>?;. .? , w camden Journal. * L .... ._J - / "* ' " ' ' *??.". >- '.S?aSS5=!!!S=!,C,,?" ',",-li,- L "'!"'" '"ra>"" ,ILIJ", . .. ^ ^ [JKBir SjEffXES.] VOL. 3. CA3IDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1842. NO. 48? % THE CmnESUJOURXAl PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY TIIOMAS W. PF-GITKS. TERMS. Three Dollars -per annum in advance, Thr& V dlars ani Fifty Cents within six monlhs, orFoui Dollars al the expiration of the year. Al nsrlisemenls inserted at 75 cents per square (fourteen lines or less,) for the first and37? cenli f ir each subsequent insertion. The number of inne'fions to be noted on all advertisements, or they will he published un'il Ordered to be discontinued, nml charred aecordinnlv On'. Dollar r?tr square for a single insertion? Quarterly and Won'hly advertisements will be charged Vie same as a single insertion, and Semi-monthly the same as new ones. For publishing Citations as the law directs ihrre dollars will be charged. All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and Communications recommending Candidates for public offices of profit or trust?or puffing Exhibition will be. charged as advertisements. Or*" Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. All letters by mail must be post paid to insure npnetual attention. MISCELLANEOUS" From the Baltimore Sun. PARTISAN MALICE AND MEANN ESS. It seems strange that men who have rereived an education, even though snffi - .1? ricnt onlv to euao e ineiu n? wmr un-n own language gianiniatirally. should be s<> losl ti? sclf-rt spect as to fall into the huhit of using thai ?*f mmhiucn malice and meat ness, and ribaldry. One woubl naturalli suppose, for instance, if ignorant 41f o\-isling and current facts, that the e 'itor ?>f even a parti-an newspaper would mauif- st some lnfle of respect for himself, even tliougb be should entertain none for th-se to whose opposition he stands pledged as per agreement with bis party generally, or his special ami particular clique. Were the supposition correct, he would see stirli editors rising high v. above every thing held dishonorable in principle and disgraceful in practice.? But, unfortunately for the character of the country, which suffers bi>th abroad .ami at home in consequence o| it, by far the largest portion of the party press has fallen into the hands of men who, however worthy or amiable they may be considered a< members of society in the private sense of the phrase, are, as editors, utterly destitute, by their own shewing, every principle, whether of hmw** honesty, tftai gives 'dignity to human nature and renders it respectable. As citi zens of this republic, we are bound to consider them freemen, even while, as partisans, they prove themselves the veriest of slaves; arid while passing in the private circle as gentlemen, they are pub licily playing the scoundrel, saying, do. ing, writing and publishing that which could tind no justification, nor even apnlo gy, in any approved code of morals, or in any received principles of common decency. Malicious as partisans, they become naturally mean, for malice will emp|ov meanness as its agent whenever it suits its purpose. It s?M-ks gratification and will liHve it if possible, and when it pretties a party its intensity becomes increased mi propotimi to the aggregation of individuals and the existing exigency of the case; hence it is observable that those party editors ami leaders who are devoted to its service and hound to do its bidding, are 'most fiery in their Zeal and furious in their expression of it, in short must abusive, when political necessity prrstM s the hardest tip<> 11 them. Those of ll??-ra who arc gentlemen, in tlie true acceptation fvthe term, aire always found t 3 as a matter ? f ronrse; but your rabid partisan, especially if h<* bp the editorial slave of hi* party, cannot aff rrf-to even play 'he gentleman, pr? vidi-tl he is an actor equal to the part.? Parti-iftmsiri requires at hi> hau ls the base service of abuse, and the political serf rendris it in accordance with the principle of allegiance which he owes to his party, as his feudal lord. Whether it be to raise a loafei trnm the gutter and clothe him in the garb of a political saint, or to pull d >wn the highest officer known to the national constitution to his own low level, he is equally ready to perform the required service, or at least attempt it. Take an instance in the latter line, which is but one among a thousand, for which reason we do not name the offending paper. To single it not by name from among a host equally, if not mure guilty, would he hardlv just; but as it will doubiless "know the track of its own hatchet," it will be forced to blush fir the base use to which it has turned. The Washington Madiso. ni*il, ffenerallv C nsidered as "the official or-jan" <>f th" present national aduiinistrasi oi, rer.ntlv announced the return o| ti.- Preside t IUnited States tn the rent f gov,** n pent. frum Fort Calhoun; whi'di a tiiOunceioi nt is copied hy a Virginia paper, with this addition in the way of comment. "We suppose Jolin Jones meant this a? an insinuation that the people of Wash ifltftoii should keop an eye on their chick ens and clothes-lines." There?good people of the United ^ States in general, and of Virginia in par1 Jticiilar. whit think ynu of that? H?tv | much respect do you suppose an editor can have for the national government, who speaks of tin* highest officer of it as a robber of hen-roosts and clothes-lines? What is the amount of his regard for the national character? or do his readers believe he has any respect for them, or belief in their intelligence, or even their t sense of common decency; that he treats J . j them to stirh low, mean, malicious parti* I i san slang, as something acceptable to : ' their appetite and grateful to their feeling*? In those four I i 11? s thenation is in. stilted through the President, and the; press thjpougii Mr. Jones, a gentleman, who-tfas been within a year past made the rmpil III of perhaps more partisan abuse than' h.ts ever before fallen to ihe lot or share of any other editor in the country within the same length of time. Those -U ?.!llil?, ...wlo kneo tliPrnsiilent. ! vrnw ivuuiu ? i i i i i t niniu ?r?i0*> > ...... T . call him s traitor, a Judas Iscariot, a Benedict Arnold, and characterize him by the application of e?eiv conceivable ] vile epithet; and nnt satisfied with this, I' they are m the constant habit of reviing'i and slandering- Mr. Jones, because of I' his belief that his duty to his country, its!1 interests and its constitution, requires at ' his hands an ardent support of the present administration. That he might do this, t he forsook the quiet pursuits of literature I here, ami embarked on the stormy sea of 1 politics at the national metropolis. Ue 1 threw himself between the President and t his?not his opponents in the ordinary ' sense of the term, but his enemies, bis ' bitter political and personal foes, who < seemed to have purposely steeped them- < selves to the lips in malignity, that they ' might the better effect tln-ir purposes; he- < tween the President and the Constitution t on thp one side, for their defence, anil a * host of swrh assailants of both on the other. did the editor of the Madisonian place himself; for (he assumption of which po-11 silion he has had to pay rather more than -] the penalty usually exacted in such cases. 11 1'he haughty and supercilious of his edi- ( torial opponents would not argue with < liiin, and the weak dare not, hence the i former resorts to ridicule and contempt, j to nick-names, and in short to every spe- i cies of low abuse, and the latter endea- < vored as well as they "could to follow iheir 1 example. Even bis name was mutilated I * ? ..r , by me uesigneu omission 01 one ui na i initials; and "John Jones," "John Jones," t "the eternal John Jones," the cuckoo i MM)9of 4?J#?hn ~*=rir>.fc??, Uimu . I H typed substitute For argument among those i editors who would walk over his ruin, in order to reach President Tyler. Such i arguments(!) are well understood in these i days and being worth nothing, or rather t l?-ss, they are estimated by the people at l their full vhIiip; and as to the evils of their i use, and, the other abuses referred to i "there is a redeeming spirit in the (Jonsti. lution," the people, and the independent[, press, which will in due lime abolish thern all, and con-ign those who now practice!, and abet lliein, to an obscurity from which , they can never again emerge. Agricultural Anecdote.?A knowl- , edge of the habits of animals is sometimes of great service even in the salvation of cit- *; ies. James, in his recent history of the! Black Prince, gives an amusing inst tire! of this in iIh* defence of fteunes, a t-.wo of Britiany. Iiesieged by tile Duke of Lauras, tor. In order to t ffecl til- surrender oftlie j plare, the Duke enforced a strict blockade, j which soon redu 'Oil the garrison to great - straits; bul he knew they would hold out to the last extremity, and determined to: try a trick of war. For this purpose, lie drevvoffhis soldiers as if he had left ihp i place, and formed an ambuscade in some ; hushes behind the town, lie then caused a nini.l)?-r of hoys to be turned loose jr. the , piiiiii, in ttie hope that the starving garrison wot.Id rush out for the prize. But | they understood his trick, hik! turned it to t their own advantage- They opened one of the sally-ports, and hung up a sow by the lintel. She of course made, a great oitcry, and the hogs came rushing up to the place from whence the noise proceed- j ed; she was then cut down and driven thro' I one of the stre ts and furred to keep tip, her music. The soldiers sprang up from J their ambusrade in order to try and pre-j vent this unlooked for termination o| their experiment; hut Jaines savs, the hogs with that intuitive perception of the way their masters do not v islt thein to go, which has - ?.. . I* ...1 lliair liullt ra Ulonf ptidiinn rvn 111 ci i rv t ? i uk ii v, "? ' .loiu.ii ' tuiniilliKMisly iuto the town, and afforded llie garrison very seasonable relief. Louisville Journal. A Woman's Reason. ?A woman's reasons are said to be three: ihey are past, present suitil in come, ami are as follows: ''Because I ili?l"?"Because I will"?am! "Because I should like." The fiist it is ' impossible to gel over; the second is almost a hopeless raus"; and a man must be a brute indeed if he can for a moment object to the thrill. Then the way i? which they bring these reasons to bear is every thing. \ in'Hi would knii bis hmu' snrlilv hi.iI ...V - J ^ . say, in a deep reptiUive voice, if l:e did "?>l .like the first interrogation, "because I did!' I Not 8"j\vilh a woman;site would put on one uf her awoeiesl smiles and say, ??Wby, my dear. because I Hid; and you know m} love, that's a woman's reason for evert thing." To tlie second, a man would re plv, "Because 1 will, ami if I don't w hv,' and he would he w ithin a shade of swear ing. But a woman would shake Iter pretty head, and sav, "Because I will; and you know my, my darling, when I say a thing I always do it; and I never do otherwise than pleasp you; do I my love?" As to the third, it does every thing, for tvho can refuse ihem "whatthey like." True enough, it has brought many a man to the gallows; yet who ever could grumble al so trifling a trial; a ihing that can but happen oncp in a man's life, when it shows his attachment to the sex? Dreadful surgical operation.?One of the most appalling and arduous surgical operations perhaps ever attempted, was perf.rmed at the King'sC^-tlege Hospital, New Brunswick, una vnung girl of twelve who liaii a tumor in a cavity of the upper jaw-bone, which actuary pushed ihe eyeball out of its socket, and produced, the most hideous deformity. In ord^r to get it the tumor, inrisi*" had to be made in die integuments, of tlte face, cheekbones sawed through ami removed from their various detachment. For about sixteen minutes, the time which the operation look, the whole of the right side of the fare ivas laid bare exposing the buck part of the ihroal, toiige and palate. Some of the spectators turned pale at the sight of the perati >n, hut the poor t?irl bore it with wonderful fortitude, and the operator work;d with a skill as though his nerves were 'if iron. After the operation, thewlmh* of .lie complicated integuments were replaced with sutures, and there are hopes ofthe recovery of the girl, if the nervous system survives the shock. The wag of the New Bedford Bulletin elates the following story of Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, member of Congress from Alabama: "It is stated of Dixon II. Lewis, [who is so large that he orrupii s three scats in a stage coach, though lie is ejectrd to but one in Congress) that while lookng round fur a sufficiently rapecious chair, it a public meeting, an old-fashioned man :ried out, "Three cheers for Lewis!" whereupon three chairs were immediately brought in, and the great man was coin, rTtably seated atnid the I< ucJ thunders of the Hudiencc!" Whereupon the L??uisrille Sun thus further diticmirses upon the ir ' f * Sit' ..lUt-iiii' c giant from Alabama: We ourselves can testify to the giant I:......!,,,.. ?f tha iT0nlliniiiin ,,f whom ihe IIIIJCII^IWUO "I P""?M ? ? MWIM ???W ibove anecdote is told, having once lost i?ur seat in the stage while travelling in the South, in consequence of the pre-emp. li nary occupancy of the mammoth Rep. resentative front Alabama. C"l. Lewis is essentially a great man, Standing full six feet two, of Herculean proportions, and weighing abouty*ourhun. dreila nd.fifty pounds. But lie is riot great alone in ?lie animal. His intellectual and moral endowments are of the highest and nin-t ennobled standard, lie is a staunch Jeffersoninn Republican, opposed to high duties except on his country's enemies, and those he would assess at the roost patriotic home valuation. He is against all monopolies, save that of coach room, nod that he considers entirely constitutional. During a long and arduous service in the Congress of tlte United States, Col. Dix m H. Lewis has been an ardent and untiring champion ot Demo*racv, and by his strong practical sense, his unfit idling honesty, and exalted abilities, ranks as one of tin* most respected and "Wrightv members of that hmly. lie has long b< en a tower ? f strength to ilie Democratic. parly, him! a formidable host to ih" ?*n?-rny. lie breaks into the camj) of the Fedemlisls like a (iibbeiininosuy, and never fails to bring hn k with him a score or two of their scalps.? Having been f t many years on the arena of p'lilies, and having wrestled with the monster n| Whiggery in all its various phases ofiniquily. from its infancy up, he has attained a perfect masletv over it, and can handle it now without gloves, like the giant Milo, who, having accustomed himself to carry a calf a certain distance everyday until it grew into an ox, was able to sling ilie full-grown b> ast over his shoulders, and bear it where he listed. In the most generous quali.irs of the heart, Col. Lewis is as conspicimis as he is disti gui.-hed for the attributes of mind. He is social, benevolent and brace. VVe were told an anecdote of him in the South, which illustrates the chivalrie daring, as well as magnanimous self-devotion of the man. On his retcrn from Congress some two or three years ago, it was during the Spring-floods which frequently swell the swamp streams of the Smith to a sudden and dangerous height. Himself and another Representative from Alabama, were the only passengers in the stage, when crossing one of these streams on the border of the State, which had suddenly swelled into a river, and waa pouring its torrents fearfttl'y among the cane and timber on the banks, the coach was washed up and enrried down with the current.? Col. Lewis and comrade, however, sue reeded in re aching a knoll which r??se a liule above the water, on which a tree was r standing. B it the stream was yet rapidly rising, and it xvas evident they could not - long maintain ilieir footing- Ii was a ' crisis that required tlie quick decision and . intrepid action of a great nund, and tin* noblp Alabamian was equul toil. Stripi ping off bis clothes, watch and purse, he 1 climhed the tree and hong thpm at a se- J cure height upon a limb; then descending, 1 he took his colleague upon his brawny back 1 and driving through the angry flood, like I Casius bearing Caesar from the wave of ' Tiber, lauded his charge in safety on the 1 shore! Such men as Dixon H. Lewis are I rare in this day. Such a feat as that is ! worthy thp iron impress of the most heroic I age.?N. Y. Plebeian. New Orleans, October 18. 1 LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM ' TEXAS. ! | By the arrival of the schr. Henrietta, 1 Capt. Hurd, at n late h??nr lust * night, we ' , have dates from Galveston to tlie 18th irfst. 1 The papers were filled with accounts of f 1 the Mexican invasion, which begins to wear 1 a serious aspect, but so far the Texians j have proved themselves worthy of their 1 'origin. We notice in the Civilian of the ' 1st iiist., a communication from several of ' ;?lie parties who were taken prisoners at ' the rapture of San Antonio. "They state ' | that they werp treated with all the lenience * compatible with their condition as prison- I ers of war, thai the force into whose hands ' they had surrendered was a formal inva- ' dine army, whose officers are determined 1 to conduct the war upon the principles of j I the most honorable and chivalrous cliarac- J ter.M The same paper contains a translation ' of the proclamation of Gen. Wool, which ' reads as follows. Soldiers: "Thesecondrampaiirn against Texas has been opened?to yiui is confi- < ded the honor ofleading the van?you will < prove yourselves worthy ot the mission j and the army to which you belong. Great; j difficulties await you in traversing the vast-] and numerous plains which separate youji from the enemy which they protect?but I, your valor and your firmness will over-'l come all obstacles. You will makeynur-J selves great, as the desert is vast. In coin- j | hat you will recollect the injuries commit- j ted to Mexican gratitude and hospitality.'] Be as brass. After triumph you will re- , member you are Mexicans?be generous.!] 1"*-- ?..a ?! _cko ?tri II Ko uO IIUl uisii uni I"I Mine n?r wv ? - i ful in justice. Vicinry will crown your i ?s.a,WSrrtt*r?itfgTaC&ii'i cuiiiluy reward your worthiness. Soldiers! lei us march uponthe enemy. Given in Camp on the left bank of the Rio Bravo, the 20ih day of August, 1842. (Signed) A. VVOLL. 1 The war appears to have fairly set in.! A despatch date i Camp Salado, 29th Sept. J mentions that Col. Caldwell, with a force nf350 men had an engagement with Gen. Woll, in which the Texinns came off vie-, tori us. The Mexicans left 100 killed on the field of battle, besides 200 wounded. We regret to say that a company of 59 men, called the Fayette volunteers, in attempting to join the camp of Col. Caldwell, were cut off, and took position in a thicket, from which they defended themselves against an infinitely superior force until completely cut to pieces, 33 of the number were found dead on the field, and the remainder supposed to have been made prisoners of war. The latest accounts from the seal of war, mention that Gen Woll had he en compelled to evacuate Bexar, and had fa'len back 24 miles to the Medinas. A Mexican pii* soner of war reports that Gen. Woll was daily expecting a reinforcement of 1500 men under Gen. Antpu lias, i Col. C.ildw* II, will) GOO men, is between the Uio Gran le and the main body of the Mexican army. j Some spies report that a party of the prisoners taken at Bexar, had been inhu-1 manly murdered. ] A report reached Houston that Gonjtles had been takpn hy a party of 700 Mexicans, but was subsequently contra- < dieted. < i From all that we can learn, the Texians < are in tine spirits, and there is no doubt 1 that thi'V will shortly drive the invaders ^ from their soil. At Galveston they ivpre ( daily looking for accounts of a decisive ( , battle between the two contending forces, i Tlie report of the burning of the city of i | Austin is contradicted ? Bee ' I We learn from a gentleman lately from , tlie Parish ofSt. John the Baptist, that on Fridav last, a rencounter occurred be- . tween Mr. Trepagnier and one Etienne t Victtaire, in the course of which Mr. Trepagnier was shot through the back and sur- 1 vived but a few minutes. We are told that j Vickoairespnt for Trepagnier to meet him on theslevee. After some conversation { u?,ihom IVensiffnier raised his cane : i;v.?v<... ( as if to strike Vicknaire. The latter drew < a pair ??f pistols?Trepagnier turned and 1 ran and was followed by Vicknaire, who f at length fired his weapons, fatally wound- 1 ing Trepagnier. Vicknaire had been arrested f the skull almost completely perforated n many places; the nose half gone, with rotten jaws, ulcerated throats, breaths more lestiferous, more intolerable than poison* * - i i !.L .i__ mis upas, limos racxea wiui ine pnins 01 ;he inquisition, minds as imbecile as the ,, puling babe, a grievous burden to theoi iA" telvps and adisgtistingsppciacle toothers, /on would exclaim, as ? have often done, 0! the lamentable want of science tbatdic* atcs the abuse of that noixus drug, calomel, in the Southern States!' Gentlemen, t is a disgraceful reproach to the profeslion of medicine; it is quackery, horrid, mwarraitted, murderous quackery. What , neiTt do gentlemen of the South flatter hemselves they possess, py being al>Je to salivate a patient? Cannot the veriest fool n Christendom salivate?give calomel?? 3ut I will ask another question. Who is t that can stop the career of mercury, at. vill, after it has taken the reigns in his >wn distructive and ungovernable hands? HTe who, for sn ordinary cause,,resins the ate of his patients to mercury, is a rile Miemy to the sick; and^ff he is tolerably vipular, wil),inonesuccessfulsea8on, have >avcd the way for the business of life; for ie has enough to do ever afterwards to stop he mercurial breach of the. constitutions )f his dilapidated patients. He has thrown limself in fearful proximity to death, and ias now to fight him at arm's length as ^ ong as the patient maintains a miserable jxistence." L, Pickled Eggs.?(From a Hampshire ;orresp?ndent.)?An industrious farmer's i? * ol? . i ivite, resuwig in onipien, near Andover, imnnff a variety ofother pickles which she mnnally introduces into her store-room, preserves pickled eggs. The process she uses in curing them is very simple. When he has a large stock of eggs on hand, she boils Rome six or seven dozen until they become hard. She then divests them of the shell, a.id puts them into large jars, ^ pouring upon them scalding vinegar, saturated with ginger, garlic, whole pepper, jnd allspice. This pickle is an admirabfo iid to cold meat, and is, in the winter months, regarded as a perfect farm-house UJurjL?-??? Tt will be observed bv the annexed paragraph from the New York Tribune, that another experiment was to be made at New York yesterday ifrernoon with Colt's Sub-marine Battery. A ihip of 300 tons had been purchased by the American Institute for that purpose. Grand Explosion.?We understand that one >f the most interesting exhibitions connected vith the Fair of the American Institute w;ill be nade off the Battery to-morrow afternoon, when mother experiment will he tried with Colt,s Snbrnarine Bctterv. The experiment performed on :he fourth of July will be remembered by those vho witnessed it as having been most impreslive and completely successful. It was repeated >n a somewhat larger scale near Washington, ind was witnessed with perfect satisfaction by he President, the Heads of Department, maty Members of Congress and citizens of emilence and respectability. We are somewhat turprised to learn that the Government has defined to avail itself of this wonderful invention, >r to aid in any way the designs and experiments >f the ingenious inventor. The Institute* how;ver, has generously taken it under its patron- * ige, and will beyamfall doubt see that it is fully tnd thoroughly tested. The vessel to be blown jp to-morrow is larger than any with which the jxperiment has been tried, and will anchored opwsbe Castle Garden. The Galvanic battery ivill be placed in Castle Garden, ao that all wbo jyill take the trouble to go into the Garden* which svill hold several thousand, can see with ease jnd distinctness the mode of arranging the wires >nd of causing the explosion. The experiment ivill be performed precisely at 4 o'cloch P. M* A ;onstant communication by the Electric Telegraph will also be kept up with Governor's Island. Singular clock.?M. Schwilgue has recently :omp!eted the astronomical clock for the catheIral of Stratsburg, to the repair of which he has .. levoted himself with an indefatigable assiduity for the last four vears. it was to oe finished about the end ot septem- ? ber, and its inauguration will make a part of the festivals which take place at the scientific congress. Every one who has been allowed to penetrate into the sanctuary of M. Schwilgue's labors . agree in saying that it will be an admirable piece af workmanship, and in its whole and its parts will form one of the wonders of modern Europe. The revolutions of the sun, the moon, and the planets, figure there with scientific precision; ind the most ingenious mechanism gives motion at the appointed time to the different figures. Seven figures represent the 6even days in a week; each appeare in turn, and occupies a particular place, according to the hour of the day. rhe four Ages strike the quarters, and the hideius skeleton. Death, employs himself in striking he hours. At noon the twelve apostles come n succession to bow before the figure of Jesus Christ, who gives them hie blessing. And, final y, at the same hour, the cock raises his wings hree times, and three times makes the vtults of he cathedral resound with his crowing. Foreign gaper. Life is a picture; fortune 'he franc, but importune the shade. The Hist, only ita extrinsic irnament; but the latter, if well-sustained, forms he intrinsic merit, by giving a bolder relief to .he features.