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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. 0 VOL.11. ' CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA,' JANUARY"12, 1850. NUMBER 3. Poetical department. The following lines will serve to give a faint ; idea of the " mark" the editorial wight has t? "toe" in order to "please everybody" which, according j to our notion, would be as hard to do as to keep pace with the Telegraph on an old blind horse. THE EDITOR. That editor who wills to please, Musi humbly crawl upon his knees, And kiss the hand that beats hiin ; Or if he dare attempt to walk Must toe the mark that others chalk, And cringe to all that meet him. Says one " your subjects are too grave, Too much morality yon have? Too much about religion:? Give me pome witch or wizard tale.". With slip shod ghosts, with fins and scales, Or feathers like a pigeon." * M I love to read," another cries, 'Those monstrous fashionable lies: fn other words, those novels. Composed of kings and queens and lords, Of border wars and Gothic hordes, That used to live in hovels." No, no," cries one ; M we've had enough Of such confounded love-sick stuff To craze the (air creation ! Give us some recet t foreign news Of Russians, Turks?the Greeks and Jews, Or any other nation !" The man of drilled scholastic lore, Would li.ve to pee a little more, In scraps of Greek and I,atin ; The merchants rather have the price Of Southern indigo and rice, Or India silks and satin. ir' Another cries, I want more fun? A witty anecdote or pun,? "" A rebus or a riddle : Some long for missionary news, And some, of worldly carnal views, W?nlJ entlior 1 mtr a firlillo. The critic, too. of classic skill, Must dip in pall his pander quill. And scrawl against the paper Of all the literary fool* Bred in our colleges and schools, lie cut* the silliest caper. Another cries, " I want to sec A jumbled-up variety? Variety in all things;? A miscellaneous hodge-podge print. Composed?I only give the hint? Of multifarious small things." MI want some marriage news," says Miss; It (onslitates mv highest bliss To hear of weddings plenty ; For in a time of general rain. None suffer from a drought, 'tis plain? At least not one in twenty." M I want to liear of deaths," mvs one? ** Of people totally undone By iopses, fire, or fever Another answers, full as wise, * I'd rather have the fall and rise Of Raccoon skins and beaver." Some signify a secret wish For now and then a pavory dish Of politics to suit them : But here we rest at perfect ease ; For should they swear the moon was cheese, We never should dispute them. f\m MM?*A A* limnASAIIl? tvSIll ftf f OHIO J#ofty or low, 'tis all the same. Too haughty or too humble; And every editorial tvight lias nought to do but what is right, A nd let the grumbler grumble. tEljc ?Ho. Mhs. Partington on Eloquknok.?Mrs. Partington, the venerable and tenderhearted friend-in-law of the editor of the Boston Post, speaks in the following just terms of praise of a temperance lecturer, to whose eloquent appeals she had just listened. ''Dear me, how fluidly he talks. 1 am always rejoiced when he mounts | the. nostril, for his eloquence warms mo in every nerve and cartridge of my body?verdigrease itsell cnuld'nt he moro smooth than hi* blessed tongue is.'' A mountain is made up of atom*, and friendship o( little matters, and it the atoms hold not together, the mountain is crumbled into dust. An Tnfrrenck.?A wag entered a store in London, years ago. which had for its sign 4? The Two Baboons," and, addressing himself to the proprietor, said? "1 wish to see your partner." * I have no pnriner, sir." ? I beg your pardon, sir, and hope you will oTensc the mistake." "Oh. them'* no harm done; hut what made you think there were two ol us?" " Your sign?'The Tiro Rahoon*.'" RKronK going to Law?" My dear what shall we. have for dinnpr?" Aktkr going to Law?"My dear, what ran we have for dinner?" " Don't/<:/?'," said the corn to the cloud. " Oh, dear, 1 shall drop," said the cloud to the corn. " You're a queer blade " said the cloud? " I'll 1>ot your ears if you are impertinent." " You're getting high ? hut I would advise I you to refrain from further remarks," said the 1 corn, stalking ahout. Nothing truly great was ever accomplished without long and patient toil.?(?ri?woli>. ('oqukttks?A enqueue may lie compared to tinder, which lay* itself out to catch sparks, but dops not always succeed in lighting: up a match. Men are pervprse crealures. Tliey flv that which pursues them, and pursue that which flies thein Forwardness therefore, on the part of a female makes them daw hack, and backwardness draws thpm forward. There will always be this difference between a co. tyrette and a woman of sense and modesty? I that while one courts every one, many will court the other. When the coquette settles into an old maid, it is not unusual to see her as staid and formal as she was previously versatile ? "Thu? weathercocks which for a while (ornArl nliAitl AVffV IllaSt. Crown old, nnd destitute of oil, Rust to a point, md fix at lust." Smart.? A young lady one night nl a party wax much annoyed l?y the impertinent remarks of a roxromli who sat near hpr. At length, becoming tired and rcxed, she turned toward him with an angry countenance, and said, "be pleased sir, to rease your impudence;" the fellow was astonished at so sudden a rebuke, and could only reply?' Prav miss do not eat me." "lie in no fear," she replied, 44 lam a Jewess." Aim at Success avd Persevere.?Success in lile is the grand object. Usefulness, propertr, character and standing, are objects which become the corner stones* of a splendid temple. Till all are gone, none need despair; nnd when they are, few have the least cause to hope.? He may slowly rise to personal independence; and such a state, is positive happiness. Lotus aim at success in life,and remember that it depends upon industry, economy, ana n goo I moral character?hilt uin?l of all, on dis. cretion in a wisp precautionary foresight. As a small leak may sink the most splendid ?'ip, so a trivial circumstance may make or mar nn independent fortune. Our successful men who are rich and happy in old age have been "careful men." Fkxu Liveliness.?Few things are mare liable to he abused in society, especially by young ladies, than the gift of liveliness. No doubt it gains present admiration as long as they continue young and pretty, hut it leads to no esteem, produces no affection if carried beyond the IkuuhIh of graceful good humor. She, for insiance, who is distinguished for the odd free dom of her remarks, whose laugh is loiidetf, whose mot is most piquant, who gathers a group of laugher* around her?of whom shy and qui ft people are afiaid; this is a sort of person whq may lie invited out?who may he thought nu inconsiderable acquisition at parties ol whiclj the general approliium is dullness; lint this is not the sort of person likely to liecomc the honored mistress of n respectable home. 3. 0clcctci) ?alc. A COQUETTE CONQUERED. oil THE TRIALS OF A HEART OF I'RIDK. by J.uir..s ?. WAi.L.ur., CHAPTER 1. '? [ know lie doth deserve Ah much as may In? yiildcd In man: Hill nature never (ruined a woman's heart Of prouder Htiitl* than that of Bmlricc ; Disdain and scorn hide sparkling ill Iter eyes, Misprising what they look on: she cannot love, Nor takn no sliupo, nor project of affection, She is so self endeared,"?Shakkspkark *' There was a sound of revelry by ni^ltl" ? music and the dance?the twin born daughters of fashionable enjoyment preside o\?r the scene. Amy Lavcrtv shone like n blare of beauty ; it was almost i i possible for > leiinl iihnirl'er In /If'i'lllo III ll'lmt lini'luMI. lar grace or elegance slie so excelled her compeers as to ?|ii??on it over all. One admired I lie "lossy ringlets, which foil in profusion over a brow and neck which would have defied llie pencils of Ionian or Sullv or the chisel of rowers; another, the intellectuality which beamed from her full eye,"soli as when the blue skv trembles through a cloud of purest white." Each beauty of Icature and of form had its admirer, and though all differed as to her style of charms, still opinion was unanimous as to her transcendent perfection. Rich in nil these prolu.se 2'lls r?l nature's bestowing, the world had likewise been bountiful in its distribution offavois. Her parents were wcalihy, and her life flowed on in one unbroken stream of carelesncss, cease less pleasure. Scene alter scene in the drama of life passed before her, heightened in its fairy, dream.like influence, bv the continual good humor nnd complacency of both the aclors and auditors. The gilding and tinsel, which irised every view, and which that skillful artist, Fashion, presented with evervarying hue, concealed the mis shapened mass on which the coloring uas laid. Art caused the plain canvass of life to glow with gaudy tints, ami luxury, with unsparing hand laid 011 tier rainbow pigments. All was gay and joyous in the mansion of Mr. Loverly, on tlie night when Amy entered her eighteenth year. A splendid ball, unrivaled in brilliancy even in that recherche circle, had brought together the young and beautiful. The glare had attracted the Hut tciing insect and the cphenvra of fashion, as well as those whose positions in society gave them the entree where " cxclusiveness" set her potent seal. Amid the wreath of loveliness which graced the apartments, the fairest flower was Amy ; to the stalely grandetir of the dahlia she added the softest delicacy of the rose?the air seemed redolent of gaycty where'er she moved,, and the beaming joyousncss of her smile won hearts in adoration. And yet, was this bright, this gifted gill entirely happy ? The world called her so. in its hollow acceptation of the term ; she thought herself sn. But there was a ranker henealh all this brightness. An overhearing priile?a dependence on wealth and flat, tcry for happiness, all-essential to her existence, She was surrounded bv all that for. tune arid its attendant luxuries could give, and yet something was wanting?it was a heart to love or contract a friendship?it was that sacred mellowing of our natures, wh'ch experience of salutary chastening alone can impart. The sunhcam of the world docs not produce this ripenes of heart, clouds and gloom will best mature it; like the perfumed shrub, which is scentless until crushed, so from the soul most deeply wrung bv wo, rises the incense most grateful to divinity. Though Amy dwelt in a paradise of the-world's planting?amid it a demon was stalking?an insatiate fiend* whose presence was death to true happiness?the snmc wtijph tempted our first parents to trangress, and this wise?pride ! "He really looks well to-night?a more manly form I never saw," whispered a fair young friend to Amy. " Yes, he is passable,*' was her reply, "hut then, uJio is he? Nobody?his father I am told is a small farmer in the interior of Ivancaster county, and a cortaio proportion of the yearly proceeds of the dairy and the stork is exclusively set apart, I suppose, to enable my young gentleman to pursue his studies at the University here," "Ileally?quite a pity !" was all the "exclusive" young lady could drawl out m reply. " And would you believe if,'' continued Amy, " he has had the assurance to interpret a little past politeness of mine into something more tender, and lias actually dared to tell me that he loved me." " Really?how sentimental! lie is quite romantic lor a clodpole," was again drawled out in response. The hands ol both the ladies were now claimed for quadrilles, and the conversation was interrupted. In the meantime the dbject of their remarks was leaning against the folding dooi of the apartment, and contemplating with an abstract air, the say gn up around him. And yet Henry Stantot* was not of a disposition to allow pleasure to fleet a vay without olaimimg his allot -S clmm Itail lifiiu tlliillllllt W!1W I at I I'll III (I ir;i| CI HI IV* l??i ??m? within liiin, and he fell thai a decisive moment had* arrived in Ins destiny. He loved Amy La vert y deeply and purely. Unaccustomed In the frivolities of the world ol fashion, and judging from his own ardent impulses, lie fancied that he had discovered an answering chord in Amy's heart which vibrated to the tone of his own. He knew not the difference between the conventional polite less of the hall-room, and those purci feedings which can only he nurtured by the fireside. Stanton was skilled in the lore of books, but not in the inexplicable mysteries of the human heart. I'eing, however, of a decided disposition, and having, resolved to wo??, he determined without delay to make a more explicit declaration of his attachment to Amj'. He accordinalv embraced the first opportunity which transpired, during the evening, 1 - -l-."' it.#. f.,ir. nii-l li.in o l"ol.nPO),|p tr.nn 111 MIUW I IIU 1(111 ^111 1111" O UK wniwav ? conversation, and reiterate his love in thai style of minified deference and fervor, which always pushes to the lips from, the promptings of a manly heart. Amy listened in silence, nnd as ho ceased, her clear, silvery laugh rang in his startied ear, as she exclaimed :? " Really, Mr. Stanton, the repetition ol this honor is so unexpected, that I am at a loss how to reply, or how l<> talk to von. What jointure, besides a green-vegetable stall in High Street Market, to retail your papa's cabbages, and your mama's creamcheese. am 1 to expect with your hand and heart ?" Stanton, f.?r a moment, fell a death-like chill curdle his blood; hut reassuring himself, he replied calmly and with the impressive, ness of deep feeling: " I could bring you nothing. Miss Lnvcrtv. liut an honest name; talents, which friends arc partial enough to say I possess, and the ardent aspirations, which arc the heritage of voting manhood's resolution to win its way to honorable (lis. tinclion in a profession, which has been adorned by the proudest names in the world's annals." 41 Well sir," said tlie proud bentijy, with a toss of the head, "you oiler lavishly of your abundance! in works u| charily, I grant you, fair sir, your mile would he recorded with the millionaire's ostentatious subscription, hut Amy Levcriy's heart is not a 'poorbox,' to receive with equal gratitude either which inav be offered. iNo. I prefer equipage, and nuestablishment which shall he the envy of all, in actual possession, to your slow accumulation of leiral fees in abeyance; and so Mr. Attorney, voti are answered a la ,%t ' ?*- l* - -I I inackstono ! nut oon i uusponn, mi. oi.niton, nor revolve over any of the dozen schemes of suicide which the alternate flush nn<l pallor of your checks tell mc you are ineditaiius- I ean be a generuns friend, if not your devoted aflinnced, and my waist is yours for the next waltz, although 1 see one approaching to ask the favor, who thinks his rtionev can buy a claim to it, as his father did military bounty-lands during the last war." They joined the whirl of dancers. Amy waltzed like a svlph. It docs not require heart to waltz. Stanton admired her gracoful postures, and twined with her the mazes of the voluptuous dance; hut the spell of the enchantress was broken?ho was heartwhole and free, lie could, as a young and ? I ; anient lover, have foigiven any personal s'ight; but the cold sneer upon the quiet and unostentatious occupation of his parents, wounded him to the quick. When thev separated for the night he had taken his firs lesson?read the first loaf in the mysterious volume of woman's heart, and he gleaned wisdom from its perusal. The midnight lamp may assist lovers as well as law-students in the prosecution of their respective occult sciences. The chandelier irradiates the volume of human nature, as does the taper the jntricacies of Coke upon LittletonCHAPTER II. Yes?inaidunx, fair or brown, Lofty or lowly, Light an the thistle down; A* cypress holy? When poets whisper nc?r, Gojoia the donccrs; Turn a stony car To all ro : oncers?James Smith. Why should I toil in bucIi fruitless cause, To servo a flirt who only heeds the laws That folly and caprice suggest? ? Bernai.. Four years had flown by. All Washington had assembler! at tho grand gala ball, which celebrated the re-election n! General Jackson to the Presidential chair. Front every part of the Union, wealth beauty and talent seemed to meet in this common centre of attraction; and the family of Mr. Lav crly, the rich Philadelphia merchant, formed one of the most important integers of the great unit, Fashion. Amy was lovelier far, than when we saw her last. Every petal of the bud had unfolded?she was radiant as the very impersonation of beauty's self?her mien was queenliko?her arched brow and forehead had been sung as the ebon bow of Cupid reposing on a tablet of alabaster. Amid the gav revel, every eye was turned upon her. Ladies pronounced her stifT and formal, while the gentlemen protested that "Venus, when she rose, fresh front the soft creation of the wave, was not more beautiful Amy must have possessed channs of no common order, or this unaninmity of the female censure would have been destroyed Panegyric, on the part of gentlemen, is not so certain a criterion, for we have known Sheridan Knowlcs drawn upon for a com parison, as above, when Shakespear's 'star vet I executors, the greedy crows," would have been more appo itc, and have heard Moore quoted? Why dutli azure deck the sky Cut to be like thine eye of blue, and applied to the veriest green gooseberry optics wc ever saw! Such comparisons, if I not "odorous," as Mrs. Malaprop would have them, are nevertheless generally p:cked from 1 the most forced hot-beds in the garden of compliment, and loom large, like the suni flower, with a special care always to face i about to the rising beams of the sun of riclti es or fashion. i "I believe. Miss Lnvertv, I have engaged -I -I . r ' C? ?!.? inn pleasure w v?>iu huuh iu< mc a. sun said the,gny, noble and fine looking Frank Fennant, coming up to flic belle of the hall , mom. f "Certainly, sir, with all my heart," was the reply, as she rose, i "Fortunate dog that 1 am?then I have both vnur hand an I vonr heart," laughed ? > O Frank. A slight si<jh eseaped Amy. Why? Was she in love? Was the place where her heart ought to have been, touched? "Nous vermes," as the politicians quote from the venerable father of the trans-Mason and Dixon line press. "Oihers mioht sigh, my dear Miss Lavcrty," continued Frank, as he was leading Amy j to their place in a cotill on, "for such a con' - . I VI I! j frsiinn as von made jusi now: tie win in| rlned l?c a happy man, who asks yonr hand | fur the grand promenade f?f life, and rcI ccivesil wuli all voiii heart!" Do you think so, Mr. Pennant?" archly i asked Amy, with a "lance from her eve, which might have made Diogenes turn his tuh hottom upward, to hide himself under? "why, when von ask it, il would he almost heresy to refuse." "Upon my word, Miss Lavcrtyl?are you sharp shooting, or do you mean to canonize me? Heresy to refuse me! Why, my catalogue of rejections rivals in length that of I an old operatic friend, Don Juan's conquests! I Through a'l the grades in the navy, up to mi' nrnsoni rank f Imvn henn tossed to and I" - ? - - , ; fro by bright eyes and obdurate hearts, like j ; n nautical shuttlecock, by the battledores of the fair sex! One has disliked my long voyages?the other my short pay; one has had a soul above a middy, and passed me ! with a cut direct, just as I was entered "pasJ sed" bv the commissioners?another loft me, it being a losing game to love a simple lieu tenant; while another?ah! she would have eloped with nte to the world's end, at the risk of the rope's end, if I had been a cabin boy, with a touch of the romantic in my disposition; whereas, unfortunately, that very dav the President had promoted me, by and I ?III.-I 1..: 1 . Wr,, vviin 11ic iuivici: aim cniisciii hi hi*; uwnni.i So you see fate, professional promo!inn, the President and Congress, have all heen against me, and I have been declined as often as any common noun in the entire Ian. guano!" "lint now Mr. Pennant," interrupted Amy, I "as you have attached yourself to me?" "Attached myself! My dear Miss LaI vcrtv, how could I lielp it? Are we not,? I we poor devils, all and sin jular, the captives that swell your triumph? Look, n?xw at i Walton, how he eyes me. lut'l eapnibuksh. wolfish, because I have unconsciously retainer! your hand after the last balanccz! Excuse me !" "Come, Mr. Pert, don't interrupt me. I was about to sav?as you likve attached yourself to our party for the last three weeks, and have been trying to make yourself exceedingly agreeable in my eyes. 1 shall demand that you report tome in future, and 1 will prevent you from being entangled in any ol the labyrinths of our sex's wiles or whims!" "Will you, indeed! What a sweet Artadne!" "I can give you the clue to escape the monsters!" And entangle me yourself, at last,?to weave a web and detain me lor your own amusement, I trustP "Nay, Frank'?prav excuse me, Mr. Pennant; I did not mean?do you really wish that I may entangle you in any web I may have skill to weave? "Well, my dear Miss Lnverty." replied Pennant "three weeks have-glided away very delightfully in your meshes, and I nin fiee to confess the silken bondage pleases me. I love a flrtation, where no heart can be broken! I like to tilt against breasts of adamant, and shiver the spears of repartee against the solid bariierP "And judge von, 1 have a heart, of ada mant, Mr. Pennant?" * - "1 have been told so, Miss Lavcrty." ' And pray, by whom?" "My old friend and class-fellow, Harry Stanton." "Henry Stantonr' "Yes,yon remember him? The son of one of our Lancaster county farmers, wl?o has made such a sensation the past winter, as a member of your Pennsylvania Legislature, at Harrisburg." "Oh. yes! Cabbages and cream cheeses, I remember!" "Madam!" "lie made Jove to me four yeas ago, and I was compelled to reject him." "1 know it, Miss Lavcrtv, He told mc ? i -i r i von were wunoui a ncari. aim mereiore j have been under no restraint in our little innoccnt flirtations, as no life chord can be crackc I." "Henry Stanton is a friend of yours, then?** "Yes, Miss?almost a brother. I shall marry his sister Kate, next May." "You, Mr. Pennant!" "Yes?she came, saw and conquered, the past fall, as I returned from my last cruise. A sweet girl she is, Miss La vert v." "Mr. Pennant, will you step and find my father, and ask him to order the carriage.7 I have danced enough, t j-night, and will retire}." Frank withdrew, and Amy sighed again! That night tears wet her prllow. Tears around the couch of youth and beauty! Ah! uold mav nnrchnsc the gorgeous bouquet, to adorn the opera hox, even in mid-winter; hut all the wealth of India is a fairy plant, and blossoms lovliest in the humble shades of life! And Amy slept at last; but she slept uneasily, amid ronfused dreams that Kate and Henry Stanton were attempting to poison her! About the same time, Queen Mab was with Frank Pennant, too, and he laughed happily in his sleep, as lie dreamed that Kate was pelting him.in mimic play, with rosebods and myrtle leaves, while his dear friend Harry looked on smilingly. If dreams are an index to our waking thoughts, it needs no somnosophist to interpret what was passing in the dark chambers of their thoughts! r "1 ['" ,,r' WW"-"-j The Hoston papers announce the resignation of Major General Appleton Howe, of the First Division of Massachusetts Militia. Major General Appleton Howe of the First Division of Massachusetts Militia has done very well in doing so, and if the Commanderin-clu<'f of that Militia had brought him before a court martial and cashiered him two or three years since, it would have been better still.? This is the Martialist who refused to call out a detachment for a military escort for the funeral of the gallant Capl. Lincoln, \vho fell glorious* t.? ..r? ?Vio liniilnPinl/) nf Huenn Vista. Such a .Major General is a disgrace In his his Country.?-New London CkfOMchlr Husinkss.?Rusiness, says a celcl^alpd wrier, is the salt of life which not only giMes a grateful smack to it hut dries up those- crudities that would offend, preserves from putrefaction, and drives off all tlioso blowing flies thftf> would! corrupt it. Let a man ho sure to dtivn- his. business, rather than let it drive him. When, a man is hut once brought to he driven, lie betcomes a vassal to his affairs. Reason and right give the quickest dispatch. All the entanglemeats that we meet with arise from the irration - ? \??,ii liny cii iiuianvrn III wku u ?? *av mm honest man a business is soon ended, but with a foul and knave there is no conclusion,, audi soldoin oven a beginning. o a Monument to Col. Martin Scott.?.At handsome) and substantial monument has boom recently erected over the tomb oflho late bravo, gallant Col. !Vlarliu*Scott% who loll at the heoili of his regiment at the battle of Mo)inn dfcl Reye Mexico. His remains were brought homo to. ? . IV. 1 V. .1 - ! I V ?. Drnning'on, nnu mierreu in me nncii-ni. ouniitl ground. The monument i? of pure while rnnr. l)!e, and reflects much credit upon the taste and1 liberality oj'lhe citizens under whose auspices, it Wits erected. It lwars ait inscription, modest and appropriate, simp'y stating that he was thir. iy three years iti his country s service, nnd giv?. iltg a li*t of the dillerent l;:t!f.Vlftil)i(m^rli |.ii# participated.? \<>r'h .*?/r-ev Trpuurr ??