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T 1 m^sssxs^s^^jsfr-- L '. .::, _ - J TT1TTT1 d^i k Ik I"'T\ "Flli T T A TTT\ Ik T k "TT THE CAMDEN JOURNAL, r -j I r. VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, JUNE 4, l&>2. NUMBER 45. | THE l'AMl)EN JOURNAL. ? - t PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY" AND-WEEKLY BY ^ THOMAS J. WARREN. ' e TERMS. - " The Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three Dollars and iEifty Cents, if paid in advance, or .Fopr ' - .Dollars ifnarment is delayed three montlis. l The "VVsjjk.Y Journal is published at Two Dollars a H if paid in aarar.ee; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if pay- j y [ rment be delayed three mouths, and Three Dollars if not j j( ^ jpaid till tho expiration of tire year. r r~~ ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the followSng tonus: "For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the t' | semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five j h ' cents . for <each subsequent insertion. In tho weekly, j jJ r~ ?sevent>\-.five ceiits per square for the first, and thirty-so- j a yen and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin T^WInsSftiors one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and '' * ?Hc/imnnto(ilii?ru?il flu* cima as for a sin- t] qUHJlCUV D, glo insertion. | s< t35""Tke number of insertions desired, and tlio edi- 1 n lion to be published in must be noted on the margin, of 7 *11 fcdrertisements, or they will bo published semi-weekly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly FLOWERS^ ~* j 0 I Flowers are the brightest things \Vhich the earth j tl On her broad bosom, loves to cherish; r< K Gay they appear as cbildren's-mirth, v flake the lading dreams of hope they perish. c I. In every clime, in every age, n I Mankind have felt their pleasing sway; j . And lays to them have deck'd the page Of moralist?and minstrel gay. Byjhfm tfce lover tellsTns tale, o f They can fna nope?, ms iear? e.\prv?3, ?. The maid, wheD words or looks would tail, a - Can thus a kind return confess. a! They wreath the harp.at banquets tried, With them we crown the.crested brave; They deck the maid?adorn-the. brids? r; And form the chaplets km her grave. {J The Angel in a Maiden's Eye. fi '( Once raelhought I saw an angel I' Smiling in a maiden's eyes, And my heart was captive taken, it Like a city by surprise. tl Then it seemed another angel, ^ Springing upward from my heart, , For mine eves looked on the other, r 1^ AI1U O^ilCIU 1U> wuuuici b. 1 I .At the moment .oPlhe greeting, 1; P FromJier jips no wiilsper tell, . J And before ,her I was silent, Wrapt in a delicious spell. jj I t T I? Lore awaiting in1 my bosom, . Love, of pure impulses born, I Lighted upjuy happy pathway Ir I Like *>eun of summer morn. r fr ; -v. Marked for mine the gentle maiden b With the angel in her eyes; ja ' Years agone we linked our fortunes, ^ ( By indissoluble ties. I ^ gs WORK, WATT NOT. ? |A u Wait a little longer "?Slreel Song. ^ Full long the promise has gone forth, , B 01 better times and brighter days, When honor shall attend on worth, '' ?|y And meet reward on honest ways. V The people have been told to wait, ri ra Until this golden age appears. b To Wait! Why that has be*n their fate W For some six thousand years. j. K t< B To wait is good, to wait is brave; V XTo wait is the hero's part; * m Birt waiting never freed one slave, a - Nof-healed one wounded heart. > It j O Poet write thou Work for Wait, M . tl i In humble faith and active deed; w The Worker is the lord of Fate; The Man who waits still fails at need.* r( Londni paper. ^ L Gratitude and Ingratitude. | ^ ft If a destitute youi]? j?erson should attract the i> Hnotice of a tFealdiy man^abd should be by luin 'j Bjrwpportcd, educated and-established in the world I a HL. as to be able to live, to bourne independent |Hnd resjiectable, every one would say that this is j, ^fteMw-wr-tne feeling and the expression .of ter- j. jHveut gratitude. L^t us suppose that the patron I j, ^ftf this young man frequently reminds him of his J t| Hftnner condition, and by what means lie fidds him j a SKlf where he is. Suppose the patron exacts a : r< BHequent acknowledgement of his bounty, and p ^Hkes to himself unqualified praise, for his good-11] n&-s. Let us suppose that the obliged party j HKrids his condition very irksome, and almost a ejkshes that he had never been the subject of such flft'densome favour, and is at length provoked to | j; jW so?is h? annrahfal It would seem, then i t] flat gratitude had two sides to it, as well as two ! S) ^Bflarties. lie who has conferred a favour has not | u ^Hkne all which it concerns him to do, and he j t( ftftbo receives a favor xzxy have^a. iVifncu'A task to i v Hjg^brin^-liargain is an exchange of <me ; u BBijiig for another, ami*the parties are even. The 11 f^onferri ng of favors, whether these be asked for I j, IBLjpr not, seems to stand on very different grounds. J j, X?Iany elements make up that compound from s S -which gratitude is fflid to arise, the parties may j, Itfunderstnnd the nature of the favor very differ-1 n K entiy at tlie time when it is conferred, and more i ^^differently afterwards. Ho who confers, has a i Irretentive memory; he who reiceves, a fading < ^ jSftne: time engraves the favor deeper and deeper s fonner, and wears it out more and more j ?, Tr, lir. flirinr>r it r?fr/?n nrou>rvm j . ^M^rosbuess of a new occurrence; in the latter t ^Hcnsc of favor often goes, and the we'-ght of ob-j h ligation alone remains. It may be that the j j, j^fceum plaints made against ungrateful persous are '? Shot always well founded, and that the expeeta- ]. HT tions of those who confer favors are as little so. 1 ^ftSorae poet has written, ^ He that's ungrateful has on only fault? { All other clinics may pass for virtues in him. t Hie meaning of this couplet must be, that the j| ^Knembere of society are under no obligations to c rfer favors, and that, if tbey do .confer them, . j, pai^ .obliged is a monster if he do not? | { iJtat ? We know what is intended, nor that 1 here is any rule by which gratitude is to be man- i ested. We think that every member of sociey is to do what good he can, and to whomsover stands in need of it. He is not to stop to leasure and calculate how he is to be paid by 1 he party benefitted directly, but by some other, nd unexpected way. Whosoever confers favors, pens an account with the changes and chances nd accidents of life. His credit side will look ,'ell in the close. If he confer a favor, he docs V./* T.Jv.t-c, Tia nnv> oii/l <-iinrlif. tn rlrt it., i h yaau-ic uc tuiuno 4iv- vc?t* i?uvt le lias the pleasure of doing it. If lie wishes o avoid the affliction of ingratitude, he has onp to avoid letting the party obliged know, 1111ecessarily, whence the benefit comes. When favor is done, the party conferring it .takes on < imself the duty of respecting that feeling of lie human heart which is founded in reasonable If-love, and which is entitled to respect?that is, ot to ask one who has had the misfortune to be ound in chains, to clank them for the gratifca'onof.Jiim who put them on. There arc cases f extreme ingratitude. They may have been ? ccasioncd by the irritating or indiscreet conuct of the party who was entitled to a different ?turn, They are not of common occurrence. \"heu they, do occur, uncaused, the disappointr d party- may hope to find a better subject in is next c&ny. < Th>;iii?<r Vnridfint nf Ocean Life. Our noble ship lay Whor iu the Bay of Tan- , ier. a fortified town in the extreme north-west , f A trie. The day had been extremely mild, ith a gentle breeze sweeping to the north-ward rid west-ward; but along toward the close of the fternoon the sea breeze died away, and one f those sultry, warm, even-like atmospheric reathings came from the great sunburnt Saha- i l Half an hour before sundown the captain . ave the cheering order for the boatswain to call | :ic hands to go in swimming, and iu less than | ve minutes the forms of our tars were seen lea- ] mg from the lower yard. i One of the studding sails had been lowered ito tlie water, with its corners suspended from i ie main yard arm and 'the swimming boom, ; nd into these most of the swimmers made their ( ay. Among those who seemed to be enjoying i ] rie sport most heartily were two of the boys, | 'im Wallace and Fred Fairbanks, 'the latter of I 'horn was the son of our old gunner; and iu a | ] sughing mood they started out from the stud- j ] iutr sail on a race. I Tht-re was a loud ringing sliout of joy on tlu-ir ' , ps as they darted through the water like tidies, j f lie surf.iCi of the sea was as smooth as class, I lough its bosom rose in long heavy swells | < om the Atlantic. j h The vessel was moored with a long sweep j ( 0111 both cables and the buoy oil the star- j ] oard quarter, where it rose aud fell with the < izy swell li!;e a drunken man. Towards this j uoy the two lads made their way, Fred Fair- . | auks taking the lead: but when they were with- ! < 1 about twenty-or thirty fathoms of the buoy, |, im shut ahead and promised to win the race.? j < lie old gunner watched the progress with a vast ! j ..irwvk nf nride. and when lie saw liiin drop be- |; hid, he leaped from the poop, and was upon the j | oint of urging him on by. a shout, when a crv i) cached his ear that made him start as if he had j een struck with a cannon ball. ] A shark! a shark! came Ibrth from the cap- _ tin of the forecastle, and, at the sound of these j ?rrible words, the men who were in the water f aped and plunged towards the ship. llight I ] beam, at the distance of three or four cables' | ;iigtli, a shark wake was sc en in the water, where i le back of the monster was visible, llis course : as for the boys. For a moment the gunner stood like one be;ft of sense, but on the next be shouted at the f >p of his voice for the boys to turn, but the lit- , ie f? ilowa heaid him not?stoutly the swim- . lera. strove for the.goal, all unconscious of the ( loody death spirit that hovered so near them. f heir merry laugh still rang o\er the waterTand ^ t length they touched the buoy together. Oh, v.hat drops of agony started from the } row of our gunner. A boat had put oft', but | airbaks knew that it could not reach the hoys t i season, and every moment he expected to see , ie monster sink from sight, then he knew that , II hope would be goiie. At this moment a cry ( ?aclud the shiji that went through every heart | , ' ' i' i i-- 1 I ' ke a stream ot nie?me ooys n;ui uiscuvi-rcu ( icir cueioy. The cry started old Fairbanks to his senses, ' nd quicker tliau thought ho sprang to theqnnr- ( ir-deck. 11 le guns were all loaded and shotted ( ne and aft, and none knew their temper better j inn he. With steady hand, made strong by a ? udden hope, the old gunner seized a priming ire, and picked the catridge of one of the quarir guns; he took from liis a. percussion rater, ana set it in its place, and sot the ham-1uer of the patent lock. With a giant's strength he old man swayed the breech of thn heavy gun 11 its bearing, and then seizing the string of the ock, lie stood back and watched for the next well that would bring the shark in range. He 1 ad aimed the piece some distance ahead of his . aark, but yet a iittle moment would settle his opes and fears. Every breath was hushed, and every heart in ' hat old ship beat painfully. The boat was vet nine distance from the boys wn io tne noma! pa monster was fearfully near. Suddenly tlie 1 ir awoke by the roar of the heavy pun, and as ' he old man knew his shot was gone, he sank 1 ?ack upon the combing of the hatch, and cover- 1 ig his face with his hands, as if afn^jL to see he result of his own effort for if he had la: -d ho ] new that his boy was lost. 1 For a moment after the report of the gun had lied away upon the air. there was a dead silence, 1 >ut as the dense smoke arose from the surface of ' he water, thero was, at first a low murmur break- 1 ng from the lips of the men?that murmur ! Tew louder and stronger, until it swelled to i 1 jvous deafning shout. The old gunner sprang , - ? ? i *i.? I 0 his feet and gazed uti on tue water, ana iut? first tiling that, met his view was the huge carcass of (he shark floating with his white belly up, a mangled, lifeless mass. In a few momentthe boat reached the daring swimmers, and halt dead with fright they were brought on board. The old man elapsed his boy in his arms, and then overcome by the powerful excitement lie learned upon the gun for support. I have seeu men in all phases of excitement and suspense, but never have I seen three human 1?. In-ill,t>,? muntiriiiQ tlmn iiiuir uvravuit %jj vuiiiuu^ v i.ivuw.?, on that startling moment, when they first knew the cftect of our gunner's shot. How TO marry OFF AX Ol.D MaID.?AjOUng lady in the.neighborhood of L., found herself, some seven or eight years since, arrived at a proper age to marry, and as she was botii rich I and beautiful, she did not want for suitors. But Henrietta was a little like the marriageable girl told of by the good Lafontaiue. She was somewhat difficult in her tastes, and found one too tall, another too short, this one too thin, and that one too fat, \vith innumerable other deficiencies just as objectionable as these. Those she had rejected, mortified at their want of success, deterred others who might have wi-hed to try their luck with the young lady, so that at last she found herself almost deserted and forced to the extremity of "setting her cap," as it is called, for a husband. Several years were thus parsed, when one day an uncle, who was well acquainted with the subject, and to whom the troubles of Henrietta had been told, undertook to get her married. Being supplied with money and full [lower in the premises, he. took his neice to the south of France, and while 011 the way held with 1 a!.!. j: 1JLT II1IS IlllIU UIM.UUISC . "My dear neice, tli- great point of success in ffiis world is to seize the opportunities when they trise. Now you liavc permitted yours to slip by. This is unfortunate, to be sure; but what is lo bo done ? A maiden of your age linds a husband with difficulty. It is not so with a young widow. Henceforth you are no more j Mademoiselle Henrietta X , but Madame i 0 , your husband, who lived only three j months after your union, was an officer, who :liid of a fall from his horse while hunting. He las no children." "But my dear uncle"? " Leave it all to me; and let us purchase the lecessary dresses and marriage gifts which your husband would have given you. See! Madame 3 , here is your marriage ring. Recollect now, you are to put on a mourning ligurc and a serious nil'." Arrived at Marseilles, the young widow produ-' ?od a great sensation in the social 'irele in which j die was presented. The great question among ' .he young men now was who should obtain th* [ /.r M.t.lut.sA ^ \fonv iirAtutcA/1 UcIIIU "i iUtUlillllU V ITlllli ) ???V|/V7VV?j j >im of them was at last nccopted. 9 The evening before the marriage tlie u:ic!<' j t<x?k his future nephew nsdce and said, " my dear! ?ir, we have deceived you !" " How !*' exclaimed the young man; "Am I not then beloved!" ' Oh, far from it." Have you deceived me, thou, n respect to Iter fortune if" " (>11 the contrary, 1 die is richer than I told you!" " What is it, J :hen?" "Alas, a little pleasantry we had one I Foolish day?my neioo is not a widow." What, j sMonrierO stiii living!" "1 know not) iow that may bo, but my m ice is still a maiden." j At these words, the future nephew hastened to >rot.est that far from being an obtnclc, this news i served onlv to increase hi- desire ./or the fulliluent of the marriage. The union was not deayed. A trip through Italy was taken as their vodding tour before the happy couple returned igain to fhe paternal roof. llow to out sleep.?IIow to get sleep is to iO'ne persons a matter of high importance. Xeri'ous persons who are troubled with wakefulness md excitability, usually have a strong tendency >f blood 011 the cold brain with cold extremities. L'hc pressure of the blood on the brain keeps it u a stimulated or wakeful state, and the pulsa;ions in the head are often painful. Let such iso and chafe the body and extremities with a irush or towel, or run smartly with the hands 0 promote circulation and withdraw the cxces dvc amount of blood from the brain, and they nrill fall asleep in a few moments. A cold bath >r a sponge bath and rubbing, or a good run, or r rapid walk in the open air, or going up and lown stairs few times just before retiring, will lid equalising circulation and promoting sleep. Hiese rules are simple and easy of application in instlc or cabin, and may minister to the comfort if thousands who would freely expend money or an anodyne to promote "Nature's sweet re itorer, balmy sleep." From the Southern Cultivator How to make IXucou Plenty. Mess lift. Iu-itoks : The present high prices of meat should cause tTuH^bintors of tlie South to reflect, and see if they cannot devise some plan to remedy the evil. I know h planter whose cotton crop amounted to about ?3000, and~Yr&l pays this year li-e or six hundred dollars for meat; and I have no doubt tluu thousands of others do the same, in proportion to the. amount of their crops. Now, gentlemen, I propose the following remedy: In the first place, every planter should raise a sufficient quantity of corn, and never he under il,n no/wvjcifi* nt* biivirnr then, ifnossible. enclose ... V- w _.v ..-0 , ^ , .. j . enou^li land to keep his hogs in, and not permit tln-in to run at large, to beeoine wild <?r be killed rp by liis neighbor's negroes. In the next place, make a boiler as follows: get two planks each ten feet long, two and a half feet wide, and two inches thick : then make the bottom and i-nd* of sheet iron, by nailing it on the planks ; *ot this boiler on two rows of bricks, about one Foot, hiffb from therrround. with a chimney for c # o n flue. This boiler can be heated with a very wnall quantity of wood. Into this boiler put trour corn, cotton seed,.pumpkin?, peas, cabbajje leaves, turnip, potatoes, kitchen stop, and every -* ... . ... _ thing that a hog will cat, and boil tln-m together' every day, occasionally throwing in a little .-alt, and italics, and ha\e several troughs close by the boiler, and fled y< nr hogs every night with ibis and my word iur it, we shall soon be able lu bo exporters, instead of importers, of bacon and pork. The same quantity of food given to hogs cook ed as above will rai.-e ana Keep i;u unw umw as many as when given to them in the ordinary raw state. Ali this can be done by a boy ten years old. who, by attending to your hogs in this way. will make yoii more money'than two of your best field hands can in the cotton field.? Try this for two years, and if you do not succeed, cotuc to me and I will pay all your losses incurred in the experiment. I have also a plan for feeding work-horses, which 1 consider much better and more economical than the u-ual method, and by which they will do more work, and keep in better order, during the plowing season?which plan, if 1 thought it would interest the readers of the Cultivator, I would give in another communication. G. I). Mitchell. Cedar Grove, Miss., May, 1852. L^sentiab of Good Farming. The following essential rules for good and productive farming are from tliopen of the editor of the American Farmer, the oldest, and certainly one of the best agricultural Journals in the Union. Let every young farmer, who wishes to succeed in his calling, keep these - rules within reach, and compare notes between their requirements ami the. .actual condition of his farm, from time to time, until he reaches the state of perfection hinted at below: 1. Good implements of husbandry, and plenty of them, which should always be kept in perfect order. 2. Deep ploughing and 'thorough--pulvuriza tion of the soil, by the free use of the harrow, drag, or roller. 3. An application of lime, marl, or ashes, where calcareous matter or potash may not be present in the soil. 4. A systematic husbanding of every sub.stance on a farm capable ot being converted into manure, a systematic protection of such sub stances from loss by evaporation or waste of any kind, and a careful application of the same to the lands in culture. 5. The draining of all wet lands, so as to relieve the roots of the plants from the ill effects of a superabundance of water, a con litiou equally pernicious as. drouth to their healthful growth and profitable fructification. G. The free use of the plow, cultivator, and lux-, with all roto-cu If tired crops, so as to keep down, at all times, thegrowth of grass and weeds, those pests which piove so destructive to crops. " o j; I. owaillif HI Ul<* firvjnt (r//tc, nail t/wu 01 m, and an equal attention ;isto time, with regard to the period of working crops. 8. Attention to the construction and repair offences, so that what is made through the toils and anxious cares of the husbandman, may not be lost through his neglect to protect his crops from the d'predatioiis i'f stock. 9. Daily personal .superintendence, on the part of the master, overall the operations cf the farm, no matter how good a manager he may have, or however faithful his hands may bcj as the presence of the head of a farm, and the u?c of his eyes, ar" worth several pairs of hands. 10. Labor-saving machinery, so that one may render himself as independent as needful of neighborhood labor, as a sense of the comparative independence of the employer upon such labor begets a disposition of obedience and faithfulness on the part of the employed. 11. Comfortable stabling and sheds, for the horses and stock; all necessary outbuildings, for the accommodation of the hands, and protection of the tools and implement-, as well as for the care of the poultry. 12. Clover and other gra-ses to form a part of the rotation of crops, and these to be at the proper periods plowed in, to form pabulum for succeeding crops. 13. The clover field to be 'either plastered or ashed, each succeeding spring?1 bushel of the former, and (J ut the latter per acre. 14. To keep 110 more slock than can be iccll kept, but, to be sure to keep as many as the farm ran keep in poo l coa lition, as it is wise policy to feral as much as possible of the crops grown on the farm, and thus ret iru to it that which has been abstracted from it. 15. To provide a good orchard and garden? the one to be filled with choice fruits of all kinds ?the other with vegetables of different sorts, early and late, so that the table may, at all times, be well and seasonably sv.ppiicd, and {he surplus contribute to increase the wealth of tire proprietor. * The Jen . Talk of pedigrees, forsoot.li! Tell us of thc Talbots. Percys, Howards, and like iuushroov>-J jyjfvcslerday ! Show mo a jew, am! ?' ; v. ill show v. o: tt tom whose irenoaloirica'. 'free springs from J ' "C ~ t * Abraham's bosom. w'uose family is elder than the decalogue, and who bears incontrovertible evidence in every line of his descent through myriads of successive generations.?Vou see in him a living truth of,divine revelation ; in him you behold the literal fullillnn lit of the prophecies; with him you ascend the stream of time, not voyaging by the help of the dim, uncertain, and fallacious light of tradition, but gu-dod by an emanation of the same light, which, to his nation, was a "cloud b\ day and pillar of fire by night;" in him you >ec the representative of the once favored people of God, to. whom, as the chosen of mankind, he revealed himself tli ir legislator, protector and king, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the land of bondage. You behold him established, as it were, forever in the place; allotted him; you t,;.,. Ivtr ?li<> t\<v>tilt-ii> m.MW n( lii< friwl ! ill I row? mill uy *?v. - , --- , his trausiiiun stato from boudu^jo to freedom, | \ , I t and by the innate dej?rav3ty,of his human nature, from prosperity to insolence, ingratitude, and rebellion. Following hiln on, you find him the serf of Heme; you trace him from the smouldering allies of Jerusalem, an outcast and a wanderer in all. lands; the persecutor of the Chris, tiaus, bt-rrivg all things, strong in the pride of v || human knowledge, stiff-necked, and gainsaying, hoping all things, " for the Lord will Jmve mercy on Jacob, and will vet choose Israel, and set tiiem in their own lands; and the strangers shall be joined with thein, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob."?Blackwood. ~? M Ha hits of Oeedikkce.?Train your infant ! even to habits of obedience?for in .early child; hood it is more a habit than a virtue?and I would now speak of it as such. An infant will naturally attempt to seize hold of anything that attracts its notice, and it must be.taught to yield i'tip what would be injurious, even an infant must learn obedience. ' Ju order- to facilitate the ac! qui-ition, never allow anything to be taken from i it without immediately supplying its place with some other-attractive object; but as a prevention is better than ture, you must avoid placing within its reach anything that it ought not to have. When you are obliged to compel it to j resign anything, a kind, yet determined expres sion of countenance, and a gentle, yet firm, tone of voice should be used ; it is not well in such cases to resort to coaxing. We should never thwart an infant unnecessarily, but when it most be opposed, it should be done effectually; it ought never to come off victorious, as its cbsti nacy will be strengthened by conquest, xry to make compliance with your wishes pleasant to its feelings, by often requiring it tw do what you know will give it pleasure, as much as possible avoid commanding what is disagreeable, and gently lead and assist your infant to obey. Beautiful Sentiment.?A man without some sort of religion is, at best, a poor reprobate, the foot-ball of destiny, with no tie linking him to infinity and to the wondrous eternity that is within him; but a woman without it, is even worsen? a flame without heart, a rainbow without color, a flower without perfume. A man may in some sort tie his frail hopes and honors, with weak shifting ground, tackle, to his business of the world; but a woman .without that anchor which they call Faith, is adriftand a wreck. A man may c'umsilv continue a kind of responsibility or motive, but can find no basis in any , other system of right action than that of aspirit- 9 ual faith. A man may craze his thoughts aud his bri'in to thoughtfi lness in such pOor harborage as Fame atid Reputation may stretch before him; but a woman?where can she .put her hope in storm, if not in Heaven. And that sweet trustfulness?that abiding love, that endearing hope, mellowing every scene if life, lightning them with the pleasantest radieDce; when the world's cold storms break like an army with smoking cannou?what cam-bestow it all but a holy soul-tie to what is stronger than army with cantiuh? "Who that' has enjoyed the love of a God-loving mother, but will echo the thought with energy, and hallow it with a tear? City and Country.?The general rule with " regard to City and Country is this?If, through strength of intellect, peculiar faculty or strength of purpose, you are able and willing to do several fair average men's work each day, then the City is the place for you, and probably you can do more good or make money faster hero than elsewhere; but if you are only able and willing to do one man's work, you can live easier, fare better, and gradually grow info a competence more surely in the country. The working class work more steadily and faithfully here than.-da the Country; they live more frugally and save less. They may eat more fresh-meat, but they breathe less pure air, while they lodge as industrious pe> pie in the Country would not consent to. To one who has a soul, the condition of a City laborer for wages, continually dependent on the favor or caprice of others for the means of subsistence, petitioning for work as a boon, often condemned to idleness, bullied by purse * 1 1 1 - J - <V J _ prMo, ground uown oy avance, ana oiien cefraudcd of liis hard earnings by bankruptcy or knavery, is far from desirable. Tue Plagce.? Referring to the apprehension said to bo felt at New Orleans respecting the approach of a disease more fatal than the cholera, called the plague, which is said to be prevailing in some parts of the West, the Boston Medical Journal has the following: It is certain, from the accounts received both here and in England, that the true plague has been introduced into Maderia, and its work has been really appaliug. ' The question has frequently been agitated. Will that .dreadful disease ever reach this continent ? There is reason jW believe it will; tho wonder is-vwhy.jfcjpar-not already. Our comm.^cwt'r'nnnrcourse is extensive with various ports of Africa and the -Asiatic shore of the Mediterranean, where this great scourage is never dead or dying, but simply reposing from one period to another, like a fatigued giant, to gather new strength for a renewal of slaughter. Should it come, it may be hoped I there will be found more scieuce and a stronger ! barrier of medical skill to meet and disarm it of ; its terrors, than has been exhibited in tropical ' climates, or in the filthy scourge-inviting regions j Moslem Turkey. Plague appertains to the Arab I in this age; and where the same condition of tilings exists as characterizes their mode of life, their social condition, and the absence of all I'fThrfs tft nvprt nr nrrAst it will have an abiding foot-hold." I.ovc is a sweet contagion, which attacks people with great severity between eighteen and twenty two. Its premonitory symptoms aro sighs, ruflhshirts, ringlets, bear'sgrease. whiskeys "* . It feeds on moonlight and flutes, and looks with i horror on "biled pork" or baked beans. -VifA ?vwhi;. - i~- - ' ?