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r THE CAMDEN WEEKLY JOURNAL, ^ VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 1, 1853. NUMBER 9. ^ 1'UBLISIIED WEEKLY I3Y no THOMAS J. WARREN, 3ir v, TKlt ?IS. sai Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and a s K Kitty Cents if payment bo delayed three months, and : of 5 Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ! JlC ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the fol- i lowing rates: Forono Square, (fourteen iines or less.) ! seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a ; mi f half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in- i <? *< sertions. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month- | H< l ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as an ft fbr a single insertiou. I The number of insertions desired must be noted 1 . on the margin of all advertisements, or they will be , published until ordered discontinued and charged ac- ni< cordingly. 11 i k ^Hisffllanmos. Gc r - fro From Fellow's Review. \ vol i Early Life in the Southxvcst. gr, [ Col. gllis P. Bean, or Fifty Years ago in Texas. J in Many persons have heard of Bean's statiou, in j 1" t e\f f*A,T>ili> from which flint nlaee i ^ ICUIieasce. V'? lutmuiin ? , derived its name, was one whose name heads 1,0 ^ this article. In the year 1800, when eighteen on years of age, seized with a spirit of adventure, j ai( I common to the young spirits in that day in the ; ni< Wwest, which was opposed by his parents, young ' Bean clandestinely left his father's roof, and pa>s- j an' ed down the Mississippi ii aflatboat. At Natch-! . ez his employer died, and he was thrown out of j employment, ponuiless and among strangers.? 1 *' Thus situated, he was left to reflect upon his con- t'" dition, and work out his own fortune. Too proud 001 to return home, he resolved to embark in what- j ever might fall in his way. a" At that day there was an occasional contra- j - - ' i I - I ito ^ band trade carried on by means oi pacu muies, in caravans, from Natchez, with the Spanish I towns of San Antonio, and places on the llio 0C; Grande, attended with great peril, of course, nif from the numerous Indian tribes, inhabiting the '' vast wilds between the points named, as well as ^ from the vigilance of the Spanish soldiery, ever 1,e: on the alert to seize all such parties and obtain their merchandise. Most distinguished among SI" these bold trafiekers was one Nohtnd. lie was cx< about to leave Natehez at this time, (then the ?^ spring of 1801,) and young Bean, by some acci- w;l ' dent, made his acquaintance, and eagerly joined ' his expedition. | xaI Nolaud's party consisted of twenty-two men, j || with a considerable amouut of goods. They ad j " vanced into Texas, and reached a point between -u the Trinity and brazos rivers, where they wore "" discovered and attacked by a budy of Spanish StM troops. Xol uid occupied a very good position, and made a desperate defence, but was over pow- ^ cred, thirteen the party being killed, including Noland himself, and the remaining nine, ineluding Bean, being made prisoners. The prisoners wvre hurried forward to San Antonio, and tlierc imprisoned for several months. Sc" Thence they were sent under a guard, through !!U Monclcva, to Chihuahua, and there imprisoned j Uland chained. Here they were kept in close con | i I It?!' finement thrve years, when they were allowed i ? the privilege of ihe city limits :n?J to labor on I . their own account. Some of thein however, had ml died iu the meat time, and others lia?l been sent to other places, and were never afterwards heard I*'1 of. Beau had learned the hatting business iu Tennessee, and followed ii profitably pcrhap* a year iu Chihuahua, when the yearning he had to set his native land, after near six year's absence, ],jr induced him, with his two remaining comiiau- ' ions, to runaway and endeavor to reach the L'ni ted States. But they were arrested near El Baso, taken back, severely cbastisi d, and. after b.'ing heavily ironed, again imprisoned. Bean, ii!1 however, had made many friends in Chihuahua, who, after several mouths, with strong promises 1111 on his part for good conduct it. future, succeed"'! ''a in procuring the liberty of the city for him a< be- tl" fore. After following his old business for some l'(' time, however, he resolved uj>ott another effort t<? see his native country, but was again overtaken *V:I and carried back. ' lie was now placed under a strong guard and "1: started for the south without the least intitna- :,!! ^ tion of his destination. In the route he was M transferred from one party of soldiers t<> another 1 ^ almost daily, and passed the cities of Guadalax 111 ...wl n.,V t tin. latter tilaee lie was ' <iia auu u uuiiiijuuKv* ??.v ??.w ..... - j ? detained several days, during which time his no- K' b!e and commanding person won upon the af- J* feetions of soiue scnorita so far as to prompt a letter" to him, in which she avowed her love, and j al pledged everv sacrifice to obtain his pard??n and "v win liis hand. But he never was allowed to sec P' her. m< Poor Bean was finally conveyed to Acapulco, I one of the most sickly places on the Pacific, and St" thrown into a most filthy dungeon, where n. t a Cu' ray of ligljt penetrated,and the only air allowed . hiin issued through the base of a stone wall, six ^'1 feet thick. In this dismal abode, his person \va- ' |1( constantly covered with filthy vermin, and no . ^ one allowed to see him, except once a day, to give him a scanty allowance of food. His only companion was a white lizard, which he succeed- a" ed in taming, and making very fond of him.? u.:< Eveu this, said he, was a source of much pleas s,x ^ ure to his sinking spirit. The air hole had to be closed at night to prevent the ingress of serpents, j j which were abundant at that place. On one j occasion he omitted to close it, and in the night he was awakened by the movements of an enor- r|| mous monster, that had found his way in, and n was crawling over his body. Ilis ready mind nn.mivto.1 l.,,n t,. !!/? v.nn?.s,.l<r utill tltlfil llis llH |iivuij/iA.u tinii mi |/vi ivnn oui , j-.. | soil door should open, when, espying the serpent's eyes, he dispatched him by a well-aimed stroke of liis knife through the head. He then tri- .j umphantly threw the writhing monster out of w|' his cell on to the market tloor, which so aston- . ished the natives present, and excited their admiration and pity, that a petition was sent to the governor for a mitigation of his sufferings. That humane individual graciously decreed that ' thereafter he should be allowed to work, though L in chains, with a party of miscreant soldiers du- Wl1 ring the day, and only imprisoned at night.? l'el Even this he found a happy relief. 111 But Bean was a worthy son of Tennessee, and could not subdue the noble spirit of his family and his countrymen that wrested in his bosom 00 ?his heart yearned for Iibei ty. So be sought n<> an early occasion to knock off his chains, and with his crowbar killed tbree of his astonished ^ guard, and escaped to the neighboring moun- ^ tains. But here he was reduced to a skeleton tui Lj starvation, and ro-captured, His old cell ty w became his only abode, aggravated by flog>g and divers other indignities. After another year he was again allowed the ne privilege. Hut his bold spirit prompted imiler attempt for liberty, in the vain hope reaching the United States. In this effort killed seven soldiers, and taking the route for iper California, traveled some three hundred les when he was seized again, the news of his :ape proceeded him, and again carried back. . ....... iivouniinhlc hardship ; wiw oufjuuvu \\j v?u i n 4 d cruelty, cotifino?l in a horizontal position, th stocks around his neck, so as to prevent a ange of his posture, and there for weeks, alxst devoured by chinches and other vermin.? s appeals for mercy by the populace, and }n when addressed to a professional man of >d, were treated with contemptuous mockery. But after ton years of bondage, the day of his edum was drawing nigh. The Mexican Rclution broke out in 1810, and raged with . at furry, threatening the overthrow of royalty Mexico. The royalists had become alarmed; ;y had learned to look upon Bean as a chainlion? U ind.nihl ibl;> lu.ro?iilld noff. ill tllC ur of their troubles, they offered him liberty the condition thsit he would join their stand1. This he readily promised, but with the nt.il reservation that he should desert their ted standard on the first possible occasion, d join the patriots. Witlnn a few days he was sent on a scout th seven men, to recommit)e the position - of n. Morelos, the patriot chief. When near i encapiiunt of the otlicer, Mean addressed his mpauions on liberty in general, and proposed >v should join the patriots. All ncquiesed, d did so. Ile|)orting himself at once to Moreshe gave him minute information as to the sition of the royalists?an attack was at once uitied and carried out with triuuipnant sue <s, Mean having received a Captain's coinind in advance. For his reckless d-oing in c action, he was crowned with roses, proclaima colonel on the same day, and placed at the ad of five hundred men. From that day forward, his name and deeds read like wildfire through Mexico, and was ery where, received with veneration by the wu-troddeii multitude. For three years he s the'ehief reliiince of the veteran Murcios, in 1 desperate struggle that -iicceed-d. with unried slices?wherever he fought \ eh iy t "Ived. lie had learned i:i Tennessee how to make n powder. This knowledge ]?!ov? d to be of iiieiise advantage to the patriots, lie was m coiidueled, amid thing banners and dealing shouts, a coinjueror into Acaj ulco, the ne of his sufferings. The puissant wretches, io had been his | crsecutors, on bended knees w begged for mercy. The veritable man of id who had mocked hi- Miff rings, now supinecrouehc! at his fed. Uuf the leu-<d lion >ru? d to aveliuf" In- wrossg* on the pu-i!iaiii ills sujijiii.iiit'-, and ?li? ?ii- ?? d til in v.'th want's for their future eotijuet. At the close of about three years, ironi the voe made among the r.iv:;!>tN bv Morelos and an. an overwhelming had be n throwed o that portion of the country,and the pultiois t with s;td rcver-. aich as to change their ms of operations. It was agreed that Mean >u!d cross the country to ilie Gulf of Mexico, d endeavor to reach New Orleans by water ill the view of appealing to the United States aid. Willi two companions, (both seamen,) made his way across the country. On the il?' he bccaiiu1 suddenly attached to a ladv ar Jaiapa, and mairied le-r, with the pledge it whenever duty permitted he would return u spend liis days with her. Arriving at the .mi of Soto la Marina, h? stole a sloop in the ;ht from the harbor, und put to sea A few e. i .1 ...?M..... v,.?, n..i..?.,. %. i \ U.llUU IN*, in "?ilv 11 IV vnraii-*, ** i n v arrived about ten days before the exeat bat* of the 6tli of January, alt,-r Iban had been sent troin his country fourteen years. This ts the first information bo had ever received hi the L'nifd States, and hence tin- tir-t inti itloii he had ot t!ie war between our country d (!ieat Mritain. Hean at once reported himself to (ieiieral cksoii, who had known him in boyhood. an l the battle fought as a volunteer aid to tinI hero. Soon afterwards lie returned to M*x>. with what success we know not, but returnto Tennessee for a short time in IS 17, where wrote out a detailed history of hi< singular ivor, and left it with one of his half brothers whose kindness we. were allowed, several ars airo, to read it several times, and, from morv, have sketched the tbre^ointr account.. In conclusion, we have leariied from other jives, that Heaii was retained in Mexico ?s a loii?'l in the army, after her indo|>edciincc was esilished. and redeemed his pledge to the coiiino lady he had married. Ju 13:27, when u Kredotiian war broke out at Nacogdoches, xas, lie was colonel commandant of the Mex ,!i garrison more, in itj.js no returned to -xico, and resumed his residence at Jalnpa; (1 in 1843, the last wo, ever hoard of him, ho is a retired officer on half pay, and though ty one years of ago, was in Hue health. Jenny Lino.?The friends and admirers of is peerless singer will be glad to hoar from r, and to hear that she is still devoting her inc gift to the best purposes. The last Rush papers give us the following information : "All no. Jinny Lind Guldschmidt has just preited a considerable sum in money, clothes, lding, and provisions, to two charitable instiJons recently established at Stockholm? tin* spital of St. Magdih iic and tin* institution of ? Deaconesses. The celebrated euntalriiv, 10 is at present residing at Dresden, has proittd to visit Stockholm in the holy week, to take rt in two religious concerts which are to be en in the cathedral, for the lienefit of the :>r. In these concerts Mendelssohn's oratorio 'St. l'aul,' and Handel's oratorio of 'Mes-iah.' ;h the instrumcntatian of Mozart, arc to be formed. They have tiever yet been executed public at Stockholm." Happiness is not in a cottage, nor a palac?, r in ricncs, nor in puveny, uui r in ignorance, nor iti passive life; but in ing right from right*rnotives. Are you stopping on the threshold of life ! cure a good moral character. Without vir5 you cannot he respected ; without iutegriyou can never rise to distinction and honor. From the Georgia Home Gazette. George 31'l>uffie. In a country li^e ours, with a political a social organization respecting neither birth r affluence in the distribution of political favo incident connected with the early history a character of great men, naturally excites a degi of interest. Probably the early life of no tn connected with the curriculium of Southe statesmanship, presents more chequered seen and arduous toils in the way of honorable pi motion, than that of George McDnffie. T father of Mr. McDuffie was a Tailor. Mr. M j Duffle was burn in Columbia county, Georgia | the place of his birth being now owned by t | Iter. William P. Steed, of Warren county, ai i> situated near Salem Church, a few miles frc Thompson on the Georgia llailrcad. Thehoti in which he was born is made of hewed logs, a is supposed to stand now in the yard, in front which is the remains of a huge Oak, measurii eight feet and two inches in diameter; emblci j atica! of the immense mental calibre of thegrr ? t * - i ! 11 : i man in our caption, who into oiien in ins cim hood reclined under its wide-spread boughs.The parei ts of Mr. McDuftlc were Scotch-lrioriginally or by descent. His mother was a w man of active mind, passionately loud of mus and performed excellently upon the Violin. A Mel hiffie had three sifters, all of them worn of fine capacity. One of them married a ^ Reese, of Warren or Columbia county. 'J' j only brother Mr. McDuffie had, died, it is helit ! ed, a few years since in Muscogee county; win lie resided. Where the father of Mr. McDuf died we are not apprised. The remains of 1 mother repose near Maj. Elias Wilson's in Wj r?-n county, not many miles from where he w born. Mr. McDuftie was the youngest son the family, and was horn it is thought, iu A gust, 1790. The earliest days of his boyho< wen* si-ent in roaming upon Sweet Water Cre< near the family home, enjoying the spirits in dent to the times, llis schoolboy days w< devoted mostly t<> attending the school exerci? of a Mr. (ireennond or Greenwood, upon t spot where Sweet Water Church now stain TI-" u?li.?.?l Mr \fi.Tintti.r nrtenilcd. was nr ! his old friend nnd schoolmate, Major Wilson j of Warren county. The teacher was nam H'Uieman. 'J'his school was taught, it is bclii r-d. in lR"h. In 1804, if our informant is n j in error. Mr. Mclhiffie was a clerk in a store I Sw. o! Wat. r Mills, in Warren, where the R< j Mr. Mlnuchard now resides. At the above pla< j it aj'j>"ars he did not remain long, but tliroiij the influence of a Mr. Undo, he went to Aug! ta, Georgia, and became a clerk in a niercniit establishment. After his advent to Angus we know nothing of his history; save his sub; fjiient jKiIilieal acts, which arc well known to : most e\ery Southerner. We learn from an a and intelligent schoolmate of Mr. McDuflie's, w olso furnished us the preceding data, that .N Mi'I)uffii? was exceedingly popular at school, at xhibiied all those brilliant manifestations mo'-tal capacity, which distinguished his can I in South Carolina; in 1849 or'50, at all eve> not a great while prior to his death, lie came take, a "/</.</ look"1 at the place of his birth. 1 recollection was indistinct, and lie recognised I lew of the landmarks of his ' boyir/i days" & Ibiind but two of his schoolmates alive;?t late Mr. i.angstoii and Major Klias Wilson. 1 spent the night with his friend, Maj. WiHon, 1. hi-* impairment of memory, ami his apparent i initiation^ upon the past, wore of such a char; ter that his visit was not celebrated at the fat ly in-rtrtli l?v the narration of school life spo and ,-:irly reminiscences, but oxen had lie been ilie full eiijoyinent ami vigor of all his powers mind and memory, he might, justly have < claimed, ^I came to the place of my birth a said, the friends of my youth, where are they And echo answered, " where A casual review of the early life of Mr. ^ Unfile is replete with pleasant reflections, a ! abundantly exemplifies the beauty and justice j our gox-iMiiiiieiital organization. Here is an i | k.iixxu %'JJinci/ Wood s' boy, the son ot a Ta>l \ without fortune and destitute of anything like i superior i ducal ion, rising by dint of industry, i I teyrity and yoiius, from the humblest walks I life, to a position in the lb-public, which a ! man might envy, and no man can fail to rospe m cuius is like the volcanic eruption; it cam i In' Mip|g<*sscd. It is a matter of no concern vvl I garb it has on ; it will demonstrate itself, at t same time that it secures respectability, and i: passport to success, distinction and honor. Wi the depraved hypocrite, nothing hut traducti and sell" interest, satiate his cravings or secure I favor; but with the pure and just, the eniat lions of genius and the exhibitions of talent every department of life, carry with them respi tabilitv in society, and secure public esteem. M ANSON. Columbia county, Geo., Jan. 20, 1853. Self-Reliance. lJV BMEHSON. There is a time in eve y man's educati ! whi n in- arrives at me conviction iiiui envy ! ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that 11111*1 take him*e I for better, for worse, as I portion; that though the wide universe is fi ?l" guild, no kernel of iiuui ishing eorn can cot to hi in but through his toil bestowed on th plot o! giouiul which is given him to till. '1' power which it sides in liiiti is new in natui ami none but. lie knows w hat that is in whi lie can do,nor docs he know until he has trie Not for nothing one face, one character, o 1 fart, in.ike* much impression on him, and a otliei niiiie. This sculpture in memory is u | without pie established haiiuony. The e | was placed where one ray should fall, that j might testily of i hat particular ray. We h j hail express ourselves, and are ashamed of th I divine idea which each of us represents, may lie safely trusted us proportionate and good issues, so it be faithfully imparled, b (iod w ill not have this work made manifest I cowards. A man is relieved and gay v. It lie has put his heart into his woik and do his best; hut what he has said or done otlu wise, shall give him no peace. It is a delivi ance which does not deliver. In the attom his genius dcseris him; no muse befriend no invention, no hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to th iron string. Accept the place the Divine lh vidciice has found for you, the society of yo fonteinnoraries. the connection of events. I Oivat in en have always done so, and confined themselves childlike to the gonitis of their age, |1(j betraying their perception that the absolutely r trustworthy was seated at tlieir heart, work ing through their hands, predominating in al! M(| their being. And we are now men, and must ,ee aec? pt in the highest mind the same transeen;in dent destiny , and not minors and invalids in s rn protected corner, not cowards fleeing before ? (>s revolution, but guides, redeemers and benefac r(J' tors, obeying the Almighty effort, and ad vanehe on Chaos and tlie Dark. Ic- ^'' at pretty oracles nature yields us on this text, in the face atid behavior of cliildi en, babes, j]0 and even brutes? 'Ihat divided and rebel |UI mind, that distrust of a sentiment because out n arithmetic has co -pitted the strength and [S(, means opposed to our purpose, these have not 1)(l Their mind being w hole, their eye is as y ct tin0p conquered, and when we look in their faces, |)rr we are disconcerted. Infancy conforms to noup body : all conform to it, so that one babe comi;l? monl/TrwJu*s four or five out ?,f tin- adults \\ hj. prattle and play to it. * * But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail ^ by his consciousness. As soon as lie has once ' acted or spoken with eclat, he is a committed ,jc person, watched by the sympathy or the ha jr" trcd of hundreds, whose affections must now en enter into his account. There is no Lethe foi j,. this. Ah, that he could pass again into his j10 neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges and having observed, observe again, from tht ,re same unaffected, unbiased, unbribable, unaf p0 frighted innocence, must always be formidable ,*s lie would utter opinion on all passing affairs n._ which being seen to be not private, but neccs ..IS sary, would sink like darts into the ear of men 0f and put them in fear. u. Whoso would he a man must he a non-con 0j formis't. He who would gather immorta jjj palms must not be hindered by the name o cj_ goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness * >re ;es What I must do is all that concerns me, nol |ie what the people think. This rule, equally ar js ilunus in actual and intellectual life, may servt ,ar for the whole dislinction between greatnos: ,?s and meanness. If is the harder, because y<>i i will at wars find those who think they know ?*U - -J ( ? ,v. what is your duty better than you know it. I l(^ is easy iti the world to live alter the world') opinion; it is ea-y in solitude to live after oui n. own; hut the great man is he who in tin C(> midst of the crowd keeps with pel feet sweet ,r|, ness the independence of solitude. iic Mechanica respect Yourselves. ,ni In our last number wfr hud u few words t< 10 say about Intelligent Mechanic*, and we pro pose now to address a few words to youtij ''d mechanics. It is a fact tiial no class of oui ' ? citizens are more usclul, yet for all this, use 'r* fulness does not confer upon any man what ii 'd miw called respectability. There can be uc doubt but Wealth is a popular false standard o H:T respitfiaoiiity, and it is just a.* aristocratic at 't5? element here as elsewhere, Listen to wha1 \? Jas. T. !Irad\. Esq., said in a lecture deliver ''s cd before the Mechanics'Institute, in this city lUt on Tuesday evening last week, lie said:? ''d "Jt was a curious fact that, although civi ' libeity was first recognized in CJreat Hiitain d'- yet even there, from the system of classifying liL the people, the mechanical Classes are buojec u* t?> great hardships and disadvantages, and evei l<? in our own country, that boasts of the mos m" liberal institutions in the world, the mechanii r.tS has not his proper position among us. Tlx lawyer, the merchant, and the other proles sions, all assume to place themselves abov< x~ him. The lecturer then referred to certuii classes of society in this country whoassuuu-c the airs and attempted to tread in the footstep: f of the aristocracy of Great Britain, and ridi culed their pretensions.?When we look, said . he. to the aristocracy of Great Britain, thcii 0 antiquity, and the structure of their govern ment, we cannot help acknowledging that th?*y have at least a tolerable claim ; but when t \ a cla?sof jiersons in this country, without either antiquity, rank, lineage, or any otiier distinc tion t-? ennoble them, assumed a position ir " N the social scale above their fellow-citizens, ii lt" was an arrogant assumption on their part, thai ",l merited the utmosIT contempt. The lecturei 'at then passed a high eulogium on the mechanic: " of this country, and insisted that from thcii *'l usefulness, they were entitled to the highes 1 position among us?they built our houses, out shij>s, our railroads, and by their genius, thcii "s energy, and their industry, were the largrsi '.a" eoutrihutors to our greatness." ,n What Mr. Brady here stated is true in re L spect to usefulness, hut why do the mechanic: not command the same resjwet in commuuih ? M 1 1 ? |* as the lawyers. :>ir. urauy isuiuwjvi-, w..Uiv an assticiation of lawyers engage (or have t< engage) a mechanic to lecture to them aboul their duties, worth, and influence. These ur? important questions, and sound away down U on the very core of the cause, " why our inc is chanics tlt> not exercise influence, or coiiunain lie respect according to their usefulness." li lis looking over the names of lecturers engager nil to speak before the said Institute, we do no: ne sec the name of a single tneehanie. Why i: lat this? The reason isohvious, they are not dis he tinguished for literatme as they are for useful re, ness, and it is the civil quality which com eh inainls respect. Another tiling is, they do nol d. in general respect themselves (we mean trui ne respeet.) as they should do. We have iceoivecJ n- a very great uumlier of letters from median icot ?men of the right stamp?from different partye of our country, all lamenting the general apait thy in respect to useful learning manifested ut among our young mechanics. One says at "Sunday is spent hy the most of them in re a It ding falsehoods in the shape of exciting stories of ilc-'itiilo of plot, purity, or literary taste.' ut j Another *a\s, " they rcaifeverything but what hy j they should read." Another says, "they talk ' I ?i. ...i ..vi.rvihin*? but that which they should I'll ..? % .. ^ ue tall; about, such as impure stories, bandying r- jests, &c., instead of conversing about religion >r- philosophy, history, law, seieticc, and practical pt mechanics." s; There is much truth in those statements, and we sincerely desire to arouse our mechanics tc at a true sense of their faults and feelings. It "<?- every village and city in our country the) ur should associate together for mutual improve ? I ment, and such societies should not be exclu I sive. It is best to mix with all classes, o; , avoid debating clubs?in the aggregate the r do evil.?Mechanics should read good and usi fid periodicals and books?works that try tl I mind and exorcise its reflective powers; an t they should endeavor to cultivate a purity < speech and conduct equal tc that of the inos i refined and educated.?The composition an t reading of short papers on useful subjects is most excellent plan for mental improvemen and we would recommend this system to tli adoption of every Mechanic's Institute in 01 ; country ; the members should all engage i , this task. We remember at one time speal ing to a tailor, r very intelligent and smai one too, about delivering a lecture on his trad before a mechanic's Institute with which w . were connected. " What," says lie "on m . trade 1 what could I say of it to make a lei , ture of." We answered, "there is no trad which has a wider field for making an in teres' ing and useful lecture; you can draw ver i weil, have your blackboard beside you, an make out some large pictures of the costume I of different nations; the old Roman with hi s i toga, the Indian with his blanket, and th I modern heau with his frockooat, fiowcrcd ves tight pantaloons, and little pot hat." He sa^ ' at once the field which he had for a subject and he was perfectly qualified to point out th > geometrical rules which governed the shape , and cutting of liis cloth. Every mechanic; t trade has a wide field for investigation, an . study.?Mechanics, be up and doing, "qu . yourselves like men." " This advice is prine i pally given to our young mcchanit s, those wh have so much leisure time and who generall . w aste it so recklessly, but it is also applicabl to men of all ages. Our mechanics have g< nius, industry, and quickness of parts, our ol 1 ject is to direct them aright, f Scientific American Rules for Young .Heu. t The following rules for young men commer , cing business, were written by John Grigg, esq i j of Philadelphia: The gentleman i3 a living example of thosui , Cessful application of these rules, which he r< ' commends, in such an admirable manner, to tli . business community. The writer of this articl ; has known Mr. Grigg for thirty years; and ca , bear the most unqualified testimony to the ui [ wavering fidelity with which this most prospe oils gentleman has adhered to his own apliorisn To untiring industry and close application, li added a mild and gentlemanly deportment, a I unselfish devotion to the wants of his custon > ors, and an independence of thought, and an ei e"gv of purpose, beyond all praise. These qual J: ties were crowned by an active benevoleiic r which has carried joy and gladness to a thousan ' grateful hearts, and given to himself, in his r< ? tireinent, the consolatory reflection that his lil > has been useful to others, as well as pleasant an 1 i profitable to nimscu. 1 j 4,1. Lie itiJustiious and economical. Wftsl c: neither time nor money in small and useie ! pleasures and indulgences. If the young ca >! he induced to save, the moment they enter o j the paths of life, they will not fail to attain 1 j competency, and that without denying then ?! selves any of the real necessaries and cmnfori I of life. Our people are certainly among the mo: t improvident and extravagant on the face of tl 1 earth. It is enough to make the merchant < t the old school who looks back and sees win s economy, prudence and discretion lie had t J bring to bear on his own business, (and whic are, in fact, the basis of all successful enterpriza - start back in astonishment to look at the rutl i less waste and extravagance of the age and j>e< 1 I pic. The highest test of respectability, with in ? is, honest industry makes men happy. The n ally noble class, the class that was noble who , 'Adam dclv'd and Eve spun,' and have preserve r their patent to this day untarnished is the Jala - rious and industiious. Until men have learue ' industry, economy and self-control, they cannc i he safely entrusted with wealth. r 2. To industry and economy, add self reliano - Do not take too much advice. The busine; i man must keep at the helm, and steer his ow t ship. In early life, every one should be taugl t to think for himself. A man's talents are uev< r brought out until he is thrown to some exter < upon his own resources. If in every difficult r lie h:ts only to run to his principal, and then in t plicitly obey the directions he may receive, li r will never acquire that aptitude of pereeptioi r and that promptness of decision, and that firn L ness of purpose, which are absolutely nccessar to those who hold important statious. A eei - tain decree of indejiendent feeling is essential t > the full development of the intellectual charai ' tcr. I 3. Rcmcmbor that punctuality is the inotht 1 of confidence. It is not enough that the merchat t fulfils his engagements: he must do what h ' undertakes precisely at the time, as well as i ' the wav agreed to. The mutual dependence ( merchants is so great, that engagements, like I chain, which according to the law of physics, 1 never stronger that its weakest link, are ofletu I broken through the weakness of others tha I their own. Hut the prompt fulfilment of ei - gagements is not only of the utmost important because it enables others to meet their own et gagements promptly. It is also the best cv deuce that the merchant has his affairs well oi l dered?his means at command, his forces mai shaded, and every thing ready for action?i I short, that he knows his own strength. This i is which inspires confidence, as much perhaps ji the meeting of the engagement. 4. Attend to the minutia' of the husiuos: small things as well as great. See that the slur ' is opened e-'rly, goods brushed up, twine an ' nails picked up, and already for action. A youn ; man should consider capital, if he have it, or a he may acquire it, merely as tools with which h i< (n w?rk, not as a substitute for the necessit ; of labor. It is often the case that diligence i ' ' - 'I?s i< ill,. Ill,,s) sll, Mil 1)11 ly III VII l-"> Ul IIT.1 \.'IIICV<|?< ..vv ... .... ..... . ... eessful introduction to great cntcrj>rises. Tlio make tlio best officers wlio have served in tli ' ranks. We may say of labor as Coleridge sai of poetry, it is its own sweetest reward. It I the best of physic. ' 5. Let the young merchant remember tin 1 selfishness is the meanest of vices, and it is tli parcut of a thousand more. It not only intei teres both with the means and with tin; end ( acquisition?not only makes money more dill a can 10 get, anu not worm ii.ivmg wneu it is got, y but it is narrowing to the mind and to the heart, i'- Selfishness "keeps a shilling so close to the eye, le that it cannot see a dollar beyond." Never be d narrow and contracted in your views. Life A abounds in instances of the brilliant results of a st generous policy. d Be frank. Say what you mean. I)o what a you say. So shall your friends know and take it r, for granted that you mean to do what is just and ie right. jr G. Accustom yourself to think vigorously.? n Mental capital, like pecuniary, to be worth anyt tlrng, must be well invested?must be rightly rt adjusted and applied, and to this end, careful, e deep and intense thought is necessary if great e results are looked for. y 7. Marry early. The man of business should marry as soon as possible, after twenty-two or e twenty-three years of age. A woman of mind t- will conform to the necessities of the day of v small beginnings: and, in choosing a wife, a d niau should look at 1st, the heart; 2d. the mind; .. ?s 3d, tin; person. . is 8. Everything, however remote, thai has any o bearing upon success, must be taken advantage t. of. The business man should be continually on iv the watch for information and ideas that will t, throw light on his path, he should be an atten0 tive reader of all practical books, especially those >s relating to business, trade, <fcc., as well as a patil ron of useful and ennobling literature. d 9. Never forget a favor, for ingratitude is the it basest trait of a man's heart. Always honor 1 your country, and remember that our country is o the very best poor mau's country in the world." y Were rules like the above closely observed by e every man who commences business, thcrcrwould ?. be fewer failures, while periodical commercial dis>. asters, sweeping aver the country like an epidemic, would cease to be mercantile experience. Let young men ponder thera well. . Tiie Fireside.?The fireside is a seminary ui iiiiiiiicu iiiiptii lauue* it 15 iiupunaui* uc]* cause it is universal, and because the education 1"' it bestows, being woven in with the woof of childhood, gives form and color to the whole . texture of life. There are few who can ree" ceive the honors of a college, but all are gradufites of the health. The learning of the uni? vcrsity may fade from the recollection, its 11 classic lore may moulder in the halls of memo* ry, but the simple lessons of home, enamelled r* upon the heart of childhood, defy the rust of '* years, and outlive the more mature, but less 10 \ivid pi tuna of after da\s. So deep, so lust11 ing, indeed, are the impressions of early life, that you often see a man in the imbecility of ! age holding fresh in his recollection the events '* of childhood, while all the wide space between e' lliat and the present hour is a blasted and forgotten waste. You have perchance seen ati old and half obliterated portrait, anJ in ihe ^ attempt to have it cleaned and restored \oa may have seen it lade away, while a brighter and more perfect picture painted beneath, is . e revealed to view. This portrait, first drawn / sS upon the canvas, is no inapt illustration of 11 youth; and though it may be concealed by 11 some after design, still the original traits will a shine through the outward picture, giving it. 1 tone while fresh, and surviving it in ,decay.; Such is the fireside?the great institution far-,' 1 uished by Providence for the education of man.. J* A Choice Morsel c>' Newspaper Liter a-j q ture.v The Ledger, iu treating of Louis Nrpo-| I leoti's marriage, discourses in the following ele-' \ gant style: "But Napoleon knew a trick worth two of each, and has proved his knowledge l>y playing it. 'One of the reiguing princes^, Louii Napoleon fortifying his position with the half n idiot emperor of Austria, the drunken king of j Prussia, the exhausted rake of Bavaria, the hangman of Naples, the poor old Pio Nino! j No! and 'moil ami' of Russia, marrying the flat)t footed, mutton-fisted, blubber-chopped, heavyeyed, broad shouldered, cabbage-eating daughter of sotoe Landgrave, or Margrave, or .j Hargrave, with a ten acre principality, in n Yaterland! The idea is rich! And so would have been such a bride, physically, intellectu,r allv, pecuniarily and poetically! Would he )t fortify his position with the French people, by marrying the pretty little dark-eyed; fairy*_ footed, kitten-pawed, tender-hearted daughter e of some devoted old wooden-legged moustache 1 of the Old Guard 1 She would make a sweet little wife for anybody, would appear w;ith most .. artistic propriety in all the imperial fetes at p. Paris, and be greeted as another Fille du Regi 0 inent by the soldiers." m ? Hotel Thieves.?Officers Sehouboe and t....stl ?1..' JOWlll arrt'Siuu ^COVCluaj) IU iiivuuaic r an individual calling himself James Powell I alias George Thompson, for opening a trunk 0 belonging to a gentleman at the Planter's Ho'!. tel. The same officers shortly afterwards ar? ] rested, also, one R. Louis, an accomplice of :a Powell's, at the Victoria Hotel, and found on ,s him a bunch of sonic dozen keys, and a burglarious instrument used for entering rooms. They were examined by Magistrate Schroeder, and fully committed for trial. ^ Charleston Courier. '* Dkatii of Col. Joseph Pickens.?The Alar" bama papers announce the death of Col. Jor" soph Pickens, late of Kutaw in that State, but ,J formerly of South-Carolina. II He was horn in Hopewell, Pendleton DisuS trict, South-Carolina, on the 20th March, 1791? His father. (Jen. Andrew Pickens, was an offi>, eer in the Continental army, and served with distinction in the war of Independence. In d 1S19, Col. Pickens emigrated to Alabama, and tj settled in Dallas county, which he represented is for several years in tho Legislature. He then e i removed to Perry county, and subsequently v | to Greene, where he continued to reside down !11 to the period of his decease, lie was very J- extensively known throughout the State, espe* c' eially iu tiie southern portion of it, and was ll> everywhere greatly respected and esteemed. is There i* nothing purer than honesty nothing sweeter than charity ; nothing warmer than lt love; nothing brighter titan virtue; and noth,0 ing more steadfast than faith. The^e, united r. in one mind, form the purest, the sweetest, the richest, the brightest, the holiest, and the most i. steadfast happiness.