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V *5. < 2l)c CflinJien Journal. VOLUME 11. CAM DEN, 8() UTH-CA ROLES' A, JUNE 7, 1850. NUMBER45 ijpoctual Department. THE STREAM OF DEATH. There is a stream whose narrow tide The known and unknown worlds divide? Where all must go; Its waveless waters dark and deep, 'Mid sullen silence downward sweep, ? With moanless flow. I saw where, at that dreary flood, A smiling infant prattling stood, Whose hour had come; Untaught of ill, it neared the tid?\ ISui.k, as in cradle rest, and died lake going home. Followed, with languid eye, anon, A youth, diseased, and pale, and wan; And there alone Hegaxed upon the leaden stream, Aud feared to plunge?I hear! a scream, And he was gone. And then a form, in manhood's strength, , Came bustling on, till there at length, He saw life's bound. He shrunk, and raised the bitter prayer? Too late!?his shriek of wild despair The waters drowned. Next stood upon that gurgeless shore A being bowed with many a score Of toilsome years. Earth bound aud sad he left the bank, Back turned his dimming eye and sank? A V* ftill nf fimrc ilii) JUIt VI JVUIO* How bitter must thy waters be, 0 Death! How hard a thing, ah me! It is to die! 1 mused?when to that stream again Another child of mortal man With smiles drew nigh. u T is the last pang," he calmly said; "To me, oh Death, thou hast no dread; Saviour, I come! Spread but thine arm on yonder shore? There is my home!" r-r From the Yankee Blade. The South Carolina General, and the Philadelphia Widow; OR, APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL. Br FA LCONBRIDCF. There arp a great many good joke* told, r f flu1 false notion* formed as to tin- character and standing of persons, aa judged liy their dress and other outward signs. It is asserted. that a fine coat and silvery tone of voice are no evi dpnee of the jjentlrninn, and few people of the present day will have the hardihood to assert that a lihint address, or shabby coat, are inlitlli. hie recommendations for putting, however heneat or worthy a man, in a prominent attitude before the world, or the community he move* in. Some dipii of wealth, for the sake of variety, sometimes assume an eccentric or coarse. np*R of cost(iinc., that answers al! very well. a< long as they kepp where they are known; lait to find out the leveling principh?s of utter nolh ingness among your fellow mortal*, only nstuimr a shabby apparel and *troll out among stranger*, and you'll be essentially knocked by the force of these fact*. However, in tlii*, or almost any other Christian community, there is little, if any excuse, for n man. woman, or child going about or being ' shabby." Let your garment*, however coarse, be made clean and whole, and keep them *o; if yon have but one shirt, and that mii?us sleeve* and body, have the fragment* wa*hed, and make noi your face and hand* a stranger to the refreshing ami purifying effects of water. General Pinckney was one of the old schonl gentlemen of South Carolina. A man, he was, of the most punctilious precision in man ners, and customs of courtesy, and cleanliness ot dress and person; a man of brilliant talents, and, in every sense of the word, "a perfect gentleman." Mr. Pinckney was one of (lie members of the first Congress, and during hi* sojourn in Philadelphia, boarded with an old la. dy by the name of Hall, I think?Mrs. Hall, a Staid, prime, and precise dame of the old re. gfme. Mrs. Hall was a widow; she kept but few boarders in her fine old mansion, on Chesnut street, and her few boarders were mostly members of Congress, or belonged to the Con. tinental ariny. Never, since the days of that remarkable lady we read of In the books, who made her servant take her chair nut doors and air it, if any body by chance sat down on it, and who was known to empty her tea kettle, because somebody crossed the hearth during <he operation of boiling water for tea,?exceeded Mrs. Hall in domestic prudery and eti. rptette ; hence, it may he well imagined, that **shabby people," and the "small fry " gene, rally, found li*tle or no favor in the eyes of the Quaker landlady of "ye olden time." (funeral Pinckney having served out his tfrrm, or resigned his place, it was filled by an/?ther noted individual of Charleston, General Lowndes, one of tho most courteous and tab cnted men of his day, hut (he slovenliest and ynost sh.wkingly ill-accoutred man?if we except Harare G reel)?on record. But for the fare und watchfulness of one of the most su* porh sri'tAen in Plistence at the time?Mrs. Lowndes, ib? General would probably havo freqenily appeared in public, with his coat inside out, and his shirt nrur all I General Lowndes, in starting lor Philadel, phia. was recommended by his friend Pinckney, to put up at Mrs, Mall's; General P, giv ing Gener.il Lowndes a letter of introduction to that lady. Traveling was a slow and tedious, as well as fatiguing and dirty operation, at that day, so that after a journey from Charleston to Philadelphia, even a man with some pretensions to dress and respectable rnn/owr, would he apt to look a little rnussyhut lor the ! poor General's part, he looked had enough in ) all conscience, and had he known the effect\ such nn appearance was likely to produce upon Mrs. Hall, he would not have had the temerity of invading her premises. Rut the General's views were far above "buttons," leather and ; prunella. Such a thing as paying deferential courtesies to a man's garments, was something not dreamed of ij; his pu.:?Jbot ?.r. " Mrs. Hall s? I believe," said tho General to a servant, answering the ponderous, lion-head knocker. " Yes, sail," responded the sable waiter. 4 Walk dis way. sah, into dr parlor, sah." The General stalked in leisurely; around the lire-pluce were seated a dozen of the boarders, the aforesaid 44 big bugs " of the olden time Not one moved to offer the stranger a seat by the fire, although his warm southern blood was pretty well congealed by the frosty air of the evening. The General pulled off his gloves, laid down his great, heavy, and dusty valise, and quietly took a remote scat to await the presence of the landlady. She came, lolly and imposing! Coming into the parlor, with her astute cap upon her majestic head, her gold spectacles upon her nose, as stately as a stage queen. "Good evening," said the gallant General, risiiKr and making a very polite bow; 44 Mrs. Hall. I presume ?" " Yes, air," *hp responded, stiffly, and eyeing Lowndes with considerable diffidence. 44 Any business wilh me. air ?" ' Yen, madam," responded the General; 44 I ?h?purpose remaining in the city some time, and?a?I Khali be pleased to put up with you." 14That's impossible, sir," was the ready and decisive reply. 44 My house is full; I cannot accommodate you." 44 Well, reallv, that irill be a disappointment indeed,' said the General, "for I'm quite a stranger in the city, and may find it difficult to procure permanent lodging*." 44 I presume not, sir," said she ; tliPre are tavern* enough, where strangersare entertained. The gentlemen around the fire never offered to tender the stranger any information upon the subject, but several eyed him very hard, | and doubtless fell pleased to nee the discomfit- I ?-d and ill accoutred lravi?!l??r seize his baggage, j adjust his Hnily mat, and start out, which he j was, evidently, very loth to do. Just as Lowndes had reached the parlor j d or, it (tenured to hirn that I'inckney had re. commended him to "put up" at the widow's, and also had given him a le'ter of introduction to Mrs. Hall. This reminiscence caused the (ieneral to retrace his steps hack into the parlor, where, placing his portmanteau on the tattle, he applied the key and opened it, and liegan ftimhling around for his letters, to the no small wonder of the landlady and Iter respectable Itoardei a, "* " I have here, I believe, madam, a letter for you," blandly said the General, still overhaul ing liis baggage. ' \ letter for me, sir?" responded the lady. ' Yes, madam, from an old friend of yours, who recommended me to stop with von. Ah, here it is, from your friend, General l'itickitey, of South Carolina." ? " * 1 1 il . 1 It 1 " uenerai 1'iiicKiieyecnoeu wc iaiiuiiiu>, and all tlic gentlemen present cocking their eyes and ears. The widow tore open the letter, while Lowndes calmly fastened up his portmanteau, and, all of a sudden, quite an incarnation spread Its roseate hues over her still elegant features. Lowndes seized his baggage, and, with a "Good evening, madam, good evening, gentlemen," was about to leave the institution, when the lady arrested him with : "Stop, if yon please, sir; this is General Lowndes, 1 believe?" " General Lowndes, madam, at your service," said he, with a dignilied how. According to all accounts, just then there was a very sudden rising about the lire-place, and a twinkling of chairs, as if they had all just been struck witii the men mat mere was a stranger about! " Keep your seats, gentlemen," said the (Jen. eral; " 1 don't wish to disturb any of you, as I'm about to leave." " General Lowndes," said the widow, " any friend of Mr. Pinekney is welcome to my house. Though we are full. 1 can make room for you, sir." The General stopped, and the widow and he became first-rate friends, when they became oetcr acquauiu'u. Rkmarkablb Resuscitation?Dr. G. M. Sanders, of New Orleans, through the columns of the Delia, gives the following interesting account of a recent case:?"I was called to Miss ?*, who was represented to he dying from the loss of hlond, which was caused by the cut of a vein in tho arm.? Miss lM , during a fit of disappointment cut the vein in her arm with a penknive, which was not discovered by the inmates of the house until the had become cold and pulseless, wn my arrival I found her bed and bedding bathed in blood,Jand thin fair young lady truly a moil pitiable ohject, I could not administer reme. diet internally, as the patient was beyond swallowing anything. I had sinapisms applied to her strong, and bethought myself of the tact that I ho blood might be caused to gravitate on the brain, and thereby produce a re-action; to effect this, I had a cord passed round her feet, and raised to to tho cornice of the bedstead, She remained in this situation twenty-eight minutes before respiring; she had however, spas, tnodic twitches as soon as her feet were raised; her lips became red and a coloration of the face rapidly followed* After the first respiratory effort I discovered her pulse, though so faint that I could hardly perceive it with the most delicate touch ; it gradually rose, however, and as soon as I could administer anything by the mouth. 1 gavo thirty grains sulphate quinine, and repeated the quinine in broken doses, also spirits vin galcrcie warm. I had the satisfaction of restoring this young lady, and she is now in good health, though it was several weeks before she was fully recovered from the extreme weakness to which she had boon reduced. I am satisfied that she did not lose less than sixty ounces of blood. She was, however, a robust and rather fleshy girl. SHADY SIDE OF TWENY FIVE. I am not one of those persons who make a butt of old maids ; on the contrary, I know more estimable women belonging to their class than I do out of it. Nevertheless, I cannot help scolding a little at young ladies on the shady side of twenty-five, who have not been able to find husbands, and all from their own fault.? And how so? Why, just this way. They spend days, weeks, months?yea?years in total intellectual idleness. They never think there is anything for them to do except wash nnd mend their clothes, clean houses and look out of the parlor window. They have tried again and again to get a beau, and when they have got some likely young gentleman, they nave lOSI mm JUKI as uit-jr ua*u urvumv ??V qnnintcd with one another, for no other reason than that said young gentleman has found out that his la'ly has no ideas in her head except other people's ideas, and these of the poorest assortment. She has no opinions ahoul things, and likes and dislikes according to the freak ot the moment. Now she is all fun?now a9 pros* and crabbed as the wife of Beelzebub. He rannot understand her humors. She is afraid to expose her ignorance, and endeavors to con ceal it from his searching glance. She cannot do it, try ever so hard. In his walks, in his visits to exhibitions, in her deportment at home, he sees that she is suffering from a mental torpor, and what is worse, that she is making no pflbrt to throw it off. She never thinks that a man wants a companion in a wife?not a block ?not a doll. He reads, studies, observes, she don't take the hint. She never thinks of either ? Cl... reading, siuuy c?r ooservnmni. un? n there was an American Revolution some time ago*?when, she floes not know, nor whether it happened in this country or some other. She is aware that there is ?tich a city as London and such a place as California, hill whether they are in Asia, Africa or the East lidies, she does not Itnow and never thinks of inquiring. She has heard of the name of Ronaparte?possibly of that of Washington?hot does not know whether the former was a Frenchman, Italian fir Turk, nor whether the latter was President of the United Stales or not. She reads only the loWstories in the papers, perhaps the gos. sip and scandal?luit ask her if she saw the interesting scientifie discovery?the narrative of high daring and nolde enterprise?the memoir of a Howard, a Fry, f)ix?Oh. no ! she did not see these. So you sec Mr. Editor, the ynnng lady won't (to tor me young gen lemaii. a?w she dues not tliinU of improving her opportunities so as to lie re ily for another soil?not she. Thinking has never formed part of her intellectual action, and no doubt, .Mr. Editor, there is intellectual actum without thought. The next beau soon finds her out. Off he goes.? She sits down and mopes, and never thinks it is Iter own fault. Now can see, indeed ? The pour creature never thought at all-?site went by her feelings. Now, young la ies, take my adviee. Improve your leisure moments. Read the history of your own country at least. Study arithme - ? ' ? - L - I- .L- I!.. I.. U.iia.iiiM lie enough 10 OB anie Ifi nrip iric mm- ii.-|n,u. nihilities" that will come, in their lessons.~ Learn someih'ne "f the duly which is iiicnmhe lit on "a.11 prospective mothers'?to teach and bring up their little ones in the way they should go?not the way yoij went. Don't delegate to others the duty of teaching the fir?t lesson, the first prayers, the first ideas, which the little ones should get from you. lie member, too, that you are a member of society, and that if yon are not of some use in it, if you cannont by your example help in any, the smallest degree, lo improve that society, that you are no better than a rotten limb on a huge tree. You had better not he, than be. SCI RNTIFl(: K NOWLE DOE. Scientific knowledge has often been ncglcc fed Irom nn idea flint it ran only be almined by individuals who previously possess considerable information. There cannot possibly exist a greater mistake; for nature is so simple in nil her operations (hat they can be rendered intelligible in the mind of the humble mechanic or unlettered peasant, as to that of the haughty J peer or the most learned philosopher. It is certainly true, that in former times, partly from 'tie defect of the English language, and partly from ignoble wish to fetter the pro. ores* of the human mind, the most simple truths were studiously obscured; hut thecu rious signs and figures?the harsh and disjoin, ted phraseology?the crude and complicated j technical terms which were llu*n in genpral use, have now been done away with, and the pathway to science is at the present day open and easy ofaccess to all. In this age of Intellectual excitement, many means have been contrived to extend the blessings o! education ; and schools of nrt have been Instituted, and popular lectures judiciously delivered, with a view I of communicating, in the most easy and fatnil iar manner, those principles of stfienco which explain the various phenomena of nature, and the different processes of art by which wo can supply the necessaries ami the luxuries of life. Science admits ot two general divisions; the first comprehending an investigation in the nn lure and operation of our own minds; the sec ond, into the various properties and conditions of matter, or the objects which we perceive in the external world. It is by a strict examination into these we become acquainted with the laws of nature; without some acquaintance with them we must be continually passing over many objects and many events unnoticed, that would excite the greatest possible interest and admiration. Nor is this all; for when any'event does occur, of so uncommon and striking a kind as to a'tract out attention, and so to awaken our ignoranre, if we arc unable to explain it on fixed principles, we must fall back upon the mere suggestions of fancy, which, as all histo. ry hasprovpd,lead to the most absurd superstitions. Thunder and lightning, comets, trie, teors, northern lights, rainbows, and indeed every phenomenon of nature has in its turn excited those superstitious feelings which appear natural to man while in n state of ignorant e. In ancient timps thunder and lightning were regarded as occurences hpyond the common courso of nature. Under the Mosaical dispensation, the Jews were accustomed to open the doors and windows o| their dwellings dua thunder storm, in the expectation of the promised Messiah making his appearance amidst this war of the elements. The Roman Catholics, in many districts of Germany, toll the hells of the churches during the continuance of a thunder storm; and in Athens, when a person was struck dead by lightning the spot on which the accident occurred was enclosed, and sn altar raised for the people, offering up sacrifices to their gndr. The superstitions of the ignorant, which can bend to such customs, have j from the rapid advancement in our own days I L-iiMtvlorlrrn ofarienrp. not onlv been dis. i/. .... . "? - ?"h" ? ? 1 ; pelled, hut \vc have contrived, by a very simple expedient to rob the cloud of i?g lightning. Comets have, from a very early period been regarded as predicting the most dismal calamities. The Roman attached undue importance to the comet which appeared a short time pre. vious to the Augustan war, and to that which attended the battle of Pharsalia ; neither has Josephus, thp celebrated Jewish historian, been sparing of them at the destruction of Jerusalem. We are happy that such is '"...j, the condition of the working men of the nineteenth century. The schoolmaster is abroad?and a cheap press ban wrought wonderful charges. Patrnt Hoops.?A machine has lately been invented for making hoops, which bids fair to do nway the necessities of growing hoop poles hereafter. Any tough, straight grained timber will answer the purpose, ft is first sawn into square strips, the width desired for the hoop, these strips are next turned round, like a hoe handle, and then slit through the centre. Each stick tints makes two half-round hoops. They are then steamed and bent. Casks hooped with them, present an extra Hnd neat appearance. The winile. work is done by machinery. Just previous to setting thorn, it is tiPCSKary to wot them if) cold water. A specimen of those hoops was exhibited at the late Architectural show of Syraeus. A Soldmn" Scrxk.?William Durgati Hammond was brought before our Court of Appeals yesterday morning to hear the result of the motions in his case. He was convicted at our late Spring term fur the murder of his father, Joshua Hammond, on the "JOth October last, after a fair and impartial hearing, In the course of which Judge Wanllaw laid before the jury everything that could possibly weigh in his favor. . His counsel, Messrs. Tradcwcll and Arthur, who then defended him with zeal and ability, submitted motions in arrest of judgment, and for a new trial, which were argued by them last week, and the result was, that the judges unanimously, hut with evident reluctance, were forced to the conclusion that they could not interfere with the verdict of the jury. After a capitulation hy .fudge Evans, the President of the Court, of the leading facts of the case, the solemu sentence of the law was pronounced hy Judge Wardlaw, who showed, in his touching remarks, as well as in the feelings which exhibited themselves in his manner, that ho was deeply and painfully alive to the solemnities of the occasion, which was rendered still more heartrending by the insensibility and stoical indifference displayed hy him who should have felt the deepest interest The prisoner's sentence is to be carried into effect on the l*2th July proximo, and the records of our jurisprudence will thus contain the history of ouo more victim of intemperance. Columbia Telegraph, Alh but. An Incident in Fkontirr Life.?The Min nesota Chronicle, of a recent date, gives the following anecdote: " Two travellers from Fort Gaines arrived on Wednesday morning last at one of the trib - ' ? ai.!~ utaries of the Mississippi, iwcive nines uus&un; of tlio fort The acting Charon at that point, for the time, Mr, Dupuc, was on the opposite bank of the stream, and his raft having been broken tip by the ice a few moments before, he had to tell the wayfarers lie ooujd be of no service to them. They had not the requisite tools to construct a raft themselves, and what to do il-- ? " i.->oc fn At this itine Ull'J' WUIU ill <1 IV'OQ - ture, the ready perception of woman was successfully brought to their aid. Mrs. Depuc was seen approaching the spot where her husband stood, carrying two augurs anil an axe, and followed by a large dog. '('he tools were presently tied to the back of the dog, and, at her bidding, he plunged into the stream and crossed over to whero the travellers were. With the I aid of those implements they soon constructed a raft, passed the river, and pursued their way." Political Dcpartmcut. From the Montgomery (Ala.) Atlas. WHAT IS TO BE DONE f Having been in the country for a few days past, we have taken some pains to ascertain the opinions of the "sovereigns" on the slavery question in general, and the proposed compro* mise measure in particular. We are proud to say that we have not met with a single individual who is not warmly?the most, enthusiastically?in favor of resisting every approach to encroachment upon Southern rights, in whatever shape or form it may present itself. There are, it cannot be denied, occasionally found such moral monstrosities as Southern men op posed to Southern interests, but they form the exceptions to the general rule, that tho peopfe% wherever the matter has been Investigated and is correctly understood, are entirely sound on the subject of the present difficulties between tho North and the South. Why should they hesitate now ? Has not every new fact which has been brought to light in reference to the wealth, resources and power of the South, in the discussions of the slavery question, for years past, gone directly into the scale of evidence, proving that the North haa been, is now, and must continue to be, entirely dependent upon the natural productions and riches of the South for all the elements of her commercial importance and prosperity ? What has tho South to fear from a disruption of the Union? Has it not been made clear, that in the event of such a catastrophe?however much it is to be deprecated?she has every thing to nrnin nnrl tlio IVnrfch Avnrv thillff to lose ? And b'"" *,,w w * ?j o - 4 have Southerners become so spiritless, so degenerate, as for one moment to entertain the idea of cringing and recoiling before the arrogance and bluster of Northern cupidity and fanaticism, when all the right and all the real power are with thomselves ? Must the South now be made to bow down and prostrate herself in the very dust before the feet of the North, become she has heretofore had the magnanimity to be generous and forbearing to her enemies? Must she consent to be outraged and robbed now, because she has geuerously forgiven former wrongs and insults ? Northerners, themselves, from Webster down to Garrison?if such a distance be within the grasp of human comprehension?-acknowledge that the South is contending for nothing which she has not enjoyed since the revolution, years before the government was founded. They do not pretend that she has ever encroached upon the Constitution, or upon the rights of the North; yet because she remonstrates against being deprived of her Constitutional rights? against being insulted, swindled, outraged and robbed?against the violent destruction of those * institutions, which her enemies themselves maintained until they were no longer profitable, she 13 set upon by the whole vast horde of Northern fanatics and destructionists as almost too vile to be decently tolerated within the palo of civilized society. These cut-throats have recently made a new demand upon the patience of the South; they now modestly ask " the immediate emancipation of every slave." What is to be done ? Must the South yield to the North ? Must right yield to wrong ? How much must be yielded ? Will not the yielding of an inch provoke a new demaud for an ell ? Does not expei ience prove this ? No; the Sonth has already conceded too muoh, Tho more she gives the more she is asked to give, and honor and safety alike require that she should concede no more?not the millionth part of a hair's breadth. Nor will she, unless sho has already consented to beeoino the basest and most degraded of tributaries and elected to wear the chains of her own slaves. But may she not "compromise" ? It is maintained that she mmhl if thereby she can maintain her " honor," which, it is said, is all sho can now hope for. We do not like, and do not well understand this kind of phraseology.? " We may lose all but our honor"! In our humble opinion, when we consent to lose any thing whatever, of what is clearly and constitutionally our own, we have already lost our " honor." Let us take care of our rights and our "honor" will take care of itself. Wo have been, and are now, in favor of a " compromise," provided it be a just and fair one. But a compromise which asks tke South to give up her constitutional rights and yield to the demands of insolent and tyrannical power,, would not only not be just and fair, but it would be offering an outrageous indignity to propose it. The South cannot "compromise" away her rights; and we have no hesitation in saying that the Southern man who would propose it, is in disposition a traitor and at heart a slave* The South may compromise with the North ? ? "" ok** mnv nirroit in some sucu manner ?ia mn. ...,v to remain in the Union herself, and allow California to come in, providod the boundaries of the latter he properly contracted, and the North will throw herself back upon the constitution and bind herself faithfully to carry out its pro. visions, How tho South can " compromise "" on any other principles, with " honor" is something above or below our comprehension. Wo hope, therefore, the Southorn Senators and Representatives in Congress will resist, by every possible means that can be resorted to, everv " compromise " schemo and every other scheme, come from wliat quarter it may, that does not afford the clearest and fullest protection to all the constitutional rights of the South; and for any one of them to consent to any thing loss, would be degradation?infamy?, treason. Miss Fnnnimore Cooper, daughter of tho celebrated novelist of that uame, is about pub. lulling, in London, a now work entitled "Rural Hours in tho United States."