protection cannot be afforded while there are a large number of Banks with small capitals, which, instead of co-operating for the good of the community, are often working against each other end forindividual interest, by increasing the capital of the Bank of the State sufficient te meet the want6 of the community, and if thought advisable, for the better management, to take in private stockholders to half the amount of the capital; fixing the rate of interest to them paid at per cent, per annum?establishing branches where the necessity of trade require them. The profits of such an institution would soon pay the debt of the State and render taxation unnecessary. On the subject of Retailing Spirituous Liquors, wc think the Licence Law should be wholly repealed, making the retailing of small quantities to be drank at the place retailed a high misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment. Or if preferred by the State, to receive the wages of ininuitv. that imnrisonment not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the Court be added to the fine as a part of the punishment, for retailing without License.? By imprisonment only, can it be stopped, for it is notorious that insolvents carry on the practice in defiance of the law as it now stands. W. E. IIIJGIISON, Foreman. On Iteming these presentments read, it is ordered that they be published in the paper published in Catnden, and that copies be made out and furnished to the Senator and Members of the House of Kepresen tntives of Kershaw District, to be laid b fore the Legislature ai their uext sessio JOHN BELTON O'NEAL, Presiding Judge. Camden, Spring Term, 1840. FOR THE JOURNAL. Mr Editor: I learn from an editorial a tide in your last paper, that by a Resol lion of the Legislature, the State Taa are required to be collected in specie, t denotes of specie paying Banks. Does that Resolution also require tl the public creditors of S. Carolina sh - -1 J.? .r receive payment in me noies oj specie pe ing Banks? and could the Legislature cc stitutionally, and in good faith have doi so? I presume not. I Are not the salaries of our Judges ai all other public servants fixed with ref< , ence to specie, and payable at the pub treasury acccordingly? i Are the notes of any interior Bank eq\ valent to (convertible into,) specie, at t > Treasury of South Carolina at Charlesto (the Bank of the State,) or any where els ! in Charleston? They are not so; but on the contrai are, notoriously, at 2 to 4 per cent, d count, compared with specie. Would any public creditor roluntari receive such note from the Treasury, (t Bank of the State?) or ought they to tendered at all? Surely not. What, then, shall the Bink of the Sia do? She is, imperatively, required to 7 . - i . * il ceive me notes; out cannot pay mem a to the public creditors. 1 repeat, the what shall she do? There is but one t tentative-?she must convert them into sp cie at the broker's counter, at a loss from 2 to 4 percent, or convert them the counters of the Banks whence th< came, into that, which they promise to pa and which will be a legal tendei to tl creditors of the State. But there is to be great difficulty ai distress, you say, in consequence of su< conversion? Well: who are to blame? Not the Bat of the State, certainly?her duty is imp rative?-Not the Legislature, for an act common honesty--rNot the public credi or, for requiring his honest dues. Who. then? THE BANKS! who, rec lessly promise what they cannot perfor without convulsing the country; or wl choose to throw it into convulsions rath than incur the trifling expense of aboi 1-100 part of their last year's gains, ar thereby avert the tremendous conseque ces of contracting their circulati n $800 000 in sixty days! I say 8800,000, because you estimaw the amount of specie at 8200,000 whit will be required of them; and I assuu their present circulation at four paper di lars to one of specie: and their curt.iilme (as you do,) in the same proportion. And, I say it would nut cost them mo; than 1-100 of their last year's gains, b cause the aggregate capitals of the intcrii Banks is about two and a h.df millions, at their profits including surpluses, periiaj on an average of 15 per cent, or abo 8375,000; while the cost of providing 820 000, in specie, or its eauivalp?Ar-'.:. mi the supposeitdem^hM for will n uit uriutiarjr t; Accuse ut pnM;uiiii^ exceed $3,000, or 1-125 n-n of their i come tor the Jast year, according the data stated; which is net material erroneous. I am aware that exchatij on N.York i s nominally at 3 percent, consequence of its being paid for in deprct ated currency (BankNotes.) So, eicliang in Philadelphia on New York isseienp cent, premium?but we must put them the specie test, and then it will be foui that sight bills on New York could be hi in Philadelphia at a mere trifle, oratpc and in Charleston at a small premium. Will our interior Banks incur the ti fling K,ss stated above, to meet a tcmpor ry demand for specie, in consideration their great dividends and surpluses, at their legal and moral obligations; or w; they inflict on the country the curse such a contraction as you predict? They must not evade their own respo sibility, and attempt to make others tl scape goats of their iniquities. Th< must not assume, with you, that the pub! creditors will prefer their depreciated m ney to solid coin or its absolute equivale, where payable??No man in his sens would do so. " Whom the bods intend destroy they first make mad." PRE MONITOR. Extraordinary Fasting?Calv;n Mo gan, of Groton, Connecticut, on the 28 of November last, commenced a fast forty days from all food, taking nothir but a little cold water, say hulf a pint every twenty-four hours for the who time. During the latter part of his a stinence, he was visited by the physicii of the place almost every day. He w able to go about and continued to do >. even in the very cold days of last week.In twenty one) days of his abstinence, im lum sed unum evacuationem habuil; h pulse varied from 40 to 50 in a minut and very feeble; and there was nothin but once, to indicate any activity of tl bowels. On Tuesday evening of the pr sent month, with his mind tranquil ai pleasant, he commenced eating; and r the afternoon of the 10th instant, his ph sician called to visit him, but found hi absent on a visit to his father, who resid about three miles from this place. It a pears thai Mr. Morgan has been actuati by some religious motive in the above lii of conduct, and has depended upon fai for his support through all his troubles.If he has had no other sustenance, sure e- the (lays of miracles is not passed. He i n a member of the Methodist church and man remarkable for his piety and probity N. Y. Star. From the Baltimore Post. Suffering among the Free Blacks.Few persons have any conception of th r" wretchedness and suffering among th u- free black population of this city at th :es present time. We wish some of the f< or natic readers of the northern abolitionisi could witness some of the scenes of mis< iat ry ^at daily come under the notice of th aU distributing committees for the poor. ' ,y. it did not forever seal their lips on the sul in. ject of slavery, it would at least softe ne the asperities of their warfare against i A gentleman engaged as one of the di: ml tributing committee in seeking out objec sr- requiring relief, mentioned to us the fo lie lowing, as a fair representation of almo innumerable cases in the lanes and allej u- of the city. |ie On the first floor of a small tenemen ,n? about ten feet square, he found a famil je? of eight blacks, comprising a man, tw women and five children. The aduli [J* were part.ally covered with a few miser; ls" ble rags, but the children were entirel naked. They were without fire, withoi 1^ food, without a bed, or any thing to kee them from freezing, but a quantity < straw and a few rags in one corner of th lte room. e. On the second floor of the same hov< vt was another family of three persons; n, man, his wife and child. The wife ws tl- laying sick upon a few shavings on th ie- floor, covered only with a piece of an ol of carpet. In other respects the conditio al of the inmates was the same as those i ' y the room below, with the exception th? y? they had the luxury of a few dying en "e bers, the remains of a handful of tan bef , ged from a tan yard. But these were nc \ sufficient to protect their feet from bein c frost bitten. lk In the cellar was another family of sc e. ven persons, in a condition equally desti tute, and with the additional inconver Uoi ttt/NM/V *Unr? Uo If U A rtollnt* KaI [?. iciltc iiiat uiuic inaii nail cn^ i>vuiu wvc torn was covered with water. In a par k- tially dry corner these seven persons liv m and sleep, emerging from their whole on 10 ly to beg or steal such scanty provision er as will sustain life. ut Such is one picture among hundred that might be drawn of the starvation n" wretchedness, and misery amongst th *?* free blacks, whilst thei-e is not a slave ii the city that is not well fed, well clothec well lodged, and every way comfortabl; *1 provided for. The abolitionists are n (l_ friends to the slaves when they urge tiici nt immediate emancipation. The followingexquisite, interesting an< r* very passionate billet-doux was written b; a * a person who has for some time figured a Mj a poet: and is dedicated to all the admi p3! rers of chivalry throughout the globe. 1 llt si recommended particularly to tlios 0. whose fairjnistreases are disposed to n. "ei ject the offerings of Ciijrid?and nevt ot know that it 'In Hymen's sweet endearing lot n- They may improve the scene, 11 Tiiat some may be when they ore not, ly To tell that they have been.' Dearest Miss: in It is with pleasure that I ai si- siime the wonderful task of private at dress to your honor. Notwithstanding til er many bars of obstruction which travers l" the course of mvmind by other studies [1' is impossible to impede the pure streai of affection which flows like an irresistc ir' ble torrent from its native fountain. Dciu rj_ ests minion of interior delight!I! were " appnsed of an equivalent blaze of cor 0f stant partiality burning in the breast c 1(j inimitable beauty, it would surpass th PI power of human utterance to develop of the mystic animation fluttering in the ca binet of transport! BuJ alas! in my pre n- sent condition of mind I can but sadl; ie languish into a gloomy anticipation of un iy favorable success, having no manner oral ic ly to express my fond regard for one ij o- whose breast I feel willing to repose th< nt trust cf my life. Consequently I sit a H6 one retired and a one, in a desert of se to questration with a mind encircled by th< twilight of suspence meditating those fa vorite beauties burried in the gloom c distance. Hence on 'he pinion of thought ,r" hv the licrhl of fanr.v mv heart steals awav ?J --p- J ?J ? l" drawn by the magnet of affection to so licit a smile from your heavenly visage.? Could you but trace your faithful admire jp brooding pendant on the verge of despon dency, ready to relinquish the last bean in of hope playing dimly on the visage o as doubt would it not inspire a sympathetii 50 emotion in your tender breast or conver _ a petrified heart into a fountain of pity \l But all the magazine of eloquent gallant ii- ry is vain if never touched with the fin e, of affection. Still I trust that a series o g, intimacy may inspire an equal flame o if reciprocal fire fanned by the wing of re e* flection 'till faithful Hymen shall strike th< 1(1 note of conjugal harmony, and the stream in of friendship flow together in the conflu: y~ ef a torrent, mingling in eternal ecstaci ^ never to fall till the wheel of life shall tin and mortality terminate in Death!! 2d Wit Out-Witted.?A well-dressed fel fie low came Jo the shop of a pork-butcher th and asked for a yard of pork, when thi ? pojk butcher' without hesitation, cut hin ly off three feet (pigs? feet.) S OF THE CONTEMPT OF WOMANa HOOD. r? Of one in the dark age, who was the gloomiest of bigots and the most ruthless of persecutors, it is storied, that " he ne_ ver looked into the face of a woman, or e spoke to one." ie In like manner, " Aside the Devil turned," L. when the first of female forms presented Lg itself before him. Woman was the last best gift" to man: and what though she was first in the trans[f gression? Was she not principal, too, in the restoration? When the Divine Restorer ,n born of a woman, was in poverty and need, who were they that ministered tc 3. him? Women. When the disciples had ts fled through fear, who stood by, and sc deeply sympathised in his last agonies, unst dismayed by the ferocious countenances ,3 of the murderous thong? Women. Whc so affectionately prepared the embalming spicery, and were the first to visit the say cred tomb? Women. To whom have al r0 the after generations been most indebtec t3 for the pious culture of infancy and child hood? To Women. |y The Eternal Wisdom has, if I ma) use the expression, cast the minds of the p two sexes in different moulds, each being destined to act in a sphere peculiarly it< ie own. " For contemplation he, and valour formed, For softness she, and swoet attractive grace." a The one is destined and fitted for the ls more active and perilous scenes; the othei e for the duties and trials of domestic life; ^ the one to protect, the other to lean or n the arm of her protector: the one to exn hibit the sterner virtues; the other, the lt milder: the one possessing more of active courage; and the other, more of fortitude, r_ of resignation, and of unweariable patience, and more of the benevolent affec? tions. This is nature's distinctive line, which, on the part of female character, can ne_ ver be overleaped without producing disgust or ridicule. Hence it is, that, of all affectation, none is more displeasing than a woman's affecting spirit and manner of e the other sex. We have a sort of admiration of the heroic intrepidity of Spartan g ladies; of tlieir contempt of danger; of the stoical apathy, or rather ex with g which they received the news of their j j sons and husbands dying bravely in battle. g We admire tncm as prodigies, dui neunei n love nor esteem them as women. And I why is it that the atheistical fair is regar' ded with such singular horror? Why is 3 the foul oath, the heaven-daring blaspher my, doubly horrible in the ear of decency, when proceeding from the lips of woman? It is because we contrast the outJ rage with the attributes of timidity, geny tleness, delicacy and sensibility, belongs ing more particularly to the sex. i- One of the most deplorable wants in t woman, is the want of jearl; the want e of j^nuine^ssgfe&fr, 61 t'ho racfTcal al' liJrfecrioh ofsympathy and benevolence. Ii ir is a want, for which neither beauty, noi wit, nor the rarest accomplishments o person or mind can by any means com pensate. On the other hand, the most attractive graces of the female character arc not the artificial and showy, but those ol a meek and quiet spirit, and of beneficcm s- dispositions, gnideo by moral principle." 1- and discretion of sound sense;?in a word ic graces the same that our holy religion ine culcates and inspires, it In the fair daughters of Eve, domestic n excellence is the predominating excellence i- in comparison with which all the ornaments that literature or manners can be I stow, are as tinsil compared with fine gold. IIow much soever yet still more f doth she contribute, when she acts the e woman, to alleviate the pains of adversie I tv. In our sickness and sorrows she is i" j indeed as " a ministering angel." What ! heart is so sympathetic? What hand is so y soothing? Who awaits the sick bed with i- most care, with most assiduity, with the - < most inexhaustable patience? Who, in 11 spite of feebleness of frame, foregoes S'lsleep, arid patiently endures a course of s remitless watchings of incredible length? -1 Woman contributes to refining and am21 plifving the innocent pleasures of health - ami prosperity. Who, so often, devotes * life, and the pleasures of life, to the needs of a helpless parent; to the solitary cham'? ber of decrepit age? It is woman; the well - educated, the enlightcd, the christian wo man. r Poor people down in Maine have a sin* gular method of keeping warm during the 1 cold nights of winter. They have a buck2 wheat cake made large enough to cover t the entire bed. like a quilt, and spread over '! il " piping hot," at the time of retiring. When made of sufficient thickness, it ree tains its heat until morning, when, if he f if is too lazy to rise, he can make a good f breakfast by eating off the edges as he lies, 3 A Disappointment.?Some person or s persons broke into this office last night, t sometime after 9 o'clock. They forced . both doors. What was their object we do 1 not know, unless it was plunder. If the thieves sought money, they were sadly disappointed?they went to "the goat's house - to seek for wool," when they thought to get , money in a printing office. Perhaps they e mistook our location for that of our neighi bours of the Marine Bank. Look out fori the ra<=cnl?.~ $ai\ Telegraph Kth in*t. QAiaiDaa CAMDEN, S. OAROZaZXTA. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28,1840 UWo bog our patrons to excuse us for giving thera but half a paper this week. Our only JourI neyman has taken it into his head to go on a frolic, and has left tho proprietor alone to print the paper. Acting upon the old adage, however, that " half a ' loaf is better than no bread," we give them what We have got ready, and trust that we shall not often have I to auk their indulgence. We have engaged the serII vices of a steady Printer, and'hope soon to be able to I. make up for all deficiencies. ' TPilt>PD?wrp mnrnunrrt. I UUiUlVU 1'ltiL k Xxl VT > Wo have scarcely ever seen in Camden, a larger audience than attended the temperance meeting, at ; the Presbyterian Church on last Tuesday evening. > The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. r R. B. Campbell, after which, the Hon. John B. O'. ! Neall rose and addressed the meeting in a strain of | animated olcquence, which we have never heard sur[ passed. For two hours he commanded the most earnest attention of his audience. We cannot of course, pretend to follow him in liis argument; but r we may be permitted to say, that, in our opinion, he covered the whole ground, meeting and combatting successfully, evsry objection which we have over beard urgod.?He exhibited the evils of intemperance in al. most every point of light; in all the relations of life, civil, social, political and religious; its effects on the physical and mental character?showing its blight ing and destroying influence whoreever it makes its ' appearanco. Ho proved, conclusively that legislative action was essentially necessary for the entire de! struction of tliis monster vice, and that the legislat ture not only had the right, but it was imperatively its duty to interpose, and use its power in drying up ! the fountains which perpetuate intemperance, by ; prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits in small quanti. ( tics, to be drank where sold. The address, in every , point of view was one of the ablest we have ever . heard, and cannot fail to be productive of much good. It was a noble specimen of Carolina eloquence, warm from a heart full of patriotism and christian philanthropy. We are indebted to the Hon. Jaues Rogers for pamphlet copios of public documents. Col. James Gadsden has been unanimously elcctad President of the Louisville, Cincinnati, and ; Charleston Rail Road Company. At an election, held on the 7 th inst. for Colonel of the 22d Regiment S. C. M. to supply the vacancy occasioned by the doatli of Col. John ChesnL'T, Maj. ' J. C. Haile was elected, by a majority of 75 votes, . over Lieut. Col. S. S. Taylor. ; For the last week we bare had constant showers . of rain, some of them accompanied with thnnder and . lightning, which is a littlo surprising for the season. , Yesterday (Wednesday,) wp had a genuine rainy day, , here, though within a few miles of this place, we learn that there was both sleet and- snow. This morning the earth waa covered with a white frost, which has destroyod all tender vegetation. The Kitchen Gardens, which were uncommonly forward, have been greatly injured. Flora's dominions Save, -Lhowever. escaped unhurt; the roses and lilies, wood. ' tune aiiJmvacihlh, "tviui a iiuinber'oi earij- vistlanta of spring, rear their heads triumphantly above their ^ less hirdy neighbors. " * SOUTHERN LADIES' BOOK. The first number of this periodical, issued in Janu. 5 ary last, has just reached us, from Macon, Geo. It f contains 61 pages of interesting articles in poetry and I prose. Among the latter, we notice, as the best, an ; address on Female Education, by the Rev. George F. " , Pierce, one of its Editors. The principal design in ^ . the publication of tliis work is for the development v and encouragement of Southern talent, and we do be. > liovc, with its proprietors, that such a periodical de. i serves, and will receive the support of the South, and of the ladies particularly, to whom the Book contains a very able and interesting appeal. We should ; t like to publish the whole of it, but for its length?we | will, however, give a short extract:?"Is there no i 't i Stato pride?no generous ambition?no Southern spi. i rit?no glowing emulation?no desire for personal : improvement, on which wo car operate? Cannot ' the latent energies of Georgia's sons and daughters be sprung to noble deeds in behalf of literature? Or : 1 shall all thoir fuir thoughts remain locked up in the ~f 1 prison house of inglorious indolence?" We trust 1 not?and as the remarks arc equally applicable to Carolina, we hope' our fair friends will come forward ( i with their talents, to the assistance of our sister .. State, and that before this year has closed, " The Book" shall equal, if not surpass, all its predecessors and contemporaries. We are informed by the Editors that tho present number has been issued under great disadvantages, end consequently cannot be considored altogether a lair specimen, but the other 1 numbers will soon be forthcoming. M The Ladies' Companion.?Tho March number of-A this elegant work has reached us, containing ite usual ^ interesting variety, its tame is too wen esiaDiisneo, j to require any commendation from us; we believe we j were among the very first to welcome it in the com. * mencemcnt of its career, and it is with great pleas- v iure wc have witnessed its constant and steady pro. gression to its present state of unrivalled perfection. '. ' This number contains a splendid plate of spring fash- j ions, with four figures; an engraving of Eastport and j Passamaquoddy Bay, and a ballad set to music. Blood Hounds?Affecting Incident.? I Governor Reid has communicated to the | Legislature of Florida a message on the , subject of Indian affairs. His Excellency \j thinks that two regular and two volunteer U.lnn.lfli- oil onli.lnH dn.tnir war would be sufficient to bring it to a successful close ?I He suggests that the pay of cavulry or \ dragoons should be allowed them; and ah Jjfl so a bounty of land of 320 acres to eaeh^dB private, and to the officers|in proportion?- [J to be bestowed upon the final establishment I of peace. 'M The Governor introduces into his Mes- 9 ' sage the deeply touching and affecting inci- 9