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Wite Trout, soys the, Bull'alo Journal
of Thursday last, were yesterday caught '
in the lake, to the tuue of about nine hundred
pounds. They weighed about 12
pounds each, and met with a ready sale. I
A True Fish Story.?We are credibly'
' informed, says the last Cincinnati Whig,
by an eye witness, that a large Catfish, ]
weighing ninety-eight pounds, was caught
in the Ohio Kirer, a few weeks since,*.
about a hundred miles below Louisville,
which on being opened, was found to.
contain a negro child of considerable size!
Literary Curiosity.?The following
is a copy of an excuse recently handed in
to a schoolmaster for the non-attendance
of one of his scholars:
"cepatomtogoataturin."
If our reader can make out to solve
the above without having, it labelled, we
give up at once that they are more apt at
such things than our humble selves?and
for fear that there may be some who
would not understand it without an ex-!
planation, we subjoin the following:?
' Kept at home to go a taturing."
Two Sharps.?An old man picked up a
lialf a dollar in the Park. 44 Old man,,
that's mine," said a real poking rascal,
" so hand it over." 44 Did your's have a
hole in it !" asked the finder. 44 Yes it
had," said the other smartly. " Then it
isn't thine," mildly replied the old roan,
44 thee must learn to be a little sharper
next time."
I
A very accomplished gentleman, when
carving a tough goose, had the mis for- j
tune to send it entirely out of the di6li,
and into the lap of the lady next to him ;
on which he very coolly looked her full
in the face, and with admirable gravity
and calmness,said, "Madam, 1 will thank
you for that goose." The gentleman
gained as much credit for his politeness
and composure, as he had lost by his awkward
carving.
An Egyptian goose was recently shot at
"Wargravc, England, which measured 4
feet 4 inches from tip to tip, and 2 feet 2
inches from head to tail. The plumages
on the wing is most beautiful : ilm nnnor
- "it""
part grey, the centre white, and the extremity
purple. The bird weighs near 10
pounds.
Breach of Promise.?Yesterday morning,
says the N. York Star, a well-known
gentleman of this city was held to bail in '
the sum of $5,000, that being the amount
claimed bv a fair lady, for a cruel breach
of promise to marry, made by the said
gentleman. Last night, we were informed
that the parties were about compromising
the delicate affair. Under these circumstances
we refrain from giving the
names at present.
A Hungry Rascal.?Yesterday afternoon,
a savage looking fellow, named
Charles Haines, was committed to prison
for biting off the ear of Mr. James Shaw,
of No. 416 Water-street. N Y
Slave Speculation.?Ten thousand
slaves were purchased on credit hy the
Mississippi planters in the years lKB5-(i.
The fall oi cotton in price render them
of little value. They are worse slock in
these times for Lheir masters than old horses
in a hard winter in Mew-England.
The following anecdote, from the Bos- '
ton Post, is told of little Keely who was y
a printer. s
Long after he had assumed the histrio- 1
rue profession, he happened into a print- I
ing oflice, and without thinking, took up '
a stick and commenced setting. All at
once he heard from every quarter of the
oilice, the mysterious exclamation?" (i.
1 . ?*' What dlM'S " fl- I I" rv?n?.?
etl Peter Spike?"Great Indulgence!"
replied one of the hands; "and you must |
treat the office !" Peter was not the man ,
to funk out of a treat, hut in relating the |
anecdote, he never omits to a<td?" I'll (
bo hanged if the Great Indulgence didn't ,
cost me more than a barrel of beer." (
Look before you leap.?Laura Groen, 1
a stout wench, who was arrested and '
brought up for stealing a furnace, taking 1
advantage of a momentary confusion in
the office, sprang out of the window of
the police office towards the Park, when
her garments corning in contact with one
of the bars, left her hanging outside the
wall like a hat on a peg, until the officers
relieved her from her uncomfortable position.
It is stated in a western paper, that a
well-dressed man was lately found in the
streets of Wetumpka, Ala. It was first
supposed that he had been murdered.
*' Who slew him?" asked an inquiring
philanthropist. * D >n't know," responded
a wagfish by-stander?"but he is evi-i
i "
Lucky Escape.?A person in Mississip-j
pi was lately chased thirteen miles l?y no
less than swcntccn thousand rattlesnakes,
and got clear of them all. The fellow
must have "leaned it like all natur," as
the Yankees say*
Love.?Love exalts and purifies our i
natures; it is imposed upon us by indul- i
gent heaven, in order to soften the rigid- <
ness of our humors, temper the violence s
of our passions, and sweeten the bitter <
draught ol life. I
The Major's Last.?On being asked if
Mr. Pierpoiit*8 Church was struck by <
lightning during the last storm, he re- I
plied; but it came Thundering near
if." i
Nobody blames a rich man lor going1
with bis elbows out, because every ??ne
knows that he has got money enough to
get him a new coat; but it is unpardonable
in a poor man to go ragged because'
every one knows that i*. is out of his power
to do otherwise.
41 can't take this fip, it passes only for
five cents,' said u shopkeeper to an old
negro who offered it for tobacco. * What
for?* said S;?mbo?4 it specie?it worth
most scbcn cent; I cakelate it at dat ;
you might be glad to get specie for your
bakky any day desc times.
Horses and Actors.?It is reported
of Mr. Duciow, the equestrian, that once,
while superintending the rehearsal of a
grand equestrian spectacle, he addressed
a biped performer, who was a little too
forward in the scene, in these words:
"Get out of the way, sir?stand buck?
would you have the assurance to stand
before a horse?"
An Improvement for tiie Ladies.?
Mr. John Hand, of Summcrfield, Penn.
givefc noticee that he has invented a very
simple apparatus to be attached to ladies
corsets, whereby the delicate little creatures
may be compressed into the compass
of a hoe-handle, by the gentle drawing of
two strings which can be tied in front.
Stealing Dogs* Tails.?The singular'
bounty offered in Sidney, New Holland, |
for killing dogs for their tails, has led to I
the practice among the loafers of that convict
colony, to curtail the appendage of
all the animals of this species running
abroad as a more brief way of reaching '
the reward in question. Ti e municipal j
jrovernment now u-isi-lv n-iiiiirn ihp !
cass also lobe produced.
Banking Privileges.?"Sambo, where
are you going in so great a hurry," says
a gentleman to a negro fellow, who appeared
tube almost out of breath. 4Why
massa, I'm gwinc to de Bank, arier specie.'
4 Mow much sperie do your rotes call for
Sambo," says the gentleman. 41 hal> no
notes," says Sambo, 4 I only hah one note,
and de Bank say he won't gib specie arter
to-day ; so I'm arter giltin mine.' 'How
much is yours Sambo,* says the gentleman.
4 It quarter dollar, and 1 mus hah
cbcry cent nb it in specie, or I snrtinly will
veto dat Bank. I don't go for Nick Biddlc
no how you ran fix it.
Nice Ladies.?The nice obi lady, in
Virginia, who scrubbed through the floor
and fell into the kitchen, is but one among
many of the very nice females with which
our country abounds. We know a good
lady in New Jersey who white washed all
the wood she burnt ; and another, in Connecticut,
who used three times a day to
scour the nose of her 1:?p dog, to keep him
from soilingrthe dish out of which he ate
his meals." The same pood ladv took Iter
own food through a napkin-ring, to keep
it from coming in contact with her Iips.
Fortitudc ?fie who courageously submits
to his fate, and suffers without murmuring,
is certainly a most respectable
being; and it must he a mean and insensible
mind that can refuse to pity a man,
who, obliged to indure, hardens himself
in sorrow, and supports pain nobly. Such <
virtuous resignation should excite our admiration,
and render sympathy more ten- i
der and active. Besides, it is very nntu- <
ral to shrink from beholding misery in i
others, which we ourselves could support ?
vilhout complaining. This is a sublime <
.ensation, and common to all superior
ninds, of which we have daily a thousand \
proofs. For' example ; I can see nivself t
bled, and hold the bason. and yet 1 am affected
when 1 look at the lancet wounding
Lhe vein of another.
Garlic.?The Hungarian jorkies frequently
tie a clove to their racers' hits,
when the horses that run against them fall
back the moment they breathe the offensive
odour. It has been proved that no
horse will eat in a manger if the mouth
of any other steed in the stable has been ! |
rubbed with the juice of litis plant. I had i ;
occasion to ascert in this fact. A horse j |
of mine was in the same stall with one I (
belonging to a brother officer. Mine fell j
away and refused l;is food, while his com- ' ,
panion throve uncommonly well. I at ,
last discovered a German groom, who had ,
charge o<" lite prosperous uuiu.nl had re- .
course to this vile stratagem. It is also ,
supposed that men who eat garlic, knock |
up upon a march the soldiers who have ;
not made use of it. Hence, in the old
regulations of the French armies, there
existed an order to prohibit the use of
garlic when on march.
Comfortable Neighborhood.?In these
i i . * -
mini mix's n is Hie duty 01 rvcry body,
ami of editors in particular, to promulgate
information l>y v hicli the public can
learn where the rheapcsi living may be
ha ). The Pensacola (iazette s.iys:
*' We knew a fellow some years ago, a
Kentuckian by birth, but of truly Pensacolian
habits, (that is to say a hyberpole
of indolence,) who subsisted his wife and
four children, and paid his house rent,
with 19 3 4 cents a day. A capital id
two bits, judiciously invested in the pur
chase of a fishing line, will furnish a family
with an abundant supply of the choicest
fish, and if further accommodation be
it any time required, our oyster hanks
liscoiint their treasures with unfailing
liberality.
A Flourishing Business.?The Sexton i
of Bangor, Maine, as we should gather
from his own assertions, ie doing a first- i
rate business. In his late annual slate- i
ment of the number of interments the
past year, he prefaced his remarks with
44 It gives me the greatest pleasure, gentle- 1
men, ut being able to inform you that the/
deaths of the past year have nearly don-'
bled those of the preceding, and if we continue
on in this flourishing condition, I
hope, ere long, to be able to present as
large a bill of mortality as can be shown
in any of our best sister cities.
PROVERBS.
lie is the best scholar who has learnt to'
live well. 1
A pound of care will not pay an ounce
of debt.
A wise man changes his mind a fool never
will.
You had better leaveyour enemy some-'
thing when you die, than live to beg of'
your fri<*nds. i
The fo?rt of the owner is the best manure
for his land.
He is my friend who griends at my mill.;
The creditors always hath a belter memory
than the debtor.
As you use your father, so your children
will use you.
Cxamine not the pedigree nor patrimony*
of a good man.
Few die with hunger; an hundred
thousand of serfeits.
A good wife is the workmanship of a
good husband.
The firar who asks for God's sake, asks
for himself too;
Tell not what you know, judge not
what you see, and you will live in quiet.
A pin for your purse and two for your
month.
Leave your son a good reputation and
an employment.
Receive your money before you give a
receipt for it, and take a receipt before
you pay it.
In an hundred years time princes arc
peasants, and in an hundred and ten, peasants
grow princes.
Original Anecdotes of School Teachers.?
A young collegiate, who had
just finished his course and received his
parchment, on his return home undertook
to teach the town school, as an amusement
during the winter, presuming it a
pleasant recreation to
'Teach the young idea how to shoot. '
Mo,id ay morning arrived?the hopeful
boys and girls flocked in?our young
friend commenced arranging and classing
them, hut soon found that the stubborn
works of nature do not yield to art with 1
out a struggle. Having a large bump of (
order on his cranium, he commanded
them to sit down and remain quiet. His !
commands were respected* in ihe same
miiiiuer as inose. of Canute, when he or- i
tiered the wa' cs of the ocean not to approach
him. Anarchy had seized their
juvenile minds, and they drank deep from
the fountain of liberty. Obedience was i
a hitter pill, and they denounced all the i
nostrums of their new physician. A few ,
doses of birch and hickory were ndminis
tered, which served only to enraee the fe- !
ver. Noon arrived?intermission com- '
tnenced?combativeness broke out, and t
the clarat was drawn from several fountains.
Our young collegiate found himself in
a dilemma. This inarch of intellect was *
'oil mighty for him; he promptly resolved I
to relinquish his command, and turn them ,
over to abler hands, lie accordingly
[ ailed them together, bade them farewell, *
lirec ing them to return from whence they J
[ ante, and come no more alter him. I
On his way home he met a friend, to f
vhom lie .exclaimed?"The devil was a
i?ol.M *
4tIlr?W inn.i! ? ' f-'-~ ?
-- IHIMIIIt'll UI? iricnu.
"Why, he took a vast (leal of trouble t
ami pains to induce Job to curse ltis Ma- (
Uer, and failed at last. If tlie short-sight- ^
id old tool had put Job to teaching a school
lie would have carsed all nature, and died I
the same day." <
?
From the Richmond Fnquirer.
The evils of a false credit system, re- (
peated as they have been, and wide-spread s
and desolating as they have proved, have, ?
from an apparent unaptness in communities! |
to loam irotn history or experience, been
permitted to pass with little or no effect 1
upon the conduct ol sue 'ceding times. We, t
<ome: lines, indeed,hear oft he extravagances, \
me frauds and calamities of the South Sea
and Mississippi schemes; these projects
seem to have been partially remembered, '
because they were novelties in their day, |r
and had the fnrce of novelties; hut their |
influence, as a warning to the future, is,
and long has been, wholly lost, as is shown 1
by the recurrence of projects and excess
in speculation, compared with which, the 1
scheme above mentioned wore timid, insig- |
niiicant and harmless A powerful illus- j
tration ol these remarks is furnished by
Mr. Crolv. the l?ift<rr.inhn. 15 -
j, ui vjcurge ine
Fourth, in describing the embarrassment \
and ruin which swept over Ureal Britain ,
in tin year I ">25, and the tallaciou9 and |
bewildering extravagance which preceded
and hurried on these calainit us results. '
" The. r\says this writer, "now plumed J
its broadest wings again ; even the grim- f
nrss of ministerial finance was lost in the (
general intoxication ; and Lord Goderich's
speech as Chancellor of the Fxcliequer. '
(that famous speech in which he professed <
himself unable to pour out his soul in Ian- (
gua?e sufficiently glowing for the golden
prospect before him ; a proud example of the
clear-sightedness of the prophetic budget.) J
gave the sanction ol one of the most solemn |
orators and stubborn financiers to the na- ,
tional dream. But his Lordship had scarce- ,
ly congratulated his countrymen on their
loo abundant prosperity, when the whole '
fell into dust belore his eves?the vision i
vanished?tlie rejoicing was dum?the
wealth was paper?the princes of the mod-1
ern Tyre were outcasts mid beggars ! Seventy
Banks broke in as manv days. Two
hundred and fifty joint stock companies,
which, hut the week before, would have
contracted to throw a bridge across the
Atlantic, make a rail-way round the globe,
or dig a tunnel to the Antipodes, weie in
the Gazette, without a solvent subscriber
or an available shilling."
This terrible and almost literally accurate
description of the condition and progress of
our own country (or a few years past, and at
the present day, is too painfully striking to
require any special application. Its fidelity,
however, has fixed my own attention upon it,
and I fain would have it held up to public
view, with the hope that it may tend to correct
misapprehension and delusion, and
thereby, retard, if it should not wholly
prevent, the return of ills such as now
allliot us. TIME.
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Communications,
Mr. Editor:?In the national Gazette,
of 22(1 lift. I observed an editorial notice,
in 14 allusion to the Scheme of the'American
Society for the promotion of Education
in Africa," and was surprised to find
feelings of sympathy so misplaced as those
expressed by the editor in that piece.?
Ilis fancy warms with the idea of the
splendid triumph for the American people
to redeem a Continent from the depths
of ignorance, barbarism, and paganism,
for which Europe has done little hut extort
! Whose ancient empire Rome overturned
and arrested the hand of improvement.
It is true lie admits that the mere
attempt carries with it an air of utter
Quixotism. Indeed it is rornau.ee?then
why favor it, as if we had no substantial,
legitimate duties at home of like kind, to
attend to. In our otvn country education
is still acknowledged to be infinitely
imperfect ; yet we arc willing to go on in
a flattering kitid of delusion to consider
American intelligence so superior in comparison
with that of the European population,
as to justify our idly passing by
her excellent example of what is due at
home, in order to 44 educate and new mold
a benighted world.'* Prussia, possessed
of good common sense, has wisely
thought that charity begins at home; and
although one of the most arbitrary governments
of Europe, ofTeN an example in the
slate of her public institutions worthy of
imitation and which has justly excited the
admiration of Europe. In her institutions
the children of ell, even of the meanest peasant
in the kingdom, arc receiving more
varied and solid instruction than our
schools are competent to furnish. This
irises from her wise care in providing
schools for the instruction of Teachers
exclusively, of which she now numbers
forty. France as Well as the rest nf F.n.
mpe, has followed in her wake, and counts
hirty of that description ; whilst the U.
States, claiming to be not only the most
ree but the most generally if not best inbrmcd
country in the world, has but one
vhich is justly the boast of Massachusetts.
>Jew York and other states have made
heii effort, but impartial enquiry has do larcd
that the present system of fcduca
ion is radically defective. Not only so,
nit the further humiliating fact has been
lisclosed to the British parliament and
spread before the na?ion by one of her
commissioners for the investigation of our
iystem of police and education, that South
ind West of New York, there were at
east 1,300,000 white children and youth,
otally destitute of the means of elemenary
education. If this be so, and I fear
t cannot be contradicted, and ought not
o be denied, the nubile rr?ir?.i
, IIMIU 11(13 urril 1UU
onff content with a general view and stateO
D
nent of the character and value of pubic
instruction ; and should be disabused
>f the delusion. .
A late able writer has observed, 44 that
ooking to the models of Geimany and
Prance, no system of public instruction
las yet been organized, in any of'the
tales, and in none has the appropriate
,vork of legislation been more than comnenced.
I do not hesitate to avow the'
>elief that without regulations far more
xtensivc than have been yet introduced;
1 control far more enlightened and constant
than has yet been exercised; and a
riscal .aid far more ample than has yet
oeen afforded, it is vain to expect that the
character of our common schools can be j
rulv, and permanently improved."
This however would be an act of dntj j
ind too common place and attainable n (
purpose to merit attention. It is distance, jnccrtainty,
romance, that wins our appromtion.
We should incline to think that
Phrenologists have well placed the organ |
>f benevolence in the close neighborhood i
of marvellousness, having only that of
mimickry intervening. Let me urge upon,
I the, I hope willing disposition of our Ediitor,
the propriety, as well as necessity of
(concentrating our efforts upon home purI
poses, and not to think of advising a visit
I to Africa at present. Let Cuffec alone
both at home and abroad, Jjift let him improve
his talent by urging to the promotion
ot the happiness of millions of white
children within our own country?either
totally destitute or nartiallv possessing
I ?r t O
the means of education.
His paper from its intelligence, gentlemanly
qualities, and general circulation,
occupies a justly high stand, and through
it lie may do much good on this subject.
I have ever respected and promoted its
interest from its commencement to the
present moment, and it is in consideration
of this high respect that I wish to see its
efforts in favor of education directed into
the proper channel until all our domestic
imperfections arc corrected and wants
supplied; then enlarged philanthropy well
schooled at home, may go forth in search
of another continent and other objects on
which to exercise feelings of benevolence.
A.
FOR TIIE COURFER.
TO SIR. ? FANNY."
" A Ladie's Toilet!" what vile production this-*
What isolated creature thus
Poum forth his spleen, and wantonly
ii-.I:? /*- :?- -
wviio me luucsi portion ot creation 9
Has he never yet been blessed
With the pure smiles of sweet affection
Or has his cold and stubborn breast
Ne'er felt one throb of love ? no?
11k has never paid due homage
To the shrine of loveliness,
Be it so?let him pursue his cheerless path
Unheeded and uncalled for,
But let him beware, lest he profane
That sanctuary which he has dared
To sully, by lines as worthless
As their author, 'fruc
He may acquire wealth, but Fame
For him shall never sound her trumpet;
What vain presumption ! can Fame
E'er hallow his vile asln s,
Who in his lifetime thus reckless
Wields the pen of cai.umnv?
No, he shall die as he has lived
A worthless lump of clay,
His name forgotten, and his life unknown. W,
For the Commercial Cornier
to urn w'iio understand them.
"1 doubt nae lass but ye may think,
Because ye hac the name o' clink.
That ye can please just at a wink
When e'er you like to try."
Burns
Such haughty airs were ne'er design'd
To leave an impress on the mind,
Of talents rare or wit refin'd
Why hold your head so high.
I cannot name a time we meet
In crowded hall, or in the street,
From you one word, or smile to greet,
But pass me thoughtless by
Now all your frowns together tost
A _ ? ?
/i sinning iook no more would cost,
And win respect which you have lost,
11 But feint a hair care I.?
With free good will I do confess
Just please yourself in mien and drees
Or live in single-blesscdncsH,
Until the day you die.
I would not profTer my advice
Your Fathkr's Gold makes you so nice
There's not a beau would ask your price
Were ye as poor as I.
Camden, June 10. I4. C. *
From the New York Journal of Commerce.
THE PLAGUE.
In the news by the last arrival From England,
it was mentioned that much alarm
had been occasioned in the neighborhood
of the London Docks, by the sudden death
of two men who had assisted in unloadin"
a vessel freighted with rags from
Trieste. It was feared they bad died of
the Plague. Although this apprehension
was probably incorrect* we are not so
sure that England is safe front such an invasion,
or the United States either. It is
well known that the elothes of persons
who have died of the Plague, or clothes
in which they have slept, unless very thoroughly
cleansed and. purified, are almost
certain to communicate the disease. And
as we are continually importing rags from
the Mediterranean, it will be fortunate if
we do not get a spice of the Plague with
them. We commend to the notice of the
public, and especially to the parties more
immediately interested, the following paragraph
from Blackwo >d's Magazine for
April.
While England swells with faction,
France with faction, Germany with faction,
Spain with faction, there is an enemt/
5i? it?? * ""
...j ... ...b , iiki iiuii iruiy jw ouiiimon IHC
restless mine! of Europe to sterner lessons.
The plague is declared to be extending
its terrible circle round the Mediterranean.
In Onns'antinople all seeins
horror?there it has raged with unabated
fury for six months, and the city is depopulating,
hour by hour, from the double
[ fleet of death and fear. Seventeen thousand
of the Greek inhabitants have fled?
the Arme; ian patriarch has lately delivered
ftlieen thousand passports in the course
of a few days, and the general population
lias been thus dinvnirhrd by upwards of
one but 'red ' | *:r */> ?ast Seotcrr.