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^ # * * * . - ' > - V -'ML m ^ V0L- 1Q- CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 8,1849. , NUMBER 32. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL | PUBLISH KD WKRKLV, BV T. W. PEGU liS. ? . MY WIFE AND CHILD. * BT I). W. BKU8LE. ^ " , The fairest perns of earth? Love thorn, yes I lovo tlicm, 1 For their own intrinsic worth. The one, when, cares oppress me c ... And sadness fills mv heart, 2 Ju meekness comes to bless me, With her soul endearing art. li faer sons, like distant vespers, [ Inspire my heart with joy, While, like a guardian angel, ^ Sho soothes our little hoy ' Unto his evening slumlicr f *V . fn music soft and deep, Hi ?: # 1 And as a spirit watchcth f His calm and ncaccfnl sleep. .C . *. s .v The other?oh! what beauty Dwells in his playful eyes, ^ More like Hi* gemS which sparklei At evening in Hie skits. And thru his artless mimicry 1 p ~ Of all our houscliold ways! ' He sings whene'er his mother sings, 1 r* And prays whene'er site pray*. Stich jewels God hiith given , ^ To sharo my humble cot, As messengers from Heaven, To bless my sveory lot. And xvhon the twilight fodcth, ' And darkness dims the west, ? ^ "fk+i V T* We ask our gracious Father I) To guard us while wc rtM. I From the Palmetto State Banner. J TOH GORDON'S REVOLVING KITCHEN, ! OH 1 REMINISCENCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI. [Founded on Fuel."] 1 BY S. M. ft was a bright ar.rl lovely day in the sum- J Iner of 1S40, that 1 took a passage on board < (T?e com fort abTe ami spacious steamer Ere- 1 pire, bound for New Orleans. The passengers consisted <4 a promiscuous and moticv 1 Assemblage, to wit: the first T******** Reg- < intent, cn route for the bloody scene of < strife, a lot of chubby-faced Dutchmen, a ( green un' from Kentucky, and lastly, but not ? least, the wives and sisters of officers and i privates who were accompanying their gal t lant husbdiidn or brothers t?? OrU ans t 9 " 'ftrdfe gal'ant steamer ploughed Iter way through the fhighly father of rivers, each I " * one sought some pastime to "while away f flte wearv hours/' particularly the gallant t Sons of Afars. who unanimously concluded, f after mature deliborafrn, that the most ra t tion&l and dive rting rcrrt alien in the wor'd, I consists in an interesting gemc of I'okcr; I and as qnick as lightning the cabin and its I tables tvere monopolized. The gallant officcrs and privates, united as they were, in 1 one common cause. (that is, in cheat at they I rmiMj strived to bluff each other and poc ket -the dimes. I j Near the how of ourM?-wn sweet gliding t craft." stood an isolated Dutchman. viewing tn silent contemplation the beautiful and va- I riegaled scenerv, and ever and anon, would ? *- 1 . i.:.. , <118U1U> me qiliui aim uiunjiiuuy ?u ms unui/ by oifadory protuberance. by ejecting there- J i?ito a handful of maccoboy. t Here sat an aged and nerv-ms old maid, i tvho as she reclined her hnad on a ponder '< ous coil of rope, declared that she never was i 60 orful sea sick, and sought consolation bv < demonstrating anatomy on a couple of reu i herrings, whicli no sooner vanished, than, c like Banquo's ghost appcand again. i ~ There repo ed a Dutchman, who felt a ' alight nausenusness nt the stomach, having I f lad at breakfast a dozen biscuits, a pound of c dried beef, and a string of onions, to sav no. / tiling of codfish tails, which, as they slum- c bered in his capaci 'U9 pocket soeined also to be strong circumstantial evidence against a " him. Grunting each succeeding moment, s be frequently exclaimed, nix goot. As I g glided through the troubled waters, and ( . jjaving an innate love f<>r "channels worn \ IfV rtvorflowing streams," my mind was a natural y absorbed, with the view s > pictur* * _ * f esuui;, - llere appeared herds of deer, grazing on r - the long and exuberant grass; as \vc ap- r }>roached, (hey all simultaneously creo- <J ccf their heads, and gazing wildly at us a moment, resumed quietly their verdant t mcaf. There was seen "a leviathan," of the deep, n in the shape of a huge alligator, reclining on t 4 the bank, nod basking in the melting rays of li titc .0,,& h's hideous form, dragging himself L. lazily toward.7 !,is native element, and bran- f] difhing nrs ^odcrous and sca.'y lnd. he scent. [ f ed to crave revenge for i'?!,s disturbing his i diurnal slumber*. Here a say wcr presented its uncouth vis " ngc, ami as if paying its reverence to the v mighty father of rivers, bowed its sable v head nenth each succeeding ware. Seated " on deck, I had a delightfully commanding ^ view, and was indeed riveted with admira- ^ lion,as 1 beheld (he western sun sinking to repose beyond ;thc towering and verdant bluffs, shedding a mellow tint o'er the wild '' hut remarkably beautiful landscape which v reflected on the bosom of the deep-rolling 8 JVIississippi, the shadowy and fantastic forms of innumerable trees. jj Remaining thus enchained for at least an hour, I was disturbed by a familiar hut exiromelv nainful blow on my shoulder. Cas. *' w i ling my eves around, nnd scarcely sup- 1 pressing rnv rage. I beheld an individual, ' whom to do justice to my subject, I must ' describe. lie was a long cadaverous-look- c ing customer, and was possessed of two as piercing grey eyes, as any person would wish I lo behold} he was habited in a pair of fancy s k striped pants and red vest, while his neck was I enc^cnpassed bv a stock some five indies I ligh, which not only threw his head back oan angle of about forly-fivc, but gave him n air ot extreme importance. Ilis brow vas encircled by a tail bell-crown, which 10 doubt enjoyed the height of fashion when ilium was a child, and his delicate feet fitted t number of thirteen slipper remarkably xact. {Seating himself at my side he be;an? "Stranger, she goes, don't she; the way he cuts water nini slow." Look here, (he onlinued, gating full in my face.) look here, 'II be sworn that I've seen you afore, and fit war'nl you, it mought be your brother; tint you got no kin in Lcxiritin Cain I itchy.'' ] assured him I had no relations, to my ;nowledgc, in Kentucky, that to my reflection I never met him in my life, although may have seen him some where. "P'raps you have, old boss, 1 have been haroflen, so efyou did'nt see ine, t'warnt ny lault?but see here, whoever you happen o be, vou are the gene wine stock, what i?" i; !??? 1 told ititn my name was Edward Wil;on. Wilson/' lie continued, "you haint jo kin t?? big Torn Wilson, n? they ca^i him ionic, Dig Turn, you Know, 'that lives on he horse pond,jist a mile from whnr it oners into the Cnmtuckv river; he has some nighty nice gals, too, 1 was well acqua " "Slop, friend," I replied, interrupting him, '1 have no acquaintance with the persons 'on named, nor have 1 ever heard of them jrforc." 'Well, old hoss, I was gwine to obsarvc oo, that as both oi us has bin somewhar. aid sorncwhart slightly acquainted, would 'on be so ail nation peiiile, so exciusiiiating i.nnii oinrn.-illv rnmmod a. V U/|IUL.U^IIUI|I? ow . in, as to reconsilc your leelins i?? lend me a uil/l 1 liar] sum hut a feller held four Queens igm me?by Jings. you know that hand A as strong enough to make a funsc leave his >a(s; and would heat the horns otf a Inlly {out. So efyou will jist lend me a hall nil I j? ) back and tear the rags olF that feller. i*i| g.ve you two hundred and sixty per rent." He looked so c rncst in his appeal, that f consented arid lent hint a half a dollar, and iongratulatcd myself that I got relieved of lis presence so extremely cheap. "Thankee stranger, hurra for whoopee, Richard aint nobody else but himself, I'il be larned ef he is! So saving, he entered the rabin, and brandishing aloft the fifty cents, railed for a couple of hands. I remained on deck until the Steward tnnounccd supper, when I descended to a epnst that would have reflected honor upon he St. Charles. My attention was particularly engaged >y watching the "fantastic capers" of mv riend of fifty cents nolnrllv. Torn Gordon, ,vho was tugging awav on a piece of tough J'ZV.l Willi IMS I'/i n, aiiu i/ucn/i u ........ he Steward accidentally deposited In* I ore lis plate. lie toiled until the perspiration rotired off -Wis countenance, when finding r.4l lis efforts fruitless, and rolling his eyes in the tnguish of despair, he leaped from l he table .villi the ste.d; in his mouth, while his left land clutched the butter knife. "Hello, Tom." exclaimed our hospitable Captain, "what in the world arc vou going o do?" "Nothing Squire," replied Tom, "I'm j;st ;winc to grind this cussed machine. 1 nevir seed sich a knife as this afore. It haint 10 more idge than dad's old horse's teeth: ind sec here, landlord(lie exclaimed, get ing excited,) "in the course of human events. ,ve war all borne free and equal, and all 1 ix is a far eh nee. That ere fellow," (poming to a passenger besid: him.) "lias eat a piartoro; beef, while I was trying to cut a ii"tjthft)l; now all I want to know is, do you tali that eqtia ity, when a feller has to cat villi this cussed, dod drat ed, daggcr-lookng, doll consaro, and every one ol you have towte lutii'cs. No,'taint lare, and if that :hap will just hold back till i sharpen i;11s ooI'll give him as hard a race as any oth ir small man of my size and weight will." The wh?>le table roared with laughter, irid the noise was intense; the Captain asuring Tom it was all a misiake, and apologizing, he sat down considerably pacified. Jrder was perfectly restored, and each one vas engaged in conversation, when, Jiniitiv criminaiiy!'' resounded from the chair vhere Tcun was seated, and he r<>se from lie table, expectorating at a tremendous ate, "I'd be dnrn'd ef that ailil too hard, it's 10 use, sicli conduct as that aint a gwiue to lo no how." "What's the matter," enquired the Cnpain. "What's the matter? Thar's enough the natter, and I'd just give a quarter to know lie chap as had the impudence to do the ike, I'd spile Ins phisen<'gnoiny." "Is it anv thing I can reuiedv again, in .. v....I*:. ; i. |UirO(l IllC isupiaui, ~!i n i>, mi, mjc.iu, i<m .'aptain of this magnificent craft, I will sec vou I) vc redress." "J'm glad !? har (hat, Captain, and I'll jll von. I axel for while sugar, and some armint handed me the sugar bowl, and i rish I may be blessed when I sweetened ?.y tea ef it warnt salt. The cabin again resounded with laughter, lomc of the passengers rolled on the floor, a give vent to their extreme risibility; the 'aptain hold his sides and rocked like a crale; a Dutchman, as soon as lie understood flint was the cause of this profuse mirth, tret' hed himself in his chair, and exclaimed, 'Dat ish g'?ot, by Shorge?dat isli putter as not, dat make laugh so mush," while those Dutchmen knew not a word of English, ympathetically. Tom snoakorl out of (lie cabin, an I lookng considerably downcast, retired to his >crlh, and scarce half an hour had elapsed, icfore the cabin re-echoed with a loud and damormis snoring. The tables being cleared, the disciples of Iojle again went at. it st.rovg, and it was ionte hour or two after, before I beheld the ovcly visage o Tom, who hailed as soon as ic perceived me, "Look here, old hoss, have you got change about you for a dollar?" Thinking to get the half 1 loaned him, I nodfJcd assent. "You can change it, can you; well just lend me another half, and make it a flollir. /lost thetotlieron three r/ce.v, and 1 thiriK 1 got off mighty cheap, for the fellow held .bur of ilie puniest duces prchaps you ever s'.ed, and he took tne short off at the knees, atthe very first slap.' Thinking at least I had a dollar's wnTth of sport out of him, 1 lent him another half and told him peremptorily it was the las. 1 would lend. In another moment, he was engaged in acting in ai exciting game cf bluff". The night advanced, me moon snmc lovely?it was indeed a delightful sight to gaze upon the tall bluffs which fringed the shore, arid which, as 1 sped through the tur. girl waters, my imagination converted into a thousand different lines and forms. It was near one o'clock, the gamesters arose slowly from the tallies and retired to their births, while the pale dickering iight which illumined the cabin, the long-drawn sighs, and the sonorous snooring, deYmtcv that I was the only passenger awake. I amused myself by gazing on the waves as they broke over the guards, and turning, emptied their silver-crested torins in the broad expanse of water again Suddenly the Captain gave directions to wood her, and winding a point, a huge and cont inuous pile of fuel lay before us. In a few moments, our swan.like craft was stopi i nu poci. ana wiry co'dinuiuxu m >m ...... \v nod. All at once I beheld, as I gazed towards the cabin, a tail figure dressed in while, while a huge night cap of the same color encircled hi.-: head, springing over art old maid, who had slumbered near the passageway for comfoit. My ears were saluted with? 44 Hello old hoss, what screw's loose, is there anything busted ? Aint we? n the right <vlt would be an allnation nice thing t-l we've-took the wrong river. Well, its no more than I expected, for lhar's so many fool passengers aboard, it's enough to put a steam injin oir the track. Whar are we, or do wv happen jist about this time, lobe any whar?" I explained to Tom what we had discontinued our progress for, and further assured him we were on the right track. 44 Stop't for feed then : well,' he continued, in a whisiier. 4,old hoss, talking about feed, puis me in mind of what ] got up lor ; 1 am considerably vacant myself, and had it not been for that drolled butter machine, I mout have rat a right smart bait. Look here, you arc better acquainted about here than ] am, whar do they keep them Ifflins from supper?or ichor's the kitchen ? lam pnvci I ii 1 hungry.* 1 directed him to walk down the cabin till he came to the door, and to turn to the left, \vh?.n lie would see a smaii closet, and there lie would find the object of his search. The Captain approached us, and our conversation ended. Tom stole silently away, and followed the directions I gave him. The bell rang and we were under way again. {Suddenly I heard a voice, apparently in the water. ' Hello, hold on, don't leave a feller,'taint far ; ef you come that ere game,you can jisi fork back my passage money." I ran to the edge of the boat and perceiving a human form struggling in the water. I immediately screamed?man ovjrboard ! man overboard !! The inmates of the cab in rushed on deck, the Captain bawled in a - i i i ? i. e?_ i*? ,1.,.! clamorous voice, "siop ncr : wick hui ; m,. bells rang, the lad;es screamed, the ilruin of the gallant patriots resounded, and the Serjeant formed his half stupid and drowsy array on deck, to ascertain who the unfortunate dclinquant was. Rang de dang dang, went the drum ; Fn'l in sojers,' shouted the Sergeant, help the poor fellow,' screamed the ladies ; 'bring a light,' chimed the "toward, while the tin fortunate being still stemmed the angry element.? Hark ! he erics ! "Dod drat your skins, take away that ere : lights, I'm in no sitivalion to br seed by the Indies. I will tread water here all night rf you don't put out that light." The light was extinguished?a rope was thrown, the ladies retired to the cabin, the Sergeant was husilv calling the roll, and Tom Gordon once more stood upon the i f* i : flock. Ho shook the water on litmscu, aim exclaimed? "Well, aint you all ?jot more manners than to want to pull a f'eher up afore ladies when he's jist got on his dranvrs, but I'm glad it war'nt the stripes, I would'nt have them sarved so for no money." Walking deliberately up to the Captain, | ho apologized f>rdelaying the boat, and said : he ought to be excused, as it was a case of natral necessity, and he would some day return the favor. In the mean time a crowd collected around him, and inquired how he came to meet | with the accident. " You see," replied Tom, 'I was nllnation hungrv, and I went in yonder,' (pointing to i the wheel-house,) "to get a snack. I tried lo get in that Hod dratted pantry side of it. but it was locked, so seeing them round sorter steps, (alluding to the wheel,) I 'lowed I would get on 'em one slide in thqpantry on 'tothci vend, and jist as I got on, I lelt myself sorter moving. All at once lhar was the flarndest splashing prehaps you all ever hrorpH I found out mighty soon I was gwine sorlcr round, for all I could do ] could'nt keep llio cussed thing back ; so I determined to take it cooly, and after gwine round a time or two, 1 seed a chance, div way out in the stream, and left the consarn turning. 1 hollered, and you all know the rest." The crowd, in spite of themselves, laughed at Tom's ludicrous description, while a nervous old maid peeped out and asked if he was drowned. " Not cdzactly, this time, marm,' replied our hero. "Tom Gordon vvar'nt bom on ihe Caintuckv for nothing; I'm a perfect duck, and leached swimming school in our section of country three years, or perhaps more." ' " " IIow did you feel V asked one. "Was'nt you frightened !'enquired another. " No,' replied Tom, drawing himself up majestically, "no. there ami no such a word in the dictionary I larnt out of. No, gentlemen,(he continued.) l.vc fit the Saniuollon (| injins; I've rastled with Dutch Sam ; I can s butt the pannels outen that door yonder, but ,| I declar that ere turnining consarn was a tl luetic too much for my systitn. besides, I've c seed miny strange things in this world.? v ? o r>_ * _I. I 7 Twas me thai seen oam r.-uni mvc m un. u Niagary Falls. 1M like to know ef it war'nl v me that seed Tecutnsee I>itc the ground.? h 'Twos mo that bit a ten-penny nale in too, p and 'twas mc that beat Squire Jones for the a Legislature?so you sec, folks, I've seed, a somethin; now I'll tell you more that I've f seed, and something I'll be darned of I ever r did see afore, and dog cny buttons cf I care r about seeing it again." 1 "What is it,' enquired the crowd. " "ft must be orlnl bad,' exclaimed a red- j7 headed lady. . "Yes it is had,'replied Tom, "and ef you'll | listen I'll tell you. In the first place, I've a seed revolving cages for squorrels; I've seed } rcvolvin* shootin'.irons for self-dclence; I've 'j seed the sun revolve round the air!h. but, r gentlemen and ladies, I wish I may be blown r up on this cussed consarn, cf ever I seed a i oi:,rn? t iU'l'M/CKi HI'MK. The shock was powerful?it was at least a an hour before wo could be called to order. 51 A Dutchman laughed so heartily he split his ? coat, in the Inch, while a maiden ladv in the a height of hei risibility, shook olfher redolent [ wig and fainted. Tom retired to his berth, and did not make I his appearance until we arrived in Orleans, and as we parted, I assured h:m his obliga- , tion to me was cancelled. I have frequently since travelled the same ] route, but never without smiling at the | thought ot Torn Cordon's Revolving | Kitchen j i A Gossip's Story.?IIow Raised.?Mo- { thor Hopkins told me that she heard Green's I uife say that John Ilaris's wife told her that ' Granny Ilowe heard the widow Barn's say ' that Captain Weed's wife thought Colonel ! Haven's wife believed that Miss Lamb reck- 1 oned that Sam Dunham's wife had told ' Spalding's wife that shchcard John Mudget's 1 wife say that old mother Goose told her that I I Mr9. Annanias heard Granny Crane say that ( she had no doubt it was a fact. Wow who , can disbelieve it ? ( ( The latest definition nf marriage is the ( following:?An insane desire to pay a young woman's board. i I A true picture of despair, is a pig reach I fog through a hole in the foncc? to get a i i ' cabbage that lies a few inches beyond its : reach. I ______ ( An Inisii Expf.oiknt.?"Dennis, darlint, ' och Dennis, what is it your doing?" ' " AV!>istt Middy, I'se trying an experiment.' ( " Murder! what is it f" 1 " What is it, did yor say ? Why it's giv- ' ingliot wathcrtothe chickens I am, so they'll , be aficr laying boiled eggs. j ( Utility of Nhttles.? It is a singular j ' fact that steel dipped in tlie juice of the net- j , tie becomes flexible. Dr. Thornton, who j j has made the medicinal ptopcrlios of our ( 1 plants his peculiar study, slates that lint dip- . ( pctJ in nettle juice, and put up ihc nostril, { . has been known to stay the bleeding of the nose, when all other remedies have failed i and adds, that fourteen or fifteen of the seeds < l- -- I .-1. .trill I I fjrwlJiKJ mm powder, aim i.im;h iin.n, | , cure the swcolling ol' ; lie neck, known by i ' the name of goitre, without in any way in- ! ' juring the general habit,-.l/c,7/rr/Z Times. ' AwfulSubve at \.v Rxrcutcox.?A cor- ( respondent of I he. Jackson (Tenn.) Whig thus ' notices a scene, at the execution of J. II. Riley. ' near thai place, ou the 81I1 nil., for the murder , 1 of William 'Villi's, which seems to have strick. , f en teiror to tlie stoutest hearts: i ' 'O.i arriving at the "allows, a dark cloud ? ... . which had previously arose in the we>t. overspread the entire (irmanent with its murkey folds, and caused conMerna'ion around. Kvrry thing was now in confusion. As the thick * erases of clouds gathered their folds deeper and 1 deeper oveihead, llie crowd below partook of s the character of the descriptive elements above. c Nature seemed in convulsions. A'I was (lis may, contusion, and consternation! A single * Idaze of lightning, in its gyrations, struck a tree , near where the gallows was erected, and light ed it up in one Milphurus (lame. The rain do- 1 scendctl in tot rents, the vivid lightnings flash- " ed around, the muttering thunder rumbled along 1 the thick folds of clouds, and honor seized upon 1 the hearts of 1 lie people. The women fell into ' swoons, and the men trampled upon them as ' they huriied to and fro, frightened out of their s wils. All was confusion and uproar! Trees ' r.. 11:.... ?,i,? ilmnUor ronrinr? over- 1 lulling \m 1* > V-J y Sim .,!? . - o head. air) t!io lightning in their faros?caused in the crowd a panic never before witnessed. Tliose that were on horses rushed from the I place as if Old Nick was afirr thorn. All thought they saw the devil, and those that did j not leave, staid there from physical inability to i get away, for they were too much frightened to leave. RnvoT.Tivn Deprxvitv.?Wo understand that an old man whoso wiio died a few nights ago, early the next morning directed Ids attention to the acquisition of another. Before noon ho and his new partner had lied in bundles all | that was worth carrying olf, and, after fastening ( the door, departed leaving the dead body of his . deceased wife in the house.?The sexton was j abiiged to break into the house to remove and bury the woman.?Rochester Democrat. , i A country editor tells His subscribers that | be has been compelled to adopt the cash system, but will continue to receive potatoes i at par. < From the Pennsylvania Inquirer. THR DIGNITY OF LABOR. TRUE AND FALSE PRIDE. * "Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and mislead the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride?that never-fading vice of fools." " Here beggar pride d? frauds her daily cheer, To boast one splendid banquet once avcar." A fearful mistake exists in some rtwtds. to the fleet that ilieie is degradation in honest indusv. General!v sneaking, the error is the reult of false education, ('hildien are taught lint this employment is not respectable, and hat not geniee!?and thus, at lengih. they fan. y it is belter to he idle pauper gentlemen, if re may he allowed such an expression, than ndusliions and independent citizens. And idiot, after all, is a gentleman so called, who as neither the means, the energy, nor the raiacity to earn a livelihood? Our great cities re thronged with such unfortunates?for, as "*? *'! iLrt?r a en tkn r i/*t! mo /?f nr mnfrfAttc I If f'ilU y Milieu, Miry air mi; III lima VI wni'm v..,7 duration and fu'se pride. We fear lhat the ;eniler sex are responsible for much of lliis ornr, ilie old as well as the young, the mothers as veil as the daughters. Let any one mingle in circle of ladies wiih pretensions to inlo'Ii;ence. respectability and lefinement, anri ascdr nin their views upon this subject ? learn from he mothers tho class of citizens thev would iave as candidates for their daughters' hands, nd fmm the daughters the professions and callng? whence they would select their suitois. rhe result will verify our theory. A gentlenan in name and by profession, although he nay be an idler, lounger and a dependant, wil II most cases be considered ' belter sr ety" ban a store keeper, artizan, a manufacturer, or l mechanic, because, these classes in paying due ittention to business are perhaps, neglectful of nme ofthe niceties and superfluities of fashiontblc life- But, we repeal, the error is with the jarfnls. Children are not made to distinguish ictween false and true piide?between the diglitv of labor and the degradation of idleness? The sons of rich mpn become ashamed of the smployment of their fathers, while the dnughera, as it loo often happens, will shrink, color ind blush, should such employment be especial, y pointed out to them. We may we wropg, mt we regard all this as altogether ahsuid, imirooer, afiected and unwise. If a man be the lrchilect of his own fortune, and from indigence o affluence by the efforts of his own toil, ener ;y and perseverance, the circumstances should >c inferred to with pleasure and exultation, rather than pain and mortification. Far better tins to commence at the bottom of the ladder, ind ascend gradually and steadily to its topmost ound, than, elevated by sudden wealth, to lie :ompel!ed to descend by idleness, imprudence ind profligacy. 'Che distinction between false ind Irudc pride, is not sufficiently apnrecie' :d. fho pride of worth, integrity, intellect ind .'haiactcr is noble and laudabio in its ? idre, ?bile that ol mere fashion and money is narrow, ?mpty and unworthy. Our bretbien of the South, we perceive, are just beginning to discover and appreciate the dignity of labor.? Jiiey are asceitaining the diffidence between lie North and the South, "the why and therefore," that the hardy sons of New England, the Northern, Eastern and Middle Stales, generally itiiivc pbucda-iiiy. and fiud the.mselvestilted to any section of the Union: " Why is it," asks a leading journalist of Georgia, "that the Northern Stales, naturally so far inferior to the gen?rous and genial climate of the South, have so Inr outstripped their Southern sisters in wealth, education, refinement and general improvement ?" His reply is, that " idleness is the curse of the South," that the absurd and ridicui ?I lot...,- lc fti^lmnnmhlp. HHPS IJOWUll Ulill ma ii u u? mwv. .w , lias been ibe gieat dtawbaek upon that portion ifine Republic. It has "doomed to the crime 7/'idleness hundreds and thousands of young men who, but for it, might have become active a ml energetic mechanics and manufacturers, laying up for themselves and their children utiold wea'ih, thus retaining in our rnid>t the mo ney which, under the piesent system, the eneriy and industry of the Noilh light fully acquire Irorn 11s, and with which they build their railtoads, canals, colleges, churches, and magnifi. rent private mansions* The idea that nooccuKllion is respectable but tho 'learned profes.ions,' has doomed to poveity, idleness and . time, hutidieds and thousands of young men ivho, as farmers or mechanic, might have assisted in building up the national wealth, and Jnveloping our vast resources., (lo to the towns Mid villages throughout our Southern Slates, mhI see who are the loafers at the corners of lie streets? Aro they not abnost invatiably nen who have been driven by this low, vulgar irejudire into professions already crowded, in :onsequence of which, for want ol employment, liny are forced to become loafers?fashionable oungers." This is speaking out in a frank and manly pit it. The South cannot realize and act upon l o doctrine ton proinntlv. i ne men wu? ibjard labor as unworthy am] degrading, the so:iety that recognises and inculcates such a fearid ciror, cannot but become the victim*. The 1 Mountain Manneran intelligent journal pub: lied in North Carolina, tidies up the story and oilows it out \vi:ii sliil more force. " The stanlard of meiit," says the editor, " consists not in i man's occupation, hut in performing his part re/7, whatever it may be?whether he act in he capacity of a blacksmith or doctor, tailor, awyeror merchant*7' This is the true docrine. tlood lawyers are rightfully just as resectable as goo.l blacksmiths, or good farmers, ind not any more so?they ate all useful and lonorahic occupations, and ha is the most rc per!able, who best performs the duties of his 'oration. Unfortunately, the delusion, the filso pride o which wc have adverted?is not confined to he South. It prevails extensively in the Northern and .Middle Stales, and csoerially in lin large Atlantic cities. We have alluded to t again and again, but we fear xvith litde efToet. J'ho rivalry among neighbors, nay, among "fiends and families, is sometimes not only fear, ill, but fatal in its consequences. It is sona ural lor a parent to iinngine that his boy is pepiliarly "bright"?wonderfully precocious?is calculated to adorn any sphere or walk in life ! If iho parent himself he rather deficient, so nuch the worse, for he is (lie less capable of ndging. And if again, ha has risen to wealth rom an hurnhlo position and small beginnings ? pride, false pride, is apt to deceive and hewilder him, and to whisper? 4 Now that I have accumulated money?why not, through mV lixmily, dazzle mankind in professional life ?" How common it is to hear parents of moderate means, talk of making their sons merchants ! Question them upon the subject, and you will find that their notions ar* quite cH*#. Tkey forget that one of two things is-essential to it merchant?either wonderful adaptation to business, an adaptation equivalent to capital?or ten, twenty! or thirty thousand dollars by way of a BioiWe wooid not depress an enterprising spirit?chill or check iaudabW ambition. Far from it. The young can not look too high. But we would teach them that industry is essential in any waller and that where one may is successful through trick, management and luck, so called, ninety-nine teach thfi top-of tho ladder by toil, energy and perfcevciiHieh. tcr, in the first place, ehnoseiiprofession ttJjptr rd to the capacity, nnd having mastered'it^Pirsup it with zpoI, activity and enterprise* Fa* hotter he a skilful mechanic than an'. umkjlful physician?far belter he a thriving sterekiaeper than a briefless lawyer?far Ue<te? appreciate the dignity of labor than the vanity of idleness. HOME INFLUENCE. > T!ie social and moral cftaTaeteroNfseofeolar* is one of (lie elements of the school. The. formation of thai character is, to a very ?reat degree, in the hands o( parents j.^nd it u 4 work which they are performing daily?betuljy ?unconscious of it, (hough iTtfJ ft)TJJPM ** good gr evil. The slpnt influence, of,thfi* lives, like the hand of the aui>4, is addiogJine af.er line loilie delicate engraving, mbiehie to he reproduced and multiplied utitH theoMtterial into which it is wrought is broke* kite fragments. That influence may make'tlW cWM a b'essing or a curse to himself to the schooUod to the world. Surely, then, .it.,U b* trifled \vitb, nor slightly iifgarded. The effects of home influence are a?vf$,,?ore perceptible than in the schoolroom. So-appa-. rent is it there, that it is the freoaeiit4*aa*lt of teachers, that the demeanor <>f the:'fcWhf..4brnishesa criterion by which they can detdrmlae, with a remarkable degree of argmiq^'the' character of its parents. The. hornp wj^ere rudeness of demeanor, harshness- of 4|p|Ptg?f neglect of wholesome restraint,-are mesMf|in. guishing traits in the character of tbrpacacts, cplnnm furniitKoc front I fl /?Atirl?n?t- Mnifltlv subjects in ihe school room; "men?ot gather grapes o| lhoni6, nor fig* of thalles." The teacher looks in vain for respeat^rodgjAoMT who have never learned to re spect theirnataraf guardirns, or for obedience from th6*0 j^ftnra noi been taught from their infancy i"Ba( ooedi-' once is a virtue. The lessong popped.^ the fireside are sure to he recited at voices of home find there a fitful echo. These considerations, which cannot fail to feaeifatba assent of ereiry? reflecting father and mother, should operate as a sufficiently powerfM'IrtiWda* ment to the exercise of a proper pareO^tiQjjnu-. ence, for their own reputation, jf faulty f^?* object. Hut there is som?lliLag,o0)0^i^^0 welfare of their children. They {U$;?|gt, to school with a view to their mental awLt^oraT improvement. They should go there right views of the object an<J*f daty ; Aa" conviction stamped deep upon tfc^fr |rfhA and" their hearts, that the violation of the T&oi^jSPlbe school, disobedience ofders?.g^.iregjpecjhif conduct toward their teachef, unkind -W^0" courteous treatment of their scbpoltpd?#,,#^!* tent ion to study, falsehood, vulgarity,.-.pwf6?ncness, truanc' . are morally wrong th**ho commiismn r,l any noe of* these offence* "iHH subject them to the rightful infliction of f>un- . ishment by their teacher, to the displeasure of their parents, and to the rebukes of conscience, which, although slumbering for tke tiata ^>ng? will sooner or later awake nn'tf assert fls right to be heard. This is the home prejjgratipn lot school which ia loudly called for,?wbicti parents ' should be willing to make,?which jt (heir duty and -interest to make,^?whicb they <aruf make, iflhcy would derive that benefit.firwaKhe school, for themselves and (heir children, which they profess, or ought to desirrf. r fr' ' ^ Tlin SfAB-CitAMBKR CoM-MON lN#t>gib?ItS. ?We have been informrd. by sevet^lnijiviilu.' , als of the highest respectability, that whenMr. Collamer, the headsman of the Port Pfico Depaitment, made his batch of reraowk a few days since, he admitted to roanynf thorn removed that lie had nothing ngnirist thtelSi Wfc officers, but that a committee of citizens to vhobn $ Had referred the matter, had informed him fhat they were democrats, and had been .aciite in poQtics. [lore, then, is a confession on the pirt oTihe Postmaster General, that there etfists ia.this " e oommitfno a! onmmnn Infir.'mAiA..AOMIflf cd by himself whose business it is to inxpiro ' into the private opinions and personal" widbct of the cletks employed in his department, and make report of the results of their inquiries to him, with a view to their removal. Tn two iff. stances this committee ofinformcrs made'renoris of the opinions of clerks which were totally ftW* founded in fact. Yet tbecleiks were sacrificed on the faith of the statements of this infamous * secret committee, notwithstanding the/, had it in their power to prove that the chargesore. ferred against them were utterly, false. We mention these circumstances to show- the disreputable expedients resorted to hy-the Postmaster Genera!, in order to obtain pretexts" for removing democratic clerks. We fegat it asalike disgraceful to the Postmaster General,' as to the ba?e instruments who coristitilfe'fh&, secret slur-cliamlier committee of cVitnmrttt informers. Their names should lMr.%ftted out, and held up to the scorn of the corrtffcmity. \nd what judgment must the public forrffof the character of a man holding a higf/ official position, who stoops so low as to employ agents to ferret out the private opinions oPhia clerks, that he may be furnished with pretp'irts (or their removal? Where is the PhiIade|pKi*T..*dgsr, that it does not rebuke such conduct ? Or will it reserve its censures for us for exposing it ? ?? ? < ** (loitRinr.E.?The. Forsyth Be* of thwSRfh ti!t. records a melancholy suicide. whidrniWtirreJ in Monroe county. 011 Ftiday nigbVTffctRMh nit. The wife of a Mr. Stephen Sbffotfde. stroked herself and youngest child, l?y horning down the hou?e over their heads. Mr. S. it appears had purchased a grog shop 4a Buren, and in order to be more cdttvement U> it, intended 1 amoving to that neigHtxn'hlwd.-? From the lime of his purchase he became ad. dieted to drinking, and while drunk shame (Hlly inislicated iiis wile. His remova'fwas opposed by his wife, as giving him greater facilmtJnfor the indulgence of his passion ; and after endeavoring in vain to change his resolution, she re* solved to destroy Iwrse'f and family. Oa-Priday night Mr. S. being absent from home, she i.-.nt.-e I herself, two children, and servMtgirl in the home, and deliberately fired it. girl and (he oldest child made fhelf (Nftwpe, leaving (lie molher and (he other ?biWt*|ierisli in tiie flames. ( .