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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL^""! VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JUNE 15, 1852. NUMBER 48. ' i iiMimjLH-wamu-ofV. * iYri?.Jiarer^Trv ^ |ry 1 ffiTIVW" m"i 1T1 MM?PPB3B?IM?BOWPWWPBWCSBKBM^W * t-: ; THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, ! published semi-weekly and weekly by THOMAS J. WARREN. TEK.HS. Tile Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three ( Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four ' Dollars if payment is delayed three months. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars if oaid in advance: Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if pay tnent be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at thefollowlng terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the lorni-weekly, one dollur for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, Seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-se??? Ven aud a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sinv " gle insertion^ one dollar. Sorni-inonthly, monthly and ( quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sinV . gle insertion. ' G^The number of insertions desired, and the edi tion to be published in must bo noted on the margin of i hll advertisements, or they will be published semi-week??ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly mmmmmmmmmammatmammrnm?? V ENDURANCE. 'Tis bitter to endure the wrong Which evil hands and tongues commit, ; . The bold encroachments of the strong, Tlio oliaftc rsf falnmnv and wit. The scornful bearing of the proud, F - The sneer and laughter of the crowd. I And harder still it is to bear jSii The censures of the good and wise, -Who, ignorant of what you are, Or blinded by the slanderer's lies, Look coldly on, or pass you by . i In silence, with averted eye. But when the friends in whom you trust - Were steadfast as the mountain rock, Fly, and are scattered like the dust, k Before misfortune's whirlwind shock, Nor love remains to cheer your fall? This is more terrible than all. Ett." . I. But even this and these?ay, morn, Can be endured, and hope survive; kJ The noble spirit still may soar, Although the body may not thrive; ~ - Disease and want may wear the frame #ni i n i i *l. 1 .:it HianK uoa: uie suui is sun uie same. Hold upjmur head, then, man of grief, w: Nor longer to the tempest bend; &" For soon or late must come relief; f The coldest darkest night must end " Hope in the true heart never dies; Trust on; the day-star yet shall rise^ i -. . Conscious of purity and worth, You must with calm assurance wait ^ , The tard) recoiupence of earth; And e'en should justice come too late 1 k To soothe the Spirit's homeward flight, 1 I Stih heaven at last the wrong shall right. i S ABB ATH^EVENIN G. BY GEO. D. TEENTICE. -Tie holy time. The evening shade , : " Steals with a soft-control O'er Nature, as a thought from Heaven ! Stealso'er the human soul; i And every pay from yonder blue, And every drop of falling dew, ' Seem to bring down the human woes, From Heaven, a messenger of repose. ' O'er yon tall rock, the solemn trees A shadowy group incline, Like gentle nuns in sorrow bowed ^ Around their holy shrine; 1 7?And o'er them now the night winds blow - J So calm and still, the music low ^ . Seems the mysterious voice of prayer, Soft-echoed in the evening air. llL/* jnnnni-A f(Via no rtL l ' - ^ auc unoic*) ijrvc mvvuoc iiuiu iuv vc*uij Rise lo a God beloved j And o'er the waters move as erst 1 The holy spirit moved ; The torrent's voice, ihe ware's low hymn, Seem the far notes of seraphim, And all earths thousand voices rai<-e Their song of worship, love and praise. [ The gentle sisterhood of flowers ' Bend low their lovely eyes, i Or gaze through trembling tears of dew | Up to the holy skies: JL And the pure stars carne out above, L Like sweet and blessed things of love, W Bright signals to the eternal dome, - To guide the parted spirits home. ^ JL iiClU lO O DpWH " I? UiV CCl UiKCO In air, and earth and Heaven, And Nature wears the blessed look Of a young F.nint forgiven ; Oh, who at such an hour of love, Can gaze on afl around, above, And not kneel down upon the sod, With Nature's self to worship God ? The Mormon bible is a curiosity of literature. The following description of the vessels in which * the chosen people crossed the Atlantic, is a fair sample of its contents: "These barges were built after a manner that they would hold water like ^ a dish, and the bottom thereof were tight like unto a dish, and the sides thereof were tight like T unto a dish, and the euds thereof were peaked, a ? e 4 i:u~ auu txiu tup tuereui ?<u> ugni# uivu uuu/ ? uwij, V and the length thereof was the length of a tree, | and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight K like unto a dish. And the Lord said unto the I. brother of Jarod behold thou shalt make a hole 1 in the top thereof, and also in the bottom therel of, and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt n unstop the hole thereof and receive air, and if it : * be so that the water come in upon thee, behold ' ye shall stop the hole thereof, that ye may not ' I perish in the flood thereof." I By private letters from Ninevah, we learn (says the J>ew iorK neraiaj in,-it Uoi. Kawlin- i Eson, who is now conducting the excavations, abandoned by Mr. Lavard, has opened out the entire place of sepulture of the Kings and Queens of Assyria." " There they lie," we are told, "ir. huge stone sarcophagi, with ponderous lids decorated with the royal ornaments and costume, L. just_as^ihev-wete deposited more than three J thousand years ago." ^ I A Subsoil Plowing. BY D. JOIINSTOK. Another system of plowing, until recently lit- ' tie practiced in the United States, and in its true ! form, yet very imperfectly understood in the j South, will he recognized under the head of sub- j soil plowing, which does not imply, as is too of- j ten supposed, the turning up of the soil to a pro- | digious depth, but is performed by an implement ; of very simple construction, following in the fur- j row after a surface turning-plow, elevating the ' subsoil, (or the strata of earth below the reach of an ordinary turning plow,) allowing it to fall j hnr>L- nnnn itQ orio-inal foundation, but not into : its original position, as many descriptions indicate. Thuf the soil may be brought to a proper state of porosity, to auy reasonable depth, to admit the penetration of the atmosphere, and percolation of water, without producing the results o much dreaded by most southern cultivators, that of bringing the so turned barren clay to the surface, which operation would fall under the head of trench plowing. The writer will agree that trench plowing proper is not applicable to general husbandry, nor is it advisable ; but there is a method by which the soil may be deepened by i version without deterioration, but with advance of two varieties or plow ng above referred to. Suppose for exam pie a field to nave oeen Droneii to ine aepiu 01 six inches with the surface plow, and subsoilcd to the depth of uine inches or any other practical depth, the heretofore impenetrable subsoil has been rendered porous and is therefore susceptible of being pierced by the roots of plants growing thereon, and is also capable of absorbing air, water, carbonic acid (fcc., which it will do. Thus, it must appear obvious that a portion of the subsoil, adjacent to the original surface which has been turned down upon the pulverized substrata, must have become enriched from natural causes which certainly follow that operation ; also much inert fertility existing in the snbsoil will be brought into action, noxious compounds destroyed. and new formed favorable to vegetation, by uniting these constituent elements in some proportion among one another; or some of the aforenamed elements mav unite with others induced into the soil by its great mechanical improvement, thereby ensuring to the farmer the greatest possible advantage to be derived from whatever traces of fertility may be existing in the soil or atmosphere. I now propose that the next surface plowing extend one inch deeper than the original, or to the depth of seven inches, bringing to the sur face one inch in deptli?of the subsoil, raised by the previous sub-soiling, and rendered to sonic extent fertile by some, or all of the various changes referred to above. I would also here recommend that as much vegetable matter of whatever form, as possible, should be turned clown during the second plowing* i. e., at the time of turning up the one inch in depth of improved subsoil, and be thus brought in contact with the second strata of sub-soil. 13v this means the temperature of the whole mass will become elevated, as well as by admission of the sun's heat, through the porosity of the overlaying surface soil. In the decomposition of the vegetable matter turned down, if it be considerable, much good will result, not only from the degree of heat produced, but from the mingling of elements composing two highly contrasting substances, brought in juxtaposition, neutralizing and destroying such as are prejudicial, and husbanding in the great storehouse mechanically formed by the farmer, such as are truly available to the growth of vegetation. I trust that it will thus t---? AAA.1 ii'iolnnrv fr\ imnrAi'A lue uc jh;cu mill au%- iaiiuui ? i<\j nnj'ivit uu soil, may by exercising the rules above laid down, with proper judgment and skill, permanently improve its texture to the depth of one inch every year, until he shall arrive at the maximum capacity of his implements for deep tillage. I have before stated that good crops, could be produced on new lands, without observing the minutiae of cultivation, but every adept in the science will agree with me, that as the soil becomes exhausted the product deteriorates anually, until not enough is realized to defray the expense of cultivation ; e. g., take old fields thrown out of employment in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, and perhaps some portions of our own beloved State, we may enquire, what is the cause ? It is this! The whole product susceptible of removal, has been carried off the land, no more to be returned ; that which could not be removed, has not been plowed in and saved, but with the most soluble and, therefore, the miO imtnnrlintnlv fivnilnhln imrrnilinntc r?f soil has been washed down the inclinations of the surface to some adjacent stream, over the subsoil so admirably fitted for a water bed, in addition to its natural tenacity, by the condensing and solidifying friction of plow-shares for years. Over this impervious bed, may be seen, shower after shower hurling into oblivion every element of fertility, whether natural or artificial. Therefore the whole strength of the soil has not been exhausted by cropping. It will also appear obvious that the sub-soil cannot have become extremely rich from filtration, for, as the removal of all fertile elements of the soil, by washing, implies a soluble condition, it necessarily follows, that sucli removal must be in the direction of the. fluid holding such elements in solution ; but the sub-soil being, as nine-tenths of them are, nearly impervious to water, the conducting fluid of the mineral, animal, and vegetable pabulum of plants in solution, the only state in which it can be assimilated, it is clear to my mind, that the natural, impenetrable sub soil cannot, in any reasonable length of time, derive a great benefit from the dissipated fertility of the overlaying soil, but on the other hand if the land be properly sub-soiled, no such loss will result. Every element of fertility will bo husbanded and saved, inclndinor a erreat amount certainly derived from the atmosphere, the amount of absorption from that natural source being in exact ratio to the amount of pulverized earth exposed to the penetration of atmospherical influences, no matter if it be two or three feet in depth. Thus, it is evident, that through careless and ignorant management, rich lauds become poor, and poor lands poorer; let every land-owner look well to this- point. 1 would also here throw out a hint to those settling new farms : Do not commence the'' skinning system," thinking thereby to amass a fortune. 'Tis true, that in few years you may have cleared an amount equal to the first cost of your land, but, <is a set-ofij your lands are worn out; whereas, had you commenced operations in a proper manner, for every dollar found short in the purse, you would certainly have realized two in the improved value of your land. I trust 1 may venture the assertion, that the time never yet was when a fine settlement of rich land, well :mproved, would not sell at a remunerating price. Sub-soiling is a tedious and rather expensive operation, in the outset, but when properly executed, will not require repeating in three to seven years, according to the natural tenacity of the soil. When there is a superabundance of water, this operation should be performed by running the furrows parallel with the inclination of the surface ; or, in other words, up and down the hill; but in all cases where there are ditches or deep water-furrows to receive, the surplus water, the sob-soiling should be performed at right an cries to them ; thus allowing .the water to percolate through the entire substrata, and fall into the ditch and be conveyed off. However, if the suosoiling be so thoroughly done as to pulverize the entire mass, then the direction of the furrows is immaterial; but in case of imperfect breaking by horizontal furrows, the water would in its descent, lodge against every intervening, unbroken space, until sufficiently high to flow over it; and thence by the active furce of capillary attraction, the whole surface-soil would be come wet; and therefore, the subsoiling, before becoming effective, must be performed in the opposite direction. Calhoun, Ga. March 1852. Ax Egtptiax Graix.?One of the principal staples of Egypt is the dourra, classed by botanists, if I am not mistaken, as a variety of the sorghum, though it resembles the zea?maize? in many particular. In appearance it is very much like broom corn, but instead of the long, loose pannicles of red seeds, is toj^Cd.by a com pact cone of grains, smaller than those'of maize, but resembling thorn in form and taste. The stalks are from ten to fifteen feet high, and the heads frequently contain as much substance as two ears of maize. Tt is planted in close ro>vs, and when ripe is cut by the hand with a sort of sickle, aft.ee which the heads are taken oft' and threshed separately. Hie grain is ted to horses, donkeys, and fowls, and in Upper Egypt is almost universally used for bread. It is, of course, very imperfectly ground, and unbolted, and the broad is coarse and dark, though nourishing. In the middle and Southern States of America this grain would thrive well, and might be introduced with advantage. Fr.uiT.?The cultivator of fruit, whose good example is referred to in the New England Farmer, keeps a circle of several feet around the roofs of eveiy tree clear of grass, and enriches it with chip manure, bones, ashes, and several oth er kinds of fertilizing substances. lie has very large crops of most excellent fruit, which he states brings hi 111 more money than any of the neighboring farmers obtain fiom all their crops. Tlic Vineyards of Bordeaux. "Fancy open and unfenced expanses of stunted-looking, scrubby bushes seldom rising two feet above the surface, planted in rows upon the summit of deep furrow ridges, and fastened with great care to low feuce-like lines of espaliers, which run in unbroken ranks from one end of the hugli fields to the other. These espaliers or lathes are cuttings of the walnut trees around, and the tendrils of the vine are, attached to the horrizontally runningslopeswith withes, or thongs of bark. Itjs fceuriuus to observe the vigilant pains and attention with which every thing has been supported without being trained, and how things are arranged,so jus to give every cluster as fair a chance as possible ofa goodly allowance of sun. 1 Such, then, is the general appearance of matters; but it is by no means perfectly uniform. Now and then you find a patch of vines unsupported, drooping, and straggling, and sprawling, and entertwisting their branches like beds of snakes; and again, you come into the district of a new species of bush, a thicker, stouter affair, a grenadier vine, growing to at least six feet, and supported by a corresponding stake. But the low, two-feet dwarfs are invariably the great wine-givers. If ever you want to see a homily not read, but grown by nature, against trusting to appearance go to Medoc and study the vines. Walk and gaze, until you come to the most shabby, stunted, weazened, scrubby, dwarfish expanse of bushes, ignoiniuiously bound neck and crop to the espaliers, like a man on the rack?these utterly poor, starved; and meagre-looking growths, allowing, as they do, the crravcllv soil to show in bald patches of grey shiglo through the straggling branches,?these contemptible-looking shrubs, like paralysed and withered raspberries, it is which produce the most priceless, and the most inimitably-flavored wines. Such arc the vines that grow Chateau Margaux at lialf-a sovereign the bottle. The grapes thcmsel es are equally unpromising. If you saw a bunch in Convent Garden, you would turn from them with the notion that the fruiterer was trying to do his customer with overripe black currants.? Lance's soul would take no joy in them, and no sculptor in his senses would place such mearrre I t I p bunches in the hands and over the open mouths of his Nymphs, his Bacchantes, or his Faun .? Take heed, then, by the lesson, and beware of judging of the nature of either men or grapes by their looks. Meantime, let us continue our stir-. * v *&,. ay. ">' & \ vey of the country. No fences or ditches you see?the ground is too precious to be lost in such vanities?only, you observe from time to time rudely curved stake stuck in the ground, and indicating tLe limits of properties. Along either side of the road the vines extend, utterly unprotected. No rasper, no ha-ha's, no fierce denunciations of trespassers, no polite notices of spring guns and steel-traps constantly in astute of high go-ollism?only, where the grapes are ripening, the pople lay prickly branches along the wayside to keep the dogs, foraging lor partridges among the espaliers, from taking a refreshing mouthful ! ?1 1 ... .1 x- L - irom me Clusters as mey pass; lorn, seeius iu ue a fact, that everybody, every beast, and every bird, whatever may be his, her or its nature in other parts of the world, when brought amongst grapes, eats grapes. As for the peasants, their appetite for grapes is perfectly preposterous.? Unlike the surfeit-sickened grocer's boys, after the first week, loathe figs, and turn poorly whenever sugar candy is hinted at, the love of grapes appears literally to grow by what it feeds on. Every garden is full of table vines. The people eat grapes with breakfast, lunch, and supper. The labourer plods along the road munching acluster. The child in its mother's arms is lunging away with its toothless gums at a bleeding bunch; while, as for the vintagers, male and female, in the less important plantations, heaven only knows where the masses of grapes go to, which they devour, laboring incessantly at the metier, as they do, from dawn till sunset."?Claret and Olives. ?? ? Safety of Sir John Frankllx.?A letter writer at Hong Kong coafides in the safety of Sir John Franklin. The following is an extract of a letter dated March 23: "There have been here no less than thirty-seven whalers from the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know that they almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, and that he lias got through the ice barrier into inner waters, whore ho will not be reached until a mild season arrives, which they say the present will be. Most of them have now depared. They say Franklin will not suffer for want of food. They give strange accounts of the Esquimaux vibrating from the Asiatic to the American continent, and back again, carrying their boats, made of skins and whalebone, over the ice, launching them when they meet with open water. They all confirm the fact that the whales found in the Behring's Straits and Baffin's Bay are the same species; proving the existence of a passage, for a whale of the Artie species, they say, has never been seen to the South of 22 deg. of latitude, so they cannot have doubled either of the Capes, (of (rood Hope or Cape Horn,) and the whale is under the necessity of making his presence known by coming to the surface to blow." Live for Something.?Thousands of men breathe, move, and live?pass off the stage of life and are heard?of no more. Why? They did not partake of good in the'world, and none were blessed by them; none could point to them as the means of their redemption. Not a line they wrote, not a word they spoke, could be recalled and so they perished: their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than insects of yesterday. Live, then for something. Do good and leave behind you a monument of virtue that the storms of time can never destroy. Write your name by kindness, love, and mercy, on the hearts of thousands you come in contact with, year by year, and you will never be forgotten. No, your name, your deeds, mil be as legible on the hearts .you leave behind, as t he stars on the brow of the evening. Good deeds will shine as brightly on the earth as the stars in heaven. French Women.?The Paris correspondent of the Charleston Evening News, writes : "Ladies dine publicly at the restaurants; this may be seen at almost any of the more fashionable ones Sometimes it is not even necessery to go inside these establishments to see the fair sex, for every pleasant day they may be seen seated in the front of the doors in the open street engaged in the delectable occupation of sipping coffee, wine, and frequently something stronger than either. I should not like to assert that this was a very aristocratic custom, but have nevertheless seen many fashionable dresses both inside of the coffee-house and outside, and I understand that many ladies of respectability are in the habit of visiting them, but always attended by husband, brother or father ; no other relative is allowed here to accompany a lady singly anywhere, day or night, so that an unmarried lady having no domestic occupation, is not able to amuse herself by going to a concert, or an afternoon with 'mycousin-' These are restrictions which our barbarous state of morality has not yet found it necessary to adopt, and nothing better indicates the relative degree of female virtue and modesty in the two countries." m 9 m I Woman's Rights Convention.?WestChester, Pa., June 3.?Tbo Convention met at 9 o'clock. The. business committee reported for consideration of the convention a series of resolutions, congratulating the world on the advance made in the doctrines held by the convention; denying the right of Legislatures to endow institutions whose ndvantage^women were precluded from enjoying; asking for an alteration of the laws, whereby the wife may inherit the estate of her husband, as he inherits heirs, and be regarded as t he guardian of her children, and demanding that reiiumeratin for equal services maybe I the same to women as men. The consideration of these resolutions was postponed for the present, to her a little read from Mary Mott, of Indiana, and to allow Ann Preston ! t.i .riv/j an pxnosition of the views of the convcn- [ b..>. .... J tion. The address set forth that woman demand ! an equality before the law; that the property of j the husband should descend to the wife, as his 1 only heir; that woman should be permitod-^L hold offices of trust and profit, and so trained to \ unfold her nature that every path sfiould be regarded us her appropriate sphere, whatever duty These views were ably maintained by Mrs. v ., Nichols, Mrs. Gage, Mrs. Rose Lucretia Mott,*' and adopted as the sentiments of the convention. -> A committee was appointed to advance the " legal and political rights of women, by preparing and circulating petitions, and acting in such ' other way'as might be as necessary. 0-\; xvilui aj^ ujuiujy u vjuiiiiiiitLCc uii jJUMiiuauuUj the convention adjourned at 5 o'clock sine die. * Revenge.?When the mind is in contemplation of revenge, all its thoughts must surely be tortured with the alternative pangs of rancour, envy, hatred and indignation; and they who .profess a sweet in the enjoyment ofit certainly nev- , er felt the consumate bliss of reconciliation. ,At such an instant the false ideas we received unra vel, and the shyness, the distrust, the secret scorns, all the base misfortunes are dispelled, and thehr , souls appear in then; native whiteness, without the least streak of that malice or distaste whichl^^^ sullied them and perhaps those very actions, which when we looked at them in the obloquef glance with which hatred doth always seething? ; wore horrid and odious, when observed with honest and open eyes are beauteous and ornamen- ; ^ Corn'.?The South Carolina wagons have; drained Rutherford, Henderson, and Buncombe: . ' of all their corn, and are now going into Hay: ^ wood, Yancey, McDowell, and Burke, Corn is worth here from 50 to 75 cents, and every where below the mountains one dollar and up- is wards.?Axheville Messenger. ^ The Jennings Estate.?Several persons in various parts of the country have for some time past, it will doubtless be recollected, entertained . iiopcs of participating in the division of this estate, which has long been waiting for heira to .' claim it, and have gone to considerable expense in many instances to set forth their claims. We find, however, in the Chronicle, published at Chelmsford, in the County of Essex, England, the following paragraph relative to the matter, from which it seems probable that the proceeds of this immense property will remain in Tne hands of John Bull, and not, as it was fondly anticipated, unci tneir way into tnis country* / . "'' '^-3 This loug litigated case has, we learn, been' this week settled by the Court of Chancery.? The property connected with the estate lies, we $i#m believe, principally in the county of Suffolk, and X at one period was estimated at ?7,000,000, but only one half that amount has been divided in i the late decision. Two claimants reside in this * town, and others are scattered about this and other counties; but the only fortunate one living f?k in this district is a journeyman printer named Langham, in the employ of Mr. Howard, of Maldon. By the recent decision we understand that the property is divided into seven portions* and that Langham's share will be ?500,000. '' The Boston Post tells of a man in Maine, who . kept a grocery store, and when he sold a pint X'pfeX or half a pint of rum, he would always put his' thumb in the measure?an enormously large . " >xj? thumb?and at the end of twenty years' practioo bo o?toomori that. bo had snld hia tl-mmh fnr at least five thousand dollars, and had it left, after all. What an old soaker it must be. Water Drinking.?Prof. Silfiraan elosed a recent Smithsonian lecture in Washington by . giving the followiug sensible advice to young " If, therefore, you wish for a clear miud, strong muscles, and quiet nerves, and long life and powor prolonged into old ago, permit mo to say, although I am not giving a temperance lecture, ijj avoid all drinks but water, and mild infusions of i that fluid; shun tobacco and opium, andevery M thing else that disturbs the normal state of the ' 5 system; rely upon nutritious food and mild diluent drinks of which water is the basis, and vou - will need nothing beyond these things, except rest and due moral regulation of all your pow- . ers, to give you long, happy, and useful lives, and a serene evening at the close." g ^ -\ V The culture of wheat, as a general thing, was introduced into Alabama only ten years ago, and no crop, not even corn, has proved more; > uniformly certain and satisfactory. -So certain,J indeed, has the crop been considered, that the f culture has rapidly extended during the last'four . or five years. The wheat crop throughout "the western states is spoken of as looking extremely fine the present season. The winter, although more than usually free from snow, lias been favorable. Regular rains have kept the earth moist, and the grow ing crop wears a vigorous and green appearance. > Youthful Neglect.?Walter Scott, in a nar- - ' &j rativc of his personal history, give the following caution to youth: " If it should ever fall to the lot of youth to peruse these pages, let such readers remember that it :s with the deepest regret that I recollect in my manhood tha opportunities of learning which I neglected in my youth; that through every part of my literary* career I have felt pinched and hampered by my own ignorance; and I would this moment give half the reputation I have had the good fortune to ae- " U* k.. ,1.CA T rvMllrt r*?cf flia mmomi'nx <|um' II, A .WW WAV *V?t4C?*lilIJ? part upon a sound fonndation of learning and science." Southey says; "I have heard a good story of our friend Charles Fox. Wheu his house was on tire he found all efforts to save it useless, and being a good draughtsman, he went tip to the next hill to make a drawing of the fire?the best instance of philosophy I ever heard of."