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, THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. . t: ' .t , M | || | |jjji_|__L J1JI I j I I j 11J11 L.I i.l HL.'.l I ' ' ill " tAEWSEKIES.] VOL. 1. CARDE1V, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY) APRIL 11, 1840. Xo. 20. - BKOTSIER JONATHAN, * TIIE LARGEST PAPER IN TIIE WORLD!!! Tlis proprietors of this mammoth shoot, t!ic 'Groat Western" asnang the Newspapers, have the pleasure -of spreading before t!ie reading public, a weekly periodical, containing a greater amount and variety of / useful and entertaining miscellany, than is to bo found in any similar publication in the world. E ich number of the paper contains as largo an amount of reading matter, as is found in volumes of ordinary duodecimo, which cost two dollars, and more than is contained in a volume of Irving's Co1 HIT-ofAm* /?P T~!r>liimhn<a_ whirli cast three dollars a volume?all for six coats a number, or three dollars a year. B.other Jonathan being a genuine Yankee, and that some tilings can be done as well as others, is determined to present his readers a Medley hitherto unrivalled by any other p*vper, of Anecdotes, Allcgorios, Accidents, Biography, Boil Mots, Conversations, Crimes, Dramatics, Drollerios, Erratics, Essays, Elo lucnec, Facctia, Geography, History, Jests, Learning, Morality, Mirvcls, Music, News, Novelties, Oratorv, Poetry, Philosophy, Quiddities, Romance Religion, Sports, Spectacles, Sorrows, Sufferings, Trials, Talcs, Truths, Teachings, Wisdom, Wit, Wonders, Ac. Ac. Ac. As a family newspaper, Brother Jonathan will be found to present attractions beyond any other: "lie comes, tlio herald of a noisy world, Ncws from all nations lumbering at his back." The earliest intelligence, foreign and domestic, and the latest novelties in the litorary world will be promptIt imvitAil nn ? *?. nrrnf inn nf fllft rfladni\ V fc? -v. ;D"3trict!y neutral in politics, it will contain notiling in favor or against any party, and will as sedulously avoid any of the controversies which agitate the religions community. Strict morality, virtuo, temperance and industry, good ordor benevolence, and ( usefulness to our fellow men, will be advocated and inculcated in every number of Brother Jonathan. ' Terms of Brother Jonathan.?Three Dollars in r advance. For live dollars, two copies of the paper will be sent for one year, or one copy two years. The EVENING TATTLER is published every day at the same office, and is put to press ot 12 o'clock, hi., in season for tho great northorn, eastern and southern mails, which close about 2 o'clock, P. M. All country newspapers that give this prospectus three insertions, will be entitled to an exchange, on sending a number of their papers to this office containing the advertisement. All communications and letters should be addressed, postage paid, to GRIS'.VOLD & CO. 192 Nassau Street, Now York. March 5. THE ESrER?REEI$; A monthly Magazine of New and Popular Tales, Poetry and Engravings. characteristic feature ot this work is sig41 uified and portrayed in its title. The month ly wreath we intend offering to our readers shall be literally composed ot " Evergreens." Our design is to collect into a shape at once n -at and suitable for preservation, tile be*t and inost interesting spe ciinens of periodical and fugitive li eraturc of" the day; t? carefully separate the cliall'from the wheat, the dross froin the tine gold, and to present a compendium, which, like good wine, shall he heightened in value by age, anil be, in the language of our motto, " perennial and flagrant." Of coucse it will but require a proper exercise of taste to render a m gazine, formed on this plan, the richest depository of ul.-gaat and cntertainiug litera^ * ture ever published, a d this we seriously mean the "Evergreen" shall be; fur we arc quite sure we have the materials to render it so. We can boast of a more brilliant list of contributors than any contemporaneous periodical, as may be seen by glancing at the contents of our present number. Indeed, there is no author hmorjiily known to fune in these or any former times, to whose productions we do not have access. Wc shall always aim, however, at presenting what is new and comparatively original to the readers of this country; believing at the same time, that an old familiar piece, so it be excellent in itself is far preferable :o an original article bavin.' no claim upon the attention of persons of refined literary taste. A portion of the talent of the age, in this coontry an I in Great Britain, has been exercised in the periodical department of literature. We need not mention the names of Campbell, Wilson, liulwcr, W? diicT-rinn Irvinrr. Jolfrevit. T.orlchnrt Tfnnwlrs Moore, Marryatt.-Ainsworh, Miss Mitford, Pmed. , Mrs. Homans, T, K. Horv.-y, Dairy Cornwall, T. llood, Poole, Leigh Hunt, and hundreds of other distinguished and agreeable writers, to prove this fact. These and many others of eminence have given brilliancy to the magazine literature of the last ten years; and such of the productions of these as may be new and uncollected, shall find a Moca habitation" in the Evergreen. Our work will be embellished with engravings on wood'or on steel, and each number will contain fio pages neatly printed. Terms. $'2 in advance. Published by J. Winchester, 23, Ann-Street, New York. [^Subscriptions received by F P. THORNTON, P. M. Camden, S. C. Beware of the Rascal. ? 1 W. CHEMBERLIN, alias Grccnbury Chcmberlin, (of Boyd town, Va.) cainc to the subscriber's Hotel, am! after remaining thirteen days, went off without paying his bill. He is about six feet high, dressed in a blue cloth coat and pantaloons and black hat?dark complected bluck hair, very thick, curly locks, and a downcast, mean look out of his eyes. lie professes to be a coach-maker. lie took the stage for Charlotte, after walking a few miles out of town. This notice is intended ja.-3 u cuuuuii wvr nctjiUlb UUU UlllCl^t that they may be on their guard against , . J * o o 11101. * c. a DAVIS. Stone Lime\ 100 CASKS Stone Lime for sale by ALDEN & AUSTIN. March -iS. i a POETRY. e ? a From the Southern Literary Messenger. n OH! PITY THE STRANGER. C Written by a young Lidy on her return from Ireland, fl Ou! pity the stranger, whooverhe bo, 11 Who wanders from home o'er the dark rolling sea; ti For sad is his heart, while around you there's mirth t< In each smiling faco which enlivens your hearth. tl As you value the blessings which smile round you now, l Oh! mock not the sadness which sits on his brow! For how can he join in your revel and song 11 While his Borrowing thoughts to the absent belong? ^ V Oh! speak no light word of reproach when he weeps, Nor rudely disturb his repose when he sleeps? I For you know not how dear to that lone heart may be, The dream that restores him bis home o'er the sea! I was far?far from home?and my heart was so sad, ]j That it scarcely remembered it ever was glad; ' ^ For lost faces of friends, and their tones of dohght f Wore lingering around me by day and by night. I have trod tho throng'd streets and lonely have felt? ? in the echoing temple I lowly have knelt? II And have heard in tho organ deop chanting the whilo J Voices calling mc far from that "Ocean-girt Isle.1' f But my footstep now wander the wild woods among, ^ Where the glad birds are pouring their oarly spring f song, .; J] Ami (lin f-i rt nc nn,1 Innrwi T Li /uiu i,uu mvuo uiiu iv/iiuo tvuiwi i auvuuivu iui iajiujd, Have welcom'd me back to my own native shoe!' ^ But do I forget?ah! how can I e'er!? ,, That the heart of the stranger is bnrthened with caro? ^ For a vow to afford such my utmost relief) , AVas mado when my own heart was bursting with grief! Camden, 5. C? 1839. ^ n AVOMAN. s O how bright ' '1 Is woman in her beauty; she combines s All channs possessed of nature; the light cloud Wreathing its folds across the smiling blue, Is not more graceful than her gliding step, 3 The gem is not more brilliant than her eye, a The bird's note more melodious than her voice. Si She is a shrine where man should bow him down, fj Forgot his paltry moan soul'd love of self; C And in the sunlight of her purity, 0 See the dark shadows of his own vile heart. y ? 1 ' J t] miscellaneous. jv g A Sister.?He who has never known a || sister's kind ministraton, nor felt his heart i n warmed beneath her endearing smile and k love beaming eye, has been unfortunate: v indeed. It is not to be wondered tit if n the fountains of pure feelings flow in the: c bosom of that man but sluggishly, or if j the gentler emotions of his nature be lost, n in the sterner attributes of mankind. i g "That man has grown up among kind,; ti aff.ctionate .sisters," I once heard a lady of much observation and experience remark. tl " And why do think so?" said I. sj " Because of the rich developement of; c all the tender feelings of the heart." j a A sister's influence is felt in manhood's riper years, and the heart of him who has i grown coid in its chilly contact with the j is world, will warm and thrill with pure en- j ti joyment, when some accident awakens j v within him the soft tones, the glad mclo-. tl dies of his sister's voice, and he will turn from purposes whicii a warped and false: Ii philosophy had reasoned into expediency,! and even weep for the gentle influences in which moved him in his earlier days. j h i II No Work after Supper.?Do you re- E member the anecdote 1 once told you of b the great Miss G , who undertook the management of some of her land? She thougut herself clever enough to manage John Chawbacon .and the rest of tt them; so one day she stood by when John ;g was at his dinner?and he did not make ] ei the worse dinner for that. Now, knowing; ft the elasticity of John's stomach, as he was; g rising to his work, time up, she said,; ir "John, .it would save time of coming and ir going if you would sit down again and take your supper." 'No objection in the world,' said John, and down he sits and instanter dispatches another pound or two, k and drink in proportion, ending with the? a ladyship's health and rmany thanks. "Now then John," quoth the lady Boun- u tiful, "you may go to your work." "Work, ma'm," said John, with a grin, "I never works, ma'm after supper," and so he threw himself down, and in three " minutes snored like a pig.?Blackwood. v p SAYINGS OF GOETHE. a "The world lias always regarded me as a peculiar favorite of fortune, nor will I coinplainof my existence taken as a whole; n yet it has been little else-than uneasiness n and labor; and I may say, that in my first 11 tive-and-seventy years, I have not enjoyed n four weeks of peace and comfort?it was one eternal rolling of the stone. Theclaims upon my time and capabilities, from with- tl in and from without, were too many. My x only happiness lay in my poetical talents: yet even in this, how have I been through outward things disturbed, limited, and hin- \ dorcd. Had I kept myself more apart t from public business, and could I have liv- f d more in solitude, I had been happier as man, and as a poet I had effected much lore. Thus, after the publication of my Jotz and my Werther, a certain sensible riend said to me in warning "When i lan has once done something to deligli tie world, the world will thenceforward ake care that he shall not do it a second tme?" A wide spread name, a high post* ion in society, are doubtless good thmgi ut with all my reputation and rank, I com# iot often do more nor better than givf ray to the opinions of others; and ths, rare in truth but a sorry jest, if I had no4 herewith so far the advantage, that | earned how others thought; aber sie ni&t vie ich." How solemn sounds all this from th$ psofa man, who in years, in fame, in visdom, in prosperity, exceeded so far hk ellow men! What a lesson does it teach! > Goethe says, "that he would not himself jvfe up for aught in the world, the belief a futurity; and he thinks with Lorenzo de kfedici, that he who lives in the hope of M iiture life, may be counted as already dead? rat he exclaims, against treating with vul* jar familiarity, the divine, the incoraprelensible truths, which prophets and apos* les touched upon witn awe; and I think vith him." "When a man has lived seventy-fitfi ears, he must needs think sometimes up-; n death. This thought brings me at per* set peace, for I have the fixed conviction bat the spirit is immortal, and has a nevei; easing progression from eternity to eterf ity; it is like the sun which only seems ttf ct to our earthly eyes, but which in real* y, never does set, and never ceases ty hine." it: Tricks of Trade.?The Picayane tells good story of a dashing young couple, pparently husband and wife, who spent ome four or five weeks at one of the ishionable boarding houses in that southrn emporium. One day they started ut to take a walk, and left word that they pould want refreshments at half-past 1 f, lie hour they would return. . As they vere going out, the landlady took occaion to hint that she would be obliged to he gentleman for a little money. He immediately drew a check for $300, and thd ind lady gave him $180 in change, with yhich he and his fair companion absqva ilized. It is unnecessary to say that thS heck was worthless, and that " half-past 1" has not yet come round, the gentleman's watch probably being like Seth Hope's clock, " so tarnal slow that it ikes all day to strike twelve." A delightful place.?The Picayune says aere is a town in the interior of Arkanis containing but 6 inhebitats, viz: a rippled negro, a jackass, a quack doctor, buzzard, a polecat and an alligator. Liberia.?It was a saying of the Jewh Rabbi "that if the sea were ink, the ees pens, and the earth parchment, it ii .1 . . 1 s . J _ II wuia not oe sumcient to write aown an le praise due to God for liberty." True?and if the whole world was a imp of chalk?all space a cedar shingle -and Time was to live through all eterity, and figure incessantly day and night, e couldn't record half the villainy that as been exercised by the Philadelphia ianks, for the extinction of the liberty equeathed to us by God and our fathers. Little Genius. Not Bad.?The Cincinnati Daily News ills the story of an editor who recently ot married, and being somewhat confusd, he headed the marriage notice 'Dreadll Calamity.' The next day his wife ave him a proof of the mistake by boxig his ears, and nearly knocking his form lto pi. Household service of a Dog.?"I say Granger," said a cottage urchin to a Yan ee pedlar, "don't you wmstie tnatcrc aog way." , . "Why, lie aint no use no how, he's so gly." " Oh, but he saves l\caps of work." "How?" "Why he always licks the plates and ishes so clean, that they never need no /ashing; and mammy says she wouldn't art with him no how, for our new dog int got used to mustard yet. Truth.?Truth is not only man's ornalent, but his instrument; it is the great lan's glory and the poor man's stock; a lan's truth is his livelihood, his recomlendation, his letters of credit. Personality.?A Western editor doubts tic honesty of those of his subscribers vho have not naid him their subscriDtions. " How sweet it is to retire from the vorld and commune with one's own houghts," as the prig said when they put liminjail. Mr. This gentleman stiU re mains in Maysville, and his labors contin ue successful. The religious excitemeni which has prevailed ever since his arriva amongst us does not in the least abate.? More than one hundred and fifty have already been added to the church under his ministry, with a prospect of as many more, The revival has not been confined exclusively to the Methodist Church, but the Baptist and Presbyterians, have also made considerable acquisitions to their respec, five churches. The new converts are ge1 nerally of the most respectable and reflecting classes of the community. ' Maysville Eagle. Shaking Hands.?A writer discoursing on the phylosophy of shaking hands says: "the ladies may rest assured of this, that a man who will not squeeze their hand wher he gets hold of it does not deserve to have ' a hand in his jpoesession?and that he has : ? nean seven nunurcu uquumeiy uinu umcs , smaller than a grain of mustard seed." Agricultural. On the Cultivation of Irish and Sweet Potatoes.?Having been successful foi the last fire years in raising good crops 01 Irish and sweet potatoes, X have conclude ed to accompany the subscription money ' with a short description of the mode of cul< : lure, Ac., of those roots; which, ifyou think it wiU be of any benefit to potatoe ; growers, you can. publish in the Register The ground preferred for Irish potatoes 1 and such as I have experimented on, hac been stubble, grass, or. old field which foi many years have been uncultivated em considered1 too poor (without manuring) tc p-y for working it. Early in the winter or as soon, after Christmas as possible, th< ground.is broken with a two-horse plough '.he first of march it is again ploughed iiktc three-feet beds with a small No. 2 Freeborn plough ; a deep furrow is then opened hainrr non rlir Allnr I/U IIIC UtUO) n IIIUll WVlUg IIVUI J UIIVV with manure taken from the compost ol leaves, virgin mould, or 6wamp mud, and ' a small quantity of barnyard manure, the seed is deposited 8 or 10 inches apart, [ taking earn-to select good seed, and leaving from 2^ to 3 eyea on each piece ^ aftei the dropping is completed they are covered by running a furrow on each side with the same plough; as soon as they come up and get 4 or 5 inches high, they arc again ploughed, and with the hoe careful' ly " ridged* down," leaving the top bud out. Nothing more is done to them until we commence digging, which is generally about the 15th ?? May. Many of my neighbors say this preparing compost manure is too much trouble. But permit me to say to those who have never tried the experiment, that the potatoes grown in this kind of manure, are so much superior in quality, they will never regret the trouble. I do not recollect of ever seeing a single potatoe with a black ball in the middle of it, which we too well know is often the destruction of whole crops raised in stable manure. The sweet potatoe I have generally planted on the same kind of soil, which I prefer having broken np in the fall. The 1st of May the ground is again ploughed, forming lands by throwing 5 or 6 furrows tnoether. and with the hoe we form a ridge or bill from 18 to 24 inches in height. The last spring I tried an experiment with manure, from the drift thrown on the shore by the storm of 1838. The lands were opened by running a deep furrow, with a large plough, the river grass and drifts were placed in small piles two and a half feet apart, and over which a hill of earth was drawn. When ready for planting, a deep hole was opened in the top of the hill, and two good pieces of the plantings placed in it, taking care to separate the seed 2 or 3 inches in the hill. If a heavy banking rain should fall on the hills before the earth becomes settled on the top of the bill, we draw a small rake across the lop, which breaks the clods and admits the tender bud to make its appearance. Before adopting this plan, I had been often disappointed in my potatoes not coming up. The manure was put in every other row, and if 1 had not be?: present this fall, when they were dug fro the ground, I could not ha're believed th same qnantityand quality c-f manure cou: have made such a difference. I think th quantity was nearly double from the ma nured row over those having none; and . 'flatter myself the nest crop of corn on - these manured polaio vows will he cq'na * ly good. Frofti this experiment, 1 have t come to the conclusion, that coarse unrolled manure will return us more profit in applying it to the potato crop, ihahaoy j other, and will leave the ground in u line , state for the next year. J. 13. M. , Fkbruary 10, 4840. . To the Editor of the Franklin Farmer: Sib,?Having received much valuable ' information from vonr nnnpr. I ronsider it my duly in. return, lo contribute my owtpA practical gentleman, by the name of * McDanie), of the county of Lewis, whilst ; on a.visit.to me last fall, observed a sow that was affected with the disease called | the kidney-worm which is frequently fatal. ? He recommended the use of spirits of ttirI pentine, rubbed across the loin or kidneys } with a s ick, at the s.une time pulling the tail sere.rely. The experiment whs made i forthwith on the sow ailuded to, and on. another and they both recovered. I have tried matij remedies, but consider this the safest and most certain. If the first application fails, make a second. Horses that have the cholic, can be distinguished from those effected by the bolts, by-feel tng their ears. When under the effects pf cholic their ears atc cold, and whea tjey have the bolts their ears arc moderately warm, and the proper remedies may be applied to suit the disease. A LEWIS FARMER. i r Sugar Beet."-Mr. Josiah Lee, an enI terprising farmer of this county, was in1 dueed to make some experiments <>n this > article, and last year raised 140 bushels ? from less than one eighth of an acre.? ? His cows are fed on the beet alone, with> out any grain, and the butter produced is " of the most superior character. We hope ' * I the farmers of Berks, will think of these I things, and attend to a matter of so muchC importance. Seed may be procured in I this town, and the beet is easily cultivated. ! Berks and bcuylkill Journal. i . . The Silk Business.?Uollon an)y_ ?om. mamls now, from seven to eight cents a . pound. Is it not lime, that our Farmers i were thinking of a more profitable cul. lure? There is afield open to such as de, desire it?a field rich in promise, and , which should gratify eren the most exor[ bitant thirst for the accumulation of wealth. [ We allude to the Silk Culture?a business which, if well conducted, is calculated of itself to make every owner of a smallfarm comfortable, a id of alarge one, rich, By attending to the raising of Silk, as a branch of husbandry, those worn out fields, which are now driving the people of North Carolina, to sack homes amongst strangers, may be converted into so many mines of wealth. We are not now speaking of the Mulberry culture, for purposes < ? speculation; but we are talking of the cul-. tureof the Mulberry, as a necessary step to engage in the feeding of the worm and furnishing the raw material for manufacturing. We ask no man to go int:> it ns an exclusive business?we desire no one to risk the support of himself and family upon it, but we do ask, we do conjure every one, who still clings with affection to his home?to his birth place?to engage id it, as apart of his business. Let those who cnunol spare a larger quantity of land than one acre, appropriate that to the culture 'if the Mulberrv. 1* "aid, that acre of Mulberry trees will iced aouut 500,000 worms; that 30,000 cocoons will make a pound of Silk; and of course, that the whole number of cocoons obtain ed will yield about 170 lbs.?which, when i reeled, would be worth at the very lowest calculation 84 per lb. or $680 to the acre Deduct, say one half, for expenses and it leaves a clear profit of more than $300 for i the owner to the acre. Neighbors, try it! i Do try it, you will not regret the experiment.?Raleigh Register. Suppose an acre of land to yield only naif the quantity above estimated viz: 85 lb. and what use so profitable can be made >f the land, after planting a provision ~rop??Fd. Far. Gaz. 'You're very quick of apprehension,' as Jie thief said to tiie constable. Impertinent Insinuation.-A man in New York recommends his candy to -...n , l id such other persons as are in the conuse of the voice."