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VOL. 10. ~~ CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 21, 1849, NUMBER 47. rraf imnrw nirrhi iimhiujmi l i nn ttm$i bmi niwi t~ btt nnwTT'T'rr Trr* ** "'muirrratm j^icjKi,T.ii?*CMMiBilj*W^^WBBPlKWWM^KWBWllWPBWWWPMW^BPMlMI^BBWiWBBMIWlBMBMMPlBWgil>rg^j^^.?L^>jjoax.'i?rij!iirrMfnTr??rrrr^ mii in 1 t rv. r, I> , ?... A ! T>~.. f. r\. T.i _:. ] :_L. "THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, . PUllLISHKD WEEKLY, BY . T. W. PEGU US. Fall Goods, just Opening, A. M. & K. KENNEDY Call the attention of their friends and the public generally, to their new and extensive 6tock of Fancy, Domestic and Staple Dry Goods, which they are just receiving. Having been selected with great care, they with confidence offer them, both as regards quality and price?011 as favorable terms as can be presented elsewhere. A nortion of the stock is comprised in the follow ing:? Plain and Figured Siik, changeable colors, Plain and Printed French Cashmeres and Le Lames latest styles Figured and Piain Lustre.-*, changeable colors, French and Snjjlish Gingham, do do. English and American Prints, <?c. &.C., Together with ? variety of Fancy Dress Goods too numerous totgention. JScpt 2G---tf iitiibroidci iis OiJ?v<s Kibboits. Lace Collars and Chimezeties, ." Culls, Worked Trimmings, with a handsome assort. njc-nt of Thread Edgings, and Inserting.-, Madias colored Kid and fyik (.loves. Cap and Bonnet Ribbons, Beit and Meek do &c., to be had at A. VI. <Sc R. KENNEDY'S. Sept 2fi til) tf A, M, & R. Kennedy Would call the attention of their friends and the nnhlir tn their asf-ortmeut of Cloths, Cassimeres, Doeskins, Vesting. Cravats, (Jlines, Merino Vests, Dress Sliiits, English Half llose, Gloves, etc. etc., which cannot be surpassed for style and cheapness. RUN HERE EVERYBODY! From Dutcliland we come, with ou-- warcS heavy laden, To dear, happy Camden, the home of the brave, Then listen fair ladies, and you pretty ina dens, And you who in buying your money wouid save, Buy a Hat ! Won't you buy a Coat? Oh! buy at the cheap selling Cash Store a Shirt! Dresses from four cents to dollars per yard, .Miss, With 'kerchiefs and jionnets as neat as a Pin, And Shot Guns and Pistols &. Coffef.for frro Sir, Tea, Sugar and Candles all cheap tor the Tin. Buy a Whip ? Buy a Saddle, sir? Oh buy all vou want at *he cheap Cash Store opposite the Post Office! ! That last line is rather long, but contrasts nrc pleasing, and as we are short, and our prices are extremely short, we deemed it expedient to have a con'rast in that last line lor lear we migni ouuuu the good taste of some. Come one, come all, Our stock is new, Our profits small ' Our words are true, Do not fail to give us a call. ELlAS KOOPMAN*. Oct. 24. Oj'iJu.file the !'<>*' Ojf.cr. fiTA i~ <A - g <> s' a-! 1ROX. 350 bars and bundles S<|ua-e, Round. Flat, Band, Hoop, Mail Rod and Horse .Shoe Iron, Cut, Corniest and Blister Steel. , IIOLLO.Y.' WARE. 500 pieces, comprising Pots, from $ to 20 galIons, Ovens, Sauce Pans, (tin and porcelain lined) "tin and porcelain lined Maslin Kettles and .Soup l)igesters, .Spiders, Frying Pans, Gridirons, Potatoe .Steamers, Furnaces, cooking Stoves, Giue Pots. etc. etc. LUCKS. Front and Store Door, Rabbeted and Plain Mortice (with brass and mineral Furniture,) Rim, Plate, closet, cupboard, chest, Drawer, Desk, Trunk and NIGHT Locke, Spring Ketches, Pad Locks, of every description. svjrnniEs. Door, Window and Parliament Muffs, Window Springs, Axle I'uliios, Mi utter rastenmgs, mcisi. hie Door Springs, square, round, fiilsii and Shutter Bolts, sliding Door Fixtures, i>ed and table r*v. tors, screw and side Puliies, Wardrobe Hooks, (iron and brass,) band and house Bells, ivith carriagc complete, Andirons and Fire Irons, <"offec Mills, well Pullics, cross cut and Mill Saws, ill Cra.nk*, Stork* antl 5>ics, Iron Axles, 1 to 2\ inches, wagon and cart Boxes, cut, wrought and horse shoo Nails. Carpenter's Ton's complete, of various qualities Blacksmith's do do do do irThe principal portion of the above h is been bought direct from the Mrtnufao'iirrrr, of which the purchaser will have the advantage, ami when the Hardware requisite lor a building, a complete set of Kitchen Utensils or sots of Carpenter's or Blacksmith's Tools are wanted, a liberal discount will be made on the prices charged for a single article .Mc DO WALL As COO i'Kit Planes. Jointers, Fore, Jack, Smoothing (single and double Iron), Astragals, Beads, coves, cove and Bead Cornish, Dadoes, (wood and brass screwtops,) Fillisters, Grecian Ovalos, Hand Rail. Hollows and Rounds, Match, Nosing. Ogee-", Ovalos, Plows, Quirk Ogees, do. and Bead, Quirk Ovalos, do and Bead, do., one arid Bead. Rabbet, (skewed : and square.) Reeding. Raising. Sash. .S'.-npc Bill, : side Rabbets, step Nosmg, Torus Bead, Tooth: Planes, &c. Jack and Fore Plane Handles; Iliukory chisel do Bench Screws and patent Bench Hooks. For sale bv McDOWUX & COOPER. Houses for Wale. The subscriber offers tor sale, on reasonable terms, his Houses and Lands at 2\ irk wood and in Camden. The House at Kirk wood is pleasantly situated, ftrge and commodious, with every necessary Outbuilding, with an abundance of pure water convenient thereto, with t;7 acres of Land attached, most of which is woodland. The House in I l.~ IVW.f nn.l ?f I J., fv all. I ai.xioi! MIU<I?UH UU mu .?. ..^..w.? street, upon a considerable elevation, and is laj ?jc and commodious, with all convenient and necessary Out buildings, a Well of good water, and '-17 acres 01 Lpnd. Possession given immediately. I'ersot^ wishing t?? purchase will please call and examine the premises. Oct 10-tf .IHIIX WIIITAKBR. BOOKS AND STATIONARY. A now supply of the works of popular and standard authors, Annuals, .School and miscellaneous books just received. Also, Letter, J teed, and Note paper of great variety, with envelopes to ma'ch. Knives. R'zorsand Scissors, motto seals, wafers, wax, inkstands, steel pens, ink, Japan, Black, lllue and Red. Water colors, prints, Drawing materials &c. A. YOL*N(J. Oct. -J-l 13 if Removal. The subscriber has removed to the Brick Flous" well known as the Meugy Store, a few doors snu:h of DeKalb street, immediately opposite the Kpiscopal Church, and recently occupied hy .Mr. A. K. Allen, where he will carry on a general Mercantile Business, exclusively on the cash system. The highest market prices, in cash or barter, will be paid for Country Produce. JOII.V INCH AM Oct 10 11 tf Palmetto Gash Store! I THE PL'IsLIC GENERALLY, And those wish Bargains. Farticularlj WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, That the undersigned haj moved into Mr. Wn Workman's New Store, two doors above M Drucker. and imincdiately opposite Messrs. AI< Do wall & Cooper, whore i.e is at present, n ceiving a large supply of NEW AND FASHIONABLE GOODS, suitable to tiie fall and winter seasons, comprisin I'laiu ?iiti Fancy Hrtf'Gootfs, in every department of Ladies' and Gentlemen' V? eat, Hardware, Creceriw and Croe^cry All which he is determined to sell for Ca<h 071/5 at prices so extremely low, that he cannot fail l receive the confidence of purchasers. To give his new stand "a local habitation and ; name," he ha? hoisted the Palmetto Flag1, and re sj>cclfu!iy invites ail and sundries to give THE PALMETTO STORE a fair trial, having no doubt that a visit and inspec spcction of his stock will prove mutually advauta geous. JfctrFriends from the country will please en< ((mr tor the I'ttlmeUo Store. Sept. 19. ;A M ES WILSON Just ISeccived, The largest stock of French Muslin Etnbroide ries ever brought to this market, consisting of Ladies French worked Collars do Straight * do newest styles do French worked Chcmizcttcs, (a lot o 140 from 3?c. to S0.0U) do worked Muslin Cutis French and Scotch Worked Muslin, Trimming: in Swiss and Jacconet Edgings and Inserting: Also?A lull stock of Main anJ checked "Muslim AT WILSON'S PALMETTO STORE. Dress Goods. A very complete and carefully selected assort ment of striped and figured Worsted Goods, print en Cashmere and Mmisselaiiie Diesses, ali recent Jy imported from France .and England. Also?; choice lot of Satin striped .Mousselaines, at 2~)o. a UKnvx l> \ I \1 ETTO STOKE. Rich and Rare! jt-s* rich fancy t*i!k Cravats, " * " NVck Tics?only a few 'eft " Bonnet Kihlituir, in greatest variety, / licit do in inmost every shade, 1 Fancy Necl: do.. assorted. " I ii:i*ii Cntnhric Jlamlkf*. from ltMJc!*. " Fine Bordered and IIciiisiitchsd ?!??. At WI!>U.\'S I'AIJlK'l'i'O .sTOKK. F-jiUjinlwrilfi 3.1 tf Bonnets a la Hode i An entirely new ?ii-(T of l.ailiv* and .Misses' Bonnets* intnle in lite iiewc. t fashion, ami very cheap. A LSI! : a full n^'nrlmerit of Artificial flowers at all prices.. fewdo7.cn Ladies' fancy Blonde 'I'a he, newest s'y'les At WILSON'S PALMETTO STOKE. Lace Department, Cotton edging* ft* ail widths and at ail prices. Cushioned and Wove Thr-ad do. hem f> rts. a yd. Trinimirur Lure.* of ? *.>.-y width and piality, Hiack Mild Whit" 1-1 I arc, sorted, also : a stock of. Plain and Triiiuned I?*ich Cam?*, olleroi very low at WII.SON'S PALMETTO STOKK. Ccmc, See. aad Conquer! (??;?>' 'too. will ft. <J a nrev variety of made in Coats, Vests, I*ati4aloot:s, Dress shirts, .lie. ritto Shirts..Hi rino Drawers, Cloves, (all kinds, Suspenders, Iy Uraces, Halt IIosv. Stock! and Operatles, Ilats, (taps, /{lack and Fauci Cravats, Ac., Ac. Ac. ltK.s'IDKS An assort meat ??f Doeskins ant! Cassimores. plain and fancy French (.'nssinicres, .Scot eh Fluids. dan endless variety of I'antaioon stalls. Also? B ew pieces hfack and colored Broadcloths, am rich Vesting, rem trkaoiv low, at Wilson's palmetto store. Head flnartcr#?, LoWRIt nATTALloN, 'J'Jl) Ri'.ii. S. C. M. ) (J a union, (Ah Oct., 13-11). $ Order JYo? Tins Battalion is hereby ordered to parade a1 Camden on Saturday the tilth day of N'ovembei next at 10 o'clock A. M. fi>r drill and review arm. cd and equipped as the law directs. Commissioned officers, the lion-commissioned Reifiinetitai stall*, sergeants and corporals will assemble the '-ay previous at llie same hour and place lor drill and mslruction. The Couijtanie-: will ho formed and the Rolls called precisely at tii" hour indicated. Captains ol Companies are char-red with the extension 01 this order. Lly ordero! Incut. Col. J. II. Kershaw, Ocr. 17 Ol A. (1. It ASK IX, Alj't. I is Uqnitj-Lanctistcr SHstrict. John Massov, Adin'r. dc bonis non ol John T. I la"in?, dee'd. vs Ja-e II ignis and others?Hill to 7iuirsk'il nsxi'tf, and *?< forth. Tiie creditors of John T. 1 latins late ol Lancaster District, are hep'hy notitied that under the decree of the Court of Equity in the above case, they are required "to cstahln-li their claims he fore i he Commissioner on or he'bre ; he 1st day of J one, l*"X), and indefanit lint tlieir claims he barred. jamfs m. wrnir.itsroox, c. k. l. d Ciiuiin'r-i O'lif", Kept. 2 , HI'.'. Sept f> SH if 7i('\v flood*. A general at?ortni?iit ?<t* DRY (JOODS, hardware, GROCERIES, Cvr. Received hy W. ANDERSON* & CO. PliHatftdjuhm Made Calf and Goat Walking Shoes Kid Ties and Slippers, just received l?y W. ANDERSON & CO. Cog ton Itojje, Suitable for I'iow Lines, Bed Cords, Clothes' Lines, <|-c, of a superior ou tlily, an-l of our own manufacture. Wholesale and Retail bv W ANDERSON A. CO. Domi i c It;; 11?fai: tu rcy. IV'e are now* prepared to oiler our stool: el Hlack and Kuweit Pepped Browns, ami Kur-sclt sewed \cpro Shoe.;, allot t tir own maiiulacliirc, which we can iccojimik ml to our customers an they have been pot up ivitii _pre.it caio and made of the best material;. Purchasers will please call ami examine for lh< unto Ives. Oct. 17. \V. ANDKKSON. & Co. Per Xorfhrritrr. I hn\<* n\? :n*?! i'ii- in "i-i ilir- ; from w \ ork. 1 piffi'Mitel; Moii-lie I > - 5I pi' i < M'u'ny.in (' ' I:lu-irr; i p.v> ilnri. :-r- m i".: 1 pi* ce li:uu?? ?in?: pink '<>.; ! piffi- II:iii'I-iiiii I Ic'iiil-n'ii'' i.i-A -iy!?' Moiiriiimr shams. I : histi colored < on -li-im-; I pi-cc rich -:r., ?! . |.n ! - 'k. ! plain ?!o. i!".; iridicsii}H-r merino bls:r|; Ki.! (;'ov.\s one l.h. k Crap'. Ae. I! W\ liOVNKV. T. BO.IAKLfi A: CO. Have just receited a lot of /lagging, lh,pr air! Twine, fine St'gars, Table Still, in brigs. Hire j'/onr. Also?Slum I s best i'tr.i'h/, Vrrvh Cordials, while wine Vinegar. AI so-?.1 few rases of sujirrinr Negro Shoes, Negro f,iniei;s, lllailkds, i\v. A!! of which \ 'I be ; the owe-t price- f r cash Oct. M. POPULAR ERRORS ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF SAP IN TREES. What curious hallucination is tlirtt which ^ supposes the sap of tress to fail or .settle in the winter into the roots. One would have thought that the notorious (li/Ficulty of cramr. tning a quart of water into a pint measure* might have suggested the improbability of !* such a phenomenon. For it certainly does require a very large amount of credulity to believe t.'int the fluids of the trunh ami head of a tree, can by any natural force of compression, be compelled to enter so narrow! 8 a lodging at the root. i We shall assume the word sap ' > signify I ' the fluids, of whatever nature, which are j J contained in the interior of a tree, nihej spring the sap runs out of the irut.k when it a is wounded; in llio summer, autumn, and i winter it docs not, unless exceptionally, j nakc its appearance. But in trut!i the sap .'s always in motion at all seasons and under " j all circumstances, except in the presence of " j intense cold. The difference is, thai there _ I is a great deal of it in the spring, and much i less at at other seasons. When n tree falls to rest ar the approach of winter, ils leaves have carrii <i so r.-.ncli : n j .< .1 ... t,??? n|,|,, tf, | more uuia limn liic i>?ho iumv k^v... . . supply, that the whole of the interior is in a state of comparative dryness, and the large portion of that sap which once was f fluid lias become solid, in consequence of the various chemical changes it has undergone. , Bet ween simple evaporation on the one , h?' md chemical solidification on the olh5 e sap, isi in the autumn, so much diinin. in quantity as to he no longer discov. cranio by inert: incisions. The power that a plant may possess of resisting cold, is in [ proportion to the completeness of this dry . nig process. ? When the leaves have fallen oft, the tree 1 is no longer subject to much loss of fluid by perspiration, nor to extensive chemical changes by assimilation. Dot the absorbing power of the roots is not arrested; they on the contrary go on sucking fluid from the soil, and driving it upwards into the system. The effect of this is, that after some months of such action, loss* of fluid which the tree has sustained in autumn bv its leaves, is made good, and the whole plant is distended with watery particles. This is a most wise pro, vision in order to insure abundant food to new born leaves and branches when warmth and light stimulate them into growth. During all the winter period the sap appears to be at rest, for the refilling process is a very gradual one. But M. Biot many years ago proved by an ingenious apparatus, hat the rate of motion of the sap may be measured at all seasons, and he ascertained it to be in a state of considerable influence 1 upon the direction in which the sap moves. In mild weather the sap was constantly rising. hut when frost was experienced, the sap flowed back again?a phenomenon ' which he rcferr d to the contracting power of cold on tiic vessel of the ti n;.I: a;:J bran<h| cs, the effect of which was to force the sap r downwards into the roots lying in a warm* ' tflini) I 111* froKl Ci Hit'* 'l(illt| lli'.'IJ, ?l IIVM %..w reached the roots themselves and began ac? ting on them, tin; sap was forced back into the trunk; but as soon as a thaw came on I and the ground recovered its heat, the roots out of which a part of lite sap had been forced upwards, were again titled bv the Minds above them, and the sap was lorced to fail. A large poplar tree in the latter i state, having been eel across at the ground ( line, the surface of the stump was found to , be dry, but the end of the trunk itself dipped i with sap. Sap then is always in motion, j . and if*n ever settles to the root in a-visible , manner, that is owing to temporary causes, , ' the removal of winch, causes lis instant re- ( ascent. < As to the idea that the bleeding of a wee ( i begins first at the root, and in connection j with this snp|s?sitiojj, that what is caned the ! rise of the sap is the cause of the expansion j j of buds and leaves and brunches, nothing {; ean well be more destitute of any real foui.- I dntion. If in the spring, when the be ai\. i just swelling, a tree is cut acro-s at the ground line, no bleeding will take place, i neither will the sap flow for some distance upwards, tint among ihn branches the bh?:iiuig will be found to have commenced. This was observed some vcars ago i>v Mr. i Tliompsoii, at that time the J)u!;c of Tortland's garduer. who thought he had rliscov- > ieredthat the sap of trees descends in the ! spring, instead of ascending: a strange sj.eej illation enough it must ho confessed. The < 1 fact is that the sap is driven into accelerated j motion first at the extremities of a tree, bo! cause it is there that and warmth first < tell upon the excitable buds. The moment tlie buds are excited tliev begin to sucl: sap from the part they are m contact; to supply the waste so produced, the adjacent "Sap push i cs tijiwariis; as the expansion of the leaves proceeds, the demand upon tin: sap near them becomes "renter; a iiuirker motion .-nil is neccsnrv on the. part ol the ^n{> t?? make em?d ilie loss; a/id (lins from above downwanl is that perceptible flow of the finals of 1 trees, winch we call bleeding. efi'ecled. i The well known fact ol trees sprouting in the spring, although P iled in the atitnn'ii, proves that the sap had not nt that time fjnit- ; led the trunk to take refuse in "the roots. < Such a common occurrence should put poo- i pie on their guard against falling into vulgar < errors on this subject. Jjfiitr' risvi!!/' llt rchl. < Moos.?*>Vc have it from reliable infer- ; mation. that, in cnn.sct|unncc of the dull pros fiect at ( inc.innntti and Louisville, nearly all | the hogs that were fat oarlv, in some tenor ( ; j fifteen counties in the section of this State i cast of this, including Ma lisnn, L'larke arid (birr id, tiirce of our largest hog raising t counties, were sold at ff.'i a $'J 'J."> per him- : dred gross, and (hiven to Virginia. Norlii I ?' ^ ^lotioio f-rwititri A'c Tiim ! 4* I 1< 1 ll'lUlll - ... was Ha; result <>l the police "I tin: feeder, ! wliicli is lu net las linns n(| as early as pus- < si!>ie alter tiicv are CrMh avoid tit - Inil11 cur iu?[,ti'?i?. of cmn. ; ! HAVE I PAID THE PRINTER? When tlio colli stonn howls round the door, vim) you, by light of taper, Sit closely by the evening fire, Enjoying tho last paper? Just think ot him whose work thus hel[>3 To wear nwuy the Winter, /1ml put this query to yourself-? H-nt I paid the Printer1 From flii; East and West?from North arid South? From 1-aii.la bi yonrl the water, Ik weekly king* yon 'dots of news," I rooi every n>r.\ and quarter; No slave on e-irth toils more than he, Throufh S'.ir.'r.srV heat and Winter? flow r..:i you kr ' iBMU.nt, then, jS'rfleci 'o fill-i :/if i'r.liter? i V'our other bill.: you promptly pay, U hcre.tr yuu tin go sir? The butcher for his meat is paid, r or "MO;:cri(M " 1.1 ?:te grocer; T!ia tailor ar.d the ?hM:i!i*ker, Tlif hatter and the vinti-r, All grt t!'s!r p;r?t.hsn ichtf nrglcr.t 'foMi'ie r 'A liir 1'iintn? Est'tAORn v Vast. of Disease and j Dea'iU.?The remarkable illness and recent i death el* Mrs. Yv\ 0. Dome, of Washingtoii City, aged 5 t, is thus described in a let. ter to the Baltimore Sun; "Twelve years a;io she was suddenly attacked with pain in me of her feet. It grew worse. The usual remedies failing, the skillful services of the late Dr. Thomas Sewail were obtained.? Months and years rolled on. Her physician , invited additional medical talent. The case assumed a singular character. Many mem. ' hers of the faculty of this city, and occasionally distinguished members from other \ places, were a Horded opportunities to examine the case. ut, notwithstanding all, 1 the disease gradually and unceasingly penc- J trated the entire system; !w>nc after bone left its position and worked out through the flesh: while some parts of her l#>dv seemed to un- j dcrgo quite a transformation. Dr. Scwall styled it 4,bone cancer." It was literally such. lie also staled to the writer that du- ] ring his tour of observation through Europe, (a short time previous to the conversation,) ( lie had found but - no single solitary parallel i ; case to this. Within the last few months all J eruption had disappeared, but it was appear- ' cut that the disease had taken deep bold of 1 the vitals. She gradually lost her appetite 1 then it became impossible for her to partake 1 of any kind of diet without extreme suffer, in*;. Thus, under excruciating pain, unprecedented in the annals of medicine, did Mrs. , E. linger without a single favorable svmp- j torn from the first moment of attack. It is 1 . remarkable, however, that she retained almost uninterrupted possession of her facul. { lies, and with a clear, intelligent mind would distinctly describe her suffering and com- ' placently exhibit to her friends, her mutila- 1 le I foru. Hut Mrs. !\ was a christian and 1 seldom a murmur was heard from her lips, j A Mammoth IIoo. lly invitation, we 1 visiied the 1 log sly of our fellow citizen, 11 Mr. J. l\ Gamble, on Tuesday last, to in- J sped an animal, (raised by himself,) from the lied lord and Woburn breed, and must "s acknowledge that it far excels-everything v we have ever seen. Wo did intend to give ... . . 1 a description <>i his hogsiup, but omit it for ^ the present, inasmuch as we have been re- 1 riij'-sled to publish the loilowing: A CftAi.LKXoB.?Mr. Editor.?You will J please publish that the subscriber challenges k the citizens of 'he; or any of tl;n adjoining . States, to exhibit on or before the first of I ( January next, a Hog winch will out weigh or I 1 ?xre! the annual winch was exhibited to von ; ?n Tu isilav Sa-l aii'.t which was raise* 1 by I invs- if. As an inducement, i prop'ise a [ ^ premium of a Silver cup. value of to j >o awai tied by t'"i parly win* mav fail to cx- j nS t lit'.* ur*-! .-nu*:r;o' amain'. Address the 1 subs.Tii- ut " i 'ore' S. r r , I n J. r. A.AMiii.n. i . G no.-: i: a rue.?"iiow many poles are!' here f " |' Three." :v " .Nam*- tiiem." ! 1 ' The -.oiio t'oK: the South i'ole, and the : * i'oie f.1.-1.' knock.Ml Ilow.'l i'le i'?:lsiui'M'Ci. j R'giit. ."v'M. Wiiie.!; :? the prinnpa1 j * a*a in ii ip>pe 1" j1 "Tiie sea *>i Rome." ? j "Very good. Which are ths, principal ! tapes in the Gnitod Slates ?*' " The cages ??' Fashion-' ' " Good. What kind of fish are most :1 . i" i' toiiiincri: " C-el-fish aristocracy." 1 ii Well. Tom, .doe.; your girl continue to i.?vi; von V' " Yes. more than ever.' Indeed, what evidence have you of that?' * " Wiiv -lie makes me pre .-'.'its." " What has site given you lately 1" " Oil, sin- made ;n-; a present o; my pielire which 1 paid five dollars lor before i " ;ave it to her/' J' b Tmb Siioj: llttscvnv.?A convention ;h- " a'nibl d a: New York a few flava since, *' ^imposed priueipallv ol deal r< in boots and ( diocs, who conic together oneo a year, to -- 1..t, .i,,f 11 \frnrlf? >11*11 II <Ml iin: urnti.ii '! n>v Some important facts were slated by the :!iniinian. One house in Cmseeticut makes '' ?'250,000 \v>rth of pu^jjed shoes every year, I' mother 8.'j()0.1)0(>; and in Ma- saehuseMs the " i^rejrate value of i It is kind of manufacture :I IV as slater! to he * IN, (){)!),000. Still the '' leuiand was greater than the supply. " ' * v Cotton on Rr.n Rivck.?The Wnshiiijjori (Ark.) '!" Icjtraph statca that the whole imoimt of cotton to he shipped from above j' lie raft, this year will n<?t reach fi'MK) bales. ' La^i vear over "f>,00:t bales were shipped, if the nop hud not been destroyed by the tverflow. the amount of eotron raised in the tl region above tlie raft would have renehed ka IP,000 hah-*. 0 J he l^OMtMUNICA'iiUit UliWCC.i iiiL/i jj. antic and Pacific Oceans.?At the two Conventions recently heltl at St. Louis and Memphis, the discordance of views was so great that it forces on the mind the conviction that nothing definite is to be obtained by convocations of this character. A sort of triangular warfare took place between the favorers respectively of the St Louis, the Memphis, and the Tehuantcpec routes. Not only was this discordance manifested on the comparative advantages of these routes, but in relation to the constitutional powers of Congress to ai-l, in any manner, in constructing a Railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Sectional politics found entrance into the debates at the St. Louis Convention.? Local jealousies appeared at the Memphis Convection. Both Conventions afforded a field for turning discussions of general im. portence to political account, perhaps to favor ambitious aspirations, and even the mercenary spirit of jobbing. All this shows - ?.. r iluii Lnngress snouHj taae me manor uuiui the hands of politicians, lo whom this subject is good stock for political trading. Lei it come before f at body divested of all its bins a;::! prep*"-session which it might reerivo, in i mo r>over another, from the weight of distinguished names in tiie po itical world, it is in its character a national con. corn, to be determined on broad principles, and after scientific examination. In this view, Lieut. Maury, the presiding officer at the A/em phis Convention, threw mil; some valuable suggestions, which in deciding the question should have due weigh'.. 1 lie aimed tiial such a railroad could not l>e built, to any great extent, to serve the pur-, [loses of commerce,?that it would be vain I to hope that the bulky articles of produce can ever he transported profitably over a Railroad of this length. Estimate the disance at two thousand miles, and putting he cost at one third less than the transporation over any of (he Railroads of this counrv, we shall have an amount of sixty dollars ser ton, which is a burden not to be borne | jy our produce. If these conclusions he cojreel the best joint of communication between the Allan, fc and P cific Oceans, wiil be Tehuantepcc with this disadvantage, that the canal or rail- [ 'oad, as the case may be, will pass through Mexican torritory. A route here would be tearer to the Pacific than Nicaragua by one housand miles, and than Panama by four, een hundred miles, the distance lieing across he Isthmus of Tehuantepcc 200 miles, one lundrcd and fifty-five miles by land and brly-five miles by waier. If the ijuestion I vere as to preference of the routes through "oreign territory, a railroad or canal at Te- j itiantcpec would receive the public assent, dut the real question is, which is the most , tenlrai, shortest, and most convenient route ! hrough our own tci ritoTij 1 The several j outes which arc more or less central, have tot been thoroughly surveyed, and until | here is complete exploration, it would be j p.'!j to affirmatively with regard to i he St. Louis or the Memphis route. The j :hoice will be, we imagine, between these, j is that by Lake Michigan is quite madmis- , ible. There can be no denial that a line j roni Memphis to Francisco is net only the j honest by some hundred miles, but theele- ; r.tions to be surmounted are much less j lonsidcrablc, than any of the otlior routes. ; dent. Maury estimates thedistwee between : Memphis nod the Pacific at fifteen hundred : niles, while this is about the distance be-j ween fc?t. Louis and the Pacific striking at i Santa iv. The objection to tlvc construction of a ; Inii road from iYatehez to Mazitian holds j sen- with iho same :orce that it applies to j i!.1 iho other mutes hcyond our own tcrrito- i ir.l liiiiiK*. V?*f rio not chink that congress j v.'! sanefion or lend its aid to anv such road, i . it' Memphis route, besides its geographic., i! i i.'n . w-'o'd heat u point, where, in the f angiiage oi IV >! sor lJei'ow, "the .Missis- I ip; i is always navagub!.?, not so far North j is to in am >( !? t!ii: suovv and ice, nor not so ' r.r S .j*ii as u> tie wuinii the regions ef sul- : ry Niins and disease.'' Hut no final opinion :an he pror. Minced until the different sur'<*\.? are . :n;*.l. when the choice of a oijic w: dt ie. iiiiued by a coinpreiieri- 1 ivf c of all lite circumstances.? j ;< i he constructed as the i Valioe : a*l .....i ihe iaternl lines made ac- ; V-rdi.-'g ! the '.v.mis mid interests of iocali- : ics hv pmule enterprise. Hut if I .ice.'. Maury's mucins on ho an- ; iiitted, lii.it a Haslroad of tins length will ; mt reward private enterprise, there is no ! llerr.alive hut to construct it at the public ! xpr.ise and place it under government con-1 Ti.. ,.f 'cavim* a highway of such I character under piivale management would 10 to place iho interests of commerce and In: means of ctimuiiiiiiration for j)iit:!:c. purioS'.-: m ;!: merrv of an association of capi* I nlists. Yet ihero arc good reasons, on {lit; J lher hand, why s>> large a source cf patron- , go. ts the con-iruction and management of nel: a llosicl would open, should not flow in ' inomt'ral>!e streams from the Federal gov- ' rninent. Whatever mav be determined , y the next Congress the scheme iif eon- ' ortiug the Atlantic with the Pacific by the. tailroud communication oi C000 miles wiii i nil for ifrcjgravcst deliberations of that body. ; jEve. Nan. ! Coi'Krsiirr.?Modern courtship may be | cflued to tiio meeting of two imiiia.ricd ; crsotis of tiie opposite sexes for fiurp??ses of j initial deception . for concealing their faults, ! nd aliening virtue.;: which do not belong to 1 imn. If llwv succeed in deluding each! titer, they are man it d if not, they go liieir j -ays. i.sr&riaky Dhcovkrv.?A:i nsic.iont pa-1 vriH. on whudi f-.irt o| I tin J had i> wnUcn | "is Ikm.mi round in tlio han<! of a mummy ;it for.'.dour, in I) Tli" cr?Ml 11i;i;ir:I <>f l!:r C.cor^ia Ivii!r.>nd ir?>ii'r|, (in? iti'xirif:i,ti. !>; iwof n Dnlitvt. flu. nd the Tonnir-ve river. v.\>> ; ' n i th" 1st Oc! i jtis.nsin iiu jLJiAim.yi&eii',?uiirriuiiy uigui last, Mr. Thomas B. and Miss Matilda G., of this city, eloped to Covington, and were married. On Friday it was discovered by the Father that his daughter had made an i "arrangement" to leave him to marry a man : he had Forbidden her hand, and he was dej termined to keep "an eye" on her. It had | been arranged and her Father had found it ; out, and she knew it, that the young lady | should meet the young man and lover together at a certain piace in a carriage, and go , to Covington. After dinner, the Father was i asked, much to his surprise, to accompany ! his daughter to the very place of meeting | which had been appointed, and they were i to start at 4 o'clock! So, the father went I about his business till the appointed time, returning he found his daughter had started before his return. In vain he sought her; but knowing they would cross the ferry boat, he stationed himself on it, and hailed every carriage that ' passed but found no daughter. At length ; an empty carriage came aboard, and on the ! untnn frit* o foirmul nntnr^l , ii a la^vu iiaiui ai" ' ly, and glaring about ag though he had never i xeen a boat before! He was accompanied : by a youthful looking pcraoncge in male ati tire. The ferry boat was paused over, and i the carriage stopped at the foot of the hill ! for the driver to arrange the harness (all pretext) and the ragged boy and companion waited there until the boat again shoved off to return to this side.- Then Mr. B. and ??liss G., (for it was they in disguise,) jumped into the carriage, rode to the priest threw off I their disguise, and were married, and return| ed to the ferry on their way home. The I young lady met her father, who was still on watch, and told him what had been done, and how be was cheated by the ragged boy, and herself in boy's clothes, and then she mildly asked papa's pardon, which relutantly, was granted, and the bride, bridegroom, and the old gentleman, rode home together, making an ending of an elopement quite agreeable.?Cincinnati paper. Limits of tiie Hiimam Mimd.?Newton was one day asked, why he stepped forward when he was inclined; and from what causo his ann and his hand obeyed his will. He honestly replied he knew nothing about the matter. "But at least," say they to him, "you are so w II acquainted with the gravitation of the planets, tell why they turn one way sooner than the other?" Newton still avowed his ignorance! Those who teach that the ocean wa3 saltted for fear it would corrupt, and that the tides were created to conduct our ships into port, were a little ashamed when told the Mediterranean has ports but no tides.? Muchemdrock himself has fallen into thi3 error. Who h?i3 been able to determine precisely how a billet of wood is changed into red hot charcoal, and by what mcchanicism lime is healed by cold water? The first motion of the heart in animals? h that Accounted for? lias it been exactly discovered how the business of generation is arranged? Has any one /divined the cause of sensation, ideas andtaiemory? We know no more of the essence of mailer than the children who touch its superfices. Who will instruct us in the mechanicism . by which a grain of corn, which we cast into the earth, disposes itself to produce a stalk surmounted with an ear? or why the sun produces an apple on one tree and chesnnts on the next to it? Many doctors have said, "what one know I not?" Montaigne said, "what know I ?"?Scientific American. Be Careful How You Speak.?Hush ! why should you speak against the character of a female? It is all she has to depend upon in this world. Just give the impression wings that she is not so good as she he, and it will fly to every nook and corner of the town. The story you whisper will return in tones of thunder, to astonish even yourself, who was the guilty wretch to re. peat so base a story. A word I.as often proved the ruin of a virtuous soul?a word thoughtlessly spoken, it may he?hut reported by an evil mind. Suppress any thought which, if uttered, might injure the character or feelings of another. A thought may bo stifled at its birth, but a word spoken may never be lost. Weigh everything you utter, so that none may misconstrue your language or receive a wrong impression. Above ail never, even in jest, whisoer words, which, if true would throw a blight upon a spotless reputation.?Olive Branch. How to Preserve JIkvltji.?Medicine will never remedy bad habits. It is utterly futile to think of living in gluttony, intemperance and every excess, and keeping the lodv in health bv medicine. Indulgence of the appetite; and indiscriminate dosing and drugging, have mined the health and destroy or! the life of more persons than famine, sword and pestilence. If you will take advice, you will become regular in your habits, eat and drink wholesome things, sleep on mattresses, and retire and rise very regularly. Make a free use of wafer to purify the skm, and when sick fake counsel of the best physician you know, and follow nature. A New Revolt at Rome.?A private letter Irotn Rome state's that an insurrection took place in the convent del Spirusanto, near St. Peters. five hundred nuns rose against thcirsupc rior, in consequence, it is said ot the tyranny of the latter, and .-'ft fire to tlie convent: the 11oops were called out, and the revolted nuns. pacified, and as a punishment were condemned to bread and water dint: some of the ringleader* were treated more severely, heiri? sent for a time to an Asylum for the Insane. (Irapes are said to decrease in flavor and richness, tin: farther thev arc removed from the ground. This lias been the result of the experience oft he Trench and V nnao wine gr ".vets. . .i-it - ?