Camden commercial courier. (Camden, S.C.) 1837-1838, May 12, 1838, Image 2
fifteen dollara*-Vui it warllteraily ^
price of tear* and anguish; it was proba*
fa/ the price of shame end degradation!
may be U via the price of life. /J
The employment of the merchant, vQb;
directed to, the conveniences and if'vgm
at ties of life, is doubtless among tfe;4S&
respectable and important avocathlU)lj?ltt*|
when, iosload of h?i?er
a large amount of his transactions v$u!o|
voted to the dissemination of,
ta] poisons, the unfailing
coru, ruin, and death, info
extern desunt. Let #tftgBjfl
merchant, who deals in this
as he rolls out the barrel, urfi^t
ncconiplish; and especially otf l^e iw^t^
faction it will afford him to*h*V?
a fortune by such m?snsy ^hil^#^b^^Orti
he will hare in view of his laHnccjouaUak'
ter having accomplished yso 4nueh in the
world.?Arkansas Gazett?.
Froui the New Organs Picayune. ' > j
RTAD V AO a v tinft*,* ii?19?Wr..'-s',i
The beautiful little stolry given belpjfe
is from the pen of Chandler, the.Editbtef
the United States Gazette. , As to^^ iiii?*
lake about letter boxes they occu* coined
ally in this city also. Alrjl.otit ^overif;d?y:
we find letters dropped into AJurbox dlftc^
ted te all parts of?this cojinirj^nd
rope also. / ^:V-\v' ,
I Amuting incidents Often oeeor- b^ perI
eons mistaking llie If ttejr bcftt.of stores and
I offices in this viciriityy foi that ^X; ^
Post Office. Wo sometimes fiod tbree or
lour letters in.our leUer baS intended for
the mails. These wc of coarte. pot on
their way. V Standing
once at our front ahudow, Vff
. observed a young woman,; whose! fade was.
not visible, to us, drop a letter into our
box; and on taking it put, we {ouiwir.that
she had mistaken pi^r est?hH?hnidnt^ foe
that of die Post office. It was directed
I . to Thomas rm?1n /Ireland, and thfe
inland postage accompanied it. The letter
was caused to be sen} with some others
to the PoatJOffice, and gave the circumstance
no further thought.
Busied a few mpntbsnfterwards in ex.
amining the contents of. our exchange papers,
and inditing such paragra ph* as they
. suggested to us, we did not pay ;nny attention
ta a gentle tap at the door of our
privltc rccm, until it was repeated. We
then, too anxious tp conclude our labors
1 W- to open to the applicant, bade the one
'that knocked come in," and continued j
v ? j> t _ % , . t
our laoora wiinoui lilting an eye to tho
door which was opened quietly and as
quietly closed. We were startled at
length with a sweetly modulated voice,
inquiring tkis there a tetter here for me?"
We at once raised our eyes, and saw a
female about eighteen years of age?or,
as tve have of late lost the art of ju ging
. closely io these matters, perhaps twenty.
It did not make a dimples difference to
her face, and would uot if five more had
been added to them. There was an ova!
Uy face with nature's own blush and a slight
projection of the mouth that told of Ireland,
even without thesoftened modulation
of voice that belongs to the women of
that island. ' Neatness was.all that could
be ? ascribed to her dress?it deserved
that.
?' Letters are frequently asked for <n a
newspaper office, in reply to advertisemcnls:
so bade the young woman go to
ikn r.nnt ?(%/ ? . -f .Li. -!?L
. tiiu iiuuit uiuvv miu imjuiTO WI iiib cicrntft
Bhe hadVbeen there, arid there was no
one but a boy, who could not give her ihe
information.
So wc inquired the name.
'Kitty Mclnnc; but perhaps it will be
.Catharine on the letter,* said she,. 'as
that is my name.*
We looked on the letter rock in the
front office, among the 'A. B.'s,* the'X
W.'s,' the P. Q.'s/ dtc., but saw none for
Catharine.
Returning, we inquired to what advertisement
the letter was to be an answer.
Advertisement! to no advertisement?
it would be in answer to my letter.'
And from whom did you expect a letter?/
The young woman looked much contused;
but apparently supposingjhe question
pertinent, she said, 'from Thomas
?r? ' 1
We saw at once that she had, as hundreds
before had djne, mistaken our office
for the Post Office, and the name
Siren was that upon the loiter which we
ad some months before sent from our
letter box to that of the Post Office.
Ho has not written, then* said Catharine,
in a low voice, evidently not intended
for our oar.
'But?ho may hove written/
4 Then where's the letter?' said she looking
pp.
4 At the Post Office, perhaps.*
And we took Catharine by the hand and
led her to the door, and pointed out tlfe
way to the PostOffict.
4 You will ask at- tbe window,' said we
1 but as the clerks are younfc mem vou'l
need not tell them from whom you expect*
Ore letter.'
* Not for the world*' said ?he looking
into Our face with a glance that seemed to
... there was no harm in telling us*.,'
Wc must.have used less than our wttal,
precision th "directing Catharine to the
post office* as quite nolf an hour afterL
'yvards* when patting the place, Wf saw
iierntiho window, receiving the change
>nd a letter from one of the clerks, and
v the impatience,- shall wc soywonan or of
* love, induced Calharwe to break the a<*al
dqor. A glow of .pleasure was .on
w ie?img?i% '" ft
?o?n? grass ?j*i<>oi^g, greouaai) *
tS>$Ldt? Rn?iJiT<l?on!? -^r?y? yar?Ji ,?4? j
en*!?o> >!
?u;rc?^ It sitaAth'w funeral of anirishper- t<
B?n^w,ekVew by the numbers that ^it- d
ien.ied~aod as ,tbo sexton laweM'th*
coffin down-into./the narrow house*-the d
.place appointee) fpT all the living, we saw c
engraved up< n a simple plate, v
Caniiarine McInne?. -l .y v
The story was tpld. The small satfK of p
money which Catharine had. deposited in C
saving fund to giire a little consequence ti
|j#0*her Tttarrtage festival, had been with- 3
drawn to give~her * decent burial.* >
[0XU|tfBIA AND : KALCIGH raMP
w '<W*V i i
Wc gather Gram an extract from a report
of a feronnotssanqe hy Mr. Garneti, )
published in UieCheraw Gazeito, the fot? %
lowing particulars relative ' to the route
of this new enterprise, in which the cili- ,
aena of that place lake a deep interest:
After passing Carthage, the route fob t.
low* the Old Jury Hand to Mtinroe'* ^
Mills, .on Drowning Creek, so as to cro.*s
the head of Hitchcock Creek, and runs:^
through a little East of Rockingham.? *
Before o final adoption i>f this part of the
route, however. Drowning Creek is to be ?
examined from the point nietitione;! down
to Graham's Bridge. From some point .
between Drowning Creek and Rocking*
ham to Chcraw, it is recommended; that ?
two routes should be examined.*-?the one k
passing East of Rbckioghnnvand running
down the Sandhill R?>ad to Chcraw?the ^
other, running down the valley of Hitchcock
Creek to near the Pcdee, and t^en R
keeping near the River to Cheraw. This
last was not examined. A good one could
he nht?inpil *t?i
? --- ? * > ?rw^iiyut ?ui0 uii*if?iii'rf irum |
Carthage to Chera.w. The soil-front Car- *
thage to Cheruw in the. same as that bo-jj!
tween Carthage and Cape Fear, and the '
timber equally -abundant. Produce would ljj
be curried to Cheraw from the greater
part of Richmond county, and from the Pj
Southern part of the* county, lumber
might be carried. f*
'> he county town of Richmond and
Rockingham, is twenty-?wo"miles from n
Cheraw. At tins place, the. Capital has w
been raised for establishing a Cot top Far14
toryvandit will probably soongointo op?- h
ration. Therein a fine '.water power at ?
this place, in addition, that will be used i ^
for the Cotlo/i Factory. 1 ^
The Character of the Stage Road
tweeh Cheraw and Cairuhn had caused. **
serious apprehensions to be felt on the
difficulty of constructing h .Rail Road be- Jj'J
tween these points:' It was therefore. w
deemed advisable,. t*> examine this portion '
l)f tKp lino U'iltl Oitmn AC.?- ? 1
... ...... ?u.?r minucr n cam*.
fyl examination* however; it was found i11
that a very good line could be obtained.? .Jj
The one traced after leaving Cheraw, t"
would cross Thompson's Creek below a*
Fends* Bridge, thence taking a favorable "
point to cross the high ground ami get j.w
over into the valley of Juniper, it would 'J
run up 6.aid valley to Campbell's Mill? lJ
cross Juniper ut Campheirs Mill and run-|"
n ng up the East side, cross the Huge1)?
R<?ad at M'Millan's?thence to the head: J
of Juniper, at Roderick M'Kinnon's.? i ?
Cutting through the ridge here, it wolildj
strike the head of Little Beaver Darn, at! h
Half's and rbuuing down Beaver Dam, ?f|tl
would cross Black Creek below Johnson's tl
Bridge and run op the valley of Lower a
Aligator. Following up this valley as far tl
as possible, and celling through the divi- g
ding .ridge, the line should strike the head I
ol Uedar Creek, as soon as possible; and sj
cross*Big Linch's Creek near Young's l*
Bridge. A good route may be found is
whence, to the mouth -of Beaver Dam, on c<
ihe Little Li neb's Creek. The line should pi
rtoss at the mouth or at the Bridge above, tl
Prom this point there is a well defined h
ridge, dividing the waters which run into tl
SHltlpders' Creek from those emptying in- 1<
to the two Pine Trees. The line would w
follow this ridge into Catpden .through n
Kirk wood. 0
(n this distance, there would be no
difficulty in constructing a Road. The
character of the soil does not dififea from
the north of the Pedee?& slight-sand,
requiring the use of no instrument but the in
shovel. . f *\
The country between Camden and Columbia,
was not examined. Tho accurate pi
'.25 ig i'Ac_ -? ^ . ti %. S iHa. 'fc T
ami i&rorftoie uftfgrtptron of. it, toy Uotol ,
o^ *njten,-and-rCol. J '
U on-1 j)l
jmia WhMe Mistiuce from Raleigh cto
V<v|ufnbia.c?ii,^iu iio;. event, exceed* 220
fi?fe \T&* U+% Weiy bfe *a*j!naie(* at
110,000 peKmile,;and $200,000 may be
dded for Locomotive power Cars atid
loaches-?making the whole cost $2,400,tift
SU-f v;v;:; f , ' V "
Ih estimating theprofifs'ot-the work,
hie transportation of p'rodjN?#.v is left oftt,
a show that the Road wift.be entirely ineperideni
of it.
. *fare would be at least'fifty Passengers
aily, each way, ak soon as--this Road is
omplekrch but say ihnl -35. pns$y ifgyrs
/ill pass each way daily, The^pTice
/hieh thy rharterauthorizes for the transrtrtation
of perspng is 0 cents per mile,
livthese data, is based the, lollowi ng esimatc:
f ,
5 Passengera daily,.each way $337,260
fail, 200 per mile 44,$P0
$3$ 1.260
>cduct for annual repairs and exh
pen sea $600 a mile $132,000
$249,360
This is a clear annual profit of a little
lore than 10 1-3 per rent. Every five
dditiona) Passengers will nrid 2 per cent.
:? the annual dividend. What may wie
ot experts
In our country, the rapid increase of
raeel is such as io bttfllc all calculation. |
tny <?ne who had predicted its present
mount,.even ten years ago, would have
cu thought a madman. But the present
mouiit will hear no proportion to that
1 fch will he created, by the existence of
Rail Road communication from North to
outll.
other route it is thought con eveT
ompete with this for the Northern and
louthern tra? e| Any line, West of. this,
assino ihfiwiikh t-r
^ vv VA"~ ?",v. yu II III 1
le country, wnitW be much more expen-*
ve, and Would he mere subject'to delays
om sn?>w and ice; circumstances whiph
ould eventually prevent it from compeng
successfully with the Metropolitan
ne. Any Road, East of this', must pass
trough a very sickly country; and, otjier
tines being equal, Passengers will always
refer a healthy route.
This Would he the shortest line between
ngusta, in Georgia, and the .city of New
k ?w fult! pass the whole way through
dfv elevated an:l healthy country, and
ould w<?ulii coniiec'most of the Atlantic
>wns and cities of the Union. Pour of
tese ar,e the <'apitals of South Carolina,
orlh Carolina, Virginia and the United
tates. Every one of these places, from
ngusta to New York, is interested in the
mpletion of this erand chain of Rail
?ads. Every individual, owning ai share
f stock in any part of this line, is more
r less interested in the completion of the
hole.
, . ' ^ ?xrr
The strongest possible proof that the
letropolitan line ia the natural and legimate
channel of this travel, is the fact,
lat, without any general plan, link after
nk,/of the great chain, has been made,
3 the wants of the community required
?em. There has been no forcing?the
ork has grown out of the necessities of
le public almost by magic; so that, at
lis moment, -scarcely eight years from
le commenoemriu. of the-first link, the
bole chain is on tiie eve of completion
otn ihe Roanoke River to the city of
ostoo.
Bui
the RaJeigh And Columbia Road
as stronger claims to the patronage of
le country through which it passess. To
ie whole*of ihi? r>V?n?it?w it 5
- - f e -,r ? ?'>YWI fc
1 iff* and prosperity. which will do more
lan anything to rcheckr the tide of emiratiou,which
is depopulating our land,
'he amount of money which must be
pent in-constructing the Road, and scat*
?.red through the country and its vicinity,
i not an unimportant matter. But this
nnsideration is of small moment, coroared
to the permanent enhancement of
value of property. Every mafn will
ave market brought to his own door, and
te immense Pine Forests, now valued at
0 cents per acre,; will become sources of
ealth. The citizens of this country
inst he blind indeed, if the do not make
very exertion to aid the wbrk.
.
THE PHILADELPHIA DUN.
TScene, A Hotel in the W.sf.l
rawlng^rt" hU, boots/ picktg
his teeth, and. smoking a cigar)?
Landlord! I waul to go to bod!'
Landlord*-* Certainly: whenever you
lease sir* 1
But I want a room to myself, sir!' - i
I do not know how that will he, re- i
lied tin toudlord* 'my hooeo is full, and i
.~v- ' . >'* A " ' i&.'i'
- >gK
chlrgVth? Pti^?r
clared tbot there was not e vfegpetoft;:-JtJi?
Ijift. my'r9orr
lindlay's noke. ,'t w?" ?le?P wTih cliU-:
dteiii i>r arty where you please. The
youwrlady.was a visiter, andgrcfit-favom
?*r the elder lady waa^p^d to
putting her toSny distomfurt,^pariitular,
ly on account of such s rude man. But
the neice carried her point; and arrangements.
were.made accordfruflr.' - ?v
In a few minutes the exqiuaito was con^
ducted by" the landlord to a f^rV handsomely
furnished apartrflent in the bach
paVt of the Wuse. Every thing there
was of the neatest and best kind. A suit
of curtajns hung around the bedi the
counterpane was white as snow, and the
bod linen was fresh and fragrant. The
Trtsmdy walked round the room examining
e&ry thing -with the air of a man who
fancied his life in danger from some contagious
disease, or venomous reptile. He
then threw open the bed clothes and after
inspecting them exclaimed, 41 can't sleep
in that bed!'
Why not sir,' inquired the astonished
landlord.
Vit's.not clean! 1 can't sleep in it!' repeated
the dandy, struting up and down
with the most amusing air of self-importance,
41 would'nt sleep there for a thousand
dollars!'
4/K.I-- - - - - -
ukc core wnai you Bay,' said the
landlord, ' you are not aware that I keep
the best house in all this country, and that
my wife is, famed for. the cleanliness of
her hoti&e ahd beds!'
* Can't help it,' replied the dandy, very
deliberately surveyingjhimself in a mirror,
4 very sorry?awkward business, to
besure?but to be plain with y.ou, I won't
slejep in a dirty bed to please any rrian.'
'You won't, won't you!' "
No sir, I-will not/
'Then I will make you.* said the landlord,
and seiaing the astonished dandy by
the back of the neck, he led him to list
bed.and forced his face down upon it?
look at it,' continued the enraged land*
lord, 4 examine it?smell it?do you call
thai dirty, you puppy?' Then going to
the door he called a servant to bring a cowhide,
and informed the terrified dandy
that utiless he undressed and went to bed
instantly, he should receive a severe cotohiding.
In vain the mortified'youngster
promised to do all that was required of
him; the landlord would trust nothing to
his word, but remained until his guest was
disrobed, of corsets and all and snugly
nestled under the snow whitpunnnMwnno I
It was nearly breakfast time when the
crestfallen stranger made his appearance
in the morning; and to his surprise, his
steed which had evidently fared as well
as himself, stood ready saddled at the
door.
Vpray, sir,' said he to his host, in an
humble tone, and in a manner which showed
him at ar loss how to begin the conversation,
'pray, 8ir? what hour do you
breakfast?'
We breakfast at eight,' was the reply,
but the question is one in which ynii have
little interest: for you must seek a brakefast
elsewhere.'
Surely my dear sir; you would not treat
a gentleman with such Indignity^?-,'
March !' said the landlord*
*My bill .'
You owe me nothing, I should think
myself degraded by receiving you* money.
In another moment the self-important
mortal, who the evening bejore had ridden
through the town with suob a consciousness
of his own nignity, was gajlopping
away degraded, vexed, and humbled.
IJAU rMKlUHUUUS.
The inconvenience of a bad neighbor i$
proverbial, but the following case, which
lately occurred at one of the London police
offices, puts the proverb in a remarksbiy
clear point of vietfr. It appears that
for some time past, the complainant, a
tradesman, but of considerable'property*
had found, the ornaments of his house-,
bold rapidly disappearing, one day a sil*
?,* a-J r-. u:- -i-i-i-?
.*1 am r vi lieu rillll HIS BlUVUOBia; a noill
cr day a candlestick knew its place no
jhdore; another day the'goblet deaf to his
soul from wedding recollections/ no longer
glittered in his eye; another day hia .
soup-ladle had made*to itself wings and
was gone. This, of course, produced
an inquisition in the house, servants were
examined, closets were hunted to the. remotest
extremity, rat-holjps. word Batched,
all in vain^ After a PW9?)*
this (tonn^al .toVsil "' .
ihe wardrobe tyegan to iaka its stioVi ifi
of ft . Woe diplomatist, kept the '^aprot W
blmaolf untii .ho hod dopoaited itiflihe '
e?r? of o pair of .police atcgfiants, and lid .
them to the. house of th? SuHuquenL? <
Nothing' could equal'the surprise of,'the
accused but liis indignation: ,Ho>ppe^ ^
cd to his character, anil ir^Qjsed to, he 3
Ibcked uj>. However, the ^Wet, though
without a tongue, gave strdng te?lrtbiiy,
add the purloiner and hi$ tvife w$ro carried
from their counter tdf the watch-house., :'Z
The ofliceilj paw had a fair field before
them, and they commenced a airicularly
productive course of discovery. Tile rest
of the fiarrntivn'r#>hrvir?#li ???. -e .*"
r u a ? Oilier U.I lllt? . v.
dexterity of spfn^ Sicilian banditti rn the
midst of their castles and caverns, than
of the simplicity.of a London shopkeeper
in the Cockney bustle of Islington. Under
the bedstead of the parties was a trapdoor,
and the trap-door led, by a winding
stair first into the bowels of the earth,
and thence upward again into the neighboring
mansion: The fruits of thrs intercourse
were lho plunder of the sideboard,,
wardrobe,* of every place which^cbntained
any thing, and of every thing which? ;
1 could be carried off by active hands during
the absence of the tradesman and his
family. The officers lound plate, china,
glass, and wearing oppara! as the spoilt^'
in the house. On looking farther, thejf
found an additional and h&ndsotnd depository
of similar arttcles buried in the e&ttib;
The propensity to catch every thififg
which couldcaught appeared strong,
for among the plunder was found a shoAvy
hear tK rug, which a manufacturer in
adjoining house had hung out as a symbol
of his trade, and which by bejng^hung ^
el .L : -* -
iroiii me second lioor window,;hcmturirt]y
conceived to be beyond the grasp of *
common, thievery. But he had forgotten
the perils, impending from above, and
While he was defying the potty larceny of
the streets, q clever pitch -from the roof
catried up the hearth-rug, and deprived
him of the badge of his trade. The plunderer-and
his wife bore'a capital character
in their neighborhood, and were rc- ;
garded by common fame 'as remarkably
quiet and industrious people.' That they
had done their business quietly in their
neighbor's house U plaii? enough, and that
they coirtd be remarkably industrious on
Sundays is equally plain; but they were
committed Tiotwithstiifuljng, and sepm to
be very likely candidates for. the next experiment
in colonization.
?t ( ?
From the Burlington Gazette."
CURIOSITY,
>v, A*?tnmg gontleman wrote . the following letter
under the direction and eye of his father, to hie
"ladyo love," having an understanding, with her,
however, that she was to redd only Rvr.RY other
line, beginning with tlio first. All parties were *
satisfied.
Madam,
The groat lovo I have hitherto oxprcssod for you
is false, and I find that my in difference towards yon
increasos every day; thy more I see of you, the more you.
appear in my eyes an object of contempt.
I feel myself every way disposed and determined to
hate you. Believe me, I never had on intention tooffer
you my hand. Our last conversation has
left a tedious insipidity, which has by no means
given me the meat ovnlfiiJ
_ ?? VI jryui Ciiurttcior;
your temper would nmko mo extromely unhappy,,
and if wo ore unitod, I shall experience nothing but
the hatred of my parents, added to overlasting dis
pleasure in living with you. I have indeed a heart
to bestow, but I do not wish you to imagine it i?
at your service; I could not give it to any more
inconsistent and capricious than yourself, and less- ,
capable to do honor to my choice and to my family..
"Yes, Madam, I beg that you will bo persuaded that
I speak sincerely; and you will do me a favor
to avoid me. I shall excuse your taking tho troublo
to answer ibis. Your loiters aiu always full of
irapertinonco, and you have not tho shadow of
wit or good sense.-, Adieu! adieu! believe me I am
o averse to yon that it is impoasible for me over to bo
your moot affiwtionate ISricnd , and humble servant.
' u V ,1 L ,1 r
A. Hoosvrr paper contains an editorial
notice thai marriages and deaths-will
riot be published ynless authorised by
soma, knriwn name, ond prefers that thejf
should be delivered in person ! It mny
be expedient therefore, for those who
wish, their own obituary notice published,
to hand tem in the day before hand 1
. - - i V *;V'
>A Louisvillephper, in noticing the large
audience at the circus, bays, ^It ta^f W^
sse to dratv. .. t . .-JEa&Fs* *