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WILLIAM SEVERN'S, TAILOR.?Grateful
for the patronage ho has hitherto received,
respectfully informs the citizens of Camden and
its vicinity, that he has commenced the above ,
bnsiuess ut the stand formerly occupied by J. j
Croodlad, immediately opposite Shannon, MoGoc :
& Co., where he will cut and make garments in 1
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A UAKU. " I
BC. SMITH, TAILOR, tenders bis thanks I
# to those of the friends of tho late firm of
Scverns Smith, who since their location here,
have so liberally patronized them in business; and
trust, by a faithful performance ot the work entrusted
to his care, and a disposition to please, to merit
u due share of the same patronage; which will be
lhaukfully received at the stand formerly occupied
ltv iKp filtnt'O firm nnn rlnne ennlli n * He
ofiicc. Jan. 27, 39 tf
rifFIE Copartnership heretofore existing under the i
A firm of Holleyman &. Gass is this day dissolved
by mutual consent. II. Holleyman having established
himself at iiishopville, Benj. Guss will uttend j
directly to the settling up of the concern. All persons
indebted to the late firm will make payment or 1
satisiuctory anangemcnts for the amount due, at as
caily a day as practicable.
B. Gass is authorized to sign the name of the firm
of Holleyman & Gasa to all notes or other papers
when the samo is required for the settlement of the
affairs of tho concern. II. ElOLLE YMAN, Jr.
Nov. 11 28 tt B. GASS.
"j^TOTICE.?The notes and accounts of W. B.
JL si Daniels are placed in my hands for collection?all
those indebted will please come forward
and settle the same immediately.
May 20 3 tf *YV. R. YOUNG.
NOXMCK.?All persons indebted to Dr Ezekiel
Mayliew, dee'd. are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having any demands
eiTfor" pfyriKMfflfr to rcndci tlie,u in lcSa,1y attestJan
6 30 tf ' JANE MAYllb w
FOR SALE?Tlic former residence of Col.
James S Dens, situated in the town of Cainden,
comprising six acres of ground, situated on
the Eastern side, and in one of the most pleasant
neighborhood?for a private family it has many ailvantages.
Persons wishing to purchase, can be
acoonfmodated on easy terms for the whole, or part
of the said property. M. M. JLEVY .
Jan. 20
JOHN SMART, Esq. is my authorized agent,
during my absence from the State. M. M L.
C^O-PARTNIIRMIIIP.-A copartnership
J was formed on the 1st inst. under the firm of
C, & F. Alatheson. C. MATHE80N,
Jan. 20 38 4t F. MATHESU^.. j
The subscriber begs leave respectfully, to return
his thanks to his numerous friends and the public
"in^general, for the liberal patronage which he has
heretofore received in business, and hopes that a
continuation of the same will be bestowed on the
above firm. C. MATHESON.
[CP The Charleston Courier will iuscrt the above
0 times and forward account to this office for
payment.
arjm, PERSONS indebted to J.
ifyrBishop 4* Co., ore request'ifji
r ed to make immediate pay J
ill nient. otherwise COST will
4i^// be added, without respect to
Jan. G. 33 tf
HWE'ICJE.?All persons indebted to the lnte
firm of Carpenter 4* Bonney, and to the subscri>
ber, either by note or account of two or more
years standing, arc requested to call and settle before
return day. After that time all such demands
will be placed in other hands fur collection. The
recent change in my business, renders it necessary
for mc to pursue this course.
Jan. 00 38 tt E. W. BONNEY.
A good opportunity for Investment.
TF1E advertiser, who is engaged in one of the
safest and most profitable business establishments
in Camden, and who has an exlcnsive 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, one
who can bring into the concern an equal sum
with himself, which sum will only he required
monthly, by enual payment! of $1,000. The i
books of the establishment for the last eight years, i
will be exhibited, and all information given, by
addressing a letter to C. D. with real signature, to
the care of the publisher of the Camden Courier.
The Columbia Telescope and Charleston Courier
will give the above two insertions and forward
their bills to this office for payment immediately
thereafter.
Jan. 20 38 tf
ATcUClier TVnnted.?A gentleman well
versed in the higher, as well as the Ipwer
elements of the English language, who can pro
ducc satisfactory credentials as a tencher, combined
wito a moral deportment, will meet immediate
employment in the Blackmon settlement, five
r?l . ?l:n T?- .
luuia iium l icuiiuiiv ijiiii x'osi ijhiro, JLancnster
District, So. Cn. The neighborhood is remarkably
healthy, and liberal wages will be given Letters
(post paid) addressed to the subscriber, will be duly
attended to. lty order of the employers,
jan 27 30 It . Wm. J. CONNEKS.
Notice,?The subscriber has for sale, a fine
?avouch with extension Lasting top, silver moun- j
ted, for one or two horses, which ho will dispose
of low for cash J L JON ES
Jan 27 39 tf
* lvt ?? , - > -1 - - - ?
- Sale?A neat, light Bnrouch, for one or
JT two horses. Apply at this offim.
Jan. 27 39 tf
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1P? EQUITY,
SUMTER DISTRICT. ;
John Jennings, \ f
e* S BILL. 1
Thos Williams, et al , J " '
The judgment creditors of John Jennings, are '
hereby notified and required to be and appear before
tne Commissioner of this Court, and establish
on oath, their claims to the funds in the hands
of the defendants, administrators of Joseph Durant,
dec'd. arising from sales of property and money
paid to him, within ninety days from this
dale. They will be required to shew what they j |
may be indebted to said Jennings By decree of ,
the Court. JNO. B. MILLER, Com'r. i
Sutntcrville, Jan. 5 J 20 38 lOt Pr e fee $550
in EQUITY,
Kershaw District,
William M Brett "1
/i?/7 .1
I !i
rs y Dill for Division & sale of Land
Wiley Jenkins, j
et al J
It appearing to n)y satisfaction, that John Jen- (
kins, Wiley Jenkins, Exutn Jenkins Thomas Jenkins,
and Joseph Jenkins, defendants in this case,.
are absent from this State, It is ordered that
they do answer, plead or demur to the said Bill of'.
Complaint, within three months from this date, or
an order proconfesso will be entered ngoint them
therein; also, that this order be published for said
time in the Camden Courier.
J. W. LANG, Com'r.
Jan. 20 38 13t.
THE COTO1VXON PLGA^, ?
Kershaw IK strict, i
Joseph M. Marshall,)
vs. > Dccla. in Foreign At'chmt
llenry II. Schrock. 3
WHEREAS, the plaintiiT h. s this day filed
his declaration in this olhce, against the
defendant, who is absent from and without the
limits of this State, as it is said, and having neith
er wife nor attorney known within the same: It is
ordered that the defendant appear and plead thereto,
within a year and day, or Unal judgment will
be entered of record against him.
Nov. 25 3<? J. VV. LANG, Clerk.
JMJllTIi t'AKULlJNA,
SUMTER DISTRICT.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Knox &. Spann for J. M. Niolon & Co vs John D.!
howen. John D. Bowen, who is in ihc custody
of the Sheriff of said District, by virtue of a Writ
of Capias ad Satisfaciendum, at the suit ol Knox
and Spann, having, in order to obtain the benefit
of the Act of the General Assembly ol said State,
entitled '-An Act for the more effectual relief of
Insolvent Debtors," rendered in a schedule of his
whole estate and effects on oath,
NOTICE is herebj given to the said plaintiffs
and all other creditors of the said John D. Bowen
to be and appear, cither personally or by their attorney,
in open Court, before the Associate Judges
! moots from the'dafe
cause, if any they can, why the sa.d estate and
effects should not be assigned, and the said John
D. Bowen liberated agreeable to the Act afore'said.
JOIIN M. DARGAN, c. c. c. p.
Office of Common IMeas, Sumter Dist, >
6th January 1838. {
Jan. 20 38 lit Pr's fee $12
For Sale,
A GOOD PIANO. Apply to
SHANNON, McGEE & Co.
| Nov. 4, 27 tf I
TMlOWlV TAXES?Being due, the subscri.,
JL ber will attend to receive the same, as also
the Commutation for Road duty. J. W. LANG, '
Jan. 20 38 tf Ilec'r nnd Treasurer* :
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 rettleinentsas
soon as possible. JOHN ROSSER.
Jan 27 3'J tf
fllHE Co-partnership heietofore existing under
JL the firm of Sever us 4' Smith, was, on Mon.
uay me inst. dissolved by mutual consent.
WM. SEVERNS.
Jan, 20 38 tf B.C. SMITH.
mTOTICJE. ?The undersigned having formed
XT! a copartnership for a term of years, under j
the firm of Murray fy- Bouncy, for the transaction
of Mercantile business, respectfully solicit from
their friends and customers a continuance of their
patronage. They have on hand a very extensive
Assortment of Dry Goods, Haidware and Groceries,
which they will dispose of at reduced prices I
for cash, or on ciedis to punctual customers. .? <
They may be found at the store lately occupied ,
by Murray & Bryant. J. D MURRAY,
Jan. 20 38 tf E. W. BONNEY
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OF T1IK
Cnniclcit Commercial Courier.
THE Establishment of the COMMERCIAL ,
COURIER was rendered necessary by the inconvenience
to which.our citizens have been subjected *
for the want of a public channel of communication '
which in a commercial community like Camden, is i
essentially necessary, and consequently the COU-1
RIER S claim on the public is such as should en-1
.. uu?1 1
suit, tt kiiviui uuiruiiiige. j
undersigned have spared no trouble or ex- j
penso in obtaining the best workmen in order to 1
render the Paper nil the advantages that it will'
admit of, and affording satisfaction to its patrons. 11
In political matters the Courier will take no |
part; the design being to publish a Paper adapted 1
to the interest of all, which could not be effected j I
by its entering into the arena of Politics?it will ;
be confined principally to such matter as appertains
to Commorce, Agriculture and Amusement.
The COUllIhli is published every Saturday 1
morning at Three Dollars in advance, or Four <
Dollars if not paid until the expiration ot the year. ,
Persons wishing, to become subscribers must address
a letter (rosT paid) to
L. M. JONES.
Camden, S. C. May, 1837.
ATirw m ? - - '
_ ,wit.? i in- i icvi mn Anniversary ot ine
Cnm.len Debating Club, will be celebrated
by an or at in to be delivered by member Dr. J amis
i II. HociiEtXK, on Thursday, evening, 22d mat. nt ,
the Haptiat Church, at 7 o'clock. Our citizana and
the public generally, are reapectfnllv invited to attend
By order. A. O. WfLLlS 8ec'y.
IN- B. Members of the CRub will be punctual <
in their attendance at the Club Hall, on tne even- ,
ing of the 15th. (Thursday night,) aa business of
importance will he brought belorothem.
Feb. 10*41 U
BACON. Thesubscriber hasWonod 455 lu-aA
of fine Tennessee hogs, dftlch he offers fifl
rale at tho Morrison Smoke H^Pe, on reasonable
terms. The planters oi Mecklenburg county, aud
ho adjoining country wishing tobu. Bacon, will
lo well to call and examine lur themselves, Any
>ne wishing to purchase will find the Subscriber ut
Col. Alexander s tavern. -j
H- L. HALE.
Charlotte, N. C. February 10. 41 3t
TTENTION CAMDEN BEAT t OMPANY
NO. 2.?You are hereby order <1 to parade
at the usual place of rendezvous, on Saturday
Ihc 17th itist., armed and equipped as the law requires
By order of Cnpt. Unlit ym-n,
Feb. .10 41 2t E. U. KOBIN ON. O S.
ARi).? i* he subscriber returns his sincere!
thanks to his friends and customers for the
liberal encouragement the late firm of M'LEIPH <Sc
SMITH has received, and bogs leave to intini.te
that he is now rcruly to receive all orders for Iron
and Brass Castings, Locnnutive and Cur Wheels,
Locomotive and Stationary Engine Tenders, Boilers,
Blacksmith Work, &c.
N. B.?Orders from the country loft nt Lewis &
rcoocrison, .\o.?linsi JtJny, or nt the estr blishmenf,
Gadseen's wharf, will be attended to with punctuality
and despatch. james m'leish.
Feb. 10 41
The Columbia Telescope, Aug' sta Constitutionalist,
Savannah Georgian and Mobile (onnncrcial
Register will give the almve two insert ions weekly
for thioc weeks and forwald their accounts to the advertiser.
MEDICINES.
Botanic store and infirmary.?
Th su sc iber g atcful for ihe. liber 1 atrona^e
ox'eudid bim in the i.bove business, durii g the
the last year, v ou d : ow info m his custom r*, bat
he is this ;!ay re<-eivi g by tin- Ste nn< r Thomas
Salmosu. a large supply of Med-cines. which will
l-e sold on i.cconim. d tii g ten, s for cash, m on
time mom lis credit to app oved purchase's, eitlur
by whole sale or ictail.
1 tiave now supplied the Infirmary with perm r.cnt
nurses, so that in luture, I I,ope to l e able to
receive a;l applicants, who may desin to take medicine
at this establishment.
Seven \ears experience in this pvnetice, an<' an
extensive acquaintance in this cominnnity, renders
any other promise or pledge of attention on my
p.?rt unnecessary.
Feb. 3 40 tf YVM C ARLISLE.
The Columbia Times and C'her.iw Caz ite. will
each give tlio above three insertions and f. 'ward
the papers containing the same, and their aecoptrs
to the subscriber immediately thereafter lor payment.
W. C.
I^TOTICE. The subscriber re-pe-'tfull inloims
.L w those indebted to liiin, that he \\ib r tain th ir
papers in his p ssis-ion a whi'e longer t??r ?e tiement,
say Sumter p ipers to lirsi ?;!' .V arc . a d
Kershaw to middle of Feuruar*. Owi.,? to the
Court of the latter place coming on week aili< r
than ot the former, alter which period. tho*e who
reside in (Sumter will please to make npp ication to
Col F. I Moses lor settlement, and ili.se ii.dibted
who reside In Kershaw, will please in ke applicn.
tion to Mai. John M. DeSauasure for sett'nmc t.
*?" ? % q f*. 1 no I;nun u.
From the Democratic Review for January.
Foot-Prints on tlio Mca-Shorc.
DY THE AUTHOR OF "TWICE-TOLD TALES."
It must be a spirit much unlike my
own, which can keep itself in health and
vigor without sometimes stealing from the
sultry sunshine of the world, to plunge
into the cool bath ol solitude. At intervals,
and not infrequent ones, the forest and
the ocean summon me?one with the roar
of its waves, the other with the murmur
of its boughs?forth from the haunts of
men. But I must wander many a mile
ere I could st&nd beneath the shadow of
even one primeval tree, much less be lost
among the multitude of hoary trunks,
and hidden from earth and sky by the
mystery of darksome foilnge. Nothing is
within my daily reach more like a forest,
than the acre or two of woodland near
some suburban furm-lionse. When, therefore,
the yearning for seclusion becomes
a necessity within roe, I am drawn to the
sea-shore, which extends its line of rude
rocks and seldom trodden sands for leagues
around our bay. Setting forth, at
my last ramble, on a September morning,
I bound myself with a hermit's vow, to
interchange no thoughts with man or woman,
to share no social pleasure, but to
derive all the day's enjoyment Irom shore,
and sea, and sky?from my soul's communion
with these, and from fantasies,
and recollections, and anticipated realities.
Surely here is enough to leed a human
spirit for a day. Farewell, then,
busy world! Till your evening lights
shall shine along the street?till they
gleam upon my sea-flushed face as 1
tread homeward?free nte from your ties,
and let me be a peaceful outlaw.
Highways and cross-paths are hastily
traversed; and, clambering down a creg,
I find myself tt the extremity of a long
beach. How gladly does the spirit leap
forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of
being to the full extent of the broad, blue,
sunny deep! A greeting and a homage
to the sea! I descend over its margin,
and dip my hand into the wave that meets
mo, and bathe my brow. That far re
sounding roar is Ocean'* voice of wel '
rome. His salt breath brings a blessing;
along with it. Now let.us pace together i
?the reader's fancy arm in arm with J
mine?this noble beach, which extends a I
mile or more from that craggy promontory ;
to yonder ramparts of broken rocks. In :
front, the sea: in the rear, a precipitous
bank; the grassy verge of which is break- i
away, year after year, and flings down its
turfts of verdure upon the -barrenness be ,
low. The beach itself, is a broad apace
of sand, brown and sparkling, with hardly
any pebbles intermixed. Near the waiter's
edge there is a wet margin, which
glistens brightlj' in the ennshinc, and re
Meets objects like a mirror; and as wc
bad along the glistening border, a dry
pot flashes arond each footstep, but grows
moist again as we lift our feet. In some
spots, the sand receives a complete impression
of the sole, square toe and all;
elsewhere, it is of such marble firmness,
that we must stamp heavil) to leave print
even of the iron-shod heel.. Along the
whole of this extensive beach gambols
the surf-wave; now it makes a feint of
dashing onward in a fury, yet dies away
with a meek murmur, and does but kiss
the strand: now, after many such abortive
efTorts, it rears itself up in on inbro*
ken line, heightening as it advances, with
jout a speck of foam on its green crest.?
lw;?K I...... C. n:
i ...... < <> iciic ? ruir it mugs iiKKii torward,
and rushes far up the beach!
As I throw my eyes along the edge of
the "urf, 1 remember that I was startled,
as Robinson Crusoe might have" been, by
| solicitude. Afar ofl* in the remote distance
of the beach, appearing like scaI
nymphs, or some airier things, such as
might tread upon the leathery spray, was
a group of girls, llnrdly had I beheld
them, when they passed into the shadow
of the rocks and vsnislud. To comfort
myself?for truly I would fain have gazed
a while longer?I made acquaintance
with a flock of beach-birds. These little
citizens of the sea and air preceded me
by about e stone's throw along the strand
seeking, I suppose, for food upon its margin.
Yet, with a philosophy which mankind
would do w?d| to intitule, they drew
a continual pleasure from thcii toil for a
subsistence. The sea was each little
bird's great playmate. They chased it
downward as it swept back, and again ran
.... r.l-- L-f .1-- o 1
uji ^vinny oriiiii- niu impending wave,
which sometimes overtook them an 1 bore
thein nil' their (eet. But they floated as
lightly as one of their own feathers on
the breaking crest. In their airy flutterii
gs, they st enied to rest on the evanescent
cpr;?v. Their images,?long-legged
little figures. with giay hacks and snowy
hosnms,? were seen as dislii.cty as the realities
in the mirror of the glistening
strand* As I advanced, they flew a score
or two of yards, ami, again alighting, recommenced
their dalliance with the surfwave;
and thus they bore me company
alo <g the beach, the types of pleasant
fantasies, till, at its extremity, they took
wing over the ocean, and were gone.?
After forming a friendship with these lit'
ciirf.cpii'ilj, it tc ronllv U'urllk u
to find no memorial of them save theii
multitudious little tracks in the sand.
j When we have paced the length of the
beach, it is pleasant, and not unprofitable
to retrace our steps and recall the whole
mood and occupations of the mind during
the former passage. Our tracks, being
all discernible, will guide us with an observing
consciousness through every un
conscious wandering of thought and fancy.
llerc we found a sea weed, and trailed
it behind 'lis by its long snake-like
stalk. Here we seized a live horse-shoe
by the tail, and counted the claws of that
queer monster. Here we dug into the
sand for pebbles, and skipped them upon
the surface of the water. Here we wet
our feet while examining n jelly-fish,
which the waves, having just tossed it up,
now sought to snatch away again. Here
we trod along the brink of a fresh water
brooklet, which flows across the beach,
becoming shallower and more shallow,
till at lust it sinks into the sand, and perishes
in the effort to bear its little tribiit*
to the main* Here some vagary appeurs
toha^e bewildered lis; for our tracks go
rannd and round, and are confusedly intermingled,
as if we bad found a labyrinth
upon the level bead . And here, amid
our idle pastime, we sat down upon almost
the only stone that breaks the surface of
the sand, and were lost in an unlooked-for
nn/l ntr?rnA?r/??i'r.? '' ?
u>iu ui vi I'viTcitu^ tunui'jiiiuu ui me ma-j
jcsty and awfulncss of the great deep.?
Thus, by tracking our foot-prints in the
sand, we track our own nature in its way- ;
ward course, and steal a glansc upon it,
when it never dreams of beine so obser-l
vetl; Such glances olways makes us wiser.
This extensive beach affords room lor
anotlu-r pleasant pastime. With your
stall* you may write verses--love-verses,
if they please you best?ami consecrate
them with a woman's name, llere, too,
may be inscribed thoughts, feelings, dcsirts,
warm outgushings, from the heart's
secret places, which you would not poor
upon the sand, without certainty that, almost
ere the sky has looked upon them,
the sea will wash them out. Stir not
hence till the record be effaced. Now?
for there is room enough on your canvass
?draw huge faces?hugo as the Sphynx
ou Egyptian sands?and fit them with
u.i:... if- ;
wv/uiro ?n toi rrsjHjuding immensity, am!
legs thai might stride half way to yondci
island. Child's .plav becomes magnificent
on so grand a scale. But, after al'?,
the most fascinating employment is *iin
ply to write your name in the sand.
Draw the letters gigantic, so thai tu
strides may barely measure thein, an
three for the long strokes! Cut deei
that the record may be permnneut!-*Statcsmen,
and warriors, and poets, ha\[spent
their strength in no better cause
<v.y r*rr M
1 1
than this. Is it accomplished? lUiwC . 1
then, in an hour or two, and Seek foe*lifts ,j
mighty record of a name. Tnk fee Ml [ --..3
have swept over it, even as line rolUttf ^
effacing waves over the ftumdfc* M -MBpHjf* 'l|
men, and warriors, and poet*/ Hnkfthe - a
surf-wave laughs at yon! .?; ^
Passing from the beach, F* begin to
rlamber over the crags, making my diffi- J
cult way among the ruins of a rampart, i
' shattered and broken by the assaults of a 1
I fierce eucmy. The rocks rise in every
i variety of attitude; some of them have
! their feet in the foam, and are shagged
| half-way upward with sea weed; some
; have been hollowed almost into ca*arns
1 by the unwearied toil of the sea, which
i can afford to spend centuries in- wearing 4
( away a rock, or even polishing a peblc.?
One huge rock ascends in monumental
i shape, with a face like a giant's tombstone,
on which the veins resemble inscriptions,
but in an unknown tongue.?
. We will fancy them the forgotten charac!
ters of an antediluvian race; o?* else that ;
Nature's own hand has here recorded a
| mystery, which, conh'JLread her language j
{would make mankind the w;ser and the V*
happier. How many a thing has troubled j
' me with tliat same idea! Pass on, and ]
leave it unexplained. Mere is a narrow M
avenue, w hiclv might seem to have been JI
hewn through the very heart of an enormous
crag, affording passage for the ri- 1
sing sea to thunder hack and forth, filling J|
it with tumultuous foam, and then leaving 1
I i s floor of black pebhles bare and glisten- j
ing. H ere was once an intersecting vein J
i of softer stone, which the waves have \
1 gnawed away by piecemeal, while the 1
granite walls remain entire on cither side. ' - J
How sharply, and with what harsh clamor 1
dors tnc sea rake back the pebbles, as it >.
momentarily withdraws into its own j
depths! At intervals, the floor of the i
;chasm is left i.early dry: but anon, at the J
; outlet, two or three great waves are seen ^
jstruggling to get in at once; two hit the |
| walls aihwart. while one rushes straight
through, and all three thunder, as if with
, rage and triumph. They heap the chasm
with a snow-drift of foam and spray.? i
While watching this scene, I can never '%
rid myself of the idea, that a monster* j
endowed with life and fierce energy, is
striving to buisl his way through the
narrow pa?s. And what a contrast, to
I look through the stormy chasm and catch
, a glimpse of the calm.bright sea beyond!
Many interesting discoveries may be
' malic among these broken cliffs. Once, .$
j for example, I found a dead seal, which
| a recent tempest had tossed into the nook
of the rocks, where his shaggy carcass
j lay rolled in a heap of eel-grass, as if the
i sea-monster sought to hide himself from
I my eye. Another time, a shark secqged
) on the point of leuning from the surf to (
j swaltow* me; nor did I, whollv without:
i dread, approach near enough to ascertain
that the man-eater hat! already met his
own death from some fisherman in the
buy. It. the same rnrrble, 1 encountered
a bird?a large gre\ bird?but whether a ,
loon, or a wild go.*s<\ ? r the identical albatross
of the Ancient Mariner, was be- ^
jyond my ornithology to decide. It re
posca so naturally on a bed of dry sea- 'JS
weed, w ih his head beside its wing, thai
I almost fancied tl alive, and trod softly
.lest it should suddenly spread its wing
skyward. But the bird would soar ~
| among ihe clouds no more, nor ride upon
'its native wavns; so I drew near, and
j pulled out one ol its mottled tail-feathers
I for a remembrance. Another day, i discovert
d an ioo> ense hone, wedged into a j
chasm ?f the rocks; it was at least ten
| feet long, curved like a scir,.etar. bejewelled
with barnacles ami shcll-fisb, and partly
covered with a growth of sea-weed.?
Seme Itavithan of former ag# s had used
this ponderous mass as a jaw-hone.. Curiostics
of a minuter order may be observed
in a deep reservoir, which is replenished
with water *t every title, but become*
a lake among the crags, save when the sea
_ 4 ; A- i'- - -
I is iii us neignu At the bottom of this
| rocky basin ?row marine plants, some of
j which tower high beneath the water, and
(cast a shadow in the sunshine. Hmall
fishes dait to and fro, and hide themselves
I among the sea- voed; there is also a solii
ry crab, who appears to lead the life of
hermit, communing with none of the other
denizens of tl e place; and likewise several
five-fingers?tor 1 know no other name
| than that w hich children give them. If
your amagination be at all accustomed to ?
such freaks, you may look down into the
Month* nt' iii'.o iwinl ?* .#! *' -
f ....o ,. w - ? . , ?1?*J inntjr u me mysterious
depth ot the nrean. But where
are the hulks and scattered timbers of v
sunken ships?--where the treasures that
old ocean hoards??where the corroded
can.ton??where the corpses and skeleton*
of seamen, who went down Vn storm and
battle?
On the day of my last ramble, (it wo*
? September da> t>el as warm as summer)
> hat should 1 beheld as I approached the
above described basin, but three girls sitinn
on its margin, and?yes, it was variably
so?laving their snowy feel in tha^ fcf
<"nny water! These, are the irarip
".)lilies those three visionary shapes that
lilted from me on the beach. Hark! their
.it-rry voices, as they toss up the water *
with their feet! They have not segp OHT?
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