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v "VOLUME 2. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA DECEMBER 19, 1851. NUMBER 98. THE CAMDEN JOURNAL. PUBUsriEP HV TIIOHiS J, WAR REX. j THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL j Is published at Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paH in j tdvance, or Four Dollars if payment is delav<*lfor three I months. j " THE WEEKLY JOURNAL ?" Is published at Two Dollars if paid in tdvance. or Two ' Dollars and Fifty Cents, if payment Is delayed for Six months, and Three Dollars, if not paid until the end of the j < year. I , ' ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the following ' j rates: For one square (14 lines or less) in me semi-wceKiy, i 1 one dollar for the first, and twenty-five cents for each j ? subsequent insertion. ' 1 In the weekly, seventy-five cents per square for the first, r and thirty-seven and a half cents foreaeh subsequent in. Bertion. Single insertions one dollar per square. The number of insertions desired, and the edition to ? | be published in, must be noted on the margin of all ndver- a tisements. or they will be inserted semi-weekly until ordered to be discontinued, and charged accordingly. Setni-monthly, monthly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a single insertion. {TTA11 communications by mail must be post-paid to | secure attention. : ? . u j\e PLUS ULTRA.?' ~ v Pj A NEW and splendid stock of Perfumery, Cos- r J\. met ice, Soaps, and Fancy articles, which li would have been announced before but lor want p of time, consisting in part of German, French and Amer-1 Aromatic Crystal in cases: n ican Cologne Water; 'Queen of Flowers Hair Oil; , Amber lavender, do.; Rose Blossom Flesh Powder; T Lnbins Ext. Jockey Club; Pure Moelle de Boeuf; II " " Jenny Lind; French Bandoline; t( " " West End; .Marshmallow Soap; fj " ' Rough & Ready; Hauul's Shaving Cream : " " Boquet de Cam- Ean Lu-aral; line ; [Cut Glass Pungents, * " Mignionettc; ! beautiful patents; . u it Hedyormm; [Embroidered Powder Puffs, Roussell's Charcoal Paste ; China Puff Boxes; " Mao-tcha " .Cushion Tof? do do; j " PoncineSoap; [Roussell's Hair Dye. " Honey Soap; | ?ALSO- 11 English, French and A merican Tootli Brushes, some of S< them very handsome ; Hair Brushes, a fine variety ; ivory, Horn, and Buffalo Dressing Combs; Purses, Porte Monaies, &e. With many other rhoice articles too nitmerges to mention in detail, which serve to make up a " ' very elegant (though not the largest) assortment of ar- J ti des of this class. Received at Z.J. DeIIAY'S. Oct 28tf. r Ladies' Dress Goods. FIGURED Chameleon and black Silks Rich printed and plain Delaines a Mantillas, Lace Capes, Collars, Ilk'kR Gloves and ITo- h cieries,of every decriplion- Just received and for sale at j p; A. i>l. Cf It. K I'.A A Ut. 1 !>. CARPETING, Printed Drugc^t*. Rngs and Ba ze, ut A. M. & R. KENNEDY'S LILLY ~\VHITE?Puff Powder?, Chalk Balls of every variety. For sale by TIIOS. J. WORKMAN. ir oct24 84 tf SUPERIOR Goshen Butter. For sale by Oct. 10.80 If R. VV. ABBOTT. ORRIS* Extra Quality Corn, Starch for Puddings, Hianr, Mange, &c. ^ White Ginsrer, Goshen and EujzliahX'heese. ^ Old Port Wine, Cooking Wine, &r.?, for sale hv E. W. BONN BY. CAMDEN HOTEL IS NOW OPEN FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. IT is an excellent and commodious building, new and well fitted up, and lately put in a state of complete repair. The ro?trs are large, open and air) ; fine Family parlors well furni.-heti. The Table will be supplied with every thing which an excellent country market will afford, attended bv the best servants. The BAR will be supplied with the choicest WineB and Liquors. The STABLES are well fitted up ; attended by careful and experienced Hostlers, and well sup plied with Provender. I .Also Lots prepared for the accommodation of Drovers, with excellent water conveniences. There will at all times, be an Omnibus in attend- c anec to convey passengers to and lrom the Depot, n The Subscriber having had several years experience in the above business, feels confident in saying that he will be able to give general satisfaction _ to all, who may favor him with their patronage, as ^ he is determined to use every exertion on his part to please. " H. J. WILSON. Darlington Hotel, DARLINGTON COURT-HOUSE. THE above House having been purchased and I fitted up anew by John I)oten, is again opened for the accommodation of tlie Public. Strict x * attention to the wants and comforts ol guests *" will be given, and no effort, calculated to merit '' the patronage of all who tnay favor the establishrnent with a visit, shall be spared. All that the market and surrounding country afford will be found upon the table. Comfortable rooms, for families or individuals, are prepared. * The Stables will be attended hy caremi anu " attentive hostlers. lDrovers can be well accommodated, as any a number of horses and mules can be 1 ept in the 1 stables and lots expressly prepared for them. Nov. 1, 1S50. 86 tf ' Temperance Hotel. THE undersigned would respectfully inform his _ friends and the travelling public in general, P^*"That he has again rented the above Hotel for a short time and would respectfully solicit a portion of the patronage so liberally bestywed upon him heretefore, as no pains will be spared to make the , traveller comfortable and at home. ' The Stages, and Omnibuses will call regularly ^ at the House for passengers, going by Railroad. f Also, Horses, and Buggies, can be had from hiin '1 on reasonable terms, to go in the country. b f J. B. F. BOONE. 1 Feb. 11, 12 tf Heavy Negro Blankets, 75 pieces Hea-H H I Mnrrm ('lnihs. Low priced Red Flan I WV 'J , nels, Heavy Denims and Strip'd Homespuns, just received and for sale at reduced prices, bv J E. W. BONNEY. ? Iloliwu Ware. r EVERY variety of Cauldrons, Pots, &c? Light Medium and Heavy. Received and for sale a at very reduced prices, by ? McDOWALL &. COOPER. 1 ct24 84 tf_ v F. BOOT, CAMDEN, S. C. 'j WORKMAN & BOONE, Manufacturers Wholesale At Retail DEALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES, LEATHER AND SHOE FlNDLm HAVE now on hand and will continue to receive the fullest and most complete Stock of ill the Articles usually kept in their line, that has ;ver been kept in this market. Having purchased from the best manufacturers ibroad and entirely for cash, in addition to their >wn hom^manufacturep. They tell well assured hat they can supply any quantity or quality ef foods, in their line, and upon as favorable terms, is they can be bought at any wholesale cstablishnent in this State." o.n.. viercnanis anu oinera arc respecuun* in.ucu ( ixamine tlie stock, before purchasing, under the insurance that it aha!! be to their interest to do so. sept. ytJ, 75 tf CAMDEN, OCTOBER 1-3, 1851. JUST* received, and on the way by every arrival, a large and well selected stock of Boots ; hmI siloes, nf every style and quality, which j L'ill be sold at a small advance over manufactu- j er's prices. The public are respectfully invtited , o call and examine the stock and prices before j urchasing elsewhere. ?i?*,These Goods were made expressly for this j larket, and selected by myself. Purchasers from , be country will find it to their interest to give 1 be subscriber a call, as the goods will be sold from ; ?n to fifteen per cent, cheaper than they have ! cretofi re been in this market. J. S. McCADDON. 2,000 Pairs of Plantation Broirans, ^ T the following prices: 75c.; 81c.; 87c.; 95c., j LJl and $$l. .lien s rme can suicn oooif; pump 1 ole Boots, o! various qualities, 25 per cent lower | lian the same quality of goods have ever been ; dK! in this market. J. S. McCADDON. Oct. 13. 81 tlj few and Elegant Perfumery rilE subscriber has just received and opened a large and elegant assortment of Perfumery, naps, Cosmetics Arc. (lie is determined to keep larger and more elegant assortment than has itherlo been oflercd in this place.) consisting in art, of Lubins Extracts for the Handkerchief; Rousscl'a " 44 Jules IIauel? 44 " 44 Maugenet Coudray's 44 44 Colognes of all styles and qualities, from th lost celebrated manufactories ; Prevosts lavender Water; Jules Hand's 44 44 Eau de Flour d'Orange ; Anti .Mephctic Aromatic Vinegar; Aromatic Crystals and Smelling Salts; Ju.es Hauel Eau Lustrale; Kousscl's K.111 Ltistraie Auorantn ; PniYiinrulo P:iri*?inunn Silk Hound Pomatum, in china jars ; Disney 4' I'd"?1- Gx Marrow ; Rnussel's do hi screw tops ; Dears 'ircese of many different kinds; I'liiloconio " " 44 44 J Antique Oil 44 44 44 44 Vegetable I lair Oil Stick Pomatum ; Bandoline Kixateur; llaii l)\o of several different kind ; Cold Cream tor cliaiq>cd hands and faces , Vinegar Rouge; Charcoal Tooth Paste ; Roussel's Odontine; IMIIeter's do 44 Elixir Odontalgique; Rose Tooth Paste; Waters Tooth Soap; Tooth Powders of different, kinds ; Meakin's (Hove Renovator, a mnv article for lc u sing Gloves ; with various other articles too umerous to mention. runs- J. WORKMAN. oct21 tf iT7"ntches nnd Jewelry of tin* latest and most fash\\ ionable pailerns. f ancy Good*, Album* ami AnuaN. just received, A. VOIiNli. THE TRUE BIgeiitivc Fluid or Gastric Juice, ET^OR tiie cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia. .Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Constipation and N'erous Decline. Prepared from Renct, or the fotirtli toinach ol tiie Ox, after directions of Baron Rejig, the great. Physiological chemist, liy J. S. 1 M It !>!. lonou, m- 1/, i IIIUIUVII'iiki, 11. For sale by T. J. WORKMAN. ENGLISH AND GERMAN HOSIERY. TUST opened, an unusually complete assort/ nient ol every size, color and cjuality of La. ies' Misses' and Children-' Hosiery in Cotton, lilk, Merino, and Lamb: Wool. Also, Ladies' nd Childrons' Hoods, Infants Hats, Tippets and 'olkas, Woolen Boots, at WILSON'S Palmetto Cash StoreNcgro Goods. tLT, WOOI, Cordora Plains, Kerseys, Linsnys, Sattinets, Jeans, &c., for sale by OetHil 1851,, 83, tf W. ANDERSON 350 BONxNETS. [have received the above number of Ladies' and Misses' Bonnets.?comprising every kind o .eghorn, Straw, Chip, Hungarian, Aiboni, Dunstalo, Tuscan, &.< ., with fashionable Ribbons to iiit. Ala? Artilici.il Sprigs and Wreaths Bonnet \?bs, Bonnet Linniiigs, white and c lored Ruche, lack and white Blond Lic.es, Oreen and blue 1 rage, and blac.i Lace Veils. J. WILSON. Parisian Novelties. [have opened quite an attractive assortment of French Embroideries, containing rich worked iiusiin Collar*, muslin Sleeves and Cuds of the lewcst styles, Indies worked muslin Caps, Inlant 'aps and Frock Bodies, Mourning Collars, Sleeves md Cuffs, new and elegant patterns. Also a rreat variety of Lace and Muslin Canes, some of hem very handsome, Emb'd. Lawn Handk'fs and vorked muslin Edgings and Inserting*. JAMES WILSON. nORT WII?E?A few dozen Bottles best I. quality Old Port Wine. Also?Porter and \)r. S. E. CAPERS. Ladies' Dress Goods, Sic. Antique robes, Plain and Fig'd Bl'k Silks, Black Turc Satin, " Velours Ispahan, Crape de Chene, Si k and Linen Jaspers, Plain and Watered Poplins, ' " colored Cashmeres, " ? " DeLains, Black Bombasine, Mousselin and Alpacca, French, English andkAmerican Prints, " Scotch " " Ginghams, Worked Collars, Fronts nod Sleeves, Real Vallencennes Lace Collars, Ernh'd.and plain Linen Cambric Haodk'fs, "-LU /' Ckx.uta rjmi) u vv iiiiu v^nipc Fashionable Trimmings, % i Infants Einb'd. Bodies and Robes, Forsaieby Mc DO WALL & COOPER. 0"A few Plain and Fancy Tare Satin, and silk Dresses for sale at cost. Oct. 13'I), 82 tf LADIES Worsted Dress Goods, Fancy Silks, some most splendid styles just received at BONNE VS. Matting. WHITE and Colored Matting 4 and 5-4. for sale at a reduced p' icc by E. W. BONNEV. i Preserves, I; randy Peaches, &c. El. Ginger Preserves. W. I. do. (assorted,) Brandy Peaches, Lemon Syrup, Maraschino, and other Cordials. Madeira, Sherry and Fort Wn.es, Claret ami N. C. Black-berry do. ?HEIDSEICJI VIIA MP AIGXE? Gauva Jelly, Catsup* and Sauces, Rose Water, Chocolate, Prunes and Raisins, English, French, and American Mustard, do. do. do. Pickles, Imitation English Cheese, Macaroni, A c. also English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Filberts, Sheli Barks and Sort Shelled Almond3. ROB'T. LATTA. Camden, July 1, 1^51. 52 tf Just Received. FROM the Rock Island Manufactory a few pieces Cassimores, by JAMES McEWIN. Oct. 15 81 tf K?j?e aai<! Twine. For D sale by S E. CAPERS. WINTER SHAWLS~ SOME of those beautiful Bay State Shawlp, in Plain Black, black and white, and dark colors. Scotch wool Shawls at all prires, at J. WILSON'S. MACKARE1L?Half barrels No. 3 Mncka re I. For sale by S. E. CAPERS. JUkrcf, Siilmoii, Kits and qr. I?b!s. No 1 Mackerel, Prime I?af, Lard in barrels and kejjs, fl.iins, Bologna f?niisa<je, eresti CSoda, Wine, ami B itter Crackers, Fine Rai-ins in as ?roml order ns nsw ones. Just received !iy ROB'T. LATTA. AtiL'. S f)2 tf "j^XTll \?.**rs, W'i.iii; Ginger, Citron, I'urrann 1 j Lemon Syrup, aiii! best Port Wine for sale by E. W. BONNEV BUOWN Homespun, 25 yorJn lor a dollar, lor sale by E W BONNEY and l-ickicd Bocf. For sale by_ S. E?CAPERS. OUPERIUR Hyson, Imperial & Black Teas | O fresh and good, for sale bv E. \V- BONNEY. GUNNY and Dundee Bagging, 1 2 inch Br.Rope and three ply twine for sale at the low est prices by E. W. BONNEY. New and Rich!! IT'ilENCIl Embroideries, Lice Ouods, Linen i Cambric Handkerchiefs, <f*r , of the newest | style just opened by E. \V BONN EY. riiit Cigars. A Large let of tlu-.'iu.-t Brands, Just received at MOORE'S. / |T PIECES all-woal Plains, very heavy; Georgia t'V.' i'lain.; ."Southern Limeys; M.illory ,Kersey*, ic. For sale at I lie very lowest prices by E. W. BONNEY. Grates TU.ST RECEIVED, an elegant assortment ol P.irionr Orates. Office do.. Cooking Sloves complete, Airtight Parlour Stoves; (.'<>al Franklin Stoves ; also a few ton Red Ash Coal. A/CDOWALL it COOPER. oct'24 $ tf Murine, Fire, and Life Husurauce. bt the Commercial Insurance Company, OF CHARLESTON. S. C. CAPITAL, $250,000, ALL PAID IN. OFFICE, NO. 1. BKOAD-STllEET. presidsst. WILLIAM 15. IIEH10T. niREcTons. \MF.S K. ROBINSON. 1IF.NRV T. STREET, <;EO. A. THENIIOL.M, WJI. Mchl'KNEY, ROBERT CALDWELL, J- H. BRAWLEV, A. K. FA FT, T. L. W R AGO, A. M. l.EE. Secretary E. L. TESSlKR. lns|x-r,or. B. C. PRE SSLEY. Solicitor. K. A. KIN LOCH. Medical Examiner. The subscriber having been appointed agent for thin Company, is now prepared to receive I'lopositls for Fire Risks, mid will etfeci Insuninre on fair and liberal umis. WM- D. McDOWALL. yttmden S. C. Mav .r>, 1H9I. "!fi ENCOURAGE Domestic Manufactures. THE DeKalh .Manufacturing Co. have now on hand a large Stock of rugged nnd Sfiweu i>egro miocs, of tlieir own manufacture?to which they would invite ho attention of Planter*. Their IVtftfcd Iiro;raus, nre all made from selected stork, in the most substantia manner?and can be recommended to those who wish to purchase a first rate article. Their Sewed Negro Shoes, are also made from good Leather, and in such a manner as to give satisfaction. Planters will please cull nnd examine our Stock?satisfied that they will be pleased?as we know that we can show the best stock of Homo Made Shoes, that is to be met with. Tlicy will be 6old at the lowest market price, by W. ANDERSON,Trea'r. Camden, Otl. 2. IB5J. 78 If PROGRESS OF THE U. STATES. | If the progress of a country, in mere material respects were entirely significant,either of its tastes, its virtues or its happiness, the philosopher of the United States might well exult in the wondetful advance which has been made by our own. Without qualifying what may be said in behalf of its progress, by adverting now to those respects in which, it is confessedly wanting, lot us indulge in a grateful contemplation of the physical results of our institutions, as condensed from the returns of the last census. In 1776, when we first run up the standard of American Independence, our population was estimated in round numbers, at three millions. But it probably did not limit exceed two and a half. At that time we enjoyed not a single clue, beyond the opening of the interior country upon our vision, t? any of the thousand sources <>f our present prosperity. Kail ;.vnvs and steamooats were undreamedof; our staples were insignificant, and nothing could he more feeble than the infant experiments of our manufacturers Even our farming was a rude and barbarous practice. From 1776 to the dose of the century, the stride was prodigious, as compared wit!) that of other nations; yet notlt in" in comparison with our own subsequent career. This is sufficiently illustrated bv the increase of population, since it is through such increase chiefly that wc arrive s<mmarilv at a'l the physical improvements of a people. In 1800. accordingly, our popula lation was five millions.three hunnren thousand, nearly or quite double what it was in 1770. This was the increase of twentylour years. .n 1S51, our population is a trifle under twenty-five millions. In 177G our Stales were thirteen in number; in 1800, sivtecn ; they are now thirty-one, with several in embryo. Our territory in 1800 was, 1,000,000 square miles; il is now S,200,000. All our present domain west of the Mississippi then belonged to France and Spain, and was an unbroken wilderness. Florida belonged to Spain, and Georgia was the only State on the Gulf of Mexico. West of New York there was no States but Ken lucky and Tennessee, and these had spent mosi of their leeble energies in the bloody strifes with a savage foe. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and half of our Western States, were yet but hunting grounds where Indians rnaincd unmolested. At that period the total value of atl kinrhinf mnnnfarturers and product* of industry m the United States iinrdly ''xuncded a hundred millions oT dol lars. The export a i ion of col (on alone has increased from 35.000.000 ntvually. to 70 i or 380,000,000. Our inland lake trade has increased from an amount too insignificant to be estimated, to tiie enormous value of 8200.000.000 annuady. Our foreign marine is now hardly inferior in extent or value to that of Great Britain, am! we are now gaming faster than ever on our gigantic rival. Fifty years ago, scarcely one ol our thousand miles of canal existed, and not one of our present eight or ten thousand miles of railway, or our present sixteen thousand miles of telegraph were cither known or dreamed of.?Char. Eve. News, SLOVENLY* FARMING. Farmers generally possess too much land : to he well cultivated* Filly acres well till i id will ever produce more than one hundred acres badly managed. The nett profit, that is to say. on fifty acres well tilled, will tie more than one hundred badly or poorly tilled. Now, all know, or should know, what good cultivation is; but do all culti. vale well ? o you lake time by the forelock in preparing votir grounds, and at a proper season ? Do you plough right ? Do vou plough deep ? Do you use the sub-soil plow where the land wants renovating ? JJo you obtain the (anest, best seen you can find? Do you use the best fanning implements ? Do you keep them in order, or do you leave them about the fields to rust ? Do you hoc your crops well, an I at the proper time? Gentlemen, these arc questions which you should ail answer in the affirmative; and there are many more of a like nature for your serious consideration, A thing well d?me gives pleasure to the doer. To go into one's field's, and behold the fences buried in brambles and bushes?to see the grass and weeds peering over the tops of corn and potatoes; to view fields that have lain for ages uncultivated ; to behold a stinted growth of sward-bound grass in such a field, where clover ought to glow three feet high ; to view an old rickety sled here, and faded, patched up sleigh there ; a pair of old wheels in one corner, a rusty plough in another, all exposed to the elements, gives nnin to the beholder unless he is utterly proof against feeling. When we travel along the highway, nnd see the want of taste, arrangement symmetry travelled walks broken down, door-yard fences, and unproportion in buildings and fences, and an old gale perchance on one hinge and half prostrate upon the ground, wc can hardly believe that this man recognizes Order as "Heaven's fiist law." It is not because poverty weighs down their ; energies, that wc behold a lurk of order and neatness around, but it is caused by sheer neglect and slovenliness; alack of ambition to appear in neatness and order. United States and Great Britain.?A tele' graphic despatch from Washington, under date of the 5th instant, to the Philadelphia American contains the following important information: ' *' The steamship Atlantic, which sails to-morrow at noon, will be detained, by arrangement with the State Department, to receive an. tirt? portant despatch transmitted from Washingtort this afternoon. Mr. Webster has written A letter to Mr.JLawrence, requiring him toa?eer<taiu immediately from Lord Palmerston wheth* or flip rmtrurm on thf> PrninofliPi? nnfknr izod by any standing or special instructltfri, or whether it is disavowed by the English government The despatch explicitly states, that the ouh rage is regarded as being a direct violation of the first article of the Clayton and Bulvrer treaty of April, 1850; and it is claimed that Great Britain 6hall take immediate steps td settle the difficulties, hy the return of Sir Hen* ry L. Buhver, or the appointment of some person armed with sufficient authority. The tone of the official paper is high, just and American, and it corresponds with and is \vor? thy of the character of Mr. Webster. Private letters have also been seut to iMr. Lawrence, instructing him in the most urgent terms,. to proceed fiumlv and promptly. Within halt an hour after intelligence of the outrage upon the Prometheus reached Washington, Mr. Webster addressed a letter to the i'rcsiUent, recomending the employment of a competent naval armament to protect oar commerce and rights. Vessels of war hare, accordingly, been ordered to Chagres, San Juan and San Juan del Sud. The delays in the execution of the Clayton and Bulwer treaty have resulted from the domestic dificulties fn Central . America. Senor Marcolita, who came here charged to make a general adjustment, with, as was supposed, full powers, now finds himself without 'any sufficient authority to negotiate on behalf of Nicaragua or Central America. Hence the difficulties. This new nffiiir o( the Prometheus will com* pel some affirmative arrangement between England and the United States. A Domestic Necessity.?Every house should have as an inmate, a good natured, sensible, tidv, old lady. This important fixture should always be, if possible, a Grand Mother, or, as next best, an Aunt; yet, so indispensable to the respectability, comfort and convenience of a well regulated household is the old lady, that if this system of housekeeping become general, it will befcome quite natural to find uader the head oi^WjaubL'-in..newspapers, inquiries for proper olu ladies to supply the lack of dear old folks gone to the better home. Indeed, old ladies discovering themselves in demand, would keep in perservation much longer, nor hoc in to make windinc sheets and crave O O ? ?C7 caps full ten years before the great reaper came to gather in the shocks of corn fully ripe. Old ladies are needed. Providence designed such 10 fill a large space in the domestic circle; ?a class remarkable as living not for them, selves but for others?the most beautiful specimens of disinterested love on tbis side Heaven The Oheat Object of Life.?The true cultivation of a human being consists in the development of great moral ideas; that is, the ideas of good, of duty, of right, of justice, of love, of self-sacrifice; of moral perfection as manifested in Christ, of happiness and immortality, of heaven. The elements or germs of those ideas, belong to every soul, constitute its essence, and are the chief distinctions of our nature; they constitute our humility. To unfold these, is the great work of our being. The light in which these ideas rise in the mind, the love which they awaken, and the force of the will with which they are brought to sway the outward and inward life,? here, and here on? .1 r i_ __ . iv, are uie measures 01 numan cultivation. These views show us, that the highest culture is within the reach of the poor. It is nntknowN edge poured on ns from abroad, but the development of the elementary principles of the soul itself, which constitutes the true growth of a human being. Undoubtedly, knowledge from abroad is essential it the awakening of these principles. Hut that, which conduces most to this end, is offered alike to rich and to poor. Society and experience, nature and revelation, our chief moral and religious teachers, and the great quickeners of the soul, do not open their schools to a few favorites, do not initiate a small caste into their mysteries, but are ordained by all, to be lights and blesings to all. Curious Facts.?The Boston Journal upon the authority of a thoroughly informed and reliable correspondent, states the following facts: 1. That the South Carolina Railroad, from Charleston to Hamburg, was the first road that was commenced in the country, with the view of using steam in place of animal power. 2. That the first locomotive ever built in this country, was built for and ased upou this road. U. That it was the first road that carried the United Stales mail. . ? - i i ^ * 4. That when completed and reauy tor use which was on the 2d October, 1833, it was the longest Railroad in the world. We travelled upon this road in 1830, five miles, in a car rigged with sails and propelled by wind, at the rate of five or si* miles per hour. L astir. Dividend.?The Bank of Hamburg, has declared a dividend payablo on the find. of January 1852, of three dollars and fifty cents per share, which is 14 per cent par annum.