V ? t * ^ r ^ ^ ^ ^? .-. ** ,** *+*J. ^'tt'M^air^tr">r""i^ CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 30, 1849. NUMBER 22. V V/l J. J U, M ,~.--^.rTCTa^.--r.--- . -^- -i . j-?;?i-' ^ .-..^. ^ iia^u-i J i in ?????? . -OTSttum. 'IU. f-gFjrrj 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. tf 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 - - ' 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.. ?-: fp^33^? ' 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 rv 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, 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 !!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 kars 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."