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Where bright hosts in proud array, Swept as by the Simoom's breath, ( JRoll'd in darkness, passed away , In the dreamless sleep of death? j THon toast seen the voun<r and brave, I Plunged in war's tempestuous wave, I Fainting, sinking, paly lying, I Thou hast been where plumes were spread, Crimson o'er the noble dead; Thou hast been where dreams of pride, Sunk beneath the stormy tide, Thou hast caught the tones that sent B'essings to the spheres above, While the quivering lips that blent Their last whisperings of love. Blanched beneath the spirit brand, Wielded by the viewless hand That points to Odin's airy hall, Chieftain's in their glorious fall. * *2? Charger of the darkened plain! Hast thou.borne thy chief in glory, Still unsullied by the stain, Treason's voice would weave in story? In thine eye's wild depths I may Catch thy spirit's lightning ray; And that high, unbending brow v3 Speaks of many a glittering row, Helm, and spear, and javellh^ Crush'd beneath the battlers dip;? Trampled, snattered, wildly.'strewn, Where they but an hour/before, In their brilliant gleaming shone, Such as earth can ne'er restore! I Courser! in thy fiery glow I , May I read the soul of him, < Who, when wheeled the flying foe, Marked his life-star, fading, dim, < Sink, while yet the clarion's swell 1 Hailed him victor ere he fell. 1 Where is now thy spirit's power! I Faded with the battle's hue? Fled the glory of thy dower? ' Gone the beams that round you flew! ,No! while yet the minstrel's string May its tones of rapture fling, Though unknown thy chieftain's name, There is still the meed of fame! Sumtcrville, S. C. From the Alexandria Index. THE BLACK MAN'S ENEMY. While the Hon. Mr. Giddings, the selfsacrificed martyr of fanaticism, is beating up his country for more votes than he rereceived at his regular election, it may not be improper for us to speak plainly of the man and of his measures. Nations, like individuals, have their hours of darkness, and of sun-shine; and, among the most enlightened spirits of a people, there will be found, some who live by excitement and glory, in confusion, and anarchy. The Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio, is a striking example. Educated in the schools of the Western Reserve, and fired with a desire to outshine a Wilberforce, or an Adams, in burning zeal, and intemperate eloquence, he entered upon the floor of Congress, an Abolitionist in principle, and a disorganizer in practice. Bent'tpon overturning his country's in. stitutions, and yet, not fearless of consequences, he made bold demonstrations, of a treasonable nature, one day, ana recalled the offensive motion the next. Thus, for months and years, this disciple of Jemima Wilkinson had faith to step upon the billows of the ocean of popular fury at one moment, but lost that faith at thf next, and mounted again the sides of the gallant ship of State. At length Mr. Adams presented the petition of the shoe thread winders of Haverhill, (Mass.) praying for a dissolution^of the Union; end, after an exciting debate of weeks, saved himself from censure, by wearing out the patience of the Hoiifee. Giddings was a spectator of that .."VS*? - . war of words, and he felt inclined to do something himself, which should be talked over by every old woman in the Union, over her third cup of tea. Like the crow, therefore, who had seen the eagle pounce upon a tender lamb, and bear it away on his strong pinion's, with a scream of wild delight, he pounced down upon the old Bell-weather of the flock, and entangled his talons in the matted wool. The shepherd's boy came to the silly imitator, and wrung his neck, while he untangled his claws. Mr. Giddings offered resolutions to the American Congress, pleading the British side of a war question, and aiming at the destruction of his country, and of her never-to be.forgotten glory. Like ths crocodile, however, he could groan while he enticed the Unwary to his lair, and mingle his tears with those of Mr. Underwood, of Kentucky, at the very idea of a revolt among the Slates, and yet in one short month he could, in spile of tears and the tefrible consequences which common sense must have warned him would ensue under such circumstances, bring in a series of resolutions, penned no doubt by an English abolitionist to destroy the Union, and set the stars of the Republic in a sea of blood. The man whose heart sympathized with the slave?whose eye, like the pump of a sinking ship, was never dry?could speak . of overturning his country's alter without , hesitation, and lend his shoulder to exe- ; cute the unholy act, without a murmur or ( i sigh;?and this is philanthropy and Ame- , rican sympathy! Terrible indeed must , '<" man t?> whn wnii 1 <I fparlpsslv carrv a I. ...m, ....... J _ ighted match into a powder magazine, to jrove that he had liberty to do as he pleas;d, even at the expense of his own life and he life of millions. We pity such strange and infatuated nen. They can see no beauty in our node Republic. They prefer the crumbling hrones and bloody crowns of Europe to heir native land, and prate of kingly lib:rtyand tyranical freedom. Before their ;aze the sun, in his noon-day march along he invisible path of time, becomes impure, ind the very heavens themselves aredcem>d to be no belter than they should be. Like intemperate temperance men, (who epcat that terrible line which was con:eived by some erratic mind, in relation to he miracle performed by our Saviour vhen he found that there was no wine at he marriage feast in Canna of Gallilee: "The water blushed to own its God,") hej' arraign the institutions of the cliOBen leople of the Creator in the days of their ntrity and freshness, and condemn his inturnanity with a boldness that is only jqualled by their idiocy. We are weary of treading upon burnng plough shares, or running through scorching firos, to prove our purity and nnocence. The same power that accepted the offering of Abel in the morning of he sinning earth, placed a mark upon the forehead of the inhuman Cain, and de '""J t!-ot Cn 1111 an should be a servant. Is England weary of slavery? let her j emancipate British India, and cast the fet- | lers that bind the sons of Ireland to her , irbitrary will, into the German Ocean. ( Let her bid her starving millions eat the j bread that earth, in her plenty, casts upon , the waters, and live. Let her thousands , jf dying children who throng manufacto- ( ries walking skeletons, starving not only , for bread, but for the air of Heaven; look ( out upon the landscape of nature, and taste of the fruits of a King-ridden earth. The American people are a reasoning people, (after the elections are over,) and they can dispassionately criticise their own mistakes, without the aid of the Basil Hall's the Maryatt's, and the Trollopes of the day; and to them we leave ine non. Mr. Giddings and his treasonable acts, fullv confident that no man of common sympathy will countenance the spread of Christianity or of civilization by fire, rapine, and the sword. We have no desire to deal harshly or ill-naturedly with Mr. Giddings, but when we see an idiot with a loaded musket, or a madman with a sharp razor in his hand, wefeel inclined, without stopping to ascertain the rule?to relieve him of his dangerous weapon, and place tlie bonds of safety upon his irresponsible limbs. Chemical Piocess of Petrifying Human Flesh.?The most novel and piquant treat of all others to me in the beautiful cabital of Florence, was my several visits toSignor Sigate, a scientific gentleman possessed of a wonderful art unique and unknown to all the world beside. Incredible, if not marvellous, as it may seem, he had discovered a chemical process by which he could actually petrify, in a very short time, every animal substance, preserving permanently, and with minute accuracy its form and internal texture, and in such a state of stony hardness that it could be sawed into slabs and elegantly polished! He had in this way formed a museum of various animals, such as frogs, fishes, toads, snakes, and a great variety of parts of the human body in a natural and diseased state. In my presence, he threw the human live^rlungs, heart, and other parts thus petrified, about the floor with perfect ^mpuuity, and without the least injury beih ing done to them. Still more curious, he 1 had, with Italian taste, cut them into small i polished squares, and arranged them into complete tables of mosaic work! so that it < gave him as much delight as it did me astonishment, to find that 1 could with my ; finger designate to him, on this precious < centre tabic for a aurgeon's drawing room; j the appropriate narne and character of each individual object thus spread out be- r fore me in a pathological chart of real t specimens, Thus a pulmonary tubercle 1 or ulcer here, a hydatieof the liver there, -? a cicatrix in the brain in another compart- j ment, and a calculus in the kidnc}', or J ossification of the heart's suricles and t valaes in a fourth. It struck me that, for i all anatomical and surgical .purposes, and all objects ol natural nistorj-, mis was an \ art of inappreciable value, and the most 1 desirable ever discovered; and with that l view I conversed with him relative to a [ visit to our country, believing it would be ef national importance if we could have t the benefit of his services. ? I even entered into some preliminaries 8 of a negotiation with the design of obtain* t ing him for my own purposes, but I found I him sadly involved in debt and that his 1 demands were to be complied with: I, a however, made him liberal offers, and did t not entirely despair that he would have * acceded to them, when, to my regret, a about three weeks after we left Florence, d [ was informed by letter, that he was sud- f lenly attacked with a violent inflamma- c tion of the lungs, which proved fatal, and, f what is an much to be deplored, that his r jnprecddented discovery died with him. t He never would divulge the least part of lis marvelous proceds, but when pressed g :>y me on the subject, hinted that he had j, icquired it in his various journeys in re- R note Eastern countries; and it is fondly to a ie hoped that some one may ere long ap- n lear who, in pursuing this inquiry, will ie enabled to recover the art among those f leople from whom he intimated he had ob- e aincd it. It is worthy of observation, f 11- ~ ? a ' "ovtr nenrocc o r I or*. .. IOW, in III15 t* A li UOI UlliUI j jriuvvuw, ?... uw J lomplishes in so briefa time, what nature cquires so long a period to effect, anil hen never with anything comparable to he perfection, we may say almost identi- r y, with which this mode preserves an ex- s ictfac simile of the original: in truth, the e Original itself. In this surprising and al- r nost magic art, not only, oi we have said, he exterior outline is faithful and exactly J epresented, but also the most minute and 1 Ifelicate interior arrangements of struc- n are admirably perpetrated; as, for exam- \ )le, the entire Viscera of the chest and ab- p lomen, with all their varied and beautiful a involutions, were clearly exhibbited, re- n .aining even the colors of the blood-res- I >els, in preparations of frogs, birds, and a jther animals, besides the human body.? s Dr. Mott's Trccls. u fi THE WAY LAWYERS USE WO- t( MEN. h I instituted an action for a large amount, in the county of? . The suit was a brought upon a plain promissory note, h which 1 was assured was founded upon a good consideration! and I was curious to <J know what defence could be set up. I ) was aware that 1 had to deal with a wily h adversary when I offered my note in evi- r ' - "/.l.-kEOfl mv rase: I Was more a HClItCf anu viv0?.vi j , ? . _ w terrified than surprised when I heard him <j direct the sheriff to call Mrs. Mary Jack- t son. The witness appeared. Tomyhor- y ror she was a perfect beauty; possessing e a sweet countenance, with an exquisite v form. I saw at once that my antagonist v had formed the same judgment of human r nature that 1 had, and that he was abonl 1 to make the experiment of washing away \ the obligation of a note of hand, by the tears of a female witness; I knew that no- ? thing but a desperate effort could save my d client, and that her testimony must be ex- f eluded, before she had time to cry. ? I rose at once, "I perceive," said I addressing the court, "that this lady bears t the same name with the defendant; I there- I fore respectfully reqnesl that she be placed ] on the voir dire." This was done,? c t i 1 ^-ah /?lt t 0a?? rvi n /I a m * VY lii you oe KU1U BIK'Ugn IV aajr, Iiiauaiu, v what relation you aro to the defendant?" "Sir," answered she applying a beautifully embroidered handkerchief to her eyes, "I am his injured wife!" I "Then, your houor, the lady's testimony c is inadmissible." > "Oh, well," interposed my adversary, 3 "you wish to keep the truth from the jury, i do you/ Gentlemen of the jury, you see \ what technicalities are resorted to, to pro- ( cure a verdict against my client. I hope i you will appreciate it, gentlemen." 1 By this time, the lady was a besutiful re- t presentation of Rachel of old, and one s glance at the jury was sufficient to con- t vince me that my case was ruined. I a turned to my citeni; -uone; saiu ne; "gone, my dear sir! don't give up my suit so coolly. I shall be made a beggar, if 1 c lose this case: and then what will become j of my wife, and my poor daughters!" r "Oh, "you have daughters, have you! j run and bring them, rny dear friend! If they mine, we must countermine. Bring them, one and all!" i My client rushed out, and as he lived i but next door, he almost instantly return- ] ed with a half dozen as pretty girlsas couldl be found any where. My antagonist's faci fell to zero. "May it please your honor," I began, "1 Jesire to offer some rebutting testimony.' "Rebutting testimony/Mr. C- ? wlij pour adversary has not been permitted tc :xamine his witness. What have you tc rebut?" "A great deal, your honor. The wit less has given some testimony. 8hecall ;d herseli the injured wife of the defendant Injured by whom??By my client. Injur;d how? By procuring his note, the sub eclmatter of this suit, from him. Now sir, [ wish to swear the afflicted daughters ol he plaintiff against the injured wife of the lefendant." Here my frir witness commenced to veep bitterly, while several of the jury ooked on with evident commiseration. My riumph was complete; but I determined to >ay off my legal iriend in his own corn; "I do not seek, 6ir," continued I, "to ake up the time of this court and jury, by idministering the oath to all these wi'tneses. I am afraid heart-rending descripion of this nefarious transaction (of which, >e it remembered, they did not know a sylable) would unman us all, and your honor ind this intelligent jury would be tempted o inflict summary justice upon the base vretch, who, with a heart like Caligula, nd a spirit like Nero, could attempt to loom to a life of beggary, of shame, and irehaps of infamy, the beautiful offspring my unhappy, my too credulous, too coniding client. Sir, in the spirit of a libeal compromise, I will swear but three of hem." Here there ensued a new burst of an;uish from the daughters, & a correspondng and prolonged excitement of the jury. \y legal friend saw that I had out-generled him; and so he said, " , stop your ionsense." I did so; but to show my nowledge of jury nature, I add, that as the oreman passed me, he said: "I am rejoicd that you have gained your suit, but beore you offered to swear those witnesses, ' Jirdl. 'oor case was a very uiwiv uuc. THE FIRSTJGLASS OF WINE. Young Ladies read it?Young Men ead i7!-Mr. Iliram J. Thomas, in giving ome account of his history and experince, related the following thrilling occurence. "When I was about 18 years old," said Ir. T. "and a resident of Wayne County, a. I became very intimate with two young nen. The) were moral and respectable. Ve often met in the social circle. At a iarty, one evening, I saw a young lady? nd a lovely young lady she was?offer iy young friend K , a glass of wine; saw him falter and hesitate, for he was total abstinence man, though he never igned the pledge. Upon her insisting pon his drinking, I saw him shrink back rom her importunity; yet as she continued o insist, he could not refuse, for she was lis affianced bride. Two years after, she was the mother of n infant child, and the wife of a drunken' lusband. In the autumn of'38, he sought refuge from those who had witnessed his egradation, in the wilds of Iowa. Only ast March, my other friend, of whom I iave spoken, was travelling;^.the territoy, and thought that he would enquire bout our mutual friend K???. ,5Vhat !o you imagine was his feelings on being old the sad talc of the end of K. About a ear and a half ago, a neighbor of K. call d in one morning to see how the family vere, and there within his death-cold hand vas the fatal knife, with which he had nurdered his wife, his child and himself. They theie lay prostrate upon the floor, weltering in their blood together. All this was the result of drinking that irst glass of wine, of which he knew the langer, and to which lie was invited by ler whom he loved better than any other teing on earth. But that glass of wine cost the poor hougluless, but then gay girl her life?the ife of her child?the life of her husband!? ?rom that single glass of wine, he went lown to a drnnkard's grave, and a suitide's and a murdeier's eternity. Am. Temperance Union. Amusing Anecdote.?The Manchester H. Memorial tells of an old joker, who in his way to "muster," in passings grave rafd, espied an aged couple, infirm with rears, looking more like ghosts than livng beings, emigrating from the said yard, vhere they had been to weep over the jraves oflost friends, and accosted them n this wise?"Go back, good folks?go jack?you must have made a great mistake his morning." The old couple started in iurprise. "Go back and lie down, I say his isn't resurection day?it's only generil muster!" Pleasant?To sit in a warm crowded :hurch, with a person behind yon who has i strong partiality for cheese and onions, ind informs you of the fact by means of levere cough with which he is afflicted. > ?r > ,3 JC^Victoria says that Albert is a line soldier, for he is always in arms. So are the babies, for that matter. Whet's tho [jap spoon??N. 0. Crescent It's handlle is in Sir Robert Peel^jBandt,, # * ? and iis bowl in ever)' nation on the face of llie globe where there is any tiling to scoop,. [ Boston Post. Iloiriblc Event.?We ai*& framed to > learn that on Thursday evening last, a*. 1 most horrible transaction took place in this county, nine or ten miles from this place, . which resulted in the death of David Jar. negnn, Esq., and the wounding'of several , otlier persons. The circumstances of the . affair are not sufficiently known' to justify . a detailed statement. The general facts , we will state as we have heard them. Ie f appears that a iWr. i\lorgan had arranged a matrimonial elopement with a daughter ofihe deceased, which, with aid of friends, was accomplished on Thursday; the parties having repaired tp a house in the neighborhood where the marriage ceremony was legally performed. Upon learning the fact of the elopement, Esq^. Jer? negan became very indignant, and deter- * mined to go in pursuit. Taking a few friends he soon reached the house where the marriage party was assembled. We learn that he forced the docrr'and Entered, when an attack commenced, in which the deceased received sundry~^wounds, which * produced his death early yesterday morning. Some others were wounded, among them Mr. J. F. Simmons, who we understand is seriously if not dangerously injured. We have not heard further from the matter. With the'deceased we were well acquainted. He was a wealthy planter, and possessed many fine points of character. Hist untimely end is much regretted by his numerous friends. The affair will no doubt be investigated, when the whole of the facts may be given to tho public.?La Grange {Tenn.) Gatherer. Negro Stealing.?Three 111 looking scoundrels were arrested in this city oil Thursday last, on suspicion ofoegro stealing. They had arrived in town that day in a two horse wagon, having with them three liklo looking negro fellows which , , they offered for sale. The conduct of the men was such as to arouse the suspicion of the citizens, which led to a close scrutiny of their movements. After makingflPVPtnl nnaiirppssfiil nftomnte 'ir> sn1LiKi<* negroes, and while tlicy were making arrangemcn'.s to leave for Mobile by the Gen. Gaines,they were arrested and examined by a magistrate; during which they confessed that the negroes were the property of Peter Randall, of Mpnroe Co. Geo. They gave in their names as Henry and * ?-4 Joseph Dillard, brothers, and G. Jones. The horses iu their possession tfiey also acknowledged were stolen. The negroes corroborated the statement of their belonging to Mr. Randall. They were all sen* next morning to Montgomery thieves to take their trial, and th.e ifcgrqes * to be claimed by ojieir rightSulyfify^el'? The rdyarirto doubt arc pfacticedrittjl2s, having-in their possession a smalL pair of bridle tifi^with a line arched, snoglv rolled up, so as .10 be ready at any tinffl^t 4 for a grab.? WetumpJca Argus. v _ - ? Aquatic Amusement.?'One of the fishing boats in our harbor had a delightful excursion yesterday, without the use of sail oiroars. It appears that while the persons in the boat were quietly pursing their avocation of hooking the finny inhabitants of the deep, off Holmes' wharf, a monster, in the shape of a Devil Fish, became entangled in the cable by which the boat was L I . .1 - _ _ - t- - -t - ? ancnoreu, anu mucn 10 me astonisnmeni of the crew made off with her, taking a direction down the river. Persons on board other boats,observing an annsual struggling and splashing in the water made ofT to assistance, and after a hard contest, of some hours, (six boats, using some twen- ' ty oars, being engaged) the monster was brought up on the flat near Castle1' Pinck* ney, and killed. It was then towed up to town, and became an object of much curiosity, being visited by large crowds. >Shortly after reaching the Market wharf, it gave birth to a young one, which was landed, and placed in one of the etores. The old Sea Devil measures about fifteen r. .a r 5 4- :? 1 ? i * _!-a icei iruin wing iu wmg, anu aooui sixteen* feet in length, being similar in form to tho Stingaree. It is supposed, to weigh about a ton. The young one is about six feet by tire and a half.?Charleston Courier. x A terni3le 4Time.?"Wal, there's a row over to our house." - ^ "What on airth's the matter, you little sarpint?" "Why' dad's drunk, mother's dead, the old cow has got a calf, Sal'a got married and run away with all the spoons, Pete has swallowed a pin, and Luke's looked at the Aurora Borax till he's got the delirium triangles. That aint all neither." "What else upon airth." "Rose split the batter pot and broke the [JclllCdKUb, ana one 01 ine jJiailcbC niurii3 got her head into the molasses cup and couldn't getlt out, and 0, how hungry I ami"' * BanK Agency. ^ subscriber continues to net as agent on 1, notes.'.at either of the Banks in Camden on the usoaTttrms. fj E. W. BUNKEY. March 23. A, m ~