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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. VOL. 11. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 26, 185(X NUMBER 7. Poetical Department. THE MINIATURE. B V \V G1L1IOKE SIM M S . There needs no painter's skill to trace The lineaments of that dear lace, Or keep, for memory's fuluie tear*) The charms that fade with fading years ; Such token, to<>) as this t fain Would have tlleb feel as worse than vain, Since not alone were these the chaNns, tJbar heart, that \vb?1 tne to thy artiib. Tl ink'st limit thai smiie, though ticli it he, Thai 8yS sb bright?those tresses freb? This little dimple* l\ fibre the loves Hit; Sii.il'ng sly in sunny gro\es? Tl<.it I'linoL- vii cniniith?tliaf nprk ?n fair?=. That nameless grace beyond Compare? Think'st thou that these, alone, may bind In faith so fond, so wild a i.aind T As soil a lijh pctthiri)Ce? at this, Had blest me oft with Fanny's kiss; And ilost\ has an eye whose glow Would make a star-iiglit in the siiow. Nut these ? not these ! but in thy hretnsl The farkitig/'in? thai tnine roufess\l} 'T\VaS not alone for charms in thee. Hut that thy heart teas full if me! Take back these lines, whose langt age weak ??ii. ,i.?, .ha.l* i jiui iciic iiitii muinm" tuiiiiwi T .at while it makes some beauties glow, liut mourns for those it cannot show, A portrait drawn with dearer art, Lies perfect, sweet one, in my hosrt, And truthfn' still, whene er 1 gaze, Thy love, as well as look, betrays." ?l)? <jlut. ;\N\V I'RO'Jigo.?On Ihe second day of ihe I Kes>ion >jf the Kentucky Leois'aturo, when it ! w**.* proposed to request "the clergy <-f ihe d.f tcrcnt denominations in Frankfurt to open the Senate, each morning during the session, with prayer," Mr.'Fngli>h sprung the proviso, "thai no one In; invited who was a delegate, or who attended and took part in the emancipation Convention that met in Frankfurt, in the summer of 1849;" and in advocating the proposition, lie used the following singular language : "He not only would not vote to invite here any mail who look part in that convention, lint he would not sit in his p ace and hear one of them offer a prayer. He did not lielieve his nraver would reach liii'lier lhan his head." it is salt! that the cost of the rigais smoked in New Yoik citv amounts to $10 000 daily. If this In* true, the daily cost of the cigars smoked throughout the Union would amount to $400,000; or $140,000,000 annually. De. ducting from this sum one-third lor miscalculation, ihere will still remain enough*'!) build tlu* Pacific railroad, constiuct the te!e;.ri|di.">wtid buy the cars. Lei the smokers I ol I a convention, and devote their cigar monev o thc pujformance of iliis great national wu k A Ct'hk fott Slxndkk.?Mr. Rowland ilill on being told that it was expected lie should ihK** notice ?>l some iiiitianasorncpiiiiiigs which had hcen publicly said of him, said that he did not consider it necessary to enter into any vindication ofhiin-elf; and, lie added?" I have iiow lived a great many years in the world, and have passed through much evil report, and {.mud leport. and have arrived at this con. elusion, that no man can possibly do mc any harm except myself." A Fixk Cocntkv. ? A netvlv arrived end. grant, walking up itmadway with his family, last summer, where the streets were paved with Mock, and horses were driven along covered with nets to keep nfl tho flics, Ids wife cried out in exstacv ? "Oh Jamie! Jamie! what a fine country I this mii-t he, wh.-re the streets have floors, ami 1 the horses wear clothes !" i ' I A Wish Akkanckmknt.?For a inan, whoj ran rnrii two dollars per day, to spend an al- ; ternoon in catching a few small fishes, on the ; "round that lie ran thus got them for nothing. Another.? Fi?r two paupers to yet married, on the ground that their united fortunes amount to more than that of each one singly possessed. A Duel Prevented.?-An obstinate husband insisted on fighting a duel. His wife Used every argument to dissuade him from his purpose, but in vain. At length she said : "Very well?have your way; but recollect that ifyouhs\vp vour seconds, I shall bc/ure to have my thirds." The manifest probability of such an event made the man succumb. Tub Law.?The following notice, appeared . lh#? V\\?st Pliil r?f ;i ftiiirilrj ri.i?i*limr ! ' Any person sticking hills n?uinst this church will he prosecuted according lo law, or . .any other nuisance." Tub Servant's Answer.?The Rev. Mr. R of Pocklingtoti, was going to serve his church one very had morning, and turning round with much exultation to ask his servant ! whether lie thought Mr. !? would go ! to his?" the servant replied, " lie's none sike a foul!" Jk.NNY LtNI) ANI) 'rtIK Cottagers.? It seems that Miss Jenny, heing one ol Ihoso young ladies who much delight to see what can he seen, whilst staving at the Rath Hotel or. \ dered out her carriage, and, accompanied In her friend Mrs. (Irote and other parties, took a drive, for the purpose ot enjoying the beautiful scenery for which our much liivored neighbor- i hood is so celebrated. Amongst other places | thus visited, was the? picturesque village of Henbury ; ami here, as a matter of course, the par ly Were shown lho Henbury cottages. Jenny was much gratified, nay, positively enchanted. She praised the neat arrangements of this peaceful s|n?t, in whose very t|iiieiude and sim : p'icity she seemed liilijitively to sympathize.? Having taken the round, and surveyed the ex| teiim of the buildings, she at lltsl entered one | of the dwellings, where she was received by two of the ttged occupants. The old women were busily employed with their knitting, whilst high above, them, ill a cage, a .prisoned blackbud wnrbled its wood notes wild, making the lowly cot resound with its charming melody. The bid cottagers and Jenny Were soon on intimate terms; she examined their knitting,and ! chatted away in a most aflable, manner. What a beautiful bird is yours," she at last | remarked. Yes, ir>y lady, 'tis indeed a [ rotty creetur ; we rails un Jenny Lind.'5 'Oil! indeed," remarked Jenny, with a smile, "I fear you are too complimentary to that person; have you over heard her'sing V' " La ! no, my lady ; it ain't the likes of we as she would care to sing to." Then would you like to hear her, do you think f ' Ah! that I sliuulJ indeed," was the reply of one. And I too," Saul the other; "she nntsl he a d? nr rrpetur." " Well, then,' said the fair questioner, something very like a tear glistening in her clear bine e\es. "I am Jcnnv Lind. and shall he happy to gratity yonwhereupon she immediately sane; one of her pretty melodies, to the ?7eat delighl of her aged auditors, who, with many protestations of thankfulness, vowed that they should " long remember the day when the. sweet young lady paid 'em a visit."?English Papt r. THE ill \N THAT SPOKE MEXICAN. (Jen. Wool, the brave and heroic soldier of Buena Vista, is a strict and rigid disciplinarian as well as a gallant and accomplished nffieer. The fa llowing " good 'tin," which Captain Tobin tells as happening in camp, must have. ex. cited the fiery little General to a degree.? While sitting in his marquee, n Mexican was nvliorixl int.. his nreseuce. whose demeanor tie. iiiilcd tin* importance of some weighty cotumu. uiration which lie wished lo deliver. The General could not speak Spanish, and liis interpreter was sought in vain. A long*p?? ciinen of a sucker, wlm, from the. oulrc style ol his drew, the General took, perhaps, for a ranger, happened at that moment to straggle past. "Come heie, my man,"called out the General. With no air of perfect nonchalance, the sucker duffed his haltered hat and entered the tent. "Do you speak Mexican?'' enquired the General. " Why, General, 1 rather guess not." ' Well, can you tell me of some one who line* 7" 44 Yes, siree?i ji*t can," answered the man. 4* Quick, then, let me know where lie is?" demanded the iinscihle commander. 44 Why, here." drawled the iin|>erturl?ulile sucker, laying his hand on the Mexican, with whom it was desired to cuinmunicaic, ' he cunt speak tintliing else." Ca|>l. Toliin left just then. ^Miscellaneous Department. From Uuporls to the British Parliament. CONDITION OF ENGLISH ARTISANS. The ma Alt workmen I'm in a powerful aristocracy, nor is il possible to conceive one apparently more oppressive. Tlicy are ruthless tyruuts; they habitually inflict upon their subjects, punishments more g'icvous than the slave popu'aliou of our colonies were ever visited with; not content with beating them with sticks, or flogging them with knotted ropes, tlicy arc in the habit of felling them with hammers, or cutting their heads open with a file or lock. The most usual punishment, however, or rather stimulus to increase exertion, is 10 pun an apprentice s cars uniil lliey run with blood. 'I'liese youths too, are worked sixteen hours, and even twenty hours a day. They are ollcn sold by one master to another; they are fed on carrion, and they sleep in lofts or cellars. At every fourth or fifth house, alleys, seldom above a yard wide, and streaming with filth open out of the street. These were crowded with dwellings of various sizes, while, from the principal court often branched out a number of smaller alleys, or rather narrow passages, than which nothing can be conceived more close and squalid and ob8 :ure. Here, during the days of business, lli*. ? niiid ol the hammer and file never ceased, amid gutters of abomination, and piles til'foulness and stagnant pools of liltli; reservoirs of leprosy and plague, whose exha'atious woie suftieient to taint the atmosphere of the whole ki gdotn, and till the country with fever and pestilence. A lank and haggard youth, nekelty and smoke-dried, and b'ack with his craft, was sitting on the threshold of a miserable hovel, ami working at the lile. Behind hitn stood a stunted and meagre girl, with a back like u grasshopper; a deformity occasioned hy the disp.uccuicut of the Made bone, and prevalent among the girls of Woodnale, from the cramped posture of their usual toil. "Do you happen to know, frien i, a person here or hereabouts, by name, Nation/" 'l)o you see this here?" said the youth still grimiiiit!, and letting the file drop from his distorted and knotty head, ho pointed to a deep sear that crossed his forehead; "he did thai." "An accident/" "Very tike. An aeeidont I lint often Imped. I shotil I like to have a crown for every time ho has cut my head open. No cut | it open once witti a key and twice with a I ?ck; lie knocked the comer of a lock into my head twice, once with a bolt and once with a shut; you know what tint is;, the thing what runs into the staple. lie hit me on the head with the hamtnc* o;icc. That was a blow! 1 fell away that lime. When I came to, master had stopped the blood with some fur from his hat. 1 had to go to my work immediately; master said I should do my stint if I had to work till twelve o'clock at night. Many's the ash stick he has bro ken on my body; sometimes tlie weals remained on me for a week; he cut my eyelid open once with a nut stick; cut a regular hole iit it, and it bled all over the files 1 was working at lie has pulled my cars sometimes, that I thought they must some limes come of]' in his hands. Hut all this was nothing to this here cm; it was serious, and if 1 had'nt got through that, they do say there must have been a crow net's quest; though 1 think that gammon, for old Tuglbrd did fi?r one of his 'prentices, an.J the body wa3 never found. And now you ask inc ii I know Ilatton? Jjshould think I did!" And the lank, haggard youth laughed merrily, as if he had been recounting a series of the happiest adventures. "Hut is there no redress for such iniquitous oppression?" no," said the filer with an air of obvious pride. "Lord bless you, it's his way, that's all? vvc be a queer set here; but he lias lus pints. Give him a lor It to make arid you won't have your box picked; he's wcrrv lib'ral too in wittals. Never had horse flesh I he whole time 1 was with him; they has nothing else at TugfordV; never had no sick cow except when meat was very'dear. lie always put his fare a^iu still born calves; he used to say lie liked his Imys to have meat what was born alive and killed alive. iJv which token there never was any sheep w hat had bust in the head sold in our com I, And then some times he would "ive us a treat of fish, when it had been in town luiir or five days and not sold. No, give the devil due, say I.? There never was no want for anything at meals with the Bishop, except time to ca. I lit m in." "And why do you call him the Bishop?" ' That's his name and auihoiity; for he's the governor here over all of us. And it lias always bcui so thai W oocl^atc has been governed by a bishop; because as we have no church, we will have as good. And by this day sc'uniglil, the day my time was up, he married me to this here vouii" ladv.? Sue is of the Church school* religion, and wanted us lo he tied by her clergyman, hut but all the lads that served their lime with me were married bv the Bishop, and many a more, and I saw no call to do otherwise.' . | So he sprinkled sotue salt over a gridiron, read 'Our Father' backwards, and wrote our name in a hook: and we were spliced; hut I d'du'l do it rashly,did I Suky, by the luken that we had k pi company fur two years, ami there isn't a gal in all Wuudgale that handles a file like Sue." "And what is your name, my good fellow?" "They call mu Tumtnas. but 1 ain't got IJVJ&CCtHlU IIUIIU;, Ulll ll'iw 1 ?IIIJ mill I It'll, I ; mean to take my wile's, for she has been baptized, and so has <0,1 two." "Yes, sir," said the girl with the vacant face and the back like a grasshopper,"1 be a reg'lar born Christian, and my mother afore, and that's what few gals in the Yard can say. Thomas will lake to it himself when the work is slack; and he believes now in our Lord and Savior Pontius Pilate, who wasctucilied to save our sins; and in Moses, i,.,i ..rit... uip* iiiv i ?'i iiiv ?? "Ah uic!" thought Morley, "ant! could not they spare one Alissionarv from Tahiti fur their fellow-countrymen at Wodgale?" "lint are the people so degraded?'' There is more serfdom in Kngland now than al any lime since the Conquest. 1 speak of what passes under tnv eyes daily when I say, that those who labor can as little choose or change their masters now as when they were born thralls. There are ?reat bodies of the working classes ol this country nearer the condition ??l brutes than they have been at-any time since the Conquest. Indeed, I see nothing to distinguish them from brutes,except that their morals are interior. Incest and infanticide are as; common as among the lower animals. The domestic principle wanes weaker and weaker every year in England, nor can we wonder at it, where there is no comfort to cheer and no sentiment to hallow the home." We have more pestilence now in England than we ever had, but it only reaches the poor. Yrtu never hear of it. Why typhus alone takes every year from the dwellings of the artisan aid peasant a pop* 111:1111in i*(111:iI In 111:iI <it" tln> vvlinlo iniiiiiIv ni Westmoreland. This goes on everv year, but the representatives of the conquerors are not touched: it is the descendants of the conquered alone who are the victims. HOW HE WON HER. We hope the moral of the following sketch will be productive of much good. Young men who are ambitious of saccess in the matrimonial -line, slmuM study well I ho grand secret. Our friend who furnished the sketch, says he sees no reason why it should not he true. A young lady of eccentric character hut of rare mental endowments, and extraordinary personal at tract ions, Itad five suitors, equally assiduous in their attentions. I'liable to decide upon which she should hcsluw Iicr hand, she gave them notice to call ii|>>>11 ; her at a certain day, and each stale his claims in the piesenee of the others. At the appoinlcct time the lovers arrived. Four of them were confident of success; hut the j (ifili one had a down cast iook, ami - sighed I when lie gazed on the object ot his devotion. ' Gentlemen," said she, "yon have honored me with proposals of marriage. 1 have, as yet, neither refused nor accepted any of you. 1 now desire tltat each of you stale vour claims to mv hand, that I may know upon what grounds 1 may be justified in bcstnvvinfT if." ' " '"P " A. aiisvvcre<] as follows: "Ifyou marry me, you .shall live in a splendid house, have carriages and servants at your command, and enjoy all the luxuries of fashionable life. I am rich." 13. spoke next. " My rival has said very truly that lie is rich, and that he oflcrs you' a strong inducement; but I am of noble dc. scent. My grandfather was a Duke, and although not wealthy, I am of a family with whom an alliance would be considered an honor to the wealthiest heiress in the land." staled his rlniius! " 1 ain a nolilician. and have now a reputation that older per-1 suns have envied. Next year 1 shall run ' for Congress, and have 110 doubt of success. ' By marrying me your name will be handed down to posterity." D. twisted his moustach with an air of an exquisite, and said; "Angelic creature!? Ton my word, I think you have already made up your mind in my favor. You know how much 1 am admired. Who is the most fashionably dressed in town? Who frequents the most fashionable places? Ku It I...I ' it- I1.., I../. ?,,wl..cf Ill'll nil) a A,', uui put! Iiwiiwi | 1 in iwu iiiiauoi to insist upon it,'' When it came to E's. turn to speak there was a pause. All eyes were turned towards him. Poor fellow, he was dreadfully embarrassed. "Well," said the beauty, " what sav vou, Alf. E." "Alas!" was the reply, "I yield to these gentlemen. They have the advantage of me in every respect." And look up his hat to leave, "Stop," said the lady, "make your statement, no matter how humble may be your claims." "I am poor?" ?.n.v.... " V ? W W I I ? "I am no! of a noble family." * Go on, sir." | am unknown In the world?" -No matter; proceed." "1 have neither the taste nor the means to dress fashionable. I work for my livelihood. It is hardly possible that 1 can make yon hnppv, for 1 can aflbrd none of the inducements held out by my rivals." "I am to judge of that, sir; what next." "Nothing only 1 Jove you, unci ta'.c a Ncioypr/jtcr," At tins, Messrs. A., I)., C., and I)., burst nut iti a loud lauoli. and exclaimed in one voice?"sodo we? I love you lo distraction? I take four newspapers, ha! ha!" "In one month you shall have my answer. You may all withdraw." At the end of the month the five suitors again appeared. Turning lo each one in succession, the lady answered: "Kichcs arc not productive of happiness. Boasted nobility of blood is the poorest ol all recommendations. Fame is fleeting, and he that has a garb of a gentleman is ... i i i. r ,i ..... ?i... t?# I'VJ jJIIIUli, A limb II/UIIU UliV lliu IIUIIIWO of i lie papers to wliicli you all subscribe, and have ascertained thai none of you who have boasle I of wealth, nobility, fame or fashion, have paid the printer. Now, gentleinen, this is dishonest. 1 cannot think of ! marrying a man who would be guilty of a I dishonest act. I liavc learned that i\ir. E. ' not only subscribes for a paper but pays the printer. Therefore, I say he is the man; I give him my hand with full conviction that he is the one every way calculated to make me happy." *.? i t i 'PI... .1:. i\CC(i wc t'Xifiiu uuniiiiTUiivu; i iiu uisappointed gentlemen disappeared (juiie suddenly; and ilit; lucky sailor was united In the object nfliis devotion; and in a few years, by honesty and industry, became, not only a distinguished, bat wealthy man, and was esteemed bv all. Young man lie paid the printer. Is there no moral in this? THE WISE E.UDASSADUK, We remember reading in an old French magazine, accounts of an embassador from I he court ol the emperor Charlemagne, to that of an eastern monnreh. Dining one day, in company with the barbarian king, and the groat men of the court, and not knowing the regulations and etiquette of the cast, the embassador, without dreaming of any harm, moved a dish which had been placed near him on the table. Now, the j jaws of the tyrant required that if any finest j touched a dish that was brought (inward,' before tlic king hiinsell was served, lie should sillier she penalty of death. Consequently, all eyes was turned upon the embassador of Charlemagne, and there was an immediate outcry against him; lor the courtiers of the tvraul thought to gain his favor by upholdiiiii him in his tyranny. The barbarian king feared to displease so great an emperor as i Charlemagne, but he feared to transgress.* I his own laws more, and told the embassador that he must seller death for what he ! had done. "(Ireal king, 'said the Frank, "I submit u? my fate. The laws of so powerful a iiioii- ! arch should not be broken with impunity. ! i die without a murmur, but in the name of liic great emperor, whose humble servant I am, 1 beg of your majesty one fovor before I die.*' "Thou spcakest well," replied the barbarian king." "It is not my will that thou shouldsl suffer death, but since law requires it, I give thee the promise of a king, whose word is fate, that whatever thou askest shall be granted. 1 have spoken." "Then I am satisfied!" replied the embassador proudly; and he glanced contemptuously at the obsequious courtiers. All I a>k is this. Give me the eyes of every man who saw me commit the crime against your majesty." The tyrant seemed eonfuiinilfd nrwl his flatterers turned pale. Fur his word had gone forth. The Frank's request must be granted. "It is well!" said the king, "Their eyes shall be plucked out for thee.'' But, when it was asked who had seen lh<? embassador move the dish, each courtier was eager to deny that he had seen the act. The setvants also exclaimed that they had not witnessed it, and the king declared that lie had not. "Whw then, should t die?" said the Frank. "The deed cannot even be proved asainst me!" The kin was pleased, and not only pardoned hiin, but acknowledging and praising his wisdom, sent him home to his master, luaded with presents.? Yankee Blade. A TOET W1101S TO LIVE. BY DR. CIIANNI.NC. The great poet of our times, Wordsworth," one of a lew who are to live, has gone to common hh\ lo the lochias of our universal nature, lo the obscure and neglected portion of society, for beautiful touching themes.? Nor ought it to be said, that he has shed over these the charms of his genius ; as if in themselves they had nothing grain! or lovely. Genius is not a creator, in the sense of fancying or feigning what does not exist.? Its distinction is. to discern more of truth than common minds. It sees, under diguises and humble forms, everlasting beauty. This it is the prerogative of Wordsworth to discern and reveal in the'ordinary walks of i.n. ?i._ . l i " it. i' me, in uiu common numan nc:<ru xic nas revealed the loveliness of die primitive feelings, of the universal affections ol the human soul. The grand truth which pervades Ins poetry is, thai the beautiful is.not confined to the rare, the new, the distant, to scenery and modes ol life open only to the few ; but that it is poured forth profusely on the common eat th and sky. that it gleams from the loneliest flower, that it lights u:> the humblest sphere, that the sweetest affections lodge in lowly hearts, that there is a sacrcdness, dignity and loveliness in lives which few eyes rest upon, that even in the absence of all intellectual culture, the domestic relations can quietly nourish that disinterestedness, which is Hie element of all greatness, and without which intellectual power is a splendid deformity. Wordsworth is the poet of humanity; teaches reverence for our uni vcrsal nature ; he breaks down the factitious barriers between human hearts. The same is true in an inferior degree of 6'eott whose taste, however, were more aristocratic. .Seolt had a childish love of rank, titles, shows pageants, and in general looked with keener eve on the outward life tlmn irifn llin crtnl S* f i! I ln? hrwl 51 luimnii heart and sympathised with his race With few exceptions, lie was just to all his human brethren. A reconciling spirit breaths through his writing. He seizes on the interesting and beautiful features of all conditions of life; givcs# us bursts of tender and noble feelings even from rude natures; and continually knits some new tie between the reader and the vast varieties of human nature which start up under Ins teeming pen. lie delighted indeed in highland chiefs, in border thieves and murderers, in fierce inen and fierce encounters. But lie had an eye lo catch the stream of sweet ailoetibhs, us it wound its way through human life. What iight has Jeanie Deans shod on the path of the obscure ! lie was loo wanting in the religious sentiments, to comprehend the sol. cum bearing the stern grandeur of the Puritans. But we must not charge with narrowness a writer, who embodies in the Jew;..i, I.l. I.;?I..w? rn.?ni.. toil 1 11 o \,WUV/? |'ll"uo Vi IVtlllllW nobleness.' Another wiilor, illustrating the liberalizing all-harmonizing tendency of <iur times, is Dickens, whose genius has sought and found subjects of thrilling interest in the passion, su lie rings, virtues, of the mass of the people, lie shows, that life in its rudest forms may wear a tragic grandeur; that amidst follies and sensual excesses, provoking laughter and si'ont the moral leehnos do not wliollv die: ami that the haunts of t ic blackest crimes arc sometimes lighted tip by 1 lie presence and influence of the rn blest souls. lie has indeed greatly erred, in turning so often the degradation of humanity into matter of sport; but the tendency of his dark pictures is to awaken sympathy with our race, to change the unfeeling indifference which has prevailed towards the depressed multitude, into sorrowful and indignant sensibility to their wrongs ami woes. w omans IjOve?"wii, now ciiici in value love as a piece ol common merchandise. it is the only tiling oil this rounded alolie that so lie is no purchaser lint ilscll.? l.ovo is tlu? equivalent of love; tlit: invaluable jewel thai must be either Ireelv given, or loievu utienjovctl, be burn J.