Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-03-18

will Notwithstanding his wish to retire from
public lie, be constr ,inde by the opportunities
OF his friends again to become u candidate for
Congress. ----
aa.f CnERAw, March ii.
Frcshei in hc Pee Dsr.---Our river com
mcnced rising on Friday evening Last, and con.
tiuIeI to Use uutil Sunday morning about 10
O'Clock, at which time the water had reached Il
higher point, tilaii at any other former period
wlnin the recollection OF the "ullcst inn.bit
ant" We have never before witnessed so rap.
id rise, nor such al, irres>t;rtle current in the
river. Wnen oar bilge was carried away. the
river WAS hiyncr tiian at any other known peri
od From tac bet Information within our
reach. W. laiik tIe rircr Oh Sunday morning
was at least one and halt feet higher tia" 1t
was in 1881. This unprecedented Icsilet must
do inc:lcuIbc dlmag. to the plantations Oil
the river, most of w.Iicn wee freshly plougAed
uh We supp"s2 many oi the cmnl''i;'nehts
have b.cn swept away, If So, the consequences
will be disastrous Indeed.
Tue ony one near town, that belonging to
John Leak, Esd, gave way on SUNDAY honl-
lug. We nave not learnt the extent ot his dam.
aye as tie has fallen oil Dltiltlc dp tals Mon
dav evening 3 O'Clock. In coAseIuence OF tile
unprecedented rapuy of ri,c, we suppose
r.o,l ni tue stock i'l the s'anS have been lost
Considerable alarm WAS felt Tor the sLIety oi
our bridge, but 50 tar, it has stood the seeming
" irresistible LooI without apparent loIu'y.
Tue water WI, IN aboIt two ,cct a'ld Il n'It
OF its lower rdg.. 4 no;low b'iIge or cub rt
IL t.ie e.iDa,ikn.at near tie jlall was washed
out. This damage will he repaired IL il day or
twu.
Monday evening O'CLOCK, tie river has fall
len less tnan 5 lcet.--- ,d e!it.
= TuE IiLRo AND THE PRINTER.-Wheu
TameGlan; had finished bai;dilg his pyramid
OF seventy Thousand human skull and WAS sceh
standing ut tie gate OF DanIlscus, glitterny III
steel, with his baltlr-aXc on his shoulder till his
iiprcc nnsts ned oIt to new victories and new
Garbage, tur pale locker on might have flncied
tnat n.,llrr w;ls la her death r:roes; for havoc
anddeS ,air had taken possession OF the Garth
tue sui oI manhood secuted setting in seas oi
blood. Yet it mis:.t be Oh t!lat very gaIa-day
of lame, lane, tilala little boy was playing nine.
pns ul tnc Streets oi Mctltz, whose history WAS
more important than that of twenty TaneI-
lanes. Ine h'Ian, with his shaggy demons ol
the wilderness, s,,,.ssey away Ike Il whirlpool,
to be iUSyottun lof ever; amd that German artl.
s;.n has w.ouSAt :, bene!it, wnic!, is yet imn"as
uraDIy, expanding Itself, and will continue t"
eXpa.d itself, through all countries aud through
all tunes. WHAT are tmr-conque>ts ami eXpe
duions of the whole corporali,ns Of captains,
from Walter the Pcnnylcss to Napoleon Bona
parlr, compared with those movcable types OF
ra,lst! iruy, 1t is il morttying thing for your
con,lucror to reflect h ,w pe,s,lablr is the me-
tai VITA which iIc hi.Iinrrs with such violence;
how the kiId earth will soon Stroud up his
bluudy loot. mlts; and all that he achieved and
skIlf,lIly piled tos gather Will be but like his own
canv;lss city ui L canlp-lhls evening loud with
life. Tomorrow all struck and vanlstlrd-"a
lcw eartn.pltS and heaps of straw For here,
as always it continues true that the deepest
fore. j, tile slill.s,, tnat, as in the fable the
midi SHINING of the sun shall silently accom-.
plisn what the fierce clustering ol the tempest
Ia vain essilyel Above, all it is ever to keep
in the nnd t.rat, not by material, but by moral
bower, are mea and their actions governed.
,Iuw uuisrless is Thought No rolling oi drums
no t,amp OF squadrhns, or Iilit'irasuraDle tu'
multi OF baggage wagons attend Its movements.
In What obscure ahd seIu"Stcrrd places may
Inc i.c..d be nrcllatiuy w"ici is one day to be
crowned vita nlnfe tnan l'nperaI authority.
tor klugs and en- ,,crors will he amonsits mn-
i,,c,l.,.f servants it will rule not over but IN
all nr;iIs aud VITA these its solitary combna-
tloIs ol IDEAS, and with magic io'n"las bend
t.,c world to its will The time may come
wl,rsl snl,oicon himself will be better Known
Tor al, ,w tuall ,or lis battles, andtt victory OF
Waterloo prove less monehtod' tI'an tue oi'e!''
ng of tho first stecnanics' lnstitute.--Cartyfc.