The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-06-07

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future, there is one bright star whose ustre never
fades; it is the hope of home-of a heavenly
home.
A lady in the West has been kind enough to
send us u copy Of Andrew Jackson's Epitaph
on his wife . 1t is known to have been his own
composition, yet although it has been read by
hundreds Oh her tomb in Tennessee, 1T has new,
er appeared in print before. 5 This singular in
scription reads thus ,.
Here lie the remains Of Mrs. Rachel Jack.
son, wiieof President Jackson,s who died on
the 22d of December, ls2Sy3aged 81. Her
face was fair, her person pleasing, her temper
amiable;; and her heart kind. She delighted in
relieving the wants of her fellow creatures; and
cultivated that divine pleasure, by the most
liberal and .unpretendiHg methods. 10. the
poor she was benefactress !; to the rich she
was nm example; to the wretched a comforter; !;
to the prosperous an ornament; her pity went
hand in hand with her beDevolence; and she
thanked her Creator for being permitted to do
good. A being SO gentle. and yet so virtuous,
SANDER might wound butcould not dshonor--
even death when he tore her from the ar.ns Of
her husband, could but transplant her to the
bosom of her God. .s4
=, Few persons viii read this noble. epitaph
without emotion. It.appears to US the very.
best specimen of such composition we have
ever seen-at least for the tomb Of a private
person and a woman. 1t is perfectly simple,
perfectly sincere,, and YET is full Of elegance
and energy. -, u. I.
Good cpitaphs arerare in private movements.
Insinceritv and fulsonle praise are the most
general defects, 8" He lies Ikea tombstone" &
is proverb iii many languages. But another
common defect is, ,conceu. This is the result
of wish ,to. be fine, and a desire to initiate
certain epitaphs on great men, which have been
celebrated in books. These celebrated epitaphs
are epigrams. Theyare'aot unsuitable to pub
lie tombs of public individuals; because a l9es
ly sense of personal grief is not expected in
the minds of those who. erect thenl,-but
rather a sentiment of calm and elevated admir-
ration, which leaves the intellect free for, a
formal effort, in composition. But the tomb
Of a private man or.womansis builtby his or
her nearest friend The only thing that rem.
dsrs it interesting is the sacred grief Of that
friend Now, grief fsdoes not fndsan utterance
in epigram. Its form of expression is simple,
direct, earnest and rational. Such expression,
therefore, onlyis becoming3to hetomb of one
who is publicly unknown. Epigram is saffeeta.
ton there, and consequently disgusting. -
- Richmond Examiner.
MEN OF THE REvoLUT1oN.-Gen. Greene. in
his dispatches, after the battle of Eutaw, says:
Hundreds OF my men were naked as they
were born" Judge Johnson, in his life of
Greene, says: "Posterity will scarcely believe
that the bareloins of many men who carried
death into the enemy's ranks, at the Eutaw,
were CALLED by their cartouch boxes, whileu
fold of rag or; o ;tuft, of moss protected the
shoulder from the same injury from the mus
| ket." Gen. Greene says, in his letters to the
Secretary of war: ."We have three hundred
menwithoutarms, and more than one hundred
so naked that they can be put on duty only on
cases of a desperate nature. Our difficulties
are so numerous, and our want so pressing,
that<I have not moments relieffrom the most
painful anxieties. j shave moro embarrass.
mcnts than it is proper to disclose to the
world. Sss1.e,ss ~ -ie
CaruEpRAL IN CnARLEsrnN. The Charles
on Standard announces the early completion
of the Roman Catholic Cathedraiin that city.
twill cost about $4,000, and will bea struc.
ture of rare beauty and grandeur. Thefollow-
I ing are its mensienslensth 254 feet breadth
rs feet, height of .steepIe 2l6 feet, width of
nave 80 feet, distance from door to chancel
100 feet. from floor to apex of ceiling 81 feet,
chancel % feet deep, width of aisles Is feet,
chaucel window l3 by l6 feet The building
is capable of seating from $50 to 1000 persons.
INTEMpEEANcE ASD TAxEs.-Tax pay ers!
when will you awake to the enormous burdens
that the liquor traffic is imposing on you g
Look and see whata number of commitments
are made to the Jail of your county, from one
Court to another, the costs of which are from
SIS to $50 each, besides board at two or three
dollars week, and then ask yourself, "Who
has to foot the bll Why pays all these ex-
penses2" And if, after all, you remain an ad
vocate for dram drinking, do be consistent,
will you, and cease prating about high taxes!"
The young ladies in Vermont it is said,
though we do not believe it, still continue to
kiss the lips of young temperance men, to see
whether they have been taulperng with tod.
dy.
Prudent men lock up motives; letting fam
iliars have key to their hearts, as to their gar
den.
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The cash value of the real and personal es
tate in Tennessee; according to the last census
is 20l ,246,656 ~
Kind words are the brightest flowers ofearth's
existence they make very great paradise OF
Tho hmm hl est home that the world can show