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VOLUME 14 CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 9,1853. NUMBER 32.
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The OpiuiouuScd JTIan.
This sort of man is the condensed quintes- '
seuce of the Buusby tribe. lie has formed his
opinions upon every subject under the fucc of j
heaven, .which he will never change, however
dear and forcible a demonstration you may offer
of their falsity and absurdity- Instead of wearing
his opinions as he would his coat?to change
when Ire can get better?he retains thein threadbare
and worn-out though they be, and insists .
* if they be not new they* are at least sound and j
good. He is an intolerable nuisance in society, ,
for to differ with hi in upon any subject, is only ;
to subject yourself to rudeness and imjjertinence;'
aud, so confident is he in his own immaculacy, c
that he will monopolize the conversation of a :
party, unless checked by an adroit hit by some !
person having the courage to do it. It is rela- 1
ted of Dr. Johnsou, that, once in an argument (
with Macklin, the great actor, he used a Latin [
quotation, which Macklin modestly declared he K
did not understand. "Sir "said the dogmatical
Doctor, "a man who pretends to argue should *
understand all languages." "Should he, in- 1
deed?" replied Macklin, and instantly gave a
quotation in Irish, which bothered Johnson quite ^
as completely as 'the Latin had confounded
Macklin.
Dr. Johnson was, essentially, an opinionated '
man?dogmatical, rude, and overbearing; but
he differed from the class in the profoundness of 1
his wisdom and the almost uniform correctness
of his judgment. It was this which made the '.
rudeness of his manners tolerated by his com- j
peers. He always spoke as if there was no appeal
from his judgment, and the Boswells ol his
si??- flAnfipmml 111in ill it Ttlll it is :i liitee of
most arrogant assumption on the part of men J
blessed with little wisdom and a weak judgment,
to adopt the dogmatical style of L>r. Johnson,
without the ability to sustain it, and expect toleration
where they merit only kicks and contempt.
They seem to think there is a sort of disgrace
attached to a change of opinion?a dreadful inconsistency.
We think the man who never
changes his opinion the most inconsistent, and
stupid in the world. If the whole human fami- !
ly had been composed of such people, we should J
now be in a savage state of barbarity, hut,
thank Heaven the great body of mankind are
progressive in spirit, and throw aside, without
hesitation, old dogmas and opinions, when a ^
larger experience and a more extended eulight
enment prove them wrong.?X. 0. Drfla.
The Safest Seat in the Cars.?A great
deal has l>een said and written about the safest ,
place in a railway ear. Some assert that the j
nearer the locomotive the better: and sotne the j
most distant. Of course there is no position that j
is absolutely safe. Whirling along at 40 and i .
60 imles an hour, is in itself dangerous, rendering ' ,
- \ v. c.o\ "a ,, rtv/O.I..,j 1 .
14 111 Ul'jH'l I1?IIUI% ."ill*.. Mil J
the following remarks on the subject:
The frequency of colli-ions on railroad- has ,
raised the question, which is the qdace of great- ,
est security in a railroad train ? r'i'he Kail road \
Journal gives the following as an an-wor: It is t
very well known that the car nearest the engine
is exposed to the least dust, and the rear car of (
a train is generally safer than the front ear. The .
safest is probably the last car but one, in a train
of more than two cars: there are fewer chances (
v of accidents to this than any other.
If it is a way train at moderate speed, or any (
train standing still, a collision is possible from i |
another train in the rear; in which case the last |
car receives the first shock. Again the engine ! .
and the front cars of a train will often g<> over 1 ,
# a broken rail, or a cow, or stone, without detri- i
inent, while the last car, having nothing to draw (
it into the line of the train is free to leave the ,
track. Next to the forward car, the rear car is ]
probably the most unsafe in the train. The |
safest seat is probably near tlie centre of the last |
car but one, and in a very long train, in the con- ,
ters of the last two or three cars next to the |
last. i
?.? '
The Washington County Post says a chap | ,
?._ -ii i. ...i .t i:? : . I 1
M a certain Village, Willi nuum tin: cunui, n
acquainted, having had sanded sugar s<>Id to
him, inserted in the weekly paper the following:
' Notice :?I purchased of a grocer in this village
a quantity of sugar, from which f obtained
one pound of sand. If the rascal who cheat
ed me will send to my address seven pounds
of good sugar, (Scripture measure of iestitution,)
I will he satisfied ; if not, I shall expose
him.' On the following day, nine seven pound
packages of sugar were left at his residence
from as many different dealers, each supposing
himself the person intended.
If a young woman wishes to have herself
published as "fascinating, beautiful, and accomplished,'
let her pack up her best clothes in a
dirty towel, crawl out of the hack up stairs
window some dark rainy night, and elope with
the man that feeds and curries her fathers horses.
It's a big price to pay for compliments,
Kut it. will brin?r them iust as certain as a dirtv
rnin barrel will beget mosquitos. In f;?ct, we
never knew a woman to make a very decided
fool of herself in nnv way, without enhancing
her charms two or three hundred per cent, bv
the time her case got into the papers.
The N. Y. Tribune learns that the Democratic
leaders in Europe, Kossuth and Maz/ini,
do not expect any immediate pursuance of hos.
tilities. They regard war as ultimately certain, !
or at least as highly probable, but not as like- I
ly to begin before next spring. In forming i
this opinion they have access to good sources I
of information. 1
From the Southern Christian Advocate.. Fowlei
Rides about Caindcu.?No. 4. cream
raixt jjill. horrifii
That Iqvc of country is a virtue of no common 'or ai).'
nder, amounts to a truism. Hut it is not. so ^'',s hil
generally understood, that in order to love our a,)d cr
Country, we must begin by loving it in the scgre- ^j1*
;ate; loving it in the aggregate will follow in picture
1 ue course, and this love in the particular must Mm w
jo preceded by acquaintanceship. How can we crane,
ove tl at which we do not know ? Then in or- Can
lor to love our whole country, we must first,
ove the place where we live; in order to which
.vc should of course become familiar with its va- licv
ied aspects. Neighbor Caindeiiian, do you de- ting tl
iire to love your country, or what is thtf same, uses tl
ronr town, then get by heart her features, cspc- "Set
jially, that exceedingly prominent one of which away,
Ae have just been taking surprised ami delight- like a
:d cognisance, Paint Hill. Perhaps, you were andsp
a t aware she possessed any such feature; well, tivity.
i ride of a mile or two, in the diiectiou 1 will bear i
loint out, will give ocular demonstration of the stagna
act, and you will consider yourself well repaid, away,
or anv time or trouble it may cost vou. by the river t<
newin verity, the view, though in the vicinity me."
)f Camden. There is here, and everywhere a need il
riew, aye many of them, to those who will hut a hack
>l?cn their eyes to see. God's beautiful nature mer to
s full of them, everywhere, but "'tis distance "Well,
ends enchantment to the view," says the poet. soon, 1
I mean to make him chime in with my idea.) I am li
fes if this view of l'aint Hill were but abroad had lit
>n the tourist's trodden. path, stereotyped in on it w
juide books, rhapsodized by travellers, then were The pc
t worth while, employing one's parse and per- or fore
Minor one's limbs to got to it; but, because it is ting in
>nly a pleasant ride of a mile or so, from your mer lit
?wn door, you'll spend a whole lifetime without stream
i peep at it, and, when pragmatic strangers are throw
witting you with the insipidity of the scenery of day of
-Anp nntivA nlsiAA von will not. Ii.ive it in vour life to
>o\ver even to put them down with l'aiut Ilill. branch
Do neighbor, without farther delay, betake pled fa
roursolf there, as did we this morning. The heart
oad is excellent, leading past the depot, through silver
bat beautiful creek which the Bay blossoms breath
ire using for a looking glass, all in pure white, beasts
is tliev are, a??d perfumed as a bride for her wed- the liu
ling. Then yon will coine to tliat venerable as be 1
elic of the past, Mediae's old Mill, a revolution- markei
iry relic, by the way, it having been at its palm- ows; a
est, during those stirring times of seventy-six. nil!
How tetiantlcSs ahd deserted now, no longer fur- "An
lishingfood for the eater, no longer .surrounded its ing
y npcountry wagons, disembogneing their teem- tilcnti;
tig loads, no longer resounding with the cease- to it, 1
ess hum of busy industry it stands a melancholy breeze
nmumenfrofthe "sic transit,1'of the wheel of shrunk
hue, that, at last, must villi us, as it has with the co
t, come to a full stop. At the rear of the old region
nill, there is a small pond, and there is a beau- to mot
.iful pure white crane "feeding among the lilies,'1 their v
be pure white water lilies, that like stars of henvei
iglit, seem to have fallen right out of heaven breath
?p->ii that sheet of water, lint on we go, cross- "Bu
rig the bridge over the creek, which by that race Oh, nr.
>y the side of the road, was carried along to cup inl
nini?ter to the operations ?>f Me line's Mill. On sea, an
he hank of that stagnant looking pond, full of upon t
)ld stumps, which you perceive as you cross the greet t
jridge, sits a hunter with fowling piece in hand, paciou
waiting his opportunity to shoot a wild duck.? winds,
\h, lie has been successful, wc presume, at least the eh
.here is a report to that effect. mount
lint, here we are at our hill. Paint so stvlcd there t
ive suj?j*o-ic froin the soii here, abruptly assum- the gr
ng the line of vcrinillion. ltcmarked my com- it, thai
lagnofi du voyage, the first time I approached ly ami
his hill, it was from the opposite direction, ami bless t
tboul the gloaming, as the Scotch say. Tliedis- (Vietub
;auce from Camden appeared from the view of freely
t, from h'-rc, so very short, that 1 congratulated
nysclfon being there before night fall; but the- Is II
ivay seemed to lengthen, as I went, and ere 1 child,
reached my destination, "the Ebon Goddess" shines
i id made the darkness so profound I had well which
nigli been as bewildered as benighted. the. fei
Hut, let us take a circuit of (lie hill, a consid faith o
Table one it i- for these parts, affording an ex- are lik
.ended view. Camden appears in this distance the dh
harming in rural beauty, from every stand point beams
j( the declivity, while touching with sacred as- twice;
sociatioiis, the heaven directed spire of the (lis- before,
lant church. As we round the hills a chasm lleli
earfully immense, yawns below us, a fine study ne-s, i
"or the geologist. That il is of no recent date, sick e!
ippoar.s from the talk trees at the botiom, with to floa
ivh'ise tops we a<*e more than on a level, iti fact, is, "L<
might "oat homiiiy off tliem," as the saying goes. Con
L'oine neighbor t'amdeuian, look at your town, day, v
now, from Paint (Jill,and fn 111 each "high place" life, wi
like the Prophet of old, "bless it" for God would ncss, v
have it so. lie would have the love of home in Am
mar,, a part of his religion. To look from this cry, <h
noble pinnacle of nature, at vour green bower all its
like home will he to love it, and as you stand ligioit
uere, iiit uilmii^ n*> ciinrms, you may n you pieaM*, w i
ijmstropliiso it, in language like the following, or throne
better: above
TO MY OWN DEAR TOWN. lween
I've vicw'il from many a classic height, neatli
Full many a place of fair renown, i"^ I'1
Hut none to me were, like the sight Jts
01 llico, my own dear Town. ol)S sp
Tliey minister'd to eye and mind, cs 1101
Dntah, they failed to t n :li my heart tliront
Like thee, tlio' rating far behind, glory,
In charms, my own dear Town. suns '
a From them, rich with the spoils ofart, Aim
With all that wealth and power confer, it wlii
Would often, my mind's eye depart wci"!)
To thee, my own dear Town. ?,wf,
' J ami |i
To get of thee, refreshing view, "the m
Embower d in trees, serene and calm, Art tl
While peopled with the good and true, cotli|>:
My good, my own dear Town. js J,
Yes when I see thy Cliurciis' spires, olatiot
1 know that prayer goes up from thee,
Tlien my heart's holiest desires
do up, lor my dear Town. vocati
0 let inc. ne'er he lur'd hy gold, blest
To leave thy altars and thy hearths, which
Lot interest and all'cetioii hold atom*.
Me, to my own dear Town.
i - every
And more thy chureligs and tiiy graves est s<
All. all the past in memory down, ofTenc
0 may these let no adverse waves tlema
Drill me, from my dear Town.
may t
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IIU! Illll, IIUIIM MilHI IM/UI1U V till- i:\ti II
Ng;iin at Mell:n 's ol.l Mill. Our wild duck hunter
is lien1, before us. lie is, we perceive, steal He
in<^ :i inarch on our beautiful white crane still lake i
feeding among the lilies of the pond. He aims, .jc
lie tires, alas! fallen it has it to the snare of the .
is an i
r, and \vc are unwillingly in at the prctt;
re's death. The children of our party ar
:-d. 0,1 never would have killed a crane
\r thing, cried one of the little ones. II
led one for a fan. Ladies must have fan>
ancs be sacrified, Tho' pity, 'tis, 'tis true,
;se pretty waterfowls do so enhance th
ssque, that every time wc pass Mediae's oh
e'll heave a requiem sigh for the dea<
CoMPAGNOH DU VOYAGE,
oden, July, 1853.
Beautiful Illustration.
. Mr. Willets, of Philadelphia, in illustra
ic blessedness of cultivating a liberal spirit
lis figure:
he says, "that little fountain yonderyonder
in the distant mountain, shiniiu
tin-end nf silver (liriiiiidi the tliiek const
arkling like a diamond in its healthful ac
It is hurrying on with tinkling feet t<
ts tribute to the river. See, it passes ;
nt pool, and the pool hails it : "Whithe
master streamlet ?" "I am going to tin
j bear this cup of water God has givci
"Ah, you are very foolish for that?you'l
L before the summer's over. It lias beet
ward spring, and we shall have a hot sum
pay for it?you will dry up then."?
" said the streamlet, "if 1 am to die s<
had better work while the day lasts. I
kely to lose this treasure from the heat,'
:tter do good with it while I have it." Si
cut, blessing and rejoicing in its course.?
nil smiled complacently at its own superi
sight, and husbanded all its resources, let
>t u drop steal away, boon tlie mid-sum
>at came down, and it fell upon the litth
. ]Jut the trees crowded to its brink anc
out their sheltering branches over it in tin
adversity, for it brought refreshment ant
them and the sun peeped through tin
cs and smiled complacently upon its dim
ice, and seemed to say, "It's not in mj
to harm you."- And the birds sipped it:
tide, and sung its praises ; the flower
etl their perfume upon its bosoin ; tin
of the lielil loved to linger near its banks
isbandmau's eye always sparkled with joy
ooked upon the line of verdant beauty tha
1 its course through his fields and tnead
ud so 011 it went, blessing and blessed o
d where was the prudent pool? Alas! it
lorioiis inactivity, it grew sickly and pes
il. liie beasts of the field put their lip
but turned away without drinking; tin
stopped and kissed it by mistake, bu
; chilled away. It caught the malaria it
ntact, and carried the ague through tin
, and the inhabitants caught it and hat
e away; and at last the very frogs cas
eiioin upon the pool and deserted it, ani
i in mercy to man smote it with a liotte
and dried it tip!
t did not the little stream exhaust itself
>! God saw to that; it emptied its-ful
Lo the rfver, and the river bore it on to tin
id the sea welcomed it, and the sun smilei
lie sea, and the sen sent up its incense ti
lie sun, and the clouds caught in their ca
s bosoins the incense from the sea, and til
like waiting steeds.caught the chariots <j
mds and bore them away?away to ill
aiu that gave the little fountain birth, am
.hey tipped the brimming cup, mid pourci
ateful baptism down ; and so God saw t
t the little fountain, though it gave so fill
so freely, never ran dry. And if God s<
he fountain, will lie not bless von, m
, if, " as ye have freely received, ye als
give!! Be assured be will."
Iei.igiok Beaitiffl??Always! In th
the maiden, the wife, the mother, religioi
with a holy, benignant beauty of itsowi
nothing of earth can mar. Never yet wn
nale character perfect without the stead
if pi'-ty. Beauty, intellect, wealth?the
0 pitfalls, dark in the brightest day, utiles
cine light, unless religion throw her sol
around them, to purify and exalt, makin
glorious that which seemed all lovclinen
gioti is very beautiful?in health or sick
ii wealth or poverty. W'e never enter lli
laiubcr of the good, but soft music seem
t on the air, and the burden of their son,
), peace is here.".
1 ? i 1- -- ? - 41 1 _ . P /* !!!. . i
LIU wc iuok lino uiousaiMis 01 kiiuiiiv.s i?
here discontent sits lighting sullenly wit
L- shuiild lind the chief cause of uuliapp
rani of religion in woman.
1 in tin: felon's cell, in places of crime, mi.istitutioii,
ignorance, we should behold, i
most horrible deformity, the fruit of irr<
in woman. 4
eligioii! benignant majesty, high 011 tli
thou sittest, glorious and exalted. N?.
the clouds, for earth clouds come never hi
thee and the truly pious soul ?not hi
the clouds, for above thee is heaven,oper
rough a broad vista of exceeding beauty,
gates in the splendor of jasper and prec
ones, with a dewy light that neither llasl
blazes, but steadily proccedeth from th
; of (bid. Its tower, bathed in refulgcn
ten times the brightness of ten thousan
yet soft, imdazzling to the eye.
j there religion points. Art thou weary
spers "rest up there, forever." Art tho
oil down with unmerited ignominy? "king
ricsts in that holy home." Art tliou pool
cry street before thy mansion shall he gold,
ion friendless ? "the angi-ls shall he th
mioiis, and God thy friend and father."
eiigion ix'Uimuii 'i wo answer, all is uc>
1 ami deformity where religion is not.
man is a gentleman who, without pro
on, would treat with incivility the hum
of his species. It is a vulgarity, f?
no accomplishments or dress can eve
Show me the man who desires touiak
one happy around him, and whosegreal
dicitudc is never to give just cause r
e to any one, and I will show you a get'
n hv nature and practice, although h
icver have worn a suit of broadcloth o
iave heard of a lexicon.
that makes hitn-elf an ass, must no
t ill if men ride liiin.
that is cheated twice l?y the samo man
accomplice with the cheater.
y Civility is a Forth xi: ?Civility is a fin
e tune in itself, for a courteous man always su
>, coeds in life, anil that tven when persons
e ability sometimes fail. The famous Duke
i,' Marlborough is a case in point. It was sa
of him, by one cotemporary, that hisagrceab
c manners often converted an enemy into
J friend ; and by another, that it was the mo
.1 pleasing to be denied a favor by his Grac
than to receive one from other men. The gr
cious manners of Charles James Fox preserve
him from personal dislike, even at a time, \vh<
he was politically the most unpopular man
. the kingdom. The history of our own con
try is full of examples of success obtained 1.
civility. The experience of every man furnishe
_ if he will but recall the past, frequent instanci
r where conciliatory manners have made ll
' fortunes of physicians, lawyers, divines, polil
. eians, merchants, and, indeed, individuals of a
} pursuits. In being introduced to a strange
x bis affability, or the reverse, creates instant
.. noouslv a nrcDossession in bis behalf.or awakci
, unconsciously a prejudice against hi:n. '1
1 man, civility is, in fact, what beauty is to w
I man ; it is a general passport to favor; a le
j ter of recommendation wiitten in a languag
. that every stranger understands. The best <
. men have often injured themselves by irriti
-> bility and consequent rudeness, as the greate:
f scoundrels have frequently succeeded by the
[ plausible manners. Of two men, equal in a
j other respects, the courteous one has twice tl
chance for fortune.
Good Fohtuxb.?About six months ago
young man in this,city, cashier and book-kce]
er in a house engaged in the Western produc
business, had placed to his crcdii on the bool
of his employer the sum of 8100. That wr
all the capital he possessed in cash. lie ha
been two years in the house, however; was ii
dustrious, steady and preserving; nnderstoo
business; had the confidence of hi%employe
and the prospect, of speedily becoming tin
person's partner.
The employer, at the time mentioned die*
while on a trip to the North. On opening h
will, it was found that he had left to the your
man the duty of settling his estate, paying
number of legacies, &c. The young man h.-i
f the business of the house left, him,- and the su
of $2000 cash. As the fortune of llie decease
1 was in money deposited in bank, and the e
- tate was not in debt, the succcession was soc
s settled.
e After six months labor at the head of tl
t house, the young man who had only $100, fint
l that he lias made $9,000 profits and is posse
e sed of as handsome a business as could be d
:1 sired.?iV. 0. Picayune.
1 Courtesy?Think of this.?The power i
r diffusing happiness is Yiot the exclusive powi
of the rich. All are capable of it. The poo
' est man can cheer me by his affection, or di
1 tress me by bis hatred or contempt. Evei
e man is dependent on another. A piece of lie;
1 lect, even from the lowest and most conte.n
0 tible of men, is fit to ruffle the serenity of it
" happiness; and a civil attention even from tl
c humblest of our land carries a gracious :u
'' exhilarating influence along with it.
0 Let me never hear, then, that the poor ha1
1 nothing in their power. They have it in the
I power to give or withhold kind or obliging c
0 pressions. They have it in their power to gh
* or withhold the smiles of affection and sinew
0 ty of tender attachment. Let not the humb
)' offerings of poverty lie disregarded. Them;
0 of sentiment knows how to value them; I
prizes them the best deeds of beneficence. Tliey
lighten the weary anxieties of this wor
0 and carry on with a cheerful heart to the ei
II of the journey.
s 'I'm.' f'm itivp Pmveit ok Moxev.?a
y eminent surgeon from this city was recer
y ly called to New Hampshire, by the ol
? cere of a railroad corporation, to make a pr
t fessioual examination of a number of individ
g a!s who were injured liy an accident upon
s railroad last year, and who have put in iiii
claims for damages. On instituting a rigid e
> animation of one of the worst cases, the wi
c of the injured individual innocently remark*
lS "that she hoped they would pay her husbai
g soon, so that lie could get well !" When ask<
how the case would be hastened by a settl
> incut she said, ''It would be with her liusbai
h just as il w;h> with Mr. N. lie was sick fi
i- months and some folks thought he never wou
recover, Imt as soon as the railroad folks pa
'* him lie got well in a few days!"?JJo.stun Trc
"Sally, you seem ignorant in geography,
will examine you in grammar. Take the se
? tcnce, 'Marriage is a civil contract' Par
^ Marriage?'" "Marriage is a noun, because
is a name. And though Shakespeare ask
*" what's a name? and says that a rose by ai
l" other name would smell as sweet, yet 'ma
. riagc.' being a noun, and therefore a nam
ergo, there is something in a name." "Goo
Well, what isftlic case of'marriage ?*"
0 "Don't know sir." Deeljne it and sec
"Don't feel at liberty to decline marriage; aft
c having made Hill the promise I have I'd rath
, conjugate."
" IIapi'ikst Man in tiii: Would.?The hap]
') est man in the. world is said to be a "nigger
fi a dance." In our opinion this rule is too liini
. ciL A "nigger" is not only nappy at a uanc
but in every otiier position. A darkey may
.. pool* but he is never low spirited. Whatever 1
earns lie invests in fun and deviltry, (jive hi
a dollar, and in less than an hour, he will 1;
seven shillings of it out in yellow nock ties or
cracked violin. There is something in the Af
can that sheds trouble as a duck will water.,r
Who ever knew a "cnllud puson" to coinir
u suicide ? The negro is strongly given to love
L jealousy; but lie lets no taste for arsenic. I
,1* may lose his all by betting against a ronletl
but ho don't find relief for his despair as whi
e folks do, l?y resorting to charcoal fumes or a no
r bed conl, but by visiting "dc fair sex," and p.i
tieipating in the mazy influence of "do occiput
convulsions of dor clariuett.?JY. 0. Pkuijnnc
lie that lias no shame has no conscience.
: He that listens after what people say of liii
| snail never nave auj
t (Ofncral Urns.
of Union of Wiiitakeu's " Soctjikks Mao a
id zink" with "The Southern Eclectic."? Wc
le are gratified to be able to announce the union
a of those two valuable monthlies, which has
re been for some time past a matter of negotiae,
tion. The work will hereafter be conducted
a- under the joint editorial direction of D. K.
id Whifaker, esq, and Professor J. II. I'itten.
?n Doth these gentlemen arc eminently qualified
in by their talents, education and experience to
n- conduct .such a work with success and rcputaiy
lion. Mr. Whitaker has been long connected
is, I with the periodical Literature of the South |
es lie is a ripe scholar and a line writer, f I is
ic ahle management of the " Southern Quarterly
i- Review," a work which he projected and con
ill ducted with signal ability for some years? has
r, settled the question of his entire fitness for
a- such an enterprise.
is To those who are acquainted with Professor
'o Fitten?his connection with the Oglethorpe
o University?the laurels he won there, and the
t- fine taste he has invariably exhibited in the con;c
duct of the " Southern Eclectic," it is unnecesDf
sary to say a word by way of recommending
t to popular favor.
st The united work will commence its career
ir on the 1st of next September, with a large
II subscription list, and witli every prospect of a
ie wide spread and permanent popularity. It will
retain the name of the " Southern Eclectic,"
embracing selections from the best journals of
a Great Uriiain, and the Continent of Europe,
rj. and original contributions front the pens of
;c gifted Southern writers.
[S Those who may have received three tinm
ls bors of Mr. Whitaker's "Southern Magazine,"
j published by Messrs. Johnson and Cavis of
Columbia, S. C. will, we arc informed, be supl(j
plied with the entire numbers of 41 the Southr
ern Eclectic" for t?nc year, in consideration of
the interruption that occurred in the progress
of the former work, so that those subscribers
j will receive twelve numbers, for their year's
jg subscription, in addition to the three published
at Columbia.
? The editors would respectfully request newsl(j
papers throughout Georgia and South Carolina,
m in Charlotte, N. C-, Columbia and Nashville,
l(j Tenn., and Montgomery and Huntsville (Ala.)
s_ to publish this announcement by way of inm
formation.
? m
,e Sj'artanbvro. July 28 1853.
Is Death of A. M. Little.?It becomes our
s. painful duty to record the death of the g ntlee
man whose name heads this article. lie died
yesterday morning at 17 minutes past and
was buried yesterday evening at 4 o'clock by
the Spartanburg Volunteer Company wfth the
er honors of war. The funeral sermon was preachr.
ed yesterday at 3 o'clock, a. iu., by the llev.
s_ J. G. Land rum.
y Mr. Little came to our.town a few weeks
nr. since, feeble and emaciated in search of health,
p. He remained at .Martin Springs for a fortnight,
iv and finding no relief was removed hither by
ie his faithful friend, T. Jarman Elford, esq., who
id procured for him superior medical aid, and the
constant attentions of a valuable and attentive
L'c servant. Mr. Little was a stranger to every
fir one except Mr. Elford, who (it will be gratifyx
ing to his friends to know) did every thing iti
tc his power to relieve his sutiering, and render
i. comfortable his last moments. Of his history
,le wc have learned the following particulars. At
in the age of 10 or 17, lie applied to join the Palie
motto Regiment as it was about departing for
_ Mexico. His application was promptly reId
jeeted on account of his youtlifulness. Deterid
mined not to be disappointed in tlie prompt
ings of his gallant spirit lie entered the cars
with the Regiment lor MexicoThence he
in was forcibly ejected for the same reason, his
it- extreme youth.
li- Willi soldierly determination and a spirit
i -.-i'i .i: ? i.? i....i
"" illiuampvu uv liio 1II.HII'.||.I^UIIILIIIS iiu h.ih if
u- ceived, he applied to the Newberry Company?
a was admitted?repaired to the battleGelds of
{h .Mexico and there won for himself imperishable
x honor and glory as a private. During the 011ife
gag cment at the gate of the city he. lost his
id right arm. An eye-witness tells tis that he (lisid
played a gallantry and bravery through the
ed war that provoked the praises of all and sec
en red him a high and en viable character. So
>d distinguished was lie, (bat on his arrival home
ve be was dispatclied to the Citadel at Charleston
Id at I lie expense of the State to acquire au.eduid
cation. Up to this time lie was utterly iiliteiv.
rate being neither able to read nor write. Appreciating
the facilities afforded him for the
I acquirement of an education he concentrated
n. all his energies to the improvement of his
se mind and the mastery of his studies. So sucit
cessful was lie that in three years and a half,
;s, lie was able to perform the duties of assistant
iy to one of the professors and in lour years
ir. graduated with the honors of his class. Such
io( is the brief but interesting history of this young
d! man.?Spartan.
A M.uskkd Omission.?The New York Mirer
ror is responsible for the following story respecter
ing Mrs. Stowe, now of world-wide reputation
as the slanderer and enemy of the South :
''Some years ago she and her husband (Prof.
|)i- Stowe) were at the water-cure establishment, in
Urattleboro, Vermont. 1 Icing unable to pay
t- their bill, even their board, tlicy received notice
e, to quit. The physician oH'civd to treat the 1'robe
fessor medically, if he would pay bis and bis
10 wife's board ; but himself and his f:ietids could
111 not even do that. At this jit act ure a citizen of
ty Natchez, a cotton planter, got up a subscription,
a and heading the list, obtained a sum sullieient
'"i* to pav the expenses of the whole family Until the
~~ Professor was restored to health. Tin* chief, if
"t not the only subscribers, were Southern men
"r and planters. Mrs. Stowe lias not mentioned
Ie ,|
lis incident in Uncle 'Join's Cabin, nor in the i
t'N Key."
te \\*t? have also beard that a J lev. NTr. Deecbor,
w I many vents ago, married at the South, by which
If- I ? <">< > Ili<> ?itVtli?r nl' sllllllrv sbivos Tl.n
i II" l? in; uruimv ? ^ * ,iV, j
:,1 proprietorship of such stock not suiting him, lie I
Jiil not emancipate, but sold theni all, and returned
to the North. Our informant-, if we remember
nrioht, was of the opinion that this said
11, Mr. I'eecher was some very near relative of Mrs.
Uncle Toni, which is quite likely. ? Carolinian.1
1 lie Moil. Daniel. S. JJieUinson, delivered
an oration on the Fourth of July, before the citizens
of Syracuse, New York, which we find *
published in the Syracuse Star of the 25th inst.
It is says the Washington Republic, a beautiful.
and most patriotic effusion, containing glowing
tributes to the memories of Calhoun, Clay and
Webster, and eloquent admonitions, to the peo*
pie of the State of New-York to cherish a fra*
ternal spirit towards the other States of this
Confederacy.
i\ rt?i ... ?i._ ... ,t.^ ....l,
UIJ itllllUIJiy, III*." H-MIOIS l'? mo VAlllUlllUII
were? .?. it h single tickets, 2,GcO, and with season
tickets, 1,250. The cash receipts ?1,357,75,
besides ?1)8.38 to the Washington Monument.
The Ship Centaur has just arrived at
New York with 02 eases of articles for the Ital- i
inn department of the exhition. The monster
lump of coal from the Parker Vein Compares
initio in Allegany county, Md.. was placed ii? " \
the Palace on Monday.
Fsi?>.io52 of Pas ties.
A curious circular hits been issued-from Mai^
snchusetts, under the enpatien of a "Patriotic
Call of tlie Union Men of Massachusetts," for
a State Union Party Convention at Newbury'
port on the 5th"Septemher, 1853.
The object of the Convention, ag stafed in. -
this document, is the total abandonment of aH
existing parties, ami the organization, under
entire new issues and measures^of aft Independent
State and National Union Party, upon a
broad, deep, and lasting foundation. .? We
have long since ceased to regard tlief *
chief political organizations as of paramount
importance in the proper administration of the
affairs of the government. The cardinal do_o i
trines of the Democratic party have been engrafted
on the national policy, whilst those of
an opposite character have been.expunged/ ?qa
arc now generally deemed oljsolcte- The
doctrine of Tree trade has triumphed, not onl^
in lac United States, but in Europe; and in* .
deed, is almost universally receiver! as the set'-,
tied policy of the nations of the earth. ' B
would be vain, then, for any political organition
iii this country to base their existence on
a creed embracing protection and high ditties,
or any kindred doctrines. We believe thaithe
dissolution of the old parties is well-nigh
completed, and that nothing renjains for true
Republicans to do but to exercise uiiinterrup'
ted watchfulness, and steadily maintain and defend
the constitution of the country. . .
What the proposed new party, referred tP
above have to make a groundwork for organization
we do not fully comprehend, its prppv
inent avowed object is devotion to.tlie National
Union and the upholding of the Constitution,
the Union, and the laws, and to stand by the
country and the National Government long a?
tor all other piwties cease to have an existence
and to withhold their support, in all other pats'
ties cease to. have existence, and to withhold
their support, in all future State and national
elections, from every element of disunion, and
from all candidates for office not pledged to
carry out the principles, policy, and measured
of this new party.
This is all very tine, but it is worth while to
inquire 011 what basis they design to uphold the
Union, or under what construction of thai in
strument they intend to sustain the Constitw-.
tion? The locality of the originators of the pn>p-..
osition is suspicious, and Union men in the
South may be pardoned in waiting for further
developments before the)' render in their adherence
to this organization. Tho rights of
the individual States and the rigid exclusion in
the National Legislature of all interference ill
their affairs, can alone lay a solid and lasting
foundation for a Union party. The experience.of
the past, however, gives us but littlehope that
such a foundation will be short!) laid. There is a
dearth of material, and the workmen, especially,
in certain sections of the Eastern States,
are fa^between. We are content, however, to
await further developments.?South Carolini*
an. ' . . .
Profits of Railroads.?A statement
going tho rounds of the papers as to the nett
profits of the New England Railroads, making
them six per cent, or, thereabouts. 'Ibis return
is not so good, however, as that on some
other roads in this country. It may bo accounted
for, perhaps, by the comparatively
arenter cost of building railroads in a hilly,
primitive region, than by constructing them in
a prairie district, where as wc are credibly told,
they can be surveyed, laid and stocked for
twelve thousand dollars a mile. 'However, a
return of six per cent, is sufficient. It is the
interest of the public to M\*b fares as low as
it ill lin muteiclnttf ii-ifli ?i foil* rntiirn nnd' ilium* *
..MM. IV>VU,,> ) ??? '?, ?..V.V
fore, u lieu the nett earnings exceed that amount,
the freights and lares ought to be reduced.
It is a capital return, also, as compared with
the European roads In iielgium where railJ
way economy was first brought to perfection,
the nett profits are but three and a half per
cent., and this is considered satisfactory. In
France the net t profits are only two and seven-tenths
per cent.?In Germany, the average
profits are three per cent. As interest is lower
in Europe than here, these returns are, on
the whole, nearly as remunerative as the six
per cent, made on the New England roads. In
striking^a nett profit, however, it is necessary
to allow at least one sixteenth annually of the
original cost of the road, to provide for wear
and tear. We arc not sure that this haa been
done in all these estimates. If not, the rail
way, <>r railways, whore it has been omitted,
are losing concerns. None, it will he perceived,
are more than moderately lucrative.
Ph'laiklph ia Bulk tin.
Jkiiovau.?This Hebrew name of the lVity
was held in such peculiar veneration by the Jews,
that they never allowed themselves to prononnco
it in the reading of their sacred books, but substituted
for it, whenever it occurred, the term
Adotiai, or Lnril. 'I his practice is maintained m
even to this day ; nor will they write the word
in perfect Ilehivw letters. And, agrcenl>H\h>
this scruple, they have left the word JehorimV.
imperfectly written over the beautiful altar-pieco
in the recently eroclod synagogue in St. Helen's
place, (Loudon;) making it to resemble that
word, but in reality, to signify the Bdovid.