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'-m-***" v*, , - : > - , * f Zjgt-M ?fc- 3g - t ? m; 4 ~ ; v; ... v.. THE (1MDE\ JOI R^IL " ' I f. * ^ . - . B. * .' jJ ?. ' > . ' - " - -i.-j'f ;fk. ** * [NEVV SERIES] vol.. 1. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPMMBEBtf, 1840. ; *" No. 40. V 11 1 "MMMM*"MM*M^*"^,*B*'SM'*?^^^^"'^^y,l^lihgg3E3gHgaEggg?^^^Weggg8E33BaWCTBt.. J|>s PIBLISHE1), r.y p. Tjiounton, and f"r sale ai tlir- Post Office, Camden, a new work called the SOTJTHSnar C-AP.DSNSP. A nd Receipt Book, IN several departments, all bound together, making a volume of 300 pages, arranged in the following manner:?First department commencing with Directions Ufor Gardening, containing Instructions for Working a Kitchen Gurden, alphabetically arranged. As the <:u'ior has devoted much of his time and attention to gardening for upward of twenty years past, and has taken pains to make the instructions plain and simple; and litis being bis third edition on i gardening, lie lias made some auumons j and alterations?sn (fiat no family, who is fond of the comforts of a good garden, should be without n copy. The time for sowing and planting is calculated to answer for Camden and the adjacent country for thirty or forty miles; but in a southerly and westerly direction it may answer double the distance. The second department contains about one hundred and twenty receipts in the cooking department, selected from some 1 of the best late authors The third department contains upward of one hundred receipts in the household department, and other domestic matters, very useful, with an index. The fourth depai tment contains upward of one hundred valuable receipts on the cure and prevention of diseases incident in mankind, careful IV selected from the mosl approved public works. The fifth department contains nearly l one hundred articles tin farriery, and the F* disease* incident to horses, cattle, sheep, F hogs, &c., selected from the best late works. The whole made plain and simple, and accompanied with an index, alphabetically arranged. As the author was several months carefully selecting his.rcecipts and matter, and has published no article but such as lie thinks will be valuable and useful, lie is confident the work will prove satisfactory to all, ami meet with great demand. Terms.?The work is printed on fine paper, and handsomely b<>und; .and sold at SI per copy. To persons who will take fifty copies or more, they may he had for seventy-five cents each, by applying to the subscriber. The books will be carcfally packed, and sent agreeable to any direction. August 15. 37 tf IN EQUITY. KERSHA IF: ] Alex. i Bill to forclose MortBenj. Williams, ) ga=eBy order of the Court of Equity, I will sell on thq first Monday in September 1 i* ?I? C\ i It J : _ next, upioic ine v/oon uuusu uuur in Camden,' the following tract of land, containing 22 acres be the same more or less, lying und being in Kershaw District, near ^ the town of Camden, and bounded E. by ^ lands of the estate of Gen. Z. Cantey, N. by lands belonging to Jno. Carter, and by the main stage road to Chcratv. Con- , dilions?so much cash as will pay the costs of the proceedings and for the balance, a bond with goo'd personal security at six months with interest from day of sale, purchasers to pay for titles. ? GEO. Q. McINTOSH, Com. E. K. D. Aug. 14.* NEWJSHOEs! 1 9 a ^ ULj suDSCtioers nave just receiver wie 1 following kinds of SHOES, made expressly to their order in Philadelphia and Durham: Gentlemen's best Calfskin Shoes. < Ladies' American & English Kid Slippers, , Misses " 44 44 " . Ladies' Seal and Leather 'Valking Shoes, | Misses 44 " 44 ** j Children's 44 44 44 Bootees , Also,?Boots and Shoes of every des- ' cription made to order at short notice by V experienced workmen. \ I JONES & 11UGIISON. J r' July Th ( _ 1 rr^NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ! "?' that in pfirsuance of die instructions ' cuuiaintd in the resolutions passed by the 1 citizens of Camden at the meeting held on ! he 28th of June last, the Town Council t ui Camden, will apply to the General As- | s>ot:b!) at its next session, for an amend- | mcnt of tin- charter of the Town so lar as , to authorize the Council to lay a "capitation tax on each person in the town liable to perform patrol duty; the said capitation tax not to exceed four dollars on each per- J son. By order of the Council, R. L. WILSON, Recorder. Aug 1. 1840- 14t35 Thflt thfi finaril iln nn Sunday, all Negroes who reside perma- < r nently out of the Town of Camden, and j ^ treat t em as the Ordinance directs, without a legal permit. i. v POETRY. I LOVE OLB OCEAN'S WAVES. 4* I lovo to stand and hoar the waves Send out their solemn roar, And see tliom, from their ocean caves Roll slowly to the shore; They seem in gladness to rejoice, When the strong winds arc gone, And there is music in their voice, As they go booming on. O, it is pleasing thus to gaze Upon yon boundless plain, When sunsot spreads its crimson rays, Across the heaving main, From where on the horizon's verge, Waves mingle with the sky, And como up with the mourning surge, Upon the shore to die. j As gazing on that faint blue lino. Which marks tho distanco where The sky is parted from the brine, The water from tho air. Long slumbering memories fill the breast, And long gono scenes arise. And friends who once this bosom prcst, Riso up beforo my eyes. O, how my beating bosom warms, When Memory is at play; And Fancy conjures up dear forms, That long have passed away; My pulsos throb?my bosom heaves? My heart beats quick and wild, My nerves arc slirr'd like aspen leaves? I quiver like a child. But fancy furls her gilded wings, And Memory turns way, And o'er the past, the present flings, A gloom without a ray; My pleasant musings are dispcll'd, By scrcamin,_i birds o'erhcad.? So Timo his heartless dirge has knoll'd, Above my sweet hopes dead. ??^????? Miscellaneous. FOR TUG CAMDEN JOURNAL. ENIGMA. Quis fuit illo ut osculo? Privatus sc nobilo fclicotato Vcndatus diadcma vilo luccllo Subcductus ct suspendot se? NESTOR. for the journal. ENIGMA. Camden, August 31, 1840. My whole cumpiiscs 23 letters. " My 11, 15, 21, 8, 23, is a part in the luman body. My 18, 9, 12, is a pleasant beverage. My 14, 19, 21, G, is mineral found in Persia. My 11, 9, 12, 14, 18, 11, is a blessing lesired bv all. My 11, 19, 21, 23, denotes warmth. My 16, 12, 14, 18, is a useful mineral. My 6, 2, 7, 13, is a part in a house. My 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, is a :apc belonging to N. America. My 10, 21, 23, is a domestic animal. My 11, 21, 18, is a part of clothing. Without my 20, 12, 23, 9, 22, no man lould live. My 16, 18, 9, 19, 14, is a mineral. My 8, 12, 18, is a small timid animal. My 11, 5, 9, is a useful Farmer's instrument. My 11, 2, 8, 17, 15, is a useful animal. My 11, 19, 21, 22, 23, 11, is a part :ontiected with a house, and my whole s a commodore of the United States Navy. iCj* VVill be answered next week. SUBSCRIPTOR. BOIIAN UPAS OF THE WEST. The " Milk Sickness."?The mysterious disease which bears this name, is peauliarto the region West of the Mountains, and prevails only in certain districts of that region. Many parts of Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri, have been greatly afflicted by it, hundreds have died its victims, and some districts of country arc almost uninhabitable on its account. The Kentucky Legislature has long since offerad a reward to any one who could ascer:ain the cause of this terrible disease, but ill enquiries upon the subject have been aitherto unsuccessful. The St. Louis Bulletin, however, contains a letter on the subject, said to be from the pen of an in" - ^1 ? ?? " 4 Ua /smir>a /\f* :eillgeni gcnumililii, 111 nmui uic tausb ui the disease is referred to a tree, the properties of which are described to be very similar to those attributed to the Bohan Upas of the East Indies. The letter, wliich will be found interesting, is subjoined : Femme Osage TowNsniP, ) St. Charles Co. Mo. Nov. 9, 1839. J Mr. Koch, Dear Sir?I herewith transmit to vou one of the genuine apples of Sodom. It grew on a large Sodomite tree in Femme Osage bottom, in St. Charles county. The tree is nine feet thick, one hundred 4 ' . , and forty feet high, and straight in the bofly, there being no Jimbs for 50 or 60 feet above the ground. . In a fruitful year it is estimated that it bears one thousand bushels of fruit. The leaves resemble those of a pear tree, but arc much larger, and are evergreen; the blossoms are similar to tne tulip, and when in full bloom, it is considered the most grand, beautiful and imposing object in the vegetable kingdom. But it isof the most poisonons nature; its roots, bark, sap, leaves and fruit, are all destructive poisons. Its twigs and branches operate as a slow, malignant and incurable poison, of a peculiar quality, destructive of animals and man. It has been recently discovered, and satisfactorily tested, that the browsing upon the sprouts about its root, is the cause of that mysterious disease, called the Milk Sickness. The fruit, when fully ripe, has an inviting appearance, but soon takes a dry rot, and the inside becomes a poisonous and disagreeable dust, in aDDearance resem bling Scotch Snuff. Notwithstanding its noxious qualities, cattle and various other animals are fond of frequenting it, and feeding on its leaves, and they frequently die in the vicinity. Numerous skeletons of animals may be found in the bottom, within a mile around ; but when taken in small quantities, it termiriates in lingering and uncontrolable Milk Sickness. Since the tree has been fenced in, no Milk Sickness has existed. The wood of the tree is as solid and heavy as lignumvitae or ebony, and from its similarity, some intelligent persons have conjectured that it ic thn polpliratorl trpo /??lllprl (hp Rnhflfl Upas at the East Indies. When any part [ of the green tree is lacerated, a peculiar gum exudes from the wound, like unto white native turpentine, which is esteemed one of the strongest poisons, and will blister and seriously injure, and ulcerate the human body if applied externally. It is thought by some persons, that this tree might be advantageously used in the practice of medicine, if its powerful medical qualities were properly understood, but its poison is so destructive, that every person here is afraid to make any experiment wilh it. If the citizens of those parts of Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky, that [are afflicted with the Milk Sickness, will make proper examination, I have no doubt that they will find somewhere in tlie sick district, a solitary tree similar to the one I have described above, and if they will destroy or enclose the tree they will eventually prevent the disease. Many marvellous stories are told in the neighborhood, but respecting many of them I am very incredulous, Dut the foregoing | statement I have prepared from personal observation, and from information which I could place implicit confidence. If you should desire further information respecting this tree, I takcpleasure in answering any inquiries directed to me by mail, to Missouritown, my nearest Post Office. With great esteem, * Your obedient servant, * State of Ireland.?Accounts from Ireland represent the poor and- laboring olaccoc nf ihnt rnnntrv tn he at nresent suffering the utmost distress, through scarcity of food and want of employment.? The deficient supply of last year is nearly exhausted ; and, owing to the inclemency of the weather not only is an immediate relief from the growing crop out of the question, but most gloomy forbodings are entertained as to the remoter prospects of the harvest. In the meantime, those "natural protectors" of the people, the Tory land lords' continue to exult in their successful opposition to the only measure which could have ensured bread to those who are now standing?we mean, the importation of foreign nour into Ireland ; and tney crow over tnc uovernmeni, which vainly endeavored to provide that alleviation of the present suffering. All this while the tranquility of the country is amazing. The judges making their periodical visitations with scarcely a criminal in the gaols to justify the expense of the circuits. Get up early.?We never knew what advantage could possibly be derived by any one in the full possession of health, from lying in bed late in the morning.'? What inducement there is for the sluggard to remain in his chamber and breatli its confined, impure air, we cannot discover. To turn night into day, in the manner done by a portion of our^ population, is completely reversing the order of nature, and and prejudicial to health. For our part we delight in rising with the sun especially at this season of the year, and derive more enjoyment, and solid satisfaction from so doing, than is experienced by tiiose that have so strong an attachment for their pillows. How refreshing is the cool breeze that fans the brow, how bracing the atmosphere, how invigorating to the whole mental and physical powers, is the mor t ining air, when breathed far fbgna the conI finesT>f tljp bed room, and fhen a plunge [ in the river*?sluggard! ybaknow nothiog of it; ifyou did you would "make a vigorous' effort, and free yourself to a trial. When you .first wake in thfegiorniog do not stop to qonsider whether it is best, to take another nap, but jump up at ooce, and as.soon as your toilet is completed move briskly about. Should the weather be unpleasant, you can pass away the time until breakfast very, pleasantly by reading some book. Your health will be benefitted, your mind improved^ and you ! prepared to enter upon the active business of the day with life and spirit From the Savannah Georgian. INDIAN MURDERS, The report hitherto published that "por- i tions of five or six families have beenmnr- ; dered near the Georgia line," has, in the following letters received by yesterday's I mail, been painfully confirmed. The citizens of Camden have a military leader in Floyd, who will, we doubt not, give a good account of the revengeful and deadly foe. Jefferson, Camden Co., Ga., ) August 24th, 1840. S m ? ti ? . i* ,1 ci l rt - l'O the Jttilitor 01 ine oavannan vreurgiuu; Dear Sir?You will please publish such portions of the enclosed letters as relate to the hostility and movements of the savages, for the information of the cothmuni> ty at large, and oblige Respectfully yours, GEO. LANG, P. M. Jeffersonton. Centrevillage, Aug. 19,1840. Dear George?I am sorry to inform you that the Indians have done a good deal of mischief on the Suwanee, and it is thought that they have again come into the Okefenoke; last Friday they killed Joseph Howell's wife and two children, and Daniel Green's wife, and shot his daughter through the shoutifer; they have robbed and_burnt out the inhabitants as they went. Begin* ning at Green's, they have buri\t nearly all the dwellings up to Fort Gilmer. Joseph Howell and George Johns got in here to-day ; they-followed them up the Suwanee several miles, and found eleven dwellings burnt. They all areforted in at old Bill Cone's and Capt. Sanderlain's. The Indians fired on SandeHain's house all night on Friday night; the next morning took the road op the liver, and only went five or six miles, to old Sumerall's place, and killed some hogs and cattle and" stayed all night. This 'is the most bold and daring act they hare committed, since the commencement of the war ; the people above this are generally very much alarmed, and some of them are already moving off?whether with sufficient cause I cannot say. Absolom Cossey's children, six in number, were killed last Wednes day, on the South frong oi the St. Marys; some suppose, by the same party. I hare nothing more worth your attention at present, 1 remain, yours most truly, STEPHEN McCALL'. Gen. Lang, Esq. P. S. Thomas Wright is burnt out aniongst the rest. Centrevillaoe, August 23d, 1840. Dear George?All is excitement and alarm up this cway; the Indians have killed Thos. Davis and two of his children, and John Patrick's wife. They had all .gathered at Arch. Hogan's (Monia,) and ? **r_j 1_? :?. r?ll iko?! UU FF eUIU'Sl.av Jlist auuut nigiab iui?9 attacked the place and killed the above persons, and burnt every building on the .place except th? one that they defended. They have burntDavis' place and Miney's and one other in this county. It is about 30 miles from here; I do not think we are in danger here as yet, though others think different. There is a part of two companies of Dragoons from Black Creek already scouting about the Okefenoke, and Tracy is trying to iaise fifty men for thirty days, under an order from Gen. C. Floyd. What will be the final issue, time only will show. If I think there is any danger i 1 * -k-11 a* nn/io tolr n mv C?1 m I IV D (XrQU I Here, I snail ai wiius >un? I?; Yours, in baste, STEPHEN McCALL. Geo. Lang, Esq. Since the above were in type we have, I through the courtesy of the editors of the ! Republican, derived the following addi- : tional information : 1 MORE INDIAN MURDERS IN GEORGIA. ' A gentleman who arrived in town last evening from Camden County, informs us that a gang of about 100 Indians have < made their way from Florida to that coun- < ty, passing near the Suwanee, murdering ; a part of Mr. D. Green's family. Mr. G. j had his leg broke while in the act of res- J cuing the remaining part of them from the [ flames ofhis burning house. I A whole family by the name of Davis,' j on the St. Mary's River in Camden county, was murdered a few days since, not one c remaining to bear the awful intelligence. ? Several houses in the same neighborhood, (deserted through fear,) have been burned to the ground. They have also killed a c i* - ?wl | . numocr 01 came. I This statement has been confirmed by j ] an express rider. I] Our informant states further, that sever-1) * PA - IP. ? V- _ al young men in the jicHiity of Bu?H , t * / " have chosen Dr. Barnard, their ?apU|a J anil gone in pursuit of the eneroyC * r . - n 1 * .* ; v.'t i / ?p ?ince the above was in type* been permitted by the kindness of ?irjeBdf' to lay before our readers the following * " * extract ftom a letter, dated . . 'K. Jepferbonton, 34th August, 1840. :,J \ The Indians are a^ain on a visit jo Cam% * en county, muruenug anu piunuetyng ouc * ? frontier settlers,, burning their dwellings ? and destroying their crops. On Wednes- ' * ilav evening, Fort Honjac, a- ^deserted Q.: S. post, to which sever^l.'peigttbdring fern*, ilies of whites, consisting q? five men aod twenty-five women and children, tad mo- - ved for mutual safety, was attacked, *;V four of its Occupants killed, vis;al|rfe>\ > vWi Patrick and Mr, Davis and two" of hie chiK> v dren- Mr.. Patrick informs me thit the 'M) ; ** attack was made about dark*. At the fire of the first crun. Mrs. P. who was standiac . by his side, fell dead ; a general discharge from the savages; was immediately after ; given, which killed Davis and his two.? children. All of the whites occupied, and were at the time collected in the centtal; building of the pdst, and the savages were.' thus enabled to approach within gun shot, under cover ofjhe outer buildings which they fired in secrecy and safety. It ap- . pears that the whites, though apprised of . the vicinity of the Indians, were complete- v ly surprised, having taken none of those . precautionary measures to prevent it, which common prudence should have sog gested. It was impossible, says myinfor-i mant, to state the number of the Indiana. Twenty were counted by him, marchings off in Indian file, from one of tip fires at* the tigie of their leaving; but from the? number of shots fired and their yells, he ' thinks their number roust have been much : larger. - , Several deserted dwellings in that neigh- . borhood have been burnt, and the crops . of the owners laid waste. On Saturday night, a large fire was seen from Gantreville, in that direction, and it was reported by persons who camein the next morning, to have been the remaining , , ^ buildings of Fort Moniac. The frontier settlers are retreating to Centreville and , its vicinity much alarmed. ? Gen. FJnyd had, previous to the account of these last murders, (of which he could not of heard before last evening. or tbia morning) ordered outXapt. Tracy's command, which had not left yesterday. Many of the citizens of this neighbor- ' hood have left this morning as an inde pendent corps of volunteeas, to secure if < < * possible, the safe retreat of those settlers, v who have not yet come in. . .; v ' , An adequate force at this time, placed . under the command of an officer so gallant\ and indefatigable as Gen. Floyd, would , secure our frontier, and compel the enermy to surrender or carry his murderbua attacks elsewhere. Assurance double Sure.?There isit pleasant hit in the following, at the veracity of those who presume to doubt the in c ?1:.:?l lauiuiiiiy ui me puuuuai press, niuvu u? truly amusing. * itearing a man complain that the political papers of all kinds 44 had become such liars that for his part he did not believe any of them," remindsus of the anecdote of the8 miller and his three sons. Coming into the mill, and finding a grist in the hopper*. the old man called out?44 Tom have yoiL V tolled this grist ?" 44 Yes sir." 44 Bill have^ & you toll'd this grist ?" "Yes sir." "Sana c ' have you tolled this grist ?* 44 Yes sir.*" 44 You are a pack of lying scoundrels," says the old man, " I don t believe a word you say?I'll toll it myself." A waiter at a fashionable hotel, the other day, requested a border, if he needed ? his services, to 44 just agitate the communicator." Previous to the rapid march of intellect, 44 please to ring thebefl," would have been the Dhrase used. The people of the East pour milk on the heads of the dead, after performing the funeral obseques. Has a father a profligate son, one whom he never expects to reclaim; he says in reference to him,4 Ah! [ have poured milk upon my son's head f i. e. 41 have done with him ; he is as one dead to me.' ' * - \ A dancing master was taken up in Natchez recently, for robbing a fellow boarder. He said he commenced by cheating 1 printer, and that after that, every thing -ascally seemed, to come easy to hiui. - - . - * i tt?:? A I1UU5ICI ttuvci U3C3 ill an iijuioii? >er for a lock of his 4 gal's hair,' which he , ost. He describes it as having been rollid up in an empty Brandeth pill box, and ays it is no use to any but the owner. Awful Revenge.?Twq boys fought >ut a quarrel one day, fcnd the bigger iroved the 4 best man.' < pam ^id No. 2, when he fou^d he was used upy4 if I can't lick ye, J",j make mouths at your sister.?Bachelors Button. * ?? i * v *