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TERMS
*' OF THE
O0MMBR0IA.L OOTraXSRt
Punished treeklyly every Saturday morning at $3
per annum if paid in advanco, or $-4 if not paid
until tko oxpiration of tlio yoar.
Persons subscribing out of tho State, aro required to
pay in advance.
No subscription received fur a less term than one
year.
Advertisements will be insortod at One Dollar poi
square for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents tor
ovory continuance. Those Advoi tisonionts that do
not have the numbor of insertions marked on Hie
margin will be published until forbid, and charged
accordingly.
QjT All Lottore addressed to this O.Tice, must bo post
paid.
BOUTS 8UOE4. *
AT the store heretofore occupied by J. Pishop
4l Co., the subscriber lias opened a large
end extensive assortment of Hoots and Shnrjr, which
were selected particularly lor the retail trade 1'rom
the most approved manufactories?to wit.
Gentlemens fine Calf .pools.
" Waterproof "
" Stout Calf sewed "
?? i; <i petrgred "
*' fine" Bootees
" Stout 44 44
u Fine Shoes and Pumps
" India Kubl>er over-shoes
Ladies French and Morocco Slippers
" Gater Boots
u Black and White Sattin Slippers
" New style over shoes
" 44 44 Rubber
14 Buckskin and Velvet
14 Seal Slippers and walking shoes
Misses Seal and Prunella walking
44 44 44 Slippeis
44 Leather Boots and Shoes
44 New style Rubber 44
Eoy3 Fine and stout Boots
44 44 44 44 Bootees
it ii << it Shoes
14 44 Dancing Pumps
Childrens black and colored Prunella Boots
it n i? ?| || Slioes
44 Seal and Morocco Boots and 44
44 Leather Boots and >hoes.
A large stock of Mens stout shoes and brogans
suitable for plantations, and
6000
n. i? ^ 1
i airs 01 i>egro shops, ^ainaen make, superior to
.-.any others in the district.
ai.so
Northern and Southern Sole leather, ITppei
* leather, French and Northern < 'nlf skins. Lining
and Binding skins, various colored Morocco skins
for Coach trimming.
Shoe knives, pincers, kit files, punches, awl
Mades and halls, boot webbing, heel ball, shoe
tackr, bristles sparables, peg cutlers, sand stones,
jiggers, shoulder sticks, sine lasts nnd all other
articles generally in use with shoema eis? also
every description of imported shoe thread, shoe
blacking and varnish
Dry liides received in exchange.
GEO. ALDEN.
Sept 30 22 tf
\dV DOLLARS 11fiWA?!>.?Abscon\^ded
Jrom the subscriber in llarnwell L)ist.
S. ? \, on the night of the 15tli inst. a negro
man named R RUB FN, he also took v\ith him a
dark sorrel Mare about 13 hands high, said mare
has a small star in her face, aud Iras two saddle
minks on her back.
Reuben is about 25 or 30 years of age. f> feet
high, dark complected, speakr quick when spoken
to, nnd when lie left, had on a blue cloth coat. and
a black lint with crape around it. The subscriber
bought said negro from a man who said his name
was JOHN EDWARDS, an I that lie lived in
about 6 miles of Camden, lie was travelling to
Alabama, and had four siaves in coin any with Inn,
of which Reuben was one, lie in also of opinion,
tliat said boy has by an.iip hip.his came up with ins
former master, and that will endeavor to get
him out ot the state for the purpose 01 re-seling
him. Any person taking up said negro, and Induing
him in jail, and giving information thereof
to ine, at il|ackvilh* Post-office, Barnwell District,
3. C., shall receive the above reward.
SAMUEL REED.
Oct. 21 25 4t*
A CARD.?The subscribers having opened a
Taylor and Drapers business 2 doors -south
of iiolleytnan G.iss' store, on Main-slrei l, beg
leave to lender their services to the citizens oi
Camden and its vicinity, in cutting and making
up cloth in tlte latest and inost fnsluonab e styles^
They will receive the New loik and I'luludel_i.:~
i* .L: - .? i..
puiuL iiiuinuii3 ijuuiirny.
They will execute all orders that may he entrusted
to their care, with neatness and despatch?and
hope by close and unremitting attention to busirtess,
to merit a share of pnbhc patrunag.
SFVKKNS SMITH.
Camden, S. C Sep. 2:\ 21 Ut
AtJAItD.? The undersigned having formed
a coparlneisliip 111 the Mercantile business,
would respectfully solicit Irom their liiends and
the public, a share of patronage.
intend keeping a full assortment of Fancy
? .** ele Dry Guods, ol the latest fashions:
a i. s o
; of the choicest kind, all ol which they
vin impose of on the most accommodating terms.
R. L VVlhsiOiN,
J. L JOiNES.
Camden, Aug. 30, 1837. 18 tf
Will. R1KCLA1,
Mrovtralt M'aintcr,
HAS arrived in Camden, mid bus taken rooms
over Mr. Alex. Young's store, where lie will
be pleased to attend to all orders ho may bo favored
with.
Specimens of his Painting can be seen at Mr.
Young's SSepti 30 22 4
I# ||AlLORJNG.?The undersigned beg leave to
inform their friends and the public generally
that they have entered into copartnership in carrying
on the Tailoring business, and by close attention
and a disposition to please, will endeavor to
merit a sharo of public patronage.
, .M DONALD&BRAS1NGTON.
Mar f, 1*37. M op, tf
BY ^kUTIlORITv!
Laws of hf. United Staves passed at
the fist session iifthe twenty-fifth
C'ongiu.ss.
Public?ino. 7. _ -AN
ACT mukinir an additional npnropriHllun
for ilie supnression of Indian hostilities
for llie year one thousand eight!;
hundred and thirtt -seven.
Br it enacted by the Senate and Ifouse
1 oj Representatives of the United States ii
\q?^imcrica in Congress assembled, Thai |
line lather hum of one million six hun-ji
TiiousaiMi tiollors shall be, and th?- I
suTtflfcis liercby impropriated, ?>ut of any i
mtjney in the T^msnry not otherwise ap <
propriuted, to d?lr?y^iny expenses which i
have been or ina^ be incurred, in pre- i
venting or suppre^ng the hostilities of
any Indians; to be expended under the i
direction of the^Secreiary of War, con- i
fortnably to tl (Joitgress of the !j
nineteenth ??f eighteen hui dred and
thirty-six. and of the second of Inly eigh- i
teen hundred unr'1 thirty-six, and of the i
acts therein referred,to.
J A M lis K. POLK,
Speaker of the House of lit-presentativds:
Hi I. Al. JOHN O s
President of the Senate. <
ArrnovED, October 10, 1^37. I
M. VAN bUREN.
Pitni tf?1VI? 5
AN ACT authorizing :? further postponement
payment upon ?lut\ iioiuls.
lie if enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the baited State s
of Americam (Jonpress assemb/ed, 'Foal
th?' Secretary of the Treasury be, ami he
hereby is, authorized to gram such further
extension of cedit upon all bonds lor du- I
lies now outstanding us shall make the I
whole exietisi ni of credit upon each b nd ?
nine months Irom the time when the ??ri- I
ginal bond became due and payable; mi- t
king tlie extension in each cas?- to depend I
upon the same conditions as to addilion
h 1 security, the pavmem of interest, and <
other t? rms, which have been prescribed
i by the Treasury Department, to the exit
nsi n of cveitue bonds since May last: ,
l*K"Vii>r.n, That nothing herein contained ,
shall he construed to include any existing
bonds where the parlies to the same hav
not, since the bonds became payable, giv
en additional security, or made part payment,
aud are by the proper officers of
the (Jovernment, considered insolvent, or
unsafe securifies for the payment of their
honds.
Skc. 2. And be it fuYther enacted, That
a credit ?rf three and six months shall be
allowed on the do y on all merchandise
which shall have heeit or may be imported
on or before the first day of November
next, upon which the duties are payable
I 1 II P'icli o i.il t l?ot fit** I * i* ?
... ...... u.'.i me linn ICO'IVL'II 111 r ,
such duties shall !? payable in eqmil in- ,
stalmenls bearing interest nt the rate of
six per cent, per uiuuin, and shall be in |
the Inrin and upon the conditions prescri- .
b? <l l>\ existing laws a id by this act. ,
i e II And be it further enacted. That |
where the security in any bond which lias j
been, or in iy hereaf er be postponed, is |
entile y satisfactory, the principal or sure- |
ties in the Mime shah not be disabled from |
being in the meantime, till the period of ,
postponement provided for by this act expin
s, received as principal or sureties in
other bonds for duties, notwithstanding
t < bond lirst jjtven may not have licen
actually | aid, discharged, or xtended before
or on the day it fell due : Provided, i
That such pr'ncipal and sureties shall be I
found, in al! o her respects, safe and sat- i
isfactoiy secnritN fir tlie funds to which ?
ihev tnnv he proposed as parties. *
Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That ?
ihe operation of all prior laws, and parts ?
,.f .... r.- .... : : - -
in n> ii n, n" 1.1 an 11 It" 1111 > " I Sit' I > I Will) IIIIS f
net, 1)0 suspended in the particulars in r
which they n ay conflict with, or difloi 11
from, its provisions until this act shall i
cease by its own limitations. 7
Approved, Ociobt r lOtli, lb37. c
(
Public?No 0. (
AN ACT for adjusting the remaining v
claims upon the late d?posiie hanks. t
Br it enacted by the Senate and House t
f O--' - ' 11. . ' '
ytl in jn cm IllUdfi ? III IIIC U II11 I'd i>lCLlt'S (if I
Awrrii a in ( on gross assembled, That i
the Secretary of the Treasury be, ami he t
is hereby autlmiized to continue to with- c
draw the public moneys now remaining in \
any of the former depotuic hanka, iri a t
manner as gradual and convenient to ?lie c
institutions as shall be consistent with the*
pecuniary wants of the Government, and v
the safety of the funds thus to be drawn; a
and that no further interest than that re- s
quired by the depositc act of the twenty- h
third of June, one thousand eight hundred i
and thirty-six, under which those deposites i
were made, shall be demanded of any f
ibauk which has met, and shall hereafter
meet, the requisitions of the Department, r
w * # v ,
This provision shall also extend to such
public myneys ns may remain in any of
the said banks, whether standing to the
credit of the Treasurer of ;'ie United
Slates, <*r of any disbursing or other public
officer of the Government.
*ec. 2. And be it further fnactcd, That
in case of npglect or refund by any of
the said hunks to comply with the requisi-,
tions of the Secretary of the Treasury, a*
he shall make them, in conformity with
the first section of this act. suits snail he
instituted, where that has not al-eady b".en
done, to recover, the amounts due to the
United States, unless the defaulting bank
shall loith \ itti cause to be executed unit
delivered to the Secretary of the Treasury,
a bond, with security to he appr ?ved by !
the Soliei'or of the Treasury, to pay t ?tiie !
United Slates the whole moneys due from
it in three instalments. The first to be
paid to the first day of July next, the ?e- ;
cotid on tile lirst 'lav of January, eighteen
hundred nn i 'hirty-uine, and the remaining
instalment on the first day of July,
pighieen hundred and thirty-nine; and the
default mentioned in this art on whieh
interest is to eommenee at the rate of six
per rent, shall be understood to he the
neglect or omission of said hatik^, or any
nl them, to answer ihe d alts .ir?requisilion
of lite Secretary ofethe rretsury,
made on them arc inline to the provisions
of the first section of this art; and interest
thereon at the rate of six p? r centum
per annum, from the time of default, to-]
gethcr with any damages which may have |
accrued to the United States from protests
of diafts drawn upon .t, or from any other!
consequence of its failure to fulfil Us obligations
to the public Treastu ?.
Ai'pr ivi:r?, October U'ub. Is37.
REsoLUTlO* Alo. 1.
I um.ie.
A RES<>LU I'lON directing the postage
on letters sent by the Express Mail t->
he paid in advanre.
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States if
America in us*e mbied^ Thai
the Postmaster General he, and lit; is
lierehy, directed lo cause the p stage 011
ill letters neiii by tin Express .Mail ?l the
Juited States to be pan! in advance at the
tine of dep teiting them for tiansportution
>y said mail.
Approved, Oct. 16th. 1S37.
Rodbi.ry. ? A man by the ntt nc ot|
Dupe, was found on Monday evening last
seven miles nl?o\e Defiance, mangled in a
most horrible manner. Several larae
g.tshos were inflicted upon iannus parts
>f his head and mouth, and at the lime lie
ivas discovered were filled with riiit{rj;nt8.
He was alive when we rereiied our infor
nation, hut unable to speak. Ills saddle>ags
were found about twenty feet from
us body, cut open at both ends, and the
lothes in them of the best quality. Paicrs
were fount! on him, by which it was
hscove ed that he was from Ontario cotinV,
New York, that his father resides in
I ennesser, ami mat he lias* other friends
iving in Indiana. In a hel around Inlody,
tlir<??* humlr< d ?ml liItV dollars in
Told an I silver was found, which had es*
'aped the eyes of the robbers. The
;round was trodden np very much, and
from appearances n hard strut; le bad enwed
between the parties. .\o money
ivas found in his poekels. and his horse if
lie had one was taken by the robbers. It
s the opinion of the physician attending
'tiin, that he will survive, and as soon as
lie is able to speak, some clue may by
lad whereby the perpetrators of this ' or*
ibleaet can be discovered.--Maumcc Kxorcss.
THE PI \S\.
Art Indian Tradition of Illinois.
No part of the United Slates can' vie,
ti wild and romantic scenery, with the
>1 ulis of Illinois. On one side of the
iver, often at the water's edge, a perpen- '
fibular wall of rock rises to ihe height of ,
tome hundred feet. (Scnerally on the ,
ipposiie shore is a level bottom or prairie, (
I several mile's width; extending i?> a ;
iimilar bluff that rises parallel with the
iver. One of these ranges commences
it Alton, and extends, with a few intervals, i
'or many miles along the left hank of ilie
Mississippi and Illinois rivers. In rlesren- ,
ling the river to Alton, the traveller will .
ihserve between that town and the mouth j
?f the Illinois, an arrow ravine, through
vhich a small stream discharges its w aers
into the Mississippi. That stream is
he Piasa, its name is Indian, and signifies |
n the language of the Illinois, *'The h.rd
hat devours men." Near the mouth of ,
hat stream, on life smooth and perpendi- !
:ular fare of the blntr, at an elevation j
vhich no human art can reach, is cut I lie 1
igure of an enormous bird, with its wings |
'Ylntidfwl.
The bird which this figure represents, i
vas called by the Indians. " I he Pias.i/'?
md from this is derived the n.?ine of tin- (
trcam. The tradition of the Piasa is
(ill current among all the tribes of the (
ipper 1tois*issippi, and those who have i
nlmbited the valley of the Illinois and is <
>rielly this :
Many thousand moons before the ar
ival of the pale faces, when the great
. * v r' s
Mugulonix and Mastodon, whose hone
are now dug up, were still living ir. 'the
Ian I of the green prairies, there exist* '1
abirl of such dimension:*, that he ronl
easily carry off in his talons, n full grown
deer. Having obtai ted a taste of human
flesh, from that time he would prey upo
nothing else, lie was as artful as he \vhpowerful?would
dart suddenly and tin
expectedly upon an Intltuu, bear liiin off
to one of the raves in the b'utf an I devoirhim.
. Hundreds of warriors attempted
for y?ars t?? destroy him, but without
success. Who If) vil'ages were nearly depopulate
I, and e >nstertialion spread thr '
all the tribes of the I'linois. At length,
Owatoga. a Chief whose feme extended
as a warrior, even beyond the* gr<'at lakes, J
separating himself from the rest of bis
tribe, fasted in solitude for the sp?ce of a
whole moon, and putyed to the great
spirit, the master of life, that be would
protect bis children from the Pin-a
On the last night of his fust the great
spirit appeared to him in. .1 dream, and1
directed him'fb s- lect twenty ??f tiis war
riors, each armed with a bow and (minted!
arrows, auft conceal them I t a d.si Minted
spot. Near the place of their concealment
another warrior was |?> s: n I in pen
view, as a?vic:im for the Pia.-a, which
tl?e\ must sh ot the instant that he p un-i
c.mI upon his prey. When the chief!
awoke in the fnor iug, he thanked the
Ureal Spirit, returned to his irihe, and
told tliem his dream. The warriors w?*re
quickly selected, and place d in ambush is
directed. Owatoga offered himself a>
the j'ictim. lie was willing to d.e for his
tribe. Placing himself in open, view oi
the bluff, he soon saw the Piasa perched i
on the cliff eyeing his prey. Owatonal
drew up Ins manly form lo i's utmost
height, and placing his fret fi inly up-m
the earth, began to chauut the death song
of u waiiior. A moment alter, ihe Piasa
rose into the air, and sw ift as the thiio < r
' I
ho!i darted down upon the chief. Scarce-1
l\ had lu reached lis victim, wlun ever}
how was sprung and every arrow sent
to the feather into his body. The Piasa
uttered h wild, fearful scream, that ie-i
sounded far over the opp>si?e side ot ihej
rnei,a id expired. Owafoga was saf? ;
not an arrow, not even the talons of the!
!):rd had touched liiiu. The M ister ofj
lift , in ado irati o of the nohto deed of.
O watogn, had held over him an i visihl 1
shield In memory of litis event, tins'
intake of the Piasa was engraved in the
tare of the bluff". Such is the Indian
tradition, of course I do not vouch for its
iruth. This much however, is certain,
'lie figure of a lart?e hird, cut into the
solid rock, is s'ill there, and at a height (
that is perfectly inaccessible. II w, amlj
f?r what purpose ii was uta le, I ieuve
u?r tuners in ni'icrmine.
I'jVcn at 111 is day, an Indian never passes
that spot in his canoe, without firing his
jiti i at the figure it the bird. Tin marks'
of balls on the rock" are almost innuincra- <
hie. Not a gn at while sinee, I was in-1
ilured to visit the bluffs below the mouth'
f the Illinois river, ami above that of the
Piasa. My curios ty was principally directed
to the examination of the rave
connected with the above tradition, as one J
>f those t ? which tin bird had carried its
tuirna victims. Preceded by an intelli-j
gent guide who carried a spade, I set out
on mv excursion. The cave was extreme-1
ly ditlicult ot access, and at one point of
our progress, I stood at an elevation of
more than 150 feet on the face ol the,
hi till*, with barely r ><.rn to sostatn one loot,
tile unbroken wall towered above inc,
while below was the river. After a long
uml perilous clambering1 we reached the
cave, which was about 50 feet above the!
surface of til river. Rv the nirl of n I.our 11
pole, placed on the projecting rock, ami I
the upper cud touching the uiouth of the 11
ilie cave, \vc succeeded in entering it.
Notliino could he moie impressive than
the view from the entrance of the cavern, h
The Missi-sippi was rolling in silent grandeur
htnenth us?high over- our heads,
n single c< dar hung its I ra tches over the j i
cliff- 011 the blasted top of which, was 1
seated a haul lv?g'e. No other sound or i
-igu of life was near us- a sahluith still- i
ness rested upon the scene?not a cloud I
in the Heavens - not n breath of air stir- I
liny ? ill- broad Mississippi lay before us, i
calm and smooth as a lake The land- |
scape presented the same will aspect as t
it did b< fore it had yet met the eye of I
the white man.
'I he roof f the rnvcrn was vaulted, I
l ie top of which was hardly less than '
twenty-five feel in heigh'? the sh.ip? of
the tare was irregular, but so fai as 1
could judge, the bottom would av<rage ;?0
hy 3<) feet. The flo.?r of the < ave throng h
its u hole extent was a muss of human
hones, skulls i.ml other nones were mingled
together in the uttermost confusion.
In what deptii they i xiend, I am unubh
lo decide?hut we dug to the depth ot
three or four feet in every quarter of the
tavern, and still we foil ul only hone-.
The remains of thousands must have beer
deposited here. How, and by whom
and lor what purpose, it is impossible i
conjecture.
The ' Home."?Wu have been mm-' ,
gratified to find, from the Cards of the
nassengors of this ill-fated vegexperienced
the most kind
4?VNMpUpT[ie attentions from many cijti7fcfW
odir Vjtate in every town which
they vh|itR,l srfier that misfortune?Ocrac?k??,"Newborn,
Washington, Trenton and
Wilmington? all seemed to vie in efforts
n? < xiiidii meir svmpatny in tlie mos? substantial
modes. What is our regret. therefore,
to find* the following account of the
hrutal rood net of some monsters who infest
the roust Opon which t!jo nccidert
happened ! We trust that justice will
overtake them, even in this world.
STEAM PACKET HOME?Brutal conduct.
" The schooner A'las. Captain Curtis,
rom Washington, N. C. arrived at New
Yo k on Monday, having on board Mr._
John Mather, of New York, a passenger
on board the Home, and Conrad Hilton,
of Alabama, a waiter on board that unfortii
ate vessel. These persons state that
the passengers saved were robbed of every
thing ihev had by the people on shore.
Upwards of an hundred trunks were driven
on shore, broken open and rifled of
their contents?even the dead bodies were
plundered; five sovereigns and a gold
watch were taken from one ~f them,
tine of the Indies saved, accompanied by
a g nilemun, went to a house and claimed
(4lgirAJ.*|,uks, but were driven away with
thrests aod oaths. The lady begged for
her.(follies, she having none but what she
CHiny ashore in, hut they were deaf to her
entreaties, and drove her away.?Fayettetitle
Observer.
Captain B iggs, of.ihe steamboat Ccn.
Gaines, who left New Orleans just before*
the storm of the 7th instant, informs the
editor ?>f tiie L 'liistilie Journal, that the
gal" siruck hi til near Pla^ucmine, and
that ii blew subsequently with immense
v 1 (I i (Ml P. Tf? t's; it'#!'!! n urii.itP'l a riil ?
~ - - . - .T ? XI V U|f| w.riv<l U \ I 171 V
ken, and flat b "n?? destroyed in great number*.
. ap:ain Bo.*!* remained over niglit
a litih-h< i w the mouth of Red River,
where lie saw the air whitened with cotton,
which was blown from the fields half
arrow the Mi?issippi The opinion w ns
thai at least one-third of the whole cotton
crop \? as blow n away The condition
of the sngii crop was sucli that the injury
done to it can not but have been immense.
Ai Natchez several small houses were
swept iw.t\. The gate was not less furious
tin re, than in tin region farther South.
The eaUmity is probably the greatest that
bas befallen the Southern country for
several years.
The Real F.state Rank at Columbus
(Miss.) wis robbed on the 3d instant, of
*5,600 in notes. The bank is on the
second lloor, and the rogues gained admittance
by means of a ladder placed at a
window.
KNOWLEDGE.
Extract from Professor Lindsley's Sermon
on tin: " 1/npi ovt ment of Time."
"Knowledge is power?is wealth?is
honor. It raises the savage abijve the
brute; atid the peasant in civilized socieIV*
1*111 11 Itlinvn <h.? caniiira WIiSIa !?
. , | ? ? ?? ow ?^\ ? VT IIIIC lb
rxait*. llit* tc%% who j>oks? hs its richest
stores, as tar above the mass of the unit
nrned, as they transcend the brute creation.
Knowledge opens the surest path to
usefulness and eminence. It confers a
nobility which no hereditary rank can
equal, nnd which kings and princes cannot
bestow.
Knowledge, consecrated to its legitimate
end, "onstitutes the brightest ornaine
it of human nature. It is, nnd must
he, the main pillar of our republican institutions?of
all civil nnd religious liberie?of
all that the patriot and the chris ;
i. . i i -i - - *
ikiii mimii unifsi near 11[???ri rami. ll is Si
treasure of which no adverse forn.n , or
persecuting power, no malignant iiend,
ran deprive its possessor. In poverty?
in exile?at home?abroad?in the wilderness?on
the ocean ? in prison?in bonds,
it is his companion and solace: like
Cicero, and Luther, and Knox, and Milion.
and Locke and a thousand others
unfortunate and more oppressed than they,
lie ear. ever turn to a profitable account.
So far as this world merely is in question,
it is more d< sirahle than any or all other
possessi- ns. \N ith what invincible, per
sevt ring ardor, then, ought its acquisition
lo he prosecuted by every ingenious
vontli, who aspires to the perfection of
Ins nature, and to the most commanding
<1 here of * u nan anion !
N.'U i* your tin e to lay up treasures
?f knowledge?iii w perhaps or never.
Now \ou commence your labors irr that
c\huusiless mine which will aflord you
employ menl and delight through the
longest life, or you set the seal to your
?wn voluntary degradation and insignifi nce
while you live. Here you will
refully and diligently lay that solid and
ad foundation, upon which the loftiest
.porstruetiirc may he raised by future
diistry ; or you will trifle away the premis
moments till you despair of being
Me to redeem; and then mingle with
e common herd of the idle, the abandond,
and the worthless?the objects of the
v, me contempt and the worn 01 mankind.
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