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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ^TTnwrgtlff>Mr^?^#r mmL?'?j.-'jiJRJUR I1WIWi 11 BWW*MM"""WMWH?WaMTC?I*RJRJHUHag?UP?MS'-3iW'WOZl M RRIIIWI i? | I 111TR' *fJ [wewSEKI.es-] vol. i. CAMDI2X, SOUTH EAniHLISA, wednesday, \OYIiHBER 23, 1830. ml?!. *. T?H J MLILW?asr?n?i??1 POETRY. FOR THE JOURNAL. PROSPEROUS IIIITL. j My Father's home! how mournful is Iho lot, , Which those desorted ruins now proclaim, I The scythe of doalh has hewn around this spot, A sad, a sickening comment on thy n unc. ( Stem havoc, like ihe doinon of despair, I Amid the relics of departed buss, ; Presides in all its grandeur liorc; j And seems to love this loncsomo wildorncss. Law lies the manse, and crumbled into earth, Where long my childhood's bu.'f happy da)-, Be ;ido the chcorful board, and festive hearth, In rustic sport past merrily away. . ! That giant Oak which waiv'd our fairy bands, To moonlight gambols and the noon tide race: , Is now a rouen slump, ana mere u sianas, To mourn the prostrate honors of ilio pluce. j And they wil}> whom life's golden moments fled ( Liko willow loaves that o'er 3-011 streamlet ware, 1 When once they saw their gay companions dead, ( Could not but droop und die upon their grave. Those fleeting charms like wreaths of mountain , snow, 1 Begin on njem'ry's troubled view to melt, And scarooly leave a single wreck to show, Thai here, indeed, have human beings dwelt. Save one rose bush which breathes from every part. Crush'd as it ifs some fragrance of its prime, J And seems liko hone that roso bud of the licait, j To bioom triumphant on the tomb of time. 'Tis tliis bkst thought that cheers away the gloom Which life has o'er the pilgrim's pathway Imrl'd? Scatter sweet liopo thy blossoms o'er his tomb, And yield thy fruits in some more genial world. HESPER. r ~ mscii;L LMEOIS DETT1NG. ; A bet implies a questioning of the veracity of the individual to whom it is pro> posed, and as such might always be regarded as a direct insult. It settles nothing. It does not make a hair black or white. It is a species of gambling?the ; getting of another's money without an 1 equivalent. An honorable man should i scorn thus to enrich himself at another's | injur)'. When A. offers to bet, as a test . ol the sincerity of his own belief he just- > ]y gives a bystander reason to infer that j he is seJi-conscious oi a dislionest profes- l sion?just as a man is not to be believed l who thinks to bolster up his veracity by a c voluntary and profane oath, in common s discourse. t All it proves, if it prove any thing, is c that each party in the contract believes a what he says, and this strikes us as a very unworthy way of establishing the veraci- t ly of the disputants. At least, a man un- j durvalues his own veracity, when he sets a a price on it in a stake of dollars and a cents. If a man has no better way to v demonstrate that he can tell the truth, <. when he professes what he believes, he r had better abandon altogether his preten- ( sions to veracity. t Betting 011 elections has become quite d an evil of our times, and should be rc- <> ' bilked. Prav, cannot a man satisfy his neighbor that he believes Gen. II. or Mr. f Y. lb will be elected President, unless he docs it by laying down a 65 bill? What is h this but setting just that price on his own 0 veracity? W*r-\ 1 > O ??A f ?0 111 I it n hat nnllnnn. if v; u ivc .^aiu mai a uca auuis iiuuiJii*;; j| but the integrity of politicians has contri- t( vcd a way in which it may alter results by t! affecting votes; and this way amounts to h nothing short of an indirect bribe. \Yc t| recoiiect a case in point. Preceding the y late Gubernatorial election in this state, jj an ardent and leading politician of a j< neighboring town, made it in his way to!^ call on an honest mechanic., whom he { thought he could operate upon by the r promise of money, but he did not dare ^ to make a direct offer for his vote in c cash. So he took the following method c to obtain his ocject: " Mr. P.,' said he, vc-1 i ry humbly and privately, "I have a curi-! i | osity to know how you intend to vote for I Governor on .Monday next. True, it is j W' none of my business, because every man | J has a right to vote as he pleases, and far t [- be from me the thought of interfering with ahat right; but you must know that I r have made a bet with a man on the subject of your vote. He said you would Vote for Mr. , 1 did not believe it. 1 could not think such a thing of you. I always supposed you was on the uirlp nnfl mi I ru-l/n/t o lu>t rif &10 flint . V1MV) Vfc* ??- uv A. I KIVVU U Wb V* V* V IWlhb I you would not vote for Mr. . I do not approve of betting?and if I gain the t $10, I do not calculate to keep it myself but to give it to you. Will you be so < kind as to tell nie whether you mean to j vote for Mr. or not?" Here was an ingenious plan contrived to ofier Mr. B. $10 if he would vote against Mr. . j Was it not an attempt at bribcrj ? Ilap- | pily the plan defeated itself; for the me- ; chanic was not such a fool as the gentle- , man in broadcloth took him to be. He saw at ones the design "upon his integrity, and indignantly replied?" I despise hot s'ou and your $10. I can see your drif I had thought of voting for Mr. , bi if the leaders of his party are up to th system of bribery and deception, it : Lime f jr me to alter my miud. I shall vot as I please." Tiie chargrincrl politicia shrunk away. The truth is, he had n< bet a cent on B's vole, but he went wit a lie in his mouth to see what effect prospect of $10 would have on his vot< We have, too, known politicians coi Irivc to induce certain lukewarm men bers of their party to bet on election with the view to get them more persor ally interested in the campaign, and t make them more zealous in the cause. Iniquity in a variety of forms is cor nectcd with the whole system of bcttinj and should therefore be discountenance by every friend of a scJind morality an of our political prerogatives. It is no be Icr than downright gambling, and mc should be as much ashamed to plcdg their doubtful veracity in bets, as in bciu caught in gambling for monev'in an other form. From llie New York Mercury. AN AMUSING SPECIMEN OF III MANITY. Whoever travels through any of tli New England Slates, and twigs as li journeys, the eccentricities of some r :hc natives, cannot fail to be amused; an may if he chooses, derive many nc\ dcas in respect to etymology and divers y of character. Some years since an acquaintance c )urs set out, on horse back, from tli jastcrn part of Massachusetts for th Sreen Mountains of Vermont. Win! ravelling through the town of New Sr em, his road led into a piece of wood: tf some five miles in length, and long be 'ore he got out of which, he began t Mitcrtain doubts whether lie should eve >e blest with the sight of a human habits ion; but as all things must have an em ;y at last had the woods and the mi mown house of a farmer gi cclcd his vi iioii. Near the road was a tall, raw >oncd, overgrown, lanthcrn-jawed bo;, wobablv seventeen years of'age, digg'n: jotatoes. He was a curious figure to be lold. What was lacking in the length c lis tow breeches was amply made up fo lelnnd; his suspenders appeared to b composed of birch bark, grape vine am keep skin; and as for his hat, which wa >f clingy white felt?poor thing! it ha< nice evidently seen better days, but now das! it was only the shadow of its glory iVhcther the tempests of time had beatei he top in or the lad's expanding genia lad burst it out, was difficult to tell; a my rate it was missing?and through t'u iperture red naws in anunuanee stood su vays. for Sunday. In short, lie was on< if the roughest specimens of dorncsti< nanufacture that ever mortal beheld.? )ur travelling friend, feeling an itchin* o scrape acquaintance with the critter Irew up the reins of his horse, and be an:? "Hallo, my good friend, can you in arm me how far it is to the next house?' Jonathan started up?leaned 011 his ho< ;and!e?rested one foot on the gambri f his sinister leg, and replied, ' IIullo yourself! how'd dew??wall, ' st can. Taint near so fur now as it usee a be afore they cut the woods away lien 'twas generally reckoned four mill tut now the sun shrivels up the road, ant lout make morc'11 lew. The fust ln'usf 011 come to, though, is a barn, and tlr text is a haystack; but old Hoskin's liousi s on beyant. You'll be sure to meet iw ;als long afore you get there;' tarna ompt' crilturs, they plague our folk norc n a little, liis sheep git into ou laster every day, and his gals in our or :hard. Dad sets the dog after the shec| md me arter the gals?and the way In nakes the wool, and I the petticoats fly s a sin to snakes." ' I see you are inclined to be facetiou? oung young man?pray tell me how i lappens that one of your legs is shorte han the other?' I never 'lows any body to meddle witl ny grass langiers, mislur; but seein' it' , ou I'll tell ye. I was born so at rm ickler request, so that when I ho!" ilougli, I can go with one foot in the far er, and t'other'011 land, and not lop ovei icsides, it is very convenient when I mov -ound a side hill.' 'Very good, indeed?how do your patocs come 0:1 this year? ' They don't come 011 at all: I digs 'en 3ui; and there's an cverlastin' snarl of 'en in each hill." 'But they arc small, I perceive.' 4 i cs, 1 knows it?you see we plante some whoppen blue noses over in tlu patch there, and they flourished so a tiredly that these ere stopt grow in' jist <n of spite; cause they know'd they could'i begin to keep up.' You appear to be pretty smart, and h| should think you could afford a better hat j t. than the one you wear.' it. *The looks aint nothin;' its all in the, is behavior. This cro hat. was my religious is Sunday go to nieetin' !iat. I've got a betc tor one to hum, but I don't dig 'tatcrs in i n it, nohow.' A 4 You have been in these parts some h time I should guess?' a 1 guess so tew. I was born'd and got 2. my bro't'n up in that ere house; but my j l- native place is down in Pordunk. l- 'Then you say it is about three and a! s, half miles to the next house?' l- 'Yes sir; 'twas a spell ago, and I don't ;o believe its grown'd much shorter since.' 4 Much obliged. Good by.' fZf w"\r! lur t V/* t liot'o o ol ml* ^r! j vvu wj i'-' J V ItlUI. .7 U. I JllUls VI 5.! vourn.' d ' _ # :d "Right's candles arc burnt out."?The t- St. Louis Pennant has discovered a now :n economical night lamp: listen to him; [G " Fill a vessel?an old tea cup is very ig good with lard?lake a piece of soft thin y paper?a bit of newspaper will do?say twice the size of a dollar, from the centre j of vv'nich, with your thumb and finger,! gather and twist up a small hard sharp' J- point, half an inch I >;:g, or less, which is j the wick of your lamp. Pir.cc tiic paper! ie (spread out Hat, with Liu little point proic jecting up.) in the cup of lard, so as to] )f cover all the paper save the point of tho'j d wick. Then n'l you have to do is to light j ,v it, audit will not only burn all night, but! i- generally, if well made, two 01 three nights." >f Arc you going to take cut a patent? C c As two country fellows were laiklngto-: o got'i-'i* in a -rja nigh', mid one j i- them. \\I had a meadow as large' s, as the sky is! And I, says the other, as v many oxen and cows as there are stars in 0 it! But then, says'lie other, where would :r you put them f<> graze? Why, in your i i- pasture, says the ol!r r. Ay, that's if I1 1, pleased, answered the first. Pleased! it says the other, many, I'd do it in spile i- of your teeth. The quarrel, in short, - ran so high, that they cam? from words *, to names, and from names t o blows. y 3. A Urn/til Rcetpv-Ft.i children attic-' if tc.'l uilh synn.s, rolie, cij.? ! : pains, j- inivaril fits, tlaiiis, ar'di?. jr. th<- stomach e and huwcls or iliaril:cra, ari-ing from: j these causes, the fidhuvirig s.-.'b ami mild s carminative, will i:i a few minutes allay j the pains, spasms or coli \ correct thei aciiliiy, so that food will remain easy in j ' the stomach, dispel flatulence, acting at ' the same time as a gentle stimulant, suffi-j 1 riei t to cure or itiarv casvs ? !' diarrhrra, siren^.nontiiij t... .. toiiiaci: am! o w. :s i??r - their pr.?per and healthy actions, is ad-j ; rsjirai;ly adapted to children teething.? I t Take carbonate ol ruagneasia, three scru- < 2 pies, while sugar one ounce, oil of pep- < z permint one drop, of oil of nutmeg one - drop, oil of anni-sesd four drop?, tincr ture of assafoetada twenty drops, com; pound tincture of cardamoms forty drops, i . peppermint watci three fluid ounces: a half , tea-spoonful to be given to a chiiil under i three months, increasing a tea-spoonful | ? for every mouthi? age. |i , The. di-.se :ii.i\ ho reper.ted (should i'.ji j faii) every lifteeu miniiies for Uo hours ij ?shaking it well before using it.?N. Y. i . Sun. 11 1 l! . CONSTITUTION AND GUERRIKRE. i " We find the following characteristic ! j anecdote of the capture of Gircrrierc. inji the Springfield Republic. The corrcs-j1 3 pondeut says he gives it as he heard it in ; < 3 the circles of Virginia, and believes it has = ' not before anpearci it! prir?t. i; s - A short lime previous to lie;- capum; < I t>y the Constitution, the Guerrien; hat! fn!s leu in with, and taken a French , viz-.? p r Among the passenger* transientd to the I - deck of the Guciriere, was a Freeeh gen- 1 d ilemau charged will) despatches to the ' ^ American Government; who, on preset!- j r ting himself to the British commander, 1 Was dispossessed of his books and papers 1 and peremptorily ordered to 4go below.' 1 | Overwhelmed with litis sudden and un- < ' expected termination ol his mission, the 1 gentleman passed several days in great ' distress find agony of mind, which was 1 not a little heightened by the haughty ' s bearing and insolence of hio victor.? 1 k Once or twice, addressing him with his 1 blandest manner and best English, lie ' suitl: '? ' 'Captain Darre, I tank von, sarc for my ' v government despatch a ;i my law books C ' 'Go I ?c! i ?*.! ' ot. o'.-g e.ving s.'illuiv 1 i- faced wro: !.!*?. . * {' 'he 1 ; r tid Briton, ii Erelong, however, a w is descried A oil the edge of the distant leuizun. Her gradually increasing size gave token that she approached?and, as she neared to j iut uij?ciin^ vi 11 \4 mt: yiauuui . trim of the yankce were seen. II Captain Daere. w iih glass in hand, had observed in-ru 1:1 a inert >p?*ek, as soon as lie was s; ti.-iie.! :l.:r she aus an Atneri5* can gave vent >o ?i. wilr.'-.-t expression of joy. lie paced the deck with exulting I step? swore he would take that ship in fifteen minutes'?and to crown his anticipated triumph, directed that a hogshead of molasses be hoisted upon deck,* to treat the d d Yankees.' Our Frenchman, who was, meanwhile a silent, though not an uninterested observer of what was passing before Inn, again put on his most winning j?mile, and remarked. "Cuplainc Dacre, sare, wid your permission I stay upon deck nr.d see do fight." 'On to the devil!' responded the vain and sclf-conccited boaster?now husied in preparations for a bold and brilliant acchievement. , Our hero was soon snnglv cnscouteed amongst the rigging; and the two vessels continued gradually atid silently to ap i ?.i ti.~ |j;ut:i;n uuicrr. 1 ut; uwiiMiiuviuii having now got within reach of the enemy's long guns, the scene that followed is thus described by the lively little Frenchman. ' Captaine Dicre, lie sail (lis way, and den he sail dai way, and den be'go?boom! 'l)e Yankee man, he say nothing?but he still keep cumin/ ' Again Captaine Dacre sail dis way, and den lie sail dat way, and again he go ?boom! 4De Yankee man he say nothing?but he still keep comin.' ' Again Captaine Dacre sail dis way, ami den he sail dat way, and again he go?boom! 'Enfin, dc Yankoo man go pop, pop, pop. pop, pop, poplf 41 say to (Juptainc D.icre,?Sare, will your permission I go below?"is too hot here.'' lie went below?and the action continued?resulted as stated in your last paper. "When the firing bad ceased, our little Frenchman, peeping up the hatchway, espied 4one ollicer like man, and Captaiuc Dacrc handing his sword.' The truth flushed upon him in an instant. He rushed upon deck; and finding himself again at libetly, he capered about like one 'posesscd.' Finally advancing to the now mute and fallen Dacre, he said, with an air which defies our humble pen. 4 You tell me. sare, you take dis ship in fifteen minute?by gar he take you! >yow, sare' he added, with a Jow bow and bitter emphasis, 4 J tank you for my f;tj"j rnin?nt despatch and my law books. - M. *Stran^c as it may appear, this order was actually obeyed. And at almost the brst shot the Constitution struck the hogshead, its contents, spreading over the deck conduced no doubt, to the Gucrri arc's defeat. tit is proper to state, that after the first broadside, the action was continued by one gun at a time?bin in such rapid suecession, that the Captain of the Gucrrierc, believed her to be on lire; and in conscitiCT.ee ordered a momentary suspension jf operations. TYRANNY OF MEIIEMET ALL 15Y AX EYE WITNESS. The boasted civilization which Mchcrn:t Ali has introduced into the countries under his sway, is only superficial, and lias no origin whatever in any real improvement or amelioration in the condi* | lion or for the benefit of their respective populations. in Egypt, the whole of the lands belong1 io the Pacha; besides himstll there is no landed proprietor, and he has the absolute monopoly 01 c.< ry t! Sag that is grown in the country. The following is the'manner in which it is cultivated: Portions of land are divided out between the fallahs of a village, according to the numbers;1 - end, corn, cotton, or other, produce, is given to them: thus they sow and reaj>, and the produce 75 per cent is immediately taken to tiic Pacini's depots. The remaining 25 per cent is left to thern, with, however, the power to lake it at a price lixed by the Pacini himself, and theu re-, sold to them at a higher rate. This is generally done, and reduces tlie pittance| left then) abuut 5 per cent more; from this they are to pay the capitation tax, which, is not levied according to the'real number! af the inhabitants of a village, but according to numbers at which it is rated in the: Government books; so that in one instance j with which I was acquainted, a village! originally rated at 2'JO, reduced by1 the j jotjscrip'ion to 100,and by death or flight; !o 10, was still obliged to pay the full ca;i-j laliuii; and when I went there, #5 of the! 1U had been just bastinaded to extort from! lliem their proportion of the sum claimed.! After the caj>itution comes the tax on the date trees, raised from 30 to 00 paras by the Pacha, and that of 200 paislers a year , for permission to use their own watir-j wheels, without which the lands situated^ beyond the overllow of the Kile, or loo liigh for it to reach, would be barieii. Then #?om?s en i 11 (111i!V Ot taxes Oil , every article of life, even to (lie rakes of cnmiila' dung, u lii. It the women am! children collect and div f ir fuel, and which pay 25 per cent in kind .a the ^aie of Chiro and the o>Iter towits. iNe.u (.? the tuxes cuntcs iheeurvci: in the w or>i form, and in continual action; at any. moment the fellahs arc liable !u he si :/,-d fir pub agwctwa in ??Ml i hi? i i Jlic work-', for the tionsac'.ion of iff" h.igI of the inn ) ?, 41 r 10 I rack tf'c boms | <>l 1 lie Government 1 J' iis ojlicers. ?od this without pay or ref< retire to the ??laie ci ' llli'ir crop. UIimi Mj'l .rivet A!i made l.is famous oa 0 a I from Alexandria to 1 lit* Ni'e. lie Hid il by forcibly inarching down 150,000 men from all parts of the country, and . . obliging {hern to excavate wttlijtheir han?l6, as tools 'hey had not, or_ perhaps could not be provided. The excavation ^a3 "completed in three months but 10,000 tncti died in the operation. Then comes the course of the conscription, if Inch is exercised in n most cruel and arbitary manner, without any sort of rule or law to regulate it. An order is given to the cheif of a district to furnish a. certain number of men; these he seizes like wild beasts whenever he can find them, without distinction or exemption, the weak as we)! as the strong, the sick as well as those in health; and as there is no better road to , the Pacha's favor than showing great zeal ' in this branch of the service, he, if possible, collects more even than was demanded. These arc chuined, marched down in the rivet, and embarked amidst the tears una lamentations of their familiee, who know that they shall probably never see them again; for change of climate, bad treatment, and above all, despair, cause a mortality in the Pacha's army be- * yond belief; mutilniion id not now considered an exemption, and the consequence oft lie system is, that from Assouan, at the first cataract, to Aleppo, you, literally speaking, never see a young man in a village, and such is the depopulation, that if | things continue as they now are, for two years more, and the Pacha insists on keeping tip his army to its present force, it jwill be Utterly impossible for the crops to be got in, or for any of the operations of agriculture to be caried on. The whole of this atrocious system is carried into effect by the cruelest manner J?no jusiico of any sort for the weak; no security for those who are better off; the bastinado and other tortures applied on PVPrv nrmsinn1 nn>1 at llio nrtiilnrv tvilt - - J " J of every officer of the GovemmenU In addition to this, the natives of the contry arc rarely employed?never in officesof trust?and the whole Government is entrusted to Turks. In short the worst features of the Memsluke and Torkish rules arc still in active operation; but the method of applying them is moch more . ingenious, ami the boasted civilization of Mehcmct Ali amounts to this?that being beyond doubt a man of extraordinary talents, he knows how to bring into play the resources of the country better thaa his predecessors did, but like them, entirely for his own interest, and without any reference to the well heing of the people; and that with the aid of his European instruments, he has, if I may say so, applied the screw with a master hand, and squeezed fiom the wretches under his sway the very last drop of their?blood. Such is the state of these two countries. Syria is perhaps the worst off of the two; for the Egyptians, used to the oppression, bear it without a struggle: whilst the Syrians, who had been less harshly tTeatcd in old times, writhe under and gnaw their chains. Useful Recipe.?I send you below, Messrs. Editors, a recipe for making a composition which will render wood entirely incumbustible. It is very simplyprepared, and quite easy of application, being used the same as paint with an ordinary brush. A good coai of it applied to the floor under stoves would be an excellent precaution. Take a quantity of water, proportioned to the surface of wood you may wish to cover, and add to it as much potash as can be dissolved therein. When the water will dissolve no more potash, stir into the solution, 1st, a quantity of flour paste of the consistency of common painters'* size; 2d, a sufficient quantity of pure clay to render it of the consistence ol' cream. When the clay is well mixed, apply the preparation as before directed to the wood; it will secure it from the action of both" fire and rain. In a most violent fire; wood thus saturated may be carbonated, but it will never blaze. If jlesirable, a more agreeable color can be giren to the preparation by adding a ijmall quantity of fed or yellow ochre. It might also be tist fa I for you to men* tion in vnur paper, especially at this season of high winds, that a handful or two of sulphur thrown 011 to the lire when a chimney is burning out, wiil almost in* stantnueousiy extinguish the. flame. gr ' "U .* 1 . ' FBI El lVIIITlEl BE1B BLiUnCSTS. ON 1.1'hale Hiidion ImiiiikI Ued Il!anket?, from 0 ! to I l-l, will bo sold lor l:'xs than a.-.*!, being partially duruoge by nmi!:. II. LEVY. Oct.'**. " ~ BiAWIKfi' tJLOAK^ AN :iss!?r!;:iinit just received :iu?I for. salo luu.'r.uallv low l>y E WAKIiEN. Oot. ?!?.