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L.M.JONES, Pudlishsr. 'at im p tip tic oqod wb aim." ^ M. M. LEVY, Editor. jj Vol. I. CA.HBEN, SOUTH CAROLISi, SATURDAY FSSSCAiii 5, 1838. ,\0. 4tf. ~ ?????? -?;?? ' ! I ?? .l. esssa-5555HE?s^ee55==e====a===== TERMS or THE OOMMBB.3IAli OOTTRXHR? Publiahod veoklyly ovoiy Saturday morning $3 par annutn if paid in advanco, or $4 if not paid until tHo expiration of the yoar. Persons subscribing out of tho Stato, aro required to pay in advance. No subscription received for a loss torm than .one yoar. Advertisements will bo inSbrtod at One Dollar por squoro for tho first insertion, and Fifty Cents for ovory continuance. Those Advertisements that dd not havo tno numt?or or msoruons maraou on mo margin will bo publishod until forbid, and chargod accordingly. ' Q3' AH Lottcrs addressed to this Oftico, must bo post paid. executive Depnrtincut, ) January 18,1838. J FLORIDA CLAIMS, IN pursuance of Resolutions adopted by the Le? gislalure at its late Session, the Governor has appointed Col. W. G. Martin to collect the claims of citizens of this State for losses incurred in the Florida Campaign. Ho will be at Winnsborough on Monday the rtTfc l 5 a t ' - A .1 A A A ? A A* - nisi, aim remain iwo unys, 10 aiicna to me claims of Captain Smith's company; at Newberry C H. on Thnisday the 25th, and remain three days for the Companies ol Captains Mathis and Hargrove; at Laurens C. II. on Monday the i29th, and remain two days, for Captain Jones' company; at Abbevill C. II. on Thursday the 1st February, and ( remain three days, for Capt Chiles' company.; at Varcnnos, Anderson district, on Monday, the 5th Fybi nary, for Capt Pickens' company. Duo notice will be given hereafter in regard to the other districts All claimants are required to attend at the place nppoiuted, at 1) o'clock in the morning of tho first day. The officers of the companies concerned, will extend this information without delay, and afford to Col. Martin, all necessary co-operation. 13 y .order of the Governor. can. 27. 39 2t. LANGDON CIIEVES, Executive Secretary. COJIiTHTTKO to the Jail of Kershaw District, a negro boy who says his name is WILLIAM, and says that he belongs to Jacob Geigcr, in Columbia S. C. He is about5feet 4 in ?-.(UT3 mgu, aim minor ui a uuppi-r coior, anu 10 01 20 years of Age. The owner is requested to conic forward, fprove property, pay charges nnd take him away. A" E. ALLEN, Jailor. Jan. 27 30 tf J Notice.?The notes and accounts of J. M. Niolon and Co, aic in my hands for collection? those indebted will please to call and make rettlcments as soon as possible. JOHN ROSSER. Jan 27 39 tf For Sale?A neat, light Barouch, for one or two horses. Apply at this office. Jan. 27 39 tf rip in: Co-partnership heietofore existing under the firm of Sevcrns Smith, was, on Mon. day the 15th inst. dissolved by mutual consent. WM. SEVERN'S. Jan, 20 38 tf B. C. SMITH. ~>10-S*ARTI?JBR.?IIIl*."A copartnership was formed on the 1st inst. under the firm of C, &. F. Matheson. C. MATHESON, Jan. 20 38 4t F. MATHESON. The subscriber begs leave respectfully, to return his thanks to his numerous friend* and the public in^general, for the liberal patronage which lie has he"retofore received in business, and hopes that a continuation of the same will be bestowed on the above firm C. MATHESON. nHf* The Charleston Courier will insert the nbovQ G times and forward account to this office for payment. m[OTICE.?The undersigned having formed ' i n form Ap if AfirQ ntwlnt X ^ il CUajiarilll?iaill|< l?l li H.IUI v. T ?, U..UVI the firn of Murray Bonncy, for tlie*transnction of Mercanlile business, respectfully solicit from their friends and customers a continuance of their patronage. They have on hand a very extensive assortment of Dry Goods, Hardware and Groceries, which they will dispose of at reduced prices f6r cash, or on cicdis to punctual customers. They may be found at the store lately occupied by Murray & Bryant. J. I). MI/RIIAy, Jan. 20 38 t'f E. W. BOMNEY. Cocoa-nut dipi'eks.-thc subscriber has received on consignment, from the manufaclurep, a largo assortnentof the above admired dippers, a part of which are with silver rims. Price from 75 to 150 each. *? OA no A TUTOR Jtlllj <4U UU Ol !? ?v??. ?All persons indebted to the Tate I firm of Carpenter 4* Bonney, and Iho subscriber, either by note or account, of two or more years standing, are requested to call and settle before return day. After that time all such demands will be placed in other hands for collection. The recent change in my business, renders it necessary for me to pursue this course. Jan. 20 38 tf E. W. BONNEY. A good opportunity for Investment. THE advertiser, who is engaged in one of the safest and most profitable business establishments in Camden, and who has an extensive run of customers, embracing the best names in this and the adjoining districts, is desirous of uniting with him, either as active or special partner, ono who enn bring into tho concern an equal sum with himself, which sum will only be required monthly, by equal payments of $1,000. The boohs of the establishment for the last eight years, will be exhibited, and all information given, by addressing a letter to C. D. with real signature, to thejjarc^of tho publisher of the Camden Courier. iue uoiumma i eiescopo anil Charleston Courier will give the above two insertions and forward their bills to this office for payment immediately thereafter. Jan. 20 38 tf , A'feacher Wanted.?A geutlcmuii w^li versed in the higher, as well as tho lower elements of tho English language, who can produce satisfactory credentials as a teacher, combined wito a moral deportment, will meetimmedi ate employment in the Blackmon settlement, five miles from Pleasant Hill Post Office, Lancaster District, So. Ca. The neighborhood is remarkably healthy, and liberal" wages will be given Letters (post paid) addressed to the subscriber, will be duly attended to. By order of the employers. jan 27 39 it Win. J. CONNERS. ' ' ? ?- , - ~ Nottoc.-The subscriber has for sale, a fine Barouch with extension Lasting top, silver moun1 -d, for one or two horses, which ho will dispose of low for cash J L JC)$ RS ^ .fan 27 ff .. ? PROSPECTUS OF THE iiteiTart bulletin. Charleston, S. C. IN offering to the patronage of the public, a new literary paper, we are perfectly aware that we are but repeating an ofl-lried experiment. The result, however, we would fain believe, will be different. We are, it is true, conscious of the possession of no talent or ability superior to that of our predecessors, but wo felv, (perhaps, indeed, with too much of the ardor of all experiments,) upon the increasing taste of the age of literature ; a taste, the evidence of which is before us in the number of periodicals, engaged solely in its cultivation?in the lyceums, the libraries and academies devoted to sci-1 Anon Rml lnarnimv Wliilxt tU? MiliA I vMVV WIIU If UI1PV IIIU ilUHII WIIU l*t?V West are thus assidiously employed in the exemplary task of mental improvement, wo will nc^iupposo that the South intends longer to beflv the I weight of that heavy incumhus which heretofore has whelmed it in an intellectual slumber more lasting-and profound than that.physical one whic* creWhile enwrapped the seven sleepers of Fphesus. It is with a hope thus founded, and with an intention if we cannot win success, at lenst to deserve it; that notwithstanding the uniform failure of those who have preceded us, we have ventured to claim the patroftage and to labor for #ie applause of the public. The stake shall be played for; how tile game is to end, time only can determine. Our object will be to render the columns of the Bulletin both useful and amusing. For this purpose, while one portion is devoted to original Essays, Tales and Poems, fbrnished from time to timo by our correspondents and collaborators, another portion shall be occupied by selected matter culled from every spot of interest and instruction, in the va*t field of literature. The productions of the press shall pass in leview before us, and on every work which merits our notice, an impartial criticism shall he bestowed.? To light literature and to learned science shall alike he meted their due portion of censure or of praise, and it shall not be our faults if our patrons do not know tho intrinsic valuo of every hook, (at least in onr ogtu . pjnion) before they begin to read. He, says Dr. Franklin, who Is good at excuses, is seldom good at any thing else; and the same we 1 opine may be said of promises; lest therefore our readeis come to some such conclusion ns this, we will, without further ado, make our bow, and leave tlicrn in future to judge from our labors whether we do, or do not, deserve their patronage. Feb. 3 40 A CARD. WILLIAMSEVERNS, TAILOR.?Grateful for the patronage he has hitherto received, respectfully informs the citizens of Camden and its vicinity, that he has commenced the above business at the stand formerly occupied by J. Goodlad, immediately opposite Shannon, McCJee &Co., where he will cut and make garments in the neatest manner and most fashionable style. Fashions received quarterly frow New York and Philadelphia. Jan. 27, 39 tf A CARD. BC. SMITH, TAILOR, tenders his thanks to those of the friends of the late firm of Severns ^ Smith, who since their location here, have so liberally patronized them in business; and trust, by a faithful performance of the work entrusted to his care, and a disposition to please, to merit a due share of the same patronage; which will be I thankfully received at the stand formerly occupied ! htf fltA nKnvn firm nnn A r?ne oniitK r\C lis. O -4 office. Jan."27, 3<T'"tf"" CJTRAI'ED- Prom my plantation, on Camp 5^ Creek, Lancaster . Dist S. C. a small mouse colored Mule, three years old, with a dark stripe across his shoulders. Any person takiu'g up said mule and delivering him to the subscriber, or to A. M. Caston, Lancastervill' will be liberally rewarded for their trouble. ISAAC TILLMAN. Jan, 20 3d 2t Taxes ! Taxes I! I will attend at the following places and times for the collection of Taxes lor the year 1837, to wit: Liberty Hill, Monday 5lh March, 1838. Flat Rock, Tuesday Gth " ftuflalo, Wednesday 7th " Lyzenby's, Thursday 8th u Schrock's Mill Friday 9th " Cureton's Mill, Saturday 10th. At Camden, previous to, and after that time, until the first of "May, when the books will, be closed and double tax executions, issued against cefaulters. T. C. llRYANT, t. c. k. d. January 27, 39 tf THE Bradford Springs Englsh, Mathematical and Classical School, Re-opened on the 8th January. The exercises will continue uninterruptedly, throughout the scholastic year, closing in November. The principal designs this to be a limited boarding school; and will not receive one more than he can do perfect justice to. The advantages of a school of this kind, nre great. The whole time of the teacher being at the disposal of nis pupils, and they so restricted in numbers, us to enable him to teach most thoroughly, each one, and, at the fcaine time, (what is mostly; it not altogether neglected in larger schosls,) to cultivate carefully nnd assiduously their habits,both mental and moral. Pupils received at any time, but for no less period than one session TERMS?$100 per session of five months, for tuition and board, including fuel, lights, washing, &c?in all cases inadvonce Jan 25 39 4t HENRY P. HATFIELD OTICE. 1 have placed the notes and ac-1 4 counts of the estate Of James F. Bryant in Mr. Smart's hands for colleciton. In doing so, it is due myself to say, thAt the situation or the estate, and my duty as Administrator, require me to have the debts oollectcd witbont delay. *lf it were a matter 1 had a right to control, 1 would not be so urgont in these diffioult times. All persbns indebted to this estato, arc respectfully requested to call at Mr. Smart's ofHco and settle by the last of Feb. next. T. C. BRYANTJan ft 3G 4t M.vm JLair; FLEAM} ) Kershaw District, f Joseph M. Marshall, 1 vs. \ Oeela. in Foreign At'chmt. Henry H. Schrook. S . , WMTHEREAS, the plaintiff has this day filed f I his declaration in this office, against the defi|fl|ftant, who is absent from and Without the limits of this State, as it is said,and having neither wife nor attorney known within ^bs sains: It is ordered (hat the defimdant appear and plead there* to, within n year am! day, or /Ipkljudgment will be entored of rceord against him. Nov 30 U W. LANG; Clerk. | :?: Woman** Fidelity unto Death. Among those who were accused as accomplices in the assassination of the Emperor Albert by John of Swabia was theBaron Vonder Wart, though according to the unanimous testimony of early and late historians, he had not taken any part in the deed itself. He was bound to the wheel alive. His wife Gertrude, did not forsake her unhappy husband even in hislast moments, and she describes those dreadful hours in the following letter to Margarethe Freinstein, which is inserted in a book published at Harlem in 1818, under the following title:?u Gertrude Vonder Wart, or Fidelity unto Death, a true history of the 11th century, by J. C. Appenseller." 441 prayed under the scaffold on which my husbund was fastened alive upon the wheel, and exhorted hitn to fortitude, 1 tVion nencn n n/1 it* t t li IK i /?b r\innoc nf ?tf A?\fl biicii uiuort uiiu ?? mi nil*, rv vi ?t wwu built myself a kind of steps, by means of which I could mount to the wheel, laid myself upon his trembling limbs and head, and stroked the hair from his face, which the wind had blown over it. 1 beseech you, leave me! Oh, I beseech you! he exclaimed continually. When the day breaks, if you should be found here, what would be your fate? Oh God; is it possible that thou canst still increase my sufferings? I will die with you, 'tis for that I came, and no power shall now force me from you, said I, and spread out my arms over him and implored God lor my Rudolph's death. The day broke slowly, when I saw many people in motion opposite us; I replaced the thick pieces of wood where I had found them. It was the guard who had fled on my appearance, but had remained near the spot and as it appeared, caused a report to be made of what had passed; for at break of day, all the people, men, women and children, came flocking out of the town. Among these people I recognized the jailor, who had given me up the preceding evening to Von Landenberg. The report must also have reached him that I had been with my husband, for he approached me, shaking his head, and said " Woman? this was not the intention when Landenberg fetched yon yesterday. As more people approached, I saw several of my acquaintances: among these was the wife of the bailiff, Hugo Von Winterthur. I saluted her,.and begged her intervention with her husband, ?tliAt he might order the executioner to put an end to my husband's cruel sufferings. He dare not do any thing lor me,sighed Wart upon the wheel, again moving his head at this moment, and looking down upon me with his swollen eyes, he dare not do any thing; the queen pronounced the sentence, and the bailiff must therefore obey; otherwise I had well deserved /? I a .i?t o! mm to no mc tms last service. Some person brought me bread and confectionary, and offered mo wine to refresh 'me, but I could take nothing for the tears that were shed, and pity that animited every heart, and was kindly expressed, was to me the most agreeable refreshment. As it grew lighter the number t>f people increased; I recognized also the sheriff Steiner Von Pluugeti, with his two sons, also a Madame Von Neftembach, who was praying lor us. The executioner came also: then Lamr\M aL ill a a <\ n f/ine ill n An r* c # ? i ? I vtrtlll A I'luiii* uic tmnrooi'i J mu runv ouiu u?hii u j sigh, God hove compassion on this unhappy man, and comfort his soul! the latter asked Rudolph if he would not yet confess. Wart with a dreadful exertion of all his strength, repeated the same word that he had called out to the queen before the tribunal, at Brugh. The priest was silent. All at once I heard a cry of '* Make wayl" a d a troop of horsemen appeared with their vizors down. The executioner kneeled, the confessor laid his hands upon his breast, the horse- 1 men halted. Fathers and mothers held up their children in their arms, and the \ irward with their lances formed a circle, 1 o while the tallest of the knights raised * himself in his stirrups, and said to the 1 executioner, whither are the crows flown 1 that he still keeps his eyes? and this was 1 the Duke Leopard. ' My heart ceased to heat, when another 1 knight with a scornful smile, said, " Let him writhe as long as he has feeling; hut these people must he gone Confounded wretches! this crying and sighing makes * me mad! No pity must be shown here; j and she here, tvho so increases the howling!?who is she? what does she mean? ' what does she want? take her away!" 1 now recognized the voice of the \ queen. It was Agnes, in the dress and armor of a kniifht. I remarked immediately that it was a woman** voice, and I was certain that it was Agnes. ' It is Wart's wife: I heoni a iniru knight i say " Last night when the sentence was i executed we took her with us to Kyburg. i She escaped from us; and I must find her < here then!" We thought that in her des- 1 pair qhe had leaped into the mote of the l Castle. We have been seeking her since 1 this morningxprly. Heavens! whst faith- V | fill love! Let her alone; nothing can bo done with her. I have recognised the mild tempered youth Von Landenberg. How well did he now speak for me! I could have fallen at his feet. Well Gertrude! cried n fourth tone, will you not toko rational advice? do not k:ll yourself! 6<tvc yourself for the world? you will not repent of it. Who was this, Margaretha? I trembled, it was she who wanted to persuade me at Brugh, to leave the criminal Wart to his fate, and pass days of joy with her.? Then I too could almost hsve exclaimed, "This is too much! cease!" Agnes made a sign to an esquire to raise me up. and bring me away from the scaffold. He approached me but I threw my arms around it, and implored my own and my husband's death. But in vain! two men dragged me away. I besought the assistance from heaven, it was granted [ me. , j1 Von Landenbcrg once more ventured to speak for me?Cease to humble her, said he, such fidelity is not found on earth; angels in heaven must rejoice at it; but ii would be as well if the- people were all; driven away. j They let me loose again; the horsemen departed, tears flowed from Lamprechfs eyes, he had aeled strictly according to his duty, ami executed the will of the queen,; he could not listen to the voice oi nature,' and weep with mc. I can hold out no1 longer noble lady? lam vanquished, yourj name shall be mentioned with glory j anion? the saints in heaven for the world i n i will forget it. Be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life, said he? gave me his hand and departed. Every body now left the place, except the executioner and guard; evening came \ on and at length silent night, a stormy! wind came on, and its bowlings joined with the long and unceasing prayers which I put lip to the Almighty. One of the guards now brought mc a cloak to protect me against the wund, because it was night; but 1 got upon the wheel, and spread it upon theniM'daml broken limbs of my husband; the wind whistled through his hair, his lips were dry. 1 brought him some water in |uy shoe, which was a refreshment tons both. I know not, my dearest Margarelha bowit was possible for me to live through such heartbreaking and cruel hours! Though Wart had at first so earnestly begged of me not to increase his agonies Iby my presence, yet he now tbanks uie as'much for not having left him. u m\\it i luat JraiB/lfnl iiiiirninir a nil noon were spent, permit me to pas* out in silence. A lew hours before evening. Rudolph moved his head for the last time; I raised myself up to him. He murmured very faintly, hut with smiling love rp.?n his lips, these words?14 Gertrude, this is fidelity unto death," and expired. HOUSES OF DOMESTIC REFORMATION IN HODLAND. There are. in most of the large cities ?i 11?11 ...... L 111 iKuiniu | WIIV wi IHUI r in9iiiiiuuii!9 unn called, the object of which is to confine and restrain any person, male or female, whose conduct is maiked by ruinous ex- ; travatrancc; and many a family hare been preserved from total ruin by their salutary operation They are placed under the immediate superintendence of the ma<ristrac) and such obstacles are opposed to their abuse, that it is not possible to place any individual in one of those houses without showing ample causes for t e coercion. Mynheer Van Dcr , who lived in 1790, lived in high style tin the Kcizer (iragt, in Amsterdam, had a very modest wife*, who dressed most extravagantly played high, gave expensive routs, and showed everv disposition to help off with money quite as fast as her husbond ever gained it. She was young, handsome, vain, and giddy, and completely the slave of fashion. Her husband had not the politeness to 1 allow himself to he ruined by her tin fee I* ing folly and dissipation; he complained 1 of her co lduct toiler parents and nearest 1 rela ions, whose advice was of no more ' avail than his own. Next he had recourse 1 to a respectable minister of the Lutheran ' chur' h, who might as well have preached to the dead. It was in vain to deny her t money, for no tradesman would refuse to j redit the elegant? the fascinating wife r jf the rich Van Dor . t Involved ns the young ladv was i?. the j rortext oi ia*nt<>name dissipation. -<h I ^nd not yet ruined either her health o re- ( filiation, und her husband, by lite rdvice t ?f his friend, M?K?r, determined to n (end her for six months to a Vcrbetering I LI uis. c With the utmost secrecy he laid before ' Lie - municipal authorities the most com- ' plete proofs of her wasteful extravagance s ind incorrigible levity; added to which, F ihe had recently attached herself t'? gum- I In ft with Frcrch officers of rank, who lay under an imputation of being remarkably expert in levying contributions, Sh< r a as already in debt upwards of thirty * thousand florins to tradesmen, although lier husband allowed her to take froip his [ tobitir ? utijAiLted turn every month, J which was more than competent to the current expenses of his househoMp whilst to meet a loss which occurred ac' play, her finest jewels were deposited in the hands of a benevolent money lender, who accommodated the necessitous, upon unquestionable security being previously left in his custody. . Her husband was fully twenty yeartf older than his volatile wife, of whom he was rationally fond, and at whose reformation he aimed, before she was carried too far away by the stream of fashionable dissipation. ,v : * .Against his will, she had agreed to mn Ir a nno t\C n nat*tv aC larftina ?n h n nr^r A laxin v "??v vt u J'**? *?? vt ??v ft ??.y invited to a grand ball and supper at the house of a woman of rfcnk and faded cbarnrter. , ? , . lior husband, at breakfast, told her she must change her course of life or her extravagance would make him a bankrupt, littd ner children beggars. She began her usual playful way of answer, and said, " She certainly had been a little too thoughless, and would soon commence a thorough reformation." "You must begin to-day, my dear," said her husband, "and, as a proof of your sincerity, 1 intreat you to drop the company of - , , and to spend your evening at home this day with me and your children." "Quite impossible toy dear man," said the modest wife, in replj: "I have given my word and cunnot break it." 41 Then," said her husband, 44 if you go out this day dressed, to meet that party, remember, lor the next six months these doors - - - ' - A will be barred against your return, Tiro you still resolved to go?" "Yes," said the indignant lady, * it they were to be for ever barred against me!" With out either anger 01 malice, My n-. heer Van Der told her * not to deceive herself, tor, as certain as that was ner determination, so sure would she find his foretelling verified." Slit told him, " if nothing else had power to induce her logo, it would he his menace." With this they pa> ted, the husband to prepare the peuiiei'iiaiy chamber for bis giddy young wife, and the latter to eclipse every (rival at the ball thai evening. Ttt ufiord her a last chance of avoiding an ignominy which it pnined him to inflict, he went once more to try to wean . i her from her imprudent courses, and proi poiied to 6ct ofl that evening to Zutpheti, where her mother dwelt; but lie found her sullen, and humcd with milliners and dressot, and surrounded with all the paraphernalia of splendid attire. At the appointed hour the coach drovo to the door, and the beautiful woman ((full dressed, or rather undressed,) tripped I gaily down stairs; and stepping in the coach, told the driver to stop at , on | the Keizer Gragt. It was then dark, and ;?he was a little surprised to find the coach had passed through one of the city gates: the sound of a clock awoke her as from a dream* ^he polled the check string, but the driver kept on; she called out, and some one behind the coach told her, in a suppressed voice, that she was a prisoner, and must he still. The shock was severe; she trembled in over} limb and was near tainting with terror and alarm, when ino coach entered the galea of Verbetering Hui*, where she waa doomed to take up her residence. The matron of the house, a grave,; severe, yet a well-bred person, opened the door; called the lady by name, and requested her to alight. " Where am I? in Clod's name tell rne. and whj am I brought here?" "You will be informed of every thing, madam, if you please to walk in doors."?"Where is my husband," said she, in wild affright; "sure he will not let me be murdered!" " It was your husband who drove you hither, madam, he is now upon the coach-box!" ( This intelligence was conclusive. All her assurance forsook her. She submitted to he condm ted into the house, and sat pftlc, mute and trembling; her face ami her drcss exhibiting the most striking contrast. v ? ? '. * The husband, deeply affected, first spoke; he told her, * that he had no other rm-nns to save her from ruin, and he trusted the remedy would be effectual; and, when she quitted that retreat she would tie worthy of his esteem.' She then essayed, by the humblest prestations, by tears and entreaties, to ho lermitteil to return, and vowed that never nore whilst sb lived would she ever ofend h.m. 4 Save me,' said she, * the Mortification of this punishment and my 'uture conduct shall prove the sincerity >f this rcforniati in.' Not to let her off oo soon, she w.-ts shown her destined ipnrtrrcnt and dress, the- rules of the toiisc, and the order for her confinement . luring the six months! She was completev overpowered with terror and fell sense* ess en the floor. ? When she recovered he found her htishand chafing her temdes, and expressing the utmost anxiety or her safely. 41 have been unworthy f your affection/ said the fair penitent, hot spare me this ignominious faiej'tak^e n< back to your home, and never more nail you blive cause to reproach me.* Her husband who loved her with >atcd aflrrtioii, notwithstanding all her evity, \\ labt relented} end the lame