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r W,[rrTT ^nTTTff f! A ^EPTEAIBEII 5. 18ol. """"'" NUMBER 7<L VOLUME THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. J'UBr.ISriKD BV TliOlIAS J. WARREN. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if pail in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delaved for three months. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL Is published at Two Dollars if paid in tdvance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment Is delayed fnr Six months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will he inserted at the following rates: For one square fl4 lines or less) in the semi-weekly. I one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventr-five cents per squnr? for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. The numner of insertions desired, and the edition to ^ be published in. must be noted on the margin of all adver tisements. or they will b* inserted semi-weekly until or9k dered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. ^ Semi-monthly, monthly nnd quarterly advertisements eKanred the same as for a single insertion. {ETAlf communications by mail must be post-pnul to | wcure attention. * ? C. lUATHESON, ' BANK AGENT. At his oi.n stand opposite Davis's FIotel B. W. CHAMBERS^ Receiving and Forwarding Merchant, AND Bayer of Cottou nnd other Conntry Produce, CAMDEN, S. C. WILLIAM C. 3IOOKE, r? ? xt v mpvT I) i'? il I\ /\V JJ A, And Receiving: and Forwarding Merchant CA MDEN, S. C. References?W. E. Johnson, Esq. Maj. J. SI DeSaussure, T. J. Warren, Esq. PAUL T. VILLEPIGUE, FACTOR, And General Commission Merchant, ACCOMMODATION WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. CLiberal adxances made on consignments of Pro- | duce, and prompt attention given to the forward, j ingof Goads, at the lowest rate?. Aug. 20. CS A, G. BASKXjaT, Attorney n i Law, and Solicitor in Equity, Office in Rear of Court House, Camden, S. C. ^ -- -r j Will practice in tue iour:s ui acrMimv mm adjoining Districts. A. G. BASKHv, us???? a v?* . rc^tfBx,s:c. 5 J IS. KE Us II AW, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, CAMDEN, S. C. Will attend the Courts of Kershaw, Sumter,' Fairfield, Darlington and Lancaster Districts. W. ir. R WORKMAN, Attorney at. Law, and Solicitor in Equity, j CAMlJtN. S. C. f Officii nearly opposite A. Yioivys Book Store.) WII.I. ATTT?\n Tlir COIMlTS OF Darlin^lon and Sumter Districts. Business entrusted to liiiu wit. meet with prompt I and Careful attention. Julv 26. J C. s. WEST, Attorney at Law. Office in Rear of the Court House, Camden, S. C. June 17 4* j l '{? <if\ J\ ST*4 ft? Saddlery and Harue^ Jiusiiifiicliircr, I Opposite Masonic Hall. CAMDEN, 3. C. S, E). IIALLFORD, Dry Goods Groceries, Crockery, Ac. AND GENERAL AGENT, to Camden, S. C. R. J. IGcG HEIGHT, COTTON GIN MAKER. Rutledge St., one door east of M. Drucker & Co. r*.,,^_v s r ? v. Charles A. McDonald, FASHION A OLE TAILOR, Camden. S. C. * ~ F. ROOT, CAMDEN, S. C. KICK DUL1X, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, CENTRAL WHARF, ft CHARLES TON, S. C. f Maj 2. 35 tt Z.J.DcHAY, DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY. o n VyAJlUK^, V,. jr xmmzKs ~ I Fashionable Boot Maker, I CAMDEN, S. C. I "WMi'o Mo WATOCMfy Fashionable Tailor, Cajiukx, S. C. JON. B. MK RLE. Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity. wjNsnoRouun, s.c. (Office in (lie ronr of flit' Court ilouse.) jnay 6. 3G 4m GLOVERS & DAVIS, Factors and Commission Merchants, CHARLESTON\ S. C. Aug. 8 Sin PAVILION HOTELr (BY H. L BUTTERFIELD.) Corner of Meeting and Hasell Streets, and in the immediate vicinity of iiayne and King Streets, Charleston, S. C. rorprt t itta'q 6R3CERY AND PROVISION STORE, Camden. S. C. CHARLES A. PRICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CAITlDEtf, S. C. Will PrjicTicj^rtCerslmv and the adjoining districts. Feb. 4 C. A7 PRICE," OFFICE AT THE COURT-PUSE, CAMDEN, S, C. COURTENAY & WIENGES, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS am) dealers ix CHEAP PUBLICATIONS. chaklkston, s. c. Opposite the Post Off Agents for the best Green and Teas, and Patent Medicines. S. G. COURTENAV. G. W. W1ENGES. C. JI. WJEXGE8, SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURER, CAMDEX, S. C. BERXADOTTE I). BRONSON^ Sheet Iron and Tin Ware Manufacturer, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. C A MI)F.N, S. C. Fins a.kc! Life Insurance. IIV THE Commercial Insurance Company, OF CHAKLKSTON, S. C. CAPITAL, $250,000, ALL PAID IN. OFFICE, NO. I. KiiOAD-STUEET. l'UESI I>KXT. WILLI A.w FI. IIKKTOT. 1MB El-P'1'IS. JAMES K. ROiMNSON. | HKN'RV T. STREET, OHO A. TUMNSIOHI. I U.il. Moiil UNKV, KOIJEKT t \l.DWELL, | J. II. KKAWI.KV, \ i; I A FT I T. I. \\ It Add. A. M. Sepretary. K. I.. Ti'SSlF.R. Iiispeptor. n. (\ !'IIK<S|.KY. Solicitor. K. A. fvl.N'.OCH. Medical Examiner. The subscriber hnvinr been appointed fur this '>nii[?iiiy. is now prepared n> receive PiojnmiIm for Fire Risks. and will efToei I.isuinuice on fair and liberal ithv. W.M. I) MCDONVALI.. Cam len .8 C. .A'nV 1S:M. '!?* if MANSION HOUSE. " V A M D 50 >, s. c. CSJClLSiSDa rT"MIF. undersigned Im-st"4 leave t?? return his gran-fiil X ilir.nks loliis friend*, and the Iravciiing Public. for tlii* liberal siip|e>rt which he ha* received since he lias l?"*n njfinil. (four in?>o*li?, a:. ! !:a euiered upon his dnijes for IN51. with repew'edenvnrv to endeavor lo please nil that may pal! upon liiin. lioth rich and poor. His House will lie ibar.d one of the musi desirable, situated, and best furnished floods in (ami'li-n. iii* servants also will l?o found msjiepifiil and attentive, end the table will Iw supplied willi the host the market Illinois. His Stables am! Carriage Houses are roomy and always fully supplied with Provender, and an experienced Hostler. An Omnibus falls at the House every morning for passengers for the Railroad. Give me a pall and lest iny inotto. A:- yon find me. So recommend me. K. G. ROBINSON". Proprietor. Camden, February 7th, 1851. 11 tf Darlington Hotel, DARLINGTON COURT-HOUSE. milE above House liavinir been nurchascd and 1. fitted up anew by John I)oten, is again opened for the accommodation of the Public. Strict attention to the wants and comforts of guests will be given, and no effort, calculated to merit the patronage of all who may favor the establishment with a visit, slmii be spared. All that the market and surrounding country afford will be found upon the table. Comfortab e rooms, for families or individuals, are prepared. The Stables will be attended by careful and attentive hostlers. Drovers can be well accommodated, as any number of horses and mules can be I ept in the stables and lots expressly prepared fortliem. Nov. 1, 18ol). __ 86 tf NEW STORE. TFIE subscriber would inform his friends and the public generally, that he has opened an extensive stock ot CaltOC'EIfclES, at the stand formerly occupien by Joseph YV. Doby, one door south of Campbell's I'akery, and opposite II. Levy &. Hon, where may be found all articles usually kept in the Grocery line, consisting in part of the following: Fill ton Market Reef No. I and 2 Mackarel in kilts, for family use; It l,i mi.i i .... /> ir i i i i k.<. ...... ...iv.i v,?ni<;i:^; cruwieu <11111 uruwn Now Orleans Molasses, (new crop) butter, wine and s(kU crackers; cheese, buckwheat, raisins, currants, almonds, English mustard, tilbcrts, pecan nuts, assorted pickles and preserves. a i,so A few doz.ohl Port Wine. Heuhick best Champagne, London Porter and Scotch Ale in pints, together a large stock of Bagging, Itope and Twine, all of w Inch he offers low lor cash. ^ Jam 1. 8. E. CAPERS. Ladie's Dross (Jcorts. A Splendid assortment of Lube's Dross Goods 1\ in a great variety of styles, will be sold at greatly reduced prices to close them out. Among Them mav be found some very rich and rare patterns. * K. W. ilU.N'.NM V. A correspondent of the Baltimore Dispatch tc is furnishing that paper with a series of amusing [ c< and well-written poetical effusions under the <Ji head of "City Lyrics." Tho following is a sped- J11 i" men. i ^ hi I would not die in Spring time, j.. When worms begin to crawl; |,| When cabbage plants arc shoting up, ni And frogs begin to squall: til 'Tis then the girls are full of charms, tii And smile upon the men; cl When lamb and peas are in tbeir prime? c'< I would not perish then. u nl I would not die in Summer, tli When trees arc filled with fruit? A nd every sportsman has a gun, of The little birds to sliopt. tr The girls then wear their Bloomer dress, P'" f| And half dietract_the men ; :. It is the time to sweat it out? \y I would not perish then. u| I would not die in Autumn, qi When new mown hay smells sweet, m And little pigs arc rooting round For something nice to eat. 1 111 ? ' .it 'Ti8 then the huntsman's wild hallo, Is heard along the glen, And oyster's gin to fatten up? jH I would not perish then. 0] I would not die in winter? For one might freeze to death : w When blustering Boreas sweeps arond, And takes away one's breath. ^ When sleigh-bells jingle?horses snort, And buckwheat cakes arc tall: In fact this is a right good world? . hi I would not die at all! j lo THE MOCK MARRIAGE. ' S! tv 11V 31KS. ANN S. STKIMIKNS. j "Scold, scold, thump, thump?scold scold away ! j lie ! There's no comfort in the house upon a washing j m day." | in Nonsense! I only wish the writer of those I or lines had been at our coLtage by the old bridge ; dy on washing-day; it would have made him sing | ar other words to the same lively air, or I am veiy j cr sadly mistaken. j ai \Vashing-day! whv, it was the happiest i c<: twelve hours in the week to "us children." We ( ti; could scarcely sleep all the night before from ; in the fervent nutieipations of the frolic which it as brought. !t was astonishing how our intellect* so I were sharpened, and oar ingenuity brought in ci | force to devise ways and menus for escaping th ; school on that particular morning. * * * | g*. : A nice, tidy old creature was our waslierwo- j ; man; one that an artist would have sketched j f'"? i in spite of himself, had he seen her wending j *1* ! along the shady path, in the cool morning, with bi I a handkerchief of briiiiaut cotton passed neatly : th i over her cap and tied beneath the chin. ! he ' J5ut there was som. times another object I w i which almost every young man of taste, even | w (hough not an artist, would have fancied ?for ' I>1 i Lida was possessed of a beauty so soft and ; th delicate, that it seemed natural to the green : m ! woods, almost as the (lowers that spriog to hie la and nerish there. Lida?sweet, pretty iuda? i dc ' as we always called Iter, was a girl of ten ' its I years old, when I could remember?for she ''? : was just the creature to fasten herself on the ! | mind of a child wh??se instinct it was to love l.V I the beautiful, and be grateful for kindness. Lida w; I came with her mother every week for many a lh ! year ; and it was to her that our washing day <lr j owed all its cheerfulness. The old woman tii brought, her girl to take care of the children, of j she said, and the way she took to make us hap- ha ! py was never so successfully exerted by mortal being before or since. cr # * * * * * an A change fell upon our washing days. The |>u old woman came as usual, but alas! Lida, dear an Lida, 110 longer helped us gather sticks from Li the drift heaps, or allowed her ringing Ljgii to an set the birds a chirping, from sympathy, in the mi pine woods. Lida was an apprentice n^-v, la< I learning the milliner s trade at f an run. - Hut sometimes the young girl would start early, | th; and come with her mother for a few moments his Monday mornings;, but she seemed more tin thoughtful than formerly, and there was some- he tiling peculiarly sweet in her smile, which was ho more beautiful even than her pure, bird-like to laugh. Her complexion settled into that clear, pearly white, which carries the idea of mental Sn puiily with it, while it indicates perfect health ot quite as truly as the richest bloom. Her eyes <"> were changeable, and shaded by the longest w; and most jetty lashes you ever saw; while her be I little mouth was bright and red as a ripe straw- Hi | berry. When she smiled much, a dimple setI tied on her cheek and round her mouth, like the of I shadow of a honey-bee when hovering round w; , a lily; and when Lida was seventeen, and had j begun her apprenticeship, it was pleasant to Mi I observe how lively the child had become as air j she approached the threshold of womanhood. wi The milliner's shop where Lida worked, was j on the second story of a dry-goods store near tin I the Episcopal church. There were two rooms ful I in the front separated by a narrow entry, and sic ;i? Miss Smith, the milliner, always took a re- fifi ! niarkable limey tor fresh air whenever lawyer st.-i | (.filbert was in the opposite room, insisted that J the door should be left open, Lida was hours so together so that she could not lift her eyes with- iet ' out knowing that a young man rather hand- frc some, and with singularly tine eyes, sat within op the adjoining room; though she never looked sic directly at him, or could see the least indica- he lion that he took any advantage of Miss Smith's cai I liberality regarding the door. wi Aliss Smith was a town bred, dashing milliner, rather social, and ready to impart informa- I isii bun regarding foimer conquests in town, even | (in ) her apprentice girls as long as they were Dnlent to admire and wonder at a respectful stance ; hut amid all her condescensions she L'ver once allowed "our Lida" to lhrget the imensurable distance that existed between a each box and a wash tub. Sometimes the dv would quietly steal a glance through her ack ringlets to observe if the lawyer was re* arking the elegance of her position, and as ic girls seldom lifted their eyes in that direc)ii, it was easy to indicate the force of her larms by exclamations of, '"Dear me ! I won* >r why Mr. Gilbert is always looking this ay! VV hat can lie find so interesting? I rely wish he would not sit so exactly against e door." Had the girls looked toward the lawyer's bee at such times, they would have seen him anquilly poring over a very new volume in iper binding, with his back turned toward e door, his chair balanced on two legs, and s feet resting on the edge of a table, covered itb law books in sheep-skin backs, perfectly itarnished, a pair of boxing gloves, a flute, a lantity of wrapping paper, and pens without jmber. It would have been a very unprincipled thing the young lawyer, had the deep flounces id pretty cap, which Miss Smith set for him, ken effect?for he was already engaged to a >unger lady who had just returned from a jarding school in New Haven; and the fine (1 homestead which stood a little back from e church, embowered in a grove of oaks, and ith an old fashioned flower garden attached, as at that very moment tumultuous with the )ise ol workmen who were preparing it for e reception of a bride?lawyer Gilbert's ide. Once or twice Mr, Gilbert did actually lift s eyes from the paper bound volume, and oked earnestly into the milliner's room, but i Miss Smith leaned her head, and cast a side ance through the interstice thus made hereon two of her longest curls she saw that his es were fixed not on her, but on the drooping Is and dark lashes of Lida, the washcr-woan's daughter, lie might well gaze upon the nocent picture of that young girl, as she sat . i .-! i i: i i, u,.? I ?'l tow siuui, uuuun.^ u\cr nui ?uin wiui iici irk hair twisted in a single massive braid ound her finely moulded head, a tiny foot coping ont from the folds of her calico dress, id her small hand fluttering about the rose ilored silk she was sewing, like a bird coqiiet;g with a flower. And the milliner might, deed, experience an uncomfortable sensation, i she turned her kindling eyes on the uticonious possessor of so uuu h loveliness?espeally as lawyer Gilbert never turned a page at afternoon without stealing a look at the ntle gill from over the top of his volume. The next morning Lida, was banished to a nnt window, dirctly out of range with the >or. Tlie prettiest prospect imaginable lay fore it, and the poor girl was delighted with e change, ilred to the lields as she had ten, it was so pleasant to look up from her ork now and then, and rest her aching eyes itii a glance at the green trees, and the cool tie sky beyond. She was very grateful for I.i.... il inn- ?,rwt tlirt ni.-i.ifl f'ni iiiiuur no sweetly .-iiraiii and again, that the dy really began to ajiplaiul herself for having me a Kind action?a sensation -which, from ; extreme novelty, must have heen extremely jrceable. Directly before Lida's window was a closetrampled green sward, divided by tho highay as it curved up from the valley. Behind is was a one story house, white as a snow ift, and surrounded by thickets; a large por o was over the front door, and around one its slender pillars a singly honey suckle vine d twisted itself like a wreath. The house is so near that, Lida could almost count the iinson biossoms from her seat by the window, tl when the young girl woidd come into the irtico with a hock, which she never read, or i embroidery frame whibh she never used, da would ply her needle witli great diligence, id hlush to ho so earnestly regarded by the ost accomplished and haughty girl in our vilj[e. .She knew this young lady was the inuded bride of .Mr. (Jilhert, hut never dreamed tt it was his presence near the window, with s lluie, that drew Miss Warner's attention to j building. 1'oor Lida, in the innocence of r heart, she was beginning to think that the aiding school graduate had taken a fancy her, and was desirous of an acquaintance. In order to interest lawyer Gilbert, Miss uitli had already exhausted all positive means attack. She had sent to his room for a voile of Uyron ; she doated on his poetry, it is so soft, and would be obliged if Mr. Gilrt would favor her by the loan of Childe irold or his Comedies. Mr. Gilbert returned answer that his copy Hyron was sent to Miss Warren, across the IV. Miss Smith's compliments again. "Would r. Gilbert oblige her by playing that lovely once more, Miss Smith was so delighted th it." Mr. Gilbert unscrewed his flute, laid it on } table, and then returned his most respectcompliments to Miss Smith; but the phyiau had forbidden him to practice more than ecu minutes at a time, under any circurnmces. ' ,l *n* - ?' I 1-1* nA nllmr rloi'iAA J 110 1111111 lid" COUIU llll Ujli'ii Iiu she gave an additional flounce to her dress, <lo\vi)4i ringlet of more subduing length mi her heir, moved her work-table directly posite the door, and had resolved upon a go, the success of which must depend upon r own personal attractions; when Lida heme an apprentice, and was banished to the ndow. During the four days that followed the punimcnt intended to l<ida, iVIiss Smith was in e spirits. Mr. Uilbert not only looked at her more than twenty times a day bat in one instance ho paused in the entry passage, and took a stop towards the door, as if tempted to enter. But he changed his mind, and in a few minutes Lida saw him cross the highway, ewtor the white portico opposite, and sit down by the young lady who was loitering the morning away in its shade. The next day it rained, and everything looked dull and miserable. Miss Smith sat by the table disappointed and cross. The moist air which swept from the entry took the stiffening from her silks, and she closed the door, all hopes ot seeing the lawyer were at an end for the day. She would have submitto the faded lustre of her nrnoda but wtion tbo dampness had taken her ringlets ont of the curl, and began to chill her neck, she flung a shawl over her shoulders, tore up a bonnet pat* tern to roll her hair in, and putting on the worst of tempers with bcr alteied looks, ordered the doors closed, and determined to make a miser* able day of it. [to be continued.] 1 4 words of truth and wisdom. We make the following extract from a letter addressed to his former constituents by the Hon. James A. Seddon, the able Representative of the Richmond District, Va. in which, on account of ill health, he declines being it candidate for re-election: * * "The seeds of incalculable future evils were sown in the mis-called compromise measure* of the last'Congrcss, and most, efreri more surely than in the case of the ordinance tff'87, and the Missouri Compromise, now alrr/osl universally at the South conceded to have beftft the fruitful source of our present dangers, ripen to a pernicious harvest of mischief. The partial reaction, which has taken place at the Nortfi, in resistance to Abolition Fanaticism, IbotTgh claimed for this compromise, is really due only to the strong manifestations of discontent at the South, and a determination there to endure no further aggression; and conclusively indicates how much more full, by concert of action and union of sentiment on the part of our peo It' illlV* tliVil JV.JIitWVIIK?HfVU M V Ull vu IKVi |rvi Iod, our wrongs might have been averted and our rights vindicated. To render this reaction 1 effective for any future good, it is indispensable that its causes should bo actively continned and increased. Ceaseltjss^gilancein discovering and promptitude and unanimity in assert# ing our rights and our constitutional guaranj tees, can alone give a chance of perpetuating I .1-- i : :* _?,i ?r . I UIU Ulliuii ad uui ituuvio UJUUV it, uuu ui iu?iiuI taining our institutions and property in security ami peace. Tbe indications of the future, nobwithstanding the seeming lull which has nit* turally followed the laie extreme excitement, arcfull of monition and danger. The free soil or. ganization, lately in effective ascendency throughout the whole North, lias been,'by theattainment of its leading end, partially disbanded, but its constituent forces have been by kindred atliuilies attracted, to and are now being merged in the avowed Abolition party, y That party I his day cxails its crest higher, and is more bold, defiant and numerous than at any previous period ot our history. With its ulte* rior designs concur many malign influences) not the least of which may be found it the cant pesudo philanthropy of the day, which it is the fashion to dignify with the name and botior with the importance of the moral sentiment of j the world. This party from a sagacious fore* ! sight of the only instrumentalities through ! u-lm-li it ran hone for fho ultimate accomnlish.* | merit of its fell designs ailies itself too with the [ most bigoted adherents of ancient Federalism, and seeking to prostrate the securest bulwark* of our rights the Stole sovereignties strive* (or to consolidate and nationalize a Great Central Government. With insidious cunning invokes the name of Union, and clamorously appeals to the fear of the timid, and the hopes of the grave, to the sacred associations of the past and the proud anticipations of the future, in order to malign the motives and destroy the usefulness of tho truest friends both of the Union and South because the most vigilant guardians of the constitution and the sternest opponents of the unholy designs of these "wolves in sheep's clothing." No inconsiderable portion of the Southern people themselves bare been weak and blind i enough to be deluded by these devices, aud I loiifllv syvpII the eliorus of n.T.ins to fhpir on pressors, of obloquy and reproach to their defenders. Meantime, in greater or less degree, have been brought under abolition influences the press--the scboolhouse, the pulpit of the Northami through their agencies, the people and in* stitutions of the South are sisteinatically derided and maligned, and the principal inculcated, that by the strong hand of the Federal Government, is all organized action, even of the State sovereignties for their protection and defence, t.-k tu> ri-n-ilii'd .nut pxtiitirnishnil. TIipsa tpn. dencies, unchecked, can have but one result, and that at no distant day. Upon- the subverted foundations of our simple constitutional system, will bo established the worst form of despotism; a great consolidated government, without limitation of powers, administered at the will and according to the caprice or interest of a mere numerical majority. Tho majority must be at the North, and if, already, the sentiments and sympathies of its masses are so strongly arrayed against our property and institutions, what of peace and security can bo hoped for in the future, from its thickehing numbers, its swelling tide of fanaticism, prejudice and cupidity! Under its administration of unlimited power, wo of the South would speedily have no alternative, but abject submission, ruin and desolation, or forcible disruption and civil war, with no right acknowledged ns, hut that of the worm, "to turn when trod upon." . "v '' Fellow-citizons, 1 have no expectation oT -i- - ? i iffiimiv iiT - i i