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Gas D dlar per square for a single insertion.? j ~ /,,,/e ^ml!Up char- ! miircewjana .ti >n ui'/lima , ged the same as a single insertion, mid Scmi-monlh-: ly the same, as new ones. | For publish in? Citations as the law directs Shrrs dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for , public offices of protil or trust?or puffing Exhibition will be charged as advertisements. [H" Accoun's fur Advertising and Job Work will be pr-s-.nled fir payment quarterly. All letters by mail must be post paid to insure dunctual attention. ( I iiilst "?' -'.u. - i l_j imi? MISCKLL AXE-lij'S. [From till D tlli/n >re. Clipper. Yesterday" nliern 10 ? a !a?ly of respectable appearance, and about 2S years of ace, appeared before Justice Syttder, and nskfcd fir a warrent to recover a horse which she alleged washer property, and which Was then attached to a cart in Pratt street. Arahe was an entire stranger to the justice, ami her manner was very much agiiateds lie was it a loss at first what to make of iter request. Officer Ridgely coming iu at the moment, the justice requested him lo occoiriptnv tin; .. 1 - J lady and see what was the matter. He did so, and found in a cart in Pralt-st. a sorrel mare, which was claimed by the lady, and which she addressed bv name in the most endearing manner. throwing her arms round the neck of the-animal and kissed her The officer then brought the rdd lady, a young man ahotu29, whom he found watching the cart, who proved to lie her son, and the owner of the cart, all before the justice. There the Inly,upon examination, made a statement to this effect: She was a nalive of the state of New York; her husband was killed dining the last warhetween this country and England; and aficr his death she emigrated, with her chidren, lo Missoiirk AvI.crC thev oiviifd 3 piece of ground, the gift of the U. H. Government to her husbtnd. Shortly belnre last christmas one of her sons l? ft home for New York, with several horses lo sell. Among others he liad the inare in dispute and another animal, neither of whit h he was lo sell, but was to bring them both bark. Some months passed, during whirl) they received intelligence fr rn him that he had realized 69000 from the sale of tho horses, reserving the two above mentioned, and that h'* was on the eve of returning home with them They heard no more from him until some months after his dead body .was found, recogniz'd by some papers in his pocket; and the coroner's inquest which > 1 1- .1.1 ,i..., i? h-.il Silt upon UK* (HUM, UI-HIIHI been murdered. Some lime after hers* If and her son, lienj tinin, set out to endeavor to trace the horses and money, if possible. They travelled to New York, thence to Philadelphia; and the latter city came on here in the cars yesterday?u lieu astonishing as it may appear, they had no sooner got out of the Cirs than the first object which greeted the old lady's eyes was her favorite mare, harnessed in a cart it) Pratt street, near the depot. She recognised the animal instantly, and claimed her, as wa have seen; and so filly has she described the animal as 10 h ave tin donht of the identity. Here the case, rests for the firesent; and so far, it presents a truly singular face. A 110.\X AT A HOTEL. An acquaintance of ours, who is blessed with a liberal stock of humor, and who brings it into plav on every available occasion, played off a j"ke in the lintel at which he was stopping one night, which created considerable confusion, sod ended in much fnn the morning following.? a. ?i.? tin.n ,,c which ive sneak the hotel JXK III* HUM ? . I was crowded with visiT&rs of eery description, frcnit the unsophisticated western farmer to the sti| erri'ions, empty-headed dandy, and from members of Congress to members of nothing in parrfculur. Our! friend was regular in his habits, for he! never went to bed b< fore one o'clock, in the morning, ami on the nighrin.qtiesiion, j as he passed along to bis rbooi, he noticed ; before the do >r <?l almost every roomihaC he passed a p.iir of boots or shoes. The thought at'once struck bitn that lie woTild remove the deposits?that he would regulate the exchange by cbaugitig the several pairs of boots mid shoes to other do ?rs ?!.?.. ii.^ir .nviiprs left ilietri. Willi him to conceive a piece of Inn was to pill it into execution; so lo work he xvpot, and when the "boots" come round to collect ihe materials for his polished touches, he found no pair in their right place. Xhi* ??f course he did not kmdP, and as he was systematic in all his "professional" proceedings am.f had the bump ? ot orderJargely developed, before he removed a pair of hoots or shoes from their ! place, lie would invaribly copy ihe num; her of the door ol ivliicli he found ihprn, I with a piece of chalk 011 the sole. Having ihus made assurance sure, to work lie went, and never before was the brilliancy of Day and Mnrtaiu brought out to more advantage; this done he again left every pair of b ?ots and shoes where he found them, can fully comparing the number on the door with his chalked figures. In the morning when the hoarders began to raise, there was "a fuss general!)" kick I'll uj) nil through the house. Almost every hell was set simultaneously ringing; waiters were running about in every direction, anil Richard, at the battle of Busworth Field, seemed not more solicitous for a horse than several gentlemen did for lit* ir boots or their shoes. It was a mysterious proceeding and no one could account for it. One little man I found at his door, instead of his own prunellas, a pair of water proof Wellingtons, i so large that he might deposit his puny body in either of them, and a gouty old gentleman found his "iiullifiers" gone and the aforesaid little man's shoes in their places. One ma 1 rather dogmatic in his I opinions, would contend that he was re! moved from his room while asleep. The ["hunts" was called as the only person that could solve the riddle, and even he was at a nonplus. He was willing to stake .his "professional reputation," on which by the way, he'prided himself not a little, that every thing was correct, anil because lie numbered lite pair of shoes found H the gouty gentleman's door, he was willing to swear thai they were his though they would not encase his great Iocs. Alter an hour sppni in inexplicable confusion it was found there was but one way of pulling things to right, ami that washy throwing all the boots; and shoes into an indiscriminate heap and every one drawing out his own, which was done. The boot black swears to this day that they were ail wrong but himself, am! that the small prunellas (lid helongto theguuty gentlemen.?A. O. Picayune A Dutch Justice.?A queer old Dutch Jttsl'ce of the Peace out West used to be very irritable and passionate with loafers when they were brought about hirn as witnesses, and he would rap them over the head with the Bible and administer the oaib m this wise: -?r?r; yon "do shwear to say dc driith, de whole drttlh, and nothing aecording to de driith, sho help you mine Cot! Kish do pook, t?n you kisli de p<>ok!" I Picayune. I "Hallo, you man with the pail and frock," said a British officer, as he bronchi his fiery steed to a stand in front of Gov. CldHfijfrb'n's dwelling?"can you infoiii me wdieihcr his Honor lite Gov. of Ver* monl resides Jiere?" i "He does," was the response of the man, still wending his way to the pis stye. "Is his honor at huine?" continued the stranger. ".Most certainly," replied the man of the frock. "Take my horse by the hit then," said the ?.fiicer, "I have business to transact with your master." Without a second bidding the man did as requested, and the officer alighted and made his way up to the door tied gave the panne! several hearty taps with the butt of his riding whip?(or he it'known, in those days of Repohlinn simplicity, knockers and bells like servants, were in bill little use. The good dame of the house answered the summons in person; and havinir seated the officer and ascertained his ? 1 . desire to see Hie tiovcrnor, (ie|>aricii m infortti her husband of the guest's arrival, Iml on ascertaining that the officer hud ; made a hitching punt of her husband, she immediate Iv returned and informed hint jllinl the Governor was engaged in the yard, and could not well wait upon his Honor and his horse at the same time.? The predicament of the officer can be better imagined than dtscribed, i Mexican Discipline?Kendall, in one of his graphic sketches of the march of the Santa Fe prisoners, gives the following thrilling scene. It makes American blood boil: As we were nbnntslarling, aftertheeeents I have just detailed, a *rnun named Julio McAllister, a native of Tennessee, and of an excellent family, complained that one ot his ankles was sprained and that he could hardlv walk, lie was nearly lame iii the oilier ankle, and could never walk without limping. On starting he was allowed to gel into a cart, which Iml been employed to carry some of the more feel>le of our men; hot, finding it too heavily loaded, afier being a mile on the road, he was ordered out anil told to limp alolig the best way he could. Snlezar had frequently told those who were unable to keep up that he would shoot them rather than have the march delayed. Although he had already struck and severely beat several of the sick and more unfortunate, wo could not believe him brute enough to murder u man in cold blood, whose only crime was that he was lame, but in this we were mistaken. On being driven from the cart, McAllister stajed his inability to pro-1 ? ceed on foot. Salezar told him to Imrrv on. Again the unfortunate man declared himself utterly unable'to walk, and this in presence of a half dozen of his comrades. Plii* wi\v<a ilmn brutal captain now wound | ?!> to a pitch of fury, commanded liim to follow the* rart or he would order liim to be shot. "Then shoot," said Mc A lister, throwing open hi? blanket,''and the quicker the better." Salezar look him at his word, and a single ball sent as btave a man as ever trod the earth into eternity!? lli> cars were then rut of), his blanket and panialnnns stripped lrom hint, and his hotly thrown by the roadside as food for wolves. Singular Galvanic Ecpcr iment.-Vf e\nhold cut off a rat's head, and when its arterial pulsation had ceased, look out the spinal marrow, and placed in its stead an amalgam of mercury, silver and zinc; immediately after this was done, the pulsation recommenced, and the hotly made a variety of movements. He took away the | brain and spinal marrow of another cat, land filled up the skull and vertebral canal with the same metallic mixture. Life appeared to be instantly restored?the ani nial lif.ed tip its head, opened and shut its eyes, and looking with fixed stare, endeavored to walk, and whenever it fell, tried to raise itself upon its legs. It continued in this state twenty minutes, when it fell down and remained motionless. During all the time the animal was in this state, the circulation of the blood appeared to go on regularly; the secretion of the gastric juice was more than usual, and the animal heat was re-established.?English paper. A great natural curosity is to be seen at Tuscuinbia. Alabama. A spring here boils up out of the earth, which forms a stream much Inrgerlhnn the Pennsylvania creeks, and large enough to entitle it, in those regions, to the name of a river. The town ofTuscurnbia is about two miles bark of Tennessee river, and the current from the spring flows about two miles and a half. and then mingles with the blue waters <>t ilie Tennessee. It is a curiosity, bemuse of i's enormous size, as tbeie is not in all the United States beside, a spring that sends forth such a volume of water.? The fissure in the roek though which the water, flows, is tremendous, ami the depth of the stream at the fountain, is at hast t iylitTi'iM, ArM "tin- *?>."*- -r t-.j- .! > '4---Hcurnliia, (*2000) people, is furbished by this spring. Done roR.?A wag, n few years since, procured some eye wash of a quack ocil!list in this city, to he applied to a glass eye whirh he wore. The oculist not being very sharp sighted, discovered there was some def ct in the eye, but thought it so liifling, that he warranted a etire or no pay. The wag took the wash and departed. In a wee k or so after, he returned with the empty vial, and apparently in great j distress. "Oh, doctor! doctor!'' said he, "your d?d stuff has wholly destroyed tny eye!" at the same time opening the lids of the empty soeket with his finger, to the horror of the gaping and staring oculist. "Is it possible! can it he possible !" exclaimed the eye tinkerer. "1 never knew my medicine to operate so before. Well my dear sir, I can do nothing less than return you your money " "iint you must do more sir. What is ' i .1 - 1 five dollars In nif: coinpareu wiiii iiik iiium of an eve?" replied the wiif, "If you will I give me two hundred dollars, I will sign a pledge never to expose you; hut if you do not, I will prosecute you forthwith, and you are a ruined mall." The quick forked over a check fhr the amount, and the cncey cut stick perhaps for Texas.?[iV. Y. Mercury. During the Tariff discussion in the TJ. S. Senate, Mr. Walker objected to the lax on tea and coffee, which had come to be necessaries of life, and proposed to some extent in lieu, a tax on gold and silver ware in use, above the value of 8:f00. It being objected to by the Whits, Mr. Walker expressed his surprise that a party | who io the late Presidential canvass had I m d'? so much n< ise about ibe "spoons'* at the President's mansion?who bad tinned themselves with ''gold spoons" in their j u ar against lit.\iiries--now refusing to lax '.villi a very moderate rate 01 duly these very luxuries of gold spoons and gold and silver ware, preferring rather a tax on the necessaries of life! HOW TO COOK CUCUMBERS. We have a receipt t<> cook cucumbers, I ?r?mf>\vhaL alter this fashion. Take ihc cucumbers and after cutting off ille rind, cut them into slices; then cut tip a few onions with them, pepper and salt them to your liking, anil add vinegar to them?and then,? open your window and throw them away. This is the usual way for preparing i them for the table, and doubtless, the re- > ceipt is so worded as to impress' the idea of their unhealthiness, and we must con- i fess, that we are ainonjr-those who have i so esteemed them.?But if cooked as below stated, we coitpfcive them not only to be wholesome, but among themost palata- < hie vegetable dishes with which the table w can be garnished. Our method is this: m Pare of the rind, then cut the cucumber n< in too lengthwise, dust either side of these ei slices with corn-meal or wheat flour, pep- b per and salt them to please your taste; b this done, fry them brown, and yon will di have one of the most delicious dishes that d you can imagine, combining in the flavor ? those i.f the oyslerplaiil noil the eggplant' al Of their lieallbftilness, thus cooked, there h can be no question, and of their palatable- w ness, it is only necessary that yon try them, to say with us that they are exquisite. g - l,i New Sea Island Cotton.?Wo had the plea h sure of receiving from John Stoddard, Esq. a fi sample of that peculiar kind of Sea Island Cot- H ton, known as the Long ('ream, which is now t| growing on his fine plantation on Dawfuskie Island. The seed that produced this cotton was obtained at great expense, but the yield will a nhnndantlv renav the enterprising planter. The M staple i6 long and silky, and adheres tenacious- e ly to the seed. This specimen was produced n by the prolilic and beautiful shrub, Gossipium Helena, and is well deserving the attention of planters. Mr. S. expects that hi6 present crop will be ' equal to 100 bales. It is suitable for making the driest and most delicate muslins, laces, &c. Savannah Geo. Latest from Mexico.?The schooner William Penn, arrived here yesterday from Tampico* which place she left on the 21st ult- The Courier thus sums up the news which was verbally (o nmunicatcd. "There was but one American vessel left in port, and the natives were loud in their denunciations of the citizens and government of the United States. Some of them boasted that the Mexican army would over-run Texas. "About 800 troops marched from Tampico for Matanioros ten days ago. "More than 100 Mexican or Spanish seamen had been pressed at Tampico, and sent to the steamer which arrived at Vera Cruz from England, about the 10th inst. "The Wm. Penn was chased, but not overhauled, by a Texian armed schooner, on the 23d inst. + "Business was dull. Besides the American, there were three English and three French vessels in port. Santa Anna appears more popular 8 than ever?iV. O. Pic Is/ inst. When this lazy hard cider Congress took * a vote upon any question, the Whig papers I ill men ia u*i y rami- iiiii ? un una in big leiter&r-"a hard day's work." &c. Tuey have 'teinaiiicd in session longer, j <tr..wn murp pny from the treasury* and f effected the least business of any previous ^ Congress. Still if they happen some day r to be put to the severe task of saying "yes," t or ''nnt" upon a question, as they sit loj|? ing upon their seats* it is called "a bard r 'day's work!" Tln re is not probably a far- a mer in New England, who lias not done |< more actual bard work every day during }, the summer, thin all the Whig members e of this Congress, put together. Still each of the Whigliugj gets his $8 a day, and ^ whenever he is made to turn up his eyes, ,| and grunt out the word "yes," he com- j plains bitterly of "a hard day's work-"? j( It is time such chaps were kicked out of ^ olTtce.?Hartford Times. 0 "The month of July has hertt rferrtarkable," says the Paris Courier Francais, "for jj striking annals in the French history. In July, 1789, occurred the destruction of the Baslile; in July, 1830, the revolution and ^ the explosion of the eldest branch of g the Bourbon family; in.July, 1835, the infernal machine of Fiesrhi; in July, 1841, w the Duke of Bordeaux fell from his horse and broke his leg; and in July, 1842, the death of the Duke of Orleans." tl 11 - ? ^ Chapman, the great chanticleef of the u Democracy, savs that if persons who calls c ",i.. k?? i.:., ..-ill r,., . 51) I rrcjllf Ilii V lu i?rg in.-* pa|ici9? n 111 uv ov | y kind as to go to the paper mill and beg w the white paper and bring it to him, he will print it tor them for nothing. But he e| can't buy the paper, print it, and give it away.?Picayune. j* I* Where are Tiiey??The number who have lived upon the earth has been estimated at about 27.000.000,000.000.000.? 0I This sum when divided by 27,864,000, the (l| number of square miles of land, gives 1,- la 31-1,522,070 to a square rod, and five to a jr square foot! Suppose a square rod enpa- ^ ble of being divided into twelve graves, c| .."..i" n hundred DPT I - - ? . sons, so that the whole earth has been 100Lj, limes (lii?* over to bury its inhabitants, ,r supposing they had heen equally dislribu- pe ted. Were the bodies laid upon the stir- tj, face they would cover the land to the depth of 100 feet.?N. Y. Plebeian< is! From the Milton (N. C.) Chronicle. en A Child Lost?cheat excitement.? T A circumstance recently occurred in Per- ta son county that tends to affect the hardest he heart. It appears thnt the wife of a Mr. dr Panter, of the aforesaid county, had occa- ch sion, on Wednesday before last, to visit a in, neighbor living about a mile off?in doing sb so she left her children at home, in the an care of some one capable of taking care of ihpm. She had not b'een gone long before a little boy, not exceeding four years of nge, started off, tfn'rtbsen&ed, to go to her he But the little feHjbw wandered out of the thi way and became so bewlfdered that he thi quit the the road and roved about in the St nods. lie was, in ihe course or< me nay dssed?the alarijn ?wus made?and. the ei>ri?l>ors asstintbled and quickly profecedI to hunt him/ They scoured tha wood* y day and by night, for f.nir tniles arnuffd, itt they found hirxi not?day followed ay and nitrht followed night?yet no ti- i ings Could be had of the lost boy! But II Saturday, the fourth 'Thy of the child's bsenre?when despair, grief and agony ad fixed deep in his parents hearts?and hen the huntsmen had given up the hunt -tile poor Rttle fellow was found by a cntlemftn (who had not heard of the iner incholy occurrence,)ci%lit miles from, ^ omrl Mr. Morris* the gentleman who t . i t 1 , 1 _ iL. >unil me cm in, nappcneu m oe in me moths hunting deer, and a hound puppy . tat followed at his heels, wis observed to tart, suddenly, and rundown to a branch nd growl?at this moment a feeble voice r&s hpard to echo from a eluiterW bush* s, "Please, sir, don't let your dog bitd le!" Mr. Morris repaired to the spot, and ntinil the child in the midst of a group of* ushes, where he had evidently hid* on eeiug or hearing his benefactor, to .avoid liscovery,?(for it is a singular fact that ost persons become wild after being lost short lime, and will dodge orruu front the luman spicies?iher even shun firms ibf ear of being seen?we know ofan instance vhere a stout lad was lost* on being dis:overed by a gentleman who was hunting tim, ran wildly from the hunter* and it vas with difficulty that he was overtaken*) ", dr. Morris asked the child what account; d for his being in the woods? The boy tnswered, "I'm looking for mr mother."?* rle was then asked where he slept th? >ver night?he replied that he slept with ^ lis sister. He could not tell how long ^ le had been out from home, and appeared ltironcerned, though very hungry. The ~ ikin on the eRd of the poor little fellows ingers was Considerably pickedjjn cbnse* juence of gathering chinquapins' to eat?? md his lingers and muuth were besmeared vilh grape stairt. * .' . vW < The joy of the parehts, oh recovemtg* ilive, their lost boy, cannot be imagined* nuch less described?suffice it to sav, that ears, unprompted by the ties of relation-* hip, gushed from many an eye. > * SEVEN WONDERS OF DRUNKENNESS. 1. That any rational, being should tui# lis hack on home-rVStccei home1'?and? oake the lavrrn his abitling place, where ie is tempted to spend his hard-won motey, and then it is all gone, is turned oat if doors; fs not this a ivonder? 2. Thai he should voluntarily take the honey which should give it to supportaiid dorn the wife and children of the .tavern leeper; who in return gives him ruined -y . lealth, blighted character and einptypocfia \ ts. Is not this a wonder? / 3. That any rational being Could listen to he insinuations of those interested in hie * legradation and ruin, and take for enemUpt J he persons who would persuade him to ook well to his own home, his own wife, lis own children^ his own health and bis iwn pocket; Is not this a wonder? 4. That briite beasts should drink only mre water , and that/ only when they arO ryj and that man, rational man, heaveniisiructed, soul-possessing, immortal man* hoiild not only drink when he is not dry, ut should prefer for his beverage liquid re; Is not this & wonder? j>. That when men are walking in awgy rhich brings wretchedneifct^ themselves,, nd trouble and distress oflWT about them .id they are advised to forsake the path# here should be so much difficulty as is >.urid in getting them to try. Is not tbis a ronder? 6. Thatd human being, wholly depenenton the God that made him, should autonly, ungratefully, and audaciously y in the face of his Crcateor and Redeem.; ? n ^ fliaa fl i*nn 1/ n v*/1 tie n<iMi o 11 Haaj, ?m4 it U3 Ml? III Ulinai U VOj'lHailJy UUC|| dUU et he is spared not only days, but somemps yeurs before the sentence goes forth. Cut it down; way cumbereth it the round/" Is not this a wonder? 7. That while drunkenness is Emptying or churches and schools,- and crowding ur jails and and bridewells, and while To* 1 Abstinence Societies, are* by the bless* ig ofGod, reclaiming may drunkardsfrom leir ruinous habits, the fast majority of iristian ministers and other professor of digion should continue to drink thosedijors whieh makes men drunkards and (o eat the total abstinence cause with indifrence, contempt or opposition. Is not is a wonder??Christian Intelligencer. The annals ofintoxication scarcelyfurnj # It a more shacking caserthaA has just oci.rred near the city of Rochester. A Mr*, urk was burned to death by her cloths king fire while she was drunk, and while ,r husuanu, mougn lying by tier, was n o unk to save her from destruction. Her Jthing Wat almost wholly burned, sarg only a shalf Iragment between her ouldera and the ground where she layj d her body was burned to a crisp. Rochester Post A Grand* Speculation.?Under tKij ad the Madison ia n says: ''We heir at a certain capitalist i's negotiating for a purchase of all the claims against the atesr amounting to $200,000,000!" as * V V