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r THE CAMDEN JOURNAL I [ VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER 19, 1852. NUMBER 84. ^ i 11 ii irnTinnwn?IT " *wii1 * iuu^ n -.^.v - ??.- r^~r-T=-^-f?yr T--I" I" ifti \\ ' f MWMMca?cgx?iJMMU mu ?BTw?awm imr?PCM THE CAMDEN J0URNAL7~ r published semi-weekly and weekly by THOMAS J. WARREN. TERMS. The Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Foui Dollars if payment is delayed three months. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if pay" ' - - * mi rnent be delayed tiiree inonnis, anu uirvu xsvuiuio i& uv< I ?aid till the expiration of the year. ADVERTISEMENTS will bo inserted at the follow ** ;ng terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each subsequent insertion. In the weekly, seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and 1 quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. pgTTlie number of insertions desired, and the edi| tion to be published in must be noted on the margin ol all advertisements, or they will bo published semi-weekj . ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly ? ' - ? ? All 1'imeiy muis iv An. FRIENDS.?Reader, if you have a valued Friend, in whose welfare you feel an interest, that friend will prize, as a precious memorial, your Daguerreotype V Miniature, if taken in Squier's peculiar style. PARENTS.?If you are still blessed with Parents, and no Artist's Pencil has or can truly trace the lineaments of his or her familiar face or form, you may well act the part of wisdom to advise or persuade them to visit, without delay, Squier's Daguerreotype Rooms, and havo their Miniatures taken in his superior style of art. TO ALL.?IIow many have lo t a Father, a Mother, a Sister, a Brother, or an innocent prattling child, and have not even the shadow of a resemblance to look upon. After the separation, some "little toy" or trifling article is often kept for j'ears, and cherished as a token of remembrance. How much more valuable would he one of Squier's perfect Daguerreotype Miniatures of the "loved and lost." L There is scarcely any one who does noi tawc pleasure in gazing on the feat urea of a friend, and; when that friend has been removed by death, we often hear the exclamation uttered with an expression of deep regret, k " Oh, what would I not give for such a picture of my friend.'' Reader, perhaps you cannot do a better thing, while your mind is upon the subject, than take au hour or two now, and visit the gallery; then you may. at sonic future period, have reason to feel grateful for these "Gentle Hints" from SQUIKR'S DAGUERRT5AN GALLERY. September 24. 77 tf Notice. ALL those indebted to the undersigned will please call and settle their accounts by the first of November. On and after that time all debts will be placed in other hands for collections. TIIOS. RASKIN. Sept. 10. 73 tf Notice. THE remainder of the Tools belongingto the Estate ! of R. L. Tweed will be sold at Public Auction on the [ first day of Fall Court, if not previously sold at private L sale, consisting of Blacksmith's Bellows. Vices. An Vila, ?fcc. V The above may be seen at the Store of James MeV Ewen, where the sale will take place. W Sept. 17?75tf S. TWEED, Adm'rx. f Yarn and Oznabur^s. ' r\r\ r\ TUTKDLKS Concord Yarn; 30 do Mount Dear (zuu born do.; 30 pc's. DcKalb Oznaburgs, Foi sale by W. C. MO0RK. Livery and Sale Stables. FORMERLY JOHN C. O'HANLON'S, f"IMIE Subscriber has the pleasure to inform his .JL friends and the public, that, having purchased tlu Splendid STOCK of FIXTURES of those well-knowr v . and popular STABLES, formerly owned by O'HAN I,ON, and lately by W. E. ARCHER, he is now pre ? pared to furnish all who may favor him with their pat ronage, with excellent SADDLE HORSES, and hand some and comfortable CARRIAGES and BUGGIES of the latest styles, with teams to match, and drivers in whose sobriety and experience every confidence car be placed, at most reasonable prices. Many improve mcnts have been made to the Stables and Lots, ant Drovers will find every accommodation they can dc sire. Carriages and Omnibuses from this Stable will rui from Boatwright and Janncy's universally favorih "American Hotel," and also from the long-establishct ! and well-known Columbia Hotel, by Mr. I). Cald well, to the various Railroad Depots, or any point tie sired. {^"Orders left at the American Hotel, with Mr. V D. Harris, or tho proprietor, at the Columbia Hotel will be promptly attended to; and the subscriber i An confident that all who employ hiin will be pleased witl H his prices and his tcam3. NATHANIEL POPE. H Sept. 21. 70?6m North-Carolina Flour. FEW barrels first quality North Carolina Floui For sale by W. C MOORE. Bagging and Rope. I fTHlE subscriber has on hand a large supplv of GU. * I AT and DUNDEE BA GGING. Also, best qua] ity BALE HOPE, and three ply TWINE, which h h will sell at the lowest market price. Planters are ir vited to call and purchase. f Sept. 14. E. W. BONNEY. PINE APPLE and Goshen Cheese, Family Ham and Bacon Sides. Also. Lard and Canal Floui Just received at DONNEY'S. 1) AGOING, Rope and Twine. For sale by > JAMES McEWKN. Sept. 17. 75tf Superior Cotton Gins for Sale. A SUPPLY of superior "PREMIUM COTTOi GINS," from E. T. Taylor A Co.'s Cotton Gi Manufactory, at Columbus, Ga., just received and fc sale by the subscriber, on a credit until the first day < January next. The nnsT premiums have been awarded to the mam facturers of these Gins, for the best gin exhibited at tl great State Fair at Atlanta, Gn.; also, at the Alaban; and Georgia Agricultural and Mechanic's Fair, held: Columbus, and at tho Annual Fair of tho South Carol na Institute, at Charleston. Thnao Gins are warranted. W. ANDERSON. Camden, JMay 11, 1852. 38-ly Qninine. A A OZ. QUININE, at the lowest market nriei lUU For sale by June 22. THOMAS J. WORKMAN. Just Received. 1 K(\ rs- SHIRTINGS and SHEETINGS if)U 100 pair Blankets 5000 yds Gunny Bagginjr 25 coils Itoj;>e. 100 kegs Nails. Sept. 3. M. C. MOOliE. THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE. BY WINNIE W00DFERN. My school desk!?it is many a year Since in this little room I lingered o'er my tiresome task, And longed for noon to come, Or watched the lengthening shadows creep Along the dusty I'.oor, s And tried to catch one golden gleam Of sunlight through the door. Here in this place I cut my name? I fondly hoped 'twould last! . Another hand has quite effaced , The records of the past! But on ihe time-worn window sill [ The very words remain, In which I strove to paint my love For charming "Mary Jane." r Methinks Isee the fairy now, Witli curls of golden hue, 1 A mouth all dimpled into smiles, And eyes of softest blue. I have a sunny curl I stole Of that same golden hair, Alas, romance ! for Mary now, Is "forty, fat and fair!" My schoolmates ! they are scattered, And some have "gone before !" i Oh, would I were a happy child, Beside that desk once more ! Where is the man who would not live IJis boyhood o'er again? Who has no memory in his heart Of some sweet Mary Jane ! A KISS BY MALL. You send mc, lady, by the mail, A joyless, cheerless kiss? But how can sucLa kiss avail, To touch my lip with bliss? I, to all favors such as these, Stone cold shall ever be, That fruit has nought tny taste to please, Save?gathered from the tree. From the Soil of Hie South. Horticulture Work for October. i Of all the months in the rolling year, this i the most important to the horticulturist. Uu inasmuch as men do not immediately enjoy th fruit of their labors, they putoft' till spring whn should be done in October. The tree that i planted now, does not show the expanded lea or the opening blossom; but there is an unset; process going on uuaer gr^mta, no i^>~n wij^i i taut. The rootlet's arc preparing tlieirtliotisam mouths to feed those verv buds and leaves whicl the cultivator is so anxious to see; and when th spring does open, the tree expands at once int form and beauty, and grows off with a vigo which a spring planted tree can never have?mr king a full year's difference in their growti Kow prepare and plant your trees, lie carefi in taking them up. Preserve as many roots or tire as possible. Prune the top i<> match the lo? of roots. Never put a mutilated mangled roc into the ground, hut with a sharp knife cut on ' all bruised, diseased parts just before planting ' A callus will form around the cut, from whic ' fresh rootlets will sjiring. Let the hole for th tree he twice as large as the roots extend, an . till in the hole with good surface moul I froi i wamps or ditches. Now place the roots upo " this, and pack in the earth, taking care not t ' plant the tree any deeper than it originally cam j out of the ground. There are thousands of tret - lost annually by too deep planting. If tlity d 1 not die immediately, they become sickly, an many shed their fruit. JVbw plant cutting ( Almost every plant, tree, or shrub, will grow fr< < 3 ly from cuttings if planted out this month. A I cuttings strike root more freely in a sandy ?oi * Cuttings should be placed in the earth in a hor zontal position, leaving but one or two buds or - - - * 1111. of the earth. The cut m the cartn snouiu ue I, fresh cut, made with a sharp knife; and shoul s rest against solid earth. A callus forms aroun !l this cut, which throws out rootlet4, and in tl spring it has nothing to do but open its pcta - and grow, which it will do freely if the groun be kept shaded until the roots have got stron . hold. Now apply manures. One-half of oi gardens are ruined by the ajjplication of ran manures in the spring. Cover the spot designe v for a spring garden, thick with stable manur and plow or spade it under deeply. It will 1 o in fine order to receive spring seeds, and will 1 just in order to feed spring roots. Now manui your fruit trees. Remove all the earth arour - the surface as far as the limbs extend?(for it s through the little feeders at the ends of the root I,, flint tlif trff I'ppflO?find fill in wil I'l.VI -* - --- , . any good manure. Stable manure may be us< now, wlien it would be death to use it in the sprin Jiy spring the manure will have undergone suf cient process to have become the food for tl rootlets. Now destroy the eggs of insects whi< ^ will prey upon the fruit trees next spring ai Ln summer. Hunt for the cocoon of the cntorpilh )r Apply hot water or stable manure around ll base of the peach tree, to kill the peach gru Now rub soft country soap upon the trunks the young apple and pear trees, to prevent ra i;l bits from barking them, which it will do effect it ally. Xoio plant out in the open border, by i- cintlis,tulips,lilies,jonquils,narcissus, polyanthu crocus, &c., and continue it through the wintt Now take up the dahlia, if you fear frost, (\ have never had them injured until last white: and put them away in a dry, cool place until Marc e. when they may be planted out. Now colic .1 - I ? i- < l.? m. rrprioll }|f>ll< me pot pi.-uus mtw inu ?... _ lie-pot such as look sickly, using leaf 111011 from the woods. Now make the strawhor beds, and the sooner the vines are planted t! better. Now collect everything from the woo and swamps to mulch with another season. Nc sow early cabbages for spring. Also, butt< % onions, sets, and the black seed, mustard, parsnip, carrots, radishes, let! nee, parsley, spinach, kale, ?fcc. Now plant all kinds of fruit seeds?apple, pear, pluin, peach, grape, etc. And if all this is properly attended to ir. oetober, spring may come upon you suddenly, but will find you with your lamps trimmed and burning. Bottom Lands. The disastrous freshets which we have had for the last three years in the month of August, must by this time have convinced our farmers, that their bottom lands are not to be depended ! upon for the successful production of corn.? i Since the year 1845, universally known through- 1 out the State as the dry year, in which the few !1 bottoms iu cultivation almost saved the District i 1 from starvation, great attention has been paid to J 1 them. Every nook and corner susceptible of.1 improvement has been cleared up and brought j 1 into cultivation. To this we do not object, but 1 on the contrary, think it has contributed much 1 to the beauty and health of the country, and we ( are sorry we cannot add to its wealth also.? With the propability of the failure of the corn 1 crop, almost all the bottoms that have been brought into Use have been invariably planted ' in corn, and notwithstanding the time, trouble 1 and expense incurred in their cultivation, our 1 fanners have invariably had the mortification of ! seeing their most luxuriant crop, and in many instances their main depeudancc, seriously, if not 1 remcdilessly injured by destructive freshets. ' Now is there no remedy for this ? We answer 1 there is, and in our opinion an exceedingly sim- 1 pie one. The most careless observer cannot have 1 failed to notice that for many years back, all the ' heavy rains have occurred in the fall. If our ' farmers then, instead of planting their lands lia- ' I I- i._ -..-..11-.,. /.ami u'nnlrl untv fhnm <1n\vn ] UIIT IU UU'IJIUW, 111 VUl IJ) ??v/c?? wv? vmv.i. .. ? in small grain, the crop would be harvested Jong ! before the heavy rains set in, and when the ' floods did coinc and the rains beat upon them, 1 they would be consoled for any trivial loss by the | recollection of their overflowing garners. ] But the best of the upland must be devoted ' to cotton, and poor land wont bring corn. Aye, 1 there is the secret?must be devoted to cotton. ( The cotton mania is at the bottom of the whole ' . difficulty. If we could once be convinced that ' we could live without producingcotton, we might ] then hope for a new and more advantageous 1 system of agriculture. If we would abandon ' * the cultivation of cotton altogether, plant our best uplands in corn, devote every spare moment j to the making and spreading of manure, and 1 sow our bottom lands in grain, or clover and the P grasses, and raise stock of every kind, our pros- < ' ..nnic u-r.nlrl miiifllv imnmvft. and instead of our I [) i " vm,? ...j ?y ( j country being drained of its population, numbers j | would find their way Into our midst. Lanrcnsinlle Herald. o Woman's Rights. >r a STOItY OF leal' year, i- Sain Smith sat at home on New Year's day, i. in deshabille. His beard was unshaven, his hair d uncombed, his long boots were unblocked, and i- ! he was leaning back, in a picturesque attitude, * ! with his heels against the mantle piece smoking ?t ! a cigar. Sam thought to himself that if it was it i leap year how glorious it would be if the ladies I would pop the question in accordance with their h ! ancient privileges. e i As lie sal watching the.smoke which so grace- j d fullv curled, his fancy glowed Willi i!i<: idea, h??w j n : delightful it would t" have tie-dear creatures I n ! fondling on him. and with their tender glanceo endeavoring to do i!?.-.agreeable, e As ho meditated, hi-- heart softened, and lie j s h?gan r.. !' ! a -.pi-amidi. wuiiunisk sensibility 0 (blin lit- feelings, and he .hought'he would d . faint with propriety the tirist time a lady should s. squeeze his hand. > Jtap, rap, rap, sounded at the door. Sain 11 peeped through the Venetian blinds. ' "Mercv!" exclaimed lie, "it tncre i?u t nnw i- Jones, and I all deshabille, and looking like a it fright good gracious. I must go right away and a fix myself." d As lie left the room Miss Jones entered, and d with a composed air intimated that she would it* wait. Miss Jones was a firm believer in woIs man's rights, and now that the season was prod pitious, she determined to take advantage thcrcig of, and do a little courting on her own hook.? tr It was one of woman's privileges, which had k been usurped by the tyrant man, and detcrniind ed to assert her rights in spite of the hollow for?i malities of the false system of society. >c " Dearest, how beautiful you look," accompa >e nying her words with a glance of undisguised adre ministration. >d "Spare the blushes of a modest young man," said Sam, applying the cambric to his face, to hide s, his confussion. th "Nay, my love, why so coy ?" said Susan ; turn 'd not those lovely eyes, dark as jet, but sparkling g- as the diamond. Listen rest," said she drawing fi- him to the sofa, "there, with niv arm around thee ic will 1 protest my true afl'ection." di "Leave, oh leave me!" murmured Sam, "think id of my youth and experience?spare my palpitant ting heart." ie "Leave thcc ?" said Susan, pressing him closer b- to her, "never until the story of restless nights, * - i :,MIO .111,1 of of unquiet days of aspiration, lonu , h- undying love is laid before thee. Know that for u* years I have nursed for thee a secret passion.? ?'1" Need I tell howcaeh manly beauty moved me ; SS how I worshipped like a sunflower in the lurid r- light of those raven tresses; how my fond heart v? was entrapped in the meshes of those magnifiib) cent whiskers ; how I would yield to the governh, ment. of that imperial; thy manners so modest, ct so delicate, enchanted me?jo^p to me?for thy ;o. joy was my joy. My heart is forever thine? take hi it?but first let inc snatch one kiss from those ry ruby lips." he The overwhelming feelings of the delicate youth ds were too strong, and ho fainted from excess of )w | joy. Meanwhile the enamored maiden hung fondly over him, and? Slowly the eyes of Sutnucl Smith opened? he gazed wildly about him?then meeting the ardent gave of his lover, he blushed deeply, and from behind his handkerchief faintly faltered out, "ask my ma." W hat is IlEA'r^^vhat is combustion ?? what is heat ??arc questions not easily answered, if, indeed, they can be answered at all. The most familiar phenomena have bnfl-d .every attempt to penetrate their secret. No single hypothesis has been trained which can account for all the facts observed, and perhaps the most ingenious theories of our philosophers may be as far from the true nature of heat, as were the spe emulations of the ancients, or the fanciful phlogistic theory of Stahl, which the progress of discovery long ago consigned to the tomb of the Capulets. In reviewing the history of the fluctuations of theoretic views relating to heat, we cannot be surprised by the sarcasm of Schelling, that " most men see in philosophy only a succession of passing meteors." But whatever uncertainty may attach to the cause of heat, none belongs to its phenomena. Hie researches of Black, Mclloni, Hcrschel, Fara rlny, and others have made us familiar with the means and results of exciting it, and with the laws which govern its manifestations. Those researches show that there exists a constant and very intimate relationship between heat, light, and all the Protean forms of electricity, magnetism, and chemical action; that they may all be made to produce one another interchangeably, either as forces or effects; and that probably they ire all, not distinct, or merely related forces, but jnly modifications of a single force pervading all space, of which also gravitation may be a resilual quantity. These researches have at least proved that heat and light are not material subdances added to or subtracted from bodies under their influence ; for, at the pleasure of the ox perimenter, two rays of light may be made to produce total darkness, or a spectrum of double intensity ; and the same may be done with two rays of heat. We cannot conceive that two material rays could either annihilate or augment :uch other in the manner described ; but we Icnow that two forces may destroy or double their total resultant effect, according as their impulses oppose or coincide with each other. This ind similar observations have induced an increa sing majority of philosophers to adopt the tin dulatory theory ot light, neat, ana electricity, vvliicli supposes all space, and the interstices of all matter, to he filled with an exceedingly rare and elastic fluid, which, for want of a better name has been called ether.?Scientific American. Cuban Excitement. Wo learn fmm the New York Herald of Sunday, that a minor was prevalent in that city on the previous evening, that orders had been received from Washington for the steamer Mississippi to proceed to Havana. The Herald also states that preparations arc making to hold a tremendous mass meeting tc give expression to public opinion on the subject of the recent outrages. The immediate cause ot "' ! 4 Ka orricol r\f fl\r UllS CAClll'Illt'lll 11/ ??v I liv; III V. n.v l?nrk Cornelia at New York from Havana. It steins that vessel was boarded by government officials?after she had cleared the po t?her mail: seized, taken ashore, and rifled, her captain placed under arrest, and his private papers searched. The captain remonstrated against this unwarrantable action, but only exposed himself tc stiii greater indignities; and finally he was, altei some dillieully. permitted to take his departure from Havana, leaving behind him in prison, tvvc of his passengers. A Creole, named Guzman, was one of tlx passengers, and was arrested on the charge o taking letters to New York, which were found ir his trunk. The other was an engineer, namcc Samuel Hearkness, who had come on boart without the knowledge of the captain. lie wa: seized for not having a passport. 1 Jot h wen sent to prison, and the mail bag taken to tin Captain General. The result of this cxtraordi nary and high handed measure was the arrest the same night, of Francis Trias, Count of I'oza Dulccs, and his brother Joseph, Domingo Arro zarena and the Marquis of Campos Llanos, win hold very high positions in society in Cuba, ant are gentlemen of great wealth. The Count of Pozas Dulccs, aged about forty live, is one of the most talented gentlemen ii the island. Amongst the letters taken from tin Cornelia, was one i'rom the Count to a friend it New York, requesting him to express the thank: of the Count's family tor tne ceremony nuia the Cubans in New York had performed, com memoratiag the anniversary of the death of t hoi relative, the late Gen. Lopez. General L. mar ried a sister of the Count; and for this simpl* letter of thanks one l?rother is immured in tin Moro, while the other is confined in the dun goons of Cabana. Sakatoga.?Jiisten to the way in which Mi Sullivan, a recent English traveller in the U. State; sets down the fashions of Young America at it great watering place: Saratoga, the Cheltenham of America?thougl from the vulgarisms one sees perpetrated there i reminded one more of Kamsgntein August, is tin paradise of snobs, and is, without exception, tlr most odious place I ever spent twenty-four hour in. It is famous for some mineral springs, an< crowded during three or four months of the yea with New York and Poston shop keepers am snobs, dressed within an inch of their lives; womei in excess of Parisian fashion, with short sleeves men in extra Newmarket and bad Parisian style crammed to the number of three or four thousam civ lnrire lintels, breakfasting togcthei Ill ll*V v/a .7?.? r*--- ? dining together at 2 o'c'ock, smirking and flirtinj the whole time. The men smoke all day, swingini in rocking chairs, and squirting tobacco juice be tween their feet, or over tlieir neighbor'sshoulder The ladies promenade before them, talking loin and making eyes ; altogether it is the most force j and least natural state of society I ever saw. It 1 ; is the quintessence of snobisin, beating Rarasgate I or Margate in August. In the latter places the , j cockneys have no pretensions whatever, but eat j shrimps out of strawberry bottles, and bury themj selves in the sand, because they really enjoy it, and don't care a sixpence what other people think of them ; whereas at Saratoga, if a lady were to go to dinner in a morning dress, or a gentleman walk about in a shooting jacket, public opinion would be so strong against them that their frieuds, if they had any, would have to cut them. ???. The Dead Letter Post Office.?The Washington Republic says, that during the last quarter one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one letters were returned to the Dead Letter Office, in the Tost Office Department. These contained 810.G89, in the aggregate. Recently, about one million and a third of such letters were publicly destroyed, a bonfire being kindled with them on ' the Mall. We yesterday saw a large number of the various articles transmitted through the i mails, the majority of which will never come in| to the possession of those to whom they were | addressed. Among those may be mentioned a ; horse-shoe; a ginger-cake, the postage on which | was *2 10 ; a donation to a church, being a small j cake in a paper box; a quilt; a New-Year's prej sent to a bachelor; a Dutch pattern for a child's dress; a pin-cushion, the stand of it; the bot: torn of a glass lamp, the postage $4, the intrinsic worth as many cents; a zinc frame belonging to a galvanic battery, postage 6l7; a stone weighing two pounds, addressed to a gentleman by " Eliza," as a sample of his generosity; a pair of men's boots sent to a lady ; a large bottle of salve ; and a bundle containing a coarse shirt, a pair of blue stockings, and a razor. A Large Cnor.?Col. J. B. Gilmer is one of the most enterprising and energetic of our Southern planters. We perceive by the following, which we clip from the Caddo Gazette, that his prospects, for the coming harvest are splendid : "From the rtrpsoni indientirms. we should judge that the river crops in this region will be enormous. "We learn that Col. J. B. Gilmer will pick out not less than two thousand five hundred bales which he cannot get with his present force. lie lias, "however, sent to the Nation to engage some two hundred Indians to come down and pick for him. In the event ofhis succeeding in procuring their services he will send to market three thousand bales of cotton! The proceeds of such a crop would keep the Caddo Gazette going on for some time. "Col. Gilmer owns some of the most spleudid cotton land on the face oft^^lobe, and the very favorable season hdj^Hlflb develops its capacity to the utmoaJj^H^p^Ciggld we ima* i gine that even a thirdo^5ife thnBfcone ofhis magmnccni plantations wouia iau n our snare, wo would-be tbe most strenuous advocate of the agrarian doctrine that could be scared up." 1 Louisiana Gazette. ; Business Rules fou Young Men.?1. Select the kind of business that suits your natural 1 inclinations and temperament. 2. Let your pledged word ever be sacred. 3. Whatever you do, do with all your might. 1 4 Sobriety: Use no description of intoxicating liquors. 5. Let hope predominate, but be not too visionary. ' G. Do not scatter your powers. 7. Engage proper employers. ! 8. A dvertise your business. Do not hide your ' light under a bushel. 9. Avoid extravagances, and always live conj, siderably within your income, if you can do so without absolute starvation. J 10. Do not depend upon others. I The editor of the Scientific American has rc* coivod a piece of |>aj?er from W. Boyd, Esq., of Ilagcrstown, Md., which is made of the refuse leather scrapings from currier's shops. For wrapping paper it is excellent, qtiitc equal in strength ' to the strong dark brown paper so common, in England, which is made from old tarred ropes, ^ and it is m.uch cleaner. 1 The grand jury of Philadelphia has presented the fire department- of that city as a nuisance. It ( recommends that the voluntary system be abolish, ed, and the firemen be paid and equipped at the ~ public expense. It is said that under the present , system ?21,000 arc annually distributed by the j city among the companies, and that they cost besides about ?400,000 annually, to provide a police whose chief business to check the riots 2 Dedication of a Cathedral.?The new 3 Catholic Cathedral at Louisville, was dedicated . on the 3d instant, in the presence of an immense congregation, among whom was Gen. Scott. A large number of distinguished prelates wero in attendance, including tho Bishops of Toronto, Canada, Boston, Cleveland, tho Archbishop of ' St. Louis, and several other Bishops and digni taries of tlio Church, who, says the Courier, by ( their intellectual heads and magnificent sacerdot tal apparel, gave great dignity and solemnity to , the scenes. On the following day the remains of e the late venerable Bishop Flagct were disinterred, s and transferred to the vault under the chancel of I the new cathedral. ] In Austria only 448 public executions took u place in 44 years up to 1848, among 30,000,000 . of inhabitants, while in England and Wales in an average population of about 15,000,000, in j less than 40 years the number of sentences of t death which were actually executed, amounted r to 2635. 5 r s- The boot and shoe manufacturing in Massa!. chusetts employs 15.000 males and females; and d the yearly value of the boots and shoes is about d #25,"000,000,