The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-10-18
NUMBER A.,

er from General Scott or General Atkinson, for
him to follow up Black Hawk 10 the last. The
quietness Of the regular Colonel, meanwhile
d rather encouraged the mGtinous militiai6
ring their proceedings TO head. A sort Of
town meeting was called upon the prairie, and
Taylor invited to attend .ider listening for
some time to the proceedings it became Rough
and Rcadr's turn to address the chair. He
had heard he said, with much pleasure the
the independence and dignity of each private
American citizen. re felt that all gentlemen
there present were his equas-in reality, he
was persuaded that pany of them would ii, a
few years he his superiors, aud perhaps, in the
capacity Of Members of Congress. arbiters Of
the fortune and reputation of humble servants
of the Republic like himself. He expected
then to obey them as interpreters Of the will Of
the people; and the hest proof he could give
that he would obey them, was now TO ohserye
the orders Of those whom the people had alrea.
dy pnt in the place of authority, 10 which many
gentlemen justly aspired. In plain English,
gentlemen and fellow citizens, the word has
been nassed on to me from Washington, TO fol-
low Black Hawk, and to take You with me as
so.dirr:. mean to do both.% There are the
fiat boats drawn up on the shore, and. here are
Uncle Sans men drawn up behind you on the
prairie.
Stranger added the man who told the story,
the way those militia men sloped into thosd
fiat boats was caution. Not another word
was said. Had Zack Taylor been with Van
Rensselaer, at Niagara River, in the last War,I
rather think he'd taught him to getmiitia
men over ferry -''A'''t:Es8 '3:
WoMA>s LovE.-A man who had strnggisa
with magligant disease, approached thatetfs
sis in his stage on which his life seemed to de.
pend. Sleep uninterrupted sleep, might en-.
sure his recovery. His anxious wife, scarcely
daring to breathe, was sitting by his bed; her
servants, exhausted by constant watching, had
all left her. 1t was past mdnight-a door. was
open for air; she heard, in the stiffness Of the
night, window open below stairs, and soon
approaching footsteps. A moment more, and d
man with his face disguised, entered the room:
She instantly saw her husbands danger, and
anticipating the design OF the unwslcome intru-
der, she pointed to her husband, and pressing
her finger upon her lip TO implore silence, held
Out ~ tHc IUpDfI Puise ~ hSA
surprise, he took neither. Whether he was
terrified, or charmed by the courage of her al.
lection, cannot be known. tlc left the room;
and without robblng house sanci6ed by such
strength of affection, he departed.
MORMON SETTLEMENT IN TExAs.-The
Mormons have lately been negotiating for the
purchase oi large tract ofland on the Pierde-'
males, above Fredericksburg, and intended to
form settlement there. The anxiety they
manifested to purchase this land has excited
some suspicious that they have discovered some
valuable mines upon it. This opinion may be
strengthened by the fact that several OF them
emiyrated from the mineral regions of Illinois
and Missouri ard are consequently acquainted
with the minerals that indicate the presence OF
valuable ores. That the minerals at the sour
ces of the Pierdenales and San Saba, are SINH
lar to those in the mineral region of Missouri
and Illinois we have no doubt; and we are coh.
fdent that lead mines will be found on the San
Saba, as valuable as those of Galena; hut we
do not think the Mormons are Influenced in this
n>t,nce bv any desire to obtain mines. They
have probably discovered that The soil ofthe
PierdenaIcs valley is admirably adapted 70 tho
culture of wheat and other grains which they
| have been accustomed TO raise in Missouri and
Illinois. and will afford them all the facilities
they desire for new and extensive settlement.
They have also pretended prophecy that the
New Jerusalem OF their great Prophet is to be
found in Texas. -,
This opinion has long been prevalent among
them, and we have been informed by an Eng.
Iish gentleman that the Presiding Elder Of the
Mormon Society OF London, has often said that
the Mormons will ultimately all congregate in
Texas. The party which has settled near
Fredericksburg may have heen sent o,is as an ex-
ploring expedition to discover the promised
land We should be sorry to learn that they
, had located the New Jerusalem on the Pierde-
males or the San Saba for our frontier settle
menls will soon be pushed beyond these streams
aud then wars might arise between 'the saints
and new settlers. lfthe Mormons, however,
should fad the New Jerusalem on the fuerco,
nany years would prehabIY elapse before the
frontier settlements would reach them and they
might buld up their city and fortify it with sevea
walls if they desire long before the advancing
limits of the frontier settlements would 90
MI shed even TO the sources ofthr Colorado.
Houston (Teras) Tel.
HUMAN SKIN NAILED TO ChURcn DOORS
Mr.. Albert Way communicated the result OF a
correspondence relating to the tradition handed
down in several instances, that the doors OF Ger.
tain churches had been covered with human
skin as a punishment of sacrege. Sir Harry
Er,I.6eM had first called the notice of the So.