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CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 30, 1849. NUMBER 22.
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THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
I'UULlSUrU WEEKLY, ItY
? T. IV. PEG V US.
The Bank of Camden, South Carolina.
During the si.xiy days from May 2. insf., ail
, notes intended for renewals must have the original
signatures ofthe parties.
By order of the Board.
\V. J. GRANT, Cashier.
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fliny i, ls^y. ig
From New York,
The subscribers have received per Southerner,
a case of " Warnnck's" Fashionable Summer 1 lata,
Also, dozens J. M. Davics, Jones & Co.'s patent
should -r seam Shirts, and an elegant assortment
of sum ncr cravats. They have also,
Br.-.-i brim white Fur Ilats
i > do Panama do
i ' do Cainpeachydo
d ? no Palm Leaf
Yo th's Panama and Fur Hats
Children's Palm Leaf and Leghorn Hats
Apr I 4. AicDOWALL & COOPER. I
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WM. E. MARTIN,
^ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 9, Broad Street, Charleston, S. C.
Over the Office of William M. Martin,
^ Will practice in Barnwell and Columbia, and i
continue to practice in Beaufort.
April 23. -0 3m
New and Elegant Perfumery,
The subscriber has just received and o ened a J
new and choice selection of Perfumery, Soaps,
Cosmetics, &.c., consisting in part, of
LnHin'* Ex't Jenny Lin.I Saisv*-' Ex't Omite d'Orsny
" Jockey Club i ak-h iledyo-niia
' " Miffiiionrtte Hani's Kan Ltistral
?. >. J'atcholy " Xvmpfl Soap
| i: " Vcrvicnc " Nfiavina Cr< :mi
"
' Uoqnei 1W I itniniir
n-s,.TKf BiX|tict M?'ucT!ni:i*? "
Low's Windsor Soon jTrat:cpan.*nt \Vn*h Pails
" Shaving Tablet j Orris Toot 11 Paste
ALSO
i Cologne. Rose, Honey, ami Lavender Water,
_ Bay Rum, French Philocomb, Rear's Oil, Hoar's
Grease and Beef's Mirrow, for the hair, with many
other articles in tlie line ton numerous to mention,
which may be had at
may 9. " Z. J. DeII.-W'S.
To the Public.
The undersigned respectfully offers his services
to the citizens of Camden and surrounding country.
in re-bottoming cane seat chairs. J!e may bo j
found, for the present, t?o doors below ,\ir. II. j
Levy's, v here specimens of his work can be seen.
His prices shall be moderate, and the patronage
- of the public is respectfully soiiciicd.
THEODORE DUTTO.W
.May 1 lf__ 19
i- Irish Linens.
" " ' ' ' - t? T
Ileal Irish Linens, OI goon rpiamy. uiuac |
Grass Skirts, for sale unusually low hv
J. (Hi A RUES WORTH.
April 24th tf 17
I J. W. BASKIN, Auctioneer. i :
^ Will attend promptly and faithfully to all busi- j
ncss entrusted to h:s care. May be found at the !
HhorifT-' Of.-c?or two doors above Boyd's Hotel. "
Jan 10 U 2 j
The subscriber has on hand a large assortment ' ,
of Chairs, Cite., which will be disposed on reason- ! j
able terms. .Mahogany, Walnut, .Maple and Wove .
Seat Rockers, Sewing j)o. Also, Walnut, Maple, j
Oak, Box and Plush Seats?Imitation and piain ; '
Windsor, Do. Otfice and children's Do. Do. Willi <
all articles generally in bis line of business. |
C. U. C1JATTEX. ,
March 29, tf j
I lie took a ir'it. i I
The undersigned would respectfully return bis j ;
thanks to the public for the large patronage they (
have bestowed on him, and informs tlieni that lie j
has made arrangements with Messrs. White &1 (
Underbill one of the most fashionable Tailoring 1
Establishments in New York, who will furnish ! <
him monthly with the Jxmdon, Paris, and New j '
York Fashions, lie hopes with his own well i j
known ahilitv. and the large number o! good work- j
men he keeps employed, will enable liiin to e\o. i '
cute work at short notice, ami in as good wyle as. I '
can be done in the State, if any have doubts, ' |
pleaae Jet them como mid take a fit. j ,
YY, .1/, WATSON.
Feb 14 tf 7 ! '
To Hire. '
A first rate Carpenter by the month. ycar?or job. j |
. Apply to 1J. LKYY. | i
April 24th, If 17 I j
Wieks and Classes. 11
The subscriber has just received ami opener' a i
large and select assortment of Solar, Camptiine ,
and other Lamp \> icks, Glasses, &<.
Rperrn and Solar Oil which he offers for sale on
the most reasonable terms for case or punctual i 1
customers. '/. i. DRIIAY. j
Nearly Opposite Masonic Hall. I
April 4 th, 1819. tf Mi
Coats am? Vests,
The undersigned have just received a very '
handsome assortment "f Ready Made Clothing,
d'rect from the Manufacturers. For style, ap.
pearan^e and cheapness?cannot, he excelled in I
this market. A. M. &. K. KKXNKDY.
April 11 JTuf
Seasonable Goods.
The pnbscriber lias just received a good supply
of Fresh Goods, suitable for tlie season, consists g
in part of various articles for Ladies Dresses,
Calicoes, at all prices, brow n and bleached lloino
spun, d:c., together with a good assortment for
Gentlemen's wear, and a great variety of other I
articles.
A stock of choice Groceries, all of which he j
will sell as low as they can be had in the place,
and to which he respectfully invites the attention ,
of purchasers. J. CI1ARLLSWOKTII.
April 'J'j 17 tf
F. ROOT,
AUCTIONEER,
Commission Merchant k (ieneral Agent.
(J A M I) E X, S. C.
Will attend to Public and Private Sales of any
description.
Regular Auction day, every Friday.
UTAuction Itoom opposite J nines Dunlnp, a few
doors above Davis's Hotel. 11?tf
JOS. B. KERSHAW,
Attorney and Solicitor,
Broad-strcpt, Camden, S. C.
Attends the Courts of Kershaw, Suinter, T,a:ieasier
and Fairfield Districts.
Ladies Splendid Dress Goods of every materia'
Qp now opening and forsale low at BONNRYS
ilcdical Books dec.
Medical, Moral, Religious and Miscellaneous Cookf, and
Stationary of great variety, for sale by
U.KXANDKR YOPN't.
April It?i.ist9. tf H I
rryu -u.. ?-:
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' VMiy DON'T YOU TAKE THE PAPERS?
DV G. r WALLAS.
Why c!o:.'t you l^kc the paper?
They arc 'the life of rny delight!"
Except about election times,
Ai.d tlicn I read for spite.
Subscribe, you cannot loose a cent,
Why should you ho afraid?
Fur c ;sh thus spent, is money lent
On interest lour fold pa d.
Go then and take the papers,
And pay to day, nor pray delay,
Ami me unid it is inferred.
You'll live til! you are gray.
An old newsmonger friend of mine,
U'l.ilc dying from the cough,
De-iii d to hear the latest news
While he was going off.
I look the p 'l'T and I rend
Of some new pills in force;
lie bought a box?and is he dead?
? >?>! hcarly as a horse.
I knew a Printer's debtor once,
Racked with a scorching fever,
Who swore to j ny her bill next day,
If her disease would leave I or.
Next morning sin- was at work,
Divested ofher pain;
Put did forget to pay her debt
Trl! taken down again.
'Here Jesse, take silver wheels,
(to pay the Printer now I"
She spoke, si e s'ept, and then awoke,
With health upon her htow.
I knew two men as much alike,
As cm r you saw !uo stamps,
Anil iio phrenologist cou.'d find
A dilF rciite in their bumps,
One took the papers, and his life
Is happier than a king's;
Ilis children all c m read anil write,
And talk of men and things.
The oilier took t:o papois. and
While strolling through a wood
A tree fell down upon his crown
And killed him?"wcriy good,"
Had he Ireen reading of the news
At l.onie like neighbor Jim.
I'll bet a cent that accident
Would not have huppen'd him.
Why don't you take the paiers?
.Nor fiom the I'rinters sneak,
Because you borrow of his boy,
A paper every week.
For ho who takes the papers,
Ami pays his bil1 when due,
Can live at peace with God and man,
Anil wr.ii me i in.ic. iuo.
Editorship.?It is no the work ??fnn hour
o cuil and arrange Iron a hundred cxchanic?,
the thoughts a:.d l'..cis winch host suit
he wants and tastes of one's own readers;
o decipher the manuscripts, and decide upin
tiie merits of all sorts of chirngrnphy and
composition ; to keep correct aeeuuuts with
lundrcdsof subscribers; to answer countless
communications, upon matters and things inluiuerahle
; to correct the proof and stimuate
the movement of careless compositors
md slothful pressmen ; we say, to do all this
cquires at the editors hands, not hours, hut
lays of patient labor. .\or is this all. He
nust write-and write whether in the mood
?r not?not up ?n one hut upon all sujhccK
I'o enable him to write as ho should, he
must read and digest, lie must observe, think j
and judiciously apply. To qualify him to j
[ill pi op r'y the responsible post lie occupies,
the editor must he a student, not only
r?f books, hut ol men, and not only of hooks
and men, hut most dillienli of all, lie must
Jihgcntly study to know himself, lest, while
reproving the unseemly dispositions and \
practices of others, he ho the last to discov- j
jr?as is not uulrequcmiy iho case?the ex- |
. .? - h/\ ivin i I i.'fwooil iurt Oii/l I
IMlWll/U *'1 IIIU ?*.l Y aailli; /oil ii/ij uiiu
practice in himself.
But still further, editors, however true and
faithful to their duties, must expect ?and in
lhis they are seldom disappointed, to have,
at tunes, their purest motives inisapprehen.
tied and rudely impugned : tlieir honest opinions,
perverted and unkindly assailed, their
well meaning efforts, harshly judged and
condemned ; and their slightest errors; uncharitably
magnified into auuravalcd and unpardonable
olfenee-'.? Xutt.'ha 11 lJaptist.
British Newspapkks.?Few persons in
this country are aware how enormously expensive
is the publication of British newspapers.
An American thinks it outrageous
extortion, if h; is charged over two dollars
for a weekly, or ei<:ht dollars for the largestsir.ed
daily journal ; and some even gruinble
at those tcrm<. But what would Jonathan
say, if lie had to pay as dearly for his
news as his brother Buli? Whv. the vorv
stamp tax which has to he paid to govern,
rnent on every e ?pv of a respectable newspaper
that is printed in Loghead, isol itself
almost ecpial to the whole price taxed Ibr
sueli a paper in this country ! The regular
price of the London Journals, whether single
or double sheeted, is about thirty dollars per
annum. The publishers of the Daily iYe//\v
edited by Jhmglass Jerrold?attempted to
furnish a paper onelienper terms; but, after
sinking some SI ()(),()()() or so in experiment,
they were forced to relinquish it, and have
now raised their price from eighteen dollars
a vear to that above named. London,
though four times as populous as New York
has fewer daily havers ; and out of the great
metropolis, there arc but three daily journals
in the whole United Kingdom.
KxVj^ntXii: ?Knowledge is not a couch
whercuponTrNresl a searching and restless
spirit, or a terraccT&r a wandering and variable
mind to walk up and down with a fair
prospeci, or a lower 01 smio ior a piouu
to raise itself upon, or n fort or commanding
ground for strife and contention, or'a-jihop
for profit or Falp, l>ut a rich storehousc^or
the g!orv of the Creator, and the relief irf.
man's estate.?Loxl Bacon.
Poor Richard's Sayings.?Some grow
mad !>v studying much to know:
Hut who grows mad by studying good to
grow?
An egg to-day is better than a hen tomorrow.
F.nw, like cob-webs catches small flies.
Great ones break through before your eyes
If pride loads the van, beggary brings uj
the rear.
Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep
t her.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees,
lie that would live in peace and ease,
Must not speak all lie knows or judge all he
He that can travel well aloof, keeps a
good horse.
The worst wheel of the cart makes the
most noise.
He that fa'ls in love with himself will
have no rivals.
Against d'senses here, the strongest fence.
Is the defensive virtue, Abstinence.
Tart words make no friends; a spoonful
of honey will catch more flies than a gallon
of' vinegar.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
liewarc of httie expenses; a small leak
will sink a great ship.
An ounce of wit that's bough),
Is worth a pound that's taught.
A ploughman on his legs is higher llian a
gentleman on Ins knees.
Mad kings and mad buils are not to be
held hv treaties and pack thread.
What maintains erne vice would bring up
two children.
A mob's a monster; head enough hut no
brains.
Nothing is humbler than ambition when
it is about to climb.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
When prosperity was well mounted, she
let co the bridle, and soon came tumbling
C # 7 C
out of the sadle.
The masters eyes will do mote work than
both Ins hands.
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no
more than a change in the moon.
A false Irieiiu and a shadow attend only
while the sun shines.
l'.oiich deep wlulc sluggards sleep
You shall lune corn to sell and keep.
]l you would not be forgotten as soon as
you are dead and rotten, either write things
worth reading or do something worth wn*
ting.
Nothing tli :<-*s sooner thai: a tear.
Neat let, silk and velvet have put out (lie
kitchen (ire.
The first mistake in public business is the
going into i*.
The idle man is the devil's hireling; whore
livery is rugs, whose diet and wages are
famine and di-graec.
Jv ngs and bears often worry their keepers.
lie's a fool who makes his doctor his
liC'1';
Ne'er take a wile t.li thou hast a house to
put her in.
Love well, whip well.
Hunger never saw bad bread.
Great talkers, little doers.
A rich r<?gue is like a fat hog,
Who never does good till as dead as a
'"g- ,
Fools make feasts and wise men cat them.
The poor have little?beggars none,
The rich too much?enough not one.
Mankind arc very odd creatures. One
half censure what liiey practice, the olltei
half practice w ha! they censure. The rest
always say and do as ihey ought.
If yen would keep your secret from an
enemy, tell it not to a friend.
Old hoys have their playthings as well a?
young ones: the chtlcreuec is only in tin
price.
I I n mmi roiiM have half his wishes III
would double his troubles.
AX1KISU LETTER.
Tim following is :i letter from :in Irish
man in this country to his wife in Ireland
The letter is snpej scribed as follows;
To v.v Win: at
Tim Flaherty's
in Ireland.
If ironc to he forwarded.
Mav tlie two?1S47.
My dear Judy
I (.ommeur.ed this letter yesterday If i
doesn't coiiii! to hand you may allow 11 in
I'm not here hut ?jonc to Queheek?Tel
Barney tint all his brother's family is a!
dead entirely barrin tlie aow God hi'ess liei
? I'd write you more but as there is n<
oicaos oj sending this I will j'i<i lei it ???? a:
it is?remember me in your prayers and re
member me to all the Flaherty's No more a
present from your loving husband ifalivi
Thaddv (TRil-y and il de id God rest lit:
soul?1\ ?S.?il this loiter doesn i roach yoi
vou must lot 1110 know l>v roturn Post aw
don't wail for another until ymi hoar Iron
me again luil write mo immediately and !<
me know how you are cnininjj on. N. I)
I have altered my mind and won't send thi
letter after all. so you can answer or not a
adjust as it plnzo yon?(ovo my love to th<
children?V* hen you come to the oend o
this letter don't read anv more of it Imt jn<
answer, hy !iie lirst post ollice yours uut
death and after, i! not hol'ore
Your own Tiiaddv O'Kii.ey
As in dulv hound I ought to he.
Guam) Indian Corxcu..?It is slated ilia
a "grand council of Prairie Indians, inhahi
ling the territory hot ween the Itockv Moun
tains and the Indian country west of Mis
- : - - ! A ..I.- ? : . i.. i.? i...LI ,i.:?
SUUIl <111(1 t'\I IN?i1l>?is, I? M' IM; lit, HI IIII? mini
incr. Its object is believed to be, in refoi
cnr.o to the new movements in California
and New Mexico, consc(|iient upon tl)
change in government tide, the discovery c
[>recioiis metals in California. The bittl
Kock (Ark.) Democrat urges the govcrnmer
to take measures to extend to emigrants o
the prairies and the dwellers on the frontici
of the bordering Slates, the protection of
Mitring mili'arv force.
- KING SOLOMON'S BLACKSMITH
And it came to pass when Solomon, the
i i of David, had finished the Temple of Jernj
snlctn, thai lie called unto him the chief
. architects, the head artificers, and cunning
I workers in silver and gold, and in wood and
i ivorv, and in stone?yea, all who had aided
, l in rearing the temple of the Lord, and he
> i said unto them?'sit ye down at my table;
j I have prepared a feast for all my chief
J workers and cunning artificers. Stretch
! forth your hands, and eat and drink and he
I mcrrv. Is not the laborer worthy of his
* "
I hire : Is not the skillful artificer worthy of
honor? Muzzle not the ox that treadeth
' out the corn.'
And when Solomon and the chief workers
! were seated, the fatness of the land and the
I oil thereof were set upon the table, there
j came one w.io knocked loudly at the door,
; and forced himself even into the festal cham|
her. Tie n Solomon the king was wroth,
1 .and sr.id
! " What mariner of man art thou V
Ami ho answerer! and said?When men
wish to honor rue tlicv mil me the son of
| the Forge; hit when they desire to mock
me. they cail me the blacksmith ; and seeing
that the toil of working in fire covers me
with sweat and smut, the latter name, O
King, is not inapt ; and in truth thy servant
i desires no better/
; 13ult' said So|oma:i,'wliy come thou thus
' rudely and unhidden to the least, where none
j save the chief workmen of the temple are inI
vllr.,1 v
'FIrasc ye, ir.y Lord, I came rudclv. rei
plied I Ik; man. because tliy servant obliged
! mo to luroe toy way: but I runic not unhid.
I den. Was it not proclaimed that the chief
workmen < f the temple were invited to dine
j with the King of Israel ?
Then lie who carved the cherubim said
''I Ids fel <>w is no sculptor,' and he who inlaid
t lie roof with pitregojd said : 'Neither is
i lie a workman in fine fecials.'
And he who raised the walls said/he is
, not a cutter of stone.'
And he who made the roof, cried out 'he
i is not cunning in cedar wood ; neither know|
elh he th; tnvslery of mutiny pieces of
I strange limber together.
) Then said Solomon. 'What host thou to
say. Son of the Forge, why 1 should not orj
drr thee to be plucked by the beard scourged
with a scourge, and stoned to death with
StoUCS ?'
And when the S in of the forge heard this
he was in no sort dismayed, hut advancing
to the tabic, snatched up and swallowed a
cup of wine, and said. () King, live forever!
?The chief men of the workers in wood,
! and gold, mid stone have said I am not one
; ,S ?l...... ,| il,,.,. Imvn Kf*u! trull*. I aill
v/l I II.. .11, .il.M IIIV.V MIC W . v.... - -
their superior; bofure they lived, was I created.
! am I?;?*ir master and they are a'l
my servants/ And lie turned around and
sa:d to one of the carvers in stone?'who
made the tools with which you carve V
And he said,'The blacksmith.'
And he said to the chief of the masons,
I 'Who made the chisels with which the stones
, of the Temple were squared V
And he said,'the blacksmith'
And he said to the chief of the workers in
wood, *\Yho made the tool with which you
i hewed down I ho trees on Lehamiou, and
| formed them into pillars and roof of the
! Temjde V
And he said,'the blacksmith.'
i 't hen said ho to the artificer in cold and
. ivory,'W'lio made the instruments, bv which
j von work beautiful things lor my lord the
: i King?'
And he said, Mho blacksmith/
'Enough, enough, good fellow," said ?vdemon,
'tlioii hast proved that I invited thro,
; and th >u art all men's father in art. Go
! j wash lie; smut of the forge from thy face,
i and com; and sit at my right hand. The
; i chiefs of my workmen are hut men?thou
art more." }?o it happen:d at the least of
Solum ?m. and the blacksmiths have been
; honoiel ever since.? London Nngtr.inc.
??
. | Bk (ir.vn.n.?A man with and irritable
' temper is m u*o to he pitied than one bowed
i to tin: earth l?v povetlv. The latter evil
| cm be ameliorated, while the former is a
devil that makes havoc with all the finest
' qualities of heart and mind, taking the helm
, Irom reason, and running the possessor a*
| gainst rocks and rough coiners. A petulant
t : man in a family of children, even of his own.
I 1 is worse than a small case of the small pox,
I ' from his influence on their young minds.
1 ; The old adage, "As the old cock crows the
r | young one learns," is a great truth, and we
i . see n li'ustratei!. The old fellows thai sput?
' ter an I growl mound their homes, are sure
. to be imitated faithfully by the little watcht
} ers Ibr paternal squalls, and a nest ol'lior:
i nets is made where peace and harmony
s j alone should prevail. The fractious man
i | shunid he consigned to valerian and peni
I fence,"and Uept t>v lorn; trom spreading nis
i . contagion. W hat r'^ht lias a man to poison
t 1 the happiness ofauv, more than the food ol
I his family.
s, Tito text might be made to apply Jo all
l the reUivions of life where miscn is cullivaL..
ted and "fowling made the order of all days,
J" There arecommnnilies and parties where tin'
I . old saw about "dogs with sore heads" would
i| | he a taint iudi< ation ol tlie.tr condition ol
j mind. We need a society for the promolion
ofgood nature more tliau any philanthropic
purpose.
t Thb Ian: or an I'xgt isiTi; "(ii:.vri.i:j.
man.? lie pits up leisurely, breakfasts coini
forlablv. reads the paper regularly, drcssefashionably,
lounges fastidiously, eats a tari
i. gravely, talks insipidly, dines considerably
_ drinks superfluously, smokes elegantly, live:
i. uselessly, dies reluctantly, is buried lugu
c briously, and is missed l?v nobody.
>1
o Tl u: last resource to raise tho wind is ilia
it of a shrewd but not scrupulous Yankee, win
n bought a bushel of shoe pegs, and 011 diseov
s cring that they were made of rotten wood
a sharpened the other end, and sold then) fo:
oals!
Making Turpentine.?Some of ?>nr fel- |
I ?w citizens of Barnwell District. South Car- <
1 olina, have gone regularly into the business I
! of making turpentine. A Mr. R. J. JJvslop,; i
; of North (Carolina, has been giving the plan- j
i tor-: of Barnwell instructions as to the inorle, j c
and their certificates s!:ow that he has given j \
| them great satisfaction, and demonstrated ?'
the profitableness of the business. I
j Mr. Thos. Beard of Beaufort Bridge. Barn- L
i well District, certifies that with one hand, ii
from the 17th day of March to 24th day of \
November, lie made tilt) barrels. This! r
brought, after paying freight, 2 13-100 dol- j ii
lars per barrel. 8681 74 ; n
Cost ol barrels 25c. each, S79 75 v
j To;iIs, 3 20 o
82 00 , y
i j ii
V_?< 1 ?, Or.no OA I n
; nrii hi mil- iiauu, 01 ; ?
This is certainly a pretty fair business. ' c
| Those who have pine trees in abundance, of
the right kind, have llie equal of a California
gold tninc.?Augusta Constitutionalist. r
e
Virginia Election.?Every part of the j g
State having been heard from, it appears j v
| that in the Senate the Democrats have a ! y,
j majority of 10. and House of Delegates 12 , fi
?on joint ballot 22, the Whigs having gain. I a
ed one member in the Senate and one in the tl
1 louse. The Congressional delegation stands I p
14 Democrats to 1 Whig?a Democratic ! rr
I gain of 5. ! ti
I b
A Novel Scheme.?.Mr. C. Ellct, tho distinguished
civil engineer. has published a
communication in I ho Philadelphia North
American, in which lie proposes a magnificent
plan f>r maintain*; a navigable depth of |sr
water in the Ohio, during iho dry seasons, | w
by means of a large reservoirs in the moun- ni
tainons districts contigoiis to it. lie thinks "
that it would be entirely practicable to so- rr
cure a support from such reservoirs of five
feet. He bases his theory on the fact that \
some of the largest canals in Egypt and ;
other countries are supplied l>v similar re- j ?
servoirs. u
Anecdote of Gen*. Jackson*.?In conversing
with a young gentleman from Ten- j,
nesseo the other day, with whom Gen. Jack- i p
son was something of a favorite, he related I ti
to us the following anecdote of the Ex-Pres- u
ident. which we presume our friend will ' n
paid-... us for publishing: i m
Towards the latter part of his life, Gen. ; H
Jackson became a me nijer of the Christian
Church. Tiie clergyman who perforined 11
the ceremonies on the occasion of his admis- ai
sion, fueling some doubt as to the sincerity
of the old General's repentance, questioned e
! I..... >ii?.r,i*t*trnv flic cmrtttl-ll '
j I I 1 I I l<lll)C?l tl'/OUl ? V'-'IIUVI ilin^ IIIJ k7|#M ItWUI J ^
I condition- I .
Have you forgiven you enemies?' asked !
I ho minister.
'I have,' answered the General. u
Have you forgiven llenrv (.'lav?'
Yes.' " * h
'And have you pardoned Soba Smith, t!
the auilior of Maj. Downing's letters?' //
'No! (raising Ins hickory) by the Eternal, v
audi never will!' responded the old hero ll
with characteristic pietv. , b
? |P
Fiuhi.itv.?Never forsake a friend.? j!l
When enemies uather around?when sick- i c
ness falls on the heart? w!ien the world ia '!
dark and cheerless-is the lime to try true
friendship. The heart that has been touched |
with true gold, will redouble its efforts when j'
the liiend is sad and in trouble. Adversity (r
tries real friendship. They who turn from p
the scene of distress, betray I heir'hypocrisy, a
and prove that interests onlv moves. If yon n
have a friend who loves you_ who has r
i studied your interest and happiness? lie sure L.
, to sustain him in adversity. Let him feel ?
j that h.is former kindness is appreciated, and 1
j that his love was riot thrown awav. Ural I;
fidelity may be rare, but it exists: in ilie heart. ? '
Who lias not seen and felt its power ? They ?
; only deny its worth and power, who have v
| never loved a friend or labored In make one 0
liiend happy. The good and the kind, the 1
affectionate and the viituous, see and feel (s
the heavenly principle. They would sac- ;
rificc ivealtli and honor to promote the hap* !'
? r ,i ?..,i : ,i ! r
[IIIK.'SS Ul 1MIH?"I>, mm, in imuin, nn.;> lukvnii
the reward dI their love, liv sympath'zing j1
hearts and countless favors, when they have |
been brought low by disease or adversity. x
Youii.'c Pctrplcs Mirror. j j
r '
I Chick,Chick, Chick.?Wo take (lie fol- . i
lowing from the new wotk by Judge Ilali- f
! hiirlon. The narrator, a horsc.jockey, is
describing an era in the life of his mother:- <
i 'Five years ago come next siinimcr, tlio ; <
told lady ma le a trip to Halifax, in one of t
j our Pigbv coasters, to see sister Susannah, |!
1 thai is married in that city to Ted Fowler, ; 1
; the ti|iliojsiorer, ami took a whole lotol little I'
| noli -ns with her to market to hear expenses; I
; for she is a saving kind of a body is mother, !'
and likes to make two ends meet at the |
' close ol the year. Among tiie rest was the I "j
! world and ail of eggs, for she was a grand :
hand in a poultry vnrd. Some she stowed
I away in boxes, and some in baskets, and ,
| some in tnbs. so that no one accident inhiM
, loose them all for her. Well under the (
berth, in the ratlin were large drawers lor '
i bedding; and she Militated that out, and i
i packed thorn hill of eggs m wool, as snug as
you please, and oil they started on their
voyage. Well, thev Irid nothing hnt calms ,
and light airs, or head win Is, and were j
j rvt:r so long in getting !<i tr?\vn, aim winm
i thev anchored, she it her <ld>!s \
5 together ami began to collect her rees all j
1 ready lor landing. Tint first drawer she I
? opened out hopped ever so many chickens
' on the eahin floor, skipping and hopping
ahoul a-cltriping '(.'hick, chick, chick !' like
anything !
Well, if that don't heal all !' said mother
l and site looked the very picture of doleful
> dumps. '1 hope there is no more of them
* a coining into the world without being sent
, I'm ?' and she opened a second, and out
r came a second flock, with a 'chick, chick, '
' chick !' and another, and another unit! she
wiled them all out. The cabin floor vtai
:hock full of thcin. for the heat and confined
lilge air had hatched al! the eggs that wertT
11 the close and hot drawers.
O, the captain, and passengers, and sail*
irs. they roared with laughter! Moihe*'
vas awlul mad, for nothing makes one 99
tngrv as accidents that'set folks off# lecf
icc-ing that way. If any body had beeirttf
ilarne but herself, wouldn't tliev have caught
t that's all; for scolding is a great relief la
vnman ; hut as there vvarn't, there w?*
milling left but to cry , and cryingand scold,
ug are two safety valves, that have saved
nany a heart from bursting. Well, the loss
vas not great, though she liked to take care
f Iter coppers, too, it ivas the vexation that
vorricd her. But the worst was to comef
ct. When she returned home the Digby
oysgot hold of the story ; and wherever she '
rent they called out afther Iter 'chick*
hick, chick !'
Risn Early.?The difference betweetf
isinc at six and rising at eight o'clock, in the
ourse of forty years, supposing a person M
o to bed at the same rime lie otherwise
rould, amounts to 20,000 hours, or three
cars, one hundred and twenty-one days and
f/een hours; wheh will afford eight hour it
day for exactly ten years; which is, in fact
ip womo nc if ton roars n-orn aAA&A fn
.V? ' Ud ? K/M ? V/UI o Ttv^i w ouwvu fcvr Illy
etiod of o?r lives, in which we might comiaud
eight hours every day for the culttvaon
of our mind, and the dispatch of our
usincss. K _
From the American Messenger.
BEWARE OF BAD BOOKS.
Whv, what harm will books do me 1 The
one harm that personal intercourse would
itli the had men who wrote them. That
inn is known by the company he keep*," is ari
Id proverb ; but it is no more true than that a
inn's character may he determined by ka<twg
what books he reads, ft a good hook' cat/
e read without making one better, a bad "book:
tnnot lie read without making one the worse.'
Lord Bacon makes the pithy remark, tfyaf
in the body there are three degrees of that
e receive into if, aliment, medicine, and
oison; whereof aliment is that which the na*
ire of man can perfectly alter and overcome
y nature and partly converteth nature; and*
oison is that which worketh wholly upon nit*",
t so itMt itniit tintitro Itoinrr oVilo f r\ n'p.rl" ? ?li
pon it: so in the mind, whalsoeixr knowledge
2d.son cannot at all work vpon and concert, is a
err. intoxication, and endangcrclh a dissoldon
of the mind and understanding." . ,
Bad books arc like ardent spirits ; they fiirish
neither "aliment" nor "medicine they
re " poison." Both intoxicate?one the mind,
ie other the body ; the thirst for each increase
? by being fed, andflb never satisfied; both'
)in~one the intellect, the other the health, fioth
igpther, the son!. The makers and vender*
f each are equally guilty and equally iorrtip>rs
of the community; and the safeguardgainst
each is the same?total abstinence from .
'I that intoxicates the mind or body.
Here we have a definition of what we mean
y "bad books:" whatever hooks neither feed
to mind nor the heart hut have the effect to'
itoxicatc the mind and corrupt the heart.
Voi Its of science, art, philosophy, history,
teology. &c., furnish "aliment" or "medicine,*
ooks of mere fancy/ romance, infidelity, war
iracy, and murder, are "poison" diluted, and
re as much to be shunned as tho drunkard's
up. They will "bite like tv serpent, and sting
i;e an adder."
Books of mere fiction and fancy are had itp
leir character and influence. Their author**,
re commonly bad men do not often write good
ooks. A stream does not rise higher than itr
luniain. Their principles are often corrupt;ncouraging
notions of chivalry, worldly honor,
nd pleasure, at war with the only true code of
wx....L- _TIiai? Inoiilt *Ka unrlitrctntirltntr l>f tllA
under, liy representing as truth what is confessdly
false, and by assuming that the great objectf
reading is amusement instead of instruction.
I'he effects arc such as might be expected. Aabit
of reading for amusement simply becomes
oil and tedious; whatever requires thought
nd study is cast aside : the Bible becomes a
cearnotr.c booh; religious irea'iscs, likethos?
f I'nxter, Buuyan, Flavcl, and" Doddridge,hough
glowing with celestial fire, become ?nipid
and uninteresting; and sermons loose their
tower; or if airy religious impression is made
ipon the conscience, the bewitching novel furlishes
a ready means of stifling conviction and
[tiering away tlie Spirit of God- The Gos)>Pl
s thus tmderminded and souls lured to rtiin;
iy a pleasant and easy, hut straight road. Reran;
oftfte habit of indiscriminate novel read",
u"*. Although this may !>e but the fermented'
leverage from I ho literary dramshop, jt is iit>
oxicating and poisonous, and excites a thirtt
or what is maddening and destructive.
Beware of had hooks, because if you'and
ilhors like you, rcill let than alone, ihelj triTf
oon erase to be published. Every such bootfJMfcfcon
buy encourages the guilty pulilisher to mako*
mother. Thus you not only endanger your"Hw
>\vn morals, hut pay a premium on-the moans - k
>f ruining others.
Beware of bad hooks, because your example is
:onlodious. Your cliilJ, your servant, your
leiiihbor, may he led to read what will he in[oriotis
|or time and eternity ; or not to "touch
.he unclean thing," as your example may
irompl. Which will you do ?
Beware, because good books arc plenty and
"heap, and it is folly to feed on chaff, or poisob
when siilMuntial, healthful food may a\wcll l?o
ihlained.
Beware of had hooks, because they irasfe your
'imc. "Time is money'!?'tis more?it is elerni'y.'
That time is redeemed. Can yob
squander it on means of ruin ?
Beware of had books, because principles iin
and images gathered from them, ttill
abide in the memory and imagination fnr&iur.
The mind oime polluted is never freed Irom its
contrition?ncref.
From a census recently taken by order of
I lie Greek Government, it appears that the
total population of Greecf, including Mdponesus,
continental Greece, and the Cyclados,
is 1)1)3,351.
Some one looking at aiich ifrtn, said,
" J'oor man, lie toiled day and night jmtfl tic
was forty, to gain his wealth, and he lias
been watching over iiflay and night, Vver
s nce, loi Ins victuals and clothes."