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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-06-27
THE EVERGREEN;

4 monthly Magazine Of New and Popular Tales,
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day to carefully separate the cha from the wheat,
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Sale of Steam Engine.

nN the first Monday in July next, will
" be sold before the Court House door
in Camden, at IL o'clock, NJ, the Engine
of the Steamer Camden. on credit till
first of January next. The purchaser to
give note with good security, to be ap-
proved by the Agent.
This Engine was made by Watchman
& Bratb of Baltimore, and is said by judg-
es to be an excellent one, and is now in
good order.
The Furniture belonging to the Boat
will be sold at the same time and place,
and on the same terms.
The Engine may be treated for at private
sale.
JOHN ROSSER, Agent.
Camden, May %. GIG
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PROSPECTUS
OF New Weekly Paper to be published In Au
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publication Of weekly sheet, on Satur-
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inmate on the 3lst Octerher following.
We have been urged on to the adoption
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A youth in Tuscaloosa, by the name of
William Hart, has invented and construc-
ted Miniature Steam Engine, which is
the wonder and admiration of the city.
The Monitor says: "The steam is gene
rated in 3 boilers 90 inches long, and 8
in diameter-it is condensed into single
pipe about one inch in diameter, and 1-2
in circumference. This propels the pis-
ton-rod, which unites the pitman 81 inches
long, to a crank on an iron wheel %
inc6csindiameter. inexperienced Steam
boat Captain, who saw the little Engine
in operation, stated that the same yeloci-
ty would propel a boat forty miles an
hour. 1t has suction pump. which sup
plies the boilers with water-safety valve,
carrying i 3 lbs. of steam, equal to.a SIN
gle horse power, &C." He is a caution,
and will yet shine in the growing galaxy
of inventive genius. The best of it is, he
made the whole of it secretly of nights
and without the knowledg ge of any one.
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Miscellaneous.
From the Jour. of the American Six Society.

From the Jour. Of the American Six Society.
The GRAPE VME.-Thee are few
things that afford more pleasure for the
expense of time and trouble, than good
and well managed grape vine. From con-
siderable observation, the editor of this
Journal was led to conclude, that very
erroneous practice was generally pursued
in relation to grape vines; and three years
ago, determined to try an experiment.
The error in practice alluded to, is this:
the vine is permitted to grow to the full
extent of its ability, and thus every sea-
son large portion Of wood has to be cut
off, and thrown away. 1t occurred to the
writer, that this waste of the power of the
plant, might, and ought to be prevented.
Accordingly in the spring of 1887, he OBJ
tanned an Isabella vine, one year old from
the layer, having very good root. and
planted it in an ordinary soil, of rather a
sandy quality, putting a wheelbarrow
load of woodward manure and old lime
mortar about the root. AS soon as it began
to grow, he rubbed off all the buds but
one, and trained that perpendicular1y, rub
bing off during the season all side shoots;
and when it had reached to the top Of a
second story. balcony, nipped the end off,
thus stopping its further growth. In the
spring of 1888, he rubbed off every bud but
two at the top of the vine, and trained
these two along the front Of the balcony,
having stretched large wire along the
posts for their support. He rubbed off
every side bud, during the: season, as at
first. Both shoots made about thirty-five
feet of growth this season. In the spring
of 1889, every Joint on the horizontal
shoots was permitted to send forthits buds,
and to grow unmolcsted, till the branches
had fairly set fruit, generally until they
were about 1s inches long. Then tile
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-06-27
The SABBATH IN New ORLEANS

The SABBATH IN New ORLEANS
The New Orleans papers give gloomy
picture of the immortality of that city. Ac-
ting on the barbarous and brutal customs
of half.civilized Mexico, and despotic,
bull batting Havana, some demi-savages
have introduced the degrading and bar
barous practice of bear batting, dog figsh-
ting, &c, as a Sunday amusement, with
the tacit sanction of the authorities. In
the very heart Of the city proper, and not
in its suburban precincts, exists an arena
for such disgraceful shows. twas shame
full, says the Advertiser, to witness on
Sunday last, dogs, led through the streets
by their unfeeling owners, bleeding and
lacerated-to look on the motley groups
collected within and around the arena Of
blood-yet know that New Orleans
where such scenes were enacting- claim
! ed credit for being a christian city.
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The fading moonlight sivereth Canaan's hills,
Far compass n the patriarch's domain;
And faintly breaketh through the eastern clouds {
The grey of morning dawn. i-' i'
Forth from her tent e.. ;
The trembling Hagar came: and paused to hear,
IF those low breathings were indeed the sounds
Of Abram and his spouse on secret watch;
Or else the stiAed throbs Of her own heart, 't..:
Distinctly audible Lifes crimson tide r,s..
Was at the food, and Fear was bursting through
Tho narrow bounds of self control: again
Her tears fast fell, as would the melting hail
On Etna's fires. Hagar was deeply moved!
And she would have Saraie's hard dealing borne, a
Than rather tempt the bowling wilderness, %
friendless outcast, mong thcbeasts Of prey.
But from her turned was Abrams countenance;
And then the iron entered in her soul ".' .
Shame added pinions 10 her feet, and hope, - \
Too vague and dreamy, led her on to wish ~
For Liberty in Shur.
All nature slept. ...,r .1
The Fan Palm moved not; and the drowsy fly, q
That stunned the eur of night with ceaseless hum,
In common with the Adder and the toad, a.
Laid still upon the leafy fig: and sleep
Hung DER them, as the clammy air of death . %
On natures corpse! There came sigh, ,-a-.
Forth from the Pines, whose heightened shadows
seemed, -.
Dark phantoms utterring through the Wilderness,
Sad voices of the tombs. Then on her view, ID
Lining the dim horizon, through the dust, ., ,
A caravan appeared. 1t was troop
Of travelling merchants, with their cansls bound,
For gums and spices to Arabias coast ~
Them Hagar fancied to an armed train
Of Abrams hosts; nor tarried she to learn = -.
Their object and their way. Fast on she sped.
Till where the corn-fag and the mandrake grew,
In fresher verdure by the Fount of Shur.
Der arched with Elms, and stately sycamoses,
Deep through the glen, there bubbied by a stream,
In which the famished Lion slaked his thirst,
And Bird of paradise. There Hagar fell: -.
And would have raised, with burning hands, some
drops .s
Of those sweet waters to her fainting lips,
When came voice-an Angels voice, which said,
t4uSuiS hot uoCoL llIuu ueI6i 4Wd6 tuC EOC0
Of Pity, that she had not often heard:
Twas music, such as when the, stars first saw
This round world rising from eternal night, So
And all the sums of God sung loud for joy;
Such music, as the morning hymn Of flowers
Breathes on the lovers of Creations works;
Such music, as the ripping ocean gives
The wearied seaman on the Sabbath eve.
1t seemed to ask, where, mortal, cunst thou hide >
From God7 Where lurk from his all-seeing eye7
1t was the voice of Mercy; and it showed
How little suited.to fallen state, ~
Arc human wrath, and envyy, and revenge,
The daily gift ofman to man-It spoke
Of him who guides lifss wanderer on his way;
And fills the soul with peace, when all the world
Is dark and sad beside. Hagar adored
Before the Angel; and exclaimed, 'thou God,
Who rulcst over all things, seest men
She knew that God was with her, and for joy,
knelt down, and lifted up her voice, and wcpt.
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lend of each branch was nipped of, and
its flrther growth prevented. The per-
|pendicular stem was carefully prevented
from sending out buds. The whole plant
was carefully watched that no more buds
might be permitted to ow-each one
being rubbed off as soon as it appeared.
Thus from about the middle of June,
the vine was not permitted to form any
new wood. During the season the grapes
grew uncommonly well, and every one
ipened in good season, and was very fine,
las was proved by the numerous company
lat the Horticultural Society exhibition,
who unanimously pronounced them the
finest grapes there. The produce of the
vine was three hundred and fifteen
lunches, all very large, and the berries of
uncommon size. The society awarded
Ito them its first premium for native grapes.
Almost every body, however, doubted
whether the plant had not been injured by
this excessive bearing of fruit; and many
old gardeners considered that it would be
killed by it. The writer never doubted
on this score. He had only compelled
the plant to make FRUIT, instead of wood,
Ito be cut off and thrown away, and has
no doubt that if he had been able to get
the season before greater length of wood
for fruit branches, the plant have suppor-
ted much larger quantity of fruit. On
trimming the vine preparatory to its bear
ing in $40, there was very little wood to
be cut of. Only two buds were left on
each branch of last years growth, and
these are now growing, and showing fruit
buds very finely. The vine is not dead,
nor does it appear to have been injured in
the least by last years hard work. So far,
1.-THE experiment is beautifully successful,
and we now feel authorized to recommend
this plan, to all who love fine fruit. 1t
must be borne in mind that the experiment
was made with the ISABELLA grape, we of
course cannot say any thing about it's ap-
|plcability to other kinds from experience;
but the same reasoning applies with equal
force to all kinds. If the powers of d
plant can be turned from the formation of
wood, to that of making fruit, as we have
proved it can be, in the case of the Isa-
bella grape, we do not see any reason
why the experiment may not be success
ful with all kinds of grapes and fruit.
One thing we do know, that plant that
bears fruit does not grow as much as one
that does not; and we are hence autho-
rized to infer, that the power Of the plant
may be directed at pleasure, either to the
growth of fruit or of wood-that by sup
pressing the one, you may increase the
other, to very great extent. The vine
above described has attracted the atten-
ton of numerous persons, and many have
determined to follow the example. 1t may
be observed that this vine occupies no
room at all in the garden. 1t grows close
in the corner of the house, single stem
ascending fourteen feet to the balcony,
when it starts off horizontally as above
described, along the balcony. Thus every
house in any city that has yard at all, so
that the vine may be set in the earth, may
have Just such a supply of delicious grapes
as the writer of this had last fall.
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+, A professor in one of our Universities
was lately engaged in course Of botani-
cal lectures. Among other things he
prided himself upon having discovered a
very uncommon species Of the nettle.
This he produced, and informed his audi
tory that it possessed every other proper
ty of the common nettle, but that it did
not sting. A wag in the secret had un-
luckily changed the specimens; and intro
duced the common nettle in its room.-
"You see, gentlemen" said the Professor.
that it does not sting. lie then appiedit
to his hand, and with eager astonishment,
added, "D-n IL, but 1t does"
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The Taunton and New Bed6m Rail
Road will be open for public travel on the
first of July. The road is twenty miles
long, and lis actual cost will be within the
original estimate Of four hundred thousand
Baltimore Republican,
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POETRY.
FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.

IIAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS.
The fading moonlight silvoreth Canaan's hills,
Far compass NJ the patriarch's domain;
And faintly breaketh through the eastern clouds
The grey of morning dawn. -' 81"
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ORPHAN.
LOG CABIN AND HARD CIDER,

under this appropriate head, the Philadelphia
Herald has the following paragraph. 1t is fun
Oh ouTagement-speaking with great conf
dence as to the result in Pennsylvania; and
should incite the friends of the cause in other
States 10 persevere. Let them do their duty TO
Inc cause and The country. The Herald says:
- CONSERVATION and dismay sit on every Loco
roco face, brooding over ruin in black dispair.
The enemy strike their flag before pun is fir,
ed; PENNSYLVANIA is for Harrison by about 60,
ooo majority The entire west Of the State
rings "I'i, his name. Every hill, every valley,
displays The victorious banner Of the dog cabin
ana Hard cider Never before has the popu.
,.arIty OF candidate grown so rapidly as that of
HARRISON. The great bitterness OF the incumbent
!l,e ohy Ihng IN which he is great adds i'm.
ms, joined to his imbcciity and corruption, has
overthown Vaa Buren,, who is now .hors de
combat Pennsylvania is now the safest Whig
state in The Union So we said last Deem.
ber and so we say now,
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III In e r. n n usa err.
p l. . u GIN C.

Some farmers will soon begin to plough their
land FOR spring sowing. We do not find that
we gain on The whole by starting the plough too
soon. If the land be wet and heavy we only
make it up into Jumps that remain hard through
the whole summer
We can often hasten OF our Spring work by
using harrow or u cultivator OH ground that
bore corn last year, and with these we tear apart
abe old corn stalks better than we can after they
have been loosened by the plough.
A harrow does not plaster up a wet soil into
bricks as plough will, but it opens the ground
aud lets in sun and air which prepare it for ear.
.ly ploughng. We often asked low many
times should plough for wheat, for rye, or
for oats.-This depends wholly upon the nature
OF the soil.
If the land is full of stones or sumps we are
obliged TO plough it several times or we leave a
part untouched, but we consider it wholly
wrong to plough our PLAIN lands, -which can
be complely turned over at one ploughing,-
more than once in The same month.
When we have torn the ground in pie
ces with the harrow aud have turned beneath
the furrow all rhe stalks the litter, and the grass
that often remains through the winter why
should we again. disturb all this.mat,er ill it has
had time to rot and become manure for the
coming crop? We can plough very small fur
rows when we plough hut once and we can
thus pulverize the earth as much MS we may
choose.
Some practice splitting open the hills in the
fall or in the spring and ,hinkithe thus expose
the worms that have harbored in the corn hill
and cause their destruction. When the hills are
thus split the ground should always be well har.
rowedbefore the principal ploughing takes place
that all the matter on the surface may be cover.
ed by the plough.-Bosion Cad.
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mes, had fought many battles in his country
cause and never lost one, did not acquire the
s"percl'lo''s demeoEor, which those in power
100 frequently do He is sill the plain rcpubIi
chn' ever rendy 10 assis, the poor and needy
WIN his purse and his counsel.
Reader-the above is no fiction Thare o,s
nose yet residing in Fayeue county who remem.
"er these poor orphan children, and should've II
ever meet with them, they will relate TO Won
rom overlooking an! grateful hearts, this tyor
my w. deed OF The good Gen. HARRISON.
ms is The man whom the 'peopIe" arc about
P o"n TO preside over the deStinlcs of dis great
Republic Is he not worthey of it?
ORPHAN
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FE NOE POST 8.

An'excclent method of rendering these du.
rable in the ground, is published in the Ameri'
can Eagle. 1, In peeling the posts, and in
saving and splitting them, if TOO large, 2, in
sticking them up, under cover, at least one en-.
tire summer; and 3, In coating with hot tar
about three feet of the butt ends, which are to
be inserted in the ground-after which they are
ready for use. We have no doubt the advan
aage of this mode of preparation will more than
remunerate for labor and expense. Our reasons
for this belief are briefly as follows: The
sap of all non resnous trees, will fernent in the
presence of heat and moisture, and canse the
decay OF the wood. To prevent this natural
consequence, the first object should be, when
tree is felled to expel the sap from the
pores oflhe wood. This is done by peelng, split
ting, saving or hewing, and exposing the wood
10 the drying influence of the sun, at least the
mir. The process is facilitating too by miners
ing the wood in water for time, which lqufes
the sap, and favors its expulsion. And when
The moisture has been expelled, the next object
is to keep it out, by paint, tar or charring. In
the mode recommended above.the moisture is ex
PEELED by the peeling, saw ing and summer dry
ing,and its returning is prevented ny the coating
of tar. The retention of the bark upon the tim.
her is particularly preju6iciai, not only prevent
ing evaporation, but affordng shelter TO various
species of the borer, which under its cover, car
ny on its depredalons upon the timber. We
have seen pine logs nearly destroyed in sum
mer by worms, where the park had been left on
whilethosewhch had been peeled remained un
injured. The best timber is obtained from trees
which have heen girdled and peeled.-.4lbam5
Cultivator.