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' Ouar/erlu and .Monthly advertisements will be char- | ^ ... ged the same as a single insertion, and Semi-mown- ; | hj the same, as new ones. 11 For publishing Citations as the law directs, , ihrre dollars will be charged. I, All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and j Communications recommending Candidates for ,f public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exliibi-j1 lion. will be charged as adcertircmcnls. \FT Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment i/uarterly. ; All letters by mail must be pus! paid to insure j. dunclual attention. * POETSJY. | J For (lie Camden Journal. t WEEP NOT, OH! WEEP NOT. BY EDWARD J. PORTEIt. I Weep not, Oh! weep not, i When earth to cart.h is given, ' And dust to dust restored,"* ; One spirit more hath Heaven? f The soul by earth deplored;? J One starry minstrel breathing j JL JIU I'JIICS ul mai mgii ei...v.v, One brilliant chaplct wreathing Its glorious leaflets there. ( Weep not, Oh! weep not, Though sweetness hang not over ? O (J The withered flowers of the earth, ? Their spirits round us hover c In one wild hour of mirth; v In other spheres above us t The radiant gems still shine, J And only live to love us, c In realms of light divine. v i Then, weep not. Oh! weep not, c When earth to earth is given, t And dust to dust restored, One spirit more hath Ileaven? One starry minstrel breathing The tones of that In'gh sphere, l. One brilliant chaplct wreathing n Its glorious leaflets there. c TSumtcrville, S. C. '1 Tj ii . .1 ii?; . . vrgr-z il From the New-Orleans Bulletin, "2\lh inst. ! v TEXAS. W We give below extracts from Gcn.;s Houston's letter to the Toxian agent at f this place. Also the extract of a letter s from one of his civil officers. These let-! I ters were received here on the 2'.)ih inst. j J and have just been handed lis. From all ? we caa learn through the agents of the!' Tcxian government, here, wc now venture !< to predict that in less than forty days we 11 shall receive news of the most important j| character, in referrence to 'J'exns and Mexi- ' co. Our readers may note this. We are nrnnhets. but still we think from all we ,,v I" ' I ' have seen and heard, that Gen. Sarn. Hons-j ton knows what he is about, and ere long we shall hear of great achievements beyond 1 the Rio, made by the Texan army Extract of a letter from the /'resident of Texas, j llou ston, 11 til May, iSl'-i. ji Col. Barry Gillispie, New-Orleans. Dear Col.?I can ofl'cr this assurance, that advantages sufficient are disclosed in the manner of invasion to insure the most perfect success, if the army arc subordinate to orders?Triumph cannot elude us unless disorder prevails in our ranks. The arrival of emigrants in the country and their anxiety for active employment and the want of provisions, will not allow the lime desirable for complete prepara. u..? ...:,k ,t,? nf r,|ir (rinnils in the IIUII, UUl Willi H?V, t?.x? X,. Slates, we can sustain our cause. Texas! cannot recede. We can no longer remain ; subject to marauding incursions of the cue-! my. Our independence must bo recog- j nised by Mexico. There is a substantial cause of war, which appears to every manly, chivalrous and generous heart?it is the relentless and cruel bondage of our brothers of Santa Fe, many of whom perilled their lives on the heights of San Jacinto. Their liberation is the task of Texas, and if she is unaided by her friends, and left to battle alone, she will maintain the conflict, and never yield until her star is crimsoned and her last banner shall be bathed in blood. Your friend, SAM. HOUSTON. Extract of a letter from an Executive officer of Texas. Barry Gillispie, Esq.. (G eneral Agent of Texas, New-Orleans.) i Dear Col.?If any volunteers are coming send them on. The matter must shortly be brought to an issue. The period to which delay can be extended for assistance from the United States is drawingnear. If we receive none Texas will march to the conflict like a young giant, single handed and alone. The bright beams ol the single star will soon be re. fleeted from the rushing tide of the Rio Grande. SVc have erected the bannerol a glorious destiny, and soon it will resume its westward way, supported by strong arms and brave hearts. Let those then who would participate in the trials as well as the triumphs of a soldier's life,, come and come quickly. The field is laid open to the chivalry and enterprise of our brethren of other lands as well as our own citizens. The Mexican tyrant lias taunted, lias challenged the prowess and power of the people of the great valley of the Mis sissippi. Will they not meet Ins cnampi?ns on the sonny plains of the far South West? Will Americans linger in view of he field of strife while Americans fight or freedom and the extension of moral md intellectual light? Tell them to come md share the peril and enjoy the prize, i"on know the conditions. Let them be in ill things complied with. Success will jreatly depend upon proper preparation. We have just learned officially through t Texian Agent, that forty-nine emigranis irrived yesterday in this place from East Tennessee for Texas. They are headed >y Cnpt. Coffev, and will leave in a few lays for their destination. We learn that hey arc of the immortal Crockett "go iliead" order, and if so, who can predict heir success. These emigrants will be :onvpyed to Texas by the steamer Tom Saltnond, of Mobile, a fine seu vessel, vhich has been put in the Texas and Mexi:an trade by Commodore Moore and the latriolic citizens of Mobile. A -Singular Celebration.?Texian Trickery.?The anniversary ofthe Battle ifSan Jacinto, (21st of April) was celebraed in great style by the Texian prisoners onfined in the Convent of Santiago, Citv t>t.? ....... .v..,.. ...?,|.q,t 'I HI L'AlCUt 1 HC U (l > H wi iiwu u tu ibtain leave of the commandant of the ;uard was certainlyingenious, if we were orreclly informed. One of the Texians rlio spoke Spanish went to the officer and old him that it was a great feast day in' Texas?the anniversary of the patron saint; if that Republic?and desired that he vould give the men the liberty of remainng in doors that afternoon in order to clcbiate it. To this the commandant ;ave his assent, and the men came in from heir morning work well supplied with very species of liquor ami good things to 1 ie cook, shops on m ir route. Although unwell at the time and unable o participate in the festivities, we have lever seen more joy or hilarity upon any iccasjon. An excellent dinner was profiled, speeches, songs and toasts, patriotic ud humorous, enlivened the scene, the vails were decorated with Texian Hags, lone in chalk and charcoal, and a happier ct of fellows never congregated around a estive board. A similar scene under imilar circumstances was perhaps never jeforc witnessed?celebrating the greatest md almost the only defeat Santa Anna cv r sustained, and under his own nose.? riiut night the chains were knocked from nil* ancles and we obtained our liberty; jut \vc can never forget our last day in prison or the celebration of the Battle of jan Jacinto.?Ar. O. Picayune. Faitii of the Indians.?Catlin gives the following account of the belie! of the Western tribes of Indians in a future stale, as described by an Indian chief: "Our people all believe that the sprit lives in a future state?that it has a great distance to travel after death towards the west?that it has to pass a dreadful, deep and rapid stream, which is hemmed in on all sides by high and rugged hills?over the stream, from hill to hill, there is along and slipery pine log, with the bark peeled ofl* over which the dead have to pass to the delightful hunting grounds. On the other side of the stream, there are six persons on the good hunting grounds, with rocks in their hands, which they throw at them all, when they are on the middle ol the log. The good walk safely to the good hunting grounds, where there is one continual day?where the sky has no clouds ?where there nre continual line and cool ing breezes?where there is one continual scene of feasting, dancing, and rejoicing ? where there is no pain or trouble, anil people never grow old, but forever Jive and enjoy the youthful pleasure. The wicked see the stones coming, and try to dodge, by which they full from the log, and go down thousands of feet to the water, which is dashing over the rocks, and is slinking with dead fish and animak where they are carried around and broughl continually back to the same place in whirlpools?where the trees are all dead and the waters are full of toads and lizzards, and snakes?where the lost are always hungry, and have nothing to eat?arc always sick, and never die?where the wicked are continually climbing up b) thousands on the side of the high rock from which they can overlook the beauli ful country of the good hunting grounds r* aT i!?a liurvntr Kllf nPUPl* #?HI bllt. 1'iuv.t VI Uib ,iai'i7) w . w . " ? reach it." Romance of Real Life.?some yean ago, says a foreign journal, the captain of< corsair, carried off the wife of a poor wood cutter, residing in the neighborhood o Messina. After detaining her for sevcra ^ * p - \4} u:, r months onboard'his vessel, he landed her on an Island iiilhe South Spas, wholly regardless of whatwinight befal lier. It hap. pene3 that theavoman was presented to the savage monarch of the Island, who be, came enamored of her. He made her his wife, placed heronjhe throne, and at his death left her sole Sovereign ofdiis dominions. By a European vessel, which recently touched at the Island, the poor wood.cutter has received intelligence of his wife. Shesehthim presents otHsuch vast value, that he will probably be one of ! the wealthiest individuals in S|ril)-, until it shall please her majesty, bis august. J spouse, to summon him to her court. I Judicial Anecdote.?Previous to the last war, when Judge Chase, a U. S. Senator from Vermont, was on his way to Conj gress, he passed the first night of liisjourj ney at Windsor, Vt. where a man stole his boots. The thief was apprehended, and tried, and Judge E proceeded to deliver the sequence of the court to the fulIlowing effect: Ti in Flttmaginj.you are found guilty of stealing a pair of boots. You stole them in the fallpf the year, which aggravates the offence; for had you stolen them in the heat of the summer, the sufferer could , have walked'abroad barefooted, without 'serious- inconvenience. But the case is j worse than this, you stole the boots from :a great man?from Judge Chase?and not only from Judge Chase, but from a Senator in the American Congress, and that, too, pr^frfdds. to the commencement of an important session?a momenlous;-vperiod, when it was expected on every side that war agarnst'Grcal Britain was to be de clafed. See, and stand aghast at the results which might have ensued from your nefarious act. .The Judge might have been disposed to 6asf his vote against the war; his vote plight have been the turning point of llio matter, By the loss of his bouts he might have been delayed several days in obtaining others, and in the mean time, ihe awful question of war might have been brought up. In consequence of his absence, the decision might have been in favor of war; and thus upon you sir, would have reunited the whule responsibility of that horrid event uu, and you onjj^-ivould have been "ft%%i??Tesnftmg from ihe" con'flTcf? lor the blood of thousands spilled on the field of buttle?for plunderings and burning?for massacres and carnage?forour wives and daughters butchered or violated?fur the tears and agony of widows and orphans! Yes, sir, all this would ha?c rested upon you, and in consequence of the heinous, ncss of your offence, in view of those dreadful consequences which might have resulted from your act, the court sentences you to six months imprisonment in the common jail." Judge E delivered this without a smile, and the man seeing whom lie had to deal with, answered him in turn: "May it plase your honor, it's an aisy sintence to be sliur, for such a dadc as yer honor says, but I'd be after putirt' it to yer j honors conscience, if six months bent a I very unfortunate period to sit me down fur. I'll he comin' out o'jail jist as winter is * * ? I Ka akin in llP eomin, an may ur ?. ??,? . . ~_ gillin work, and then I'll be deprived of .bouts to mv fate and vittles to my month. If yer honor noo, would be kind and gentale enough to sit me down three or nine months, it would he more considerate in your honor, entirely." "Very good, Mr. Prisoner," replied the Judge still perfectly composed in countenance; "the court in validity of your plea, reduces the term to three months. "Take him away." A She Devil?on Monday the town oi Lynn, Muss, was in a state of great excite' ment, occasioned by the murder of a fine little bov of that town, by a female demon : who kepi a school there. On Saturday ! the 1 illie fellow came home and complain1 ed that the mistress had whipped him se'jvcrely; but his complaints were not alarming, and nothing more was thought of the > matter. At night he retired to bed with a little brother who, on awakeing in the : | morning, found him dead. On cxamina I lion, his body, limbs and head were found I much bruised, and swollen; and it was ve !j ry evident that his death had been produc ; ed by congestion of the brain, occasioned . by the treatment received from the woman > who, it turned out upon investigation, hung I him up by the heels, and beat him for s 1 long time and with great violence with ru ' ' ",L- w;?c irntnu/liulnlv rtftCOr i lers: me wreim ed, to be dealt with as her inhumanity de^ ' serves.?N. Y. Sun. 1 John Quincy Adams.?This bald headed septugenarian is one of the most extra 1 ordinary men of his country or the age.? ' There is no subject in which he is not i master; no science in which he is not i 1 proficient; no knowledge but he possesses a portion of it. Industrious in his habits systematic in his avocations, he has a limi ! for nil things and for all occassions. H> t will write you a poem when at his desk ii - lite House of Representatives, and, whil f doing so, if some question of difficult ir. 1 tcrationaljaw arises, or a quotation fron ' * * * . - j&f 9 snme foreign treaty ir*rnade by a ipejinjtfer on the floor, bt^qujcfcv; ear CtttcUe^lh^ sound, and the legpt errror in the quotation, nr the misapplication of a word is-Sruulerstood by birr, and if lie ia on the opposite side of the case frojn the speaker he -turns in one continual flow his eloquence, his knowledge, and his sarcasm^lip'OO l',e quailing victim of hiirwralh. Perhaps no man has felt this more than flcnry A. Wise Mr. Adams seems to delight in getting him in his toils, and; tormenting him hs * a cat docs a mouse. Mr. Adams, it is said, has kept a journal of every days proceedings from eaHy.boyhqeud vp.to ill> present time, lie has lived in an'Extraordinary period, and has been at almost every court in Europe. Such a journal must, therefore, be invaluable to the present and future generations when it sees the light, as it will. Courageous Conduct.?We find in the Cincinuti Chronicle the following statement rosnprtinir the courageous deport ? ? * w**|" O "" " " Q ment of a youth of that city. Last night the drugstore of W. Q.Hodgson corner of Sixih street and "Western row, was attacked by three robbers, who were at lengjh taken. The particulars, we understand', were these. Tlie robbers had succeeded in getting a window open, when the young man in the . store, Mr. Marsh, wfeptout of the door jjtfi .attack them. He was stuck in the bade witli a knife and wounded. He then fired a pistol at them,"without any effect; but i assailed them with it as a cudgel, and very severely wounded one of thein<*He continued his efforts till he got them down, railed the watch, and arrested twolof them. The street abov^Sjxlh had, we understand considerable bJfibd in it, as evidence of the desperate nature of the conflict* One of the prisoners, who we learn is recently from the penitentiary, is so badly wounded, thai be is not expected to live. ' He was struck by Mr. Marsh in the forehead, in which the cock of the pistol struck so deep as to break off. | Both the prisoners are so insensible, that they cannot be tried at present. The j robbers tired at Marsh, through the win* ! (low, before he got out. They had him .'down, atone time and all this contest took place after he was severely wounded with a butcher's knife. age, auJ fought tt'ls dhflie V.nrtrfSuilli1 * "The London Correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, says:" i "It is not perhaps an important feature of the (lay, that most of the European governments, however they may sneer at the financial position of the United Slates, are themselves in such embarrassed circumstances, that (hey eitjier resort to a m >st oppressive iniquitous*species of taxation like England and France, or to the more ; indirect and accommodating system of con'trading large loans like Austria, Holland .and Russia. ? France levies an impost on jdoors, while this country fines energy and skill 3L 18s 4d, on every 100L that they | may procure. Austria calls out for a loan j of O.OOO.OOOL sterling at five per cent., at ! 100; Holland seeks lor a smaller sum l,tJOO,OOOL sterling at five per cent, at 101, whilst Russia comes down heavy and 'requests 10.000.000L sterling, at four per 1 cent at eighty. The preparations of these [loans are peculiarly limed, and seemed to have been directed towards the financial i pressure here. The British minister, however, will have no necessity to go into the market, for his wants?more than his wants ?will be supplied by his new scheme. In addition to the above governments I may add the Papal States, as the venerable 1 Pontiff is engaged in negotiating a Joan. An exchange paper has these pertlnenl I"; remarks. i ? man ?pps the Door starving a | ? ? - - r i round him without a sigh; arid when his i j day of departtie draws near* gives his ' whole substance to some foreign charity i which to say the best of it is calculated ti I lay the foundation for knowledge among} bloody, bigoted and Unthankful race ! | Give us the living, every-day charity; ilia i springeth front the well of the soul, am i not that mean, miserable, deferred charity | which comes from the chamber of death ii I j weeds of mourning, and causes the heir tt - curse the parent for his liberality ere In - is laid in his narrow chamber foreVer, I ? > Lkoal Wit.?We sometimes pick up <r > good thin? or two in the course of oui 1 peregrinations through the courts of law On Friday afternoon, while standing on th< steps of the City flail, contemplating tlx oluvious state of the atmoslpheric pheno ' 4 menn, we were joined by a couple oljuve nile lawyers who were wailing to hear lh< conclusion of the argument in the Coopei - case. One of our learned friends asseriet - that it was a wanton waste of lime to lis ? ten to Mr. Cooper's egotistical display foi ? the purpose of whitewashing Elliott, whih s the other contended that Mr. C' was no . only a learned argoementator, but a goo< e lawyer into the bargain. 2 _ The first gentlemen at length said, "] tell you, Torn, I heard the whole casr c from the first, and I say that Coopcr'i - speech is like nothing in the world but i n lithograph." *gA I it11 (' ;fr5 pah 1' ^ n n 1 Ih e other.* 1 n Inertiaine oI'cdfcflImon senaef'how- t'arJ^u' . r" . manVspeecf) he like that?" ' ? ; & ."'Why, don't y.'gU . see,' responded the *? barttfcf<yk"lliat n*S wBy a design ttpifli ^ r sroflf!" ' ? : * ; 3Che way in wliieh the admirer flffjCoop^ ^ er^Vhished, would have been worthy of . TemL6y<h ' SUMMER. . Well^-Stimmer-s com? at last; Stid i -i nr? uixupu fr^rinuwii \\> ua niiirs^uXU- J l/iijtTHcp, he is now down upon us with all'hia | sultriness. Do you d?iib't it?'''^Owj^'oVr-^ :dcr?in yon lntig labe?<Jon't y&oi&lrg "old * K , Larrence"? The woy he is-dancing. and ; threatening you with a lazy fit, is a caution to all who t[iink of.in^adinghis territories! Yes, he's.in hisgloty? it is now high noon ?noonby the town clock?noon by "the ? mark in the door"?noon by the specimen^ of the true "Yankee"^that sits upon our. 0 mantel?and noonVfiy thepld slow tick tWg 'London runner" in^our pocket. The "feathered Songsters," so active, a few hours ago, have sought the cool shades end their songs are flushed?scarce a sound, save the occassinnal^'wo-hoy" or "get up here" of the'tired ploughman, or the saucy "Poor-Bob'Whitt" of the corn-stealing Stridge is heard! Presently, however, silence will he broken" by the rrierry g-dong of the bell, or the welcoro?t1oo{ing of the horn that is to call tfie^laborer > ? to his dinner. This latter an old Dutch sermoniser in Tennessee proclaimed to be * ?de joyful sound"?of the truth of - which we are a' living witness. ^Often b? en a "joyful sound" to us,4\vh$n weJjad ploughed untill we were 'hoarSeStthe | sweat run into our eyes until they smarted I like they had been peppered?a stone- ji bruise on our naked .'-foot?the briers i crratrhinnr nr.r shins until the hlond ran out like gravy from a fat goose, and-ar. v". appetite raging like a wounded tiger.? Talk of the melody of music, indeed!?* Nevet did music like that of dinner. Jidftw ^ at such times, salute our ears! Nevernever! Western temperance Advocate. -0 There is a party in the House of Representatives who wish the Revenue to precede the WrPPrTtHWretgront^ supplies. 1 his is no doubt true. The . Ways and Means must supply the expert- * diture. But on the other hand how we, the supplies to be provided unless the expenses are ascertained??Suppose a tariff adopted that places in the Treasury 25rajMlions of dollars for the year 1813, while 30,?V millions are required for the expenditures ' of thai year, how is the deficiency to be made up unless by a loan. But on what terins can a loan be negotiated by a' go? >, Vernment that not only omits to?provide | lire means of its redemption, but neglects to bring up its revenue to its current, ex- ~ penditufe??This mode of legislation, mak-^p . ing borrowing precede Instead of following * taxation, is what has characterised the* ,,? - - * ? i _ r P Li:? whole ol me nscai measures ui vungress during the present session, and precisely that crooked wisdom in finance thatinstead ' of anticipating want?, before they occur, relies on shifts nnd expedients to meet, ' embarrassment after it happens. ! S. Patriot of the 26ih ulU Theory of Marriage.?There was a merry fellow who supped at Pluto's three ! | thousand years ago, and the conversation 1 turned upon love and the choice df'wives, 1 ihe said, "he had learnt from a very an' cient tradition that men had heen origin' ally created male nnd female, each individual being provided with a duplicate set of limbs, and, performing his locomotive c ...lit, a L-ind i,f rnlarr mnvemeiit. . IllllCll IMI3 ??Iin .. nin? ... J - 1 as a wheel; that he became in consequence s<? excessively insolent that Jupiter, indigi nanl, split him in two; and since that time ? that cncli half runs about the world in i quest f its oilier half; if the two congenial ? halves meet, they are a very loving couple; m i otherwise they are subject to a miserable* js-olding, peevish, anil uncongenial matrit ninny. The search he said was rendered I difficult, for the reason that one man alight, ing upon a half that did not belong to him, > another did necessarily the same, till the ) whole affair was thrown into irretrievable i confusion." "if. We have to record a most melancholy, event t which occurred on the plantation of Mrs. Powe in the immediate neighborhood of this place on1 Monday morning. The facts as near as we can learn them were these: Two negro childrere ' had been left in the morning in the back room of i a hut, the front door of which was fastened by - the gjftwn negroes upon going out to work. In . the nre'pTace^wbich waa.sitnated atfthe partir * tion between the two rooms, of the hut,"-2g log of 'r 1 iglitwood had been left witkobe end extending; ; f . out to the floor. . From^^ifHpg, itis supposed^. the fire was comnmnicafw^ the front room of"2, " the house, and when the flames brought^br3dnh v r to the rescue, and the door was burst open?the . u0t?.oon rMiMM' the partition J >V11U1C iiUUi _ t was on fire, and the children, as yet untoqehed, J were seen through the fiaraes and heard .ctulin# in the most piteous accents, to their mistress I and mother, for deliverance?but theif'call was in vain?for the hut being of logB, there was no J communication possjjble with them, that was 3 practicable in any short time?they both foil a * * sacrifice to the devouring element. Qkcraic Gazelle. if * ** **L ,