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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ^ \ ? - - ? - m 1 " t^EWSEUIES.J VOI, II. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1819. NO. 2. ??-? ??*? ^gg=g?-?? ???????. ?? Published every Wednesday Morning, THOMAS W. PEGUES, Publisher of the Lutes of the Union. At three dollars in advance; tl.rea dollars and fifly cents in six months; or four dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square for he first, and. 37 1-9 for each subsequent insertion.? Tho number of insertions to be noted on all advertise racnts, or they will be published until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar per square will be charged for a single insertion. Semi-mo.?uiJ)\ Monthly and Qurterly advertisements will bo charged the same as new ones each insertion. All Ohlfnnrv Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for pub. | ic Offices of profit or tru6t?or puffing exhibitions, | will be charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment, quarterly. ETA11 Letters by mail must be post paid to insure punctual attention. Sovilh-Caroliiia?Lancaster district, In the Common Pleas. John A. tngre <), } vs > Declaration in Allacament William Thompson. ) B.C. Jones, } vs > Declaration 111 Attachment. William Thompson, } John A. Ingrem, J vs > Declaration in Attachment* William Thompson.) Thomas J. Wright, } rs y Declaration in Attachment. William Thompson.} "MTK7TIKRKAS, the I'iaintifts in the above 6toted V c.xsas did, on the olhjof Novemlier, instant, file their declarations in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common I'leas for said District, against tee defendant, who is absent from, and with out tho limits of the said State, and having neither wife nor attorney within the same, on whom tosorve n r.on# of the said declaration, with a rule to plead " **r; thereto; It is Ordered, That the said Defendant, do appear nud plead to the said declaration on or belore lire . till, day of November, Anno Domini 1841. or an ordrer will be ganted by default. S BECKHAM, Clerk. Clerk's Office, Nov. 8,1S10. pr. adv. .<?:(> TO RENT. \ND immediate prssewdon given; * the Store corner of Braid and Hutfedge streets, now occupied by Mr. John dosser; for terms apply to WILLIAM ANDERSON. Dec. 2, C>2?4t FRESH SPICES &cT JUST received, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Allspice, Lump uml Ground Ginger. ALSO Acetate nnd Sulphate of Morphia, Sup. Carb. Soda, Sal .Eralus, Castor Oil, by the bottle or gallon, Do. 2d quality, for Plantation use ?C=f*Wc have just received Superior Lamp Oil, Traiu Oil, All of which will be disposed of on mode raic iciiiid. DELEON & LEVY. Sign of tlie_Mortar, Camden. Nov. II. 3t50 CURE TOR.THE * H3AD ACS3, A02D2Y &C. Rushton <$* Aspinwall's Concentrated Pellucid Solution of Magnesia. THIS is an elegant and useful preparation of Magnesia. Superior to Soda or Potash, on account of its aperient quality, and may be long continued without any injury to the stomach, and can be recommended confidently in all cases of irritation or acidity cf the S/omach, Febrile complaints, and infantile disorders. It is nn agreeable aperient, gentle laxative, and forms with Lemon juice a pleasant cffercsccnt draught, and may be safely taken at any time during fever to relieve thirst. For sale at the sign of the Mortar. DELEON 6i LEVY. ?ALSO? Received nn additional supply of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, &.c. which with their stock on hand, makes their assortment complete, and which for quality and price, will give satisfaction to those who may patronise their establishment. Nov. 11. 49 3t - JONATHAN P. SHIVER HAVING made an assignment of all his effects to George Brown and William Shiver, for the benefit of his creditors generally, the creditors are hereby notified to hand in their written agreements to accept a dividend under the terms of the assignment on or before, the second day of January next, otherwise they will be debarred of all interest in the said assignment. J. P. DICKINSON, Fur Assignees. Nov. 25. Just received and for sale. A few Barrels best CANAL FLOUR, ALSO?Raisins, Fig's, Prunes and Malaga ? Grapes. EXPECTED IN A FEW DAYS. 17 barrels Boston Cranberries. JAMES McEWEN. Dec. 9. FAMILY WORSHIP. The worship of God. in our families ought to be instructive?And it should tend to enlighten and direct the minds of all under our care, to the things of God and religiorv And, therefore, it should comprehend the reading of the sacred Scriptures. Thus God appointed of old. (See Deut. vi. 6?9.) In conformity to this rule of reason and religion, Timothy received his instructions in the family circle, and thus, from a child, knew the Holy Scriptures. which were able to make him wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy iii. 15. The worship should be humble and penitent.?The recollection of former sins even when we are conscious of present pardon and acceptance with God, is sufficient to sink us into the deepest dust of self-abasement. But in addition to this consideration, every family will find, within the circle of its own experience, without the toil of'a laborious investigation, ample reason to say, " It is of the Lord's mercy that we are not consumed." If, indeed, parents have no special cause arising from a consciousness of their own aberrations from the path of duty, yet the irregularities of their , children?their omissions of duly or actual commissions of crime, are sufficient reasons whv they should present unto God the sacrifice of a broken and contrite heart; and should say unto him, " Lord, enter not into judgment with thy servant; for in thy sight shall no flesh be justified. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou maycst be feared." Such was the pious practice of the primitive saints of God, of which the history of Job affords a striking instance. (Job. i. 4, 5.) How worthy the imitation of Christian parents was the practice of this ancient saint of God. This worship ought to he grateful.?Hymns of praise to God are strictly appropriate as a part of family worship. The recollections of past mercies, whether received in the form of an exemption from general calamities, or in the bestowmcnt of positive good, call for a devout and grateful acknowledgement. The blessings of health, of food to cat, and raiment to p I 1 _11 rrnnnral onorafinnq of God's I pill on, OI iioinu anu an lis uiiuuuiiii&iii:, mu gvi>vi>u ? righteous providence, and the still more wonderful dispensation of his grace, all present reasons why the voice of rejoicing and salvation should be neard in the tabernacle of the righteous. jFamily worship ought to be regular, and not merely occasional.?It should not be the result of particular associations or circumstances, as a tribute of respect to some minister of Christ or pious friend who may visit your family. Neither let it be confined to times of general calamity, as when the divine judgments are abroad in the earth; or seasons of personal or family afflictions. Nor yet should it be peculiar to times of unusual excitement in the Church of Christ. If the worship or God, as performed in your family, depends <5n the existence of such causes, it will not only pass away like the morning cloud, and like the early dew, but will also exert a most pernicious influence on the minds and moral habits of your children. It will nat ii-_ .?i .- j?/./MifiJnnno in ilio fromimonpcc ni' vrtiir nifitv. and UrailY TCI1U IU UUSH UV II1UII Wllliubiiuv m HIV/ gvuuuiviiuw V. J V.. J....,, strongly to alienate tlieir hearts and minds from the fear and service of God. Let them see that your family worship is the result of conviction?thated springs from principles deeply implanted on your mind?t hat it is perform it from a sense of duty to God, ana a pious solicitude for the salvation of your own soul, as well as the souls of your family. Thus understood, it will be mighty to restrain them from evil?and to nurture in their hearts the seeds of every virtue. And it will be on all your family arrangements like ointment poured forth; like the precious ointment upon the beard, even Aaron's beard; that went down to the skirts, of his garments. In order to be regular, The icorship of ij'od must he a part of the familif government.?It must be wrought into the domestic constitution, as one of the essential elements in its construction, and thus it will have its peculiar place, and its appropriate time; and, like every other rule of paramount important to the family prosperity, it will be scrupulously observed. A?T.oIn l<->( W nnt Kfl fnromtfpn thnt it is fmnihi worshiD of which we III, ??-? ?< -'V -- ? J J r spcak, and therefore it is not merely to be attended to by a part, but by all the members of the household. " As for me and my house," said Joshua, " we will serve the I^ord." Let this be your family motto. A rule to which all shall submit under your control. Lot your children always be present at the ottering of the morning and evening sacrifice of praise and prayer; and if there be any domestics, let them also participate in this delightful privilege. For, certainly, wc ought to regard it as a privilege of immense value to pray with and for our families. Surely, if there is an interesting exhibition of human nature under heaven?one on which the angels of God delight to gaze, and over which they exercise a more than ordinary vigilance, it is such a scene as this. It is where a truly pious family arc assembled to offer unto God the tribute of their heartfelt and grateful thanks-giving. Where the good man of the house gathers his family around him?wife, children and domestics?and reading to them out of the word of the Lord, directs their minds to the truths of salvation, O, how interesting, edifying, and instructive, is the scene where the pious family elevate their voices in hymns of praise to God, and prostrating themselves at his feet; pour out their souls in numbie prayer and supplication into hi3 parental bosom. Who can behold, without profit, the man of God as lie leads the feebler minds of his family to the throne of the heavenly grace, and by the energy of his more ardent spirit, and sympathy of his more active faith; carries them into the holiest of ail by the blood of Jesus. Here, at his family altar, he humbles himself under the mighty hand of God. His family worship sanctifies and sweetens his family discipline. It blends the enjoyment of heaven with the afflictions of earth*, and gives fortitude and stability under the burdens and tribulations of this life by the anticipated enjoyments of that which is to come. New York Baptist Advocate. Interesting Incident.?In the examination before the Legislature of the claims of James Hunter, for Legislative clemency or pardon, for the crime of murder, committed upon the body of Burton Lovejoy, Mr. Jones, Senator from the county of Paulding made the following statement, which he said he had not heard contradicted: "After the conviction of Hunter, he was visited in prison by his wife. During one of her visits she clad herself in his apparel and he dressed in hers; ana in that disguise made his escape. After some hours the affair was discovered, and the Jailer detained his wife in prison as accessory to the escape of her husband. Hunter, hearing in some way, that his wife was in jail, came forth, voluntarily, and gave himself up to the proper authority, to suffer upon the gallows, in order to relieve an affectionate wife from the walls of a prison. Such conduct is truly ennobling, even in a felon?and the mention of it created a deep emotion in the Legislative halls. Hunter was pardoned by the Legislature, and has been restor ed to the bosom of his family?and we sincerely hope that his subsequent conduct will prove him not unworthy of the enjoyment of those civil privileges to which he has been again restored. Milledgcvillc Standard of Union. Among the passengers by the .British Queen arrived at New York from London, we notice following names: Majors Baker and Wade, Captains Huger and Mordecai, of the U. S. Army._ These, officers of the Army, says the National Intelligencer, were sent to Europe last spring, by the IVar Department, as a commission to examine and report on the military establishments of Europe. They are understood to have been in England, France, Prussia, Denmark Sweden and Kussia. Their reception by the Emperor Nicholas is represented as having been particularly flattering. The day after their arrival in St. Petersburg, he was pleased to invite them to assist at a grand review of the Imperial guards at Czarskeselo, where they remained as his guests for several days.?Philadelphia Inquirer. Yankee Trick.?During the Revolutionary war, two brothers from one of the Eastern ports, were commanders of privateers; they cruised together, and . were eminently successful?doing great damage to the enemy, and making money for themselves. One evening, being in the latitude of the shoals of Nantucket, but many miles to the eastward of them, they espied a large British vessel having the appearance of a merchant-man, and made towards her; but, to their astonishment, found her to be a frigate in dis. guise. A very high breeze prevailing, ' they hnuled off in different directions.? One only could be pursued, and the frig- 1 ate gained rapidly upon him. Finding he 1 could not run away, the commanding offi- ' cer had recourse to stratagem. On asud- \ den, he hauled down every sail, and all 1 hands were employed with setting poles, ' as if shoving his vessel off a bank! The ' people on board the frigate, amazed at 1 the supposed danger they had run, and to 1 save themselves from being grounded, * immediately clawed off, and left the more knowing Yankee "to make himself 1 scarce;"?as soon as night rendered it ' prudent for him, he hoisted sail in a sea 5 two hundred fathoms deep. 1 i Scarcity of Books in Olden Times.? ' Rev. Mr. Motte, of this city, in a sermon ' preached on the 28th June, thus describes J the scarcity of books during the dark * ages?contrasted with the multiplicity of * books which the art of printing has pro- ' duced among us.?[Mer. Jour. ] "While they had to be written with the J* pen, the tronble and expense did not wholly retard the progress of literature, ,c but allowed little diffusion to it. There E were a few loftly lights scattered here and f there through the midnight fog, but the f mass had to remain in darkness. Private ^ 1 ? 1 I _ A ( persons seiuom possessed any uuoks ui all, and even monasteries of note had of- v ten but the missal, and a single copy ol ' thai. In the year 855 there was not a i' complete copy of the works of Cicero in ;s all France, as enlightened a kingdom as 8 any of Europe. Books were so scarce in Spain at tho beginning of the tenth cen- ,L tury, that one and the same copy of the 1 Bible, and of a few other religious works, c often composed the libtary that served se- J vcral different monasteries; aad monasleries then, be it remembered were the - a chief depositories of learning. In 1072 g we find that the monks in England could i r have each but one volume a year to read. , ? When a book was borrowed, even by ^ kings sometimes, surety was given and a S bond for the return of it, under heavy . d forfeitures drawn up with great solemnity. ;h If any one gave a book to a religious ;l1 house, lie believed that so valuable a do- ',c nation merited eternal salvation; and it a was offered on the altar with great ceremcnv and the stipulation that the receiv- J] ers should perform masses for the soul of j11 the giver." |! jii j /* Correspondent* of the Herald. London. Oct. ID, 1840. J1 SKETCH OF ROBERT NEWTON 1 AND THE METHODISTS OF EN- ' GLAND. 11 The Rev. Robert Newton, of Leeds, J has recently paid a visit to London, and a preached twice one day, and then return- j" ed to Leeds. He dined and supped at a * house where I was boarding, and I was 1 introduced to him and found him a clever ^ man in both the American and English O / sense of the term. " The Methodists, next to the Quakers, ^ are the most wealthy dissenting sect in ? England. The Quakers are the richest hut the Methodists arc the most numerous. * The Quakers occupy some splendid resi- 6 dences in the neighbourhood of London; but the Methodists beat them in the nuin- 3 ber and elegance of their churches. The Methodists have opened a most 0 magnificent Chapel in Queen street in c London. It is one of the most elegantly * finished Churches of modern times in ^ this city, inside. Robert Newton preach-.1 :< loot Ttmrcilnv niaht to over H.000 ? CM III ifc ?/ " o"' i people I attended service in it to day, and heard an excellent sermon in it, from the Rev. Mr. McDonaL. The House was " well Hilled with a very orderly and alien- 1 live congregation. The Methodists also n have a very neat and pretty Chapel in the a new City Road, the plan of which was supplied by Mr. Wesley himself. In the . church yard of this Chapel, John Wesley J( lies buried, and also Dr. Adam Clark and 0 Mr* Watson, and other eminent Metho- 1 dist divines. In an old church yard, op- ) posite to this Methodist Chapel, lies buried the celebrated Julio Bunj-an, and the famous Dr. Watts, who lived and died at !" Newington, a village within 2 or 3 miles j 1 of London. The Methodists, with a portion of mo- J ^ ney collected during Uicir ccnteuial nun:- j M, versary, purchased the City of London |1 Tavern, in Bishopsgale street, for 15,000/. J sterling. They have enlarged it. and ! given it a most beautiful and splendid '' front, which has cost them an additional 11 sum of 10,000/ sterling. They expect to use it as a kind of book and missionary house. The new great Parlimcnt house is pro- ? greasing- Its immense foundations are al- j. 'ready spread out, arid have even encfonched considerably on father Thames, to gain 'Merge and spare." It probably rovers a larger surface than any oilier building it^he world. lis style of arcbiterlurfc will be beautiful. 1 have seen apian and elevation, and in fart a perfect model of the building itself, and it is really magnificent. Time would fail me to point out all the improvements in buildings of splendor in an immense metropolis like this, the population of which is how reckoned at 2,000,000! The Rev. j)r. Olin, of the Methodist Church, and an American gentleman of distinguished le aning and abilities, and well known in the United States, has just irrived irrLondon from his travels in iho East. He has been three vcars in Europe, ind during the time visited every part, including Italy, where in Naples, he had the misfortune to lose his amiable wife.? Since when, he has visited Egypt, and ibided in Alexandria, Cairo and, Thebes ?and crossing an arm of the Red Sea, proceeded to explore Arabia, Patria and Syria. He went to Nazareth, Bethlehem ind Jerusalem, returned to Beyrout, then ;o Smyrna, and from thence to Constantinople, and thence to the mouth of the Danube, and up that river to Vienna, ivhere he was taken down sick, and lay a f month with an intolerably severe attack f ntermittent fercr. As soon as he . iiid ravel, he bent his way on to'Pans and rom thence to Havre, and from there to London, and took lodgings HP the Same louse I am boarding at. But^oor fellow, te came back in wretched health. In :rossing the Channel, during ar rough and tormy passage, he had a violent return >f intermittent fever, and has~b" / conined to his bed a week?and '.'ruing ionwn him and esteemed him much as a riend, in America, 1 put all my skill to vork to devise means to cure him; and ortunately with good nursing, his internittent fever contracted on the marshy bores of the Canube, has been subdued, md he is convalcent. He was some time back elected Presileni of the Middlctoivn College, at Midlleimvn, Connecticut, to supply the vaancy occasioned by the death of the late )r. Fisk, jjnd his great anxiety at present s to proceed to America, to fill the station ssigned him. Dr. Olin, early,in life raduated at Middlebury College, in Vernont, and for many years resided at the Jouth, and at one time was Professor of Idles Lctircs, in the University of Geor;ia?and subsequently President of Ran olph Macon College, in Virginia, But is labors, studies, in various and imporant stations of life, combined with a hot limatc. to undermine and sink his health, ni! for three years past he has been traveling abroad with the hope of restoring his >ealth. He is a man of uncommon mind, ndeed of the very highest order and no ourist has ever travelled abroad, who, by ntellectual endowments was so well qualiied to describe all he saw in his long jourteyiRgs as himself. He has collected a arge mass of the most valuable materials -and should he ever publish a book of lis travels, it will possess an interest beond any thing of the kind in the present ge, It is his purpose, he tells me, hould his health permit, when he reurns to the United Stales, to arrange macrials for publication, which 1 trust may ie the case. , I went the other day to the agent's ofice and secured a berth fur him in the icadia, to sail from Liverpool for Boston, m the 1st of October, so that if nothing inppens he will return to his native counrv. which he longs to see again, by that J ' ? ? hip. I hsve enjoyed much interesting and intructing conversation with him since his cturn from the East* Whenever bis disrdcr would give way sufficient for liira to onverse, he never failed to gratify me nth the most agreeable descriptions of is journey through Egypt Arabia, and lyria:?countries that have latety become f great interest to the civilized world.? ind what appeared remarkable to me was, liat the largest number of travellers he ret within his route, were Americans, allough Trance and England were so much earcr to these countries than America, nd so much more populous. At Jerusalem, lie met a Miss Liverniore cm America, who evidently is the subjet of a monomania. She says she is ne of the four witnesses spoken of in lie Revelations. She says wilhij two ears she is 10 tae, anu is in rise again om the dead, and has accordingly taken p her residence in the Jew's quarter of ie city, with the intention of awaiting er decease. He gives a favorable acount of the security enjoyed in Turkey, y foreigners who reside cr travel in that uarler of the world.?Of all the climates lirough which he passed, he preferred !?at of Egypt. Of all the cities he has? ecu -in since his arrival in Europe, hu refers Paris and Vienna. His health is ow improving every day. Yours truly, A. J. Equivocal.?-" Tom what makes your ;osc so r< d.'" "Why, tlie fact is, "Bob, I hif it a little too hard."'