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? / THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. ' " ' -#? ' , I 4 J.'."--, ^ * ' . ' . *. . . * ?- ???:==gg====?_?=g-S3sattiBB^ tNEW SERIES.] VOL.11. CATIDEIV, SOUTH C.4ROLIIV4, WEDNESDAY, APRIL31, 1841. NO. SO. *? Published every Wednesday Morning, by THOMAS W. PEGUES, Publisher of the Laws of the Union. At three dollura lit advance, three dollars and fifty cents in six months; or four dollars at the expi* < rationoflheye.tr. , Advertisements inserted at 75 certs per square for ] the first, and 37 1*2 for each subsequent insertion.? ^ The number of insertions to be noted on a!) advertise mcnts, or they will be published until ordered to oti discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar per square w?U be charged for a single insertion. Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertise menu wm do cnargeu mo same as uew uiics oauu insertion. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for pubic Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, will bo charged as advertisements. Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment, quarterly. 0 ET All Letters by mail must be post paid to insure g punctual attention. ^ POETRY. f * {p FOR THE JOURNAL. "Qui capit, ille facit." Go, faithless deceiver, go room o'er the earth, " Go sport, if thou can'st with another; " Win hearts for thine own, gaily revel in mirth, VV Nor think of the "anguish I smother." da en Earn gold if thou wilt, ev'ry folly 'twill hide, ( Like a magnet, 'twill gather the crowd, ^ And then may ye smile, in your glory and pride, . Y- ? .< L ' . -_I I 1 t. ,J M6 rorgciiing wie snni io, wuere uiicu uuu uuw u. ^ Win fame,?thatyc would, how fondly I've dream'd, an And e'en yet this foolish heart'twould cheer, To feel, to know, her brilliant star had bcam'd, Q?c To light thy wandering pathway here! ^ Yet go and forget, if thou can'st, all the past, SO The vows that ye once breathed in mine ear,? COI Tho blushing confession I murmnr'd at last, yyg And betrayed?that to me ye were dear! WfJ Go quaff at the waters of Lethe's dull stream, 'Till the form that once rcign'd in thy heart, Shall fade, as the shadows that flit through a dream, It t And memory's best sigh shall depart! chc effi For her, whom thou hast robb'd of all earthly peace, No kind oblivious wave can flow; . Yet innocence, virtue, and conscience at ease, Must, in death, their blest sola :e bestow." ^ \ , I el MISCELLANEOUS. car not! A WESTERN LOVE LETTER. ;! The Cincinnati Humorist contains the noij following epistle from a "gal" in Illinois pie to her "lovyer" in Pennsylvania. " April the 27th are 1000?eight hundred and 30 nine. " My Deer Henry?I embrace this op- Wil porchunity to let you knough as how I sam am had a spell of the agur, and I hope mar these few lines may find you enjoying the bov same God's blessin! Wy dont you only mid rite 1 sweate line to tell sufferin Kathrun " about her sweet Henry. Oh my sweet said henry?my turkle dove?my pidging? wal my deer deer henry?how my poor soul a s< is longing for your sweet voiee?I think I hanj hear him singinin vanky doodle as he " kums from his plough now. Mary mel- ed t! den has got a baby!?Oh my henrv do ing I kuni out and lets git married. So no more the i at present but remain your loving niuc Kathrun An Tilden. led i To my sweet henry. and P. S.?Part sekkund. and Jeem Hasleet has rased a noo house C _ j___ i:? l... _u_ c. 1 ana Qany uus nve so snug, uui sue mes ? him sometimes when he's a little over.? " My sweet Henry let us keep house, and It's if you luv me I wont whip you indeed, out nor 1 wont look at nobody else, so I wont, had daddy says as how I must get married, perf bekase I've let it run on too long already, the < So no more at present. K. A. T. all P. S. Part Third. Let ' my pen is bad, my ink is pale, beai my luv to you shall never fale, Ii for henry is my own true luv, the My dear, my duck, rny Turkle Duv; Bloc so no more at present. son K. A. TILDEN. belt P. S.?Noty Beny?Mother's ded, and " Robert has the fever. <'0 J so no more at present from vour luving KATIIRUN AN. heac To my dear henry over the Nallyganecs ly" in the Pensylveer.y State. " ?I nigli "Mouny Long," says Mr. Judson in his " 1 ?? ?? 1.. ko I do Journal, "IS a gicui sv;ai\;r;ijr i/olieving in his own existence. He is al- ^itl ways quarrelling with his wife on some "ov* methajphysical point. For instance, if she ^or 1 says 'The Rice is ready,' he will reply, 'Rice! what is rice? Is it matter or spirit? sa'^ Is it an idea, or is it nonentity?' Perhaps 1 she will say 'It is matter;' and he will re- Hot ply, 'Well, wife, what is matter? Are you sure there is such a thing in existence, or ^ast are you merely subject to a delusion of kx the senses?*" by 1 44 44 A gentleman asked an humble Hiberni- ~ an the reason why his couutiymen made en< so many bulls? "I'll tell you that," re- w?' plied the other,?"we never make bulls in " our own language, it is when we speak wa^ English that we do it: so, you see, they m0J are bulls, not IriBh." thei A Touch of the Pathetic.?A late nuni ber of the Knickpibucker contains th< following stanzas. The genius who wrote them sent the editor a long poem on the circumstances of u father's falling in a daid with his br ither, but he could only hud room for the two following verses. Read hem and weep: A noble youth burst in the room? Wild flowed his glossy hair; He asked while auguring his doom, Whero is my fathor?where? Tho mother rose, without a word And led them all in, where Stretched, laid a corpse upon a board, There is your father?there! A REAL GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS. A live Hoosier, who was returning from ne of the Fancy Bails in New Orleans 011 aturday night last, while on his way home > his flat boat, cut up such extraordinary lines and antics that the watchman lought him every way entitled to an inoduction to our worthy Recorder. Two three nights previous, he had seen an Marble, in the 'Game Cock of the Wilderness,' and the thing pleased him so ell that he rigged himself out on Saturly evening as much like the game ehicki as possible and went to the ball. While ere, he gave occasionally a crow, and ] jk occasionally a drink until at length ] found himself some-what loaded down t the head although elevated in spirits, } d perfectly ripe for any thing. v The putting out of the lights, at some 2 t Jock in the morning Was a signal for our s, ro to put out for home. He felt himself I well, to use his own words, 'that he r, jldn't hold himself still,' and so wide a- e ike, that every corner he came to, he a uld flap his arms violently against his es, and crow so much like a chicken that 0; ;ry rooster in the neighborhood thinking he signal for day break, joined in the e; >rus. Chapman himself in his happiest cj >rt. never could excel this second Samp- ai i Hardhead. jn Ele had just give a specimen of his skill oi growing at, the corner of Poydras and a) hoaplas streets, when a watchman gj ne up and told him he must make less ft se. m Noise! Ooh-a-ooh! Do you call that a se!' said the fellow giving another sam- jt of his abilities at crowing. . G Noise ! yes?you must shut up. Who ]a you any how?*' pc I'm the Second Game Cock of the St dcrness?look out for my gaffs," at the pC ie time jumping sideways at the watch1, hitting him with his right foot and ei- m r, and sending him stumbling into the W; .l _ . a_ _a. um oi uie sireei. lg You're a hard chicken, at all events," the watchman, recovering himself and king up to his new species of customer scond. "Blow me if I can get the gu g of you." be You will soon?Ooh-aooh-ooh 1" repli- bu he droll customer, hopping up and giv- ba the wa tchman another 'side winder,' as pu; latter called it in Court. This was too jn :h, and the watchman accordingly cal- fl in the assistance of one of his brethren, tei soon had the game cock under lock key. an >n being pushed into the dark rooms, te, >roke out with? Well this is a pretty place I don't think, p, as dark as a box of blackin. Let me or I'll butt the door down. I wish I ray big lamp to light up with. It's a ect prairie on fire. I sot it out once, th< darkest night that ever come over, and mi creation riz thinkin' it was day light, ce me out I'm a liberty pole and can't m( . rt W VUllllllUlllUli. i the morning, on being brought before de Recorder, he said his name was Bill yo )m, but that he had taken that of Samp- fit"! Hardhead, jun., because it pleased him hit er. an Well Sampson," said his honor, "what ha mu follow?" tin Urowing principally," retorted Hard- ve i. "I've taken up the business late- ho dit You was fighting the watchman last be it," said the Recorder. th< Fighting! You don't call that fighting, foi you? Why if I'd been really fighting of 1 that chap I'd have jumped clean vo n his throat and stopped his digestion rei a fortnight." cit State the circumstances of the arrest," Fc his honor to the watchman. elc 'he latter was proceeding when the St >sier sung out? pn Squire, that varmint is telling lies so de that you can't find time to believe him. Tl >k here, Squire do the thing that's right po 1 - I -I! _l M tie, will you; aon i oeneve mm euap, ii? Silence," said the Recordei. m; I shall fine you ten dollars for this of- un :e but if you are caught here again you pe "l't get off so easy." ad Go ahead," said the Hoosier, as he pi; iked out of tho office. He took one th rc crow, however, on tho steps, and ea II made for his flat boat. ed THE COTTON CROP. We gave it as our opinion on the 1st of 1 March, that the falling off in the crop for f the latter part of the year, would be greater in proportion than for the preceding five months, and on this we based a ; calculation that the present crop would not exceed 1,600,000 bales. The re- < ceipts for the month of March indicate I that it will fall short of that. And noth- i ing is more certain now, than that the de- ? ficiency is general, although more oppres- ? sively great in South Carolina and Geor- t gia than in the Southwest, On the first t of March the excess of the last, over the ti present crop, was, as we stated, some- b thing more than 200,000 bales. The fol- tl lowing is a table of the receipts of Cot- g ion ai me principal Southern ports at p dates nearest the first of April. v 1840-1. 1833-40 f( New Orleans, March 31, 628,189 709.342 p Mobile, " 27, 265,328 308,486 si Florida, " 27, 62,726 83,050 I Georgia, April 2, 96,365 193,258 p S.Carolina, " 3, 145,265 217,486 [>i til Total, 1,199,853 1,511.722 b| 1,199,853 tj( _____^ Deficiency of present crop, 311,869 It appears from this that the receipts of re Vlarch, 1841, have fallen short of March, . [840, by 100,000 bales, which indicates nai me crop is nearly exhausted, for darch is ever a brisk month and the na- t igation for the greater part of it has j een good. The freshet may have had ^ ome influence, but for a very brief space. ^ n short, the prospect of the crop for the jng smaining part of the year is gloomy j nough, and should warn all men to spend mg s little money as possible. cai In regard to the disposition of that part f the crop which has already come to larket, there is little to remark. The sport coastwise is influenced by so many j|c ircumstances, that it is not easy to draw ^ ay conclusions from it. This item has icreascd the present season about 100,- jjje DO bales, and as this is not explained by ay considerable increase in the aggreite of foreign exports and of stock at nef ew York, we may suppose that the doestic consumption has largely advanced. t^e In regard to the direct Foreign exports, C;)f1 should be observed, that the exports to . rcat Britain alone on the 1st of April our st year, very nearly equalled the ex>rts of this season to all Foreign places. :ill the stock on hand in the Southern >rts is much less than in 1840. jn c The amount of Sea Islands approaches Qr ^ uch nearer to the crops of last year than guc as anticipated. The comparison 011 the a(j ( t of April is as follows: pjjs 1841, 16,301 bales. fmi 1840, 19,049 bales. s~t~a Of all the Southern States Georgia will a ffer most from the deficiency. Not only cause the deficiency is there greatest, jian it her citizens are greatly in debt?her rec, nking system is in the extremest con- tjor] iion, and a number of State works are 8U^, progress, involving a great expenditure. t0 , te entanglement of the State with rot- Qffi i banks will add to the distress, if it cer es not bring about public bankruptcy pro, d a grand explosion of the credit sys- upo Ti in Georgia.?Mercury. esc( sure tESIDENT TYLER'S ADDRESS, evil TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U. STATES. I W Fellow-Citizens:?Before my arrival at ^hf 3 Seat of Government, the painful com- .hun jnication was made to you, by the offi- m .?' rs presiding over the several Depart- SUI' jnts, of the deeplv regretted death of c/"et *r tthithv TT 4 nnronv |n?0 P,ao;. the 1V1. flLllft 1 n/\lvivioun I i aiu jl a voi- i nt of the United States. Upon him ^c'8 u had conferred your suffrages for the ^ei st office in your gift, and had selected ven n as your chosen instrument to correct e'ec d reform all such errors and abuses as c0/1 d manifested themselves from time to w'" le in the practical operation of the Go- ?/ * rnment. While standing at the thres- n*sh Id of this great work, he has, by the any spensatiou of an all-wise Providence, a P1 en removed from amongst us, and by C0Ui 3 provisions of the Constitution, the ef*ts to be directed to the accomplishment t'10S this vitally important task, have de- ?f? Ived upon myself. This same occur- mer nee has subjected the wisdom and suffi- ma> ;ncy of our institutions to a new test.? Am >r the first time in our history, the person t0 ;cted to the Vice Presidency of the U. *her ates, by the happening of a contingency suty ovided for in the Constitution, has had I'kel volved upon him the Presidential office. C0UI ie spirit of faction, which is directly op- ?f 1 sed to the spirit of a lofty patriotism, I' iv find in this, occasion for assault upon |g'd * y administration. And, in succeeding as0 der circumstances so sudden and unex- F cted, and so greatly augmented, to the an(l Iministration of public affairs, I shall ject ace in the intelligence and patriotism of den: e people, my only sure reliance. My tate irnest prayer shall be constantly address- sup| 1 to the all-wiso and powerful Being who ther made me, and by whose dispensation I an called to the high office of President o this Confederacy, understanding^ to car ry out the principles of that Constitutior which I have sworn "to protect, preserve and defend." The usual opportunity which is afford2d to a Chief Magistrate, on his induction :o office, of presenting to his countrymen in exposition of the policy which would juide his administration, in the form of in inaugural address, not having, under he peculiar circumstances which have irougbt me to the discharge of the high luties of President of the TTniterl State* ?een afforded to me, a brief exposition of be principles which will govern me in the eneral course of my administration of liblic affairs, would seem to be due as /ell to myself as to you. In regard to jreign nations, the groundwork of my olicy will be justice on our part to all, lbmitting to injustice from none. While shall sedulously cultivate the relations of eace and ainity with one and all, it will 3 my most imperative duty to see that te honor of the country shall sustain no emish. With a view to this, the condi>n of our military defences will become matter of anxious solicitude. The army, ; hich has in other days covered itself with ( nown, and the Navy, not inappropriate- j termed the right arm of tbo public de- < nee, which has spread a light of glory i er the American standard in all the wa- i *s of the earth, should be rendered re- j >(p with offinionn.. * " ? ?? VUlV/JCIItJ'. j In view of the fact, well vouched by t tory, that the tendency of all human s titutions is to concentrate power in the t ads of a single man, and that their ultiite downfall has proceeded from this n lse, I deem it of the most essential im- p rtance that a complete separation should g] ;e place between the sword and the c rse. No matter where or how the pub- c moneys shall be deposited, so long as p President can exert the power of ap- n nting and removing, at his pleasure, 1 agents selected tor their custody, the ti mmander-in-Chief of the Army and a vy is in fact the Treasurer. A perma- tl t and radical change should, therefore, 0 decreed. The patronage incident to p Presidential office, already great, is ft istantly increasing. Such increase is ^ tined to keep pace with the growth of ft population, until, without a figure of t? ech, an army of officeholders may be ai cadTrrcf me laud. Tile- nnregt<Tin?nLj ver exerted by a selfish ambitious man, u rder either to perpetuate his authority, ft ;o hand it over to some favorite as his ft cessor, may lead to the employment of si the means within his control to accom- d h his object. The right to remove ti n office, while subjected to no just re- tc lint, is inevitably destined to produce fi, )irit of crouching servility with the of- tc il corps, which in order to uphold the ul d which feeds them, would lead to di- tx I and active interference in the elec- sj is, both State and Federal, thereby bl jecting the course of State legislation Lhe dictation of the Chief Executive th cer, and making the will of that Offi- gf absolute and supreme. I will, at a ac per time, invoke the action of Congress cc n this subject, and shall readily acqui- w 3 in the adoption of all proper mea- sh ;s which are calculated to arrest these se s, so full of danger in their tendency, de 'ill remove no incumbent from office th > has faithfully and honestly acquitted f0 self of the duties of his office, except uch cases where such officer has been ty of an active partizanship, or by se, means?the less manly, and therefore more objectionable?has given his oftl influence to the purposes of party, 0f i? ?!?.1 ? eDy Dnnglllg UIC pauunagu KJI Uib VU- pr iment in conflict with the freedom of f>j :tions. Numerous removals may be-! th le necessary under this rule. These, M be made by me through no acerbity! pe eeling. I have had no cause to cheor indulge unkind feelings towards ]0 , but my conduct will be regulated by nc ofound sense of what is due to the c]j ntry and its institutions; nor shall I ne:t to apply the same unbending rule to le of my own appointment. Freedom pinion will be tolerated, the full enjoy- br it of the right of suffrage will be r? ntained, as the birthright of every th crican citizen, but I say emphatically ie official corps, "thus far and no fur- * < ." I have dwelt the longer upon this ect, because removals from office are ly often to arise, and I would have my ntrymen to understand the principles w.! Executive action, i all public expenditures the most rieconomy should be resorted to, and, ne of its results, a public debt in time >eace be sedulously avoided. A wise 1'1' uril I nOVAK aKl painoiic COIISUIUCIIUJ v?iu UVIVI w to the imposition of necessary bur- an s foruseful ends; and true wisdom die- ^01 s the resort to such means in order ve jly the deticiencies in the revenue, ^ - than to those doubtful expedients, p, 11 which, ultimating in a poWfc debt* serve; f to embarrass the resources of the countiy - and to lessen its ability to meet any great* 1 emergency which may arise* All ifyf-' 5 cures should be abolished. Tb* priat'ons should be direct -and expfi?t,xo as to leave a$Jimited a share of dlaofetibu. to the disbursing agents as may be fiaaM compatible with the public, sendee. A strict responsibility on the part of all tbe agents of the Government should be plain* tained,and speculation or defalcation visited with immediate expulsion from office^ and the most condign punishment.. The public interest also demands that* if any war has existed between the Government and the currency, ltahallceaiic.. ; Measures of a financial character, now having the sanctiob of legal enactment, shall be faithfully enforced until, repealed by the legislative authority. But I owe it to myself to declare, that I regard existing enactments as. unwise and impolitic, and in a high degree oppressive. J shall promptly give my,sanction toanyconstitutiona! measure which, originating in Congress, shall have for its object the restoration of a sound circulating medium, so es- sentially necessary to give confidence hi nil thfi trailMctinnq nf ?/? ??-? ? W..WMU va UIV) W OCVUII} IU Ul* dustry its jQst and adequate rewards, abd to re-establish the public prosperity.. Ib deciding upon the adaptation of any such neasure to the end proposed, as well as ts conformity to. the Constitution, I shall esort to the Fathers of the great ftepdbr ican school, for advice and instruction, to kt drawn from their sage views of .our ys&m of Government, and the light of herr ever glorious example. . ? The institutions under which we Jive, 1 ay countrymen, secure each person in.the erfect enjoyment of ell his rights. Tho pectacle is exhibited to the world of a Government deriving its powers frona tho onsent of the governed, and having Smarted to it only so much power as ia ecessary for its successful operation. ' 'hose who are chafed with its adminis ation should ctrefcHy abstain from all ttempts to enlarge the rjp^3 of powers ius granted to the severe! departments f the Governmeef, otiicr than by an apcal to the People tor additional grants, !s? by so doing tltey dkuui) that balance rhich the patriots ac.d statesmen who ained the Constitu:'.on designed to esiblish between the federal Government nd the Siates composing the {Jnioij.? 'he observance of these rules js enjoined non us uv mat iceirmrnr imsrem.?l' < nds a place in the heart of eray patriot, >r the preservation of union ana the ble?> ngs of union?for the good of our children's children, through couUlese generacms. An opposite course could not fail > generate factions, intent upon the gratination of their selfish ends; to givelnrth local and sectional jealousies, and to Itimate either in breaking asunder the )nds of union, or in building, up a central rstem, which would inevitably end in a oody sceptre and an iron crown. In conclusion, I beg you to be assured at I shall exert myself to carry the foreling principles into practice, during my Iministration of the Government, ana mfiding in the protecting care of an ever atchful and over-ruling Providence, it all be my firs* and highest duty to pre* rvc unimpaired the free institutions un:r which we live, and transmit them to ose who shall succeed me, in their full rce and vigor. T/-vtvaT mvrr y?n JUnil A I1<D1V. Washington, April 9, 1841. In the Dublin Theatre, it is the custom the Irish to express their dislike, or apobation of any person or performance r calling for a groan or a clap.' Whilst e Union was in agitation, and. the exinister very unpopular, Blue Beard hap. ned to be presented; when after the Lett of "Pit-a-pat?pit-a-pat," etc, a fel* w in the gallery roared out?' >w, my honiesl a groan for Pit, aiKj ^ ip for Pat." Western Wit.?A booster so.ld k neigh. ?r a dog which he recommended as ftrst le for raccoon hunting. 8*.or|iv af,ar e purchaser met his neiphphy * 'I say, friend, ihia ere dog dont know coon from a sheep.' You've tried hi'.?f j,a?? Yes, and he aint worth a curse.* ur.ll T ..... ?tcii, i --.-a ni kiiow exactly now mat is: hut as he was'nt good for nothing 1 thought he must be the rery devil ter coons,' A New Fac*.?A preist, being overuled by hi.? bishop for attending a ball, d mingling with company, the rmp? replied.?"May it please your rerence, I wnro a mask.'1 Oli! well," returned the bishop, "that ,is a neir face on tfie affair,^