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VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 24,1852. NUMBER 16.
i_ THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
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f FRESII GARDEN SEEDS.
THE Subscriber has just received a new supply o
Fresh Winter and Sprin;; Gardrii
Seeds. As we test all our Seeds before soiling tlicm,
the public may purchase from us with confidence. We
? poll nothing that we do not feel assured will grow if
w the necessary cautions are used. Our supply consists
r in part of
BEAKS?English Windsor. Early Mohawk. Early Yellow
Six Weeks. Large White Kidney, Refugee or
1000 to 1, Red French Speckled. Dutch Case Knife,
I White Dutch Runner, Large Libia.
BEETS?Early Blood Turnip. Long Blood, white Sugar. \
CABBAGES? Early York, Large York. Sugar Loaf,
May, Early Drumhead, Large late Drumhead, Savoy,
Early Dutch, GreenGlobeSavoy, True Green Glazed.
CARROTS?Early Horn, Long Orange.
/"VTnmfTiVTfS.?T-nnrr (lre?-n Enrlv Frame, fiherkln.
LETTUCE' ?White Cabbage, Silesia, Curled Ice head.
OSIOX?White Portugal. Large Red. Yellow Dutch.
PEAS?Early Warrick, Early June, Early Charlton,
Early Double Blossom, Codo Nulli, Dwarf Marrowfat,
Large White Marrowfat.
BADISII?Long Scarlet, Scarlet Turnip, Black Fall.
SQ UASH?Yellow Bush, White Bush, Summer Crookneck.
TURXIPS?Large White Flat, Early Spring, Early
Dutch, Yellow English, Red Top, Flat. Ruta Baga.
CURX?Sweet Sugar. Six Weeks, Tuscarora, with
Okra, Purplo Brocili, Cauliflower, Celery, Egg Plant.
Kale, Nutmeg, Melon, Parsley, Parsnip, Peppers,
Tomatoes, Rhubarb, Spinagc, Vegetable Oyster.
Also, a large variety of Choitre Flower
Seeds.
sjOO Asparagus Roots. For sale by
FRANCIS L. ZEMP.
Jan. 9. 3 tf
SADDLE & HARNESS HAKI3G.
rpiIE undersigned continues bis business at the old
1 stand, returns his thanks for past favors and hopes
for a continuance of patronage. All work in his lino
will be done with punctuality, and whore the cash is
paid, at the time of delivery, a discount of ten per cent
will be made.
Jan G, [2-ly] F. J. OAKS.
, Teaeher AVanted.
VLADY is wanted to Teach in a private family,
about ten miles from Camden. Ono who understands
Music, would be preferred.
Address the subscriber at Camden, S. C.
Jan. 30?tf BENJAMIN COOK.
^"Charleston Mercury, copy tri-weekly for two i
weeks, and forward bi!L
AECRB SHOES AT COST.
fTMIE subscribers will sell the remainder of their stock
X of NEGRO SHOES, at Cost, for Cash.
January 27. WORKMAN k BOONE.
Robinson's Pntenl Barley.
VN excellent, nourishing article of food, for Children i
. and Invalids?ton well known to "heads of families,"
to require a minute description. Has always
been kept and sold at J. DeIIAY'S.
Feb. 3?tf
\'IT ANTED.?A Child's Nurse is wanted by a
IT gentleman living about 10 miles from Camden,
a girl from 10 to 14 years of age. Enquire at this
office.
Feb. 10. 12 swim.
Teacher wanted.?a Teacher u
wanted by a few Families in the country. For
further particulars, address the subscriber at Flat Rock,
Kershaw District, S. C. SEABORN JONES.
Feb. 10. 12 lrnw.
In Equity-Laucaster District.
Jamoe R. Hunter, vs. "Allen C. Blair, ct al?Petition to
Account and apply Funds.
IT is ordered that William McOorklo and Elizabeth
his wife, defendants in above ease, (made so by the
order of the Court,) do answer, plead or demur to the
petition in above case, on or before the 12th day of
May, 1852, othcrwiso judgment pro confesso will bo
ordered against them.
JAMES tl. WiniW^I'UUft,
Com'r. Equity L. D.
Lancaster C. II. (S. C.) Feb. 5. 1832. 12?tf
Clear the Way.
JN order to make room for Spring PurChascs, I now
offer tiie following WINTER GOODS at prices unquestionably
low:
Ladies' Winter Dress Goods of every kind, from 12c.
upwards
Bcantiful Brocade Lustres, 25, 31 and 37, worth 50c.
6-1 English Merinoos, all shades, only 5o>:
French Merinoes, plain and figured, at N York cost
Mousslin DeLaines worth 37, for 13. 20 and 25c
Beautiful fast colored Calicoes, reduced to 10c.
First quality Drench Calico, now selling at 12c.
White and Red Elannel at a shade over cost
White and Grey Duffil Blankets at 75. 87c. and $1
With a great variety of WINTER GOODS, at prices
temptingly low. My object being to raise money for
iny Spring purchases, I will sell eheru off at any .vocrrfice
of profits, rather than keep them over to neqt winter.
Parties wishing bargains, will find this on excellent
opjK>rtunity for converting their loose change into
good, cheap and substantial Dry Goons.
Jan. 23. JAMES WILSON.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
SINCLAIR and Moore's 1 and 2 horse Plows
Two and threo furrow Plows
Plain and Expanding Cultivators
Singlo and doublo Iron spout Corn Shelters.
The above will be sold at Baltimore prices, with expenses
added, to close a consignment.
Feb. 4. McDOWALL 4 COOPER.
ChincM' Lustra! Washing Fluid.
THE Subscriber hrs iust received a ease of this invalu
able labor saving Washing Fluid, to which ho invites '
the attention of" Families, and Hotel keepers.
Feb. 3 Z. J. Dull AY.
Iiy Hales Heavy tlunny Bnpgiup. for sale at a Harw
yiin by F. W. BONNEY.
JOHN THOMPSON'S DAUGHTER.
BV rilBBF. CAllEV.
[The following clever parody on Thomas Camp. [
bell's baliad of '-Lord Ullin's Daughter," we clip '
lrom a Virginia paper:] j
A fellow near Kentucky's clime,
Cries, "Boatmen, do not tarry,
' And I'll give thee a silvet dime,
To raw us o'er the ferry."
' Now who would cross the Ohio,
This dark and stormy water?"
"0, I ant this young lady's beau,
And she John Thompson's daughter.
We've lied before her father's spile
With great precipitation,
And should he find us hereto-night,
I'd lose my reputation.
They've missed the gir! and purse besides,
(lis horsemen hard have pressed me,
I
And who will cheer my bonnv bride,
If yet they shall arrest me?"
Out spoke the boatman then in time,
"You shall not fad, don't fear it;
I'll go, not for your silver dime,
But for your manly spirit.
And by my word, the bonny bird,
In danger shall not tarry,
For though a storm is coining on,
I'll row you o'er the ferry."
By this the wind more fiercely rose,
The boat was at the landing,
And with the drenching rain their clothes
Grew wet where they were standing.
But still, as wilder rose the wind,
And as the night grew drearer,
Just back a piece came the police,
Their trampling sounded nearer.
"O, haste thee, haste!" the lady cries,
"It's anything but funny ;
I'll leave the light ofloving eyes,
uut not my tamers money :
And still they hurried in the face
Of wind and rain unsparing;
John Thompson reached the landing olace,
His wrath was turned to swearing.
For, by the lightning's angry flash,
Ilis child lie did di-cover;
One lovely hand held all his cash,
And one was round her lover!
"Come back, come back," he cried in woe,
Across the stormy water;
"But leave the purse, and you may go,
My daughter, 0, my daughter,"
'Twasin vain; they reached the other shore,
(.S'uch dooms the Fates assign us,)
The go d he'd piled, went with his child,
Arid he was left there, minus.
KATE'S VALEXTIXE.
Kate, my sprightly niece, like most young |
ladfos of her age. has her own opinion on mat- 1:
tersoiid things currently transpiring. She thinks j
independently, and generally speaks what she i
thinks. (>f course, her knowledge of human na- j
ture is riot very deep; nor is she as wise in all i
her conclusions as she is led to imagine. I do <
riot say this disparagingly, for Kate has quite as .:
good sense as nine in ten who have only number- 1
ed her years, which arc about twenty-one.
On one subject, Kate had, fur a year or two,
been particularly decided in her expressions.?
fPli4? \ nloiit iiio u litoli li'tc t'u<r?><l ca i*ia_ '
lently, she considered a social disease emphati- '
callv. It was no healthy manifestation of ritrht 1
feelings, in her estimation.
At last St. Valentine's day approached, and '
the store windows and counters began to be filled
with emblematic love missives of all kinds from
the most, costly, delicate, and refined, down to
the cheapest, coarsest, and most vulgar, Kate ex- '
hibited more and more strongly her antipathy to
the custom about to be honored.
"If any one were to send me a valentine," said
she, "I would take it as a direct insult to my com- '
mou sense."
"Oh, as for that," I replied, sportively, "lovers ;
are not so silly as to address the common sense '
of those whose favor they desire to win."
"Whoever wins me," was her prompt reply, I
"must appeal to that. At no other point will I
be accessible." '
" We shall see." '
" And we will see." 1
" I'll wager a new hat against a spring bonnet,'
said I, ''that you receive a Valentine this year
from a certain young man named . Never '
mind ; don't blush so ; 1 won't name him.
" 1 would discard any one who insulted me 1
with a Valentine," replied Kate, indignantly.
" Don't say that, for tear you will have cause 1
to repent the indiscretion." 1
" Yes, 1 do say it. No man of good sense 1
would stoop to such trifling."
"1 don't know, Kate. A little trifling, now :
and then, is relished by the best of men."
"That's rhyme, which docs notalwas go hand '
in hand with reason." I
" You'll grow wiser, Kate, as you grow older." 1
" If that is the kind of wisdom age brings, I'm
sure 1 don't want it."
I answered with a laugh, for to be grave on
such a theme was not in me. As the fourteenth !
approached, Kate frequently repeated her expres- <
sion of disgust at the silly custom of sending
Valentines that had become so popular, and declared,
over and over again, that such a liberty ]
with her, would be taken as a direct insult, and
resented accordingly.
Among the visiting acquaintances of Kate, was
a young man named Loring, for whom, I could j <
.see, she had kinder feelings than for anv other
7 O *
male friend; but, either in consequence ot ?. natural
resortc of character, or because lie was in
doubt as to Kate's regarding himself, he never
seemed perfectly at ease in her company, 1 had
him in my mind when I suggested the reception
of a Valentine from a certain young man, and
Kate understood me perfectly.
Well, Valentine day came round. At dinner
time, I came home as usual, and almost the first
word my wife said to me?
" What do you think ? Kate's received a
Valentine.'
"Indeed!"
"It's true. It came by the Dispatch I\?st. 11
received it at the door, and sent it up to her
room."
"Have vou seen her since 3"
"Ko." '
"Of course, she's particularly indignant."
"1 don't know any thing about that. It was i
a handsome one I inter, from the size and envelop
: and had in it something hard, which I took
for jewelry?a breastpin or a bracelet."
' Where do you think it came from ?" said I.
"I've guessed young Loring," answered my
wife.
"If he has sent it lie has committed a great
mistake," I replied.
"How so ?"
"You know Kate's antipathy to Valentines." ;
"Young ladies pfton talk a groat deal without ,
really knowing what they say; and Kate is not |
altogether free from the fault," said my wife. ,
"1 readily enough assented to this. When j
the bell rung for dinner, Kate came down from ;
her room. 11 r*r face was rather more sober than j
usual, and she did not join in the conversation |
wite her accustomed animation. She was the
first to retire from the table.
"I don't think she is mortally offended," said
I to my wife.
"No not if I am skilled in mental indications,"
was replied.
During the afternoon, two or three more love
missives camp; but not a word touching their!
reception, or the feeling produced thereby, was j
breathed by Kate. It was plain, however, to one j
with even half an eye, that she was pleased at the j
mark of attention or, it might be, a token of love, j
Evening, instead of being passed as usual with j
the family, was spent by Kate in her room.
On the next morning, at the bre;uta.sc table,
I mentioned the fact that a certain number of *~alcntines
had passed through the post office o,.'
day before. This was in order to introduce the j
subject, and call out some remark from Kate; i
but she remained silent on the subject, through !
not without indicating, by her heightened color |
and restless eye, that her thoughts were busy
enough.
" I rather think our young lady has changed
hor opinions," said I, smiling, after Kate had left
the table.
" Circumstances alter cases, you know," replied
my wife, smiling in turn.
On the next evening, young Loring called in,
Kate was longer than usual in making hor ap- [
poarance, ?nd when she came into the parlor,
was dressed with ordinary care. For the first
time. I noticed on her wrist a new and beautiful
bracel-t. She bludud, slightly, as she met
Loring: seemed a little embarrassed, but was
soon conversing with him in an animated style.
"Did you see that new bracelet?" asked ray
wife, when were next alone.
"I did."
'Where did it come from?"
"Did'nt you say that in one of the Valentines
-he received, there was something hard, like a
a piece of jewelry?"
"That is the bracelet, probably.
"No doubt of it."
''And moreover," said I, "it is plain that she
believes the Valentine came from Loring; for, at
hor tirst meeting with him, she wears it for the
first time."
"Thus," remarked my wife, "notifying him
that she receives the token kindly."
1 laughed aloud, for I coflld not help it.
"Why do you laugh?" asked my wife.
"She was going to discard any one whoinsuUxl
her with a Valentine!"
"That was idle talk. I've heard such things
i / 11
ociore.
Two or three evenings went by, and Loring
:ame again. Since his former visit, the new
bracelet had not been seen. Now it was worn j
again, As we know the young man well, and
liked him the better the more intimately we
knew him, we saw no impropriety in leaving the
young couple alone in the parlor.
From I tat time, there was a marked change in
my niece. She was less sprightly and more absent
minded than usual. Next, her appetite failed
her, and she began to grow thin and loose
her color?sure signs of a heart disease. Meanwhile,
Loring was a constant visitor; and whenever
he came, the bracelet was displayed, evidently
in token that she knew from whence it came,
and wished its full .acceptance to be understood.
At last, I received a formal visit from the young
man, and a formal offer for the hand of Kate.
C>f course, 1 had no objections to urge. The matter
was, in my mind, already fully settled.
After that, the bracelet aforementioned was
ilways to be seen on the arm of Kate. One evening,
it was about a month before her wedding[lav,
as I sat talking with Kate, for whom my affection
had always been as tender as that of a
father for his child, I took her hand, and said, as
I examined the brac< let?
"That is very beautiful."'
" Yes, I have always admired i. very much,"
she replied, the color growing warmer in her
checks.
" A love.token, I presume ?"
And as I said this. 1 looked at her archly. The
line of her cheek became si ill deeper.
"A valentine?" I added.
"The M<hk.1 mounted to her temples.
" Hut it was not an ordinary V alentine. It
ilid not eome from a triflnr, and was not reoeiv
ed as .*111 in-ult. I thought you were not the
girl, Kate; t<> reject :i sincere oiler."
Kate bin.si ad still more deeply.
'Tins little lore-token, dear Kate is tor lliec:
Accept it. and keep it, and wear it for rne."
As I repeated this couplet, the young girl
started with surprise, and looked with inquiring
earnestness in my face.
" But I'm afraid, Kate,' said I, with a meaning
smile, find a voice half regretful in its tone, "that
3"ou wore it less for the real than for the imaginary
giver."
She did not reply, but looked at me the more
earnestly, while a subdued light appeared to
break upon her mind.
"Dear Uncle,'said she, at length, bending
towards me, "had you seen this bracelet before
you saw it on my arm ?"'
i " Yes, love,' was my tenderly spoken reply ;
and T pressed her pure forehead with my lips as
I spoke.
" And you sent it ?"
She scented half breathless as she waited my
reply.
" Yes, dear."'
She covered her face suddenly with her hands
and sat motionless for some moments. In a litt'e
while, I saw a tear come stealing through Iter
fingers. My feelings were touched, for I feared
lest I had done violence to her by this little confession
of the truth. But, ere I had looked for
composure of mind, she withdrew her hands front
her face, on which an affectionate smile shornlike
a rainbow amid the parting drops of a summer
shower, and said, as she arose?
" Henceforth, I will wear it for the real gvier."
Betiding to kiss me, she left a tear on my cheek
and then glided front the room.
On her wedding night, Kate wore Iter Valentine
bracelet: and I am weak enough to believe
?if the sentiment may be called a weakness?
that she prizes it even more highly than if Luring
himself had been the giver.
mount Biane,
The following animated description of an as- i
cent of the Alps, by an English traviler, is one |
of the best we have seen. This sketch is w ritten |
from the village of Chamounix, from which spot i
the traveller set out in his perilous ascent:
My first and only Alpine excursion was to the !
Mar Je Glace, one of the great, indeed the grea-!
test, glaciers of the Alps. This glacier is not a
broad, smooth, glistening mass of iee, as I had
supposed; it is a river of ice! ten or twelve miles
long, a mile wide, and from two hundred to
two thousand feet in thickness. It fills, or rather
chokes up a great gorge which lies between snowcapped
mountains, and moves down one foot
every day. descending at an angle of thirty degrees.
As the mass molts at the lower end, ;
where the droppings form a swift river, the ice |
from above presses its way down; the motion j
cracks it transversely, and opens ten thousand '
chasms, each of which is a blue, bottomless a-!
byss. Its surface looks like mountain blocks of
marble split from the quarry, and standing on I
edge irregularly together. Bowlders of granite, j
weighing five hundred tons, lie lightly on the
glaciers, like pebbles on an ice-pond, and arc borne !
down by it t<> the valley. Imagine a mountain i
with a motion of one foot per day! Really the '
speed seems as great as that of the floods of Mi- j
agara.
After looking at this terrible momentum, the !
wonder comes how it could be staid; whether it \
bo not easier to say, even to the ocean, 'Tilth- j
crto shalt thou come, but no further." Walk-1
ing out upon it you see death within a step,and i
feel yourself an atom. One vi-it is enough.
The sides of these high mountains are always !
shedding snow, ice and rocks, which altogether I
form a glacier. There are many of them among j
the Alps. From these meltings of the Arvo, j
the Arvenion, and other streams, take their rise.;
There is a class of men, or rather a race, who
make it the business of life to understand the Alps,
and to guide parties passing from one point to
another. Without their coolness and experience
to aid. travellers could do nothing in the way
of exploring, or even visiting thess savage solitudes.
They are a sober virtuous class, and win j
upon every one by their very noble qualities.? j
From all that I hear, I doubt not they would die
if necessary to the safety of those who put themselves
under their guidance. These guides are
ready even to ascend Mt. Bkrrc. .Tuques Bal*
? . i ? -1 ' .1 I
mot, Olifi 01 tllC most miring ana expentnio-u.
was the man who who first made the ascent when
he was seventy years old.
Restarted forth alone toexploresome ice gorge
far in among its almost inaccessible and unapproachable
peaks. The old man was never heard
of more. Whenever you read of any one's ma-1
i - Tilono i'.mi tnnv c??t it i
Kin^C UK* JISCVIll I'l iili. .....J C?V .V
down that the guides ascended it fur him: that
is, guides have been employed, they have gone
before and behind him, told him where to put
his pike, or place his foot, tried for him every
loose dangerous stepping place, cut out steps for
him on the very steep of the summit, and even
carried him along, and lifted hitn up, and may
be brought him down, and thus secured to him
eclat and glory of having performed the hardy, j
perilous feat of as vending Mt. Blanc. All the i
guides get are their not being mentioned, and the i
stipulated sum. As twenty of thorn are usualiy j
employed, it costs about ?50U to asceud the king j
of the Alps. All the travellers are waiting tosee j
his hoary crown, for he seldom reveals his august
head. The clouds rise and seem to be moving
right off, and ready to lift their niistery curtain,
but when they are almost gone they let them-;
solves clown again, as if to screen him at his i
bidding. As wo all watched anxiously their
sublime hesitation, I understood what David has ,
said of Cod, "Clouds and darkness are round a
bout lliin."
The sweetest flowers are tho>c which shed their j
odors in quiet nobks and dingles: and the purest |
hearts aro those whose, deeds of love are done in j
solitude and secret. i
ilai u i'arcls.
I There is one consi*! nation which every fanner
i who kerps .stock, and who aims at the continual
I improvement of his lands by the application of
! manures of dome,tic manufacture, should by no
means overlook ; and that is, in order to have
! good manure, he must in the first place provide a
| proper and suitable yard. The many iuconvcn;
ir-nces which were formerly thought to be inseparable
from yards so construct* <1 and situated
as to retain the liqitls. were doubtless strongly
operative in suggesting the practice of locating
; them so as to admit of its readily running of!';
| an oversight, by the way, for which no circum|
stances of abstract convenience can adequately
; atone. In Germany, Holland and Scotland, the
I vards arc almost uniformly so constructed as to
retain all the liquid subtanecs among the manure.
A concave surface, having a central depression of
; some two or three feet, according to the area or
; superficial extent of the enclosure, is selected, and
! the inequalities having been first carefully leveled,
the entire surface is covered with clay, finc-ly
pulverized, and tempered tu the consistency of
! mortar, so as to be evenly spread. In this mass
. arc then placed small stones, of a uniform size,
! and in such a way that the entire work consti!
lutes a sort of pavement, similar, in many reJ
spects, to the pavement of our streets, and
through which none of the liquid particles of the
I manure can possibly escape to the soil below,
! while the concavity of the general surface, operates
also as an equally efficient protection against
j the wastage of the saline and other salts against'
the washings of the rains. These yards are fre|
quently surrounded by sheds, or temporary outj
buildings, to which the inmates are permitted to
; retire in cold, or damp weather. The introduc|
tion of such improvements here, would constitute
j the dawn of a new and most important era, and
! would doubtless soon l>e of incalculable interest
| to our agriculture. Here in America where we
i have a sufficiency of material ready provided to
j our wants, and where every farmer has both
1 time ut.d ingenuity for the undertaking, the construction
of yards upon this excellent system,
would necessarily involve but slight expense. We
have known some farmers who have endeavored
to prevent the wastage of their liquid manure by '
putting down an artificial bottom of clay. This
is usually accomplished by spreading over the
bottom a thin stratum, and (jiving it the requisite
degree of compactness by pounding or rolling.
The bottom is never removed, and by making
occasional additions, it may be rendered a
very economical and efficient agent in saving a
most valuable article of manure. When the
rich liquids of a manure yard are suffered to filtrate,
and thus pass into the depths of the earth,
the value of the article that remains is greatly
diminished without any gain. But where it is
retained, and absorbed by some substance, it becomes
a most valuable accessory, and by somo
writers on agriculture, is considered equal to the
solid portions of the manure. That it ii very
rich in fertilizing particles is indeed obvious from
the astonishing effects it produces on vogotation
?especially on vines, small plants, drc., when
used in irrigation, and upon grass lands.
Ben Hardin's Wife.?Romance is sometimes
embodied in a fact six inches long. Old Ben
Hardin, of Kentucky, got a wife by a rich and
funny stratagem.
In the days of his young manhood, he was a
work hand on the farm of a wealthy landholder,
in that Stato, and there sprung up between the
young laborer and the old man's daughter what
is often called a secret attachment. Byo the
bye, attachments are generally secret. Ben .and
his dulcina made up matters in proper time, without
the knowledge or consent of his intended
father-in-law. Indeed, the old man had never
tsuspicioncd that the aspirations of the yonth
were tending towards an alliance with his family?and
if it had ever occurred to him he would
have spurned the thought. Ben was aware of
his aristocratic notions, and of the existence of
almost insurmountable objections to the match.
So one day consulting the ingenuity of his nature,
he devised ways and meau3 to bring it
about.
Going to the old man, l?.e told him that unfortunately
he had conceived a liking for the
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hood?that it wa* impossible to gain the consent
of the girl's father?that he loved her and she
loved him?and asked what course he would advise
him to pursue.
"Won't she run away with you I" said the old
man.
''She might " answered Ben. "if I could make
the arrangements. Do you think it would bo
honorable for me to take advantage in that
way ?"
"Certainly," replied the originator of the plot,
"there would be nothing wrong."
Ben kept at him. and so enlisted the old gentleman
that he made him a tender of his horse
and buggy, and a few djmes to carry out the
elopement. The place of meeting was arranged,
and?reader, you know wh it followed. Ben ran
off with the old man's daughter, a fact which the
old man suufled in the next morning's breeze,
and one which chagrined him not a little. v\ inaing
up as novels do?Ben and his wile were forgiven.
Ancient Hisronv.?Gibbon, in his "Decline
and Fall of the Rotnon Umpire,"' concludes the
second division of the Hungarian nation, with
(he following words:
" The son of Goisa was invested with the regal
title, and the house of Arpad reigned for
three hundred years in the kingdom of Hu igary.
But the free born barbarians were not dazzled
he the lustre of the diadem, and the people
asserted their indefeasible right of choosing, deposing,
and punishing the hereditary servant of
the state."
Good temper is the sunny day, ir. sheds a
brightness over every thing. It is the sweetener
of toil, and the poot-her of d'sqniotudo.