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I VOLUME 3. CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, OCTOBER 5,1852. NUMBER 80. | fa? _ I THE CAMDEN JOURNAL ^ PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY BY THOMAS J. WARREN. : TERMS. The Semi-Weekly Journal is published at Three: Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance, or Four j Dollars if payment is delayed three months. The Weekly Journal is published at Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and Filly Cents if payment be delayed three months, and Three Dollars if not oaid till the expiration of the year. j; ADVERTISEMENTS will "be inserted at The follow- i ;ng terms: For one Square (fourteen lines or less) in the j semi-weekly, one dollar for the first, and twenty-five j cents for each subsequent insertion, in me weerwv, , seventy-five cents per square for the first, and thirty-seven and a half cents for each subsequent insertion. Sin gle insertions one dollar. Semi-monthly, monthly and ' quarterly advertisements charged the same as for a sin- ! gle insertion. ?3^~T!ic numberof insertions desired, and the edi- 1 tion to be published in must be noted on the margin of 1 all advertisements, or they will be published semi-week- ! ly until ordered discontinued and charged accordingly For the OamJen Journal. THE HOPES OF EARTH. When youth looks forward, to his eager gaze The dim perspective is with glory crown'd, And earth seeins looking in the moonlight blaze ' cir Krio-tit enn of Hone. whose light profound, ^ With golden smiles, tips every object 'round. The Future is to him a land of dreams, Of burning dreams, which there have only found What to his view are soft enchanting gleams Glitt'ring with all the hues of rainbow-tinted beams. \ Within this fairy-land the hopeful mind Delights to roam and people it with things Of a superior beauty, whose refined, Unearthly, influence truth unwelcome flings To the back-ground; whilst sweet imaginings Seek the bright pictures of fictitious joy, Thus, to her dreaming victim, Hope still 6ings Naught save the beautiful without alloy? Yet are the syren's songs meant only to destroy. For soon, alas! the stern reality, That fatal whirlwind, desolates the spot, Which Hope endow'd wtth immortality. That sacred repertory?max sweet grot Of the imagination?shares the lot 1 Of Autumn leaves, when the tornado woke, And tore them shivering from the tree?to rot! Whilst rude and cheerless trunk and branches broke, Shall long remain to prove the tempest's direful stroke. , See! strewn around is many a shatter'd form I Of what was once so beautiful and bright? Poor broken relics of the cruel storm, Which shaded o'er that scene's refulgent light, ] - Changing most joyous day to gloomiest night. And now?Ambition's sceptre torn away? i The love-dream lost forever to the sight? The Future goae with every promise gay? Sad Mem'ry asks, of Hope, the question, "Where are they?" TII1CTA. September 25,1852. AUTUMN. HV LONGFELLOW'. Thou comest, Autumn ! heralded by rain ; With banners by great gales incessant fanned, "* Brighter than brighest silks of Samarcand, And stately oxen harnessed to thy wain ! Thou standest, like imperial Charlemagne, Upon thy bridge of gold; thy royal hand with henedictions o'er the land ; Blessing the farms through all thy vast domain, Thy shield is the red harvest moon, suspended So long beneath the heaven's o'erhanging eaves : Thy steps are by the farmer's prayers attended; Like flames upon the altar shine the sheaves; And following thee in thine ovation splendid, Thine Almoner, the wind, scatters the golden leaves, WOMAN'S LOVE. Oh, woman's love! at times it may Seerr. cold or clouded, but it bums With true, undeviating ray, Nor ever from its idol turns. 1 Its sunshine is a smile; a frown, The heavy cloud that weighs it down ; Its sweetest place on which to rest, A constant and confiding breast; Its joy to meet, its-death to patt; Its sepulchre, a broken heart. A Singular Case ok Suffering from as Accident.? Miss Ann M. Clark, who brought suit to recover $20,000 damages from the citv of Boston, for injuries sustained in falling into a cellar, at the time of the great Railroad jubilee in that city, obtained a verdict for $8,200, on Saturday last. The Traveller says the testimony of the Massachusetts General Hospital physician, where Miss Clark has remainded for nearly the ...i?i? t.n oo/M.lenf discloses the fol WI1UIC IUMV *91 lav vi UK, I.VU.X.V..., lowing singular result: Miss Clark is about 10 years of age; previous to the accident she was employed .as a worsted worker at Maiden, and enjoyed good health. On the last evening of the railroad jubilee, she proceeded with some friends to witness the tireworks in Bowdon Square. On their return home they passed through Chnrdon and Hawkins street where she fell through a cellar way which had been accidentally left open after the grade of the street and side-walk had been altered. After she was taken out she complained of a feeling as if she had been struck in the stomach. The next day she proceeded to her work at Maiden, was there seized with vomiting, and violent pains ; in the stomach ; she returned to Boston, was j conveyed to the. Massachusetts General Hospital, ; where she has remained ever since. The physi-1 cians say that in her fall she received an injury to her spine, and the result is, that she cannot t keep upon her stomach but a very small quantity of food, an amount barely sufficient to sus- p tain life, but not enough to stay the cravings of n appetite. Her chief aliment is molasses and wa- r tor, and if any amount above two ounces isgiven to her, stomach soon rejects it. Various expe- t dients have been devised by the physicians to administer nourishment. Among others blisters have been applied and then Cod Liver Oil rub- , bed on the scarified surface, and thus absorbed , into the system. The unfortunate young woman j is little better than a skeleton, and her sufferings < are no doubt very severe. The physicians state there is recorded in the books but one similar (, case. c Engaging Manners.?There are a thousand \ pretty engaging little ways, which every person j may put on without the risk of being deemed affected or foppish. The sweet smile, the quiet cordial how, the earnest movement in addressing a friend, or more especially a stranger, whom c one may recommend to our good regards, the inquiring glance, the graceful attentions which are captivating when united with self possession, these will ensure us the good regards of even a churl. Above all there is certain softness of manner which should be cultivated, and which, in either man or woman, adds a charm that al- 1 most entirely compensates for lack of beauty. The voice may be modulated so to intonate, that it will speak directly to the heart, and from that elicit an answer; and politeness may be made an essential to our nature. Neither is time | thrown away in attending to these things insignificant its they may seem to those who engage in weightier matters. ii Characteristics of GrcatiVcn. 'lasso's conversation was neither gay norbril- v liarit. Dante was either tactitiirn or satirical. Butler was sullen or biting. 11 Gray seldom talked or smiled. Hogarth and Swift were very absent minted c in company. Milton was unsociable and even irritable when r, pressed into conversation. lvirwin, though copious and eloquent in pub lie address, was meager and dull in colloquial i; discourse. e Virgil was heavy in conversation. is La Fontaine appeared heavy, course and stu- r pid; he could not speak and describe what he I find just seen, but then he w;is the model ot'poe- v try. s Chaucer's silence was more agreeable than his e conversation. 1 Myden's conversation was slow and dull, his 1 liurnor saturnine and reserved. r Desecartes was reserved in mixed company. a Corncille, in conversation was so insipid that a lie never failed in wearying. He did not even e speak correctly that language of which he was 1 such a master. a Ben Johnson used to sit silent in company and a suck his wine and then humors. 1 Southey was stiff, sedate, and wrapped up in i4 asceticism. j r Addison was good company with his intimate i friends, but in mixed company he preserved his t dignity by a stiff and reserved silence. Junius was so modest that he could scarcely f speak upon the most common subjects without 1 a suffusion of blushes. r Fox, in conversation, never flagged; his anima- a tion and variety was inexhaustible. v Dr. Bendy was loquacious. I Grotius was talkative. t Goldsmith wrote like an angel, and talked like v a poor Poll. t Burke was eminently entertaining cnthusias- I tic, and interesting in conveisation. c Currea was convivial deity; he soared into '1 every region, and was at home in all. I Dr. Birch dreaded a pen as he did a torpedo; v but he could talk like running watcfr. c li. niwl unn.W. 1 M. *J UI1 II>UII ? I UlU IliVllUlVUUMon uuu j"-r?.v4v* ously, but in conversation his words were close t alid sinewy; and ifliis pistol missal fire, lie t knocked down his antagonist with the but end of 1 it. t Coleridge, in conversation, was full of acute- <] ness and originality. ^ Leigh Hunt has been well termed the pliilos- 1; opher of Hope, and likened to a pleasant stream s in conversation. t Carlylc doubts, objects and constantly demurs, t Fisher Ames was a powerful and effective ii orator, and not the less distinguished in the so- c cial circle. lie possessed a fluent language, a ii vivid fancy, and a well stored memory. ii Thk Gentleman at Church, may be know" by the following remarks; 1. Comes ir. good season, so as neither to in- i: terrupt the pastor nor congregation by a late t arrival. 2. Does not stop upon the steps or in thepor- i tico, either to gape at the ladies, salute his friends c or display his colloquial powers. o Opens and shuts the door gently, and walks s deliberately up the aisle or gallery stairs and v gets to his seat as quietly, and by making as few ( neonle move as possible. ) 4. Takes his seat either in the back part of ( the seat, or stops out in the aisle when any one I wishes to pass in, and never thinks of such a f thing as making people crowd past him while f keeping his place in the seat. s 5. Always attentive to strangers, and gives up t his scat to such, seeking another for himself. 1 G. Never thinks of defiling the house of God 1 with tobacco spittle, or annoying those who sit t near hiin by chewing that nauseous weed in church. 7. Never, unless in case of illness, gets up and goes out in time of service. But if necessity ] compels him to do so, goes so quietly that his ( very manner is an apology for the act. s 8. Docs not engage in conversation before i onunencetnent of service. 1 9. Does not whisper, or laugh or cat fruit in he house of God, or lounge. 10. Does not rush out of church like a tramling horse the moment the benediction is proiouneed, but retires slowly in a noiseless quiet nnnner. 11. Does all he can by precept and example o promote decorum in others.?Ex. Advice to Young Ladies.?Never marry a nan because he is handsome, he will think too nueh of his own beauty to take pride in yours, fever marry a man because he has wealth, for 'riches take to themselves wings and fly away." Never marry a man for his parentage, for " a food cow will often have a bad calf." Marry a man for his good sense, his amiable emper, his sound morals, his habits of industry ind economy, and you will then have a good uisband, and your children a good father. Advice to Boys and Girls.?1. Respect and ibey your parents. 2. Love your brothers and sisters sincerely. 3 Never speak evil of one another. 4. Never strike, nor, lie, nor cheat, nor steal. 5. Be strictly honest, even in thesmallest maters. 0. Save everything you can and give a porion of benevolence. 7. Do not mock the deaf, the lame, or the blind. S. Always be respectful to the aged. 9. Keep your cloths neat and clean. 10. Return articles borrowed or found. 11. Avoid the company of bad children. 12. Never want only liill a fiy or any animal. 13. Do not covet what is not your own. 14. Improve your opportunities for gaining instruction. 15. Avoid low, vulgar profane and obscene rords. "TV , 1 iV W /?_J 1(3. uo not nna iauit wuu your iuuu. 17. Let \-our conduct at the table be becomng. 18. Be exact in all your, dealings and aeon tits. 19. Have a place for every thing arid put evey-thing in its proper place. Minnesota Sai.t Reoion.?l'robably there 5 not a richer salt region on the face of the arth than the one in Minnesota. The territory ? generally supposed to be valuable for its ag icultural resources alone; nothing, however, can >e more erroneous. True, its natural agricultural realth is probably second to none in the Missisippi valley, but its mineral wealth is not less xtensive and valuable. Among the latter its salt stands pre-eminent, .'ho region lies between forty-seven and fortyline degres" north latitude, ami ninetr-sevan nd ninety-nine degrees west longitude. Its ex ict locality was ascertained and defined by an ! xpedition sent out from Fort Snellirig, by Mai. ! -ong, in 1822-3. The same Maj. Long, who ifterwards was commander of the expedition icross the llocky Mountains, to explore the Coumbia river and Oregon Territory, known as 'Long's Expedition." A description of that salt i egion, together with its locality, wiil be found ! u the Topographical Department at Washiagon. Our first information of that salt region was roin a soldier in the expedition. He says they tad been travelling for several days over a vast oiling plain, with no trees or water; the troops md horses were almost famishing with thirst, vlion they came suddenly upon the shore of a >eautiful lake about half a mile in diameter, sunk lown deep in the plain. It resembles more a ast sink hole. From the height above the waers a vast snow bank appeared to line its shore, ait upon examination, it proved to be an encrustation of salt as pure and as white as snow, fhe waters of the lake were like the strongest irine. So strong was it, that one bathing in it, tpon coining out, in a few minutes would be ovcred with the white crystalizatiun of salt. Tf tliis s.-dl rc-rioii be as rich as it is supposed o be, a railroad projected into it would prove o be the best stock in the country. There are nines of undeveloped wealth more extensive, note durable and more important than all the fold regions beyond the Rocky Mountains.? >Ve are informed also that a very short distance telow the surface, the pure rock salt lies in a trata like coal or lime rock. We hope the atom ion of the public and the government will be timed to the subject. There is a region lying tt our immediate neighborhood, almost unknown, ontaining more intrinsic wealth than any State 11 the Union, and which would yield an annual neotne probahlv equalling the entire revenue of he country.?Si. Louis Union. The Kai.i. of a Text.?< hving to some defect I n its construction and the immense weight ofi lie roof?covered as it was with new oak hoards j ?the tent of Maj. Cochran, at the camp-ground, | neasuring six!v by thirty feet, fell with a tearful i rash on last Sunday morning during the II | /clock service. There were ten or twelve porous in the lent at time, all of whom escaped villi slight injury, except Lieut. l'\ W. Seileck, )rdinary of Abbeville district, and Maj. W. A. iVardlaw, of the firm of Wardlaw it \\ alker, Charleston. The injuries received by Mr. 8cl? ?'?! ?? cnriiiii< nat ure, and mav prove ' L I'k i \ I U \J I (V 1 \ I J |7V IVO' - , J atal. A log eight or t?*ti inches in diameter I ell across his l>otly. The external wounds are light ones. What are the nature and extent of) he internal injuries could not he ascertained. I iVe apprehend the worst consequences. Mr. j A'ardlaw was able to leave the camp-ground j hat afternoon, if wo arc correctly informed. jVeivberrt/ Sen tincl. A Cumous li.Ki.ir.?The New York Comnercial Journal puhlislics the following curious ;lause in the will of Lewis Morris, one of the iigners of the Declaration of Independence. It ,vill 1m; seen that the worthy old patriot partook ibcrnlly of the prejudice which existed among our li-mest old Dutch fanners against the yankee race. ' It is my desire that my son Ooverncui*Morris may have the best education that is to be had in England or America, but my express will and din eti??ns are, that he be never sent to the Coiinccticut colonies, lest ho should imbibe in his youth, that low craft and cunning, so incident to the people of that country, which is so interwoven in their constitutions, that all their art cannot disguise it from the world, though many of their; under the line garb of religion, have endeavored to impose themselves upon the world for honest men. Lewis Morris. 1TG0, Xov. 23. One Secret of a Happy Info. We were in company the other day with a gentleman apparently fifty or sixty years of age who used in snbstmice the following lanciiao'e : ?"Were I to live my life over again, I should make it a point to Jo a kindness to a fellow being whenever I had the opportunity. I regret very much that my habit has been so different, and that I have l eeti indulging feelings so unlike those which would lead to such a course of life. It was too much my way to let others take care of them selves while I took care of myself. If some little trespass was committed on my rights, or if I suffered some slight inconvenience from the thoughtlessness or selfishness of others, I was greatly annoyed, and sometimes used harsh and reproachful language towards the offender. 1 am now satisfied, that niv own happiness was greatly impaired by this course, and that my conduct and example contributed to the irritation and unhappiness of others." "It was but the other day,continued the gentleman, "that I was passing along the street, and a coachman was attempting to draw a light carriage into the coach-house. lie tried once or twice without effect, and just as I came up, the carriage occupied the whole side-walk, and prevented my passing. The hostler looked as if it ought not be exactly so, and there was something like a faint apology in his smile. It was on my tongue to say, 'in with your carriage, man! and not let it stand here blocking up the passage.' But a better impulse prevailed. I weut to the rear of the carriage and said1?Now, try it again my good fellow! while I gave a little push, and in the carriage went, and out came the pleisant "Thank'c sir?much obliged." I would not have taken a twenty dollar batik note for the streak of sun&hine that this one littleact of kindness threw over the rest of my walk, to say nothing of the lighting tip of the coachman's face. And when I look back upon my intercourse with my follow men all the way along, I can confidently say, that I never did a kindness to a human being without being happier for it. So that, if I were governed by mere selfwh motive and wanted to live the happiest lite I could, I would iust simnlv obov the bible precept, to do good untti all men si* I had opportunity.'' All this was said with an air of sincerity and deep conviction, which wo cannot give to our report of it. And does the experience of the youngest of our readers confirm or contradict the statement ? Js there a boy or a girl among all of them, who can say 1 did a kind action once to my brother or sister, or playmate and I was afterwards sorry tbr it?I should be happier if it had been an unkind one?" It is very likely that a kind act has been ill-requited, perhaps misconstrued; but if it was performed with proper feelings, it is as certain to produce proper feelings, it is as certain to produce happiness as sunshine is to produce warmth. We counsel our young friend- then, to seize every opportunity of contributing to the good of others. Sometimes a smile will do it. Ofieiior a kind word?a look of sympathy, or an acknowledgment of obligation. Sometimes a little help to a burdened shoulder or a heavy wheel wili be in place.? Sometimes a word or two of good counsel, a seasonable and gentle admonition, and at others a suggestion of advantage to bo gained, and a little interest to secure it, will be received with lasting gratttiuie. am<i tlitis every instance or kindness done, whether acknowledged or not, opens tip a little well spring of happiness in the doer's own breast, the llow of which tnav be made permanent by habit. Cintors IvVl'fclHIMKNTS, WH AT I>0 THEY MEAN? ? A friend told its the other day of a very curious experiment, which led us to try others equally curious with the same success. His experiment was this: Take a gold ring, and suspend it bv a thread about half a yard long; then hold it by the thumb and finger of the right hand over the palm of the left hand, so that the ring may swing freely as a pendulum; it will oscillate to and fro in the direction of the arm with increasing force. Then lot another person form a connection between the thumb and forelinger of the operators left hand by his own thumb and fingers ; the motion of the ring will change from a straight line to a circle at once, and on the withdrawal of the connection it will return to a straight line; and on touching the operator's left "shoulder with the hand, the molion will cease, and the ring he at rest. Wo tried the experiment successfully, and found that it would succeed equality with a key instead of a ring, or with any body of proper size similarly suspended, whether of metal, or wood or glass. We found also that if suspended over the knees, tin* pendulum would swing from kliee to knee, and immediately begin to revolve as soon as the feet were brought together. Suspended over the heart, the pendulum revolved of itself in a eirele of considerable diameter; and over the forehead it revolved in an opposite direction from its course when held on the hack of the head. These experiments vary somewhat with different persons; yet, with greater or less force, they seem to follow the same law in nearly all eases. What docs it mean ? The force is not electrical, for it acts as well through non-conducting as through conducting bodies, and u silk instead ei ii cotton thread makes no difference in the result. It is not mere imagination, fur there is too much uniformity in the result to favor that supposition. In some cases the revolution is in an orbit afoot in diameter, if not more. We have not read Richenback's book on the Odic Force. Vv'ill any savan tell us if he recognizes the above facts in his researches into that mysterious attendant of life ? i From the New- York Evening Express. What the East Indies cost the British Government.?"Merrie England" is not altogether exempt from those difficulties ever consequent upon a struggle for the " loaves and fishes," , and the spoils of office. The Select Committee on Indian Affairs, it is highly probable, will be renewed at the next session of the House of Commons; and the Whig journals are exceedingly fearful that the civil patronage of India will ! be made over for twenty vears to the Tories. i 11 lis same civil list is a very nice thing for those 1 who are so fortunate as to be upon it, amounting, j as it does in the aggregate, to about, ?3,250,| 000, exclusive of the whole Indian revenue, | while the civil list of Great Britain only amounts I to about six and a half one-hundredths of the | revenue. The number of superfluous governments, there being no less than seven of them, and monstrous salaries, are the principal causes , of this great extravagance. A civil officer, from the day he arrives in In| dia, receives the full pay of a Lieutenant-Colonel ; in the British Infantay, and after ten years ser| vice has a pension of ?1000 a year. The salary of the Governor-General is ?25,| 000 per annum, (five times as much as tliePre! sident of the United States.) besides a furnished i palace, any quantity of servants, public feasts at I the public cost, all his travelling expenses, and j the snug sum of ?5000 for outfit and pas sage-money. 1 here are four councillors to advise him at salaries of 810,000 each; one of them, the Commander-in-Chief, who does nothing in particular, has ?0000 per annum in addition ' in his military capacity. The Governors of Madras and Bombay have not quite so much, but I are cruelly obliged to manage on ?15,000 per ; annum, while their councillors suffer on the short I allowance of only ?8000. Thus the Executive ! and Legislative government of India costs about ?0.300,000 per annum. The Judicial branch is not far behind. It costs about ?0,000.000 more, which is a little j short of ?700,000 more than that of Great l Britain and Ireland. j There are first four Queen's Courts, three Supreme, and one Recorder's Court, with eight , Judges in all. Their annual cost is about ?275, OUU. the Lluet Justice ot bengal has ?7,000 j a year, and those of Madras and Bombay ?6,000. r Tli? I'ttinn'n of ben gat have Oocroe-'cm.+Bt mni : those of Madras and Bombay ?5000.?The Re[ corder of the three Eastern settlements, who 1 travels over about 500 miles to fulfil his duties, I has ? 1,500, and all have pensions,after ten years | service, of from ?1,000 to ?2,b00 per year, bej sides outfit and passage money. There are also extensive ecclesiastical estabi lishmeiits, consisting of Bishops, Archdeacons, Chaplains, Presbyterian ministers, of the Scotch kirk, and others, all of whom receive salaries, pensions, outfits, passage money, A*c., but whether they return a quid pro quo in Indian souls saved is not settled or taken into consideration. The passage money alone in 1851 amounted to ?19.945 lis. 9d." Reward for service is not in any degree proporitonato to the dignity or usefulness of theof| fice ; all are rewarded as near as can be alike; j the only principle governing being, that every I officer should be paid as large a sum as possible, j Supreme Judges and Collectors of Taxes receive the same salaries. A Chief Provincial Judge ; has ?3,800 a year, and an Exiseman exactly the | same sum. The pension list is open to all alike, : after the prescribed time of service, from the j small tax collector with his ?2,800 a year up to i an Indian counsellor, growing billious on ?10,000, Such "spoils" as these are worth having, but the contrast between these enormous salaries paid to the English officers and those paid to the Indian subordinates is very great. There are 100,000 Indians, and in all India only about | 40.000 Englishmen. There are three classes of j native Judges who receive salaries amounting to | ?522. ?300, ?134 per year. The first draws ! just one-tenth of the salary of an English Pro! vincial Judge and the third less than one-tweni ticth of what is paid to a subordinate Collector of Rand Tax. The inordinate salaries of the English officers in India wore fixed at the time it was thought to i be rich in mineral wealth, but it has Droved Door _ __ , ? i enough, since the wages of the laboring classes are only 2d. a dav, and 100,000,000 of people only contribute .?25,000,000 ! or about one half of what a quarter of the number of people contribute in (.treat Britain. The salaries of the Governor General and Judges were fixed eighty years ago, and some high subordinate otficers sixty years since, when a voyage to India occupied six months and was very expensive, It can now be made easily and agreeably in thirty days, and one may live in Calcutta almost as cheap as he can in London, and enjoy the same luxuries that the great metropolis affords. An East India Director with this enormous patronage to bestow is certainly a man to doff one's hat to, and whose smile and favor is not to be despised. But all this goes to show that much of those possessions, upon some of which the snn-ri.-e ling is being hoisted every hour out of the twenty four, costs more than it comes to, j and that it may be all very well to boast of, but It IS lift rAiri'CUiii^iv t.\j?cu^nu iuaui > tu ilvDRornoiiiA.?A lottor from the Ilagu* states that two eases of hydrophobia have been cured there by the employment of sulphate of quinine, combined with opium. A full statei ment of the two cases is to be published.