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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. [WEWSERIES.] VOL.1. CAMDEW, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY IS, 1840. . - No. 88. , .' ' Sheriff's Sales. BY virtue of sundry Executions to me directed, will be sold before the Court House in Camden on the first Monday and Tuesday in August next, within the usnal hours of sale, the following property, viz One tract of land, known as the defendant's, situated on the waters of Big Lynches Creek, containing One Hundred and sixty acres, and bounded on the south by lands of Wiley Kelley and "Robert Reaves, and on the north by lands of Willis Jossey and others, levied upon and to be sold as tiie property of Roger Palish at the suit of Mjrtha 1'rice. i Conditions, Cash. Purchasers to pay for titles. BENJ. GASS, S. K. D. July 11. [Pis. fee $225] Aids to Reflection, By Coleridge. Southgate's Travels in Persia, Gleanings in Italy, Adventures of an Attorney, ?. No. 98 and 99 Family Library, Book of Jashur, Just received for sale by July 11. A.YOUNG. LAND FOR SUET I OFFER for sale all that lot of enclosed Land, containing 33 acres, more or less, extending northward from the Maga-j zine to the Slaughter Pen, and eastward 1 from Mill Street to Pine Tree Creek. * fl1 1?4? - ? L TVaC ' A L<S>U?1 wo iuis uu ixmg uiivi.1, . 319 and 320 ALSO?1,000 acres, more or less, of excellent Black Jack Woodland, lying on i the waters of Saunders' creek, aboutse-j ven miles above Camden, bounded on the north and east by lands of John M. DeSaussure, and on the south and west by lands belonging to the estate of Kershaw. Conditions made to suit purchasers. HARRIET C. BREVARD. Camden, July 11. Gi32 TO HIRE. A fine likely boy of 17 used to all kinds j of house and yard work. Apply at th. I . * office. July 11. 13 ; OTTER SKINS. THE highest Cash prices will be paid for Dressed Otter Skins, bv ?nljjrll. W. JJ. JVORKMAN. NEW SH0E& THE subscribers have just received the following kinds of SHOES, made expressly to their order in Philadelphia n.n.lionc tfllli ^Ul ? ? Gentlemen's best Calfskin Shoes. Ladies' American & English Kid Slippers, Misses ..0 " " 44 Ladies' Seal and Leather 'Valking Shoes, Misses " " 41 44 Children's44 44 44 Bootees Also,?Boots and Shoes of every description made to order at short notice by experienced wrrkmen. JONES & IIUGHSON. v. Jaly 11. - , ? _ DeKalb Rifle Guards! TT71 MANUEL Parker <k Daniel Beauford * JCj respectfully inform the members of the Rifle'.Company that they are now ready to attend to all orders for cleaning, fixing sights and dressing out Rifles. Any | member" wishing to have his gun put in | complete order will leave it at the shop of I Horace Whitaker where it will he promptly attended to. One Dollar only, being charged for the * service. July 11. ^ ZEPHYR WORSTED^ TONES & HUGHSON have just opened a complete assortment of the above. July II. I OFFER HOUSES and Lots on Broad Street, for sole, either separately or collectively; and am disposed to make the terms reasonable and accommodating. k E. II. ANDERSON. July 4. NOTICE THERE will be an Elcotion held on llic second Monday and the day following, in August next, for ORDINARY for Kershaw District, to till the vacancy oc casioned by the death of Jamks W. Lang, Esq. Managers of Election will assemble at their respective boxes, open the polls \ ^od proceed to hold said election, and meet in Camden on the Wednesday after, count the votes and declare the election. * GEO. Q. M'INTOSH, c. c. c. i>. June 27. * 30 Bi 1 Moffat's Life Pills. THESE medicines are indebted for their name to their manifest and sensible action in purifying the springs and chan nels of life, and enduing them with renewed tone and vigor. In many hundred certified cases which have been made public, and in almost every species of disease to which the human frame is liable, the II TlfnF PAT'S TIFF. nappy euecis in ?iu? ? ^ ~ PILLS AND PHENIX BITTERS have been gratefully and publicly acknowledged by the persons benefitted, and who were previously unacquainted with the beautifully philosophical principles upon which they are compounded, and upon which they consequently act. The LIFE MEDICINES recommend themselves in diseases of every description. Their first operation is to loosen from the coats of the stomach and bowels, the various impurities and crudities constantly settling around them; and to remove the hardened foeces which collect in the convolution of the small intestines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave 6ttch collected masses be- ' hind as to produce habitual coslivcncss, with all its train of evils, or sudden diarrhoea, with its imminent dangers. This 1 fact is well known to all regular nnato- 1 mists, who examine the human bowels after death : and hence the prejudice of < these well informed men against quack * - - . i ? I . medicines, or medicines prepared anu Heralded to the public by ignorant persons. The second effect of the Life Medicines is to cleanse the kidneys and the bladder, and by this means, the liver and the lungs, the heullhful action of which entirely depends upon the regularity of the urinary organs. The blood, which takes its red color from the agency of the liver and the lungs before it passes into the heart, being thus purified by them, and nourished by food coming from a clean stomach, ' courses freely through the veins, renews every part of the system, and triumphantly ' mounts the bannaf of health in the bloom- ' ing cheek. I Moffat's'V^fetable Life Medicines hare ' been thoroughly tested, and pronounced 1 a sorcrjeign^emedy for Dyspepsia, Fla- I tulencyi Palpitation of the Heart, Loss of 1 Appetite, Ileart-bum and Headache, ! Rttttlessness, 111 temper, Anxiety, Lnn- s guorand Melancholy, Costivcness, Diar- ' rhceo, Cholera, Fevers of all kinds, ltliu- I matism,, Gout, Dropsies of all kinds, Gra- ' vel. Worms, Asthma and Consumption, Scurv^i Ulcers, Inveterate Sores, Scor- 1 butic Eruptions and Bad Complexion, ' Eruptive complaints, Sallow, Cloudy, and I other ilisnrrrceahle Complexions, Salt ' - - - 3*. ' i . Rheum, Erysipelas, Common Colds and J Influenza, and various other complaints 1 which afflict the humam frame. In Fevf.k and Ague, particularly, the Life Me- 1 dicines have been most eminently success- 1 ful; so much so, that in the Fe?cr and Ague Districts, Physicians almost uni- ' vcrsally prescribe them. % 1 All that Mr. Moffat requires of his pa- ' lients is to be particular in taking the Life Medicines strictly according to the directions. It is not by a newspaper notice, or by any thing that he himself may t say in their favor, that he hopes to gain ( credit, vlt is alone by the results of a fair trial. For sale by J. It. MrKAIN. s _ . ( List of Letters, REMAINING in thePostOflice at Camden, S. C. July, 1840. , A?William Addison. ? 13?Henry Banvick, Phillip Brewer, It. S. Barwick, John Bradley, Fred. Bowen, Rev. Thomas Berry. C?J. M. Cokcr, S. Clary, James Coker, t Roland Cornelius. D?Mrs M. Doneghan, Thomas Davis, (2) Joseph Davis, Mrs. V. Dobins, Capt. John Drakeford, Martha Dutlen. E?Thomas C. Ellerbee.| G?Sarah Gibson. IT i 1 IT ;l? T1 IT II 1 ri?it. j. iiummuu, Lj. iiuweii. J?Wrn. A. James. James Jones. K?Joseph B. Kershaw. L?Mrs. M. P. Langley, Robt. W. Love. I M?Brown Manning, R. McLean. D. L. ] McLeod, (2) Joseph M. Marshall. ] N?John A Nelson, Col. John Nickol. ] O?William O'Cain, William Orions. i P?David W. Peebles, Col. Lewis J. ] Patterson. ] R?M. L. Robertson, Mrs. Nancy Rev- ( il, A. J. Revil, Shaderick Rodgers, James , P. Richburg. , S?Elizabeth Stokes. T?Miss E.Tayloi, V?Vaughan & Lee, Miss C. E. Villcpigue. ' W?A B Wood, Dr II M Wood, R E 1 White, W B Watkins, Mr Walker. P. THORNTON, P M STRAYED, j win ?. .. n* i . g^ivvjiYi my plantation near ivianrnesier, | sometime in May last, two MULES; : one a bay mare, and the other a brown, or rather a black horse Mule. The black one had a rope around his neck when they went off.% Any person on taking them up will be welcome to use them until they give me information, and all reasonable expenses will be paid. WILLIS RAMSAY, i Jijne 20 6l29. * By Authority. Laws of the United States, Passed at the first Session of the tioenty sixth Congress. [Public?No 16,] AN ACT concerning prisoners of the United Slates committed to the jail in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States oj ?l-ll.j j America in Uongress assemoieu, mm all prisoners committed to the present jail in the county of Providence and State o! Rhode Island under the authority of the United States, shall be kept until discharged by due course of the laws thereof under the like restrictions and penalties as in the case of prisoners committed to said jail under the authority of said State of Rhode Island. R. M. T. HUNTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. RH. M. JOHNSON, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, June 12th, 1840. M. VAN BUREN. [Public?No. 17.] AN ACT making provision for the payment of pensions to the executors or administrators of deceased pensioners in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Senate and House tntineetif the Jjnited States of JJ A%\*1 CUl'd i wv h w w # vj ? ?v ? America in Congress assembled, That in lase any male pensioner shall die, leaving children, but no widow, the amount of pension due to such pensioner at the time yf his death shall be paid to the executor ar administrator ou the estate of such pensioner, for the sole and exclusive beneit o( the children, to be by him distributed imong them in equal shares, and the same shall not be considered as a part of the isscis of said estate, nor liable to be applied to the payment of the debts of said istatoin any ease whatever. Sec. 2. And be iUfurthcr enacted That ii esse any pensioner vrlio is a widow shall die, leaving children, the amount of pension due at the time of her death shall oe paid to the executor or administrator or the benefit of her children, as directed n the foregoing section. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That n case of the death of any pensioner, whether male or female, leaving children, die amount of pension may be paid to any mo, or each of them, as they may prefer, without the intervention of an adminisrator. Approved, June 12th, 1840. "O I'm undone !" as the lady said at he ball ven her corset string broke from )vcr straining. " Is this the milk of hooman kindness," is the fellow said when the cook drench;d him with dish vater. "Keep dark !" as the loafer said to a 'gemman ob color." " I am not fond of such vanities," as the tog said vrn his owner put a ring in his inout. "Vot a hawful end," as the Jackass said ren his tail vos bobbed. "I will sweeten his last moments," as he man said ven he drowned the dog in he molasses vat. Rightly Served.?I am ripe for fun, md up to all sorts of develtry,'' said a felow who went recently to a camp meeting tear , determined to have a frolic: 'I'm for fun? I'm hang'd if I aintl an' if 1 get near the wagon, or can finger the larness, I guess I'll play afcrick on these olaguy Methodists. Ilellow, Jim! I tell rou what; I've a sharp knife, and I feel asif I'd like to cut up someimng ur uuid* uov? if you'll get some of their harness, I vow I'll soon make short work of it!" Now Jim liked fun as well as any body; and as his crony was about to quiz the methodists, he thought it would be a good time to play a trick on him: so off Jim started, but soon re-appeared with harness and other matters; whereupon his comrade might exercise at his humor and his jack knife. In a twinkling the reigns &c. were in shreds; ind the jack knife was about to be closed, when a hearty Yaw-haio-haw?rivalling the horse laugh of a Communipaw negro, convulsed the sides of Jim. Suspecting the cause, the hero of the jack knife ran to his wagon, and found (oh dire mishap!) t was not the harness of a plaguy methoJest, but his own, which he had just cut up. Bachelor's Button. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, rum and brandy were sold by the ounce, as a medicine: and a teasDOonful was consider ed a dose by all the regular physicians. POETRY. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. REGUIEM OVER MIDNIGHT. Dong! dong! dong! Pealing sadly a chime,' For the dying midnight, Hear the old bellman time, How he watches the flight Of fiimls (n tlmir slumber. The hours are rolling The last of their number, ' And whilst he is tolling, Away fleets their brouth, What groaning and pighing, What struggling in dying, Is this the knell of death? The knell of death. Howl! howl 1 howl! The wolf.winds are keeping r Their woke by the tomb, Or fiend-like are sweeping Omen trees of their bloom: Through meadow and forest Their, foot-falls reboond, And cries thou abhorest, In echors resound With horrible delight; What laughter and groaning, Mingle sounds in their moaning, For the old dying night, rm. _ .ij j _'!.*? A lie oia aying uiguu Weep! weep! weep! Full many a friar From convents of cloud. Bring the burial attire* And snowy white shrowd; Now wind thoy his breast, And chanting his praise, Command him to rest In his funeral lays, All mournfully they sing; What pattering of prayers And fast raining of tears, For the old dead king, The old dead king! Dead! doad! dead! He's gone to the shore Of celestial clime, Where darkness no more Shades the pinions of time. From her orient bowers His daughter appears With the ever bright hours, In their smiles and their tears. For the days rosy light She has seized on as fuel, The the crown and the jewel Of her old father night. Old father nicrht! / ? 0 _ ? Rcquiescat in pace. P. Correspondence of the Charleston Patriot. Washington, July 1. The sub-treasury bill passed the House last evening by a vote of Yeas 124, Nays 107* As it came originally from the Senate, it 1 ! J iL. J. A -C it- n merely requireu me signature 01 niu rresident, which I understand was affixed soon after the passage of the Bill, it being required to go into operation on the 30th of June. The fury and mortification of the Whigs were exhibited with all their usual violence, and a spectator, unaccustomed to hear their bombast, would have imagined them to be the greatest warriors in the world. In the morning, by the aid of the previous question, the Bill was read a third time by a vote of 124 to 105. The question then being on its passage, every one for the Opposition sprang upon his feet and endeavored to get the floor. It was assigned to Mr. Graham, of N. C., who spoke until recess. After the recess, Mr. Hawes, of Kentucky made a long speech, and moved to re-commit the Bill, with certaiu instructions^ Mr. Vanderpool followed and moved the previous question on the passage of the ' Bill, which was seconded, and ol course cut off the motion to re-commit. The question was then taken on the passage of the Bill, and the result was as above. Mr. Campbell of your State voted against it, as aid aiso Messrs. ^asey of Illinois and Wick of Indiana. Mr. Fisher of N. C. was absent. The question then recuring on agreeing to the title of the Bill, Mr. Cooper, of Penn. moved to amend it by inserting something about "reducing the prices of labor, etc." Mr. Cushing moved to amend the amendment by styling it a bill authorizing the Secretary to use the money without appropriation by law, and made a speech in which he attempted to shew that the bill gave that power. Tnis drew out Mr. Pickens, who, in a voice hoarse wi*h emotion, repelled the charges of Mr. Cushing, and denied that such a construction coula be placed on the I bill. Mr. P. said he thanked his God that the hour had now arrived for the triumph-! ant consummation of this great measure; triumphant over the factious plans of an unprincipled set of Corporation swindlers, i He rejoiced that the hour had now arrived when the country was about to be delivered from those, who, for so many years, had swindled the poor man'out of the fruits of his labor. - Mr. P. was here interrupted by the whole body of the Opposition who quailed beneath the lash he was applying,;-. He continued, however, and said it was no wonder the advocates of that perishing system cried out. It was to be expected' that those who had hitherto hung upon the skirts of government like wolves lappingthe warm blood, should raise ah patciyi' Here the fury of the Opposition could-, contain itself no longer, and (here was a~ continued roar of "order," accompanied" by hissing. Nearly every member was upon his feet, and the epithets used by the r Whigs shewed how keenly thefc-feltr the rebuke of Mr. P. V-, F After the space of about five-minutes* and something like order had been jestor- . ed Mr. Pickens resumed and concluded hia remarks by moving the previous question* The Opposition being thus. prevented from wasting any more time, wfcrfe perfectly outrageous, and such a scene arose that no pen can describe. Groans and hisses were intermingled with haohwords, and imprecations on the head of Mr. P. who, however, refused to abandon the motion he had made. * ., MK Stanley called out to Mr. Fickenn from the opposite side of the Hall, and said something about the chivahy of South Carolina. - / ? Mr. Pickens retorted with the utmost vehemence, but the uproar was so great that nothing could be heard ddftincty.? -? * -1?. rrom me vioiem gestures ui mc v/pjn/mtion, it appeared as if we were: about to have a general fight. The amendments to the title of the Bill were subsequently rejected, and .the/original title agreed to. \v. ; / Just at this moment, a sun beam from7 above the crimson drapery, fell directly upon the eagle above the Speaker's Chair, and the reflection from its polished surface produced a thrilling moral effect. It was pointed at by numbers as a happy omen that the true glory of our country\had oifce more encircled our National emblem.. DRUNKENNESS. If you wish to be always thirsty, be a drunkard; for the oftener and more you, drink, the oftener and more thiratyyou If you wSlfto prevent your Wen(fs~rai- " sing you in the world, be a drunkard;" for that will defeat all their efforts. If you would effectually counteract your 4 own attempts to do weft be a drunkard; and you will not be disappointed. . If you wish to repel the endeavors,of the whole human race to raise yourto cha racter, credit and prosperity, be s hrunk- . ard; and you will most assuredlyjlritrtnph. If you are determined to be poori be a drunkard; and you will soon be ragged and pennyless. *' If you are determined to starve your | family be a drunkard; for that will consume the means of their support. If you would be imposed on by knaves, be a drunkard; for that will make their task easy. If you wish to be robbed.be a drunkard; which will enable the thief to do it with more safety. If you wish lo blunt your senses, be a drunkard; and you will soon be morestupid than an ass. If you wish to become a fool, beadrtinkard, and you will soon lose your understanding. -J If you wish to unfit yourself for rational intercourse, be a drunkard; for that wiB render you wholly unfit for it. If you are resolved to kill yourself be a ' drunkard; that being a sure mode of des! truction. If you would expose your folly and secrets, be a drunkard; and they will aoon -"A ? ? lirtdAw wine in run uiu <13 IIIC ihjuu1 1u1u im If you think you are too strong, be a drunkard; and you will soon be subdued by so powerful an enemy. If you twould get rid of your money without knowing how, be a drundard; and it will soon vanish insensibly. If you would have no resource when past labor, but a poor house, be a'drunk| ard; and you will be unable to provide. any. | Ii' would be a pest to society, be a drunk-, ard; and you will be avoided as infectious. A Smart Pupil.?"Josiah, how many scruples are there in n drachm?" | "Don't know zur. "Well then, recollect, there are two. " 0 there is, hay! wal, daddy takes h?g i dram every mornin without 110 scruples." ? i Vl A _ j Small Talk.?Says a oca bug 10 a musquito, whom ho chanced to meet on an expedition, "How happens it that you make out to extract so much more of life's current than myself, when I can bite as severely as you? IIow can you explain?" "For particulars see small bills " quoth the musquito with dignitv.