The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, August 22, 1840, Image 2

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jpkv WlSCIjLLAlVEOUS. . ' New Mode of Raising the Wind.?The other morning, a lady left home to make some purchases, pay.some visits, or trans* act some other femenine business no mat- | Icr what. As sho was walking along one I of our best streets, which happened to be nearly empty at the time, she was suddenly accosted by a getleman, a perfect stranger to her. He was short and stout, with a bushy head of hair, while gloves, and all the other outward evidence of gentility. We addressed her very familiarly, and expressed his pleasure at having met her. "I believe I have not the honor of your acquaintance, sir," said the lady; d|ily, for his familiarity was rather of the impertinent order. "Well, never mind about that, it is never too late to form an agreeable acquaintance. Ate you going up this way ? I'll go along; or, here, take my arm." "I really must decline the honor, sir, and request you, if you are a gentleman, to leave me at once. "Bah ! how pretty you look when you are angry!" and the vulgar fellow was preparing to put his arm round her waist, when the ladv was over-joyed at seeing a tail well, dressed, gentlemanly roan turn the corner, and advance rapidly towards them. Her exclamations brought him to her side at once, and his presence seemed to cool down, in a wonderfull degree the ardor of the first comer. " What is the matter madam?" he asked, " has anything happened? Can I be of service to you in any way ?" " Sir, I have been grossly insulted by this person." " You scoundrel!" (shaking his stick at the short fellow, who sneaked away) "if it was not for making a scene in the open-street, I would cudgel you to death. (To the lady.) The-vagubund who presumed to insult you is gone, madam; you need not fear now ? ? - j?i " I am unaer tne greuic&v uunjalions " 44 Oh, don't mention it, I beg you. Will you allow me to escort you, to prevent the repetition of any such insult?" 441 should b8 sorry to trouble you, but really I have been so much agitated by what has happened, and my nerves are quite unstrung, and I must go home?if it is not taxing your politeness too much? that fellow may return." % 44 Don't be afraid, I will lake care of him." The lady accepted the gentleman's proffered arm very thankfully, anil retraced he steps home. On the way they talked about balls and concerts, the weather, the opera, the news of the day, and other nothings which make up fashionable conversation. To judge from 'the genllemnn'a mnnncrs and discourse, as well as fiom his frock, cane and yellow gloves, he was altogether comme il faut.?When they reached the lady's door, he bowed aud was taking his leave. " I really feel much indebted, sir," said he," for your very timely interference." 41 Don't say any thing more, I beg of you." 44 Very much indebted, indeed, and if?if I could acknowledge your services in any way?" 44 Why, if you please, you may give two shillings." 44 Two !" The lady was thunderstruck; but she realy felt grateful to her preserver from insult, and without saying a word, pulled out her purse and hunded him the money. He took it and walked "away. At the corner our short frie:id of the cloak and while gloves met him. 44 Well," asked he, 44 how much did you g'tl" 44 Two shillings," replied he of the cane " and yellow gloves. 44 That will do; let's go and get some ' breakfast."?iV. Y. Mirror. 9 ????? The "World's End.?During the last nr iliroA rpntnries. uDwards of thir - teen fixed stars have disappeared. One of them situated in the Northern Hemisphere, presented a peculiar brilliancy, and was so bright as to be seen by the naked eye at mid-day. It seemed to be on fire, appearing first of a dazzling white then of a reddish yellow, and lastly, an ashy pale color. La Place supposes that it was burned up as it has never been seen since. The confla. gration was visible about sixteen mouths. . How dread Ail! A whole system on fire, the great ceutural luminary and its planets, with their plains, mountains, forests, villages, cities and inhabitants, all iu flames, consumed and gone fovever. Here we have a presumptive proof of the truth, and a{so!emn illustration of a singular passage in a very old book?"The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the world also, and the works that arc therein, shall be burned up." federal desperation. Mr. Pickens truly compared the cjamor of Federalism, at llie passage-of llie Independent Treasury bill, to the bowling of wolves, which were at length driren away from the prey upon which they had so long been feasting. Let the people not be deceived. The wolres will not abate their howling, unless they can once more fasten their dry, unbloody langs in the vitals of the country. The speculating classes, of which Whigcry is chiefly composed, look upon the national exchequer, which is drawn froni the sweat of the people, as a prey, a carcass, upon which it is their privilege to feed. Let those who toil and create, see that their substance is not eaten up by those who *' toil not, neither do they sj in." # M " - if fe - > * * W # '" I ^ - /*>* **. .* - " .. '. m .' >i . i- \* . * ir* '* * .<V A TRAGIC STORY. ... i fnl _ ?. * l-i ninmi- 1 me si. JL.0U1S uuuenn reiaies a amgu- | lar. story on the authority of a trader from Lake Superior. After alluding to the North Passage by two young men of the Hudson's Bay Company, it states Jhat they both set out homewards, eager to communicate the intelligence: On the arrival of the two at Lake Winnepick, they disagreed about the route which should be pursued, and there separated. Mr. Simpson, accompanied by Mr. Bird, Mr. Legros, and twenty or thirty of the colonists, struck across for Saint Peters, intending to push on to New York, via of the lakes, and from thence ] sail for Liverpool. Mr. Dace, his compeer, with another party, set out for the Canadas. I About the 20th of June, Mr. Simpson, and his party had reached Turtle river, where they encamped for the night. He had, from the beginning of the iourncy, I exhibited occasional symptom of mental hallucination, caused, as the party supposed, by the dread of being outstripped by his competitor in their long race for London. On the evening above men .nnnrl Kn kn>l nAntiniin/1 trv nnoh r>n until IIUI1CU. Ills imu WllUUUVsU ty |yuua i v?i ? * ? a late hour at night, and even then his feverish state of excitement deprived him of nourishment or rest. When they stopped, and while in the act of camping, Mr. Simpson turned suddenly round, and shot Mr. Bird through the heart; and before the astounded party could fly from the presence of the madman, he discharged the other barrel, and mortally wounded Mr. Legros. It appears the party had separated, and when he committed the murder on his companions, there wereJ only two more present, one of them a son of Legros, who immediately fled a short distance. The dying father earnestly implored Simpson to permit his son to return and embrace him before he should die, which he agreed to do, and beckoned them back, saying there was nothing to fear. *-? Clmrvr-nn aonncod 1 VyU U1C1I 1CLUIII) Ullllj/SUII umiwvu gros of conspiring with Bird, and asked him whether it was not their intention to assassinate him that night? The dying man said it was, but upon being interrogated a second time, he denied having any intention or design of such a deed, and shortly after he expired. Simpson then ordered the two men to bridle their horses, j and prepare to return with him to the set- J tlement, but no sooner were they mount- i ed, than they dashed off in quest of the main body, and overtook therrt about 18 miles ahead. They all returned in the morning, and when they had reached within 200 yards of the camp, they got a glimpse of Simpson at the door of his tent, and immediately afterwards heard a report of a gun; supposing.that he was determined to cariy out the work of des- J traction which he began, they attempted to intimidate him by filing tliree volleys thn namn nhVl tKon 9H. Ill U1C UJlClsllUU Ui U1U lailJJ'j HUM MIWU | proached it cauticusly. When they came' up, they found their commander welter-' ing in his blood, and on closer examina- j tion found that he had litefally blowa his! head to pieces! ^' ... ' ' Far in the wild, unknown to public view,' were the three bodies committed to the same grave by their companions, who then pursued their route, with feelings more easily conceived than described. The party arrived at St. Peters about the 1 st of July, in possession of the important papers, and other property belonging to the ill-fated Simpson. / Many persons are just planting Turnips, which should have been in the ground ten ? days ago. The f dlowing directions from the American Farmer sie important. Turnips.?If you have not already got in your turnips, delay not a day in prenarinff unnr rrrrwinr] nnrl Qnwinnr thpm. In r141 "'o/ o""*?" & ?"?i ? preparing the ground be sure neither to spare manure r.or labor. No one should dream of cultivating turnips with less than two ploughings, and as many rollings and borrowings w will perfectly pulverized the ground. Fine tilth is absolutely necessary to success in the culture of this root. Mani'iie. ?Cow manure is the best. If that be not at hand, ashed is the next1 best; and if they be' not attainable, any well rotted manure will answer; but we question much if long dung will do. Preparation of the Seed.?Scak them in a solution of equal parts of sulphur and saltpetre for twelve Iiours before sowing; dry the seed in ashes, sow, harrow; or brush them in, then roll the surf-ice evenly, and your work of putting in will be at an end. If a few bushels of rS I lino tn flip arrp Hp enwn aaiKsO) V* vuv vr* IIUIV ?v w.v wv? v mw wv .? .. over the field, so much the better. Prevention against the Fly.?As soon as you have sown your seed, get a half bushel or more of elder leaves, put them into a bushel, fill it up with water, stir and bruise thoroughly, so as to iucorpora'e the. juice with the water. As soon as your turnips come up, go over them mop in hand, and sprinkle the solution over them. Repeat this night and morning for three or four days, and you will Save your plants. The staler this solution is the more efficacious it will prove. Culture.?When your turnips are of the dimensions of the circle of a dollar, run a harrow through them both ways:) When their leaves assume the size of the t % * . \ . & ' XL' V," *<* < ft *y ^ ' 'i '' * i palm of ydbr-hand, harrow them again, and in a few days thereafter thin them out to about six or eight inches apart, weed, and lay them by, for your: cultivation will then have been completed. Quantity of Seed.?One pound to the acre.?Carolina Planter. Rye.?Planters who value juicy mutton through the winter and spring, or are pleased at the sij?ht of fine vallow butter, in staed of white tallowy stuff, ought to be preparing their land for Rye. If any intend to rest a cotton field next year, the seed may be sown at the last working of the cotton: from December to March or April it will afford him a pasture of much importance?and he may plant corn or peas for a green crop whenever he can spare time from his other business, which will do his land more service in one season, than resting three or four Rye should be sown early in September, where it is intended to be pastured. n. . From the Clieraw Gazette. I IRISH POTATOES. : Dr. McLean: I Dear Sir,?Some few weeks since I saw in the columns of your paper an ac count of some tine Insn potatoes presented to you by Mr. A. P. Lacoster weighing from 10 to 12 ounces. I have raised a considerable quantity this summer weighing from 14 to 16 ounces, and measured from 10 to 11 inches in circumference. My mode of raising them is as follows. The latter pak of February, I make trenches about 10 or 12 inches deep, 1? lUwm tltYiAo in n liv xuiiuiiig a piuw iwuui uulc- muvo ?. ? ' place and scraping them out with a hoc. In these tienclics I put a small quantity of stable or other strong manure, drop the j potatoe and fill the trenches with half rot; ted straw or trash from the woods or barn| yard. I then level the ground, and scatter leaves or other trash about four or five I inches deep all over the surface, which Jteeps the ground moist and prevents the weeds and grass from growing. I have no trouble of working them afterwards. I have tried different modes of making potatoes, but this is much the best. If you tlrnk the above worthy of a place in the columns of the Farmer's Gazette, it is at your disposal. Very respectful^ 1). C. Lilly. Cedar Ilill, Anson County, N. C. From the Greenville Mountaineer. "Glendower.?At my nativity, The front of Heaven was full of fiery bhapes, \ Of burning cressets; and at my birth, Tho frame and huge foundation of the earth Shaked like a coward." " Hotspur.?Why so it would havo done at Tho same season, if your mother's cat had But kittened, though yourselfhad ne'er been born." Suaepseare. i General Harrison is the candidate of^ the Federal Whigs, and he must now be ? n _-1 .1..! trumpeted a great man; u woum nut m> for any but a great and wise man to be their candidate fur President; and according to order, his name is shouted to the "reverberate hills" as the second Washington, the great General and statesman, patriot and Republican. This ell sounds strange-? General Harrison a very great man! A new and wonderful miracle has occurred, ,if Whig authority be proof. When the northern Whigs nominated Gen. Harrison at the Harrisburg Convention, the news, as it spread Southward, sounded like a death-knell to their faith- j ful allies. They almost universally gave up the ship, and sunk into the lowest deep of despair. Such was their estimate of Gen. Harrison's political character, his old Federal principles, his votes for the Tariff and Internal improvements, his settled opinion and wishes in regard to Abolition, his perfect connexion with the consolidation views of Webster, his entire approval of that statesman's constitutional doctrines, which, if carried into practical operation, would convert our Government into a central despotism, wielded by corruption and the spirit of legislative pi tin-1 der; they diJ not think it possible, in the nature of things, that any considerable portion of the Southern people could be; deceived into his support. The leaders of the Southern Whigs therefore regarded themselves as routed and utterly banished from the hope of regainiug the vantage ground which they occupied under Henry, rhv. a man of known powers and great- j ness, who, though tainted with Federal! principles, was beyond comparison, in all! respects, superior to the hero of Tippe-' canoe. The leading Southern opponents of the Administration, although Harrison's nomination was seen and rued by them as an event that brought them "sad overthrow and foul defeat,"like Milton'schiefs of fallen spirits. "The prime in order and in might" in Washington assembled their afflicted compeers to consult how they could best remedy the mischief occasioned by it; " llu ir own loss, how repair, how overcome this dire calamity." They knew they had "a sham hero" and an established Federalist for their nominated chief, and whilst the pebple looked upon him as he was, " their final hope" would be " flat despair." They therefore determined to arouse, as it was evident they must, or remain "forever fallen," and to make a general onslaught upon the Administration, and at the same time, by a concerted and well understood system of puffing and exaggeration, to convert an imbecile old man into a hero and x . /> " ' * ' ' \-.?%Srv statesman of unrivalled gfefetness, second only td Washington. -THlybavc taken off his Abolition taint, fend represented him as a thorough friend of the Southern interest. They hare invented and manufactured a Republican cloak and , thrown around the old gentleman's threadbare Federal dress, and hid his black cockade. They have taken his old epaulets, never the brightest, upon which the dnat of time and oblivion was settling and had almost obscured, furbished them up, sprinkled a new glory upon them, and sent him forth a new hero, bright as the herald Mercury, new lighted on a heaven-kissing hill." And old General Harrison, who " has wasted more blood and treasure tbaiv any individual living," and who sa fortunately re.: 1 . i Dl^lieu tt mujui ucuciai o tuiumauu in uuiv of the war, which was conferred on the really heroic Jackson, is now recommended to us as a fit and proper persen to preside over the Administration of every department of this mighty Republic, civil and military! To be, under the Constitution, the commander-in-chief of the whole Army and Navy of the United States; to superintend oitr negocialions with every nation; to direct our.Navy to every sea; to protect our commerce, and to take care that the Constitution be not violated?-Yes, ' to take care that the Constitution be not [ violated, which we are told to expect from a man uho has advocated almost every unconstitutional measure anu principle ui which the South has complained, and who j will undoubtedly be swayed by that Northern party from which flows nothing but infractions of the Constitution, and cease' less attemptsJo enlarge the Federal powers by construction. The leading Southern Whigs have not the hardihood to deny, that when Harrison was first nominated they deemed him quite unfit for the office of President. It is said they have changed by inquiring into his character. Are we to be deceived 1 by such assertions! No?they have changed I I because they thought we could be operated I on by them to change likewise. Harrison is the same man he was last winter, ! and all the change which has taken place * .1 .1 - , in jiim is hi ins supposed cuauccs mi success. The partial advantage gained by the Whigs in Virginia in the last Spring elections?an advantage gained by the most unscrupulous misrepresentation ofj the President and his party, bv moans of a legion of false documents sent among | the people by the "Executive Committee" at Washington, composed in part of Abolilionists and Hartford Convenlionists, j was the first event tliat sharpened the eyesight of the Southern leaders to the me! riis of Gen. Harrison. They began then to think that there was a chance to hum( bug the people; and if this could he ef; fectually done they miglit escape from the ! sad overthrow which Harrison's nontiua! lion bad wrought, lu litis* grand enter-; I nrice. st Smith ('arolina Senntnr lends the' way. "Among his followers" "in shape and gesture proudly eminent," his high praises of Harrison have been echoed by his males, a new song has been put into their mouths, and now the late incompetent and objectionable General Harrison is held forth us altogether capwblo and acceptable?the Ethiopian his changed his skin, and the Leopard his spots. Now, it needs no sagacity to determine, ' that any other man in the United States who might have been nominated by the Ilarrisburg Convention, would receive the support and the ardent support, of that portion of the Southern Whigs who advocate Harrison's election. Any other North ?' II .1!,! .. 2J l_. 1,1 ern larill anu AUOiiiun ruiiuiuuie nuuiu I be whitewashed by them -as Harrison i?? any other man, however insignificant. J would be rated a hero?any other old Fediralist called a Republican?any other side would be supported, as some of them declare, in preference to the Administra' tion, which is the more disliked by them as it has been unfairly represented, and ill seems in proportion to the exhibition of the most demonstrative proof of its possessing Southern principles. Any other Northern Whig candidate who might possess the least chance of being elected, would commapd the zealous partizans of Harrison, who have sent his praises from Washington into every hamlet, with accompanying abuse and misrepresentations of the President and his measures. The same attempt to excite and convulse the Southern States with political electioneering would be attempted by them | were Harrison in liis grave, or had never I been in existence. It is a struggle* for! power which the Harrison leaders are ' making?an effort to overlhruw the Administration, right or wrong, and to substitute any other in its place, so that baffled ambition may be gratified, and cherished political malignity revenged by the overthrow of men more successful tban themselves, and whose measures have met with the approbation and support of the people. The days of miracles arc past, and the people will very naturally mistrust this sudden illumination of the minds of the Harrison leaders. They will inquire why - - ? 1- II.. ?U. ' It IS, ll ucn. Harrison uu kui^ uic great and conspicuous man which he is represented to bp, that such utter darkness covered his opinions and his political character till a few months past, that they looked upon him as entiicly unworthy of Southern support. If Gen. Harrison had been the great luminary which some of his supporters affirm, how happens it that men who have been watching the political eky for twenty years, nave never seen tus lignt in the firmament? Not a ray ol' his greatness ever twinkled upon the vision of his South* em worshippers till Virginia was bamboozled with the hard cider philosophy. -V ^ ' ^ s . va* K ' y0&" <""? H * ' J , ' ..- ' * n V ' :^'"> 1 * x ' . ,* '., V#-'.VV ; ' r- -> J ': . ' '.'d - ... v ' AV ? ''*/: * . t> J ^ i w- ' * ' . y'jT ?-Jjf- 1 ' ? is* ? fjrC * - ;:Nt ,*? '/-A* v ?, >? ?' Tfcc m^er^is easily understood.?'They do not follow, Harrison on account 1 of liis principles. A Southern politician * dare-hoa?*npport them, or the principles of his Northern flariy. o^aiipiast jM>qrpaAqb* ' OAMDEW, S. OASOLHTA. 0 " * ' ? 7 SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 33, 1840, i ' :? 5l, OLD WAXHAW. ET We understand that an article? which appealed in this paper, some weeks since, under the above signature, has been attributed to Col. Jobs Strwart, at present a candidate for the State Senate from Lancaster District,., anid that it has been, or hereafter may be used, under this supposition, to influence the elections. That no injustice may be done CoL ?TKWA*TTwe" take the earliest moment to state that he is not the etithor of the article referred to, nor had he any agency m its publication. " Hail Storm.?We were visited on Saturday afternoon last, about three o'clock, with a most violent storm of wind, rain and hqfl. The particles ofhaiT were not very large, but they fell "thuk as autumnal leaves in Valambrosa.' A considerable quantity of the foliage was stripped from our shade trees, and some glass broken in such windows as were- most exposed to the fbry of the storm. WeiAve not "heard of any place out of Camden where there Wfs any hail on the occasion referred to. >* . * Tnp. Crops.?During tho rweok we have conversed with several gentlemen, who have travelled considera. -J,* bly in the tip. conn try, and tbey concur in stating t?at the crops of Corn are finer than they Have loiown them to bo in twenty yean. Large field* which * produced last year bnt little more than the aeed planted ' havo now t}ie appearance of rich river bottoms. Tbey report levs favorably of the Cotton crop; the atitlJn bars grown very large, but there i* hardly a prospect of an average crop. REVOLUTION IN MEXICO. An arrival at N..0 .'leans from Mala mora*, brings a letter to a Mercantile house in the former city, dated July Slst^ which states "that Mexico was the scene of another revolution, which bad broken out on ?ho 15th in?t. Tim citv had declared itself in favor ",v """* "*" ?? ?J ? - ? of the Federalists, who arc commanded by General Urrea. The President was taken prisoner in the act of leaving tlto place. There was some fighting going on in the centre of the capital, at the time of the extraordinary express-left which brought us the pre- ceding news three days ago." * i? Tii.' . PniL.vDEr.rniA Casket.?This is new^one bf the oldest monthlies in the country, and is -onducted ' with great ability in its litenuy deportmont, having among its contributors some of the best writers of the day. Its embellishments are equal, to rvy the ?' least, to any of its cotemporares. The August Not is now before us. It contains two pieces of Mtwie and a beautiful eng-aving on steel, " Mausoleum of Sufler Jung Delhi." Abolitionism,?The Baptist Churches at Follows ship, in Wilcox, and Carlow, in Dalla? counties Ala. have recently withdrawn from aU'cooncxion with the "American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society," on accoant of the circulation of Abolition pa- , pcrs by tliat body. 1 ' An election was held \p, the citj of Char lee ton on Monday last, to determine whether or not, a salary should continno attached to the office of Mayor. It was determined by a large majority that the salary should be continued. This is right. Tlie number of pieces of mo ey coined at the U. States Mint ajid its branches, during the half year ending the 30th June last, was 4,117,724, oflhe vari. ous denominations, ranging from Half Eagle* to Half Diraoe, and amounting in the whole to $1,517,035. GENERAL HARRISON. As the elections which are now going on the different states, seem tb indicate a pretty strong current in favor of Genor&l Harrison, every thing in relation to his past history and character, becomes more deeply interesting. In order, therefore, as far as lies I in our power, to spread as widely as possible, the information which we have fathered from different sources, and which we think may tend to develope his character and princ'plcs,- (Qnere?) we invite the attention of our readers to the following bri?foztreets. After reading the first of the verios, no one can doubt hut the old gentleman has alwas been a stem. Jeffcr Bjuian Republican. Ilero it is:? John Randolph openly in the Senate of the United States in 1820, charged Gen. Harrison with being "an open, zealous, frank supporter of the Sedition Law and Black Cockade Administration." To which Gen. Harrison replied? "The gentleman had no means of knowing my political principles, unless he obtained them in private conversation. It is very probable he might have heard me express sentiments favorable to th? then Administration. I certainly fell them." &c. ? The two succccd'ng extracts show the estimation in which his services were held by the Senate of the United States, and the light in which he viewed it* proceedings. _ .J In the Senate of the United States, upon the consideration of a joint resolation awarding the thanks of Congress and me dais toJMajor General Harrison and Gov. Shelby, a motion was made to strike oat the name of Major General Harrison, and carried in the affirmative. ?[See Jlilea* Register, page 125, vol. 10. " A vote of the Senate of the United States has attached to my disgrace which, I am convinced, no time or effort of mine will ever be able to effiice. Their censure is indeed negative, but it is not, on that ^ account, the less severe."?See HarrisQn's ? . .v . . as i 1 1A letter, miles' Register, page <*!*, vui. iw. In relation to his opinions on the subject of abolU tion, although we have on a former occasion laid them before our readers, we again give them in this spop* . . ? A '? v , V ' " %. . * ^ ^t,v' % - p' :'v