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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:
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Alex. i Bill to forclose MortBenj.
Williams, ) ga=eBy
order of the Court of Equity, I will
sell on thq first Monday in September
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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 (
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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.
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POETRY.
I LOVE OLB OCEAN'S WAVES.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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: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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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numocr 01 came. I
This statement has been confirmed by j ]
an express rider. I]
Our informant states further, that sever-1)
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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 . -
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?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.
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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.
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