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VOLUME'14. ~ CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1853. NUMBER 40.' I
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For the Camden Journal.
Physical and Moral Training of the
Rising Generation.
"When we look around upon the rising generation,
the thought often comes up: What
will be their moral and physical condition, and
what their ability to discharge the duties which
will devolve upon them ?
For the faithful performance of any duty, a
proper preparatory course is deemed necessary.
Let us see what preparation the young of the
present day are undergoing: and, to'begin with
th a females?they being the most important?
'what is the physical training to which they are
subject, designed to give them a sound mind in
a sound &c<?y, and thus fit them for the discharge
of maternal relations?' Arc their bodies suitably
clad, with garments so made as not to impede
the natural motions of the body, but to allow
free and full ihuscular development? Are they
permitted and encouraged to take free exercise
in the open air, without which the body cannot
attain to its natural growth, nor the mind any
listing vigor! Alas! for poor suffering humani
ty, this course w hich nature dictates is not pursued
; but on the contrary, the natural motions
t>f the body are restrained ; the limbs and mus
clesof respiration are not allowed lull play ; tlie
helpless prisoners are for the most | art confined
within doors; and when suffered to go out to
take a short walk, it is under the charge of some
staid personage to watch their motions and tell
them it is unlady like to run and jump about;
thus compelling them to move as so many machines,
an 1 with little more manifestation of vitality.
Thus for the most part are females managed
in cities, towns, and at boarding schools. This
is considered refinement ! It is refinement with
a vengeance ; for truly it refines away the energy
of ffiind and body?both are enfeebled?and
child-bearing finishes the work that this unna
tural course had begun. The constitution becomes
broken, the nerves shattered?their days
are passed in mental and bodily suffering, and a
premature death often completes the pictureWhen
will parents and guardians awake from
this stupid lethargy in regard to -so important a
matter? When will common sense c;iu.se thein
to cease from a course that sacrifices their off
spring to such folly and blindness? When will
they adopt as rational a course in raising chil
dren as they do in raising stock f We are writing
nothing new? these things have been said
again and again ; but it is needful that they be
often pressed upon the public attention, in the
hope that impressions may be made which shall
some day result in a decided improvement.
"And how is it with the boys ? They have in
some respects the advantage over their feeble
sisters?they can run, and romp, and play until
they get in their teens, when they put on the
gentleman, wear neck-cloths, a fashionable hat,
gloves and a walking stick?chew, smoke, drink,
and so progress rapidly in all the vices of their
seniors; their constitutions soon become diseased
and enfeebled, and they have little ambition or
ability, beyond animal indulgences. Our remarks
so far applj' chiefly to cities and towns, but in
what we may say as to moral training, our remarks
will have a more universal application.
The Almighty has made it an universal rule,
bearing upon man as a physical, intellectual and
moral being, that happiness consists with duty
in all these relations; and that every departure
therefrom is followed by its evil consequences,
which act as a punishment designed to awaken
us to reflection and examination so that we may
amend our ways. The Lord by Moses commanded
his people to teach his laws unto their
children, and that not occasionally, but frequently
so that often during the day his precepts
would be instilled into their young minds, and
thus they would grow up in a knowledge of then
duty, and be fitted fur their stations as the older
generation passed away. IIow little of this
training do we see in the world, even among
professing christians ? It appears that parents,
as if by common consent, permit children to have
their own way. Where arc the fathers or mothers
that are properly teaching the little immortals
given them in time, to be their companions
in eternity! Alas! alas!?to give the giils a>
many fashionable accomplishments as may be,
and see them well married, as the phrase is?
this is about the sum total ot their cart fur them,
For the sons, the concern is to place then^Jn j
situation where they can live free from Mua
labor?this is about the chief anxiety for them
As to that discipline which imposes wliolcsottu
restraints, an] duties?which inculcates subjec
tion and resj?ect to all in authority?these and
like duties enjoined by God upon parents, al
seem by common consent to he abandoned.?
Tiiis is almost universally the case, and shocking
it is to contemplate?and in a christian ago, so
called?to see God practically forgotten and hi
laws contemned.
The future?the future will show the awfu
consequences of this sad neglect of duly to chil
[jlren, to society, to country, and to God; but
must close those desultory remarks, which won
! designed to introduce an extract from a Medica
| work on the Theon?and Practice of Medicine
by Dr. E. E. .Marny, tlic good sense ot wmei
! will commend itself to the reader, page 139:
"The first and most essential condition for tin
enjoyment of perfect health, consists in a svm
metrical and well developed organization. Ir
looking around Upon the world, how few do w<
behold that can boast of unexceptionable physi
c d conformations ??how few who have notsoim
imperfection which might have been avoided b\
an early and proper attention to physical culture!
But how shall this bodily perfection be attained
We reply, by tin; universal establishment of fret
public gymnasiums, where those athletic exercises
cau be pursued which shall systematically de
velope and strengthen every pnrt of the body
We repeat, let there be established athletic sports,
games, &c., suitable for all ages and conditions
where the man of mature years may ocrup)
.agreeably an occasional leisure hour with physi
caTaud mental benefit; where the growing youth
can correct all incipient bodily defects, and acquire
that development and expansion in ever)
part, which will enable all of the organs to ael
in a free and healthy manner. Let us abolish
"infant schools" for the education of infant intellects,
and establish in their place infant gym
nnsiums for the culture of their infant bodies
Lot u3 see no more intellectual "infant prodi
gies," with their pale, sicklv faces, and their feeble
and half-developed forms, but show us in
their stead physical prodigies with their rosy
checks, their plump, linn, and weil grown nius
cles. and with their elasticity and buoyancy re
minding us constantly of perfect health. Show
us your children of six, eight, or ten years of age
wild, bouncinir. and oveidowinnr with anima
spirits, rather than your fine, well mannered, deli
cate, sickly, hot house and band-box specimens
''All physiologists agree as to the vast importance
to the young, of a great amount of ex
ercise?free, spontaneous, and unrestrained. 1
is a prir.c pie of their natures, absolutely cssei:
tiai to their well being, and we must not purmi
the artificial customs or restraints of society t<
prevent it.
"Our remarks apply with more-force to citic:
than to the country; for in the former everything
is forced and unnatural. Children are born int<
hot-housis, and reared in dwellings heated will
Lehigh coal, to the temperature of 75 or 80 de
grees Fahrenheit. Here do these unfortunate
pass the best part of their existence., encompass
ed by every thing which is unnatural aud artifi
cial, and inhaling an atmosphere deprived of i
portion of its oxygen, and impregnated with car
bonic and other noxious gasses, until, while ye
young lti years, they arrive at the condition o
old age, satiated with the displays and lttxuric
??f life, and reduced to a miserable state of phy
sical inefficiency.
"It has been well remarked by physioiog'sts
that it' the large cities were not constantly sup
plied with healthy recruits from the country the1
would soon become desert wastes. This reinarj
is. bevond Question, true; and it is oulv neces
sary to look into any of our large tmvns and be
hold the numerous worn-out and impotent wreck
of the wealthy families who have been inhabi
tants for two <ir three generations, to be con
vinced of the fact."' T.
Prosperity and Virtue.?It is unfortunati
for mankind that those situations which favo
pleasure are too generally adverse to virtue. Vir
ttie requires internal goiernnieiit and discipline
prosperity relaxes the mind and intlames tin
passioi s. Virtue is supported by a regard t*
what is future, prosperity attaches us wholly t<
what is present. The characteristics of virtu*
are modesty and humility; the most cotumoi
attendants of prosperity are pride and prc-sump
lion. One should think that prosperity woulc
prove the strongest incitement to remember am
! to honor the (rod who bestows it; yet such is tin
' per\erscness of human nature, that it proves tnucl
oftcner the motive to impiety. The changes o
the world call the attention of men to an invisi
ble power. But a train of events proceeding ac
cording to their wish, leads them to nothing be
yond what they see. The Supreme Giver i
concealed from view by his own gifts. This in
stance^of success they ascribe to a fortunate oc
currencct f worldly causes?that acquisition t<
their own skill and industry?unmindful of bin
u-tin from the hooiiiniinr nrranwd that, series o
causes, and who placed tlieni in circumstance
; where their industry could operate with success
From forgetting God they too often proceed b
despise him. All that is light or giddy in thei
minds is set in motion by the gale of prosperity
! Arrogance and self-sufficiency arc lifted up, am
1 their state is considered as secured l?v their owi
i strength.?Dr. Blair.
j Goon Temper is Gold.?If people general!
I knew what an advantage to them it was to b
; cheerful there would be fewer sour faces in th
j world, and infinitely less ill temper. A mni
novel gains anything by exhibiting his annoyane
in his face, much less by bursting into a passioi
I As it is neither manly nor wise to yield like
; child pettishly to every cross, so it is alike fool
i>b and ab-urd to allow feelings of anger to dc
; prive us of self-control. There never was a mai
| in any controversy who lost his temper that di<
1 not come near losing his cause in consequence
I If ever a person plays the game of his enemies i
I is when lie is in a passion. Acquaintances shut
j men of proverbially ill temper; friends dru
away from them ; even wives and children grad
ually learn to fear them more than to love.?
Thousands of men owe their want of success i
' - i i ,.r ?iw.:..
iiii3 IO licgiceiiii^ uit? wntiwi %ji LIIVII tL-ui]'C'
| Nor have they the excuse that it is an infirmit
' ; which cannot be restrained; for Washingtor
I though naturally of a most passionate disposi
? tiou, disciplined himself until he passed for
. I person utterly impas-ive. No man who neglect
I his temper can he happy any more than he ca
make those happy around. (Jood temper is goh
is health, is everything. Bad temper is a curs
to the possessor and to society.
r A Deed of Hfoblc Daring.
The fullowing deed of noble daring is
corded as one of the events attendant on t
j late destruction by fire of the Imperial Th<
! tie at Moscow:
1 I From the suddenness of this melancholy (
- i currence, and from the number ot employe
j permanently living with their families in t
House, many lives were lost. Threeskeleto
were found in the ashes. Just at the co
1 rriencement of the fire, three workmen w
, had been engaged in the upper stories, fiudi
i no means to descend by the staircase, so rap
was the progress of the flames, jumped out
the windows to the lower roof, which being
' iron, soon became so intensely hot, that t\
of the ur^wrtunate beings, threw themselves
1 the groutd, and were killed by the fall. T
3 third, with more presence of mind, made 1
way over the protruding broad cornices, a
; there remained some minutes, till the greet
} element, not content with the number of
j i victims, made its appearance close by hi
" | The poor man cried luudly for help. Lndd<
! i were proeuied, but they did not reach t
heiirht at which he stood, lie saw it, a
" j racing his arms to heaven, he made a sign
' | the cross, and began to approach the edge
t | the precipice before him. in an instant mo
' , he would have become a corpse.?Thousan
i of people stood all around gazing with horr
at the immense pile, upon which this poor m
1 remained helpless and hopeless. Silence li
that of the grave reigned among the multitiu
His fate seemed inevitable.?Suddenly w
heard a voice, "Stay a moment, my good f
1 low ! Pray to God, and I'll endeavor to sa
you !" All e)es were turned to the spot fn
whence those sentences were uttered A gro
of three men were observed, common pcasan
two of them holding by the arms and sho
ders a third, who was struggling ha'd to bre
from the ho d of his friends. ' Let me go, ii
lads,' sai l he, ' my Irart is burning within m
I cannot bear the sight of a Christian soul th
perishing!' And with a powerful effort,
' ?> - I- 1 _,1 'PI...
nroKii tuuse ituu uai icu iwiwaiu. a no ucn
j crowd gave way as he ran to the burning buii
ing, pulling from himself, and at the sni
time throwing away his shuol (sheep ski
' and his hat. In an instant he was at the fi
of the ladder; here he took off his boots,
tached a rope round his waist, and seizing
oven-fork which happened to lay clo*c by,
began to ascend the ladder, which did r
reach at the utmost to two-thirds of the lieu
' at which stood the victim. Having attain
the upper foot-step, the generous man to
s hold of the rain-gutter. Apparently, it w
> not a very safe means of ascent, as it bent a
3 rattled under bis weight.?But the man w
1 resolved ; lie made the sign of the cross, a
began to cliinb up. A cloud of suffbeuti
s smoke whirled around him; the flames w<
fist approaching; burning timber, red-hotshei
of rootling iron were falling down fiom evi
x side; but what to him was all this? Iiis he
was burning within his breast; he could i
\ hear the sight of a Christian soul thus peri
* i"grs
It was a fmsty day; the rain-gutter was c<
as ice; his warm, sw eaty palms and fingi
stick and freeze to the iron tube, he tears the
, off, leaving bloody marks at every hold, a
ascends higher and higher, till he puts his ft
on a projecting cornice. From hence, by mei
of the oven fork, he handed the rope to I
poor man above h in. "Tie it fast to the ho
which suppmts the gutter. That's right.
Now descend ! And he held the other end
the rope, and preceding the man still, suppo
ing him down the gutter, placed liirn on the li
der. The man was saved.
During all this time the inulli.udc stu
e breathless; but when they saw them both <
r of danger all hats were taken off, and a sign
- j the cross at every breast testified a gene
1-1 1 I 1 1 I . I
: | inaiiKSgivmg, ; im a jouu snout, approved i
e act of generosi y. Every one pressed forwii
3 to see tliu hero uf this little scene. The li
j who approached him, an officer in the nrn
j gave him twenty-five roubles silver. The i
j ample was followed; noblemen, merchan
peasants, took out their purses; some ga
1 golden some silver coin; some threw into
.1 hat a few copper copeeks; all gave what th
e could. "Clod bless you, noble friend !" \i
l ! heard from every side,
f 1 The name of thisgenerous man is Bazil M
j rin, a native of the {Government of Tarosh
. i Being a roofer by irade, he for many yet
i- | lived in St. Petersburg, pursuing bis voeatio
s i but afterwards engaged himself as a boiler-n
-! Iter at the Government foundry of liolpino.
j Last year he took leave of absence and visit
j 1 his native village. Having spiht a few monl
l ! with his friends, he was returning to St. Pete
f ; burg by way of Moscow, to avail himself of t
s j railways, lie came to the ancient capital t
;.1 day before the fire; and, not having caught t
o' train, was obliged to remain till the next d;
r As this was bis first arrival in Moscow, he to
'. | the opportunity of seeing the Kremlin, the A
.1 ; fortre.-s, and to visit its venerable cathciw
ii j There, from some passers-by, he heard ufl
! fire, and hastened to the spot, where he jfl
J bly distinguished himself.
y i At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of tlu^H
c day he took his seat in a rail way cnrriag^H
e ! the 13th of the same month he reached
it tersburg, and again enlisted himselfin tlu^B
e ' ber of workmen at Kolpino. In two
) ... .1 iK....
ict lit' \va? suuiiiiuucii tu luc uiucc
a oral policemaster of liic capital, wher^HH
I- told that the emperor desired to see
!- was accordingly taken to the palace.
n perjal Majesty received Marrin in his sH|
J was pleased to say to him when he entercfl
' thank you for a good action. Embrat^H
t and relate how you did it." In sitnpl^^H
a j Marrin told his story; mid when hc^^H
p the Emperor dismissed him, saying,
- may go; hut in case of need come to
- time." Soon afterwards Marrin was i
n with a medal and a sum of 150 roubl>^^H
y The Cure for all the ills and wrongs,
i, the sorrows, and the crimes of humnnit^^H
i- in that one \yord, Love. It is the divi^^H
a ' ty that everywhere produces and rcstor^H|
s ! To each and every otto of us it gives t^^H
11 ; of working miracles if we will.?Mrs.
, I ?fl
e II iniug* were 10 oe uone iwice, uu
ITe ,'ging and Imposture.
re* ' The uthcr day a fine, tall hearty, good
'1C j 'ng young woman came into our office, )
;a" | little girl five or six years old, and preset)
j with a paper setting forth that her liusban
,t% been shipwrecked, murdered and sold as a
!CS or perhaps had encountered other calain
',c ten times worse, and had to flee his count
l,s The woman was well dressed, and looked
til- f'/wt-i Mi* ami Itannv nntl Hfi fl
- yeiuci cwui.w..??.v .... ( |V,
',0 little girl, her child. She had a hook with i
'Jn register of names of persons who had con
ted to her imposture and beggary. We pre
?f ly declined to read her paper, or look ovt
?' names of those who had been her foolish d
vo She seemed amazed at our hard-heartcc
to but before leaving our office she saw very <
',e ly that we understood her perfectly and thi
113 had caught a Tartar. We told her it i
shame and a disgrace for a woman to leav
Jy home and her country, and wander ibou
,ts foreign land begging, when she was youn
m* hearty, and strong, and able to work anc
:rs port herself handsomely ; we had hundred
he thousands of poor women in America,
were a thousand times more the objec
charity than herself; that she had health
strength, and youth, with only one child, <
re? they were unable to leave their abodes of
ry and want, from disease, or age, or si
or and had many helpless chilJren ; that in
lln countiy no one who had health and sir
j*e should think of begging. She replied sli
le* not know how to sew. We told her she
as soon learn, and that there were many h
u'* ways of support herself, other than by se
VH She could go into service, and wash, and
,m up beds, and fix the house, and do out
l,P work, for she was strong enough to do at
ts5 bor ! About this stage of our lecture, she 1
to think it tune to leave so heathenish a j
and jumped up and ran out of the office, sh
ny the dust off her feet as she quit the thresh
e> We strongly suspected that her husband, \
us captivity and death was most feelingl
he forth in her papers was near at hand, and
ise ing to hear her success.
Id
It fs really high time that a stop shoul
put to this species of foreign imposition,
would suppose that a want of success \
l0t put a stop to it; but they are successful and
a great deal! There is no species of in
'j111 lion in the .world too gross to meet wil
conragement. Sonre give through folh
some give in order noi to appear hard-Ik
' : There arc others who give through fear of
i evil being done them or their property by
Uv vagrants. One would naturally supposi
a sturdy young foreigner, able to work,
ling through the country hegging, would
little likely to meet witli success as any
mediennt in the world. Hut not so.
"? dreds and thousands ot them acctimuiai
le sidcrable sums of money, and with whiel
L'ts return to their own native hills.? Oree
^ Patriot.
u(}t Kebp Co:*i..?We remember once pj
*thvough the iparket, and coming to a stall
. i a huckster officiated in selling chickens, j
'' a quiet Quaker lady was turning away u
irs purchasing, after pricing and inspect!n<
!l" articles on sale. Some involuntary intirr
11 by the Quakeress had notified the hu<
'ot that the lady doubted the sweetness u
l.I,s chickens, which arroused the wrath of the
ie er ir> a very nnequivical way, and she
?v forth a volley of coarse abuse after the Qi
~ ess, who was now examining some artic
0 an adjoining stand. Our Quaker frienc
Tt* nothing,and remained perfectly cool, whi
angry woman's voice rose higher and h
. till she seemed nearly exhausted. At las
0 letting all her strength into a final, terrifi
jUj: burst, she exclaimed " Confound you, i
don't speak riUsplit." The Quakeress d
1,1 speak, however, even to prevent the threa
l(T catastrophe, but finishing her purchase, q
ir moved on, leaving her abuser the picti
mortified vexation. It would have been
luxury, had the Quakeress given but a w
cx" reply to her triade. But she did not, ai
' punishment was dreadful.
l,js We have often called tliis little inciill
mind, and have sometimes wondered tin
,;IS pie v ho wish to he revenged on thos
abuse them do not take the Quakers inetl
,r. meeting abuse with silenco. Noisy vit
,fl* lion delights in nothing so much as in hi
,rs' its echo from the abused party. Y?
,,. yourself down to his level by replying
)a_ same strain, and thus save him the sham
mortification which he would certainly
U(j left to reflect, that the wrath and wt
lls words had all been, on.his side. If you v
rs- gain a victory and mortify your abuser,
lent and keep cooI^-^A^^^joow.
he.
h(SHHHBHn
|^^KRSn^BKHTC^B?3
From the Raleigh "Spirit of the Age."
-look- The World's Temperance Convei
villi a lion,
ted us This Convention commenced its session
id liar) New York on the Cthinst., and lasted four day
slave It was quite numerously attended, embraeir
nities delegates from nearly all tlio Slates in the U
ry.? ion, and also from British America, as well;
alto- England and Scotland of the old world. Ash
id the been the case in all Conventions held in tl
ilong large Northern Cities of late years, whether of
tribu- political, religious or social character, so at th
impt- Convention, some confusion and riotous procec<
!r the ings were had in the outset of its session ; bi
upes. we are gratified to state that the discordant el
Iness, mcnts attempted to be introduced were protnp
clear- ly disowned and thrust out, and the moving di
it she organizers refused seats in the Convention. The
vas a had met to propose measures for the advanc
e her ment of the great Temperance reform, and the
i in n i were determined not to be deterred or swerve
g and ! from this noble end. The fact that Hora>
1 sup- Grecly denounces the proceedings, is aufticiei
s and to every right-thinking inind, that all is right,
who We are indebted for the following facts to tl:
ts of New York Times, which every reader of tl
, and Age will peruse with pleasure:
whilst "The Convention had scarcely met before tl
rnise scheme of the disorganizes was made apparen
lame, One of the tribe, Mr. Clarke, of Rochester, offe
this ecl a resolution inviting everybody who shoul
e?gth j choose, "without respect to age, sex, color, <
ie did condition," to take part in its proceedings. Th
could ! wjts promptly and distinctly voted down. "
nnocf I \\T ? ,U^,l ...... tU* fXr.,
?i uiiiuu men puauvu nci naj iv tu?yiavivn
wing, and renewed the question by making a persons
make j^e upon it. The clamors of the Abolitionist
-door Socialists, Radicals, women in pantaloons, an
iy la- others, who constituted her backers, rendered
jegan absolutely necessary that she should be "crow<
place, ded off the platform" and "gagged," if the bus
aking ncss for which the Convention met was to I
lhold. transacted. And after two days had been coi
vhose sumed in this unseemly but necessary work, In
y set determination not to "stay gagged," rendcre
wait- equally imperative the,-thorough completion i
the job. And considering its difficulty, as we
Id be as i? necessity, we consider this about the be
One , three days' work performed by any Conventic
vould i'1 our City for some time past,
make ! "^?r>s there the shadow of an excuse for tli
lposi- violent intrusion upon the Convention. The
th en- i Amazons and their backers had just held a Ten
and perance Convention of their own, expressly h
raited cause they knew'that this Convention was ,n<
some designed for them, and that they had no bu?
such ness to niedJlo with it.
3 that "When it was found that the Temperance fe
strol- ture of the Convention could not be made
be as j give place to the Woman's Rights crusade, i
other attempt was made to supersede it by the Ah
Hun- 1 lit ion and infidel element. Wendell l'hillir
e con- j one of the groat champions of rampant radicf
i they ism in Boston, was imported hither to aid in tl
nville work :?a sham society was created, he was fc
I in ally chosen its delegate, and armed with slia
| credentials, he claimed a seat in the Conventio
issing The thimble-rigging operation was speedily d
where tected, and, in spite of his false pretences, M
11st as Phillips was respectfully, but rather uncereur
ithout niously, ejected. Thus collapsed the second pa
? the of the grand experiment.
iHtlon j ?A third remained. Dr. J. MeCune Smith,
kster worthy and respectable pastor of a Colon
I t'ie Church in this City, claimed admission as a del
i deal- | gj,te?for the purpose c mfessedly of introducir
rolled ' au African element into its deliberations. 13
taker- j application was refused. And having thus e
les at | hausted the patience of the disorganizes, rep<
1 said led all their attempts to convert the meeting iu
le the j something else than a Temperance conventio
ieher, and succeeded in obtaining control of their o\\
it col- organization, the Convention proceeded to di
c out- inf wluit the Tribune stvles the "incidental
i rv"v ? j -
f you of the business?namely: adopting measures
id not! advance the cause of Temperance."
itened
uietly "Our Dear Little Baby."?At a mason
ure ol y.,rj ;n this city is a headstone, with the
i such worth:?"Our dear little baby and the rnii
ord in ! ^le Uj)OII which affection has cut the sentern
id the jsas Slua|l ami as pure as an infant. Surel
here is perfection in an epitaph. The age of
ent to d) iog child is nothing, and need not be recor
it peo- ed ; and what is there in a name when the hea
e who yearns for the form. This little stone has 1
lod of mark for curiosity, and cold history wou
upera- frown on it; but a parent?any parent ent<
i.-uing iug a graveyard where the baby rests, and th
iu let small marble may stand, would carefully avo
in the treading on the little grave, and yet would stai
c and there conjuring up the once bright eyes of th
feel if baby fixed on a mother's love, and its ar
athful opening for a father's fondness; and then, ah
dshto the dinting of those eyes, and the drooping
be si- those arms; the silence, and what more sa
^^|^a dead child ; and the father and mother t
this cry of nature?"Our do
Y e
to the
EJ UIIUI1I WU il
?that face whi
which comes
nouldered in t
:act mechanic
illy beheld, b
ruther its r?ti
ance, its essen
character, a
ual powers, t
litter from t
inter or a scu!
se?Our readi
xtensively mat
articles, such
i I ways cars, \v<
hern, we suspc
J 1_- - a* a
IL>\v that a living animal can ue maue 01 i
kterial, though such seems to be the fact,
^or two ago, while passing up Chat In
^^opposite the Hall of Records, our atu
H^Rarrestcd by a large white muslin b;
^^wwhich were the words: "Wonder of t
Wm a living Mexican India rubber horse wi
Mair, mane or tail." We are unable to s
Rlier this is an infringement of Day's pate
Gbably those who have seen the animal <
11 ?Express Messenger.
Cm-ions Fact?.* 9
a.'! A' Lo11doli letter in the National IuteJIigixlcer
contains' sdiiid very terrfafkable fhets njn
specting the pbpulaliot) of Great liri'.ain, wliieli
8< we condense thus: H
,g " The returns of the pdjiulation of Great' fl
Britain, according to the census of 1850; have
;is at length been published, in part, fn two very 9H
[IS thick lolio volumes/ The labor df collecting1C
this information was immense; G20 superiua
tendent registrars, 2,190 registrars, and 80,- fl
;s G10 enume ators were en>ployed -Jo England
j. and Wales, and in Scotland 1,010 superintend
Jt; dents, and 7,873 enumerators. Jailors, mas-' f^R
e. ters of workhouses, custom houses, naval and' ^B
t. military officers,* clergymen, school-masters, jH
s. and officers of public institutions, all assist IB
in supplying this information. By this large" jB
e_ array of workers the whole of the population-L=B|
,y returns of Great Britain were collected in*one
1(j day, so that the mere expense of procuring the B
cc returns was comparatively small. The remaiuder
of the Lime, from that day to the be- jB
ginning of the present mouth, was occupied i|B
,e w ith arranging the returns for the press, and - "^B
le in printing them. Seven millions of form*'
were printed, and the weight of all the papers- - jB
sent from the central office exceeded fifty two' jB
t tons. The most striking and important in*- 4
' ' formation which it contains is the certain fact B
ij of the continual increase of the people sinee' .B
)r 1801, whence the practice of taking a decimal' B
g census commenced. Prior to that'time the B
^ numoer or people was conjectural, or ascern"
tained by the luysest and nust vague calcula
I tion. At the close of the eighteenth century,* -9
it was supposed that the population doubled1 I
J in.one hundred and sixty years. Earlier rb-' 9
jt cords, however, very conclusively show fhi'fc 9
i the population took the whole of the fifteenth, 9
* sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, or three 9
j'e hundred years, to double itself. Of the prcK*'
giess of population previous to the fifteenth- 9
r>r century, nothing satisfactory is known. The
j best writers upon the subject have concluded' 49
that, at the time of the couq&est, the popiila-* 9
ii tion of England and Wales did hot exeeedl m
3t 2,000,000, ' of wliom," says Sharan Turner,* B
' " nearly three fourths were in a slate of slhvb* 9
rv, and nothing could have broken their bohdr 9
j3 but such e.cuts as the Norman conquest' arid 9
^ the civil wars which it excited and fostered.'-' 9
n_ In 1801 Great Britain, which had then been I
c. peopled at least twenty centuries, contained a 1
,it population o! 10,917,483 persons ; in 1851:the 9
.j. population is ascertained to have been 21l,124,- 9
9G7?being nearly double of what it was" in 9
1801; therefore, during the fifty intervening m
* } ears the increase alone was very nearly as 9
much as the aggregate population which: fiad 9
in accumulated in twenty centuries. Thus" the 1
?~ population has done that during the last-fifty 1
years which the eleven centuries betweeri1 the 9
landing of Julius Cajsar and William the Cftn- 9
ie queror, had scarcely accomplished! At1 the J
r* same, time it might easily be shown, that the - 9
I" nr ?i,? nnfrii had inniwaeiul' C\ctnr
n* than its population. The 21,121,967 peojjle in
fe" Great Britain are very unequallydispersed.- In
England and Wales they are at an average .1
u* distance usunder of 108 yards. In Lohdon 3
rt they are within 14 yards of each other. In .
East London there are 185,751 persons to a
square mile; in the district of Bellinghani,
Northumberland, there are only 18 to a square
e" mile, or in London the population of a square
'S mile is more than ten thousand tiiues greater
13 than that of Bellingham. In the towns the.
x" people are 5-2 persons tu a square acre, in the '
country there are 5 8 acres to each person.
10 Placing three persons in every square yard, j
n> the whole population might be placed in 1,470
n acres. In Great Britain there'are 815 towns
'9^ containing 10,566,288 persons,-and 10;403,179 4
s dell in what, for the sake of- distinction, is
t0 always called the country."
f Ex Senator Dickinson.?Ron. D.S. Dick1
8 inson, of New York, has published a letter in
se reply to .the charge made in the Washington
ir" Union, that he advocated the Wilmot proviso
cc in the Senate, in 1847. He asserts that on no
y> occasion whatever has he advocated'any tiling
favoring free soil doctrines. , j
11 Sailing of Missionaries?Rev'd. Wm. Gle ,
mens and wife, of Wheeling, Va., and the Rev.
E. T. Williams and family, sailed- from Nevv!r"
York last Saturday fer tile Island of Carisco,
Pj about 200 miles frohy the mouth' of the river of
Niger, and near the" Heart' of the great Congo.
' They go out as missionaries of the O. S. Pres*
bvterian Church, and'desire the establishment
of an American colony .
of "* ~
d Filling Up.?The New-Orleans True Del,el
t:i of Thursday says: The streets slid houses of
ar the city appear to ho rapidly filling up, yet no
strangers are making their appearance among
us. Those who had sought refuge in the neighboring
towns, and in the Luke Shore Watering
Places, are returning to their homes as a meas?'
ure of safety; for at present the fever is worse
beyond the limits of the city than within its
rc borders.
oil Thousands, too, had been for weeks prostrate
ted by the fever, are now getting about again,
he and thus do we account for the increasing num:al
bers who daily make they appearance on our
ut sidewalks and public thoroughfares. It is to
Ji- be hoped that soon the last vestiges of the yclee
low plague will be rooted out so that strangers
ml may again feel safe in visiting us, and so that
he the lile-pulse of business may throb on without
he impediment.
The Printers' Strike in Pittsburg has resulted
in a partial substitution of females as comers
positors in several of the newspaper offices of
iU. that city. The giils, it is said, have shown a
as great readiness to avail themselves of this new
i,r. demand for tlioir services, and the applications
?l for employment have already exceeded the pla|ie
ces to be llUed. The Pittsburg Despatch had
A more than forty candidates for situations in iu
inl composing room.
in The Governor of Virginia, it is said, is about
.lie to semi to the Crystal Palace the' banner of his
th- State. It is made of broad stripes of white
lav and mazarine blue satin, with rich silver fringe
nt, and elegant light blue drapery, which is held
:an up by the bead of a handsome silver eagle at
the top of the staff.