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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
BOHAN UPAs OF THE WEST.

The Milk Sickness" mysterl-
Gus disease which bears this name, is Pc
culiar to the region West of the Mountains,
and prevails only in certain districts of
that region. Many parts of Kentucky,
Illinois, and Missouri, have been greatly
afflicted by it, hundreds have died its VIC
tins, and some districts of country are al
most uninhabitable on its account. The
Kentucky Legislature has long since offer
ed a reward to any one who could ascer-
tain the cause of this terrible disease, but
all enquiries upon the subject have been
hitherto unsuccessful. The st. Louis Bull
letin, however, contains letter on the
subject, said to be from the pen of an in
telligent gentleman, in which the cause of
the disease is referred to tree, the pro-
perties (which are described to be very
similar to those attributed to the Boltan
Upas of the East Indies. The letter,
which will be found interesting, is sub
Joined:
FEMME Usage TOWNSHIP,
st. Charles Co. Mo. Nov. 8, 1889.
Mr.. Koch,
Dear Sir-I herewith transmit TO you
one of the genuine apples of Sodom. 1t
grew on large Sodomite tree in Femme
Usage bottom, in st. Charles county.
THE tree is nine feet thick, ono hundred
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
FOR THE JOURNAL.
ENIGMA.

CAMDEN, August 81, 1910.
My whole comprises % letters. -
My ii, 15, 81, 8, %, is a part in the
human body.
My ls, 9, l2, is pleasant beverage.
My IA, 10, 81, 6, is mineral found in
Persia.
My1I, 9, IL, ID, IS, IL, is blessing
desired by all.
Ny IL, 10, 81, %, denotes warmth.
Ny l6, l2, IA, Is, is useful mineral
My6, 2, Z, l3, is part in house.
My 10, II, IL, 13, IA, Is, l6, is Q
cape belonging to N. America.
My 10, 81, %, is domestic animal.
Ny IL, 81, Is, is part of clothing.
Without my 20, IL, %, 9, %, no man
could live.
My 16, IS, 9, 10, IA, is mineral.
Mvs 10, 1s, is small timid animal.
My ii, 5, 9, is useful Farmers in'
slrument:
My IL, 2, 8, II, Is, is useful animal
My ii, 10, 2l, %, %, IL, is Par'
connected with house, and my whole
is commodore of the United States Navy
r Will be answered next week.
sUBsCRIPTOR.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
new SHOES.

FEyHE subscribers have just received the
IL following kinds Of SHOES, made
expressly to their order in Philadelphia
and Durham:
Gentlemen's best Calfskin Shoes.
Ladies' American & English Kid Slippers,
Misses &c =" :"
Ladies' Seal and Leather Walking Shoes,
Misses " 6 I"
Children's /" {" I" Bootees
Also,-Boots and Shoes of every des-
cription made to order at short notice by
experienced VIC rkmen.
JONES & HUGHSON.
July II.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
POETRY.
LOVE oLB OCEANS WAVES

ILOVE OLb OCEANS WAVES.
love TO stand and hear the waves
Send out their solemn roar,
And sec them, from their ocean caves
Roll slowly to the shore;
They seem in gladness to rejoice,
When the strong winds arc gone,
And there is music in their voice,
AS they 60 booming on.
o, it is pleasing thus to gaze
Upon yon boundless plain,
When sunset spreads its crimson rays,
Across the heaving main,
From where on the horizons verge,
Waves mingle with tie sky,
And como up with the mourning surge,
Upon the shore to die.
AS gazing on that faint blue line,
Which marks the distance where
The sky is parted from the brine,
The water from the air.
Long slumbering memories fill the breast,
And long gone scenes arise,
And friends who once this bosom prcst,
Rise up before my eyes.
o, how my beating bosom warns,
When Memory is at play;
And Fancy conjurcs up dear forms,
That long have passed away;
My pulses throb-ny bosom heaves-
My heart beats quick and wild,
My nerves are stirr'd like aspen leaves
culver like child.
But fancy furls her gilded wings,
And Memory turns way,
And DER the past, the present filings,
A gloom without ray;
My pleasant musings arc dispclrd,
By screaming birds o'erhead.-
So Time his heartlcss dirgc has knolrd,
Above my sweet hopes dead.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

The people of the East pour milk on the
heads Of the dead, after performing the
funeral obseques. Has father profit
gate son, one whom he never expects to
reclaim; he says in reference to him, An!
have poured milk upon my sons head :
j. e. Il have done with him ne is as one
dead to me- s..
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
al young men in the Sicinity Of Burnt Fort
have chosen DR.. Barnard their Captain
and gone in pursuit Of the enemy -

anu gone In pursuit OF the enemy
Since the above wasi type, wshsxs
been permitted by the kindness OF 8 ffiend,
70 lay before our readers the following
extract from letter, dated 80: :.
.JErFERsoNroN, 24lh August. is4O. i
The Indians are again on q visitio CAM,
den county, numbering and plundering our,
frontier settlers. burning their. dweIlings
and destroying, their crops. On Wednes.s
day evening, Fort Moniac, a. desertsd {. j:
s. post, to which seyersIp peighboriug fhm-
lilies of whites, consistinE Egf fxs men and
twenty five women sand .chi itdfeHs had mo-
we'd for mutual safety, was attacked, spd.
four Of its5 occupants killed, viz: Mrs.
Patrick and Ms. Davis and two Of his chill
dren- Mr.. Patrick informs me that the
attack was made about dark. AT the fire.
ofthe first gun, Mrs. p. who was standing
by his side, fell dead general discharge
from the savages was Immediately after.
given, which killed Davis and his two
children. All of the whites occupied, and
were at the time collected in the central
buildingrof the post, and the savages were,
thus enabled to approach within guns shot,
under cover Of the outer buildings whsch
they fired in secrecy and safety. 1t ap-
pears that the whites, though apprised Of
the vicinity of the Indians, were complete.
ly surprised, having taken none oflthose
precautionary measures to prevent it,
which common prudence should have sng-
gesled. 1t was impossible, says my .infor-.
mant, to state the number Of the Indians.
Twenty were counted by him. marching,
off in Indian file, from one of the fires at
the time of their leaving; but from the.
number of shots fired and their yells, he
thinks their number must have been much
larger. ss57; fr,J
Several deserted dwellings in:that neigh,
borhood have been burnt, and the crops
of the owners laid waste. ~
On Saturday night, large FIRE was seen
from Centreville, in that direction, and it
was reported by persons who came'in the
next morning, to have been the remaining,
buildings Of Fort Moniac. The frontier
settlers are retreating to CenLreville and
its vicinity much alarmed. 1
Gen. Floyd had, previous to the account
of these last murders, (of which he could
not of heard before last evening or this
morning) ordered out, Capt Tracy's COM
mand, which had not left yesterday.
Many of the citizens ofthis neighbor-
hood have left this morning as an inde-
pendent corps of yolunteeas, to secure il
possible, the safe retreat of those settlers,
who have not yet come in. -, ..ssres
An adequate force at this time, placed
under the command of an officer so gallant
and indefatigable as Gen. Floyd, would
secure our frontier, and compel the ene--
my to surrender or carry his murderous
attacks elsewhere. s;s.x..4ss
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

A waiter at fashionable hotel, the 9TH:
er day, requested a border, if he needed
his services, to "just agitate the commu.
nicator." Previous to the rapid march OF
intellect, "please to ring thebeR" woaM
have been the phrase used.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
Miscellaneous.

FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
ENIGMA.
Quis fuit lille ut osculo?
Privatus sc mobile fclicctnte
Vcndatus dadema vilo luccllo
Subeductus ct suspended SCI
NEsToR.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

A dancing master was taken up in Nat
chez recently, for robbing fellow boar
der. He said he commenced by cheating
a printer, and that after that, every thing
rascally seemed to come easy to him.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

AWFUL REvENGE.-Two boys fought
out quarrel one day, and the bigger
proved the best man. Darn ye,' said
No. 2, when he fourld he was used up, it
can't lick ye, III make mouths at your
sister, '---Bachelors Button.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

A Hoosier advertises in an Indiana pa
per for lock of his gals hair which he
lost. He describes it as having been roll
ed up in an empty Brandeth pill box, and
says it is no use to any but the owner.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

STATE OF IRELAND.-Accounts from
Ireland represent the poor and laborlng
classes of that country to be at present
suffering the utmost distress, through scar
city of food and want of employment
The deficient supply of last year is nearly
exhausted and, owing to the inclemency
of the weather not only is an immediate
relief from the growing crop out of the
question, but most gloomy forbodings are
entertained as to the remoter prospects OF
the harvest. In the meantime, those "na-
tural protectors" of the people, the Tory
land lords continue to exult in their Sue
cessful opposition to the only measure
which could have ensured bread to those
who are. now standing-we mean, the
importation of foreign flour into ireland /;
and they crow over the Government,
which vainly endeavored to provide that
alienation of the present suffering. All
this while the tranquility of the country is
amazing. The judges making their peri
:odical visitations with scarcely criminal
in the gaols to justify the expense of the
circuits.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05

GET ur EARLY.-We never knew what
advantage could possibly be derived by
any one in the full possession of health,
from lying in bed late in the morning.
What inducement there is for the sluggard
to remain in his chamber and breath its
confined, impure air, we cannot discover.
To turn night into day, in the manner done
by a portion Of our population, is com,
pletely reversing the order Of nature, and
and prejudicial to health. For our part
we delight in rising with the sun espe-
cially at this season ofthe year, and derive
more enjoyment, and solid satisfaction from
so doing, than is experienced by those that
have so strong an attachment for their pill
lows. How refreshing is the cool breeze
that fans the brow, how bracing the at
mosphere, how invigorating to the whole
mental and physical powers, is the NOR
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-09-05
From the Savannah Georgian.
INDIAN MURDERS.

The report hitherto published that "por.
tions of FIVE or six families have been mur-
dered near the Georgia line," has, in the
following letters received by yesterdays
mail, been painfully confirmed.
The citizens of Camden have military
leader in Floyd, who will, we doubt not,
give good account Of the revengeful and
deadly foe.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
THE POLITICAL CREED OF MARTIN
VAN BUREN,.

The venerable Hugh L. White, in his very
able letter, Tesigning his seat in the Senate
ofthe United States; has drawn, with the
hand Of 4 MASTER aIninature of the Political
Greed of the Resident Of the United States,
as expressed in The instructing resolutions
of the locofoco Legislature Of Tennessee :
They contain, says be, ssthe political creed
ofahe present Chief Magistrate Of the Uni
ted States, as expressed through his friends
IN the Tennessee Lei isiature; and what Isits
lst. He wishes the whole nonoyed pow
.er id the United States, vested in him, and
subject 10 his control.
Cd. HE will not agree that the paifoa-
age and power be now exercises shall 1e
either lessened OF regulated by law.
Sd. sIn order to have full Golfers, be wish
IS he States 10 surrender their right 70 ths
moneys arising from the sales Of the public
lands.
4th. He wishes Congress eo1lpelted e
vote for every leading measure heraay re.
commend :. and The Senators ol the United
States Instructed ii good faith to give nid
10 and maintain his creed,
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
From the ladisonian.
npRprIroA .T .E

IN referring. III the last adisonian, 10 the
origin ef tie s.pepei tea SANDER, We were
not DFeciseIg accurate iii point DC time and
ulace. But gentleman perfectly familiar
with all the facts in Che case, bas enabled
rs to correct and complete our statement,
and to add other natteE not then il our pos
session.
Alta political meeting held at Columbus,
Ohio, 81 he evening &c tie 6th.of January,
1886, Mr. Allen made speech, in the
course ST which, he was reported 10 have
said, il allusion Is GeneFal HARRIsoN, thai
.sthe ladies' of ChiIoc0ihe voted him petit
coat. as lae most suitable emblem Of hi;
military ptoWess.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
1900 CITY whig and Political Register.
PRrNTeD AND PUBLIsHeD EVERY FRIDAY
ny 81. a. @9RW9NSb
CITY PRINTER.

(CITY PRINTER.)
On Main Street, opposite VI. B. Hamer's, 81
IA north end Of tie 8 Manchester Halt.
TERMS.-The WHIs viii be furnished to sub-
Seribers ct S. 90 per annum IN advance.
ADyERrIsEMESTs viii be inserted u the rate 81
Sl 90 per square for the first insertion, and SO cents
for each week thereafter--ten lines or less, con-
Stitutine square. The number of insertions re-
auired, must be marked on the margin Of the man
nscript or they win be inserted till forbids and
charged accordingly. Advertisements from dis
lance, must be accompanied with the CASH, OF
GOOD reference in town. Announcing candidates
for Office will be $40 for county offices, $40 for
state offees-in advance.
Yearly Advertising
For forty lines or less, renewable at pleasure
eco. NocOntract taken for less than one year
and PAYABLE half yearly in advance.
The privilege Of annual advertisements limited 70
their own immediate business: and al advertise-
ments for the benefit of other persons. sent in By
them must be paid for by the square.
Professional Advertisements
For 10 lines or less, not alterable, months, SIG
10 do do do g do. %
Sc 10 do do do l2 do. 30
nIRAs the above rates are the same as those
established in Natchez, Vicksburg, Jackson,
Grand Gulf and elsewhere in this State, no de-
duction will be made from them in any case
whatever.
ON DELIVERY.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
alns De laE lsstsslpDt.
AN ACT
ne provide for the taking of the census il the.

-
To provide FOR the taking Of the census in the
Slate Of Mississippi IN the year 84f.
SECTION |. Be ttenacted ty tie Legislature OF lle
State n Jlissfssippi That i shall be the duty OF
the Assessor Of Taxes in each and every county
N this state 70 make an exact enumeration Of each
and every free white inha5ifant Of their respec-
tive counties, commencing on the first day of Jan-
uaTy, l84l, and make correct return thereof 10
the Secretary Of State on or before the FIRST day OF
February, 1871, which shall include the number
Of free white males and females, and the said AS
SCISSOR shall receive therefor two cents for each
person so enumerated on the certificate Of the See
cretary OF Stafeto the Auditor Of Public Accounts,
who shall thereon issue his warrant Tor the same.
SEC. 2. BE = further enacted, That each Asses
scr, before upon the duties Of his Offices
shall take and subscribe the following oathoT al-
hTmation before some person authorized to admin
ister the same: do swear,o or afiirm, as the case
may Be. that will take the census Of the county
of ---- according to law; and the said Assesz
soTs are hereby authorized to adminlsterto per-
sons giving ii their enumeration list, the follow
ing oath, 70 wit you do swear that the enuIneras
ZION which you now render contains correct list
Of all the free white inhabifantssof which yourfa-
mily consists; and if any person shall refuse 10
make due return ot his or her family or any
part thereof, he or.she shall be fined in the sum
of twenty dollars, to be sued for and recovered By
said Assessor, before any Justice Of The Peace for
said county, and being so recovered by said As
sessor shnlE be paid by him into the county IEea-
sury; and the said Assessors are hereby required
to designate in their returns the free white inha-
bitants Of any city or town, within their respec-
tive counties, which may be entitledsto separate
representation in the Legislature Of the State.
$50 3. Be 10 further enacted, Thar the Asses.
sors as aforesaid may appoint an assistant or as
sistants who shall take and subscribe the same
oath required by this act, to be taken by the As
sessoT
sEc 4. BE Il further enacted, That any Asses
sor who shall fail perform the duties by this act
required shall be fined in the Of five hundred
dollars, and Il shall be the duty of the Attorney Of
the District having good cause to believe that the
Assessor has been guilty Of default herein, to
bring suit in an action Of debt against said As
SCISSOR for the recovery of the aforesaid fine, and
having recovered the same, shall forthwith pay
said sum into The State Treasury
SEc. 5. .4nd be II further enacted, That an act
entitled an act to provide foithe valuation Of pro-
perry, and in relation to mortgages and trust
deeds, approved 2lst February, 1870, and this act
to take effect and be in force from and after their
passage.
Approved Feb. %, 1910.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
TIIr PEOPLES CREED.


Judge White has likewise glyens n the
same able document. The democratic creed
ne processes, which is emphaticalty s.the Poo
pEess creed and diane tricallY opposed 70
the Federal Greed sc The President We
make the following exlracf from the letter:
His creed upon this golnt is
Ist "That the power over the public purse
ought to be contantly kept under the control
Of the Legislature.
2nd That the patronage as wei as the
expenditures Of the executive are already
too large and ought to be reduced.
81 s That instead Of suFrendering thI
rights ofihe States q any portion Of the pub
ne moneys. they ought 70 adhere b ihosl
rights. and Undue season provide for fai
distribution u the lard funds and
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
RESOLUTION.

BE Il res0lred bs Ete Legfsldture of tbe Stale Of
mississippi, That il be respectfully requested that
i be adopted IN the courts Of the United States,
in this state, II itbc competent so 10 do that the
provisions 81 an act entitled an act regulate tho
state, and apprsYed on The 2lst February, 1910,
apply to- and control The operation Of, final pro-
cess issuing therefroni, and e1of equal validity
and effect as Il possesses ia relation to the final
process of the state courts.
BE II further resokped, That the Governor for
ward to the Hon.. Samuel ]. Ghoison, United
States Judge for the northern and sonth~n dis
trcfs Of this state, certified copy.of these reso-
buttons.
Approved February %, $40.
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17


OSNThe President boats in his last Mes
sage, that twenty-five out of twenty-five
Foreign Governments, interogatod, have
adopted the Sub Treasury system of finance:
Mr.. Merrick Of Maryland in his speech
against the Sub Treasury bill broughttoligbt
the condition Of the laboring man in some
of the true Hard money Governments. The
daily wages in the interior Of France are
from Is to II cents; in the sea ports, "a to
80 cents; in Germany from TO IA cents, in
in the Netherlands 6 TO cents in Italy 8 to
d cenfs-thc highest prices being paid
without board or lodging. "What com.
mentary (said Mr.. NJ ] upon the hard-mouey
policy9 What hope is here for a man born
the son of poor parents ever to better his
condition. What ray Of hope is there to
stimulate him to exertion? None, none -
He WHO'S there born peasant dies peai
SAINT. Those born 10 the plough die at the
ploughtai; and all that the longest life of
iabofuus toll can procure for them is coarse
and scanty means Of Subsistence. Think
YOU, sir, these people are made happy; be-
cause theirs are hard money countries
lis this the pEosterity boosted Of when
we are trinmphantly told of the immense
amounts Of gold and silver held by their
great capitalists7 Is this an example wor-
thy of our imitations Think you, sir, the
high blood of American freemen will submit
to this9,'
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
WHO ARE THE ABoLITToNfTsi !.


We have more than once shewn that tie
claim Of the Van Buren, party 70 Be the ex-
elusive friends Of the south is entirely I'M
founded aud have cited indispuiable facts 70
prove that while III the south The locofocos
alIege that the wings are abolitionists, in
the north the game is to decry HARRISON
and his supporters as The mere vassals Of the
slave holding states. The consumafe arli-
6ce Of This scheme can best be exposed BY
the publishers ofnawspapars, as they are in
The habit Of constantly receiving journals
from every section oftho union. We coun-
sci our whig friends ia the south, not to lose
sightof this atrocious plot Of locofocoism,
and to suffer no fact to remain unreOordcd
that can tend to place it before the people
OF the south. For the present we commend
the following moroccan TO the Van Buren,
men of this state:
On the last day Of the session ofthe Ohio
that subioined resolution was
presented. The wkigs in general supper
led il. ALE The Van Buren Men Of the
house voted AGAINST K:
ResoEued, That we view with Indignation
The attempts of sect calling themselves
abolitionists, TO disturb the amicabIe Tela-
tons snbsisting between the slaYe-holding
and non-slave-holding states Of this union,
and would not by our Yoies, aid in elevating
10 Office any citizen allied TO that ruthless
faction Of misguided fanatics; or concluding
in their opinions and plans.
~ n Rec
The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17
SheriFs Sale.

HOff : Wright To May
stephen D. Howell & sec'ty. lefm' io4O.
William Burk,
VS.
Same.
Robert McKinstry, survivor,
VS.
Same.
Charles Herman,
Same.
r. Purgear & Co.,
Same.
John Fraser,
vs..
Same.
George Fisher & Co.,
VS.
Same.
The Planters Bank
vs. "a
s tephen D. Howell, ct. al.
F eliaws, Wadsworth & Co.,
vs. f IA
Stephen D. Howell.
Amos A. Galpin use &C.,
Same.
10y virtue of the above stated executions
I'D TO me directed from the Honorable
Circuit Court of YazoO county, Mi, l will
expose at public sale, for cash, 10 the high
est bidder. at the court house door Of Yazoo
county. on Monday the Goth day of April
next, within the hours prescribed by law, the
following real estate, to wit:-Lot NO. oil
section s, and lots Nos. and of section
i7. and east half of the north east quarter,
md the east half of the south east quarter
dissection I, all in township IA, range west,
containing in all 4l3 acres Also, the un-
divided moiety in lots Nos. land 4, OF sec
ton 90, township IA, range 2 west, con-
tsinine 159 6S-100 acres; and east halt oil
the north west quarter, and north east quar-
ter of section 10, township ID, range z west
containing 24l l4-l00 acres, east halt o
the south west quarter, and south east quar-
ter of section Is, township Ia, range west
containing 242 22-IO0 acres. Also, the
north west quarter Of section 80, the NORTH
west half Of north east quarter OF section
%. the south west quarter section u
the south west quarter of section 70, and
all tina; part Of lot No. 6. IN section l9
LIVING east of the line dividing lots Nos. ane
9, was continued south to the Yazoo river
which said described land lies in township
u. range 2 west, containing 455 acres
Also, all of the south east half of south cas-
quarter of section 30, township -, range
west. Also, the following lots in Yazo'
CITY, formerly Manchester, Mi, to witt
Lois Nos. 1O4, 2l2, 2l3, 800, $50, los, LOG
lO3, IS, lOI, 200, go. 425, 45l, 3O2. 3ls
959 and 100, some of which are well im
proved; levied on as the property of StePhel
b. Howell, TO satisfy the above stated exc
cutiOns and costs. P. BUFORD, Sheriff,
BY +. w. Wheless. d. s,
Ranton. Feb 90. 1870 Tpf fee S36l 34-8l