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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ' [NEW SERIES.] VOL. I. C.VTIDE^ SOITTI CAROUWAT sATlJBOAy , JlTLY 4, I84Q. ' S?. Ol!' Published every Saturday Morning, THOMAS W. PEGUES, Publisher of the Laws of the Union. At three dollars in adratce; tf.ree dollars and fifty cents in six months; or four dollars at the expiration of the year. Advortisomonis inserted at 75 cents per square for ( the first, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insertion.? | The number of insertions to bo noted on all advertise . ments, or they will be published until ordered to be j discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar j per square will be charged for a single insertion. ( Semi-mo^inly, Monthly and Qurterly advertise.. 1 monts will be charged the same as new ones each in- j eertion. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for pub- j ic Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, i will bo charged as advertisements. , 1 Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be j presented for payment, quarterly. 0"A11 Letters by mail must be post paid toinsuro i upnetual attention. H, ||j 1,1, amm 1 PROSPECTUS s Of a New Weekly Paper to be published in Au- f gusta, Georgia, entitled 1 THE SOUTHERNER. "Principles?Not Hen." < order to expose and counteract the J micronrpspn ta I ions and falsehoods SO c 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, ax faithful account of past and passing events, as they relate to the questions at issue, we shall begin the publication of a weekly sheet, on Saturday, 6th .of June next, which will terminate on the 31st Octerber following. We have been urged on to the adoption of this undertaking, by many of our political friends, who have, .seen as well as ourselves, the uascropulous and highly censurable course pursued by our opponents, which, instead of being 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 aslrav the unsuspecting. In 1 ?-!-!? * i ? mis unuenaKing, hc hw|?c iu irw.v ? support adequate to the ohjeet in view. By the dissemination of this sheet, much | and useful information will be imparted to those who wish to act, in the present contest, with impartiality and with an eye single to the public good. With these 1 few remarks, we place the undertaking tinder the care of our political friends, to whatever party denomination they may have heretofore belonged, for we consi- , der as political friends all those citizens i who, governed by patriotism alone, sup- < port men only fur the sake of principle, ; and the welfare of the country. We must j show to the people fit' the United States the danger of the Rights of the Slates, i and of the State Institutions, protected by 1 the Constitution, threatened as they are by a party which, disregarding honest and fair means to obtain power, employ the basest expedients to rally around its standard, men of all political descriptions, of all political hues, and of all degrees of! political degeneracy. ?l33' The Southerner will be printed on a large %heet, 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 trans znit to us the amount of subscription. GUI El! & THOMPSON. Augusta, may 11, IS'40. Sale of Steam Engine. ON the first Monday in July next, will be sold before the Court House door in Camden, at 12 o'clock, M., the Engine of the Steamer Camden, on a credit till first of January next. The purchaser to give a note with good security, to be approved by the Agent. This Engine was made by Watchman & Brati, of Baltimore, and is said by judges to be an excellent one, and is now in good order. The Furniture belonging to the Boat will be sold at the same time and place, and on the same terms. The Engine may be treated for at private sale. JOHN ROSSER, Agent. Camden, May 28. Gt26 Sperm Oil. THE subscribers have just received a sup ply of superior Sperm Oil. JONES & HUGHSON. April 10. THE CASKET, AND Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. wsr?a&saa>ii>a2> eiy??Baa 8 Prospectus for a Neiv Volume. THE great increase in the subscription list oi the Casket, which lias nearly doubled since the commencement of the last volume, warrants the most extensive improvements on the first of July,-1840?at which time a new volume will be :ommenced with increased vigor. Nothing need ae said of the firm basis on which the Casket stands, it being already the oldest magazine in the :ountry, and has maintained its popularity in the "ace of all opposition. It is to be found upon the :entre table of families making literary pretensions, from Maine to Georgia. TYPE?EMBELLISHMENTS. The Casket is printed with a clear and beautiful type, upon the whitest paper. The illustrations ire NOT SORPASSED BV THOSE OF ANY PERIODICAL at lome or abroad; and besides the montly steel engravings, a quarterly plate of colored fashions has ate I jr been added, me siyie 01 inese emoeinsunents is unequalled, and they are accompanied ,vith an appropriate sketch. JNo wood Cute disgrace the work. Whatever appears in the Castet is of the first order of ART. The volume will be opened with the first of a leries of Mezzotint engravings, prepared expressly 'or the work, by the burin of bartsin, who deservedly stands as the best engraver of the kind in the Jnited States. LITERARY CHARACTER. The literary character of the Casket is well veil known. I is wholly original, of the highest >rder and sustained by writers of the FIRST 1ANK. Essays; Tales; Sketches, and Travels, :ompose its prominent prose articles; while the >oetry is equalled by that of no other magazine of ike character. The variety for which the Casket s celebrated, Bhall suffer no diminution; but on the contrary, every exertion shall be made to increase ts interest. SEVERAL SKETCHES OF THE REVOLUriON have already appeared, and others shall folow in the course of the volume, presenting when inished a complete picture of the manners, and a listorical account ot the great battles of that time, rhus, the Casket, instead of being filled with sicky sentimentalities, aims at a true delineation of iuman nature in every variety of character. The series of thrilling Nautical Sketches, entiled "CRUIZING IN THE LAST WAR," and vnich aie rated by the cotcmporary press equal to lie celebiated Sketches fiom "TOM CRINGLES L.OG," and the "Leaves from a Lawyer's Port Foio," which have attained a deserved Celebrity will (till furnish attractions to the Magazine. We shall furnish the readers of the Casket with tome valuable papers from entirely new contribuors, "The Author of "OLD IRON SIDES OFF \ LEE SHORE," will give the first of a number >f Sketches in the July number. We count upon lis prolific and graceful pen to do much in main* fining the great popularity of the Magazine. In lddition to the variety already embraced in the pa* res of the Magazine, our ASSYRIAN LETTEKS the first of which apppared in the June number is introductory, will interest and add worth to its pages. They are from no unpractised pen. FASHIONS. The fashions are published in the Casket quarterly, or as often as any really new styles arrive from Paris. The Engravings are all colored, and xecuted from original designs. No old worn out plates arc re touched, and then published as the latest fashions. The truth of our designs may be tested by comparing them with the latest description of dresses from London and Paris. They are universally admitted to be the finest specimen ol engraving and coloring afforded by any Magazine iu this country. The expense of getting them up is great, but we shall in no-wise abate the quality Remember! The reades of the Casket are furnished with these faohion plates as AN EXTRA.? They do not interfere with the regular and choice engravings which always accomplish the work. . TIME OF PUBLICATION The Casket is published on the first of every month, in every quarter of the Union. Theinosl distant subscriber consequently receives it on tnai day, as well as those who reside in Philadelphia.? In all the principal cities agents have been established, by which means subscribers in the vicinity ;an obtain their copies free ot Postage. * TERMS-TIIREE DOLLARS per annum. Oi two copies yearly for FIVE DOLLARS. JO*Nc new subscriber received without the money, or the name of a responsible agent. Published by GEORGE GRAIIAM, 36, Carter's Alley, Philadelphia. June 20th 1310. THE EVERGREEN; A monthly Magazine of New and Popular Tales, Poetry and Engravings. ^TjhHE characteristic feature of this work is sig^ nilied 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 neat and suitable for preservation, the best and most interesting specimens of periodical and fugitive literature of the day; to carefully separate the chaff from the wheat, the dross from the line gold, and to present a compendium, which, like good wine, shall l>e heightened in value by age, and be, in the language of oui motto, M perennial and flagrant." Of course it will but require a proper exercise oi taste to render a magazine, formed on this plan, the richest depository of elegant and entertaining literature ever published, and this we seriously mean the "Evergreen" shall he; for we arc quite sure we have the materials to render it so. We can boast of o more brilliant list of contributors than any contemporaneous periodical, as may be scon by glancing at the contents of our present number. Indeea there is no author honorably known to fame in these or any former times, to whose productions we do nol have access. We shall always aim, however, al presenting what is new and comparatively origina to the readers of this country; believing at the same time, that an old familiar piece, so it be excellent ir itself is far preferable to an original, article ftavin; no claim upon the attention of persons of rcfinct literary taste. A portion of the talent of the age, in this coon try anil in Great Britain, has been exercised in th< periodical department of literature. We need no mention the names of Campbell, Wilson, JBulwer Washigglon Irving, Jeffreys, Lockhart, Knowlcs Moore, Marryatt, Ainsworth, Miss Blitford, Praed Mrs. llemans, T. K. Hervey, Bairy Cornwall, T Hood, Poole, Leigh Hunt, and hundreds of othe distinguished and agreeable writers, to provo thi fact. These and many others of eminence hav given brilliancy to the magazine literature' of th last ten years; and such of the productions of thc? as may be new and uncollected, shall find a "loc habitation" in the Evergreen. Our work will be embellished with engraving on wood or on steel, and each number will contai: 5G pages neatly printed. Terms. $tiin advance. Published by J. Wir Chester, 'J3. Ann-Street, New Vork. POETRY. FOE THE CAWDKX JOURNAL. A gentleman from the United States on his travels through Europe, visited Antwerp. Among the shipping, in the port of that city, be observed, for the first f time, after a long interval, the banner of his country. The welcome sight called forth the most thrilling and indescribable emotions, commingling the glow of ho nest patriotism, and the doligbtfiil rcmenisceoces of home. An "effusion of his muse, on the occasion, may not be unacceptable to your readers, nor inappropriate to the National Jubilee. THE FLAG OF THE FREE. I ft 1 i ** /? W * 1. a! opongieu Banner or rreeaom; aye< wave oeriue ocean, . And flash in the sunlight, as high thou sbeddst be; Right dear to this heart' in its tearfol emotion, Are thy stars and thy stripes, thou flag of the free. What son of Columbia, alone and a stranger, Though o'er the wide world he is destined to roam, Knows not that with thee, there is safety from danger, And feels not the freedom of ever lov'd home? 0! dark must become the sun-beam of feeling, In this desolate heart that warms not to thedt * And still the last pulse, death's stupor revealing, That throbs not, my country, for thy flag of the free. Not only thine offspring, but in thy protection, ' Finds the stranger aliome, whatever his birth?* On thy baldrick is scrolled telegraphic directiqp, To the land of tho bravest and fairest on earth. When Liberty first had assigned to each nation, Tho meed of her gifts, which to fate should ague, She tore from the skid*, a whole constellation Of stars and of light, for the flag of the free. The Btars, to illumine the sky of thy power, And the stripes, as the lightening to flash from thy car, . When darkly the storm-duuds of faction may lower, Or tyrants draw down the vengeance of war. . Snanrded banner of freedom, resnlendent in stnrv. Wave proudly thy folds o'er the land and the sea, Till empires in bondage catch a beam of thy glory, And Bhine by its light, thou dog of the free. Undimm'd be a star of that galaxy glorious, Ever potent its light which no cloud can obscure.' For truth and for justice be ever victorious, And wisdom and peace to all mankind secure. So shall the glad nations, in friendship perennial, Break off from thy thraldom by Freedom's decree; ' And earth hail the dawn of the glory millennialIts type and its pledges ore thine, flag of the free FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. \ MELODY.?After the Persian. In Selma s green and sunny grove, Where vines sweet lime trees wreath'd, Asterze's harp for absent love, A plaintive sonnet breathed, It was the sound her Haflz lov'd, His hopes, his joys, it spoke; Again the slender string sho mov'd, When enviously, it broke. Ah! this is. said the weeDifitr maid. , Tho sum of early years; No joy around them ever play'd, But left the hccrt in tears. ISLA. Miscellaneous. FOR TOE JOURNAL. SCRAPS FROMJAN OLD PORTFOLIO. Society is to mannerism what the chi' sel is to a block of marble. The fashion and use of the statue depend upon the skill and taste of sculptor. In this sense all men arc truly the creatures of education. One of the strongest arguments in ' proof of the divine origin of Christianity . is to be fonnd in its effects upon the world. | Where do the most flourishing institutions i exist for the melioration of human want 1 and misery? Where are the wisest laws > for the support of truth, justice, and mer1 cy? Where do the moral virtues; and the charities of human life most prevail? In Christendom. And those facts are stronger arguments than abstract Teasonings or ! theories of moral sentiment. Love of fame is one of the most power. ful desires. Few can brook neglect.? And there are others who prefer to be ) spoken of lightly and irreverently than to | beunoticed. Empedocles cast himself into t the crater of Mount jEtna, to perpetuate J his memory. That anxiety for pOsthu ...no nnltr a modi fienl ion of thp 1 Uiuua uao vm#^ % w. .... i passion for life. It is true that the madman put an end to his earthly existence; j but what was his object, if not to live in 1 the remembrance of others? The same ij feeling is witnessed in the erection ot tombs and efljgies to the departed; and in r the portraits ^nd statues of the living. A ? sentiment coeval with the race may be ree ceived in proof of the soul's immortality. I And so predominant is its influence, that the question atises, whether the torments 01 q endless punishment would be more fright ful to anticipate than the horror of anni '* hilationj. Who is the happiest man in the world? The child of God. Experience testifies to the sacred declarations* that neither faith nor virtue can effectually shield the heart and life from the entailed miseries of human nature. Indeed obedience to the will of God may be the cause Of extraordinary trials and sufferings, which are in the proper time and way, more than counterbalanced by affusions of grace, for the support and reward of virtue. The pillar of fire led the camp of the Israelies through the red sea, and the howling wifc derness. But the cloud covered the people of God from the vengeance of their oppressor, and Ihey were miraculously fed by the bread of heaven. It was a virtue noted in Anotides, and Epaminondas^ that ihey would not lie, nor prevaricate, not in sport. Epictetus thought that purchase dearly paid for, that cost Flattery. VOR TUB CAMDEN JOURNAL. The judicious aud impressive remarks of Viator relating to the sacred deposi tory of the dead, have induced the writer of this aMliiiln Ia aaIaa# fVtttt inlA*AofSniv rlntaila nr? aintic iu iUif iiiicicoung ubimia vu cemeteries, connected with the history of the French revolution, beginning with the first general and salutary measures adopted in 1790. The national assembly, at that period, passed a law, expressly prohibiting interement within Churches, and commanding all towns and villages to discontinue the nse of the?old burial places, and form others at a distance from their dwellings. Soon after, the revolutionary tyranny commenced, when death was officially declared to be an eternal sleep, and the dead were buried without any ceremony, no memorials being erected to denote the spot where they lay, or "claim the passing tribute pf a sigh." The reign of terror ceased with the fall of the mighty monster Hobespiere, for whom the following epitaph was well penned: " Ye who pass by his grave, need not weep that he's gone, - BaiIUliitj ym wuuM as> PS BWH Sugg gfig Sober ideas revived, and some beneficial regulations were made, to "enclose cemc. r . _/ teries lor ine use 01 riina, ui u vcimiu extent, and at the distance of one tnife from the walls; but they appear to hare been disregarded, until an imperial decree was issued by one who was not accustomed to allow his orders to be trifled with. This decree (1804) renewed the prohibitions against interments in eitree and churches, directed high ground, exposed to the north, to be chosen for cemeteries, with separate distanced grares, noi to be re-bpened. until after 5 years; and another imperial decree (1811) regulated the whole funeral business of the metropolis; which law is still-in force. Of the present cemeteries of Paris, that of- Pere la Chaise, visited by the writer, is the most considerable and interesting, from its advantageous situation or lit... nft.ikjmt tfiA tinnn ihn fllnrx m? HVI tU-VHill %'% *MW I ? w ? . of a hill, surrounded by luxuriant valleyi and rising grounds, with the fine and pictu resque view it commands, which occa sioried such a demand for its graves, tha i: it has been enlarged until it now compre hends an extent of nearly 100 acres.? " The purchase of a perpetual right in th< ground for a grave, entitles the owner t< bring the remains from any part ef th< city, or even of the kingdom; which p vilege has been so extensively used, f the burial-ground now contains the name* of most of the illustrious dead of moderr Prance. Hence arise the number ant beauty of its monuments, in the form o temples, sepulchral chapels, funeral vaults pyramids and obelisks, or presenting piers, columns, altars, urns and tomb: variously formed and ornamented. Th< monument of the unfortunate Abelard ant Heloisa, attracts the most attention, fronr its dimension and beauty; and the travel . ier, perhaps in "sad similitude of grief,' cannot help to exclaim; at the melancho ly sight? " Such, if there be, who loves so long, so well, Let him their oed, their tender story tell." There also are deposited the remains o Young's Varcissa, who died in the soutl of France, which, it is said* were sough ; for, fonnd and becomingly interred by th ' celebrated tragedian Talma and Madam - Petit. Eminent literary, military an - political names, are commemorated b monuments, rallying around them group attracted by pious sorrow,' curiosity- or recreation. Catholics, Protestants and Jews are alike buried, and have alike their monuments. No ungodliness of zeal, no sectarian feeling intervenes to repress the universal love of mankind, the spirit of toleration. Each fellows undistuifced, in sweet musing melancholy, the path to the grave of a departed friend, amid * fresh and smiling vegetation, kept in per- petna] veTdore by a sufficient supply df : - -j j._ . '.nktaiVMImll mm]. water, courcveu vj a ouuk-i ? mingling clysian sensations with the solemn surrounding scene. On Sundays, particularly, the cemetery is much resorted by the inhabitants of tire capital, a* are those of Montmartre, of Vaogtrard, of St. Catherine, and of Mont-Pfermasse, -all laid out in a picturesque style, end with monuments in good taste. That of Pere la Chaise is entirely surrounded by walls. The gate of the proper cemetery is in the centre of a semi circular recess, decorated -oft each side with piers and funeral ornaments. On the gate is a latin inscription from the book of Job, six 25; on the right is auother from John, X 26; and en the left, one from the - book of Wisdom, Hi. 6. It was stated in 1830, that iqrwardsof 100,000, bodies had been interredf in thin cemetery. . Of this number; the friends /. and families of 15,900 bad erected monomeats over their remains, of wbicik l^OO were rendered objects of more than ordinary attention, by some striking pecoltari ty, by. their ueatdess, or m&gmncenee, or from the interest connected with the names they commemorate. {to be -continukb.] FOB THE JOURNAL ENIGMA. I am composed of eight betters. My 3, -5, 7,2, 6, is a dandy's constant companion. i My 7, 5, A, is a very useful and terjr flTtP.nniypi?r n^pri nrtHa ? My 2, 4, 7, 8, is only found in perfection in enlightened countries. My 8, 1, 2, 6, ir a beautiful bird, i My 3, 2, 7. is an animal usually found i about all houses. My 1, 6, 3, while it is dreaded by some, and longed for by others, is generally * found to be a curse to the human family. I My 1, 2,0, 7, .is something to wfifofc all ! mankind are subject, and from wkidiiio i one ie entirely free, bat which might be > in a great measure removed by following the example of the creature whose name. t is spell by my 2, 6, 7 letters. I My whole is a most unwelcome visitor, I but indispensably necessary to lbs safety of the country. An answer is requested. X * v ? Dreadful Revenge.'?We ptenttOfteA ' some time ago the minder, in Indiana* rif - a Miss Orr, by her Sweetheart, without i stating the particulars. It seems that a , Mr. Johnson had for several yearspavi his addresses to the young lady, though in 3 opposition to the will of her parents. At - length he proposed; but Miss Orr, though . manifestly fond of hiro, deckred her de? t termination never to marry against her j parents' consent. Johnson was of a vht* dictive temperament, and to revenge hhn' self on the parents, he invited Miss Orr i to accompany him inn walk to.n grove, / ) about half a mile from her father's house, , where he perpetrated the bloody tragedv, by first stabbing her through the body .nth a long and sharp printed knife, and then cutting her throat. He then repaired to j Mr. Orr's house with the bloody knife in hie ) hands, where he stated what he had done, j and disappeared before he could be arrested. This is said to be a true statement ' of the dreadful affair.?Petersburg Intelf ligencer. ' r a- 10 g Ol? Auuuauniif vvuc mv. , Indian News.?The latest Indian news is that a party of volunteers under Capt. ' Greene, between lheOrilla ami Suwannee ) rivers, surprised a party of Indians, kil. ling two and taking 10 prisoners. Among , those taken was one so very light, that he was mistaken for a tvhite man. On being " questioned he remained mute, and the officer questioning him being provoked Bt the seeming obstinacy of the supposed white man, struck him or. ih. V.ad *.vi:h the butt of his pistol with sto ' kill him. 1 The rumor that Col. Ilarney had killed t and captured a number of Indians is un~ e true* e "How I love thee, none can tell," as theloafer said to the gin bottle. " its. ., y "W hat an awxui enu, as tne jacims:* g said when his tail was bobbed