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THE CAMDEN JOI RX4E. 9 - [MEWSEKIES-] VOL.1. CAJNLDE1V, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 184?. , Ho 3? Moffat's Life Pills. THESE medicines are indebted for llieir name to their manifest and sensible action in purifying the springs and chan nels of life, and enduing them with re newed tone and vigor. In many hundred certified cases which have been made pub. lie, and in almost every species of disease L to which the human frame is liable, the i happy effects of MOFFAT'S LIFE1 PILLS AND PHENIX BITTERS have j been gratefully and publicly acknowledg-, ed by the persons Denenueu, aim wi.uj were previously unacquainted with the beautifully philosophical principles upon which they are compounded, and upon which they consequently act. The LIFE MEDICINES recommend j themselves in diseases of every dcscrip-i tion. 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 feces which collect in the convolution of the small intestines. Other medicines only partially cleanse these, and leave such collected masses behind as to produce habitual costivcness, j with all its train of evils, or sudden diarrhoea, with its imminent dangers. This; " * .11 !__ I fact is well known 10 an regular uua^mists, who examine the human bowels after death : and hence the prejudice of these well informed men against quack medicines, or medicines prepared and he. raided to the public by ignorant persons. The second effect of the Life Medicines is to cleanse the kiJncys and the bladder, and by this means, the liver and the lungs, the healthful action of which entirely depends upon the regularity of the urinary organs. The blood, whicli 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 or/irv nnrt nf the svstem. and triumphantly " ' VV I ? J mounts the banner of health in the blooming cheek. Moffat's Vegetable Life Medicines have been thoroughly tested, and pronounced a sovereign remedy for Dyspepsia, Flatulency, Palpitation of the Heart, Loss of Appetite, Heart-burn and Headache, Restlessness, 111 temper, Anxiety, Languor and Melancholy, Costiveness, Diarrhoea, Cholera, Fevers of all kinds, Rhumatism, Gout, Dropsies of all kinds, Gravel, Worms, Asthma and Consumption, Scurvy, Ulcers, Inveterate Sores, Scor butic . Eruptions and Bad Complexion, Eruptive complaints, Sallow, Cloudy, and other disagreeable Complexions, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Common Colds and infliionrs nnd virions other complaints which afflict the humam frame In Fever anil Ague, particularly, the Life Medicines have been most eminently successful; so much so, that in the Fcer and Ague Districts, Physicians almost universally prescribe them. All that Mr. Moffat requires of his patients 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 say in their favor, that he hopes to gain credit. It is alone by the results of a fair trial. For sale by J. R. McKAIN. List of Letters, II EMAINING in IhePost Office at Cam m .1 __ o n- T.i.. icin JLl^ UCII, O. \s. Olli) , 1OIU. -A?William Addison. B?Henry Barwick, Phillip Brewer, R. S. Barwick, John Bradley, Fred. Bowen, Rev. Thomas Berry. C?J. M. Coker, S. Clary, James Coker, Roland Cornelius. D?Mrs M. Doneghan, Thomas Davis, (2) Joseph Davis, Mrs. V. Dobins, Capt. John Drakeford, Martha Dulten. E?Thorn as C. Ellerbec.j G?Sarah Gibson. H?A. J. Hamilton, E. Howell. J?Win. A. James, James Jones. K?Joseph B. Kershaw. L?Mrs. M. P. Lancley, Robt. W. Love. M?Brown Manning, R. McLean. D. LMcLeod, (2) Joseph M. Marshall rN?John A Nelson, Col. John Nickol. O?William O'Cain, William Orions. P?Daviil W. Peebles, Col. Lewis J. Patterson. R?M.L. Robertson, Mrs. Nancy Revil, A. J. Revil, Shaderick Roilgers, James P. Richbnrg. S?Elizabeth Stokes. 1\-Miss E.Taylor, V?Vaughan &. Lee, Miss C. E. Villcpigue. W?A B Wood, Dr II M Wood, R E White, W B Watkins, Mr Walker. P. THORNTON, P M CB1I) A l/mia JLUiilljIJ, FROM my plantation near Manchester, sometime in May last, two MULES; one a bay mare, anil the other a brown, or L rather a black horse Mule. The black one ^ bail a rope around his neck when they went off. Any person on taking them up will be welcome to use them until they give mo information, and all reasonable expenses will be paid. WILLIS RAMSAY. June 'JO 6t29. POETRY FOR THE JOURNAL. TIIE NATURAL BRIDGE, VIRGINIA. FROM MSS. OF A TRAVELLER. Time hallow'd mound! thy deepening gloom, With shadows dim the live long day, Like phantoms ling'ring in the tomb, And ages past away. This rocky vault, tin's gorge profound, Suspends the trav'ler's wond'ring breath, As if his head that echoed round, Were in the Courts of death. In years long past and better days. When earth itself was gay and young; And Indian Bards their rustic lays, To love and valor sung. Thine was tho lot, thou holy rock! To smile beneath those sylvan charms, To guard some ancient Sachems flock, Or keep his martial arms. Now, rays that by the lime rocks glance, Fado on the cold stroims gurgling thro', Where once tho red men held their dance, And mooted the light canoe. Hush'd is the Indian's festive song! Dried is the Cellar's glassy stream! Flows is the light and happy throng! Like some bowilder'd dream, Those niches, too, whereon were seen, Tho Trav'lers' names, once etch'd for show, Are crumbling in the dread ravine, Among the rocks below. A nimnn Hrk! Knrft lllft 1 ! Or 111 'nlflfT OOfl TO rttiu (juico, nuiwi "?? "'"5 " ?"I Like grey hairs of some giant crown'd, Arc all tho ' relics of departed years' On thee, time hallow'd mound. F. FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. LINES ' On seeing a Spider drowned in a Baptismal Font. This water brought to thee, poor thing, No balmy taste of love, Nor mystic emblem of the spring, That flows in heav'n above. Herein behold the christian oyc The sign of mercy's light, To him the day spring from on high, To thee on endless night. A web wove out by spider art, Too fino to bear thy weight, Somo jealous zephyr cut apart, And left thee to thy fate. This holy place, this calm retreat Could not prolong thy breath; Nor keep thy bold and busy feet From sharp and instant death. Thus, sacred things of God bestow The life for hoav'n ordain'd, But savor are of death and wo, When, they have been profan'd. So learn we, here, that they who hasto To pleasure's mad'ning bowl, Drain dregs of folly, and its taste Is ruin to tire soul. And thus dccciv'd, sad mortal think To skim times' glassy wave, Trusting to self or man?and sink Within a wat'ry grave. Ttut tlion. mv God. as rolls life's stream Down to an endless sea, Reflect therefrom bright mercy's beam, And bend its'course to thoc. EVA. Miscellaneous. From the Youth's Cabinet. THE GOAT?a good example. In a town in Wales, a number of young men were in the habit of meeting at a tavern to spend their evenings, and often indulged in drinking to excess: thus thoughtlessly wasting their time and money, their health, and risking the loss of their souls. Now it happened there was a fine goat belonging to. the tavern, that used to strut about the yard with all the dignity of a nabob, and was at the same time so playful that his frolics amused the young peo pie and afforded great sport with his gambols. On one of these occasions, while they were drinking wine, one of them said by way of diversion, "Oh, let us get Billy (that was the name they give the goat,) into the parlor and give him some wine." "That's well said," exclaimed another, "we'll have him in," and Billy was, by genera) consent, invited to take a glass of wine with them. Now, whatever objection may be made against a pig in a parlor, the goat seems to have been a very welcome guest. He tasted the wine very cautiously at first, but after two or three trials, he began to drink it freely, and appeared to be vcrv fond of it. But i ;? i -ii l:_ i:r? i.:. navnig ueen a iceioiaier an ins me, m& new drink began to produce a very strange and ludicrous change in his manners.? He lost all his dignity and decorum,. and began to dance on his hind legs and exhibit such curious feats of agility that kept the company in a roar of laughter all the evening. This was fine sport for them and when they had fairly tired themselves out, they left the tavern agreeing to meet again the following day and invite Billy to join their company, and afford them more sport. Accordingly, they met the following day, and by the time they had got themselves well prepared for amusement, Master Billy was again sought for and found in his old quarters; but he appeared very shv of the parlor. At length they coaxed him in and offered him some wine, but he rejected it with evident anger. They still urged him to drink; but no; his mouth was fast shut against the admission of a drop. One stratagem after another was tried to gain their end, but like a wise goat, he had taken the resolution and meant to keep it; that he would not make a senseless beast of himself again, to please the more senseless men, that wanted to degrade him to a level with themselves. At length they gave it up as a hopeless task and left the goat in the enjoyment of his superior sobriety. On returning home, one of the young men made this important improvement of the conduct of the goat; and I wish all would come to the same wise conclusion. " If this goat is so wise- as to resist the attempt made by us to intoxicate him the second time, what folly, what madness, it is in me, a rational and immortal being, to fall continually before the same tempta tion. I will drink no more."?Acting on the wisdom of the poor goat, he became a pious and sober man. W. I. We earnestly wish that some ef the two legged goats of our region would follow this example, so far as leaving off is concerned.?Asheville Messenger. A Predicament.?The Baltimore Clipper man tells of meeting in the street a j dashing belle of that city, whose conduct! as she neared him, seemed passing strange, J as at one moment she would hasten her ( steps, and at another stop, as if in doubts whether to proceed. Her cheeks were [ tinged with blushes, and such was her, evident confusion that she ever and anon | o nloq^inn lftnb arnnrir) ?is if tn find V/UOI. U jVJCUUai^ IVUlk Ui VWKV?y MW ... I some open door to receive her. For a j long time he was at a loss to know what caused the poor girl's confusion, wfien he discovered close at her heels two little j pigs, who struck up a merry "squeaksqueak," as soon as she walked forward,' but were perfectly silent when she stood still. But why should those little pigs be! so very-attentive? The young lady doubt- j less had her swain?but not her swine., As he passed her he observed that her "bustle," which was stuffed with bran,' had burst open and was letting out its stores to ameliorate the appetites of these hungry little pigs! Strange that the Baltimore authorities will allow little pigs and big pigs of various sizes to run at large to devour the artificial portion of their belles! Now, Don't.?We find the following good anecdote in the New World: We are informed?we will not vouch for the fact, but we are informed?that a certain whig orator discoursed a few evenings since at Lafayette Hall in this wise: ?"Gentlemen, I will gratity you tor a few moments. In my opinion, Martin Van Buren is in social life a gentleman,1 gentleman! (Hear, hear.) He is won-j derfully polite and pleasant in his manners, and there can be no donbt that he is a gentleman. (Cheers.) / think he is a gentleman. (Loud cheers.) But public life, gentleman, in public life, he is, gen- i tleman?I don't like to mention it, but he is a?a?rascal!" (Awfulsilence.) "Gentlemen," continued the orator, warming into perfect ferocity of emphasis, " Gentlemen, if Martin Van Buren is elected, I shall leave the country!!'' (Tremendous applause; after which a solitary voice exclaimed " Don't!',) Consumption.-?Half a pint of new milk mixed witn a wine glass full of expressed juice of green horehound, taken every morning, is said to be an effectual remedy for consumption if resorted to in time. One who tried it says, " Four weeks use of the horehound and milk relieved the pains of my breast, enabled me to breathe deep, long and free, and strengthened my voice, and restored me to a better ! state of health than 1 had been in tor years." Our own experience enables us to state that horehound is an excellent ! specific for a cough or cold.?American Farmer. The following was handed to us by a highly respectable individual of this place, as a Recipe for making. TOMATO TART. " " 1 L .L!_ J iton out your ciougii veiy min anu place on the plate in which you intend baking your tart, and slice your tomatoes very thin, spread them over the dough, very thinly, then take about two table spoon fulls of brown sugar, and one of ground Cinnamon bark, spread the two over the Tomatoes, bake it well, and you will have a delightful tart. j .s We copy the following article from the Hamburg Journal; it gives a very good description of some of the Mississippi "Breakers" who are determined to swindle their indulgent creditors.?Ed. "THE LAST HOAX." "A planter in Mississippi recently got up "the Cholera" in such a method as to clearly constitute another "New Way to pay old Debts." It seems he gave out in the neighborhood that the Cholera had appeared among his negroes, and with such violence as to send a dozen or more darkies to their long home every day. Of , course, his neighbors would not go near the House, but sympathised deeply with their distressed friend. They saw at a distance the coffins carried to the field, , and buried?and though they thought that ?. ? :.u .u :_L1 an wcui wiuug Willi uicii iicigiiuui? i never suspected that "all was not right" < about the coffins. However the negroes were all gone, and the man disposed of i his land, and started off with the best ! wishes of his duped creditors, to begin the world denovo in Texas. Some incredu- 1 lous chap, some time after the planter had started for Texas, took it into his head to examine one of the shallow graves, when, lo and behold ! the coffins' were empty? the negroes having all "G. T. T." An Interesting Case.?A habeas cor- ] pus case of more than ordinary interest, is now in progress in this city. It seems that a year or two ago, a young lady, the , daughter $f a wealthy gentleman of Boston, formed an attachment, while travel- , ling in Europe, with a Swiss or a German /vnmflnmnn titln nnrl rliotinnfmn g^llLiV^UlCUl \J 1 UllU CUIU UlOUiiUHUIit JL I4W ' parties were married, but whether they eloped or Jwere married wither without i the consent of the lady's parents, we have been unable to ascertain. After residing with her husband a short time, the lady returned to this country to see her friends, and has ever since refused to live with the Count. A beautiful child, the fruit of the 1 union, has hitherto been retained by the ( mother. The Count is now in this country, and , finding the parties in Philadelphia, he some days since issued a habeas corpus, , with the object of obtaining possession of the child. The lady, who is said to be , quite beautiful, was in court yesterday, attended by her friends, when the hearing ?i- j x . _l i i was aajournea 10 me cnamoers 01 ooe 01 the Judges. Among the counsel engaged, we have heard the names of William B. Reed, John M. Scott, Joseph R. Ingersoll, John Cadwalladcr, William M. Meredith and Horace Binney, Esquires. We have been furnished with many of the particulars, or alleged particulars?but think it improper in this stage of the matter, to make them public.?Philad. Jnq. Onions vs. Yellow Striped Bugs. ?I am told to set an onion in the centre of a hill of cucumbers, squashes, mellons &c. it will effectually keep off the yellow striped bug that preys, at times, so disastrnn?lv nnnn fhnsp nlants whilfi VOIITW*. I communicate the hint that it may be tried by those who are pestered with the depredations of this stupid plague in their vine patches. It is simple ana easily tried, and may be, it will "do the thing," for it is well known that the onion plant is very offensive to certain insects, if not to all. Try it?try it, if you please. B. F. W. By Authority. I Laws of the United States, Passed at the first Session of the twenty sixth Congress. [Public?No. 30.] AN ACT making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United Stales, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That f the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of j1 any unapropriated money in the Treasury, j for the preservation, repairs, construe- t tion and incidental and contingent ex- t penses of certain fortifications in the year eighteen hundred and forty, viz. For repairs of Fort Niagara, twentyseven thousand five hundred dollars; For rebuilding and repairing the old fort at Oswego, twenty thousand dollars; ^ For repairs of Fort Preble, three thousand two hundred dollars; t For repairs of Fort Scammel, three thousand tour hundred dollars; For repairs of Fort M'Clary, seven hundred aud fifty dollars, i For repairs of Fort Constitution, three i * f ' ' .. . , thousand six hundred and seventy-one dolFor repairs of Fort Independence and sea wall of Castle island, {one hundred | thousand dollars; For Fort Warren, one hundred at?4 fifty thousand dollars; For Fort Adams, eighty thousand dolFor fortifications at New London hatbor, twenty-five thousand dollars; For Fort Schuyler, eighty thousand For repairs of Fort Ilamiltoa, twenty , \ , mousanu uonars; "S'ltSren For repairs of Fort Lafayette, five tbouBand dollars; For repairs of Fort Colnrabus, one thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars; ^ For repairs of Castle Williams, fire thousand seven hundred and thirty-fiv^v For repairs of south battery, Governor's island, three thousand five hundred dolFor repairs of Fort Monroe, fifty thousand dollars; For rebuilding bridge over Mill creek, near Fort Monroe, five thousand dollars; For repairs of road from Fort Monro? to said bridge, one thousand dollars; For purchase of land in the vicinity of : Fort Monroe, one thousand dollars; For Fort Calhoun, fifty thousand dol^ '* For Fort Caswell, six thousand dollars; ; For Fort Sumter, twenty-five thousand For repairs of Fort Moultrie, ten, thouFor Fort Pulaski, forty-four thousand ' For fort on Foster's bank, Florida, fourteen thousand dollars; For Fort Pickens, eight tho.usand dolFor repairs of Fort Barrancas; fifteen thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Morgan, ten thousand dollars; \ For repairs of Fort Pike, fire thousand -^18 For repairs of Fort Wood, three thou- jljPi sand five hundred and eighty dollars; - JepH For repairs of the battery Biepvenue, two thousand five-hundred dollarsp For repairs of.Tower Dupre, four hun- r ; dred dollars; - 'i1"- r\C ~Vnrt .T?ftr#On. twpntv ' if Jt U1 I V|/Uli o VI A ya V _ _ thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort St. Philipi three % thousand three hundred dollars; For Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana, fifteen thoosand dollars: For contingencies of fortifications, ten ; thousand dollars; For incidental expenses attending re- .^3 pairs of fortifications, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, however, that in case of a disappointment in the receipts of reve- ' ' nue from customs, or lands, or other . sources, or of a failure to collect the debts " due from the late deposite banks,, or-from $ the Bank of the United States of Pennsvlvania, so tha't the means of the Treasury shall not be sufficient to meet the or- 'v# dinary calls for the service of the year,, according to the appropriations made by " '-.V Congress, and also the expenses attthorized by this act, the President of the T United States shall be, and hereby.is, &u- . thorized, upon ascertainment, at any time, rtf tkoca fantd frnm tlio A>rrAtttrV of the ?' 1 mWiJV IHVkO| II Vlll tllv nr?w* ^ , . , , , . Treasury, to direct the postponementun- : ...j til after the close of the next session of Congress, or until Congress shall otherwise direct, of the whole, or such portion of the appropriations made by this act as the state of the Treasury shall seem to him to require; any order for postponement to be made alike applicable to each ; item of appropriation, so far as the State * of facts, at the time it is made, and a doe regard to the public interests, will permit} and all contracts entered Into in pursuance ? of these appropriations to be made subject to the conditions of this proviso. R. M. T. HUNTER, Speaker of the House of Representatives, KH. M. JUHlXOUiv, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate? Approved, July 20th, 1840. v, M. VAN BUREN. [Resolution?Public?No. 6.] JOINT RESOLUTION for the exchange of books and public documents, for'for*% - ' eign publications. _ ** Be it enacted by the Senate and House * . if Representatives of the United Stales of \merica in Con gi ess assembled, That the ibrarian, under the supervision of the ? Committee on the Library, be authorized o exchange such duplicates as may be in he library for other books or works. Second, That he be authorized, in the amc way, to exchang documents. Third, That hercaf ? r, niiy aumtionai ;opies of the documents, priuted by orler of either House, be printed and bound or the purpose of exchange in foreign ountries. Approved, July 20th, 1840. The wraith of a miser, like the sun ,vhcn it has sunk below the horizon, cheers 10 living creature.