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? . . < V *98 I THE CAMDEN JOIJMAL ' ' ' ' / x ' jgr--.?- ?? egg=gggg^^ggggggg^ggMPP^^?1 I If ' ^ [SEW SERIES.] TOE. I. CAMDErf, SOVTH CAROEINA, SATURDAY, JUNE SO, 1840. . ' No. 39. ?g i i ?;??? ii i ii m ?* ?? JauL'<P34Btmtsas3BssBSssa *-V l IP ANDERSON, Agent for the Au k gustii Insurance and Banking Com A party, continues to take Fire, Marine am B Inland Navigation Risks, at the customs F ry rates of premium. Camden, May 16. 4t24 PROSPECTUS Of & New Weeklv Paper to be published in An gusta, Georgia, entitled SB SOUTHBIttTSE. "Principles?Not Men." 3N order to expose and counteract the misrepresentations and falsehoods sc unblushingly resorted to and disseminated by the federal whig presses of the country, in the present contest for the Presidency, and in order to place before the people of Georgia, a faithful account ol T??st and Dassing events, as they relate tc the questions at issue, we shall begin the publication of a weekly sheet, on Saturday, 0th of June next, which will terminate .on the 31st Octerber following. We have been urg d on to the adoption of this undertaking, by many of our political friends, who have seen as well as ourselves, the unscrupulous and highly censurable course pursued by our opponenfs, which, instead of beipg marked by honorably and just feelings, is characterised by a perversion and distortion of well authenticated facts, and a feeling of hatred degrading to human nature, and to -- the respect which should be entertained by citizens of the same country, however ? wide may be the difference in their political opinions. This paper will not be betrayed into a like course towards our opponents; but it will expose, in strong language and with undoubted proofs, the misrepresentations and falsifications which may be resorted to, in order to prejudice the sensitive mind, to deceive the unwary, and to lead astray the unsuspecting. In this undertaking, we hope to receive a support adequate to the objeet in view. By the dissemination of this sheet, much and useful information will be imparled to those who wish to act, in the present contest, with impartiality and with an eye single to the public good. With these few remarks, we place the undertaking under the care of our political friends, to whatever party denomination they maj' have heretofore belonged, for we consider as political friends all those citizens who, governed by patriotism alone, support men only for the sake of principle, anrfthe welfare of the country. We must show to the people of the United States the danger of the Rights or the States, and of the State Institutions, protected by the Constitution, threatened as they are by a party which, disregarding honest and fair means to obtain power, employ the nasesi expedients iu ranjr aiuuuu im si?utlard, men of all political descriptions, of all political hues, and of all deg&es of ^ political degeneracy. H31* The Southerner will be printed on " a large sheet, every Saturday, from the 6th June, to the 31st October, for One Dollar, payable in advance. As postmasters are authorized to transmit money for subscriptions to newspapers, persons wishing to subscribe to the Southerner can request their respective postmasters to transmit to us the amount of subscription. GUIEU & THOMPSON. Augusta, may 11, 1840. CAMDEN, INTENDAIVT'S OFFICE, t * May 18th, 1840. $ FW1HE Town Council have caused the "Quaker" Burial ground to be cleared* the trees trimmed, and the rubbish removed, so as to give a more decent appearance to "this city ot the dead"?but they have not thought it proper for them to intrude upon the private inclosures, and to clear them [up, and as these are now in a condition demanding attention, particularly since the other parts of the Ground have been cleared, the Council request that ' all families having private inclosures will f cause them to be cleared of the undergrowth and rubbish, and the trees within them trimmed up, or to give notice to the Council within the next week, of their in teimon not to do so. The individual employed by the Council will be engaged at the grave yard all next week, in completing the work, and will be glad to continue his labors in clearing the private inclosures, if applied to in the course of the week. It is desirable, as it would be more convenient, that the whole of the work should be finished at the same time. In future, one of the gates of the Grave Yard will be nailed up, and the other locked, and the key left with the Recorder.? Persons desiring it are requested to call on him for it. By order of the Council, ^ J. M. DESAUSSURE, Intendant. WANTED, Until the first of November, A NEGRO Woman to do the Cookiug Washing &c. of a small family. Wa ges paid monthly. Apply at this office. May 9, POETRY. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. [ TIIE LONG HOME. ^ Where speed those crowds that are rushing! bj>, In tho forms of mortal men, Like clouds that fleet o'er a wintry sky, And are never seen again? * The flood-gato yields, and tho stream still rolls, Its deep and unbroken wave, - What a living tide of thoughtless souls, Pours into the noiseless grave! Hope's flambeau lights, and Time's garland's grace No halls which those shadows tread, , What dreary vaults! what an awful place! ( Is the long home of the dead! I Thorefoes who once on the battle field, * Tn nmnlr'nir ooPnOffO rltflrl All UiO Oiuuauig vtt*J?*gv u?vmj ' Their deep fleshed swords, to one victor yield, ' And are resting side by side. > The mother's heart of its care beguil'd, > By her nursling's placid rest; . Can know not there that her long-lost child, Is slumbering on her breast. No revelling sounds of joy proceed From the last paternal dome? A Father's heart must be dead indeed. His son not to welcome home. Wrath burns not there, as the lov'd one's lips, The balm of their sweetness give , To rival worms?that the vilest sips, And all banquet on, and live! That iron cliain which for years long past, Encumbered llie earth-born slave, By no gentle hand is burst at last, i For the freedom of the grave. Freedom, indeed! No. Most fearful spells Numberless prisoner's keep, Ir. bondatrn viln of nnrf li'n nnrrnwnst rails. H i _e_ , ] And links of the endless sleep. But faith perceives to the Hoav'n in view, A gate thro' the dark, cold sod, Where soar the wings of the blessed few, And thence is the mount of God. P. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Mr, Editor: The following lines were written while meditating upon the death of the Rev. J G , a faithful minister.of the South Carolina Conference, who died while absent from his family, attending a Camp meeting in the Waccanjaw Cir. cuit?you have them at your disposal?"do what seeraeth good unto thee." His duty called, be could not stay, .Though from "sweet home" he had to part. nr i j j juuny a mug aim weary uuyy To leave those nearest to his heart. As he poured forth the parting prayer, All felt as though it was the last; He prayed that God for them would care, . And him prepare to moot death's blast. While tears rolled down his furrowed face, He rose and bado them all "farewell;" Told them to trust God's holy grace, For through it, all would yet be well. 1 His dear companion silent stood, With tearful eye, and bursting heart; His children promised "to be good," ' And cried to sec papa depart. t \ Ono long embrace, and once again, "Farewell," the sad, unwelcome word; But why describe the parting pain, ' The mournful sigh, which will be heard? We never like to hear "farewell," 'Tis sure our sympathies to move; And sounds so like the "mournful knell,H Wlien vised by those wc dearest love. ( He now is gone?see how they gazo On him, as he withdraws from sight; 1 Then look around them with amaze, I And sadly feel that all's not right. But now, as mournful as they feel, His last advice comes to their mind, 1 For hear them asking while they kneel, I In Heaven a resting place to find. , Hours, days, weeks, rolled slowly past, And still no tidings of him come, N 1 Each one began to fear at last, * * 1 To mention his beloved name. | But hope is now revived once-more, They see the post approaching fasti . J j And sure enough for them it bore, A letter from "papa" at last. Ah! now, they crowd around with zeal, But sec! they start from it with dread; My God! 'tis so! that large "black seal" Too plainly tells them "he is dead!" The mournful truth at once they saw, The dearest object of their love Lay near tho dreary "Waccamaw,"* 'Till called to dwell in realms above. I One piercing and hoart-rending cry, Thon to the "Widow's God" sho prayed, To look with pity from on liigh, j And grant them all his heavenly aid. Ho heard?and with the balm of lore, Consoled their almost broken heartsThen gave this promise from above, i "Which consolation still imparts:? He was was buried immediately on the banks of the Waccamaw. " A husbcnd to the widow, 1 Will surely be, (nor need yo dread,) He did on me through life rely, His seed shall never beg for bread." -Camden, 1840. A. 6. Miscellaneous. FOR THE JOURNAL. THE GRAVE YARD. There is something always interestingin a grave yard. Apart from local circom> stances, and ties of kindred or relation ship, every man is?personally concerned in the estimate he may form of the house -j j __ _ it i!_; i appointed ior an Jiving; anu wnereim sooner, or later, he must, one day, take up his abode. It is, indeed, the last res* ting place, to which what is mortal of man is tempo rarily consigned; and it is the on* ly place peculiarly his own, not so much from the inhabitation, as from incorporation with its very clement of dust and askes. This consideration naturally teaches a respect for the.sacred depository. And the common sympathies of our na? lure demand, that this respect be shown in such care and adornment as circumstances permit. It is a remarkable fact, that the ancients of sacred and prophane history, were very particular in the exnrocsir.n nf ttiPii* fpplinirc nn lliA oiiViippt. vooiuii v? ???vi? i vviixgm via ?uv uuujvw* The Patriarch Abraham showed the deep, est anxiety for a family tomb, which constituted his first possession in the land of Promise. From the known -customs of ; those early times, we are authorised to believe, that this sepulchre was judiciously prepared and decorated. Recent discoveries in Egypt, prove that the tombs of its Princes and nobles, particularly at Memphis, and Thebes, were erected in a style of most costly magnificence; and filled with great treasures deposited at the burial of the proprietors. The treasure cities Pilhom and Ramcses spoken of in the Book of Exodus, as having been built for Pharaoh, by his bondsmen, the Hebrews, have^been, noMviLhtoul reason* supposed the Pyramids, which were intended not only for Astronomical purposes, but also, as tombs for Royalty, and therefore, as* the depositories of great wealth, either with the supcrstious view to supply the wants of the departed in the other world; or more properly, as offerings of respect to their memory, presented by survivors in this life. A similar feeling of reverence for the dead, and regird for the places of their interment, more universal through all antiquity. Inmodern times, travellers speak with raptures of the beautiful cemeteries of Europe, and the imitations of them scattered throughout these United States. Why is the exception to this common respect for the "City of the dead," to be noticed only at the South? Is it,true, that persons who claim from education, as well as nature, the kind and benevolent feelings, cherish' ed by ardent tempera'ment, should really forget their departed friends, so soon as consigned to their graves? The question would be indecorous to ask, if the seeming disrespect was intentionally shown by the neglect of our grave yard? But what are the (acts of the case? The cemetery in question, is beautifully situated; encloses a specious area of ground conspicuously elevated; and might be made worthy of the travellers visit, which it seems to invite. And yet, the place is over grown with grass and weeds* Private enclosures are decayed, and turn- ; tiling down. Tombs are mouldering under the influence of neglect, more than of I time; and appear to be noticed only on ap- i palling occasions of interment, when i another inhabitant is carried to the long home. Who should believe, that this was indeed the spot which contained the ] very ashes of our nearest and dearest re- 1 iatives! and might not rather suspect that it was the Potter's field, intended as the .s./int.nln nnlif iKe Pftnr. thfl unfnr. I^b^|/|.aui& UIII^ iVI kUU J. WV.T MM.W. tunate and the stranger?.This just complaint recognises no apology for the neglect. There is no reason whatever that the grave yard should be considered so hideous a scene as to be surrendered to the uncontrolled dominion of neglected vegetation, or the desecration of estrayed cattle. Is there indeed no sympathy between the living and the dead? Must death be an everlasting separation of souls? And the grave, does it furnish no view, other than as the charnal house of corruption, of the residence of the King of terrors? Sound christian principle repels those assertions. Faith teaches us to believe that death is the messenger of the eternal life; and the grave a repository for the human frame, until it shall have undergone its necessary change; and at the summons of the last trump, come forth a spiritual and immortal body. Good taste then as well as christian feeling clamors for some order to be taken about the grave yard. Our enterprising Mayor, in conjunction with (ho Rnnrrl nt A lrtormon ham nri if. Jt nrflifiP. ~,WU.U ..... , worthy zeal directed public attention to the subject. Is it right that the Appeal should pass unheeded/ Something is due to ourselves; the memories of our depar" ted friends; and the moral sentiment of mankind by a proper care of our cemetery. Why might not the hand of affectlion be engaged to adorn the tombs of the excellent and beloved? Would there be no congruity of good taste and feeling in making the grave yard a flower garden, at least, so much so, as to substitute sbrub bery and flowers for weedoand other existing nuisances? Snch an improvement would invite the disengaged, the disconsolate, the pious, to the pleasant walk, where communion might be held with nature, their own hearts, and God. And, no doubt, those meditations would have the effect, to dispel the imaginary gloom thrown over death; and to draw from the soul its aspirations of love and faith in pre. paralion for the eternal re-union of friends. The thought is worthy of consideration. . VIATOR. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. Mr. Editor: On perusing the "Short Chapter on Tobacco" in your last number, I observe that the witty and humorous eui?? 1_:? 1?? lUgtBfc cuiii|'iani9 biiab |/ucoj liuo \j ?Giiuu*\ ed the claims of that invaluable plant, both beneficial and grateful to so large, a portion of the world, to which Spenser, in the "Fawry^neen" applied- the majestic epithet of divine. We find, however, that some votaries of the Muses have, at various times made, it their theme, and given celebrity in altisonous strain. I recollect these few lines of a passage quoted by Brand, from an imitation of Young, by Hawkins Browne, Esq.? " Critics avaunt, Tobacco is my theme, Trimblo like hornets at the blasting steam; And you, court insects, flutter not too near Its light, nor buzz within its scorching sphere. Pollio, with flame like thine, my verse inspire, Sn shall thf Miira from omnkn elicit fire." - Ip "Francis Quarlea* "Emblems," one hi eroglyphic represents the being who with him is the representative of hnman nature or of mankind at large, is seated upon a globe, (the world,) to which he is chained by the leg. The following is the com? mencement of the poem:? "Flint-hearted Stoics, yon whose marble eyes Contemn a wrinkle, and whose souls despise To follow nature's'too affected passion; Or travel in the regent walk of passion; Whose rigid hearts disdain to shrink at than, Or play at fast and lose with smiles and tears; Come, burst your spleens with laughter to behold A. new found vanity, which days of old Ne'er knew: a vanity that has beset The world, and made more slaves than Mahomet, That has condemned to the servile joke Of slavery, and made us slaves to smoke. But stay! why tax I thus our modern times, For new-born follies, and for new-born crimes? Are we sole guilty, and the first age free? No: they wore smoked and slaved, as well as we. What's sweot-tipt honour's blast but smoko, what's a treasure, But very smoke, and what's more smoke than pleasure? A short poetic composition in French, bearing the title of "La Pipe/' appeared also in the "Melanges Litteraies," published a few years since in Charleston, by P. Menard, Professor of Modern Languages^ who pictured the exquisite effects of tobacco-smoking. I annex a fragment; "La Pipe cat de plaieir un source fertile; Do rhomme solitaire elle adoucit lea maua: En fumant, un sommcil tranquilie, Viont lui venter bos doux pavots; Le gucrrier fatiguo du turnulto des amies, Se delasse avec son tabac, Et le marin dans son hamao, A fumer trouvc mille charmes. Pour fouiller col or reolierche, Qu'au fond du Potosi le ciel avait cache. Q'u'un autre de richesso avidc, Traverse un ocean perfidc; Content de mon humble destin, Je benis la main bionfaisantc Dont nous rc,cumes cctte pi an to Qui charme les soucis du pauvre genre humain, En fumant, ma teteest bercee De mille agrcahlos erreurs, Et 1c tabac pour mcs doulcurs \ ' ' i * I 1 s x . NvEst unc heureuse panacee. Je aongc, etcrois voir devant moi ^ ^ Les peuples passer comme 1'oudo, ? \ \ Jo ris du sujet et du roi, ? \ Et suis le plus content do la machine rondo, ' > Dos heroa du siccle present v j* Je coJcule la renommce, * Et je me dis tranquillement, Mon tabac n'est que fumee, ^ Et leur gloire n'est que vent. The folio wingquaiot thought from an old collection of epigrams, will close my _ v quotations:? ? "All dainty meats t do defy, . * ? Which feed men fat as swine; "N-v k He is a frugal man indeed, / . N . Who on a leaf can dine. He neods no napkin for his hands. His fingers' ends to wipe, That keeps hiB kitchen in a box, 1 . And roast meat in a pipe. \ FUMIFER* " , X FOR THE JOORXAL. GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. ^ I am composed of -19 letters. My 15,11,3, 4,17, 12, is a town la the United States. My 18,16,10, 2, 4, is a lake Africa. > My 13, 16, 11,8, 2, is a town in Sooth r America. - X My 4, II, 3. 16, 6, 18,18,2, is a City in , Africa.' Nr>i '' \ . a. My 9, 14, 9, 2, 19 11,6, is a city in Soutu . s v. America. My 9. 8, 7, 3, 5, is a city in Asia. " My 3, 7, 14, 12, is a mountain in Africa. My 3, 2,?4,17, 16, 8.2, is a river in Sonth ( America. \ My IB, 11,13, 9,16, 2, 6, is a sea in Asia My 18, 16, 18, 16,1,11, 15, 2, is a lake in 0 South America. ' My 3,16, 13,13,16 13,13,16,9,9,16, is a river of the United States. /' My 16,12,13,10,11, 6, is a mountain in Asia. My 6,16,17, 3,5,12. is a river in Europe. My 7,12,18, 11, 8,16, 14, is a lake of the United States. My 9, 5, 8, 13, 16, 2, 6, is a gulf of Asia. My,5, 18, 12, 2, is a mountain in Europe. My 18,14,8,12,5, 2, is a town in Europe. My 18, 11, 9, 18, 19, is a river in Asia. Mv 1. 7. 12. 13, 18, 11, 6, 15, 5, is a - - lake in Europe. * . My 18, 17, 12,12, 5, 13, 13, 17,5, ? a . Slate of ihe W. N. Stales. My 18,11,18,18,2, is a town of Asa. My 14, 10, 16, 7, is a State in the Western Continent. R.v m. FOR THE JOURNAL. GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. I am composed of nineteen letters. My 14, 15,11, 8, 4 and 5, is a district in South Carolina. My 13.12, 3, 17, 2 and 4, is a river in Soulh Carolina. A fi O O Q .nJ 19 5a a Innrn in Hpnf. IIxy VFf Ff W| V OIIU AU| 10 it ?v n ... v?v. gia. My 14, 12,1,18 and 16 is a town In North Carolina* My 1, 5, 4,18 and 3 is a river in Kentucky. My 6,15, 1.15,14.8 and 12 is a large town in Georgia. My 7, 12,16,19, '4, 3 and 13 is a district ' in South Carolina. f My 9,14, 12, 7 and 8 is a Mineral. My 1, 5, 4,18 and 3 is a town in Kentucky. My 14, 6, 7, 2 and 11 is a town in Kentucky. My 8, 2, 3, 3, 4, 13, 14, 18 and 4 is a river in Tennessee. , My 1, 5, 18, 2 and 3 is a county in Alabama. , ' \f?, njlinla tens art ivffl/>or in lb** r(>ri)ln. *'*/ "WW uuivvi ?W ? ?? v . ? . tion. JUVENIS. 2C?" Answer next week. The news from New York, according to the Correspondent of the Charleston Courier, is brightening for the Administration. The same correspondent says in regard to Virginia, that aithough many things favor the opposition in that State, that she will hardly go for 4,i?ip, Tyler and the Tariff," after repwliating Henry Clay. According to the opinion of an intelligent writer, whose letter we published in the last Moun, taineer, the administration will be sustained by the votes of North CaTolina and Virginia both. This "Writer seems perfectly impartial, and gives his opinions without prejudice, "after having travelled through those States* The federalists, we trust, will .h*? >nntpd ?<Tain as thev were forty. years ago when old John Adams and his supporters fell, we hope, to rise no more; unless the people, instead of improving in their love of Republican principles, shall, after the lapse of forty years, bow their necks to General Harrison, the Federal minion of the elder Adams.?Mountaineer. mm # In man's works, as in those of nature, the intention is the great things to be studied. ' .