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CAMDEN JOURNAL.
PWBW* Sl^TiES.] VOL. 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST.3, 1842. KO* 35,
THE CAMDEN JOTKNAJ
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For the Camden Journal.
THE DYING FLOWER.
BY EDWARD J. rO.'ITER.
. Morning kissed the dewy flover,
Flushed upon its breezy spray!
Zephyrs lingered near its bower,
Bearing its sweet breath away!
Sunny hues were spread around it,?
Perfumes breathing incense bound it,?
Nature's sweetest love-tones stealing,
Shed a softened, holy feeling,
Making all the spell-fraught air
Passion bound with gifts of love,
Breathing from a higher sphere,
Tones the silent, soul to move.
Change came o'er its gentle brightness,
Ere the noonday beams were shed!
Quenched its breathing spirit's brightness,
Morning's love lay pale and dead!
Zephyrs wept no longer o'er it!
Dew-drops may not now restore it!
Perfume's spirit sighed its last,
When the tleeting dew-wreath passed,?
Sister flowrets pale and drooping,
Lovely mid their loneliness,
O'er the fragile thing were stooping,
Blighting where it breathed to bless.
^ y Hope! Say is not such thy being,
Waking mid the sunbeams first,
Brightest gush of gladness, fleeing
Ere the noon's full glory burst?
Dreams that all their radiance caught,
v From its earliest flush of thought,
.X From the first impassioned ray,
mLa; Gilding its gVn.l W'!?-t?
JsTC Silently all, all are ended!
As the flowret's hues are slied,
As its sweetest breathings blended,
With each breeze that reckless fled.
Sumlerville, S. C.
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MISCE L L AXE PUS.
From the New-Orleans lice, 20lk insl.
FROM TEXAS.
Thesteam ship N. York.Capt. Wright,
which arrived in port yesterday morning
brought the Galveston papers of Saturday.
The most interesting item of news is the
skirmish between the Texian volunteers
in the West ant!.the Mexicans. The fol
lowing is the account from the Civilian:
FROM THE WEST.
ATTACK ON THE CAMP AT LIPA^MTTLAN
The following is the ofikial 'account o
Gen. Davis of the attack of the troops un
der his command. Unfortunately it oc
curred before the arrival of the volunteer:
who last left this city:
HEAD QUARTERS, TEXIAN VOLUNTEERS, )
rCamp Lipantitlan, 7th July, 1843. y
Hon. Geo. \V. Hockley,
Secretary of War and marine,
co- n.. i,ci o?oninir \ rpreived certaii
C?I r vy ii ?wow v ? -
intelligence that we should be attacked ii
a short time by a large Mexican force.
The position which I occupied being ai
unfavorable one for a small force to con
tend against a large one, I removed m;
encampment some few hundred yards to
strong position.
This morning about day light, the ene
my, seven hundred strong, entered our ol
encampment, and in a few minutes attacli
edusin our new position, which the}' kef
up for about 20 minutes, and then made
hasty retreat. Three Mexicans were le
dead on the field, and from their trail;
many were dragged off, their killed an
wounded could not have been less lha
thirty men. I am happy to inform yo
that we had not a man either killed o
11 i?i_ < ??
wounueu. .Tiy winue mrtr, iiibiuuiiig uiy
Cameron's Company of mounted ^unmei
did out exceed two liumlred; the Mex'ca
force, as I learn from a wounded prisonc
consisted of two hundred regular troof
and five hundred Itaneherus, the who]
v under the command of Gen. Canales.The
expedition was fitted out for the e:
press purpose ofattacking this post. The
had one field piece, a four pounder.
Congress still continued in sessio
The principal questions which have occ
pied the attention of the body since i
meeting are the Mexican invasion, and tl
replenishment of the treasury. The C
vilinn of the latest date says?
The bill to make the President Coi
maniler in person of an army to be raisi
for the invasion of Mexico, giving him a
thority to draft one third of the inilitia i
. the purpose, and authorizing him to h
pothecate (the right to sell was strick<
\j out) the public lands for the purpose of
raising means, passed the House of Representatives
on the 11th inst., by a vole of
_ 20 to 14.
We understand that the Senate is oppos>c
cd to some of the features of this bill, but
lr that it will be adopted as it stands by that
body, before they will allow the whole
?> measure to fall.
s The question in the House on the adoplion
of the two most important features of
i the bill stood as follows?
1st. The provision to authorize the
-! President to take command of the army
?-1 in person--27lu 7; majority 20.
j 2. Authorizing the President trvsell or hyI
pothecate any portion of the public domain
sior any other unappropriated revenue of
^' trie republic, was carried by 29 to 3, or 20
majority.
j The Brazos Farmer mentions the receipt
: of an open boll of cotton on the 25 of J one,
11 and adds that the crops promise well in
j that vicinity.
From the N. O. Picayune, 20th inst.
! FROM MEXICO.
By the arrival at the Belize of the Bril
ish Royal Mail steamer Forth, from Vera
Cruz, we have received full files of the
Diario del Cobierno up to the 6th inst.?
Vera Cruz papers to the 12th, besides letters
from our correspondents up to the latest
dates.
Some thirty of the released Texan prisoners
had arrived at Vera Cruz, and several
of them had already died with the voniito
or yellow fever. The balance were at
Jalapa with Gen. McLeod, waiting the
chartering of a vessel to transport them
either to this place or Galveston.
Among those who had died at Vera Cruz
we notice the names of David Landers, of
Ohio, and Thus. H. Spooner of Virginia.
Several others were down wilh the vom- <
ito, but it was thought they would recover.
n I /y I i rr I i
xjoi. i/iiiiK aiiu anomer omcer auacneu ,
In the Sanla Fe expedition arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 11 ill inst., to make arrange- ,
rnents for the transportation oi the men out
of the country. . .
Our worthy Consul at Vera Cruz, L. S. |
Ilargous, Esq. with his accustomed liberality
has done every thing in his power to ,
alleviate the condition of the liberated pri- |
soners already arrived at that place, and it
was through his advice that the balance of ?
them, some 240, were detained at Jalapa,
e!fe rnnnv
death- It was thought they would |
all be got off by the 20th or 2oth of this
month. t
The Great Congress was in session at
the city of Mexico and almost a dead si- (
lence reigns as regards what is going on in
' it. One of our correspondents, stales the |
'general belief to be, that the session will
, be allowed to go on as long as the memI
hers do not commit any act which may
'differ from the opinion of Santa Anna, and
in case they do run counter to the wishes I
| of the provisional President they will go
. to their homosquicker than they came from
; them. In the meantime every thing is
. quiet; but it is almost impossible that this
. quiet should last, for the simple reason
j that a majority of the members of Cont
gtess are Federals. As Santa Anna will
f not listen to any thing like a Federal form
of Government, without materially chan
?I.A
. ging Ins views, as a mauer m tnuisc u.e
s two interests must clash. We inust wail
| patiently for the next news from the Mexican
capital
They had all sorts ofa rejoicing at Vera
j Cruz on the 10th inst.?a turn out of the
' military, firing of cannon, ringing of bells,
1 illuminations, Te Deums, &c., in celcbra,
lion ofa recent achievement of Cornnio!
dore Marin, commander of the Mexican
j navy. It seems that the Commodore has
. recently succeeikd in cutting outand bringy
ingintothe port of Vera Cruz the best
a brig belonging to Yucatan, and from un.
der the very guns of a fori at Campeachy.
i It seems that the expedition which re(]
suited so successfully was commanded by
..! Commodore Marin in person. With 70
)t chosen men he embarked in a pailebotito,
a without a single cannon, and made sail for
- I'nmnMftiv. There he surprised the brig
n ~"-"l J
5 | at night, and succeeded in capturing her
j ' without tiring a gun or losing a man, and
? : she is row safely moored under the guns
u of the Castle ofS-nt Juan de Ulloa.
r | The brig was one that was formerly lat
! ken to Vera Cruz for the purpose of dispo
1 i sing of her to the Mexican government.
n ['Disappointed there, the owners finally efr
feeted a sale of her to the Government of
Yucatan for the sum of 821,000. TheYu[e
catanese must have been sleeping when
_ she was captured, for at the time she was
without a sail; and even when taken into
,y Vera Cruz she had no other canvass than
the spanker and jibs. The Mexican dullar
n was probably one of the foremost of the
u_ boarders in this coup de main, although
Com. Marin has the reputation of being an
^ active anil brave officer, and we believe
Jj. justly.
Many questions are asked in Mexico in
relation to the Texian blockade, and whethtn*
er the vessels that were to enf irce are on
the water or only on paper. The Texi;u"
ans should let them into the secret.
or
3 " A person choked with a potato will find inert
stant relief by swallowing a pumpkin.
Useful Hints.?An excellent wny to v
get rid of trouble from corns is to go bare- I
foot I
When a man is hungry .it is good for
him to eat, provided he can obtain any ti
thing edible. f
In case of catching a Tartar, it maybe li
wisdom to gel rid of him as quick as pos m
sible. o
When you have got any thing particular li
to say, it is worthwhile to be particular li
about saying it. b
When you don't know what to do with a
your money, inform some friend of your s
perplexity, and, ten to one, he will suggest <*>
a means of relieving you. c
If yon are desperately enamoured of a n
pretty face, be sure tu see it at the break- c
fust table. This remedy has been often v
taken with success. 0
it you desire to be quue comtortable in
mind, pay the printer. ^
When your wife scolds you, hold your ^
tongue. I'
If you want to be enlightened, read the 11
newspapers. n
If y<?ti want to 6ee confidence in the cur- ?
rency, don't be too ready for panic your- e
self. 1
If you want to be wise, take a hint. e
Taking a hint sometimes saves taking a 1
kicking. 1
"SOME THINGS CAN BE DONE AS WELL AS C
OTHERS." s
This whs a favoriie expression of the a
late Mr. Samuel Patch, who "div" himself n
to death one day, in search of the bottom v
of the Genesse falls. Now there arc some 1
things that can't be done as well as others.
i o
For instance, a poor devil without a pen- p
ny in his pocket, and if such a thing were
possible, Jess credit, must ex iicccssitas go H
without n horn. ' "
A while horse cannot be changed into a 0
gray mure nor tailors live without cabbage. Sl
A man with one leg cannot possibly go a
an two, except one is of wood. u
A man that has lost-his ears cannot have k
them pulled?and He that squints cannot ?
look straight. w
lie that is deaf and dumb cannot scold
much, nor will he need to if his wife has a j1
tonffue. 11
He that goes into a barker or broker's
ihop on business, will come out shaved. tc
lie that listens to a sermon divided into ir
i^aen parts, will findfc,?ut to 1ms sorrow n
ong. ' **"
lift that goes to sea will most likely be J
>ut of sight of land. j w
If you run very fast, you will reach your ' ^
Jinner sooner tliun if you walk slow. |jr
The man that can't read never studies
the newspapers. R
? n
From the Washington Index. tf
MURDERS AND MURDERERS. A:
At the time we are writing these remarks ' :u
(says a New York paper) we expect that N
the Jury in the rase of Low, for the mnr-1
tier of Winans at Railway, are retiming tI
a verdict of guilty, in which case he will be (f
hung in a month as he deserves to be.? ja
Toppan will be hung in this city the 5th l(
of next month; and Colt will be hung be- j,
fore the year is out. J rr
These executions, we hope, will have a
a salutary effect. It is high time that n
something was done to awe the cold
~...l loec e^nnnilrpU that nrtjivl /I
UHi(iuc<i ami i cc?\i - j ^l
about the community, "doing murder s,
cheap." Unless this is done, no man is c
sale who owns any property, or who may 0
unintentionally give offence to any one. ;u
And in these days of frequent and al- ^
most daily murders, wc think it advisable n
to call the attention of passionate persons j
to ibe following death bed scene given in ^
the Concord N. II. Statesman. It is giv-|
en in the shape of a deposition taken be- h
fore a justice of the peace at Grafton in j|
that State. Hazen Wilchcr and David M. p
N?rris depose that on the night of June f,
19, they were watching at the death bed v
of their neighbor, Samuel Mann, of North s
B"iiton, in a small room, the situation of e
which is thus described:? !a
, t
The bed was on the north side, the fire s
place on the south side, the door-way to f
the kitchen on the east, and a door leading i
into a bed-room on the west end of the r
room, and a set of drawers on the east a
side of the room neif the foot of the bed, a
and a window bv the foot, on the north e
side. The window w? raised from four
to six inches. The door into thp kitchen
was open, and Mr. George \V. Mann j
slept there in the south east corner of it. c
The door into the bed-room was shut, and s
Mrs. Peter Howe and Mrs. Mann slept.c
there. jt
The man with whom they were watch- f
ing had been in a dying stale f.?r several ?
days, but appeared to have perfect posses-j'
sion of his senses. After the house ivas .?
still nn Sunder ni^ht, the deposition goes J'
~ V - - on
to say: 1
Mr. Whitcher was standing by the foot '
of the bed, close to the open window,
and Mr. Norris was silling souih of the '
bed some four or five pacps from the head, '
on the west side of the room. The can- j 1
die was standing on the mantle, over the i'
fire-place, when we both distinctly heard ;
a groan. We are both positive it could j i
not come from the 6ick man, nor the bed i
thereon lie was, nor from another room,
t was a deep, lengthened groan, and starled
lis both.
Mr. Whjtcher stepped to the fire place
o get the light, to see what the noise came
mm, or what caused it. As he took the
ight and turned round toward -the bed,
/e both saw the room lighted up all at
nre with an unearthly crimson colored
ight. It almost extinguished the light of
he candle, so that its light was very foe
le, apparently almost out?and immedilely
we both saw a staange-lonking man
lauding between us and the bed, looking
ppareutly at Mr. Mann?his dress we
unnot describe, his whole face we did
iot see. ilis clothes were dark, but we
annot give the fashion or make, nor say
whether he had on boots or shoes, or hat,
r not.
We were both transfixed?both stood
here side by side, as Norris hail risen up,
Yhilcher still holding the candle in his
anil and no fire in the fire-place, at least
one that gave any light, and as the strange
nan stood before us, and his face towards
dr. Mann. Mr. Mann appeared much
xcited and agitated; he rolled on the bed,
hrew liis arms about, and opened his
yes wide, and appeared frightened, and
o gaze upon the apparition, then he
ried to cover up his head.
The sick man, it is slated, then declard
that he had forty years previously asisted
his employer in murdering a man
nd making away with his body. He
lentioned the name of Edwards, but in
/hat connection the deponents cannot say.
"he affidavit then goes on:
He called no other naoie, and we may
e mistaken in this name, but think we
re not. He then sunk down, after turriig
over once oratwice, and throwing his
rms about, groaned ami died. We know
rt were frightened, and could not speak,
r did nut, nur did the stranger, and as
non as Mr. Mann had finished confessing,
nil was dying away, he (the {stranger)
'as gone. How lie got in or out, we
now not; one door was open, but we did
ot see him come in or go out, nor can ,
e believe that he did.
The editor of the Statesman, in conection
with the affidavit, tells the lbllowig
story:
About forty or forty-live years since (we
:ll the following stoi*y.as told-to us by
idmduaJs in the vicinity) 3 man by the
ime^o^Hodgdon w'as working in Luiu..
nnaihan Noyes, and made his home
ith Mr. Noyes during the lime. He lent
oyes some two or three hundred dollars
i money, so that when the house was finhed,
Noyes was indebted to liim about
>tir hundred dollars, for labor anil m'>ry.
When Noyes's house was comple?d,
lie went to work upon a H.?uee for
Ir. John Cross,in the vicinity,his clothes
ad part of his tools still remaining at
foyes's house.
He left Cross's house one evening to go
n to Mr. Noves's?and was never seen af
;r thai lime. Snme little exrilement ex-1
ted there (as the old people s.iy) at the
me, respecting his mysterious disapearancc,
but as he was a stranger, in a '
ieasnre, it was said he had absconded,
nd Noyes snon alter preteuded to have
fceived a letter from somewhere in New
rork requesting him (Noyes) to sell his
llodgdon's) tools and other things, and
ititl the money on to him, which he acurdingly
did, but whether the proceeds
f the sale went to New York, or any
'here, is not known. The excitement,
owever, soon died away, and nothing
lore said or thought about it, until the
eath-be.il Confession which we publish
rought the hidden mystery to light.
Noyes died a few days sincp, and on
is death-bed, intimated that he had some,
liing to disclose before he could die in
ieace, but Mann went a day or two be>re
his death, and spent a whole day
mh him, and after that nothing more was
.1 ?I i,?
aid about divulging any iiimg, unu i.?;.
xpired apparently in the greatest mental,
gony and under horrible remorse of con-1
rience, frequemly exclaiming 0 God! J
arrive me that one sin. The Edwards;
o whom it is supposed, he, (Minn) refered,
and who, many now suppose, was
ccessary to the murder, is now living,
nd has been partially deranged at times
:ver since, as well as Mann.
Eloquence of Diction.?A good one
s told by an English paper, of an old laly,
who had received a letter from her
on, who was a sailor on board- a merihantman,
which ran ihus: 'Ha"e been
?? ? ..c -p....,!; i,,, ? nam
Irivun into iim u;iy ui x uu... ? ,
>oon, right iii our teeth. it blowed great
runt) and we carried away the bowsprit; a
leavy sea washed overboard the binnacle
iod companion; the captain lost his quadant
and couldn't make an observation for
ilteeu days: at last we arrived all safe at
Halifax.'
The old woman, who could not herself
end, got a neighbor to repeat it to her
three or four times, until she thought she
iad got it by heart; she then sallied out 11
tell her story. 'Oh my poor son!' 'Why,
what's the matter, im-ther?I hope no
mischief?'?'Oh.jthank God, he'ssafe?but
he has been driven into the Bay of Finaa
%
ment by a bamboozle right in his teetli-^- %
it blowed great guns and they carried away
the pulpit?a heavy sea s\v* pt overboard
the pinnacle of the Ubcrnacle?the captain
Inst his conjuration, and couldn't get
any salvation for fifteen days?at last 1
however thr y arrived safe at Hallelujah.'
'La bless us! ? what a wonder they wasn't
all beat to atoms! Well, I wouldn't be a . -i
sailor.' ; $
From (he Columbia Chronicle. ^
Horrid Murder!?It becomes our mel?
anchoiy duty to record the rnujrder of an
estimable young man named Daniel* fttcCaskill,
late an overseer, in the emjiloy*'
ment of Col. Richard Singleton, oq.^rne^ A
of.his plantations in this DistritS?^E^|pT:":
had visited Columbia on Monday the
inst. on business, and returned the same
evening to a neighbor's house in Lexlng^
ton District, in the vicinity of the plantar
tion, where he remained during ihg nightjpR^.^M
In the morning, after an early breakfast,
lofr fi\r tlipfprrv ii'Kim'p nanti naft. rniifl. .J9H
.... ........ . ... . j T ... . ... uoa- ^red
the Congaree, and from that lime noth- ^
ing was lieai<1 ofhiin until Sattlrftty
ning last, when his body was f<?uno river
about 10 miles below this p'cr-r, ?
ing evident marks that violence had'
used to cause his death. He was severely**? "M
bruisetl on the breast and shoulder, and ti *
severe wound had been inflicied on Mil \
neck, (supposed to have been done with a <
hatchet or axe.) which had completely
severed the tendons and even left:an inden*
tion on the vertebrae. His horse had beeir
previously found, and his saddle* co'iif
waistcoat boots antl watch were discover*
ed on Saturday, about forty yards from the
ferry antl ten from the road. IIis hat*
pantaloons and drawers have not been
found, and were probably destroyed to hide
thejygns of blttod. The murderers must
have'stripped him of liis coat and vest as
there are no signs of blood upon them.?
A Jury of Inquest sat upon the body oi
Sunday morning last, and returned a verdict
of Murder, by some person or persons
Unknown.
p^We have known Mr. McCaskill fof
the last nine years, and never knew him
have a dispute with any one, or heard any
thing in disparagement of his character.?
He was a man of remarkable industry", and ' . &
enjoyed the favor of his employer in ft
degree. Suspicion rests on some of Col.
Singleton s negroes <ts having perpetrated-^*
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mons are aTJoiTt TrrflVTTn<rn-?trT-~...mj f
in?r, in Essex county, New Jersey, ana ""
public discussions, attended by thousands,
bave recen'lv been held in Boston, Pittsburgh,
and various other prominent points.
The spread of this sect is almost beyond
belipf.
Parson Miller, the end-of-tke-tborli
preacher, is also creating a great sensation
in different parts of the country. At AI-,
bany, one of Ins disciples is nightly attracting
crowds to the church in Grand street,
while the apostle himself is holding forth, *
with great unction, io Northampton. Truly,
we live in an age of wonders?and,
what with Mesmerism, ftlillerism, Trans,
ccndcntalism, Fourierism, and Tyleristn, ,
the present bids fair to be ranked amongst
the most conspicuous eras in the history*
of the world! When James Gordon Ben- ^
nett is Doctor of Laws, and M. Y. Beach *
has turned moralist, it is time for honest
men to take to tlipir prayers?for truly,
"the end of these things is not yet."
IRISH WIT. V
"Plaise votir lordships honor and glory,"
replied Tim, "I shot the hare by ac?
cidcnt." "By accident," continued thel|^ji
the postilion, "I was firing at a bush, and :
the baste ran across my aim, all oi its
. l.o.noii lalU J?
own accord." "ine ^umc-nrr,,,., _
different story," replied his lordship??
"Och! don't put faith in what that man
says," said Tim Ryan, "when he never
cares about speaking the truth any how.??
' lie tould rne, t'other day, yer lordship
was not so fit to fill tho chair of justice as
a jackass!" "Ay, ny," exclaimed Viscount
Kilskiddery, "indeed, and what did
you say?" Plaise yer lordship, 1 said yer
lordship was<
A Change.?The editor of a paper ifl ^
Pennsylvania says he wants a wife, and he
thus ennumerates the necessary qualifies*
tions of the lady: .
"She must be a gal whose eyes, heart
with love, tenderness and pity; "twinkle
with fou, frolic and mischief: and lighten jj
up the flash with the immortal part of its
frail tenement; whose countenance is illu*
urinated by virgin innocence and purity,
chastened by humility, and happy, from
the practice of homely virtue, with a
heart to feel, a hand to relieve and a bo*
som to symyathize with misfortune; one
who can mend breeches, make shirts*
scrub floors, per l taiers, and cook dinner."
The Picayune says:
Hud he been a yankee he would pfobably
have appended to the list of qualifies*
nke ,i,e following;?one
lions SUIIu;nn. b iba
t ran ride horses to ploti^o, attend to
the garden, fecd-.tfie pjgs^.drive home the
cows, and occasionally'-lick the schoolman
ter!
i'