* ' ~ -gJp*V2f-* ; ' . .-. .. .'- . .' .. . " " -.- . --fi' - - . t . r. *K.W -JX' (J -"T" VOLUME 3. " CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JULY 23, 1852. NUMBER 59. _ ^ " THE- CAMDEN JOURNAL. published semi-weekly and weekly by THOMAS J. WARREN. 1 TERMS. The Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Ceijts, if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is delayed three months. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars a * * * J ? rn VJ#Vt? flanta if nnv u paid m advance; awu uuuai o ?uu x uvj ..,?. ment be delayed three mouths, and Three Dollars if not j y. ?aid till the expiration of the year. 1 ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the emi-weekly, one dollar for the firei, and twenty-five a cents for each subsequent insertion. In the Weekly, W~ seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-soT ven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sin- j gle insertion. . yg*The number of insertions desired, and the edi- I tion to bo published in must be noted on the margin of ; all advertisements, or they will be published semi-weekly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly K. TEE LOST CHURCH. *. BY JAMES MONTGOMERY. Here stood a church?a house of God, An earthly temple built with stories; Its courts our father's footsteps trod, Tt being every year) they would declare the marl had done them great injury, in rendering their 1 lands more sterile and barren?experience how- i ever, luts proven their theories fallacious, added ? to the great improvement in the divisiouof lands 1 and the rotation of crops, A'o country has more t improved by the application of marl than this I section of Va. The green sand ruarl acts more i efficiently than any manure 1 have ever applied; I and the marl to which I have reference, is that ! i found along the Paiuunky river, of Va. and which : has rendered the farms along that river so valua- : ble, and given them a celebrity which is not surpassed by any lands in the State. 1 have seen poor tields by the application of this marl pro- . ducc almost double, and it has been ascertained i that any amount can be applied, and to the i greatest advantage. It is to this marl that the : experiments and the five years protit of farming < of Edtnund Puffin on his estate in Ilauover Co. Va., and which appeared in the pages of the i American Farmer, for July, 1849, is alone to he attributed, and which gave a new impetus to the , agricultural interests of this section of country. An attempt is now being made in this county, by raising a company and sending vessels after this marl, and I believe it could be delivered any wheie < on the Day snore or its tributaries at a cost not i! exceeding from six to eight cents per bushel, j, And it can in deed and truth ho said to be u a i mine of wealth to the proprietors, and the adja- j i ceut districts which admit of water transporta- | tion." I have already occupied more space than i intended upon the subject of lime, and as it can with equal propriety, be said of marl, 1 shall not elaborate with other remarks and experiments, i Ashes.?The application of leached and un- ( leached ashes upon land, has been so visible and i apparent to every farmer that it would be unite- i cessary to mention their beneficial effects in detail. < In supplying the alkalies to the soil, so necessary for the production of all crops, renders it one of the most important of all manures. Its application to light and sandy soils, in supplying " the silicate of potash," so necessary for the land, and thereby giving them the power of production, renders it most valuable to such lands. A sufficient quantity of ashes being out of the question for our large fields, " tbc supply notbeirf? equal to the demand," and the juice higher than the farmer can in most cases allbrd, that more need not be said upon their beneficial application, except to recommend them whenever they can be obtained at a fair and reasonable cost. ! Guano.?I have been both successful and unsuccessful in the application of this manure ; no doubt owing to the fact that some of the article used was of inferior quality, or had been adul terated ; and in very dry seasons, its effects are often much less marked. And here let me advert to the fact, that this manure being in the hands of speculators and their agents, it becomes us as farmers, feeling a mutual interest, to rescue it from their hands, and place it under the control of thoso who have wou our confidence. Never Las a class in any community suttered so much as the farmer by speculators ; his lands, his crops, and finally his raauure is now under their controlling influence?yet amid all difficulties, unaided by " the smiles of power," they have continued on, in the even tenor of their i way. My experience in this manure shows, that the manner it is used, and the land upon which it is applied, will alone determine its \alue. It is the most active of all manures; the large . . , , # ' , O quantities of ammonia it contains, and its evanescent nature renders it necessary that something should be used to fix and letain if possible the ammonia in the land; and it is conceded by some that plaster is the best of all known agents iu fixing it?plaster being the sulphate of lime, the sulphuric acid having more affinity for ammonia, readily combines with and forms a sulphate of ammonia, which is less volatile, and - ? ??3 *1 will remain iri me iana 10 ieeu me piaui. uumiu should never be applied as a top-dressing, owing to its volatile nature, but ploughed in the land six or eight inches, aud the seed sown after and raked in ; nor do I believe it will improve land unless followed by some green crop ; and nothing actsso well as clover. I have seen poor land upon which guano was applied, produce most luxuriant, clover. Upou light and sandy land I believe its effect will not be half so apparent, nor do I believe it will pay as good a per ceut; but upon the close and baked soils, which seem in winter to be as compact and hard as the winter's frost and cold can possibly make them, are certainly the lands which derive the inost apparent benefit. The Western Catastrophe. We take the following particulars of the explosion of the ill-fated steamer St. James from the New Orleans papers. The St. James left Bay St. Louis, at about ten o'clock on Sunday night, with nearly seventy passengers, and about thirty other persons, composing the officers, crew, and servants. The California started from the Bay twenty minutes after, and passed the St. James in the Rigolets. Getting into shoal water, the St. James again went ahead, and kept the lead, until when opposite Point Aux Herbes, some twelve or lifteen miles from the landing at Milneburgshe bursted fier boilers. This was at 3 o'clock in the morn ing when all the passengers were in their berths. Immediately after the explosion the boat took 5re, and the flames caused the loss of several, who aad escaped the explosion. The California, fortunately, was not over a juarter of u mile behind, and Captain H. P. Ensign, her commander, quickly placed his boat in a position to save the survivors. A geutleman connected with the Picayune, who was on the Jalifornia, thus describes what occurred, after :he St. James passed her: The ill-fated boat had not gone more than a piarter of a mile in advance, when her boilers exiloded. The scene which ensued was terrible ioyond description. The upper part of the St. fames was litterally shattered to atoms, and the j vreck was almost instantly it flames. "The shrieks of those on board the burning joatwerc heard by t he passengers on the Califortia, and as the flames rose and extended, the t suspense and anxiety became agonizing. Capt. Ensign steered directly for the wreck, but the ire was so intensely hot, that ho was compelled av a due regard for the persons immediately tinier his charge to haul otfa short distance. The tx>ats belonging to the California were launched, manned, and went to the aid of the sufferers.? Some were in the water and others on the wreck, md as many of the former as were discovered were rescued. ''The flames r-ose from the centre of the St. James, and Capt. Ensign made a second attempt to reach the. persons on the wreck, lie suceeeJed by skilful management in trotting under the item, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen Lpiiuod the deck* of the California." The following incidents of i he scene are narrated by the gentleman from the Picayune: "We learn from Mr. Archibald Binnejr that Judge Preston had his berth over the boilers, No. 24. lie was seen to retire to rest, and immediately after the explosion occurred the place where he had been lying was observed to have been shattered to pieces, and he was nowhere to be seen. Jt is presumed that lie perished instantly, although a faint hoj>e, which will cling to one when the destruction or safety of friends arc concerned, was entertained that by some miracle lie might have reached the shore, which was not far di-tant. "J. M. Wolf and his son, a lad about fourteen years of age, were seen standing on the wreck of the St. J.-uiio together. The boy urged his father to jump into the water, and declared that he could save liiin. The father refused to jump into the water, and the hoy left him and struck out for the California, which was then approaching, lie reached her in an exhausted state, and was saved. A rope was thrown to him just as he cried out that lie could struggle no more. "John L. Shed, of the mint in this city, was on hoard the St. James with his lady. Mrs. Shod was rescued, and her husband is supposed to have perished. "Col. Palfrey was among those taken from the water, having swam from the burning wreck.? Ilis hands were slightly burned. "A negro boy belonging to Dr. Pennington was lost. The doctor himself was indefatigable in his exertions for the relief of the wounded, and his conduct excited the admiration of all who obsened him. "The steamboat St. Charles had arrived in Milneburg; but the light ot the burning St. James 1 i ? ii wtr.vun nsivmir oc*cu seen, uiu ciipiiiui uy steered for the wreck. He arrived there, however, after all who could be were saved." The St. James was a high pressure boat, which had been running on the river as a coast packet, until about a month since when she was taken to the Lake. The man who pushes aside the paper with his first si}> of coffee, and says " there is nothing in it," and who turns up his nose at typographical blunders, might find a profitable exercise in trying to make a paper of his own some evening, ana then get the caudid opinion of his friends upon Us merits. & Hearing with the Teeth.?Curious as this assertion may appear, it is easy to prove it by the following simple experiment:?Lay a watch upon a table, glass downwards; thou stand so far from it that you caunot, in the ordinary way, hear the ticking. Now place the end of a small deal stick?say six feet long?upon the back of the watch, and grip the teeth to the other; with the finders close each ear to exclude all external noise, the beat of the watch will then be .'is audible as if placed against the ear. All other sounds can be conveyed in the same manner, no matter how long the stick is; for instance, if one end is put.upon a piano forte in a sittingroom facing a garden, and the stick is thirty or forty feet lung, extending to the farther end of the lawn or walk, now, if the instrument is ever j so lightly played, "the tune" will be instantly distinguished by any person applying the teeth to the opposite end of the stick. We clip the foregoing from an exchange paper. Many years ago an old subscriber who was entirely deaf called at our office, and with the help of a slate which he always carried with him, we were enabled to converse with each other. In the course of our interview he remarked that for many years he had not been able to hear even the loudest thunder; but added, that to his great surprise, a few evening's before, he was at the house of a friend, and was seated by the side of a Piano, hi3 elbow resting upon it, and his teeth upon his thumb, when he heard distinctly the tune which the daughter of his friend happened to be playing. Again and again he tried the experiment, and he could always hear when the connection thus formed was , kept up; but could hear nothiug whatever when it was brokeu either by the /eraoval of his elbow fi\-?ir> tho T.i.inn nr hv r.lflrinrr bia thumb unoil v"~ i ' " -J i ? -r? any other portion or bis face. From the character of our informant we have never had a doubt of the truth of his narrative?and we give it now chiefly as a suggestion whether some simple instrument cannot be framed by means of which deaf persons may be enabled to hear with their teeth.?Richmond, Fa., Watchman lw t3V6T since. The virtue of prosperity is teiuporance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude. A Too Much fob Human Endurance.?We heard a pretty good story, a few days, since, about a good old deacon somewhere out in 'York State,' and was something after this wise: He was one of those upright dignified sort of meju who make it a rule to perform their duty and then make the best of the njatter, however the event may turn out; but every thing on his farm was kept in the neatest of order. It had got to be quite late in the season for mowing, and still the deacon had a fine piece of grass, which he had been unable to cut on account of the press of other matters, soon one beautiful day he put on a large force, and by noon he had it all done and apruuu auuui jii uice uiuci, wueu lucre cuiue up a shower and wet it. After the shower, the old gentleman came out and walked about perfectly cool, and the next day he had it again spread to dry; about noon there came another shower; well out came the deacon again with a long fiace,"and the dignified air becoming one in his station, looked at the hay and walked into the house.? The next day being pleasant, he had the hay dried, loaded and driven into the barn, into which they had got, just as another shower, had begun to fall. The deacon congratulated himself that he had finally seoceeded msecuringthe hay when a gust of wind struck the barn, gushing through completely sweeping the hay scattering it to the four quarters, and tearing the barn doors from their hinges, one of which, hitting the old gentleman, prostrated him in the mud, and fell top of him. After the dcor had been removed, from him, he surveyed the ruins for a few moments and then exclaimed:?'"Well, I think it time for ,ine to express my sentiments."? Westerly Echo. Alaey being asked what business her husband followed, said he was engaged in finishing."? Further explanation was necessary, and after a brief hesitatton, she continued, "finishing his time in the State Prison." "Make way for a hinderpendent woter,' said a man at a recent election at New Orleans. "Why good man," said the Clerk, it is not an hour since you deposited vour vote at this very poll." 4,I knows, I knows," says the voter; that was the Democratic ticket; this 'ere is the Whig ticket." 41 But if you strive to vote twice I shall have you arrested." "You will, will you" shouted the son of the sovereign people; then I say if I'm denied the right of voting for the Whigs, after going the whole ticket for the Democrats, there ain't no universal suffrage, that's all. Its a darn'd onesided business, take it all around. "Oh, dear! Mr. Ferguson, you surely iest when you say my babe is the handsomest child you ever saw. You must be soft-soaping it." "Well madam,"replied Mr. Furguson, "it may possibly be so, for I now lecollect I thought it very much needed soap of some kind." Mr. Ferguson was seen immediately after making a hasty exit, pursued by an enraged broomstick. Here is a laughable instance of "A man short of Bible." A reverend gentleman, while visiting a parishioner had occasion in the course of ih . TJ'Ll. __ ..L! / conversation 10 reier 10 me Dioie, on asmng ior the article, the master of the house ran to bring it, and came with two leaves of the book in his hand, I declare," says he, ''this is all we've got in the house; I'd no idea we were 60 near out 1" A Merry Youth.?Last week the " Swamscot Dorcas Sewiug Society" held their annual meeting and on motion it was resolved, " that our parson wait ou Tony Joues, and see if nothing can be done to correct the manners of Tony, The next day the parson waited on Tony senior and nformed him respecting the object of his visit. Tony listened patiently, and then replied? iL-n tvi i.x rr x ? . "jrarson, i u let roiiy go iu meeting every Sunday, ef I only know'd you was a-goin to preach; but, parson thar aren't a boy in the city of Swamscot what's got more manners than my Tony, and I can convince you of that in just a minit, You see Tony out there skinnin, them are hitlers?" The parson nobded assent. "Now, see," I'll call. And raising his voice to the highest pitch, he shouted? "Tony!" The response was quick and equally loud? "Sir!" "Don't you hear that, parson ?" said the old man. "Don't you call that manners?" "That is all very well," said the parson, "as far as it goes." What do you mean by as far as it goes? That boy, sir, always speaks respectfully to me when I call him;" and rising his voice he again called, "Tnm- i" The response "Sir" was equally loud and prompt. Again the old man called? "Tony 1" ^ The boy dropped a half-dressed fish, and shaking his fist at his aire yelled out: " You miserable black old drunken snob ;Til come there in two minutes and maul you like blazes!" The pason was astonished, the old man disconcerted for a moment, but instantly recovering himself he tapped the parson on the shoulder saying: w"You see. parson my boy has got grit as well manners. That chap will be an ornament to your society one of these days. I need not add that the parson incontinently mizzled. Rowdyism is making such progress in the city ^ AT/*??? \ Ai?lr fliof ilia \fivi?Af AAtitAn^o fni* a Ui 11V.? xvii*, i*x?*w Uiy iUHivi wihviiuo av/4 u v.? izen's organization and lynch law, to protect tho lives and property of the citizens. The police may arrest bullies and desperadoes, but tho Al? dermen at once discharge them.