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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 3,1&52; NUMBER 10.
~ THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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THOMAS 3. WAMIJL
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The Home of Peaoe.
by eltza ' cook.
We are apt to grow a-weary
In'this troubled world at times,
For even golden bells can ring
In melancholy chimes:
And let our human lot in life
Be what or where it may,
Dark shadows often rise, irom which
Our hearts would turn away.
Full often do we sigh to tasle
-xnmo cnirit draught of iov.
~ui"v - r o - - -- j-jf
'And almost envy childhood's laugh
Abovp its painted toy,
When some great hope breaks under us
Or loved ones prove unjust,
And, roused from starry dreams, we find
Our pi low in the dust
Say, whither shall we turn to seek,
The healing balm of rest,
And whence shall come the cheerful ray
To re-illume our breast'
Oh! let us go and breathe our woe
tin Nature's kindly ear
For her soft hand will never deign
To wipe the mourner's tear;
She mocks not, thof wetell our grief
k With voice all sad and faint,
And seems the fondest while we pour
Our weak and lonely ^plaint.
Oh! let us take out sorrows
To the bosom of the hills,
And'Wcnd our pensive murmurs >
With the gurgle of the rills;
'Ohl'let us turn in weariness
Toward the grassy way.
Where skylarks teach us'how'to"praiBe,
And ringdoves how to pray;
And there the melodies of Peace,
That float around the sod, .
i?hall bfingtack hope and harmony
With the voice of God.
JUDGMENT.
^ bv t. s. artiit'r.
"I would'nt give rnucli for his chance of heaven,"
was the remark of a man whose coarse,
well-worn garments contrasted strongly with the
dark, rich broadcloth of the j erson to whom he.
referred. In the tones of the individual w:ho uttered
this sentence, was a clearly apparent satisfaction
at the thoughtofhis rich neighbor's doubt- :
ful chance of final salvation. It was on the Sab- :
hrtil inst started from the sacred ed
ifice, to which each had gone lip that morning for ,
the avowed end of worship.
''Why do you say that?" asked the friend to
whom the remark was addressed.
"You know the scriptures," was the confident,
answer. "How hardly shall they who have riches
enter the kingdom of heaven."
^ "You believe, then, that the mere fact of possessing
riches will keep a man out of heaven?"
"No; I would'nt just like to say that. Hut,
riches harden the heart and make men unfit for
heaven."
"I doubt if riches harden the heart more than
poverty," was replied.
"How can you say so," was warmly objected.
"Is'nt the promise everywhere to the poor ? To
whom was the Gospel sent?"
"The rich, the poor spoken of in the word of '
God," said the friend, "do not, it'is plain, mean j
simply those in the world who possess natural j
riches, or who are in natural poverty. Remember, |
that the 13ible is a relation of spiritual truth for j
man's eternal salvation; and that its teachings
must have primary regard to what is spiritual,
and refer to a manVititernal state rather than his
worldly condition. Remember, that the Lord,
while on earth, said: Blessed are the poor in spirit,"
(not the poor in this world's gooods) "for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven." And we may
without violence to even the letter of the word,
conclude, that when He speaks of its being hard
for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven, that
only the proud in spirit; those who rested self-con
1 ?1 /-C tlirt!. n*.%vUlir n*itfir?il (
TK1CIU I" 'IJVI?xt \jt %.11%-u nvnuij
wisdom, were meant. 'Hint it would be easier
for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for such rich men to enter heaven, is plain
from our "Lord's words when he set a child in the
* midst of his disciples, and told them unless they
became as that little child they conld not enter
the kingdom of heaven. Not externally and
naturally as the child for that was impossible; but
poor in spirit, teachable and innocent as a
.child."
The first speaker whose name was Maxwell,
tossed his head and slightly curled his lip as he
replied?
" I l>elieve just what the Bibjo says, As for
your forced meanings, I could never go them.?
A plain, matter of fact man, 1 can understand
what is written in a plain, matter of fiiot way.?
The Bible says that they who have riches, shall
i ji i? 4l.? ..e i a i t
naraiy fHU'i uio Mnj;'i"iu vi ncnvi-n. ^viiu i
can see how true the saying is. As for Clinton,
of whom I spoke just now, I repeat I wouldn't
give much for his chance. It is well that there
is such a just God in heaven, and that there
will come a day of retribution. The Dives have
their good things in tliis life; but our turn will
*
/
oome afterwards. Wo shan't, he always poor.? d
Lazai us went a beggar from the lich man's-door, )
and was received into Abraham's bosom." j
44 W|jt has made you so hitter against(Cliii'ton,
just'now C inquired his friend. I
"j am not!l?itter against hire^ in partieti-iar. 1 c
speak of rich men as a class. J'hey are all selfish,
unfeeling and oppressive. Look at the1 good \
Clinton'might do, as a steward of God's bounty,
:i* 1.,. TT.. - vi.il-rt niip tril.ljninntc
11 lie l llvah:. ixu illl^ub iikiiw vili m
blossom its "a rose. BtU, settlement day will v
come ere -long, and a sorty account of his Stew- I
ardship will he have to render."' y
'' IIow do you know that the account will not
be approved in heaven?" was asked in a quiet t
voice.
" Approved! how do you know?" ejaculated a
Maxwell, impatiently. '"Any mancjean see that s
he is an unfaithful; hard-hearted and oppressive r
steward." v
''Hies he oppressed you?" I
"Yes." i:
"Ah! I was not aware of that. I did'nt know
you had any claims upon him as an almoner of f
heaven."' c
"My claims are those of common humanity, s
But you shall know all and judge for yourself. [
I am a poor man "
"Well?" s
"With a wife and four children, whom I love
?... no ( Mini..11 ?\f out- ntVur.r inune-nrnnd
WUUCtn CIO VyUHl'/U? v? ? ?? ?v?.v. J
oppressor of the poor can possibly love, his wife t
and children. They are dejindent for daily
bread upon my daily labor. With the sweat'of t
my brow, I keep hunger from my door, and cold (
from entering therein." .1
"An independent tnau," said the other. n
"Yes, thank God ? An independent man; as a
independent as any nal>ob in the land." I a
"Do let the nabobs alone," was answered to j r
this. "If your are indej>endent, why care lor t
j them ? Why permit yourself to Ik*. frotU d Ik-- t
cause others are blessed by Providence with a e
greater abundance of wordly goods? There is t
danger, in this thing, of going'beyond the iih- 1:
b >bs, and arraigning the wisdom of Him who set- 1
teth up whom he will, and whose bounty feeds
even the young ravens. So go-on with your t
story. What is the crime that Mr. Clinton has
committed against you and humanity
r
" I am o poor man, as I said."
" I know you are; a hard working, industri- ,
otis, but poonnan." ?
" And as such, entitled to some consideration." ^
" Entitled .0 a fair return Tor'your labor in all j
cases." t
" Of course I am; and to some'favor in the v
distribution of employment, where I present e- j v
qual capacity with those who are lcss needy.than f,
myself." h
" What do you mean by that ?" _ ?
" A plain story makes till plain. Wclh you j(
are aware that Mr. Clinton Is about builUingre. {,
new darn for his mills?" jl
' I am." ],
'"And that he has asked for proja^alsj" (
" Yes." ,
"I tried to get the contract." ]
" You!" '1 here was more surprise in this ejae- j
ulation than the friend intendedrto convey. ,,
"Certainly! Why not?" was .petulentlv re- ,,
marked. i j.
"Of course you had a perfect right to do so." j j(
"Oh course I had; and of course my bid, tho1 i .
the lowest, was thrown out, and the hid of Jack- j
son, who manages to monopolize every thing in )
the village." J
" You say your bid was lower than JaeksonVs. 1
IIow doyou know this 'I'{'nought'his bid was
not publicly known."
' i* i i . v . !
" i Knew u; ana in met, Knew wiwu 11 was uc- u
fore I sent in my bid, and was therefore able to s]
go'below it. The truth is, I manned between s<
you and I, to find out what every man was go- c
ing to bid, and then struck a mark below theni j t'
all, to make sure of the job. 1 wanted a chance j
and was determined to have it, at all hazards." i V
' 1 hardly think your mode of procedure just ti
fair," said the friend; 44but waiving that 'could t<
vou have made anything by the job at your bid- f<
ding ?" h
4- Oh, yes. I'd have made something?more, a
a good deal, than I can make by days work, c
The fact is, 'I set my heart on that job as a step- o
ping stone to contract work ; and am bitten ti
ly disappointed at its loss. Much good may it
do both Jackson and Clinton. I should'nt be c
much sorry to see the new dam swept away bv n
the next freshet."
"Why Maxwell! This.is not the spirit of a
Christian man. Envy, malice?these are what
the 1 tible condemns in the plainest terms; and p
for these sins, the poor have quite as much to ^
answer tor as the rich?and perhaps more. If h
you go from church on the Sabbath with no bet- cl
tor thoughts than these, 1 fear you are quite as I
far from the kingdom of heaven as you have o
supposed Mr. Clinton to he." p
"Good day!" said Maxwell, turning off alt- a
ruptly from his friend, and taking a path that t<
led by a nearer course than the one in which they o
wore walking to his home. a
A few weeks later, the person with whom oi
Maxwell thus conversed had occasion to transact n
some business with Mr. Clinton, lie had ren- h
do red a bill for work done, and called to receive s;
payment. 11
" You've made a mistake in your bill, Mr. p
Lee," said Clinton. tl
"Ah! Are you certain V g
" You can examine ffor yourself. I make an w
error of twenty dollars in the additions." p
" Then you only owe sixty dollars," said Lee, a
with a disappointment in his tones that he could
not conceal. c<
"Rather say. that I owe you a hundred, Tor w
the mistake is in your favor. The first column L
in the bill adds up fifty instead of thirty dol- s<
Jars." c<
" Lot mo exaiuino it,Lee took the Kill and n
added up the roluinii three times bot'ure ho felt L
entirely satisfied. Then lie said,? tl
' So it does! Well; I should never have Wen c<
th'"1 wiser if you had only paid me the eighty C
i??i?mnoiw555S5555SB5 S g
lobars called for by- the footing up of the bill, i
fou might have retained .your advantage with ;
icrfect safety?'
Lee Raid this 011 the impulse of the moment..
Ie instantly saw a change in Mr. Clinton's |
ountr-'vance, as soon as he made the remark. !
"Oh, no, not with safety," was gravely re-'
lied.
II T _T_ ...I I 1 P .1 ?..i ?1
i Miuiiiu never iiir.u luuuu u uuu
" But there is a coming day, with every man,
i lien the secrets of his heart will stand revealed,
f now, it would then appear that I had wronged
on out of twenty Hollars."
44 True! True ! But all men don't think of
his." 1
41 No one is more fully aware of that thau I
m. It is for me, however, to live in the present, ;
o as to not to burden my future with shame and !
epentance. Knowingly, Mr. Lee, 1 would not j
rrong any man to the value of a single*dollar,
may err, and do err, like other men; for to err
* human."
After the expression of such sentiments; Lee
It curious to know what Mr. Clinton thought
if, and how lie, felt towards Maxwell. So he
aid, after referring to the new mill dam in the
irocess of erection?
"You did'nt take the lowest bid for its contraction."
4,I took the lowest competent bid."
' Then you do not think Maxwell competent
o the work ?"
,.t i . v:... 4.. i... t
i u<; nut iiiiim liiui it iiiifii iu ui* 11 umcu, <wau
here-fore would not have given him the contract
>r such a piece of work at any price You-are
iware, that the giving way bf that -dam would
bnost inevitably involve a serious loss of life j
ind property, among the poor people ?who dire
Jong the course of the stream 'below. I must
egard their safety before any pecuniary advantage
o myself; and have given Mr. Jackson who has
he contract, positive instructions to exceed his ;
fforts if necessary, in order to put the qutsttion
if safety beyond a doubt. I know him to be a ;
nan whom I can trust. 1 Jut I have no contilence
in Maxwell,"
' A good reason why you declined giving him j
he job."
'*1 think so."
"Maxwell w;is greatly disappointed."
' I know, and has spoken -very hard against
no. Hut that avails nothing. My principle of
iction is to do right, and let others think and
ay what they please. No man is my judge.? ;
ilaxwell is not, probably, aware that 1 know him j
horoughly, and that I have thrown as much in his ,
ray as I could safely do. He is not of course a- j
rare, that one of iny sons overheard him in re- |
jrenec to this mill-dam, sav?'I'm bound to
tave that'contract whether or no. I have learn- I
ied thodowvMt bid, and I haw put in-nbid still !
jwcr., ?II.,w did you learn this V was asked of
lim. '"No matter,' lie answered, 'I have learned ;
'You cant, fol lower and huihl the dam safe- !
ir,? was said. To Which lie re plied?*1 can build
be dam and make a good profit. As to the '
tfety, I'll leave that in the hands ofiProvidence.
Ie'11 take care of the poor people below.' Mr. |
/i*e, I felt an inward shudder when this was re-1
espied me. I could not have believed the |
mu so void of eommon honesty and common j
umanify. Was I not right to withhold from
im such a contract.''' I
"You would have been ?o better tlian he is if j
ou had given it to hiin," was answered. "And
et this same man in wigs against the. rich, and ,
liinks 'their chance of heaven a poor one.*'
"Simply because they are rich?"
"Or, it might with more truth liesaid, because
lioy will not yield to his covetous and envious
pirit. lie is not content with the equivalent >
jciety renders back to him for the benefit he i
onfvrs,'but wants to share-what of right belongs |
:? others."
"That spirit I have often seen him manifest. J
Veil, if simple riches are a bar to a man's en- ;
ranee into heaven, how much more so is discon- ,
nt. envy, malice, hatred, anil a selfish disregard |
>r the rights and well-being of others. The rich ;
avo their temptations, and so have the moor, j
nd neither will enter heaven, unless they over-1
rum* m temptation, ;iiki receive me purineu love i
f 'their 'neighbor. This is at least my doe- j
rine."
Of the two, I would rather take Clin toll's j
hanee of heaven, said Lee to himself, as he went I
nising away, "even if he is a rich man."
Lud'j TPrtuth.
Lotus Nacoi.kon's Parextaok.?Louis Na-i
oleon Bonapart is the nephew of the great :
Napoleon Bonaparte, and grandson of Josephine, i
is first wife. This captivating woman had two !
Iiihlren, both by her first husband?"Eugene and i
lortense Beauharuois. "Louis Bonaparte, father j
fhim who is now at the head of t he French peo-1
le, was the third brothel of'tho great Napoleon, !
nd lxim at Ajaecio (Corsica) on the '2d of Sep- i
mibor, 1778. J lis marriage with the daughter !
f Josephine was not his own-chice, but brought i
Unit by -the joint labor of Napoleon, and espe :
tally Josephine, who artfully accomplished ma- .
v objects by which she hoped to make certain
er own position as Empress. The first propoil
was made to hiin in July 1800, shortly after j
lie return of the First Consul from the eamnign,
one of the conflicts of which was the bat!e
of Maringo. lie then gave it a decided neativc.
Not long after it was renewed, but
>i?l> nn tllwiwo- lllil fil (NCIIOC flirtllOr i111- !
. 1 ..V Ul-ltv. ,
ortunity, Louis Napoleon made a tour of sever-'
I months in Germany.
In October, 1801, Josephine, not at all dismraged
by tlic two previous re fusils to comply
ith her proposals, made a fresh assault upon j
ouis.??onc evening, during a hall at Malniai- i
>n, she took hime aside, Napoleon joined the j
inference, and after a long conversation, "they
uule him give his consent," in tlio language of
ouis himself, and on the 4th January, 1802,:
ic contrnot, the civil marriage and the religious I
' i . .t I
jremony toon piacc at, iiivnswniww ? "?> not .
bnsul in Pari:*. Ilortonso Jh-aulinrnois had but [
just left the celebrated'boarding school of Madame
Caiupan, and-had uo different -part hi the
affair than her husband?both'being instruments
in the hands of'-the First Consul and Josephine,
"Never," wrote I-ouis, "was there a -more
gloomy ceremony; never had husband and wife
a stronger presentment of the bitterness of a
reluctant*" rid ill-assorted union." And Madame
Cam pan, who was at a ball given in'honor of the
event, States that "every countenance beamed
with satisfaction save that of the bride, and
whose profound melancholy formed a sad contrast
to the happiness she might have been expected
to evince ; she scemcu to shun her bus
bawl's very looks, lest'he should road in hers the
indifference she'felt towards him."
Errors in Politics.
In the heat of political canvass in the mad
career for office, parties often commit blunders,
and take positions of which they become afterwards
very much ashamed. It would be an amusing
and instructive task, to trace the history of party
collisions from the inauguration of the elder
Adams, down to the present moment. We do
not mean a history of the grave issues that have
divided parties, "but the petty intrigues and
moan things to which parties have stooped, the
frauds, 'the clap-traps, the deceptions that have
been restored to. first by one, then by another,
each two frequently losing sight of the great interests
of the country, of the principles which
constitute the line of demarcation between them,
and which should alwnvs be the line of battle.
T. -- ?-v iL " 1..U1. ,.?.i
xi is quut: Txsnnin nun, a muchum- ?uiu
duodecimo might bo made out of those details.
Not long since, tor example, a democratic
journal announced that nil 'English carpet, valued
at ?1500, had been ordered for the White
House, and the President was roundly lectured
for his extravagance, and encouragement of
British manufactures. The w'nig papers'fhought
this a very small affair. AYo think so, likewise.
It is firm* pop-guns instead of thirty-six pounders.
It is a low scurrillity?a small potato warfare,
to which no party should descend.
But .our whig friends must romemberfhat'thoy
first set this bad example. They are:the carpet
knights?the men of the skewer?the-spies and
nqiorters of the kitchen- Every body remenibcrs
the Presipential'?impaign of 1840, when principles
and all legitimate discussion were Laid aside
for coon skins and red pepper. Every one recollects
Ogle's celebrated gold-spoon speech?the
whig committee inventory of Martin Van Huron's
kitchen, cellar and pantries, and the capital
they made by exaggerationg the faded finery of
the executive mansion into the luxury, magnificence
and pretentions of an oriental palace. In
reality ]x>or Mr. Van Buren was playing Adonis
before, a broken mirror, treading on thread-bare
carpets, resting his weary limbs on-rickety sofas,
and entertaining his friends on a service of sham
- i--* i. e..,. t.?* AS
j'liiU' IllUl'Jl UIC wuisk: iui muh, uui ui<; ?*ui^
swore that ho was a second 'Sardauapnlws/and
lliat ho lived in more splendor than any'monarch
in Europe. The people?ever fond of-scandal,
and t<x> j?rone to suspect men in office?'believed
them, and he was thrust out of -power,
neck and heels. They made such a raw head
and bloody bones then of executive extravagance
and of Mr. V Ik's shabby gentility, no wonder
that somebody is nuw seeking t.? make a bugaboo
out of Mr. Fillmore's Exniinister.
And what has been the effect of-this low and
dirty electioneering, commenced by the whigs,
and dating back to the Ogle humbug ? 'Why
the government house has been permitted to fall
into a wretched condition, and the chief of t he
Republic is worse lodged, and has poorer aecomdttions
f>r his guests, than the representatives of
s wend second rate countries at the city of Washington.
Most of the furniture would be rejected
by anv respectable pawn-broker. And why ?
R -cause, in 1840, the whigs deluded the people
by false representations, and Congress lnis since
been too timid to vote a sufficient allowance.?
They will appropriate millions for moonshine improvements.
and for fat jobs for eastern speculators,
contract bidders and political hacks, and
yet stand aghast at a few thousands to make
tli;-ir chief magistrate comfortable. 'Every proposition
to furnish it in a style Incoming the dignity
and grandeur of the Republic, Is overwhelmed
'by a Niagara of negatives, each member hearing
in mind the mirrllreers words ?
"Thou canst not say 1 did it."
There is a positive meanness in all this, hut
our whig friends will confess they are responsible
for it. Their statesmen first ransacked the 1'residential
residence, counted the napkins, the
knives anil forks, the gridirons, and fhc- utensils
in kitchen and ehamlior, and published the .cfltnlogue
with an affectation of holy horror. They
thauglit tlic people to descend to these dirty inquisitions,
audit is their fault if the present and
future Presidents cannot live like gentlemen, and
consult their own taste it: the selection of carpets.
Xuo Orlrmm Courier.
A Tredlrmncnland on KWu/k.?All who have
been over the Connecticut river railroad remember
the high, narrow, uncovered bridge over the
Deerfield river, just this side of (Ireentield. It
was the theatre of what our heading descriltes,
as the afternoon train came down on Saturday.
The ears, Ireland time, were pushing rapidly
ahead, and a fyotmuu found himself near the
middle of the bridge, as they approached with
lightning speed. lie could not get oil' the bridge
at either end before they would be upon him?
the space at the side of the track was too narrow,
and sloped too precipitately to make it a
safe resort?the jump to the ice below even Sam
Patch would have shrunk from?the shrill alarm
of the thundering engine warned our hero that
he must think and act quick; there was a trougltlike
space under the tract?he dove into it between
the rails, and hugged his narrow retreat,
the train swept over him and left him unharmed, i
But what must have been bis emotions between
the discovery of his danger and its passage !?
How thought must, haw quickened and the blix>d '
9
chilled? Not all in his, situation would have
lntd the presenile 'Or mind that secured the only
s ite retreat left "him;?tipringfiehl, Mom. Rc'publicaif.
Destitution in Philadelphia.?The Philadelphia
American giVes .an account of a visit made,
a few Says ago, k?4he hovels of many of t hepoor
and destitute Of that city, who live in small
unventitekd rooms/for which they arr compelred
to pnv ten-cents rent each dav. It is sup
poscu tlie minioer 01 mese unions uaie1 ceings ip
about five thousand. Many Of them w^re'found
with-their hands and feet frozen for want of fuel
to keep them warm, while others had even disposed
of most of -their scanty clothing to buy
j bread. In one cellar a family were found who
had been turned out'of home becauso they were
unable to pay their rent. In andther place, h
poor miserable woman and several children were
found in a -shed, the children covered up in a
heap of ashes to keep them warm. Having, no
clothing whatever to cover them, the mother had
been driven to this resort to keep them from freezing.
The clothes had beeij.sold to buy bread.
We find ,in Blackwood, for November, a description
of the appearance and habits of Louis
"Napoleon, taken from the letter of the German
Protessov Stahr, which is at this time interesting.
"I stood near enough to see him well; and ne- v
vor did I behold a more unmeaning countenance'.
An unwholesome grey-brown is its prevailing
tint, (ft likeness to the great Emperor there is
scarcely a trace.
' He is naturally good tempered and harmless
and by no means without ability. But he is
tainted with the moral corruption of nt! the European
societies, Ttdlian, Trench and English. He
* V?oa fVu* runm >*//?/ ro nf thn ftrnt/inrr.iw?m
IIIW V?*\- ?HV? V VI B.iV UlUTTUi^ I Will VUVIVU
tion of all nations. Still hols not devoid of sense,
nor of a certain goodness of disposition. He can
weep, unaffectedly weep, over a touching case of
wretchedness and misery, and he willingly shows
clemency, when asked evenly a political opponent.
"But ho reliance can be placed in liim, In
a word his cliaracter Is that of a woman. As a
result of his wandering and adventurous existence,
he appears to-day as a German, to-morrow as a
Frenchman, and the day after as an Englishman
or Italian. lie is wholly without fixed principles,
and without moral stay."
Love Lottery, and Suicide.?A French
coach driver was recently found dead in his bed
at Paris, suffocated bv fin fumes of charcoal.
The following words ver f ?und scrawled upon k
v piece of brown paper: ,
"I got married and thought myself wdll settled.
But I have ndt heen nappy; my wife had
the foolishness to let herself he courted by a domestic
in the same house, and one fine morning
she ran off with him. Left alone I turned coachman.
But sorrow devoured nie, and I was
mortally tired of ever}' thing!
' One dav. when I was more tow than com
I in on, I went into .in office of. golden ingots and
i bought tive ticket?. From that moment I felt
ho}>e spring up again. I thought ho more i>f
my wife. I dreamed of the monster prize, and
was no longer down in the mouth. But since
the lottery has been drawn, and 1 have found
that I have won nothing, weariners has took
hold on me again. T think all day of my wife.
That's why I dont want to live. To those wh6
have known me a lieu!"
Mighty Cold!?The last Cassvillc((Ja.) Standard,
in speaking of the late "cold snap," relates
the following interesting incident:
"On Sunday night, a neighbor informs us,
three of his hogs were frozen together with the
ice on their bodies, while lying in a pen. In the
morning they had to 'bo separated by throwing
hot water 011 them. This seems strange' yet
we are assurred by gentlemen of veracity, that
it is strictly true?and that the hogs are stifl
living and doing well."
The way tiiey Settle Towns in California!
?A Sacramento paper says that within twenty4'*
four hours after the. first great ruch to the spot
a town, a little distance removed, was surveyed,
mapj?ed, suklivided into street?, square, &c., and
in forty eight hours afterwnfds, it contained a
number of stores, taverns, boarding houses or
hotels, gambling-houses, with morftc and billiard-tables,
and all the usual establishments
'found in the inland mining towns. Who wonders
at nutmegs growing in such a country.
"Is that a lightning bug in the street ?" asked
a pur-blind old lady.
"No, grandma," said a j>ert Miss, "it's a big
bug with a sogar."
Au Irishman, in vrilincr a letter to his sweet
heart, asking whether the would accept of his
hue or not, writes thus:?"If you don't love ma,
plase send hack the letter without breaking the
sale/'
A Droit Shot.?A physician, who resides in
the southern portion of New York city, upon visiting
a patient who resided at the extreme north,
was asked by the siek man "if he did not tind it
very incomcnicYU to conic sW-h a distance?"
"Not at all, sir," replied the son of/Esculapiu^
for, having another patient in the next street, Tj
can kill two birds witli one stone."
"Can you, sir?" replied the invalid : "then you
are too good a shot for mo,"?and immediately
dismissed him.
The Tears of Avarice.?Alexander wept?
poor, tender-hearted fellow?when t here were no
more worlds to conquer. Louis LitiHippo, it is
said, hearing of the wealth of Miss Ihitdott Cout.tR,
burst into tears, not having another sort to friarI
t
j ry! imi.
Col. Benton it is said, has sold Col. Freoniorit's
Marian tract of land in 'California for one million
of dollars.